so I was doing some work and had to remove the valve cover. When I went to put it back on, I check the repair manual to see how tight to torque the bolts. The manual said 55 in-lbs but I thought it said 55 ft-lbs. I thought 55ft-lbs was alot but why would I argue with the book. So there I was with the torque wrench, and it was taking forever to click and then snap the bolt brakes. I felt like such an idiot and to this day my family won't let me forget it.

 

i sunk my jeep a week after i got it.....

 

Im real ashamed of this.
A week after buying mine, I, while attempting to change my oil at a late hour, drained my transmission fluid.


And then put ATF +4 in it...
double

 

yea i did that too, thinking i had my inch lbs rachet when i had the foot lbs one. broke just one though,still not fixed.

 

and when i did my headliner i drilled into that back bracket for the rear cargo light and went too far thru the roof. put some kind of rtv sealant on top of the hole and its still holding.

 

Lmao! I did the same thing when I installed my speaker bar. I was drilling small pilot holes for the speaker bar to attach to the headliner and accidentially went a little too far on one of them. I painted the tiny hole in the roof with a dab of spray paint to keep the rust away, and then I siliconed the hole up. It hasn't leaked either. There are already a couple of holes in my roof anyway due to my XJ being an ex government vehicle with CB mounts lol.

 

my brother did that to mine not long after i bought it its was in the middle of the winter had ice inside the truck all winter

 

Well not my cherokee, but I just rolled my other car.... No more cherokee fund.

 

I did the exact same thing... but I still have the screw poking through lol... thought about just sliding a bolt through it lol.

 

Sounds about right. 2inch stud you couldn't do that again I bet. Total nightmare

 

I was working on greasing my hood latch release and the cable one day. I didn't wanna slam the hood back down bc my wife and daughter were sleeping in the room above me so i just closed the hood w/o latching. Few hours later i ran out to grab a pizza and forgot all about the hood. Got down the road about 1/2 a mile and the hood flys up and im blind!!! Very minor damage but i felt like an idiot!

Sent from my iPhone because web wheeling is cheaper...

 

I decided since I was such a "smart guy" to install my Powertrax locker myself. Misaligned it, broke one of the active spacers, could'nt get the C-clip back out (I spent hours) to even confirm what I already knew. I ended up throwing Four wheel parts $200 plus spent $80 on new parts to fix my mishap. I have no business inside a diff, I know that now.

 

When I finished cutting the holes in my hood for hood vents, I used some blsck ceramic heat coat on the bare metal. Everything went great until I lowered my hood after I let it dry. Yup, black paint all over the front windshield. Let me tell u removing it once it's dry was no fun. It's still there real hazy. Looks like a turd and to make it worse the black silicone I used bubbled up in the heat. so knoe the vents look like a turd. If I wasn't at work i'd put up pics so all of you could laugh.

 

Bring this thread back to life!

 

Locked keys inside the Xj,good thing I have vent windows because you can twist the **** on the outside with vice grips and open the window.