What’s Your “Easy” Project That Went Sideways?

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Plumbing is also my arch nemesis

A long time ago I was at a tournament down at Lake Mead. As I was pulling my boat out my alternator takes a shit on the boat ramp. No big deal get towed up to the parking lot and hitch a ride to autozone for a new one. I call ahead and they say yep we got one right here for your 5.4 v8.... perfect. I get there and they hand me the box and i ask again this is for the 5.4 and they say yep!

Sweet, get back to the parking lot and with just a few shit tools i get the alternator on no problem. Shame on me for not inspecting and counting the grooves on the pulley.... I get 40 miles outside of Las Vegas on a busy freeway and I hear a loud pop come from the engine. I put it neutral and shut down the truck and let coast to get pulled off to the side of the road.

Those fuggers at autozone gave me the alternator for the 4.6L not the 5.4L and I ate belt and broke the timing arm. At that point it had to go to the shop but it was a sunday. So I ended up in a hotel for two more days until it was fixed.

That’s why I call it “Idontknow Zone”.