I wanna hear "If it Ain't broke don't fix it" stories on your Maverick or Comet

I wanna hear "If it Ain't broke don't fix it" stories on your Maverick or Comet.

been there done that... i just wanna feel better and hear some stupid stories!

 

Well....

....I can remember saving the $$ and telling my Dad that I wanted to put Cragars or similar on mine back about 1985. He went with me to look at them.

'They won't roll any better than the original wheels! Why change them?'

We put dual exhaust on it and I didn't take him back to the tire store
anymore! It had chrome wheels 6 months later.


Seth

 

I had a 1970 Chevelle SS Clone that I got rid of about 8 months ago, Anyway, I was rippin' on it real good one day and over revved the 454 motor to 5500 rpms. the alternator/water pump belt slung off. 20 minutes later I slid it back on and went on my merry way. It didn't act up all day, so I assumed it didn't brake and it wasn't acting up, so "If ain't broke, don't fix it". 4 days later, on my way to work, I got that heavy foot feeling. I didn't over rev this time but the belt said screw you, popped off and left me stranded for about 2 hours. I had to have a guy from work bring me a belt and some wrenches. I felt like a jackass for not changing that belt.

 

grimm70 I sent you a pm

 

It seems these days everything is broke on my car and I have not fixed it....

Does that count??

 

After swapping to front disk brakes :bananaman my aluminum slots wouldn't fit. I had to by 2 new wheels just to drive it out of the garage

 

My transmission isn't broke, but getting there and slipping a little, and not fixed.

My paintjob is crappy, all six colors...aint broke, not getting fixed.

I have two bald rear tires, not quite broke (YET, wait til next burnout), not fixed.

Basically, what I am saying is, get back to me in 3 months, and I will have ALL KINDS of horror stories for you

 

Many years ago I had the Predator carb and the large Mr. Gasket "blower looking" sccop sticking through the hood. It was never a great fit and I never took the time to trim the hood. So every once in a while the throttle arm would stick. Well I also had an electric fuel pump wired improperly. It was a direct 12v connection with a toggle switch under the dash. (was thinking theft deterent!) You know where this is going!! Took a buddy for a ride, nailed the throttle and it stuck at WOT! Screaming like a banshee I turned off the ignition. But, that only locked the steering wheel at about 70mph! Remember, the fuel pump ws busy filling up my single plane with gas! Well, thinking quickly I turned the ignition back on to a SONIC BOOM! As the fuel ignited a massive fireball came out of the front of the buttlerflyes and melted the edge of the hole in the fiberglass hood! We survived and now someone on this board is running the same scoop they bought from me. Here is a hint.. make sure the linkage is smooth!

 

Way back a girlfriend of mine bought an old Maverick for her daily driver. Me being the nice boyfriend and all I decided I would get it in better shape for her. I decided to change the tranny fluid and filter on the C4. After I got it all back together the tranny immediately started slipping pretty bad. Had to be rebuilt. Should have left it alone.

 

I guess yours is the dumbest...... does that make you feel better?

 

i bought a maverick i should have kept the chevy oh wait that's someone else.. it was a comet

 

LOL Thats a good one.

 

My first car was a 1961 Ford Falcon I bought for the enormous sum of $50.Believe it or not that was a large amount of money.Looking the car over at my house,a buddy says you need to check and make sure you have good brakes,not a bad idea.We take the front drums off and proceed to do a brake job,talk about the blind leading the blind.After much discussion and a little help from one of my friend's older brother we got the shoes on and put everything back together.One of the last things to do was put the bearings in and screw the big nut back on(thats what we called it)In our haste to tear everything apart we didn't exactly keep track of all the parts.We were so stupid we didn't remember that one little cotter pin was the key component to making all this stay together.You can imagine what happened 2 days later while going around a turn at about 40 mph.The drivers side wheel,tire and hub decided to take a different direction.That car wound up being the only car I ever owned for less than a week.No one was hurt,but my father bought me a repair manual and a box of cotter pins when I bought my next car,a 1963 Ford Falcon Futura.Working on brakes and suspension systems took on a whole new respect for me from then on.One more thing,after the wreck I ran into the guy who sold me the car,he said that he had just done a brake job on the car about a month before he sold it to me.In fact thats why he wanted $50 dollars for the car,to recoup his money on the brake job,otherwise he said he would have given me the car for free.Lesson learned-if it ain't broke-leave it alone,unless you just can't keep your hands off of things.