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Rebuilt my first carb. Eyeballed the float level. Bolted it all up, started up pretty easily. Then started chugging a bit, so I gave it some gas and KA-loving-MOTHERFUCKING-BOOM and a fireball from under the hood (hood was open) Thank gently caress I had put the air cleaner housing back on first, including the retaining screw. Once the smoke cleared I removed the air cleaner lid. The entire bottom portion of the air cleaner was full of gas.  That would have been really bad if I hadn't put the air cleaner on first.
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Black88GTA posted:Another was when I pulled the motor out of my Trans Am, closed the garage, and went to a parts store with a buddy for a couple hours. Got back, opened the garage with the remote, and walked into overpowering fuel smell and a big pool of it that had come out of the now-disconnected fuel lines. About two years ago, my stepdad cleaned the garage floor. With gasoline. Then closed the door and went out to dinner. I got home and the entire house reeked of gas, with a gas water heater that has an always-on pilot in the attic. I'm amazed I didn't blow the place up opening the garage door. That's also the day that I learned that opening all the windows will bring the house up to 100F pretty quick, and that it'll take the a/c about 3-4 hours to get back down to 75. Preoptopus posted:Dropping the drainplug into the oil catch I think everyone does this at least now and then. I keep a magnet on a stick thing handy for that now.
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And that's how I almost blew up my parents' house. 