a few months ago i did an interior project - pulled out the back deck spacers and lowered the deck to get more storage room in back. also made a hinged flap to access the tool compartment wells behind the seats. i needed to make some new, lower spacers to get the deck level above all the various lumps/bumps in the sheet metal, so i used short pieces of pvc pipe and self-drilling, self-tapping screws to go right down through the sheet metal and hold everything in place. it worked out just fine and i've been happy with the added space (i actually do grocery runs in my car!).

today i had the car up on ramps and was messing around the rear suspension when i saw a shiny screw tip poking down through the sheet metal, and realized it was one of my deck spacer screws. then i saw 2 more of them and just about fainted when i realized just how close i had come to piercing my fuel lines with one of those screws, and my brake lines with another!! i was completely clueless when i was drilling and screwing down from above - incredibly lucky that i didn't wind up with a very different kind of post!!

Brake line near miss:

Fuel line near miss:

Mr Murphy's laws have been violated. Glad you escaped any inconvenience!

I think you had

:cheeky:

Edited June 8, 201410 yr by Blue

i figure i must have been due for a break w/this car!

hilarious toy, blue - and clear evidence that the 70's were fueled by drugs...

Mr Murphy's laws have been violated.

Yeah, what he said. And Murphy is probably looking for an opportunity to get even.

I'd watch your back if I were you... :paranoid: