Old timer pranks / shop jokes

[manicmechanic]

Adding a few extra parts to a carefully torn down and laid out assembly.

[SPONSOR]

Membership in the largest desert racing community has its advantages - Participate in Forum Discussions - Send and Receive Private Messages - Maintain Public Photo Albums - Access to Groups - User Profile in our Social Network - Increased Access to more Sub Forums - Reduced Online Advertisements Join our community today

[BRINGTHERUCKUS]

take a 2 liter bottle an air hose and blower nozzle. put a hole in the cap of the bottle connect the nozzle replace cap and put SOME water in bottle zip tie trigger of nozzle. place bottle bomb in a hidding place. the connect hose to compressor... in about a minute enough time to hide. the bottle goes boom everyone damn near chits themselve its soooooo loud.

[ChromolyKid]

JB-Weld a quarter to the floor. Gets both customers and co-workers all the time! It's even funnier when the guy that fell for it a week ago comes in and tries to pick it up again!

[FISHMOUTH FABWORKS]

yup the grease on handles

I like using 308 or aluminum tig wire and sharping it as tungstens

throw black cats under the cut table while they are cutting

fire works in the bathroom

fire cracker under the belt sander

turning the wire feeder off on the mig with the power source still on, or flip the tensioner off the drive rolls

black cat in the mig nozzle. wrap fuse around tip and wait

put a ball bearing on the tranny bench when the kid is all done with it

take a sharpie and color over the sensor for auto **BAN ME****BAN ME****BAN ME** helmets
or tape over the lense

Our old cold saw use to have a small black switch on top of the handle,so I would tell kids you have to kick start it(kick the stand) and pull down. show them and pull the trigger. walk away and watch them kick it for 15 min.

I have more just have to write em out. good times

[Giant Geoff]

Walk by someone working and spray brake cleaner down there butt crack!! This is great because it gives them 2 sensations; first’s it’s very cold then automatically transitions into a bad stings sensation!!! Haha.

Zip-ty around the driveline; put on one zip-ty then put another on the excess so when it rotates it hits part of the floor. This will make them think something is very wrong with the tranny, its great!!

We had an old metal trash can under the chop saw and I would put some news paper in there and I would spray a 1/4 can of brake cleaner in it!!! When someone used the chop saw it would be a big bang, blow the news paper in the air on fire and scaring the hell out of them!!!

[Wendell #527]

I run an oilfield shop. One day I heard a ruckus and went out into the shop to see what it was. Apparently one of my guys had relieved himself in another guy's boots. I"m not talking #1. I'm talking about a #2. These are rubber boots and he didn't figure it out until he put them on and felt it. The guy was a little upset to say the least. It was over the line too gross, I know. Still, it was hard to keep a straight face as I tried to calm everybody down.

[B&A Motorsports]

a little trans fluid in the intake of a fresh rebuild is always fun

[jsallenbach]

Danny Letner loves to play practical jokes on people, Terribles town last year came up behind me burnt a cigarette on my butt. Handed me a water bottle at parker this year turns out it was empty and i see him run behind his trailer. Actually not funny, but smokes around us when where putting fuel into the fuel drums. 1987 Riverside race put a bowling trophy on are car, because he gave my dad the nickname flipper. Gave my dad Vodka instead of water after completing his stretch at the frontier 500. Went to lunch with him, and one of the guys went to the bathroom and he dumped salt in his ice tea. I got tons of stories with him playing jokes on me and everyone else on that crew.

[1971Ford]

Zip-ty around the driveline; put on one zip-ty then put another on the excess so when it rotates it hits part of the floor. This will make them think something is very wrong with the tranny, its great!!

I could go on and on about vehicle related pranks
zip tie around the driveshaft like you said
Jumper wire from brake part (like a sensor or brake lights or something) to horn
Jumper wire from blinkers to horn
Go to junkyard and pick up same color body parts. swap them on. Pretend to get mad at your friend, go out and smash the replaced parts.
Jack up rearend and put it on stands so tires are a inch from the ground
Remove all the little buttons, switches, knobs from interior
Dog crap under the door handles
Aluminum cans tied to rear axle, but tuck them on the spare tire or something so they fall later down the road.
Shaving cream on windshield
Leave a note saying "I got you back" or sprinkle sugar around the filler door

That's all i can think of now

[JEFFRPM]

When your buddy goes out to start his truck and sets the air to max cold head out to his truck after he gets back to the shop and Turn the heater on full boogie in the 112 heat of the summer. or put bellray cv grease on the earpiece of the shop phone and get the parts runner to give the smuck what we call "GOOD PHONE" that stuff will be from his forehead to his chin. Or one of my faves was beat on the cooling tower of the dyno with a BIG hammer and listen how fast the engine shuts off on in the dyno walk back to the dyno room and see how far he is going to tear it down to find that "KNOCK" he heard.