Practical Joke - Will It Work?

[1972RedNeck]

My buddy and I are both motorheads that like old trucks. We like to mess with each others vehicles. We never hurt them, we just make it a nuisance for each other.

His truck has an Eaton HO52. Could I pull the axle shafts, drop the drive line, and flip the whole carrier over? the bolt pattern is symmetrical.

Would this work? Or is there something in the housing that wouldn't let me do this?

I would finally be able to one-up him(he always seems to be the better thinker).

I would, of course, refill it with oil.

[Mister-B]

A buddy that did that to me, would no longer be a buddy. Just sayin

[Husker]

I have to agree with Mister-B there would nothing funny about messing with one my vehicles.
Ron

[Terry Crist]

Completly agree with Mister-B.

Unless you are trying to possibly cost him a lot of $$$, I would not even try that, if it would even work.

What kind of things has he done to you?

[1972RedNeck]

Originally Posted by Terry Crist

Unless you are trying to possibly cost him a lot of $$$, I would not even try that, if it would even work.

I don't see how it would cost him anything but but some RTV and oil.

Originally Posted by bbcmudtruck

Man thats a lot of work! How about you hook up a hidden horn to his brake pedal?

Been there, done that.

Originally Posted by leddzepp

Chain the rear end to a telephone pole.

That could cause more damage than flipping the carrier.

Originally Posted by Stocker

Shove limburger cheese into his defroster vents. Say, just how good of a friend is he?

That's going way too far. We just do "easily" undo-able things.

[YBNORML]

The O.P. clearly stated that this is an ongoing battle between friends, how about we don't judge what they do for fun and just answer the technical question? Does any one know?

[bbcmudtruck]

Man thats a lot of work! How about you hook up a hidden horn to his brake pedal?

[slikside]

Originally Posted by bbcmudtruck

Man thats a lot of work! How about you hook up a hidden horn to his brake pedal?

Now THAT'S funny!

[Mister-B]

Originally Posted by slikside

Now THAT'S funny!

I agree. That's funny right there, and wouldn't harm anything, and just might preserve the friendship. The other thing is hitting below the belt

[hugger6933]

I once placed a small piece of wood under the gas pedal of my pastor S-10 he bought from me. His main complaint about the truck [2.2 liter auto extra cab] was its severe lack of power. Well once the "backwoods govenor was installed of course it ran perfect idled fine and even looked good on the Tech2 at the dealer. He was sick that it only would go about 40-45 out on the open road flat out. Of course I fixed it for him and then gave him the offending part. great fun. Jim

[RANDY COX]

Originally Posted by bbcmudtruck

Man thats a lot of work! How about you hook up a hidden horn to his brake pedal?

Yep I did that to my brother 1 time. Shame on me (not).

[scott-wisc]

Fill his gas tank with cement.

[Zach B]

Originally Posted by scott-wisc

Fill his gas tank with cement.

Calm down satan.

[bbcmudtruck]

Originally Posted by Zach B

Calm down satan.

Hahah exactly what I was thinking. The wiper squirter pointed into the crotch is excellent! Also taking the inside door handles and window cranks is priceless. Theres some dang good ideas in here! Glad you people don't live close to me!

We cut wood in the winter as a group and usually have around 4-5 guys all pitch in and help each other out. This one obnoxious mouthy kid had a little ford ranger that kept bragging about how "awesome" it was. So he would volunteer his little truck to drag the trees out of the timber once we cut them. Well one time he backed up to let the chain loose after dragging the tree out. When he let the slack out, my buddy hooked the chain to a near by stump, instead of letting his chain loose. So when he took off, he hit the end of a 20ft chain tied to an anchor! He hit the end of the chain so hard, it lifted the back tires up off the ground and threw all of the crap out of the back of his truck. Needless to say, we about pissed ourselves. Well even though he was obnoxious, he did have a sense of humor, so he laughed it off. However when he backed up to have us unhook the chain for the second time, my buddy just went over there and rattled it instead of unhooking it... Yep you guessed it, round two! The second time he nailed the end of the chain he got a little pissy. Probably one of the funniest things I've ever witnessed. He started unhooking the chain himself after that.

[jocko]

I don't believe I'd go to that much trouble unless he married my sister. I like the brake/horn idea though... Ha.

[swamp rat]

Um, Plug the vent hole first....

[Zach B]

For that matter take a semi truck horn rig it under the seat and have a small air tank hooked to it. When he opens the door have it setup so that the horn will go off. I'm a bigger fan of the horn rigged on the break idea though.

[swamp rat]

Originally Posted by Zach B

For that matter take a semi truck horn rig it under the seat and have a small air tank hooked to it. When he opens the door have it setup so that the horn will go off. I'm a bigger fan of the horn rigged on the break idea though.

How about rigging it to the start position on the key switch???

[Stocker]

Shove limburger cheese into his defroster vents. Say, just how good of a friend is he?

[Zach B]

Originally Posted by swamp rat

How about rigging it to the start position on the key switch???

That would work. Horns are the best devices for making people jump.

[leddzepp]

Chain the rear end to a telephone pole.

[cleszkie]

Originally Posted by leddzepp

Chain the rear end to a telephone pole.

I'm pretty sure leddzepp was kidding with this one. Anyone seen American Graffiti?

[Tom Vogel]

You guys are making me laugh. Love the horn ideas.

[67ChevyRedneck]

Unplug his points or HEI wire, hide it under something with zip ties, then run a "fake" wire the same color to where that wire terminated to. He'll have fun with that one for a while.

[WIDESIDE72]

When i was in high school there was one kid from a rival school who had a late 80's 3/4 ton Chevy pickup. He would always "peel out" when leaving the gravel parking lot at the dance hall, throwing rocks on people and cars. Several of my friends wanted to cut his tires, but i talked them out of it, not wanting to do permanent damage, and to be more original. One night i went out during the dance and pulled the hubcaps, then the axles out of his truck and laid them and the bolts in the bed of his truck. then i put the hubcaps back on. At the end of the night he went to leave,fired the truck, revedit a couple times like usual, then dumped the clutch. Nothing. Reved again, nothing still (obviously). He hets out scratching his head, opens the hood,looks there and under the truck, hets back in, tries again, still the same, several of his buddies come over and look, someone mentions he probably broke a u joint, so he gets a flashlight and crawls under the truck. By this time everyone was leaving and stopped by to laugh. Only me and a couple of friends knew what i did. We decided to see if he could figure it out on his own. Since it was dark he didnt see the axls layong in rhe back. We eventually got bord and left. We found out later he never figured it out, got a ride home and called a tow truck the next day. Supposedly he tow driver saw the axles when he was about to hook it up and put them back in.