I take the cake for Idiot of 2005.
I bought a new set of leads for my 302. Like a fool in a hurry i took of all the old ones first (instead of changing them one by one
: ) and could not rember the way the new ones were supposed to go.
I had a copy of workshop manual for the engine, and found the
firing order of my car. It was too confusing so i simply pluged the leads in the same way as the photograph showed ( see i am a lot smarter than i look).
Started the engine and the biggest flame flashed out the top of the carby (and burned the roof!).
Looked back at the picture and read the fine print under it......."for illustrative purposes only.........." Damn it was not even a picture of a 302!