Dan, don't ever feel stupid or ashamed about something that you should have done but didn't or something you messed with but shouldn't have. Remember, I almost killed myself inside my car, all because I got in a hurry and jerked 4 injectors out of the extra 4.6 I had in the garage and then slapped them in my 94 and one was missing an O-ring or something. I know the feeling about being scared and shaking. Just imagine actually seeing the front of your car explode, inside a garage and the door shutting behind you. If anyone had been in the garage (and my son always checked on me) they and he would have died instantly. People 10 houses away heard the explosion. I lost my car, tig welder, so many large and small power tools in the garage, from either fire or heat. I was extremely lucky that the flames in the initial explosion, blew out the bottom of the door and caught the attention of the door sensors and made the door go back up. It was Jan and cold out there and I had the windows up and the firewall on the car saved me. I'm not sure how but a flame did come through one of my center vents or somewhere from the dash and it was a fireball that shot past my face and singed my eyebrow. Then I had to dive out of the car, onto the garage floor that was still burning because of all the gas in the floor.
I then took a dive from that spot, straight out onto the driveway that was loaded with broken glass from the garage door. The explosion busted out every glass panel in the door and twisted it silly. It twisted two metal doors, one that leads out back and the other that leads into the laundry room and kitchen area. The back wall was knocked 8" off the concrete foundation. I lost the car as you and many others already know and I lost a lot that I had in the garage, all because I chose to get in a hurry and didn't stop to think things through first. It was a mistake and I'll admit it, it was a stupid mistake that really cost me and could have killed me and others. Luckily, no one got hurt. My son was all the way on the other side of the house, laying in my bed and watching tv. My dad was inside the house and had only been inside for about 5 to 10 min prior to me blowing the place up. After trying to get the fire out with an almost empty fire extinguisher, I went inside and got them two out of the house because I really thought the fuel tank was next to explode. So, I had to stand there and watch my car just burn for about 5 min and then I had to watch the fire dept flood the entire car and bust out my windows so they could spray the top of the dash. Yeah, that night really sucked for me but, I look at it like this. All I suffered was a cut on my leg from diving into glass that was in the driveway. I didn't even know I was cut until the fire dept was gone and I noticed my sock was wet from blood. I also think to myself that my son and dad could have been standing out there with me but luckily they weren't. The sad part about all of this is that the injectors weren't the problem. It was my cam position sensor that was the culprit. I learned this from seeing others with the same exact problem I was having and swapping that part fixed them right up. I learned a big lesson just like you did but I can say that when I put the 98 trans in the 94, I disconnected the battery first thing. I had no reason to have power but I think I know why you really left it connected lol. It's name is Kenwood eXcelon KDC-X993
I might be wrong but that would be my guess. Seeing how I have the same deck you have, I know it's hell to reset that thing back to the settings you had it at. I absolutely hate disconnecting my battery and killing the power to my stereo. Sometimes it HAS to be done.
I'm just glad you ended up being ok and didn't lose the car. I admire you going to the JY and removing a trans all by yourself and carrying it to your car and then attempting to put it in all by yourself, in a driveway. Very very few people in here can say they could have actually done that. I know I wouldn't have been able to. That's why I paid someone to help me install the 98 I had. You made a mistake and you learned from it and it won't be your last mistake either. We all make many in our life and we learn from them so, never feel stupid or dumb or feel like you can't come on here and tell us something. We're grown and we're no better than you are. Well, you knew you could tell me and not get bashed because you text me about it shortly after it happened. I was just glad that nothing bad happened to you and you didn't blow the car up or hurt anyone else. It's fixed now and you need the orange gear, I believe.
BTW, PM me your address, I have something for you. I thought I had it in my phone but apparently not.
