there's the one where I crawled in to a locked trunk to remove the trunk latch that was broken.. but brought the wrong socket. and was stuck in the hot sun till the wife got home from shopping. .( felt like a bazillion degrees for an 1 1/2 hour) or the Time I took a clutch job in ,My first MOPAR 4 speed in a 66 Plymouth satellite 383 4 speed car... popped it out like I would any Muncie or Saginaw .. OUCH them buggers are way heavy. and almost knocked my out ,, I was seeing stars for some time till I was able to fee myself and wiggle out from under it's girth.... or the scare I still wear today, doing a brake job on the last wheel.. and instead of getting up and retrieving the spring installation tool... grab the wire cutter I used to take out the cotter Pin,,, pinched it tight and pulled up got one on.. now for the last one,,, pinched tight pulled just as it was to slip over the Stud,, Slip off and BANG right between the eyes.... knocked me flat out for a few seconds.. when running I the house blood streaming down my face my greasy hands making it a bigger mess.. mixing with the blood.. had two black eys from that
dumb move.....
To soon OLD to Late SMART..
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Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Ouch that was dumb
I month ago i put my sweather on fire.
I have had a few good ones with the die grinder, once I cut into my hand and about
I started laughing because I felt soo stupid and then it started burning my skin and
I had to stop the fire with some beer. hahah what a stupid way to spend beer hahaha.
ciao Andr�
I am sure we all have done "that was stupid" things. Dave's opening of a
hot radiator cap as a teen reminded me of one memorable situation. 16
years old, working at Goodyear Tire and checking for the source of an oil
leak. Since it dripped more with the engine running - hoisted the car up
while running and noticed an oil drip coming out of the bell housing
inspection hole. Stuck my finger in there to see how much oil was laying
in there only to have the tip of my finger hit the spinning flywheel gears.
Fortunately I felt it pretty quick and removed it just as fast - not
loosing to much flesh. Dumb thing to do, but gained some new knowledge
that day. Anyone else?
Krister Meister Bloomingdale, IL '66 SS #'s
Dave wrote answering radiator bubble problem:
If you haven't done this before, just let the engine warm up with the radiator cap off. Don't go for a drive and then try removing the cap. 15psi behind a couple gallons of 200-degree liquid can hurt. I did that once when I was in my teens. Ouch.
-Dave
