Re: War Stories

[Mark Alford]

Leighton,   You've got me worried now. I'm pulling my gearbox out on the weekend - I'll double check the jack that's for sure.   Mark.   ----- Original Message ----- From: Leighton To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 1:55 PM Subject: Re: War Stories ok well i gotta get in on this - i have never had car fall on me - i have a HX V8 ute with T 400 in it i have had heaps of shitty trouble with this gear box - i have had it in and out so many times i can now pull the whole thing out in under an 2 hours haha- any way one day just after finding out the stoopid thing wasnt working i decided to pull the shitty thing out and fix it that day  - well i was on my back undoing all the bolts and stuff - the ute is only just off the ground so im working in a small space = i get the jack up to the gear box and have it set ready to slowly and gently lowering it to the ground - well as i proceeded to pull the gearbox out fromthe engine so it would be able to be lowered  - the bloody thing all of a sudden fell hard on my arm and pinned me - i had forgotten to do up the little knob on the jack to lock it off - so the gear box just fell - on me!!!!!!!!!!!!! i still cant believe it didnt break my arm or hand  - but it hit hard and i was bleeding but i managed to wriggle my way out and go rest for a bit hahahah  - meanwhile while im wriggling there is gearbox oil going everywhere hahaha - and im swimming in it hahahahha     leighton ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 12:53 PM Subject: Re: War Stories When I was fab'ing an exhaust for my car I was getting pretty involved and moving lengths of pipe around then there was a huge 'crack' and I was knocked over backwards, feeling very 'tense'. In my excitement I'd smashed a length of tubing thru the light bulb and electrocuted myself. I was probably pretty lucky considering and could have been swimming towards the light... Now know how a piece of metal feels when the ARC welder hits it and sure ain't much fun :)   Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------