I like your mom's sense of humor! Her son gets zapped like a Texas Mosquito that stared at a Bug Zapper 12000 for a little too long, and she has jokes...quote:
Originally posted by KieferS:
I just remembered- i wanted to make sure my ignition coil had a crack on it- so i sprayed water on it. i saw no spark, so im like oh it must be good than, than i touched it. BAM! it shocked me multiple times, the first time it gave me one shock, i pulled my hand away- and my reflexes made me touch it again, and it kept shocking me- i backed up into my garage wall, stumbling, than tripped over myself and fell back wards onto the driveway- shaking while i was down. My mom comes out- and she says "Sun bathing huh?"
he's welding the gas tankquote:
Originally posted by Tyson F Nuss:
Oh, and then there's this:
(on close inspection, there's more than one thing wrong in this picture!)
lol, i've seen that before but it's still one the best pictures i've ever seen.quote:
Originally posted by Tyson F Nuss:
FWIW, whenever I have to remove a wheel or two, I always lay them underneath the car as backup in case the jack and/or stands fail -- better than nothing!
Oh, and then there's this:
(on close inspection, there's more than one thing wrong in this picture!)
I had the same experience, but at low speed and in a location where it would not matter.quote:
Originally posted by Auto-Union:
I remembered my "other" event. My car was overheating and I wanted to limp back to my mechanic, so I was shutting the engine off while coasting down hills. Well, I turned the key back farther then I thought and locked the column as I enterewd a curve. Yikes, I QUICKLY turned the key a loosened the wheel. I ran off road about 5ft and trashed the underneeth of the car a lil, but if I had not gotten the turn done, bam! Near-Death.
Only one thing to say... OMG!!! I'm having visions of the aftermath!!!quote:
Originally posted by outersquare:
lol, i've seen that before but it's still one the best pictures i've ever seen.quote:
Originally posted by Tyson F Nuss:
FWIW, whenever I have to remove a wheel or two, I always lay them underneath the car as backup in case the jack and/or stands fail -- better than nothing!
Oh, and then there's this:
(on close inspection, there's more than one thing wrong in this picture!)
We had 3 finger joe in High School that we got to watch.quote:
Originally posted by Nickdfresh:
There are a lot of cases of people dying, or being severally injured, because of random carelessness and too much enthusiasm to take proper precautions. Statistically, most work place accidents happen on a Friday when people let their guard down the most.quote:
Originally posted by ekpolk:
Personally, I won't get anywhere near the underside of a car without at least two, maybe more, independent and secure means in place to ensure it can't come down until I'm ready.
My reason? Sadly, it's not a "near death" experience -- went all the way in fact. I represented the family of a Navy Chief Petty Officer who tried to save some money by changing the shocks on the back of his wife's car. He used a tire jack to lift the car. It didn't work. Short version: the poor guy suffocated to death with a Ford Escort sitting on his chest.
Then, in a brazen act of insurance fraud, his national brand carrier pretended they didn't have a policy in effect, and I became involved. We won, and I've never worked on a car the same way again. I'll never be able to purge from my mind the look on the man's face in his autopsy photos. He was hurting and dying, and he knew it.
Be safe out there guys. You'll only get one chance to make this mistake. Force your family's lawyer to find a harder way to make a living!
If anyone here has an OHSA 40-Hour HAZWOPER course and has seen the film entitled "Remember Charlie," about a former refinery worker at (then) Exxon, you'll know what I mean.
In fact, I think "Remember Charlie" should be shown in every high school or college course relating to anything mechanical or industrial.
I think in the newer cars with auto, you have to put it in P to lock the steering, like when you're parking on a hill and need to have the wheels turned.quote:
Originally posted by TallPaul:
I had the same experience, but at low speed and in a location where it would not matter.Doesn't the left hand (safety) of the auto regultors know what the right hand (anti-theft) is doing. What a stupid thing to require on a car as a steering lock. I wonder if it really helped prevent many thefts.