Bad Wrench! Bad, Bad Wrench!

withamc · 08-27-2001, 01:16 AM

I was under the 'stang just finishing up tightening up the bolts from the cat-back to the h-pipe. You know, the ones that I can never seem to get a decent grip on with a wrench. Well, I'm going for one last crank on the wrench when the one in my left hand slips off the nut and drops right on my forehead. SOB, that hurt! Well, my wife heard me and comes out to the garage just as I'm rolling out from under the car, blood is spurting off my forehead. (Note to wife: next time I get out from under the car spurting large amounts of blood, don't freeze - DO SOMETHING!) Evening in the E.R. takes the place of dinner and a movie. Ended up with a 3/4" long gash (11/16" diameter) just above the left eye. Also found out they're using Super Glue in place of stitches these days. Could've done that myself and saved about $250 and 2 hours. Still had to finish the car so I could move it and close the garage. Ended up eating pizza and renting "The Mexican". Would have been better without Julia Roberts.

Power · 08-27-2001, 01:43 AM

Ouch, sounds like a hurtful evening.

I'll add my injury and share in your pain. I was changing out my exaust on my own about 2 months back and was cutting off the ends with a hacksaw cause they wouldn't fit over the axle without a lift. Got through one and was almost done with the second when the hacksaw blade jumped from its "track" and bit me on the left hand in the soft webbing between your thumb and first finger. Left a nice 1/2" or so gash that bled like crazy. I didn't go to the ER even though I should have because the sucker wouldn't stay closed to heal because of its position. Its finally healing up now, give it time and yours will too...........good scar to build a story on too.....

joe4speed · 08-27-2001, 06:41 PM

LMAO... ouch
Last week I was working on changing the stabilizer bar end links out of the Olds, and they were rusted on there so I was using the end of the floor jack handle for some leverage on the bolt. I was pulling toward me (duh) and the ratchet slipped off the bolt and I whaked myself real hard right in the temple which knocked myself out. About 10 mins later I woke up! LOL, made me even more mad! I only wound up with a splitting headache for a day or so!

I would have used the air tools, but the air ratchet isn't working.. grrrrr
I don't know how many times I've dropped wrenches on my forehead... OUCH

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RAGE_5.0 · 08-27-2001, 06:51 PM

i got a nice gash from my wrist to the base of my thumb.....this is not as a result to a car repair peroblem
i was intoxicated and trying to climb a fence when my cousin decided i wasn't goin over fast enough so he shoved me off the top(8ft)
huge gash on hand sprained ankle which i couldn't walk properly for over 3 weeks
and a inch long piece of wood from fallin in a ditch.........
man u gotta love canadian club whiskey=)
i performed surgery on my own knee

JAMES

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Skyman · 08-28-2001, 01:11 AM

That sucks! Ive heard about the super glue.

I couldnt stand her in that movie.

Skyler

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TFS TW Heads, E-303, Edelbrock intake, 70mm TB, 73mm MAF, 24lb injectors, 1 5/8 shorties, Off Road H, 3 Chamber flows, Jaz Race seats, Back seat removed, sub-frames, Roll Cage, and a 80 shot of N20.
12.54@107.4 Motor
332RWHP, 350rwtq

Fox Body · 08-28-2001, 05:55 PM

Heh, heh. withamc I feel your pain, man. It's like when I've been under my car trying to get a near impossible bolt (the kind you can only turn a few cm each turn, your hand starts cramping up, your neck hurts, it's getting hot outside, are mosquitoes feasting on you, gnats are buzzing around you and landing on you ear

....

But just the way you told the story, I had to LOL. Sorry.

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Stock 5.8L under 4" cowl, C4 w/ shift kit
Holley 750 cfm, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake
1 5/8" MAC shorty headers, Al driveshaft
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Front: 225/60/15, Rear: 255/60/15 Eagle GT II
Weld wheels (15x6;15x8), 8.8" Rear w/ 3.55s
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1BAD89 · 08-30-2001, 08:14 PM

You need to wear a street bike helmet from now on when you work on your car! =P

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Unit 5302 · 08-30-2001, 11:37 PM

Yeah, well, I may have that beat...

It was a couple years ago, you know, one of the 6 consecutive years without medical coverage for myself. I was workin on drum brakes. As usual, lot's of profanity.

I was attempting to install one of the springs. Having very little luck, with of all the tools, a needle nose. I didn't have room for the other stuff, appearently? I don't remember quite why I was being stupid.

Anyway, as I'm heave-ho on this damn spring, you guessed it, the needle nose slips off. I know what you are thinking. It wacks me in the head, or stabs me in the arm or face. Well the latter, kinda.

I stabbed myself in the eye. Yeah... that REALLY sucked *** . About 2-3 sec later, I was totally blind in one eye. Of course panicked, and well on the way to setting a profanity record, I yell at my dad, who attempts to tell me to go to the hospital. I instead elect not to be charged 1000's of dollars and go downstairs to the sink. I can see I have a film of blood over my eye, so I rinse with water for a few seconds, stinging like hell, but suddenly, I CAN SEE AGAIN!! I got myself in the white of the eye, must have rolled my eye's instinctively? Who knows, but it took a few minutes to where I could see without it clouding up for me. For a couple days after, if I went to look at the injury spot, had to roll eye and pull eyelid a little, it would start to bleed again. That was probably the most scared I've ever been in my life, actually.

withamc · 08-31-2001, 01:38 AM

It's getting to the point where a bunch of the guys at work are stopping by my office on Mondays to see what the latest weekend injury is. The good news is the glue is off and the blood is gone - it's gonna scar though. It'll match the one over the other eye

But I just bought a welder - I wonder what kinda damage I can do now!

84_GT350 · 08-31-2001, 02:50 AM

A hood fell on my head once. Here's how:

As anyone who lives in Kansas knows it gets VERY windy in the spring. I was helping my brother pull and change the plugs in his old car one day when it was really windy. My bro goes to grab another wrench and I'm still wrenching away when this heavy gust of wind comes and lifts the hood up far enough to pull it off the prop. So then the prop fell and I started pulling my head back but it caught me right on top of the head (you know...on the soft spot). I think I scared my neighbors away that day I was swearing so loud. Needless to say my car now has hood struts.

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So I pushed it up to 110,
That flathead motor was about to give in,
I crossed my fingers and prayed to the lord,
Don't let me down you fuct up ford!"

"5-Oh Ford" by The Reverend Horton Heat

srv1 · 09-01-2001, 12:13 PM

dude you made me laugh! im sorry, but the whole situation was funny. im not directly laughing at you getting hurt, thats not funny. i know, cause i was at work on the leg of a foldable cherry picker fell on my head!! it gushed just like your did. about 18 stitches i think.....hmmmm cant really remember, wonder why?hmmmm..i dunno know. but anyways, i hear ya!

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2FastLX · 09-01-2001, 02:00 PM

Good topic. It's always fun to discuss the scars of battle

Well, how's it healing withamc?

I have a story to add, though it's not from working on my car. I was at work deburring a part with a deburr knife. If you haven't seen one it's a handle with a small "S" shaped blade sticking out of it. I was using one to rip this huge burr off of a part and slipped and hit the palm of my hand just below my thumb. It left a small scratch but hurt like hell. When I finished the next part and deburred it I tried not to do that again, but somehow I did. That time it laid my hand open and left a gash 1" long by 1/2" deep into my hand. It was the worst cut I had ever had next to the "finger meets jointer" incident and "vein hanging out of foot" wound LOL.

We don't have a supervisor at work so we called the owners and one one of them came back and made me go get stitched up. That was the first time I got stitches and could watch them thread the needle

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Fox Body · 09-03-2001, 12:03 PM

One rule I have made when laying under my car for whatever reason is to wear my safety glasses with side shields. Well, being a chemistry graduate, I feel bad sometimes even cooking a pot of noodles without safety glasses.

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351W-powered 1979 Ford Mustang notchback
Stock 5.8L under 4" cowl, C4 w/ shift kit
Holley 750 cfm, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake
1 5/8" MAC shorty headers, Al driveshaft
2.5" Off road H-pipe, 2-chamber Flowmasters
Front: 225/60/15, Rear: 255/60/15 Eagle GT II
Weld wheels (15x6;15x8), 8.8" Rear w/ 3.55s
14 x 4” K&N air filter (getting the Xtreme setup someday)

"Red, thou art my companion. Hasten now your quickened metamorphosis to Green that I may conquer all who dare abide there beside me. May they be left thither behind burnt black." ---Fox Body

Coupe Devil · 09-04-2001, 01:44 PM

I was helping a buddy work on this old junk tractor he bought, he wanted to look everything over before he cranked it to make sure it wouldnt explode or something. We checked the ENTIRE thing out, or so I thought. He said he wanted to pull the pan and check the bearings. No problem. We get to unbolting the pan (which is Cast Iron because it is part of the frames structure) and get all the bolts out. It wont come off. About 40 years of gasket sealer had just gotten hardand it did not want to let go. Granted this pan weighs about 40 pounds. We start driving screw drivers between the pan and block until it finally comes off, onto my buddies head.
I would say it would have been a close race of profanity UNIT. It gave him 20 something stitches above the right eye, nearly a broken nose, cut his head and ear up pretty bad and he couldnt see out that eye for about a month. His hole head swelled up, I thought it was very funny. He failed to find the humor in it.

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red82gt · 09-04-2001, 04:38 PM

Anyone ever drop a socket or a ratchet on one of their teeth? I've done it a couple times, not reccommended!

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joe4speed · 09-05-2001, 12:15 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by red82gt:
Anyone ever drop a socket or a ratchet on one of their teeth? I've done it a couple times, not reccommended!

OUCH!!! That makes me shiver thinking of it!

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KidNotch4793 · 09-05-2001, 08:05 PM

My dad tells a story of working on his 87 Dodge Omni. He was doing the front brakes. I don't remember the details but somehow he managed to tear the nail off his index finger. He came in with his finger wrapped in paper towels and called his sister (the nurse) to find out what to do. She told him to clean it off with alcohal and bandage it up. I think took about a month for it to grow back.

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1965GTO · 09-08-2001, 02:08 AM

There is a tool made to install drum brake springs. It works real good, use it.

69fastback · 09-08-2001, 09:39 AM

I did a really stupid thing just the other night myself. I was fairly drunk and went outside to got to the bathroom. I was standing on a wall and i started to fall of off the wall. Well in my moment of birliance I grabbed a hold of the barbed wire with boths hands. When i realized what i had done I let go and ended up falling of the wall anyway and landing on my elbow and swelling it up pretty bad with both my hands covered in blood. Watch out for those damn korean drinks.

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Unit 5302 · 09-08-2001, 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 1965GTO:
There is a tool made to install drum brake springs. It works real good, use it.

Really? Do ya think? I actually had access to one, 4 years ago when this happened. It was just inside the garage in a toolbox, buried in the 427's corner and I didn't feel like hunting it down.

08-27-2001, 01:16 AM	#1
withamc Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA Posts: 396	Bad Wrench! Bad, Bad Wrench! I was under the 'stang just finishing up tightening up the bolts from the cat-back to the h-pipe. You know, the ones that I can never seem to get a decent grip on with a wrench. Well, I'm going for one last crank on the wrench when the one in my left hand slips off the nut and drops right on my forehead. SOB, that hurt! Well, my wife heard me and comes out to the garage just as I'm rolling out from under the car, blood is spurting off my forehead. (Note to wife: next time I get out from under the car spurting large amounts of blood, don't freeze - DO SOMETHING!) Evening in the E.R. takes the place of dinner and a movie. Ended up with a 3/4" long gash (11/16" diameter) just above the left eye. Also found out they're using Super Glue in place of stitches these days. Could've done that myself and saved about $250 and 2 hours. Still had to finish the car so I could move it and close the garage. Ended up eating pizza and renting "The Mexican". Would have been better without Julia Roberts.

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08-27-2001, 01:43 AM	#2
Power Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Oregon Posts: 420	Ouch, sounds like a hurtful evening. I'll add my injury and share in your pain. I was changing out my exaust on my own about 2 months back and was cutting off the ends with a hacksaw cause they wouldn't fit over the axle without a lift. Got through one and was almost done with the second when the hacksaw blade jumped from its "track" and bit me on the left hand in the soft webbing between your thumb and first finger. Left a nice 1/2" or so gash that bled like crazy. I didn't go to the ER even though I should have because the sucker wouldn't stay closed to heal because of its position. Its finally healing up now, give it time and yours will too...........good scar to build a story on too.....

08-27-2001, 06:41 PM	#3
joe4speed He said Member...heh, heh Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Jupiter, Florida U.S.A. Posts: 3,718	LMAO... ouch Last week I was working on changing the stabilizer bar end links out of the Olds, and they were rusted on there so I was using the end of the floor jack handle for some leverage on the bolt. I was pulling toward me (duh) and the ratchet slipped off the bolt and I whaked myself real hard right in the temple which knocked myself out. About 10 mins later I woke up! LOL, made me even more mad! I only wound up with a splitting headache for a day or so! I would have used the air tools, but the air ratchet isn't working.. grrrrr I don't know how many times I've dropped wrenches on my forehead... OUCH ------------------ Joe! 1988 GT, 167,000 miles!!! 13.58@105mph Check out my listing! Click here! Or my website:www.joe4speed.com 99 Ninja ZX-6R:10.32@135mph! 1993 Olds Eighty Eight LSS 16.40@88.8mph [This message has been edited by JL1314 (edited 08-27-2001).]

08-27-2001, 06:51 PM	#4
RAGE_5.0 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Leamington, Ontario, Canada Posts: 767	i got a nice gash from my wrist to the base of my thumb.....this is not as a result to a car repair peroblem i was intoxicated and trying to climb a fence when my cousin decided i wasn't goin over fast enough so he shoved me off the top(8ft) huge gash on hand sprained ankle which i couldn't walk properly for over 3 weeks and a inch long piece of wood from fallin in a ditch......... man u gotta love canadian club whiskey=) i performed surgery on my own knee JAMES ------------------ Black 1990 gt cobra bonestock not for long

08-28-2001, 01:11 AM	#5
Skyman I need 110mph Trap Speed! Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: So, CA Posts: 4,315	That sucks! Ive heard about the super glue. I couldnt stand her in that movie. Skyler ------------------ -1989 Saleen Mustang #406- TFS TW Heads, E-303, Edelbrock intake, 70mm TB, 73mm MAF, 24lb injectors, 1 5/8 shorties, Off Road H, 3 Chamber flows, Jaz Race seats, Back seat removed, sub-frames, Roll Cage, and a 80 shot of N20. 12.54@107.4 Motor *332RWHP, 350rwtq*

08-28-2001, 05:55 PM	#6
Fox Body Mustang Maniac Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: GA, U.S.A Posts: 2,266	Heh, heh. withamc I feel your pain, man. It's like when I've been under my car trying to get a near impossible bolt (the kind you can only turn a few cm each turn, your hand starts cramping up, your neck hurts, it's getting hot outside, are mosquitoes feasting on you, gnats are buzzing around you and landing on you ear .... But just the way you told the story, I had to LOL. Sorry. ----------------------------------------- 351W-powered 1979 Ford Mustang notchback Stock 5.8L under 4" cowl, C4 w/ shift kit Holley 750 cfm, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake 1 5/8" MAC shorty headers, Al driveshaft 2.5" Off road H-pipe, 2-chamber Flowmasters Front: 225/60/15, Rear: 255/60/15 Eagle GT II Weld wheels (15x6;15x8), 8.8" Rear w/ 3.55s 14 x 4” K&N air filter (getting the Xtreme setup someday) "Red, thou art my companion. Hasten now your quickened metamorphosis to Green that I may conquer all who dare abide there beside me. May they be left thither behind burnt black." ---Fox Body

08-30-2001, 08:14 PM	#7
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08-30-2001, 11:37 PM	#8
Unit 5302 Registered Member Join Date: May 1999 Posts: 5,246	Yeah, well, I may have that beat... It was a couple years ago, you know, one of the 6 consecutive years without medical coverage for myself. I was workin on drum brakes. As usual, lot's of profanity. I was attempting to install one of the springs. Having very little luck, with of all the tools, a needle nose. I didn't have room for the other stuff, appearently? I don't remember quite why I was being stupid. Anyway, as I'm heave-ho on this damn spring, you guessed it, the needle nose slips off. I know what you are thinking. It wacks me in the head, or stabs me in the arm or face. Well the latter, kinda. I stabbed myself in the eye. Yeah... that REALLY sucked *** . About 2-3 sec later, I was totally blind in one eye. Of course panicked, and well on the way to setting a profanity record, I yell at my dad, who attempts to tell me to go to the hospital. I instead elect not to be charged 1000's of dollars and go downstairs to the sink. I can see I have a film of blood over my eye, so I rinse with water for a few seconds, stinging like hell, but suddenly, I CAN SEE AGAIN!! I got myself in the white of the eye, must have rolled my eye's instinctively? Who knows, but it took a few minutes to where I could see without it clouding up for me. For a couple days after, if I went to look at the injury spot, had to roll eye and pull eyelid a little, it would start to bleed again. That was probably the most scared I've ever been in my life, actually.

08-31-2001, 01:38 AM	#9
withamc Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA Posts: 396	It's getting to the point where a bunch of the guys at work are stopping by my office on Mondays to see what the latest weekend injury is. The good news is the glue is off and the blood is gone - it's gonna scar though. It'll match the one over the other eye But I just bought a welder - I wonder what kinda damage I can do now!

08-31-2001, 02:50 AM	#10
84_GT350 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: Overland Park, KS, USA Posts: 1,631	A hood fell on my head once. Here's how: As anyone who lives in Kansas knows it gets VERY windy in the spring. I was helping my brother pull and change the plugs in his old car one day when it was really windy. My bro goes to grab another wrench and I'm still wrenching away when this heavy gust of wind comes and lifts the hood up far enough to pull it off the prop. So then the prop fell and I started pulling my head back but it caught me right on top of the head (you know...on the soft spot). I think I scared my neighbors away that day I was swearing so loud. Needless to say my car now has hood struts. ------------------ 1984 1/2 GT350 (#842 Hatchback w/ T-tops), 302HO, Comp cams Xtreme Energy cam, Carter 625cfm carb, Weiand Stealth intake, MSD distributor, MSD coil, FMS 9mm wires, 1 5/8" MAC unequal shorties, 2 1/2" MAC Prochamber H-pipe, Flowmaster 2 chambers, KYBs, 16"x8" 4 lug Cobra Rs, Falken 245/45ZR16s So I pushed it up to 110, That flathead motor was about to give in, I crossed my fingers and prayed to the lord, Don't let me down you fuct up ford!" "5-Oh Ford" by The Reverend Horton Heat

09-01-2001, 12:13 PM	#11
srv1 Get down..... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Room 103 Posts: 2,095	dude you made me laugh! im sorry, but the whole situation was funny. im not directly laughing at you getting hurt, thats not funny. i know, cause i was at work on the leg of a foldable cherry picker fell on my head!! it gushed just like your did. about 18 stitches i think.....hmmmm cant really remember, wonder why?hmmmm..i dunno know. but anyways, i hear ya! ----------------------------- 90 LX Black on Black Flowbabies, h pipe, Mac unequals shorties, Hurst, K&N, 3.55's, lowered, subframes, MSD coil and 99 Cobra's w/ 245/45/17's that dont fit

09-01-2001, 02:00 PM	#12
2FastLX The Photoshop Guru Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Mecca, Indiana Posts: 1,419	Good topic. It's always fun to discuss the scars of battle Well, how's it healing withamc? I have a story to add, though it's not from working on my car. I was at work deburring a part with a deburr knife. If you haven't seen one it's a handle with a small "S" shaped blade sticking out of it. I was using one to rip this huge burr off of a part and slipped and hit the palm of my hand just below my thumb. It left a small scratch but hurt like hell. When I finished the next part and deburred it I tried not to do that again, but somehow I did. That time it laid my hand open and left a gash 1" long by 1/2" deep into my hand. It was the worst cut I had ever had next to the "finger meets jointer" incident and "vein hanging out of foot" wound LOL. We don't have a supervisor at work so we called the owners and one one of them came back and made me go get stitched up. That was the first time I got stitches and could watch them thread the needle ------------------ Gunning for 12's! Buy your parts here ICQ# 42269241

09-03-2001, 12:03 PM	#13
Fox Body Mustang Maniac Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: GA, U.S.A Posts: 2,266	One rule I have made when laying under my car for whatever reason is to wear my safety glasses with side shields. Well, being a chemistry graduate, I feel bad sometimes even cooking a pot of noodles without safety glasses. ------------------------------------------------------- 351W-powered 1979 Ford Mustang notchback Stock 5.8L under 4" cowl, C4 w/ shift kit Holley 750 cfm, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake 1 5/8" MAC shorty headers, Al driveshaft 2.5" Off road H-pipe, 2-chamber Flowmasters Front: 225/60/15, Rear: 255/60/15 Eagle GT II Weld wheels (15x6;15x8), 8.8" Rear w/ 3.55s 14 x 4” K&N air filter (getting the Xtreme setup someday) "Red, thou art my companion. Hasten now your quickened metamorphosis to Green that I may conquer all who dare abide there beside me. May they be left thither behind burnt black." ---Fox Body

09-04-2001, 01:44 PM	#14
Coupe Devil Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Myrtle Beach SC Posts: 1,643	I was helping a buddy work on this old junk tractor he bought, he wanted to look everything over before he cranked it to make sure it wouldnt explode or something. We checked the ENTIRE thing out, or so I thought. He said he wanted to pull the pan and check the bearings. No problem. We get to unbolting the pan (which is Cast Iron because it is part of the frames structure) and get all the bolts out. It wont come off. About 40 years of gasket sealer had just gotten hardand it did not want to let go. Granted this pan weighs about 40 pounds. We start driving screw drivers between the pan and block until it finally comes off, onto my buddies head. I would say it would have been a close race of profanity UNIT. It gave him 20 something stitches above the right eye, nearly a broken nose, cut his head and ear up pretty bad and he couldnt see out that eye for about a month. His hole head swelled up, I thought it was very funny. He failed to find the humor in it. ------------------ '93 lx notch 4 banger (drive it to work currently), 89' 4banger in prep for all out drag car. Using the 306, 8.8 posi, 4.10's, summit rear cover. Future Mods granatelli lift bars, bbk uppers, Flex-a-lite elec. fan, cowl hood, wieand stealth intake, holley 650 d.p., built c-4 or c-6, e-303, 10 inch wheels in the back with slicks, skinnies up front, pulleys, full autometer guages, msd box, mallory unilite dist, and coil, custom headers, rear seat delete, aftermarket front seats, roll cage

09-04-2001, 04:38 PM	#15
red82gt Sober voice of Reason Join Date: Nov 1998 Location: Kelowna, B.C., Canada Posts: 1,514	Anyone ever drop a socket or a ratchet on one of their teeth? I've done it a couple times, not reccommended! ------------------ GT-40 heads (ported, polished, + milled), B303 cam, 1.7rr's, JE pistons, Offy intake, Carter AFB 625cfm carb, Flowtech 1 5/8" shortys, Flowtech X-pipe, MAC Flowpath exhaust, MAC pulleys, 373's, subframes, Eibachs+Tokicos, B&M ripper, FMS Clutch, Zoom Quadrant+cable, 17" CSA Ultra rims, 235/45ZR17 Yokohama AVS S4's, MSD 6A ignition+coil, FMS 9mm wires, Carbed, Naturally Aspirated, and Nasty!

09-05-2001, 08:05 PM	#17
KidNotch4793 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Naperville, IL (Burb of Chicago) Posts: 44	My dad tells a story of working on his 87 Dodge Omni. He was doing the front brakes. I don't remember the details but somehow he managed to tear the nail off his index finger. He came in with his finger wrapped in paper towels and called his sister (the nurse) to find out what to do. She told him to clean it off with alcohal and bandage it up. I think took about a month for it to grow back. ------------------ KidNotch4793 1993 LX 5.0 Notchback Eddlebrock intake,K&N, 70mm,March Underdrive pullies, Jacobson ignition,Superchip, Borla,3:73's, Kenny Brown Subframe connectors, Hurst shifter, Centerforce, Saleen Wing, Cobra Badges.

09-08-2001, 02:08 AM	#18
1965GTO Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Dupo,ill Posts: 219	There is a tool made to install drum brake springs. It works real good, use it.

09-08-2001, 09:39 AM	#19
69fastback IRAQ VET Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: high desert California Posts: 1,480	I did a really stupid thing just the other night myself. I was fairly drunk and went outside to got to the bathroom. I was standing on a wall and i started to fall of off the wall. Well in my moment of birliance I grabbed a hold of the barbed wire with boths hands. When i realized what i had done I let go and ended up falling of the wall anyway and landing on my elbow and swelling it up pretty bad with both my hands covered in blood. Watch out for those damn korean drinks. ------------------ 69 428 cobra jet: tons of mods. 97 f-150 5.4 xlt mark III BUCKLE UP. SUCK IT IN. Objects in the mirror are about to disappear... QUICKLY!!!!!!