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Sun Jan 27, 2008 11:47 am

Kman07 wrote: hpw wrote: dansvans wrote: Quote: Ran a flat head screw driver almost clean through my left palm.

when i was 19, i was working on my 56 beetle one day, and lost the bolts that attach the decklid, so i decided to use cheese head screws (big mistake), one of the screws had boogered threads and i just tried to power thru it- but the flathead screwdriver jumped out of the slot and i ran the tool right into my eye. the tool was nearly new, so it cut my cornea nearly all the way thru, so eye doctor had to STITCH IT UP :shock: fortunately, it was way off to the side, so it didnt mess up my vision

Are you blind in that eye?

:oops: well it looks like I'm blind in one eye and can't see out the other

Thanks

Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:58 pm

Wrenching under my speedster and the wrench slipped and sliced the outside of my left hand little finger second knuckle to the bone. I looked at it and it wasn't bleeding. I held my breath, counted to three and as soon as the blood started it hurt like a SOB!!!!!!! Went in and freaked my mom out with the blood running down my arm. Wrapped it up anhd kept working....
JiI

Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:49 am

Quote: it cut my cornea nearly all the way thru

real close to going all the way thru- apparently no fluid leaks out unless it goes all the way thru. much like skin, there are layers and the eye doc said i cut thru all but one. so yes, i still have BOTH eyes workin fine, and a great scar which is under the eyelid, so it didnt make me any uglier than i am already :lol:

the second worst accident happened in sept last. i cut my forearm open with a cut off wheel. again i was real lucky that it didnt cut the muscle. but i lost a cup of blood as i did cut thru a vein.

might seem like i am accident prone, but those two incidents happened 30 years apart.

Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:21 pm

a couple of months ago i was putting a starter in a saab and somehow the starter fell and fractured my right thumb, and then the next day i got a sledge dropped on my left thumb and i thick i broke the cartilidge...i think someone just doesnt want me to have thumbs :lol:

Fri Feb 01, 2008 2:59 pm

Anyone ever had gasoline in their eye?

That feels really f*cking good!

Fri Feb 01, 2008 4:00 pm

jakecycle79 wrote: Anyone ever had gasoline in their eye?

That feels really f*cking good!

You can say Fuck in this forum.

Fri Feb 01, 2008 4:02 pm

but you can't say c**ter

Fri Feb 01, 2008 4:13 pm

dansvans wrote: Quote: it cut my cornea nearly all the way thru

real close to going all the way thru- apparently no fluid leaks out unless it goes all the way thru. much like skin, there are layers and the eye doc said i cut thru all but one. so yes, i still have BOTH eyes workin fine, and a great scar which is under the eyelid, so it didnt make me any uglier than i am already :lol:

the second worst accident happened in sept last. i cut my forearm open with a cut off wheel. again i was real lucky that it didnt cut the muscle. but i lost a cup of blood as i did cut thru a vein.

might seem like i am accident prone, but those two incidents happened 30 years apart.

We must have the same luck. As we speak my eye has Silicone Oil inside of it instead of vitreous (long story), and I nearly cut off my left hand with a chop saw about 3 years ago (cut through all the muscle, extensor tendons, etc).

I've adopted the motto that it's not a project until it's been blessed with blood. :lol:

Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:36 pm

Major Woody wrote: jakecycle79 wrote: Anyone ever had gasoline in their eye?

That feels really f*cking good!

You can say Fuck in this forum.

FUCK!!!!! MY EYE!!!

Sat Feb 02, 2008 7:15 pm

jakecycle79 wrote: Anyone ever had gasoline in their eye?

That feels really f*cking good!

Yep. But it's worse in the ear. :shock:

Sat Feb 02, 2008 8:02 pm

Quote: Anyone ever had gasoline in their eye?

lacquer thinner is worse. burns for a couple days

i once dumped a funnel full of gear oil in my hair. doesnt hurt, but man it smelled for a week or two. i got dirty looks from everyone the next day, as it really smells like piss.

Sat Feb 02, 2008 8:04 pm

Quote: As we speak my eye has Silicone Oil inside of it instead of vitreous

i didnt know they could do that! you gotta tell us the story.

Sat Feb 02, 2008 8:26 pm

dansvans wrote: Quote: As we speak my eye has Silicone Oil inside of it instead of vitreous

i didnt know they could do that! you gotta tell us the story.

Not car related.

Sat Feb 02, 2008 8:43 pm

jakecycle79 wrote: Anyone ever had gasoline in their eye?

That feels really f*cking good!

I have had gasoline in my lungs. That doesn't feel good.

Sat Feb 02, 2008 8:45 pm

I think my favorite 2 are the I dropped a type 3 full motor on my hand at about 1foot off the ground it fell off the jack and the heater box landed on my hand, luckily no broken hand, and the other was the transaxle that fell onto my chest as i was moving it to install it.

Sun Jun 15, 2008 2:13 am

One of my friends came over to help me take out my gas tank. He crawled under the car and was pushing up on the tank when it slipped and he got two punctures on his hand. He was very embarrassed and he tells everyone that it was a snake bite.

Sun Jun 15, 2008 7:00 am

Tried to stop a small block 400 from hitting the pavement with my leg. Right before impact I thought, BAD IDEA! It was. Crutches for three days and a permanent dent in the leg. But I saved the motor!

Sarge

Sun Jun 15, 2008 12:43 pm

I have tooo many injuries to bother listing all, but a few of the worse are: shattered elbow (replacing fuel lines in an s10 blazer), broken finger (closing a door @ the j-yard), & knowing EVERY automotive fluid by sight, smell, and TASTE including bad brake fluid (had a rubber brake hose explode in my face while working on a scirocco)

Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:21 am

Back in around 84 I was working on my 69 beetle at dusk around the fuel pump while it was idling. The next thing I know I hooked up with the fan belt with my right index and middle finger and had them run up around and through the generator pulley. I was really amazed at the time that they were all still attached. Then the pain set in for three or four days.I was lucky that nothing was broken (that I know of). Had never thought they could bend backwards that way as they conformed to the v belt groove.

Funny thing is that it did not throw the belt off.

Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:32 am

Not working on a car, but I was helping a friend put up some siding/plywood on a garage he was building. I was using a nail gun.

I don't know what happened but I was holding the plywood up with my left hand and put the nail gun to the wood and pulled the trigger, my left hand was apparently too close to where I was nailing.

There was a hard kick back on the nail gun and it bounced and hit the top of my hand and my finger pulled the trigger and I nailed my hand to the plywood.

That hurt.