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Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:27 am

I put a 1/4" bit in my forearm drilling out spotwelds on the inner rocker of my bus..

Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:39 am

I was tightening up the torque converter bolts on a 1972 F-100 I had just rebuilt the motor in and the socket slipped off the nut and smacked me in the upper lip. It drove my 2 front teeth right thru my lip. They were sticking thru so far I had to pull my lip down and over my teeth to get them out. Hurt like a bitch, almost as bad as getting smacked on the tip of the nose. :x

Mon Jun 16, 2008 9:11 am

i had a big wrench fall off the top of the radiator crossmember of my old 70 gto when i was working under it once , luckily i caught it with my teeth ...hundreds of dollars spent at the dentist later and i still look like i went 1 on 1 with mike tyson .

Mon Jun 16, 2008 5:24 pm

a68veedub wrote: i had a big wrench fall off the top of the radiator crossmember of my old 70 gto when i was working under it once , luckily i caught it with my teeth ...hundreds of dollars spent at the dentist later and i still look like i went 1 on 1 with mike tyson .

lol

Wed Jun 18, 2008 3:13 pm

well most of this didnt happen on my car but it did happen working on cars
i had a teacher smash my thumb with a deadblow hammer, ive ripped the end on my third finger off with rolled chain, stabbed my self in the wrist with a little flathead screwdriver which has leaft a black dot there for a year still, 3 broken knuckles from a truck being but on my hand, i burnt the head of wanker while welding and a whole lot else but i feel thats enough for now

Thu Jun 19, 2008 7:55 am

Slit my wrist washing the inside of my from bumber--got butterfly bandages and a tetnus shot at emerg.

Thu Jun 19, 2008 8:08 am

carter wrote: i burnt the head of wanker while welding

Why were you welding with no pants on?

Thu Jun 19, 2008 8:13 am

dansvans wrote: 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.

You know whats even worse that laquer is laquer based contact glue in the eye, its really hard to get off, burning the whole time, usually takes off all your eye lashes, and burns for days. Don't ask me how I know all this :lol:

Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:33 am

Patty B. wrote: Slit my wrist washing the inside of my from bumber--got butterfly bandages and a tetnus shot at emerg.

Those bumbers can be so sharb. I have done that myself. Boy, was I surbrised when that habbened!

Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:42 am

Local mechanic here was under the DeathBus just using the Bilstein jack and had the left front tire off, the jack collapsed and pinned him under the bus.

Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:16 am

DeathBus wrote: Local mechanic here was under the DeathBus just using the Bilstein jack and had the left front tire off, the jack collapsed and pinned him under the bus.
So death wasn't enough, now it's the "death & maiming bus"
:)

Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:21 am

had my front hurst bumper propped up to check the fit - like an idiot i laid down on the ground to look underneath, obviously not holding it up tight enough, it tipped and caught me right along my temple..thought i was going to pass out..

Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:22 am

TeamSpatula wrote: DeathBus wrote: Local mechanic here was under the DeathBus just using the Bilstein jack and had the left front tire off, the jack collapsed and pinned him under the bus.
So death wasn't enough, now it's the "death & maiming bus"
:)

Remind me to tell you the story at next year's CTS.

Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:34 am

I was replacing one of the power steering hoses on a Mustang 5.0 just after I drove it home from the autoparts store. Smelled the funkiest smell and wondered what it was. About 15 seconds later, realized it was the back of my hand against the exhaust manifold. That was about 15 years ago. Sold the car, still got the scar.

Fri Jun 20, 2008 10:09 am

DeathBus wrote: Local mechanic here was under the DeathBus just using the Bilstein jack and had the left front tire off, the jack collapsed and pinned him under the bus.

Retard!

Fri Jun 20, 2008 11:35 am

Use a dowel, or a hammer handle to hold down the seat release spring when taking the seats out of your Type 3.
The chunk of skin it took off was 15x15mm, 2mm thick after running through the seat track.

I could see my pulse, just like when Jerry hit Tom's thumb with a hammer.
It healed remarkably fast, though. But now my right thumb is stubbier than my left.

Sat Jun 21, 2008 5:56 am

About two weeks ago I was using my King Kong drill (AC) to drill some 5/8" holes in a long piece steel.

Bare in mind I'm used to using my cordless drill that has a clutch and a brake.

I'm buzzing along with my AC drill and the bit binds up. My hand slips off the handle and the drill keeps spinning. It doesn't have a brake and so it winds down, but it has enough force to wrap my hand up in the cord...and about pulls my middle and ring fingers off my hand. Two weeks later and my hand is still jacked.

Sat Jun 21, 2008 6:56 am

Took a peashooter in the forehead a couple days ago trying to crawl from under the car...I forget I can't bend my neck like I used to...

Tue Jun 24, 2008 1:45 pm

dquattlebum wrote: carter wrote: i burnt the head of wanker while welding

Why were you welding with no pants on?

no i was welding the uprights of a ghia and a nice hot bit of slag burnt threw my pants

Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:34 pm

Didn't happen to me but to a friend of mine. He had his car up on a lift and he was standing under it cutting the end off of a muffler clamp with a welding torch. A red-hot 1/2" piece of metal rolled down the sleeve of his cover alls and settled in the crotch, nestled up against his nutsack.