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Stupid things I've done when working on a car...

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Saffy:
Another one from back in the day when I was 17. My mate who I was knocking around with did this... so I'm not the fool this time. He did an oil change at my gaff and ended up putting about 2 litres too much oil in - but decided to test drive the car to see if too much oil mattered or not  :lipsrsealed:
Few miles away he definitely decided it did matter and his mother was going to kill him if anything happened to her Fiat. So he pulled into a layby and was going to let 'some' oil out  :police:.... scolded himself on the gush of hot oil, dropped the sump plug into a drain along with all the rest of engine oil  :evil:

Welshbreed:
 :grin: :laugh: :grin: :laugh: :evil:

lee celtic:
Daftest one I've done was when I was using a high lift to break the bead on a tyre. I had the tyre under the jack and the jack hooked under the tow hitch on the disco. I jacked it up and sat waiting for the bead to break. I was looking to see if it moved and the handle dropped bounced off the pins as the weight of the car shifted and the handle hit me in the side of the head three times rapidly.. I saw little tweety birds and stars ... and for the sensitive I swore a bit..lol 

I laugh now remembering how the first hit caught me off guard then as I tried to figure out what hit me it hit again then as I went to grab the black blur that was heading my way again I missed and wham. I got it just before the fourth hit. (thank god) I had a lump on the side of my head and a black bruise running through my ear(that hurt) and a dent in the arm of my glasses.

Moral of the story ,, an anti rattle clip on a highlift handle should be used to secure the handle when not in use and when it is..lol

I have a mate who was working on a boat in the middle of a field, he fell head first through the hatch and got himself wedged between the hull and the engine while upside down. He was there for almost 24 hours before he swung his legs enough to break a few ribs and free himself..

James.Harwood:
Took the engine out a Series once without a engine lift or any other mechanical lifting device....

Saffy:
reminds me that my dad used to take engines out with a couple of neighbours - straps, lifting bars and muscle.

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