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03-26-2012, 08:44 AM
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So I punched myself in the face yesterday...
I was upgrading the alternator on my 79 300TD to a AL129X. I was lying on my back under the engine and torquing the alternator bolts applying all of my force to the bolt. I was using a ratchet with a rubber handle. I had my left elbow bent when the rubber handle slipped off the ratchet and my fist drove square into my chin at full force. Damn, that was a surprise. My neck was sore from the force snapping my head in the other direction.
I stood up to make sure I was okay and decided to finish putting the bolts on and then called it a day.  Has any one else ever done anything like this working on their cars?
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03-26-2012, 08:55 AM
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yeah sort of. I dropped a wrench on my face when changing a starter on my parents tahoe. I also sprayed brake cleaner on the mercedes' brake rotor and it reflected off and went right into my eyes.
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03-26-2012, 09:00 AM
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Not really, but a driveshaft once fell on my head right as I removed the last bolt. Not a whole long one, the half one.
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03-26-2012, 09:27 AM
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While changing the ball joints on the F250, I learned to keep the top nut on when using a hammer to separate the knuckle from the truck...broke 3 toes on that one!
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03-26-2012, 09:33 AM
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 I once barely avoided potential serious injury when I decided to use a shop hammer on the large open end wrench I was using... the wrench was making a most interesting humming/ringing sort of vibrational noise as it flew wildly past my ear...
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03-26-2012, 09:38 AM
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I had a ratchet slip and pop in the mouth.
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03-26-2012, 10:34 AM
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03-26-2012, 11:25 AM
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I've done stuff like that too many times to count.
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03-26-2012, 01:25 PM
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Yes - I was messing about weighing stuff (I think it was a stripped down OM617 block if I remember rightly)...
I was holding the scales and concentrating on not dropping the block on my feet when the rope snapped and I whacked myself in the head with the scales. Bollocks - **** - **** was all I could say after that!
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03-26-2012, 02:11 PM
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While upside down torquing the three bolts on the driveshaft and using my second hand to hold the wrench, the ratchet slipped off the bolt head and I blasted myself in the face with my clenched hand.
That wasn't any fun.................
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03-26-2012, 04:03 PM
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03-26-2012, 04:12 PM
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03-26-2012, 05:12 PM
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03-26-2012, 05:16 PM
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