A friendly reminder to all of us who work on cars at home

sigma · 8 Mar 2021 at 20:35

JRS said:
No. But it's the stuff that needs to be said and have people think about.
If just one person reads this thread and is saved next time they work underneath a car because they took precautions then I'll consider it mission ******* accomplished!

My original comment was poorly worded, what I meant to say is "it's never nice to hear of things like this".

I've also been in the "omg car is broken... wait, it's the chocks" situation. Regarding jacking the car up I always have two stands, two jacks where possible and spare wheels in situ. I avoid ramps, never been keen on them, getting on and off them introduces another place for error.

No long ago I saw a car that had been left overnight, with a wheel off, being supported by a single leg scissor jack :eek:

brave... stupid...

JRS · 8 Mar 2021 at 20:58

sigma said:
My original comment was poorly worded, what I meant to say is "it's never nice to hear of things like this".

All good, that was exactly what I took you to mean

Dis86 · 8 Mar 2021 at 21:52

Meh, not worth poking you.

JRS · 8 Mar 2021 at 21:56

Dis86 said:
Meh, not worth poking you.

sigma · 8 Mar 2021 at 22:04

geekman said:
Out of coincidence I've seen quite a few people die, and I'm lucky that it's never affected me.

Is that why you ran away to Mehico?

Dis86 · 8 Mar 2021 at 22:09

JRS said:

Was a reply to someone but deleted it.

Howard · 8 Mar 2021 at 22:13

Acme said:
Any of you ever succeeded and dented your sill panel?

No, just “what, what’s stuck.. oh for gods...”

Always when I’m working on brakes too, so I briefly wonder if I refitted the calliper inside out or something.

geekman · 8 Mar 2021 at 23:08

sigma said:
Is that why you ran away to Mehico?

I'm not the criminal some of you think I am

I've seen three here, one in France, and another couple in the UK. I won't make an already pretty gruesome thread worse by describing them, but I do feel like death follows me around sometimes. As the OP says, it's always a good reminder to be careful, although not the kind of reminder you want.

Donnie Fisher · 8 Mar 2021 at 23:26

When I think back to some of the things I’ve done for jacking up cars I wonder hope I’m still here. Changed days now though. I’ma big fan of the wheel thrown under the car as a safety

Howard · 9 Mar 2021 at 09:10

geekman said:
I'm not the criminal some of you think I am

That's what a criminal would say.

sigma · 9 Mar 2021 at 09:18

geekman said:
I'm not the criminal some of you think I am

I've seen three here, one in France, and another couple in the UK. I won't make an already pretty gruesome thread worse by describing them, but I do feel like death follows me around sometimes. As the OP says, it's always a good reminder to be careful, although not the kind of reminder you want.

If they're all motors related then you really need to start another thread, unless JRS approves, or unless they would incriminate you...

Gaygle · 9 Mar 2021 at 09:54

Howard said:
That's what a criminal would say.

geekman · 9 Mar 2021 at 17:11

sigma said:
If they're all motors related then you really need to start another thread, unless JRS approves, or unless they would incriminate you...

I wasn't directly involved in any of them, although.....

Howard said:
That's what a criminal would say.

Howard · 9 Mar 2021 at 18:26

geekman said:
I wasn't directly involved in any of them, although.....

I suffered at the hands of your old Jag XJ's electric seats at an OCUK meet once. That was no accident. I stand by my words.

JRS · 9 Mar 2021 at 18:40

Howard said:
I suffered at the hands of your old Jag XJ's electric seats at an OCUK meet once. That was no accident. I stand by my words.

Nasher · 9 Mar 2021 at 18:42

Jag seats are designed to tip money out of your pocket.

geekman · 9 Mar 2021 at 20:06

Howard said:
I suffered at the hands of your old Jag XJ's electric seats at an OCUK meet once. That was no accident. I stand by my words.

Haha, I’d totally forgotten about that! I hope you’ve had sufficient time to recover

wesimmo · 9 Mar 2021 at 20:22

Hmmm, if you'd seen me hanging off this engine hoist like I was sailing a catamaran when it started to tilt....

Howard · 9 Mar 2021 at 20:55

Nasher said:
Jag seats are designed to tip money out of your pocket.

This wasn’t an electrical fault. It was pure sabotage as I was getting closer and closer to the steering wheel with rapidly diminishing means of escape

adam cool dude · 10 Mar 2021 at 08:56

wesimmo said:
Hmmm, if you'd seen me hanging off this engine hoist like I was sailing a catamaran when it started to tilt....

We were the same when stripping a MX5 for my mates exo build. We forgot to split the steering linkage and not one of us were even going to attempt to get underneath it! Managed to get it free eventually however.

Anyway after this thread I actually went and bought some chocks so my pair of bricks can retire now.