This is a true story....so don't laugh too hard.
Monday evening I decided to finish up the job I'd started the night
before..changing the oil pan gasket on my 59 3100.
Well, everything was just about finished, just wrapping it up: Change the
oil filter, put the headers back on, and put the starter back in.
Well, I got to the starter....put in the first bolt, left it hanging and
reached over for the second bolt.
I guess I didn't have the first bolt threaded as much as I
thought.....because the next thing I remeber is seeing stars! Ya, I
know...."Don't lay directly under the starter!"....I was over to one side,
it must have bounced off the header or????
A starter is nothing to be hit with...I've got a broken nose, and have a
cracked orbital bone (eye socket)....busted lip, black eyes and a cut from
one corner of my eye to the other.
Yes, I did finish getting it all back togethor...and then, after I cleaned
up my eye...I weighed the *#@^%! starter...it weighs 35 pounds!! No wonder
it hurt!
Do any of you guys, who have been working on trucks a while, have any
similar stories?
Not only is my face smashed...sooo is my pride. I've been workin' on cars
and trucks a long time....never any bodily damage...other than busted
knuckles etc.....
Just funny stuff...like mine...not : "The guy next door had the fan fly off
his 73 Pinto and cut off his head."
John Schulz
59 3100 Stepside.....Christine?
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