Boy I hear ya...
I learned the hard way that you don't try to remove rear leaf springs when
they are sprung.
It was on my first car a '57 chevy and I was trying to install a lift kit to
rack the rear so I beat out that bolt with a hammer and punch from
underneath the spring. When that spring came down on me it stuck me to the
floor for about a half an hour till my brother came home and helped me out.
My chest still hurts sometimes.
I knew there was some reason why I bought a car with only half a leaf
spring.
-Drew
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Thompson [SMTP:dthompson@gbc.ca]
Sent: Monday, November 16, 1998 11:29 AM
To: 'millerls@email.msn.com'
Cc: 'spridgets@autox.team.net'
Subject: RE: Connections
Wow, I'm still laughing over that one........ held up a match! HA,
Ha, ha,
hee, hee ,hee! Just like Wile E. Coyote in the cartoons! My story
wasn't as
bad as that, the car and the dumb owner survived.
I just tried to empty a gas tank before removal by using a shop vac
(stripped drain plug, of course). Although you can't see them, gas
fumes
are extremely flammable. I heard a loud "POOOF" and discovered that
I had
less eyebrow hair than I did before....... Thank god the fuel itself
didn't
catch fire. One of those situations where you sit down afterwards
and think
to yourself: "what on earth was I thinking?" Ah, to be young and
foolish
again!
Ask me about the last two fingers on my right hand and the rusty
jacking
point.......never use a jacking point (even on a new car)
and.......never
try to catch a falling car! Was just laughing with my younger
brother over
that one last night, he remembers my two fingers looking a bit like
serving
spoons.
Perhaps we could start a thread on listers most embarassing (and
painful)
LBC restoration moments. Do not be embarrased people, we all do dumb
things
from time to time!
Daniel T.
-----Original Message-----
From: Larry and Sandi Miller [SMTP:millerls@email.msn.com]
Sent: Monday, November 16, 1998 1:54 PM
To: dthompson@gbc.ca
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Connections
Daniel
We would really like to hear the story. It could not be worse than
the time
my buddy held a match up the the gas filler on my 36 Ford to see if
it was
really out of gas. The Ford never fully recovered.
Larry
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