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Old 12-29-2021, 02:39 PM   #1
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Just read this sad news story in the Hobby News and Views column of OldCars Weekly:

A 76 year old DeLuz (Calif.) man died after being pinned beneath his 1935 Chrysler.....
According to reports, Ness was using his pickup top move the Chrysler Airflow from an enclosed trailer. After he got the car out of the trailer, Ness got out of the vehicle without securing it and the car rolled onto him, according to the California Highway Patrol. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Old 12-29-2021, 04:00 PM   #2
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Here's the Oct. 25,2021 news report. So sad.
https://www.pe.com/2021/10/25/man-di...near-temecula/
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Old 12-29-2021, 04:59 PM   #3
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anything can happen at any time.
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Old 12-30-2021, 09:04 AM   #4
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For whatever reason I always secure the handbrake in my old cars. At first I thought this was going to be q failed or non existent jack stand. Someone once told me that without a jack stand I was just relying on an o ring to hold the car in the air.
I'm sure we all have a scar or two to remind us to do something differently but you need to at least think a bit. Nothing against the subject of the thread just wishing you all a safe new year.
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Old 12-30-2021, 02:15 PM   #5
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All it takes is a moment of a in attention or distraction. Couple of years ago I put a new
starter in my 48 business coupe. I hit the button on the bottom of the solenoid to see if it would turn over. I had left the key on and the car in gear! The only thing that stopped it was a board sticking out from a post in the shed I was working in. I'm holding the front end thinking I can call my wife in the house to come knock it out of gear. Also thinking this thing could crush me against a concrete wall. OOOPs cell is laying on kitchen table. After what seemed like 3 days it stalled but I had $960 worth of damage to the door. Wife called me a dumb A## and she was right(after 40 years of marriage I hate when that happens). I pull keys out now and make sure if I'm doing something that could go wrong somebody else is there.
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Old 12-30-2021, 02:28 PM   #6
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I've read a few accounts on automotive forums of people working underneath their car and disconnecting the driveshaft with the car parked on a slope. Not fun. Always use chock blocks!
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Old 12-30-2021, 04:21 PM   #7
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You can never be too careful. And accidents... sometimes they just happen.
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Old 12-30-2021, 05:34 PM   #8
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And, if there's a welder involved in the project underneath the car, that's an added dimension for safety!!....and I have the scars to prove it!!
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Old 12-30-2021, 06:07 PM   #9
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Don’t forget the split second stupid reaction to the emergency! As a kid under a clunker welding exhaust pipes, the under seal caught on fire. Smart me, turn off the gas and turn up the oxy to blow out the flames. Yes, I can point to my scars too.
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Old 12-30-2021, 07:35 PM   #10
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The fleet garages I worked with on safety required the mechanic to remove the truck keys from the ignition and hang them on the driver's door with an "Out of Service" tag. The shop manager or another mechanic could see at keys & tag at glance. All was well.
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Old 12-30-2021, 07:54 PM   #11
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Jay, did you get the PM I sent ?
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Old 12-30-2021, 08:19 PM   #12
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I was having a talk with a friend about emerg brakes and he said he does not use his, just leaves it in gear.
Fine, But I told him if he never uses it then the inner cable can become frozen in the outer case and when he does use it the brake will not release and then you are hooped!
I always use mine!
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Old 12-30-2021, 09:08 PM   #13
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I had a friend that was checking fuel pressure at the fuel pump.
He had the trouble light right there and he told a buddy to hit
the starter button to turn the engine over.
Some gas squirted on the trouble light, and he had an instant fire.
His shirt sleeve caught fire, burned his hand and arm pretty
bad and burned some wiring and paint.
It could have been so much worse.




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Old 12-31-2021, 01:08 AM   #14
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I've read a few accounts on automotive forums of people working underneath their car and disconnecting the driveshaft with the car parked on a slope. Not fun. Always use chock blocks!

Have you ever wondered why many shop manuals will start-off on a repair with:

DISCONNECT BATTERY!

It'll hopefully save you when underneath, trans is IN GEAR, and the starter begins to crank! DD
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Have you ever wondered why many shop manuals will start-off on a repair with:

DISCONNECT BATTERY!

It'll hopefully save you when underneath, trans is IN GEAR, and the starter begins to crank! DD
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Hey Coop! Betcha take off your propeller before you get out and get under!
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As we are airing horror stories, here is mine when you leave the ignition on while checking a faulty fuel pump, yes it will be rebuilt after my workshop gets rebuilt.

http://aussierodding.altervista.org/...tible.165.html

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Old 12-31-2021, 03:16 AM   #17
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Hey Coop! Betcha take off your propeller before you get out and get under!
Hey Alan ....Here's my propeller as I get out to re-crank! DD


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Hey Alan ....Here's my propeller as I get out to re-crank! DD


That's the way I used to crank my J-3 N2086M (only on the ground)

Wonder if someone is in the back seat?
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Old 12-31-2021, 01:26 PM   #19
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And I thought this guy was ballsy, not compared to the pilot.
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Old 12-31-2021, 06:11 PM   #20
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So that's what happened to all of the '36 Ford 3-Window coupes.
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