aen

when it's that hot. it burns the nerves before hte nerves get a chance to send a signal. expecially when they aren't nerve endings but rather the areas like forearm and whatnot.

all i got to say is. OW.

SengTC3

hmmm plausible... haha jping damn nevertheless just imagine skin being melted off... ooooo weee

hunterUnknown

iTrader: (1)

yeah i gave the spot a slight touch, and it just kinda... dissolved where i touched it. it was cool... in a way. i looked for some neosporin rather quickly. and let me tell you: that self-clinging gauze wrap is a life-saver.

PlayinWithFire

never put your hand on the chasis while unbolting your battery... 14v never felt so... shocking.

burstaneurysm

That's why you should do all engine work when it's below freezing, that way, when you hurt yourself, you can't tell until your hands thaw...

Ever see blood freeze? I have.

Crimsontc

+1^ slows bleeding and cools burns.

Nothing done yet on the Tc. However, had a 95 crown victoria that was a royal _____ to get the oil filter off of, had to have the wheels turned all the way left, and it was still a pain. When the filter broke free (king kong musta put it on) mashed the knuckles, lost grip on the punctured filter and got oil in the face, causing me to bang my head. Nice little combo, which my "better" half thought was freaking hilarious.

Witnesses to injuries FTW! Started taking the damn thing to mobil after that one. Still cant believe how hard that filter was to get off. Had to stab it with a screw driver.

Sifu

You want to talk about oil filters? Try this filter put on by Toyota! KUNG FU GRIP!!! Look at the work I had to do to get it off!

hunterUnknown

iTrader: (1)

sometimes, toyota techs indirectly want to show their hate towards you and they overtighten :D i remember the perils of their oil filters...

engifineer

Thats cause some dont know you are NOT supposed to use the filter wrench to put it back on.

A trick for those hard to get to filters (Actually, I use it on most of them). Use a leather belt. Loop it through the buckle, put it around the filter. It is flexible, and the harder you turn, the tighter it gets, just like an oil filter wrench. That is much easier to use on the filter for my saturn than an oil filter wrench.

aen

The leather trick doesnt always work, if for some reason it was leaking oil all over the filter...like mine, then the belt will juyst come off and your best course of action would be the skrewdriver

Mugetsu

I have the "caveman"(or is it redneck lol ) version of an oil filter wrench it doesn't use no sissy strap, it has teeth like a common set of pliers.

you just grab the filter with it squeeze a little, and turn HARD.
comes right off and has yet to puncture the casing so no mess.

Adrian-the-Red

I died.

Litterally, death.

enjoithis

I did stereos / alarms for a few years, and just about every day i went to my good old box of band aids
never anything needing stiches though, luckily

Mugetsu

good riddance... just playing...

Adrian-the-Red

Haha!

Seriously though, it was like Charlie Sheen in The Wraith

Pinay_tC

I think it must be quite comedic watching me work on my car.... I'm always doing something dumb. Like the other day when I was putting my headliner, pillars, panels and such back in... I had cut my finger somehow, wasn't quite bleeding yet, although I knew it would start eventually... so I keep doing what I'm doing, and yep. Cut the same finger a 2nd time doing the exact same thing.

But hey.... at least I look cute doing it! hahaha

Big_Bird

you did what now?

Tcguy85

i sliced my palm open pretty nicely trying to loosen the sway bar bolt on the front when i was installing my lowering springs. it finally broke free and i sliced my hand open on the heatshield behind the brake rotor. that thing was sharp.

i just bandaged it up and kept working. it was a pretty nice deep cut but i wanted the job done so i kept going.

Crimsontc

Seriously LMAO. Mine wasn't quite that bad. Looks like my dog got ahold of it.