bad_monkey

JEez. Nothing that bad, but it seems nothing tricky can be done without lifting some skin and spilling some blood. Just a little - not a pint.

aben8057

I was working on my 951 replacing a light bulb when all of a sudden I was mugged and had my wallet stolen from some unknown entity. I looked at all of the receipts of parts purchased in the past year....that bastardo.

The only injury is to my bank account...oh well..could be worse.

Van

Lol - this could be the start of a new thread:

"I was replacing a head light bulb, and decided, while I was in there, I'd do a timing belt job, water pump, balance shaft reseal, rear main seal, clutch, LSD and cross-drill the #2 rod journal."

azbanks

I was replacing the transmission by myself in the middle of the night without a transmission jack. Normal jacks don't hold transmissions very well. The trans was about 9-12 inches off the floor when it fell. Luckily, it did not hit the floor and get damaged. My arm was there to break the fall.


S0n-of-a B!t(h!!!!!!!!!!, that hurt.

It hit hard enough to split the skin on the top(transmission side) and bottom(garage floor side) of my elbow.

CyCloNe!

I was removing a stubborn bolt and it happened to squeeze out a massive fart out of me then my hand slipped and busted a few knuckles...I was to busy laughing to worry about the pain and bloody knuckles.

Butters944

pettybird

did a brake job. I set the old front rotors on my rear spoiler as I was cleaning up my mess. I picked up the rotors to quickly, and they slid out of their boxes (I was saving them as they were still useable in an emergency.) they fell, on edge, on my big toe, shattering it into three pieces.

two days later I left for a month-long backpacking trip in Europe. That was a trip powered by Vicodin.

944Newb

My buddy dropped a rotor on his foot at work! Luckily he was wearing steel toes and just had a lot of bruising and pain..

I don't recall anything real bad happening to me but I sure do have a lot of cuts/burns on my hands! Typical knuckle busters. I like to say, I don't bust my *** I bust my knuckles!

divil

+1. I can't bear to be under there any longer than I have to. The worst thing is when I'm yanking on something I keep thinking I'll knock the 3000lb car off the stands and crush myself. Ridiculous but I can't shake the feeling.

Closest I ever came to a real injury (apart from bruised hands, knuckles etc.) was when drilling to install a tow bar. I didn't realize what happens when the drill bit binds in the metal. I escaped injury but later I found out my dad once broke a rib this way!

To make matters more hilarious I had been using my left hand and so my palm had pressed the always-on switch, so the drill didn't stop when it wrenched out of my hand...

LuigiVampa

Before it was cool the wear gloves I wrapped my hands on sharp engine parts constantly. After years of abuse there are a multitude of small scars on both hands.

The worst feeling in the world is that millisecond between when you really slam your hand (or any other body part) and the paid has not set in yet. It is the longest millisecond known to man.

FRporscheman

I was tightening the starter bolts on a friend's car. It was raining, I was on the wet cold ground, and I was overall kinda tired of working on his car, so I got a little careless. I was tightening by pulling the wrench. Towards my face. It slipped and I smashed the bridge of my nose, breaking it. That one hurt like a MFer.

I was helping my brother figure out why his VW wouldn't start. We decided to check for spark by laying a plug on the intake. The intake on the VW was awkwardly shaped so I had to hold the plug on it manually. I remembered that people say to be careful about the high voltage, so I got my insulated pliers to hold the spark plug, and figured that was enough. I was shocked to find out I was wrong!

And countless lesser experiences. Alas, no permanent bodily damage (aside from small scars on the hands). Did you get your tooth fixed?

teamking

Yeah, thanks for asking. You can't even tell which tooth it was. My dentist is an artist.