I got the tailpipe in!

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I got the tailpipe in!

April 29, 2014, 01:45:18 PM

So yesterday i was working on getting a tailpipe with a mufler on it in the passenger side had 2 jackstands and a small floor jack tires chalked and parking brake on
But the floor jacks arm did not reach high enuf so i put a 2x6 on it and i got the clearence i needded but as i got the tailpipe in i noticed the car was coming down
the 2x6 shattered and so i had the rear passenger drum brake land on my chest no one around to help i was stuck i ended up braking my hand while i was lifting it off me it scared the living out of me i was in panick mode but i ended up gettin it off of me
No broken bones(besides my hand) i feal sore but ill live.
I think my point to posting this is to let people no NOT to use wood to get more clearencec it could have ended for me so please be safe
I no im going to have people give me about it. I messed up and it could have costed me everything
I just needed to vent

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Reply #1 – April 29, 2014, 02:09:33 PM

Dang, that sucks. Glad you are OK though.

We're men, we get in a hurry and do dumb things. I have scars all over myself to prove it, heh. I am pretty cautious about being under the car though. I had a car fall off the factory scissor jack while changing a tire on the highway. One thing my dad always pounded into my head was: when you take a wheel off, put it under the car. That way if it falls, it only falls that far. That saved me some grief that day on the highway. The car fell down on the old tire, and I just reset it and tried again.

Next time, get a bigger jack

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Reply #2 – April 29, 2014, 02:16:36 PM

Im just glad i got it off me. A little broosed but ill be ok. I will from now on be putting the tire under the car like you pointed out

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Reply #3 – April 29, 2014, 06:59:27 PM

I won't get under a car on a jack, period. it has to be on jack stands or I won't get under it for anything except placing jack stands.

my dad would have had an uncle if he had done the same. its a sore subject in my family. i can't even tell my grandma I'm working on the.car without her worrying a lot.

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Reply #4 – April 29, 2014, 11:39:53 PM

Glad your ok pal, nobody should give you shiznit for this, its a hard lesson and you clearly learned it. Its a blessing only a broken hand to remind you of the close call. Stay safe.

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Reply #5 – April 29, 2014, 11:56:56 PM

Please keep a phone with you while working! If this ever happens and no one is around 911 is within your reach.

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Reply #6 – April 30, 2014, 12:08:38 PM

I did have 2 jack stands under the rear axle but the way it fell id did not matter it slighty fell towerds the passenger side when i got the car back on its tire it had moved over about a foot. I did have a phone in my pocket tho but that never went threw my head.
I do like what coogarxr said i had the car up again yesterday and put a old rim/tire under the car so it could not fall again
It dose suck having to do this wih my hand but its coming along have one more tail pipe to put in then the h pipe and im done so..

Alltho it sucks i had this happen when i was jacking the car back up off the ground the sprng fell out (I had pulled the shock to let the axle drop a little more) and then the tailpipe went in no problem with all the suspension out so ill just pull the shock and lower the arm and let the spring fall out for the driver side