Subject: Re: [TR] stupidity

From: Dave <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 18:12:15 -0400

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No, no, no, stupid is being under it when it slips off the stands.  So far =
everything you did is repairable or replaceable.  Now's the time to get the=
 cool aluminium radiator you secretly wanted all along.

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Dave Massey

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From: Andrew Uprichard <[email-masked]>
Subject: [TR] stupidity

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So I had a car on 4 jack stands while I bled the brakes.  Jacked it up at t=
he front (removed stands) and then thought =E2=80=9CI should lower the back=
 first=E2=80=9D.  So I then jacked up the back and removed the stands.  Jac=
ks front and rear =E2=80=93 bad idea.  Car slipped off the front jack, hit =
the radiator and drove it up and into the front apron.
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Sheer stupidity.
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I was telling a friend who told me he was taking an engine out of a car and=
 didn=E2=80=99t have an engine lift.  So he borrowed his child=E2=80=99s sw=
ing and jerry-rigged a pulley.  The weight of the engine broke the swing st=
and and the engine fell down on the steering column, bending it beyond repa=
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I am SURE no-one out there has ever done anything as stupid.  But if you ha=
ve, and sufficient time has elapsed to share it, I=E2=80=99d love to hear. =
 Misery loves company and repairing and repainting the front apron is going=
 to cost =E2=80=93 well, you know.
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From: Andrew Uprichard &lt;[email-masked]&gt;<br>

Subject: [TR] stupidity<br>

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the back and removed the stands.&nbsp; Jacks front and rear =E2=80=93 bad i=
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 and into the front apron.</div>

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<div class=3D"MsoNormal">Sheer stupidity.</div>

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orrowed his child=E2=80=99s swing and jerry-rigged a pulley.&nbsp; The weig=
ht of the engine broke the swing stand and the engine fell down on the stee=
ring column, bending it beyond repair.</div>

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<div class=3D"MsoNormal">I am SURE no-one out there has ever done anything =
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repainting the front apron is going to cost =E2=80=93 well, you know.</div>

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From: Tony Drews <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 18:48:37 -0500

Had my Rx-7 slip off the jack while I was jacking 
it up (apparently leaving parking brake on is a 
bad idea?) and it fell a ways before stopping on 
the jack again.  Looked under the hood and the 
top of the radiator had a nice outline of the 
jack underneath sticking up in the middle. 
__/---\__ .  I don't think it was going to seal 
anymore.  Just cost me a new radiator though.

Tony Drews

At 04:17 PM 6/10/2015, Andrew Uprichard wrote:
>I am SURE no-one out there has ever done 
>anything as stupid.  But if you have, and 
>sufficient time has elapsed to share it, I’d 
>love to hear.  Misery loves company and 
>repairing and repainting the front apron is going to cost – well, you know.
>
>Andrew Uprichard
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