rotarydankus again

did you ever wonder what would happen if you seven slid off the jack while perched on the front cross member? it jams up the splash shield breaking your electric fan, pushing your radiater all out of shape. and bending the whole radiater up into the hood. and denting the hood from the inside out and cracking the paint, will post pics tomorrow

hiboost7

wow, sorry to hear man

excitingleopard

Well, I did wonder that, but I was more interested in my personal health requirements which would be negated if I placed the jack insecurely.






Actually, that's also why I never support the car via the crossmember. Let's see the damage.

faye x7

My worst nightmare come true...bah!

V8kilr

happened to me once.

check your radiator because I bet where the top temperature sensor hooks up there will be a crack and it will leak under pressure.

The radiator support you can just smash back down, but I bet you will need a new rad.

Directfreak

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The hell with that - Are YOU Okay?

Gregs

No **** huh df?, ****** a, who cares about the car right now, DANKUS im glad you werent under there man, that is some scary ****
im glad your alright man, and i hope u get your baby fixed real soon

Steve Shulz

Yeah, no ****, glad you can still type to tell us!

timmya2

hes obviously okay..

if he's pulled out a sense of humour in all this






r ya?

anthrax

Wow man that sucks, but the car can be repaired.

Good thing you are at least OK enough to post a message about it...

ray green

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So while we are on the subject, where are the good spots for putting jack stands in the front? I'm using the tow brackets right now, the jack points behind the front wheels are starting to look a little weak. Glad you're OK Dankus.

Ray

Directfreak

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The Frame Rails

V8kilr

He was probably jacking up the car while it happened, at least I was and thats how it slipped off.

my problem was that I was jacking ip up in the winter time and the bottom wasnt defrosted yet, so the ice on the crossmember helped the jack slide off.

Cant remember 100% it was years ago, my first 7 in fact.

You only need to do that once to learn your lesson.

mazdaverx713b

iTrader: (91)

that really sucks man!!! i once had my 86 crx fall on me while i was under the car. luckily, the scissor jack cocked sideways in the rocks. i thought i was pinned. i turned my head sideways and couldn't look striaght. in the 15 seconds that i was under there, i thought of how many people would hear me if i yelled and where i could yell to. well, luckily as i said before, the jack was cocked and i was able to slither out, only scraping my face on the exhaust and the oil pan. it taught me a valuable lesson about balance and hurrying. i was working on a vaccume leak and a nut fell that i couldn't reach. so i jacked the car up at the front, cralwed under the car to retrieve the nut that rested on the oil filter of all things. then the car lost balance on the jack that was poorly placed. also, anyone who has worked on an 84-87 crx, you will know the meaning of vaccume line disaster.

rotarydankus again

well i wasnt under it . and the kicker was my buddy was leaning against it when it fell, he thinks its his fault. i was installing lug studs on the left front, luckily i wasnt near it, btw i wouldnt crawl under it without jack stands , ever. i drove the car seems fine tore up though .

rotarydankus again

heres the splash shield after i stepped down on it to push it out of the engine comp.

rotarydankus again

well you cant see the damage to the rad and the mount, since i put fan back on, ill post pic tomorrow ifn' i can get it out , its fubered, im thinkin nows the tim to retrofit the super coupe rad . heres a pic of the car today,

mar3

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This just makes you want to cry...

rotarydankus again

i think im gonna rename this thing christine, every time its touch or driven it gets fucked up , theres so many scrathces on it its pitifull. thats what happens when you build some thing cool, its either park it or tear it up,
Mar , how do uou install the pics in the post

Rotofire

Dude, sorry to here about the incident, and I'm glad you're ok....this is the first time I've seen your whole car....nice, I'm liking the color. It's a shame bad things happen to good people.

Tony Silva

whoops!!!

KehoeAutomotive

Wow! I'm glad you can still type.


I had an employee who dropped a car on hiself .

He broke two ribs and was out of work for a while. The jack stand broke. I threw them all away and bought all new ones after that.

ray green

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Very pretty car Dankus, love the yellow. Thanks for the post, I went out and bought a set of jack stands and am learning how to use them.

I've been wondering the same thing you have:

"Mar , how do uou install the pics in the post" ???

Ray