Worst Injury Ever Sustained?

[scotty-2-forty]

So let's hear the worst injurie(s) you've ever had as a result of working on your 240. Include a story, pics and lesson(s) learned as they're a definite bonus.

Mine was when upgrading the fuel pump. I was standing next to my friend who was pulling out the stock fuel pump, when gasoline came flying out as he removed it. Where did it go you may ask? Right in both my eyes ... completely saturated ... of course! Burned like a mutha! Sorry, no pics so I don't get the extra credit. But lessons learned? - First, always wear safety glasses and second, do my own damn pump removal next time!

[crash n burn]

putting my friends vg30dett into this z32, i was pushing the pass. side engine mount into place and when the engine dropped into place, i guess the bracket had a burr on it.sliced all the skin off the side my finger from the above the finger nail all the way to the tip about 1/8in deep, had to get that baby stitched up. could see the bone; lost my fingernail and everything. alll better now

[scotty-2-forty]

putting my friends vg30dett into this z32, i was pushing the pass. side engine mount into place and when the engine dropped into place, i guess the bracket had a burr on it.sliced all the skin off the side my finger from the above the finger nail all the way to the tip about 1/8in deep, had to get that baby stitched up. could see the bone; lost my fingernail and everything. alll better now

Ooo, NICE! Just hate when that happens!

[bersh240]

bolting down my battery into its cage in the hatch... wrench hit both terminals.. sparks everywhere and knocked me back against the strut tower knocking me unconscious... noob is me...
woke up to my dad saying "learn anything that time??"

[scotty-2-forty]

bolting down my battery into its cage in the hatch... wrench hit both terminals.. sparks everywhere and knocked me back against the strut tower knocking me unconscious... noob is me...
woke up to my dad saying "learn anything that time??"

Sounds like my dad ... definitely learning from the school of hard knocks!

[krash]

I was bleeding the clutch and my dad had the clutch pedal pressed down hard. I opened the bleeder valve too fast and brake fluid sprayed into my eyes.

P.S. - BRAKE FLUID IN YOUR EYES BURNS LIKE A MUTHA%&#$*@#$^*#@&#

[biggie]

So many, but I'll go with taking my silencer out of the exhaust (just after driving), dropping the nut that held it in and leaning down to look under the car. Put forearm down on the ground, or should I say right on top of the silencer I had just taken out. Nice 2x2" burn on the outside of wrist.

[breadbox]

Aside from the random bruises and scrapes, I dropped a motor on my fore arm for a quick second. It didn't really leave any marks but my arm hurt for a damn long time.

[Klits562]

bolting down my battery into its cage in the hatch... wrench hit both terminals.. sparks everywhere and knocked me back against the strut tower knocking me unconscious... noob is me...
woke up to my dad saying "learn anything that time??"

Sorry but i wish i could of seen that lol
i did the same thing once but it just sparked n scared the crap outta me lol

I dont have any bad injury stories but i have smacked my head on the corner of the wheel wells, the frame rail, and on the unibody many of times it sucks....

[biggie]

^Note on engine: Do not attempt to curl.

Good news is with CA/KA/SR (or many other 4cyl) its not too much weight.

[breadbox]

Yeah, Let me see you lift a KA and carry it around the house. No lie, the bish is heavy.

[krash]

me and three other dudes lifted one with a transmission into my dad's truck.

Unless you're talking about you carrying it around the house by yourself.....

[White Comet]

depressurized hydrulic lines, loosened, hydrophilic line and it still had pressure so it shot into my face. this caused me to pull back instinctively and fall to the ground on my back, this wouldnt be a problem but instead of a car i was working on a backhoe so it was like a 4 or more foot fall. my right eye was temporarily blinded and i had to go to the ER

[S14Kouki10]

^injuries while working on a 240. not backhoe.

[motoman399]

i was loosening the suspension on my zenki and the flex head ratchet i was using decided to break and the palm of my hand pierced a bolt sticking up.. but i was also working on my toyota pickup and putting the driveshaft back in and i was tightening the bolts and the wrench slipped and hit me square in the nose and broke it. happened right before my gf drove up. was hilarious lol

[Klits562]

Oya i was removen the diff on my friends hatch and i pushed the driveshaft out of the way and it swayed back and cracked me right on the forhead....twice....in the same exact spot.
Wasnt cool it left a nice mark for a few days

[thomasjamal]

No great injury stories. Worst injury was probably just burning my hand on my headers while trying to charge my AC.

However, I have a great stupidly dangerous thing to do story. I was helping Nzmoman get a 180 front clip to his garage to do a swap but we didn't have a truck or a lift. So we took it to his garage in a uhaul, pulled the ramp out, tied a rope to the palate it was on and used another car to pull it down the ramp while I "held it in place" so it didn't fall over. This was stupid dangerous. The whole front clip could have fallen on me, but it didn't.

On a side note, a few days later I was helping him work on the swap and the cops showed up because somebody had apparently reported us as a chop shop. I guess it does look strange to bring the whole front end of a car to your apartment complex garage in a uhaul...

[1sikS13]

I tottally win. Couple years back i was installing my new coilovers. But i couldnt get the bolts out that hold the shock to the front spindle. So i decided to cut it off with a 4 1/2 angle grinder. Upon preceeding to do this i put on safety glasses and started cutting. Half way through the bolt the blade caught something and broke. It kicked back and flew out of my hands and hit me in the face. Damn near knocked me out. When i realized what just happened I went inside to see my face just messed up. Heres the doctors work after mine.



notice the scar below. Yeah thats just a whole nother story.

[AZhitman]

Knocked my front tooth out with a 18" breaker bar when a suspension bolt snapped...

Other than that, I've been pretty fortunate (smashed fingers, burns, puncture wounds, etc). Typical grease-monkey injuries.

[TheRealNap0le0n]

I have lots of scars and what not from other cars but 240 related i just cut a gash in my palm from the inside of the fender in the engine bay while working on the pcv housing in car... kick in the d!ck.

looked worse b4 its healing now



about two months ago i was doing a clutch in car on a friends pig nose and dropped the transmission on my leg, left a nasty bruise and well this pic is from right now

im pointing at the discolored line on my leg which is well im not so sure but thats been there since the transmission hit me lol

[White Comet]

^injuries while working on a 240. not backhoe.

still counts, its close enough

[nismoracingsx]

I don't get injured as much working on my 240 as I do during aviation stuff. Worst for the 240 i would have to say...i was checking for a dead cylinder and had unplugged a spark plug wire when my friend cranked the engine over and electrocuted me...makes your muscles sore.

[TheRealNap0le0n]

I don't get injured as much working on my 240 as I do during aviation stuff. Worst for the 240 i would have to say...i was checking for a dead cylinder and had unplugged a spark plug wire when my friend cranked the engine over and electrocuted me...makes your muscles sore.

reminds me.. dont unplug the high tension cables of HID's while they are powered up.... because it will put you on the ground.



and @ white comet Backhoe - 240sx ... i can see the similarities

[ashibah83]

i broke my nose( and a 12inch adjustable wrench) setting the alignment on a s14 at work(i know not my car, but its still an s chassis)....i can now pop my nose like everyone else can pop their fingers.....grosses a LOT of people out

[scotty-2-forty]

... love the pics guys!

[Gabes13]

A couple of burns and cuts on my pretty arms, but nothing crazy. There is one time I will never forget though.

I was working on my car, changing the sway bar end links and bushings. I just did the fronts and was already frustrated because one of the D-brackets was so bent that a 10min job literally took 90mins. I finally finished and started working on the rear. Jacked the car up, put another jack under the lower control arm, and swapped end links. I started to jack the lower control arm up again to slip the end link in, unfortunately, since I was dumped on coilovers, the coilovers were bottomed out and wouldn't let me jack the lower control arm up anymore. Instead of undoing the coilover at the knuckle and jacking the lca freely, I just kept jacking. Anyways, both jacks ended up tipping over and the car came falling down. Half of my body was under the car and when I saw it falling, It was like slow motion. I stuck my hands out thinking I would inherent super human strength and stop the car from crushing my body. Obviously I didn't. But because of how low I was and the ridiculously low center of gravity, the car balanced itself like on 3 wheels not crushing my body. I'm pretty positive coilovers saved my life. I know for a fact if I were on any other suspension or stock for a matter, the entire weight of the car would have fallen on that corner and taken out my legs paralyzing or killing me. Worst part, no one was home. So I could have been stuck under the car for hours before anyone noticed me. Lesson learned.

1. Don't work on your car mad. You'll either hurt your self or break more things on your car.
2. Safety Stands. Really. For your own safety.
3. Work with a friend, or have someone check up on you every couple of mins.

[biggie]

Yeah, Let me see you lift a KA and carry it around the house. No lie, the bish is heavy.

True, but its only slightly heavier than I am, though you wouldn't want me on you arm either.

But compared to an iron V8...

Hell I've actually picked up a QR25 and carried it around.

[numbnuts240]

no injuries, aside from a few minor cuts, busted knuckles, or burns. just something that's a major pet peeve of mine...

shock =/= electrocution. you recover from a shock, you don't survive an electrocution. carry on.

[krash]

i was checking for a dead cylinder and had unplugged a spark plug wire when my friend cranked the engine over and electrocuted me...makes your muscles sore.

I put a spark tester on the plug and I was holding the spark plug wire, about to plug it in when my friend cranked up the car, and it started. I got a few nice zaps. It actually didn't hurt, I kind of liked it. Definitely better than any 5 hour energy drink.

[h2v7]

ok doing a high end engine upgrade.


i was opening the oil cap to add a lil oil to my lil oil burner.


and i slide my finger across the top of engine and cut a huge gash in my thumb from my nail to my first joint.....