mrvette
Phantom of the Opera
Wifes' son in law comes over with a 99 Exploder needs brake pads on 4 wheels....
we do the front with no sweat, and then chock the fronts to jack the rear up....so we do the rears, try the pedal out, had the hood open to check fluids......I pick up tools from the last side, ask him to do the same from other side of the car, I"m in the garage putting stuff up, and he kicks out one chock from driver's side, kicks out the other side, and the Exploder takes off down the driveway backwards, he realizes the rear is still up in the air, as the jack rolls.....for some reason his hands are on the front fender/pass side, the HOOD slams down and latches on his fingers above the first knuckle.....:tomato::clobbered: he starts hollering and screaming as it's dragging him down the driveway...I panic and run after the car best I can manage with my arthritic feet....and the jack hits the street ditch and the whole thing comes to a stop.....I think it's on John's foot, and then have to fiddle for a second to get the damn hood latch open inside the car, natch the door slammed shut....I release the hood, go around front to catch the safety, he manages to pull his hands outta there......white as a ghost he sets on my truck bumper....lady across the street hears the hollering, and comes out to tend to him......nothing broken as he can move all his fingers....
bet he looks like a fielder's glove today though, damn that was nasty looking....
freeking air piston supports just weak enough to hold the hood open, but super easy to slam shut when the vechicle took off the inertia overcame the supports and so we narrowly avoided a major cat ass trophy....
:tomato::clobbered:
damn cheeeeep shit, why in the they couldn't put a freeking SPRING on the damn hood to hold it properly...or a damn support bar, I dunno....
freeking freek out time....:cussing::cussing::cussing:
we do the front with no sweat, and then chock the fronts to jack the rear up....so we do the rears, try the pedal out, had the hood open to check fluids......I pick up tools from the last side, ask him to do the same from other side of the car, I"m in the garage putting stuff up, and he kicks out one chock from driver's side, kicks out the other side, and the Exploder takes off down the driveway backwards, he realizes the rear is still up in the air, as the jack rolls.....for some reason his hands are on the front fender/pass side, the HOOD slams down and latches on his fingers above the first knuckle.....:tomato::clobbered: he starts hollering and screaming as it's dragging him down the driveway...I panic and run after the car best I can manage with my arthritic feet....and the jack hits the street ditch and the whole thing comes to a stop.....I think it's on John's foot, and then have to fiddle for a second to get the damn hood latch open inside the car, natch the door slammed shut....I release the hood, go around front to catch the safety, he manages to pull his hands outta there......white as a ghost he sets on my truck bumper....lady across the street hears the hollering, and comes out to tend to him......nothing broken as he can move all his fingers....
bet he looks like a fielder's glove today though, damn that was nasty looking....
freeking air piston supports just weak enough to hold the hood open, but super easy to slam shut when the vechicle took off the inertia overcame the supports and so we narrowly avoided a major cat ass trophy....
:tomato::clobbered:
damn cheeeeep shit, why in the they couldn't put a freeking SPRING on the damn hood to hold it properly...or a damn support bar, I dunno....
freeking freek out time....:cussing::cussing::cussing:
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