Technical When changing plugs and wires

Johnny, that ring is at the bottom of a lake right now. Lippy

 

You mean you guys go commando, no rubber boot over your starter cable terminal?

 

"WELL GOOOOOOOOOLLLLLEEEEEY."

I always remove a lug nut and run a ground strap to the nearest water heater.

I actually owned a big block Coronet once that I removed the driver side tire to change plugs. The official Dodge Shop Manual said to remove the motor mount bolts and jack the engine up to get the two back plugs on the driver's side. But I owned a hole saw and wasn't afraid to use it.

 

You joke ,but if you ever have had to work with higher voltages there is a reason- I was working on 440 volt circuit and locked out the breaker- was working on it and about half-way thru decided to check for power- yup 440v, some Joker cut the lock off and flipped breaker back on to use some equipment, could of killed me. So Safety is important.

 

It is not just voltage that lock out tag out is used. When I was at the new paper I had some jack leg manager with a master for the lock out locks try and fire a press off that I was working on. Fortunately I had a second junction that I guess he didn't know about locked out. The rest of the line started rolling and did a bunch of damage. I got written up for not being pleasant, it was worth it.

 

^ I do commercial outages all the time and anyone that removes a lock out-tag out and flips the breaker with out proper notification and permission should be fired on the spot.

 

X2

 

Standing on a piece of wood to change flashlight batteries is always good for a laugh.

Almost Every procedure outlined in the manual starts with "disconnect the battery. Funny how they never say to align your forehead and eye balls with the fan before raising the RPM to 3000 to watch the total timing.

 

Not pleasant took the place of being fired. You never fire your **** buddy.

 

****, I was a gonner say that!!!

 

Actually disconnecting the batter and a neutral switch are close cousins. The real reason you disconnect the battery is to keep some dip**** from getting in it and lighting it off while you are working on it. I never bother because I can't be in two places at the same time.

 

I do, just on general principle (I've got a battery cut off switch on my trucks so it's not a h***le). I know next to nutthin' about 'tricity and I've watched the smoke escape from my stuff more than once.

 

Disconnecting the battery keeps your head from hitting the hood when some *** hat thinks its funny to blow the horn...

 

When I was kid my older sister and I were hellions to our other siblings. Our other sister was afraid of everything. We told her if she stood in a doorway in the ba*****t with a 2x4 in her hands during a thunderstorm, she wouldn't get hit by lightening. Yep, she did it!

 

Damn, I did that to my boss when he did a vehicle safety inspection on my truck at 2 in the morning. Lights, check, turn signals, check, horn...priceless.

 

Yea its hard to put that smoke back in.

 

Lee Trevino,the golfer,had a better solution...He said he always holds a one iron over his head during lightning strikes..Said even God cant hit a one iron

 

All the jokes and safety talk aside,why not! Youre doing a tune up, why not tune up the battery connection, clean the battery at the same time.

 

Yesterday I pulled a valve cover off my Suburban, I disconnected the battery first. The alternator output terminal is right where the valve cover goes when you lift it off....

 

So it was better to "steal" the car for the avatar so people would ***ume it's yours, then steal a picture of someone else's car. I must be missing something LOL

Including how to spell it apparently

 

And ALWAYS take the keys out of the truck when you are tied off to it working on the roof. Lippy

 

Grounded my wedding ring to the starter lead

Two seconds and the ring got so hot it blistered the skin all around my finger as I pulled the ring off... just took my 10 hr OSHA training and there is some scary stuff out there


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Eric,
When I was a young man cleaning the battery posts was part of a tune up or service. I think we have strayed from that because modern batteries don't leak as much as the old ones and it is not as common for the posts to need attention. Well that and we are lazy. I still got a post and terminal brush in my toolbox.

 

Me too ****** and don't try and purchase a new one, seems the only place to buy a quality replacement is off a tool truck, that I don't see anymore. Joe

 

Yea and if you chase one down they are liable to shoot first and ask after the fact. LOL

 

I'm not the only one with a scarred ring finger from grounding a wedding band?
who'd a thunk it?

I don't always disconnect the battery when working on the engine
but I do make sure the magneto is disabled.

 

LOL

I first burned my ring finger with a welding spark. One that would have normally rolled off. Gold gets real hot real quick. Electricity and fine metals don't mix.

 

Yup. Don, your post reminded me of my first day, on board my first ship, in the Navy. Straight out of boot camp and "A" school, ready to show how smart I was. Well, the guys in the shop sent me on an errand. To find batteries for a "Sound Powered Phone". I went from shop to shop and no one had any. Finally, a Master Chief asked what I was doing and I told him. He told me, "Shipmate, Sound Powered Phones are powered by sound."

When I got back to the shop, the guys looked like they'd been laughing the whole time I was gone. After that, I was one of the guys.

 

There's more stupid people than there is scary stuff.

 

20 some years ago a friend got a drop of molten metal on his wedding ring and got gangrene, etc. I learned from his mistake....

also another friend told me about the fun he had when he was under the car with a wrench, and somehow got it on the hot battery terminal on the starter.

I'm kinda careful about this stuff.