I've Always Wondered What That Would Feel Like

I was tweaking my timing on my 302 this evening....got it all set and was tightening the distributor hold-down clamp.

Do I need to shut the engine off to do this?....nah...that distributor is right there next to the fan but I'm way too smart to get my hand near the fan blade.

Wrong.

The wrench slipped....sent my right hand into the moving fan blade.....tore the hide off my pinky finger and bent my middle finger back until I felt it go "POP".

Yep...broke it real good....and skint the hell out of my hand.

Guess I won't be doing that again. You'd think I'd know better.

 

I have done the same thing, but with out the broken finger. I did get twelve stitches.

 

Got my knuckle into the fan of a 289 generator once. Nothing broken just bled a lot. Yep turn 'em off if you are working on them.

 

Knowin' better and doin' better-I don't do it either.

 

not comfortable, but sure beats getting fingies under belts!

 

Damn fords distributor on the wrong side of the motor!

 

dang....that makes me wince just thinking about it.

 

And some smart arse is gonna say "Bet you dont pull that stunt again." ..... ouch.

 

amen brother....you'd think I'd quit building hotrods with the damn things in 'em.

 

be in a hurry and the shit will hit the fan

hope you heal fast

 

i grew up with my dads reminder. he's 80 now and still has three bent digits... yeah... i still mess around near running belts. stupid travels through generations i guess

 

my signiture says it all man , heal well!!
been there , done that! hurts like a motherfucker!

 

Nice and "handy", that front-mount Ford distributor...ooooh.

 

glad thats all it was. i have seen alot worse.im afraid sometime im gonna get my ponytail caught up in one, so now i tie up my ponytail.lol

 

oh that right there would just suck beyond words.

 

My dad always said about hotrods..."it's not yours until you bleed on it"

If that's true, then this sucker is mine all over. I've never had a build kick my ass like this one.

 

Pete Jackson makes a front timing housing to locate your Chevy distributor there!
Must be some sense to it...LOL