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How many cuts did you have on your hands after header install?

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Old 01-18-2006, 03:50 PM
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Re: How many cuts did you have on your hands after header install?

Originally Posted by 1racerdude
And you guys want to be mechanics!!!!
That's all part of the game.
Ya know they make gloves for you tender ones.
When youre forearms are 15 inches around its hard to get into places. Thats why I keep my skinny freind around...lol
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Re: How many cuts did you have on your hands after header install?

Originally Posted by WS Sick
When youre forearms are 15 inches around its hard to get into places. Thats why I keep my skinny freind around...lol
There ya have it.
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Re: How many cuts did you have on your hands after header install?

i had about 3 cuts and a few scrapes on my forearms
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Screw getting cuts on your hand I almost lost a friend because of my header install!

It's all good now though.
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Re: How many cuts did you have on your hands after header install?

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I had several minor cuts going down my forearms.....looked like an emo kid.
HAHA I once cut my arm doing a starter and for a week after that I had people at school asking if I had slit my wrist.

Usually I wear gloves when working on stuff, and if I'm working near anything hot or really sharp, I wear Kevlar sleeves.
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Old 01-18-2006, 09:14 PM
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I did headers/supercharger/wires/valve springs on my initial build and I woke up in the middle of the third night because my hands hurt so much and I counted about 18 cuts. The hand cleaner and bucket of dirty water that I was using as a wash basin in the garage made them hurt a lot worse than if nurse Betty had kissed them and lovingly applied a sterile dressing.
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damn people..........i only had 2. and i had never done one before. no ever heard of gloves?? (only 2 i got was when i had to put the plugs in with my bare hands.........how i cut myself is beyond me though
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Ever taken the dash out on one of these cars, you'll get several nice fine cut that you wont even notice till after your done. I thought it was Stigmata (sp)
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I counted 43 after I got done with mine. That was counting every little nick and scratch.
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I can't remember how many cuts I had, but I remember the massive amounts dirt stuck under my finger nails.

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Originally Posted by scottslt1z28
damn people..........i only had 2. and i had never done one before. no ever heard of gloves?? (only 2 i got was when i had to put the plugs in with my bare hands.........how i cut myself is beyond me though
I have some now - you can buy them anywhere, but they weren't as common back then.
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Re: How many cuts did you have on your hands after header install?

Im the skinny kid in my group of friends... which means I get a call whenever those fatso's want to change their sparkplugs or headers. I did a set of mac mids on both my LT1 car and my friends LS1 car in the same wkend on a driveway under a set of jackstands. Not too many cuts, surprisingly... but I work in an office all day so my body isnt used to rolling under the car constantly.


Originally Posted by WS Sick
When youre forearms are 15 inches around its hard to get into places. Thats why I keep my skinny freind around...lol
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Old 01-19-2006, 08:30 AM
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it seems like every mechanical procedure on an fbody is a test of your will to see how much you really love your car. i felt like such a champ after doing the sparkplugs on my car the first time, and meanwhile, my friends who own civics are looking at me like im on crack b/c they dont understand that its not a 5 minute affair like it is on their car.
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I have a gash on my pinky finger to the bone from slipping the wrench off the pass O2 sensor
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Re: How many cuts did you have on your hands after header install?

Originally Posted by 1racerdude
And you guys want to be mechanics!!!!
That's all part of the game.
Ya know they make gloves for you tender ones.
Gloves are for wimps!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its all part of hotrodding. I never could use gloves. Too cumbersome. I have many scares to prove it.
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