Put down the tools!
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Melting Slicks
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From: Sicamous BC
Put down the tools!
& step away from the car! 
Amazing the danger we subject ourselves to.
I'm in the middle of removing the drive line & thought I had disconnected the battery, well I had previously then reconnected it....left the project for a couple of days & returned & FORGOT!
Yikes & guess which starter terminal I had my 1/4" ratchet on when I hit the header
Of course it begins to weld itself!
I did not panic just momentarily stared in dis belief what I just done car is in the air so i grabbed a long 1/2" extension & hit the 1/4" ratchet & sent it flying 
Of course to cap the stupidity I then touch the 1/4" ratchet
hopefully the burns on my hand is the extent of the damage.
You should not post stupid self induced acts like this however I thought it is important as the consequence could have quite serious.
Just sayin Brain Fade can be disastrous.
Amazing the danger we subject ourselves to.
I'm in the middle of removing the drive line & thought I had disconnected the battery, well I had previously then reconnected it....left the project for a couple of days & returned & FORGOT!
Yikes & guess which starter terminal I had my 1/4" ratchet on when I hit the header
Of course it begins to weld itself!I did not panic just momentarily stared in dis belief what I just done
car is in the air so i grabbed a long 1/2" extension & hit the 1/4" ratchet & sent it flying Of course to cap the stupidity I then touch the 1/4" ratchet
hopefully the burns on my hand is the extent of the damage.You should not post stupid self induced acts like this
however I thought it is important as the consequence could have quite serious.Just sayin Brain Fade can be disastrous.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Dec 2003
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From: Near Jacksonville Fl.
I just look at my left wrist and see the scar where the watch band burned in when I was a teenager working on a car.
It only takes 1 experince like that one to keep the brain fade away for a long long time.....
It only takes 1 experince like that one to keep the brain fade away for a long long time.....
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From: Anthony TX
CI 6,7,8,9,11 Vet
St. Jude Donor '08
Funny story:
I was doing some major drive train mods to my 02 ZO6 back in August. Man,, it was hot as hell and I was wet with sweat! I was almost done and was rechecking the tightness of the header bolts.
I was checking the last bolt on the passengers side on (#8 cylinder). When I stuck the socket on the bolt my hand started clinching (all by its self!!! ) WTF????? 
So,, I "Stuck the socket on the bolt AGAIN!" Same thing, only this time, my arm was burning!
What the hell????
I was touching the Positive Top Post of the OPTIMA Battery with my forearm and completing the circuit to the block thru my hand..
A battery may not shock you very easily if you touch the post with your hands but,, it sure as hell can shoot some current thru your arm when your sweaty!
I had a small burn mark on my forearm. No damage to the arm or hand other than the red mark on the arm. Very strange feeling!!
TWICE!
BC
I was doing some major drive train mods to my 02 ZO6 back in August. Man,, it was hot as hell and I was wet with sweat!
I was almost done and was rechecking the tightness of the header bolts.I was checking the last bolt on the passengers side on (#8 cylinder). When I stuck the socket on the bolt my hand started clinching (all by its self!!!
) WTF????? So,, I "Stuck the socket on the bolt AGAIN!" Same thing, only this time, my arm was burning! What the hell????I was touching the Positive Top Post of the OPTIMA Battery with my forearm and completing the circuit to the block thru my hand..
A battery may not shock you very easily if you touch the post with your hands but,, it sure as hell can shoot some current thru your arm when your sweaty!
I had a small burn mark on my forearm. No damage to the arm or hand other than the red mark on the arm. Very strange feeling!!
TWICE!BC
