From: badgolferman on
Mark A, 11/13/2007,12:45:51 AM, wrote:

> Any one know what happened to Built_Well and his first oil change? I
> am worried about him since he has not posted for awhile.
>
> I hope his jack did not rust out and crush him to death.

Maybe he was so worried about the jack stands he forgot to get an oil
drip pan and ended up drowning in oil.
From: Tegger on
Built_Well <built_well_toyota(a)hotmail.com> wrote in
news:4744aa9e$0$68444$892e0abb(a)auth.newsreader.octanews.com:

> Wassum was
> underneath a black, four-door model when the two scissor jacks holding
> up the car failed and it collapsed on top of him, leaving only his
> feet visible.
>


This is why they tell you to use jack stands. And to make sure the stands
are on solid ground.

Safety is not some deep dark secret, it's just common sense.

--
Tegger

From: Built_Well on
Tegger wrote:

> Built_Well wrote:
>
>> Wassum was underneath a black, four-door model when the two
>> scissor jacks holding up the car failed and it collapsed on top
>> of him, leaving only his feet visible.
>
> This is why they tell you to use jack stands. And to make sure the stands
> are on solid ground.
>
> Safety is not some deep dark secret, it's just common sense.
========

Tegger, I don't have any deep dark secrets, my friend.

From: sharx35 on

"Built_Well" <built_well_toyota(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:47458fd2$0$68447$892e0abb(a)auth.newsreader.octanews.com...
> Tegger wrote:
>
>> Built_Well wrote:
>>
>>> Wassum was underneath a black, four-door model when the two scissor
>>> jacks holding up the car failed and it collapsed on top
> >> of him, leaving only his feet visible.
>>
>> This is why they tell you to use jack stands. And to make sure the stands
>> are on solid ground.
>>
>> Safety is not some deep dark secret, it's just common sense.

Common sense is all too often UNcommon.

> ========
>
> Tegger, I don't have any deep dark secrets, my friend.
>


From: dsi1 on
Tegger wrote:
> Built_Well <built_well_toyota(a)hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:4744aa9e$0$68444$892e0abb(a)auth.newsreader.octanews.com:
>
>> Wassum was
>> underneath a black, four-door model when the two scissor jacks holding
>> up the car failed and it collapsed on top of him, leaving only his
>> feet visible.
>>
>
>
> This is why they tell you to use jack stands. And to make sure the stands
> are on solid ground.
>
> Safety is not some deep dark secret, it's just common sense.
>

He probably used the tools available to him at the time and
unfortunately, nobody left jackstands laying around that day. I'm not
quite as gutsy a fellow to be willing to lay under a car held up with 2
jacks, but I might be game if there were a few tires or bricks under
there as backup. I'll bet he could a found a few to those in a junkyard. :-)

david
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