I have booked the said child a place at a
convent ....lol
I had a customers car in todaY, 1999 FOCUS 1.6 ZETEC. Water pump was shot and making a horrendous noise, needed a cambelt too. I have done plenty of
these so no problem atall. New Cambelt is on and all I needed to do was refit and tighten crankshaft pulley and bolt. I was just having a cup of tea
and one of my 4 year old twin girls wants to be in the workshop. Both my kids love being with me and I quite enjoy it as long as I am not too
busy......The said daughter decided to climb in the car where the keys were in the ignition......battery NOT disconnected....Can you guess what
happened next?.................................................2 snapped valves!!!I have booked the said child a place at a
convent ....lol
'I have booked the said child a place at a convent ....lol'
But with them being twins do you really know which one it was. Better send them both to a convent to be sure.
Oh dear.
That will teach you disconnecting the battery next time.
I have nothing else to add
Sorry.
I'm with you on the battery! because I work alone I normally leave them connected! saves hastle with radio codes.
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Originally posted by pgtips
That will teach you disconnecting the battery next time.
I have nothing else to add
Sorry.
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Originally posted by dilley
I'm with you on the battery! because I work alone I normally leave them connected! saves hastle with radio codes.
Leaving the battery connected is often easier than disconnecting. When I do I remove the key.
Might be worth considering how many worse things that could happen to a 4 year old in a workshop....
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Originally posted by adithorp
Leaving the battery connected is often easier than disconnecting. When I do I remove the key.
I still have a massive burn scar on my wrist from where my watch strap shorted across the solenoid on my Mini. It blew the watch to pieces but kept a
few glowing bits buried under my skin. When I was a kid helping my step dad, I turned the ignition key for him. The car was in gear at it almost
crushed his legs. I don't like him anyway so no great loss there....
As said. Think yourself very lucky. And more lucky that you're not in the same workshop as a clumsy git like me!!
I'm on my second bottle of wine now drowning my sorrows! The said customer is a great friend of mine who runs 90 hire cars, He has said dont worry about it and that he wont tell anyone! problm is that means when I go out friday night for a beer with him everyone will know!
I had a service & MOT jobs to do on a Fiesta today, strut out for a new top mount but the wrong one came (this happens A LOT!) so I got on with
the service, started it up after the oil change & the oil drag in the transmission turned the free driveshaft & pulled the inner joint apart,
TITS! Nothing broken, just some mess & wasted time.
I come on here & read about this & my cock-up doesnt seem so bad! That's a right bugger for you, been there & had similar disasters
myself.
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Originally posted by adithorp
Leaving the battery connected is often easier than disconnecting. When I do I remove the key.
Might be worth considering how many worse things that could happen to a 4 year old in a workshop....
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Originally posted by Strontium Dog
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Originally posted by adithorp
Leaving the battery connected is often easier than disconnecting. When I do I remove the key.
And when you short out the starter solonoid with a spanner this is gonna help how?!
ALWAYS disconnect your batteries when doing such jobs, it is only good workshop practise after all!
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Originally posted by dilley
I had a customers car in todaY, 1999 FOCUS 1.6 ZETEC. Water pump was shot and making a horrendous noise, needed a cambelt too. I have done plenty of these so no problem atall. New Cambelt is on and all I needed to do was refit and tighten crankshaft pulley and bolt. I was just having a cup of tea and one of my 4 year old twin girls wants to be in the workshop. Both my kids love being with me and I quite enjoy it as long as I am not too busy......The said daughter decided to climb in the car where the keys were in the ignition......battery NOT disconnected....Can you guess what happened next?.................................................2 snapped valves!!!
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Originally posted by adithorp
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Originally posted by Strontium Dog
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Originally posted by adithorp
Leaving the battery connected is often easier than disconnecting. When I do I remove the key.
And when you short out the starter solonoid with a spanner this is gonna help how?!
ALWAYS disconnect your batteries when doing such jobs, it is only good workshop practise after all!
...if you're working anywhere near the starter! There's no need to be anywhere near the starter doing a Focus belt and water pump though is there?
It really is up to you if you wish to put your hands into an engine without making it safe first
Good on you.no real harm done,and if your kids anything like me, dads wroth when you've cocked him up when your young, makes you abit more carefull when your 30 struggling to do a 3 man job on your own!i've got many scars,most recieved before i was 10(afew more when i discovered beer,and a couple from discovering girls,and then there's the ones from being discovered with girls after beer) but i've still have all my fingers!tested the dangers on dad and its made me more cautious of machinary than any college ever could lol
Perfect example of why kids and customers should never be allowed in a workshop without supervision! I know a lot of people don't agree with Health and Safety rules but some of them make sense.