Z28 fell on man while working on it..

**0rion** · 10-28-2009, 06:36 PM

one thing we haven't considered is if that guy posted here.....anyone from the Michigan area missing on here?

**35th-ANV-SS** · 10-28-2009, 06:39 PM

Damn. Shit might have just got real. Hope not. Either way, still sucks for his fiancee and not sure if he had any kids...

**0rion** · 10-28-2009, 06:40 PM

Originally Posted by 35th-ANV-SS

Damn. Shit might have just got real. Hope not. Either way, still sucks for his fiancee and not sure if he had any kids...

the link in the article said they had a 2 year old.

**toi tyme** · 10-28-2009, 06:54 PM

wow i never thought about that

**FORD RECOVERY EXPERT** · 10-28-2009, 07:23 PM

Everyone search the members list for cars and last activity matching the news story......

**TempleU_WS6** · 10-28-2009, 08:33 PM

Damn, the thought of this guy being a member crossed my mind but didnt hit me as a reality till you guys said it again!

Any from MI might know him somehow.

**allbaugh_04** · 10-28-2009, 08:44 PM

This is too bad

**Y2K_CAMARO** · 10-28-2009, 10:28 PM

Oh wow. Its horrible to hear his 2 year old will grow up without his father. Sad sad day...

**InEEdSPEED** · 10-29-2009, 02:30 AM

Originally Posted by Ed Blown Vert

That's why I rarely go under my car without someone else there, and minimum two jack stands and two jacks.

This.

I want to say on a side note 911 has always been a joke in my book. Ive read so many stories and people have told me things about trying to get some help from 911 and never could. Kinda uneases me.

Please wait (although your life is in danger) so we can connect your call...

I just think they could do it better.

Rip.

**CamaroFan71** · 10-29-2009, 06:03 AM

Two weeks ago when me and a friend installed the Corsa catback on the Goat, I backed it up on ramps, chocked the front tires, used jackstands and also placed a 3ton jack under the rearend and left pressure on it. Being under a car/truck there is no such thing as overkill when securing it.

**donman** · 10-29-2009, 06:39 AM

Originally Posted by CamaroFan71

Two weeks ago when me and a friend installed the Corsa catback on the Goat, I backed it up on ramps, chocked the front tires, used jackstands and also placed a 3ton jack under the rearend and left pressure on it. Being under a car/truck there is no such thing as overkill when securing it.

I do the same thing. I have two jacks and 2 sets of jack stands. Heck when I was doing my headers and y-pipe, I even used the ramps, jackstands and two jacks...

don

**ibanez7** · 10-29-2009, 07:05 AM

after reading stories like this, how come more people d (DIY car owners) dont buy and install lifts...

you cant say "$2000 is too much money" hold off on the heads and buy/install a lift.

even if your ceiling is low in the garage, just dont lift the car up all the way. its is still easier and safer then working on your back

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product...&search=garage lift&Mo=3&cm_re=1_en-_-Top_Left_Nav-_-Top_search&lang=en-US&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&Sp=S&N=5000043&whse=BC&Dx=m ode+matchallpartial&Ntk=Text_Search&Dr=P_CatalogNa me:BC&Ne=4000000&D=garage lift&Ntt=garage lift&No=0&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nty=1&topnav=&s =1

if your working on cars often, or even just doing scheduled maintenence, its ignorant to not have a lift.

**gomaro** · 10-29-2009, 08:11 AM

More info on What Happened.

Sean was a frequent poster on this site---> http://www.southsidestreetcars.org/s...p?topic=7608.0

**fccs** · 10-29-2009, 09:43 AM

Good ole 911, month ago my friends car was on fire, he went to a parking lot and called 911, they told him to hold... Fuckin joke our "911" system is.

***doberman 152*** · 10-29-2009, 01:33 PM

That sucks wow, i can hardly fit under mine with the jack stands and it's always in my head that what if...

**allbaugh_04** · 10-29-2009, 01:39 PM

Originally Posted by fccs

Good ole 911, month ago my friends car was on fire, he went to a parking lot and called 911, they told him to hold... Fuckin joke our "911" system is.

we wanted change

**karpetcm** · 11-02-2009, 09:35 AM

I once used the crappy jack the car comes with to get underneath to open my exhuast cut out. Well as soon as i stuck my hand underneath and about to go further the threads stripped on the jack and the car dropped, luckily my hand was just underneath the car at the time and if it was 2 seconds later my face and chest would've been crushed no doubt with a car that had a 2 inch drop already.

**Smittro** · 11-02-2009, 09:56 AM

Originally Posted by karpetcm

I once used the crappy jack the car comes with to get underneath to open my exhuast cut out. Well as soon as i stuck my hand underneath and about to go further the threads stripped on the jack and the car dropped, luckily my hand was just underneath the car at the time and if it was 2 seconds later my face and chest would've been crushed no doubt with a car that had a 2 inch drop already.

Yup, one of the things some folks don't realize about a ton of car over you, if it falls it's comming down NOW. Glad to hear you did'nt get hurt man..

**Lysander** · 11-02-2009, 10:00 AM

One thing I like to do once the car is up on jack, and jack stands (and I've given it a good shake to make sure everything is stable) is to throw the wheels / tires under the car. That way, even if the car does fall it's likely that the wheels will catch it and I'll only suffer a bruised ego. Wheels and rocker panels can be fixed alot faster than my head and chest.