Question:
Replacing a clutch master and slave
hydraulic cylinder, one wasn't working, old pickup, figured I'd do
both. Line was tough to remove... no problem, just replace, you're
doing both. Well, no short lines at the auto parts store, I get a long
brake line, sort of run a couple of loops to take up room at the top of
the engine compartment, figure I'll deal with that later. Go under the
car, pull the line down, get to work attaching. Next thing I know,
it's getting warm. Now it's getting hot, WTF?
I shot the powder extinguisher off in my closed garage. Note to self:
Take deep breath before doing this, as it permeates the air, I stumble
to the garage door and open it, come out gasping for air. As mechanics
tend to do, I had tools laying around on the floor while I was working.
Answer:
I had a story about garage door when I was in high school working for
my girfriends father. He was towing a welder out of his shop, and I started
to close the garage door, BUT didn't realize that there was a exhaust stack
sticking up a couple of feet, and as he was pulling away I lowered the
garage door, and of course as he was pulling out the stack grabbed the metal
garage door to his business and twisted it up. He wasn't too happy, but got
over it.
On a previous house, I also had my garage door crushed by a neighbor's
vehicle.
Different circumstances though. They left their engine running while they
ran into the house to get something. And - they left their 4-year old in
the car. Not surprisingly, the kid managed to get into the front seat and
got the car going. The 'adult' didn't even notice the car moving until it
already hit my house. Luckily for them my house stopped the car. If it
would have missed -- the car could have kept going and ended up in a neary
lake.
