E30 Zone

I now have a small burn on my forehead thanks to a stubborn gearbox on my dads E30 touring.

"how did you burn yourself removing a gearbox??" I hear you ask.......................well...................

The gearbox was loose, all bolts removed, linkage off, slave off, reverse light wires off the lot.

It pushed back after a mamoth effort and a few taps with a hammer and trusty 4x2 drift. but it just wouldn't come off completely.

It was far enough back to spin in the tunnel but just wouldn't budge anymore - any pressure applied just made it wobble about.

After calling in my mate (a BMW tech) we still couldn't get it off with both of us wiggling/leavering the box.

So as the box was fubar anyway (idle shaft grumble) I thought sod it. I'll cut it off and got my grinder out

so wearing the appropriate eye protection I set work on the bell housing with my cutter.
It was about 5 mins that a small piece of swarf (hot shrapnel) fell off onto my head and began to burn Moving it off just made the burn in to a line before it finally fell off.
Now I have to explain that to every one i meet!

It turned out the gearbox idle shaft was stuck well and truely in the spigot bearing. when the box moved it was actually pulling the spigot bearing out of the crank this meant the gearbox was stuck as the spigot would not budge on the idle shaft and is obviously too big to get past the clutch pressure plate.
I used the 'window' i cut in the bell housing to get at the clutch bolts and the thing finally came off. The spigot was already clear of the crank by this point so the box just dropped once the clutch wasn't holding it anymore

Had to use a puller to remove the spigot from the old gearbox. It looks alright and slides on and off the new box a treat but I'm not going to risk it for the £16 BMW want for a bearing and replacement flywheel dowel.

The moral of the story is make sure your gearbox idle shaft is clean and rust free before trhe gearbox goes in, it saves burning your forehead!

Monkey

I pushed the cigarette lighter in, then took it out when it popped out and put it on my thumb. My thumb got burnt.

had a bonnet drop on my head resulting in a trip to a&e and 6or7 stitches in the back of my head

Blitz.... was the orange glow not a slight giveaway??

I have a lump on the back of my head where the bonnet fell down, why is it always 1 of those rollers that gets you?
It won't happen again as long as i can keep my dad from chopping up that bit of broom handle i found

bit of broom handle

i use the very same health and safety measure.....

just a few cuts and bruses nothing permanent yet

Bit of copper pipe here! But at the price of scrap, i might go and weigh it in!!


edit....with reference to a bonnet anti-shut on head device!

Apart from scraped knuckles nothing major tho im sure it will get blood from me soon espesialy when i swap the engine over

BEWARE! THE BMW E30 THE CAR THAT BITES BACK

Welding a patch in my cab floor a bit of molten metal dropped down the front of my boot, by the time i got my boot off it had welded my sock to my ankle

Classic "guillotined finger in the fucking window" here. Hurt for days.

Dropped a bonnet on my head. To be exact, it was the guide runner.

stonesie wrote:Blitz.... was the orange glow not a slight giveaway??

I have a lump on the back of my head where the bonnet fell down, why is it always 1 of those rollers that gets you?
It won't happen again as long as i can keep my dad from chopping up that bit of broom handle i found

I didn't know what it was.

Fractured skull, blood clot on my brain, broken bones in my ear, broke my shoulder in two places, also lost about a square foot of skin off my back

Damned E30's

DanThe wrote:Fractured skull, blood clot on my brain, broken bones in my ear, broke my shoulder in two places, also lost about a square foot of skin off my back

Damned E30's

ooooow! did you crash or drop the car off a jack?

my worst E30 inury has to be to my wallet!

Skinned knuckles and a bit of arc eye this week after welding up my turd for the MOT, also ingrained black Smoothrite on hands and face.

whilst cutting out my rear arches i slipped with the grinder and went through my finger to the bone!!
it jind of burnt the skin so cleaned it wrapped it in kitchen towel and finished the job...

DanThe wrote:Fractured skull, blood clot on my brain, broken bones in my ear, broke my shoulder in two places, also lost about a square foot of skin off my back

Damned E30's

post the pictures up dan

dislocated my finger puting and engine in,
had the bonnet roller hit me in the middle of my spine while changing wiper blades,the pain was something else,couldnt breath or move,jets of p1ss the lot!
its always the simple things that get you!

I dropped a driveshaft on my mouth when the last bolt finally came out. Ended up with a small cut and possibly another small chip from a tooth!

Lots of skinned knuckles etc too, the norm. Nor burnt anything yet, but I've yet to lie under the car welding (coming this weekend!)

This was the culprit...

DanThe wrote:This was the culprit...

i still cant belive your here to tell the tail after that one looking at the state of that

Ever time I got to a petrol station my wallet gets a massive injury

i was using a wire cup brush attachment in my grinder and it got caught at the front of my coat and the body of the grinder spun round smacking me in the face about 5 times

bodger wrote:i was using a wire cup brush attachment in my grinder and it got caught at the front of my coat and the body of the grinder spun round smacking me in the face about 5 times

I can just picture it...

Scuffing wheel on a grinder with the rear exhaust box on the bench. Working away when the exhaust slipped and fell, I went to save it and my finger caught in the grinder, breaking it! It's still bent 2 years later. Lucky there wasn't a cutting disc on it really.

DanThe wrote:

bodger wrote:i was using a wire cup brush attachment in my grinder and it got caught at the front of my coat and the body of the grinder spun round smacking me in the face about 5 times

I can just picture it...

FPMSL That is by far the most amusing injury so far

My brother ran my foot over with what is now my iS. That hurt and bruised quite a lot but didnt break anything!

DanThe wrote:This was the culprit...

Well I hate to ask but.............. what the hell happened there???

DanThe wrote:This was the culprit...

christ that looks a bad one, what happened fella ??

bodger wrote:i was using a wire cup brush attachment in my grinder and it got caught at the front of my coat and the body of the grinder spun round smacking me in the face about 5 times

sounds like a classic comedy TV moment

I've banged my head numerous times on the roof whilst getting in.

Might have some form of permanent concusion coming on..... Oh and my ciggy lighter wasn't working, so i looked at it and stupidly touched the lighter part. Although it wasn't hot enough to light a ciggy, it bloody burnt.....retarded move there. I've also cut myself on the fingure whilst tinkering, but dont know what on but it was my car. Maybe i didn't treat her well those days....

Just the visible results of this


coming of axle stands and jack and pinning me to the floor for twenty odd minutes, was trying to remove a stubborn diff .
The non visible injuries included torn shoulder muscles, bruised chest and some very unpleasant flashbacks
at night.