Worst Accident While Fixing E30

[Nobby_N]

Just wondered what the worst accident has been while fixing your car, either to you or your car, i only ask as my brake caliper bolts where stuck fast and the spanner slipped causing me to punch myself in nose making me felt like a nob but sure im not only one! make me feel better by telling me u have lol

[dazleeds]

over the years plenty lol

how bout the old smack in the nose removing gearknob damn that brings teears to ya eyes lol

had a jack slip and car land on my legs hurt like hell but luckily no damage

various slipped spanner accidents and knuckle scrapes etc

[sihooker]

I nearly broke my ankle whilst using a trolley jack as a makeshift front-spring compressor

As soon as i undid the top bolt,the jack shot backwards so fast that i didn't have time to move out of the way!

[capri_rob]

Fuzzy had run in between his hand and his fan earlier in the year - was pretty nasty IIRC

[DanThe]

Wasnt fixing an E30 though

[fishingtourer]

was removing a propshaft from a lorry when i was an apprentice, and it fell on my head knocking me out
dont think ive been the same ever since

[hongkongfuey]

u-clamp broke on exhaust causing me to uppercut the exhaust and brused knuckles

[dom-1984-320i]

Had the bonnet blow shut and the runner smacked me in the head causing much blood and dizziness! A new gas strut was purchased and fitted soon after!

[hongkongfuey]

i think most mechanics have had that happen at some point, hurts like hell

[spook]

Following thru while lifting out comfort seats

[toecutter666]

I seriously sprained my wallet when working on my e30

[sihooker]

Following thru while lifting out comfort seats

I dont think that was the sort of accident the OP had in mind!

[Cook318IS]

i remember gooner (i think it was) saying about his accident when he was working on his e30. Can't rememeber it all tbh but i do remember that it wasnt pleasent!

Ive not had anything too bad thank god.

[yetti24]

a silly one but it did hurt ! , i was shortening a throttle cable when the end flicked up and hit me straight in the eyeball , i was jumping round like an angry pirate for abou 10 minutes

[sihooker]

Last week i had the front wheel off and leant it against a fence...and the bloody wind caught the fence panel so now my black rim is missing quite a bit of paint

[hongkongfuey]

oh and not forgetting taking off the fuel line without letting the pressure out, 3bar of petrol in the eyes ........ ouch

[Nobby_N]

Following thru while lifting out comfort seats

everyones done it, just not while lifting comfort interior lol

[keri-WMS]

I know someone who torched one of their previous E30's while welding it...

[gareth]

I know someone who torched one of their previous E30's while welding it...

wat kind of total and utter prat would do a moronic thing like that?

[Dan318-is]

Re-fitting the propshaft on Hoshy's 318is supercharger abortion (no offence ash ) with me pulling a 1/2 inch ratchet, with my body weight behind it, to tighten the bolt, and my mate holding the nut with a spanner. Socket slips, ratchet smashes me in the centre of the forehead, ensues muchos blood and pain.

[hongkongfuey]

when i worked at bmw i put a crank shaft on the bench and forgot to move my finger, which broke, middle finger right hand

[d6dph]

Following thru while lifting out comfort seats

That's your age dear.

[Felix79]

Messing about with my stero with the live feed with out disconeting the battery, figured out why the stero was not working for it but getting an electric shock and jumping when your over 6.6 makes for painfull contact with body of idiot DIY'er and Body of e30.

[SteMarsden]

Flicking off the spring clip for one of the electrical connectors with a terminal screwdriver, I misjudged it and went through my lip and chipped a tooth.
Oh how I laughed

[gareth]

i was unhooking the nasty spring clip thing that holds the indicator onto the headlight on a 205 a few years back. nasty french plastic exploded, spring came out, poked myself in the face with a flat bladed screwdriver. it went though my lip and wedged between two teeth!

lucky it missed my eye really

[Speedtouch]

Most annoying one for me was mis-judging the BMW jack's tendency to swing inwards towards the bodywork on lowering my first E30 following a wheelchange and denting the door

[gareth]

Most annoying one for me was mis-judging the BMW jack's tendency to swing inwards towards the bodywork on lowering my first E30 following a wheelchange and denting the door

usually the bottom of the jack disappears into the sill. i reckon you did well

[bmwowner]

following through, uppercutting exhaust, punching yourself in the forehead, ha ha, brilliant,

[leeparkes]

Following thru while lifting out comfort seats

Fookin hilarious


Ive had loads over the years but my closest one to death was a cheap spring compressor slip and nearly fetch my ear off, 2 inches to the left and id of had it in the eye!

[gareth]

Following thru while lifting out comfort seats

Fookin hilarious


Ive had loads over the years but my closest one to death was a cheap spring compressor slip and nearly fetch my ear off, 2 inches to the left and id of had it in the eye!

i've had that too, the spring brushed my hair on it's way past my face (while i threw myself backwards). i was working on a bit of plywood and the shock of the spring hitting the ply made my knees, ankles, wrists etc hurt like hell. had pain everywhere and honestly didn't know if it had hit me
took ages for the spring to come back down, i'm guessing 5 - 10 seconds then, boiiiing!

[e30bmlover]

i have had the bonnet hit me on the head... no blood however but i do remember what i said... you @ucking @unt!!
the Following through statment was funny... i commend you for posting it on a public forum lol.

[fuzzy]

not on my e30 but my astravan. my recent(june) chopping up my hand by the electric rad fan. 22 stitches in all with the corner of my palm sliced to the bone and a severed tendon in my thumb requiring a 2.5 hour op under general anaesthetic to fix the tendon and nerve damage followed by 7 weeks in a cast and physio. its back to 95% but still a bit tight and sore when its cold. these pics were 2 weeks after when getting the stitches removed.

[gareth]

Fuzzy, it looks like you shook this chaps hand...

[fuzzy]

....always disconnect the battery.

[sam325is]

A face full of pressureised fuel when i forgot to disconnect fuse 11 and pulled of a fuel hose going to the injector rail.

My eye's burned like mad!! and i even had fuel in my mouth.

Wont forget fuse 11 again.

The worst part was that i needed to get the hose back on to stop the fuel going everywhere before i could go and atend to my fueled up face!