A little reminder to be careful...
A young man has died after being crushed under a car on Saturday, days after a public warning was issued to DIY mechanics.
www.theage.com.au
Got a massive fright one day when I was a teenager doing something on the brakes of the paddock basher, soft dirt under the jack gave way -lucky I hadn't got my head in the wheel well... That lesson stuck - but looking at how I did the front strut replacement on the Megane today I think this is a good reminder to not get complacent. I had the front up on two trolley jacks under the sills, but no axle stands - naughty. I did slide the wheels under the front subframe and they would have caught the car and I didnt go under it all, but I should have put the axle stands under it anyway.
Kid I knew at school found his Dad dead under a car one sunday afternoon when he went to call him in for lunch.