we've got a bleeder!

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Mini, its in my blood........

start by staying away from the fan/alternator area while the engine is running..... "whirling blades of death" is their other common name

that finger isn't going to heal in 10 days - you'll feel it for the rest of your life - but you know that already

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did I tell you that I won a trophy?

I agree with Simon about staying away from spinning fans, we can stay away from them & we're both idiots!

Doogie

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I won Hay once, here's the pic to prove it..


Hay, it's not about the car, it's not about the venue, it's about the people that come here. Peter Dwyer, Mayor of Hay NSW.

ouch hope all heals well. maybe next time turn the motor over by hand?



TUCK3R

And I bet your first words were? .. "Ouch, now that smarts.. Golly gosh and bugger"

Ouch!

Plastics guys are great, they can really work wonders - just make sure that you get in to see a hand therapist too (if the surgeon doesn't refer you automatically ask)

repairing the damage is only one part of it, the quality of the follow up therapy is what will make the big difference 6 or 12 months down the track

btw you need a HAND therapist - not a physiotherapist who'll have a look at it for you - there will be at least one attached to every good plastics guys rooms

good luck

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'62 Morris 850 (Marion)
'65 Mini Delux - sleeper 1275/S discs (Ms Plum)
'69 Vanden Plas Princess 1300
'71 Wolseley 1300
'74 Austin 1300 Countryman
'94 XJ6 Sport 3.2
'04 Rover 75 CDTi

HOLY CRAP DUDE!!

and i had to egg you on about getting the car going on msn last night, now didn't i?

thats quite a wound!

take it easy mate, and hope it heals relatively quickly for you

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00' Forester GT

Geez mate

I hope it heals quickly for you. Those mini's are dangeous!

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"In two years time your car will be like a lady's clothes, out of date, my car will still be in fashion when I am dead" - Sir Alec speaking to Pininfarina

im sorry matt but im gonna have to agree with simon. u r a f**ken idiot, number 1 rule to fixing engines is never put ur hands near rotating bits and have the motor off when doing repairs. mate ur lucky u havent lost that finger for good.

i remember working at one of our stores in casula and the senior mechanic tryed to tension a alternator belt while the motor was running. he lost 3 fingers that day and never returned to work and still feels the pain after 2 and a half years.

mate working on cars is fun but u have to be safe and smart about it.

hope u heal up soon.

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oil leak?..what oil leak..that puddle under the car is just sweat from all that horsepower

So is the fan still hitting the shroud? You never mentioned that bit.

Best of luck with it Matt. It looks nasty.

it would of been cheaper to buy a better surround then see a plastic surgeon.

yes i understand that it was a dickhead thing to do and could done things a bit differently(alot) but accidents happen, im just lucky that it was one finger and that its didnt hit the tip or the nerve (although i could see it!!!) yes i was at fault, yes the fan coulda been off... i gotta live with this one for the rest of my life and ive come to grips with that...

new plan.... thermo electric fan

thanks for the kind words to guys

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Here am I sitting in my tin can far above the Moon
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do...



“A turbo: exhaust gasses go into the turbocharger and spin it, witchcraft happens and you go faster.” - Jeremy Clarkson

now you have to use the other hand. lol

lol. oh believe me u havent come to grips with it yet. give it a month

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oil leak?..what oil leak..that puddle under the car is just sweat from all that horsepower