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Gliderman8

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I needed to fill the differential on my TR6 so today I raised the rear end (front two wheels on the ground) and to be safe I placed two jack stands at the rear. I checked the car to make sure its good and stable before getting under it, then I get on my creeper and put a wrench on the drain plug. I pull down to loosen the plug and to my horror the car starts to roll forward almost coming off of the rear jack stands. I immediately dropped my wrench in anticipation of trying to escape a car about to fall.... Thank goodness the car stopped rolling forward when I dropped the wrench.
Please do not do what I did.... MAKE SURE YOU SET THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND CHOCK THE FRONT WHEELS!!!
Please be safe!!
 
Elliot - a pair of these will be dropping in your front yard soon ...

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Glad you're ok!
 
Thanks Tom. It scared the bejeezus out of me. It won't happen again!
 
Wow, glad you're ok!! When I was first married and living in base housing with my new wife at Malmstrom AFB in Montana, a sergeant who lived across the street from us was killed exactly that way!
 
It's the small things that get you. I just never even gave a thought to the fact that the car might roll forward... how dumb!
 
Elliot - don't feel *too* bad. A few of us have been working on our cars for years, and they *still* won't roll forward.

:jester:
 
I should have had a robot in my garage....

 
One of the reasons that I take the time to put stands under the car,& push & pull on it,to make sure it's secure - not to say I haven't done otherstupid things over the years.... - Doug
 
I guess you're right about the emergency brake.
As far as the helmet goes I think it would be of no help.
 
Gliderman8 said:
It's the small things that get you. I just never even gave a thought to the fact that the car might roll forward... how dumb!
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Not only forward but backward too as you jack it up. I just raised the back of my Spitfire the other day and blocked the front of the front wheels. As I jacked the front wheels moved easier then the wheels on the jack. After I put the jack stands under the car I noticed the blocks were three inches in front of the wheels.
 
Just a reminder that we all need to be diligent when working on our cars.
 
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