After a month of sweat and blood going into getting my car running (xr2 rs turbo) i finally got tax today and was having a spin about. Had a slight rattle coming from the exhaust so pulled over at home to check it out. Jacked up the car at the back and spotted a mount not connected. jacked it up a bit higher and crawled under to repair it......was almost there and yep you guessed it! Car rolled and i was crushed! I managed to let out a couple of cries for help before i had no breath left, luckily a young polish lad heard me and ran for his dad who came over and lifted the car enough so i could breath. Few more peole came over and they managed to lift it enough to get me free. I have been very lucky and got away with some bruises and scrapes and a sore chest but at least im alive. I know i was stupid for working alone and not using stands but i can assure you all i have learned my lesson.

 

Axle stands. There so you don't die...

Glad you escaped with your head intact. Least you'll know for next time

 

Axle stands? what do they do

 

your not the first and you certainly wont be the last

 

ouch!

 

Almost happened to me last week

 

iv had a peugeot partner roll off on me when i jumped out to get sumat out of the boot, ran over my foot as I tried to stop it lol.

 

Been there done that & got the painful t-shirt - big lump on my head & a gash on the chin....from.....if I just push on this back box it should .....come.....off......THUD....whoops - just pushed the car off the jack!!!

That was about 5 years ago.....havent done it since!!!

 

Fookin lucky to say the least!

 

As said on XRTWO.com. very very lucky chap. lesson learnt

 

it happened to me a few years back as well. i had pebbles imprinted in my face for days afterwards. i always put the wheel under the car after removing it, that stopped my head from being crushed that day.

 

I think it's something that quite a few of us have had happen too us in our younger days. Luckily we're all still here to tell the story.

Good News Your OK.

 

Been there too mate. Years ago i ended up with a Mk2 Cortina comming down on me. I had the diff on my chest and the fuel tank on my face. That probably explains why I,m so ugly now LOL

 

your ok thats the main thing

 

Think you owe the polish guy a few tinnies Very lucky mate.

 

glad your ok fella, alot of us take using axle stands for granted, me too too often lol

 

I always put a couple of spare wheels under the car if its jacked up for some niggly jobs

Axel stands under a ford.............. floor pans aint hard enough for those

 

thats bad mate, get ya self down to halfords for some axle stands 2moro!

 

Yep been there too
a few times actually

 

I actually have 4 very good stands but there up at my garage which is couple of miles from my house, they are now in the boot! Ive been round to thank the polish guy today, gave him a bottle of wine and some sweets for his kids as they got quite a scare too! He was very modest about it but i owe him my life!

 

i know someone whos 4x4 fell on him!!! not so lucky broken ribs etc etc

 

yip as said u were lucky there , get pics up of the xr2 and let us have a swatch

 

glad u are ok!i always use axle stands

 

at least polish are good for some things

 

just goes to show the polish guys NEVER stop working !!!!

 

I was going to put EXACTLY the same

 

Heres the car

 

Any engine pics?

 

 

I've heard of using bricks to support a car. Jack one side up and build up a brick tower to hold it along the chassis rail.

 

That was a lucky escape.

I got trapped between a car and a wall a few years ago when a trolley jack fell over as the car rolled. It was my own fault though, the front wheels were up on ramps and as it was a front wheel drive car I put it in gear to make sure it didn't roll backwards only I'd forgotten that I'd removed the cylinder head Luckily I managed to squeeze out because I was there on my own and my phones were at the opposite end of the garage. I won't be doing that again.

 

lucky escape tho

 

thought u meant pic of him under the car

 

Been there done that, my mate was under the car aswell luckly (or not maybe) as it started falling back of axel stands we wre pully thae handbrake cable off.

Lesson learnt though

 

did this yesterday, the 205 was pretty much a bare shell at the front end yesterday morning, had a scaff plank and a 3tn jack under the front floorpans, lay underneath the car on my side to lower it down slightly to make it easier to drop the engine back in, twisted the handle on the jack and it dropped all the way, entire front end of the car sat on my shoulders then i had to try and jack the damn car back off myself with about 2% movement of my arms
shoulders are aching a bit now

 

Its easy done mate, glad thats two of us that got lucky!

 

wow i always think that when under a car even wit axel stands.
lucky escape!!!!

 

Lucky!!!

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