Free laugh on me.

[Bill]

So the old car I'm working on wouldn't start. Traced it to a bad/weak coil. Ran down and picked up a new MSD 45000v blaster coil.

Asked the wife to crank it over while I carfully held the new coil wire near a ground. Worked perfect until I told her to stop and let myself touch the lead before she was done. :eek:o_O:oops:

She had no clue why I was hopping around the shop.
Glad I don't have a pace maker. :D

 

[kabic]

funny

 

[Jordan Selsor]

guys at work are looking at me wondering why Im laughing LOL

 

[tooln]

Been there done that. Keeps you on your toes for sure.

 

[j-bird]

Yep - they can/will jump up and bite you. Been there - not fun

 

[BJE80]

As a kid I decided to see what would happen when you disconnect the distributor cap when its running and your legs are against the bumper. It kept running for about 10 seconds. Not smoothly I might add.

 

[Bill]

Yea I won't let that happen again for at least a few years.

 

[foggy]

As a kid.....we used to take large condensers (remember points and condesors?) and "charge" them with a armature growler. Then we'd simple put them on the parts counter in a conspicuous place and wait for a victim to pick up the unusually large condensors. Really put the zap on some of those customers. (Yep, we were a bit selective whom we would set-up)

A guy that was employed as a welder was immune from shock. He normally would go on a sat afternoon paycheck bender....then hang around and creat some mayhem. He could hold onto a spark plug wire and wait for someone to walk by....and reach out and grab them by the arm.....and really light you up. Don't ask me how I know.

 

[Bill]

As a kid.....we used to take large condensers (remember points and condesors?) and "charge" them with a armature growler. Then we'd simple put them on the parts counter in a conspicuous place and wait for a victim to pick up the unusually large condensors. Really put the zap on some of those customers. (Yep, we were a bit selective whom we would set-up)

A guy that was employed as a welder was immune from shock. He normally would go on a sat afternoon paycheck bender....then hang around and creat some mayhem. He could hold onto a spark plug wire and wait for someone to walk by....and reach out and grab them by the arm.....and really light you up. Don't ask me how I know.

Ha. We did something similar in school small engine class. Can you imagine if you left a charged condenser on a desk in middle school today. :).

That and we could actually leave school property to walk to the auto parts store.

We always sent the new kid for a voltswagin radiator cap. :D

God how things have changed! I got stopped by the police for running to the general store for sandwiches once. I was driving our shop teachers 51 Chevy truck, 3 on the column. 15 years old, when the police called the school, the principal said he's OK so they let me go with no license.

Heck today is be on CNN and the principal would be on trial.

 

[wiscwhip]

We would charge them up and leave them lay around the photo lab at school, it was attached to the ag shop and wood shop so there were always people around. Really hard to keep from laughing your butt off as one of the unsuspecting freshman would reach for one and get the jolt of their life from those tiny little round metal cylinders. The wood shop teacher would get a kick out of it as well, so he would usually let it fly.