Boy, do I second that! Been there, done both of those, lucked out on both. Now
I've got safety glasses that hang on the wall right next to the screwdrivers.
Grinding, using the drill press, playing with brake fluid, cleaning parts in the
solvent tank - the goggles go on.
"Coffin, Mark A." wrote:
> Safety tip:
>
> Please wear safety goggles whenever under the car or bleeding brakes! Brake
>
> fluid is very caustic and can cause blindness!!!! No need to end
> up in the emergency room while enjoying our hobby. Even wearing safety
> glasses,
> this summer I ended up at the opthamologist to have a small "metal fleck"
> surgically removed from my cornea. VERY PAINFUL, let me tell you!!!
>
> Let's all be careful out there,
>
> Mark Coffin
> '68 2000 SRL311-04425
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us [mailto:Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us]
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 8:04 PM
> > To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net; Daniel Neuman
> > Subject: Re: particulate matter in the clutch fluid
> >
>
> >
> > Right now I'm rebuilding the brake slave cylinders on my '70.
> > Yuck! From
> > now on I'm bleeding them every few months. Here's a stupid
> > thing not to
> > do - accidentally loosen the wrong fitting instead of the bleeder and
> > tell your partner to press the brake pedal. Luckily it squirted up in
> > the fender well and not my face. From now on I do it when I'm not
> > sleepy!
> >
> > Fred
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