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| keith Member Since: 15 Aug 2012 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 2217  
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I write from the comfort of my hospital bed.
It’s well known, certainly for me anyways , that nearly every Maintanance job on your LR ends up with some kind of injury. Skint knuckles, bleeding fingers, bashed head on the chassis the list is endless. I’ve always said that the job isn’t done right unless your bleeding and I’m always bleeding fingers during routine maintenance. I can’t be alone, every one of you must have had the slipped spanner skint knuckle and loud swearing episode on your landrover. Well I’ve done it this time. The RRC needs it’s simple service, filters, oil and plugs. That was 2 weeks ago and whilst scrambling about underneath, the guaranteed cut finger syndrome showed itself again. A tiny wee cut that I thought nothing of and no big deal. Hmmmm ! That’s what I thought, until it grew bigger and bigger and I had to accept defeat and drag myself off to A&E. “ I’ll be back in a few hrs girls, with a plaster on “ So I drove myself to the hospital in the 110. Oooooof ! That was Monday and I’m still here, in fact, transferred to a second hospital that specialises in plastic surgery. This tiny cut combined with ones stubbornness in “ I’ll go tomorrow darling “ has ended up with infection spreading through the hand and arm and almost loosing the finger. I’m properly gooosed now after emergency surgery to save the finger and a cut from the end of the finger to the palm of hand to clean the infection out. Happy new year to me eh, stuck at home for months on end now. At least the RRC is running well ha ! I’m being let out tomorrow and yes, I’ll be driving the 110 back home. That’s if it starts 
Keith  Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge |
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10th Jan 2019 7:43pm |
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| williamthedog Member Since: 29 Dec 2012 Location: south wales Posts: 3441 
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Not nice at all
You're not related to Frank Spencer are you?  |
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10th Jan 2019 7:49pm |
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| grafty99 Member Since: 15 Aug 2012 Location: North Devon Posts: 4787  
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Blimey! Get well soon! I'll be extra careful when I service my RRC, it would seem they bite! 2002 90 Td5 Station Wagon
1990 Vogue SE Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200 Td5 90 Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic50767.html Tdi 110 Thread https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic69562.html RRC Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic54492.html Instagram http://www.instagram.com/george_grafton |
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10th Jan 2019 8:02pm |
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| Badger110 Member Since: 06 Feb 2018 Location: South hams Posts: 1039 
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You were very lucky.
At least you didn't damage the finger you use to open a can of beer with  |
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10th Jan 2019 9:14pm |
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| Procta Member Since: 03 Dec 2016 Location: Sunderland Posts: 5201
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That's bad that! I have a piece of metal from my exhaust from the metro go into my eye, I had to get that removed. My eye kept watering all the time.
No nasty injuries though from the defender, as I recon that would kill me!! Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back Success is 90% Inspiration and 4 minutes Preparation # you can make it! |
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10th Jan 2019 9:31pm |
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| Ellisboy Member Since: 13 Oct 2013 Location: Deep South Posts: 539 
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 get well soon Keith
Stephen. |
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10th Jan 2019 9:40pm |
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| VVS210 Member Since: 12 Nov 2016 Location: Hampshire Posts: 953
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I still have a scar at the base of my thumb from a deep cut I got from a retaining clip whilst replacing brake pads on a Subaru Turbo over 20 years ago!
Lesson to all of us, keep cuts clean & covered & listen to the Mrs! |
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11th Jan 2019 8:11am |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3522 
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Ouch! Here's to a speedy recovery
No specific Land Rover injuries to speak of. A related injury, whilst building the car port to put the Defender in I was rushing to install some shuttering before some friends came round. My chop saw is quite old and the spring which raises the blade after cutting sticks a bit leaving the blade exposed. Right hand index finger copped it. How I didn't cut it off I don't know? Two years latter, the scar still gives me trouble, but I have all five digits on that hand and they all move as they should so I am very lucky. Our friends came round and sat on their own in our lounge whilst me and the current Mrs Rashers sat in A&E all evening. |
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11th Jan 2019 8:23am |
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| OsloBlue Member Since: 14 Jul 2018 Location: Essex Posts: 823 
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Ouch!
Wrecked my knuckles and have a bit of the pillar from fitting the snorkel embedded in my palm. There was a rumour that somebody smashed their knee in driving a wmik into a wading pit with the clutch down, and I know a guy who got hit by an IED running top cover in a snatch and another who smashed his face in on the top mounted weapon on a wmik, whether it was a GMG or HMG I don’t know. I'm on IG: https://www.instagram.com/osloblue42/ Current: TD5 '110 "Lucinda" Thread here: https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic62562.html |
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11th Jan 2019 9:00am |
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| Slideywindows Member Since: 09 Sep 2016 Location: North Essex Posts: 1286 
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Dropped a Lightweight on my thumb when the jack tipped over - and the handle rolled away across the floor..
The trackrod was crushing my thumb which was taking the entire weight of the front end of the LTWT. Thirteen stitches and two days in hospital. Two metal screws and a long metal pin are still in my thumb, holding it together. Couldn't drive for a while. On the way back from the fracture clinic a few days later, the first wife asked for a divorce. So it wasn't all bad...... |
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11th Jan 2019 10:43am |
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| MartinK Member Since: 02 Mar 2011 Location: Silverdale (Lancashire/Cumbria Border) Posts: 2665 
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Not goot at all mate.
Wishing you a speedy and full recovery! May see you at Laggan again  Defender "Puma" 2.4 110 County Utility (possibly the last of the 2.4's) |
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11th Jan 2019 11:21am |
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| keith Member Since: 15 Aug 2012 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 2217
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Thanks lads for the care reply’s.
good news is I’m off the drip, wound cleaned and home today. Don’t think it looks too bad, so should be Waxoiling soon eh
Keith Click image to enlarge |
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11th Jan 2019 11:48am |
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| Snowy90 Member Since: 23 Feb 2015 Location: Surrey Posts: 482 
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Wow Keith that looks nasty, glad your on the mend.
Now i know i am gonna be shot down in flames and branded a big southern jessie, but i do all the work on the defender and Range Rover and i swear by wearing gloves. They have come alongway since the old builders ones. The soft rubber grip ones with mesh backs make life sooooo much more comfortable and if its really messy the nitirle ones now dont tear every 5 seconds. Be Gentle with me! Im just a humble home mechanic. |
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11th Jan 2019 12:01pm |
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| donmacn Member Since: 06 Nov 2017 Location: Nth Scotland Posts: 1848 
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^^^^^^^ This. I've only recently found those 'assembly gloves' in one of my local industrial supplies places - £1.50/pair or thereabouts. Thicker gloves were always a pain, and ended up more off than on.
Keith - that looks nasty. Not LR specifically, but I was once working on the heating valve on the old mini. My thumb slipped, and I ended up with the control wire stuck into my thumb. Sore, but 'no biggy' I thought. Next day my hand was sore, day after it got to my elbow.... Off to A&E myself. But I just ended up with antibiotics and an arm in a sling for a few days. So now I'm a bit more careful, but probably still not as much as I should be. Get well soon! Donald 1994 Defender 300Tdi 110 SW - owned since 2002 - 230k miles and going strong (The 'rolling restoration' or tinkering thread: http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic58538.html ) 2000 Range Rover P38 4.0L V8 in the past.. RR classic - fitted with 200Tdi 1984 RR classic - V8 with ZF auto box 1993 Discovery 300Tdi not to mention the minis and the Type 2 VW camper... |
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11th Jan 2019 8:09pm |
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