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Originally Posted by NastyEllEssWon
yup i bought a low profile jack last year. first time i got to use it was just gonna be a quick measure of the u joint bearing caps when i was getting the new d.s. jacked the car up and figured what the hell i dont need stands just left the jack under the car. really was a bad choice in hindsight. i was under it measuring and the jack had a bad valve and started letting out slowly while i was under it. scared the crap out of me....even though i got out from underneath with plenty of room...just the thought of the valve giving way all at once and i was toast.
never again.
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About four or five years ago I had to do some work under my old '72 F-100. I jacked up the rear and crawled under. As I was crawling out from underneath the truck on my hands and knees the pressure in the jack let go and the back of the truck came down instantly and the back bumper hit me in the back of the head. At least that's what the neighbor told me when I woke up. The bumper came down so quick and with so much force that it bounced my face off the driveway and knocked me out cold and left me with a nice bloody mess.