Toyota MR2

[lozzzzzz]

This weekend I exploded a tractor battery in my face and spent hours in A&E having bits of plastic pulled out out my eye and checking for acid damage!  Now I have 11 drops a day     and I owe the parents £130 for a new tractor battery!!!   

Brilliant!!!!

Luckily my vision is clearing up, a lucky escape!!

More to come

[greasemonkey]

Oooo, nasty!
I've got a hatred of batterys, after seeing one go bang in someone elses face when I was a kid.
Always screw my eyes up tight when I put a terminal on or off.

Hope it all heals up OK. Nasty old job that.

[Julian]

More to come

Not exploding tractor batteries I hope!

Glad to hear it looks like you survived OK and are on the mend, but how did you manage to do it?

[lozzzzzz]

Thanks Folks. 

I was being a total idiot and checking that it had the punch to start the tractor by dropping a spanner over the terminals. 

What a tool!!!!!

[greasemonkey]

You were a bit unlucky there. You could do that a thousand times, and not have it blow.
You watch, in a few days time, all the clothes you were wearing will develop tiny little holes all over them.

[Jamesrl]

I've seen a 36v forklift battery explode from about 5yds, what a bang and mess, not much left of the battery cell tops either.

[Dickjotec]

It happens. I had one blow in my workshop at school. Took the charger off without disconnecting. Had to strip off and sluce in the sink to the amusement of the pupils. Damn hydrogen.
Hope it clears up soon.
What did a & e do?

[lozzzzzz]

I couldn't see out of that eye at all, so I felt I should go.  Something solid hit my eye at quite a pace too, there was lots of plastic in there, so I wanted to make sure none was stuck in. 

A&E were pretty quick really, they washed it and checked pH, then inspected all around and got all the plastic out, then dilated the pupil to check the retina, half an hour later they had a good look in.  I have a massive pupil and a bright light in my eye, much fun!!!

[Tony]

That's nasty that is. Glad your sight survived.

My brother had a battery explode in his face when my dad was cranking the car with his head over the engine bay.  Eyes washed out quickly but couldn't hear properly for weeks after the bang.

[Chug]

Very lucky there Loz,

my mate had battery explode in his mini boot, a few weeks later it looked like someone had taken a shotgun to it.

[lozzzzzz]

Had a good solid day on it yesterday.  I was really picking the pace up towards the end of the day as I seem to be approaching the next milestone....  Starting the engine in the car.  (not quite there yet mind)

I've got the wires from the engine bay through the bulkhead. 


And all of the carpet and trim back in, just the box lids left to attach (well in the back anyway). 


The ECU now sits in the cubby hole behind the passenger. 


And I've started extending the remaining wires to meet up with the dials in the front. 


Jobs left to do before I can start it in the car, are:

Finish extending those wires
Mount the fuel filter and connect up the lines
Put some Bio in the tank

It might go then   But could still do with:

Air filter, MAF sensor, and boost plumbing finishing
Exhaust connecting up
Coolant hoses connecting up and bleeding. 

Exciting!!!!

More to come

[Dickjotec]

Continues to go well.
I assume the eyes are now good? Has it affected your sight?

[Tony]

Nice nice nice, must be getting excited about hearing it run even if it's dry and without some of the sensors, that's a real moment that is

[lozzzzzz]

I can't wait      

The eye are good, 99.5% back, I sometimes notice something when I first wake up but its getting less each day.  In fact looking around now, I don't think I can see any blurry bit at all now      Very lucky

[lozzzzzz]

I got the last of the wires connected up and just had to give it a go  

There are a number of sensors missing, no exhaust, lots of air in the fuel lines and a flat battery, but it soon came to life  

Two milestones left, Moving under its own power and the MOT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq8LjXg2SEs

More to come