You know the car/parts really do belong to you when...

[RotorNutFD3S]

... they draw your blood.

I got home from work today, excited that it was nice out this afternoon, so I decided to work on cleaning up my newly acquired '00 head in my parts washer. I had just gotten started when I was trying to break a bolt loose, it was being a *****. So I tried harder, and it broke free... And as a result, my hand slammed into a metal bracket on the intake manifold.
I thought nothing of it and reset myself so I could move on to the next bolt. That's when I noticed blood pouring out of the knuckles of my middle and ring finger on my left hand.
Long story short, I cut my ring finger pretty good, but my middle finger took the brunt, 3 stitches to keep it closed.
Unfortunately, I type a lot for my job, so this is going to suck as those 2 fingers have to stay straight. Gotta keep the stitches in for 10 days. :(
Hope everyone else's day ended better!

[Roadster]

I feel your pain. I get one of those per week it seems like. Not quite the severity to require stitches, but close. Enjoy your typing. :cry:

[Otto]

two weeks ago i adjusted my clutch pedal, the wrench slipped and i banged my hand straight into some computer bracket under the dash. didnt need stitches but ive still got the wounds, i dripped blood everywhere and i only just got back most of the movement in my index finger. i believe that was the first serious blood drawn from the miata:)

[Doppelgänger]

We gounna call yas Buddafingahs, bub...


Seriously, that's got to suck. If your statement holds true, then I own a 2003 4-Runner out there somewhere... it's skid plate fell on my achilles tendon and I didn't walk for 6 months :(
I've paid my blood-dues many times over.....

[Grantri]

Ye Olde Automotive Blood Sacrifice...

Been there done that too many times to count, my hands look like 5 miles of bad road.The worst was trying to break the crank bolt free on 2 liter Triumph straight 6 circa 1985. Cold day and I've rolled the engine stand out into the driveway .Story ends the same way , took it right between my middle & ring fingers,it took a minute to start bleeding due to the cold but once it started it didnt stop until after I had been stitched up. Took metric forever for it to heal.

Heal well

[ben91]

Full price cylinder heads don't draw blood. But the less they cost in money, the more they cost in blood.

Hope you recover fast man.

[MeFryRice]

Pics of the wound or ban! :P

[RotorNutFD3S]

Thanks all.
:lol: Ben. Must be true. I guess I need to go ahead and make some appointments at the Urgent Care center.
Can't see it Steve. They used this awesome wrap (they applied it in a way I've never seen before either). I'll take it off in a few days and snap some shots. :D
And today sucks. They didn't give me any pain meds, said Advil would work (yeah right!), IDK how a finger hurts so bad, and they gave me my tetnis shot in my right shoulder, so it's stiff. My boss told me I could go home, but I have way too much to do and it's going to take a lot more than that to keep me from working. :lol:

[Doppelgänger]

guess i'll have to tend the fire tomorrow night :)

[RotorNutFD3S]

BULL****! :lol:

Most of the time everyone does their own tending of the fire, you only will be told to quit if you put it out. lol
However, I am lighting it. Always have, and always will.

[mustangtomiata]

I'm yet to have my miata draw blood from me...it's just too cute to hurt me haha

[metalman]

No pain = no gain. :lol:

BTDT many times over. My buddy lovingly calls Craftsman and other store brand 'cheap' wrenches "Knucklebusters" due to their less then perfect specs and tendency to slip. :lol:

[ben91]

MAC calls their wrenches KnuckleSavers. That's one reason why damn near all my tools are MAC or SnapOn.

[MeFryRice]

Snap-On FTW. I bought their 18V cordless impact wrench and vibrating/digital torque wrench. :)

[RotorNutFD3S]

You just like things that vibrate.