I nearly lost a finger once.
Was wondering why the 2 stroke motorcycle that was to be my brother's birthday present wasn't starting so stuck my finger in the exhaust port and into the chamber where the piston goes up and down and cranked it.

By the sheerest stroke of luck, the fucker who sold me the engine had sold it without a piston ("It was running last time it was tried". Bob Golner, you deserved to go out of business, you prick) otherwise it would have sheared my finger off in a heartbeat. Of course, if the piston had been there it would probably have started and I wouldn't have put my finger in but you never know.

All I got was a couple of whacks from the con-rod. Not even any bruises.
(Richy_T hundreds if not thousands of dollars, Sat 14 Feb 2009, 20:31, Reply)