-> ML>> besides, do you really want to reach into a running engine
-> ML>> and remove the crankshaft?? ;) ;) ;) 

-> TW> I have wacked my fingers more then once with a Radiator
-> TW> Fan. YOU DECIDE!! 

-> OUCH! 

-> I was talking with a friend standing next to his pickup truck
-> when one fan blade flew off (at idle). It pierced the hood so
-> fast that the hole just appeared there like 'magic'. The blade
-> fell to earth we know not where. Since that time I do not stand
-> inline with a running fan and try to not work on an engine
-> while it is running if I can avoid it. 

Ford sent me a notice on their composite fan assembly warning of this.
Some dippy engineer decided you could save weight by
riviting plastic blades onto the fan spindle.
It was responsible for killing a number of mechanics.

Another notice I got from Ford was a sticker I was supposed to stick
on my eyeshade notifying me the car could unexpectedly move from park
or neutral into drive.

The week after I received that wonderously helpful sticker I was tuning
the car and it did exactly that.

I had _just_ enough time to clear the distance between the car and
garage door diving into the open driver's door and depress the brake
pedal with my hand before the car drove through the garage door.
Stopped it about 1 1/2 inches from impact.

Sure am glad they sent me that sticker else I guess I'd have just stood
there and got run over.   

Never did figure out how to set timing or points without the motor
running to avoid a disintegrating fan blade.
How would one do the advance setting statically?
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