Vienna Sausages (cautionary tale)

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Years ago I remember always taking my car to the old mechanic at the corner gas station who had a permanently disfigured index finger.

Great mechanic, but at one time, and for just a fraction of a second, he accidentally put that finger in the way of an unshielded rotating engine fan blade.

I extended my shroud over the fan for that reason and just to be classy I decided to order a "caution fan" sticker from a vendor.

Went looking for pictures of stock engine compartments for sticker placement and was shocked by the number of beautifully detailed engines with fully exposed flex fans.

We all have our hands in the engine compartment while the engine is running and it only takes a second to accidentally put your hand in the wrong place with an un-shrouded fan.