HarleyHappy
Senior Member
I’m famous for putting something in just the perfect place and later spend a half an hour looking for it. Lol
Never mind after a few drinks lol.
Never mind after a few drinks lol.
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Indicators you need to slow down
- Thread starter Muffler Bearing
- Start date
This thread hits close to home. Some recent indicators I have seen: Left the gate open after evening feed, next morning horses were out enjoying themselves. Also, left the water running all night on a 1 hp water pump from the pond after filling up one of the water tanks. I can stay pretty focused on one thing at a time, but when I try to multitask or get distracted, all bets are off. At least I know this about myself and know enough or have enough self-discipline to stay on something important until it is finished or at a safe stopping point.
We have a family friend who is a private pilot. Years ago, he was having his plane serviced. The mechanic was changing the engine oil and got a phone call. I don't know if he never put any oil back in or exactly what happened, but just a few minutes into our friends next flight, the engine locked up and he had to put it down in a pasture.
We have a family friend who is a private pilot. Years ago, he was having his plane serviced. The mechanic was changing the engine oil and got a phone call. I don't know if he never put any oil back in or exactly what happened, but just a few minutes into our friends next flight, the engine locked up and he had to put it down in a pasture.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
I have a rule--all phone calls can wait.
digger doug
Senior Member
The pilots pre-flight check includes checking the oil.
You friend is a member of the "Kick tire, Light fire, push GO button" crowd eh ?
I know the pre-flight covers that step, and knowing this guy, he did that. He is that kind of methodical, cautious person that would never skip it. but like I said above, I don't know all the details. It could have been something like he took the old filter off and didn't put a new one on. Filled it back up with oil and not until the engine was started up did it pump all the oil out, although even that would be hard to believe you wouldn't see it on an oil pressure gauge or oil spewing all down the fuselage. It was a number of years ago.
digger doug
Senior Member
Probably left off the safety wire on the drain plug or the filter.....
Acoals
Senior Member
I once sent a pair of Snap-On needle nose pliers and a wire stripper on a bus run ... They were still there on the roof when she came back ...
I found my pair of snap on pointys in the pans under a dozer I had sold 3 years ago a few weeks ago when the new owner hired me to repair a few leaks. It was a very emotional moment
Acoals
Senior Member
Hopefully the leaks kept the pliers in good shape!
They had a bit of light rust a quick wire wheeling and a splash of oil they where as good as you could ask for. They where hung on a hose about 2 inches from the puddle into the pan
MikeVG
Member
Muffler Bearing
Senior Member
you guys are so funny, I had a truck with a clutch brake vanished , so someone tried to adjust the linkage to compensate
was that you TruckShop?
was that you TruckShop?
Muffler Bearing
Senior Member
I'm gonna quit today, and go work automotive. But I have a clutch to do by Friday. This could be my last heavy duty clutch!?
well, no pto so that's nice...
well, no pto so that's nice...
I am sorry did all the truck work dry up or what happen to force you to give go to autos. Maybe things will turn around and you can go back. I guess it could be worst but i dont know how once agin i fill bad for you.
I did a deal last night . I was trying to get a load of scrap loaded and my skid steer ran out of gas . I was very hot and it was about time for my moms helper to leave. I went to the house fixed supper then went back out. I was putting a head light bulb and turn signal bulb in my Dakota. It was a struggle took 4 times as long as it should very humid out. I then checked on mom put 2 gallons of gas in skid steer . Fuel pump is weak so i have a very weak electric pump on it if it dosent prime that i hook to battery. Got last thing loaded it was a deal put loader in shop went to the house. About 2 hours later i was in bed looking at videos there was a guy working on a fuel pump. Oh no i left the pump wired up in the past the electric pump would flood the carb. I ran to the barn it was still running but it hadnt over filled the carb or the crank case.
Muffler Bearing
Senior Member
I'm feeling pretty good, this indy shop was a rebound after a decade of Freightliner and Case dealerships. So this is the opposite end of the spectrum. But, too many airbags and not enough CEL's. The physical aspect appears to never end. I think auto pay has risen to compete with heavy duty, so I'm ready to try lifting smaller clutches
Wait until you leave a nice Fluke Clamp meter on your bed rail and realize that after about 20mi later. Many tears were shed.......
I am the kind of person that will shut down a shop until a 3/8 drive 13mil is found. I don't like lost tools. It's a glitch in my system.
I am the kind of person that will shut down a shop until a 3/8 drive 13mil is found. I don't like lost tools. It's a glitch in my system.
digger doug
Senior Member
Why not work on air-o-planes ?
They make allot of them from aluminum.....
And NO clutches.
westerner
Well-Known Member
Yup. I get a bit testy if I know I have something, and cannot lay my hands on it.