leanin' H
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I drive a Dodge but hate em' all! :wink: My best truck is an old '83 chev. Still has an engine without all the doohickeys and gadgets! These new trucks take a computer to open the hood. :wink:
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Soapweed
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Oil might be oil, but don't use brake fluid in place of oil or oil in place of brake fluid. Two instances come to mind. Years ago, a hired hand was fixing up a really old dump box wagon. It had a hand pump cylinder to dump the box. On this cylinder, in stamped raised letters, were the words, "Brake fluid will ruin cylinder." The fellow doing the fixing misread the admonition and thought it said, "Brake fluid will run cylinder." He put some in, and sure enough, it ruined the cylinder. 
Just a couple years ago, I mistakenly put power steering fluid in the brake system of my Dodge feed pickup. That was a no-no, as it sure wrecked several hundred dollars worth of brakes. If you're going to be dumb, you've got to be tough. :roll:
Just a couple years ago, I mistakenly put power steering fluid in the brake system of my Dodge feed pickup. That was a no-no, as it sure wrecked several hundred dollars worth of brakes.
If you're going to be dumb, you've got to be tough. :roll:Justin
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or forgetting to put the oil plug back in before you start pouring fresh oil in. i've heard of that happening. it will make a hell of a mess on the shop floor, or so i've heard :wink:
redbrand
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Soapweed said:Oil might be oil, but don't use brake fluid in place of oil or oil in place of brake fluid. Two instances come to mind. Years ago, a hired hand was fixing up a really old dump box wagon. It had a hand pump cylinder to dump the box. On this cylinder, in stamped raised letters, were the words, "Brake fluid will ruin cylinder." The fellow doing the fixing misread the admonition and thought it said, "Brake fluid will run cylinder." He put some in, and sure enough, it ruined the cylinder.
Just a couple years ago, I mistakenly put power steering fluid in the brake system of my Dodge feed pickup. That was a no-no, as it sure wrecked several hundred dollars worth of brakes.
Reminds me of an incident several years ago involving a chainsaw. I was going to help an old neighbor, who is quite a colorful character, clear some brush out of his fencelines. He knew his eyesight wasn't the best anymore, so he had a pair of "well-worn" reading glasses that were missing one lens and just kind of hung on the edge of his nose by the only remaining earpiece. I heard him muttering about something and saw him squinting through the one lens of the glasses looking at the saw. Suddenly he said "FUEL OIL There we go!" and went about filling the gas tank and the bar oil reservoir. We couldn't get that thing to start for anything--we both pulled on the rope until we were plum done in. Turns out he misread "oil fill" with a little chain symbol by it for the fuel tank, and put bar/chain oil in the real fuel tank. Needless to say, we didn't get any brush cut that day, but we still laugh about the "fuel oil" incident :lol:
Faster horses
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"who is quite a colorful character, clear some brush out of his fencelines. He knew his eyesight wasn't the best anymore, so he had a pair of "well-worn" reading glasses that were missing one lens and just kind of hung on the edge of his nose by the only remaining earpiece. "
I just had to laugh out loud at that visual.
Too funny!!!!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
This whole thread was real fun to read by an inncoent bystander.
I just had to laugh out loud at that visual.
Too funny!!!!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
This whole thread was real fun to read by an inncoent bystander.
redbrand
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Faster horses said:"who is quite a colorful character, clear some brush out of his fencelines. He knew his eyesight wasn't the best anymore, so he had a pair of "well-worn" reading glasses that were missing one lens and just kind of hung on the edge of his nose by the only remaining earpiece. "
I just had to laugh out loud at that visual.
Too funny!!!!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
This whole thread was real fun to read by an inncoent bystander.
It was quite a sight!!!!
The conclusion to the saga was amusing as well. I asked him later on how he turned out with the saw. He grinned and said he did pretty good on the whole deal. Never did get it to run right after that, so he "accidently" forgot it on the edge of the loader bucket and somehow, mysteriously, it fell off right in the path of the tractor tires. His insurance agent told him it was covered and to get a new saw and bring him the receipt :wink: .
One of his best stories though is his combine fire many years ago. The old machine was pretty well used up and giving him a lot of grief. One day, it caught fire and he claims he tried putting it out, but wasn't getting anywhere, "so I walked a half mile to the house to call the fire department...and I mean WALKED--very leisurely--back to the house" is how he tells it :lol: :lol:
Soapweed
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Soapweed said:Oil might be oil, but don't use brake fluid in place of oil or oil in place of brake fluid. Two instances come to mind. Years ago, a hired hand was fixing up a really old dump box wagon. It had a hand pump cylinder to dump the box. On this cylinder, in stamped raised letters, were the words, "Brake fluid will ruin cylinder." The fellow doing the fixing misread the admonition and thought it said, "Brake fluid will run cylinder." He put some in, and sure enough, it ruined the cylinder.
Just a couple years ago, I mistakenly put power steering fluid in the brake system of my Dodge feed pickup. That was a no-no, as it sure wrecked several hundred dollars worth of brakes.
For those of you who may have thought I was merely blowing smoke, here is the genuine original birth certificate of the hydraulic pump that runs (or ruins :roll: ) the cylinder. This photo even shows the raised stamped letters, so it is verifiable and would stand up in a constitutional court. :wink:
katrina
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Being a women and blonde.......What the hay??? It's full of oil, so drive it!!!
gcreekrch
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Justin said:
I've heard that same mess occurs with gear boxes and light plants also. :wink:
katrina
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Silver said:
You guys are a hoot!!!! Denny, I'm not going to live that one down am I?? burnt
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katrina said:Silver said:
Well I still chuckle every time it gets mentioned . . . :wink: :lol:
Next time don't be so gullible, take my advice and try Fluid Film . . . . cleans without a squeak . . .
Soapweed
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Mose Rossiter managed the legendary and premier Fawn Lake Cattle Company from about 1923 until he died in 1963. His bywords when pulling into a service station were, "Fill 'er up with oil and check the gas."
Speaking of days gone by, back in those days an attendant would always pump gas into the vehicle, open the hood to check the oil, and they would wash the windshield. Often they would also check the air pressure in the tires. This was why gas stations were known as service stations. Then when you went inside to pay, there would be an assortment of checks from different banks on the counter. These were known as "counter checks." Besides blank checks from area banks, there would also be a generic check blank if you were from far enough away that they didn't have any from your particular bank. If all else failed, and you were from out of state and didn't have any money with you, you could scratch out the bank's name on a regular check and write in the name of your bank and the town where it was from. The other benefit of those days was that after you wrote a check, it took about a week for the check to make it back to the bank where it was drawn. This time was known as "float" and it enabled the check writer a bit of grace period in which to deposit funds if the account happened to be a bit deficient. :roll: Oh, for the good old days. :wink:
Speaking of days gone by, back in those days an attendant would always pump gas into the vehicle, open the hood to check the oil, and they would wash the windshield. Often they would also check the air pressure in the tires. This was why gas stations were known as service stations. Then when you went inside to pay, there would be an assortment of checks from different banks on the counter. These were known as "counter checks." Besides blank checks from area banks, there would also be a generic check blank if you were from far enough away that they didn't have any from your particular bank. If all else failed, and you were from out of state and didn't have any money with you, you could scratch out the bank's name on a regular check and write in the name of your bank and the town where it was from. The other benefit of those days was that after you wrote a check, it took about a week for the check to make it back to the bank where it was drawn. This time was known as "float" and it enabled the check writer a bit of grace period in which to deposit funds if the account happened to be a bit deficient. :roll: Oh, for the good old days. :wink:
Faster horses
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Agreed, Soap. "Oh for the good ole days."
Remember when you went all over town paying your bills when
you got that once-a-year calf check? Looking back now, I wonder
how those businesses carried ranchers for a year. But they did and
appreciated the business.
Remember when you went all over town paying your bills when
you got that once-a-year calf check? Looking back now, I wonder
how those businesses carried ranchers for a year. But they did and
appreciated the business.