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Blue plastic caps. A familiar story.

oarwhat

Senior Member
Joined
Dec 14, 2009
Messages
824
Location
buffalo,n.y.
My main thing about all of this-I do the work and everyone keeps there stinking hands off what I'm working on and don't interrupt me with frivolous horse sh!t and questions along with
worthless phone calls. At my age I do the job one time one time only------------One ping, One ping only.

Man you hit the nail on the head. All my boating buddies want to help and the keep bringing beers. then I miss something and I'm the idiot.Now I stop working until they leave!!
 

dirtmister16

Member
Joined
Apr 2, 2017
Messages
7
Location
wisconsin
Occupation
Heavy equipment tech
I thought I left a cap in a line for the pumps on a a40 Volvo once. I replaced pumps and put the lines on, topped up the oil. Fired it up and heard cavatation . Quick shut it down. Thought must have left a cap somewhere. Removed every line. No sign of any cap. Turned out it was just pumps needing to fill. That one scared me
 

typ4

Well-Known Member
Joined
May 23, 2010
Messages
241
Location
oregon
Occupation
Equipment mechanic for a small company.
Evergreen aviation ground support division, flew me to Chicago to fix a main deck loader that had a new pump installed, big 3 section gear pump, machine operated for about 10 minutes they said then acted wierd.
Took about 100 solenoid valves apart to clean out ground up plastic plugs that the pump shipped with. We fired that mechanic. I had to stay there and chase it for 3 weeks.
 
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