ramenth
Well-Known Member
We've all done 'em, but they really bother the hell out of me.
Was mixing base one time and grabbed lacquer thinner instead of reducer.
Double gasketing oil filters. Done that once.
But tonight takes the cake. I mean really frosts my balls. My brother-in-law comes to the shop to put a trailer hitch and trans cooler on his Durango. It's at the mileage for a trans service, too, and since I've got to top off for the cooler, why not put a filter and new fluid in.
Get the service done and go back to help him finish with the hitch so I can let the truck down off the lift and fill the trans.
Check.
Go through the gears, don't feel exactly right, but really thinking about other things. Getting late in a hot, sweaty day. I want to get home, get a shower, relax in the AC for a little while.
Clean up and he's on his way. Not. Truck won't move. What the hell!? Pick it back up, drop the skid plate, drop the pan. Not one damn ounce of fluid. I mean, what the hell!
Seems I dropped five quarts of AFT 4 in the oil pan. WHAT THE HELL! Parts store's drivers have all gone home. Down to the parts store for more trans fluid and an oil filter. Man... We've all made dumbass mistakes, but really, one's like this will have me kicking myself for a while.
Was mixing base one time and grabbed lacquer thinner instead of reducer.
Double gasketing oil filters. Done that once.
But tonight takes the cake. I mean really frosts my balls. My brother-in-law comes to the shop to put a trailer hitch and trans cooler on his Durango. It's at the mileage for a trans service, too, and since I've got to top off for the cooler, why not put a filter and new fluid in.
Get the service done and go back to help him finish with the hitch so I can let the truck down off the lift and fill the trans.
Check.
Go through the gears, don't feel exactly right, but really thinking about other things. Getting late in a hot, sweaty day. I want to get home, get a shower, relax in the AC for a little while.
Clean up and he's on his way. Not. Truck won't move. What the hell!? Pick it back up, drop the skid plate, drop the pan. Not one damn ounce of fluid. I mean, what the hell!
Seems I dropped five quarts of AFT 4 in the oil pan. WHAT THE HELL! Parts store's drivers have all gone home. Down to the parts store for more trans fluid and an oil filter. Man... We've all made dumbass mistakes, but really, one's like this will have me kicking myself for a while.
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