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You guys are such a help with my old H that I had to share a laugh. My 1976 Jeep cj 5 was not getting gas to the carb. I replaced the fuel pump.... same problem. The I saw the five gallon can of gas I thought I had put in it. I poured in the gas and it was miraculously fixed.
 
I don't how many times I would be in a hurry to fire up the H or M at the farm, back out of the barn and it dies. Forgot to turn on the gas.
 
I've changed oil, but forgot to replace the oil plug, and all the fresh oil drained into the dirty oil pan.
 
(quoted from post at 11:00:39 08/16/12) You guys are such a help with my old H that I had to share a laugh. My 1976 Jeep cj 5 was not getting gas to the carb. I replaced the fuel pump.... same problem. The I saw the five gallon can of gas I thought I had put in it. I poured in the gas and it was miraculously fixed.
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I learned a long time ago that if I keep the top half of a gas tank full the bottom half never runs dry........you ain't the 1st person to learn that a fuel pump will not pump fuel when ther is no fuel to pump!

Rick
 
Worse than that, twice I have forgotten to turn on the fuel on my 350 diesel. I drive it a ways and it dies, then I realize what I have done. Half hour of so later after I have bled all the air out of the filters again I can start the tractor.

My brothers and my dad had an interesting case of empty gas tank. They had just finished overhauling the engine on the combine. They got it all together and tried to start it. It would not start, so they tryed pulling it, but still wouldn't start. Checked ignition and it was OK. Finally my Mother came out of the house to see what was going on. She says, "Did you check the gas tank to see if you have any gas". To which my brothers said, "Good grief, there has to be gas in the tank!" Sheepishly they checked the tank and it was completely empty. They put in gas and the engine started right up. My Mother told that story many times. Roger
 
(quoted from post at 15:28:27 08/16/12) Worse than that, twice I have forgotten to turn on the fuel on my 350 diesel. I drive it a ways and it dies, then I realize what I have done. Half hour of so later after I have bled all the air out of the filters again I can start the tractor.

My brothers and my dad had an interesting case of empty gas tank. They had just finished overhauling the engine on the combine. They got it all together and tried to start it. It would not start, so they tryed pulling it, but still wouldn't start. Checked ignition and it was OK. Finally my Mother came out of the house to see what was going on. She says, "Did you check the gas tank to see if you have any gas". To which my brothers said, "Good grief, there has to be gas in the tank!" Sheepishly they checked the tank and it was completely empty. They put in gas and the engine started right up. My Mother told that story many times. Roger
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If you wouldn't have snuck the gas into your pickup it wouldn't have been empty. :lol: It probably was full when they left it.
 
Roger, I cannot count the times when my bride (who has zero mechanical knowledge), has correctly diagnosed a problem I have been working on for hours.LOL! I just laugh and tell her maybe we should trade jobs! That is what makes a marriage, I reckon.
 
I for one believe that trying to start a tractor without the gas turned on or with an empty tank is a "right of passage" if you work on these old girls. Everyone has done it at least once. Some like me, have done it a few times to make sure we got it right! LOL.
 
I am sorta famous for getting on a tractor after replacing the points and cussing because it won't start, then noticing that the rotor button is sitting on the frame rail... I've done it more than once.
 

I've done plenty of dumb forgetful things myself, but one of the dumbest I'm familiar with is I sold a perfectly good older pickup to a guy, he changed the oil and "finger tightened" the oil pan plug, and replaced the oil. He and his 15 year old son decided to go hunting about 30 miles from home, he took a nap while his son drove and they burned up the engine. He'd had the pickup about 2 weeks.
 
(quoted from post at 03:19:17 08/17/12) I for one believe that trying to start a tractor without the gas turned on or with an empty tank is a "right of passage" if you work on these old girls. Everyone has done it at least once. Some like me, have done it a few times to make sure we got it right! LOL.
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I just happen to know that an MD will run for almost a half out without turning on the fuel!
 
I was replacing a pump on a sprayer and couldnt get a completely rusted bolt off when the bosses wife, who doesnt know anything mechanical, says try some wd-40. I told her i was just going to break the bolt and use a new one. But to humor her i try the wd and sure enough the bolt comes off. She. Wont let me forget that she is always right.
 
My son worked as a go-fer at a local car dealership one summer. The oil changes were done by a single man, who was a very methodical person.

He would pull the drain plug and always set it on his vice while he was working.

One day, after the man pulled a car out of his stall and was out to retrieve the next one, my son placed an oil plug identical to the previous car's plug on his vice. Apparently, the man really scrambled out to the parking lot once he saw the plug on his vice. He wasn't very happy once he found about it, but the other guys in the shop got a good laugh over it.
 
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