Senior moment

grandpa Love · Apr 1, 2018

Couple years ago I had a small drip in bottom of gas tank on my Ford 960. At the time I half butt fixed it with a smear of JB weld. We last week it leaked again so I took fuel line off carb and drained gas into a can. Then I did a much better repair ,still used JB weld. But I cleaned and scuffed the area around it.well yesterday I got a couple cans of gas and started to pour 1st one in. You guessed it ,I never put gas line back on. Mild panic,what's leaking!?? Good grief, lines loose, run around try to screw in, no gas splashing every where. Wait turn valve off under tank!!! Fun times. At least my wife missed it! Oh and my repair looks good and ain't leaking.

showcrop · Apr 1, 2018

Are you sure that you are old enough yet to have senior moments?

grandpa Love · Apr 1, 2018

That's what I'm blaming it on! Or
I'm going crazy........6 kids and
2 grandkids will do that to you!!

sms · Apr 1, 2018

All those kids are memory training aids, got to remember all those names. LOL

RESLLS · Apr 1, 2018

I have 2 kids and six grands at 58. Not that I've ever done anything like that, yeah right.

fixerupper · Apr 1, 2018

No I’ve never done anything like that. The reason I listen for splashing liquid every time I pour fluid into something I have put back together is merely because of good forward thinking, not from personal experience with leaks. (Wink).

Richard G. · Apr 1, 2018

The PHD that I worked for and with at Clemson went to the farm shop to change oil in his cheap old Toyota PU one day. Used the oil change pit that you drove over.
He drained the oil and filter and went up the steps and poured the new oil in. Then realized he had not put the drain plug back in. It was a weekend back before cell phones and he had to walk about 3/4 mile to a house and phone his wife to come get him.
Richard

larry@stinescorner · Apr 1, 2018

Let your wife do the mechanic work,,she is better at it than you,,,lol

Dan Richardson · Apr 1, 2018

If that were truly a senior moment you would not have remembered it.

Duane WI · Apr 1, 2018

I restored a Farmall A several years ago. I had pulled all of the sheet metal off including the gas tank to paint separate. Put it back together and dumped some gas in the tank. Gas was running like crazy onto the bell housing. The new gasket in the sediment bowl wasn't sealing very well. I thought the paint was ruined for sure. Quickly died off the gas and the paint never had a problem.

37chief · Apr 1, 2018

As we get older things happen. I know just how you are feeling. I put a rag over the air intake on my MF 231. In my haste to get it running after replacing the head gasket. I forget to remove the rag, and sucked it into the engine. It took a while to figure why it was running so bad. Bits of the rag was holding a couple valves open. It soon spit bits of rag out the exhaust, after I removed the tank, and valve cover, and bleed the injectors, again. Stan

Mike(NEOhio) · Apr 1, 2018

Next time patch it with SealAll and forget it.

carvel minne farmer · Apr 1, 2018

granpa BTDT and got the t shirt! as a matter of fact I have a whole set of drawers with those t shirts!! and it usually happens to me when i'm in a hurry and need that unit running NOW, instead of just stopping and have a look around, is everything back on? the oil pan plug back in? the fan belt back on and tightened? the line back on and tightened? I have done all of the above and to many more :lol:

rlp in Co. · Apr 1, 2018

My Dad always said "the only guy that never makes a mistake is the guy that never does anything."

Ozlander · Apr 1, 2018

Changed the oil in my van a while back.
Started it up and wondered why I didn't have any oil pressure,

Oil running down the drive. Oh, you're supposed to install the oil filter before you start it.

Never have forgot it since.

Nick m · Apr 1, 2018

Don't have to be senior for stuff like this. I had a head reworked for a john deere b, along with a carb rebuild and a reman mag (thing sat for years). Gas tank was leaking around the sediment bowl threads, so I also pulled that out and resealed it. Dumped a little gas in to make sure it wasn't going to leak, didn't so tried to start it. Took right off and ran great. Let it run for 20ish minutes to inspect for problems and it suddenly died. Was baffled. Checked for spark, good. Pulled line fuel line off to check for fuel flow, none, then remembered. Looked in tank, dry. There was a goid 5-10min of panic and only needed gas.

Texasmark1 · Apr 2, 2018

We have those. Just take them in stride.....guarantee you they will get worse. Wink.

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