only took 30+ years

onefarmer · Jul 21, 2018

Been filling hydraulic oil in this JD4430 for 30 or more years. Had to add more today and was grumbling about having to stop and burp the air. Then after all this time it dawned on me to pull the dip stick! Sheesh

Traditional Farmer · Jul 21, 2018

Better late than never,I've had a few of those 'Why in the Heck haven't I been doing that all along?'moments.

Goose · Jul 21, 2018

Don't feel alone.

I fought taillights on a flatbed trailer for 20+ years. They were always kinda intermittent. Then one day I had a flash. It's a tilt bed trailer and the only ground path to the taillights was where the bed hinged. And the hinge bolts were usually kinda rusty.

I put a jumper wire around the hinges and I've had beautiful taillights ever since.

Dave H (MI) · Jul 21, 2018

So I guess it would have been another 10 or more years before I figured it out? Thanks for saving me the time!

onefarmer · Jul 21, 2018

What's worse the 2550 is the same way and on both the dipstick is right there staring at me.

Mike M · Jul 21, 2018

Same problem filling engine oil into my JD M and LA

rrlund · Jul 21, 2018

I learned that about the second year that I had my 4040. A real head slapping moment.

Bruce SEKs · Jul 21, 2018

Did that same thing yesterday. Felt like a fool.

Tech 7 · Jul 21, 2018

I was repairing a round baler for a customer one day and went to get a tool out of the toolbox on the frame rail of his 4055 John Deere. As always I lifted the top tray out and hung it by the lip on the edge of the main box. Customer jumped from the seat to the ground without using the steps to see how in blazes I had done this! He had never seen that or known it could be done. He was so exited he had to stop at the coffee shop on the way home to tell everyone.

Harold Hubbard · Jul 21, 2018

Took me 40 years to put an extra wheel weight on my Farmall C, to counterbalance the side mount sickle bar. Over and over I would catch the bar somewhere, try to back out and the left wheel would spin because the weight of the mower unloaded it just enough. Always happened
when mowing downhill with the mower on the low side, and often in places where I shouldn?t have been anyway

PJH · Jul 21, 2018

Thanks for posting that.

Dean · Jul 21, 2018

I learned that in the 1970s when changing the oil in my Father's 1951 8N.

There is only one crankcase breather and it's the fill tube.

Dean

Bill in IL · Jul 21, 2018

I usually put a piece if wire down the hole next to the funnel. Allows air to escape on the ones that are filled through the dipstick hole as the funnel is not fully seated.

fixerupper · Jul 21, 2018

Works for an IH too. The oil gets down in the funnel about 2/3 of,the way, then there is that big wet burp.

Bernie/MA · Jul 21, 2018

Took me about that long to figure out if I hooked the baler to the drawbar a couple holes to the right I could turn and go up hills better.

730virgil · Jul 21, 2018

the only thing worse is when Tall Kid says dad why don't you try this

SDE · Jul 21, 2018

Just about everyday I think to myself,"If I only had a brain". Usually after moments like yours.

matthies · Jul 21, 2018

Bill I do the same thing. chris

DairyFarmerInMA · Jul 21, 2018

Genius!!
Thanks for that one!

PJH · Jul 22, 2018

Thanks for posting that.

onefarmer · Jul 22, 2018

I do that with funnels too. With my Deere it's the bend of the fill pipe that gets full of oil and causes the air lock. Pull the dipstick some and it lets the air out.

only took 30+ years

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