I have been without an icemaker in my refrigerator for a year. My wife is making pickles, and needs ice. I ordered a new one. The instructions said, turn off the ice maker before doing anything. It was already off. I turned it on, and had ice this morning. A few years back my crawler had a bad noise from the track area. Without more inspection, I just knew it was a bad track roller bearings. In the process of tearing it apart. I found a rock stuck in the roller guard, making the noise. Sometimes I just need to slow down. I'm sure others have the same problem. Stan
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Eric in IL
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I had a ticking small block Chevy once. Others told me they were somewhat notorious for cams going flat. I installed a new cam and timing chain, it ran great !
Then I replaced the fuel pump which had a broken return spring to get rid of the ticking sound.
Then I replaced the fuel pump which had a broken return spring to get rid of the ticking sound.
Bob Bancroft
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- Location
- Aurora NY
I recall a neighbor tearing the rear end of a tractor all apart looking for the noise, which ended up being a loose wheel weight.
Phil-mar Farms
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I had a car that made a terrible sound when backing up. I always thought it was the rear end. Until one day I was in the trunk and bumped the spare tire and it made the same sound. It was loose on the hold down bolt
Janicholson
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My dad replanted 4 acres of soybeans when they didn't come up (on his schedule) the rows were not on top of one another, so when they both came up, it was like they were drilled. It did pay for the effort, we were using inoculated beans from last years crop. 1956 era. Jim
Keith Molden
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I have a friend that pumped 30 gals of gas in his Chevy diesel before he realized it was gas he was putting in. He's on this forum so I won't mention any names, We all make mistakes don't we.
Combine got to shaking pretty bad, thought it had to have thrown a knife from the chopper rotor. I looked for the missing blade, all there. Said the heck with it drove a half mile home to pull the chopper, low and behold a little piece of cob jumped into the drive pulley. Wife saw it first, pried it out with a screwdriver, put the belt back on and headed out. Wife asked if I wanted to run it before we left the yard I told we didn't need to she had fixed it. No more vibration.
Geo-TH,In
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Have you taken a carb apart only to discover the gas tank is empty? Here's your sign
Tractor won't start and you discover you turned the gas off. Here's your sign
You can't find a tool you were just using only to discover you put it in your back pocket. Here's your sign
It's called having senior moments or brain farts.
Tractor won't start and you discover you turned the gas off. Here's your sign
You can't find a tool you were just using only to discover you put it in your back pocket. Here's your sign
It's called having senior moments or brain farts.
Steve@Advance
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I did one worse than that!
Replaced the fuel pump on a 89 Chevy PU, yes it was a bad pump. Put it back together, ran great for about a year.
Then going to work one morning it died again, no fuel pressure. Assumed the new pump was bad. Rented a dolly, borrowed a truck, took it home, lifted the bed (by myself), opened the tank...
Bone dry! But the gauge said 1/3 of a tank.
Attached to the bottom of the tank with push nuts, there was a square plastic well to keep gas pooled around the pump when the fuel got low. All but one of the nuts was gone, the well had pivoted around and held the gauge float up! I never noticed the gauge wasn't moving...
Replaced the fuel pump on a 89 Chevy PU, yes it was a bad pump. Put it back together, ran great for about a year.
Then going to work one morning it died again, no fuel pressure. Assumed the new pump was bad. Rented a dolly, borrowed a truck, took it home, lifted the bed (by myself), opened the tank...
Bone dry! But the gauge said 1/3 of a tank.
Attached to the bottom of the tank with push nuts, there was a square plastic well to keep gas pooled around the pump when the fuel got low. All but one of the nuts was gone, the well had pivoted around and held the gauge float up! I never noticed the gauge wasn't moving...
larry@stinescorner
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I do it all the time,,,(but I Dont tell anyone)
MarkB_MI
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- Motown USA
My wife said the liftgate on her Acadia wouldn't open by itself when she hit the remote or used the button on the liftgate. So I figured the gas lift cylinders were no good and replaced them. No difference. Then I realized she had turned off the liftgate switch on the dash.
I knew of a guy who stripped down the primary and final drives on a Harley and removed the transmission because it wouldnt shift (after putting it off for a few months and ordering some new shifter-drum parts) and when he finally got it out and set that transmission on the bench--- he saw the tiny pebble wedged under the shifter that was keeping it from operating!
I've got plenty on myself but this is on my neighbor. He got a new fancy suv with all the buttons/whistles. Got in it one day and the radio would not turn off. After much disgust playing with the radio he took it to the dealer. Dealer found his wife's battery operated radio behind the back seat. It had a short in the on/off button and had come on. Results--- lots of laughs at the dealership, a little embarrassment for my neighbor, lots of laughs for his family and friends, still has the wife but the radio is long gone.
Rich'sToys
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- Southern MN
Replaced the starter on my lawn mower. When it still wouldn't start I tightened the bolt that holds the ground cable to the frame. She fired right up!
mjsnodgrass
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one of my old willys' trucks has a studebaker engine from the 40's in it. i needed to move the truck to get to my disc mower. it would start if i dumped a little gas in carb, but wouldn't stay running. so i pulled the carb off to go through it. turns out the carb is from a 30's LaSalle or something. paid big bucks for carb kit. put carb back together and had same issue. the other night walking the dog, i thought i'd try to start it. when i pulled out the choke the headlights came on. yep, the choke cable and the headlight switch have the same colored ivory knob. turned the headlights off and pulled the other ivory know that was on the choke cable and truck fired right up. i've owned the truck 30 yrs.
Ultradog MN
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- Twin Cities
Been there done that Stan.
Back in the 70s I had a VW van.
It popped loudly then quit on me as I was driving down the freeway. I was certain I had 'blown' the engine.
So I overhauled it. I had the engine back in and was connecting the electrics and noticed the wire had come off the coil.
That's why it quit.
Since then I've spent a little more time looking for causes and less on assuming.
It was actually a pretty good lesson.
Back in the 70s I had a VW van.
It popped loudly then quit on me as I was driving down the freeway. I was certain I had 'blown' the engine.
So I overhauled it. I had the engine back in and was connecting the electrics and noticed the wire had come off the coil.
That's why it quit.
Since then I've spent a little more time looking for causes and less on assuming.
It was actually a pretty good lesson.
Eldon (WA)
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Bought a Chevy van at auction for $600 that had a knock in the engine...got it home and found a stone lodged in the crankshaft pulley...
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