Do you keep reminders

SVcummins · Jan 31, 2019

Of mistakes you?ve made while mechanicing ?
Spool valve from a tw30 and plug from a John
Deere breakaway coupler

David G · Jan 31, 2019

My wife takes care of that.

SVcummins · Feb 1, 2019

Maybe one day I?ll be that lucky

Mike M · Feb 1, 2019

Careful what you wish for ! lol.

showcrop · Feb 1, 2019

I have a wall with bent motorcycle and snowmobile parts hanging on it. I had a bent snowmobile frame up there but I gave it to a friend so that he could cut a good part out of it.

grandpa Love · Feb 1, 2019

Yep. Got a shelf full.

Adirondack case guy · Feb 1, 2019

Yea, she has been reminding me how lucky I am for 55 years.
Loren

Bret4207 · Feb 1, 2019

I have a baggie with a little flattened lock washer in it that got sucked into a JD 40 engine. I also have a head gasket off a Ford 800 that clearly shows a water hole that wasn't punched out and I didn't notice. That one cost me a radiator too.

Andy Martin · Feb 1, 2019

I always keep broken bolts that were tough to get out. You spend an hour on one it's hard to throw the new friend away.

big tee · Feb 1, 2019

Have a piston out of my Deere 619 with the valve still stuck in it-fused---Tee

morgan in ar · Feb 1, 2019

Oh yeah, I got a shelf of fails. A ruined chainsaw piston and cylinder where the old circlip was still in the crank case, a broken PTO shaft from my agco allis 6680 when I raised the three point while turning a corner with the discbine on, a charred alternator from when the wiring burned on that tractor, scored wd main bearings, bent chainsaw bars, several cow and sheep skulls. Good shop decor, and keeps me humble.

JOCCO · Feb 1, 2019

Yes mainly the unusual. Broken crankshaft, large rock through tire, and so on.

MSS3020 · Feb 1, 2019

yep write everything I do good or bad in a log book to look back on when I have to do it again in the future..(refresher course so to speak)

Skidloader 1840 case has wheel hubs that have o-rings to seal agains steel plates.. three are same size one is smaller.. guessing years ago before I bought it they replaced one with one from other machine.. for some reason diff size..

I built a rake years ago out of two a j.d. and a international I believe.. but two rows of internationl rake teeth on two bars the other two bars were J.d. in order for it to work i had to pull the sprocket on the international rows and rotate so they would be right when in position to rake.. no longer use it now as I updated..teeth had different angles when mounted..

just a couple weird things

Leroy · Feb 1, 2019

Never kept broken parts like that. I have enouth junk (parts) around without keeping the broken parts unless I thought I could later repair them and use therm again.

Philip d · Feb 1, 2019

Don?t listen to them lol i really didn?t get along with my first wife ,we never should have gotten married. We both pretended to be somewhat different people than we really are at a young age to try and impress each other than after 10 years reality set in really hard. I was too stubborn to give up but she left me for someone else because she couldn?t stand the indifferences anymore. That being said I love my wife now more than i could have ever imagined possible. Mrs SVcummins is out there somewhere,just need to remain patient.

SVcummins · Feb 3, 2019

mss3020 That?s a good idea keeping a journal kind of like your own little service manual with some added information to make things go a little easier next time

SVcummins · Feb 3, 2019

Leroy I?ve been carrying these part around for 15 years just to serve as a reminder to slow down and pay attention to details

SVcummins · Feb 3, 2019

jocco These tow parts have significant meaning to me because they both represent the importance of paying attention and never ever forcing something together

SVcummins · Feb 3, 2019

Morgan That?s An interesting collection of mistakes for sure . There?s no way I could store all the things I?ve ever done wrong it would fill up a football stadium I bet

SVcummins · Feb 3, 2019

big tee Was thrrr any other damage

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