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Who would have thunk it!
It's always something! Reminds me of wrapping a crab trap rope around a prop!. It also took hours to get it untangled while bobbing in the water! Almost seized the engine!
SweetMK
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Try running a flail mower too close to a high tensile fence,,
That flail mower will wrap 1,000 feet+ of uncuttable steel wire,,
before you can think,,"Should I turn off the PTO??",,,,
That flail mower will wrap 1,000 feet+ of uncuttable steel wire,,
before you can think,,"Should I turn off the PTO??",,,,
Beware of running your car fast through standing water. Many years ago, driving a '60 Corvair, I made that mistake. WHAM! My car started wobbling - I pulled over once I got away from the water, and discovered that I had hit a huge submerged pothole, and that my right front wheel was no longer round. Cost me a new wheel and tire and front end alignment.
Not long after that, I was going through a lot of water more slowly, and my engine went dead. Seems as though somehow the tires were kicking muddy water up into the gas tank filler tube, and the gas filter clogged up so as not to let the fuel go through. Cost me a diagnostic charge, a new gas filter, and a gas tank removal and flush...
That happened in Indiana, where I was on TDY in the Army. I'm glad I live in Arizona where heavy rain is rare - but we have to look out for flash floods in monsoon season that can cover over depressed highway areas - never a good idea to try to go through; the depth of the water can give one an ugly surprise.
Today, I just try to avoid driving through water at all costs - better safe than sorry.
John
Not long after that, I was going through a lot of water more slowly, and my engine went dead. Seems as though somehow the tires were kicking muddy water up into the gas tank filler tube, and the gas filter clogged up so as not to let the fuel go through. Cost me a diagnostic charge, a new gas filter, and a gas tank removal and flush...
That happened in Indiana, where I was on TDY in the Army. I'm glad I live in Arizona where heavy rain is rare - but we have to look out for flash floods in monsoon season that can cover over depressed highway areas - never a good idea to try to go through; the depth of the water can give one an ugly surprise.
Today, I just try to avoid driving through water at all costs - better safe than sorry.
John
gregintenn
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I saw my wife's brother spend most of the day cutting out a roll of carpet he ran over with a disc hay mower someone had thrown in the ditch. It appears they make the entire roll from one string.
He was not the happiest guy I'd ever run across.
He was not the happiest guy I'd ever run across.
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Barb wire on drive shaft
Out hunting, driving through 10-12" grass next to a fence at less than 10 MPH, my brothers Chevy Avalanche starts losing power. Only after the power dropped noticeably did we hear something underneath. Got under truck and he had about 40' of barb wire wrapped around drive shaft. He has a multi-tool as his only wire bender / cutter in the truck. Took me an hour to get it out and it cost me some skin and blood.
Out hunting, driving through 10-12" grass next to a fence at less than 10 MPH, my brothers Chevy Avalanche starts losing power. Only after the power dropped noticeably did we hear something underneath. Got under truck and he had about 40' of barb wire wrapped around drive shaft. He has a multi-tool as his only wire bender / cutter in the truck. Took me an hour to get it out and it cost me some skin and blood.
flagman1776
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Boat pictures from when I was a partner in a marina..
"Boat won't go." Owner was working on his boat and left a live wire in bilge, electroplated his prop and shaft.
He ran over his own anchor line and knew it.
"Boat won't go." Owner was working on his boat and left a live wire in bilge, electroplated his prop and shaft.
He ran over his own anchor line and knew it.
Wanna have some harmless fun at your buddy's expense?
Wrap one of those 2 ft. zip ties around his truck's drive shaft.
Wrap one of those 2 ft. zip ties around his truck's drive shaft.
Years ago I saw an ad in paper for a Chevy Blazer with winch for $800. Said transmission was bad. Knew where their were some transmissions to be had so went to look at it. Looked good, except for the big pool of tranny fluid under it. Crawled under as best I could without getting in it and spied a ball of twine and hay on front drive line and busted line from tranny to radiator. Crawled out and handed the guy $800, got the title and told him I would be back. Went to parts house, got some tranny fluid some hose and a couple small hose clamps. Went back to Blazer, pushed it back out of oil pool. Crawled back under used tubing cutter to remove 6" of bad line and slipped on hose and clamps. Tightened clamps. Cut twine off drive line. Crawled out and added tranny fluid and drove away when he offered me $1000 for the rig he just sold me for $800.
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It's always something! Reminds me of wrapping a crab trap rope around a prop!. It also took hours to get it untangled while bobbing in the water! Almost seized the engine!
When I was living in Vancouver WA, there was a spot on the news about a people trying to get to a boat going in circles in the gorge after some nitwit fell out of it. Told my wife "all they have to do is drag some rope in front of it".
Seining in South East AK, came across another seiner that had got his net in the wheel and his skiff man had got some in his trying to get back to the boat. HA HA, Hung up on both ends of the net. HA HA, skipper had me get in my skiff and hook onto the bow of other seiner and tow him for 3 hours until a diver go there to cut his prop free. Three hours of sitting in the rain with a 653 Detroit screaming in my ears while the rest of the crew enjoyed supper.
My Dad did landscape work for contractors. He shaped and seeded their new lawns. He also mowed their vacant lots with a Ford tractor with a brush hog. The lots were always overgrown and full of trash. He once looked up and saw a telephone pole coming through the weeds towards his tractor. He had wrapped the guy wire cable up in the mower. It went home, got flipped over and was cleared with a cutting torch.
Did you know that if you take a right turn through a puddle in a mid 60's MGBGT, the tire spray will be aimed directly at your distributor?
A baggie with 5 holes in the top and some twist ties solves that problem.
Same car had a Lucas electric fuel pump. I'd keep a large screwdriver in the car so I could beat on the pump housing with the handle when it decided to stop working.
Fixed it right up.
A baggie with 5 holes in the top and some twist ties solves that problem.
Same car had a Lucas electric fuel pump. I'd keep a large screwdriver in the car so I could beat on the pump housing with the handle when it decided to stop working.
Fixed it right up.
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It's always something! Reminds me of wrapping a crab trap rope around a prop!. It also took hours to get it untangled while bobbing in the water! Almost seized the engine!
My buddy had to pull the prop on one of the Yamahas about 80 miles offshore after we ran across some floating net parts.
I stayed in the boat and did the very brave job of watching for any sharks. From the tuna tower.
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4barrel
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gregintenn
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Did you know that if you take a right turn through a puddle in a mid 60's MGBGT, the tire spray will be aimed directly at your distributor?
A baggie with 5 holes in the top and some twist ties solves that problem.
Same car had a Lucas electric fuel pump. I'd keep a large screwdriver in the car so I could beat on the pump housing with the handle when it decided to stop working.
Fixed it right up.
My old man solved those problems with his MGB. He put an aluminum V8 in it!
cherrypointmarine
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We used to work 12 on/12 off during launches at the cape . Coming home about 0300 one morning and felt a thump . I finally had time to look and noticed my brake lines were hanging low . I crawled underneath and saw something lodged between the lines and the bottom of the car . Finally worked it out and guess what ? It was the upper snout of a small gator . I was lucky all those years and this was the only thing I hit . A buddy hit an aprox. 300lb hog on his motorcycle . After he got out of the hospital and came back to work , no more bike riding out there at night !
Did you know that if you take a right turn through a puddle in a mid 60's MGBGT, the tire spray will be aimed directly at your distributor?
A baggie with 5 holes in the top and some twist ties solves that problem.
Same car had a Lucas electric fuel pump. I'd keep a large screwdriver in the car so I could beat on the pump housing with the handle when it decided to stop working.
Fixed it right up.
Lucas "The Prince of Darkness"
Our first car was a '78 V.W. Rabbit, it was a sweetheart of a car and my wife's first stick shift. She drove it well but we got a fairly heavy snow fall, it was building up. I went down and got a set of radial chains, the new style that were aircraft cable instead of chain. I told her to "take it easy" and keep her speed down while running with those chains. They were well made and ran tight against the tire. She was working late, I was working early, she rolled in about the time I was heading to bed and I heard this screeching sound coming from the car. She got out and said something was wrong. She had wrapped on of those cable chains around the front axle. I asked her what she was doing "I was coming in on the freeway and all of a sudden it started making this terrible sound." I said "Coming in on the freeway? Didn't I tell you to take it easy?" She said "I was only going 55." I was out there for over an hour, getting it off the axle, then found where it had tore up the C.V. joint boot. I was not a happy camper but did manage to not blame her completely, I should have said "Take it easy and not go over 35." I was getting prepared to remove the entire wheel assembly in a couple of days in order to slip the new boot on only to be told that they made a nice split boot for just such an occasion.
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Deer was probably being chased by the dog that ran across the road causing me to roll my dad's pickup.
