Another funny

[4520BW]

 

[jon f mn]

Lol

 

[db4600]

 

[Majorman]

I know the feeling, once rushed to get a clutch in a Fordson Power Major, in a dark farm shed, in the middle of winter. Clearing the tools up after it was all together discovered the thrust bearing and hub under a sack. That tractor was split and rebuilt again in double quick time!!!

 

[SVcummins]

Looks like a timing cover bolt on a cummins b5.9

 

[RESLLS]

Yep. One snap ring left out of a 4L60E transmission. Take it back apart again. Fun times!

 

[Dave BN]

I have had that happen. It's almost the first place I look now.
Dave

 

[SVcummins]

Did the same thing almost last spring putting my 4020 back together forgot the pto gear on the bottom shaft

 

[shaun wallace]

The bolt you couldnt find is under the rear tire.

 

[SkipperII]

The gentleman that trained me on Majors, let me reassemble my first one during an in frame rebuild. I got it back together, went to clean my hands, came back, and there on the shop rug, laid a rod nut. Harve asked, did you make sure to recheck them all? I said I was pretty sure I had. He made me pull the radius rod, and the pan, sure enough, I had done it right. He laughed and told me to always be absolutely sure, picked up the rod nut and put it back in the parts department.

 

[SkipperII]

I hate it when that happens. I'm sure we have all had some near misses.

 

[Majorman]

I had problems with one of the first Ford 5000 hydraulic lifts, it got taken off the tractor about 30 times in a few weeks. Tractor eventually went back to the factory for a total rebuild of the back end. I gained a few bits as we had to replace most items over that period and when my best mate brought his first one in to overhaul, I laid an extra spring in the parts he had laid out on the bench. Then sat back and watched the fun. A few minutes later I got sent out on another job and when I came back he was still trying to find where the spring went about two hours later.

He is still one of my best friends after 55 years so he did not take it to heart.

 

[Tom in Ga]

When I was a teenager, I helped a friend repair a old ford tramsmission. He spent about a month before he got the parts. We put it back together one afternoon and went to eat supper. My Dad asked did we have any parts left over. I thought a minute and remembered we left a snap ring off the front of the shaft. I told my dad it can't go anywhere and no need to worry about it. Daddy said if Henry Ford didn' t think it needed he wouldn't have put it. We went back did it right.

 

[Steve@Advance]

In high school auto mechanics class, the instructor made the statement that it is very common to have something left after doing a major repair.

Couldn't believe what I just heard! So I challenged him, told him I always try not to let that happen and when it does I am very concerned. He told me it always happened and to get over it!

We would get junk cars from one of the local car lots to work on. The next one that came in was a small block Chevy ring and bearing, cheap fix, get it running so it could go back on the lot.

I got it, picked a good crew and told them we must account for every bolt and nut, don't loose anything! Sure enough, we got done and everything was accounted for.

The instructor, as a joke, tried to pull a fast one and laid a couple bolts on the bench, an 'I told you so' moment. I knew what he did, took them to him, told him he should st least use GM bolts!

 

[SVcummins]

Happens to me a lot when I get in a hurry .