A lesson learned

37chief · Jul 24, 2019

I was having problems with my Echo hedge trimmer. It ran bad. I usually have good success installing kits in 2 cycle carbs. This time no luck it still ran bad, would not take full throttle. I finally took it to the mower shop. The shop called today, and said my mower is ok now. All we did is install the carb the correct way. I installed it up side down. That is what happened when I take something apart, and don't put it together the same day. A $45.00 lesson. I did something like that years ago on a jeep transmission. I installed the slider backwards, and only had low and reverse. Glad I am not the only one that does things like that. Let's hear them. Stan

Dave H (MI) · Jul 24, 2019

I would be pretty ticked off at them, Stan. You gave them a hedge trimmer and got back a mower!

UncleTom · Jul 24, 2019

Anymore, i always always take a picture with my phone. It has paid off many times.

Gambles · Jul 24, 2019

You should have tried to start it up-side-down! LOL! Been there.

JOCCO · Jul 24, 2019

Not enough room here to write about my mistakes. The web site would overload and crash.

Ultradog MN · Jul 24, 2019

Btdt Chief.
A Ford 4000.
There's a gear that slips onto the pto output shaft on the back of the transmission.
It Looks like it goes one way but it doesn't.
I messed with it for a couple of hours.
Twice!
My tractor pal Kenny stopped by and looked at it for about 15 seconds and said,
"Why don't you turn the gear around.
Doh!
It only cost me a cup of coffee tho.
Lucky.

fixerupper · Jul 24, 2019

I have mentioned this before; if there is a way to put something together backward, i will will do it backwards.

jon f mn · Jul 24, 2019

Ok, wasn't going to admit to rhis, but I will now. Lol. Was getting my swather ready a while back, even asked here about a hydraulic issue. Could not figure out why I wasn't getting any oil out of the variable speed valve. Got nothing on up, just a little leakage on down speed. Eventually I went and got another pump from the salvage yard. Still the same thing. Then I decided to hook the hose up to the variable speed cylinder thinking that maybe it needed pressure to work. It wasn't til I got pi$$ed and jammed the peddle down and held it there that I realized I had been holding the peddle the wrong way the whole time. Lol. The bottom of the peddle lifts the header and reel, so I was thinking the bottom increased speed as well, but it's the other way. The dribble of oil is all it puts out because that cylinder is tiny and short, so much oil and it would move too fast. I sure felt foolish after that. I'm not real upset tho because the pump was weak anyway and would barely lift the header. Works much better now. Still feel dumb tho. Lol

SDE · Jul 24, 2019

If there is a 50- 50 chance of doing it wrong, 90 percent of the time I will need to do it over.

Steve@Advance · Jul 24, 2019

The worst one that comes to mind, many years ago I took an Orbitrol steering control apart to replace the seals.

Lots of parts inside one of those! It will go together many ways, but only work when it's right.

First time I started it up, all looked well, no leaks. Then I touched the steering wheel...

The wheel started oscillating back and forth violently! Jammed my fingers, caught by surprise it tool me a second to kill it. I'm amazed it didn't break the steering wheel, it was that violent!

This was before internet, Youtube, or any outside help. I took it apart a couple times, made some changes. Once it spun all the way one direction, a couple times it did the oscillating trick.

I took the motor off, carried it to the forklift dealer, they didn't repair them, only replace, non serviceable. Quoted me something about 4x what the lift truck was worth!

Well, process of painful elimination, making careful notes of what I had already tried, about 10 tries later, it finally worked!

What an ordeal!!!

tractorhead · Jul 25, 2019

Years ago in my very younger days I installed a window air conditioner in up side down.I found out it was upside down when I installed the face plate.It was an old very heavy unit, the heck with it I says Ill run it anyway. Well it blew in very short time.I pushed it out into the bushes below and there it stayed for some time. Shees I never knew my new wife could swear so well....

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