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Re: Worst tractor engine repair mistake


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Posted by j hikemper on February 06, 2013 at 09:03:15 from (50.102.84.82):

In Reply to: Worst tractor engine repair mistake posted by RBnSC on February 06, 2013 at 04:00:07:

this could qualify , hit a deer with cummins dodge ,,repair shop was 40 miles away , ,, went to pik up truck , after new grill shell , radiator , headlite ,, cold friday evening ,, skeeter told me i was good to go , took off with dodge cummins ,,got on interstate ,, heat wasnt coming up rite ,, drove 18 miles ,, with temp guage finally pegging in last 5 minutes til exit with no heat ,,,. pulled up to water faucet and ferried 2 liter bottles of water one at a time , exhaust was completely clean ,that cummins was hot, after 2nd bottle started to get real hot heat, temp guage started to come off pegged !...added 2 more temp guage was down to 90 %,, added 2 more and temp was normal and heat was hot,,. ,went to auto parts store and bought 2 gallon antifreeze ,, poured at least 6 or more qts in before the cummins was full ,,.//// skeeter failed to put any liquid in colinsystem when he got nearly done ,the cummins only had residual engine fluid for coolant ,while i was adding antifreeze , massey dealer stopped by, and i told him of my adventure ,, he noticed skeeter failed to fasten top hose clamp to radiator,!!!dam skeeter!.. THE ENGINE WAS NOT HURT ,,.that was 250 thousand miles and 15 yrs ago ,the cummins is just broke in now ..skeeter was overly apologetic, ,he was short handed that day and was upset over his mother in hospital... gave me a new set of front tires and disc brakes,,. even though insisted motor seemed ok ,. and to keep his $$$.. bottomline ,, great folx arehuman, and will make mistakes when distracted , sick or rushed ,,


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