Dipstick award of the day..

[Olderisbetter]

Goes to me for struggling to knock nails in as i have no nails for my dewalt cordless framing nailer, I sold my paslode nailer a few weeks ago and gave away all the spare nails i had, Now i realise the paslode nails fit my dewalt DOH...and then just to feel even dumber as i was putting things away i found half a box of paslode nails i forgot were in a drawer

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Whoops.

 

[mechman]

What about a fork lift that's smoking and making all kinds of strange noises, oil coming out of the dipstick hole, asking the (dipstick) driver what's happened here mate, ans, nowt only topped it up with oil, but he took the level as being the top of the filler on the rockerbox. (happened in Vickers)

 

[zzr1200]

nails i forgot were in a drawer

Old timers is setting in...

 

[pedrobedro]

What about a fork lift that's smoking and making all kinds of strange noises, oil coming out of the dipstick hole, asking the (dipstick) driver what's happened here mate, ans, nowt only topped it up with oil, but he took the level as being the top of the filler on the rockerbox. (happened in Vickers)

Happened when I worked at a foundry 40 years ago, the driver's nickname was Deadwood (a bit of a clue) and the truck was an old Bonser. Gaffer told him to fill it with oil before he used it and he came back 30 minutes later saying it had a leak and wouldn't fill to the top. Luckily he had not tried to run it.

 

[Olderisbetter]

My mates wife filled her mini engine almost full of oil and topped up his power steering with water thinking it was the radiator expansion tank...

 

[mrsbruce]

My mates wife filled her mini engine almost full of oil and topped up his power steering with water thinking it was the radiator expansion tank...

Oooh....memory of unhappy taxi driver walking into garage while I was waiting to collect car after mot. Daughter had borrowed his brand new car/taxi, and helpfully checked and topped up water level before setting out. Unfortunately, it too was the power steering.

 

[Cobbler]

Where a friend of mine worked years ago, they had a Porsche 911 come in for sale. The sales guy was going to take it out somewhere & was told check the water before you go. He did, right to the top before someone told him it was air cooled