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Posted by K.B.-826 on April 16, 2007 at 21:58:29 from (24.180.143.209):
In Reply to: Boy did we pull a good one posted by grazer on April 16, 2007 at 19:14:43:
Just last week I was replacing hyd hoses on a loader. I started up the tractor, raised and lowered the loader a few times, tilted the bucket up and down a few times, all was well. I was about to back out the door when I got the bright idea to grease the loader. Got down to the last two zerks, which were on the rod ends of the bucket cylinders, had to raise the loader and tilt the bucket to get on them. I shut off the tractor and was climbing off to grease those two last fittings when I heard a loud pop followed by a blast of oil. Parts guy didn't get one of the ends pushed onto one of the new bucket cylinder hoses far enough before crimping. My workbench right in front of the tractor got the worst of it, but there was oil 15 feet up the shop wall and everywhere within a 20 foot radius. Took over an hour to clean up, but I'm just glad nobody was walking past in front of the tractor.
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