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Just realized I spent 3 hours chasing a vibration that was just a loose hose clamp
The whole dredge was shaking on the Ohio River job, thought it was a bearing or the pump. Took apart the suction line guard for nothing. Anyone else have a simple fix that wasted a ton of your day?
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rodriguez.jordan2mo ago
Spent a whole afternoon tracing a coolant leak once. Turned out to be the overflow bottle cap wasn't on tight. Felt like a real genius after that.
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Ever notice how the simplest thing makes you feel the dumbest? I once replaced a whole starter motor, only to find the battery terminal was just a little bit loose. Three hours of my life, gone.
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adams.faith1mo ago
Man, those stories hit home. We had a weird hum in the engine room for a week, drove us nuts. Ripped out half the sound proofing, checked every mount. It was a wrench that had rolled behind a duct and was vibrating against the hull. The relief when you find it is huge, but you also just want to kick something.
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