Stupid Things I Have Done

[WinterDeere]

Ram made the really stupid decision to design their gear shifter as a knob, and place this knob on the dash right next to the volume control knob for the radio. I've been driving for more than 30 years, and until getting this truck, have never had any issue with accidentally shifting into park while rolling, or going from forward to reverse by mistake. But I must've done it a dozen times in the first weeks of owning this truck, it is truly the most stupid design I have ever seen in an automobile.

Everyone knows, and has known or 60 years, how a shift lever works. It's second-nature, we don't even think about it anymore. Their decision to abandon this shows a level of hubris that is almost unforgiveable. Beyond that, if you're going to screw everyone by ditching the lever and moving to a knob, for the love of all things holy... don't place it next to the effing volume control!

 

[mrmikey]

I feel your pain, when backing up a trailer I constantly use the fan control.

 

[Dftodd]

Ram made the really stupid decision to design their gear shifter as a knob, and place this knob on the dash right next to the volume control knob for the radio. I've been driving for more than 30 years, and until getting this truck, have never had any issue with accidentally shifting into park while rolling, or going from forward to reverse by mistake. But I must've done it a dozen times in the first weeks of owning this truck, it is truly the most stupid design I have ever seen in an automobile.

Everyone knows, and has known or 60 years, how a shift lever works. It's second-nature, we don't even think about it anymore. Their decision to abandon this shows a level of hubris that is almost unforgiveable. Beyond that, if you're going to screw everyone by ditching the lever and moving to a knob, for the love of all things holy... don't place it next to the effing volume control!

Yup, took the shops dodge to Colorado for a work trip. Was leaving the hotel in the AM. Without looking I reached for the shift knob to put the truck into drive, but it wouldn't go into gear

That's when I realized I was twisting the volume control

Thankfully I didn't do what you did while driving.

 

[BnRidge]

For a long time the sequence at most gas pumps was to pay, lift a lever, select grade, then pump. But on some there was an additional button located somewhere to actually turn the pump on. Most pumps had no additional button, 1 in 50 did. Each time I would encounter a button pump, I would fumble around, waste time, trying to get it to work, even cancelling everything and wheel around to a different pump, nada. Go to the counter- oh theres this button you need to push. %#. Thanks. I remember once overhearing on old couple getting into it - just pump the gas would ya, I'm trying I'm trying - didn't know about the stupid button. I see they've eliminated those now.

 

[FriendwithTractor]

I have one to add.

Last night, we had what my maternal grandfather would have called a "guster" An intense but brief thunderstorm that brought down some limbs.
I bust out the 270 as it's maybe 15 minutes of cutting....Saw won't start. Pull on it, pull on it. Well maybe the air filter is clogged, or the spark plug is bad...take it back to the shop and start investigating....No everything's fine. Huh...saw feels kinda lighter than I remember:

 

[MossRoad]

I have one to add.

Last night, we had what my maternal grandfather would have called a "guster" An intense but brief thunderstorm that brought down some limbs.
I bust out the 270 as it's maybe 15 minutes of cutting....Saw won't start. Pull on it, pull on it. Well maybe the air filter is clogged, or the spark plug is bad...take it back to the shop and start investigating....No everything's fine. Huh...saw feels kinda lighter than I remember:

 

[bigtiller]

Now how did you manage to do that? Stuff dirt under the root balls?

The same way I get my ears lowered every few months. Cut off everything that hangs down to far.

 

[Jstpssng]

I have one to add.

Last night, we had what my maternal grandfather would have called a "guster" An intense but brief thunderstorm that brought down some limbs.
I bust out the 270 as it's maybe 15 minutes of cutting....Saw won't start. Pull on it, pull on it. Well maybe the air filter is clogged, or the spark plug is bad...take it back to the shop and start investigating....No everything's fine. Huh...saw feels kinda lighter than I remember:

I knew somebody who had his buddy drag his pickup 15 miles to the garage with a chain one Saturday night, and when they opened told them the fuel pump was bad. It was easier to lift the bed than drop the tank so they took it off, replaced the pump, put everything back together; it still wouldn't start.
Then they put gas in it.

 

[orezok]

One of the lift cylinders on my LA402 loader has been seeping. I ordered the proper Kuboth kits for a rebuild. The first cylinder went well and no more leaks. I did the second cylinder and there was a single o ring left over. I searched and search and could not find a location for it. I was about to take the first apart again to see where it might go. I then went online to look at the parts diagrams.

Well, while both packages had the same number which was the correct part for the lift cylinder, I discovered that the tilt cylinder kit has one more o ring than the lift cylinder. Otherwise all the other parts are identical.

GRRR...

 

[Dftodd]

One of the lift cylinders on my LA402 loader has been seeping. I ordered the proper Kuboth kits for a rebuild. The first cylinder went well and no more leaks. I did the second cylinder and there was a single o ring left over. I searched and search and could not find a location for it. I was about to take the first apart again to see where it might go. I then went online to look at the parts diagrams.

Well, while both packages had the same number which was the correct part for the lift cylinder, I discovered that the tilt cylinder kit has one more o ring than the lift cylinder. Otherwise all the other parts are identical.

GRRR...

I had a coworker who was extremely obnoxious and a know it all.

I used to wait till he left for lunch, break, service call or delivery. I would then set a spare mission critical part next to the machine he was putting back together. O'ring, lip seal, snap ring......