Kind of like the time when I was about 16 and was going to impress my dad
with my mechanical ability. I drained the oil in his Chevy pickup, replaced
the filter element, and started pouring in the fresh oil. You guessed it;
I'd forgotten to replace the drain plug. The sound of fresh oil hitting the
drain pan had me scurrying to replace the plug. He wasn't impressed!
Although over the next 30 years or so I did make up for it by repairing many
of his tractors, trucks, and other equipment. I guess I made up for the lost
quart or so of oil.
Happy Decoration Day, Bill
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From: <n197tr4@cs.com>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 10:53 PM
Subject: [Fot] My TR3A has a 12 quart sump.
> I do dumb stuff sometimes....of course.
>
> A couple of weeks ago I started to prepare the TR3A for an oil change.
>
> Today, I carefully replaced the filter and filter body.
>
> Thinking I had already drained the pan, I poured 6 quarts of oil in the
engine
> and checked the dipstick.
>
> Nope, that cant be right. The oil is dirty looking and reads high on the
> dipstick.
>
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> I did something like this about 40 years ago with a Bugeye Sprite.
>
> Only this time I drained the oil and forgot to replace the drain plug.
>
> It took about four quart pour for that brand new oil to spread out to my
> shoes.
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> I doubt if BRITISH PETROLEUM would be very excited about my problems.
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