CRF857 598 #1 Posted 20 hours ago Local mower shop hauled this one in. Owner claimed he just changed the oil, started mowing and it died, wouldn’t turn over. Shop owner put it on the lift, then exclaimed. OH $&17!!! picture shows the problem. 1 3 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 12,860 #2 Posted 19 hours ago Yep, some folks should not play with wrenches. 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill D 3,109 #4 Posted 16 hours ago (edited) That'll do it. Did he even put oil back in it??? I'd expect a bigger mess if he did. Good parts rig for someone. Edited 16 hours ago by Bill D 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8ntruck 9,234 #5 Posted 16 hours ago Yup. I changed the oil on my MF GC1720 today. Bit of an access wrassle to get something to turn the oil filter. Got the new filter on and was just about ready to start pouring the new oil I, when I remembered I had not put the drain plug back in yet. Caught it in time, though. 3 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrc 1,110 #6 Posted 14 hours ago you can't make stuff like this up! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill D 3,109 #7 Posted 7 hours ago 9 hours ago, 8ntruck said: Yup. I changed the oil on my MF GC1720 today. Bit of an access wrassle to get something to turn the oil filter. Got the new filter on and was just about ready to start pouring the new oil I, when I remembered I had not put the drain plug back in yet. Caught it in time, though. Could happen to anyone 🙄 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pfrederi 21,080 #8 Posted 6 hours ago 1 hour ago, Bill D said: Could happen to anyone 🙄 10 hours ago, 8ntruck said: Yup. I changed the oil on my MF GC1720 today. Bit of an access wrassle to get something to turn the oil filter. Got the new filter on and was just about ready to start pouring the new oil I, when I remembered I had not put the drain plug back in yet. Caught it in time, though. Never ever happened to me...Not! 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 68,627 #9 Posted 5 hours ago 11 hours ago, 8ntruck said: Yup. I changed the oil on my MF GC1720 today. Bit of an access wrassle to get something to turn the oil filter. Got the new filter on and was just about ready to start pouring the new oil I, when I remembered I had not put the drain plug back in yet. Caught it in time, though. Fellow I worked with years ago drained the oil on his Cummings powered Dodge when he got called away to work some overtime. The next morning he dumped three gallons of Mobil One into the engine, about half of it went into the drain pan still in place under the truck, the rest was on the floor. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 17,344 #10 Posted 1 hour ago Ok, I admit incomplete knowledge, so please school me on why a machine freshly filled with oil and not having its filter iin place didn’t spew oil out the side of the machine. Is the filter only in the pickup side of the oil circulation? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites