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RC you probably would enjoy this engineer stuff....I do...it comes easy to me like tractors do to you !!
Might want to keep me away from that stuff...
One time I was changing back up battery packs in control panels and one panel lost it's butt/bearings.. I'd deenergized it apparently .
Not my greatest moment. Got it back to life though.
First night on one job a piece of equipment with slop it it's travel (due to broken bolts and worn hydraulics , a rubber cog so to speak) swung into the scissor lift I had near.
Broke a joystick.
I had no idea it's prior orientation after I had it off (my bad) but replaced it by the garnish piece that showed direction of movements.
Turned out the operators liked it reversed to ride the equipment (a mixer with swing arm) and the correct orientation was backwards of thier intuition from that position.
Bet they had a fun day.... I had a note to "fix" it waiting for me when I came back in.
The second morning (I worked nights) the boss came into work and when I turned in my paperwork he asked "what did you break today?" L.o.l..
Heck of a good boss though.
I had documentation through the P.M. charts and the crib guy put them in computer. But I still would date replaceable filter canisters ect. with a marker. Redundant. But when with/around the equipment I knew without researching where it was in it's lifespan easier.
A metal case with a clipboard in it in the harsh environment had my days choice of worksheets in it plus notes.
A big help was the owners (and later maintenance dept. I worked for) kept original documents of equipment.
So things were outdated like fluid types sometimes. But knowing original specs. and how to get a better idea how to service/teardown some things by looking over a schematic or parts list really helped sometimes.
The friend who I replaced doing P.M.'s as he was advanced dropped a five gallon pail of used gear lube off a lift just before the boss came in.
Hard to top , but I did. I'll save the tale of how for another day...
I did make a small mess once when impatient with the so slow draining of a transfer carts syrupy gear lube , I put compressed air in through the vent hole. The lube came out quickly....l.o.l..