Posted by Dan T in MO on May 23, 2014 at 15:56:33 from (166.181.3.37):
In Reply to: Re: OT Kibitzer Rant posted by Determined on May 23, 2014 at 07:30:58:
Not really a kibitzer tale, but.....
Years ago, I had a summer job turning a wrench at a equipment rental yard. They also had a "party store" where one could rent tents, tables and whatnot for parties. This stuff was delivered in Ford diesel box trucks.
Anyway, I was sent over to the party store to prime the injectors on a delivery truck. The driver had idled it out of fuel and now couldn't get it started. I went over and went to work and somehow managed to get it running again. I had no clue what I did, but it was running.
About that time, the driver came out of the air conditioned break room and asked me to show him what I did "so we don't have to bother you next time." I took him around to the driver's side door, opened it up and pointed to the fuel gauge. I said, "when that needle gets close to the E, put fuel in it."
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