leavnon3rd Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 i was fortunate to witness for my third time someone dropping the plastic drain plug on a 6.7 and take a head to toe oil bath. while i understand how dangerous it could be, myself and a few other guys cant help but laugh hysterically. we all do jackass things from time to time but this def sucks, but it makes my day anyone else exp. this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchan68 Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Funny to read this. I just literally saw our apprentice doing an oil change on one, on the floor with the oil draining everywhere else but inside the drain bucket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Got close a couple times myself. A 3 foot extension and being careful turns an environmental catastrophe into a walk in the park. There's a lot of things that can take someone by surprise....... over and over and over and...... I have been known to utter "Didja get any in the bucket?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchan68 Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 A little off topic, but another tech in the shop ended up with the fuel tank falling off a transmission jack and gasoline going everywhere while the tank swung around dangling by the filler neck like a pendulum. He was in the middle of doing a 13S04 recall on a '13 Fusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmiller Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Yup. Tried to warn the guy before he did it, but too late. Head to toe, soaked in oil. Nobody has done in since we all saw that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 It's like pulling down a transmission pan full of fluid. You learn what not to do by watching other techs and sometimes by learning the hard way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchan68 Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 6.4L lower rad hose connection. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 6.4L lower rad hose connection. That too! I have gotten quite good at staying dry when separating those and I even keep the floor dry now as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leavnon3rd Posted September 27, 2013 Author Share Posted September 27, 2013 Now I cut the side of the hose in replacing at the bottom and help it drain some, I was the horses ass in my shop who did a lower hose and got wet from seperating the lower connections Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Bruene Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 9 times out of 10, I do 6.7 oil changes on the floor. The pan I use catches the oil very well without spilling a drop... As long as there are no oil filters in the pan. Apprentices don't touch anything diesel related here (other than our truckshop apprentice), so they never get the pleasure of learning the hard way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselD Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 I have seen it a couple times and always just as hilarious as the first.... 6.4 lower hose is always a classic as well. I still manage to get it on myself somehow and I am prepared for it. Just one of those things no matter what you do your going to get a coolant bath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchan68 Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 I have seen it a couple times and always just as hilarious as the first.... 6.4 lower hose is always a classic as well. I still manage to get it on myself somehow and I am prepared for it. Just one of those things no matter what you do your going to get a coolant bath NOT ME. I get the apprentice to disconnect it and then clean up the mess they make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmorris Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 I have seen it a couple times and always just as hilarious as the first.... 6.4 lower hose is always a classic as well. I still manage to get it on myself somehow and I am prepared for it. Just one of those things no matter what you do your going to get a coolant bath I have a 4 foot piece of plywood that I put on the oil change caddy with 3 drain pans lined up, the middle one gets the big extension pan, then hit the hose with a long pry bar. Most times I catch every drop and stay dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vloney Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Know the push pins that holds each side of the lower hose? Only release one side, then you can gradually separate the two halves. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Know the push pins that holds each side of the lower hose? Only release one side, then you can gradually separate the two halves.Yep - and I put a lift drain with my trans fluid pan right under it and use a 4' pry bar to slowly separate the hoses. like you said, gradually. Patience will keep you and the floor dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amailloux Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 I too use the long prybar. The genius who designed our shop did not put in a floor drain. I work in the low corner and a lot of the water ends up in my bay. They are building a new shop that will be a 15 minute drive instead of 2 minutes. I am positive it will have a drain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselD Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 I have seen it a couple times and always just as hilarious as the first.... 6.4 lower hose is always a classic as well. I still manage to get it on myself somehow and I am prepared for it. Just one of those things no matter what you do your going to get a coolant bath NOT ME. I get the apprentice to disconnect it and then clean up the mess they make. Im not that lucky to have a helper or even a lift for that matter. Doing it on the ground tends to make more of a mess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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