There are some wonderful safety first examples here: https://www.boredpanda.com/questionable-safety-at-work/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic
My favourite is the angle grinder with a massive saw blade attached. I can't see how you could even switch it on without maiming yourself.
Idiot that I used to work with did maime himself and almost lost his hand doing that very thing. He also slid off a metal roof and broke his leg before that.
Like Wirecutter, I too have had to pay to replace a fuel pump on my Chebie, had a dealer do and I got a lifetime warranty on it. As long as GM stays viable I will never have to pay again, my truck is now 21 years old and I plan to keep it and be buried in it.
Starker here, My sons got their grandfather's 2001 Chevy Malibu when he stopped driving. This wonderful crap gasohol killed the fuel pump. I was dumbfounded to find that the gas tank has to be completely removed to replace the pump. This car spent all of it's life in a driveway. Nor was it's undercarriage washed of Pa winters. I never experienced anything this stoopid. The Ford & Chevy engineers never seem to consider maintenance! They Japanese brands don't suffer from this. Mopar never gave me much trouble either.
On my Trooper I just cut a rectangular access hole in the back floor to access the fuel pump. Then made a removable cover for the hole. Piece of cake!
The fuel pump went out on my old ZuZu Spacecab pickup years ago, and was able to undo the mounts on one side of the bed, prop up bed, and replace the fuel pump. But I used a 4x4 between the bottom of the bed and frame, not between the wheel well and a tire!
My favorite manufacturing fuck-up was the crankshaft position sensor, the replacement of which requires pulling the engine. As I recall it was a Chevy.
There are some wonderful safety first examples here:
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My favourite is the angle grinder with a massive saw blade attached. I can't see how you could even switch it on without maiming yourself.
Idiot that I used to work with did maime himself and almost lost his hand doing that very thing. He also slid off a metal roof and broke his leg before that.
DeleteToo bad the brainiac engineers couldn't have put a removable plate in the beds of pickups so a guy could change a fuel pump easily.*
ReplyDelete*My bride's hippiemobile Subaru Outback has such an access plate under the back seat. It was a snap to change that pump. Actually, it was a joy!
As somebody that just paid $700 to have a fuel pump replaced earlier this year, I agree wholeheartedly with you.
DeleteLike Wirecutter, I too have had to pay to replace a fuel pump on my Chebie, had a dealer do and I got a lifetime warranty on it. As long as GM stays viable I will never have to pay again, my truck is now 21 years old and I plan to keep it and be buried in it.
DeleteFuel pump. Been there, done that.
ReplyDeleteWhere's OSHA?
ReplyDeleteStarker here,
ReplyDeleteMy sons got their grandfather's 2001 Chevy Malibu when he stopped driving. This wonderful crap gasohol killed the fuel pump. I was dumbfounded to find that the gas tank has to be completely removed to replace the pump. This car spent all of it's life in a driveway. Nor was it's undercarriage washed of Pa winters. I never experienced anything this stoopid. The Ford & Chevy engineers never seem to consider maintenance! They Japanese brands don't suffer from this. Mopar never gave me much trouble either.
His brother did the same thing and broke his back. He's shown his brother how to do it the right way. I gotta larn ya ever thin?
ReplyDeleteOn my Trooper I just cut a rectangular access hole in the back floor to access the fuel pump. Then made a removable cover for the hole. Piece of cake!
ReplyDeleteThe fuel pump went out on my old ZuZu Spacecab pickup years ago, and was able to undo the mounts on one side of the bed, prop up bed, and replace the fuel pump. But I used a 4x4 between the bottom of the bed and frame, not between the wheel well and a tire!
-Ed in Wa
My favorite manufacturing fuck-up was the crankshaft position sensor, the replacement of which requires pulling the engine. As I recall it was a Chevy.
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