Thread: Dum

Lol reminds me of the golden rule when I worked in the computer industry.... Step 1, is it plugged in
Mind you that was back in the days of Windows 3.1 which came on 4 X 3.5 inch floppy disks, so things might be different now

Originally Posted by RUMPY

Hahaha, well if we're talking dumb shit. I'm a maintenance engineer with over 20 years in the industry. Today I had a conveyor motor not running. Would go if I gave it a hand to start running. Removed motor and gearbox, wouldn't run, removed motor, again would only run unless given a flick to start it.
Decided motor was stuffed, replaced motor, test run ok, refit gearbox, test run ok again.
Refit motor and gearbox to conveyor, test run....nothing. F#(k it all.
Gave it a push to get it running, proceed to check amps on wiring and one of the cables falls out of the terminal.
2.5 hours to fix a 10 minute problem.

Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn.

Originally Posted by Daisy

Hi Danny, where do you find what the action screw torque setting is? My ruger m77 started shooting diagonal descending strings, i thought it must be the scope so i swapped back to the trusty old original, then discovered the action screw was just about falling out of the hole,I tightened it to "firm-ish", rifle now shoots accurately (enough!), but now I don't know whether it was the the scope or the screw.....

if its the same as the older tang safety model...the middle one should be not much more than finger tight.... there are plenty of posts on google search with figures...I did middle one just nipped up and the other two firm...and mates rifle shoots better than we can hold it....

Originally Posted by RUMPY

Not sure where I read it but it's something that resonates well in many situations. One of the better phrases to use when things don't go to plan.

Im sure young Mike will laugh fit to burst when you tell him about that one...actually blame him,he's your pet sparky after all LOL....

Swapped out an engine in my sons Corolla many years ago because I couldn’t get it to run. Still didnt run properly. Was a 12 dollar resistor over by the coil.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

Im sure young Mike will laugh fit to burst when you tell him about that one...actually blame him,he's your pet sparky after all LOL....

Unfortunately he is classified as unclean by worksite management and has not been allowed on site for many months due to his vaccination status.

That was a thing wasn't it? Hopefully it's all over shortly and back to normal - seeing as it's the 'Dum' thread haha!

Without starting a debate on this yes it is DUM. Thought with the latest removal of government rules this would have changed. I won't be commenting further on this subject here.

Thanks MD, I realised as soon as I posted it was a stupid question (quite fitting given the thread title I suppose), i haven't found the exact figure but general consensus seems to be around the 45ft/lbs for the angled screw in the action and around 35 for the others. Encouraging to hear of your mates rifle - I think I've got a bit carried away with chasing accuracy as I was perfectly happy with the Ruger until I bought a Sako which shoots cloverleaf groups; had to remind myself minute of deer within 200m is perfectly adequate.

You'll probably break the screws if you try to torque them to 45 ft/lbs. I think 45 inch/lbs would be more like it.

Yes, I was doing some bolts at work to 58ft/lb the other day. Was an extremely good pull on 1/2" drive torque wrench.

That would have been a snarl up then, thanks for the warning