Pro tip: A stuck injector line on a 6.0 Powerstroke taught me to always check the little things first

I was under the hood of a truck in our shop bay, fighting with a line for an hour. My boss walked over, tapped the hold-down clamp with a wrench, and it popped right off (the bolt was just a quarter-turn too tight). Now I start with the simple stuff before I grab the big tools. Anyone else have a 'duh' moment that saved you a ton of time?

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felix1471mo ago

My old man had a 1987 F-150 that would just die at random. I spent a whole weekend chasing gremlins in the ignition system. Turned out the negative battery cable looked fine but was corroded under the terminal clamp where you couldn't see it. A five dollar cable and ten minutes fixed what I'd been overthinking for two days. It's crazy how often the fix is right there in front of you.

johnson.daniel1mo ago

Sounds like a basic lesson to me. I mean, that's just how you should work on anything.

holly_henderson861mo ago

Yeah, took me like three failed projects to figure that out. I'm a slow learner sometimes.