snydzy
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Hello all, I came across these and thought I would share. These must-heed maintenence commandments were written by Chief Mechananists Mate W.C. Condor, who served aboard the USS Tatnall, a U.S. Navy destroyer that served in World War I and WWII. DIYers might want to hang this list in their garage or workspace:
The Ten Commandments of Diesel Maintenence
1. Thou shalt keep thine engine clean and in adjustment, that thy life in its company shall be long, and that the owner shall increase thy pay.
2. Know thine engine and all it's parts and functions, else thou shalt be in some unholy spot.
3. Be not wise in thine own conceit; remember the factory instructions and keep them holy, lest repairs be thy undoing.
4. Be not loose in thine jaw hinges, for no man knoweth all about diesels. The truly wise absorbeth much knowledge and exeehedth little, and he who so doeth shall gain repute among his fellows, and favors among his superiors.
5. For all things in this life that thou desireth thou shalt also pay plenty, and for the wisdom of experience, no less. Advise from the multitudes costeth nothing, and is usually worth just that.
6. In the books, thou mayest read what to do, and when, but only the voice of experience may tell the why and how, else reading of what and when shall plague thee with smoke.
7. God maketh the Earth to rotate endlessly without bearings or oil, but not thy diesel.
8. Curse not thine engine when it turneth not. Curse, rather, thine own stupidity.
9. Steam engines and gas engines may long turn over, though sloppy; a diesel, not so without gauges and mikes.
10. The eternal eye watcheth universal operations, but thou shalt not rely upon it as thy diesel. Thy own vigilance is the price thou payest for thy job.
The Ten Commandments of Diesel Maintenence
1. Thou shalt keep thine engine clean and in adjustment, that thy life in its company shall be long, and that the owner shall increase thy pay.
2. Know thine engine and all it's parts and functions, else thou shalt be in some unholy spot.
3. Be not wise in thine own conceit; remember the factory instructions and keep them holy, lest repairs be thy undoing.
4. Be not loose in thine jaw hinges, for no man knoweth all about diesels. The truly wise absorbeth much knowledge and exeehedth little, and he who so doeth shall gain repute among his fellows, and favors among his superiors.
5. For all things in this life that thou desireth thou shalt also pay plenty, and for the wisdom of experience, no less. Advise from the multitudes costeth nothing, and is usually worth just that.
6. In the books, thou mayest read what to do, and when, but only the voice of experience may tell the why and how, else reading of what and when shall plague thee with smoke.
7. God maketh the Earth to rotate endlessly without bearings or oil, but not thy diesel.
8. Curse not thine engine when it turneth not. Curse, rather, thine own stupidity.
9. Steam engines and gas engines may long turn over, though sloppy; a diesel, not so without gauges and mikes.
10. The eternal eye watcheth universal operations, but thou shalt not rely upon it as thy diesel. Thy own vigilance is the price thou payest for thy job.
