Appreciation post: the guy who flagged my bad injector install before I fired it up

Working on a 2015 Cummins ISX for a local fleet last Tuesday, I got in a hurry and cross-threaded an injector hold-down bolt. My lead mechanic caught it during his walk-through - saved me from a $6,000 head replacement when that thing would have snapped under torque. Has anyone else had a coworker bail them out of a stupid mistake like that?

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wells.olivia1mo ago

Yo that "caught it during his walk-through" part is huge. Real ones know the walk-through is where all the dumb mistakes get found before they become real problems. Saves everyone time and money when someone's got your back like that.

emma_dixon701mo ago

yeah my buddy caught a gas leak that way once. saved the whole crew.