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<blockquote data-quote="smcapstick" data-source="post: 4700744" data-attributes="member: 2924"><p>When a customer brings an 'expert' that knows every dirty trick in the filthy, rotten, cheating book:</p><p></p><p>1) Don't give the cold engine any heat.</p><p>2) When turning the engine over and it's just about to start, let go of the ignition key so the engine splutters to a stop. Repeat three times.</p><p>3) Frown and exclaim loudly "Hmm, it shouldn't do that?".</p><p></p><p><strong><em>[Mr. 'Expert' then gets removed from the tractor... where I climb aboard and start it immediately, having followed the manufacturer's starting instructions that are displayed on a sodding sticker on the sodding windscreen].</em></strong></p><p></p><p>4) When the tractor is running, climb back in to the tractor and only push the clutch pedal down half way to get maximum gear grinding noise.</p><p>5) Frown again, then exclaim loudly "Hmm, it shouldn't do that?".</p><p></p><p><strong><em>[Have it pointed out that the clutch must be fully engaged to select gears, which it is demonstrated immediately].</em></strong></p><p></p><p>6) Frantically push the linkage raise & lower buttons whilst watching the linkage remain stationary because you have not switched the linkage control on (with the toggle switch), then frown, exclaiming loudly "Hmm, it shouldn't do that?".</p><p></p><p><strong><em>[Have correct linkage operation shown by me, at which point all is found to be working correctly].</em></strong></p><p><strong><em></em></strong></p><p><strong><em></em></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>Now, all of that would be fine... if the customer had not been present, too. Even when an imagined fault is proven to be working correctly, the seed of doubt gets planted. That is very annoying!</p><p></p><p>I need a drink.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smcapstick, post: 4700744, member: 2924"] When a customer brings an 'expert' that knows every dirty trick in the filthy, rotten, cheating book: 1) Don't give the cold engine any heat. 2) When turning the engine over and it's just about to start, let go of the ignition key so the engine splutters to a stop. Repeat three times. 3) Frown and exclaim loudly "Hmm, it shouldn't do that?". [B][I][Mr. 'Expert' then gets removed from the tractor... where I climb aboard and start it immediately, having followed the manufacturer's starting instructions that are displayed on a sodding sticker on the sodding windscreen].[/I][/B] 4) When the tractor is running, climb back in to the tractor and only push the clutch pedal down half way to get maximum gear grinding noise. 5) Frown again, then exclaim loudly "Hmm, it shouldn't do that?". [B][I][Have it pointed out that the clutch must be fully engaged to select gears, which it is demonstrated immediately].[/I][/B] 6) Frantically push the linkage raise & lower buttons whilst watching the linkage remain stationary because you have not switched the linkage control on (with the toggle switch), then frown, exclaiming loudly "Hmm, it shouldn't do that?". [B][I][Have correct linkage operation shown by me, at which point all is found to be working correctly]. [/I][/B] Now, all of that would be fine... if the customer had not been present, too. Even when an imagined fault is proven to be working correctly, the seed of doubt gets planted. That is very annoying! I need a drink. [/QUOTE]
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