Finger in the dyke....

[Neil]

I was draining a smidgin of water from my fuel separator, into a small cup. After unscrewing the tap, barely a drop came out, so of course, I kept unscrewing and unscrewing until the whole tap fell out and the fuel was gushing. The small cup was quickly filled, before I got my finger over the hole.

I then, one handed, proceeded to to use a brush, just within reach, to then pull a bag toward me containing an empty water bottle, which I then held between my knees and using my handy one-handed-opening pocket knife (in my back pocket, fortunately) to cut the top off the bottle and place it under the separator instead of the small cup. All this while my finger was in the hole.

I eventually got the screw tap back in (6th attempt!), by which time the 1 litre water bottle was full. Of course, Sod's Law, not a soul within shouting distance.....

 

[Twister_Ken]

There is more than one definition of 'dyke'!

 

[JumbleDuck]

There is more than one definition of 'dyke'!

I just checked. Apparently it can also mean "embankment". I never could understand why that little Dutch boy was sticking his finger in a

 

[JumbleDuck]

wall.

 

[LadyInBed]

Wot! No fuel shutoff tap?

I put my finger in the woodpeckers hole and the woodpecker said
'God rest my sole, take it out, take it out, take it out, remove it'.

 

[Neil]

No fuel shut off tap indeed! Not unless I just can't see it, but bearing in mind I could only just reach the separator......

 

[nigelmercier]

Reminds me of the time I decided to bleed the radiators in my mum's house. Bleed nipple shot across the room and rad gushed hot black water. She didn't come home for over an hour, I had to keep changing fingers so as to avoid being burned.

 

[Neil]

From the McGyver School of Heath Robinson -

1: With one finger on the hole, peel off your jumper/shirt/jacket over your head and down the arm with the finger on the hole. Peel off wrist and over finger, wrapping tightly before removing finger and tighten down.Now rush to bleed nipple, retrieve and replace before puddle under radiator gets too big, clean and mop before Herself gets back...

2: Take off plastic top of pen and screw into hole, using bleed nipple threads as die for the cap, water acting as lubricant....clean and mop before Herself gets back...