Probably not the most stupid thing I’ve done..but close!

[Gizmo]

So after a fairly tiring day of working on my '03 Valk, I had the pumpkin flat on my bench ready to refill with Gear oil.
I had a nice small container right next to me with the pre-measured amount of 150mL.

The filler plug was out and everything was ready to go when my rear-seat passenger/navigator came into the room and distracted me once again with stuff I didn't really need to hear at this moment.

Anyway, when all that was done and she'd left, I picked up the up he container and began to pour the oil.....
yeah, you guessed it.....right into the axle hole!!!!

Fortunately it filled up pretty damn quickly so I ended up pouring only about 80 mL all over my work top.

I cleaned up the mess, washed my hands and went for a beer.

[Moonshot_1]

So after a fairly tiring day of working on my '03 Valk, I had the pumpkin flat on my bench ready to refill with Gear oil.
I had a nice small container right next to me with the pre-measured amount of 150mL.

The filler plug was out and everything was ready to go when my rear-seat passenger/navigator came into the room and distracted me once again with stuff I didn't really need to hear at this moment.

Anyway, when all that was done and she'd left, I picked up the up he container and began to pour the oil.....
yeah, you guessed it.....right into the axle hole!!!!

Fortunately it filled up pretty damn quickly so I ended up pouring only about 80 mL all over my work top.

I cleaned up the mess, washed my hands and went for a beer.

On the bright side you didn't fill it with beer and drink the oil.

[Chrisj CMA]

Lolololololol. That's the funniest thing I have heard in a long time. I was lucky I was in between sips of merlot. I hate when a good wine shoots out your nose. At least you are doing the oil change the "neat" way. Sorry. Couldn't help it.

[The emperor has no clothes]

Friggin navigators ! 

[Jess from VA]

How many will admit to the old oil change refill with the drain plug (still) out? (cars, trucks, bikes, lawnmower)

I've never done it, but I've come close.

Back when I rode a Hog, the fork lock needed a padlock, and it was so much easier just sticking it on a front rotor.  So off 8-9 of us go, except I look like Arte Johnson on his tricycle on Laugh In.... go 5 inches and right over on my side.  It's always worse with witnesses.   

[Disco]

Friggin navigators ! 

My Dad calls his wife his nagivator...   

[The emperor has no clothes]

Friggin navigators ! 

My Dad calls his wife his nagivator...   

[Valker]

I started buying my final drive oil in these flexible bags. Sure is easier to not make a mess.
https://www.amsoil.com/shop/by-product/gear-lube/severe-gear-75w-90/?code=SVGPK-EA

[gordonv]

<snip>
when my rear-seat passenger/navigator came into the room and distracted me once again
<snip>

I just hate it when the better half comes in and distracts me while working on something other than her!  

I picked up the up he container and began to pour the oil.....
yeah, you guessed it.....right into the axle hole!!!!

Fortunately it filled up pretty damn quickly so I ended up pouring only about 80 mL all over my work top.

It's awful when that "distraction" puts you off your work that much. 

[cookiedough]

I think it was Jeff Foxworthy who said 'here is your sign'     

I think everyone has done something stupid like that in our lifetime at least once...

[da prez]

  W E L L . here goes.  Bought a new tire for the front. Was supposed to go ride with a buddy. He called and said he would be over in about an hour.
Doable. Just change out the front tire as I have done many.  Got the bike up , positioned the new tire , fired up the air compressor, got out the tire lube and tools. Front wheel off , tire removed , rim cleaned. Grabbed the tire and it mounted faster than ever. Got the balance beads installed and tire pressure set.
Now to reinstall. Went right in and got the brakes installed and was ready to let the bike down to set the front axle.
T H A T S when I saw the new tire leaning by the bench.
I made record time reinstalling the used tire.
Finished and went for a ride.

                                    da prez

[f6gal]

I think it was Jeff Foxworthy who said 'here is your sign'     

I think everyone has done something stupid like that in our lifetime at least once...

Bill Engvall. 

[..]

  W E L L . here goes.  Bought a new tire for the front. Was supposed to go ride with a buddy. He called and said he would be over in about an hour.
Doable. Just change out the front tire as I have done many.  Got the bike up , positioned the new tire , fired up the air compressor, got out the tire lube and tools. Front wheel off , tire removed , rim cleaned. Grabbed the tire and it mounted fasted than ever. Got the balance beads installed and tire pressure set.
Now to reinstall. Went right in and got the brakes installed and was ready to let the bike down to set the front axle.
T H A T S when I saw the new tire leaning by the bench.
I made record time reinstalling the used tire.
Finished and went for a ride.

                                     da prez

Made me laugh.

Thanks.

[Ramie]

My CP (Chief Purchaser) interrupted me last week as I was gathering my supplies and getting ready to go bird hunting.  Drove 150 miles to the hunting shack and had no ammo.

[Davemn]

Changing oil on my new Chevy Trailblazer. Crawled under. Drained the front differential (from underneath it looked just like the oil pan). Ok not problem right? Just remove the filler cap and pour it back in. Nah! Couldn't get the filler cap off. Cant use a cheater because there's no room. Can't take it anywhere without differential oil.
I don't recall how I got it off but I must have.
That Trailblazer was the worst piece of junk I ever owned. At 100k nothing worked.

[Gizmo]

Heck....just spat out my cup of tea onto my computer monitor!

  W E L L . here goes.  Bought a new tire for the front. Was supposed to go ride with a buddy. He called and said he would be over in about an hour.
Doable. Just change out the front tire as I have done many.  Got the bike up , positioned the new tire , fired up the air compressor, got out the tire lube and tools. Front wheel off , tire removed , rim cleaned. Grabbed the tire and it mounted fasted than ever. Got the balance beads installed and tire pressure set.
Now to reinstall. Went right in and got the brakes installed and was ready to let the bike down to set the front axle.
T H A T S when I saw the new tire leaning by the bench.
I made record time reinstalling the used tire.
Finished and went for a ride.

                                     da prez

[cookiedough]

Nope.
Changing oil on my new Chevy Trailblazer. Crawled under. Drained the front differential (from underneath it looked just like the oil pan). Ok not problem right? Just remove the filler cap and pour it back in. Nah! Couldn't get the filler cap off. Cant use a cheater because there's no room. Can't take it anywhere without differential oil.
I don't recall how I got it off but I must have.
That Trailblazer was the worst piece of junk I ever owned. At 100k nothing worked.

sort of like my el cheapo 2.2L 4 banger 1990s chevy cavalier I bought new in early 90s stripped down version under 10K brand new and wanted to drive it until the wheels fell off.  Well, at around 24K miles is all brand new all hwy. miles,  the engine started knocking/pinging badly at idle mostly.  Took it in OVER 20 times to same dealership until they finally replaced the engine under factory warranty.  Guess what, same engine knocking afterwards.  Complained and bitched and ended up trading it in vowed NEVER to buy another GM 4 cylinder EVER again. 

After the govt. GM bailout in 2008,  I have not bought another GM product ever last one was a 2007 chevy silverado trading it in on a new 2007 ASAP for a toyota tundra have not looked back since.

[mbramley]

 Checking my oil in my V-45 before a awareness run, got distracted. headed for the run made it almost to the meeting point and my foot slips off the peg. Didn't put the cap back on. Friend ran to his shop and got me some more oil. I cut the fingers off my glove and stuck them inside each other to use as a plug. Missed the run but saved the bike.

[Gizmo]

So here's a bit of psychology for y'all.

I'm the OP who poured the gear oil into the axle hole.
I'd asked my navigator to measure 150mL on the side of a plastic bottle which I then pre-filled with the oil and it was her that had interrupted me just before I was ready to pour it.

here's the funny bit...

As the oil was spilling out the top of the hole, my first reaction was to blame her (for about 10-15 seconds), thinking that she'd put the line in the wrong place on the bottle, thus that I was over-filling the diff.

When it dawned on me that it was MY bloody fault...I laughed my arse off and felt that I owed her an apology.
She didn't get one, but I was awfully nice to her for the rest of the day.

[SpidyJ]

As we say in SC......HAW!