The time I had to choose between a new torque wrench and a weekend fishing trip
Honestly, it was a dumb situation. My old torque wrench finally gave out on a Friday afternoon, right when I was finishing a head gasket job on a 6.7 Powerstroke. My buddy called and said his boat was ready, asking if I wanted to hit the lake for two days. So I had to pick: drop $250 on a new Snap-on digital torque wrench right then, or use my backup manual one, risk it being off, and go fishing. I chose the fishing trip. Ngl, it was a great weekend, but Monday came and that manual wrench was reading 15 foot-pounds light. Had to re-torque every single head bolt on that engine, which took me three extra hours. Has anyone else made a call like that and had it bite you later?