I worked for an equipment manufacturing company, that built drill jumbos & bolters. They are hydraulic intensive machines, and have a whole lot of adapters & hoses. When they got fired up for the first time, it was often an ugly show, with oil dripping, running, and even spraying out from one end to the other.
I started a new policy. The mechanics who plumbed the machine up, would pony up one beer per leak on Friday night.
At first, it was quite expensive, not to mention quite a party to finance, for some of those teams. What was more amazing was how rapidly the start-up leaks went from dozens, to one or two on the next builds.
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