Probably not the end of the world since the mud daubers have moved on… but it could get interesting if they were still there.
As to the nut… I have no idea where it came from. Checked everywhere I can think of, but I am not a mechanic.
Made me think a great prank (if one is so deviously minded) would be to throw some various parts in a boat for non- mechanically inclined boat owners.
If you do decide to prank someone that way… have a soul, and let them know it was a prank before they go to a mechanic and pay tons of money to figure out the issue!
Reminds me of one many years back. I was working at a suspension/alignment shop and a fellow shop owner and friend of ours had went and bought a new Harley. He left the dealership with it and rode straight to us. When he gets there he pulled into one of the open bays, gets off and he’s gleaming like a child. Nothing but smiles ear to ear. We’re all pawning over it and such for a few minutes, then he goes to the restroom. I couldn’t miss a golden opportunity, so I took a little bit of oil and put a few drops underneath it. He comes out and sees that oil and is immediately heartbroken. He starts crawling all over the shop floor, looking for the source. At this point we are all laughing our a$$es off, and the gig was up, but He was a good sport about it.
Haha this reminds me of one time that I pulled a little prank on my buddy.
I pulled off the fuel connector from his Suzuki 30 without him noticing; he had just recently bought a new Biscayne 170.
So we launch out of Flamingo before sunrise, he launches in the backcountry and I went out of the Florida Bay ramp on my boat. I get a call from him about 5 minutes after launching and he’s freaking out about how his engine died on him while idling down the canal. I messed with him for a little about and asking about checking his kill switch, batteries, etc., and at this point he’s talking about how it won’t start back up and that he’s gonna sell the boat. I asked him if he checked if his fuel line is connected and when he takes a look he just hangs up the phone all upset I got a good kick out of that one haha
A buddy used to work at a local waterpark in high school and the line for the ride he ran snaked around under the superstructure. He and his coworker used to bring pocketfuls of washers, bolts, and nuts to the work and stage them strategically where they’d get tossed down amidst the unwitting riders as the HydroFighter vibrated on its runs.
