Wow. So what's the worst thing you've ever found while wrenching?

"The Lurktastic Opponaught" (oppolurker) 07/10/2016 at 19:53 • Filed to: Red was here.

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Intake manifold, 1972 KE175.

Berang > The Lurktastic Opponaught 07/10/2016 at 19:55

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Get out the shop vac.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > The Lurktastic Opponaught 07/10/2016 at 19:56

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A rattlesnake living in the intake manifold on a friends ‘79 Chevy truck that had been sitting in a field for 2 years. No photos. Ran. Sorry.

The Lurktastic Opponaught > Berang 07/10/2016 at 19:57

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already done

The Lurktastic Opponaught > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 07/10/2016 at 19:58

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It would have been a hell of a last post!

Mercedes Streeter > The Lurktastic Opponaught 07/10/2016 at 20:03

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First car (2001 Kia Rio) - So apparently the previous owner learned the engine cooling fan no longer worked. In his infinite wisdom, he decided to wire up a weak electric fan to replace it. Yeaaaaah, that fan worked about as much as an Asthmatic mouse breathing on you as an air con.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > The Lurktastic Opponaught 07/10/2016 at 20:04

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A Kanye CD.

TheHondaBro > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 07/10/2016 at 20:04

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You get your ass back to that intake manifold and take a fucking picture RIGHT NOW .

bob and john > The Lurktastic Opponaught 07/10/2016 at 20:05

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The Lurktastic Opponaught > Mercedes Streeter 07/10/2016 at 20:05

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That is a special kind of stupid.

Mercedes Streeter > The Lurktastic Opponaught 07/10/2016 at 20:10

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I mean, it was attached to the radiator? lol Seriously, the only way the electric fan ever made a difference was to have it run at max speed all the time...and that required running the air con all the time. Otherwise, the fan only moved at like a snail speed.

lone_liberal > The Lurktastic Opponaught 07/10/2016 at 20:13

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Numerous mouse carcasses plus their shit, live mice, and I’m not sure how but there was a mouse nest inside of the airbox of my Mustang GT, that I bought brand new, the first time I went to change its air filter. Ah, that reminds me that there was also a mouse nest inside the rear quarter panels of my Camaro. I found it when I went to cut out the rust. That car also had live mice in its exhaust pipes that ran out when I went to move it.

DipodomysDeserti > The Lurktastic Opponaught 07/10/2016 at 20:35

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Found a GPS tracker in a used WRX I used to own. I had to pull the dash in order to fix a cracked firewall weld and it was inside the dash. Weird.

The Lurktastic Opponaught > DipodomysDeserti 07/10/2016 at 20:36

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I’ll be doubling up on the tinfoil hat tonight.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > TheHondaBro 07/10/2016 at 20:43

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Wish I could. This was a few years back. Since then he’s been divorced and kicked off the property. He got his C3 Corvette and out in pieces, but I haven’t seen the truck since, so I’m assuming it might still be sitting there, and... well let’s just say this isn’t the kind of place you just go back to to take a picture without asking... photo from the last time I was over there right around the snake incident...

E92M3 > The Lurktastic Opponaught 07/10/2016 at 20:46

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Not as bad as yours, but a rat’s nest inside the fresh air duct of a 65 Falcon.

brianbrannon > The Lurktastic Opponaught 07/10/2016 at 20:57

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Kitty cat wrapped up and skinned by the timing belt

DipodomysDeserti > The Lurktastic Opponaught 07/10/2016 at 21:04

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I also found a 9mm bullet in the same car.

The Lurktastic Opponaught > brianbrannon 07/10/2016 at 21:06

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I am officially sorry I asked the question. *hurk*

vicorp > brianbrannon 07/10/2016 at 21:20

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When I was a kid one morning my mom was starting the car to take me to school. All of a sudden we hear this awful cry, see a bunch of black and white fur and a black cat hauling buty away from the car. OK, there is the black cat...where is the white one? Needless to say it took us a couple of minutes to finally open the hood and look around.

We couldn’t find anything except some more fur and that was it. So we just crossed our fingers and hoped for the best. After school was out I went to see if I could find the white cat as it was my next door neighbor’s. Having no luck I went next door to them to check on the black cat. It was laying on a pillow looking sad and the right side of it was missing all it’s fur. I looked closer and it had white under fur and long black fur on top. So luckily, it was only one cat after all that almost went to kitty heaven via fan belt. From then on we made much more noise getting in the car in the morning.

(Of course my mom had to beat all that by telling me about the time she went to the drive-in, kept hearing meowing and found a kitten griping the air filter for dear life when they popped the hood. Cats like crawling up into cars.)

yitznewton > The Lurktastic Opponaught 07/10/2016 at 21:25

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The formerly-attached head of the bolt I was just turning, now on the floor.

EL_ULY > The Lurktastic Opponaught 07/10/2016 at 21:27

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The small list:

-Still moist vibratory (power outlet pluggable)

-about 200 baby spiders feeding from a Lunchables kit

-a empty gallon of milk (was full, soaked in carpet for 3 day in the heat of Texas)

- a dead 5 foot python behind dash

-a dead possum behind dash

-small boys stash of soiled underwear

-a rats nest

-2 live tarantulas

- a dead 45 year old woman from a self inflicted shotgun wound to the head still in driver’s seat (blood everywhere, installed new interior bits after hazmat cleaning)

again, this the the small list

The Lurktastic Opponaught > EL_ULY 07/10/2016 at 21:37

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Ho. Lee. Fuck.

Birddog > The Lurktastic Opponaught 07/10/2016 at 22:06

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I had a machine shop charge me $1 for Mouse nest removal on a pair of BBC heads. It was more of a joke than an actual charge.

Spridget > EL_ULY 07/10/2016 at 22:10

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Goddamn.

The Lurktastic Opponaught > Birddog 07/10/2016 at 22:13

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It wasn’t too bad. The shop vac made short work of it. What I’m worried about is corrosion from mouse pee. Salt+water=electrolyte, so I’m a little worried about the corrosive effect on the manifold interior. It’s going to have to come off to be cleaned.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > EL_ULY 07/10/2016 at 22:18

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Ummmmm.......... The two live tarantulas sounds like the least bad.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > EL_ULY 07/10/2016 at 22:20

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TheTurbochargedSquirrel > The Lurktastic Opponaught 07/10/2016 at 22:25

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Helping my Dad strip the interior from his 1985 Merkur so that it could be caged. Pulled of the passengers rear interior panel to find that the inside of the rear quarter panel was a giant rats nest. That wasn’t fun to clean out.

Vicente Esteve > EL_ULY 07/10/2016 at 22:30

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Que Chingados

Stephen the Canuck > DipodomysDeserti 07/10/2016 at 22:32

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http://www.metacafe.com/watch/an-P4fgJ…

Stephen the Canuck > EL_ULY 07/10/2016 at 22:32

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Crazy. Also need to see the long list.

DiExMachina > The Lurktastic Opponaught 07/10/2016 at 22:37

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A mouse decided to deposit about 3 pounds of sun flower seeds inside the carb and intake of our Snowblower. Of course my dad tried starting it. Luckily, it is an old toro and it sent most of them out the exhaust.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > EL_ULY 07/10/2016 at 23:04

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Burn it all down

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > EL_ULY 07/10/2016 at 23:15

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the spider part sounds kind of cool. I had lunchables when I was a mere hatchling.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > EL_ULY 07/10/2016 at 23:26

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I didn’t know where to start with my own list, but anything I could come up with couldn’t compare to what you’ve seen.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > EL_ULY 07/10/2016 at 23:55

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You’ve seenore shit than some Vietnam vets.....

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > The Lurktastic Opponaught 07/11/2016 at 00:54

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A live possum. When I find the picture I’ll post it.

I started the 525i one day and heard squealing under the hood. I popped it open, looked inside, and saw a pissed-off pair of eyes staring back at me. I closed the hood and called animal control.

The damage was fairly minor, but I did have to replace some ducting to the alternator and some other minor plastic parts.

EL_ULY > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 07/11/2016 at 09:55

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lol well, desk workers in Vietnam. But those other dudes...

EL_ULY > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 07/11/2016 at 09:56

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I’m sure there is still some messed up things lol. Mercedes owners are a wide variety of odd humans :]

EL_ULY > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/11/2016 at 09:57

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it looked like an afro... but made of spider babies lol :]

EL_ULY > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 07/11/2016 at 09:57

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That milk car was super gross. I had to work on it outside because nobody could take the odor

EL_ULY > Stephen the Canuck 07/11/2016 at 10:00

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long list will be mostly guns, drugs, food, clothing, etc.

Pickup_man > The Lurktastic Opponaught 07/11/2016 at 10:01

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I knew going into it that I was going to find some broken parts, didn’t realize how many broken parts I would actually find. Thought I took more pictures as well, but can’t seem to find them.

This was an engine from an ATC200x, the previous owner was a racer so I suspect that’s what did this engine in. Like I said, I knew that it was seized up when I bought it, but I was quite surprised at the amount of damage I found. This had to have been one violent stop. Damage was as follows; Single piece connecting rod was broken into at least three pieces, and the largest part was wedged in between the crankshaft weights, this is what caused the engine to seize. The piston was cracked in several places, the cylinder sleeve was cracked in at least four places as well. The flywheel key was sheered off, and the side case was also cracked and missing several of the casting ribs. Needless to say I determined it was a lost cause and traded it for a 185s engine that just needed to be assembled.

EL_ULY > Vicente Esteve 07/11/2016 at 10:01

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Neta mano. Pinche gente cochina lolz

EL_ULY > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 07/11/2016 at 10:01

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that sentence is not one said often

EL_ULY > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 07/11/2016 at 10:03

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EL_ULY > Spridget 07/11/2016 at 10:03

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TO HELL!!!

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > EL_ULY 07/11/2016 at 10:05

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They’re really fun to play with.

EL_ULY > The Lurktastic Opponaught 07/11/2016 at 10:05

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yes, exactly that!