My favorite JRitS posts of the week, Vol. 60

"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
06/10/2018 at 13:00 • Filed to: justrolledintotheshop, just rolled into the shop, reddit, wrenching, fail

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Peter Griffin disapproves.

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Quick release!

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Can you Czech my clutch?

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Tried using penetrate and a O2 socket first didn’t work, went for the blue wrench, we’re out of oxygen, so the next best thing is a air hammer right?! FML

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...wound up the pressure on the jack and hit the pitman arm side-on with a hammer and a reeeaally long drift.

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We tried 2 ratchet straps neither one would push the beads enough. We even tried the “cheetah” and did nothing. This stuff was from our commercial department. They use this to assist mounting semi tires... Its called Murphys Soap.

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It’s a feature.

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MX83 Cressida with a 2JZ swap

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Dump truck not starting

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Too much time pressure and stress at the workplace causes fuck ups...

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Actually came in for a Adblue fault. Was probably too lazy to unhitch it. They service their own trailers... thank fuck

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And just for fun, enjoy this one that’s probably about to roll into the shop, courtesy of r/OSHA (edit: found source with audio)

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Obligatory tire post

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Obligatory brake post

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DISCUSSION (9)

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Urambo Tauro
06/10/2018 at 13:13

Kinja'd!!!

what? how?

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Urambo Tauro
06/10/2018 at 13:19

I don’t want to live on this planet anymore

Urambo Tauro > farscythe - makin da cawfee!
06/10/2018 at 13:52

One of the reddit commenters suspected a lack of lubrication during assembly, which the OP later confirmed. Check and double-check!

just-a-scratch > Urambo Tauro
06/10/2018 at 15:47

Those planetary gear remnants will me nightmares.

I have another burner, try to guess it! > Urambo Tauro
06/10/2018 at 15:49

The ‘85 Ranger my dad used to have would nearly bottom out like that just filling the bed with neighbors’ grass clippings.

Either the Ranger has come a long way, or grass clippings are way heavier than I realized.

His Stigness > Urambo Tauro
06/10/2018 at 16:40

“Da fuck is William Wallace doing there?” I laughed so hard. But seriously, I want to know more about that guy. And what the hell the truck was doing, and how that happened.

But the service manager made me laugh, “We can fix the truck, we can’t fix the building.” Uh, yeah you can.

Urambo Tauro > His Stigness
06/10/2018 at 17:10

I’m new to “runaway diesel” scenarios like this, but from what I gathered from the comments, the engine was overfilled with oil (by a LOT). That extra oil was getting into the cylinders, and it was running off of that. Didn’t matter that the injectors were off, because it had an alternative source of fuel. Fascinating... and scary. And expensive.

His Stigness > Urambo Tauro
06/10/2018 at 17:24

I read the same comments. It’s a good thing I always underfill my TDI, let it warm up, and then top it off.

And from the comments, it sounds like that was a $30-$35k mistake. But I don’t get why they’re fixing it and not just totaling it. If that were my truck I’d make them buy me a new truck and they can keep that one.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Urambo Tauro
06/10/2018 at 22:47

runaway diesel has happened to me once.

but that spark plug popping in & out is a new one for me