My favorite JRitS posts of the week, Vol. 73

"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
09/09/2018 at 13:00 • Filed to: justrolledintotheshop, just rolled into the shop, Reddit, wrenching, Fail

Reddit’s !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! is a veritable cornucopia of the many !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! of shop lyfe. You never know what’s gonna roll in. Here’s what caught my eye this week.

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Good idea!

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17 CRV. Customer complaint was bright light and loud noise now car won’t run. Insurance making me replace one control unit at a time. Nothing communicates, wierd shit stuck on... Not a single fuse popped. All control units scrambled.

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“But I unplugged it!”

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Got a belt put on and fired it up. Kind of a neglected vehicle, but seems it be idling pretty smooth... Must have stripped on a startup instead of while driving. I didn’t expect it to work.

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Date was 09-02-2016

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M ole-B-Gone

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Kualitee werk

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This looks like a good way to piss off some pixies.

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No pinch. No pinch.

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Why spend just a few bucks at a time on oil changes when you can spend so much more, all at once?

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Customer decided that was a good lift point to do his own oil change

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B class. It’s necessary for 2005-2013 A class too

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...the compressor pumped the inground lift to go up middle of the night.

Even though he was pre warned several times to shut valve off and cut power to the compressor (which is already installed) prior times by other shops (including us) who could hear his compressor kicking on during closed hours.

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Neat.

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...like 500. The whole floor was like this.

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(click for video)

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...just a Chevy option fake chrome wheel. Aluminum core with foam on top of that and plastic chrome on top of that. All of the plastic chrome is gone and the foam is starting to go.

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It was only holding it at around 1300 rpm and would run it up to around 2k if you stepped on the brake. The customer’s actual complaint was that it would run high when starting.

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Negative contact, over.

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And you thought those torque ratings on new cars were advertising engine power? Pffff

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Obligatory brake post

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Obligatory tire post

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DISCUSSION (10)

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Urambo Tauro
09/09/2018 at 13:26

the fuck is this shit?

Kinja'd!!!

gas junkie?... howd that even get driven in?

the fuck is this shit?

Kinja'd!!!

how? what did you do?

DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever > farscythe - makin da cawfee!
09/09/2018 at 13:35

For the wheel, that’s basically just a fancy hub cap that’s disintegrating , the wheel itself is fine.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever
09/09/2018 at 13:38

o.O

i did not know we be coating wheels in shitty plastics now

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > farscythe - makin da cawfee!
09/09/2018 at 13:43

Chevy FTW!

facw > farscythe - makin da cawfee!
09/09/2018 at 14:11

You know how American cars have a reputation for being cheap and crappy...

Yeah, we cut corners like this.

facw > farscythe - makin da cawfee!
09/09/2018 at 14:19

For the gas:

https://www.amazon.com/UltraPure-Whip-Cream-Chargers-case-300/dp/B00LU1BG6A

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recreational_use_of_nitrous_oxide#Methods_of_inhalation

Looks like the car crashed (which may have shifted the canisters), and was towed in. I’d guess you could actually reach the pedals beforehand.

Nom De Plume > Urambo Tauro
09/09/2018 at 14:54

There are few times I appreciate your chosen format of putting the link and description following the picture more than I did with the floor jack through oil pan. Usually h alf the fun is figuring out the extent of damage in what is usually a cramped or ill lit space. This one was pure payoff.

Urambo Tauro > Nom De Plume
09/09/2018 at 15:36

I had the same reaction to that post !

Every time I visit JRitS, I open up all the links and start closing tabs one at a time, trying to spot the problem in each pic/video before reading the title or comments. If I can’t figure it out, someone else has usually already asked the question, or left behind a clue in t heir comment. It’s a fun way to learn, and I use this format specifically to try to duplicate that experience.

aquila121 > Urambo Tauro
09/09/2018 at 16:05

“Hit it with the purse" was my favorite.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Urambo Tauro
09/10/2018 at 05:34

Benz water pump job is insane