My favorite JRitS posts of the week, Vol. 110

"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
05/26/2019 at 13:00 • Filed to: justrolledintotheshop, 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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...it was after hours and nobody was there to make a lock or slimjim it. The driver... was fortunate to catch a sales guy on the way out who happened to have a slimjim kit. That’s not a mechanic, it’s a sales dude...!

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This was a 2016 Camry from the auction. Ended up getting (another) new ball joint, control arm, and wheel bearing.

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What happened here? R ead between the lines.

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05 Ranger. Customer said he didn’t hear anything until it went bang.

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The front almost fell off!

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Maybe little pinch?

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So last week it failed for a few things..one being the hole in the subframe. Guy brings it back today and says “ hey I got the subframe fixed but not the other stuff, can you check and see if it was fixed right?” We get it in the air and yeah....fiberall coating all over the place! The didnt even try and hide the giant hole in the subframe, not like that would have passed anyway!

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3.6L pentastar in a Ram

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The tiny holy [sic] in the crystallized DEF (which was about 12" thick and 100% solid) was the only remaining pathway for DEF to flow.

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All over car, paperwork, floor and self

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2016 F150 crew cab. Both rear doors full of water. Both door drains blocked with debris.

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...Customer wanted to take his tires and wheels off his trailer. I think he was going to get new rubber. Couldnt get the lugnuts off but loosened them slightly. Then he couldn’t tighten them all the way down properly. He drove 50 miles to get the trailer home without an issue. Came in showed us pictures. We told him to get it towed and to go buy a lotto ticket. Customer makes an appointment. It waa sitting there day of. He drove it to our shop a mile from his house. The wheel fell off 3 times in that trip.

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Don’t get snippy with me

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Dirty work

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Misc junk, some nice stuff (a tactical axe, some 5.11 bag) and LOTS of damp smelly stuff. ...guy had a purple heart license plate. Figured we’d just handle it and move on.

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Need a lift, buddy?

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Extra chunky!

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DISCUSSION (8)

MM54 > Urambo Tauro
05/26/2019 at 13:21

That transmission pan contains an almost unbelievable amount of hardware. The broken chunks sure, but all those fasteners, too?

Also did the last guy drive over a hardware shop?

diplodicus forgot his password > Urambo Tauro
05/26/2019 at 13:37

Thats the first time I've ever heard of pre filling an oil filter. Seems unnecessary to me. Really confused why they thought it'd be a good idea to prefill it and out it back in the box though lol.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > Urambo Tauro
05/26/2019 at 15:44

Car stereo dipshitterry is the bane of my electrical tech existence.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > Urambo Tauro
05/26/2019 at 15:49

Kinja'd!!!

99 volvo garbage truck. garbage customer. Guy could be Jabba the H utt if less disgusting and less of a dirtbag. I declined to dig into his dash and ran straight to the battery. (I don’t say no to much)

Urambo Tauro > diplodicus forgot his password
05/26/2019 at 15:52

The idea is that it’s supposed to help prime the engine more quickly after having been drained, and minimize chances of dry-start damage. There’s still going to be a sheen of oil on everything though, so it’s not really dry dry, but the sooner oil gets pumped through all the circuits, the better.

I try to do it on my vehicles, but it’s not always an option. My old Thunderbird had the filter mounted horizontally, which could hold maybe a couple ounces if not for the fact that the filter had to be snaked through a tight, convoluted path that would just end up dumping oil out anyway. My Mustang’s filter is mounted diagonally though, so I can put some oil in that. But my Sierra’s filter is mounted nice and vertical, so I can fill that sucker right up to the top.

diplodicus forgot his password > Urambo Tauro
05/26/2019 at 17:49

Seems like if it really mattered manufacturers would only make filters that mount so you can prefill. I've never read a manual that called for that.

Urambo Tauro > diplodicus forgot his password
05/26/2019 at 20:45

Me neither. B ut it tickles my “OCD” the right way. Like the way I let my oil drip for a good hour before refilling, to drain as much old oil out as possible.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Urambo Tauro
05/27/2019 at 06:07

that poor tyre

the dealership that got flattened though. that’s a bit rough