My favorite JRitS posts of the week, Vol. 115

"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
06/30/2019 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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customer... just bought this boat last week; so I hope he got it dirt cheap. ...Apparently, it fired up for a few minutes before money was exchanged... seller disclosed that on[e] exhaust manifold had a crack, apparently claimed that was why it had water in the oil....

both exhaust manifolds are cracked

both check valve flappers in the exhaust are gone

cooling water pump impeller disintegrated and rubber jammed up things

one of the front motor mounts is slowly turning to rust

both heads are cracked

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...We failed it for this and ten other things and said good luck

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1997 Ford Thunderbird. Apparently its “being restored”, came in for alignment after replacing a bunch of suspension.

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“Always Low Quality, Always”

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Nuts to that.

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I think your belt has cavities.

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“a few potholes”

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67k and belt was still intact. Idler pulley disintegrated. Chevy Aveo of course

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f350 dump ...came in for a wheel bearing noise

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...Customer said it was grinding, but they didn’t know what. None of us had heard it pull in because they dropped it overnight.

My tech started pulling it into the shop and I ran out of the front office because holy shit it was loud.

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What... are you trying to do?

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Not your everyday sticker ball.

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It’s atleast half the weight of the new one.

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...my tech is allergic to dog hair and didn’t want to drive it in so i did

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Exactly what we’re doing [reject that engine]. Thanks Ford!

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Obligatory tire post

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Obligatory brake post

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DISCUSSION (6)

jimz > Urambo Tauro
06/30/2019 at 13:33

D: on those rivets. back when I used to do squeak & rattle testing, the S&R community came up with a cutesy nickname for stuff like that (e.g. a screw dropped into an HVAC duct and left there;) “Bonus Stock.”

that’s a whole ‘nother level though.

shop-teacher > Urambo Tauro
06/30/2019 at 13:58

Looking at that Caliber subframe, remind me to stop bitching about my rocker panels. At least my truck is structurally intact.

Urambo Tauro > shop-teacher
06/30/2019 at 18:55

Same.

Urambo Tauro > jimz
06/30/2019 at 18:56

It looks like the plastic may have caught them all, but man... tha t’s just too risky.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Urambo Tauro
06/30/2019 at 18:58

A little bit of not fit for purpose plus a little bit more of fucked on purpose.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Urambo Tauro
07/01/2019 at 05:09

Kinja'd!!!

Chevy Aveo by Daihatsu?

oh really?