My favorite JRitS posts of the week, Vol. 153

"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
03/22/2020 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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Believe it or not they just drove it in ...200,000 miles original lower ball joints. “I’m hearing a creaking sound when I turn” you don’t say?!

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They were a new customer to our shop and they came from a dealer so I assume it got overtightened every oil change and no one cared to change it lol

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“Don’t upsell me”

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What a deal!

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VW... 2.8L. 2000 eurovan

the filter is probably a year or two newer, though :)

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Home sweet pumpkin

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...it’s a fiesta

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Stew-On

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...this guy approached us and we were like ehh. What the hell, sounds fun. Lol

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When you see it

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...he put his 2 weeks in...a week ago...lowest performing tech, horribly unreliable, just plain bad work ethic..managers told him not to come back after this

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It burns burn burns, that ring of fire

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...I’m not test driving it post alignment. No sidewall blowouts on me

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He said it exploded at about 6k rpm at WOT while road tuning it. This is what we saw from the top after pulling the heads...

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Word is a cat was involved.

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The colors, Duke, the colors!

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Back story: vehicle came in last week for oil pressure light being on. Multiple test drives taken after confirming oil pressure was good and new sender installed...

Comes back in Wednesday to diagnose a suspension noise. Son dropped it off, and they call today to ask to pick it up and informs us that his mother (owner) was tested last week for CoVID19 and was confirmed as positive today. This was/is her daily.

Vehicle will now remain here for the next week...

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Don’t be a rube, use lube!

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Obligatory brake post

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Obligatory tire post

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DISCUSSION (5)

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Urambo Tauro
03/22/2020 at 13:27

Those brake pads. . .

“S ir, just how much fire came from the brakes while driving? So, more like a dying campfire than a roaring bonfire? What, no this does not mean they are good to go !”

MM54 > Urambo Tauro
03/22/2020 at 15:05

Excellent selection this week.

Nom De Plume > Urambo Tauro
03/22/2020 at 15:18

A tow hitch too far.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Urambo Tauro
03/23/2020 at 00:27

tow bar on the Fiesta is just nuts

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Urambo Tauro
03/29/2020 at 13:25

Somehow I missed this post last week, but I’m partial to the missing hub on the triple axle trailer. I’ve had that happen on the the former miata shop’s F-450 pulling the 52 foot goose neck/triple axle trailer with four spec miatas on it. Noticed while fueling up that an entire wheel and hub were missing from the front axle. Never noticed a thing while towing , but I’m sure someone behind us did whenever it was that it came off. Later on, we found the remnants of a broken cotter pin still in the spindle .