My favorite JRitS posts of the week, Vol. 180

"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
09/27/2020 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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...the key w as sheared off flush to the crankshaft! It was all silicone!

The best thing is that the oil that was leaking past the seal had started to break down the silicone and it pretty much just fell off when I touched it

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“Let’s blow this joint!”

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This was the only reason they came in.

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There’s a Land Rover dealership that can fix that up...

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Mercedes m272 engine balance shaft gear

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...95 vs commodore

This one all up would of been about 2 hours , kinda of found it by accident , was unplugging the injectors you rule out that circuit and I noticed some smoke coming from the wires

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...they’re all cracked open.

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...I’ve been working at GM dealers for over 10 years and have never seen someone buy a reseal on one of these motors.

...I’m doing the lower crankcase seal, oil manifold, oil pan seal, front crank & timing cover seals, rear main seal, valve covers, coolant crossover tube seals, and whatever else gets in my way. Basically everything but the head gaskets.

It’s about $4,000 once everything is said and done.

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Just weight ’til the owner sees the bill!

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Video: twinturbotiddies

Customer banged a curb in their new to them vehicle, didn’t even last a week.

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he knows the code!

It’s all about reality and making some noise...

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Video: lsswapmybeard

A few quarts of water came out

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Yeah he got the boot today

He was transferred here from a different location the same week. The mangers said he seemed promising

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Yum!

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Charger

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Yeah they probably honestly need a therapist.

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was fixing a fuel line that was chewed through only to realize the culprit had returned to the scene of the crime...

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2006 BMW E90. Girl’s mother came to drop off the car. Needs all 5 recalls done and to get the vehicle inspected...

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There was a oil in it. It looked like glitter...

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Customer said that his tech left a funnel in the filler tube. Then started the car and the cam somehow grabbed funnel pulled it in snapped valve cover and a chunk of the cylinder head off. I charged them 800$ to repair the head.

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Tech got it in and then went to pull it in to his bay and it was a little too touchy...

I drove it fine (porter) but the tech had a little more trouble with the tight spaces. The customer is blaming herself for not taking it off but now we have to take it off anyway to get it to collision

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Obligatory brake post

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Obligatory tire post

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DISCUSSION (10)

Brickman > Urambo Tauro
09/27/2020 at 13:56

Crazy Nissan owner didn’t board up the touch screen. That is the most shocking part! Tape is not good enough.

interstate366, now In The Industry > Urambo Tauro
09/27/2020 at 14:05

Haven’t had anything this bad roll into my shop yet (I’ve only been there a month or so) but I’ve seen some sketchy cars that we’ll fail for inspection because they don’t want to pay for maintenance items.

Nom De Plume > Urambo Tauro
09/27/2020 at 14:10

Kinja'd!!!

A young feller you say.

I always thought it was the older mechs who had a hard time getting a semi up

shop-teacher > Urambo Tauro
09/27/2020 at 14:26

Oh man, this is a banner week. I think the customer who forgot to take the bags of concrete out of their trunk, is my favorite.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > shop-teacher
09/27/2020 at 17:17

I can't believe how many they got in there and long they've been driving like that. We put 4 bags in the back of my wife's car for a whopping 2 mile drive and that was about as far and heavy as I was conformable going.

shop-teacher > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/27/2020 at 18:01

Its a very determined brand of stupid. I love that their response to the problem is to take the car to the shop ... NOT unload the 800 pounds of concrete from the trunk!

facw > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/27/2020 at 18:23

Zoidberg: Has two pickup trucks

Also Zoidberg: Uses compact hatchback to haul concrete

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > facw
09/27/2020 at 18:31

Hey that was back when the master cylinder on the longboi had failed, AND, the white truck is owned by my employer and GPS monitored, I can't use it for me-things.

RooseveltDad > Urambo Tauro
09/27/2020 at 23:18

The bad beef reminds me... a couple of years ago, one of the kids borrowed the car for an ultimate frisbee tournament trip. He and the others in the car bought food for the trip while they had the car.

Couple of months later, “there’s a weird smell in my car.” Turns out a zucchini or cucumber got left in the trunk. Under a couple of tarps and blankets. Oh my, did it ever smell. Partner almost gagged when she uncovered it. Made me clean it up. It was NASTY.

Also: what an exceptional collection of incidents this week.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Urambo Tauro
09/28/2020 at 06:07

that car boarded up is just nuts!