My favorite JRitS posts of the week, Vol. 184

"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
10/25/2020 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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He got the car last week, oil reminder light was on, I showed him how to reset it, but he wanted to add a little to be safe. I brought up a quart for him, he said he might as well buy the 5Q bottle so he has some extra.

He dumped the whole thing in, car wouldn’t start anymore and we ended up jacking the car up, trying to remove the drain plug which must have been chooched in by a gorilla with an impact so we took off the filter, pulled the fuel pump relay and had him crank it to drain some. There was oil dripping from the exhaust, and I honestly don’t know how it didn’t get hydro locked.

He bought the car last week with 268,000 miles and he still drove it home after all this.

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Threw it up on the lift to get a better look at what we need to do. Looks like all new uprights, control arms, and wheels and it should be ok, amazingly enough...

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TSB PIP5752A

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2020 Ram 1500 5.7l 12k [dowel from the block/head]

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Video: curmudgeon0485

Lazy field tech “confirmed” the customers diagnosis, kicked it to the shop. Thankfully the parts dept held off on ordering a trans

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Hm, needs a little more hot sauce...

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2 kia cams welded together. 1.6L I think

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...on all 4 corners

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...No idea there was an issue until the liner cracked.

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2007 XK

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The most recent word today is the dealership is not going to take this 2021 truck with 2k miles back but the customers insurance company will pay him out as a total loss and it will go to wholesale auction...

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This truck was sitting out by the stables on a ranch I do a lot of work for. There are packrats there. I’ve seen nests on the disc golf course as big as a VW.

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Video: wolfKiddo89

Variable toe, soon to be inevitable tow

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It was an ex that broke her window and threw fireworks inside. He slashed four tires on a previous car.

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This was a hub bearing that locked up so bad that it snapped

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Built ford tough, I guess...

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Video: rioryan

Ogres are... like Lincolns!

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...Came off the truck with a check engine light on. Shift fork for the even gears would not return to its neutral position. GM wanted it back to tear it apart and check it out. Transmission is $17k.

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...A customer actually brought these for us to dispose of. My manager kept them because they’re neat.

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I’m the porter and the tip went to the mechanic!

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Photos: Windowsweirdo

Chugga chugga chugga chugga TOOT TOOT

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Photos: gokuren

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DISCUSSION (13)

CB > Urambo Tauro
10/25/2020 at 13:23

But why five floor mats?

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > CB
10/25/2020 at 13:35

Why not?

CB > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/25/2020 at 13:37

Seems like a lot of money.

Also the whole unintended acceleration thing.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > CB
10/25/2020 at 13:43

FUNintended*

shop-teacher > Urambo Tauro
10/25/2020 at 13:53

TThe brake lines, and that control arm are particularly terrifying!

His Stigness > Urambo Tauro
10/25/2020 at 14:02

So for those of you NOT sensing the trend: American cars are... not, shall we say, built with care?

And people give me shit for buying German cars. At least they drop valves, have dowel pins come loose, or grenade transmissions before they even finish the break-in period. And these are the just the random cars someone online posted about. Can you imagine the kind of shit that goes on at dealers all around the country everyday? It’s insane American cars are still so shitty.

Nom De Plume > CB
10/25/2020 at 14:15

On a Lincoln.

Effects of aging including lack of flexibility and trouble reaching pedals.

Nom De Plume > Urambo Tauro
10/25/2020 at 14:19

Bumper crop this week.

Thanks as always.

Jayvincent > CB
10/25/2020 at 14:30

5 floor mats = ne ver ha ving to clean a floor mat. When it gets dirty, just add a new one on top. Sounds like someth in g my dear old Dad would have done

facw > His Stigness
10/25/2020 at 16:41

Yo, haven’t seen you around these parts (except FFF of course!) in while!

His Stigness > facw
10/25/2020 at 18:20

I’ve been busy at work buying and researching crap for my mountain bike, so I’ve had less downtime to lurk around Oppo. And I keep forgetting about FFF the last two weeks.

cmill189 - sans Volvo > His Stigness
10/25/2020 at 18:34

All auto manufacturing is mediocre in one way or another. It's also exceptional in one way or another.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Urambo Tauro
10/26/2020 at 06:07

3 miles from a trans is bad.

haven’t seen one crap itself that low.