My favorite JRitS posts of the week, Vol. 148

"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
02/16/2020 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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[international dt570]... This fucker was rebuilt 9 months ago I’m told

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...FX35.

We are replacing both. The customer agreed with us that it was a good preemptive measure.

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we bought pizza with the scrap money

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...Safety steps taken so it’s just a learning experience before it’s an accident for one of them.

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Sure it’s not a Ford Eff Tooth Hurty?

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CHOO CHOO

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Most of my work is oilfield trucks, so they sit and idle for upwards of 12 hours

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I have no answers. All I can say is it came out of a PT cruiser’s aftermarket alarm wiring

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Video: Elyon113

Restaurant corresponds with color so the shop guys stop arguing about where to go for lunch

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...steeringwheelholders...

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Is it Valentine’s Day already?

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Part of the problem was that the high pressure fuel pump roller was never transfered over to the “new” head. Also, the exhaust cam actuator was stuck retarded. That’s why I pulled the camshaft cover.

What’s even more sad is he paid the guy 1600 hundred dollars to hack and smash his car together. None of the wire looms are put back, missing bolts, brackets not properly secured. Then i’ll be the bad guy because I have to charge him my time to fix everything.

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NP? No, cracked pipe.

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Photos: jer3my

Driver called dispatch and said he heard a loud sound coming from the rear of the truck and that it felt like he was dragging something.

Dispatch told him to check tires and etc and if all is good keep on driving. Made it another mile or so then pulled over and called the shop. We sent a hook to go get him. This is what showed up... Lol

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Older gentleman (mid 70’s) came in for an oil change today. He had single rose with him and I asked who was the lucky lady. “I was the lucky one, I’m headed to her gravesite after this to let her know I still love her.” I had to walk away after just nodding. Sometimes customers will break your heart.

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It’s more a deterrent than anything else, he’s had 2 stolen in the past 3 months.

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Newer Grand Cherokee with about 75k miles

...The JGC needed a windshield

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Truck towed in for a no start, it would start for a few seconds and stall out. I can’t say I have ever seen one this icy before.

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Backstory: we had a tree blow over on the car in a storm. Wrap guarded the broken rear window and damage pending the adjuster. He showed up removed the wrap and took pictures. Never told anyone he was there and did this. Manager got the paperwork a week later and forgot about it letting the car fill with water from another storm. Then a cold snap rolled in. Took 4 days to thaw the car. Gas pedal to rear seat and spare tire well was filled solid with ice. Oh and yes they sold this car at auction with 16 miles on it.

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...GE 16 cylinder 7FDL diesel engine...

...Pretty rare site to see on these actually. Haven’t had a tear down but leading towards a possible metallurgical defect

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DISCUSSION (11)

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Urambo Tauro
02/16/2020 at 13:09

Good for a 3-6” drop!

Kinja'd!!!

gin-san - shitpost specialist > Urambo Tauro
02/16/2020 at 13:14

I like one of the comments left in the frozen vehicle post:

Kinja'd!!!

jimz > Urambo Tauro
02/16/2020 at 13:25

so, a PSA: if you’re going to buy a HD diesel pickup just so you can putter around and show off your 8" lift and Punisher decals, you deserve to have problems with it. The emissions aftertreatment needs heat to keep itself functioning, and to get heat you need to work the sonofabitch. If you’re just tooling around like a tool, that 950 lb-ft of torque is going mostly unused and you’re just going to let things gunk up from lack of exhaust heat. Just get the gas engine instead.

MM54 > Urambo Tauro
02/16/2020 at 15:20

The crimp rotting off the flex line... that’s a new one to me.

Nom De Plume > Urambo Tauro
02/16/2020 at 16:55

I’m afraid to wonder what got left out this week. Lots of silent creeping terror posts with very few replies made the cut.

shop-teacher > Urambo Tauro
02/16/2020 at 23:44

That dashboard made me cringe.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > jimz
02/16/2020 at 23:51

This is why I can’t have a diesel. The vast majority of my driving is less that 2 mile trips.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > shop-teacher
02/16/2020 at 23:54

I wonder what happened there. Just a manufacturing defect or something else happened that caused that area to get too hot.

shop-teacher > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
02/17/2020 at 00:03

I think the base of the windshield leaked, and that is all water damage.

shop-teacher > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
02/17/2020 at 11:16

Same here. Mine are less than five, but same difference.

shop-teacher > jimz
02/17/2020 at 11:21

I have a question. If we went back to the days of say the mid 2000's, when light duty diesels made somethi ng like 500 or 600 lb-ft (plenty for what most people who actually use their diesels do with their diesels), would their be as many problems with the exhaust treatment? I genuinely have no idea, just a thought that popped into my head-movies.