My favorite JRitS posts of the week, Vol. 155

"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
04/05/2020 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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Mercedes Benz OM602 Turbo-Diesel, unknown miles, started with an injector knock which eventually lead to this.

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Why be green with envy when you can be green with Humvee ?

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Now you’re cooking!

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Fleet van came to the shop for an alignment and complaining of a weird noise. Found a harmonica zip tied to the front away (sway bar, typo, whoops) bar.

...we didn’t charge them anything. The laugh alone was worth it.

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Video: fidgetspinnerz

Don’t forget the hot fudge topping!

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...Bearings went out, planetary sawzalled it’s way thru the case. Surprised me that it still drove.

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Ford 7.3 diesel. The sad part is, it had a brand new clutch....

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...Ford F-350 ecm

Vehicle came in due to the fuel pump staying on .

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05 Tundra...

...found a course thread inverted torx head screw jamming the intake valve open. That screw has no place on that truck, never mind in the engine bay...

Don’t know where that thing came from or how it got past the air filter but damn did it cause some issues. And I think it was getting spit out occasionally because the truck would seemingly run smoothly, if loudly then randomly stall. Then you could fire it up but it would misfire and run like a bag, then run smoothly again.

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I checked pistons with endoscope, just a small mark in piston. Compression check OK. We adviced customer to contact previous shop. There is no point for us to be in the middle of this fight.

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99 v6 mustang. My guess is it’s 21 year old coolant. It wasn’t even overheating impressively enough.

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For those who will ask: 90's Dodge 1 ton 2wd truck with a Cummins diesel and manual transmission. Yes, it leaks every fluid it has, the front end is shot, the tires are showing cords, and the customer declined all the work.

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Video: ThatDarnEngineer

Upper ball joint on a 2wd Dodge...

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OSHA/ANSI/CDC/WHO approved!

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Colorado shuddering when the TC locked up, replaced the TC, came back 2 weeks later on a tow truck with trans oil everywhere and no drive. Thought I messed up the pump seal so replaced that and reinstalled the trans, STILL FUCKING LEAKING. Added UV dye to the trans oil and eventually found this shit. If you sprayed it down with brake clean the dyed oil would reappear like this within a few seconds. Good times.

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Video: mandalorianhq

Splish splash...

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Obligatory brake post

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Obligatory tire post

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DISCUSSION (12)

Poor_Sh > Urambo Tauro
04/05/2020 at 13:52

That brake rotor.... WTF

gin-san - shitpost specialist > Urambo Tauro
04/05/2020 at 14:13

I really like that harmonica one.

Brickman > Urambo Tauro
04/05/2020 at 14:54

I wonder if that’s the current colorado? My dads colorado had a shudder and brought it in for the transmission oil TSB 6 months ago and so far so good.

I wish I could cut through metal that straight :P

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > gin-san - shitpost specialist
04/05/2020 at 15:09

Yeah that’s a good one.

A friend of mine once put one of those turbo whistle things in my muffler while I was on vacation and my car was at home.

Unfortunately for him I saw it before I even got in the car

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Poor_Sh
04/05/2020 at 15:10

Stuck caliper

gin-san - shitpost specialist > Poor_Sh
04/05/2020 at 15:47

I know, it’s closer to a gear at this point.

Urambo Tauro > gin-san - shitpost specialist
04/05/2020 at 15:56

I’m totally doing that! Just gotta pick a v ictim lol. Maybe I’ll put one on my brother’s car...

Urambo Tauro > Poor_Sh
04/05/2020 at 15:57

Not every day you see such a clean, rust-free rotor completely wasted like that.

phenotyp > gin-san - shitpost specialist
04/05/2020 at 16:11

Yeah, I actually laughed out loud with that one.

Nom De Plume > Urambo Tauro
04/05/2020 at 16:41

Considering the comments on this post I think there is one real solution. Harmonica on the swaybar, zip ties on the driveshaft, cowbell under the body and duck call on the blowoff valve.

Harkening back to the days when people understood how to pull a good non-destructive prank.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Urambo Tauro
04/05/2020 at 17:59

Vegetable oil as coolant...really?

pip bip - choose Corrour > Urambo Tauro
04/06/2020 at 05:45

that tyre is toast.