My favorite JRitS posts of the week, Vol. 63

"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
07/01/2018 at 13:00 • Filed to: justrolledintotheshop, just rolled into the shop, 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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07 cobalt here... These lines come bare steel . Even the replacement Delco lines are bare as well. Cobalts and Impalas were the worst for this... Unfortunately we have to use GM parts here at dealership whenever possible. If it were mine it would be a copper nickle repair

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My boss spoke to the insurance company, and the story is that buddy got drunk and figured building a fire in the box of his truck was a good idea.

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As he was pulling it in the bay they had multiple floormats and one shifted and floored the gas pedal. Tech got lucky, he wasn’t wearing a seatbelt and only had a sprained wrist and torn hand tissue. Keep in mind this is a supercharged Range Rover so it had some speed before hitting the wall.

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Apparently the instructions weren’t “crystal clear”.

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Floor mats aren’t the only things that need to be kept away from the pedals...

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Video: Timmy_276, Stabbot

It’s on a lifted Tuscany f-150 and that bolt is part of the lift kit, I’m not exactly sure if Tuscany did something wrong or if he hit something. The wheel wasn’t damaged though

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690 Enduro with about 15k km on it barely made it in for a slipping clutch diagnosis. Smh

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Chickens don’t belong in the shop!

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2015 or so Expedition

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There is always a wrong way to do something, and somebody will find it.

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Want more? !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ’s another Subaru!

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ORC reports loss of ignition run-start output, this fuse is the ignition run-start output to the ORC. Path of least resistance=the 12ga wire, leaving limited or no power flow to the designated circuit

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The car was driven up from Florida to South Jersey... it was about 6 feet (estimating)...was so tangled up

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No ’arm done? Oh, that arm’s done alright.

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De-spoked too soon

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Ford Ranger came in for a fuel pump, found a GPS glued to the airbag with silicone.

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Finders keepers!

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It looks like something started burning from inside door pocket, but no one can find the device that started the fire.

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Obligatory tire post

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Obligatory brake post

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DISCUSSION (6)

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Urambo Tauro
07/01/2018 at 13:03

Kinja'd!!!

this kinda shit is why im glad i no longer work in the car industry

*judging so hard right now*

shop-teacher > Urambo Tauro
07/01/2018 at 13:20

That snake.... Wow... I can't even.

His Stigness > Urambo Tauro
07/01/2018 at 15:12

I will never, EVER understand people who think multiple floor mats is a good idea. I've been seriously temped to leave an article about the family that was killed in San Diego driving a rented Lexus with multiple floor mats.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > shop-teacher
07/01/2018 at 19:51

The smell of decomposing snake brings many superlatives to the word putrid.

shop-teacher > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
07/01/2018 at 20:38

I'll take your word for it.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Urambo Tauro
07/02/2018 at 05:48

that tyre is plain scary.

i’d like to know how the tool boxes fared from the Range Rover hit