Spring is in the Air

"FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
03/16/2019 at 19:25 • Filed to: Subaru

And with it neighbors c oming out of the woodwork to ask if they can borrow tools and/or if I can help them change their oil the minute I pull the jack into the driveway.

DISCUSSION (13)

Aremmes > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
03/16/2019 at 19:38

Watch your words. That title makes it seem like you let a valve spring fly off the cylinder head. :-)

atfsgeoff > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
03/16/2019 at 19:38

I spy with my little eye, an Estwing hammer, Stanley ratcheting screwdriver, B&D drill/driver, and a Tekton socket set. Nice assortment!

Those same neighbors will be the first ones to die in a zombie apocalypse.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
03/16/2019 at 19:38

I had my car on ramps in a campus parking lot doing a crappy exhaust patch a few weeks back. A girl was walking by and asked if I could change her oil.

I’m ashamed to admit to you that I don’t actually know how to change oil. It’s always done on a flat surface, but if you do it on ramps, that’s not flat and you’re not getting everything out. I have never changed my own oil.

Merfthemadmauler > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
03/16/2019 at 19:41

Nice neighborhood. Where I’m living now some asswipe would be anonymously calling the HOA as soon as the jack came out. Also nice bird.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > atfsgeoff
03/16/2019 at 19:44

Spot on. Yeah the worst part about them asking to borrow the tools is my tools aren’t even good tools! Pretty sure the one guy who came by asking if could help change the oil on his Explorer has never even used a screwdriver.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Merfthemadmauler
03/16/2019 at 19:46

Thanks. I stretched my budget too live here but the payoff is a place you can leave tools in your driveway overnight and they won’t get stolen yet somehow doesn’t have an HOA. My wife found the rebar roadrunner at a flea market in south Texas. I painted it with copper Rustoleum.

atfsgeoff > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
03/16/2019 at 19:50

D epends on the oil pan and drain hole orientation. Lots of cars have the drain hole at the back of the pan, so when the front end is lifted up, you’re actually getting slightly more oil out than if it was perfectly level.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
03/16/2019 at 19:53

No shame in it. And in some cars it’s actually a total pain in the ass. Example: apparently the Ranger needs to have a wheel removed to get to the oil filter and there are Audie that need a plastic undertray removed with to get to the drain plug. Subaru makes it stupid easy by putting the filter on top of the engine. The Outback doesn’t even need to be jacked up to be drained but I needed to rotate my tires too. But if I had a car that was complicated I’d just take it in - a lot of places only charge $20 or so more than the retail cost of the oil and filter.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
03/16/2019 at 19:54

I mean, I’ve been under my car enough that I know where the drain plug is, and the filter isn’t hard at all to get to. I know how to do it in theory, but I just never have. Oh well.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
03/16/2019 at 20:30

If you ever try make sure to get a big enough drain pan. That was the only real mistake I’ve ever made.

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
03/16/2019 at 20:55

Not with extractors.... all done from the top. So nice. No need to pull the undertrays off.

Clown Shoe Pilot > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
03/16/2019 at 21:25

I should post an offer on Nextdoor to have an oil change day in the shop.

nj959 > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
03/16/2019 at 22:05

Well, not all Subarus are that easy.

Kinja'd!!!