My favorite JRitS posts of the week, Vol. 176

"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
08/30/2020 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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The bearings are wrecked, I don’t know how it went this long. It’s Ford 8.8, she said she had the wheel bearings and axle seals replaced a couple weeks ago, that’s the National bearing I took out.

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Welcome to Ontario. 4 year old truck

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Not enoughfler

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This vehicle came in regarding an inop clutch. Found the shaft the release bearing slides on snapped off the transmission (hence the broken splines). Bushing had been worn completely through so we assume it’s been “making noise” for quite some time.

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Found during the MPI, otherwise the vehicle was in good condition.

...we replaced the one pulley, but I guess there was no other damage because everything stayed quiet.

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We are assuming lugs loosened, outer started to walk out and inner sheered the bolts...the operator checked ok in the wheel lug box of the pre trip

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...Bent exhaust valves

Hyundai wants the motor disassembled to determine cause of failure

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[Steering rack bushings on 1st gen tundra]

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...the recall was because of excessive rust issues, and because I live in the Chicago suburbs, there is tons of rust out here

...we are replacing ALL of them that come in, regardless of condition...

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...this is front driver corner. The entire suspension is pushed back far enough that the tire is about 1" from touching the inside of the fender.

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“This bolt is seized sorry”

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...This car should’ve been a write off. Front end was not square.

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Car had no oil pressure, pulled sump and found oil pump sitting there. Siezed solid and ripped itself off its mountings and snapped the oil pump chain tensioner off........M113K w, 138k (and apparently a head gasket issue as well.)

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...return line

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Hub assembly bolt on 2000 taurus

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Insurance is getting involved and it’s so caked on there because she wait months to come in we just have to replace parts.

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Theory 1: Trans Control Module (TCM) shorted internally... capacitors and or transistors are melted into the plastic. Theory 2: customer installed their own gauge pods and may have cooked something, wires had been shut in the door and wrapped around fuses. Theory 3: the engine harness was fairly chaffed into the radiator fans, thoroughly inspected but couldn’t find actual wiring damage (only loom).

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O-low-O

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Where it came through the seat, a passenger would probably have either died or lost a leg.

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You bet your ass we are [gonna goodwill it].

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Video: ZeroRain87

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DISCUSSION (7)

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Urambo Tauro
08/30/2020 at 13:36

O.o

im impressed that tire at the end is still holding air

Nom De Plume > Urambo Tauro
08/30/2020 at 14:05

Third link in and I had to stop this week to have a breather. All of the impossible tasks of rust welding I’ve consumed on this site recently had to be leading up this moment. Stupendous!

Kinja'd!!!

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > Urambo Tauro
08/30/2020 at 14:06

As a doer of nasty backyard repairs to fucked up cars....damn ...that F e rarr i has everything but the drywall screws.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Urambo Tauro
08/30/2020 at 14:30

My Sunday is now complete. Well, almost complete...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
08/30/2020 at 14:31

I don’t think it rises to the level of drywall screws.

I’m reminded of an NCO I worked with in the Army, Black dude grew up in inner city Detroit. He said they had an 8-horse gas motor that came off some kind of washing machine or something. They mounted it to a mini bike and when the clutch gave out, they bound it together with some nails. Had to push start it then. He said it was really fast.

MM54 > Urambo Tauro
08/30/2020 at 15:32

I once diagnosed (and then replaced) an internally leaking master cylinder because not only had the brake booster filled with fluid, but the bottom of the booster had rusted through, and the vacuum leak through the quart of fluid therein made a comical bubbling sound from the booster with the engine running.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Urambo Tauro
08/31/2020 at 05:29

that Chevy broken in two is impressive