the stuff mechanics see. My god

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And these pictures surprise you how? Drive it like you stole it run it in to the ground throw it away get another one. Bic lighter mentality.
 
fratzog lover said:
They have a great Youtube channel. It's addicting. Some of the cars they feature, it's amazing they made it to the shop.
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i dont know, i dont really like watching it

im way to scared ill head out to the garage and find what i just saw on there in real life
 
I still remember many many years ago when I worked a a big parts/ industrial supply/ welding/ fasteners outfit. One day in Feb-March, afternoon, typical slow "after Christmas" time of year, this about a 72-73 moredor B body CRASHED through the front window!!! Woke everybody up!!!

Why? It was 'the guys' wife' and SHE WAS RETURNING THE BRAKE SHOE CORES!!!

BUT SHE HAD NO BRAKES!!!
 
Ever hear the one abou tthe old man calls the shop says "the engine is missing" shpo sys bring it in well take a look" I cant the engine is missing.. its not there..." back in the day when people stole engines in the middle of the night .
 
I've seen a bit of dangerous stuff. One time, in either Jr or High school, we were on the way to a music "get together" on a Saturday. Hilly, windy old highway, and a rear brake drum--that had BEEN TURNED TOO BIG--broke off the rear face of the drum. This was on a 55 passenger bus, and BEFORE dual systems.

After my Navy days, working in a parts store, someone brought in a front rotor off a 1 ton wide body short bus, bein used for customer transport up/ down from Schweitzer mountain. The rotor had been turned too thin, and the webbing had broken the rotor off from the hub. Whoever brought it in was accusing us of turning it

I recognized it, as someone HAD brought it in. I had measured it at the time and then drilled a 1/8 hole through the connecting web to show the customer what I meant--that it MUST be replaced. They took it "down the street" and got it turned

I told them "if you think we turned this you need to come up with a receipt"

Nobody had gotten hurt but I bet that was a "wake up" ride
 
Driving down the freeway outside Chicago a few months ago, I noticed we were passing an SUV and the driver's side rear wheel was much darker than the front.
Getting along side the SUV revealed that the rotor was broken completely off the hub and still tightly gripped by the seized up caliper. It was impossible to photograph but cool to see.
 
People are generally stupid and cheap... this is why the mechanic business sucks really. i used to say "you can do it for them for free and they will still complain" it also helps to not drive junk but..the term junk is subjective...:)
 
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In high school had a friend who bought a 65 Malibu. We were making a u turn and a loud grinding crashing sound was heard look back to find we were dragging the gas tank. Both straps bad rotted off. I thought it was funny, and was laughing out loud my friend not so much.
 
Dartswinger70 said:
People are generally stupid and cheap... this is why the mechanic business sucks really. i used to say "you can do it for them for free and they will still complain"
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Bitchin is what people do, bitchin and not knowing anything about what they're bitchin about is what gets me.
 
Ahoey said:
Bitchin is what people do, bitchin and not knowing anything about what they're bitchin about is what gets me.
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they complain because they either want a discoun t or ant it for free. I saw a couple complaining at a Wal mart tire center that their check engine light was on after the feller mounted and balanced 4 tires...he was there alone ,no manager but handled it well. the last thing they said was "so you arenot going to do anything about it then...?" he said"no I had nothing to do with that all I did was install the tires..."
 
Dartswinger70 said:
Ever hear the one abou tthe old man calls the shop says "the engine is missing" shpo sys bring it in well take a look" I cant the engine is missing.. its not there..." back in the day when people stole engines in the middle of the night .
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who was it that used to rent a hemi car, drive it to the track, pull out the engine and install it in his race car, race, rinse and repeat?
 
Reminds me of a story about selling my motorcycle. Studied the market and decided that $1800 was what I wanted for it. When I placed my ads I put $1800 solid. So this guy came down looked at the bike, took it for a ride and said l’ll give you $1750. I said no $1800, he said oh come on what’s 50 bucks. I said 50 bucks doesn’t mean anything then the price is $1850. He said ok I’ll give you $1800. I said no $1850. He got mad and left. 20 minutes later another fellow came looked said I’ll take it and peeled off 18 crisp $100 bills a said thank you very much
 
Ahoey said:
Reminds me of a story about selling my motorcycle. Studied the market and decided that $1800 was what I wanted for it. When I placed my ads I put $1800 solid. So this guy came down looked at the bike, took it for a ride and said l’ll give you $1750. I said no $1800, he said oh come on what’s 50 bucks. I said 50 bucks doesn’t mean anything then the price is $1850. He said ok I’ll give you $1800. I said no $1850. He got mad and left. 20 minutes later another fellow came looked said I’ll take it and peeled off 18 crisp $100 bills a said thank you very much
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not too long ago i had to buy the wife a new car
i knew what we wanted and what the going rates where so when she totaled hers i was ready to move on one

we drove out to look at one, did a test drive and decided we liked it
i knew the price was decent, but i had to ask, so i simply told the guy "its a decent price, but not a great one
and when i get home tonite and tell my mom i bought a new car she'll want to know if i haggled on it, so can you come down a little on it?"

he said "well, just tell your mom that you ran into a stubborn Dutchman who wouldnt budge on the price"
so i said "hold on, are you really Dutch?"
and he goes "yeah, im a Vandersomething, so im really Dutch"
i said "ok. in dat geval doen we het, het is een mooie wagen, ge vraagt er een mooie prijs voor maar ik denk dat we allebij weten dat er nog best wat van af kan"

he did one of these

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and then said "ok, i can knock $500 off for that trick"
 
But you didn’t tell him what’s 500 bucks like it was nothing. I mean we all try to get the best deal possible, but don’t stand there and tell me $50 doesn’t mean anything. Better in my pocket than yours.
 
Ahoey said:
But you didn’t tell him what’s 500 bucks like it was nothing. I mean we all try to get the best deal possible, but don’t stand there and tell me $50 doesn’t mean anything. Better in my pocket than yours.
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no, correct

and there have been plenty of times where i told the person straight up "you're asking a fair price, so im not even gonna try"

usually, i know what something is worth, and what i am willing to spend, if the asking price is below BOTH those numbers, ill gladly pay it
 
diymirage said:
no, correct

and there have been plenty of times where i told the person straight up "you're asking a fair price, so im not even gonna try"

usually, i know what something is worth, and what i am willing to spend, if the asking price is below BOTH those numbers, ill gladly pay it
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A guy has to research what he is shopping for and be able to spot a quality item for a reasonable price. If what I’m buying is a quality piece I have no problem paying top dollar for it. But research is the key.
 
I’m still in the trade and I have quite a few of these wtf images saved on my devices. Had this one on hand. This was a 2017 Ram driven by a 20 year old kid. He thought he was more than qualified to wire up a light bar on his roll bar. No relay, no fuse, just a rats nest of wires bundled under hood. This pic is of the shorted power wire he had ran under the truck. Notice how it melted through the plastic fuel tank:wtf: RJ

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Swingin Chrome said:
I’m still in the trade and I have quite a few of these wtf images saved on my devices. Had this one on hand. This was a 2017 Ram driven by a 20 year old kid. He thought he was more than qualified to wire up a light bar on his roll bar. No relay, no fuse, just a rats nest of wires bundled under hood. This pic is of the shorted power wire he had ran under the truck. Notice how it melted through the plastic fuel tank:wtf: RJ

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wow i never seem that before
 
Had a 96 ford f 150 I was 2nd owner. Had 80,000 K on it when I bought it. 20,000 K later one of the power wires in the main harness fried. Filled the cab with smoke, I stopped got out and had my fingers crossed but no flames rats. Our insurance company, Autopac. Decided that $6800 to fix it was ok. I could not believe it. Then I found out ford had a recall on that problem that the original owner ignored. Autopac did nothing except shell money out to fix it. I guess ford warned the original owner so nothing happened. Anyway I drove the truck up just short of 600,000 k and did nothing but gas oil tires and a timing chain because I felt sorry for it. I know fix or repair daily but it was a good truck. Fluke maybe but none the less
 
I worked on a lawnmower that rattled and wouldn't run. 22 caliber bullet in the tank and matching hole.
One customer's chainsaw had bar lube in the fuel tank and fuel in the bar lube tank. Oddly it almost ran.
 
65TerrorCuda said:
I worked on a lawnmower that rattled and wouldn't run. 22 caliber bullet in the tank and matching hole.
One customer's chainsaw had bar lube in the fuel tank and fuel in the bar lube tank. Oddly it almost ran.
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Just blew out my snowblower carb didn’t know that they use a rubber seat under needle. Never saw it go flying. Googled it found out what happened $40 for a carb kit. Anyway this thing is smallert than the-size of a Holley jet. Was sweeping the floor and found it. Wtf
 
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