1970 Dart Swinger FINALLY UNDERWAY
Yep, I just started last week as a full time diesel mechanic. Funny story about that, it's actually a place I used to work security at making garbage, one of the terminal managers knew I had been a mechanic in the Army and offered me a job in the shop. It's been great so far and I work with a really good group of guys. The other two truck mechanics are many years older than me, I'm the young gun, but they help me out a lot with little tricks or any questions I have since military trucks were pretty different.
Speaking of U-bolts I spent most of the day today getting the front axle on this truck disassembled and pulled out to get both kingpins replaced. We ended up just torching the U-bolts off to save some time and dropping the axle. This thing is a mess though, it has electrical issues, needs a window, the heat is stuck on, and the driver said it "needs a brake job" which from what I can see means "I backed into something and bent the brake chamber sideways and bent the frame." Fun.
Yep, I just started last week as a full time diesel mechanic. Funny story about that, it's actually a place I used to work security at making garbage, one of the terminal managers knew I had been a mechanic in the Army and offered me a job in the shop. It's been great so far and I work with a really good group of guys. The other two truck mechanics are many years older than me, I'm the young gun, but they help me out a lot with little tricks or any questions I have since military trucks were pretty different.
Speaking of U-bolts I spent most of the day today getting the front axle on this truck disassembled and pulled out to get both kingpins replaced. We ended up just torching the U-bolts off to save some time and dropping the axle. This thing is a mess though, it has electrical issues, needs a window, the heat is stuck on, and the driver said it "needs a brake job" which from what I can see means "I backed into something and bent the brake chamber sideways and bent the frame." Fun.
