Re:Re:diy repair blunders
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about A/C repair made me think of something I saw an old man do many years ago.
There was an old Lincoln Town Car limousine that I'm presuming had some kind of A/C performance complaint.
The old timer says that she needs a "deep reduction". I didn't see his connections, but I saw the giant, stinking smog cloud make the building disappear when he figured out how to hook a service port up to intake vacuum and hold it at 3000 RPM.
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I found one!Ephratah wrote: had a old explorer come in and some one decided they did not need 5 leafs in the rear and cut the other 4 off and left them for spacer blocks. This is a new one for me and makes you ask what were they thinking?
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JeffBirt wrote: To be fair I have seen some 'professional' mechanics do some really stupid things too......I put 'professional' in quotes as my Dad used to say that 'professional' only meant you got paid to do something not that you were any good at it.
I like to say, "Do they really have 25 years of experience or do they have 1 year of experience that they've held for 25 years?"
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Anybody have the torque specs for the sheet rock screws that hold the convertible top to the windshield frame for an 01 Sunfire? Don't want this girl to leak...
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Points for anyone who recognises the car!
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" We're trying to plug a hole in the universe, what are you doing ?. "
(Walter Bishop Fringe TV show)
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The oil filter was pulled back off and I realized that the nipple the filter threads on to had backed out just enough that when the filter was seemingly tight (by hand) the filter seal was not against the filter housing (a very small gap was present.) So, this is Sunday and I live in a rural area and I do not have the proper size nuts (thin / jam nuts) to thread onto the nipple and lock together so I can tighten the nipple back into the housing. I drove into the nearest town (about 15 miles) which had no hardware stores open on Sunday but I did manage to find the jam nuts at the only auto parts place that was open. Luckily I was able to then tighten the nipple, buy a few quarts of oil to replace what went on the floor and the job finished. If the nipple had back out not quite as far it might have sealed well enough to not leak until I was driving to work on Monday (which would have been bad).
One other mishap I had on Sunday was realizing I had a flat tire on the truck (F350 crew cab) and it was sitting in the yard. No problem I though I'll just grab my tire plug kit and fix it up. This seemed better than having to jack the truck up in the yard. When inserting the plug in the tire it was quite tight and then slipped all the way into the tire, surprising me and breaking off the plug tool in the tire! I had to pull the tire, put it in the aforementioned Geo Tracker, drive to Walmart (only tire shop open) and sheepishly ask to fix the tire and retrieve my broken plug tool.
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Noah wrote: Points for anyone who recognises the car!
That there is a Mini! Only car I know that has that goofy cooling fan. :lol:
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Jacked it up in the parking lot. Barely had the wheel off before i noticed the twisted brake hose. Careless mistake & an easy fix. They opted to have the brake hose replaced, light cut on the front rotors & new front pads.
Took the pictures to Dodge & they denied any responsibility. To make matters worse, the "new" rotors didn't look new. It looked to me like they just threw pads on the car, charged her a grand & couldn't even get that right. I hate to point fingers, but pictures don't lie.
She's been my customer ever since.
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Good find. Mistakes happen, but that's a stupid one to let go (no test drive from the tech?), and then miss it on the come back, then deny responsiblity!
Talk about integrity...
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Haha I have a customer with a suspension lift like this we have to replace all the balljoints and tie rods every 6 months (have tried moog , trw, and mcquay Norris, )Doodah14 wrote: Strut block lift, the truck is on a 4 post all the weight is on the wheels in the pic. note the upper c. Arm is angled so bad that it's hitting the coil spring.
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