Reddit’s Just Rolled into the Shop is a veritable cornucopia of the many wonders and oddities of shop lyfe. You never know what’s gonna roll in. Here’s what caught my eye this week.
I walked back into the shop... to find all of the techs on duty surrounding my truck. The shop lead was revving the engine, and there was a noticable hitching noise that wasn’t there before... I sit down and the next thing I know, the shop lead kills the engine and begins to angrily wrench off the oil filter. He finds bits of metal...
Torque To YIKES bolt?
Fleet company put this on to see how much of a fuel savings it would generate, judging by the emails attached to RO, it wasn’t enough so I have 10 to remove off of these trucks. Battery is where the spare tire goes, has a separate cooler and pump to keep battery and motor cool. Motor attaches to modified driveshaft and regenerates/assists through that. Neat kit, not fun to remove all the tie wraps and hoses they decided to run in the worst places.
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Told him what happened and showed him pictures, wasn’t too mad because I wasn’t the one that did it. He was glad I fixed it. Hes coming back in 2 weeks to have me put aftermarket toe links on his car and align it.
...he was super mad at the other tech and talked with our Service manager. But hes a pretty cool guy.
i actually called the customer and he realized his mistake as soon as i started talking lol
...i guess they were going to cut the gasket instead of buying the one at autozone for $1 lol. they ended up chasing their tail and replacing a bunch of parts before bringing it to the shop
We first saw it at 87,000km, this was around 227,000km. No history of replacement, likely original lol. Only ever did groupon oil changes every visit.
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Follow-up to this post featured in vol 166
This is off a 3UR-FE. There was a freeze frame stored/trouble code that said the engine was running at 145 degrees [C]. Needless to say, it’s getting an engine, radiator, all hoses, belt, etc.
...I think it was headed somewhere to have some extensive work done
#everythingiscake?
That is the cabin air filter. Evaporator core is blown and AC oil is all over the inside of the car.
Video: Noweri
Don’t forget to top off your door check fluid after draining!
C130 and our guess is a seagull
Escape lyfe!
to top it off it was a vacuum disconnect Dana 30 everything was full and they Lincoln locked it. complete rebuild.
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Obligatory brake post (click link for video)
Obligatory tire post