Stupid stuff you see at work...

[JR4X]

Ouch. Did it get low on coolant and run until it seized?

 

[Clb]

Wonder if that was cause or effect...
Just wow.

 

[[486]]

This is what I call a “Thermal Event “. The shutdown system didn’t function correctly and kill the engine

turned that cat into a cummins

 

[M92PV4U]

I deleted a 45 fucking line item parts list. I couldn't recover it and had to redo it.

 

[Unka-Boo]

I deleted a 45 fucking line item parts list. I couldn't recover it and had to redo it.

Been there, done that..

 

[M92PV4U]

Figured this out with the trusty ol dick beaters. Luckily I was standing in a puddle of water in soaking wet boots.

 

[Sandy Johnson]

Figured this out with the trusty ol dick beaters. Luckily I was standing in a puddle of water in soaking wet boots.

Nice of you to make a note

 

[CarterKraft]

"It died man and it won't do nuthin now"

 

[TrailTamer]

“It died man and it won't do nuthin now"

“Can you please hold that on terminal? I want to try something”

turn key

 

[ThePanzerFuhrer]

"It died man and it won't do nuthin now"

God I hate those terminal ends. That’s a $400 service call fix right there.

 

[CarterKraft]

Why not just convert to electric, be green!

They are don't worry.

 

[Squamch]

God I hate those terminal ends. That’s a $400 service call fix right there.

Nice to have a pair in the box though to get something going again again after the battery hold down (bungee cord) fails.

 

[CarterKraft]

God I hate those terminal ends. That’s a $400 service call fix right there.

This was a "emergency" end for a 8ga cable as well.
I didn't get a pic but the culprit was the 16 yellow zip ties as battery hold down finally failed....

With mileage and travel labor I bet its closer to $1k fix

 

[JR4X]

"It died man and it won't do nuthin now"

The little tractor I got for $500 bucks 2 weeks ago because “the engine was seized “. Was exactly that. I just put the cable back in that shitty clamp and it started.

 

[CarterKraft]

The little tractor I got for $500 bucks 2 weeks ago because “the engine was seized “. Was exactly that. I just put the cable back in that shitty clamp and it started.

Winning!

I had to chew my sons ass one day to give him a proper education about "emergency" battery terminals.
Military clamp and ring terminal is under $20...

Even the parts to correctly fix this machine in the picture was $40, too stupid to not just fix the shit right...

 

[JR4X]

Winning!

I had to chew my sons ass one day to give him a proper education about "emergency" battery terminals.
Military clamp and ring terminal is under $20...

Even the parts to correctly fix this machine in the picture was $40, too stupid to not just fix the shit right...

I bank on peoples stupidity. Sometimes it’s my own stupidity as well.

 

[[486]]

Winning!

I had to chew my sons ass one day to give him a proper education about "emergency" battery terminals.
Military clamp and ring terminal is under $20...

Even the parts to correctly fix this machine in the picture was $40, too stupid to not just fix the shit right...

even a vise grip holding the cable against the terminal is better than those wimpy li'l wire-clampy terminals

ETA: they used to make ends that had a collet the wire smashed in, but they were shitty because the terminal was brass instead of lead, so it'd corrode real bad on the lead

 

[72Pstroke]

Just out of high school, around 1985 or 1986, I worked in a little garage/ shop/ tow company. Tires, oil changes, brakes, etc.
Their policy was that every car in the door got the battery cable ends cut off, and those ends installed.
I guess they were banking on a lot of tow truck calls when the ends failed.
I didn't stay long enough to find out.

 

[CarterKraft]

Just out of high school, around 1985 or 1986, I worked in a little garage/ shop/ tow company. Tires, oil changes, brakes, etc.
Their policy was that every car in the door got the battery cable ends cut off, and those ends installed.
I guess they were banking on a lot of tow truck calls when the ends failed.
I didn't stay long enough to find out.

The amount of rage that would be fall me if I found that happened to my shit, even my old junk, I'd go nuclear!

 

[Clb]

Id had yer back

 

[CarterKraft]

Hot of the presses! Supervising at the "little shop" before vacation.
I feel the full impact of a green hat being squished to goo... Head out to the shop, calm with coffee cup in hand to see who the obituary is for.
Lets put the full weight of a 374 (160k) on a 12 ton jack stand...
Quick hide the evidence!

 

[Penetrode Offroad]

 

[Archer]

I get a call at 2pm from a customer's wife regarding the iron removal at one of their rentals. It turns out that a fruitless mulberry tree dropped a limb. The people that they hired to remove the branch then dropped it on the iron removal breaking the plumbing. They were trying to repair it when she showed up.

She sent me this picture so I grabbed some parts and headed out.
This is what I arrived to.

They told her that is how it always looks, so she didn't think that it was broken. I'll be back Monday to replace the parts.

Love the WS heads, not a fan of the manganese greensand filters tho', switch to ozone feed, much better system.






.

 

[Gdogg]

This is what happens when you stick the box into some high tension wires.
It a buddies truck.

 

[Levigarrett76]

Saw a ford focus driving down the highway with hood up about 1/3 bent to fuck, at highway speed

 

[Gdogg]

I don’t have any heat… and it never overheated.
And those fins were razor sharp, they drew blood.

 

[Gdogg]

My brake pedal went to the floor. Lol

 

[Gdogg]

This is a “C” notch that was on a 1953 F100 and the people paid $90 for plus fees and taxes at one of the auctions you all see on TV.
I looked at the truck and thought I wouldn’t pay $10k for it.
The truck ended up getting a complete new chassis under it plus a lot more.

 

[Clb]

Spill it
Flat biller in t e x a s?

 

[JR4X]

I don’t have any heat… and it never overheated.
And those fins were razor sharp, they drew blood.

Had one like it last week. Turns out our bulk coolant was junk and causing us all kinds of issues