Stupid stuff you see at work...

[Brad]

So my mom's Escape got a transmission rebuild this winter, got a call that it was making bad noises last month so I headed down to check out out. Could tell before it even started all the way that the flex plate was broken or the converter nuts were loose. Dad trailers it to the shop that did the work and they "Can't find anything wrong, it's definitely in the engine". Engine is a year old Ford reman that I installed. Pulled the transmission today and wouldn't you know, there aren't any dowel pins in the block and the flex plate is busted all to shit.

So you installed the engine. There’s no dowel pins in the block. Did they rattle loose or??

 

[Clb]

Shooter shot the clay thrower.

Fuuuuuuuuk
Really?

Ban Hamner time

 

[Kyle]

So you installed the engine. There’s no dowel pins in the block. Did they rattle loose or??

Sounds like the transmission shop left them out. I’ve seen that before. “Easier to install” by idiots.

 

[Brad]

Sounds like the transmission shop left them out. I’ve seen that before. “Easier to install” by idiots.

Ah, didn’t think about any in the trans, only the ones in the block

 

[rockyota83]

Ah, didn’t think about any in the trans, only the ones in the block

ive had them come out of the block and stay in the bell housing, maybe thats what happened and they took them off the bell housing?

 

[Clb]

Idiots

 

[FJC11]

Shooter shot the clay thrower.

That would have won the first prize of a forearm shiver while taking your firearm away from you because you're to stupid to hold it.

 

[Dead Pool]

At my age life in prison is no longer a deterrent as it once was .

Not that I disagree, but user name checks out!

 

[TrikeKid]

So this one is here for timing chains, wasn't planning for the chains to be installed in a different engine though.

 

[hooligan shmulligan]

Did those caps just break or did some one get dip shit with the cam while trying to install the chains.

 

[TrikeKid]

Did those caps just break or did some one get dip shit with the cam while trying to install the chains.

I'm gonna run a bore scope down the plug hole in the morning but the timing chain is pretty far off on that bank, thinking it smashed a valve and the resulting bind caused the break, it popped all but the front cap. The bolts are sheared/stretched off, not twisted.

 

[TRINDU]

New one for me, positive cable was done up the same way.

 

[M92PV4U]

New one for me, positive cable was done up the same way.

Well I mean when you're stranded and your car won't start...

 

[[486]]

pretty common, those terminals get all stretched out and then don't make contact good
another alternative is to install them upside down on the posts

 

[Squamch]

That's new?!

Next you're gonna tell me you've never put a chunk of stripped wire over the post and beat the terminal down onto it?

Never done a very small through bolt on a terminal and post?

Never put a block of plywood on top of the battery to maintain pressure via the hood so the terminal can't pop off????


People and their fancy new cars, I tell ya....

 

[Firstram]

People and their fancy new cars, I tell ya....

Right? I'll never forget the first time I needed a 8mm wrench to remove a battery cable, I still have mixed feelings about that design.

 

[rockyota83]

pretty common, those terminals get all stretched out and then don't make contact good
another alternative is to install them upside down on the posts

ive done both methods

 

[kf4zht]

I thought you were supposed to cut a line and put a wedge in it like an ax head?

 

[[486]]

Right? I'll never forget the first time I needed a 8mm wrench to remove a battery cable, I still have mixed feelings about that design.

5/16" is .0025" tighter

if you know what I'm sayin'
eyebrow waggle

 

[Twankie]

Screw is a permanent fix, knife blade wedged between the terminal and cable ftw

 

[plym49.2]

That's new?!

Next you're gonna tell me you've never put a chunk of stripped wire over the post and beat the terminal down onto it?

Never done a very small through bolt on a terminal and post?

Never put a block of plywood on top of the battery to maintain pressure via the hood so the terminal can't pop off????


People and their fancy new cars, I tell ya....

I've put a nail in at 6 volts on a 12v battery for an old heap.

 

[M92PV4U]

I've put a nail in at 6 volts on a 12v battery for an old heap.

My dad's step dad would do that when they would go frog gigging. 12v for the boat motor and 6v to run their head lamps.

 

[71PA_Highboy]

So this one is here for timing chains, wasn't planning for the chains to be installed in a different engine though.

If that had come into the shop I used to work at, the usual customer comments would be... 'It wasn't like that when I dropped it off'

 

[CarterKraft]

I think I can play this game.
Certified Power Train rebuild on a Older 5LN D6R, something that never happens anymore because they are too old.
$200k+ rebuild...
The customer reports batteries occasionally dead, won't last more than a few days before it won't start.

This what I find when I get there.
On multiple positive posts they used negative terminals and then installed them upside down, driven on the tapered post with a hammer, breaking the plates connection to the post inside the battery.

And after replacing the batteries it got some CORRECTLY made battery cables because when I have to go fix shit done by I spare no expense.

 

[SLOWPOKE693]

I think I can play this game.
Certified Power Train rebuild on a Older 5LN D6R, something that never happens anymore because they are too old.
$200k+ rebuild...
The customer reports batteries occasionally dead, won't last more than a few days before it won't start.

This what I find when I get there.
On multiple positive posts they used negative terminals and then installed them upside down, driven on the tapered post with a hammer, breaking the plates connection to the post inside the battery.

And after replacing the batteries it got some CORRECTLY made battery cables because when I have to go fix shit done by I spare no expense.

Isn't it amazing how many self created problems customers have. I often wonder why they can't figure out that after they "fixed" or replaced X they started having problems and by the power of deduction undo what they did to see if that resolved the issue.

Then again, we make good money off other people's stupidity so I guess it's better if they are .

 

[CarterKraft]

Isn't it amazing how many self created problems customers have. I often wonder why they can't figure out that after they "fixed" or replaced X they started having problems and by the power of deduction undo what they did to see if that resolved the issue.

Then again, we make good money off other people's stupidity so I guess it's better if they are .

For sure, but this problem was created by our own "expertly trained technicians"

 

[SLOWPOKE693]

For sure, but this problem was created by our own "expertly trained technicians"

 

[CarterKraft]

Yeah the struggle is real....
That guy got poached by Warren to go work 2 on 1 off in Odessa.

 

[gddyap]

I work in supply chain for a huge healthcare company. This division is located in the San Fran Bay Area. We had our Q2 all hands meeting this morning. HR guy put up a slide and was excited about these charts.
Ethnically non-diverse = white?

 

[Clemson13]

I work in supply chain for a huge healthcare company. This division is located in the San Fran Bay Area. We had our Q2 all hands meeting this morning. HR guy put up a slide and was excited about these charts.
Ethnically non-diverse = white?

Sure looks like what's labelled as "non diverse" is what's actually diverse