#6) for the win. When my younger son sees his buddies struggling with things mechanical he tells them "you've obviously never held a flashlight while your dad cussed at a car!"
An acquaintance worked for a company that rebuilt Air Force RC-135s. He said there was nothing more pissoffable than 30 minutes of getting a three-way universal socket finally attached to a bolt inside a wing and the break whistle blows and the shop steward tells you "Drop what you're doing. You have to take a break." He quit and took a job as field accounts inspector with the state sales tax office. Less stress, he said.
You have arrived at the reason I quit working on airplanes. The Tach Generator on a Fairchild Metro TPE 331 engine is held on with 4 12 point 1/4" nuts that thread onto studs in the engine accessory drive case. I believe the hours in the maintenance manual for the task of changing it were around 10 hours. You have to de-build the airplane. I quit and went back to Engineering school.
#6 One of my first jobs, was working at a service station with a big shop, and I worked around a bunch of Nam vet mechanics. Holy Moly, did I learn some lingo at that venue! And talk about stay out of the way respect, and just let them walk it off. Super Good Times. I learned a lot from those old boys!
#6 absolutely for the win. I recall one mechanic friend telling me about how GM decided to put the crankshaft position sensor in a lower engine position where you had to literally remove the engine from the car to get to it. Parts $45..Labor $2,000!
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#6) for the win. When my younger son sees his buddies struggling with things mechanical he tells them "you've obviously never held a flashlight while your dad cussed at a car!"
ReplyDelete#20 is spot on. And seems to be true for a lot of people
ReplyDelete#6 .. Phil over at bustednuckles.som
ReplyDelete#6 for the ABSOLUTE win. My sides hurt from laughing.
ReplyDelete# 6 Yeah, that guy just dropped his 10mm, he didn't skin a knuckle or get jammed or he would
ReplyDeletereally cuss. Just ask Phil !!
I kept several extra 10mm sockets in my box. FUCK A BUNCH OF JAP ENGINEERS!
DeleteNumber 6 every day of my life.
ReplyDeleteAn acquaintance worked for a company that rebuilt Air Force RC-135s. He said there was nothing more pissoffable than 30 minutes of getting a three-way universal socket finally attached to a bolt inside a wing and the break whistle blows and the shop steward tells you "Drop what you're doing. You have to take a break." He quit and took a job as field accounts inspector with the state sales tax office. Less stress, he said.
ReplyDeleteYou have arrived at the reason I quit working on airplanes. The Tach Generator on a Fairchild Metro TPE 331 engine is held on with 4 12 point 1/4" nuts that thread onto studs in the engine accessory drive case. I believe the hours in the maintenance manual for the task of changing it were around 10 hours. You have to de-build the airplane. I quit and went back to Engineering school.
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ReplyDeleteOne of my first jobs, was working at a service station with a big shop, and I worked around a bunch of Nam vet mechanics. Holy Moly, did I learn some lingo at that venue!
And talk about stay out of the way respect, and just let them walk it off.
Super Good Times. I learned a lot from those old boys!
#6 everyday while I’m driving. Road rage? Ya think? 😆
ReplyDelete#6 absolutely for the win. I recall one mechanic friend telling me about how GM decided to put the crankshaft position sensor in a lower engine position where you had to literally remove the engine from the car to get to it. Parts $45..Labor $2,000!
ReplyDelete#6 for the win!
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