Go to youtube and search for "just rolled in". It's all clips sent in by mechanics showing the terrible condition some cars are in when they're brought in for repairs. Al_in_Ottawa
Starker here, I love Just Rolled In! It reminds me of why I worked at a Toyota dealership and not a general repair shop. I used to watch Rainman Ray, but things changed after he got his own shop.
kind of funny. long time ago, knew a guy who spun wrenches for his check. anyway. he bought this POS 66 chevy 4 door to get back and forth. he hated that car. it had at least 200 grand on it. so, one day he feels bad for it and changes the oil and filter. never put the new oil in though had the drain plug on the dash for God's sake and drove to some bar. like 5-6 miles away drank beer there for a few hours and drove back home. yes, the car still ran. when he got home, he felt bad about it and put oil back in it. damn car still ran for another 2 weeks or so before it died. then he bought a pickup that he wanted. good old 283 and powerglide where very hard to kill. he drank himself to death a few years later. shame in a way.
Back in the 80s (yes, I am that fucking old like the rest of us here,) a 73 pickup was brought in for an oil change. The customer bragged about how he never spent a dime on it (cue the suspicion.) I put it up on the hoist and removed the drain plug - nothing came out. I stuck a screwdriver into the drain hole, ,and this long goo was stuck to the screwdriver. Walked up to the Service Manager's Office and waited for him to finish his phone call - we walked out and the "oil" was now a one-foot long string of goo that still had not reached the drain pan. Mission aborted.
Looks like the Beanermobile I got from Tejas. 145K with no rust on a '99 2wd Ram, but I'm on the second 500-mile oil and filter change to try to get rid of the chunky oil. Gonna drop in some Marvel and run it for a few before dumping this batch.
After the foot-and-a-half from earlier this week melts.
I used to run workshops in New Zealand. We goy a lot of car yard work on used Japanese imports. Most were like the one above and needed a lot of work to get the goop out. Many of the cars are frontwheel drive and the sump will not come off without pulling the motor out. run flush throiugh it two or three times and pray was the best we could do. The cars also stunk of cigarette smoke, so the ac needed a birthday as well. Short runs in slow traffic with no servicing, a recipe straight from hell.
Go to youtube and search for "just rolled in". It's all clips sent in by mechanics showing the terrible condition some cars are in when they're brought in for repairs.
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Starker here,
DeleteI love Just Rolled In! It reminds me of why I worked at a Toyota dealership and not a general repair shop. I used to watch Rainman Ray, but things changed after he got his own shop.
You read my mind. Every time i watch a new one of their videos, I'm afraid to go out on a road.
DeleteAnother you tube channel is " I Do Cars"...he tears down engines that found their way to his salvage business, very entertaining !
Deletekind of funny. long time ago, knew a guy who spun wrenches for his check. anyway. he bought this POS 66 chevy 4 door to get back and forth. he hated that car. it had at least 200 grand on it. so, one day he feels bad for it and changes the oil and filter. never put the new oil in though
ReplyDeletehad the drain plug on the dash for God's sake and drove to some bar. like 5-6 miles away
drank beer there for a few hours and drove back home. yes, the car still ran. when he got home, he felt bad about it and put oil back in it. damn car still ran for another 2 weeks or so before it died. then he bought a pickup that he wanted. good old 283 and powerglide where
very hard to kill. he drank himself to death a few years later. shame in a way.
Looks like somebody topped off the oil with molasses. Disassemble and repair or just replace depending on owner's skill.
ReplyDeleteOle Grump
Oughta put some hydrofluoric acid in the crankcase & see what happens. LMAO.
ReplyDeleteBack in the 80s (yes, I am that fucking old like the rest of us here,) a 73 pickup was brought in for an oil change. The customer bragged about how he never spent a dime on it (cue the suspicion.) I put it up on the hoist and removed the drain plug - nothing came out. I stuck a screwdriver into the drain hole, ,and this long goo was stuck to the screwdriver. Walked up to the Service Manager's Office and waited for him to finish his phone call - we walked out and the "oil" was now a one-foot long string of goo that still had not reached the drain pan. Mission aborted.
ReplyDeleteLooks like the Beanermobile I got from Tejas. 145K with no rust on a '99 2wd Ram, but I'm on the second 500-mile oil and filter change to try to get rid of the chunky oil. Gonna drop in some Marvel and run it for a few before dumping this batch.
ReplyDeleteAfter the foot-and-a-half from earlier this week melts.
I used to run workshops in New Zealand. We goy a lot of car yard work on used Japanese imports. Most were like the one above and needed a lot of work to get the goop out. Many of the cars are frontwheel drive and the sump will not come off without pulling the motor out.
ReplyDeleterun flush throiugh it two or three times and pray was the best we could do.
The cars also stunk of cigarette smoke, so the ac needed a birthday as well.
Short runs in slow traffic with no servicing, a recipe straight from hell.