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Post by Mrs. Roger on May 11, 2011 10:51:11 GMT -7
A trainee is looking at a dip stick without a bit of oil on it.
Teacher says "Do you know what that means?"
"Sure", says the trainee. "I need a longer dip stick!"
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Post by HiTemp on May 15, 2011 8:09:12 GMT -7
Guy over on an adjacent street from me tore up a brand spanking new lawn tractor. It came boxed on a pallet. He got it home and saw the bag of "stuff" that came with it.. had the seat, instructions, and a jug of engine oil. Oh, this must be like my weed whacker... I just dump this into the gasoline jug and mix it up. He saw it was a bigger oil jug than what came with his weed whacker, so he poured it into a 5-gal can of gas, mixed it, and filled up the tank.
It ran for several minutes on just the assembly grease, and the whole time it looked like a big fog bank down the street, like the city was spraying for mosquitoes or something. Finally it stopped and would no longer crank over.
I think he probably needed a longer dipstick. ;D ;D
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Post by Grug - American Neanderthal on May 15, 2011 8:39:03 GMT -7
I think he was plenty of dipstick as it was.  |
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Post by HiTemp on May 16, 2011 4:49:44 GMT -7
Would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when the service guy showed up and diagnosed the problem. "See... right here in your service contract... #7. We don't cover stupid."  |
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Post by 50PlusAirYears on May 20, 2011 20:33:33 GMT -7
Funny thing, in 76 or 77, GM had just the opposite problem with some school busses - the dipstick was too long- if you filled the crankcase to the mark, you were 3 quarts short.
Had more than a few newbies just out of high school shop classes forget to put the drain plug back in - then wonder why they couldn't fill the crankcase - and why their shoes were were getting wet with oil.
One kid actually started the car, thinking that that might raise the oil level. Luckily, somebody pulled him out of the car and shut it off before any damage was done. I heard his next mechanic job was at S (mass merchandiser deleted!) where he worked for a number of years.
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Post by 50PlusAirYears on May 20, 2011 20:43:04 GMT -7
Just noticed the "We don't cover Stupid!" comment. Worked on a 1977 Olds once. Less than 200 miles! Noisy rear end. Stunk up the garage when I dropped the diff cover, after first showing the service manager the chunks missing and the scuff marks on the snow tires. Replaced 2 axles along with everything else in the differential. Olds 425's had lots of torque. The owner was obviously spinning the snow tires on dry pavement. I had to burn parts out because things were welded together. I took LOT'S of photos. He was a bit upset about being told the warranty didn't cover the $500.00 bill. Small claims court sided with us.
At least I was good enough with a torch I didn't damage the pumpkin. That would have been expensive.
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Post by brianw517 on May 23, 2011 20:35:32 GMT -7
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When I worked at a service/gas station part time after high school; I had on occasion, to stop a new be gas pump jockey from putting power steering fluid in the master brake fluid reservoir and brake fluid in power steering reservoir, to top them off!? 
I once saw a rookie gas pump Jockey try to put a quart of 10/30 engine oil into the transmission dip stick reservoir tube, because the dip stick showed a 1/2 pint low. The trans-tube then over flowed all over the gas pump isle cement pad. When the driver drove off, she almost spun out of control while entering the main street!