My favorite JRitS posts of the week, Vol. 190
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Image: Just Rolled into the Shop subreddit
Reddit’s Just Rolled into the Shop is a veritable cornucopia of the many wonders and oddities of shop lyfe. You never know what’s gonna roll in. Here’s what caught my eye this week.
Photo: Simba4Thewin
I’ve seen holes in blocks. I’ve never seen one run long enough after it happened to trash the starter like that.
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We brought the customer out and showed them and they had a tow truck come pick it up, don't know why she didn't want us to do it but
Photo: Dat620Sun
Was back for a quick oil leak re inspection...
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[spec is] 72 ft lbs actually. Lol.
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Owner uses this truck for a camp truck. His camp is on the other side of a river. There is no bridge. He then stored it inside. It's 1 degree out right now. He parked it outside the shop last night. Ta da?
https://old.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/k4dchz/i_dont_think_the_seals_are_working/
Screenshot: parker_williams6
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2016 Porsche Cayenne!
Towed in after whoever caught him putting water in block
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...Apparently what happened is the driver ripped off the airlines disconnecting from a trailer he had dropped off so he went to the local gas station and bought new lines, what he didn't know is that he bought extra long lines for specialty trucks and then proceeded to install them without securing...
https://old.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/k566gj/interesting_road_call/
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Starting to think that maybe it's time to officially add "obligatory rust post" to the weekly brake and tire entries...
Photo: BrandonEHilton
After doing an induction cleaning it loosens up the bowels of a maxxforce 7...
https://old.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/k609xi/maxxforce_poops/
Photo: simalover
Its a rental car... Stole the keys too.
Photo: mk8actual
Fixodent? Ah, forget it
https://old.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/k69ah3/hellcat_goes_crunch/
Photo: Paradox1989
Timing belt change on one of our forklifts. Can't believe it was still running until the actual belt broke. Mechanic said the engine is still OK though.
Screenshot: rpocsijr
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...6.8L.. dropped valve and bad cam on right head.. scored cam and burnt valves on the left head...
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Photo: three-ply
For clarity: Yes, that is a bicycle tire zip tied to a radiator hose.
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1 minute with an air hammer and I had it off. It's easy when you don't have to worry about destroying the rim.
For those wondering, this was the main reason they brought it in, plus balancing the new rims they were replacing these with. I believe they started with a framing hammer and then moved up to an axe... The axe also made it into the rear rotor as well.https://old.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/k6mvwn/nice_try/
Photo: 95JeepYJ
[jasper reman] 2.5 in a Chevy LLV
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Shop used the wrong roller lifters and they were 90 degrees off.
https://old.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/k6r9rm/if_we_are_doing_torn_up_camshafts/
Photo: jazzie366
...exhaust broke at a common spot and this genius decided to hang it up with a piece of wire wrapped around the driveshaft, we were pissing ourselves laughing, a very good time.
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every single square inch of wood was covered in mold. the smell was powerful.
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The door was hit by an employee about a month back and it’s been running on borrowed time, so it finally fell off the track and took out the sprinkler head with it...
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Guy bought a car off of eBay that wouldn't start. My coworker determined that there was something wrong with the push to start, and the wiring for that goes through the center console. When he took it apart, that's when found it. Whoever put it in there, accidentally disconnected one of the wires.
The guy was put in to a loaner car when he dropped off the vehicle, so the cops had us call him, and tell him it was done, then they waited in plain clothes for him to show up, and when he did, they swarmed his car. What is crazy, is that whatever he was charged with, he was found not guilty, got the car back from the police, and we fixed it for him.
Photo: War3agle86
...Front end got hit with the 556. Went through the battery/the water pump and some hoses. Shredded the wiring harness didn’t see any damage on the engine as of yet.
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Obligatory tire post
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Obligatory brake post
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that car getting shot up is WTF?
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@urambo-tauro said in My favorite JRitS posts of the week, Vol. 190:
Starting to think that maybe it's time to officially add "obligatory rust post" to the weekly brake and tire entries...
Yes. DO IT.
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@jawzx2 I dunno man, I have a hard enough time keeping the brake and tire selections down to just ONE apiece. I think rust would be even more difficult one to narrow down since it rears its ugly head in so many ways.
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@urambo-tauro said in My favorite JRitS posts of the week, Vol. 190:
Photo: Dat620Sun
Was back for a quick oil leak re inspection...
Yeah, doesn't surprise me. We had a pretty gnarly windstorm pass through here last month. Blew the panels off my old fence again. Dec usually has a good storm as well.
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So glad that these continued into the Hyphen era!
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@jawzx2 We could just have pictures of @Shop-Teacher 's truck every week.
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That fuel leak will be back in a couple weeks in a new post where it's been wrapped in electrical tape and jb weld.
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Reading these always makes me so anxious because I hate to know what new methods of torturing cars that the general public has discovered every week, but it's definitely a morbid fascination because I can't stop scrolling! Thanks for keeping it going!
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@urambo-tauro said in My favorite JRitS posts of the week, Vol. 190:
@jawzx2 I dunno man, I have a hard enough time keeping the brake and tire selections down to just ONE apiece. I think rust would be even more difficult one to narrow down since it rears its ugly head in so many ways.
Obligatory frame rust. Obligatory suspension rust. Other obligatory rust!
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@silentbutnotreallydeadly Rust could be its own subreddit (if it isn't already?), like r/carbage or r/Shitty_Car_Mods
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@urambo-tauro I see your point... I guess as long as there's usually a pickup broken in half on the lift, or a rusted-in-half subframe I would be unable to complain... hell I can't complain already, it's awesome that you put these together every week and post them for us non-reditors to enjoy.
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@rusty-vandura said in My favorite JRitS posts of the week, Vol. 190:
@jawzx2 We could just have pictures of @Shop-Teacher 's truck every week.
Ouch man! I feel feelings you know!!
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@jawzx2 Thanks! These are fun to put together.
And to be fair, it's not like I don't gravitate towards "carbage" or "shitty mod" -type posts sometimes... But I do try to keep it relevant. If I share a JRitS post that looks like it belongs in r/carbage, it's because it's directly related to the job at hand, like if the car is in for a heater core replacement. As for rust, well, that's almost always relevant haha. -
@urambo-tauro Why stop at just one?
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@phenotyp Glad to hear it! I do try to pick the most interesting of the bunch, while maintaining a healthy variety. Sometimes I do share more than one rust post per roundup, but if I were to commit to a weekly "obligatory rust post", I'd have a hard time picking a favorite. Y'know, come to think of it, there has been an occasion or two where I couldn't make up my mind and shared multiple brake or tire posts.
At any rate, I'd encourage y'all to keep an eye on the JRitS subreddit throughout the week. There's so much more that you miss out on if you're just waiting for my roundups haha.
