My favorite JRitS posts of the week, Vol. 239

[Urambo Tauro]

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.

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Photo: RatchetsgoClick

The new glass was almost enough...

C/S water leaking into trunk: "Sir those are bullet holes in your trunk"

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Photo: Blobert_E_Lee

V8 landcruiser. Used as an underground mining Ute

Boost? Never heard of her

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Screenshot: InterestedCaveMan

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[after adding fuel to diagnose no-start condition] ...left just enough for them to make it to the gas station about 1/4 mile from the shop.

My supervisor when the c/s they won’t pay for the fuel.

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Pcv valve or oil getting out through the crankcase. Essentially clogged so it blows some oil through the air intake. Also worn rings. Considering no oil on the disptick and little to no maintenance ever done on this thing there's a lot of different reasons. Could be turbo too. Haven't gotten too far with it yet.

F550 towed in for a no start this was his air filter (no oil on dipstick)

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Sadly flat towed behind an RV. Got pulled over on the interstate throwing sparks. Covered by warranty!

Towed with the e-brake on

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Nissan Stagea C34 with an RB25det
Previous owner tried to replace their own belt, left a bolt loose which found its way in the engine covers and tore the belt to shreds. Luckily didn’t go through the whole way, had only done a couple thousand kms.

Holding on by a thread…

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Ls3
We are sending it back to the same shop for them to rebuild

Just had this motor built. Builders did not account for the added valve movement due to the larger cam. Motor was given to us basically dry. Clearly didn't check anything. Needless to say everyone is pissed.

UPDATE: Got a picture of the bank of cylinders from the head we removed, you can clearly see on the rear cylinder where the valve smacked the piston when it was still attached and when it was no longer attached. After a quick inspection of the other bank, found basically the same except none broke.

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I did not have to put that much heat into them im going to Reinforce them with a piece of c channel and bring them all the way up to top of the c channel and put new bolts in everything...

O I just put a pallet80 lb concrete in the dump trailer

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Doe a deer… I tagged this as a spoiler since clearly This meat is spoiled…

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2001 5.3 K1500
Customer states that the transmission we built for him (HD 4L60E) is "garbage" and wants us to warranty it. Had MAF codes that wouldn't clear. Inspected the sensor and couldn't find it.
Apparently he installed a hot air intake after our repairs and "deleted" his MAF...
...surprisingly, it runs and drives. It's shift timing and quality is super poor, and lockup is disabled because there's no MAF input being reported. But it still runs through the gears.
Some people's kids...

Customer states the transmission we built is "garbage" and works worse than before.

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Shoulda used distilled water!

Customer states, check radiator and check no start issue. "fairly new battery "

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According to the tow truck driver, the guy was going around 160mph and side swiped a Camry

Insurance wanted an estimate

A closer look

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New Range Rover Velar came from the dealership with miss matched paint on the door

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Meth pipes for hot rails

YAAAY CRACK PIPES!!!!

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In this case, it was towed in for a no start issue. Now that we got it running, this is up next.

Customer states rear a/c not cooling. We will be replacing a leaking rear evaporator.

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Screenshot: Tufmazda

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Just barely rolled in. (Volume warning)

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Yeah we had to trans-load and replace a bunch inside. Outside was only breached a little so we sealed it with caulking.

Loaders. Watch your forks… please.

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Friction material actually wasn’t burnt and had plenty of life left. Mechanical failure in the pressure plate/springs.

Customer states “clutch felt funny for a few weeks then stopped moving”

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5-10k miles [since the last change]. Van had only 30k miles, customer was doing oil changes at fast lube franchise...

Gravy is ready boss

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04 Hyundai Elantra
Lmao going 5mph around the parking lot was a white knuckle experience
Showed her this video (muted, of course). Explained what they were looking at. Explained the astronomical cost of repair vs the value of the car. She said it had been a wonderful car for 17 years, she wasn't even mad. Hyundai lost their asses on a subframe failure lawsuit, issued a recall years ago, but I am waiting doubtfully to hear if she'll get anything for it at this point.

I do not understand how in the cinnamon toasted fuck they drove it to me like this.

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It was on a pontiac vibe with 220k on original motor he is hopefully getting a new vehicle soon but he needs this one for a while longer while he looks for one

Guy needed a bad headgasket and wasn't happy with the price and despite our concerns he wanted to try a headgasket sealer, wish him luck!

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...Older customer didn't know what gear they were in and backed into a short retaining wall. Car sounded like a lawn mower coming in.

The power was down a bit.

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Obligatory tire post

still holding air... "well I saw it on my pretrip" fully loaded 150 miles ago. 445/50 22.5

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Obligatory brake post

"I need rotors? I just had them done!"

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[JeepOfTheseus]

@urambo-tauro My hunch is that these are only going to get better/scarier the longer the new/used market is crazy. Lord have mercy.

[facw]

@urambo-tauro I liked this jammer Tribeca:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/qrstzj/a_bunch_of_techs_noticed_key_fobs_not_working/

[CB]

@urambo-tauro For that Corvette, I estimate it's gonna be expensive.

[TheBarber]

@facw

That's awesome! Those are the rewarding shenanigans to find. Weird shit just makes my day.

[Brickman]

@urambo-tauro

Mmm forbidden chocolate milk

[HFV_Junkyardin]

@urambo-tauro I want to see the underside of that jeep

[Shop-Teacher]

@urambo-tauro Yipes, that Elantra!

[Old Busted Hotness]

how in the cinnamon toasted fuck

I'm sure I'm going to use that!

[Urambo Tauro]

@old-busted-hotness Here's a handy meme version:

[gmporschenut also a fan of hondas]

@jeepoftheseus hadn't thought of that. theres a buyhere pay here i pass on my way to target, that is still oddly full and I wonder dread where they're scrounging those from.

[JeepOfTheseus]

@gmporschenut-also-a-fan-of-hondas Now that you mention it the one nearest to me has still held on to it’s early 2000s S Class with the collapsed suspension throughout all of this. That and the C5 Z06 that they want $30k for. The rest of the lot has had decent turnover but those two vehicle seem to be the hook for getting people on the lot.

Edit to add that it’s probably a good time to be in the repo business as well.

[pip bip]

@urambo-tauro 1. that Hyundai is a death trap. 2. that Bridgestone tyre is amazing. inner tube is clearly doing its job for now.

[gmporschenut also a fan of hondas]

@jeepoftheseus every one has some driveway ornament with Christmas tree dash waiting for a moron to come by.