My favorite JRitS posts of the week, Vol. 195

[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: Burntwing

...I’m a guy in Texas that just lost his entire shop. Woke up at five am to something exploding. Walked outside to see this happening. Lost 12 bikes, 35 years of accumulated tools and parts, and all the cool stuff my lady won’t let keep in the house. But the house is ok, so that’s nice.

It was beautiful two days ago. A fire rolled into the shop.

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Photo: dieseldod

"I need ______ like I need a hole in the head"

Gotta love Wisconsin. Head on a 7.3 rusted through

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Photo: CCRLSS

Twice is nice!

Cleaner air = more horsepower, baby

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Photo: whydo-ducks-quack

[If I ever find the thief] I’m gonna stick my breaker bar down his throat and torque to spec.

Just rolled into the shop to find it all gone. LOCK IT UP EVEN IF YOU WORK ALONE. Happy 2021 to me I guess.

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Photo: iceycherrycoke

Oh dis gon be gud

Someone zip tied a zip tie to a drive shaft

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Snacks for later!

Thank fuck for gloves, pt.2!

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Photo: ultimatepingpong

...i just drilled out each lug nut/stud.

When you over torque cheap aluminum lug nuts

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Photo: Ckerr711

C/S gear box makes lots of noise in low gear.
Along with the diff housing being beyond wrecked 1 output shaft was snapped and the other was twisted.

Thoroughly impressed by this

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Photo: lucifer_lad

Detroit series 60 raw water impeller- no noticeable issues, just was doing the routine inspection today

This is why we do routine inspections, kids

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Screenshot: profeshonalmeechanik

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Not today. Fuck outta here.

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Photo: Allankton

Some dumb thief tried to cut cat out and cut drive shaft in half. Cost client a cat and a drive shaft.

Dumb thieves

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Photo: Shaggy240

It's not available anymore
I'm saving the tanks and putting a new core in it

This radiator might be plugged up

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Photo: fecesbook

Congrats, ya jinxed it

Self-fulfilling prophecy?

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Photo: Fire-Bored-Bohzai

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This car was leaking from 3 lines and 2 struts. I replaced every line and all 4 struts. All in all 20k.

SL65 in for ABC repairs.

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Photo: Crazy_Drunk_Lahey

...early 2000s Jetta.

One of my high school friends asked if I could double check their radio install because it kept blowing fuses..... I think I found the problem.

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Photo: MrK9182

How many things can you find wrong in this picture... (more after the jump)

Yeah that's going to be a no for me boss

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Photo: ianbudgep51

that shit in the heater core felt like sand. we've had a few journeys and 200s with the same problem.

Dodge Journey heater core doubles as a coolant filter

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Photo: PNWKiwi

Tried to get a name. Customer said don't worry, took the filter, and headed there immediately. Lol. I'd hate to be that front shop right now.

"C/S: My car is leaking oil. I just had the engine replaced 3 weeks ago." It's leaking? You don't say?

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Photo: mr_acc0rd

Came out like a good one,I was very surprised

End of the day and never fails

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Photo: blakeschluchter

The filter kept it from blending with 11 Spanfellers and spices

Anybody else thinking KFC for lunch?

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Screenshot: Jabroni-Juicebox

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94 Chevy 1500 with a 4.3

C/S won’t stay in gear

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Photo: HeroTKK

...just some crackheads that live in town’s car

Got three used tires put on, you can only imagine the inside. Also had no pin in the hitch so set it in the back seat.

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Photo: Gnarly_Sarley

Yeah it's fine, it just slammed on the ground from about 2 feet up

This is why you get your lifts inspected on a regular basis. This one hasn't been certified in years. The cable snapped when it was about 2 feet off the ground before it was high enough for the locks to engage. No one was hurt.

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Photo: sirtwitchell

Tail strut from helicopter after we watched pilot showboat into a a very hard landing.

Pilot said landing was normal.

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Photo: sapincher

2004 Tacoma, this shame covered by axlenut dust-cap, customer blamed us for not finding this during a safety inspection after buying used car

PRO-TIP: Cross-threaded the axle nut? Cut a couple inches off and use a ton of red loc-tite

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Photo: DU_HA55T2

Obligatory brake post

Customer states: Brakes don't feel right.

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Photo: varloq

Obligatory tire post

Came in only for an oil change. 2 tires were split like this on the side wall down to the steel bands. Customer declined new tires and left with only the oil change. Let the service writer know and the service manager know and let them handle it from there

[jayvincent]

@Urambo-Tauro whole lotta scary right there

[aremmes]

@urambo-tauro The fellow who had his tools stolen was this 🤏 close to making a torque-to-yield joke.

[Shop-Teacher]

@urambo-tauro Just looking at that junkie's car, have me the heebeegeebees.

[TheBarber]

@urambo-tauro Oh ho ho. I know that destroyed coil/plug well enough. That there is a 05-10 Odyssey. Other J-series Hondas (as well as 07-13 Fits) had their fair share of self changing plugs.

Digging for these pics I have so much of this crap on my phone from my shop life lol

[phenotyp]

@urambo-tauro Man, lotta real downers this week.

[VincentMalamute]

@Urambo-Tauro Thanks for doing this. I always learn something. This week, it's lift safety and professional installation and inspection as eventually I'd like to get a two-post at my current house.

OTOH, I had a four-post lift professionally installed at my old house and those idiots incorrectly routed one of the cables so it was slowly being abraded on a large bolt.

[pip bip]

@urambo-tauro that tyre at the end is nuts and that poor hoist.