Where da heck did awl thu awl go?

[DJ]

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I don't think you can get anything on a Harley tight enough.

 

[one more cast]

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while at work, my buddy gets a call from wife,she stopped at service station and tells attendent to check oil, he says its a quart low ,add 1 and its still low,adds another,the wife gets out and looks and he's pouring it in the radiator! Makes ya wonder !

 

[DIRTPOORE96]

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We were getting ready for a great beach vacation about 10 years ago. I asked my wife to take the car up to the station & fill it with gas. The counter guy tells my wife the car is leaking water on the ground. (Air Conditioner Condensation) He tells her she better add some water & anti-freeze to the engine. She buys a gallon of anti-freeze & proceeds to fill the engine. She removed the oil fill cap & filled er up to the top & put that cap back on. Drove home, about 1 mile. We loaded the car & started for the beach. Now I'm driving. We get about two blocks, bangin noise under the hood. I get out & open hood, what a nice suprise to see water comming from all sorts of places. It looked like a lawn sprinkler was running. I could not beleive she filled the block up with water. "Right to the tippy top", she said. Ruined the motor . Final outcome of this ordeal, got rid of wife , kept car & got a new motor. Still have the old car today. She runs great. Great new wife also . It had to be fate, "I guess"

 

[sloopy]

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Dirt that is terrible

 

[G-Daddy]

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Years ago on a neighboring farm the farmer was changin oil in a tractor. He had drained the oil and was starting to put the new oil in, but forgot to reinstall the drain plug. His son said, "Dad, do you know what you're doin'?" The old man said, "'course I know what I'm doin'." The son walked away and let him continue.

 

[Scoop]

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Got a couple for you.<br />Friend did an emergency favor for his uncle's company. Drives large truck to Texas to drop off a part for a caterpiller Dozer. On the way back he stops to get gas. The service station guy checks the oil and say it is a quart low. He adds a quart. When my friend gets back to home, the engine is making a **** of a racket. Come to find out the dipstick measured in gallons. He was a gallon low. They never asked him to drive again.<br /><br />Last month I needed an oil change quick so I went to a 10 minute lube place. I never trust them so I watch. This time they were having problems with another vehicle and were looking for a 10 MM socket. I go out to help and tell them a 1/2" socket is the same size. They find that socket and get to work. I wait around for a few minutes until the guy under the car says he is done. The guy working on my car had to go answer the phone so this other guy gets in my car and starts it without oil. I calmly walk over, turn off the car and tell he him may want to put oil in it. Luckily I was right there. The guy turned a great shade of red and apologized a million times. No harm done.

 

[Scoop]

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Correction it was a 13MM socket is the same as the 1/2". Probably should have been in bed instead of posting.

 

[Capt Joe]

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Back in 1976 we, (wife & kids 2 & 4 yo) were on extended holidays. To save some cash I decided to service the car myself. After doing the greasing we loaded up & headed out to find a quiet bush track to change the oil (wouldn't do that these days). Anyway I dug a small hole, ran the car over it & pulled the drain plug. Thought things were going really well when I was directly over the hole first time. While it was draining I got the oil can out of the back & discovered my father had filled it with petrol during his trip across the desert!!. We were about 10 miles from a small country town & it was 4 pm. I tipped the petrol into the car & walked to the main road a couple of hundred yards away. When I got there I found it was still 4 pm! My watch had stopped! Anyway a bloke gave me a lift into town & they were just closing the doors at the garage as we arrived. I managed to get some oil & the good samaratin drove me back to the car. Moral: always check your containers when you get them back.

 

[BassMan283]

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Fortunately, Detroits are fairly forgiving and still have quite a bit of oil in them even when it goes off the stick.<br /><br />About 25 years ago, I was driving OTR in an IH with a 318 Detroit. I fueled up at my usual truck stop in E. St. Louis and didn't pay enough attention to the ticket when I paid. (They had attendants fuel your rig in those days. Remember that?) I headed off for my drop in Humboldt, TN, whistling a happy tune. About 10:00 that night, I was cruising down a winding, two-lane road when I noticed the oil pressure gauge doing a shimmy. Looked bad to me. I backed off the pedal and it stabilized. Poured on the wood and the shimmy started again. Found a wide spot on the road and pulled her over. Checked the dipstick and it was bone dry. I'm in deep boondocks here, and I can hear hoot owls molesting chickens in the distance.<br /><br />Since the pressure seemed OK when I wasn't pushing it, I decided to risk it for awhile. A few miles on I came to a little town with a closed gas station. The house next door had lights on, so I decided to try it. Turned out he was the guy who owned the station and said he'd get me some oil. The first 4 quarts brought it up to the bottom of the dipstick. Took 3 gallons to fill it.<br /><br />Couple of weeks later I'm back in St. Louis again filling up. This time I check the ticket and there's no oil on it. I ask the counter guy, "Where's the oil?" He checks the attendant's ticket and says, "The oil's OK." I say, "No, it isn't. I just drove 400 miles and that means 1 gallon minimum." Then I told him my story. He got kind of white and went out and checked it himself. 5 quarts. Got the feeling that somebody just had his last day pumping fuel.<br /><br />A week or so later this truck stop burned to the ground and the next time I was there, they were operating out of a house trailer.

 

[pjc]

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humble appology.........must not drink beer and post...........

 

[labzman3]

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I think I have you all beat !! My dad is a pack rat !! While changing the oil in his Grand Marque, he found what he thought was a left over bottle of oil in the trunk, My Mom made it the lenght of our driveway,, 300ft. and the motor started making a "funny" noise ! To make a long story short, the oil bottle actually contained Round up weed killer, that I had given him a couple of summers ago out of a larger container !!Man once that stuff heats up,, it gums up EVERYTHING !! Needless to say,, my old man is now driving a newer car,, and letting a mechanic change his oil now !!!

 

[Dunaruna]

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Skeeterfisher, happened to me, had a kid on work experience (school holidays), asked him to put oil into diesel landcruiser, 23 litres later....<br />My fault, I did ask him to 'fill it up'. J.B. at least you got to flush your sump, but with mobil 1, ouch!

 

[salty87]

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i was at an oil change place not too long ago. they were working on the car ahead of me, you know calling out their progress from underneath....fill #1, filter off #3, whatever.<br /> <br />anyway, they got crossed up somehow and the next thing you hear is one of the guys under a car start screaming to shut that engine off. next thing, he comes up the stairs covered in oil head to toe, even in his hair. someone started the wrong car while the oil was draining out. he got sprayed pretty good.<br /><br />the only thing funnier, to me, was the look on the car owner's face.<br /><br />i always go to the same place for oil changes. at least that way, i know which place did it if something goes wrong.

 

[cjflanagan]

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A little off topic but still pretty funny. A neighbor here has four boys between 6 and 10 and they are all just a wee bit wild. One day their above-ground pool develops major leaks. Upon investigation, it turns out the boys went in with there cleats on.

 

[Knightgang]

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I have two trucks that get about the same average mileage put on them. I always change my own oil. Always go to store and buy a new case of oil and filters before a even raise the hood on either. I have a method so that I do not forget anything (like when launching the boat so you don't forget the plug). If anything goes wrong, it is my fault.

 

[Bco128]

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good thread gotta keep it goin.when i was 15 my mom asked me to change the oil in her car.a mid 80's ford EXP.she was going to take it to a town 30 miles away for a trade in she had pre negotiated.thing was they hadent looked at her car yet so hadent given her a trade in price.top end of the motor leaked like a sive.si i had all my oil tools at and i was ready to go.plug out drain light flush with a quart or two.new filter replace plug fill with oil ready to go.mom took it to the dealership soon after thinking shed get a few more bucke for her trade in tellin them she never missed an oil change...yea right.se got there and they opened the hood.to find the entire engine compartment saturated in oil.oops i forgot to put the filler cap on.mom came home with mew gmc sanoma truck and thanked me.she got a good trade in value because all that oil covered up all those leaks...you welcome mom.

 

[Dave Abrahamson]

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Was that me, or was that really hard to read without caps and spaces?

 

[Bco128]

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