Have you checked your car lately?

[Joe Handley]

4 minutes ago, DrKerry said:

LOL, a guy I worked with sent his wife down to the local shop that knew she was on her way. He told her to go down and do that to their car, the mechanic had her going, even put the car on the lift and made it look good. When done he gave her a bill that just said gotcha! He never heard the end of that one!!!

I agree though, airplane pilots and the like should know better and catch on to that!!!!

Well, there are pilots that believe that if the wheel speed on their plane is off compared to ground speed, the plane won't take off, even though it's going fast enough to produce the needed lift with the wings.

[DrKerry]

3 hours ago, Joe Handley said:

Well, there are pilots that believe that if the wheel speed on their plane is off compared to ground speed, the plane won't take off, even though it's going fast enough to produce the needed lift with the wings.

LOL, WOW!!!!! That's not a good sign!!!

[Ace-Garageguy]

21 hours ago, SfanGoch said:

 

What can become an even more serious problem is anteaters getting in between the wires, looking for a long term free meal. They frequently can't get back out, and can throw a wheel very badly out of balance.

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

3 hours ago, Joe Handley said:

Well, there are pilots that believe that if the wheel speed on their plane is off compared to ground speed, the plane won't take off, even though it's going fast enough to produce the needed lift with the wings.

I've known some doofy pilots, but not that doofy. Then again...we once had a guy pick up his plane, taxi 1/4 mile to the runway, take off and fly to another airport 30 miles away...all the time dragging two 5-gallon buckets full of concrete we used for temporary tiedowns.

[Joe Handley]

2 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

I've known some doofy pilots, but not that doofy. Then again...we once had a guy pick up his plane, taxi 1/4 mile to the runway, take off and fly to another airport 30 miles away...all the time dragging two 5-gallon buckets full of concrete we used for temporary tiedowns.

I've know R/C plane guys that knew better too, then again, some of the local retired guys that flew R/C would go out to the field first thing the in the morning on really windy days with their beater planes, then power up the radios while pointing them into the wind to see how long the plane would hover  with just their inputs

[BaBaBooey]

Always remember to check the loose nut behind the wheel. Never can trust that one.

[blunc]

On 7/10/2019 at 6:10 AM, Daddyfink said:

Tap on the side of your block to loosen up the piston return springs and regain that lost power! 

I once convinced a "know-it-all" in electronics trade school that his compression was low because his piston return springs were weak and needed replacing.

 

interesting fact: carburetors have piston return springs that keep the accelerator pump properly positioned.

[Brudda]

Replace the dash board gasket or your dash may crack

[Deuces]

On 7/9/2019 at 10:22 PM, RichCostello said:

Hey Joe, don't laugh, I had an old Jeep that the wipers wouldn't work unless the radio was on!

Good reason to kick out the jams.... ??

[SfanGoch]

Clever, man. 

For those who don't get the reference

 

[Cpt Tuttle]

My friend worked as a mechanic at our local Mercedes-Benz truck and van dealer. He once sent out a trainee to get him a can of vacuum....

[Classicgas]

A friend of mine related a story from when he was at vo tech. They had a pain in the rear student. The  class he was in was at one end of the building,  and there was a metal shop at the other. The teacher sent him down to get a bucket of grinder sparks. When the kid was on the way he phoned the other teacher and filled him in. They had the kid running back and forth. Kid learned his lesson. A popular one in the wood business is to tell  a newbie to go get a board stretcher.

Edited July 14, 2019 by Classicgas

[Deuces]

One of my favorites was to send a kid to go grab me a left handed monkey wrench....

[Bucky]

How 'bout a metric Crescent wrench??

[SfanGoch]

Factory fresh FNG privates would be sent to find a box of grid squares. Grid squares are found on topographical maps and are used to determine location. My pal Eric Rex and I just got to our new unit and were wise to this gag. So, just in case this gag was pulled on either of us, we cut up a topo map into individual grid squares and put them in a box with a B.S. pseudo-military-speak label. Rex's Platoon Sergeant sent him on this fool's errand a few days later. Five minutes later, Rex walked into his office in the company orderly room and put the box on SFC Clay's desk. Clay asked him "What's this?" Rex told him it was the item he wanted. Clay looked at the box, opened it and dumped the contents on his desk. "What the hell are these?!?" "Grid squares. I got the last box from Battalion S-4." Our First Sergeant thought that was "pretty slick". Regrouping himself after busting a gut from laughing so hard, he gave us both two days extra duty for being smartasses. Rex told him it was my idea.

[SSNJim]

In 1978, I and my sister were driving from San Diego to Louisville in my 1973 Capri. I had her totally amazed that every time I turned the radio on, the windshield wipers would start wiping. This kept her entertained the whole way. It wasn't until years later I told her how I did it.

Back then, most people hadn't seen a foreign car, much less ridden in one (I'm exaggerating just a bit - foreign cars were just starting to become popular). The Capri had the windshield washer on the floor where the headlight High/Low beam switch is supposed to be. Turn the radio on, hit the washer button with your foot where the passenger couldn't see, and magic happens!

[Brian Austin]

While I try to track down the origin of the Wheel Ants illustration, here is an actual period "suggestion" from the pages of Popular Mechanics.

Compiled in the volume Motorist's Handbook, ca.1948.

 

Combine two bad tires to make one "good" one!

 

[Joe Handley]

17 hours ago, Deuces said:

One of my favorites was to send a kid to go grab me a left handed monkey wrench....

I'm surprised that doesn't exist.  Used to work with another lefty and one day he showed up at the HTU we worked at with a couple pairs of "left handed" needlenose pliers (I think they were bent tip as well), and couldn't believe how much easier they made some jobs!  I was just so used to grabbing what was on hand and adapting to use those that I never thought that such things existed!

[Tom Geiger]

Living in New Jersey beach towns the joke was to send someone to the hardware store for "100 feet of shore line".