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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by 7.3 Rocket
I hear the grinder chewing on another one of its cutters! Awesome!
poor installment

miles, welcome to the world of flate rate mechanics. if they cannot immediately identify a quick and easy repair, they wont touch it. when i worked at ford (a few months) i was the only hourly guy there, and i got all the intermittent, electrical, and time consuming jobs. the "master certified" guys would do batteries brakes and tires, and bank 90 pay hours in a 32 hour work week.
 
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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 05:32 PM
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i think he said hes picking up his truck today, but doesnt trust them and said "im going to leave that POS running all night and rev the s*** out of it every few hours" and said he was completely serious. lmao
 
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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by trackspeeder
The "mechanics" that cannot do things without the computer are repair robots.

They can't think outside the box. So they depend on the computer to fix the problem.
Wait............there is a box?
 
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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 06:02 PM
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This truck definitely pulled better than the 6 liter, but braking sucked because there was no trailer brake controller
and ford does it better (except the 6.0)
 
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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 06:17 PM
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he said box
 
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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 06:34 PM
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chips now
 
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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 06:47 PM
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Aaron, are you at the shop?
 
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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 08:09 PM
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Evening all.
Just a quick fly by before bed.
 
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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 08:22 PM
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brendon we are in LONG ISLAND! yay.
 
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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Zookie400
poor installment
They get put on with red loctite and nylock nuts and they're tightened as much as a 3/4" IR impact will tighten them.
 
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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 08:33 PM
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brendon we are in LONG ISLAND! yay.
Well, someone left the gate open and the lights in the shop on.
 
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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 08:49 PM
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those lights stay on. and we cant be locking the UPS guy out

perley keeps an eye on things, with his arsenal of cameras.

pete- tub grinders are a lot like race cars. they just dont seem to hold together no matter what.
 
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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 08:51 PM
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The only reason I popped in was because I saw your truck, and the lights on from outside the gate. Now I know not to assume someone is there.
 
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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Zookie400
pete- tub grinders are a lot like race cars. they just dont seem to hold together no matter what.
Well yeah we all know why the Ranger breaks but you're not here running our grinder!
 
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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 09:27 PM
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ranger is not broken!
 
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