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I remember laughing at Ed Zern's Field & Stream article explaining how to be successful hunting crows using multiples of thirteen. Give us your best white automotive lie.
I like to tell people that the hardest part about driving to Canada is that stop at the border where you have to convert your gas tank from gallons to liters.
You should keep your spare tire aired up because the heat in the trunk will make the tire explode..
Yes I actually heard that one when I worked at a tire store in California in the 80's
I like to tell people that the hardest part about driving to Canada is that stop at the border where you have to convert your gas tank from gallons to liters.
Actually, that's why the US didn't convert to the metric system in the 70's. Because of the energy crisis, they couldn't get the miles per liter to be as good as the miles per gallon.
I like to tell people that the hardest part about driving to Canada is that stop at the border where you have to convert your gas tank from gallons to liters.
I had a customer getting in my face when I was a Caterpillar field mechanic. He was upset because I had to look in the manual for a torque spec. He was paying WAY too much money to have a guy working on his machines that HAD to use a manual. I told him I work on everything from skid steers to haul trucks, antique to modern machines. I can't KNOW every spec for every machine. BUT.....If I don't have a manual, I just keep tightening until it starts to get loose again, then back it off a quarter turn. Ain't gettin any tighter than that!!! His mouth dropped and he said, "You're F'ing kidding me.......RIGHT??" I just laughed. He didn't bother me anymore after that.
I worked in the auto wrecking business when I was in my 20's. Often times customers would come in to buy parts not knowing exactly what was wrong with their vehicle. They would describe shimmies and shakes, do impressions of the noises their cars made, and etc in the hopes that I'd be able to diagnose their issue for them. My response was always the same, "Sounds like a loose nut behind the wheel.".
Most would get it and laugh or smile. Some didn't and would reply along the lines of "You think so? How do I check that?". Still others would argue that there was no way it could be the cause of their alternator light being on or noise from the engine, I'd just agree with them and tell them they're probably right.
Sweet! My Boss just told me that every fall he turns the clock back and reverses the truck's battery polarity. That way he gets heat for winter, and not cold air conditioning.
battery polarity. That way he gets heat for winter, and not cold air conditioning.
