Know what I hate?
Fleet Owner
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From: Lake Tahoe, Nevada
You are right Tom. My only problem with that is my teenagers are now in their thirties and forties. And the teenage grandson is too far away!
You'd think I would have figured out some type of scheme by now, huh?
i ain't rite
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From: Marlboro Mental Hospital.
i told the teen neighbor he could use the snowblower to make as much money as he wanted. the only hitch was that my driveway was clean when i get home.
3 years now, and still works like a charm.
3 years now, and still works like a charm.
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Joined: Oct 2003
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From: utica il
know what i hate????
chevy cavaliers and dip**** oil change places. didn't touch the truck today because i had a metric shyte ton of stuff to do to the dd, still have more to do tomorrow too, AARRGGGHHH!!!!!
generally i take my car to a shop for an oil change because i have no way to get rid of the oil when i do it myself. but my new truck came with literally 15-20 quarts of new oil in the bed, so i figure buy a filter and its damn near a free oil change. screw the hippies, i'll dump the used oil on some flowers down at the park or something
jack the car up and get under it.........where the hell is the oil filter???? gm decided that half way up the back of the motor with the exhaust and a half shaft in the way was the best place to put the filter, idjets. so i go to undo the drain bolt, it is mangled so i hammer on a 1/2 socket. sumbich won't budge even with all of my weight on it. i had to use a g/d cheater pipe to break it loose. that bolt doesn't need to be anywhere near that tight and if i see the dude from the sears automotive shop that did it i'm gonna kick him in the nuts repeatedly.
put on some new exhaust, flushed the cooling system, new thermostat and then i find out that i have some fuel lines that just started rotting through. I <3 illinois road salt
chevy cavaliers and dip**** oil change places. didn't touch the truck today because i had a metric shyte ton of stuff to do to the dd, still have more to do tomorrow too, AARRGGGHHH!!!!!
generally i take my car to a shop for an oil change because i have no way to get rid of the oil when i do it myself. but my new truck came with literally 15-20 quarts of new oil in the bed, so i figure buy a filter and its damn near a free oil change. screw the hippies, i'll dump the used oil on some flowers down at the park or something
jack the car up and get under it.........where the hell is the oil filter???? gm decided that half way up the back of the motor with the exhaust and a half shaft in the way was the best place to put the filter, idjets. so i go to undo the drain bolt, it is mangled so i hammer on a 1/2 socket. sumbich won't budge even with all of my weight on it. i had to use a g/d cheater pipe to break it loose. that bolt doesn't need to be anywhere near that tight and if i see the dude from the sears automotive shop that did it i'm gonna kick him in the nuts repeatedly.put on some new exhaust, flushed the cooling system, new thermostat and then i find out that i have some fuel lines that just started rotting through. I <3 illinois road salt
Elder User
Joined: Aug 2007
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From: NC
know what i hate????
chevy cavaliers and dip**** oil change places. didn't touch the truck today because i had a metric shyte ton of stuff to do to the dd, still have more to do tomorrow too, AARRGGGHHH!!!!!
generally i take my car to a shop for an oil change because i have no way to get rid of the oil when i do it myself. but my new truck came with literally 15-20 quarts of new oil in the bed, so i figure buy a filter and its damn near a free oil change. screw the hippies, i'll dump the used oil on some flowers down at the park or something jack the car up and get under it.........where the hell is the oil filter???? gm decided that half way up the back of the motor with the exhaust and a half shaft in the way was the best place to put the filter, idjets. so i go to undo the drain bolt, it is mangled so i hammer on a 1/2 socket. sumbich won't budge even with all of my weight on it. i had to use a g/d cheater pipe to break it loose. that bolt doesn't need to be anywhere near that tight and if i see the dude from the sears automotive shop that did it i'm gonna kick him in the nuts repeatedly.
put on some new exhaust, flushed the cooling system, new thermostat and then i find out that i have some fuel lines that just started rotting through. I <3 illinois road salt
chevy cavaliers and dip**** oil change places. didn't touch the truck today because i had a metric shyte ton of stuff to do to the dd, still have more to do tomorrow too, AARRGGGHHH!!!!!
generally i take my car to a shop for an oil change because i have no way to get rid of the oil when i do it myself. but my new truck came with literally 15-20 quarts of new oil in the bed, so i figure buy a filter and its damn near a free oil change. screw the hippies, i'll dump the used oil on some flowers down at the park or something
jack the car up and get under it.........where the hell is the oil filter???? gm decided that half way up the back of the motor with the exhaust and a half shaft in the way was the best place to put the filter, idjets. so i go to undo the drain bolt, it is mangled so i hammer on a 1/2 socket. sumbich won't budge even with all of my weight on it. i had to use a g/d cheater pipe to break it loose. that bolt doesn't need to be anywhere near that tight and if i see the dude from the sears automotive shop that did it i'm gonna kick him in the nuts repeatedly.put on some new exhaust, flushed the cooling system, new thermostat and then i find out that i have some fuel lines that just started rotting through. I <3 illinois road salt
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From: S/W Missouri, Polk county
Snow for 36 hours straight, been snowing since Fri night its now 05:00 Sun am here. And the bars never seem to close.....
Weather for Kaunas, Lithuania
9°F | °C
Current: Light snow (My ****)
Wind: NE at 14 km/h
Humidity: 85%Sun
15°F | -5°FMon
13°F | -5°FTue
13°F | -2°FWed
15°F | -14°F
At least I am wrench bending in a hanger.....
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Weather for Kaunas, Lithuania
9°F | °C
Current: Light snow (My ****)
Wind: NE at 14 km/h
Humidity: 85%Sun
15°F | -5°FMon
13°F | -5°FTue
13°F | -2°FWed
15°F | -14°F
At least I am wrench bending in a hanger.....
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Post Fiend
Joined: Oct 2003
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From: utica il
the 4.9 v8 fwd cadillacs of the 90's are like that with the filters iirc. had a friend bitching about it when he changed his oil.
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Post Fiend
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From: Joppa, Maryland
I like the way they do the oil filter on the 6.0PSD. Right on the top in the middle and it is "upside down" sort of. More a cartridge type deal, but still super easy to get to. Fuel filter is right next to it as well, also super easy to get at/change. One of the fuel filters, anyway.
Posting Guru
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From: Oregon
Sounds like a rough day Dan..... Although that is not the worst place I have seen an oil filter, I think it was an old Saab 900 that my dad worked on that had the oil filter at the top of the engine and is was mounted horizontally, so there was no real good way to not get oil all over everything when you changed it. That same car had all the belts and pulleys at the "back" of the engine, they were at the firewall, fun to work on....
Worse filter I had to pull was on a Subaru when I worked at Goodyear. Took about as long to find the stupid thing as it took to actually get it off, and plenty of red spots on the hands afterwords thanks to hot exhaust. Worst job I've ever had...
Post Fiend
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From: utica il
you know what i hate????
rain in winter time. i have so much stuff to do to vehicles right now and it's been raining all morning. the ground is still frozen and the water has no where to go so i have pools of water everywhere and my sump pump has been running non-stop. it sucks to have the motivation and time to do stuff when the weather doesn't cooperate
rain in winter time. i have so much stuff to do to vehicles right now and it's been raining all morning. the ground is still frozen and the water has no where to go so i have pools of water everywhere and my sump pump has been running non-stop. it sucks to have the motivation and time to do stuff when the weather doesn't cooperate
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Joined: Aug 2007
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From: NC
you know what i hate????
rain in winter time. i have so much stuff to do to vehicles right now and it's been raining all morning. the ground is still frozen and the water has no where to go so i have pools of water everywhere and my sump pump has been running non-stop. it sucks to have the motivation and time to do stuff when the weather doesn't cooperate
rain in winter time. i have so much stuff to do to vehicles right now and it's been raining all morning. the ground is still frozen and the water has no where to go so i have pools of water everywhere and my sump pump has been running non-stop. it sucks to have the motivation and time to do stuff when the weather doesn't cooperate
And once again, this would all be solved with an 8 foot garage door..... I feel your pain Dan....
