OutbackJack

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I had this sent to me..I thought you might appreciate the humour..apologies..its a bit long..but funny

Oil Change Instructions for Women:
1) Pull up to Jiffy Lube when the mileage reaches 3000 miles since the last oil change.
2) Drink a cup of coffee.
3) 15 minutes later, write a cheque and leave with a properly maintained vehicle.

Money spent:
Oil Change $20.00
Coffee $1.00
Total $21.00


Oil Change instructions for Men:

1) Wait until Saturday, drive to auto parts store and buy a case of oil, filter, kitty litter, hand cleaner and a scented tree, write a cheque for $50.00..

2) Stop by 7 - 11 and buy a case of beer, write a cheque for $20.00, drive home.

3) Open a beer and drink it.

4) Jack car up. Spend 30 minutes looking for jack stands.

5) Find jack stands under kid's pedal car.

6) In frustration, open another beer and drink it.

7) Place drain pan under engine.

8) Look for 9/16 box end wrench.

9) Give up and use crescent wrench.

10) Unscrew drain plug.

11) Drop drain plug in pan of hot oil: splash hot oil on you in process. Swear a lot!.

12) Crawl out from under car to wipe hot oil off of face and arms. Throw kitty litter on spilled oil.

13) Have another beer while watching oil drain.

14) Spend 30 minutes looking for oil filter wrench.

15) Give up; crawl under car and hammer a screwdriver through oil filter and twist off.

16) Crawl out from under car with dripping oil filter splashing oil everywhere from holes. cleverly hide old oil filter among rubbish in rubbish bin to avoid environmental penalties. Drink a beer.

17) Buddy shows up; finish case of beer with him. Decide to finish oil change tomorrow so you can go see his new garage door opener.

18) Sunday: Skip church because "I gotta finish the oil change." Drag pan full of old oil out from underneath car. Cleverly dump oil in hole in back yard instead of taking it to recycle.

19) Throw kitty litter on oil spilled during step 18.

20) Beer? No, drank it all yesterday.

21) Walk to 7-11; buy beer.

22) Install new oil filter making sure to apply a thin coat of oil to gasket surface.

23) Dump first pint of fresh oil into engine.

24) Remember drain plug from step 11.

25) Hurry to find drain plug in drain pan.

26) Remember that the used oil is buried in a hole in the back yard, along with drain plug.

27) Drink beer.

28) Shovel out hole and sift oily mud for drain plug. Re-shovel oily dirt into hole. Steal sand from kids sandbox to cleverly cover oily patch of ground and avoid environmental penalties. Wash drain plug in lawnmower petrol.

29) Discover that first pint of fresh oil is now on the floor. Throw kitty litter on oil spill.

30) Drink beer.

31) Crawl under car getting kitty litter into eyes. Wipe eyes with oily rag used to clean drain plug. Slip with stupid crescent wrench tightening drain plug and bang knuckles on frame.

32) Bang head on floorboards in reaction to step 31.

33) Begin swearing fit.

34) Throw stupid crescent wrench.

35) Swear for additional 10 minutes because wrench hit Miss December (1992) in the left boob.

36) Beer.

37) Clean up hands and forehead and bandage as required to stop blood flow.

38) Beer.

39) Beer.

40) Dump in five fresh pints of oil.

41) Beer.

42) Lower car from jack stands.

43) Accidentally crush remaining case of new motor oil.

44) Move car back to apply more kitty litter to fresh oil spilled during steps 23 - 43.

45) Beer.

46) Test drive car.

47) Get pulled over: arrested for driving under the influence.

48) Car gets impounded.

49) Call loving wife, make bail.

50) 12 hours later, get car from impound yard.

Money spent:
Parts $50.00
DUI $2500.00
Impound fee $75.00
Bail $1500.00
Beer $40.00
Total-- $4165.00

-- But you know the job was done right ....
 
Like explaining to a friend the merits of duckhams oil a couple of years ago, and whilst pouring it in the top, friend is watching it pour out the bottom, just next to the sump plug i'd forgotten to put back in.
been there, done that.
 
been there, done that.

Me too! Kept checking the dipstick wondering why it didn't have any oil on it after re-filling, was starting to run out of new oil and getting worried! of course - a peek underneath revealed why :)

Also remember just undoing the sump plug on my wifes car as the postman turns up with a Recorded Delivery parcel, so I shove the oil waste container under the pouring oil and sign for the parcel. When I got back under the car the oil was just washing over the top of the container and running down the street! Oops.

Matt
 
Worst is when you undo sump plug and dont replace it with a new one, only to find out you have to put a new one on cuz old one is fuc........useless. And you now have no car to go and get one with.......lol
 
the worst is putting the head back on and then seeing the head gasket on the bench. i know one moron who did it.


my worst on was the mgb engine rebuild. put it all back together and installed it. testing it and new oil was pouring out of the rear crankshaft seal. id inserted it back to front.
 
Lenny1969 said:
And you now have no car to go and get one with.......lol

Doesn't make a diffrence if you had a working car to use. The motor factors place closes at lunchtime on a Sunday and it's now three o'clock.

(In my case, I needed brake calipers after one, er ... came off in my hand.

Cheers

Blippie
 
ormus said:
my worst on was the mgb engine rebuild. put it all back together and installed it. testing it and new oil was pouring out of the rear crankshaft seal. id inserted it back to front.

Reminds me of the 6 cylinder pertrol engine I removed, rebuilt, and reinstalled..only to have half a dozen nuts bolts and washers left over!!!

The thing still ran though!!!! spooky!:eek:
 
Thats a real mystery to me, and one i hope to find the answer to one day.

Most jobs and you end up with some bolts left over, yet no obvious place or job for them to do/go.
So why were they there in the first place if you can do without them?
 
Lenny1969 said:
Thats a real mystery to me, and one i hope to find the answer to one day.

Most jobs and you end up with some bolts left over, yet no obvious place or job for them to do/go.
So why were they there in the first place if you can do without them?
**** boy !! i thought it was a well known fact that every stripdown requires more parts than a rebuild. if you ain't got bits left over you shouldn't be doing the job.
having said that ..when i were in de army i had a habit of putting extra nuts,bolts or even parts into others stripdown trays. funny as **** watching them try to install that extra brake spring
 
we once hid a rb211 engine on its cradle. at heathrow. watching the lads trying to find it was fookin funny.
(they cost a million squid each then!)
 
It's a well known fact that manufacturers purposely build in a certain number of extra parts that are not really needed for everything to work correctly. this is because they know that the DIY mechanic will always, without fail, end up with a slack handfull of 'spare bits'!

Well, thats my excuse, and I'm sticking to it!
 

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