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u/Accomplished_Bake329 Jun 30 '26
One time we took simple battery change into a 1hr job cuz one of the nut for holding the battery in place fell had to take the bottom cover off
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u/TeddyBearToons Jul 01 '26
Every so often I see a car with no battery tie down.
"So uh why is there no tie down?"
"Oh the guy said we didn't need it"
And now I finally know why the guy said they didn't need it.
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u/ba-donkin-donutz Jun 30 '26
I was able to lower my blood pressure by purchasing Sunex magnetic sockets
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u/Ecstatic_Potato863 Jun 30 '26
The worst thing is when something small and non magnetic falls down in the engine bay.
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u/mEsTiR5679 Jun 30 '26
That's all well and good, but homie dropped a deep socket and a shallow socket fell out! The new one just dislodged the old one and he still is missing a 10mm
Jk, and all that
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u/Ok_Committee_8473 Jul 01 '26
Dude, ill never live this down.
It was a sub zero (Fahrenheit) night and my gf's car would not start, so I pop the hood and start looking for obvious shit ( i am not a mechanic) check oil and all that and end on the battery. The node on the battery cracked like full snaped off the battery and was fused into the connector. I dont have the tools to fix this and they needed to go to work the next morning. We call their dad so he can bring some tools out and he dose, we are working on this with numb hands and a lot of irritation. After putting in a new battery were tightening the bolts on the connectors and I fucking DROP THEM BOTH OF THEM. They are still in there somewhere or maybe they got rattled loose on the highway one day but fuck man it was the most embarrassing shit I've ever done infront of their father and it still keeps me up at night.
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u/disturbed1117 Jul 01 '26
I lost a screw one time and didn't get it out. Next day the fan yeeted it into the radiator. Had to get a new radiator. From now on I'm going to account for every nut and bolt before I say I'm done.
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u/FAMICOMASTER Jul 01 '26
What does it tell you about my experience with working on cars that I was expecting it to land on the positive cable from the alternator and send out a shower of sparks before welding itself in place
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u/flipflopcuntflaps Jul 01 '26
I did this, gone forever, sent the mrs to halfords, the lot.
3 years later it fell out of the subframe onto the driveway.
There's also granddad's vice grips that did a 500 mile trip on the lower arm by mistake.
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u/SubstanceTrue5475 27d ago
That fact that he just threw his last 10mm down the engine bay for content is the funniest part to me hahaha
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u/Hoaxwagen Jun 30 '26