Customers that make you go WTF

[TJ the Chainsaw Mechanic]

HA! Reminds me of when my BIL gave me a Craftsman mower after the engine died. I needed one so I took it off his hands for free and thought I might fix it. He kept complaining that it failed right after he chanced the oil. I didn't bother asking him how long ago he changed it prior but I imagine it was a long time. When I opened the engine I found one large rod end seized to the crank and disintegrated. Somehow it managed not to port the crank case or cylinder.

Porting would have been cool. haha I want to put dual exhaust on my v-twin engine for fun.

 

[Milkman31]

If the old oil doesn't kill it running it with diesel seems like it sure will lol.

I seen a guy drain the oil in a Chevy 454 and washed it out with diesel thinking the oil screen was dirty causing low oil pressure lol. Drained the diesel and filled with oil, the truck didn't make it 1/8 mile from the shop and the timing chain took a crap some how it allowed the nylon coating to release for the gear!!!

 

[TJ the Chainsaw Mechanic]

I ran marvel mystery oil in an old engine and that about ruined it. lol

 

[jake wells]

im flushed the engine in my white truck with diesel and it still lives.

 

[radio]

Some people just amaze me. This saw showed up in the shop a year ago with a broken wrap handle. He was to cheap to buy a new one, or the couple used ones that i found on Ebay. Thought i should be able to find a used one for free since it was so old. When i told him that wasnt happening he picked up his saw and left. Fast forward to this morning when he comes carrying it back in.....WTF are these people thinking? He was proud of his home brewed front wrap handle and I am not sure what the zip tie is for, I didnt ask but i assume it doesnt idle and thats his way of keeping it running

I'm glad I don't run a shop.

 

[Marshy]

im flushed the engine in my white truck with diesel and it still lives.

But did you run the engine with diesel in place of oil?
Diesel doesn't have any lubricity to it and is a sure way to ruin journal bearings and cam shafts.

 

[Poleman]

Is that the same guy that wants a $20 total rebuild, with all new OEM parts, thinking it SHOULD look like new and of course the lifetime warranty because you looked at it..... then still *b-word that it cost to much......

 

[Two Trax]

Some people just amaze me. This saw showed up in the shop a year ago with a broken wrap handle. He was to cheap to buy a new one, or the couple used ones that i found on Ebay. Thought i should be able to find a used one for free since it was so old. When i told him that wasnt happening he picked up his saw and left. Fast forward to this morning when he comes carrying it back in.....WTF are these people thinking? He was proud of his home brewed front wrap handle and I am not sure what the zip tie is for, I didnt ask but i assume it doesnt idle and thats his way of keeping it runningView attachment 26433 View attachment 26434 View attachment 26435 View attachment 26436

Thanks for the post! I was having a sucky day and when I saw this thread I could not stop laughing! Turned my day right around!!

 

[Terry Syd]

Is that the same guy that wants a $20 total rebuild, with all new OEM parts, thinking it SHOULD look like new and of course the lifetime warranty because you looked at it..... then still *b-word that it cost to much......

Rich, I met the same guy - actually probably about a dozen of the same guys.

I love their line "just take a LOOK at it" - if you're stupid enough to fall for it, the parasites will be back soon enough with a new problem that was obviously caused by you touching their equipment. Makes you want to do a 'plunge cut' to their guts and proclaim "cuts just fine!"

 

[drf256]

My buddy gave me a very nice Honda lawnmower. He couldn't stand using it anymore and bought a new one, since it didn't run right/hard to start/made a ton of blue smoke when it ran.

I drained nearly a GALLON of motor oil out of the crankcase. I put back the recommended 1 QUART and cleaned the decrepit air filter. Ran great, who woulda thought. I gave it back to him and explained that adding a little oil to the engine very few times you use it is not the correct procedure.

 

[Guido Salvage]

My buddy gave me a very nice Honda lawnmower. He couldn't stand using it anymore and bought a new one, since it didn't run right/hard to start/made a ton of blue smoke when it ran.

I drained nearly a GALLON of motor oil out of the crankcase. I put back the recommended 1 QUART and cleaned the decrepit air filter. Ran great, who woulda thought. I gave it back to him and explained that adding a little oil to the engine very few times you use it is not the correct procedure.

I once had one of those aah-ha moments as well. I owned a dozer and went to change the oil. Pulled the plug and drained out about 4 gallons worth. For some reason I pulled the dipstick before filling it back up and the crankcase was full. Turned out I had drained all the oil from the clutch...

 

[94BULLITT]

I've had 2 customers, drain their automatic transmission instead their engine when they were doing an oil change.

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[exSW]

I once had one of those aah-ha moments as well. I owned a dozer and went to change the oil. Pulled the plug and drained out about 4 gallons worth. For some reason I pulled the dipstick before filling it back up and the crankcase was full. Turned out I had drained all the oil from the clutch...

Needed changed anyway.

 

[Michigan Escapee]

Got a mower that's probably seen its last days. Briggs engine, but mounted on an aluminum mower deck that's breaking up. Which means the vibration has rattled loose lots of the pieces/parts. The replacement has been bought, but still need a mower for areas where I might run into things, rocks, bottles, dead possums, etc. So, I'm gonna be using steel plates for bridging over areas, lots of epoxy, silicone for vibration damping, duct tape, bailing wire, angle brackets, and various other things to raise the beast from the dead again. And I gotta sharpen the blade of course.

Will have to take some photos of it when I'm done to horrify people on the interwebs.

And, nobody drained the gas out of the snowblower, so that's another thing to fiddle with.

 

[jake wells]

oil change? oil pump bad?
glad i run 2 strokes

 

[67L36Driver]

Things don't last like they used to. Only twenty eight years of service already needs a new blade.

 

[Terry Syd]

I've got an Australian Victa lawnmower (two-stroke) that is over 40 years old. I need to finally rebuild it, I think it has developed an air leak in the upper crank case seal. I'll put in a new set of rings when I do it. The guy that designed those lawnmowers was a freaking genius - it takes a genius to simplify things.

 

[DSS]

I seen a guy drain the oil in a Chevy 454 and washed it out with diesel thinking the oil screen was dirty causing low oil pressure lol. Drained the diesel and filled with oil, the truck didn't make it 1/8 mile from the shop and the timing chain took a crap some how it allowed the nylon coating to release for the gear!!!

I used to work for a Dutch farmer. Every time we changed the oil in the John Deere tractors, he made us put a couple gallons of diesel in them and start them up for a minute to flush them. Drain the diesel and replace the oil. Some of these tractors, 4640/ 4455/etc had over 6000 hrs on them and never a problem.

Apparently he'd been doing this his whole life.

 

[67L36Driver]

Back in the day before PVC and such, engines built up lots of sludge. Moisture and combustion byproducts from short hop driving. Just a road draft system or a simple breather provided scant ventilation.

Add a quart of oil and it could take ten minutes to show up on the dip stick.

My grandfather who had an automotive machine shop was fond of filling an engine up with diesel till it ran over. Run it at a slow idle for ten minutes or so and drain.

 

[VinceGU05]

I've got an Australian Victa lawnmower (two-stroke) that is over 40 years old. I need to finally rebuild it, I think it has developed an air leak in the upper crank case seal. I'll put in a new set of rings when I do it. The guy that designed those lawnmowers was a freaking genius - it takes a genius to simplify things.

Something like this terry ?