More folks who shouldn't own tools
 

Jonathan will really get a kick outta this-I sold an engine kit to this guy building a 389 Pontiac V8 in a GTO for one of my customers. Today he brings back one pair of main bearings, saying they don't fit, but all the others did fit fine. He told me it is a 1966 when it is actually a 1964, and figgered the wrong year model was the reason. I knew the catalogging showed all the same mains/rods etc. for 59-66.

They were the wider thrust main bearings that keep the crank from walking.:bigthink:
And this guy is building an engine.
Same guy built a "standard bore/std crank 1965 327" a few months back, I was incredulous he had found a standard bore Chevy 327. Most of those didn't survive the '70s...
He brought everything back.
Was actually a 57 283, bored .060 over .030/.030 on the crank, so I re-ordered and sent stuff back...
One month later, he wanted it all again, and rebuilt it yet again.

Some people make my head hurt. :bash2:

If that guy was like most people around here, you can't tell him a gal-darn thing either. Knows it all. :BlahBlah:

education isnt cheap .... wonder whos payin his bill

My customer(who is also a neighbor) is paying the bill-I'm kinda in a catch-22-I make money sellin' parts but......

Sold 5 std rod brgs annd one .010 under rod bearing for an 806 IH this week also...:bigthink:

All of us around here know what that's like...

Same way here. Know-it-all's
I love the folks who pull off the battery cable on new stuff to see if the alternator is charging. Sold a handful of ECM's that way....
I just use a cheap voltmeter.

We have a customer who just bought a ford tractor that had been sitting for some time, one cylinder was full of water and all rusty and he wants to know if he can just replace that liner and piston and not worry about the other 3.we advised him against it but he did it anyway, turns out the other 3 cylinders are very low on compression and the block is cracked, the bad part is he bought it with the guys word it just needed points and he paid about $2000 more than its worth.:bigeyes:

Buyer beware-The guy with the 806 rod bearings said it only had to drive onto the trailer.....he did buy 6 feet of emery cloth..
I swapped a free VW dune buggy years ago for a 76 Chevy C10, 350/automatic. It was a mosquito fogger, so I pulled it apart after attempting to blow it up. Had small valve head on one side, large on the other, all the ring gaps were lined up perfectly, two pistons had no skirts at all and they weren't in the pan.:bigthink:

Some folks shouldn't own equipment either. There's a guy my dad knows that bought a brand new Kubota about 10yrs ago, after having it for only a month he was doing some yard work with it and needed to pull out a small tree stump. Not wanting to scratch his new tractor with the chain he preceded to put the chain around his waist and got on the tractor and started driving away, as you can imagine when the chain got tight it ripped him off the tractor and broke most of his ribs. To add insult to injury the tractor( now unmanned ) preceded across the yard and down over a very steep embankment flipping end for end.

:bigeyes: That should earn him the Darwin award of the century!!:ExtremeFunny:

Good thing for him there wasn't any camera's present.

that gene pool could use a little chlorine

Wow Tim! That guy with the kubota ...... That takes the cake ! Never have heard of anyone that stupid!!! Gene pool needs alot of chlorine ! Similar overhaul story. Back in tech school guy brought an 1800 Oliver diesel in with a miss in one cylinder. It had a bad injector, burnt valve and scored up cylinder and the cam was worn completely round! We did what he wanted new cam one new valve one new injector and overhauled that one cylinder. No new bearings and the rear main was obs and couldn't find one. Their were an A and B series of that engine. We finally got a seal to work and it ran, always wondered how long it ran?!

Sad part is that these people vote also.:bigeyes:

NIK,

The Kubota guy story is a classic! Had to tell that one to Cheryl!
Regards,
Chris

You have got to be kidding...

That is the kind of stupidity you usually only see it stupid teen flicks for a laugh from the audience. I mean really, if that's true, it makes my head hurt. I KINDA get the idiots out there that think they know it all about rebuilding engines, working on things, etc but to think you could pull a tree out with a chain wrapped around your waist riding a tractor...that tops it all. God bless 'Murica, right?

youre absolutely right nikster, these people vote!!! they turn out in droves to ensure that the american principles and liberty that we hold dear, eventually turns into dependancy (they hope)....makes me sick....at first i always thought it was the "yuppie" that ruined tools (the evolution of tools over the last 100yrs??) just as garden tractors, etc.....but now i know that it was even more so the large population of idiots who contributed to the great decline in standards and craftsmanship....many are trying to be rid of the "american man" these days...

Way back when dirt was new God was a boy and I was in skool,
they taught "vocational skills" in schools.
Wood, machine, printing and auto shops were the norm.
Home making, Typing for the girls for those that weren't going to higher education.
Today NONE of our high schools so much as has wood shop much less a fully equipped machine or auto shop like I had.
They teach " computers" and political science.
Now they are not even teaching penmanship WTF? how are they going to read the original constitution or other hand written works of arts etc.
They push them through weather they can read or balance a checkbook because it is politically correct.
They Are "challenged" they say, noo they are dumb and need to be taught @ home as well as in school.
and mis behavior is not rewarded with a kick in the arse.
I'm not talking about child abuse, I'm talking about discipline.
just like you get in the army, or Mom did with her paddle.
aw well not the place for this discussion, sorry

AMEN! Just give me free stuff and I'll vote for you.

Woodworking, metal shop and drafting have all been very beneficial to me over the years. :beerchug:

I agree with 99% of what you are saying, BUT! There are still a few decent schools out there that have the vocational aspect to them. In my home town where I still reside, we have a vocational school that ships kinds in from other neighboring towns with classes ranging from Criminal Justice, PC Repair, Woodshop, auto shop, etc. It's a great resource to have and wish I had taken more advantage of it when I had the chance. So, not ALL hope is lost :beerchug: