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[Snoranger]

I deal with troubleshooting equipment engines over the phone, we have literally gotten "it'll crank but won't crank", some people from the southeast or deep south are hard to understand with their odd lingo and accents... they guys in New Zealand are fun sometimes too...

I try to use generic terms that anyone could understand, if I remember the right lingo I'll try to use it but don't get too caught up in it... in my younger years I was pickier on that...

I’m a huge fan of “it will crank, but it won’t turn over” then the next guy comes in and says “it will turn over, but it won’t start”. I tell anyone who writes up a truck with the term “turns over” that it isn’t acceptable. We use the terms “crank” and “start” to avoid confusion.

 

[Curious Hound]

I’m a huge fan of “it will crank, but it won’t turn over” then the next guy comes in and says “it will turn over, but it won’t start”. I tell anyone who writes up a truck with the term “turns over” that it isn’t acceptable. We use the terms “crank” and “start” to avoid confusion.

In my mind, cranking and turning over are the same thing. Starter works. Now it needs spark to start or fire.

 

[scotts90ranger]

You're using logic now, that's not allowed!

 

[19Walt93]

I always stressed to my service advisors that they needed to ask questions for the vehicle to be fixed right.
One woman complained of a noise "every time I turn left" and we chased it several times with no luck. I finally got her to drive and duplicate it with me in the car. "Every time I turn left" happens on a WOT 1-2 shift, going through a storm drain, and turning full lock left. Another woman complained about a "jostling, jouncing noise". We never found it.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Let me know how "hey you" works for you. Our 50th anniversary is in August and I ain't trying it.

Date #4, cutsey fishing/picnic at the lake. I tap her with my fishing pole and pronounce she looks like she got hit with an ugly stick. She about shorts out not knowing how to take it, I grin and proudly point to my trusty Shakespeare Ugly-Stik fishing pole. That was 10 years ago.

I have her trained to expect the unexpected lol.

I always stressed to my service advisors that they needed to ask questions for the vehicle to be fixed right.
One woman complained of a noise "every time I turn left" and we chased it several times with no luck. I finally got her to drive and duplicate it with me in the car. "Every time I turn left" happens on a WOT 1-2 shift, going through a storm drain, and turning full lock left. Another woman complained about a "jostling, jouncing noise". We never found it.

We just had a Wrangler come in for a oil change Friday, it had a weird wobble when turning when she scheduled it but it had quit so she said don't worry about it. I went to pull it around (service writer can't drive a stick) and it is bucking in our dry parking lot. She had forgotten it in 4wd during our first snow storm and was bucking when they got the streets clear and then when it snowed again all was well.

The crap you have to fish thru when scheduling is mind blowing...

 

[Bgunner]

Well where I'm from a block runs from one cross street to the next cross street. Our "blocks" range in size so we use cross streets to distinguish a block.

Blocks from town to town to city change in size so using cross streets to distinguish blocks works the best and what I thought was the normal throughout the country.

 

[bobbywalter]

Date #4, cutsey fishing/picnic at the lake. I tap her with my fishing pole and pronounce she looks like she got hit with an ugly stick. She about shorts out not knowing how to take it, I grin and proudly point to my trusty Shakespeare Ugly-Stik fishing pole. That was 10 years ago.

I have her trained to expect the unexpected lol.



We just had a Wrangler come in for a oil change Friday, it had a weird wobble when turning when she scheduled it but it had quit so she said don't worry about it. I went to pull it around (service writer can't drive a stick) and it is bucking in our dry parking lot. She had forgotten it in 4wd during our first snow storm and was bucking when they got the streets clear and then when it snowed again all was well.

The crap you have to fish thru when scheduling is mind blowing...

the confirmation that your balls are never to be seen again unless you sneak into her purse....is the veryidea you can utter....i have her trained....


you have entered the abyss......its fun in here.....enjoy.

 

[rumblecloud]

When I was "little" growing up in the Cumberland plateau at the end of Sequatchie Valley, we had no blocks. Directions were given in landmarks and local names: "Take this two lane up toward Raven's Rock and stay left on up to the little mountain...."

And I know you've all done this too. only you used descriptions of houses and buildings instead of landmarks.

 

[JohnnyO]

Where I live, a block is simply the street in front of your house from the corner of the side street on your left to the corner of the side street on your right. There is no set distance. The block I live on consists of 4 houses but the next block down the street has 8 houses. But then in western PA the terrain doesn't let you do much in a straight and square fashion. We joke here that Pittsburgh is the only city where 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue intersect.

 

[Roert42]

I think the size of a block has got to be fairly irrelevant.
If you are in the city then you know how far a block is, if you are in a different town or city, it doesn’t matter how long a block is in the first city.

 

[Curious Hound]

There’s another one that just came up in a for sale posting. “Twin stick” I’m pretty sure he’s just referring to a manual transmission and normal single stick transfer case. But, most commonly in the 4x4 world, “twin stick” refers to a transfer case with 2 shift levers, which normally gives you independent control of front wheel drive, rear wheel drive and 4 wheel drive, all with high and low ranges.

 

[lowspeedpursuit]

Supercab is 3 syllables and extended cab is four, why is it easier?

It's not saving one syllable, it's being understood.

You say "extended cab" and everybody and their mother will know what you mean. You say "supercab" to anyone who's not a Ford guy and they can probably guess you mean "bigger than regular", but who knows. Maybe it's a trim level.
It's marketing nonsense, just like Ford's name for "base" being "XL". Sounds cool, doesn't mean anything until you explain it.

My girlfriend would be completely fine with "hey, you", but I might go hungry if she sees me keep getting into dumb arguments online.

 

[19Walt93]

Who's arguing?

 

[fastpakr]

Who's arguing?

You are. Ad nauseum. For years on end about an utterly inconsequential topic. It's a pretty bizarre hill to make a stand on.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

There’s another one that just came up in a for sale posting. “Twin stick” I’m pretty sure he’s just referring to a manual transmission and normal single stick transfer case. But, most commonly in the 4x4 world, “twin stick” refers to a transfer case with 2 shift levers, which normally gives you independent control of front wheel drive, rear wheel drive and 4 wheel drive, all with high and low ranges.

Doublers also count in twin stick/triple stick verbage too.