Funniest Repair Orders you've seen?

[rsparhawk]

Had a lady come in last week with a 2012 ford focus towed in. asking Why it stopped running, said she put in diesel because she heard you get more power if you use diesel....

I used to work at a GM dealership in West Texas (Odessa to be exact) and you wouldn't believe the number of oil field diesel trucks that came in because they filled up with gas......still couldn't figure out why or how they did it. Oh well, free gas for whoever was working on it.

 

[PanamaExpat]

No, just the first 4/32".

The guy did it himself, and the funny part is that the other 3 were in right.

OK adsm.... Lowest common denominator... Did you fail math in HS? 4/32 0 1/8th
Had to pick on you.

 

[PanamaExpat]

This one is from today...
-96 ranger S/C 3.0 2wd
*Check "noise in rear"
*check "ride height adjustment"
*check "bump inside bed"

My first thought was "WTF...?", then I saw it.

2 rotted perches and shackles, and a broken left secondary leaf.

You mean that isn't a modification to make it lowered trailer park style?

 

[UrbanRedneckKid]

You mean that isn't a modification to make it lowered trailer park style?

Lol no. Funny thing is, it sat the same as my unfinished 88 project. 5" drop in rear, front still stock.

 

[Snoranger]

OK adsm.... Lowest common denominator... Did you fail math in HS? 4/32 0 1/8th
Had to pick on you.

You don't know how brakes are measured, do you?

 

[adsm08]

OK adsm.... Lowest common denominator... Did you fail math in HS? 4/32 0 1/8th
Had to pick on you.

Brake pad thickness and tire tread depth measurements are given in 32nds of an inch. You don't reduce the fraction because it isn't actually a unit of a whole, it's a comparison unit, since most pads start new at 12/32 or 14/32.


And no, I waited until college to start failing math.

 

[PanamaExpat]

OK guys... Measurement for brakes--- Is it metal on metal yet... No,,, OK drive on

Tires... Do they still hold air.... Keep going

Remember where I live we do everything in MM

 

[kunar]

Remember where I live we do everything in MM

hey, that's your problem, not ours!

 

[Snoranger]

hey, that's your problem, not ours!

Yeah, you guys have the weird numbering system based on units of ten, which makes no sense at all... Unlike us, that use a measuring system where 12" = 1 foot, 3 feet = a yard, and 5280 feet = a mile.

Which makes more sense?

 

[Jraymer360]

Yeah, you guys have the weird numbering system based on units of ten, which makes no sense at all... Unlike us, that use a measuring system where 12" = 1 foot, 3 feet = a yard, and 5280 feet = a mile.

Which makes more sense?

this is 'murica and we love to make things over complicated. i HATE fractions.

 

[wildbill23c]

Wasn't a repair shop problem, ok, well I guess it sort of is.

Several years ago I had a 1984 Ford Ranger 2.8L, automatic 4x2. My grandparents bought it brand new in 1984 in California. Well they moved to Idaho and eventually the truck was given to me as a graduation gift. I drove it around for a few years and then it started having some carburetor issues. At that time we still had a Ford Garage in town, so figuring ok, its a Ford Ranger I'll go to the garage to get the replacement parts for the carb to get the choke working again. I go in there, and the guy at the parts counter starts asking me all the routine questions, engine, transmission, etc. Told him what it was, answered his questions, then he states, well I don't know why I asked you about the transmission it only came with a 5 speed manual, I said no its an automatic, he starts yelling and saying its impossible, etc. etc. he's like no that year they only came in a manual and 4WD. I said well then someone needs to go out and show me how the 4WD in it works because I can't figure it out, and then someone needs to find the clutch pedal because its missing. I told him that it was purchased brand new that way. Needless to say I never went back to that dealership, and they're no longer in business there either can't imagine why LOL.

 

[kcm1582]

Had one a few weeks ago, noise while turning and breaking. Sure enough it was coming from the hanger on the coat hook in the back seat.

 

[lil'_big_truck]

This isn't a repair order but a kid I knew asked for help with his car. He asked me to come look at his car because he thought that his transmission pan had come off while he had driven to school. So I went out and looked under the car. Turns out, a heat shield from his exhaust had fallen and was scrapping on the ground. haha

 

[UrbanRedneckKid]

Had one a few weeks ago, noise while turning and breaking. Sure enough it was coming from the hanger on the coat hook in the back seat.

Last winter I did pads, rotors, park shoes, DS backing plate, DS park cable, both axle bearings, and a diff service, on a 05 F-150... After fixing everything the customer told us to(multiple visits), I tightened down the handle on his brand new snowblower.

 

[adsm08]

I heard one once, and I may have told this story on this board before.

88 Aerostar, POS, looked like people lived in it. Had a "POP" noise, once after 8 hour cold soak, as it warmed up.

They spent months working on it, unable to find the noise. Then one day they got it dropped off the night before, it got good and cold, and then like 4 guys went for a ride. They took it out, got it good and warm, and as it heated up it went "POP" and the one guy just lost it, couldn't stop laughing. The noise was a 2 liter soda bottle. It was empty and would suck down and collapse overnight. When the heater got going and the cabin warmed up it would expand and pop.