Funniest Repair Orders you've seen?

[bigmark303]

This thread is great.

Ive got a good one that still scares me because this guy is still in business. about 3 years ago one of my Rangers dash brake light would not illuminate. I checked everything related to the brakes/parking brake. I came back with nothing and figured it has to be an electrical issue somewhere. I had two other Ranger projects id taken time from and much rather finish so I called up a known guy in town that deals with electrical/audio on top of being a service station. I explained to him my dash light for the brakes wont illuminate at all. I explained the ABS does illuminate and works in the startup check cycle, and if a fault in the system is detected but the brake light wont at all.

I explained I even removed all the fluid from the system as a fault test and got nothing from the brake light but the ABS did illuminate. This is when he tells me oh know the ABS and brake light are totally different. If there is no fluid in the system only the brake light will illuminate I took a moment and said the entire system runs off pressure (duh) if there is no pressure in the system the ABS cant work properly either. Without hesitation he replys oh no they are two different things. That ABS light wouldnt come on in that situation, you have another issue. I said ok, yeah well ill just have to figure this one out myself. He said oh no I can fit you in Monday. I said no, I dont have the money right now ill set up an appointment when I do.

Yeah right. How can you be in business not having a clue of how something as simple as the brakes and ABS is tied together.

 

[UrbanRedneckKid]

Had another good one today...

Customer said the new hub assembly we put in last week was falling apart, all the grease was coming out, and that the boot was tore up and he could see the bearings inside it, meanwhile cussing us for bad work and bad parts.

The f*****g idiot drove his 04 Silverado till the brake caliper bracket was the only thing holding his wheel on, despite the noise, abs light, and smoke. When we towed it in last week and put it on the rack, we showed him the bad bearing, the blown caliper, the jack up pads, and melted CV boot. All he wanted was the hub and pads... Said he'd come back later to get the axle. Well he did, kinda.

 

[LIMA BEAN]

This thread has been here for awhile and I get a kick out of it when it gets bumped up. Here is one for you Mythbusters that's been ask of me. Ok back in the day oil kinda sucked with lubricity so an engine would lose crosshatch in the cylinders or rings would burn out. ( two high quality USA made things). So a dude hear's from a guy that knows someone that once heard from an oldtimer that if you put Borax in your cylinders by way of spark plug ports or pouring so much into the carb it will ROUGH your cylinder walls back up and your hot rod is good to go. Now here is the scary part, I myself have known old dudes that have done this and not just that, they mixed sand and/or fine ground up glass... even worse it worked. Oh I guess the point is a person ask me to do this and I declined.
Built him a bad ass 327 for that old El Camino though.

 

[scotts90ranger]

This thread is great.

Ive got a good one that still scares me because this guy is still in business. about 3 years ago one of my Rangers dash brake light would not illuminate. I checked everything related to the brakes/parking brake. I came back with nothing and figured it has to be an electrical issue somewhere. I had two other Ranger projects id taken time from and much rather finish so I called up a known guy in town that deals with electrical/audio on top of being a service station. I explained to him my dash light for the brakes wont illuminate at all. I explained the ABS does illuminate and works in the startup check cycle, and if a fault in the system is detected but the brake light wont at all.

I explained I even removed all the fluid from the system as a fault test and got nothing from the brake light but the ABS did illuminate. This is when he tells me oh know the ABS and brake light are totally different. If there is no fluid in the system only the brake light will illuminate I took a moment and said the entire system runs off pressure (duh) if there is no pressure in the system the ABS cant work properly either. Without hesitation he replys oh no they are two different things. That ABS light wouldnt come on in that situation, you have another issue. I said ok, yeah well ill just have to figure this one out myself. He said oh no I can fit you in Monday. I said no, I dont have the money right now ill set up an appointment when I do.

Yeah right. How can you be in business not having a clue of how something as simple as the brakes and ABS is tied together.

Your brake light will come on for two reasons only (3 if you count the key on flash) either it would be low on fluid or you have the parking brake on, it can come on if the RABS light is on but still... I bet your light is burnt out... my brake light is on constantly because I don't have my parking brake connected so I pushed the pedal to the floor...

 

[bigmark303]

Your brake light will come on for two reasons only (3 if you count the key on flash) either it would be low on fluid or you have the parking brake on, it can come on if the RABS light is on but still... I bet your light is burnt out... my brake light is on constantly because I don't have my parking brake connected so I pushed the pedal to the floor...

Dont worry the bulb was the first thing I checked. I went through the entire system mechanically and switch wise. Swapped everything from a known working truck and still nothing. Last thing I did was swap clusters and it wasnt that either. I never did find out why it wouldnt illuminate with key on check, low fluid, or parking brake. It just never worked.

But anyway if the brakes dont work,the ABS cant either and this guy insisted if the brakes had no fluid/no pressure then only the brakes wouldnt work but the ABS would. I didnt argue as it was clear he just had not a clue.

I just wanted to sell it so I needed the light to work. Its in the back for parts now.

 

[killj0y]

Dont worry the bulb was the first thing I checked. I went through the entire system mechanically and switch wise. Swapped everything from a known working truck and still nothing. Last thing I did was swap clusters and it wasnt that either. I never did find out why it wouldnt illuminate with key on check, low fluid, or parking brake. It just never worked.

But anyway if the brakes dont work,the ABS cant either and this guy insisted if the brakes had no fluid/no pressure then only the brakes wouldnt work but the ABS would. I didnt argue as it was clear he just had not a clue.

I just wanted to sell it so I needed the light to work. Its in the back for parts now.

From what you've described so far it sounds like a bad dash assembly or bulb socket, have you tried swapping the socket complete with bulb from say the abs to the brake light? Just because everything else seems to check out so the only thing left is the instrument cluster istself or the socket. I've had sockets go bad too...and i've heard of clusters going bad as well.

 

[bigmark303]

From what you've described so far it sounds like a bad dash assembly or bulb socket, have you tried swapping the socket complete with bulb from say the abs to the brake light? Just because everything else seems to check out so the only thing left is the instrument cluster istself or the socket. I've had sockets go bad too...and i've heard of clusters going bad as well.

Yeah, swapped multiple bulbs/sockets and then finally swapped the entire cluster for a known working one. The known working cluster didnt illuminate that light at all in the truck with the problem. I put the cluster from the truck in question in the truck I took the known working cluster from and the questionable cluster illuminated the brake light as should. So the cluster nor bulb/socket was bad just something somewhere I never found.

This was a long time ago (3-4years) and the truck has long been dismantled for parts.

 

[killj0y]

oh well there ya go, the next step would have been to use something like the power probe to hit the wire assigned to that bulb with juice and follow it along the harness to find the short. I'm currently trying to find something similar with my airbag light

 

[adsm08]

Saw a really good one today.

"C/S when you push the gas pedal RPMs go way up".

Took me longer to figure out how to write "duh" in a wording that wouldn't get me fired than it did to drive the car and find nothing wrong.

 

[MastuhWaffles]

Saw a really good one today.

"C/S when you push the gas pedal RPMs go way up".

Took me longer to figure out how to write "duh" in a wording that wouldn't get me fired than it did to drive the car and find nothing wrong.

What is wrong with people these days.

 

[UrbanRedneckKid]

"engine will not start with 2 cars hooked to it via jumper cables"

First off, I would've loved to have seen these people trying to do this...

Secondly...

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[97RangerXLT]

They need to have the boat anchor replaced with a working motor.


AJ

 

[adsm08]

Trailblazer?

 

[adsm08]

Also, on a related note.

C/S engine has misfire. Please replace spark plugs. Check #4 hole for stripped threads.

Found stripped threads with the camera, and noticed the piston didn't look right. Looked harder.








Bye-bye exhaust valve. Never did find the bugger.

 

[UrbanRedneckKid]

Trailblazer?

Yup 05

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