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MrGoodpliers · 08-23-2004, 07:59 AM

What gets you talking to yourself while wrenching on your ride? You know, stuff like sockets rolling to perfectly centered under the oilpan... One of mine has to be when starting/loosening a nut or bolt that is too hard to turn by hand but doesn't have enough tension to make your ratchet function. #@*%!!

**lock** · 08-23-2004, 08:24 AM

Mine is crawling up underneath the car only to realize the tool you need isnt there with you. I need a son (aka tool fetcher) bad!

1BadSS · 08-23-2004, 08:37 AM

When someone walks over and asks you what you're doing.

Putter · 08-23-2004, 08:59 AM

Mine is when some 'Mr. Know-it-all' starts pointing out that his dad, grandad, etc... had the same something in his old farm truck, even though what you have in there was never an option in your year truck....you just added it 'cause you liked it. (For example, the early '90s steering wheel many of us have, or the disc brakes, or the rear mounted fuel tank...). Making up some lame story about how his dad, grandad, etc...had to special order it and it was the first one ever ordered that way. **B/S**

**N2TRUX** · 08-23-2004, 09:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1BadSS

When someone walks over and asks you what you're doing.

Yeah I get those all the time. I work on video games at location where kids are at. I want to scream when I hear some kid say-
"Hey mister, Whatcha doing?"
Working-
"Why you working on the machine?"
Because it's broke-
"Is it fixed now?"
NO-
"When will it be fixed?"
When I quit working on it-
"Why is it taking so long?"
Because I have to answer stupid questions.....

1BadSS · 08-23-2004, 09:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by N2TRUX

Yeah I get those all the time. I work on video games at location where kids are at. I want to scream when I hear some kid say-
"Hey mister, Whatcha doing?"
Working-
"Why you working on the machine?"
Because it's broke-
"Is it fixed now?"
NO-
"When will it be fixed?"
When I quit working on it-
"Why is it taking so long?"
Because I have to answer stupid questions.....

its incredibly true, no one takes a hint these days

RAT-AT-TACH · 08-23-2004, 09:40 AM

what gets me is anytime i crawl under my burb for any reason i put my wrench down and go to get it again and its moved about 2ft out of reach.

Alex Hayley · 08-23-2004, 10:22 AM

"What gets you talking to yourself while wrenching on your ride?"

In-laws...in fact, they get me talking to myself just about everytime I think about them...

bumpster · 08-23-2004, 11:51 PM

Mine has got to be going to a parts house for something insanely simple, and having to give them year, engine,2 or 4 bbl, auto or standard,6 or 8,color,would you like fries with that?, when what you asked for was an r45ts plug or a pf141 filter. I REALLY miss the old time parts men, (the good one's anyway)

Fred T · 08-23-2004, 11:55 PM

Catching my hair on fire using a cutting torch or angle grinder under the truck.

69 Short Fleet · 08-24-2004, 12:11 AM

Mine has to be (and prob. always will be) repo parts that DON'T FIT!!!!!! Drives me nuts!!! Doug

3rdGenrationChevyman · 08-24-2004, 12:22 AM

My wife taking her car to tha mechanic. She knows it bugs the crap outta me, so shell push my buttons & say shes gunna take it in when Im wrenching on it. That & doing something like spending 2 days replacing an entire fuel system (lines, pump, filter, rebuilt carb, blew out tank oriface) for what seemed like a fuel starvation problem to learn that the problem was one damned little yellow ignition wire off of the starter.

67cst · 08-24-2004, 12:27 AM

when people dont use their blinkers

67ChevyC10Stepside · 08-24-2004, 12:30 AM

i have to agree with the BS at the parts store where you have to play 20 questions with them when you know exactly what it is you need.

highboy_04 · 08-24-2004, 12:32 AM

bumpster mine is exactly the same. i went to autozone and asked the lady for a flex radiator hose and she told me there is no such thing.....i could see them hanging behind her....i just walked out and went across the street to orielly's.

Apache · 08-24-2004, 12:50 AM

lol @ parts stores. Go in and ask for something simple like a set of valve cover gaskets...you end up having to tell them what size transmission, 2 or 4 bbl. Gets really annoying.

Ever crawled under a truck or car that was just close enuff to the ground that you cant turn over on your side...start to look for a tool you just had 1 min ago, and find out somehow you ended up laying on top of it. Then have to slide out from under the vehicle just to get the tool.

Jeremy_5 · 08-24-2004, 01:07 AM

Mine would have to be when you get all ready to work on your truck, open the hood and you realize that you have to run into town to get a part you forgot. Happens alot to me

3rdGenrationChevyman · 08-24-2004, 01:09 AM

yeah, sounds familiar... but with me I get the truck all apart & THEN realize I forgot something...

skokie · 08-24-2004, 01:45 AM

Parts store. You walk in with the part number and its a instant deer in headlights look

jimfulco · 08-24-2004, 02:33 AM

Socket or a small part falls off & bounces somewhere but not on the ground & you can't see it. Like down the intake, or down in a boxed-in frame rail.

Or people who pull out in front of you so you have to hit the brakes, & then go 100 yards & stop to take a left. And there was nobody behind you.

1969 GMC · 08-24-2004, 02:36 AM

mine seems to be whenever I am checking the fluids etc on my truck or car, I will always be a little low. Like I will only have 4 qts of oil, or only half a jug of antifreeze when you need the whole thing. grrr

parts stores are annoying too, and its even worse because I am 20. the people that work in there (i mean the ones that are older than me, which is about half of them) think I am mentally deficient, and try to get more $ than the part is worth. I will never forget the time AutoGroan tried to charge me one hundred and some odd dollars for the 2 front rubber brake hoses

give me a f**king break

'70 C/10 SS500 · 08-24-2004, 02:40 AM

It HAS to be: Stock tranny pans that don't have DRAIN PLUGS!!!!!!

Not having the right tool for some obscure task and fighting like mad to work around it knowing fully well that with the right tool you'd have been done an hour and a half ago already!

Driving: People that drive right up next to somebody else and equalize speed, creating a wall that you can't get around either of them. They are the ones that are always going snail slow! And, while I'm at it, the OTHER person that the original dummy paces, but doesn't speed up or slow down to create separation either!

Russell · 08-24-2004, 02:41 AM

I hate it when I drop a socket between the rad and air conditioning rad when working on my brother's car...

Also hate it when something that should be a simple bolt up swap turns into a 2 day major fabrication project.

canadianchevy72 · 08-24-2004, 04:01 AM

I hate when someone comes over and starts talking to you while your working on something and are struggling with it and just continues talking and doesnt offer help it pisses me off even more when its their ride im workin on.

BadBowtie · 08-24-2004, 07:20 AM

Got to go with the parts store. Kids working there that have know clue about cars. Or the one that tells me i dont know what im talking about when the most work he has done is mounting a wing on a busted up cavalier. Kids trin to make a cavilier , neon, into a ricer

08-23-2004, 07:59 AM	#1
MrGoodpliers Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Gainesville, Georgia Posts: 704	Sooo, what are your Pet Peaves? What gets you talking to yourself while wrenching on your ride? You know, stuff like sockets rolling to perfectly centered under the oilpan... One of mine has to be when starting/loosening a nut or bolt that is too hard to turn by hand but doesn't have enough tension to make your ratchet function. #@*%!! __________________ We made Oklahoma a little after 3, Randy & his brother Bob & my old GMC...

08-23-2004, 08:24 AM	#2
lock Insert funny comment. Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Concord NC Posts: 621	Mine is crawling up underneath the car only to realize the tool you need isnt there with you. I need a son (aka tool fetcher) bad! __________________ ------------ - Mark -My Build Thread... -68 C10, LT1 - Undergoing Frame off resto -86 IROC-Z T72 turbo 355, M6 -70 Camaro http://www.iroc-ss.com

08-23-2004, 08:37 AM	#3
1BadSS NOT REALLY BANNED! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Shawnee, KS Posts: 1,072	When someone walks over and asks you what you're doing. __________________ 1987 Mustang Coupe - 2.7 Stroker, 78mm turbo, Stainless header, 3" Exh, FMIC, 160lb/hr Injectors, MS3, twin walbro 255's, 34psi. Eating V8's daily. 04 Pontiac GTO 04 Ford Mustang GT 68 C20 LWB stripper truck 73 K5 Cheyenne 76 C20 Sierra Crew SRW 88 K20 Suburban I'm not hammering on metal just to hammer, i'm creating a piece of art.

08-23-2004, 08:59 AM	#4
Putter More Cowbell.... Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Puckett, MS Posts: 3,569	Mine is when some 'Mr. Know-it-all' starts pointing out that his dad, grandad, etc... had the same something in his old farm truck, even though what you have in there was never an option in your year truck....you just added it 'cause you liked it. (For example, the early '90s steering wheel many of us have, or the disc brakes, or the rear mounted fuel tank...). Making up some lame story about how his dad, grandad, etc...had to special order it and it was the first one ever ordered that way. B/S __________________ *There once was a member from Puckett.....Who ( fill in the blank blank blank* ) bucket**

08-23-2004, 09:40 AM	#7
RAT-AT-TACH Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: shawnigan lake b.c. canada Posts: 287	what gets me is anytime i crawl under my burb for any reason i put my wrench down and go to get it again and its moved about 2ft out of reach. __________________ who says moneys not everything....try running a rat!

08-23-2004, 10:22 AM	#8
Alex Hayley Registered User Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: NC Posts: 987	"What gets you talking to yourself while wrenching on your ride?" In-laws...in fact, they get me talking to myself just about everytime I think about them...

08-23-2004, 11:51 PM	#9
bumpster Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma Posts: 63	Mine has got to be going to a parts house for something insanely simple, and having to give them year, engine,2 or 4 bbl, auto or standard,6 or 8,color,would you like fries with that?, when what you asked for was an r45ts plug or a pf141 filter. I REALLY miss the old time parts men, (the good one's anyway) __________________ 72 C10 10 yr.daily driver 68 C10 18 yr.money pit 72 Nova all original 99 H.D. Heritage[sanity check] 71 VW topless bug[summer fun] "When I have the money, I don't have the time ; when I have the time, I don't have the money.

08-23-2004, 11:55 PM	#10
Fred T Cantankerous Geezer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bel Aire, KS Posts: 6,264	Catching my hair on fire using a cutting torch or angle grinder under the truck. __________________ Fred There is no such thing as too much cam...just not enough engine.

08-24-2004, 12:11 AM	#11
69 Short Fleet Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Kelowna B.C. Canada Posts: 1,086	Mine has to be (and prob. always will be) repo parts that DON'T FIT!!!!!! Drives me nuts!!! Doug

08-24-2004, 12:22 AM	#12
3rdGenrationChevyman What me ugly? Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 104	My wife taking her car to tha mechanic. She knows it bugs the crap outta me, so shell push my buttons & say shes gunna take it in when Im wrenching on it. That & doing something like spending 2 days replacing an entire fuel system (lines, pump, filter, rebuilt carb, blew out tank oriface) for what seemed like a fuel starvation problem to learn that the problem was one damned little yellow ignition wire off of the starter. __________________ `70 C-10 LWB Big & Ugly, like its owner... 307 SB - 600 Holley, Offenhauser 360 - Muncie 465, 3:73 Posi, 33" BF-G`s I like my trucks like my women... big & old with 33" feet.

08-24-2004, 12:27 AM	#13
67cst i love summertime Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kelowna BC Posts: 4,303	when people dont use their blinkers __________________ 1967 shortbox stepside Chevy, 365 hp 327, th400. GLOVE BOX LIGHTS FORSALE, click link for info http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=273724

08-24-2004, 12:30 AM	#14
67ChevyC10Stepside Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Butler PA Posts: 3,034	i have to agree with the BS at the parts store where you have to play 20 questions with them when you know exactly what it is you need. __________________ 67 c-10, 400 SB, TH350, 4.10 gears, Blazer tank,camaro tach, sidemarker fuel fill (soon) WTB: stepside parts, 67 front end parts, 67 small window cab. posi for 3.73 or 4.10 for 12 bolt and 10 bolt.

08-24-2004, 12:32 AM	#15
highboy_04 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: kansas Posts: 1,071	bumpster mine is exactly the same. i went to autozone and asked the lady for a flex radiator hose and she told me there is no such thing.....i could see them hanging behind her....i just walked out and went across the street to orielly's. __________________ '67 c10 350/th350

08-24-2004, 12:50 AM	#16
Apache Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: South Carolina Posts: 419	lol @ parts stores. Go in and ask for something simple like a set of valve cover gaskets...you end up having to tell them what size transmission, 2 or 4 bbl. Gets really annoying. Ever crawled under a truck or car that was just close enuff to the ground that you cant turn over on your side...start to look for a tool you just had 1 min ago, and find out somehow you ended up laying on top of it. Then have to slide out from under the vehicle just to get the tool. __________________ 54 Chevy Bel Air 4dr powerglide 54 Chevy SWB 58 Chevy Big Window SWB Fleetside project 58 Chevy LWB 235/4spd 76 Chevy Nova 350/TH350 4.88's *10kmiles on "new" engine 79 Chevy 4x4 SWB 350/4spd 3/4 ton 81 Mazda RX7 84 F@!d Mustang 96 F@!d Ranger 2.3L/5spd

08-24-2004, 01:07 AM	#17
Jeremy_5 Truck addict Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Lincoln, California Posts: 497	Mine would have to be when you get all ready to work on your truck, open the hood and you realize that you have to run into town to get a part you forgot. Happens alot to me __________________ 1956 Chevy Napco 1972 Cheyenne Super 1970 K20



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08-24-2004, 01:09 AM	#18
3rdGenrationChevyman What me ugly? Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 104	yeah, sounds familiar... but with me I get the truck all apart & THEN realize I forgot something... __________________ `70 C-10 LWB Big & Ugly, like its owner... 307 SB - 600 Holley, Offenhauser 360 - Muncie 465, 3:73 Posi, 33" BF-G`s I like my trucks like my women... big & old with 33" feet.

08-24-2004, 01:45 AM	#19
skokie Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: San Jose Ca. Posts: 3,300	Parts store. You walk in with the part number and its a instant deer in headlights look

08-24-2004, 02:33 AM	#20
jimfulco Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Shreveport LA Posts: 3,170	Socket or a small part falls off & bounces somewhere but not on the ground & you can't see it. Like down the intake, or down in a boxed-in frame rail. Or people who pull out in front of you so you have to hit the brakes, & then go 100 yards & stop to take a left. And there was nobody behind you.

08-24-2004, 02:36 AM	#21
1969 GMC Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Rubber City Posts: 5,498	mine seems to be whenever I am checking the fluids etc on my truck or car, I will always be a little low. Like I will only have 4 qts of oil, or only half a jug of antifreeze when you need the whole thing. grrr parts stores are annoying too, and its even worse because I am 20. the people that work in there (i mean the ones that are older than me, which is about half of them) think I am mentally deficient, and try to get more $ than the part is worth. I will never forget the time AutoGroan tried to charge me one hundred and some odd dollars for the 2 front rubber brake hoses give me a f**king break __________________ 1969 GMC K2500 1996 Honda Accord 2007 Kawasaki KLR 650

08-24-2004, 02:40 AM	#22
'70 C/10 SS500 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Chandler, AZ Posts: 130	It HAS to be: Stock tranny pans that don't have DRAIN PLUGS!!!!!! Not having the right tool for some obscure task and fighting like mad to work around it knowing fully well that with the right tool you'd have been done an hour and a half ago already! Driving: People that drive right up next to somebody else and equalize speed, creating a wall that you can't get around either of them. They are the ones that are always going snail slow! And, while I'm at it, the OTHER person that the original dummy paces, but doesn't speed up or slow down to create separation either! Last edited by '70 C/10 SS500; 08-24-2004 at 02:46 AM.

08-24-2004, 02:41 AM	#23
Russell Professional Grade Join Date: May 2003 Location: Fort McMurray, Alberta Posts: 7,915	I hate it when I drop a socket between the rad and air conditioning rad when working on my brother's car... Also hate it when something that should be a simple bolt up swap turns into a 2 day major fabrication project. __________________ 1995 Chevrolet 2 Door Tahoe (6.6L LBZ Duramax / ZF6 / NP241 with 1 ton solid axle swap)

08-24-2004, 04:01 AM	#24
canadianchevy72 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Thorsby AB Canada Posts: 206	I hate when someone comes over and starts talking to you while your working on something and are struggling with it and just continues talking and doesnt offer help it pisses me off even more when its their ride im workin on. __________________ 1972 Chevy C/10 350/200r4

08-24-2004, 07:20 AM	#25
BadBowtie Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Jamestown Indiana Posts: 22	Got to go with the parts store. Kids working there that have know clue about cars. Or the one that tells me i dont know what im talking about when the most work he has done is mounting a wing on a busted up cavalier. Kids trin to make a cavilier , neon, into a ricer

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