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Post by tkarter on May 10, 2013 1:22:35 GMT -5
That like to prank me. He would let the air out of 3 of my tires regularly. I got even I drained the oil out of his truck. I didn't figure he would be silly enough to try and drive it all the way home. He was and....
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Post by eagle on May 10, 2013 1:56:19 GMT -5
New engine ... huh.
My daughter had gotten an oil change ... and when she got home she said the "oil light" came on 1 block from the house. I checked the oil level.. there was none. I looked under the car, and there was no "plug" in the oil pan either. All I could guess was... they had the plug in but didn't tighten it, and then the plug eventually shook loose and fell out, dumping the oil ... luckily near home.
The ironic part, I called them up about it.... know what they said (10-12 miles away by the way). Well, just drive it in and we'll put a plug in it and some new oil. Really ?
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Post by rramom on May 11, 2013 8:46:46 GMT -5
We were glad when the VW got a hole in the oil pan, it happened in our driveway coming home. Made a big mess in the garage, but no damage to the engine.
When our boys were much younger, they played "gas station" using our Ford 9N tractor, and a water hydrant. Good thing I figured out what happened, so TrailerDwarf could fix the problem before it ruined the engine. (The boys had already shut off the water and taken the hose out. But the crankcase lid and water on the ground told the tale.)
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Post by eagle on May 12, 2013 1:03:40 GMT -5
RRAMOM : that would have been ugly, good you caught it.
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Post by tkarter on May 12, 2013 3:57:41 GMT -5
I felt bad after the fact. My friend just said that is what I get for messing with you.
I did help him rebuild the engine.
I figured at the time he would have heard the rattle and turned it off.
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Post by rramom on May 13, 2013 13:57:43 GMT -5
RRAMOM : that would have been ugly, good you caught it. Especially because he had rebuilt the engine not long before. He drained the oil, put in fresh oil & filter, and then drove it around to evaporate any condensation. There were times when it was good that we lived 25 miles from where he worked. By the time he got home after I'd called him with their misdeeds, he'd had time to cool off and figure out how to fix the problem, instead of killing the boys. The boys weren't really bad, just overly curious and busy. The stories I have! Maybe I'd better think about spending time typing them up, so their kids will stumble across them someday. |
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Post by rramom on May 13, 2013 13:59:05 GMT -5
I felt bad after the fact. My friend just said that is what I get for messing with you. I did help him rebuild the engine. I figured at the time he would have heard the rattle and turned it off. Sent using Proboards mobile I would have felt bad afterward, too. Good thing the friend took it okay, but I'm glad you helped to rebuild the engine. The rattle might get overlooked in our family, but not the oil idiot light. |
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Post by tkarter on May 13, 2013 21:28:02 GMT -5
Well,he pulled some pretty rotten tricks on me too. I thought he was smart enough that he wouldn't burn the engine up.
After it was all done he started his same old crap with me again. We had to laugh but it always hurt.
So I next pulled a plug wire and took a roll of plug wire and ran one into his seat then terminated it for a kidney shot.
I knew that one would be funny as he always gunned his engine as soon as he started it. LOL
I hid and watched that one. I laughed for 4 hours after seeing it. Too bad I didn't have a camera phone back then.
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Post by rramom on May 14, 2013 9:07:11 GMT -5
Well,he pulled some pretty rotten tricks on me too. I thought he was smart enough that he wouldn't burn the engine up. After it was all done he started his same old crap with me again. We had to laugh but it always hurt. So I next pulled a plug wire and took a roll of plug wire and ran one into his seat then terminated it for a kidney shot. I knew that one would be funny as he always gunned his engine as soon as he started it. LOL I hid and watched that one. I laughed for 4 hours after seeing it. Too bad I didn't have a camera phone back then. LOL! I heard my Dad (before he met Mom) wove a bare wire in the passenger's side of the seat in his car. He had a switch rigged up on his side, so he could flip it when he thought his date was sitting too close to the door. Mom said he never pulled that on her, or they'd never would have gotten married. |
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Post by eagle on May 14, 2013 16:12:32 GMT -5
My son seemed to think he was sooo smart, he could be up one. When he was grounded from his car, he went out and drove off anyway. I told him, now you are grounded twice as long and if you do that again, it will be indefinite. So, he did it again. Ok..... pulled the coil wire (which I knew he would see), took out the rotor, unplugged the ignition wire at the firewall, and a couple of other things that I knew he would never find... and the car would never run.
In other words, let him find a few and think he was smart enough... but when it didn't start.. it would make him look some more, but he would never find them all.
He spent 5 days (with me laughing the whole time) checking over the car and trying to find them. But, what he didn't get.... it kept him busy for 5 days at home. He didn't get the car back for 6 months. He got the point.
The other trick, go out a couple of days later... and rig something or disconnect something he had already checked 5 times. In other wrods, every day... was a new day ... LOL.
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Post by tkarter on May 14, 2013 20:02:05 GMT -5
I knew that one would be funny as he always gunned his engine as soon as he started it. LOL I hid and watched that one. I laughed for 4 hours after seeing it. Too bad I didn't have a camera phone back then. LOL! I heard my Dad (before he met Mom) wove a bare wire in the passenger's side of the seat in his car. He had a switch rigged up on his side, so he could flip it when he thought his date was sitting too close to the door. Mom said he never pulled that on her, or they'd never would have gotten married I bet she stayed close to him or they wouldn't have gotten married. LOL That trick was one taught to me by my grandfather. My dad never told me how to prank or fight someone. He knew I already was a master at it. LOL |
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