While doing some research for a column, I came across an item called “Auto Mechanics Share The Funnie s t Things They See On The Job.”
Auto mechanics have the task of servicing their local community’s vehicles. Whether they’re maintaining or repairing, it’s necessary to keep the neighbors moving. However, not everyone who owns a vehicle has been taught how to maintain them between visits.
Some of these projects will make you scratch your head with the backwoods ingenuity.
• It doesn’t take an auto mechanic to know that a spark plug is not supposed to go into the oil pan. But hey, it looks like it works!
• Cracks in the tire? Use duct tape. Got a flat? Use duct tape. You can use duct tape to hold old tires together by patching holes and augmenting your worn tire treads. What could go wrong?
• While applauding the ingenuity and resolve of one driver to even make it to the shop, there is a strong warning against using some vice grips as a steering wheel replacement.
• Everyone knows (well, maybe not everyone but…) that the air pressure in your tires should hover around the 35-45 psi (pounds per square inch) range. 111 PSI is Not Right.
• U-Haul must be tired of replacing stolen catalytic converters. The rebar has been welded on to protect the converter from being nicked!
• Don’t let a pirate steering wheel distract you from the fact that the gear selector is a bottle of rum. Can you imaging explaining this if you got pulled over?
• Are your shocks loosened up? Not as springy as they once were? Do you feel a bounce and rattle every time you break or run over a speed bump? Well, don’t go to some Pep Boys Auto Store for a legitimate fix. No way! Purchase a football.
• Rick Head is the Publisher and Editor of The Brantley Beacon and the Waycross Journal-Herald. He can be reached at beacon@ btconline.net
