Worse thing I had ever done was be the #2 mechanic at a tire shop over 5 tire/oil changers,What a bunch of morons..

If I only counted how many oil pans,I had to retap or studs I had to replace...

For FREE!

 

Screw oil. Some people cant even figure out how to change turn signal bulbs. You have to learn a new dialect when you're working with oil. How many people actually know the difference between 10/40, and 20/50? Now do you really expect those people to understand how many LbFt of torque you have to use on your lugs? "uhhh... umm... duh.... what are pound feet? Is that a new kind of club dance?"

 

it makes me laugh when people open the hood of their cars and their jaws drop.

and as for a mechanics class... that friggin cool! i wish i had a class like that offered at the school without going to tech.

 

Oh man... we hired this one guy... He picked up a ticket for a Protoge, getting an oil change...

Oh man, he drained it... Changed the filter (He needed a reminder and help finding it.), and filled it...

And by filled it, I mean oil was coming out the top and out the dipstick tube...



I had to have him drain it and teach him how to read a dipstick.

But man, he used to work at NTB, so he could bang out 4 tires in less than 20 mins...