Too many "safe rooms" at boot camp now. I feel so safe. 
Idiots Are Everywhere!
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YukonRog
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I am the camouflaged face in the window, silently ticking....Too many "safe rooms" at boot camp now. I feel so safe.
swathdiver
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Exactly! The Coast Guard recruits were carrying little time out cards in their back pockets during the Obama Administration. So when a recruit was being overwhelmed learning what it took to be a man, they could reach into their back pocket and flash the little time out card in the drill instructors face and he had to let off. Of course, this was just the time that a breakthrough would happen and they would be learning. Ridiculous.
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YukonRog
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Too much! And everyone wonders what's happened to the USA. Did they get a "Participation Award" too? Oh wait, of course they did.... All other countries laugh at us.
But I digress, back to topic... I marked a couple bolts and threads. The new transmission is purty. Has a fresh paint job. Personally, I'd prefer the bare, clean look of a hot tanked core but I guess that's what everyone is doing these days.
Shops are struggling right now. Everyone makes mitsakes I doubt it was intentional.
Many mechanics post and help out in here. Just sayin.
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YukonRog
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I'm sorry, but I just had to laugh when I read "Everyone makes mitsakes"! That's classical. Now you have to see that as funny yourself right? I get what you're saying, and I really think it's good that he's admitting it. I think these days most would try to pass it off.
While I was ready, willing and able to learn repairs/maintenance from my dad as I grew up, my main goal was to be a photographer and I learned that and strived for that and when I was in the service, I was a photographer in the Navy on the aircraft carrier I was on. Got out and finding a job as a photographer as a photo journalist was just not happening. My uncle was an aircraft mechanic in the Korean War and he got tired of seeing me lazy around and drink beer with my friends and he put me to work at his auto repair shop in Paradise, Ca. and I learned how to diagnose and repair vehicles of all types. I moved back to KC, Mo. and again tried to find a photo journalist job but again only wedding and portrait photography was open. I said hell no. My mom needed a car repair and I was out of town and she took to a shop and what she told me over the phone that the shop said was needed for her car did not make sense and I called my uncle and he agreed with me. She waited till I got back in town and all she needed was a vacuum hose and a carb adjustment. I was pissed to say the least. I signed up for some tech courses and got hired as a tech and swore to never ever try to sell someone something on their vehicle that was not needed. 10 years as a tech and 20+ years as a service manager/writer and I slept good at night because I kept my promise. I always offered to show a customer what I found was wrong and why it was wrong. My shops stayed busy and I never worked at a dealership. Did not trust them. Always the mom and pop 5 days a week shops.
As has been shared here, I am as OCD as they come and love the feeling of diagnosing a problem correctly and the feeling I get on the road test that it is fixed correctly. I think most all techs start out wanting to do right then they get lazy or work for someone that shows them how to scam/rip off. It is a shame because it does damage the profession when the scam artists sully the field.
As has been shared here, I am as OCD as they come and love the feeling of diagnosing a problem correctly and the feeling I get on the road test that it is fixed correctly. I think most all techs start out wanting to do right then they get lazy or work for someone that shows them how to scam/rip off. It is a shame because it does damage the profession when the scam artists sully the field.
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Mudsport96
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My brother is one, 24 years old and works 12s 6 days a week. The daughters friend is another, had 2 jobs in high school and went into the USMC right out of HS. Got a medical discharge for getting hurt in boot camp.. working now and doing physical therapy and wants to try for the army when she is healed up enough.
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YukonRog
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Well crap, remember what I said about the magnet on me and my "Irish Luck"? Well now it appears this new transmission is ticking, or clicking, or tapping when it's hot. Doesn't do it cold, just hot. So, even without it going back for the Rear Main Seal I'd have to send it back anyways. So, what's the most common cause? I'm thinking maybe they cracked the flex plate? Or it's a bad Torque Converter? Or the starter needs shimed? Bolts too long, loose? Bad pump? Whatever it is it didn't do that before. If it wasn't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all, right?
All the more reason to have him change that seal and look at the ticking issue at the same time, since he'll have to remove the tranny anyway for the seal.
Did the trans come from the same shop or the shop installed the trans you supplied? They can diagnose for you, after hot of course. How did you decide that the noise is from the trans?
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YukonRog
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He said they built it. So yeah it's their product. All I can say is it only does it when it's hot and I can't hear it from the engine compartment, only underneath. When I was under it yesterday marking some bolts I removed the round inspection cover and saw the flex plate had some runout. But of course it was cold and not making any noise then. I'll attempt to get it hot and see if does it again. Maybe I can pinpoint it. But it sounds like it comes from the transmission.
swathdiver
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Tapping or clicking would usually be something on the outside. If a torque converter bolt is loose, they sound like a rod knock. A cracked flex plate is not uncommon but will be easy repair since they are doing the seal; if needs be. Your transmission guy, (can't say trans guy anymore LOL) sounds like a straight shooter but like Ronaldus Magnus said to Gorby all the time, "Trust, but verify"!
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YukonRog
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Sounds like a stuck lifter sounds. But it's not a lifter...just had it running for 15mins in the driveway and no noise. Gotta run it down the hwy I guess.
Sure ya can!
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What I meant was.. well never mind! LOL
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YukonRog
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Well I drove it a while before it started making the noise. I can't really describe it but when I put it in Park it made one loud metal to metal clink. Then it sounds kinda like a sliding rattle. It didn't make the loud clink again like yesterday. Yesterday it was continuous. Maybe it needs to be driven longer and made hotter. I couldn't get it jacked up to get under it because my house was invaded by family members and it was a cluster. So, I'm frustrated and gave up. I'll just let the mechanic do his thing tomorrow. At this point I've started drinking. Vodka on the Rocks tonight! Normally I'm a Bourbon guy but hey, love the one you're with right?
TEQUILA!!!!!!!! Hornito's Silver
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YukonRog
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I used to only drink Tequila! Patron Silver. But I'll tell ya as a young biker growing up around older guys I cut my teeth on Jose Cuervo and Jack Daniels! I tell everyone I was born riding a Harley smoking a cigar. And the Ape Hangers were the hardest on my mother! LOL! But times have changed and I no longer drink that old school stuff. I just recently tried the Vodka and figured what the hey.
