Jim Warman Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 I've often used that line (along with "baby-sitter") when I'm asked to describe my job... Tonight, I proved it.... It was snowing fairly heavily this afternoon so, at days end, some of tomorrows first jobs were pulled in to warm up and melt off.... As usual I was still putting out some fires from another hectic day at the office and, about 7:00PM, I made my lock up rounds of my part of the store... I noticed that one of the recently brought in trucks had "steam" rising from the hood. When I got closer I noticed that the steam was very dark coloured... I pulled the hood release on an 06ish PSD and peaked in the crack..... a saw flames. A couple of good snorts with a handy extinguisher and I opened the hood... at first glance it appears (in a moment of fitting justice) that the customers Edge programmer developed an Attitude of it's own... and lit up the harness right between the battery and PCM... Once I had the battey cables disconnected and the truck pushed back outside, I had to reflect on how Lady Luck has smiled on our shop today.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 I had to reflect on how Lady Luck has smiled on our shop today.... Yes. I still remember our experience with fire, the unmistakable odor has finally gone but there are still other reminders. It doesn't matter what the cause is, fire safety should always come to mind but like this incident Jim, danger can sneak up. Good catch my friend Good catch indeed! /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/rockon.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Amacker Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Hey Jim, is there any way you could document this with pictures, both of the harness, and any evidence of a programmer? It would be a good addition to my 30 minute spiel on "why not to make aftermarket modifications." Thanks! /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LARRY BRUDZYNSKI Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Bruce your getting as bad as Jim with work. Go out and do something else how about watching a little TV. I was just watching the Jackson-Barrett auction and Tony(Smoke)Stewart auctioned one his race cars for $300k and had a additional I think maybe wrong but...$200k for the Gwynn foundation. Pretty cool to do. Not only did he auction his car but also included a helmet,uniform and his chamionship ring(worth 25k). Relax it's good for you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Bruce your getting as bad as Jim with work. You are kidding right? This is like the third vacation he has had in the last six months! But who is counting? /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/whistle.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony302600 Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Jim i had a 10,000mile 94 cobra light up as i was working on... I cleaned some oil residue off with brake clean after doing an oil change, then cleaned off some other dirty stuff i saw...some brake clean got on the battery and i went to hook up the coolant machine for a coolant flush, a spark hit when i hooked up with positive cable and "whooooosh" next thing i know the cobra engine bay is in flames, and anything that had brake clean on it. 5 seconds and 2 fire extinguishers later ( however u spell it ) it was out with barely any damage done to it. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/banghead.gif I got called the "flamer" for about a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LARRY BRUDZYNSKI Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 How pissed off was your customer??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted January 19, 2008 Author Share Posted January 19, 2008 Bruce... I don't have what we'd like to see.... For some reason, the missing battery shroud just didn't seem important.... but, after careful examination.... The programmer had been disconnected and the factory harness was unceremoniously draed over thge side of the battery... At fisrt, this appeared like this wiring would "naturally" be from the programmer. Cut to the chase.... This battery had several B+ taps that were unprotected... At one point, this truck had a Tidy Tank mounted in the box with an electric pump (circuit unprotected). When the tank and pump were removed, the wiring was simply cut and abandonned... Left to it's own devices, the wiring drooped down and rubbed against the drivesahft... areas of burned insulation support this assumption.... and eventually, met the right circumstances inside our shop... And here is the conumdrum.... I often see B+ taps that aren't obviously protected.... Sometimes I think to mention them, but I often forget.... They aren't currently a problem, why bother? But that can change in a heartbeat.... as I had the opportunity to be reminded... Of course this could turn into another esoteric dicussion of "how far should we go" when we get a customer unit in our bay. If, for no other reason than self-preservation, we see ANYTHING that is "odd", at the very least we should make a note on the RO... Put in writing that we saw something that deserves further (cost added) investigation. As it stands... circumstances occured.... When we all got to work this AM, we had a building to work in.... Thee is no other way to describe it than "lucky". There is a very good chance (given the truck and the customer) that I have seen these unprotected circuits before.... But, with no customer concern expressed, I overlooked *because I am human*. So.... in order to be "better" than them hacks... we need to add vigilence to our repertoire... Damn... I hijacked my own thread... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Amacker Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Bruce your getting as bad as Jim with work. Relax it's good for you... Not only have I watched quite a bit of the BJ auction, I also watched quite a bit of the RM auction lately. Rode my bike 10+ miles every day, went to the Keys and Key West for a few days, and enjoyed 70-85 degree weather the last 2+ weeks. It's 11pm and the A/C is still running here. Will be heading north in a few days to 20 degree weather. Brrr! I'm used to shorts and sandals right now. I am still running the phone and working a small bit each day, but not much. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/drinkingdude.gif Didn't have internet here at first, but found that if I sit at the couch in front of the TV I can hijack someone's unsecured wireless. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smirk.gif As for Keith, what's wrong with 3 vacations in a couple of months? /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted January 19, 2008 Author Share Posted January 19, 2008 Not all that long ago, I remember saying something like "Bruce sucks"..... Well... it snowed again today.... we tried burning our store downlast night... and Bruce still sucks... On the bright side (for Bruce, anyway), with my fair skin and virile good looks, I could get sunburned simply by looking at his vacation pics.... Did I mention that Bruce sucks /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smirk.gif ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony302600 Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 You guys are awesome..and Larry i dont know if ure asking me...but...the customer was a firefighter, barely any damage except some convolute which we replaced, but all in all we got that fire out soooo quick it didnt have a chance to do any damage. Last time i use the coolant flush machine though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 As for Keith, what's wrong with 3 vacations in a couple of months? Nothing. Good for you in fact, dammit. I am just jealous. VERY JEALOUS! Oh, and you suck! /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smirk.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Amacker Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 with my virile good looks Are we talking about the same guy here????? /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted January 19, 2008 Author Share Posted January 19, 2008 Yep... ain't he a handsome sumbiatch???? I can honestly say that the day they took that pic, I wasn't quite "ready".... Three days of stubble will attest to that. Anyone going to chip in for my "make-over"? Oh, yeah... did anyone notice I still have a lot of hair? On edit... notice my eyes don't do that spooky thing like Kieths avatar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Amacker Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Anyone going to chip in for my "make-over"? /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/2cents.gif /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/rofl.gif ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 ... notice my eyes don't do that spooky thing like Kieths avatar? Some time ago I was going to slip that picture of you into YOUR avatar. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smirk.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted January 19, 2008 Author Share Posted January 19, 2008 <GRANDPA>? I understand my sons girlfriend and her almost mother-in-law have been "chatting".... I think I'd like that... I can fill the kid full of chocolate and give him noisey toys to take home.... sweet revenge... FWIW, the almost mother-in-law and I are celebrating #34 today... I already bought her a new torque wrench (which she kindly let's me use at work) so I have to make a quick decision.... would she prefer to have a new dado head for my.... (I mean HER) tablesaw? Or maybe a new snow blower she can lend me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony302600 Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 jim, i noticed you highjacked your thread 3 times... /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/rofl.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted January 19, 2008 Author Share Posted January 19, 2008 And that, Tony, is something I do well.... Even the simplest thing can generate a thousand sidebars.... And here we go on another tangent /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smirk.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted January 19, 2008 Author Share Posted January 19, 2008 Some time ago I was going to slip that picture of you into YOUR avatar. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smirk.gif What? And scare the piss out of all the new guys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Clayton Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 That got a chuckle out of me after a long day off that ended up being all day at the shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted January 20, 2008 Author Share Posted January 20, 2008 Kieth... you have wwwaaayyyy too much time on your hands /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveS Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 FWIW, the almost mother-in-law and I are celebrating #34 today...HAPPY ANNIVERSARY JIM!!Good luck with the revenge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LARRY BRUDZYNSKI Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Jim, fwiw happy 34th!!! /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/drinkingdude.gifYou need it or not it depends on you... As for you and Bruce and by the way Keith ya'll suck!!! The big cheese's here on DTS and ya'll still suck!!! (Just kidding)...You guy's are without a doubt the best people I've met in a long time... /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/drinkingdude.gifBut ya'll still suck /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/boink3.gifYou guy's know to much.... /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/shrug.gif When will I have this knowledge that you bring???? /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/scratchhead.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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