Aaron Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 So, start off with a couple easy routine maintenance jobs, cool. Get a cam sensor recall. 98 E-350, 200,000kms, no biggie. Go out to the van (it's frigid cold here today), only to discover that the key has likely not been used to unlock the door in oh....ever. So I says to myself, no big deal. Walk back into the shop, grab lockout kit glass wedge and the 'S' hook. Have the hook in the door, lock knob is moving, so i pull up, it slips out of my hand, and presto-change-o, it fucks off down into the door. Great. FINALLY get the door open with the aid of a co-worker. Drive the van in the shop. Take the door panel off, retrieve the tool. Put the panel back on, look, and the lock knob did not come through the hole in the panel. GRRRR /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/mad.gif . So, back to fucking around i go. Panel back off, line up rod, put panel back on. Everything is good. Go to snap the trim piece back on the door over where the mirror bolts on. BREAK THE TRIM, AND NOW IT WON'T GO BACK ON! IT WAS ALREADY ON THE DOOR BEFORE I NOTICED THE ROD WASNT IN THE RIGHT SPOT!!! Onto the cam sensor. After I get the siezed bolt out of the cover, i begin to pry the sensor out of the cover. The edge breaks off, no longer allowing me a surface to pry on. I finally get the bastard out, only to have the retaining clip fall out, and spooking me, I dropped the small prybar I was using, and caused myself a wicked nice scratch down the length of my face. Now onto the retaining clip. Where could it be? After spending 10 minutes looking, I find it wedged between the radiator and the fan shroud. Slam sensor, bracket, bolt. Start van, put it outside. Go order door panel trim. Should've stayed in bed this morning. Edit: my first hint of 'STAY HOME' should have been when at some point the block heater on my truck failed and it FAILED to start this morning, on it's couple of glow plugs that are still any good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Mutter Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 got to love days like that,murphy's law hit's hard somethime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchan68 Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 When it RAINS, it POURS doesn't it? And all that for 0.3! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 Making my hours, .3 at a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 I noticed you didn't mention performing a Quality Care Inspection. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smirk.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted February 21, 2008 Author Share Posted February 21, 2008 Every vehicle through my bay gets a QC-550. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif (Van is owned by fleet company who maintains the SHIT outta their stuff, and apparently never locks them /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/rolleyes.gif It even had a fresh oil change on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LARRY BRUDZYNSKI Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Aaron just think how good the Molson or Labatt is going to taste when you leave work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Aaron, at least you are learning a fine, ancient art that most of us have learned or are in the process of learning... and that is shooting ones self in the foot - and never, ever missing. There are those days that, if it weren't for something going wrong, nothing would be happening.... Ask me, I can show you.... Never lose the ability to come up smiling.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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