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A customer in my shop last week asked me to fix his 'loud engine' and handed me a bag of loose bolts from his trunk.
He said he found them rolling around after his friend 'helped' with a timing belt job, and now I'm wondering what's the weirdest collection of parts someone has ever brought you for a diagnosis.
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terry_barnes2mo ago
Ever get a shoebox full of random electrical connectors? A guy was sure they were all from his truck's wiring harness, but half were from a lawnmower.
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blake_black471mo ago
Oh man, totally! I had a coffee can full of "GM connectors" from my old project car. Spent an hour trying to match a square four-pin for the headlights. Finally got it plugged in and nothing worked... because it was actually from a Chevy alternator, circa 1992. The shapes are so close sometimes, it's maddening. You just have to laugh or you'll cry.
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rubyl352mo ago
Classic garage logic... someone pulls every plug they see and dumps it all together. Next thing you know, you're trying to fit a trailer light connector into a fuel injector socket. It's a special kind of frustration, sorting through a pile of mismatched plastic and metal. You find three identical ones that look perfect, and of course none of them are the right pin count.
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