You’re doing it wrong…

jdjohn

motorstereo wrote: »

So many things wrong here. We've all heard of a 'shade tree mechanic', and although there is some 'shade' involved here, I don't know the rest of the term for this setup.

Sure, let's put the transmission on a big pile of SAND.

And how about that jack in the foreground? I don't think that's going to work the way they think it will work...well, I guess it will work if they place it on that piece of plywood near the back wheel. I reckon they used it successfully to support and remove the tranny.

Wait...is that back wheel actually the spare tire?

I hope they accounted for the tide, or things could get interesting real fast.

Also, I hope they remember to fill-in and hard-pack the 'pit' before attempting to drive away, or it could be a very short trip.

Of course, these clowns will probably list the car for sale, mentioning, "Transmission recently serviced!"

motorstereo

I'm hoping that pic was ai generated or someone set it up just for a goofy photo. One thing that makes me think it's not real is there's not empty beer cans everywhere. Also if that redneck is capable of swapping a transmission then surely he knows enough to not do it there.

OleBoot

daddyjt

daddyjt

daddyjt

OleBoot

F1nut

Wow!!!

msg

Is that a Pontiac Aztek?

Viking64

How unsightly to drive around with no gas cap!!!!

daddyjt

It’s giving Mad Max vibes…

BlueBirdMusic

^^^^^ I like all for the "car".

jdjohn

pitdogg2

Well he forgot to install the power cord for lights.....

jdjohn

Haha...yeah, some live electrical wires might come in handy when the bottom of the gas tank gets ripped apart...ya know, to help finish the job

mhardy6647

jdjohn wrote: »

A little RTV'll seal that right up.

nooshinjohn

That looks like the trunk floor, not the gas tank. While I would not have done it that way, if it is used to only carry an external bicycle rack or something along those lines, I have seen much worse ways of securing those.

jdjohn

nooshinjohn wrote: »

That looks like the trunk floor, not the gas tank. While I would not have done it that way, if it is used to only carry an external bicycle rack or something along those lines, I have seen much worse ways of securing those.

I think you're right...unless it's a Ford Pinto

Willow

pitdogg2 wrote: »

Well he forgot to install the power cord for lights.....

Russ will get em sorted out

mrbigbluelight

Wrong ?
At Wally World this used to be $2.57 just last week.
Now ?! 😳

treitz3

No worries my man. We are building back better with the inflation reduction.......what was it called again.....you know the thing.

Tom

SeleniumFalcon

A square meteor maybe? Falling construction beam? Irate spouse with a disc cutter?

Clipdat

DIY ratchet cold air intake

mhardy6647

Our son. Our poor, poor son was the "lucky recipient" of a 2004 Ford Freestar (was that what they were called?). The successor to the Windstar - Ford changed the name in a vain hope to think consumers wouldn't realize it was the same danged vehicle. Battlevan II in his parlance at the time -- successor to Battlevan, which was, in fact, a 1998 Windstar Limited -- the latter BV met its demise at ca. 133k miles with an action-packed total automatic transmission meltdown at speed on a freeway in a bad part of Worcester -- in the middle of the night. On a weekend.
At any rate, without going into details as to why BVII had even entered our lives -- he and I were washing it one day. I think he was home from college. I was being a good car washer and washing the roof... and I discovered an odd wound up there.


I think I posted about it here way back when, as a matter of fact. Actually, maybe not -- but I did post it at AK:
https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/dont-laugh-anyone-here-willing-to-admit-to-ford-freestar-expertise.667251/
Still puzzled by the etiology. Space debris, perhaps? Passing Boeing jet? ( too soon?)

PS I know it isn't in the right place, but the wound on the Benz that @SeleniumFalcon posted reminds me of the incision made to hack into modern car electronics to steal 'em.
It looks like a fairly modern Benz.

mrbigbluelight

It looks like that the Winstar wound would measure about 9mm in width, or possibly .40 inches.
💥

mhardy6647

entrance or exit wound?
Maybe that's why the thing was quite inexpensive.

It was, in fact, an ex-salesperson's car from my employer (Wyeth). Turned out that Wyeth had an annual program where they sold off-lease vehicles from their salesforce to... well, pretty much whomever in the company that wanted one, cheap. I never expected to own another minivan, but they are the perfect vehicle to move a college-age kid to/from a dorm. It also came in handy moving my father and some of his stuff from MD to NC when he sold the ol' family home and downsized to an apt in southern NC (near the SC border and not too far from Charlotte). Passed it along to our son sometime around the last couple of years he was in college. He had it 'til he was in his first real job post-doc.
High-ish mileage but only a couple of years old when we got it. Kind of dinged up but in very good operating condition. Got our money's worth out of it when it was all said and done, and - unlike the aforementioned Windstar - it never stranded anyone.

daddyjt

pitdogg2

daddyjt wrote: »

That magnet should hold all the bits in place😁

kevhed72

daddyjt wrote: »

I think I am more intrigued about the Jim Jones-esque picture below.

motorstereo

Some people shouldn't be allowed to do simple things