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Worst day in the shop since I started at Mavis in Rochester
Last Tuesday I had a 2014 Ford Escape come in for a simple oil change and ended up fighting a stripped drain plug for 45 minutes. The kid before me must have used an impact on it, threads were totally gone. Then right after that a lady comes in screaming her brakes were grinding since Buffalo and I find the caliper pins welded shut with rust. Three jobs turned into an 8 hour nightmare. Anyone else have weeks where the universe just decides to test your patience?
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mileslane4mo ago
Wonder if that stripped plug was from someone using the wrong oil grade and gunking things up.
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fiona_kim974mo ago
Dang @mileslane, that's a solid point. Forgot people actually use the wrong oil grade sometimes. Like that would make a sludge mess and then they'd crank the plug too hard trying to torque it down. Could easily strip it out without even knowing.
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flores.emma4mo ago
Did anyone else ever strip a bolt so bad you just sat there staring at it like it insulted your family? I swear every time I see a Ford Escape from that era I just brace myself for the worst. One time I spent two hours on a drain plug that was basically just a smooth nub, and I kept thinking "maybe if I apologize to it it'll cooperate." But no, it just sat there mocking me while I dug out the extractor kit.
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