Quote Originally Posted by Sprocket View Post
(Ugh, memories of lying on cold roads in winter adjusting the tappets, with oil dripping from the tappet housing onto ones face).
Ah the joys of working on automobiles.. all the same stuff as motorcycles only 1,000 times more difficult to reach and 10,000 times more stuck. I changed the oil on my truck here in the middle of a snow storm. Took the truck out to get some supplies first and naturally snow got plowed into every corner of the body work. It was melting/raining all over everything under the truck. I got cold sandy salty water all over my face and in my ears, not to mention hot oil on my hands and clothes.

I felt like a bad science experiment BUT at least the oil was changed! Then. I changed the manual tranny fluid on the truck when it was below freezing outside. Relearned that ramps don't work on concrete and lifting a truck 17 inches off the ground won't even get the tire off the ground. That was a mess too. F%@*ing cars!

That said, I still love my truck.

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