Vegas Free-for-All - Expressions/Slang from the Past

Dave in Seattle.

Apr 24, 2014
5:56pm

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Originally posted by: jatki99

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Originally posted by: ddd228
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Originally posted by: O2bnVegas
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Originally posted by: jatki99
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Originally posted by: RoadTrip
Get me a left handed screwdriver.
Get me a left handed monkey wrench.
Get me a skyhook.

Useful for those pesky watchers who want to 'help'.

Can't forget the ol' metric hammer OR when explaining work needs to be done on a car(for the less than knowledgable) the muffler bearings are shot or the headlamp grease needs repacking.

Or, need to change the air in the tires.

Go to the parts store and get a gallon of "blinker fluid".
Metric screwdriver.
"Hisenberg compensator"
Panhard bushing.
Water in the battery,please.
Grease job.
Spark plug wires.
"U" joints.
Idler arm.
Heater knob.
"Roll up the window".

Umm Dave..battery's do require water(well old ones do/did), there are grease points as well as "U"joints, idler arms, plug wires. Heater knob? well I guess if you want to say the one on the dash is a heater knob, suppose you could

Most of the new cars have no "grease fittings",plug wires or U joints.
4 decades of seeing how cars change.
So many batteries are sealed-you cannot add water.
Spark is supplied by coil on plug-1 for each cylinder.No distributors,any more,either.
Hey man...FAR OUT.
Humongous.Daddy-O.
Flower children. Hippies.
Not old enough to realize how many sayings have fallen out of favor.
New ones replace the old ones.
:REDONK"

jatki

Apr 25, 2014
5:09am

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Like a turd in the punch bowl

DDD-Really, there's no more plugs in cars now? Can tell how current I am, I quit working on 'em when there weren't anymore distributors.

wrosie

Apr 25, 2014
10:00am

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Umm Dave..battery's do require water(well old ones do/did), there are grease points as well as "U"joints, idler arms, plug wires. Heater knob? well I guess if you want to say the one on the dash is a heater knob, suppose you could

Most of the new cars have no "grease fittings",plug wires or U joints.
4 decades of seeing how cars change.
So many batteries are sealed-you cannot add water.
Spark is supplied by coil on plug-1 for each cylinder.No distributors,any more,either.
Hey man...FAR OUT.
Humongous.Daddy-O.
Flower children. Hippies.
Not old enough to realize how many sayings have fallen out of favor.
New ones replace the old ones.
:REDONK"

I was surprised when I took my 2006 Ford Ranger in to get a front end alignment and was told I'd have to pay $250 for a kit to allow them to align the front wheels? REALLY?

I guess they saved 2 lbs. (for better gas mileage) by keeping the adjustable parts off the truck until you needed them and they they'd gouge you to purchase what, in my opinion, should have all ready been paid for.

Dave in Seattle.

Apr 25, 2014
10:28am

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Originally posted by: jatki99
Like a turd in the punch bowl

DDD-Really, there's no more plugs in cars now? Can tell how current I am, I quit working on 'em when there weren't anymore distributors.

There is still spark plugs in a gasoline-powered car-just no spark plug wires,lately. There is a coil for each spark plug.
Nervous as a whore in church.

Dave in Seattle.

Apr 25, 2014
10:38am

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Originally posted by: wrosie

Umm Dave..battery's do require water(well old ones do/did), there are grease points as well as "U"joints, idler arms, plug wires. Heater knob? well I guess if you want to say the one on the dash is a heater knob, suppose you could

Most of the new cars have no "grease fittings",plug wires or U joints.
4 decades of seeing how cars change.
So many batteries are sealed-you cannot add water.
Spark is supplied by coil on plug-1 for each cylinder.No distributors,any more,either.
Hey man...FAR OUT.
Humongous.Daddy-O.
Flower children. Hippies.
Not old enough to realize how many sayings have fallen out of favor.
New ones replace the old ones.
:REDONK"

I was surprised when I took my 2006 Ford Ranger in to get a front end alignment and was told I'd have to pay $250 for a kit to allow them to align the front wheels? REALLY?

I guess they saved 2 lbs. (for better gas mileage) by keeping the adjustable parts off the truck until you needed them and they they'd gouge you to purchase what, in my opinion, should have all ready been paid for.

NO. That's how most manufacturers make their cars and trucks,lately. REALLY!
Ford,Dodge and GM trucks are that way.
Gotta buy a "kit" to make them adjustable.
Some you need to cut the welded rivets to allow adjustments(Ford).
GM trucks-need to punch an oval hole in the frame to allow adjustments.
Chrysler/Mercedes: Need to replace control arm bolts to allow adjustments to caster/camber and are really expensive/big bolts!
BMW? You are screwed.(Older ones).
Caster/camber adjustments are required if the vehicle has a "pull". There ways to cheat.Done that.

chefantwon

Apr 26, 2014
11:50am

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Originally posted by: ddd228

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Originally posted by: wrosie

Umm Dave..battery's do require water(well old ones do/did), there are grease points as well as "U"joints, idler arms, plug wires. Heater knob? well I guess if you want to say the one on the dash is a heater knob, suppose you could

Most of the new cars have no "grease fittings",plug wires or U joints.
4 decades of seeing how cars change.
So many batteries are sealed-you cannot add water.
Spark is supplied by coil on plug-1 for each cylinder.No distributors,any more,either.
Hey man...FAR OUT.
Humongous.Daddy-O.
Flower children. Hippies.
Not old enough to realize how many sayings have fallen out of favor.
New ones replace the old ones.
:REDONK"

I was surprised when I took my 2006 Ford Ranger in to get a front end alignment and was told I'd have to pay $250 for a kit to allow them to align the front wheels? REALLY?

I guess they saved 2 lbs. (for better gas mileage) by keeping the adjustable parts off the truck until you needed them and they they'd gouge you to purchase what, in my opinion, should have all ready been paid for.

NO. That's how most manufacturers make their cars and trucks,lately. REALLY!
Ford,Dodge and GM trucks are that way.
Gotta buy a "kit" to make them adjustable.
Some you need to cut the welded rivets to allow adjustments(Ford).
GM trucks-need to punch an oval hole in the frame to allow adjustments.
Chrysler/Mercedes: Need to replace control arm bolts to allow adjustments to caster/camber and are really expensive/big bolts!
BMW? You are screwed.(Older ones).
Caster/camber adjustments are required if the vehicle has a "pull". There ways to cheat.Done that.

Its colder than a witches tit in Siberia

One would be surprised at the stuff you can't adjust in cars anymore.

Btw, some cars use plug wires. My Aveo did.