Stripped oil pan plug

Are you suggesting that the 'mechanics' employed by Crappy Tire are all
monkeys?.. that would certainly answer why they have curious facial
expressions when you talk 'tech' to them, and the primal noises they make
when trying to answer something that they obviously know little about.. to
make you feel a little less personally targeted by their inability to take
ownership of mistakes, the Crappy Tire depot in Hawkesbury has a bad rep
and, as I understand, the Casselman and La Chute depots are no better.. what
really frustrates me is the lack of basic Jeep accessories.. e.g.
distributor cap and associated rotor, rear window wiper arms etc.. but they
do a nice line in polish for Jeeps.. yay..

 

If your reading comprehension is any example of your work, I'll bet you
can make garages go belly up....

What, are you the 'mic canic' the OP is complaining about that stripped
it out to try and sleaze him for big bucks in labor changing a pan?

Mike

 

AMEN! I chance my own because I know it is done and done correctly!

 

I agree - I change my own oil too. Except mine was stripped before I
bought it used - other than that, the car was close to perfect. I
called the used car dealer I bought it from to let them know that they
almost had to buy me a new engine 'cause the plug could have easily
fallen out it was so stripped.

Bill Putney
(to reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
address with "x")

 

And I bet they could have cared less...

 

You proabaly meant the opposite of what you wrote.

Actually they would have replaced the oil pan if I had asked them to.

Bill Putney
(to reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
address with "x")

 

||> > That's one of the reasons I still do my own oil changes, even though it
||> > makes little sense economically. I've never stripped or forgot to
||> > tighten a drain plug in 30+ years of changing oil on a wide range of
||> > vehicles. You just take more care when it is your own car, in my opinion.
||
||> AMEN! I chance my own because I know it is done and done correctly!
||
||I agree - I change my own oil too.

Speaking of which.......

I'm interested in a waste oil heater. I have some good plans but the oil keeps
accumulating and I haven't found the time to build one. So I'm interested in
buying a manufactured one.

I am copying this to rec.crafts.metalworking as I bet there's some knowledge
there on the subject.
Texas Parts Guy