A CALL FOR HELP

[hodgo]

This is my 23 yrs old grand daughter that thinks she has great mechanical skills and knowledge[bawl]

Phone rings
I answer voice says Hello Pop
Can you do me a big favor
I answer what kinda favor[bigsad][bigsad][bigsad]
She, I need a 16 mil spanner and what ever you need to undo lock tight[bighmmm]
Me, What size is the lock tight.
She, Just bring what ever tools you use to undo it
Me, What are you doing
She, Taking the power steering pump off a Commodore.
Me, I will see what I have in the way of lock tight tools.
She, You must have the tools in one of your tool boxes [bawl]

[Pedro_The_Swift]

you are a devil,,
she tried so hard,, [biggrin]

[rangieman]

Send her to the shop for a can of compression[bigwhistle]

[muddy]

cliff

send her down to buy a can of elbow grease that will loosen it up

[Roverlord off road spares]

Those commnets - Be careful what you say to the youth of today, many don't have a sense of humor and crack the sads and definitely don't say it at a work place as you will be done for bullying.

[DeanoH]

At least she's having a go. Deserves support IMO.

Deano :)

[DiscoMick]

Good on her. Did she ask for a long wait?

[muddy]

. Did she ask for a long wait?[/QUOTE]


knowing both her and hodgo she got one

[Stuck]

Translation: Pop, Have you got a 16mm spanner and another ring spanner that will lock into the other end of the first one ?.
Trust me, I've been through this and it's about now that she'll appreciate your guidance.

[hodgo]

Another good one was the starter motor is buggered on my car, can you fix it, Ans. no, well what do I do Ans, get a replacement. Now due to the fact I had just had a replacement elbow fitted I was not allowed near spanners for some time Now this is not a problem to granddaughter she will sort the problem herself but she needed every spanner in both toolboxes, 1/2 hour later she come in side with an alternator and a cut fan belt. My question to her what are you doing with that. her Ans. I told you it does not work. Me- But you said the starter motor was buggered. Her- well what do you think this is. Me - I don't think, I know its the alternator Her - are you sure. Me- Why did you cut the belt ? Her- because it was in the way. Pop always get lefty to sort the mess.

[V8Ian]

At least she's having a go, none of us were born with knowledge.

[hodgo]

At least she's having a go, none of us were born with knowledge.

I agree with what you say Ian , but its her attitude some times that gets me and I do give 10/10 for trying and there is the funny side plus as I said before its me that 9 time out of 10 has to pick up the mess and cost.

Hodgo

[V8Ian]

Ah yes, the impetuous of youth. We've all been through that stage.

[trout1105]

One of my daughters decided that she wanted to be able to fix up her own car as she had just bought a twin cab Hilux 4x4.
I bought her on of those tool sets from 4wd supercheap and thought that was the end of my involvement.
I find it takes much more effort and patience to teach someone how to do a repair job instead of just doing it yourself and my first reaction when the flange gasket on her truck needed replacing was to do it myself, I resisted this and instead of the job taking half an hour it took most of the morning to get done.
I am so glad I took the extra time and effort as the look on her face when she fired up the truck with the now quiet exhaust was priceless.[thumbsupbig]

[cripesamighty]

Not long ago while washing my car, the young lass next door decided to top up the oil in her new (to her) Honda. She came over to ask for a rag as she had spilled some oil. First car she has ever owned so she wanted to look after it.

I quietly took the keys off her and said to sit down while I cleaned up......the oil overflowing out from the top of the engine. Poor thing had never heard of checking the oil with a dipstick. She just filled it to the top like you would any other container. Hey, well at least she tried!

It took a while to put things to rights, but no harm done. After a cup of tea she was shown how to do some simple checks on her car. I also showed her how to change a tyre and then made her do it without any help. She is now a very happy camper - and I got some really nice wine as a thankyou out of it too!