Tips for home mechanics

[Mutley]

* Oil Change Instructions for Women:*


* 1) Pull up to Auto Masters when the Km's reach 5000 since the
last oil change.
2) Drink a cup of coffee
3) 15 minutes later, write a cheque and leave with a properly maintained
vehicle.

**Money spent:
**Oil Change: $50.00
Coffee: $10.00
Total: $60.00
*
*


Oil Change instructions for Men** :

1) Wait until Saturday, drive to auto parts store and buy a case of oil,
filter, kitty litter, hand cleaner and a scented tree, write a check for
$50.00.
2) Stop at drive-in and buy a block of beer, write a check for $30, drive home.
3) Open a beer and drink it.
4) Jack car up. Spend 30 minutes looking for jack stands.
5) Find jack stands under kid's pedal car.
6) In frustration, open another beer and drink it.
7) Place drain pan under engine.
8) Look for 9/16 box end spanner.
9) Give up and use crescent.
10) Unscrew drain plug.
11) Drop drain plug in pan of hot oil: splash hot oil on you in process.
@#$%^&.
12) Crawl out from under car to wipe hot oil off of face and arms. Throw
kitty litter on spilled oil.
13) Have another beer whilst watching oil drain.
14) Spend 30 minutes looking for oil filter wrench.
15) Give up; crawl under car and hammer a screwdriver through oil filter
and twist off.
16) Crawl out from under car with dripping oil filter splashing oil
everywhere from holes. Cleverly hide old oil filter among trash in trash can
to avoid environmental penalties. Drink a beer.**
17) Install new oil filter making sure to apply a thin coat of oil to gasket surface.
18) Dump first litre of fresh oil into engine.
19) Remember drain plug from step 11.
20) Hurry to find drain plug in drain pan.
21) Drink beer.
22) Discover that first litre of fresh oil is now on the floor. Throw kitty
litter on oil spill.
23) Get drain plug back in with only a minor spill. Drink beer.
24) Crawl under car getting kitty litter into eyes. Wipe eyes with oily rag
used to clean drain plug. Slip with stupid crescent wrench tightening drain
plug and bang knuckles on frame removing any excess skin between knuckles
and frame.
25) Begin swearing fit.
26) Throw stupid crescent wrench.
27) Swear for additional 5 minutes because wrench hit Phase III poster.
28) Beer.
29) Clean up hands and bandage as required to stop blood flow.
30) Beer.
31) Dump in five fresh litres of oil.
32) Beer.
33) Lower car from jack stands.
34) Move car back to apply more kitty litter to fresh oil spilled during
any missed steps.
35) Beer.
36) Test drive car.
37) Get pulled over: arrested for driving under the influence.
38) Car gets impounded.
39) Call loving wife, make bail.
40) 12 hours later, get car from impound yard.

**Money spent:*
* Parts: $50.00
DUI: $2500.00
Impound fee: $75.00
Bail: ; $1500.00
Beer: $30.00
Total: ** $4,155.00
But you know the job was done right!*

[sfr rob]

haha, thats very clever, just use spell check in future :.

[gthofan]

hahahah very nice. Ive never tried the screwdriver through the filter, hmm good idea!

[trick_xd]

May change some words in these 2

8) Look for 9/16 box end spanner.
9) Give up and use crescent.

instead use

8) Look for 3/4 Ring spanner .
9) Give up and use a Shifter .

Other then that it is funny

[XR.1967]

Very funny well done..

[Ridin-High]

rofl that was heaps good. well done mutley

[Mechan1k]

Looks liek it was an email from the US that has been altered to suit Australia ... although "check" (Cheque) hasn't been changed ... and a few other things too.

Funny nonetheless though.

[Maximus]

Thats a good one!