SlvrSnake
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My neighbor across the street from me is a twenties something guy who is the nicest person you could meet but unfortunately very mechanically un-inclined.
The first time I really noticed this was when his wife came home one day with the trunk of her Cavalier bouncing up and down. I was outside watering my grass and figured she must have had something big in the trunk and could not shut it, WRONG. She goes in the house and they both come out and he proceeds to slam the trunk down at least 5 times, all to no avail, still won't shut. I don't even walk over just shout over to him, "Pull the latch down on the center of the trunk, little piece of metal covering the opening on the latch." He looks at me puzzled and after another couple of minutes figures out what I meant and gets the trunk closed. He has asked me a couple of zingers over the past year but today topped em so far.
A couple of weeks ago I sharpened his lawn-mower blade because he asked me if my lawn-mower just pushes the grass around like his does and is the grass all uneven when I am done cutting it. When I looked at the blade he might as well had a 2x4 bolted there instead, probably would have cut the same. I sharpened the blade for him and he watched in amazement as sparks flew and his blade was sharpened on the grinder. Apparently now to him, I am the lawn-mower God. So he comes over today and asks if I could look at his lawn-mower. He hit (actually nicked) a piece of PVC in his front yard and he said the lawn-mower started puttering and running really bad soon thereafter. At first I thought he might have bent the crank and the key did not shear. He wheels it over, I pull the plug wire and have him crank it a couple times to see if I notice anything obvious. Nothing, blade is fine, no obvious damage. Flip mower back over and put the wire back on. Crank on it and it won't start. He checks the fuel and says its fine. I look at it and the fucker is bone dry. He goes and gets a gas can and overfills it and spills gas all over the place. I clean up the mess and then crank it over and it runs fine, no vibration, missing, nothing. He says, "Thats amazing! You fixed it!!" I'm like it happens all the time, there must have been dirt in the carburetor and when I put it on its side it cleared it out and the plug wire must have been loosened when you hit the PVC and taking it off and putting it back on reseated it.
I did not have the heart to tell him that it was just out of gas. Makes you wonder, just figured I would share this. Made me laugh, hope you get a chuckle out of it too.
The first time I really noticed this was when his wife came home one day with the trunk of her Cavalier bouncing up and down. I was outside watering my grass and figured she must have had something big in the trunk and could not shut it, WRONG. She goes in the house and they both come out and he proceeds to slam the trunk down at least 5 times, all to no avail, still won't shut. I don't even walk over just shout over to him, "Pull the latch down on the center of the trunk, little piece of metal covering the opening on the latch." He looks at me puzzled and after another couple of minutes figures out what I meant and gets the trunk closed. He has asked me a couple of zingers over the past year but today topped em so far.
A couple of weeks ago I sharpened his lawn-mower blade because he asked me if my lawn-mower just pushes the grass around like his does and is the grass all uneven when I am done cutting it. When I looked at the blade he might as well had a 2x4 bolted there instead, probably would have cut the same. I sharpened the blade for him and he watched in amazement as sparks flew and his blade was sharpened on the grinder. Apparently now to him, I am the lawn-mower God. So he comes over today and asks if I could look at his lawn-mower. He hit (actually nicked) a piece of PVC in his front yard and he said the lawn-mower started puttering and running really bad soon thereafter. At first I thought he might have bent the crank and the key did not shear. He wheels it over, I pull the plug wire and have him crank it a couple times to see if I notice anything obvious. Nothing, blade is fine, no obvious damage. Flip mower back over and put the wire back on. Crank on it and it won't start. He checks the fuel and says its fine. I look at it and the fucker is bone dry. He goes and gets a gas can and overfills it and spills gas all over the place. I clean up the mess and then crank it over and it runs fine, no vibration, missing, nothing. He says, "Thats amazing! You fixed it!!" I'm like it happens all the time, there must have been dirt in the carburetor and when I put it on its side it cleared it out and the plug wire must have been loosened when you hit the PVC and taking it off and putting it back on reseated it.
I did not have the heart to tell him that it was just out of gas. Makes you wonder, just figured I would share this. Made me laugh, hope you get a chuckle out of it too.
