Re: Truck suggestions please

GBinNC wrote:

On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:08:07 -0400, bill horne <redydog@xxxxxxx> wrote:


In retrospect, it wasn't that big a deal, once I realized what the
problem was.


It could have been if it'd happened going down the road.


[Okay, I'm know I'm devoting more time to this than it's worth. But here
goes:]

True, without a doubt. But it probably wouldn't have done that, because
by then the oil would be already warmed up and there would be no unusual
pressure on it. If it had made it through starting (as it had already, a
bunch of times), it would likely have never come loose.

When it happened I had already driven it several hundred miles (or maybe
more) after the oil change. It had been parked outside at the mountain
house in bitter cold temperatures for several days and blew the filter
loose when I tried to start it.


So I say again - if a monkey can do it, then this guy was on a lower branch than a monkey.


And I heard you the first time.

But you're insulting the guy's intelligence, and I don't believe that's
warranted. He's a competent mechanic, racecar team owner/driver, and
well-established shop owner/small businessperson. It may also be that an
underling did it, but I still don't believe it implies ignorance or
ineptitude on the part of either of them.

I do.

I believe what the mechanic did was to install an oil filter that
screwed on appropriately and fit tightly when he put it on in the shop,
on a warm engine -- without considering that, although it fit tightly
then, it might have been a slightly different diameter (std vs metric)
and might be forced loose under the unusual pressure of very cold oil a
month or two later in a much colder part of the state.

Granted, it was the wrong filter, but you might have made the same
mistake in the same circumstances. If you install a filter and it fits
and feels right and seats tightly, I doubt that you'd question whether
it's the right one.

I question (make sure) it's the right one before I put it on.

--
bill
Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.
.

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