Does your helper do this too?

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two_shoes

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So my 6 year old was helping me out today. I asked him to label some bags for me while I was dismantling the engine.....

This is what I got.....
A bag with a deer on it...
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and one with a Mamoth too....
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This was done on the cement with a sharpie pen....

I hate to say it, but he has better printing than I do.... I know his cursive is the best in the family....

Thought I'd share....
 
LOL, thats pretty cool -- although I always laugh when people put nuts and bolts in sandwich bags like that - to me it seems like when putting a motor back together I can tell what goes where by just looking at it - or in the case of the 4 fan bolts - they are the only ones that size that have the little star washer things on them - to each his own but I just toss em all in a box
 
veedubshafer said:
LOL, thats pretty cool -- although I always laugh when people put nuts and bolts in sandwich bags like that - to me it seems like when putting a motor back together I can tell what goes where by just looking at it - or in the case of the 4 fan bolts - they are the only ones that size that have the little star washer things on them - to each his own but I just toss em all in a box
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You have a true talent then. I would never think of taking apart an engine without putting the bolts/nuts in baggies.
 
veedubshafer said:
LOL, thats pretty cool -- although I always laugh when people put nuts and bolts in sandwich bags like that - to me it seems like when putting a motor back together I can tell what goes where by just looking at it - or in the case of the 4 fan bolts - they are the only ones that size that have the little star washer things on them - to each his own but I just toss em all in a box
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I come from working on aeroderivative power plants (jet engines stuffed in a box to make power), where we would bag and tag everything. Doing a top case, where almost every bolt is different, we'd push them through card board and label them too. All 48 on each side of the engine. Every connection get bagged & tagged..... maybe I did it too long as it seems pretty natual now...

I haven't torn an car engine apart in 20 years, so I need all the help I can get..... too many brain cells burned up since then. I admire you guys that can toss everything in a box and not have anything left over... I think it would be disastrous for me though....

Glad you liked the pics....
 
hmm, its funny too because my memory is awful but I guess when I look at the part and the bo of nuts and bolts it just makes sense to me what one to use - eh, everyone has their own way - I just did a motor swap in November in my '90 (actually took the motor out of an '88 I had and put it in the '90) and I threw all the fasteners from the front clip and threw them in one box and then all the engine stuff in another (to keep the greasy stuff together then I let em soak in degreaser to clean em up a bit
 
I took my daughters IBM thinkpad apart last month down to removal of the motherboard and did the put it in a pile thing, had 8 left over after reassembly, got it down to 2 after the 3rd disassembly and reassembly and those last two are driving me *$#&#@&$& nuts.
 
I try to keep it light and fun, I never enjoyed being yelled at and learning new cuss words...

Their attention span is about 30 minutes so that about my patience limit too.... pretty good system thus far... lol
 
mine doesnt help me work on the heeps. he pops out in the shop and goes "dad, is the icky truck fixed?"

by icky truck he means my 99 on 35s.

btw he 3 and has green hair.
 
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here is my little helper....

funny story...on this day, i was doing something, maybe installing my tranny cooler? cant remember...anyway, she wanted to help, so she was grabbing random wrenches and pretending to fix daddy's jeep....I wasn't paying much attention, i just snapped that pic b/c i thought it was cute....

notice the location she's at....

now think about your unibody "frame" and the little holes in it (drainage?)

I didn't think of this....

Took a test drive and every time i hit a bump, i kept hearing this rattling sound. I kept thinking "i wasn't doing anything to the suspension...hmmm" - i must have spent the next two hours checking every bolt on the front end, looking for something rattling, loose, etc...couldn't find a thing. More driving, still the rattle....WTF?

well, i finally gave up thinking it was just some phantom sound, til a little while later when I installed my rock rails....and inside the "frame" i found a bunch of my smaller wrenches stuffed in the holes....thanks to my little helper :D

classic...I couldn't help but shake my head and laugh...and now the rattle is gone!

kids are amazing and awesome :D
 
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