OK, I've been laughing at this one and picturing it for awhile now. Question.............I can see him getting the plugs out at 50mph, Ka-Bing but where did he buy that tool to reinstall them against the compression stroke? Jegs, Summit?? Sears? I want one!!

It's not that hard, I do it all the time.
You just have to get the plug in and torqued during the intake stroke

so do you put you're thumb over the hole to figure out what stroke the piston is on?
i can just see john forces's mechanics taking a ride,& doing some quick tuning

wonder if it was HEI?

Shane

I joined this forum JUST for this thread...

So a buddy of mine worked at a place called "Quick 10"... It was an oil change joint, which now belongs to iffy lube...

So one night after work, he comes over and tells me about this guy who came in... He was a rep for "Slick 50". To demonstrate his product, he dumped a can of the miracle oil treatment into the engine and let it run for 5 minutes. Then he had my buddy pull the drain plug and let all of the oil out. He instructed my buddy to come back up top and to bring the drain plug. They all (The rep, the store manager, and my buddy) piled into the car, with the oil pan drain plug displayed on the dash, and went to lunch in the car that now had no oil in it. As the story goes, the oil light was on the whole time, but the car ran fine, and after lunch, they drove around a bit before coming back and refilling the engine with oil, and the rep drove off into the sunset.

I seem to remember another story that involved a Chevy Vega with a 454 that got twisted like a limp dishrag from the torque of the oversized motor...

Oh, and then there was Leonard. Leonard was the "not quite right" friend of a friend who upon meeting me for the first time prattled on about this '63 split window 'Vette that he had. I couldn't for the life of me figure out why he would be driving a Ford Festiva if he actually owned such a car. My "BS meter" was already going off and I called him on it. For the 10 years I knew this guy, he swore that he owned this car, but could never show it to anyone because it was locked away at his Uncle's place in his garage. I finally had to tell him "Until I see this car, and it has YOUR name on the registration, if you say ONE MORE WORD about it, I will pound you into the ground."

Well, the whole thread about propane tanks is kinda hilarious.

I knew a guy that claimed he had a 69 Road Runner that idled at 70 mph.........

He also said he had a 350 chevy that could rev to over 14,000 rpm.

Hell, the guy also told me he had a car with a BBC that had so much power, when he floored it off the line the engine flew out of the engine compartment and landed behind the car. I just nodded my head and laughed on the inside....

About 30 years ago my grandfather restored a Modal A, then sold it a to friend to make room for another project. His friend rarely drove the car, it sat for about 15 years and the bottom of the fuel tank rusted out. He did not want to bother with the car and sold it to my Dad, who only wanted to park it in his antiques shop. So in order to get the car running my grandfather took a steel 1 gallon maple syrup can and brazed a fitting to the bottom, hung it on the firewall and ran a line to the carb so it could be driven.

The car is sitting in the antiques shop and a customer asked if the car really ran on maple syrup! My dad told him yes, and the customer was dumbfounded that the big three had not picked up on this new renewable fuel yet. My dad tells me more then a few people have asked if it runs on maple syrup...

I work with a guy who has always has a good story .one day i mentioned i was going to help my buddy build a 350 for his el camino he told me he used to have a shop and all of his stuff is at his dads house including 15 350's which he could let me buy .one problem was he had them on a machine he built that used a ford starter [why a ford] and every thirty minutes it was set on a timer and would start them all together then another timer started another motor and would rotate all the blocks together.i guess he could'nt break the chain. on another ocasion he said a buddy of his worked at a chevy dealership and they dropped a brand new corvette motor and his buddy bought it for 50 bucks and all that was wrong was a bent oil pan and he says he just wants his money back for it so i said sold , after 2 weeks of constant hounding he says he had to give it back to the insurance they accidentally sold it. this guy is always good for a laugh

I have run several auto parts stores for 3 different majors, and I have to listen to these stories almost DAILY. When asking for vehicle info, everyone with an Olds has a 350 rocket or a big block 350. Everyone with a Chevy has a 400+hp 4bolt main. Everyone with a Mopar has a Hemi 440 or a 426 Hemi. And everyone with a Ford has a 428 cobrajet engine in it. They then proceed to blame me when they get the wrong parts, or the book/computer must have a misprint. I have two boxes on the shelf for my sanity, one is labeled "They're all the same", and the other is labeled "It don't matter". I just started last week on this site and love it BTW. Thanks.....Jerry

Well I have a problem with the auto parts store, when I come in for a valve cover gasket for my 62 chev 350 Hot rodded truck. they always ask if it has air? power steer, power brakes. etc It doesn't really matter girl. Nothing is stock on the truck, stock parts wont fit, I know what I want, Just get it for me. All they know is how to punch a computor.

Gazim,

Not all parts houses only know how to "punch" a computer. I started in the business only using catalogs, learned how to use the computers when I moved up to a major parts house, and have been using them, and the books ever since. The computers have the speed, and are written from the catalogs. However, the catalogs are only sent every few months, whereas the updated info can be transmitted overnight. This lets the store know if the "valve cover" gasket you want has been superceded by a new part number, if an alternate number will work, or if there is a recall. All the stores that use computers have websites that you can look up your own part numbers in. So if you don't want to be asked the qualifying questions we need to get you the right part...look it up yourself and bring the part number into the store next time. I was looking to add humor to the thread, not to be personally attacked because I work in a parts store. Thank you....Jerry

I have no intention of attacking anyone working in parts stores or using a computor, but a employee who knows little about cars is a poor represenative of the store. The inane questions about whether My 40 yr. oldtruck has air etc when I might want a gas cap are ridiculous.

I knew a guy that knew nothing about cars but he would talk BS all the time. He once told me he was building a SBC 426 hemi with hi performance glow plugs.

Two weeks ago I was getting my coupe aligned and a tire guy came out and started telling me he was lead fabricator for Bobby Alloway, and Ken Posie for several years. He told me that he was building a '32 ford and putting it on a s-10 chassis. about an hour later when I went to pay he told me he had just ordered a complete Pete and Jakes frame for it.
I guess Bobby Alloway doesn't have a dental plan because that old boy looked like he was using Billy Bob teeth for dentures.

Not exactly on topic....

In my teens, I resurrected a '34 Chevy PU with an Olds 371 and hydro. Cool thing was that both axles and attachments had a TJ chrome plating job.

I was driving it around with no hood or bed, and parked for an errand on a main street. I come back and there's an old guy waiting there, and I'm ready for the "I used to have a Model A just like that" speech, when he knocks me out with,

"what made you think about doing a thing like that?"

My buddies still laff about that one....