Vehicle Oil changes

[Yander]

an old timer friend of mine ran a full service station here in town in the 60's. those were the days of plunge spouts for oil cans. he always had an empty can w/plunger installed. when he would check oil, mentioned it was a qt low, then invert the empty can in the crank case.
he bragged he made more money off that 1 can than gas or service. smart guy

Crooked guy is a better description!

 

[Yander]

Did the same thing when I was a kid working at the local Pure Oil (remember them) station, The owner insisted we always check under the hood (was all full service back then) and if the oil or windshield washer was low to be sure to tell the customer it needed filled and if they agreed, we filled the washer bag with the same bottle of almost all water fluid and the same oil can that had little if any oil in it and then charged the customer accordingly. What a scam but it worked almost every time.

So you are crooked too, noted. My parents raised me better I wouldn't have done it.

 

[Yander]

It must be nice to live in an equipment wonderland like some of you guys do--Rent this, rent that. It's a 50-mile trip in the opposite direction to get a trailer. Then a 50-mile trip to the "nearest" terminal and back. The terminal ordeal could be a 4-5 hour torture at the whim of whoever is there. Then another 50-mile trip to return the trailer. Not to mention the time to off-load the trailer a piece at a time with help or not. Oh yeah, then there's the cost of the rental and a full tank of gas. It ain't happening. If they won't drop it at/in my driveway like other equipment vendors are willing to do, I'm not buying it. My time isn't worth any less than theirs. Edit: I've seen flat beds going down the highway with lifts on the back. How about those? Vendors are so greedy.

That's how I just bought a flail mower. They delivered on the side of the driveway and inside the fence. There was a $50 charge for the lift-gate service. The poor driver had to wheel it off the lift-gate and through the dirt to get it off to the side. It's worth every penny to me and far less than renting any equipment. I was able to take my time to assemble it, lube it and get it back to the barn with the 3PH on the tractor. (It was also too heavy for my FEL.)

If you weren't in TX you could borrow mine.

 

[dodge man]

I can remember being a kid and my dad not letting them add oil at gas stations because he knew it was a scam sometimes. He’d just check it himself later.

 

[RustyA]

Back in the 70's worked for a very honest guy that had a chain of Texaco stations. He spiffed us on wiper blades, oil, and tire sales. Anybody that bought 10 gallons or more check the oil, clean all windows and check tire pressure. Our uniform shirts had a slot by the pocket for the pencil gauge. Any time he stopped by first look was ladies rest room for cleanliness. He taught me a lot about running a good service business.

 

[oldtimer 66]

Back to the oil changes. I use the Mobil 1 synthetic oil on my vehicles. When the car is on the lift I check the tire pressures, rotate if needed, peek at the coolant, brakes, do the windshield washer fluid etc. Mt wife is a real stickler on the windshield washer fluid. It's got to be checked all the time even between oil changes. We have been married for over fifty years and accounting for all of the cars she has had I doubt if she has used even 1 gallon of windshield washer fluid over this time frame. Ta Da. I have a new 3/4 ton Chevy pickup and I have already changed the oil at about 3400 miles. The next oil change will be the free factory one at about 7500 miles??. I had put 140K miles on my last Chevy pickup and did all the oil changes at the 50% mark. The truck didn't use any oil that I could measure. I never had a trailer hooked to it, but the rear end started to make noise. The wife's Ford Edge, 4 cylinder, if I followed the factor schedule would be at 10k. That's not being done. I change that at about/ around 4K. Later

 

[Williy]

I have found that a rounded head on a bolt or nut etc can
be removed using a pipe wrench or file them square and use a cresent wrench

willy

 

[5030]

So you are crooked too, noted. My parents raised me better I wouldn't have done it.

I was an employee (and was dating his daughter as well), so I did what I was told to do. That was over 60 years ago btw. You seem to dwell on negativity for some reason. Maybe I need to put you on ignore.

I don't buy your comment either. You aint no saint.

 

[Yander]

I was an employee (and was dating his daughter as well), so I did what I was told to do. That was over 60 years ago btw. You seem to dwell on negativity for some reason. Maybe I need to put you on ignore.

I don't buy your comment either. You aint no saint.

You are probably the, most negative guy on this site, dropping into threads with nothing productive to add other than to ridicule people for their decision, because they make different choices than you.

...or worry about grammar or misspelled words, who cares?

So, please DO ignore me! I'm tired of reading you BS.

 

[paulsharvey]

So, I will tell everyone one of the problems. The place I take the work car, if it matters, Lube/Tire, in Starke FLa; Used to have 2-3 high school/early 20s guys/gals every time I went there, plus 1 or 2 senior techs. Past few years, I dont see the young guys anymore. So, I'm really not sure if it's a matter of "young guys just don't want to work" Or an employer saying, I can have fewer, more skilled guys, and make the same money, but they are no longer open on Saturdays, and waits are longer then a few years ago.

I do generally buy my personal vehicles tires online at Walmart, and 50/50 either get them mounted/balanced at Walmart or this Tire/Lube place. With Walmart, you get a kinda poorly balanced tire, and techs that get confused by anything other than the factory sizes. Other place, mount and balance 4 tires, that you bring in, might cost $100-150... But, they turn out right, And as someone who Has DIY mounted a tire in the front yard... I've learned I'm not DIYing that again.

Anyways, local Walmart has gotten to the point that a "free" rotate and balance, included for life with them mounting, is a 6 hour wait.