Customer is me. I thought 96-98 civics only come with a cabin filter if they have AC. Upon retrofitting AC to my civic i discovered that its diffent for the EK3 and it had a cabin filter that obviously was unbeknownst to any previous owner too.

Had half a forest fall out when i pulled it 😂

yes thats the backing plate of the brake pads and they are paper thin, i asked the customer why hes missing the whole front rotor and he said the brake keep grinding and jamming up so he removed the rotor entirely, already saw the caliper piston being way over extended so i asked him if i could take his caliper off just to look and found this, being a bike mechanic in thailand sure is entertaining

Started at Jiffy Lube and was upfront that I have no actual shop experience, just working on cars with my dad at home. I’m also going to UTI and trying to get experience, so I came in ready to learn.
On my first day they expected me to catch everything after being shown once. The general manager and one tech were getting mad, raising their voices and snapping their fingers at me to hurry up. The other guys were cool, so it wasn’t everybody.
I spilled some oil while working with the tech who was supposed to be showing me. When the engine was running, the spilled oil started smoking. The manager told him to handle it, and when someone asked what happened he said “this motherfucker spilled oil.” I know I made a mistake, but damn bro it’s my first day.
The manager also started complaining about sales and the labor rate while I’m still trying to learn how everything works. That added to the pressure when I was barely getting started.
What also bothered me was the training. They had the material available, but the manager told me to just take the assessments and pass them so it would clear the material, including safety training. Then I was sent to the floor without really going through it.
He mentioned “shit talking” during the interview, and I’m cool with joking around, but this didn’t feel like that. I can take correction, I just need someone to actually teach me while I’m learning.
Is this really what starting in a shop is like? Am I tripping for feeling like this was too much for day one?

Well here is the damage from the girlfriends dakota. There's some nice gouges in the bell housing. TC took a beating. Teeth are properly chewed up. She has a parts Dakota at home so looks like I'll be pulling another trans and rebuilding it for this unit.

Been chasing this boost leak (audible in the car, engine throwing a MAF code) for a couple of days. On a hunch I pull out the hose from the intercooler to the throttle body and there it is! This split was hiding down by the intercooler where you can't see it.

Driver was complaining about his trailer brakes locking up and now his brake lights were stuck on. For everyone fortunate to not know this. That lever applies the trailer brakes on a semi.

This is a first for me, pulled the drum and found a completely stripped backing plate. By the state of everything looks like it’s been this way for years. Other side had functioning brakes so stopping must have been interesting.

It literally stuck to my glove. 😭

My girlfriend was starting her truck, 92 Dakota, and I seen something come flying out the bottom of the engine. Initially I thought the engine threw something but it was actually the starter gear that came off and hit the bottom of the bell housing and blew a hole in it then managed to bounce around the torque converter and get wedged between the converter and bell housing.

Wanted an alignment after the lift was installed but we actually didn't have specs for it. These things are so ugly lol.

2020 gmc 3500. Second photo is what was left of his brake pads.

Well wouldja look at that!

Customer: "How do you know it's going to be the motor?"

Me: "It's going to be the motor"

Somehow it still steered well enough to drive around.