First day of my intern at Stanwood/Camano Island School District was exciting to me (regardless of how corny it may sound); I learned the proper way of removing/replacing a wheel by myself with the aid of a wheel bar. I removed two sets of driving wheels in less than 10 mins. YAY!!! I was so stoked I had to blab about it to many people. Hee hee hee
Since then, I've repaired many seats by either sewing or patch putty; a few lof's on vans and cars (no buses yet); tranny service on a dodge car; removed a transmission on a bus (that was fun); replaced bearings for timing belts; repaired bus floor using cement glue (very aggravating because the floor didn't want to stay down, and guess why, because my coworker didn't want to follow the instructions; blah); attempted to fix a 1950's Pfaff sewing machine (dumby me, found out later on that the needle was too short *snickers*); and used bus lifts for the first time (that was scary); and all this in the first week.
My second week wasn't very eventful giving that I only worked 2 days and the second day I left early because I was sick. In those 2 days, I reassembled the transmission and came across a problem. When replacing the bolts on the flex plate, one of the heads got sheared off. YIKES!! I had suggested using a tap and die set, in which I got the response of no, we would "walk" the bolt out instead, duh. I had forgotten about that technique.
As for this week, so far I've done (you've probably guessed it) MORE SEAT REPAIRS; timing belts; removed some brakes; and wheel swaps. Ooo ooo ooo.... for the grande finale of the day... wait for it... wait... I GOT TO DRIVE 3 BUSES FOR THE FIRST TIME!!!!!!!!! OMG! What an adrenaline rush! I was scared S@*!less when I was told I was to do that. AAAAHHHHHHH!!! But I did wonderful. No accidents for this lady. Sweet!!
Total hrs to date: 72
CHEERS!
P.S.
I'll try to remember to keep my phone on me so that I may take pics to post. Sorry.
