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.
I'm getting horizontal bars for the second paragraph, please inform me if this is what you're seeing too and I'll see if I can fix it.
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ReplyDeleteNice post and observations, thank you!
I see the bars and I'm clueless as to the cause. Try changing the background template maybe?
Keep up the good work!
Jeff
That's awesome! Learning how to use the tire bar at the DOT was really cool for me too (corny!). Now you have to show all the guys at school how to use Their brains to change their tires :)
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