TV Mechanics

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Mon 8 Dec 2008 07:23
TV Mechanics - grumpyscot
OK - I admit to watching last night's Coronation Street. Girl has mini, having rouble. Tyrone the mechanic sits in it, says - no wonder you're having trouble, your oil warning light is flashing. he asks "when did you last check your oil". "Never", she says. So he immediately revs up the engnie then says "let's take the car for a spin".

Methinks if a mechanic did that to my car, I would hang him by his short and curlies from a very high tree and attach some extremely heavy weights to his person.

OK - I know it's telly, but what an impression to create of mechanics! (Script writer obviously know nowt about cars!)
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Mon 8 Dec 2008 08:48
TV Mechanics - oilrag
"OK - I know it's telly, but what an impression to create of mechanics!"

What about real mechanics on television in `The Garage`?

It seems they smashed off lugs on an engines block with a hammer - so they could drop the sump without further dismantling. They then seemed to fit new big end shells in situ, without checking for damage on the crankshaft or the main bearing shells.

It then seemed to run well for about 30 seconds before knocking like a post war Austerity Class steam engine.
The customer came in and had to pay for it too, before driving it away knocking.

as they say - "Truth is often stranger than fiction"
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Mon 8 Dec 2008 08:56
TV Mechanics - b308
Give me Edd China any day... as long as Brewer's not with him trying to buy my car!
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Mon 8 Dec 2008 09:01
TV Mechanics - Old Navy
Do we have any mechanics these days? I think we just have computer readers and replacement part fitters. TV reflects reality. Exept BR contibuters of course. :)

Edited by Old Navy on 08/12/2008 at 09:03

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Mon 8 Dec 2008 09:25
TV Mechanics - Ian (Cape Town)
One day...

I'd like to swop the shows, so that (1) Brewer would work with Bernie, and (2) China would work with Leepu.

Scenario #1:
'Ere, Bernie, 'aven't you finished that yet?"
Cue blood everywhere round the workshop.

Scenario #2: Edd being so nice to leepu that nothing ever gets done in the chop shop.

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Mon 8 Dec 2008 12:01
TV Mechanics - mike hannon
What a disappointing thread after such an intriguing header! I thought it was something to do with what mechanics choose to wear when they're off duty...
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Mon 8 Dec 2008 12:03
TV Mechanics - Alby Back
Heh heh Mike.

"Pass us that lump 'ammer Gloria would you....? "

;-)
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Mon 8 Dec 2008 12:39
TV Mechanics - Chris S
Anybody remember the Italian Job? A mechanic crawled out from under the rear of a Mini and announced that he'd just been checking the differential!
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Mon 8 Dec 2008 12:44
TV Mechanics - ForumNeedsModerating
Aah, you mean mechanics on TV, sorry - I was going to say it would wreck their fingernails (probably).
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Tue 9 Dec 2008 04:14
TV Mechanics - Ian (Cape Town)
Anybody remember the Italian Job? A mechanic crawled out from under the rear of a
Mini and announced that he'd just been checking the differential!


From Wiki:
"As Croker walks through the garage where the Minis are being prepared for the robbery, we hear that "Rozzer's having trouble with his differential" and we clearly see that the back of the red Mini Cooper is jacked up and Rozzer is obviously working hard. This is probably an insider joke since the Mini is a front wheel drive car and does not have a rear differential. In the early 1960s, front wheel drive cars were exceedingly rare and as a result, asking a novice car mechanic to repair a Mini's rear differential was a popular snipe hunt"

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