Ooooo that smell ...

[CG]

I finally finished pulling the 3sp OD trans out of my 69 parts truck today. I forgot what a huge hassle it is yanking greasy old stuff out of a truck when you are laying on a dirt, gravel, hay and a bird poop encrusted floor lol.

Like a dope I pulled the rear drive line, and the front one. Should have left the front one in, because the trans was dripping a little out of the tail shaft. Well I wasn't paying attention and the drip became a stream. I was dragging my large body around on my back and was trying to get a little leverage on a wrench and I turned the left side of my head directly under the tranny oil stream. Ugh, what a mess and boy does that stuff stink.

Hopped in the shower when I got home, and did the rinse lather repeat with the ol shampoo three times and I can still smell that stuff, blech.

Someone tell me why we work on old trucks again???

[too much stuff]

Been there! Not sure why we do this or call it fun or entertaining... Oh yeah, it usually is fun and if i was watching, it would have been entertaining for me.

[CG]

Originally Posted by too much stuff

... Oh yeah, it usually is fun and if i was watching, it would have been entertaining for me.

That is so true

[Boog]

Whew, boyyyy. That's a stank that's hard to get rid of. Prepare yourself to sleep alone for a while.
And I used to enjoy tearing into old stuff like that. I didn't mind the smell or stains back then.

[Constructor1]

That smell has gotten me more than 1 date. Just a dab behind each ear and ya haver to beat em off with a stick

[383longhorn]

Originally Posted by Constructor1

That smell has gotten me more than 1 date. Just a dab behind each ear and ya haver to beat em off with a stick

hahah everytime me and my moms boyfriend are doing something that has to do with gear oil he brings up how many chicks he used to get after leaving his machine shop and going to the bar back in the day smelling like 90w. i thought he was crazy untell one day after auto shop a girl was tellin me how good i smelt. all i could smell was stinky old 90w and i was thinkin in my head... theres no way he was right haha. he also says girls go crazy for burt tranny fluid

[rsavage]

Nothing like the smell (and staying power) of 40+ years old 90W.

[PanelDeland]

Smell that smell,the smell of 90 weight surounds you.
Lynard Skynard!!!!!


http://www.songlyrics.com/lynyrd-sky...-smell-lyrics/





Dr.Bonner's Miracle soap.I like the pepermint.I use it all the time.I don't know if it takes the smell away or just covers it up,but it don't smell like pepermint after I shower.
BTW careful getting it in sensitive spots,it may tingle.

[sir_talk_alot]

i had a bottle one time in the bed of my truck and was hauling a t400 across town for a buddy and went around a corner and that new bottle lost the battle between the bedside and that trans. never saw a skunk try to cross the road for a month, it was that bad. my buddies just about passed out when they walked pass my truck. i like working on trucks just for the busted knuckles and it gives me a reason to let out frustration, except for when it creates frustration.

[MikeyMan]

Memories....

I was a wee young lad, and Dad had an old 4-wheel drive Kaiser Jeep. He'd come in from the garage with that gear lube on his coveralls. You never forget that stank!

Spent the last 30 years crawling on, under, and around my various 69-72's. People say "Why don't you get a newer truck?" and I reply "Just went from a 71 to a 72"

Some people don't understand it's a labor of love, or the love of labor.

[special-K]

Rancid 90 weight...PEE---U!! Maybe that's what Elvis put in his hair...ya think? It'll sure hang with ya in your hair or on your clothes. I think we work on stuff for the go through hell just to end up at the other end satisfaction. Self deprivation,then reward. It's the same as why people hike all day long to end up at a beautiful place others will never see without that effort. Dr Bonner's peppermint is the shtuff alright. You can shampoo and all with it...wash anything. And,yeah,it'll tingle.

[LostMy65]

Can't you smell that smell?
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[72 K20]

In the last year, at work, we have dealt with 2 or 3 excavator final drives that the 90w was actually burnt. Nastiest smell around. We pulled the drain plug on one, sitting outside our shop, and within 20 minutes had people from the office ( 1/2 block away ) calling the shop to see if we smelled the "gas leak".

Drained the final and let it drip in a drain pan ,,, 2 business's called in "a natural gas leak ",,, from 2 blocks away that night and we had the fire department and DNR looking for the "gas leak ".

When working with the burnt 90w,, if I get any on me,,,,my clothes come off in the garage.

[AirSpeed]

Try falling head first into a wall filled with wet expanding foam insulation sometime! You can't shampoo that crap our of your hair! You have to sit outside while your wife try's to crumble the hardened foam out of your hair! Do that once and gear oil will seem like a spa treatment!
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[Classic Bowties]

Originally Posted by AirSpeed

Try falling head first into a wall filled with wet expanding foam insulation sometime! You can't shampoo that crap our of your hair! You have to sit outside while your wife try's to crumble the hardened foam out of your hair! Do that once and gear oil will seem like a spa treatment!
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That would be a good reason to pull the clippers out for a new haircut, an extra short one! Mel

[AirSpeed]

Originally Posted by Classic Bowties

That would be a good reason to pull the clippers out for a new haircut, an extra short one! Mel

After about twenty minutes of her ripping my hair out I was begging her to shave my head! My skull stung for weeks!
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