{"id":4272,"date":"2024-02-26T21:59:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T20:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/?p=4272"},"modified":"2024-02-26T21:59:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T20:59:22","slug":"do-you-want-to-play-a-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/?p=4272","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Do you want to play a game?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"top\" \/><div id=\"attachment_4273\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1763eb8d4d932d5bbebffe32e1a04b60_edit_897555672048454.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4273\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4273\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1763eb8d4d932d5bbebffe32e1a04b60_edit_897555672048454-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1763eb8d4d932d5bbebffe32e1a04b60_edit_897555672048454-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1763eb8d4d932d5bbebffe32e1a04b60_edit_897555672048454.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From the film &#8220;Saw,&#8221; Rights belong to the creator of the image.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Well, it cannot be all Politics, Conspiracy Theories (otherwise known as &#8220;Critical Thinking), or Corruption.&nbsp; Jep, I work as an auto mechanic.&nbsp; An old auto mechanic.&nbsp; &nbsp;I was not always an automobile mechanic by vocation, but that is a story for another time.<\/p>\n<p>As Markus would say:&nbsp; &#8220;So it starts.&#8221;&nbsp; Jep, with a &#8220;simple service and inspection&#8221; on a 2016 FIAT Dobl\u00f3.&nbsp; The old jokes, &#8220;Fix it again Tony,&#8221; or the German:&nbsp; &#8220;Fehler in allen Teilen.&#8221;&nbsp; (A fault in every part) are absolutely harmless with what the engineers foist on we, the lowly mechanics to work on for the crumbs of our daily bread.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4321\" style=\"width: 476px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4321\" class=\" wp-image-4321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/original-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/original-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/original-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/original-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/original-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/original-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/original-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/original.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2016 FIAT Dobl\u00f2<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So back to the game.&nbsp; Where is the oil filter?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4322\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/7d87500c-2b2c-4ca6-b119-b591f7e169b7@news.ap_.org-1052x615-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4322\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/7d87500c-2b2c-4ca6-b119-b591f7e169b7@news.ap_.org-1052x615-1-300x175.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/7d87500c-2b2c-4ca6-b119-b591f7e169b7@news.ap_.org-1052x615-1-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/7d87500c-2b2c-4ca6-b119-b591f7e169b7@news.ap_.org-1052x615-1-750x438.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/7d87500c-2b2c-4ca6-b119-b591f7e169b7@news.ap_.org-1052x615-1-768x449.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/7d87500c-2b2c-4ca6-b119-b591f7e169b7@news.ap_.org-1052x615-1-1024x599.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/7d87500c-2b2c-4ca6-b119-b591f7e169b7@news.ap_.org-1052x615-1.jpg 1052w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4322\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A picture is worth&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After removing the &#8220;bib&#8221; under the<em><strong> FIAT (Fecking idiot Arscheloch Technologie)<\/strong><\/em> Jesus-mother-Fording-FIAT. Twelve fasteners, six with a Phillips head, two with a M8 allen-head, two with the 10 mm hex-head, and two with an 8 mm hex-head, and I was able to get to the drain plug.&nbsp; <em><strong>BUT WHERE IN THE FIAT IS THE OIL FILTER?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ah, look closely grasshopper.&nbsp; I can see the object of my frustration.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4325\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-02-15-10.39.02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4325\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4325\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-02-15-10.39.02-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-02-15-10.39.02-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-02-15-10.39.02-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-02-15-10.39.02-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-02-15-10.39.02-750x1000.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-02-15-10.39.02-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4325\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How the M-F-FIAT do I get to it?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>OK. There were still a few &#8220;diverse&#8221; fasteners to remove.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4324\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-02-15-10.38.51.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4324\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4324\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-02-15-10.38.51-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-02-15-10.38.51-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-02-15-10.38.51-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-02-15-10.38.51-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-02-15-10.38.51-750x1000.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-02-15-10.38.51-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4324\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I can almost see it.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Well, found, loosened, and with only 3 mm of space, the oil filter was removed, but not without spewing stinking black spooge like a hacked-up Thern.&nbsp; Thern?&nbsp; Well Grasshopper, that is a reference to the adventures of John Carter.&nbsp; Who?&nbsp; Crikey.&nbsp; Edgar Rice Burroughs, &#8220;The Princess of Mars.&#8221;&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Gods_of_Mars\">&#8220;The Gods of Mars&#8221;<\/a> to be exact.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4323\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-02-15-10.08.59.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4323\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4323\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-02-15-10.08.59-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-02-15-10.08.59-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-02-15-10.08.59-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-02-15-10.08.59-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-02-15-10.08.59-750x1000.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-02-15-10.08.59-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4323\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bleeding like a stuck Thern. Black goo everywhere.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Jep.&nbsp; That was the game for the day, and I not only got it done, but walked (limped) away.<\/p>\n<p>I took a peak at the work for tomorrow.&nbsp; (Actually, already done).&nbsp; <strong><em>OH, JOY OF JOYS!!<\/em><\/strong> A timing belt on a Mitsubishi Chrysler.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4326\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-02-09-12.00.04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4326\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-02-09-12.00.04-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-02-09-12.00.04-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-02-09-12.00.04-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-02-09-12.00.04-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-02-09-12.00.04-750x1000.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-02-09-12.00.04-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4326\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Actually, it was mother FIAT-ing hamless.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Please, oh, please.&nbsp; Give me a set of SU&#8217;s&#8230;and dual points.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SU_Carbs_1-1501285948.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4328\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SU_Carbs_1-1501285948-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SU_Carbs_1-1501285948-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SU_Carbs_1-1501285948.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Oh, yes.&nbsp; Just what the Doctor ordered.&nbsp; &#8220;Doctor?&nbsp; I think I need more Nitrous.&nbsp; Sorry, kid, the rings are not gapped for more.&nbsp; &lt;&lt;sigh&gt;&gt;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4327\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2021-09-03-19.58.56.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4327\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2021-09-03-19.58.56-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2021-09-03-19.58.56-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2021-09-03-19.58.56-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2021-09-03-19.58.56-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2021-09-03-19.58.56-750x1000.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.shakeyourfist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2021-09-03-19.58.56-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4327\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Doctor? I need more Nitrous.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, it cannot be all Politics, Conspiracy Theories (otherwise known as &#8220;Critical Thinking), or Corruption.&nbsp; Jep, I work as an auto mechanic.&nbsp; An old auto mechanic.&nbsp; &nbsp;I was not always an automobile mechanic by vocation, but that is a story for another time. 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