today I decided to do an oil change and teach my grandkids how to do an oil change while I was at it.( I FOUND OUT I'M GETTING OLD, AND BACK SURGERY LIMITS WHAT I CAN DO)
BUT I ALSO FOUND OUT ONE OF MY SONS,
NEVER TAUGHT HIS KIDS ABOUT CAR MAINTENANCE EITHER)
so doing your typical oil change with all the experience , I have and tools I own and,
having a 16 year old grand daughter and a 19 year old grand son,
to get tools this should have been a fast easy and rapidly accomplished chore!
WHAT I NEVER REALIZED, IS THAT MY ONE SON , HAVING WATCHED ME FOR DECADES,
HAD NEVER BOTHERED TO TEACH HIS KIDS EVEN BASIC AUTO REPAIR SKILLS,
HE HAD WATCHED ME , and learned, AND NEVER BOTHERED TO TEACH HIS KIDS WHILE,
I HAD DONE ALL THE FAMILY AUTO MAINENANCE FOR DECADES
well it should have been very easy,
I grabbed the required oil filter,
PLUS MY two matched floor jacks ,
two jack stands
two tire chocks
a waste oil pan
my oil filter removal tool set
and the 15mm oil drain plug wrench
I then drove the 2022 GMC TRUCK UP ONTO THE GARAGE CONCRETE FLOOR ,
PLACED THE TRUCK IN PARK,
SET THE EMERGENCY BRAKE
PLACED BOTH WHEEL CHOCK'S BEHIND THE REAR WHEELS,
HAD THE GRAND KIDS ROUGHLY PLACE BOTH FLOOR JACKS,
ON OPPOSITES SIDES OF THE TRUCK AT ROUGHLY EVEN TO THE REAR OF BOTH FRONT TIRES,
HAD THEM PLACE BOTH THE JACK STANDS IN EASY REACH,
IT WAS THEN THAT I INSTRUCTED THEM TO PLACE THE FLOOR JACKS,
SO THE LIFT PADS WOULD BE UNDER THE FRAME JUST AFT OF THE FRONT WHEEL,
I GET THIS DEER IN THE HEADLIGHTS LOOK......
IT SEEMS THAT NEITHER KID HAS ANY IDEA WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT,
AND HAVING HAD BOTH MY KNEES REPLACED AND RECENT LOWER BACK SURGERY,,,
I FIND GETTING DOWN , LOW ENOUGH TO POINT OUT THE EXACT PLACE,
ON THE FRAME TO PLACE THE FLOOR JACK LIFT PAD ON THE FRAME IS AMAZINGLY DIFFICULT FOR ME,
I'M USED TO WORKING ON A CAR LIFT AND WITH A MECHANICES CREEPER!
WELL THINKING FAST I TELL THE KIDS TO PUT THEIR CELL PHONES ON THE FLOOR UNDER THE CAR FACING UP, AND TAKE A PICTURE ,
SO I CAN POINT OUT THE EXACT PLACE TO PLACE THE FLOOR JACK LIFT PADS
(THIS PROVES FRUSTRATING BUT EVENTUALLY ....)
(I POINT OUT THE EXACT SPOT TO THE TRUCK FRAME ON EACH SIDE, TO PLACE THE FLOOR JACK LIFT PADS,,,
I THEN FIND OUT THAT NEITHER KID, HAS A CLUE HOW TO WORK A FLOOR JACK , THEIR LATE FATHER (MY RECENTLY DEPARTED SON )
HAD HELPED ME DOZENS OF TIMES BUT.. NEITHER OF HIS KIDS KNEW THAT THE FLOOR JACK HANDLE NEEDED TO BE ROTATED CLOCK WISE UNTIL IT STOPPED TO SEAL THE JACK HYDRAULIC VALVE OR HOW TO USE THE HANDLE TO PUMP UP THE HYDRAULICS, WELL EVENTUALLY THAT SKILL WAS DEMONSTRATED AND BOTH KIDS UNDER CLOSE SUPERVISION RAISED THE GMC TRUCK FOR ENOUGH UNDER THE TRUCK CLEARANCE TO PLACE BOTH THE JACK STANDS AND BOTH FLOOR JACKS TO ALLOW ME TO SLIDE UNDER THE TRUCK TO SAFELY SHOW HOW TO DRAIN OIL AND REPLACE AN OIL FILTER, SO I, WITH RATHER SOME DIFFICULTY, DUE TO RECENT BACK SURGERY, SLID UNDER, THE NOW SAFELY SUPPORTED TRUCK, then I SLIDE THE OIL DRAIN PAN INTO THE CORRECT PLACE, SO OIL DRAINS INTO THAT CATCH PAN,
AND REMOVE THE OIL PAN DRAIN PLUGS, 15MM BOLT, AND OUT COMES THE 7 PLUS QUARTS OF USED SUMP OIL,
I REACH FOR THE OIL FILTER REMOVAL TOOL AND REALIZE I, HAD FORGOTTEN, THE 1/2" RATCHET AND 4" EXTENSION TO USE IT,
SO I ASK THE KIDS TO GRAB THEM OUT OF MY EXTENSIVE AND WELL LABELED, SHOP TOOL CHESTS...
I WAS AMAZED..THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT A 1/2" RATCHET WRENCH, LOOKS LIKE EVEN WITH THE CORRECT DRAWER LABELED
OR A 4" LONG 1/2" EXTENSION IS
AND ITS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO GET UP TO SHOW THEM,
AFTER I HAD WORKED MYSELF UNDER THE TRUCK...
SO I TELL THEM TO LOOK IT UP ON THEIR CELL PHONES,
THEY FIND A PICTURE OF BOTH IN VERY LITTLE TIME ,
I MUST HAVE , AT LEAST A DOZEN OF EACH OF THOSE ITEMS IN MY TOOL BOX,
BUT AFTER 15-17 MINUTES OF LOOKING I CALL MY OTHER SON OUT TO THE HOUSE TO SHOW THEM,
IT TAKES HIM ABOUT 2 SECONDS TO FIND BOTH TOOLS , AND HE THANKFULLY SLIDES UNDER THE TRUCK AND REPLACES THE OIL FILTER, FOR ME! (AT LEAST THIS SON LEARNED AND HAS DEVELOPED SOME IDEA ABOUT HOW TOOLS WORK,
AND I'M SURE WILL TEACH HIS SON, (BUT HIS ONLY SON IS CURRENTLY 17 MONTH OLD)
WELL IT NEVER OCCURED TO ME THAT MY GRANDKIDS HAD NEVER YET SEEN HOW AN OIL CHANGE WAS DONE.
I ASKED THEM IF THEIR LATE FATHER HAD EVER SHOWN THEM HOW TO CHANGE A FLAT TIRE OR CHANGE SPARK PLUGS?
YOU GUESSED IT!, NO WAY, HE HAD ALWAYS HAD ME DO THOSE THINGS
COMMENTS???
BUT I ALSO FOUND OUT ONE OF MY SONS,
NEVER TAUGHT HIS KIDS ABOUT CAR MAINTENANCE EITHER)
so doing your typical oil change with all the experience , I have and tools I own and,
having a 16 year old grand daughter and a 19 year old grand son,
to get tools this should have been a fast easy and rapidly accomplished chore!
WHAT I NEVER REALIZED, IS THAT MY ONE SON , HAVING WATCHED ME FOR DECADES,
HAD NEVER BOTHERED TO TEACH HIS KIDS EVEN BASIC AUTO REPAIR SKILLS,
HE HAD WATCHED ME , and learned, AND NEVER BOTHERED TO TEACH HIS KIDS WHILE,
I HAD DONE ALL THE FAMILY AUTO MAINENANCE FOR DECADES
well it should have been very easy,
I grabbed the required oil filter,
PLUS MY two matched floor jacks ,
two jack stands
two tire chocks
a waste oil pan
my oil filter removal tool set
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and the 15mm oil drain plug wrench
I then drove the 2022 GMC TRUCK UP ONTO THE GARAGE CONCRETE FLOOR ,
PLACED THE TRUCK IN PARK,
SET THE EMERGENCY BRAKE
PLACED BOTH WHEEL CHOCK'S BEHIND THE REAR WHEELS,
HAD THE GRAND KIDS ROUGHLY PLACE BOTH FLOOR JACKS,
ON OPPOSITES SIDES OF THE TRUCK AT ROUGHLY EVEN TO THE REAR OF BOTH FRONT TIRES,
HAD THEM PLACE BOTH THE JACK STANDS IN EASY REACH,
IT WAS THEN THAT I INSTRUCTED THEM TO PLACE THE FLOOR JACKS,
SO THE LIFT PADS WOULD BE UNDER THE FRAME JUST AFT OF THE FRONT WHEEL,
I GET THIS DEER IN THE HEADLIGHTS LOOK......
IT SEEMS THAT NEITHER KID HAS ANY IDEA WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT,
AND HAVING HAD BOTH MY KNEES REPLACED AND RECENT LOWER BACK SURGERY,,,
I FIND GETTING DOWN , LOW ENOUGH TO POINT OUT THE EXACT PLACE,
ON THE FRAME TO PLACE THE FLOOR JACK LIFT PAD ON THE FRAME IS AMAZINGLY DIFFICULT FOR ME,
I'M USED TO WORKING ON A CAR LIFT AND WITH A MECHANICES CREEPER!
WELL THINKING FAST I TELL THE KIDS TO PUT THEIR CELL PHONES ON THE FLOOR UNDER THE CAR FACING UP, AND TAKE A PICTURE ,
SO I CAN POINT OUT THE EXACT PLACE TO PLACE THE FLOOR JACK LIFT PADS
(THIS PROVES FRUSTRATING BUT EVENTUALLY ....)
(I POINT OUT THE EXACT SPOT TO THE TRUCK FRAME ON EACH SIDE, TO PLACE THE FLOOR JACK LIFT PADS,,,
I THEN FIND OUT THAT NEITHER KID, HAS A CLUE HOW TO WORK A FLOOR JACK , THEIR LATE FATHER (MY RECENTLY DEPARTED SON )
HAD HELPED ME DOZENS OF TIMES BUT.. NEITHER OF HIS KIDS KNEW THAT THE FLOOR JACK HANDLE NEEDED TO BE ROTATED CLOCK WISE UNTIL IT STOPPED TO SEAL THE JACK HYDRAULIC VALVE OR HOW TO USE THE HANDLE TO PUMP UP THE HYDRAULICS, WELL EVENTUALLY THAT SKILL WAS DEMONSTRATED AND BOTH KIDS UNDER CLOSE SUPERVISION RAISED THE GMC TRUCK FOR ENOUGH UNDER THE TRUCK CLEARANCE TO PLACE BOTH THE JACK STANDS AND BOTH FLOOR JACKS TO ALLOW ME TO SLIDE UNDER THE TRUCK TO SAFELY SHOW HOW TO DRAIN OIL AND REPLACE AN OIL FILTER, SO I, WITH RATHER SOME DIFFICULTY, DUE TO RECENT BACK SURGERY, SLID UNDER, THE NOW SAFELY SUPPORTED TRUCK, then I SLIDE THE OIL DRAIN PAN INTO THE CORRECT PLACE, SO OIL DRAINS INTO THAT CATCH PAN,
AND REMOVE THE OIL PAN DRAIN PLUGS, 15MM BOLT, AND OUT COMES THE 7 PLUS QUARTS OF USED SUMP OIL,
I REACH FOR THE OIL FILTER REMOVAL TOOL AND REALIZE I, HAD FORGOTTEN, THE 1/2" RATCHET AND 4" EXTENSION TO USE IT,
SO I ASK THE KIDS TO GRAB THEM OUT OF MY EXTENSIVE AND WELL LABELED, SHOP TOOL CHESTS...
I WAS AMAZED..THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT A 1/2" RATCHET WRENCH, LOOKS LIKE EVEN WITH THE CORRECT DRAWER LABELED
OR A 4" LONG 1/2" EXTENSION IS
AND ITS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO GET UP TO SHOW THEM,
AFTER I HAD WORKED MYSELF UNDER THE TRUCK...
SO I TELL THEM TO LOOK IT UP ON THEIR CELL PHONES,
THEY FIND A PICTURE OF BOTH IN VERY LITTLE TIME ,
I MUST HAVE , AT LEAST A DOZEN OF EACH OF THOSE ITEMS IN MY TOOL BOX,
BUT AFTER 15-17 MINUTES OF LOOKING I CALL MY OTHER SON OUT TO THE HOUSE TO SHOW THEM,
IT TAKES HIM ABOUT 2 SECONDS TO FIND BOTH TOOLS , AND HE THANKFULLY SLIDES UNDER THE TRUCK AND REPLACES THE OIL FILTER, FOR ME! (AT LEAST THIS SON LEARNED AND HAS DEVELOPED SOME IDEA ABOUT HOW TOOLS WORK,
AND I'M SURE WILL TEACH HIS SON, (BUT HIS ONLY SON IS CURRENTLY 17 MONTH OLD)
WELL IT NEVER OCCURED TO ME THAT MY GRANDKIDS HAD NEVER YET SEEN HOW AN OIL CHANGE WAS DONE.
I ASKED THEM IF THEIR LATE FATHER HAD EVER SHOWN THEM HOW TO CHANGE A FLAT TIRE OR CHANGE SPARK PLUGS?
YOU GUESSED IT!, NO WAY, HE HAD ALWAYS HAD ME DO THOSE THINGS
COMMENTS???
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