Saw this little story posted in the comments of a blog somewhere. Whether or not it is true it's still amusing.
Sabotage on the assemble line is not confined to GM.
In the early 70's, a mechanic friend was working on a Jaguar with a V-12, a distributor at each end of the block.
The distributors not only had to be turned and set properly for their 6 cylinders but also timed to the other distributors 6 cylinders.
He'd done enough of them to fix just about any timing related engine problem, except this one car. After trying every trick in the book, and he knew them all, he let his deep intuition guide him to pulling the valve cover to check out the cam shaft.
Turns out the cam was put in backwards, a first in his long experience.
The punch line is that when he cleaned the oil pan off before putting it back on, there inside the pan, a finger had written this in the yet to be dried oil pan paint:
"Fu*k You Yank"
Obviously a greeting for the export market customer of an obscenely expensive luxury car.
Well he thought, good day to you too!
In the early 70's, a mechanic friend was working on a Jaguar with a V-12, a distributor at each end of the block.
The distributors not only had to be turned and set properly for their 6 cylinders but also timed to the other distributors 6 cylinders.
He'd done enough of them to fix just about any timing related engine problem, except this one car. After trying every trick in the book, and he knew them all, he let his deep intuition guide him to pulling the valve cover to check out the cam shaft.
Turns out the cam was put in backwards, a first in his long experience.
The punch line is that when he cleaned the oil pan off before putting it back on, there inside the pan, a finger had written this in the yet to be dried oil pan paint:
"Fu*k You Yank"
Obviously a greeting for the export market customer of an obscenely expensive luxury car.
Well he thought, good day to you too!
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