Today at the shop we did an oil change on a dodge diesel, bled some brakes, and put a winch on a trailer.
First we bled some brakes, actually the brakes on my truck. I was pumping the brakes in the cab while another guy was bleeding them, on the front we had to get a pair of vice grips to brake the front bleeder valve loose cause it had been sitting there so long.
Then we did an oil change on a dodge diesel and it was a pain in the butt. Draining the oil wasn’t bad but taking that oil filter off was hard. You have to reach up under the wheel well and with one hand take it off and then you have to tip it on its side and dump a bunch of oil on the frame. But after that it’s pretty easy.
Then we mounted a winch on a trailer. We had to weld a piece of angle iron to the trailer so then we could weld the winch plate to the trailer. Then we had to center it up and drill a hole through to run a bolt through to mount it but after that it was easy going.
Today was a pretty good day at the shop. I learned a lot and had a really good time.