How to explain car related items to non car people...

My lady friend hasn't driven her car much the past 2 months as we can throw a football and hit the front door of her internship. So every time it rains she thinks her brake rotors are rusting, in reality its just because the car doesn't get used. Also, the other day she said that her car needs a wash so it doesn't start rusting....

No amount of explaining that only bare metal rusts, not painted metal that's dirty.

Yeah....this is a problem for all gear heads, trying to explain to the car illiterate simple things. I think of it another way, when my wife tells me how she got my laptop to work, "I rewrote your bat files and rewired the hydromatic digilator.... ", I get about as confused as she gets when I tell her excitedly that I replaced the fuel pump not because it worked, but it was making a howling sound.

These are the fun times you can through out words like, "output shaft", "ball joint", "crankshaft", "blown seal", and if you're a lawn guy, "limber-cock".

N Sperlo wrote: These are the fun times you can through out words like, "output shaft", "ball joint", "crankshaft", "blown seal", and if you're a lawn guy, "limber-cock".

Pardon me good sir, but what the everloving berkeley is/does a "limber cock" ??

Fobroader wrote:

N Sperlo wrote: These are the fun times you can through out words like, "output shaft", "ball joint", "crankshaft", "blown seal", and if you're a lawn guy, "limber-cock".

Pardon me good sir, but what the everloving berkeley is/does a "limber cock" ??

That is one you probably don't want to look up at work...

stafford1500 wrote:

Fobroader wrote:

N Sperlo wrote: These are the fun times you can through out words like, "output shaft", "ball joint", "crankshaft", "blown seal", and if you're a lawn guy, "limber-cock".

Pardon me good sir, but what the everloving berkeley is/does a "limber cock" ??

That is one you probably don't want to look up at work...

Exactly why I asked instead of entering in Google....there would have been questions from the IT department.

Fobroader wrote:

stafford1500 wrote:

Fobroader wrote:

N Sperlo wrote: These are the fun times you can through out words like, "output shaft", "ball joint", "crankshaft", "blown seal", and if you're a lawn guy, "limber-cock".

Pardon me good sir, but what the everloving berkeley is/does a "limber cock" ??

That is one you probably don't want to look up at work...

Exactly why I asked instead of entering in Google....there would have been questions from the IT department.

I googled it and I didn't see anything about lawn care in the first million results.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:

Fobroader wrote:

stafford1500 wrote:

Fobroader wrote:

N Sperlo wrote: These are the fun times you can through out words like, "output shaft", "ball joint", "crankshaft", "blown seal", and if you're a lawn guy, "limber-cock".

Pardon me good sir, but what the everloving berkeley is/does a "limber cock" ??

That is one you probably don't want to look up at work...

Exactly why I asked instead of entering in Google....there would have been questions from the IT department.

I googled it and got way too distracted by the first few results.

fixed that for ya.

A limber-cock is a term used for a fuel line with a weight at the end usually seen in chain saws. My limber-cock got hard and crusty before needing to be replaced.

FWIW, everyone here will now think of "limber-cock" when they think of fuel lines.

N Sperlo wrote: A limber-cock is a term used for a fuel line with a weight at the end usually seen in chain saws. My limber-cock got hard and crusty before needing to be replaced.

Thank you for the explanation....and yes....I will try to insert "limber-cock" into more and more of my conversations

1kris06 wrote: No amount of explaining that only bare metal rusts, not painted metal that's dirty.

I've found that's when the best thing to do is smile, nod and wash the car.

I always thought those were called a fuel line "clunk", but I like limber cock much better!

In reply to bgkast:

I believe there are many slang terms.

BlueInGreen44 wrote:

1kris06 wrote: No amount of explaining that only bare metal rusts, not painted metal that's dirty.

I've found that's when the best thing to do is smile, nod and wash the car.

This.

N Sperlo wrote: FWIW, everyone here will now think of "limber-cock" when they think of fuel lines.

So, like a pet-cock that won't deliver if you try to slam it into something at the wrong angle?

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:

N Sperlo wrote: FWIW, everyone here will now think of "limber-cock" when they think of fuel lines.

So, like a pet-cock that won't deliver if you try to slam it into something at the wrong angle?

Right, but if you beat it around enough, it should eventually give.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:

N Sperlo wrote: FWIW, everyone here will now think of "limber-cock" when they think of fuel lines.

So, like a pet-cock that won't deliver if you try to slam it into something at the wrong angle?

Depends, were you trying to hit the pet-cock with a bung-starter?

N Sperlo wrote: FWIW, everyone here will now think of "limber-cock" when they think of N Sperlo.

FTFY.

In reply to Keith Tanner:

berkeley

neon4891 wrote:

BlueInGreen44 wrote:

1kris06 wrote: No amount of explaining that only bare metal rusts, not painted metal that's dirty.

I've found that's when the best thing to do is smile, nod and wash the car.

This.

how 'bout handing her the bucket and sponge and telling her to go ahead ….

oh… wait … maybe that's why I'm not in a relationship right now

Keith Tanner wrote:

N Sperlo wrote: FWIW, everyone here will now think of "limber-cock" when they think of N Sperlo.

Hahaha. You should just go ahead and change you're alias to limber-cock.

I still crack up at the "blew a seal" and "blew a tranny" comments guys joke about. While we are on the subject with hoses; we talk a lot about "nipples" that go on the end of hoses. Still funny.

In reply to Datsun310Guy:

He needed the money

Hey look. A limber-cock.

That is all. Now carry on about your day.