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Was at my friend's auto repair shop the other day working on my Jeep. He's got an oil change guy who seems young and ignorant but really wants to learn stuff and is pretty sharp, he's asked some good questions that show he's got a clue. So he's looking under the hood of my Jeep and I say to him 'go ahead, find something wrong with it' - well he looks around for a bit, reaches under the air box, and pulls out this little Buck frame lock and says 'you left your knife in here.' Well it wasn't mine, nobody in the shop claimed it, and it didn't belong to anyone at the one shop I've taken it to since I bought it. So I took it home because it was stiff and dangerously dull and gave it a quickie clean, oil, and sharpening, I'll give it to the oil change guy next time I'm back there.

The weird thing is I replaced the radiator in the Jeep *after* the last time someone else worked on it, and as part of that job I had the airbox out (and actually torched out a broken bolt in that area and rattle canned the inner fender.). I have NO clue how a pocketknife could have got in there!
 
N8N said:
Was at my friend's auto repair shop the other day working on my Jeep. He's got an oil change guy who seems young and ignorant but really wants to learn stuff and is pretty sharp, he's asked some good questions that show he's got a clue. So he's looking under the hood of my Jeep and I say to him 'go ahead, find something wrong with it' - well he looks around for a bit, reaches under the air box, and pulls out this little Buck frame lock and says 'you left your knife in here.' Well it wasn't mine, nobody in the shop claimed it, and it didn't belong to anyone at the one shop I've taken it to since I bought it. So I took it home because it was stiff and dangerously dull and gave it a quickie clean, oil, and sharpening, I'll give it to the oil change guy next time I'm back there.

The weird thing is I replaced the radiator in the Jeep *after* the last time someone else worked on it, and as part of that job I had the airbox out (and actually torched out a broken bolt in that area and rattle canned the inner fender.). I have NO clue how a pocketknife could have got in there!
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Knife fairies! Good deal, that's odd? If possible lets see some pictures. :D
 
I was working on a buddy's '68 Cadillac, I was replacing the motor for the 6 way electric seat and when I pulled the seat out there was a mid '70s Case slim line trapper with yellow scales, I asked him where it came from and he said it wasn't his, he had the car since the late 70s so he gave it to me. It was a little rusty and sticky from spending 40 years under the seat but it cleaned up nice and with a little TLC it found it's way into my pocket. :)
 
It's a '99 XJ... definitely used :) No pics 'cause it's still at the shop; I got new springs under it yesterday, no more saggy butt, but shop was busy enough I couldn't steal any time on alignment rack. Will try it again tomorrow. Knife is a Chinese thing, probably worth $30-40, but hey, everyone has to start somewhere. I managed to put a pretty good edge on it with my grandfather's old carborundum stone as it's a softish steel, so it should be good and serviceable for him.
 
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