Feb 28th 2007

Today I arrived around noon, and when I first should up there wasn’t really anything that I could help with, so I just watched a couple of mechanics do some more testing on the Hummer that was in the shop, to figure out what was wrong with it. Near the end of the day they still did not know what the problem was, however they did have a lot of the engine taken apart, and it was very interesting watching them do this. Around 2:00 pm a Cavalier came in the shop to get an oil change and a fuel filter replaced, so I changed the fuel filter while the other co-op student did the oil change.

Tuesday Feb 27th 2007

Today was a better day because there a few more cars to work on, as the past few days there hadn’t been too many cars. Today I helped change two ball joints, changed a couple light bulbs, watched a mechanic machine a pair of disc brakes and drum brakes as well as change the brakes. With there being much more work to do it made the time pass much faster, so I ended up staying until about 3:20. Overall today was a great today and I really enjoyed it.

Monday Feb 26th 2007

Today at Oakville Chevrolet a new co-op student came in. The day was kind of slow and there weren’t very many cars to work on, however I did still help out cleaning stuff up around the shop and did a oil change on a customers car. I mostly just watched people work on cars, as the little bit of stuff that was happening around the shop was a little bit to complicated for me to help out on. I did enjoy watching a group of mechanics analyze a hummer to try and figure out the problem was with it. I ended leaving my placement around 3:00 like I normally do.

Feb, 19th - 23rd 2007

My first week at the Oakville Chevrolet has come to an end, and I much say it was a very exiting week, as I was always meeting someone new each day. Not one day was the same, as I got to participate in many different tasks. This week was however very slow as there was probably only an average of 6 cars that came in the shop each day I worked. The Mechanics had said that the month of February was a very slow month for them, because of the weather, and time of year. I feel that i made a good impression through out the entire day, as I always showed up early and always stayed a couple minutes past. I really enjoyed working with the mechanics there on the different types of vehicles that came in. I look forward to the next week and I believe that I should thoroughly enjoy the rest of the semester working at Oakville Chevrolet.

Friday Feb 23rd 2007

Today was probably one of the slowest days all week, as there were only about three cars in the entire shop. Since it was slow I mostly helped out with washing cars. However I still learned something new today. Today I met a very nice mechanic whom let me change a fuel pump by myself, with a little assistance and guidance. He let me change it by myself because he did not care if I broke anything, as the car was under warranty, so therefore the parts were free. Today was slow but still a great day.

Thursday Feb, 22nd 2007

Today I arrived at Oakville Chevrolet at about noon and worked until 3:00 pm. It was another very slow day today as it was yesterday, however apparently in the morning it was very busy. Since there weren’t very many cars to help with I just helped wash cars. I probably washed approximately a dozen cars and then after that i went and watched a mechanic machine a set of rotors for a customer’s truck. Nothing to exiting happened today however I did happen to meet a few new people, overall it was a great day.

Wednesday, Feb 21st 2007

Today I arrived at about 11:50 and got a head start. When I first showed up today I was extremely surprised to see Wendell Clark (old Leaf's captain) talking to my supervisor, unfortunately he was really busy and I was unable to meet him, however my supervisor promised that next time he came in, he would introduce me to him. Today was a very slow day, as I only worked on about three cars. I basically watched a mechanic change a water pump, and then I helped out with changing a fuel pump and did a oil change. I ended up leaving at about 3:30pm because at the end of the day I was helping some one fix a customers drum brakes.

Tuesday, Feb, 20th 2007

Today, I arrived at Oakville Chevrolet around 12:00 pm and worked until slightly after 3:00. For the most part today was a lot of the same stuff as yesterday. I did about 3 oil changes and changed a set of tires. I never really did anything to interesting today, however I did help out on 2 alignments which was something I have never done before, so that was a good learning experience. I also washed a couple cars, which I didn’t do on my first day.

Monday Feb 19th 2007

Today was my first day at Towne Chev Odls. I arrived there at around 11:50 because I wanted to be a bit early in order to make a good impression. My supervisor is a very friendly person. When I first arrived he gave me a tour of the place and assigned me to a locker. After he then introduced me to almost all of the mechanics working that day. After my supervisor had introduced me to everyone he assigned me to help two or three people. At the start I was mostly just watching people work on cars but after about 30 minutes of watching they had me doing some basic stuff, such as rotating tires, changing tires, balancing tires, toping up fluids, and helping out with the oil changes. Throughout the day i had a lot of fun and believe that i will continue to do so. I also learned a lot and overall I feel that co-op will be a great learning experience.

Today's Blog

Today in co-op, we completed safety 101 on passport to safety.