Hearted Youtube comments on Rainman Ray's Repairs (@RainmanRaysRepairs) channel.

  1. The Vibe was a collaboration project with GM to keep their California plant running. Toyota needed a plant in the West to make the Corolla and GM was shutting down NUMMI. The Vibe is a Toyota Matrix with GM badging. The Vibe production stopped with GM shut down Pontiac, and Toyota stopped making the Matrix a few years later. Tesla is now made where NUMMI was. That aside - I'm impressed that you cared enough to clean up like that. You do awesome work!
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  2. Heck yeah dude!!! Starting your own operation can be scary, but I see the work you do, and I feel you'll be successful at it!
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  3. Ray, I would like to see a video on the power steering line replacement. I also think you might need #7 as well. Looks like #6 and #7 go under that rubber mount.
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  4. I've been a gm technician for 8 years. Replaced over 100 condensers, and 100s of lifters in these damn things.. agree with big money on trash. But that's job security. But the cut is completely normal in the side. It's made between the trans cooler upper section and the ac condenser lower section.. so it can expand separately. That cut does look like somebody's frst day on the job..lol
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  5. I like how he has an audience so someone can call the ambulance if SHTF.
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  6. I've seen a lot of people in the past make comments in ray's videos that they're not car people or mechanics and they still enjoy his videos. I've thought, hey, that's cool, good for Ray for being able to reach those people. But today, I find it a bit frustrating. I'm reading a number of comments that talk about how AC service valves aren't designed to hold a vacuum, they're designed to hold pressure. Even a diy'er like me with limited AC experience knows that's not true, and that automotive AC systems should be able to hold a vacuum. A system that can hold a vacuum could still leak when pressurized, but it's still a good way to check for leaks before pumping refrigerant in.
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  7. Finally somebody gets it. This is exactly what ebay gun parts are meant to be used for.
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  8. I think Ray should do a monthly "Special" video where he does a super clip of all the brake clean he sprays. I'll bet he can get 10 minutes per month of just spraying brake clean.
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  9.  @stevewhite3424  The lugnut wasn't stripped, it was cross threaded by an apprentice/trainee. You should pay attention and try to learn like the kid that screwed up.
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  10. This is such a delight! Textbook-perfect diagnostics. Even experienced mechanics easily miss this sort of issue. Hands-down, one of my favorite repair videos yet. Let us know when you get one whose check engine bulb has been disabled since the Civil War. By the time the owner feels the need to have it seen...every sensor is trashed, 75% of the vacuum lines are plugged with nails, idle air bypass is screwed down to 100 ft/lb of torque, and the fuse box is a spider web of jumpers and aluminum foil.
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  11. Spending like a drunken sailor.
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  12. With your honesty and integrity, whatever you do you will excel in it.
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  13. It scares me when I see blue paper towels in the intake ports and you put the intake on over it?! What happened? Is it for fun or did you forget to remove the towels?
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  14. Thanks for saving us from the air filter Ray.. It really sucked in there.. 😆
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  15. Hey, I hope you and Lauren enjoy some much-needed time off, it's been a turbulent year for you. All the best from Ottawa, Canada.
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  16. You’re a brave man showing your welding on YouTube! So many experts on here!
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  17. Hey Ray. If you are ever working on a GM and need to know if the module needs to be "programmed" and how to do it you can find it pretty quick in service data. Put in the usual Y/M/M or the VIN in service Info, then in the search look up "control module references." It will take you right to the entire list of all modules and their respective programing and set up procedures using TLC/SPS for GM or anything else that may be needed after the initial programming. Also if you look at the sticker on the module it has the little picture of the half car with a wrench under it I believe it is. That is the "requires programming" symbol 👍🏼 -Cheers Buddy!
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  18. Oh man, you really had me going there... When you applied your impact wrench, set to #3 position and cranked the crap out of that oil pan bolt, I nearly pooped my pants. LOL. Thanks for the afternoon adrenaline rush.
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  19. Pay attention to what the National Hurrican Center in Miami FL. has to say, not nonsense Social Media.
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  20. I'm surprised Ray hasn't trolled us harder with the blue towels left in the intake. He could stuff a couple in the exhaust pipe and show them flying out after the intake towel troll.
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  21. That scan tool is so old it doesn’t use satellites it uses the telegraph! Lol 😂 ✌️
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  22. Good day to you Ray from all your friends in the UK 🇬🇧😊 Glad you and yours survived the hurricane unscathed!
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  23.  @RainmanRaysRepairs  If her dad was that bothered why didn't he come with her in the first place. Some people are a joke.
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  24. I like that you’re taking the opportunity to visit the factory and see what they have done to address real issues about their products and customers.
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  25. That passive aggressive torque wrenching on the already broken cam - love it 😂😂
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  26. "We're all here cause we're not all there." Best comment.
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  27. "I am very, very...perturbed...right now." Level with us, Ray- how red-tinted was your vision at that moment? I've been there myself, and I'm guessing pure red light levels myself. I feel ya. 👍
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  28. "This is going to be really easy" "This is going to be super easy" - Things I say right before the job becomes really super not easy
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  29. “Hi Daddy!” That would NEVER had happened if you never opened shop! Now your kids get to SEE that Dad works hard to provide for them!
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  30. What makes this series so enjoyable is the fact that you, Ray, are so human, and therefore, we can identify with you 100%. You slip; you fumble, you hurt yourself, and when you spill something, you say:"Oh sh¡t" just like the rest of us. Thank you so much for these videos..
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  31. Ya know, due to this video, I officially want to drive from TN to FL to get my oil change so I know its done good. Thanks for giving us all a look into how a shop does it right. One critique, pretty sure once you drain the oil and remove the filter, you're supposed to start the engine, rev to 2k RPM, for at least 10min to get the remaining oil out of the block. It's not mandatory but strongly recommended.
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  32. If you're gonna drive an old beater like that, you should be able to DIY most of the repairs. Doesn't seem cost effective to pay somebody to keep it on the road. Seems there's always something going wrong with an older car like that.
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  33. In reference to your colleague whom disagrees with your internuts activity, do you find that having an audience improves you as a mechanic? I find that teaching sometimes helps me understand my field better. Learning through teaching, so to speak.
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  34. Morning coffee and a new Rainman Ray video. Hell yes 💪☕
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  35. I’m starting to think started his own shop just to work on his truck
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  36. It has a vanos problem... Ah, a fully functional BMW.
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  37. You got to know when to hold em, know when to fold en, know when to run lol.
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  38. my wife and i are going through the same thing, she was diagnosed in january with an extremely rare cancer (aggressive tumor in her hip). we have a 2014 caravan that i repair on my own as much as i can and ​​can fully appreciate everything you are doing for them, thank you for being a great human being and helping these folks
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  39. Thanks for being awesome with a PITA customer.
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  40. You da guy who stripped this lug or have you ruined so many you are an expert at repairing it??
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  41. "I should have been an astronaut." Same, Ray .. Same.
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  42. I’m a Honda stealership technician, so I do automotive work just like this every day. I don’t understand how I can come home after a long day of work just like this and then watch your vids. I guess that’s how good you and your vids are. Much love to all my honest tech brethren.
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  43. I wish whenever my car went in for any service, the technician would video the whole thing and proudly post it online. True transparency. Do your customers know they can see their repairs online? I'd suspect your shop's business would increase along with their trustworthyness. I also love that all your multi-part videos are ready all at once for a nice binge watch. 😁 Great job Ray.
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  44. Good troll there "Gene Yus", take your car wherever you want, shim whatever you want, but Ray does professional work. Shimming it would be hacky work, thats not a proper repair for the issue present.
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  45. You know your battery terminal servicing skills are legendary don’t you ?
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  46. Don't underestimate the advantage of having a team of office workers dealing with all the work and material procurement. When I went out on my own I found dealing with "people" and paperwork a chore. I ended up just freelancing to companies so I got a good variety of work and didn't have to chase money. In short - technical people are the worst businessmen. But if your good lady was dealing with the paperwork side that would be a different matter.
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  47. I get laughs for this line; "How much longer? What do you think this Jiffy Lube? Well how much longer? About a Jiffy."
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  48. Start a new tradition -- spray paint the name of the hurricane on the panels each time you put them up. It gives you a chance to walk down Memory Lane and reminisce about all of your storm life together, and it makes it easier to line up the panels each time you add to them :) Be safe!
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  49. Hey Ray. You can use the min/max button on your Fluke meter to record reading if you can't see your meter. Very handy feature when fault finding. I use mine regularly as an industrial electrician. Have a good day from Australia 🇦🇺
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  50. Do you really get grief about doing oil change videos? Personally, I enjoy and appreciate all of your videos. Informative and entertaining. Thank you.
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