Comments by "The Underground Lair of the Squankum" (@theundergroundlairofthesqu9261) on "Dave's Auto Center" channel.

  1. That, sir, is a very large crescent wrench!
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  2.  @TonicofSonic  It's high mileage for a car with a seized oil pump, yessiree!
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  3. Mr. Dave! You don't remember the 70's accurately! The VW Rabbit diesel started out as a 1.5 liters (50 hp) then moved up to 1.6 liters (52 hp.) Much later, came the 1.9L, after that, I lost track... (Sorry, it's the internet, there's always some guy... today, it's me.)
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  4. Got a book rate for uninstalling a natural gas tank setup?
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  5. Witness protection again?!
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  6. P.S. Now he gets to spend the rest of his life selling pistons like a schnook.
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  7.  @capslock4959  In the dirt!
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  8. I thought the look on his face was, "when am I getting that raise to $80K you speak of?"
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  9. Gloves mean a lot less time washing hands, too.
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  10. Maybe you should start an oil change bay or separate location? An oil change place people can trust, not the cheapest -- just the best.
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  11.  @gulfy09  Norseman?
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  12. Educational! Thanks, Dave.
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  13. YouTube makes the shop money, too.
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  14. Yeah, that neat series about welding repairs on main bearing webs was for a vintage Pontiac "Indian" block! That's justified.
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  15. Just like the Model T just a few decades before that!
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  16.  @thomasdragosr.841  They are! And not in a good way.
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  17. That was more than one guy! 😄
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  18.  @thomasdragosr.841  Some people have decided they hate the wind. (See also, roof racks and roof tents added to things willy nilly.)
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  19. I went back and watched that and other parts of the video - the valley is closed, no valvetrain access there. The next risk might be dropping something down an intake port, but the two tools he rests in the valley are a big screwdriver and a big wrench.. OK, what if he scratches an intake manifold gasket mating surface? Tis plain, this man needs overalls so he has good pockets!
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  20. Credit to the DIY'er for knowing his limitations!
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  21. See? Idling is killing engines!
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  22. Looks like he's not interested in that can of worms!
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  23.  @Onan-u3b  My pet peeve is people who throw them out! You buy a used car, the manual is gone, and you know it's not on their nightstand.
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  24. All the noises add up!
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  25. A normal full-flow oil filter filters every bit of oil that goes to the oil pump and then throughout the engine --- which is pretty neat! But it doesn't get the smallest particles. A bypass filter, which can be installed to operate while the factory full-flow filter is still operating -- takes oil at a slower rate and filters it very finely.
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  26. Is jumping the starter solenoid with a screwdriver a problem on a modern car like this?
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  27. How about standing on a battery? @11:06 Never thought about this one way or the other before. Only learned last year the importance of not pounding down on battery cable clamps.
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  28. Still are! They have fewer problems than... (cough cough cough)
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  29.  @C.O.SBurpees  That can be an opportuntiy -- no bad habits! There is a tire shop in northern NJ (Euro-Tire) who used to only hire people who hadn't done the work before so they could be trained to do it the right way.
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  30. @7:35 Suck-O-Matic! I love those things!
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  31. Dave's en Espanol is a great idea! Lots of techs here and many countries to our south would be interested.
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  32. I wasn't paying enough attention -- if they used the new Speed of Air pistons, among their other notable benefits, they also make the engine run quieter.
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  33.  @khdude_  Okay, then!🙂
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  34. Excellent video! I'm a little confused around the 26:00 mark. The dimples have a lot of airflow and when the burns swirl through them, those corners get a lot of heat in them. Is this what drove the decision to use ceramic coating? Is the coating to help those corners/edges of the dimples survive the heat? And/or to just increase efficiency of the whole process, also, because the rest of the piston isn't absorbing as much heat, and that burned fuel goes towards pushing a piston and then, driving a turbo? Also, when it comes to what the heat does for us, let's say this is a naturally aspirated engine, even without a turbo, before that exhaust valve opens, the heat being retained because of the ceramic coating on the piston means more heat to expand the air in the cylinder as the fuel burns, right?
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  35. My little tip: why have brake dust on the floor? Put out some butcher paper or newspaper and catch that falling dust, then you can fold it up and put it in the trash.
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  36. Is Dave's logic that they'll be getting that moisture out when they run the vacuum pump?
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  37. In this case I was worried about the tires of the lift hitting a little crack and the whole thing falling over.
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  38. You can touch the upper radiator with your hands and know when the thermostat hasn't opened yet. Harbor Freight can sell you one for $24. Only gives you a temperature number, not a color view like the fancy fancy ones, but still a very handy tool to have.
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  39. This was a very good video!
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  40.  @bnellyy  GET TO WORK, YOU!
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  41. 14:36 Suck-O-Matic! A very handy tool to have.
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  42. And Garrett Morris for the hard of hearing!
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  43. What does it take for the AC machine to call your car a retard?
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  44. Second owner?
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  45. A lift table might work for some of it. Just not the oil pan.
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  46. "I have all of the money! MWUHAHAHAH! And I keep it at First Utah Bank." (Just kidding, Dave!)
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  47. Gale banks has serious fans for his outdoors dyno! There's a hint.
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  48. Oh, who has time for a road test anymore! I've got book rate to make!
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  49. You get what you pay for. For people who think that's wrong because you're concluding that expensive must be better, here's a better way of saying it: you can't get what you don't pay for. If something's that much cheaper, something's missing.
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  50. Nobody ever wanted more displacement in their sports car engine!
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  51. Well, that's screwy. Those metal air intake pipes look trouble-free, at least. I'm no electronics wizard -- could applying current in the other direction push the oil back to where it started?
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  52.  @calvinculpalt  Also, better to take simple, easy, cheap precautions now than be on the hook for many thousands for hearing aids someday.
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  53. I dunno, the thing has a throttle plate, I'd check it for spark plugs, too! Who knows anymore! Porsche is making an engine that's a four stroke then a two stroke after that, each cycle! What a crazy world!😄😄
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  54. Yay field trips!
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