Comments by "YSongCloud" (@YSongCloud) on "Rainman Ray's Repairs" channel.

  1. Yep. When we have suspension parts we replaced that need to be loaded, we take it over to the drive-on rack so that weight is still on the wheels, but we don't have to go crawling in the dirt to do the final torque.
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  2. What video were you watching? As an ASE certified tech myself, I saw exactly the kind of diagnosis that is needed. "Throw parts at it"?? You mean replace the started that had died in the middle of testing and the battery that died trying to turn it over during diagnosis? I'm sure you would have just charged the battery or put on a jumper pack, right? At my shop we have a battery rack with spare and new batteries on it for just such an occasion and we use them to test things during diagnosis. If the customer decides to keep the new battery, then great, but we don't sell it to them if theirs is good and can be charged and re-installed. "No diagnosis or plan of attack"?? Did you miss the part where he checked fuel pressure to rule out a fuel pump? Blocked off the fuel return to rule out a bad return valve? Tried to have it run on brake cleaner to check for a lack of fuel condition? Pulled the plugs to check for spark issues or fuel fouling? Did you hear him say that one of the codes was from him pulling an injector wire to check for pulse width? Using the scan tool you can also check many other areas. You talk about him not using a test light, were you talking about an inductive probe or inline spark checker to confirm that the coil for #3 was not firing or not strong enough, or were you implying that a normal DC test light should have been used on a circuit somewhere? To be honest, given your apparent level of displeasure over his methods, I'd love to hear exactly how you would have done things differently in order to diagnose the issue so that we may all learn.
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  3. I mean, the 1-2 shift should happen during normal driving, so any driving would have been doing it. Ray was just being a tad more forceful to ensure that it was making the shift and not slipping directly into 2. No torture, just seeing if it would do what it was supposed to do without the shudder, which it did not.
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  4. High, since they both get the same amount of usage and unless there's something seriously mechanically wrong with a wire or a plug, the coils are going to have the same amount of heat and use time. Replacing both instead of one ensures that the customer will not have to come back prematurely when the other one dies and also ensures that the generated spark is even among all the cylinders.
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  5. Because the codes are already history codes. Without clearing them, they would still be there. Basic Auto Tech 101, always clear codes after a repair and drive the vehicle at normal operating temperature until all systems register in a ready state. Anything still having issues will pop a new code. No code = problem resolved.
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