Comments by "Andy Saunders" (@andysaunders3708) on "Rainman Ray's Repairs" channel.

  1. I had a problem with epoxy, and found that when mixing it on cardboard packaging, it dragged some sort of wax coating off the surface, and the damn glue wouldn't stick properly. Mixing it on a bit of clean scrap sheetmetal stopped that happening. For what it's worth.
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  2. Nah. Lovely old car, but structurally unsafe.
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  3. It's such a good series. They're an evil car. I own a low mileage one, and everything just goes wrong, because it can. Bit like a Jeep....
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  4. PS: My little brother bought the Excel 1.5 off my now 90 year old Dad. Well over 400000 on the clock. Suddenly went gutless, and nobody in the town where they lived could figure it out. 2nd gear on ordinary hills, etc. I suggested dropping the exhaust, so they did that, and, (loud and proud), the car was off like a rat up a drainpipe. The exhaust was given some sort of violent clean-out, and off she went. Apparently still going strong at 480000, after a recent set of coils. Bloody good.
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  5. Hope you disconnected the alternator leads before you zapped it, even if the battery leads were off... Trust me, it generally bites you if you don't - something to do with voltage/current surge buggering up diodes in the rectifier.
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  6. Especially helpful when the weaker wrench breaks, and sends a chunk of chrome vanadium steel into your face, and you smash the hand that was putting the tension onto it into something sharp and rusty.
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  7.  @andyevans2336  Pretty simple concept, really. You need to get a grip on your jealousy. How was this "going downhill"?
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  8. Hahaha. Shit, they're awful.
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  9. You saved the customer a considerable amount of money. Good man. Most shops wouldn't bother - some do, and they are the ones who get my business. Have subscribed to your other channel - it's great! Cheers.
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  10.  @peted5217  I have one "Down Under". Still runs. Just scared to drive it, in case anything else goes wrong. Actually, I love it. And so do the weeds growing around it.
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  11.  @terrywade6172  NO! These cars are made by accountants. They save a buck , here or there, buy leaving out things like access panels and so-on. Accountants are NOT the engineer's friend.
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  12.  @terrywade6172  Yes, I take your point. I was told that they had to shut the assembly line down for over 6 weeks, as the tolerances between engine and body were causing mucho damage. Staff had to be retrained. Poor old PT Cruiser. Much maligned car. I still like mine, but I have to spend quite a bit of money to get it road-legal again. Which is fine. Just gotta get the money together, this year, I hope.
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  13. Ha! is right. Those axles move around like crazy as soon as you start messing with the control arms. Probably why they need 'em.
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  14. Tidy car. Tidy clip.
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  15. That car is still wickedly bent.
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  16. Sorry, Welding suspension components is a no-no for me. If it goes wrong, have fun talking to the judge....
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  17. We're all getting older, my friend...
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  18. I don't think he's that silly - there's simply too much responsibility and potential trouble involved. He's bloody good at what he does, I have to say.
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  19. I like ém when they're going, and there are still a lot on the road where I am. My own one doesn't count - have owned it for 5 years, and haven't even tried starting it for at least 4 months. They're noisy old bastards. Mucho engine noise in the cabin. That's ok. It has haunted electrics, and I've pretty much given up, as my scan tool has vanished. Horn no go on first start, and ABS and traction control lights on. Second start, horn works, and lights out. Then doors randomly unlock, and so-on. Battery goes dead intermittently. Nobody's been able to fix it. Pity, as it was repainted not so long ago, and has no rust that is evident, apart from the hood frame, (surface only). A/C is not blowing cold. $6K for paint. I'll be lucky to get $1K for it as it stands, as it won't pass an inspection with the lights all over the dash...
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  20. Toyota workshops. Ripped my ex off on her RAV4. The thing is still fucked, and they charged her $900 for 2 tyres. Burns oils worse than the fires in Kuwait but doesn't blow smoke. Most odd. Stupid car. It cost a shitload of money, and now it's basically worthless. My little sister wants to buy a Kluger/Highlander hybrid. They're not too cool - awful sounds from the engine from new - but it's her money. My brother have the V6 versions, and they're good. RAV4. Probably not. Toyota dealer service - definitely not.
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  21. 5SFE? Seemed to get crappier as they were fitted to the later Camrys. Overheating, leaking oil, and just generally more unpleasant - never quite figured out why, but also noisier and more gutless than the earlier version. Old one did 400000km, ran a big-end massively but I drove it for weeks afterwards, (with the stereo set on max),, next one 350000km, then the nifty final one struggled to make it to 200000km. Just kept getting hot and leaky. Grrrr! Kind of the end of Toyotas for me, really. ?
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  22. 14.7 to 1. Atmospheric pressure is 1 bar, or14.7 psi. Coincidence? I think not...
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  23. Yep, you got caught with the control arms, just like we did. Mongrel job lining those up.
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  24. Oooh! Mustard!
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  25. Far out! That PT sounds just like mine with the hood open. A bucket of bolts running through a bandsaw. Busted trans. mount? Wasps and bees attack me too... I had to run into the sea once after bee-ing, (sorry!), swarmed big-time. I'm allergic as hell.
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  26. Wouldn't Step 1 be "DRAIN THE OIL"? Just asking.
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  27. Didn't look like the bodywork was even finished, so hardly time to be worrying about an alignment... Was a junk car anyway, IMO. For sure an insurance job. They have it all work out down to the last cent.
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  28.  @wesgregg6451  Maybe! In NZ, that car would be totaled if it was insured, and good luck repairing it and getting a legit Warrant of Fitness if it was a home job. They're relatively harsh here. Some still sneak through, though, on the old "Dial a Warrant" system... No need to repair such a shitheap - plenty of cheap beaters around for almost nothing. Wreckers offered a max of $110 for a running, legal Suzuki Swift, (2014 model?), believe me. I tried selling one to stop my ex getting it, and I'd just paid $8500 for it. OTOH, Bought a Grand Cherokee Overland for $1300 - one owner. High mileage, but FSH. Lovely wagon, but now gas too expensive to drive it.
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  29. Got a bollocking from Google about my last comment being obscene or disrespectful. Well, it was, but only slightly. Live with it, mega-corp.
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  30. Apart from the obvious oil everywhere, the thing looks pretty clean for the mileage, but the pan looked to be pre-damaged. Surely they don't come from the factory like that? Mind you, it's a Jeep. I've had several, and they aren't particularly beautifully engineered, and the newer they get, the worse, etc., etc.
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  31. Was going to ask "where's your flux' Ray"?
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  32. Love it.
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  33. This is the reason I don't buy Ford.
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  34. TBH, the phone works better than the GoPro.
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  35. I really thought that bost was gonna break. Nice technique - at least it didn't snap off. That would have been a few minutes of bad language.
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  36. We call those "scabblers".
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  37. I own a couple of Chrysler's wonderful products, and one has intermittent issues as you showed in the clip, as well as the Traction Control light coming on. Of course, every time I go to fix it, it stops doing it... Makes for great frustration. I suppose I need to buy a DECENT scan tool. And, yep, digital multimeters have beedn an issue for me as well. Even using the "prove, test, prove" isn't 100% guaranteed to show random issues. And, yep again, the first thing done is replace the batteries if I get wonky readings. I was always taught "trust your instruments". Sorry, but no.
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  38. Nessecity is the mother of invention. I know Frank Zappa was keen on that, but, in any event, if it works, do it...
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  39. Lift-kits on road-going vehicles. Nah. Someone installed one on my WJ Overland, only about 2.5 inches. Handled like shit, and broke stuff. Tiresome.
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  40. Those control arms are flimsy sheetmetal pressings, probably made in a North Korean prison. Attention to detail? I think not.
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  41. Man, if I worked in your shop, I'd be bitching to management about the phone ringing in the workshop. Bloody infuriating! Hire someone in the office to answer it - you guys don't need the distraction. It's one of my pet hates - phone noise when you're trying to work... Yep, I know it's good that it rings, and often, but not in the actual shop. Cheers for your always excellent, instructive and entertaining videos.
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  42. They'll regret that. No doubt about that. You can smell that corporate shit happening in the background. You will persevere, and succeed.
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  43. I'm not sure if the Ford Escape is the same as the Mazda Tribute V6, (pretty sure it is), Duratec engine, but a r/f brake hose collapsed, The car went left hard at about 130 when braking hard, wrote itself off, and hospitalised me. Had to be cut out of the thing, Cops tried to do me for reckless driving, as there were no skid marks, (on a wet road). 3 years off work.face-red-droopy-eyes All charges eventually dropped, and insurance paid out. Mysteriously, they lost the wreck. What a shitbox. There are still bits of that vehicle over 50 metres in the bush - spotlights, my cellphone, documents, and unfortunately I don't remember the incident, but I often go looking for that phone. 12 mpg on a good day, but it WAS fast,. Not the best car I ever owned, and I paid a shitload of money for it. It hurt quite a lot, in all ways. I still can't walk properly. Never buy a car with a name that starts with "M".
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  44. Sounds super-ill.
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  45. That was a good and practical fix. Isn't gonna fall apart! Stop bitching, people.
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  46. Another thought - powdered graphite has worked for me on unhappy ignition switches and locks...
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  47. Horrible, cheap and nasty wiring harness, poorly routed and fitted. Very frustrating for all concerned. Especially you.
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  48. just say it, man. Somebody has to.
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  49. Ford consumables part numbers mean nothing, in reality. They are just numbers they put on someone else's products. How do I know this? Selling bearings to a Ford parts shop for bugger-all money and then seeing them reboxed/rebagged into "Genuine Ford Parts" packaging, then sold at 4 x the price, (at a minimum). My best mate then installed them at the Ford workshop. We both watched the parts turning from Saeco to Ford on the packaging rip-off. I'm fairly certain that a large proportion of automotive brands do the same thing. I know that the vehicle manufacturers don't make spark plugs, wheel bearings, brake pads and air filters, but selling them as "genuine" spares is fraud.
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  50. Fuel is a chemical.
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  51. Don't tell.
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  52. Even the old EB1 Civics had that problem...
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  53. Welds better than me too. I had a welding job dream last night. Very scary.
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  54. Man, you look happy and RELAXED. You earned that.
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  55. An island called Enema Rear? Might give that place a bit of a miss, sorry, no how matter how beautiful it may be. Sounds like it would give me the shits.
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  56. Serious question - it's an ancient vehicle, so why not spray the fasteners with some lubricant goodness before even trying to undo them? Might make life easier, and it generally works for me...
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  57. Funny how they print all that DOHC 16 valve shit on the rocker cover. You can only see it when the engine is so far apart that it's irrelevant. Effing Chrysler. (Or Daimler - Benz in this case).
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  58. Is the engine in that a distributor or separate coils? Condenser if it's a dizzie...
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  59. Yep, been there, done that. Frigging TJs, especially. Gotta build the things upside down.
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  60.  @darksuns7384  Really? So what do you drive now...
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  61.  @rustynail7866  I believe that's the big difference - looks fairly obvious from the clip.
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  62.  @randybeard6040  I had one of those. Ghastly car, sorry.
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  63. PTs were a fun idea, badly executed. I had the same problem on my WJ Overland. Left it parked for 2 days with the radiator cap off, and it cured itself - airlock?
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  64. Crimp like a madman.
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  65. God forbid that anyone ever fitted a drainplug to the trans pan...
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  66. 8 nuts of the windage tray, and 7 back on???
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  67. I had a thing, (once), that looked like a plug socket, but was full of metal needles. - you dropped it over the stud, and no matter which way it was turned, it gripped and removed said stud. Not so certain it'd work on horrid soft alloy.
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  68. What a shit of a process.
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  69. Modifying the thing probably would have voided the warranty. ?
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  70. "Copious". Very good word.
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  71. But you pour stuff so well!
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  72. And the direction indicators don't work on German cars. Apparently.
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  73. Re the evap line glue - it's likely a thing to make factory assembly "foolproof".
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  74. Great video.
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  75. Never mind the scan results being unreliable, (the tricky and inconvenientpolicy of "encrypting" them is a dirty trick - BMWs are unreliable, IME. Super nasty cars.
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  76.  @miguelrocha1880  Ok, I'm glad that you have had a good experience. I haven't and neither have several friends. To my horror, I have just discovered that the Citroen C3 I have parked in the driveway has one of a "new range ofsmall petrol engines that PSA Peugeot Citroën developed in partnership with BMW. These "Prince" engines have double overhead 16 valve camshaft, on-demand oil and water pumps, and BMW's patent injection and ignition technology." - Wikipedia Faaarrrk.
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  77. Pretty low mileage for that sort of issue.
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  78. Is that battery crud caused by overcharging? I can't stop it from happening. We have 2 of the same cars - one, the battery goes flat, the other gets the green stuff on the positive terminal only. Perhaps I should switch batteries over??? Shit - they want $1200 for an alternator and say they're unrepairable. Well, I took one apart, (a second-hand sacrificial unit), and it doesn't look super different to any other alternator I've ever seen... Annoying, so have a solar trickle charger on the one that dies, and guess what? It doesn't die anymore, so likely a faulty diode allowing he battery to drain. Just a pain in the ass to remember to hook it up when the thing's going to be parked up for more than around 3 days. Dunno. Solar charger good. Green crud bad.
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  79. "See what we've got to work with here..." IME, nothing.
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  80. That is a YJ, dude.
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  81. "Stab away from yourself". Good advice to ponder further while imprisoned, you mad individual... All good, clean fun.
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  82. I'm not keen on all those grinder sparks so close to the fuel tank...
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  83. White heat. That's terrifying. Never drive a modern diesel in long grass, then...
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  84. And it's back. ?
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  85. Cracked windscreen RHS?
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  86. Easy to watch, so you've fixed it - and the car.
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  87. What's the deal with electric liftgates? Are we that unfit that we can't open the things ourselves? Convenience? I don't think so when this shit happens.
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  88. Free and loose. Just like my ex.
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  89. I had a Honda Odyssey. Once. I hated that thing. I drove it a few times, and scrapped it, the POS. My Accord US wagon was great, but the H.O? Never again.
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  90. The "Print things for actual no reason department" Mind you, the may have a publication on cotter-pins; the history, styling, installation and removal methods. Could be a thrilling read.
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  91. UNFORTUNATELY it's just water. For the owner, anyway. Hence all the destruction on the fittings. Coolant might have prevented the entire problem. Saved some bucks by using water. Now you gonna pay!
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  92. Level in radiator too high.
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  93. Should have been called the Ford Rotator.
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  94. Man, that coffee looks like weasel-piss. Poor you.
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  95. Fisher-Price . Saved a lot of people from becoming dumbasses.
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  96. Fit for the crusher. Sad.
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  97. You sure you're not doing it back to front? I generally hang them loosely from the top, and then am free to manipulate everything downstairs. Still a bit grumbly, but not THAT bad?
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  98. Oh, NOW I get it. Weird and horrid.
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  99. Nasty cheap parts.
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  100. I like you, man. You're no hack. Keep that sad old thing running. I'd pay $400 for it...
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  101. I realise this a family channel, but that looks like my girlfriend when she thinks she's getting a new car. Steady, steady stream...
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  102. Get a forklift. They're SO useful!
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  103. What's that heatsink looking thing that is off to the left of the distributor, hanging off the rocker cover stud, with no nut holding it down? Intermittent earth or something going on?
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  104. What do you do with the battery and alternator when welding? In my experience, the surge of the welder tends to bugger the diodes, etc., in the alternator, and apparently, batteries get upset as well. I just used to disconnect everything, inc. ECMs and shit. Not worth the risk.
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  105. Silicone causes way more trouble than it's worth. Good old Gasket Goo, if you can still get it, fixes a multitude of issues. Heaps of other oprions, too, but I really never trust silicone.
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  106. I'd have done the top bolt first, but then, I'm not doing the job.
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  107. It was fun!
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  108. Interesting and scary.
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  109. Try that in NZ, and your car would get pink-stickered. I.e., condemned, unless you replaced all the welded bits - if you were lucky. Otherwise, she's crusher material.
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  110. Like 3D printed meat...
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  111. The rears.
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  112. Hardly built for ease of servicing...
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  113. Champion plugs. The N9Y plugs caused me SO much trouble. No more Champions for me.
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  114. Seriously? A water-cooled washer pump? Well, I do declare.
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  115. Fairly small oil pickup - no wonder it died.
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  116. Dorman. The "Kiss of Death".
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  117. Not that I know what I'm talking about, apparently, but I never tighten anything until the car has at least sat on it's own weight once. I prefer to tension the bolts while the weight is on. Tell the guy on the phone to take a hike, the scamming weasel.
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  118. Maybe just the ABS working causing customer complaint, e.g. they drive hard and fast, then hit the picks hard as hell. Shudder City. yep, and that will glaze the rotors, in my limited experience.
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  119. Someone's had a go at patching/fixing that. New shiny spot/tack-welds - scary.
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  120. "Phantom swivel". Yes.
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  121. I can't keep watching - these vehicles make me sick with their piss-poor design and shitty quality, (non-quality), parts. Feel for you, and it's only going to get worse. I'll wait for a non-Stellantis job before I come back to you. Cheers, Ray. You have more patience than I do.
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  122. Dunno how you do it. I'd be having a major tantrum after the first 15 minutes. Must be getting old.
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  123. I wonder if that "tinky-tink" sound is a cracked fleplate?
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  124. That water pump is huge - looks like it belongs on some sort of Caterpillar engine...
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  125. Shit, I'd have it.
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  126. Seen the 2022 crash test results? Those things are lethal.
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  127. My Aussie 4.1 litre Flacons always did main bearings, not con-rod shells. They were shit anyway, even from new-ish.
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  128. I am a fan of smoke machines. GM vehicles with boosters seem to fail rather more than others, or am I imagining that? I've had several Holdens, (GM Australia), do this.
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  129. Got told flat-out, (I had done a bit of investigating), that NO WAY was the fuel cap going to cause ANY issues. Car ran like a bag of dirt. These guys scanned it for $100. Nothing wrong. Big sticker under the hood showing the fuel cap as an essential component in the Evap system. Went next door, to the opposition, where he charged $50 for a scan. Can't recall the code, but it was a cam-angle sensor. Who gets my business these days? I'm sure it's obvious. Nice guy, too.
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  130. Good plan. Throttle-body bolts as opposed to the drama of hoses. Wise choice.
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  131. "Jackwagon". That's a new one for me... With your permission, I may appropriate that word for my own use under similar circumstances.
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  132. If it's been driven relatively sedately throughout its life, then what about giving it a decent run in third on the interstate too get the revs up, and use heavy throttle as much as possible? It's worked on a couple of cars I had, including a definite smoker. Was fine after that. Not saying it'll fix what you're driving there, but, if the engine is gonna have to be stripped anyway, then why not give it a blast to "blow the cobwebs out"? I like the injector substitution plan - it had definite possibilities. I believe that some of those Camry and RAV 4 engines are somewhat sub-par in the oil control department. Not like ye olde 5S-FE.
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  133. Fantastic forensic examination. California. Nope.
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  134. Solenoid lead.
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  135. Narcissism is a mental health condition that involves an excessive focus on one's own needs, worth, and self. Insanity dressed as a normal person.
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  136. Raybestos parts - funny!
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  137. What about water in the fuel, cos it sounds like it.
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  138. Auf Deutsch. You sound like my brother...
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  139. USE the lube, before you try stripping these things...
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  140. 3rd generation Hi-Ace on dirt roads. There's a universal joint on the bottom of the steering column. It broke, all abraded to shit, so it was lucky it was only in second gear, going uphill. Dumb design. Damaged the van a bit, falling into a ditch, but it must have broken later on after I sent the entire column away to be rebuilt, as the last owner lost all steering at speed, and the thing looked like a squashed can. He lived - just. Pity - it was a good van.
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  141. Mine has half the mileage on it, and the oil pressure idiot light has been on for nearly a year. If I switch it off, immediately after starting the first time, it doesn't come on at all. It's always sounded like a diesel since I got it, and I also get Traction Control and ABS lights doing random things, (together). Very weird car. And don't get me started on the central locking... Still a nice car to drive, and rust-free. Currently off the road, as finances do not permit timing belt replacement. Aaaah. Faithful Mazda 2 - with 228K on the clock - 1340cc of pure automotive rage. SO cheap to run, in comparison.
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  142. How did they drive it like that?????????
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  143. They're bastard engines when they go wrong, 3.7 or 4.7. I dodged a bullet on my last Grand Cherokee - it got hot in traffic, and started to play up from that point. In NZ, $5K minimum to replace both heads. Sold it, never buying another Jeep. That was number 4. Enough.
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  144. So how much was a genuine GM radiator?
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  145. Cheap, thin and low-grade electrical wiring, with seriously downmarket insulation. I'll never buy another Jeep or Chrysler. Perhaps an old Valiant or Plymouth Fury, etc., but those so-called Jeeps or PT Cruisers? No way. Life's too short. I'll buy another Asian car.
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  146. Tidy looking WJ lurking in front of ye olde Suburban...
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  147. Rabid axle - that's why it foams and growls.
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  148. Bent, or simply burnt, on the laking valves. No idea of the mileage on that engine, but would be good to no, given the nature of the cambelt failure... Cheers for a really instructive video - hope there's a follow-up?
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  149. Danger, Will Robinson.
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  150. Troy may not be familiar with the Discovery Channel, but he knows his crabs. YOU remind me of you 20 years ago...
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  151. How can you diagnose a car that has munted wiring? The OBD can't work reliably.
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  152. I'd LIVE in that, happily.
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  153. The others are any late model Subaru, or any older RAV4. Oil is expensive.
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  154. As the old riddle goes: When is a door not a door? When it's ajar. Hee hee hee.
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  155. I hate those crimpy things - they work for a while, then some alien corrosion , possibly electrolytic in action, causes them to expand an stop working. I know soldering is a PITA, but, it it's my car, anyway, I only want to repair it once. Gas door - we all know what happened. Gas prices, ok, so Mr Suction has visited, but sadly didn't have the keys.
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  156. Good engine- believe it's half an Aston Martin V12?
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  157. Manifold?
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  158. The one Japanese brand car that I'd prefer never to own again.
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  159. I had a Mazda Tribute with the same engine, and it went well. Grunty, but talk about thirsty. I was overjoyed if I got anything over 15 mpg highway. I have read that this engine is half a V12 Aston-Martin V12. See Wikipedia under Duratec. Might explain the good power, and rubbish mileage...
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  160. Vin Diesel? What a jerk!
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  161. Are the days of machining rotors over???
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  162. It's toast, my friend. Waste now more time on it.
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  163. "Let's go ahead and remove the engine". I was quoted $3.5K to have that done. Nah. Parked it up until it's rare.
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  164. Don't waste your time, mate. It's a write-off. Not even going to watch the rest of the clip, after seeing what was behind the r/r wheel.
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  165. Nice.
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  166. Brake proportioning valve?
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  167. Sound is GOOD.
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  168. Took my shitty car into a "shop", and was told that the gas-cap cannot cause problems. $100 for a scan, then told engine was worn out, Went next door. $50 for the scan. Fuel cap fault, and cam position sensor. Fixed. That was 2 years ago. Watch what you get told. Clyde Street Automotive in Whangarei, New Zealand, are the best. Fixed our old Laser, and it WAS worn out, but his fixes at 333000 kept it running up to 360000, and now the Tiida/Versa at 213000. Does NOT want to work on the PT Cruiser, but I know he'll do a great job. I'm gonna make him do it because he hates the idea so much. Thanks, Niels. Decent mechanic.
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  169. Vapor lock?
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  170. Swollen due to being made of cheap shit by Ford!
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  171. It isn't the engineers - it's the accountants. Save .0003 cents per vehicle, and Profit City...
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  172. Seeing as the drain plug refused to come out, I'd have drilled a hole in the pan. I could always repair that later, but it's had it with that drain plug...
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  173. I've had that where the fuse LOOKS good, but zero continuity. Frustrating. Have learned to confirm with a meter.
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  174. It's a mighty nice truck, Ray.
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  175. Damn, you caught me out!
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  176. Tape measures go to parties when you don't use them - they sneak out without permission, like teenagers, which is why they're never where you last saw them. I think they get bored, or something. Little shits.
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  177. I think the weight of the driveshaft pulls the front of the diff down, hence your problem. Bastard Jeeps.
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  178. I totally agree - use surge protectors, disconnecting the battery/batteries, the ECU, the alternator, and so-on. If it's electrical and plugged in, unplug it. Mig welders have a nasty habit of trashing anything electrical or electronic, the costing the shop mucho dinero to repair damaged components destroyed by voltage spikes and so forth. And it doesn't always happen immediately, so protect yourself.
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  179. It's the Chook of Doom!
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  180. Those "mechanics" should be prosecuted for negligence, if not something far more serious.
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  181. BTW: You CAN bypass that motion sensor., but, given that it's mains voltage, get an electrician to do it.
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  182. Discombobulated. I appreciate your service to the language. Good to hear.
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  183. 1/2" is 12.7mm
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  184. WJ Jeep Grand Cherokee HO 4.7 have an oil pressure gauge, but after 2002, they are a 1 wire fitting. Can't possibly work, so what was the point? Bring back the idiot light - my ex-partner's car, (Nissan Versa/Tiida - great car, I might add), doesn't even have a temp gauge - just a blue light for cold, and a red one for, "congratulations, you are now walking".
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  185. Crap cars from day one : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Falcon_(XD)#:~:text=The%20Ford%20Falcon%20(XD)%20is,oriented%20version%20of%20the%20Falcon.
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  186. Truly the first time I've seen you angry - irritated, yes. Angry, no. I can, however, relate. That job is majorly suckful.
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  187. Leak-Tamer. Does it work for incontinence?
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  188. The YJ was a bit of a pig, but you're doing well to get it operational. Leaf springs. Rotten and ugly Jeep.
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  189. It's an insurance policy, and the providers will do everything they can do get out of paying. I've been on both sides of this, and they aren't worth having.
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  190. I had a '71 Vauxhall Victor FD 3300 wagon. Yeah, did the same. I could wind it over by hand, and it would generally light up. Same with a Mark IV Fort Cortina Ghia. Nasty British cars. Should have kept them - they are worth heaps now. Woe is me.
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  191. These are the people who make insurance premiums insanely expensive. Thanks for that, you greedy swine.
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  192. All you people complaining about Ray's welding are full of shit. He fixed the problem, and while it may be a bit of an agricultural repair, it worked, and saved $2K.
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  193. The one bad deed is definitely the killer.
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  194. The YJ had a kinda cool dash.
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  195. That'll teach the owner to be gentle with his car!
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  196. Gander. Either a look, a male goose, or an airport in Newfoundland. Very stupid of me, I know, but it just did something to that thing I believe is a brain.
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  197. Possibly just Preventative Maintenance? Better than doing a tour of the country, or giving it to your kid, when the pads are partly worn, or nearly down to the metal. Supposedly, with the rears having already been done, at least it has good brakes for quite some time. Another thought - maybe the guys who did the rear brakes simply couldn't get that R/F wheel off, so made it your problem?
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  198. Maybe the tremor is fear of Fords? I've got the same thing.
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  199. Just wondering what that job cost $-wise?
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  200. That's the top part of the dipstick, for sure. Wonder where the rest of it went?!
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  201. Please. No more Greta Thunberg, or however it's spelt. She makes me physically ill. How dare she?
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  202. You're such a diplomatic guy with your workmates. Hard case.
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  203. Turn the crank pulley, and it should slip on - oh, wait - you did it.
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  204. I'd always understood that the 2.4 was a non-interference engine?
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  205. "So simple down here I'm confused" Classic.
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  206. Won't the dead, still fitted, o2 sensor restrict exhaust flow, now that there are 2 in that exhaust pipe?
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  207. i think engine is car stuff. Motor is supposedly electric. We know what you mean. VW. Used to be good. No more. Auf Deutsch. Sayonara. Always buy cars from the Land of the Rising Sun.
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  208. Jeep and Chrysler. Bad grounds seem to be a thing.
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  209. Man, I wish I had your patience. This is why I don't even try working on my cars anymore. Mind you, a wrecked shoulder and back don't exactly make for serenity and calmness. Why did they put that seeminly irrelevant bracket in the way????
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  210. Shit, she's a bit clattery - mind you, high mileage and all, but still... Then it shut up. Hmmm.
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  211. 5S-FE. Can run like shit, with no MIL, and keep going and going. They don't react well to being overheated, which is odd for a Toyota. Mazda, yep. No coming back from a cooked Mazda, but usually Toyotas can handle getting a tad warm. Anyhoo, they're generally a great engine.
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  212. Typical Ford suspension squeak, in my experience, especially on the arlier Falcons that still seem to exist here in NZ. You can hear them coming from a fair way down the road.
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  213. You poor guy.
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  214. I'LL tell you a story where the ending was happy. A friend had an issue with her old Ford Laser, 1995 wuth about 300,000 miles on it - I believe it was a leaky valve cover gasket, and the car was blowing oil smoke into the cabin going up a long hill that she had to drive at least daily. Her GOOD FRIEND recommended that she use her mobile mechanic mate. Well, she ended up with orange sealant all over the top of the engine - no, I don't know what it was -, the alternator light on, and no power steering. And it was leaking worse than ever. I replaced the valve cover gasket and cleaned all the orange crud off, but I have injuries that would not allow me to get under the car to deal with the belts, etc. She HAD to have the car that day, so we took it in to a workshop in town at 7 am, totally unannounced, and he: A: Replaced the alternator belt with a 2nd hand one he had on the shelf, as it had been trapped behind the crank pulley and shredded, then: B: Tightened all the loose bolts and retensioned the power steering pump belt and loose lines, (quite why they had been undone we could not figure out), and: C: Replaced all the power steering fluid, and bled the system. How much? $30.00 cash. He gets all our business now - I used to use him before, but now so does Alison, and many of her friends, and mine. He's done cambelts, radiators, cam angle sensors, OBD2 diagnostic stuff, and works out at half the price of the workshop next door - so next door that they share a dividing wall in the building. This guy is always busy, so it's best to get in early, as you can't get a park after about 8:30 am. Bloody marvellous. So it does happen. Cheers people.
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  215. It's a dead car driving...
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  216. Auf Japon.
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  217. Seeing tools repaired, rather than chucked out, is the best.
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  218. They're designed NOT to be fixed. They want you to have to buy a new one.
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  219. Must be fun writing those diag, flow chart thingies.
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  220. Windows. Nah.
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  221. Supposedly, "sarcasm is the lowest from of wit". I fucking love it - it's hilarious. I am lower than a snake's belly...
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  222. Cables beat jump-boxes every time. Unless it's a PT Cruiser They will never go. 24volts, maybe. Doubt it.
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  223. Might be you, but given that the larger percentage of employers, (or business partners), are assholes, and you have an analytical brain, it probably isn't. You're right - the post-mortem generally shows the point where things break down irreconcilably. e.g.: when your boss realises that you know where the bodies are buried... And you can prove it. Suddenly, the last few year's positive appraisals go missing, along with your entire personnel file. And you get accused of taking it. As I told them - why would I take it? I scanned it all as it happened - wanna read it? Always have a paper-trail, my friend.
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  224.  @brnmcc01  Yeah. Reminds me of something I read ages ago: "Life is hard". "Compared to what?"
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  225. Ford starter motors a what wobble-drives were invented for. Designed by accountants.
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  226. I dunno.
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  227. Nasty crimped el-cheapo manufacturing. Unreliable and unrepairable is bad enough, but when you can't even remove the dud ones? I'd be less than happy.
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  228. Who DESIGNED those e-brake cables? Probably an accountant. Obviously not someone who had to work with them...
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  229. All Jeeps are project vehicles. Looks like it's burning brake fluid...
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  230. Why do SO MANY vehicles with auto trans not have a pan-drain bolt? BTW - Who is Brownish Hugh?
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  231. Bodyshell probably needs to be chained to the lift. As I said earlier, that car is still bent, OR... You've been given incorrect or previously damaged suspensin components. Saw that with a an early Honda Prelude - basically, it got repaired, (in the end), but it wasn't worth the effort.
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  232. Simply cheap and nasty.
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  233. When Ezy-Outs snap off. My biggest fear.
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  234. Looked like a paper-wasp. We have them in NZ, and they are scary. They eat my poor old cat's food - tear chunks of meat off if I give him fresh beef... Nothing seems to scare them. Me no like.
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  235. Your jump-box has CAT printed on it. Which is why it's annoying.
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  236. Mid-stream. Just like a liver test...
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  237. If it works for the hippopotamus, therefore it works for the Lexus. Lexi for sure, although it sounds like a name for a hooker. Toyota solenoids have a habit of going out, so why wouldn't Lexi?
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  238. Nice strippers, as the bishop said to the actress...
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  239. Edit: LEAKING valves!!!
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  240. Far out. A reasonable customer. Who'd have believed it? Oh, and I still want to BUY those pliers. Slight Covid induced cashflow crisis at the moment... "Relative ease" is a relative term, these days. Chryslers are FUN. I own a PT Cruiser, so I think I know. It's only low mileage, too. Can't sell it, because it has a new problem every time I start it. Now the Traction Control Off light and the ABS light are on. S'pose it's a wheel speed sensor, or the ring. This is getting old. And there was me going to get a new timing belt fitted. Nope, not now.
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  241. It's not really a single-handed job - you need 2 people, especially if you have a buggered right arm, which I do. But 4 arms are better than 2.
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  242. That'll teach you to put the wipers back together before doing the leak-test... Done it myself - that's why I was cringeing when you did it!
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  243. Why can't manufacturers fit drain plugs to trans pans? If Honda can do it, why can't the rest of them? Probably save .0002 cents per vehicle...
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  244. Shop is good. Heaps of potential. Plus a free forklift? Nice!
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  245. I BET they wanted the trouble codes cleared - that thing will be up for sale a soon as you can get all, or at least most of the lights out on the dash - if you can. Fishy car - esp. when you commented something about VIN nimber issues with your scanners. Nasty, nasty, nasty cars.
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  246.  @Anubis78250  Yeah. I've always worked on the principle of snugging fasteners down, and then finally tightening -the chances are that the casting will "bow" between the fasteners , especially if over-tightened, so you have a distorted joint. Flatten the housing in on a sheet of glass with some fine abrasive, the CAREFULLY refit, and torque up.
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  247. Mini. HUGE car, which is a piece of shit.
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  248. The world is full of idiots, mate. Ignore them.
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  249. Drilube for that stupid belt.
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  250. When you go to store some stuff, then find out how much crap you've already collected. And can't recall what the hell it was in the first place...
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  251. I love your loads.
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  252. Appalling engineering.
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  253.  @defaultname531  My Tiida/Versa, and my mate's Wingroad have dipsticks on the CVT. They are a bitch to remove, as the hay an evil retention clip on them, so I just put them in with the clip on the opposite side. Servicing them is a breeze - just lots of bolts, and expensive fluid. I love them. SO good on fuel.
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  254. A decent carb makes such a difference. They get past the point of economic repair, and give symptoms of a very stuffed engine, in my experience. I swapped engines in a Mazda and used the original carb. Seriously, it ran like dirt. Replacement carb, sweet. And NO: the original engine would not have been fixed by the carb. It was knocking and burning oil to the point where it was illegal to operate on a public road, due to the excessive smoke.
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  255. Far out - that engine IS clean inside, especially for an Escape 4-cylinder. I'm envious - even with regular oil changes, my engine still looks like the Athabasca Tar Pits inside.
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  256. It never ceases to amaze me that transmission pans are almost invariably NOT fitted with drain plugs.
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  257. Nothing like a good dump.
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  258. Half a bottle of methylated spirits in the tank will solve any water/fuel issues.
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  259. Very good,sir.
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  260. Go Pros are bloody evil, time-wasting devices. Hate, hate, hate.
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  261. Man, I was cringing at your proximity to that insubstantial-looking cable. I've seen that shit snap, and it's not nice for anyone in the vicinity. Eeeek!
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  262. Re the condos - ain't progress just the BEST?
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  263. Yep, pretty grubby.
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  264.  @tmurph247  Sez you...
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  265.  @lukek3148  What????
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  266. Effing Chrysler and their ground straps - how many of their products ended up in the great carpark in the sky simply because the accountants at Chrysler specified shit wiring, to save 2c per unit????
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  267. Those connectors are cunning little beasts - if they work, then they are a major time-saver.
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  268. Designed by truly evil people.
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  269. "Plethora" is such a good word. Hard to say after 6 beers...
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  270. Oops, spoke to soon. Good one with the replacing of the pickup oil o-ring.
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  271. Ok, you just preempted my earlier comment. Grrr!
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  272. The pointed punch. We call it "The Spike". One of the most useful and versatile tools in the world. When it gets lost, things stop happening, and if you don't find it, you have to make a new one. But I LIKED the OLD one... I wonder where it is today? Come back, you are missed.
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  273. Insectophobia - I found a huge bug in my kitchen when I got home following a 3 month absenvce, but had no spray. Big glass over the top of it, and in the morning, slid a bit of cardboard under the glass, and flipped it over to my annoying neighbor's property. Bug, what bug?
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  274. I dunno why, but the 4 liters seem to die, sometimes terminally, for no apparent reason, and the ones I had were terminal. All serviced, not thrashed. I avoid them now. Last one died at 12300km, which is 75-76K miles. It was fucked. Massive internal damage. That was the third one. Bloody things.
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  275. FALCONS, sorry.
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  276. Zip-tie the buggers on, because they're bloody hard to find if they fall off, or get stolen. Nissan Versa covers are like $250 each new, and cannot be found secondhand, unless you want to buy4, or use ugly aftermarket shit ones. Those MUST be zip-tied on, or they'll fall off while parked...
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  277. Agree with you, Ray. Just checked, and I'm still subscribed, but I note that my comments are no longer responded to. Maybe my comments are shit, but still...
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  278. L/H threads used to have a notch, or notches, in the fastener to indicate that it was, in fact, meant to turn the other way. At least that's been my experience. Lookes like the bean counters rode again and saved 0.0000002 cents per vehicle by no longer doing that. Lucky old shareholders. Another massive dividend, or not...
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  279. What a hideous engine design.
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  280. Oh, how we all laughed. Falling about the place, we were. Tee hee.
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  281. Absolutely the same symptoms on PT cruiser, Cam angle sensor fixed it. Ruined the engine mounts because the violence flogged the engine back and forth. GRRRRR!
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  282. It's not just a You phenomenon, and it happens in almost all industries.
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  283. I've been told that hanging onto the brakes at the lights, etc., causes uneven cooling of the disks, as the pads against the disk cause a heat dissipation differential, thus warping the disks just a smidgen. What's the general opinion on that out there? What's your opinion, Ray?
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  284. Working on the dirt like that sucks. Get a sheet of plywood - makes life a bit less uncomfortable! Mood improves, and job generally goes better...
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  285. Automatic liftgate? What's the point - just more to go wrong. Obviously.
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