Comments by "Tim John Un" (@timjohnun4297) on "Rainman Ray's Repairs" channel.

  1. I swapped from cars to heavy diesels, and while it was probably harder work on the bigger stuff, I enjoyed it a lot more because of the more relaxed time restraints. As a dealership mechanic I had to account for every minute of the day, but as a heavy vehicle mech it was much more relaxed. These days I drive a desk. Boring but easy ;)
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  2. Former bus mechanic here, with large buses you have 2 choices - lube the wheel stud threads, or never be able to remove the wheels again ;)
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  3. Outside, with a little tin roof over it and run a pipe through the wall. Nice and quiet and takes up less space
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  4. Seeing that splined stud extractor snap off in the stud reminded me why I never use easy outs. Left hand drill bits all the way, drill until either the stud winds out of the hole becomes the right size to run a tap through. In this case I reckon persistence with a right hand bit may have wound the studs out the top. Always easy from the armchair though ;) Good job Ray
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  5. It's OK Ray, you don't need to justify buying new tools to us ;) Love the pups, once they are past the velociraptor stage they will be the best dogs you will ever own :)
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  6. Yeah, for the price of a set of rings, they would be the first thing I'd replace!
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  7. I'm old as mud too, and I think the choke should get its power source from the alternator, so that it only gets a current when the engine is running, but hey, switched power would work too, I guess - just a different way of doing it...
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  8.  @tyrantworm7392  My guess is that the owner had the brakes done not too long ago but they got a shonky job. For whatever reason that outer pad came out and it all turned to custard after that. The thing must have been pulling hard to the left under brakes though
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  9. And use a left hand drill bit, with the drill in reverse. It's the ONLY method I ever use now, after trying every other method available. Use a drill just big enough to be a snug fit inside the water pump bolt hole, just to put the V at the center of the stud, then remove the pump and use the correct size LH drill for re-tapping. 9 times out of 10 the stud will unwind itself as the drill cuts in, but if not, you can just run a plug tap down the hole. Edit: Looks like drill chuck clearance may be an issue there. I literally threw out all my easy outs, years ago, because they cause more problems than they fix IMO
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  10. I think that thread's too far gone for that, personally. It's a critical component, I would replace the sub frame or remove it and have it repaired (Welded and re-tapped)
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  11. The dramatic music at the introduction of the brake cleaner never gets old 🤣
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  12. Great job Ray, but, correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't it start off in open loop and then go to closed?
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  13. They tried to copy the Taurus look with the early AU Falcon, with all the oval shapes everywhere. They soon ditched that with the following models though lol
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  14. It's always the one that's in the worst spot, too, Murphy's law ;)
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  15. 30 years as a mechanic and I've only ever heard it called a castellated nut...
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  16.  @jimr8198  Speed? lol
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  17. Life hack for removing an axle shaft without a slide hammer - put the brake drum or in this case disc rotor on back to front, wind on 2 or 3 wheel nuts a few threads each, then use the drum/rotor as a slide hammer. Works every time :)
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  18. The only reliable method I've ever found for removing broken studs is using a left hand drill bit. A regular twist bit, not a step drill like Ray was trying to use here lol. Given, there probably isn't a lot of room to get a drill in there though
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  19. The more the clutch wears, the further out the fingers will be, until they start running against the thrust bearing, causing the clutch to slip
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  20. Stuffing the cavity with bread actually works even better than grease, believe it or not
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  21. It's like those hidden sets of traffic lights that hold all the traffic until you arrive at an intersection ;)
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  22. I was just thinking, how easy they make it by supplying the new control arms complete with ball joints and bushes already installed. Then came the AC compressor lol. The other thing I can't get my head around is why manufacturers insist on putting torx headed bolts everywhere. All it does is make the mechanic buy more tools 🤷‍♂
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  23.  @BuzzinVideography  And the occasional really long fine threaded machine screw, with a square nut on the back would have really done the trick 🤣
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  24. I have always ground them to paper thin then hit the thin part with a cold chisel to pop the retainer off. A workmate of mine once tried to cut all the way through with a cold chisel, missed with the hammer and splattered his thumb on the top of the vice. They took him to hospital where they removed the end of his thumb. I've never done a wheel bearing since without thinking of that
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  25.  @DestructionRising  Yep, the office staff always looked down their noses at us, and complained if we had an extra 3 minutes on a break or something, while constantly sipping coffee, chatting among themselves, in their heated/air conditioned offices, completely disregarding the fact that it was US that made the money that paid THEIR wages
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  26. This was a lesson learnt I think - going to a great effort trying to save the customer some money ends up costing you money, more often than not. Unfortunate to have to replace the subframe but that's the only real proper repair, and it sounds harsh but it's the customer's problem, not yours. I'd be worried about the public liability aspect, should the replacement bolt fail. As for boats, if you can't afford to buy a new one then you sure as hell can't afford to maintain an old one - BOAT stands for Bankruptcy On A Trailer ;)
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  27. I have a guy in a boat that does that to me, all the time ;)
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  28. I was thinking he was gonna bluff us into thinking that he'd forgotten it and say something like "You guys thought I forgot the flex plate, didn't you" lol
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  29. Being an Aussie who worked as a mechanic through the 80's and 90's this engine reminds me of the once very common Holden 6 cylinder "Red" motor, with the intake and exhaust on the same side (Non crossflow, as it was called). I haven't seen one in years, surprised Jeep continued with them for so long. Holden hung onto them for a long time, but emission controls eventually killed them to the point where they were totally gutless and no longer viable, back in the mid 80's
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  30. Especially when it's a manual transmission ;)
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  31. I've had tons of comments just disappear from youtube. It's a joke
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  32.  @dans_Learning_Curve  I don't think there's enough metal left in there for anything to hold. Hoping Ray does a follow up video
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  33. They weren't. You can easily tell from the video of Ray adjusting them
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  34. Same in Australia. The other weird thing is, all 4 rims must be the same diameter. But if you get a flat, the spare is often a smaller diameter steel rim with a higher aspect ratio tyre. So running a spare is technically illegal 🤣
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  35. Torquing bolts in my opinion is a bit over-rated. They are flex plate bolts, They will either come loose or they won't. Any half decent mechanic can tell by feel if they are tight enough or not. I don't think I've ever torqued a flex plate bolt, never had one fall out....
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  36. 🤣 @J-D  Let me guess, you'd have bought the $600 tool from Ford, written off the profit from the whole job, put the tool in your toolbox and probably never used it again?
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  37. The OCD in me leans over in my armchair to push that shut, every time he drives past it ;)
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  38. Cylinder leakage test, exactly what I was thinking, too. Adampyro is right though, the smoke does make for better viewing
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  39.  @donwyoming1936  It often makes no difference what words are said.
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  40. I dropped the fuel tank out of a car once to replace the fuel pump. Somehow ended up getting the old and the new one mixed up and refitted the old one. Only did that once ;)
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  41. Would have been the perfect time to do them but I guess where does it end? Poor old owner has already sunk a fair bit of dough into this car
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  42. Cotter pins for me are round with a flat ground into them, used on old school bicycle cranks, and Renault/Mack bus king pins, to hold them in place. The ones in a ball joint I've always called split pins. However, if I go down to my local parts store to buy a grab kit of split pins, the label says "Split steel cotter pins". So I guess it doesn't matter a toss what you call them lol
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  43. That's what I call them too, but I do have an assortment kit here that has a sticker on it that says: "Split steel cotter pins". I guess it depends whart part of the world/country/state you're in and what school you went to ;)
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  44. As a part time outboard mechanic, I see that problem regularly
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  45. Yes, customers always complain: "My mechanic doesn't listen to me"...This is why.
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  46. I watch from Australia, so not only am I in the future, I'm also upside down ;)
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  47. Time is money. If you can halve the labour time (And you can, with power tools) you can theoretically halve the labour cost. On non critical fasteners the torque isn't critical and any experienced mechanic can tell if they are tight enough or not, even if they use the power tool to nip the fasteners and then do the final torque by hand. I have worked as a mechanic for 30 plus years and could count on one hand how many fasteners I have stripped from over tightening. Put it this way: if you work for an employer who pays by the hour, you will always be under the pump to get the job done as fast as possible. And with no comeback.
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  48.  @DestructionRising  It's funny you should say that, because I have seen it everywhere, where the office staff think they run the place and end up with more lerks and perks than the mechanics, are treated better, and think they are more important, forgetting that they are basically only support staff for the real money spinners - the mechanics
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  49. My son's Nissan X trail did the same thing
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  50. I got sick of struggling with cars so I switched to buses. Got sick of struggling with buses so switched to a desk. With the occasional outboard motor repair thrown in, as a side line ;)
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  51. Plus they have that plastic cover over them, trapping heat inside
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  52. Glad you added the comment about the hydro boost, I've never seen one of those before!
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  53. Use it for a few towing jobs, it's paid for itself. I used to be a bus mechanic, our company had its own tow truck. They wouldn't maintain it, so it became unreliable, so they outsourced towing. The price they paid for one tow could have paid to fix the old girl up and keep using it
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  54. We call it the bonnet in Australia, too.
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  55.  @XENONEOMORPH1979  Where did I mention boot? Or Germans? Or Europeans??
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  56. You don't think it's beneficial to keep the inlet valves clean, in a direct injection engine? Genuinely curious...
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  57. What sort of numpty would put the cable eye over the stud and not put a nut on it??? Unbelievable
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  58. I used to always crack the top nut while the spring pressure was still on it, too. Not undo, just cracked. If I didn't I'd often find I couldn't undo it because the shaft in the strut would just spin. Just a life hack that worked for me
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  59. The trouble with that is, even if the owner decides himself to try and save it, they tell all their friends that the transmission was fixed by Ray, then when it breaks down they all say How come it broke down? Didn't Ray fix it? It's human nature I think. Better off biting the bullet and saying no, I'm not interested in trying to fix it, it's too far gone. JMO
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  60. plus 1 for the LH bit, I literally threw out all my easy outs, because they break more often than not, with no warning, and cause an even bigger problem. I think drilling that particular stud may have been difficult though, because of the restricted access. Murphy's law says that will always be the one to break
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  61.  @tlak  There's a valve at the top of the tube, that you have to turn off, or oil sprays up and out of the funnel. The problem here was simply too much pressure. And yes, I have had the same thing happen to me lol
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  62. They say sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, but I can't think of any form of with that isn't sarcastic lol
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  63.  @rick980  You don't get paid for moving tools from 1 cart to another. Why waste your time if you know where they all are? It's only Ray who uses his tools, not the customer
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  64. Thank you Ray, for continually reminding me to never ever buy a PT Cruiser lol
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  65. You've gotta hand it to those design engineers - the efforts they make, to ensure that everything is as hard to work on as humanly possible, is super impressive!
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  66. I could smell that gear oil from here (Australia)! Gear oil is the 2nd worst smelling liquid on the planet. Right behind cat pee ;)
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  67. It looked pretty mundane until the tarp went over at the end. That's a great idea!
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  68.  @ls_812  Yeah, I feel old as mud watching this lol. Back in the day, this kind of work was fun.
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  69.  @joeblowe7545  We had Clevelands in Australia until around 1984, I think
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  70.  @39junker  yep, these old engines don’t care about numbers, tuning by ear was the norm back in the day
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  71. You mean the valve clearances?
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  72. That's the curse of being a mechanic. You SHOULD charge for every minute, but if you did, the customer would accuse you of ripping them off. When it comes to cars, everyone is either an "Expert" or knows someone who is an "Expert"
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  73. Well that would explain your alignment problems ;)
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  74. Looked like a broken ring to me
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  75.  @thomasheussen4668  You sound like the type who has only ever done mechanical theory, in a classroom and maybe worked on your own car a few times, but never worked in the actual industry. Just sayin'...
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  76. When I was an apprentice mechanic our management rode us hard for time (Factory dealership). The result was, an increase in comeback jobs. So the management, in their wisdom, decided to "fix" that by putting up signs everywhere saying "Do it right the first time". Nothing like advertising to your customers that you have a come back problem, huh? Edit: It's a torque limiting extension, to prevent over torquing of the wheel nuts ;)
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  77. Need it just to figure out the serpentine belt lol
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  78. I can't believe the rust under that thing, is that from salting the roads?? I've never seen a car that rusty underneath
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  79. My guess is the videos draw in as much income as the repair work. And we get entertained in the process. Smart way of making money. Good on him!
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  80. "Split steel cotter pins" is what is on the sticker on the side of my assortment pack of, erm, split steel cotter pins ;)
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  81. I want to see inside this engine now, to see how it failed so catastrophically ;) Wouldn't be worth the time spent, on a commercial scale, I know, but could be good for views...
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  82. IAC valve not opening? Just a wild guess...
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  83. Watching on from Australia, I can never get my head around how fired up Americans get, over politics! People disowning family members and friends over who they vote for! Incredible! Here we all just vote for the least painful candidate and move on
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  84. Forgot to connect filler hose?
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  85.  @way8970  Yep, I had to watch part 1 again to see it though lol
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  86.  @michaelpressman7203  In their defence, if they did, their cars would cost more. As long as the consumer isn't subjected to the razor sharp edges. Mechanics are expendable ;)
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  87. I agree, on points 2 and 3. He got the studs out, so I don't agree with point 1
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  88. Murphy's law says, that if it's gonna have a leak somewhere, it will be in the worst possible spot to get to. Although, the fact that it's at least at the top of the engine, means Murphy was being kind, in this instance
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  89. Ex Oz Navy stoker here :)
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  90.  @TEDodd  ideally it would get power only when the engine is running, but the OEM ones that run off the alternator are only 7 volts from memory. Aftermarket ones are usually 12 volts so I guess you have to take it off switched power. Positive side of coil would be a nice easy place to tap into
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  91. The pressure actually pushes the seal lips out harder against the bore, so the higher the pressure the tighter the seal. Until the seal wears out of course ;)
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  92. I'm late to the party, I know, but I can't help but feeling, the reason those cam sensor wires were joined was probably because the new engine had a different style sensor(s), so they just chopped off the original plugs and fitted ones that match the sensor(s) 🤷‍♂
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  93. "Apologise for jumping around a lot"?? I wouldn't have the patience to do this job, let alone film it! Good job Ray
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  94. I used to remove the struts and take them into the suspension place next door (Back in the 1990's) to have them replace the struts (We could do it, but they did it for free if they supplied the new strut). I was horrified the first time I went in, the mechanic laid the strut down on the floor, put his foot on top of the top spring saddle and just rattled the top nut off with an impact gun. The strut went sailing across the floor to the other side of the workshop. I thought he'd fkd up but then he did the same with the other side one! I later discovered he did them all that way, only used compressors to reinstall. I highly doubt he would be able to do that today, with all the OHS laws lol
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  95. I can see this truck doubling its value after these repairs lol
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  96.  @loisrinehart6755  yep, set timing by driving, keep advancing until it pings under load then retard slightly. Especially with a cammed engine
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  97. Part of me says that the pipes will be OK and will conform to their new shape after a few heat cycles. But the other part of me says Man, imagine having to pull the cab back off again to replace them, if they do crack
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  98. Looking forward to more of the same - part 2
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  99. @ my thoughts exactly 😏
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  100. Looks just like a scaled down version of a Hyundai Getz, but with even worse build quality lol
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  101. Ray, just be aware, burnt cars are often very toxic, some of the chemicals used to make the interiors can be released by the fire and are known carcinogens. I would suggest wearing a mask while working on it, silly as that sounds
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  102.  @JohnSmith-xv1tp  No shop would have done any work on this POS because it would be a waste of time. Time is money.
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  103. If there was ever any doubt as to whether or not Ray was a real mechanic, he proved it today by demonstrating correct usage of a blue rag/electrical tape bandage ;)
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  104. What a horrible job to do! Makes me so glad I no longer do this for a living! Even though Ray makes it look easy ;)
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  105. I often get into arguments with people who insist pushrod V8's are "Dinosaur" engines. One of my first counter arguments on the advantages of pushrod engines is maintenance costs. This video proves my point ;)
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  106. Heating a steering knuckle is generally frowned upon, and actually illegal in some places. I'm a vehicle examiner and I have to put a vehicle off the road if the steering components show any sign of being heated, during a roadworthiness inspection. Freezing the ball joint may help, but time is also a factor here. All good if you have the ball joints, there's no time restraints on when the vehicle has to leave the workshop and you have other work to go on with. Otherwise you are costing yourself money by waiting for them to cool
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  107. Super glue works, too. In fact, that's exactly what it was invented for
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  108.  @GrumsPlace  Do you feel better now that that's off your chest?
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  109. I'm interested with the comments about the drive belts being on backwards. Not sure if it was serious or tongue in cheek? I've never paid much attention to which way around a serpentine belt goes, if I'm honest
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  110. Goes without saying, really ;)
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  111. Engine or motor, both are technically correct. Otherwise why would a car be called a Motor car? Or a bike a Motorcycle? Just commenting for the algorithm ;) Oh, and just wondering, do you have Ford Rangers over there in the states? The ones with the variable vane type oil pump? If you leave them draining for longer than 10 minutes the oil pump loses its prime and when you restart it it has no oil pressure! Wondering if you have experienced these?
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  112.  @molotovEOD  Water gravity ;)
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  113. A shout out to Ray's landlord for allowing him to do all this! :)
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  114. He bypassed that during his diagnosis. It cranked but wouldn't fire.
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  115. Just wondering, did the metal from the spider/side gears destroy the left rear wheel bearing, or did the wheel bearing fail first and let the axle shaft chatter and destroy the gears? Chicken or egg?
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  116. "And now that it's loose it becomes a 10 mm"...Gold lol
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  117. I used to use the same method when installing the top ball joints into Mitsubishi Rosa buses. I had a set of 3 bolts that I would use to align the holes, tighten them until they were snug, then swap them out for a thinner bolt that went through the threaded section of the control arm, and put a nut on top. Then I could tighten the crap out of them without risking damage to the threads in the control arm. I did damage the threads quite regularly, on the bolts, but saved a ton of time from not having to remove the control arm. And I could just bin the bolts when done
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  118. I call an IC engine an engine and an electric motor a motor, but either is correct. Anyone who says you can't call an engine a motor can't possibly ride a motor cycle or drive a motor vehicle. And the Germans used to call the electric drive motors in the U boats the "Electric engine"
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  119. Phew, that was close, you almost set it to proper units of measurement ;)
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  120.  @jojomorgan8556  Wow 🤣
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  121. kudos to you for going to the trouble of chaining the bobcat down. Many don't. Is the EGR code related to the new exhaust do you think? Awesome trailer btw
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  122. Gotta say, I don't like the design of that front drive shaft. If a shaft has uni joints it should have 2 of them, to cancel out the speed fluctuations in the shaft. Having a CV at one end and a uni at the other, has to cause a vibration, right?
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  123. Yep, as mechanics we've all been there, it's much nicer watching someone else do it than being in that situation ourselves ;)
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  124. That's my theory, too
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  125. If they were advertised as being for the vehicle in question then I would 100% be taking it back. Not fit for purpose. Even if it was somehow my own fault, I would still at least ask. They can only say no. However, cutting it open will make a very good video, and I for one will be sure to watch it
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  126. I was wondering about that fuel still coming out of the rail, too. Thinking fuel pressure regulator may be leaking?
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  127. In Australia it would be called a UTE. Short for Utility vehicle. A sedan with a tray, they are big sellers down here and have been for years, until our local car production was killed off a few years ago
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  128. I was wondering what that was about!
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  129. In Australia you can have different brands of tyres on the same axle, even different tread patterns, but they have to be the same size, and you can't run a radial and a cross ply on the same axle. Not that I've ever seen a cross ply car tyre in the last 40 years lol
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  130. I'm guessing "Doing Jeep things" means doing burnouts with a single spinner diff, i.e. spinning the left rear wheel lol
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  131. What if I unsubscribe, then re-subscribe lol
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  132. More reasons to never buy a PT Cruiser lol
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  133. First :)
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  134. Heating a steering knuckle is generally frowned upon, and actually illegal in some places. I'm a vehicle examiner and I have to put a vehicle off the road if the steering components show any sign of being heated, during a roadworthiness inspection. Freezing the ball joint may help, but time is also a factor here. All good if you have the ball joints, there's no time restraints on when the vehicle has to leave the workshop and you have other work to go on with. Otherwise you are costing yourself money by waiting for them to cool
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  135. Back when I still worked in the trade, my boss used to skim the rotors EVERY time he did a set of pads (Well, I did actually). I asked him one day, why did he always skim them, even if they looked like new. He replied: "If I don't do them, it makes the job a bit cheaper for them, but they will probably be back the next day saying "My brakes squeal/shudder, ever since you did them". Then I skim the rotors and I pay for it, not them, because they expect me to do it for free. Lesson learnt
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  136. Sounds like a lot of customers, who all know more about fixing cars than mechanics do, but they still bring them in to have them fixed by said mechanics, just so they can argue with them and tell them they are wrong. Another reason I no longer work in that trade
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  137. I'd be really interested to see just how much damage there is in this engine. I'm gonna stick my neck out a bit and say I don't think much if any of that metal would have gone around the bearings. If it's come from a cam lobe, "Gravity" would have sent it to the bottom of the pan (Where I'd bet you would find more), the bits in the filter would have been sucked up by the oil pump and sent straight there, where they were caught. Of course I could well be wrong. The oil pump may be a bit sketchy though...
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  138.  @TDub_ADV  Cummins use a groove in the lifter, and a grub screw, screwed into the block. It looks weak as, but seems to work fine. There should be very minimal forces trying to turn the lifter. Having said that, I have replaced 1 damaged cam from a turned lifter, where the screw actually broke, but it's not a common issue, given the miles they do
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  139.  @christsogaugetrains  Don't the heads have to come off, to get these lifters out? That was one complaint I had about the old LS engines
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  140. What's that switch that's been put into the top radiator hose? Isn't that a thermo switch for the fan? Just curious, that's all...(Edit: I like the type you used better, my thoughts are, if you run a bit low on coolant, the switch in the hose may not sense heat and may not turn the fan on)
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  141. I posted earlier but now have changed my mind, after seeing the sprocket fall down when you pulled the belt down - maybe when they installed the belt it was tight so they levered it on with a bar. That would break it, too.
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  142. Another video about why I am not a fan of the nut welding broken bolt extraction technique. A left hand drill bit would have gotten this out long ago
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  143. Have you ever ridden an engine cycle? Or driven an engine vehicle?
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  144. Those lithium batteries can be tricked into charging, if they get too low. Basically you have to force charge them for a couple of minutes, to get them over the threshold where the regular charger will charge them normally. There's several ways to do it but google is your friend ;)
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  145. Start signal wire for me. But exciter wire makes perfect sense
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  146. Ray, I had no idea you had Ridgebacks! I have 2, the best dogs ever!
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  147. They tend to break off inside the stud, and cause even mor problems. At least in my experience
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  148. I gotta admit, I initially thought the same, and if it was on pretty much any other channel I'd agree with you.
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  149. Ray, a life hack is to use the tails you clip off the zip ties as a filler. It works well. Maybe you could try it on your hydraulic reservoir on the lift 🤷‍♂ Edit; Assuming the reservoir is ABS plastic, maybe buy a spool of ABS 3D printer filament
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  150.  @darknes7800  Yeah, if you wanted to get technical, you could use 3D printing filament for ABS plastic. Probably better for the reservoir. Zip ties would be more than sufficient for that plastic undertray though
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  151. People thought they were cool because they looked like the ZZ Top car 🤣
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  152. Good move, you're still young enough to have the drive to work your ass off building up a business, you'll reap the rewards later, when you get a bit older and you've already done all the hard work
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  153. Compelling evidence that today's vehicles are just too complicated. JMO
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  154. Nothing works like the reverse psychology! I use it all the time lol - and people say I'm negative 😉
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  155. After watching some of your videos recently from Australia, all I can say about that shop is, letting you go was a big mistake. I can sense it was political, even from all the way from the other side of the world. I also think it was probably a good thing for you, you'll prosper away from there, I'm sure
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  156. I can still gap a set of points to 18 thou by eye, which is both an amazing but useless skill today lol
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  157. Swollen nut syndrome sounds painful ;)
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  158. I had a Lada Niva come in once, when I still did that for a living, customer wanted a new heater core because coolant was leaking on his front floor. I had a quick look and found that it was just a leaking heater tap, so I changed it, thinking how happy the customer would be that he didn't have to pay for a heater job. My reward when he came in to pick up his car, was to have to crawl through the skip bin out the back to find him his old heater tap. Couldn't help but thinking, why didn't I just do what he originally asked for ;)
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  159. That broken stud is yet another job for a left hand drill bit...
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  160. Ray, watching from Australia, and hearing you say you let the oil drain for a lengthy time, do you have the Ford Rangers over there that have the variable displacement vane type oil pump? Apparently if you let them drain for too long - I think more than 10 minutes - the oil pump can lose its prime and when you start the engine it will have no oil pressure. I think a few engines have been destroyed like that. Just wondering if you are aware of them, or even have them there.
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  161. "You can keep the tip" Said the leper to the hooker ;) Those exhaust rubber pliers are awesome! I would feel very nervous working under that with that chassis flex though, I have to say
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  162. When I worked in the trade, I saw it all the time: Management loved the guys who did the jobs quickly, despite the fact that a big percentage of their jobs ended up being comeback work
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  163. If it was mine I'd send it. If it was a customer's I wouldn't want to ruin my reputation by risking a failure down the track. Correct decision I think
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  164.  @johnhhinton5473  True, but if you buy a Repco grab kit they will be labelled as "Split steel cotter pins" ;)
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