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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