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

  1. 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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  2.  @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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. Super glue works, too. In fact, that's exactly what it was invented for
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  8.  @GrumsPlace  Do you feel better now that that's off your chest?
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  9. 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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  10. Goes without saying, really ;)
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  11. 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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  12.  @molotovEOD  Water gravity ;)
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  13. A shout out to Ray's landlord for allowing him to do all this! :)
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  14. He bypassed that during his diagnosis. It cranked but wouldn't fire.
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  15. 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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  16. "And now that it's loose it becomes a 10 mm"...Gold lol
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  17. 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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  18. 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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  19. Phew, that was close, you almost set it to proper units of measurement ;)
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  20.  @jojomorgan8556  Wow 🤣
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  21. 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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  22. 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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  23. 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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  24. That's my theory, too
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  25. 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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  26. I was wondering about that fuel still coming out of the rail, too. Thinking fuel pressure regulator may be leaking?
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  27. 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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  28. I was wondering what that was about!
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  29. 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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  30. 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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  31. What if I unsubscribe, then re-subscribe lol
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  32. More reasons to never buy a PT Cruiser lol
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  33. First :)
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  34. 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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  35. 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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  36. 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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  37. 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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  38.  @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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  39.  @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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  40. 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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  41. 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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  42. 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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  43. Have you ever ridden an engine cycle? Or driven an engine vehicle?
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  44. 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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  45. Start signal wire for me. But exciter wire makes perfect sense
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  46. Ray, I had no idea you had Ridgebacks! I have 2, the best dogs ever!
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  47. They tend to break off inside the stud, and cause even mor problems. At least in my experience
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  48. 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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  49. 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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  50.  @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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