Comments by "crazypj" (@1crazypj) on "Rainman Ray's Repairs" channel.

  1.  @stevereaves6757  I've never had a plug fail either, even the 'emergency' rope ones.
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  2. I'm with you on Scotchlock's, at best they last about 18 months but if your somewhere where they salt the road in winter - maybe first time out they fail. As mentioned in many posts, I would have scraped oxide off the heatsink and applied some thermal compound (I worked in motorcycle dealer workshops, motorcycles were using thermal grease in some components in early 1980's when it was MUCH harder to get hold of)
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  3. Reminds me of a brand new 1970's BMC Mini, except that only had 10" wheels and may possibly have been put together even worse? When you showed hood prop, I noticed it already has a strut brace! (probably because sides would fold in without it?) Maybe get an apprentice and make a 'real' small car out of it with turbo, etc as it probably has about 40 bhp at present?
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  4. I had downstream O2 sensor fail on my 2004 B2300 (Ford/Mazda) at about 80,000 miles. It would run real rough and actually stop until things cooled down. O2 sensors only run between 0.1 and 0.9 volts so it's easy to check with just a multi meter and propane torch. You can measure voltage to see if sensor is working (it won't be dead accurate but shows if it's working, propane has different O2 levels) Fitted the cheapest 'white box' one I could find and 40,000 miles later it's still running fine. It has been giving a fuel cap air leak recently, probably needs a new gasket? When I fitted a locking fuel cap, I got an extra 3 mpg, guess whoever was siphoning gas got bit of a shock? I guess I could fit the original to see if it makes a difference. That's using a lot of oil, at 120,000 miles my 2.3 isn't using half pint between changes , I would expect a 5.4, even in a van not to be working as hard (I have used full synthetic since 6,000 miles though, plus had it severely over loaded several times,4 x 340 lb motorcycles in bed, Pontiac 400 engine/transmission, etc)
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  5. About 99.999% of my experience is on motorcycles (only do my own, family and a few friends cars) When I tyre needs that much weight it's probable it was balanced when manufactured to have a slightly 'heavy' spot to compensate for the added weight of TPS valve. I know Continental do it but can't remember if Pirelli do the same? Just for SAG I have checked bare wheels to see how well they were manufactured, most were pretty accurate. 'Correct' thing to do is rotate the tyre 180 degrees on the wheel ( or whatever rotation position indicated on balance machine)
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  6. Ain't flat rate times only for vehicles 1~5 years old and not valid for older or rusty vehicles which are usually priced 'by the job' or time taken (although many states have a '10% of estimate' requirement)
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  7. Looks like someone wanted a Jeep but couldn't actually afford one then some dodgy back street 'Buy here Pay here' did the absolute minimum to make it drive expecting to pad the bill every time it was brought back for another fix? Anyone who knew the problems existed would not bring it to a half decent mechanic, particularly if they knew he had a You Tube channel. Could be deliberate as 'expose' or owner may want to sue seller and have cheap video evidence? When I was inspector in Britain, it was possible to call police and prevent a dangerous vehicle being driven from shop, it either had 'minimum repairs to make safe' or had to be towed away. I have no idea how much the laws have change in Britain over last 40+ years but seeing some video's I guess 'if it looks shiny it must be safe'? I'm not just old school but old, very nice of you to think of customer cost, I always did the same. I've now made a few comments so I'm subscribing
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  8. It's a Honda, it uses Japanese Industry Standard (JIS) screws, they are NOT Phillips head which is why they strip out so easy if you use a Phillips screwdriver
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  9. Back in the 1980's I was directly responsible for Yamaha 'reviewing' and changing warranty time on XV535 from 7.5 hrs to 45 minutes. Made the mistake of doing 4 in one day and not doing it 'by the book' when there was a far easier method for changing part. Yamaha sent a service rep to see if it was being done 'properly 'as they couldn't understand how I was doing change in less than an hour.
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  10. I hate those tiny Hy-Vo chains. Heck of a coincidence to have the riveted link showing on a chain as long as the one in that motor (darker with paint mark, ~8:45) Personally, I would have turned crank backwards a few degrees to preload tensioner, particularly if it's hydraulic/mechanical, installed wedge then turned forward again to lock things in position (plus get a little more slack?) Years ago, (80's) Kawasaki used even smaller hy-vo on GPZ600. It wore out in as little as 18,000 miles. Honda 750/900/1000 at least lasted to about 35,000~50,000 miles and that was mainly due to poor servicing which caused 'long' tensioner to fail (it had two)
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  11. When I was teaching I saw broken camshafts quite frequently but it was almost always due to bearing caps being fitted in wrong sequence. (and a lack of common sense not pulling cam down evenly) The broken section looked 'clean', a closer examination may show where the crack started? As for 'haters' F*** em why watch if all you want to do is complain? There are an awful lot of 'instant experts' who saw a You Tube video made by someone with excellent camera skills but very little mechanical ability. I had a student who had been a 'machinist' for 27 years and told me it wasn't possible to hone freshly bored cylinders to within two ten-thousandths of an inch (course only called for 0.002"!) I had trained as a precision machinist (3 micron tolerance) and knew even beginners could easily 'hit the mark' (the vast majority did) by paying attention and not rushing things, never in 3 years had anyone totally fail to get withing 0.001" of size (although sometimes took a few hours rather than 15~20 minutes)
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  12. As a motorcycle tech, I'm amazed at how little oil is in top end of that engine and how dry inside of cam cover was. On bikes, remove bolts on cam cover ends first then diagonals or they can distort. Throwing and cussing, just makes everything take a lot longer, plus, it still has to be done after you find everything. I do think the engineers who design some of this stuff are just evil though and do it to torture techs. (and sometimes should be nailed to a wall for the S** they do) It was a bit weird how oil was spraying from front journal cap and not traversing through cam or into other journals? Initially I thought it was just being carried by cam chain. Were the driver side lash adjusters spraying oil like the passenger side when you looked through wheel well?
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  13. If you take an angle grinder to the claw hammer it becomes another 'pickle fork' 😁 Edit, apart from the extra work involved doing a voice over, it's sometimes better to have a voice over. I guess it's a bit weird though talking to yourself?
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