Comments by "Wakeup and Sniff the Coffee" (@Wakeupandsniffthecoffee) on "Rainman Ray's Repairs" channel.

  1. I was actually impressed by the quality of the old cameras. They overheated occasionally, but I could never figure out how you were getting everything in the picture the way you did. It seemed to get in close and far away pretty good too.
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  2. You are so tuned into having "us" with you. When you told Lauren to start the car for "us" I had to laugh.
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  3. Motor City Mechanic did a great series on checking, troubleshooting testing with various different tools. It's at least a five part video because he breaks it down by different areas. The end result was going in and replacing valves that had been bent and all the steps to do the head and valve. A great series for a PT guy like I am. Someone that knows the steps he uses can probably bypass many of the steps, but it is very useful for it's lessons on troubleshooting and the ways to use the test equipment. While this one had a defective timing belt, the one he did was sort of surprising, but came down to a previous mechanic not paying attention to details. So many mechanics will just tell customers that a PT needs a new engine or something that is obviously too expensive to justify. That means there are a bunch for sale cheap and like mine, can be returned to their glory without breaking the bank, IF you are able to do the work. I'm no mechanic, but have tackled jobs on all my cars because of youtube channels like Ray's Repairs.
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  4. You normally have excellent camera coverage and angles, I don't really know how you accomplish that without seeing through the camera, but when the angle is slightly off, like looking down into the door panel, I find myself turning my phone screen in all sorts of angles as if it will help me see any better. 😆 That's how absorbed I am into your videos.
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  5. 22:42 gotta let Troy do these things under your direction. How's he going to figure this stuff out, if he doesn't do it himself? Plus, you will be constantly jumping between things.
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  6. I've been patiently waiting for the next video to come out. Your work bench reminds me of my work benches over the years. I had a radio repair shop for 14 years and customers would come in and out of the repair portion. Sometimes It was down right embarrassing to have to shove stuff precariously off to the side in order to put their equipment on the bench. As a one man technician shop, I always had multiple jobs going on. I tried to keep shelves in order to put my work back up while it waited for parts or to be worked on again, but my tools and test equipment would always be strewn across my bench. When I took a down day and organized them all, it sure felt good, but didn't last too long. I tried to get people that I hired from time to time to organize it for me, but that didn't work out. I guess my suggestion is to knock off the work an hour earlier and just clean and organize the bench and shop. It seems like there never is the time and customers, family and making money come first, but keeping an organized bench will have a good effect on you personally and actually help speed things up. Being retired, if I was close by, I would volunteer my time to help organize and clean up behind you. I know some may not like this comment, but I would really hate to see you burn yourself out. I can't imagine how you do everything that you presently do. You are the top YouTuber in my opinion.
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  7. It sure is a good feeling to get a vehicle from barely running to being a very responsive and good running vehicle.
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  8. Glad to see you re-racked the front end. That was pretty spooky looking on the outside edge.
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  9. I'm amazed at how he juggle s all this work, home life, video taping, editing and uploading on a daily basis.
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  10. I love how the differential comes apart. Nice and easy if you know how it's connected.
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  11. I'm amazed at how much you know about so many vehicles. I'm sure you have worked on many of them, multiple times, but when you get an unfamiliar one, you pretty much make sense of how it's operating and your way around the engine. I've seen parts that I had no idea even existed and in some strange places, since watching your channel.
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  12. Really glad you have a handle on this. Being in business for 14 years doing radio repairs, my wife unit, despite my worst efforts, tried to keep us in a level or better playing field. I was the tech/salesperson and for me it was all about the job. I could not grasp the overall picture with profit margins and such. We really struggled for many years, I did a lot of business and worked all the time, but when the business was sold and I went to work for a company and a regular pay check, we did okay, not because of the profit margins the business had, but the word of mouth and goodwill we had built up. Of course people don't like spending money and often ran a tab, authorized by us or just because they couldn't pay at the time, but most of the people realized that I did good and honest work for them and always spoke good of me to this day. I would have done much better if I had the grasp of the business as you are revealing in this video. I really wish you well in the future and hope you prosper.
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  13. Plus his video is in focus, even in the oddest positions. I really don't know how he keeps things centered, when he can hardly see the camera screen. Also, his audio is great. Does he use a 🎙️ or is this all an attribute of the camera. Constantly sharing his thoughts is great too. Other YouTube mechanics tend to fade in and out in the audio and the camera and focus work really varies. Many other YouTubers, I get tired of watching, often in silence, while the focus goes in and out. I'm envious of his skills. I attempt to do videos of my mechanical stuff and luffa sponges growing, but just don't have the voice and the proper camera for it. I've recently been breathing life back into my Sony camcorder and a new tripod, but it's still not as good.
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  14. A couple videos ago, I was watching with my earbuds in, but had some work to do with the chickens, so I was only listening. Because Ray's commentary is so good, I experience a whole other level. Without watching, I could have collected quite a few of Ray's sayings, comments, musings. They would make a great collection of sound bytes.😊
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  15. I love how excited the wife unit was to see it. Now that's a keeper, the wifey, not the car, although the car would be fun.
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  16. I was wondering about that too. So many are designed with the intake higher than the engine. I can't imagine this would handle crossing much water without it getting sucked into the engine.
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  17. Watching this in bits and pieces. I am practicing all the stuff I learned from Ray and not letting different jobs intimidate me. If I take it bit by bit and remove things in the proper order, it makes more sense. Random info on my comments. YouTube favors sites that have two way conversations and activity. So putting a comment if anything, preferably not causing trouble, helps promote the channel's standings.
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  18. At 30:46 I had to go back and look. The forward bracket on the window came out with the window, but it went back in without the forward bracket attached to the glass. I'm sure you get it figured out, but the suspense is killing me and afforded me an opportunity to join in with my 2 cents. 😆
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  19. Beyond the years of experience, I wonder how Ray got so knowledgeable about the scanner and all the different points and readings. It seems like there must have been classes or studying going on to be so prolific in knowing what each point means and what it should be. I've learned a lot about O2 sensors over the last few years since first chasing an issue with my Kia. Since then through YouTube videos and listening to various people explaining their operation, I have a pretty good understanding. But that's only one point is a full scan. There is a lot to understand there.
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  20. While my background is in electronic repairs, watching your videos has helped me be more confident in taking on jobs. My refrigerator quit two days ago. Under my Home warranty plan, I would be waiting for two weeks to get Sears here and still pay $75 deductible. I decided to jump into the repair and find some Rainman equivalent YouTubers to watch. That made it pretty basic and simple. I'm glad I jumped into it myself. It turned out to be a broken wire due to a rodent chewing the wire to the compressor's starter relay. A quick soldering to the wire and it's working fine today and saved me $75.
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  21. You seem to be the go to mechanic for these problems. This is at least the third transmission fluid and coolant mix I've watched on your channel.
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  22. Looks like that drain plug allows for a rubber tubing to be added on and direct the flow out, rather than just running all over the bumper and randomly dripping into the pan or the floor. Just curious if your fluid exchanger can handle fluids 140 degrees or more, like the coolant?
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  23. I'm gonna get my mechanic fix again today. My grandson is bringing the PT Cruiser home via AAA again. The radiator hose blew 30 miles away from home. Plus the valve cover gaskets came in yesterday, but it's forecast to rain today. At least I have this video to fall back on until after the rains.
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  24. I began doing what he does. I used to worry about it and still couldn't remember where bolts and nuts went. Lately I've done a number of in depth jobs that might take me a week or so to start putting things back together. I've only got a small leftover parts bin.😊 My grandson, just graduated from aircraft mechanic school and it drives him crazy that I don't make little stick it notes or labels and set each thing aside. That's a good work habit if he's fixing a plane, but I'll chance it on my own car.
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  25. For some reason yesterday, YouTube delivered video after video of auto lift fails. Various ways that cars fell off the lift or it broke. Always glad to see how safe you are with using your lifts.
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  26. The rust was holding the wheel, since the lugs were loose.
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  27. I have tuned into a lot of mechanic videos and Ray's filming is right on. His audio is spot on and he has a pleasant voice that is easy to listen to. Plus he has developed the gift of gab over time. Early videos were more of a monotone explanation of what he was doing and expecting to do. Lately, he talks about a lot of different subjects, and touches on many unrelated to the job at hand. It's kind of like spending the day sitting in his shop and just talking story between each other, but it's only him. Sort of like the old show Taxi and reminds me of an elderly retired man in San Fransisco, whose day revolved around sitting at his friends shop and talking or maybe helping his friend clean the shop.
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  28. Beautiful paint job and the underneath is incredibly clean.
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  29. I may be ocd, but it drives me nuts to let leaves and crap build up under the hood and below the windshield 😊.
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  30. My thought was using an easy out instead of the drill bit to see if you can grab it and unthread it. I may be speaking too early, as I have not finished watching this yet. One thing about replacing the line is no possible metal shavings contaminating the system. But like you, I try most anything except waiting to fix a problem.
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  31. Great road trip to take the wife unit along or at least a dog unit. Luna seems pretty laid back. My dog Butch can't wait to get in a car and stare at me for hours, once in awhile looking outside it sniffing the fast food joints. He loves Starbucks and the pup cup of whipped cream they always give him.
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  32. It's fixed in my mind that valves get changed each time. I don't have an assortment of replacements like Ray, but I'm not a shop and only work on my three cars. But I did invest in various other kits of screws, O rings, plastic clips for the car panels. On my wish list is first and foremost a lift in my garage, but also smoke machines, ac recovery machine. So many things I would recover the cost of in home repairs. My PT Cruiser front end, steering and brake replacement is nearing its end this weekend. Yeah.
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  33. The nator turned out a bit easier than I expected it would at the beginning. It's nice you didn't have to remove the compressor and nator from the bottom.
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  34. I always love valve cover gasket replacements. Something satisfying about having a clean engine with no further leaking oil. My PT project just expanded to the rear. New calipers, pads and rotors, new sway bar links and a set of shims to correct the camber that is not to specs. As well as camber adjustment bolts for the front. I'm determined to get the alignment as close as possible before it goes to final alignment. Hopefully that will be done and operational in a week or so after parts arrive and I can finally do my Kia Sportage valve cover gaskets, which leak slowly, right on the exhaust, giving a burning oil smell. I can't wait to do the valve cover gasket.😊
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  35. 9:28 I was wondering where your rotary cleaning tool was. I was impressed by it when I first saw you use it. I've since added the pads like you are using, but didn't get a rotary tool. You would use it way more than I would. Just one of those tools that's nice to have when you need it.
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  36. Also, as I learned from Ray, the oil will migrate back with the force of the wind and fans, as the car is driven. My Kia is a good example of this. The leak or leaks are high up and in the front, but the bottom and back are full of oil. I wish there was an easier way to degrease the engine and make it nice and shiny, so I could look for the leak. I just learned about the dye they use in oil to look for the leaks, similar to the ac dye method. I wonder how well that works?
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  37. As an owner of a PT Cruiser, this video does hit my reward center. Nice to see different ways to approach these repairs. On mine I removed the front grille and support bars to get to the radiator and it seems like there were less steps than all this. Next summer I may be back in for an ac compressor change and will remove the front to get to it all.
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  38. You could specialize in coolant/oil mixing. You sure get your share of them.
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  39. I used to fear the idea of a valve cover gasket change and oil leaks, but since watching your channel, I no longer fear them, I owing that it's just a matter of how you approach it.
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  40. My 2004 Dodge Dakota I bought new and got a 12 year warranty. That really paid off, from rear end to the whole air conditioner, over the 12 years I had many big ticket items changed. The hard part is dealerships lock you into fulfilling all services as they say are necessary and done by then, which on an island like Maui, I didn't have many choices anyways. Those services I had to have done were pretty darn expensive. So I saved on one hand and lost in another. I still have the truck and have done most of my own work over the last few years. It will hand down to my grandson with barely 100k miles on it.
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  41. Great chance to use the new fangled oil filter wrench.
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  42. The PT was made by Chrysler, the engineer moved to Chevrolet and designed the HHR station wagon looking PT. I have no idea if the issues also followed or it was designed better that the PT. The SS is like a sporty truck version, I think from Chevy. I've rarely seen one, but recently there was a really cherry one on a used car lot. I looked it over and got to sit inside. I didn't care for the visibility from the driver's seat. And with a V8, I would probably wreck it. I do like the look, but not for functionality, just for fun. The other ss I've seen have been driven by older gentlemen like myself. But they are rare to see here in Virginia, but PT Cruisers abound.
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  43. Excited! I almost wish I could come down and help out.
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  44. Reminds me of that other car you did the full clean out on when fluid leaked between transmission and radiator. How is that one holding up, I wonder 🤔?
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  45. Between mechanic work, other work around the place, Luke cleaning and organizing, tow truck operation and home life, there may be a need soon to take a person on. Cleaning, organizing, maybe running errands and tow truck driving, would make a full job position.
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  46. I bought a plastic repair kit, basically a soldering iron with a flat tip and a bunch of medal staple things to reinforce the break. I've used it a bunch already.
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  47. Is Luigi saying the broken clip is easily replaced or the whole connector? I've never seen replacement clips for connectors and even doubt you could find some. All these plastic parts get brittle and break. Zip tie or silicon, doesn't matter to me if it keeps the connector in place. Maybe point it out to me for future reference, but I would be surprised if a connector didn't break.
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  48. Definitely looks like a ride around town, look at my truck. Especially with the effort to put led lighting around the brake drums.
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  49. I was thinking that maybe a set of drop down hoses, that can be attached to the exhaust pipe of the cars and are vented outside of the building, might be a good addition. I realize it comes down to money and ease, when you can and do run a bunch of fans to move the air, but considering the heat factor in your shop and just the overall air quality, maybe it could improve conditions when troubleshooting involves long run times on vehicles.
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  50. Yep, raise the tool box for a few more inches. Perhaps two side bed tool boxes for even easier access.
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  51. Back in high school on Maui in Hawaii, we all drove some sort of 40's and 50's military jeeps. We had locking hubs that were tough to change the position on. Later out jeep wagoneers and other trucks also had. The death of them was changing the position from lock to unlocked and forgetting the other side. Then driving across the island with one wheel hub locked. Great way to burn up the hub or universal. They didn't have no fancy light to tell us if they were in either position.
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  52. I have a bunch of them, including the bigger one Ray has. Big fail. If three minis, one worked maybe twice and the other two never worked right out of the box. Lost my faith in them.
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  53. The top portion is the old part, the insert and bottom are the new parts, at least that's what I think I'm seeing.
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  54. Looking forward to the reassembly. My PT may have finished the summer with a bad compressor or something. I don't think it went sky high on the high side, but it's like the compressor was being burdened or wearing out and causes a screaming noise and the compressor not turning. Sort of like you belt slipping in the banshee car in previous videos.
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  55. Had the same thing with my Kia Sportage. The alternator died from oil leakage. I fear for the new one, as I haven't addressed the oil leak and already seeing oil on the alternator. It looks like yours is well lubricated.
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  56. Getting ready to do valve cover gaskets on my Kia Sportage. I did the plugs just after getting it, apparently no one else ever attempted it, judging from the plugs. Unfortunately, I had a vacuum leak afterwards and ended up paying a mechanic to straighten it out. That was pre-Ray videos and now I'm going to do the valve cover gaskets. I probably wouldn't have chanced doing all the work it I hadn't seen Ray methodically pull it off on many cars. I did both my PT and my Dakota successfully. Great educational videos Ray!
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  57. I really am amazed at how many different jobs and different cars you will work on. So many shops tend to have a narrow scope of what they will take on. Depending on the job, I can see shops sending me off to more specialized shops for work. Since watching you, I take on most of my own repairs because I've been exposed to so many of them on your channel. I did learn my lesson on my 2004 Dodge Dakota Truck transmission. I thought I could get away with swapping parts, but no deal. Gave it to a transmission shop paid big bucks and still had to order the computer programmed for my truck and install it myself. The transmission shop said it was part of the problem, but they gave up on messing with the computers after a few bad experiences.
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  58. As a 2001 PT owner, I'm curious what was most likely to destroy that ECM?
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  59. That new thermostat housing had a bleeder on it to help remove the air. I'm sure you knew about it. I was waiting to see how you use it. I've never used one after radiator work.
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  60. Sure wish Ray had a question and answer forum. I'm messing with my dodge truck 4.7l engine coolant temperature being off. It was in an accident, so it has everything new. Except the sensor was original. The gauge kept creeping up higher than normal. I got a new sensor, did the resistance checks between them, both hot and cold and they both are within specs. Put the new sensor on and the gauge ran even higher, almost full scale. The whole time my digital thermometer says there is no place in the system that reads higher than around 205f. I have the computer plugged in and am reading the temperature on the computer and it has creeped up to 120c or 248f. Still the digital thermometer says the engine is running cool. Fans all work, not sign nor smell of over heating. Except for the dash gauge and the PC reading, it seems normal. Problem with this is the higher readings are telling the computer to put on the check engine light and it affects other things like gas mileage. I thought of the banks gauges to read actual temperature, but while it would tell me, it doesn't tell the computer. The dodge forum so far has had much to offer. Dang, it makes me wish Ray had a forum to discuss this.
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  61. It seems to me that jeeps or any vehicle of that age, has gone through a lot of different quality gas over the years, especially with the ethanol being added that turned rubber to gummies. I would almost think that it is a good idea to replace a fuel pump in most vehicles of that age. Also, if the person did the things I did, when we needed gas, it didn't matter if it was sitting in a gas can for years in the barn, gas was gas and we wanted to roam.
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  62. I was really waiting to see the trans clean out with the brakeKleen, so shiny and just feels good. Like a present on this Xmas day.
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  63. I also had an old thirty something Dodge truck with the huge solid honeycomb radiator and fenders that you could dance on, with a windshield that could prop open. That truck, even with good brakes, but no booster back then, I had to stand on the brake pedal to stop. My first trip down a hill, towards a busy road, was hair raising to say the least.
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  64.  @peterwill3699  I was looking at what it would take for mechanics to do the work, but make it easier to hold down the costs. Taking a whole dash out sucks, even if an authorized mechanic does the work and adds hours of labor. Often the difference in keeping or trashing the vehicle.
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  65. I'm disappointed that you didnt clean the top of the valve cover to make it all shiney and new looking.
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  66. It's great to have troy there for an extra hand, but that view of the tray with tools scattered, makes me think back to when I had an employee. I was more than willing to dedicate the last hour of work to just reorganizing the tools. It was always so nice to get tools where you expected to find them. When I had no helper, the tools were forever lost, because I failed to take the time each day. Now that I'm retired, I fall into the same pit, but do get a lot more tools back where they belong these days.
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  67. Growing up in Hawaii, the iron termites got anything steel from constant trades blowing ocean salt spray. I was shocked to see old cars that didn't rust when I moved to the madland.
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  68. I've replaced my third one this year. Never knew much about them before my grandson rear ended other cars and the fan clutch fins got broken each time. I'm an expert at replacing the fan clutch, condenser, electric fan and radiator, as well as the hoses, after so many repairs. Most of what I learned about fan clutches was from watching Ray.
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  69. Just went to suggest the same thing, but everyone else did already.
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  70. Besides, metal coat hangers are getting scarce. All mine are plastic these days.
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  71.  @CajunShrek  I just finished replacing it on my PT Cruiser and it was a pain. Tore the whole front end apart, ended up replacing just about everything. It's a 2001, so everything needed to be upgraded. Then the new one blew a seal. Like Ray says, I love my job so much I do it twice. I had to replace it, but also found out the brand new cross arms had alr ady begun to tear the bushings after only two weeks. Replaced it all again and so far so good. That's why I was impressed with the Mustang steering gear.
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  72. Suspension and front ends used to scare me and make me think I need a full shop setup to work on them. Thanks to you videos, I actually wish I had one to do on my cars.
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  73. I think there never was a valve cover that didn't leak at some point.
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  74. Every video encourages me to do more. I'm just a driveway mechanic and working on my cars, but I've been taking on more and more jobs after seeing how things come apart and if done right, it's not that hard, just blood, sweat and tears😅. Now if I only had a vehicle lift, there would be nothing I wouldn't try these days. But of course the hard part is putting them back together.
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  75. My big fear when I can't verify something is bad easily. The average home repair guy just accepts that a new part is a working part.
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  76. I add the click now all the time too. It gives my brain something to do. I thought she liked the term, this the shirt? Did something change?
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  77. That rachet wrench seemed to visibly bend while trying to break that nut loose. I guess they are strong AND flexible. I will get a set one day, because I love tools.
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  78. I would have liked to see you put the smoke in beyond the defective valve, just to verify the system further.
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  79. After taking off rusty rims on my vehicle, I cleaned and applied anti-seize to the area between the hub and the rim. I figured it would prevent it rusting together again.
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  80. 👍👍 change filter first. I've been watching and wondering. Curious what the argument would be doing the opposite. It still makes me wonder why transmission filters are external like oil filters? Also a drain plug. I can see that if the projected lifespan of the fluid is very high and would not be done often then design it like it is for long periods between changes.
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  81.  @QuantumStellar  that, air conditioning steering and cv axle stuff used to be a mystery to me too. As I've watched YouTube and done the work myself, it's not so mysterious. We did attempt an automatic transmission repair on my Dodge Dakota, had it apart a couple times, but what I thought would be an easy fix, turned out to be more. I finally bit my lip and took it to the Mr. Transmission shop down the street. They rebuilt it and replaced the hoses and it still came down to a computer issue going into limp mode. I purchased a rebuilt computer and they programmed it to my Vin and it took care of the problem. While I'm repairing the front end damage from an accident and have it down, I may tackle valve cover gasket replacements with the confidence Ray has instilled in me. Having watched him do some, I realize it's not that bad, I just need to move things out of the way to get to them. Some of the intake to the throttle body, hoses, wiring harness and fuel rails. Once I clear the way, it should be relatively simple. I decided to film the whole thing for my YouTube. I have the disassembly up, but my phone is getting maxed out on storage at 128gb. May have to update it. I'm a storage hog. I like things available to me when I want them.
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  82. When my oldest son was not even a teenager yet, he's about 44 now, he had the 007 video game. The way you carry your impact cam and the cool power washer gun looking wand, reminds me of the view when 007 would choose and walk with different weapons.
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  83. I took an amazed at his range of knowledge, not only wrenching, but understanding the computer and all the different capabilities the computer can see and control. I would attribute it to his natural thirst for knowledge. Just listening to everything he talks about makes me feel like he has watched a lot of movies and TV, probably video games, learned all sorts of phrases and has so many sayings that I know and I grew up in Hawaii. He is quite linguistic. He knowledge and the sound of his voice is similar to Mike Rowe. In fact, Mike should do a piece on him to promote technical trades.
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  84. I had a spare parts PT Cruiser that I decided to put a new fuel pump in and get it running. These cars are so low, that a jack is hard to get under. I had to put it up on a set of jack stands to get under it and could only lower it enough to squeeze my hands in and get the parts removed and reinstalled. Boy oh boy, I really wished I had a lift for that one. It turned out to be a waste of money and didn't fix the problem, despite pressure coming back. In the end the junk man got the car.
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  85. 37:25 Bump stops on the frame seem to always disintegrate on most cars, but they are not replaceable. What can be done with them or just ignore them?
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  86. 38:08 wife unit doesn't sound enthused about your trip at such a late hour. She definitely sounded like she was waiting for you to get home to help attend to the kid units. You should warn her when she is being recorded. Her voice picked up slightly when she realized she was online. Glad you went home instead of working late.
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  87. Always nice to have one work out, especially if an ECM is involved.
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  88. Working on a complete replacement of steering, suspension and brakes for the front of my PT Cruiser. The ball joints on the new control arm, had no zerk grease fittings. Of course the old ones were the wrong thread. Just got back with a kit of 6mm-1.0 fittings. Almost everything on my three cars is cheaper or just a little more for a complete assembly, rather than repairing the part like in the old days. Might as well. I would rather have complete , factory assembled parts.
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  89. An outside lift would be nice for power washing the undersides.
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  90. My Dodge Dakota about once a year, especially after all the maple tree seeds drop, is in need of the blower fan being removed and cleaned out. It all manages to get past the filters until the fan starts making noises or barely blowing.
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  91. 29:09 curious what the bolt holes are for, located to the right of the compressor on the engine. Some optional equipment?
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  92. Yep, my thoughts too. I could never read and move through the data while driving, but part of that is age, eyesight, etc. I have gauges along that pillar in my PT. I disconnected it.
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  93. 18:48 what's the buzzing sound?
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  94.  @chrissmithz314  thanks for the info. I probably could have googled it, but it's nice to hear from other Ray fans. Cheers!
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  95. I like how accessible the rack and pinion steering gear is on that mustang. What about the sway bar link bushings. Just did those in two of my cars. Never thought much of them, until I realized they were a source of clunking.
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  96. I have been wanting this for awhile. I have a wall of oil filter wrenches and none seems to work well or fit right. I still resort to a hammer and screwdriver through the old filter for removing hard ones and just hand tight for tightening. This morning a puddle of oil was under my car from the oil filter leaking and it was less than hand tight. I guess the hand tight eventually loosened up again.
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  97. 18:40 I have that problem with my phone camera here in Virginia. The heat lately is terrible and my phone says it can't function. I keep it in my pocket while listening to my ear pods and that really over heats it. But I've been surprised that just the ambient temperature is enough to cause some issues.
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  98. I really blew it a few years ago when my PT suddenly died at about 40mph. I was so fixated on its high mileage and thinking it will need a new timing belt, that I assumed it was the problem and was too afraid to repeatedly try to start it, in case it had broken. I tire the car half way down and realized the belt was fine. It sat another two years until I got the energy to put it back together. Once I did that, it started and died. That was when I realized it was out of gas. Duh! My lesson was I gotta be careful to not jump to conclusions too quickly
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  99. One of my least favorite places to work, even when I was younger and more nimble, is under the dash. Industry should sit down with a panel of mechanics and discuss how everything in and under the dash can be made more accessible or moved or pulled out and made easier to be worked on.
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  100. I remember when you were pounding the ball joint and the hammer was hitting the backing plate. That's what happened 😊.
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  101. It must be pretty confusing for anyone working alongside Ray. They have to discern whether he is self talking, talking to his YouTube fans or the person, such as the wife unit. I noticed that with the where is the filter question. Ray talking to himself and YouTube, but the wife unit thought he was asking for the new one. Hopefully both Ray and wife unit grow into this. I can see where on a bad day and probably with another couple, this could go very wrong. Loving the additional banter though and when its a family thing.
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  102. Curious with all this recent upheaval, what does wifey think of it all. Hopefully she is a special person and supportive of your endeavors. Unfortunately, losing a job and moving into new areas is generally a challenge to couples and families. I've already had the impression that you have a great family, just by your attitude and great personality.
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  103. You need a waiting room for all the salespeople that will want to establish you as an account. Yee haw!
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  104. Since watching these videos, I've been curious about his arrangement with the shop. How do they feel about him doing this and posting to his channel. I did see that Ray and wifey donated a big chunk of the money they received to charity, but it seems most shops would frown on the mechanic filming for their own use and earning money from it. I think Ray has the personality and the honesty that it works in his case. I hope it doesn't change, because I like watching and listening to him. I work on my three cars all the time, it's crazy how old cars start to fall apart. I enjoy fixing things and troubleshooting, so his videos give me the fix I need in between my own repairs.
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  105. I just wish I had the money to work on my PT and other cars. They are all running good at this point, but there is always something I could improve, if I had the money.
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  106. And now he did.😊
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  107. Can't just swap the ecm. I did one for my truck, but had the refurbished computer, programmed to my trucks vin.
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  108. ​ @campervan7354 sure wish I had one, not that I do anything except my own cars, but when ya need one ya need one. Except for under the dash work and some compressor change outs, with a machine I could do only AC type work and make good money during the summer.
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  109. Search Scammer Payback. Trilogy media and other people that are on YouTube. After Rays channel, The scammer Payback channels are my favorite YouTubers.
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  110. I'm always curious about your filming and editing. Did you have multiple cameras for the different views leaving the yard and do some editing or did you stop and move one camera to each different position. You do a good job at getting different views and editing them into the flow.
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  111. 37:04 some pretty trippy color streams from all the flack coming off the weld.
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  112. Curious as to how they found you? Closest one, word of mouth, luck of the draw, fan of your channel. Data, we want data.
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  113. It sure is similar to my Kia V6. I really hate that back bolt for the intake. Some of the mini socket wrenches and such I invested in after seeing you use them, really helped me do this type of job.
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  114. I started watching this video in the morning. Had to drive to Norfolk to pickup family returning on the plane and came home, did some car stuff, it's freezing cold today and getting worse. And I watched this video in and off to savor it. A little at a time. I find myself doing that with your videos. If there is only one new one, I only watch it in short segments to make it last longer. 😎
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  115. Will the fan turn correctly to push it through or try to pull it?
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  116. Curious what a procedure like this, with all the products and time would cost?
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  117. Watching this video in between running my truck to analyze my coolant temperature issue, getting oil and a filter to change the oil on my John Deere riding mower, and contemplating replacing the front valve cover gasket in my Kia. They both need it, but the rear one is somewhat of a major undertaking and until my truck is 100%, I cant be without a running car. So i will watch this video throughout the day, bit by bit. Hope you get over your sniffles and brain fog soon.
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  118.  @wesgregg6451  I grew up in Hawaii back when beaches were open, there were only a few resorts, condos and a the excessively rich crowd had not zeroed in on Maui, along with pre tech stock money, it was such a different life. By the time I left in my 50's, there was no camping everywhere, despite all the homeless camps, condos and resorts that took over all the shoreline with monster mansions that popped up on all the decent spots from the shoreline to the mountain top. It's almost more than a person can handle in a lifetime. Now I'm in Virginia and pretty much all the ocean and river shorelines have developed properties with no trespassing. Of course this area, like Florida, has a lot of old time money from generations past, so it's been this way for a long time. What I wonder about all those shoreline estates, many built in not much more than big sandbars, is how long will they last. North Carolina has practically whole seaside neighborhoods being washed into the ocean. Now instead of driving around admiring the natural beauty of these areas, we instead marvel at how much money people have to build mansions and load the driveways and garages with expensive toys. Sorry, I shouldn't have jumped in this comment in Ray's channel, but it struck a nerve.
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  119. Great video. I bought the same year and model second hand for $500. First thing I had to deal with were bad air and fuel sensors or mixtures. I learned a lot, mostly on you tube about how the O2 sensors work and what happens before and after then. The original problem got fixed and I went on to many other fixes and still using the car. I like it and it runs great for 220,000 miles. Purrs like a kitten. I've done everything from brakes, complete jobs, wiper motor and wiper alignment, replaced front end of the exhaust, alternator and belt tensioner. So much fun. I figure I'm still way ahead financially compar d to buying a new car, making years of monthly payments and still spending money to upkeep and keep it within the warranty. Plus with YouTube, there isn't much I can't fix on my own.
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  120. Would have probably have tried smoke testing it while it was out, just to be sure before reinstalling.
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  121. Hi s like these remind me of climbing up a mountain. You find every step and even if it's hard, you keep moving forward. Then when it comes time to climb back down, between gravity and footing, you are never sure you can do it correctly. Pulling bolts and parts out is one thing, but can you get those parts back in and together. 😆
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  122. You deserve an award for this job. I think it would be nice to tour the factory and watch how they put them together. Great job!
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  123. I had an early four door jeep similar. If I kept it, it would have over 300k miles too. I was fairly gutless, but worked and had four wheel drive. I'm an old military jeep nut, used to have a '42 and a '52. We went everywhere we could with the military ones. The jeeps haven't gone in a direction that really thrilled me.
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  124. I remember when I needed to work on my Dodge Dakota and found a video talking about the insides of the transmission and he was blind. It might have been Stevie, but a quick Google search comes up with all sorts of blind mechanics. Pretty amazing!
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  125. I can see why the cost to repair exceeds the value in so many vehicles. Do engineers do that on purpose. With all the different cars Ray works on, it's really bad when he has to struggle with them and parts like plugs and coils are nearly unreachable without a major tear down. Modular plug and play parts are what engineers should be designing. Some of the amazing and yet crazy engineering that goes into most cars today is ridiculous. I would like to know how they set their design priorities.
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  126. I had a Nissan Sentra, I think. I had a spare computer. It seemed that when the car didn't run, I would swap the computer from under the dash. I went back and forth like that, even to the point of the car dying in an intersection and me scrambling to replace the computer and restart the car. I never did get it to work normally. I liked the car, but was glad to get rid of it after the intersection die off incident.
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  127. 29:53 do the old ones crack or just a gasket leak? I would prefer the dorman aluminum body versus a plastic at any rate. Just curious if the plastic body develops a crack and if so, from the heat or bad casting or lousy plastic?
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  128. My 2001 has chrome everywhere. The intake is a chromed unit. The previous own kept every part he replaced or swapped with new chromed versions. I have it all, along with three years worth of car show trophies, taking up a quarter of my garage.
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  129. So we're the catalytic converters gutted by someone or through wear? It's amazing how comfortable I am in driving all my cars and trucks now. I've spent the last two years learning and performing the work on them that is really reassuring that they will run properly. The last six months are due mainly to the Rays Repair channel and how it takes the mystery out of so many issues on a vehicle. Thanks man! And don't forget to have yourself an excellent new year for you, family, business and YouTube!
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  130. Finally have new tires on all three of my cars. Such a good feeling. I always get Leary about putting a chunk of change in them, afraid that something else will blow and then down the vehicle. That is the case with two out of three right now. My truck rear ended another and I'm going to replace the valve covers while it's torn down. Then the PT came home in AAA the other days, I sure am glad I have that service, and what started as a possible coolant leak, progresses to changing both hoses, upper and lower, various vacuum lines that have become cracked and brittle. Replacing belts and tensioner, due to squeaking and squealing. AND while I am that deep, new plugs and valve cover gaskets and associated grommets and seals. I go from feast to famine. Wish I had something to work on to too much to do.
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  131. Wouldn't you want to be in series with the lines, so as to flush the cooler and entire system, rather than only the transmission?
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  132.  @haroldh3863  yup. I think I will remember where the parts were at and all the bolts, but it never works out like that. I've had a car of mine sitting in a garage for months because I didn't finish it and then dreaded trying to remember where everything was and where it goes.
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  133. That car should have been pre-dipped in WD-40 before working in it.
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  134. I like how you manage to keep the camera pretty much centered on the work and wide enough view to get the whole picture. I need more lumens in my garage too.
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  135. As handsome as Ray may be, Lauren is more pleasing to the eye. 😆
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  136. Spooky situation if trying to pull out quickly in front of traffic. Could be a disaster.
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  137. Since first seeing Ray use the tie strap trick he learned, I have used it, but found a way to just slip it in without having to actually lock the strap.
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  138. That was my thinking. I probably learned the idea from Ray in the past. I'm not sure why he didn't do something like that. That cable was a real pain in the arse.
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  139. I was just watching Lizard 🦎 Towing on TV and that was my thought when I started watching the video of picking it up on Wife Unit Channel. One problem with the TV shows is how they alter things away from reality and try to spice up the shows. I think they could and probably would alter things and change the feel of their shows.
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  140. Just bought a tub 64 count of rodenticide blocks to spread around my attic, behind cabinets and my barn. Rats chew everything and wake me at night trying to chew through my door and door frame. I put wire iver it to stop it. Ive tried about five different traps and this rat is too smart. I just noticed the gas cap on my chipper in the yard was being chewed in. I hate rats. I olan to get another tub and spread around under my house. I thought my house was closed up tight. Wire in the pipes, everything sealed. Winter is bad when they go for the warmth in the engines and rat droppings all over the engine intake and various places.
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  141. I just watched a video by Wrenching with Kenny and although it was a Toyota, it was like a duplicate engine. He managed to take off only the front crankshaft gear and loosen the plate to allow the water pump to be taken off from under it. I even think that because the bolts to the plate are accessible through the camshaft gear slots, that by merely loosening the plate, without removing either cam shaft gears, the plate can be loose enough to lift and pull the water pump out from under it. The same for putting it back. Granted it is much easier with the gears and plates out of the way, but if taking the gears off is something that the mechanic doesn't want to do. Maybe just loosen the plate bolts.
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  142. In the process of replacing my AC compressor, accumulator and orifice tube. It's almost done, but even though the kit came with an orifice tube, the 4.7l I have uses a tube with the orifice built in. So now I'm waiting for a new cable with an orifice. My 2004 SLT I bought brand new in 2004 in Hawaii. In 2013 I moved it with me to Oregon and it was still under 100 k miles. It toured the US a couple times and then I packed it up and moved to Virginia. So it's 20 years old and It's getting a new AC. It lasted pretty long.
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  143. "It fills the funnel faster, than the funnel fills the engine". Fun words to say over quickly.
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  144. I was watching a multi part video from a year ago, where you replaced the air-conditioning system and then had to pull the dash out for one little sensor. It took me awhile to skip through, trying to figure out where I was and where the next video was, despite your links. I did find it all in a playlist, which helped. A weird thing though, if I watched videos out of a playlist or from a mix, I wasn't given the ability to hit a like it to comment. Maybe I did something wrong and I was on my laptop, but it seems if YouTube designed it that way, they are cheating the channel out of some likes. Has anyone have that experience?
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  145. I bought a set of 1/4", 3/8" and 1/2" torque wrenches from Harbor Freight and soon had no faith in them calibrated properly. I tried locking the socket end in a vise to see it if would click on different settings and it wouldn't, even on low torque. Since they arent that much, I went to Amazon and got another complete set. Except for the 1/2" wrench, I don't trust the others either 😢. I talked to a calibration laboratory down the street that does all sorts of 37:59 if testing. Their quite was like $70 for each tool to test it. I can't see spending two or three times their cost to just see if they are working right. Short of buying a third set, I am at a loss as to what to do with them. Warranty is lapsed and shipping them to the factory is not worth it. Anyone have ideas on self testing torque wrenches?
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  146.  @TheHansoost  just watched two different ones, both 5 yrs old. Gonna give it a shot. I should have known that YouTube is all knowing. 😆
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  147. Growing up in Hawaii in the late 70's and driving old cars my dad had, it was common to just fill with water. That was free and coolant costs money. Our regular water system that came to the house was clean, but many pipes were coated with reddish sludge from the iron type soil the water came from. It was years later in my 20's that I even began to worry about using coolant versus water.
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  148. It's killing me that you remounted the flywheel without degreasing and cleaning the back of the engine. Not that anyone will ever see it, but I'm so used to shiny and new looking, it's a shame to pass up on a chance to clean the engine and oil pan.
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  149. What's the background noise? Sounds like a vacuum cleaner, but me thinks it's your neighbor with the body shop. Maybe a sander?
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  150. The other way is to pull the grill and front off, so you can loosen the radiator and push it forward. I've done that more than a few times for other problems.
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  151. I have a long stick that I use as a stethoscope to find noisy alternators, power steering and other noisy components, usually due to bearings.
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  152. What a pleasure to work on such a clean engine!
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  153. You could use a high volume air exchanger in that garage. Some scary fumes going on.
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  154. Having watched you do so many of these jobs, I can put the phone down and do other things and drive, while just listening to your banter. I can visualize most of what you are doing and just enjoy listening to you. And that IS okay.😊
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  155. 22:52 you remind me of my younger years on Maui. Whenever a big storm hit, we grabbed our military jeeps, chainsaws and machetes and hit the side roads looking to help.
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  156. You should get an award for best video and camera work in tight spaces and usually one handed.
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  157. Are these kinds of jobs a fixed price based on an estimate or are they based on hours? When I did radio and electronics repairs, most of the jobs were based on past experiences. Then if I got it done in less time, good for me. If it took longer the customer scored.
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  158. I've wondered what Ray's background was like. He would be a great teacher and must have had some really good instructors or mentors in his past.
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  159. I am pretty much sold on the battery impact wrenches you use. I bought corded ones for the power doing some axle work, but if the cordless are strong enough, it would be nice. My right angle 3/8" socket wrench is cordless and worth every penny so far.
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  160. Every time I watch your videos, it makes me want a lift in my garage. So many things I could inspect and repair if I could easily get under them. Jacking them up and putting them on stands is okay, but time consuming and not always conducive to making the job easier.
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  161. Was the valve covers done because you had to do so much to get the the timing belt and water pump? I may have missed it if they had a problem. I'm an advocate of doing anything that might be needed when taking on such an intensive job. Gaskets and seals are always just a moment away from leaking.
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  162. Yep. Had to drink my coffee without Ray's filming this morning. I survived.
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  163. Pulling the wiper cowl makes a big difference on my Kia.
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  164. Your bench looks like my old radio repair shop, just different tools. Finally in my elder years, I'm better at putting tools back in their place. It sure is nice to have a clean bench and tools where you expect. If I lived closer, I would volunteer my time putting things in their place.
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  165. Would anti-seize help in a sensor for removing later? Or would the heat just burn it off? They are not my favorite thing to remove.
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  166. I agree. And the fact that it allows them more to do together in common ground and interests, is going to really help their marriage. So many marriages, people spend most of the day apart and then have little more than kids and responsibilities in common.
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  167. All the camera angles are impressive, such as on the fence as the truck is pulling out, in the trailer as the door is opening. It takes a bit more time and thought, but really helps make the videos. I really would like to watch a video of Ray downloading and editing all the video into one production. That's the part I have a problem with and could use some edumaction on.
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  168. After the transmission came loose from the studs, we could see the front of the transmission rise up about an inch or so. I was thinking that maybe the up and down angle was what was holding it, besides any corrosion. Me thinks that the transmission stand could have been adjusted down in the front to relieve that pressure.
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  169. At least we are all with you. You're not alone.
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  170. Works for me. Sometimes I put off watching you to build up what's ready to watch for just the right time in my schedule.
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  171. The way it almost turns over off the trailer battery is how those mini jump boxes have worked for me.
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  172. Having a 2001 PT cruiser myself, I almost asked you yesterday if that PT was waiting to be worked on. Since buying one second hand, from the wife, whose husband passed three years earlier, I have become somewhat prolific with PT problems and repairs. From wheel bearing all the way into the timing belt. It also sat two years in my garage before I put more effort into it. It is full of bling and chrome, since it was a multi-year car show winner, here in Virginia. With a manual 5 speed and a somewhat noisy muffler, it's fun to drive if my 19 year old grandson doesn't run it into the ground.
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  173. People with heaters in Florida just have too much money. Lol😂
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  174. Looks like a good season for AC repairs.
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  175. Curious if you need a bunch of licenses or permits to use the tow truck with the business? Do you charge for that service too.
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  176. I had issues with the transaxle seals leaking and was thinking it would be good to replace the seal each time the cv axle is removed. Is this not a common practice? I guess if it good, let it go. The orice if the seals arent very much.
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  177. 34:57 it looked like it is going to walk off again.
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  178. I spent my career troubleshooting electronics and can really appreciate your way of thinking this through. It's enough to scramble most brains. You are the exception my man.
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  179. Watching you and that Bobcat and at the same time I'm watching Yukon Gold and then running D6 and D10 dozers around in the mud. Fun living vicariously through you and then.
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  180. He's running low on brake cleaner and needs people to send him more.
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  181. I just finished out a complete swap of suspension and steering on my PT. Unfortunately, the new steeringing gear sprung a seal leak and I had to replace it again. It went to the alignment shop today Prior to sending it, I did various checks and got the alignment in the ball park, but using my inexpensive camber checking tool, I found the camber way out, further than it could be adjusted. I bout the camber adjustment bolts for it and sent them with the car to be aligned. It's a good thing that I did. They had to use it to get it aligned properly. Cost me a bit more in labor, since they installed them. I could have, but wasn't so sure I needed them. The camber bolts are built oblong and replace one of the strut bolts and because of their shape, they allow for the camber adjustment. Sure glad I knew this before it went in and part of all this is from watching various videos of Ray's in the first place.
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  182. I messed up a drive axle seal while installing the CV axle for my PT. Went to fill the transaxle and it was pouring out one of the two seals. I have new ones coming, no one has any locally. I want to remove everything, since the seal issue is the last thing remaining to get the PT front end replacement project back up and running. But the heat index is over 100 and so I will instead sit here and watch you work.
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  183. No fair timing yourself 6:22 if someone is getting the parts for you. 😊
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  184. I have to say you truly deserve an award of some sort for this job. I could see getting it apart and quitting, leaving it apart like the scarecrow in wizard of oz. I am totally amazed. Back in the day I used to install the old two-way radio systems in cars and truck. Giant boat anchor units in the trunk and big fat cables under and behind everything to the front dash area and control heads, speakers and mics. Then heavy power wires on to the battery. On occasion someone with a brand new car or assigned company car would see their car in pieces either in a parking lot or later when I had an install bay, strewn around the floor and they would freak out. I always managed to get it back together.
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  185. 5:19 it would be nice if the exhaust leak was repaired first, but you address this as I write.
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  186. You will need a good vacation after this job is done, or at least some quiet time and a six pack.
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  187. I found some fluid leaked from the master when I left the lid on. I realized what it was, but later a puddle had found its way to the cement under the card and had me worried there was some sort of leak. After a good wipe down and moving it from that spot, I am glad to say it was just the spillage.
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  188. Klicken Zee
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  189. How the heck did insurance agree to make repairs in that Hyundai?
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  190. Add the proper way to compress those caliper pistons that require turning, to something I learned today.
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  191. In the words of the late Roseanna Danna, "Well it just goes to show you, it's always something! You either got a toenail in your hamburger or toilet paper clinging to your shoe."
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  192. Put a sock or cloth bag over the end to catch any debris that gets blown out of the tube. This being able to verify what came out.
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  193. I never knew why I shouldn't overfill. I thought Costco was trying to keep people from spilling. I now know why and promise I won't over fill again.
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  194. Empty brake cleaner cans on the floor. Safety, slip and fall hazard. Hate to see you and the camera feel the full effects of gravity by stepping on one.
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  195. My like is one of them in the 28k range. Did you say this is a give away jeep? Great promotion, not that you needed it, but hey it's money in the bank with future promotions.
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  196. Wow! I was surprised that it fired off the first crank.
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  197. Too bad the new big doors weren't already installed to give you better access.
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  198. Similar to my Kia Sportage. I found the tensioner bad, but someone used the 1/2" socket driver, the square portion that the socket mounts to, to move the tensioner and they cracked it in half. I don't know if the tension was low, but it was a pain to change the belt.
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  199. That's a pretty trippy gasket setup. I likes it.
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  200. What no gravity t-shirts?
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  201. I think by telling the Wife Unit to use your Silverado, you may have opened a new can of worms. She is never gonna be happy driving the van after a taste of driving the truck. Maybe it's time to take her shopping for a suburban or Tahoe or Escalade to give her that big machine feeling and to safely transport your family about. Of course gas is a new issue when moving up, but the comfort of knowing your wife unit and child units and dog unit are safe during their travels is priceless. Plus it will make for a better family traveling experience.
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  202. Where do you get the insulation and the new carpet from?
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  203. Glad to see you broke out the heat gun. I cringe 😬 when I see the lighter used. It works okay, just that I prefer to use the heat gun. Probably from doing electronic repairs most of my life.😊
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  204. I am curious what motivated the customer to get this up to date from its ancient status? Maybe it was a garage find or a relative left it to them?
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  205. I wonder if the department pays for services or the officer pays for it out of a vehicle allowance? It might be a great vehicle to watch for at the end of service when the vehicles get auctioned off. I used to buy used vehicles from utilities and government for a low price, but I was never sure of their condition and maintenance. Back when Maui, Hawaii had a sugar company, they periodically sold off their old vehicles. Mostly ford rangers. The sugar workers beat the heck out of them in muddy fields, but I did service work on their two way radios, installs and removals. Plus I knew the mechanics pretty well and could get some insight into which ones might be a good buy. Probably 80 to 90 percent were just too used up to bother with. Inside and outside might get trashed. Supervisors vehicles tended to be the better ones. A lot of times, the person that drove it and kept it clean, would bid on it and make it their personal vehicle.
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  206. Put a shop vac or your evacuation machine on the outside end of the tube and suck it out under pressure.
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  207. The semi-flippity floppity brake pedal on my cars gives me something to tap on with my feet to the sound of the music playing as I am driving.
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  208. I used to frown on talking to myself and look at others as crazy. Now I talk to my dog all day long, as well as my chickens, duck and goose. Doing YouTube's around my luffa farming, I do more talking to my self, along the realm of Ray. The only listeners are if they see my content on YouTube or Facebook. I rather like talking to myself. Except I'm talked out at the end of the day. Good thing I have no wife unit, she would feel neglected as I talk all day to myself and not to her.
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  209. I've been preoccupied the last few days, watching the coverage of Lahaina town on Maui, Hawaii burning down. I grew up and spent most of my life on Maui, but on the rain forest side, not Lahaina. Just so sad to see hundreds of years of history being wiped clean. My saving grace in all of this is working on replacing my Kia cross arms and a cv axle, in between watching the last few videos that Ray has put out. It is a much needed distraction right now and fixing cars puts me in my happy place. It's so crazy that so much can be lost forever in the blink of an eye.
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  210. 87,000 miles and driveshaft grease dries out? What the heck? It seems like the drive train should last much longer.
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  211. I need compressed air badly. Small things like blowing messy stuff away, really makes it worth having one.
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  212. 14:39 The question in my mind is whether you will put those clamps back facing the bottom? Knowing your preference for putting them back as found. I guess I will wait to see. There is a point to doing it either way.
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  213. The scene with your daughter would be a good short.
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  214. What I like about this is that working on my own cars, I've thought about a better way to bleed brakes and now I got to see one in action. Time to go get a fluid exchange with the wife unit, jobs over.
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  215. Using my last can of this brand brake cleaner on fixing my mower and letting the excess fill an oil change pan and despite being outside, the fumes are crazy. Between the fumes and just what it does to my skin and internals, I think I need a safer alternative.
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  216.  @Flies2FLL  😆 had to look that one up. "The "Fetzer valve", when Lucinda the mechanic is giving the Sheriff her findings about Mona's car, she says the "Fetzer valve" had been punctured. A "Fetzer valve" is a fictional part of an engine, introduced in the movie Fletch (1985). Helpful•43. 1. Every character's automobile has personalized plates."
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  217. 😮End of transmission! Thanks for clearing that up. I kept thinking you broke a lot of transmissions😅.
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  218. Can someone explain to me about that yellow extension that Ray uses with his impact to install the lug nuts?
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  219.  @bryanwilliams847  how does it apply the right amount of torque? If so, then why is it also torqued with a torque wrench. I'm still missing something here.
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  220. I wonder if there is an option or addon for a lift that could pick up just the front of a big truck or rear, while the other half remains in the ground, instead of trying to lift the whole vehicle.
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  221. Nothing like a nice new blue gasket to make me smile.😊
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  222. Is there one for my 2004 Dodge Dakota 4.7l?
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  223. Looks like milk all over.
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  224. Sure would like to see a video of you editing a video to upload on YouTube. Editing and piecing together everything, slipping in short video and picture clips. As well as, doing voice overs. I've done a few videos and tried to do some editing to create one video, but you seem to not only do all the video work, you can finish them up to play on YouTube.
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  225. Clicken Zee
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  226. 15:13 victory 🩰🪩✌️🙌✋🖐️🤚 I kept yelling, more spray!
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  227. I sure would love to watch someone actually design an engine of this sort. How the heck they figure out placement, shapes, bolts and then go on to figure out how to cast these parts, is beyond me. I can see where engines are basically the same and just configured with a variety of optional parts that are designed to fit most of engines used, but with the competition to come up with their own design and configuration leaves us with a whole variety of different engines and barely any parts that are compatible with others.
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  228. As much as you are part of 472 thousand fans and average 10's and 20's thousand comments, you still operate in sort of a one way communication mode. It's great to be able to hang and host some friends and do some two way communicating. Although you need to Mic your company's so we can hear them.
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  229. Does your shop do safety or state inspections? Hawaii we called them safety, but Virginia calls them state inspections.
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  230. Want to see the autopsy of that engine.
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  231. Yup, I just charged mine, finished watching the video after this and switched this one and I'm at 60% already.
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  232. While I don't think my Kia Sportage has a rodent hole in the intake, post mass air flow sensor, I did remove the intake to replace the valve cover gaskets and just clean and gap my previously replaced spark plugs. Since then, I have a bunch of check engine codes relating to the O2 sensors and running lean and fuel trim. I happened to have four new O2 sensors and changed bank 2 while I did a radiator replacement. Unfortunately, I got them after the intake manifold was removed and replaced and the bank 1 sensor 1 O2 is going to require pulling the intake to get to it. I suspect the engine is saying its running kean, because it has more air than is being metered and thinks that the fuel is lean. The first time the intake was removed, there were air leaks and a mechanic removed and resealed it to correct the problem. I made every effort to avoid having any air leaks when reinstalling the intake, but I do suspect that I still missed a spot. I made a makeshift smoke machine using a fog generator from Halloween and the output of a shop vac to supply air pressure and didn't see any smoke leaking, but it was not the best way to test. I just hate to have to remove the intake and reseal and reinstall it. The car actually runs pretty good, but has the check engine light illuminated. It did on a few occasions run rough and misfire at low rpm to idle. .
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  233. Hmm, I have that same battery booster. Never really worked very well. I finally replaced the battery and it's so so. The air pump quit almost right away. I don't have much luck with them. I also have a couple brands of the small lithium boosters. They won't start a car either. Getting tired of buying them. Also those cheapy 12v air pumps. I have a few dead ones also.
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  234.  @RainmanRaysRepairs  yep, jumper cables too. I've had a bunch and there wasn't enough wire to carry the current. especially aluminum ones.
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  235. Variable timing. Is that an invention that was needed or just something to complicate a vehicle?
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  236. And you didn't even have to break out a laptop. This truck reminds me of common vehicles in Hawaii. When I moved to Virginia, I hardly ever see an old car, unless someone happens to come into the city from outside. I was amazed that so many people could afford new cars here. My new car includes a 2004 Dodge Dakota that I bought new and has come along from Maui, to Oregon and now Virginia. My other new to me cars are a 2001 PT Cruiser and a 2004 Kia Sportage. Having all sorts of fun working on them.
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  237. What is with that pneumatic chisel? I've seen several of your videos that have the chisel flying of the gun. Don't they lock on or something? I had one once upon a time, but used it for taking ceramic tiles off my shower wall.
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  238. When the bolt was just beginning to turn, I wonder if using the neumatic chisel in it to vibrate and loosen the rust, would work?
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  239. Do you quote based on your guides or just for an estimate, but still open to being more?
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  240. My firsthough at the beginning, when talking about the keaning Canadian truck was, is the driver 300lbs? Made me think of some very heavy big boys driving around Maui when I was in high school. The whole car or truck leaned. Often the springs and seats were permanently compressed. This is a real factor. Guess I will watch on and see what you find.
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  241. Are those crackling noises coming from the truck during the test run?
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  242. As if an engine isn't hard enough to get to, let's stick it under the cab and by the seat to really make it fun.
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  243. Not that enough people haven't already said it. Both bulbs in to work properly.
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  244. Is that an apprentice working under you? Kind of annoying to have to explain things and people are naturally driven to want to come up with the working answer to a problem. Having been on both sides of that fence, apprentice and foreman/boss, it's a hard situation.
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  245. The key is in the angle...
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  246. 25:04 I like your bandage. I have had more than I can remember. Mostly consisting of paper towels and electric tape. It wasn't until I got older and was put on blood thinners that I invested in full band aid kits. My granddaughter is my nurse, usually carrying band aids with her to patch me up while we are in the yard and garden.
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  247. With plastic hangers taking over, it's good to build an arsenal of wire hangars for various purposes.
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  248. 15:03 an awful lot of heavy duty heat sinking and such, for something that just works a bunch of lights.
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  249. Is the starter button an aftermarket thing?
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  250. It would be nice to have a wash pit or a lift outside that you could use to power wash underneath vehicles. 6:24 this is one that could definitely benefit from a good under chassis and engine wash. Maybe that's a business for people to drive in and wash underneath, not like the car washes offer, but a good degreasing type. Then hire a good publicist/phycology major to get Americans to believe they should wash where they can't see.
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  251. 22:23 I've been watching this video cast to my big TV, I'm usually watching on my phone. I found that with the bigger screen, I was watching you disconnect that ride height sensor plug and actually holding my breath.😊😊 Some of your videos can be so suspenseful.
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  252. Red flags can be very small. He said he felt uncomfortable about it. That may have been the time to think a moment, although with the camera running and click ticking, that may figure into it. He was also surprised that it showed up so quickly. Maybe another red flag. Being a Friday, the customer might have been pressuring the shop to get it back for the weekend, rather than waiting for Monday.
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  253. I was wondering why the wobbly didn't come out during the bolt removal. I just figured there wasn't enough room. I love my wobbly, but my grandson doesn't and will do things the hard way to avoid using them. Hmm? Tool bias.
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  254. Land Rover and bike racks. Upwardly mobile type. Spend money on hobbies and play, not on vehicle maintenance, despite the cost of said vehicle.
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  255. Great car for the Philippines.
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  256. Looks like the tie rod and other rubber bushing are approaching end of life, maybe even surpassed it.
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  257. Bored? Not me. But, if it gets a bit tedious, then I go and follow your links to Amazon and take up time. By the way, is there a one stop spot to look at all the links you have throughout your videos? I've seen some things in a post and then can't find them later.
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  258. You have come so far with everything. I don't envy all the work ahead that you have, but it's a good feeling to know what you have to do and to get it done. If I was closer, I would take that PT off your hands. They make no financial sense, but I'm starting to like working on them.
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  259. 17:35 inquiring minds want to know. Did you leave a camera running facing out from the garage or did you open the gate, run over and set up the camera and go back to drive the car in, in order to get this shot?
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  260. Coolant looks like rusty water. Considering how much work it is to change a water pump, I am careful to use only quality coolant and keeping it in shape.
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  261. The Ferd people used you to find the problem and now their cousin's friend will do it "cheaper". At least until they come limping back and asking you to fix the repair.
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  262. Gonna peel that nut, right off of that bolt. Sung to the tune of "Wash that man right out of my hair".
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  263. I like that ratchet idea and pulling the motor forward. A good example of working smarter, not harder.
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  264. 7:08 Bob oh boy, can you imagine if we never did recycling. It's amazing how much crap men and women have to dispose of.
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  265. I had new pads, rotors and calipers on my 2004 Dodge Dakota and the brakes felt stiff, just not right. Bled it over and over, but no change. I ordered a new master cylinder, booster and all the brake lines, mine are original steel ones and are crusty and rusty. I had a core return due for the booster. So I replaced the booster only. I had to learn about getting the shaft to the master cylinder aligned right, but Man oh man! With the new booster the truck will stop on a dime and I could use my little toe to press the brake pedal, it is that responsive. I never realized the difference the booster would make. I did a booster check by pumping it with the engine off, holding the pedal down and starting it. The pedal sunk down and I could tell the booster worked. Just not as well as the new one does. Now I have to find time to replace all the lines. I'm not looking forward to that job.
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  266. Black market is a great place to sell engine covers. Not!
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  267. You need to dip that truck in lubricant 😊.
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  268. Not cool, not cool at all, to say the least. Luckily your face wasn't down there.
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  269. I've rarely seen any bump stops that are not deteriorated. I also notice most, if not all are a part of the frame. You mentioned you weren't changing them because of the time to get hold of them. Have ever actually changed them? Has anyone replaced them. It seems it would require a modification involving cutting the old one off and drilling to fit new ones on.
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  270. Sounds like a school marching band in the background at the end of the video.
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  271. My hearing aids could hear that bearing grind. Good catch. Another video later.
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  272. My first thought too!
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  273. Sounds like a diesel. 😊
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  274. I seem to have missed why you are working on this car after firing the customer previously.
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  275. I thought it also, but he does very well one handed and he does set up the camera in a good position when he needs two hands. So I would say the more options the better, but he's doing better than many others on YouTube with filming
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  276. Using a torch on a vehicle with gas and oil everywhere and a gas tank, not too far away, always seems spooky to me.
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  277. Wonder how much that used pan was? Might be good to recondition it for the next Jaguar that comes in with a bad pan. Of course it may probably take up space in the shop for an eternity. But then again, it's Florida, there may be many more driving around there.
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  278. The PT is the cheapest running of my three vehicles and actually a fun ride. I've spent a lot of money on keeping my cars running, mostly in the last year for my grandson to get to school and work, but compared to what I would have paid for new car payments, required servicing to maintain the warranty, insurance and such, I am still spending less money and own all three vehicles.
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  279. It's crazy how the camera and lots of lumens, make the dirt, rust and other flakes of debris visible as they fly out in all directions.
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  280. Between the sudden images of the Wife Unit within this video and then as I paused a video was presented to me that I thought was a Rainman Ray video, but it kept taking me to some other channel. I thought someone had taken over my YouTube, then realized the other video was a customer that had his oil changed on the Audi at Ray's.
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  281. That Hyundai has a pretty cracked up dashboard. I wonder if they are prone to that or just too much Florida sun.
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  282. I've been trying to do work in the yard, but also watch your videos. I even had my earbuds going and listening to the video like a podcast. It does leave something to be desired as a podcast. It's interesting, but I keep stopping to see what you're talking about.
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  283. Watching the news here in Virginia and lots of crews and supplies, as well as locally based Mercy Chefs with lots of food to cook up for people. I hope the shop holds up nicely. Take care.
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  284. I like how you used the lift to get the car off the truck.
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  285. Not backlash, but a four wire trailer type connector could have been spliced in, instead of hardwired.
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  286. Happy day of birth Ray man.
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  287. Curious as to why you seem to want to use a ratchet, instead of a breaker bar? Granted the ratchet may have a warranty, but isn't that what the breaker bar is built for?
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  288. Talking your way through these videos must help relieve the stress and tension that builds up after hours of stressful work. If you didn't, you would probably explode about the time you got home.
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  289. Awhile back in my comment, I asked for ideas for that wall. I think it should be reserved for shameless self promotion. A big sign like your sign-on logo with with the name and your picture would be nice. Maybe even a space for a wife unit logo to help to shamelessly promote her too.
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  290. Yep, blue towels, paper towels, shop cloth towels. If not in my hand, in a pocket or within reach.
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  291. I've watched a YouTube video from a one armed mechanic. It's amazing that he can do things that most of us would struggle with using both hands.
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  292. Good brake jobs take quite a while to do properly. Just maintenance is time consuming.
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  293. Is it standard to not have a fan and clutch fan?
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  294. Will it do a lot of cycling? On and off if it's close to the trigger point? I wonder if a delay function might be in order?
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  295. I watched a video on a jungle that was deforested and someone made a deal to dump all the orange rinds from a local orange juice factory. They did it for years and someone saw it and Reeeeee!, they made a huge issue, protested the dumping, finally got it shut down. Years later the scientists that originally cut the deal to dump the rinds, went back and almost couldn't find the spot. The jungle had completely engulfed the rinds and in fact, that area had a greater diversity of plants, insects and animals, than the adjacent original forest. Karen's and Kevin's at work.😅
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  296. She was obviously a rookie at that scam, for sure, for sure. I love watching scammer paybacks almost as much as rainman rays repairs.
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  297. Curious if anyone here knows if a 2001 non turbo can be converted to a turbo using 2004 and up turbo parts?
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  298. Been a fan for awhile, spent many hours just binging on your channel. I fell, fracturing my tibia in two spots. I now have lots of time to watch your channel for the next few weeks. Keep them coming in your two channels and the Wife Unit channel. Luckily all my vehicles are repaired for the moment and no wrenching is needed.
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  299. I'm intrigued now. That was from an auction and you mentioned before about cars to be sold. Do you have a deal with a customer to check and/or repair cars they bought at auctions for resale? That sounds like a sweet work on it when you can type of deal.
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  300. I wonder if the old front tires might have been adequate to replace the sidewall punctured tire. Maybe the tread wasn't good enough to reuse. I have had a few non repairable sidewall tires and some almost brand new. it pissed me off, but not the tire guys fault.
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  301. My favorite place to go, but if I don't come back with some cool, still usable parts, I want to bring a load of compost back. Last trip, I got a perfectly good electric chainsaw that was in the metal waste container.
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  302. Done this many times and still doing it. My PT Cruiser ended up with an entire new front suspension and brakes and now the standard transmission is making noises. Went to service my Dodge Dakota truck rear brakes and next thing I know is I am waiting on calipers, sway bar links and bushings to mount to the body. Went to look at the front seat bars and bushings, which do need to be replaced, but found my driverside CV axle boot leaked grease all over. It's just a couple years old, but a new one is on its way too.
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  303. Volkswagen must have spawned an entire line of specialized bolt manufacturing.
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  304. 14:23 air tools always give me dentist PTSD.
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  305. So the throttle body doesn't require changing a gasket each time you remove them?
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  306. One of those laser rust removers or sand blasters or something along those lines to clean off the crustiness on the universal joint would be nice. When I go so deep into my rigs, it bugs me to not clean and even paint the parts and the spaces that are available from removing the parts.
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  307. If I ever had an insurance issue on my vehicles that involved an adjuster coming out to review the issue, I could only hope to have a mechanic/tech that knows his stuff and can document and explain it the way you can. I would love to hear what came of it. Living in the Hampton roads area of Virginia, there are literally hundreds of cars that get subjected to flood and tidal high water, fresh, brackish and salt. It really makes me suspicious of any used cars around here.
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  308. Is that an impact rated wobbly? I used my wobbly with an impact and it blew apart.
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  309. Looks like the leaking steering fluid disintegrated the wire loom covering the white and green wires.
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  310. 29:23 I've written about this before, but you used to worry about music and YouTube, as other YouTubers do, yet lately you have shop music going in the background a lot and no YouTube copyright issues.
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  311. I'm always interested in the PT videos. My 2001 after $2k of steering, suspension and new brakes, the manual transmission began making noise. My grandson is part way into removing it after making space in the garage. I hope you didn't give so much info that nefarious people can go straight to what they may want, when no one is there.
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  312. Do your customers watch your videos on their repairs? I'm also curious if you video the entire job and then spend the time editing and transitioning between various scenes or do you start and stop the recording? I'm sure it is both, to some degree, but you do a good job on getting the good stuff into the video.
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  313. I have to go back and check, but is this your jeep or a customer with deep pockets and a desire to bring this jeep back to life.
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  314. Looks like a job for a case of Dawn dishwashing liquid and a whole lot of kitty litter.
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  315. I've grown o like working on cars and since watching your channel, I approach things differently. No fear and just go for it. BUT, I do fear the broken bolts when it comes to exhaust and manifolds and heads. One of these jobs coming in the door would make me want to take off for a vacation.
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  316. I didn't see anything later in about the bolt falling out or loose in there. Maybe I missed it.
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  317. 13:30 I'm surprised that you are getting away with more background music lately. No copyright issues?
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  318. Good reason to keep a pile of dry cardboard accessible.
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  319. Winner, winner chicken dinner! You da man Ray!
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  320. I so want an artic cat or something similar, especially with tires like that. I noticed Lowes has some beefed up looking golf cart things for sale now. Unfortunately, $10k is more than I would pay to just tool around in my yard.
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  321. The commercials being presented to me while watching this video are about Honda vehicles. YouTube and Google are listening to you talk about Hondas.😊
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  322. Sunday is the issue. My grandson just began working for one of the big auto parts stores. At 19, it's one of his first jobs. His career path that he is schooling for is an aircraft mechanic. So this job is a way to help pay for the career. He works evenings and weekends when the more experienced people want to be off. Maybe research the companies prior. Having a good feeling about who can actually help you and then setting a time that will allow them to focus on you is critical. It may not be so convenient for an owner/operator since those times are generally when you need to focus on your business. You really need your wife or someone else to do the foot work for you and then if they get a time, be prepared with all your business info and be on time to the appointment and ready to provide all the info. If at that point, it doesn't go well, then it's on them and tells you what sort of a supplier they might be. With such a low workforce right now, the kitchen and if people like a sales rep that spends the time with the customer is harder to find. Your tool distributors like Snap On and Max, that come to you periodically are a great benefit to you. The auto parts stores in good times would not only deliver parts as you need them, they would have a sales rep that stops in to visit and make sure you are happy and getting the best prices, parts and all the corporate company advertising bling to put on display. You have got this, but as a small one man repair shop for two way radios for about 15 years, I know that if you aren't in the shop making money, you're losing it. Designate people to do the non repair work for you.
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  323. My thought was that similar to my PT Cruiser, it would be easier to pull the front grill and guards off and allow the radiator to lean forward.
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  324. I used power stop brake calipers, rotors and pads. Despite the fact I was installing a brand new assembled caliper, the pads came with the new rattle springs, silicone grease and even the rubber inserts for the slide pins. Having new calipers, I didn't use them, but on my other cars that I did maintenance on, after watching your videos, I found a place to use them while cleaning and greasing the existing slide pins. I like when companies give you extra, in case you need them parts and even one or two too many. They build up my stash of future hard to find parts.
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  325. Just added a set of impact type sockets adaptors and wobblies. I broke two 1/4" wobblies that were not impact rated. I saw Ray using them and found some at the tractor supply.
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  326. A part of me says flush it and see, but realistically, doing all that on a 2000 work truck that he needs to be dependable, it may be time to scrap it and find another one. Maybe he wants a PT Cruiser and a trailer 😆.
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  327. What about a long nut and bolt?
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  328. Dang, I need to just watch without commenting, but then I forget later. It's fun to chime in and it bumps the video on Google with comments.
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  329. Much more betterer is beginning to be a normal thing.😅
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  330. Where are your little paper clip office things to hold the belt in as you wrap the others. You used the idea back to the future where I am now on a timing belt replacement.
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  331. I know you appreciate the many uses of leverage. I too am a fan.
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  332. 19:32 how did you adjust the camera when your hands are both busy in the picture?? Amazing abilities.😮
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  333. I could never figure out if there was a way after the factory, to get anything changed out. It didn't make sense how it would come out and back in. But you buzzed right through it. Nice job! Did you forget the grayish colored plastic clip that the motor cable clipped to?
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  334. 32 times up and down on the cylinder, plus a few extra.
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  335. This has got to be more fun than the last 9-5 you were working.😊
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  336. I can't believe this person even expected you to do much in this. Sell for what ever parts remain or use only on a farm.
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  337. 3:46 out of all your cool tools, it seems a small screwdriver or mini pry bar is your go to tool.
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  338. When I had a two way radios repair shop and dealt with a plethora of people from taxis to sugar cane vehicles and being the serviceman and shop owner/sales/service writer, I spent sooo many hours either on a phone or talking to customers that came into the shop. I spent most of my evenings trying to get the bench repairs done. Even when I hired an installer, the customer, often a taxi driver/owner would spend the hour or so that it took to install or remove their radios, wanting to talk story with me. It was great for customer relations, but really made it hard to get my work done. In addition I did a lot of work on different sides of the island of Maui and spent much of the time driving to locations and working on equipment located on the roof of the hotels. Lots and lots of time to travel there and go back and forth from the parking garage to the rooftop. Again, the people I dealt with sort of expected to be able to talk with me about what was happening and the latest and greatest new radios coming out. Bottom line is I may have spent at least 60% of my time dealing with customers and potential customers as opposed to actually doing the work. This is the life of a shop owner.
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  339.  @torchit007  🤔
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  340. I wonder if a coat of anti seize or even grease applied between the axle and leaf spring might help in the future. Not that it would likely have this job done again.
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  341. Watching a year later and you had 10,000 views and subscribers are up about 472,000.
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  342. 34:59 thise dowel pins are sensitive to the alignment, in that a bit too high or low can make it hard. Up or down on the back of the transmission.
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  343. So what was that noise on startup and the flash of paper towels. Was that you just revving the engine?
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  344. Popped z hood. 😆 You and I have so many similar random sayings. Mine roll around in my head, unless I'm talking to the dog, chickens, ducks or goose. I should get a camera and let those thoughts out, maybe I too could be a YouTube star too.
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  345. I serviced radios for the sugar company HC&S on Maui. Cleaning each radio I serviced, especially the Motorola handhelds, became such a hit with them that they sent quite a few radios into my shop, just to be cleaned. Working in the dust and of the cane field, just a little extra effort to send back a clean radio was a big reason they were my largest customer. They told others at the county about my work. That little extra can really effect the customers perception of a shop.
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  346. Any vehicle can be replaced with enough money. Unfortunately, spending enough money to get it running, makes it even more rough to decide if you can run it awhile to recoup the repairs some or scrap it with the repairs. I guess a third option is to get it running and sell it to someone that is a fixer upper or thinks they are. Not a good choice either. Scrap it, write it off and go shopping for a new one.
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  347. Metal shavings look like woolly caterpillars.
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  348. Extra steps possibly because of its expense and the overall plan to make sure it is a money maker.
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  349. Might have been nice to make marks on your lift for the jeep to refer back too.
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  350. People don't like PT Cruisers, so it could bite you to give it even sell it. BUT, on the other hand, I like my PT taking up half of my garage as my grandson is trying to remove the manual transmission that went downhill, just after I put about $2k into a total front end suspension and steering rebuild. I've done so much work on mine, and watched you work on them, among others. Just give it to me and I will arrange to get it to Virginia.😊
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  351.  @timothygeiger8271  yes, lucrative is good to me. I'm in Virginia, that is why.
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  352. 40:34 gotta love to hate those scammers. Usually the lead caller passes off to the next guy to sink the hook and the next one to close. Guess you were too friendly and they figured you had their number.😊 I wanted to see who they thought they were calling.
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  353. Procrastinating a trip to the store. I have a three prong led light to install in my attic, the latest project, but the one outlet up there only has a two prong. I thought about cutting the third ground prong off the light, but trying to keep things legit. I see your extension cords are already sporting a cut off third ground prong. Yeah! Love demo days. Just pulled an ac unit that would fit in your closet. It is in my garage in case I want to use it, but not sure if adding power use to my house.
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  354. Ugh, half way thru and so many questions. Guess I have to watch. You are putting the bottom radiator brackets in, without the electric fan in place. Also, how are you going to flush, without running any milkshake through the new equipment?
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  355. Thanks to this video, I found the exact same issue on my 2001 PT Cruiser. I never would have found this and would have spent money on parts needlessly. Rainman, you saved my butt, or at least my PT Cruiser. I am dealing with a starter issue, the original just gave up and I put a new one in today. Ran a little while, starting fine and then while also trying to find out why the interior lights weren't timing out, the start stopped working. After it cools down, I will troubleshoot. The original starter was definitely bad. This is a new, not remanufactured starter. I did trace the start wire to the solenoid and know it wasn't a relay type issue.
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  356. Additional note. When mine was bad, I would rev the engine up and it would start missing above 2500 rpm.
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  357. How the heck do you transition between camera views, yet your audio is seamless? Showing the axle being inserted from different angles, while talking and no interruption. Two cameras and edited together? I would love to just watch and see how you film and edit these videos.
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  358. I have to say that jobs I would have viewed as impossibly complex, you have a way of showing how it is pretty basic and involves taking off things in a certain order. Granted that I have no lift and a shop full of tools, but over the last few months, I've taken on a lot of my own car repairs and now view them in a different way. One thing is replacing gaskets. I make a point to have them ahead of my job. Not replacing them will make it a repeat job for sure. Where I live there is an auto parts shop every miles and different dealers everywhere. But if I take a job on without my parts in hand, they probably won't be. Which due to shipping and places like Amazon, I've had true second day and even a same day delivery.
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  359. At 45:12 you mention needing to wire it backwards. We of so little faith, should know Ray has it together to know this.
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  360. My 2006 Kia Sportage has some bonky bonky noises whenever I hit and bumps or pot holes. Nothing serious or loose enough to easily feel loose when I move the car or jack it up and move anything associated with the tires. I'm thinking it's the strut. I would for sure order the whole assembly if I decide to replace the struts. Since it's more annoying than serious, it probably won't happen for a while.
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  361. Grease those pins. "There's really no reason not to." I like all the little extras that get done, but are not itemized out on a bill, just because it's the right thing to do.
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  362. Maybe you should have at least done the extraction part with your new machine, prior to changing the seal and stayed a bit cleaner. 😆
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  363. 42:13 the sign of a good technical minded person, being able to visualize different scenarios in their mind and come up with ways to work around things.
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  364. I never knew how to do that electric conduit. I would have attacked it with a hacksaw. Your video is worth my time already.
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  365. 24:00 wasn't the other car something other than a sonata? Maybe there was more room to reach in there?
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  366. What was that mesh looking cover over the air filter? Was it another layer of protection for the filter itself?
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  367. These days I do more listening than watching on your channel. Since I can imagine what you are doing and only occasionally need to watch. I either use my ear beats to do my things and just listen to you talk or I play you on my TV and still mostly listen. You do a very good job at describing what you are doing, and thinking, etc. Plus, you are so versed in everything you do and give such great breakdowns on what you are doing and explaining the reasons why and how, that it's a learning experience with every post.
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  368. Napkin hoarder, plugs vent.
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  369. It sure surprised me that that spline shaft was so long.
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  370. Can't believe you would install a customer provided part of any type. I can't find one that does that, they all want to sell me more expensive parts. I understand why, but it has made me a better mechanic doing it myself.
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  371. Given most situations on a vehicle, probably having to remove anything in the exhaust system would be my last ditch effort or enough to make me think twice if I want the headache. Some bright engineers need to redesign them so they don't meld together and require torches, extreme heat and dealing with broken studs and such. At least you have a lift. I've only done them on the floor, being a home mechanic.
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  372. Earlier in another video, you mentioned it looking like a strawberry shake, but on my screen, it looked more tan, yet the lighting must be better, because the Pepto bismol pink is much easier to see.
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  373. Trying to watch at a bounce house birthday party that my granddaughter is attending. I couldn't hear it, even if there was good audio.
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  374. 14:06 that wire wheel would definitely do a job on those latex gloves if snagged.
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  375. 39:52 nice that it already is glued to the foam. I did one, but couldn't come up with the foam. It showed every little dimple. It sucked for sure. Plus I didn't have any material to use and went to a fabric store. I didn't want it to look like Grandma's couch and instead got some snake skin looking material. That was so ghetto and sucked to look at, plus the work I put into it. This was in Hawaii and I had a minimum of places to work with. When I moved to Virginia, I paid a couple hundred dollars at an upholstery shop to have it done. It was soooo much better.
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  376. New T shirt material. "She's A Cute Machine" You called you daughter that and she is one. My 7 year old granddaughter has been my partner since birth and its amazing the great stuff that has come out of her mouth over the years.
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  377. 20:17 Lauren restrain that man's wallet. No more projects and future builds.
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  378. After seeing a few GMC vehicles worked on, I really doubt I would want to ever have one.
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  379. 2:05 yellow bottles get confusing. Different fluids in yellow bottles can lead to issues. At least it has for me.
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  380. 32:39 is safety an issue in your shop? Ya just gotta beat it into them before they get hurt. Not that I'm a good example. I could have been a poster boy at work for what not to do.😊
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  381. That customer really went for some work today. I can only guess how much they paid. With that much work, having a video record is of great value. Maybe one day people will keep the videos of their services to show the next owner. It might add value to the vehicle.
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  382. I enjoyed watching this video for no other reason than just to see excellent work being done. So the bolts underneath don't require any torquing?
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  383. Billboard? You realize you would have to grow if you had a sudden influx of people that would expect quick repairs and not on your time frame? That seems like a lot of extra pressure, and money spent, before you could see return. Might as well throw out having vacations and home early days. If you can keep two techs and three lifts busy, then enjoy the pace. I can relate to having the billboard, but do you really want what would come with it?
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  384. I picked up a set of those scrubby pad discs and am using them yesterday and today while cleaning and rebuilding a couple lawn mowers. They do work nice on my drill.
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  385. Back when I lived on Maui and a dump site, now closed, was a popular place to go savaging, especially with the bottle and can deposit programs, a lot of people would be there all day, looking for recyclables and "treasures". Then one day the tractor with huge spikes for wheels, was backing down the trash mountain, an elderly man was behind him and apparently didn't hear him and the operator didn't see the man. Basically the guy was killed. That ended the practice of picking through the rubbish, at least legally.
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  386. It's too bad some engineer couldn't design on completely plug and play modular. I learned with mine, that just digging in and removing things is a way of life with my PT.
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  387. I want to go look mine over, even though I have no issue. 😆
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  388. It drives me nuts that all the socket and wrench sets seem to not have consecutive sizes wrenches and sockets. I always have to go and buy the ones not included and then their carrying case has no room for the extra ones. What is the reasoning behind this? It's not like the missing size is never used.
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  389. I keep getting ads for buckets and drums of brake kleen and other degreasers. Did you mention you had some bulk coming? Is there a cleaner that uses it and pressure sprays it? What about an ultrasonic parts washer? I love how well the cleaners work. Generally I do a good soaking or two and then use a high pressure water hose or power washer. Hard to do in a shop, so mine are driveway repairs. The problem is a can doesn't go very far and they are a bit expensive.
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  390. If you reversed the steering gear hoses, would the steering have been opposite? Turn left, steer right, turn right, steer left.😮😊
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  391. These cars you work on drive my OCD crazy. They all have a ton of leaves stuck below the windshield, wipers and along the fenders. It's fall here in Virginia and I'm constantly de-leading all my cars.
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  392. What would you do without a good pry bar? Everything is a hammer, but not so much with pry bars.
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  393. I probably could find your shop, just by the number of PT Cruisers sitting around inside and outside. 😆
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  394. Outside seals should be a must. The second axle there was a lot of reddish rust when removed and all the dirt, mud and grime just fills in the axle housing.
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  395. That air powered cleaning wheel sounds like the dentist's office and make me cringe.
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  396. The brake lines are looking pretty crusty. My 2004 Dodge Dakota has some too. I have all the lines sitting here to replace. Even a new master cylinder. I replaced the booster because it had a core charge due to expire soon. The new booster worked great. Super nice breaks now. I never knew much about adjusting the shaft that goes into the master cylinder. Now I know a bunch. My worry now is with the new booster and stopping power, I just hope it doesn't blow any rusty lines before I can replace them. I'm not looking forward to that job for sure.
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  397. Nissan guys! Is there a better way to get the oil pan off, without jacking the engine up?
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  398. Its crazy just how many small, seemingly insignificant parts, can create such a problem.
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  399. I wonder what your kids think or will think about their dad that works in cars and talks the whole way through.😊
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  400. I find myself holding my breath so often as Ray is waiting for an unclick.
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  401. Twice I had the little rubber ends of my manual shift PT Cruiser break. Once by the shift inside and once outside like this one. I was pleasantly surprised to realize just a rubber bushing could be the problem and not some internal transmission issue.
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  402. I love putting new parts on a vehicle. I just wish the money I spend was actually improving the vehicle.
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  403. 11:57 looking at the two camshafts, there is a hole on the left side, closest to the timing belt. Both camshafts, exhaust and input have it. The fact that they are aligned with each other, facing the same way, is hopeful. If they were not, then the exhaust and intake camshafts have been misaligned. There is a pin in the timing belt side of those shafts that keeps them in sync with the timing belt pulleys. In some cases those pins will brake or shear off if not torqued down properly and then the two camshafts will turn out of sync. Hoping the timing belt teeth shaved off and no valve damage was done. Being a semi-interference engine, only the exhaust valves will strike the piston and get bent. So with the smoke test if that is the case, there will be smoke leaking out of the exhaust side, but not on the input side, when both shafts are removed and allow all the valves to be in the closed position.
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  404. Me too!
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  405. Having attempted transmission repair on my Dodge Dakota 4.7L, I confirmed my earlier thinking that transmissions were for specialists. I replaced a valve body, thinking it would solve the problem. It didn't. I opened it a second time with my grandsons help and still couldn't get it figured out. I put it in the transmission shop and they did a rebuild and it still came down to a bad computer. I paid them, they sent me home to get the computer replaced, they didn't do those. I did find a shop online that sold them and they use your vin to program them to work right with your vehicle. That was a simple matter of unplugging the old one and plugging in the new one. That solved the problem. In retrospect, my transmission and valve body might have been just fine and it only needs a few hundred dollar computer versus $3000 worth of transmission work and a new computer. If an honest expert had checked it, such as Ray, it might have been revealed in the engine codes and problem solved. I will attempt most any other work on a vehicle, except a transmission job.
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  406. Maybe you could get some subscribers to send you parts, although I know you have certain parts you prefer. That jeep would be sweet with nice new brake parts, maybe powder coated.
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  407. I kept waiting to see how you were going to line that belt up around the tensioner pulley. You seemed tuned into the belt and the tensioner, so I kept thinking you knew something I didn't, then you realized. Sometimes the camera sees so much more. And then the other thousands of eyes that watch your every move.
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  408. I had the same situation with my PT Cruiser. Finally had to remove the pin by knocking it out and then taking the bolt loose outside of the car. The nut was tack welded to the assembly, so the bolt side has to be loosened. It was a pain though and very hard spot to work. Had to do it twice because the new steering gear began leaking after a week and I had to replace it under warranty.
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  409. 7:35 reeeee hazardous spill!
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  410. If that roof was there before the building, it was built in an age before screwing in aluminum roofs was a practice.
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  411. Wow! What the heck? I have to say I've been wondering how you were able to do these videos on company time. It had me wondering to the point of almost emailing you to ask. I don't yet know the reason for this, just speculating on my thoughts. Having gotten addicted to your channel, I am interested in what your next move is. Up here in Virginia, we could use an honest, skilled tech to work on cars. Which is why I've taken to fixing my own and tuning into YouTube's to help. Your channel had some videos that pertained to my cars, but I've tuned in more for the entertainment factor. Good luck Ray. If you ever get up to the Hampton roads area in Virginia, I'd love to buy you a coffee or a beer or both.
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  412. 24:21 I bought a plastic repair gun, basically like a soldering iron with flat tips and ways to use different clips to melt into the plastic. I think that could have repairs that broken plastic tab from the grill that is mounted with, I believe a 10mm. Maybe not critical, but might just give you that above and beyond type repair, even if no one noticed it.
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  413. That one brake clean has some great pressure. I can't see the name, denso or something?
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  414. Good catch!
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  415. Was that a naughty word at 22:10, as the belt slipped off? No worries. You deserve them now and again. 😆
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  416. Is the CV boot cover ripped at the end of the video? Looks like a hole in the rubber boot.
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  417. I have this same Kia and my first experience was these alarms. The person that had it, sold it cheap. I went after an O2 sensor and it was my first intro into O2 sensors, fuel trims and date showing before and after the catalytic converter. I finally had a mobile mechanic work in it and did a tune-up. Because the plugs are in the firewall side of the engine and require removing the intake to get to them, only the front plugs had been changed, probably in it's lifetime. So he did the intake removal and new plugs and did a good throttle body cleaning. That took care of the check engine light and the car was very responsive after that. It also opened my eyes to just cleaning the throttle body and intake manifolds of all the carbon. I'm doing my PT Cruiser right now. Started as a radiator hose replacement, but so far I've done the whole throttle body, intake and intake manifold, right to the engine input where the valves are visible. Plus replacing the vacuum and pcv valve. One hose was completely blocked between the intake and the vacuum brake booster. Soon I will have a lot of the old, cracked rubber and plastic parts replaced. Can't wait to see how it runs after.
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  418. So who does the alignment after these jobs?
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  419. Dang, I wish it wasn't so far from Virginia to get to your shop. I would drop off my Dodge Dakota 4x4 4.7l V8 to replace the oil pan gasket. I just finished doing the valve covers, not bad. But it looks like the oil pan gasket requires pulling the engine or dropping the front differential and axle and even then to clear the cross member, the engine might have to be lifted. I can hardly believe that a gasket that will fail fairly often in the vehicular world, has to be such an outlandish job to take on.
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  420. 22:02 your preference wins out.
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  421. I'm surprised that you would just assume the #3 plug is, gapped and okay. Personally, I would have verified it at least.
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  422. 47:00 I have to wonder with exhausts and high heat areas where bolts not only just snap off randomly, they practically weld themselves metal to metal. Why haven't engineers figured out a way to build these components to handle the heat and corrosive environment so that these things don't happen. I can't imagine similar things happening to aircraft or rocket ships. Is it just a cost factor? They must have the science figured out.
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  423. My 2001 PT suddenly wouldn't start. Did the troubleshooting through the starter relay, there are a few similar ones to swap out, so that's pretty easy, even without a voltmeter. I setup a long metal rod to reach the solenoid and voltage was present. So I applied battery voltage, via the rid, directly to the starter side of the solenoid and it cranked. Being that they are sort of a one piece thing, not like the old days where you fix them, I replaced the starter and it works great. I also had a lot of after market led lights, sound systems, alarms and bling on the car. It was previously a show car. It would die every three days if not started. I think it was pulling about 60 milliamps from the battery in the off position and so I disconnected about every aftermarket item and it seems okay. I bought it and it just had a bad battery after sitting for three years in a garage. Since the new battery, I ended up with a second new battery from the constant discharge and sitting discharged. Happy to say it's running good today with 220,000+ miles on it.
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  424. Making good use of that new to you metal table. I've been on the lookout to get one too.
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  425. Taking that last bolt off the top, is like climbing up a mountain. You get the steps figured out in one direction, but sometimes the reverse trip is much harder than anticipated. Haven't watched that part, I may be commenting prematurely.
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  426. I'm on the east coast, but it seems I'm always thousands behind in the comments. Must be the European fans caulking up the views and comments.
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  427. Every mechanics shop should have a tow truck available to help with customer service, but it can be a bit expensive if not being used. It looks like you may need another semi mechanic/helper/tow truck driver soon. There is a lot about the business that requires someone's attention and yours are best used in the garage wrenching. Looks like another aspect of the Wife Unit may be coming up.
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  428. Working with your arms over your head is a real struggle. I do better on the ground with jacks, even then it's rough.
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  429.  @aliasfred  I actually tore it half apart to do that a couple years ago and when I saw the belt was new looking it sat for a few years in my garage. I finally got on it with my grandson and put it back together. This was before I would have to mess with the belt and everything to get to the water pump. I probably should have continued on and did it, but I just wanted it out of the garage. This job is just the hoses, flushing the system and replacing squeaky belts. I just need to get enough mileage to get my grandson through school. He uses it to go to aircraft mechanic school about 45 minutes away and graduates this summer.
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  430. All those whining and ticking noises are just the bearings and such, filing each other down to match. That works best when running only a quart of oil. That way the metal can wear down faster. Then when you change the oil to remove all the filings, it will run perfect with new oil, since everything ground itself down to match its adjoining surface. 😮😮😮😮 Am I serious?? No, just being sarcastic 😊.
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  431. 34:37 Slippery lube. Go figure.😊
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  432. Manual clicks, should always be combined with a grunting noise for emphasis. 😆
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  433. lower control arm bolts had the washer on the nut side coming out, I believe. You reinstalled them on the bolt head side.
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  434. It's a year later and today is a heavy rain day in Virginia. I want to work on my cars, but I've fixed most everything over the last few months and they run amazingly. Mostly from watching your videos. The things left to do are minor and I've already spent too much money on my three cars. At least on a rainy day I can watch your videos and m feel like I'm getting something done. I've run out of your new videos to watch, so I have to go back in time.
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  435. Probably at least half of my more oddball tools I own, I went and bought after watching Ray. Even a few that looked cool or interesting and I would rarely use them. I'm a tool junkie, just show me how they are used. A few, such as my super and super-duper small ratchet wrenches have come in handy. Phlange wrenches as Ray called it.
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  436.  @Aspie_Geek_UK  yep and it feels good to have a tool for a situation that you previously didn't even know there was one. The very small ratchet got me into spots I couldn't have gotten without it. I need to add the oil filter wrench.
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  437. What a cornvienent way to check the fan for voltage. Why didn't the engineers figure that out?😅
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  438. Nice!
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  439. 23:55 what is that cover for?
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  440. Spent many years under dashboards installing and removing two way radios. If everything I still do, the ability to get up under a dash and still focus, was one of the first to go. I first found it physically hard to get in all the positions, then as my close up eyesight deteriorated and I needed glasses, it was still hard to focus. This takes me back to those days.
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  441. Do you have another person working there? I hear so many noises like another mechanic doing work.
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  442. Is there a high performance ac system?
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  443. I only read or believe the good stuff about you Ray.
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  444. It's after the hurricane now. I'm wondering how it worked out for you. I'm also wondering if your trailer is safer in flooding than the shop. Is it prone to flooding where your shop is? Is your home safe from flooding? So many questions inquiring minds want to know.
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  445. My reasons for repairing my own cars, trucks, mowers, etc. I'm 65 and not as good as I once was, but as good once as I ever was. lol Kidding aside, I used to give a shop thousands to keep my truck running, but there was always more to be done than I though. I caught them saying my cv axle boot was leaking grease and needed replacement. i decided to do it myself and halfway through, I realized that the grease had been applied somehow to the boot. No cracks or leaks. Since someone else already did the cv axle on the other side. I did it and now know the condition first hand. I've done my own work since then.
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  446. What no shirt extension and a wobbly for that back screw?
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  447. What about the tires needing replacement? Yes Ray, go home. The long term effect on a marriage and family can be devastating, when you feel like the customers needs and the bill paying are worth your time more than helping get the kids fed and in bed and time with the wife unit, despite how supportive she is at present, that is not likely to hold true if you always make a point to put work over family. Speaking from experience here.
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  448. What are the RAM thingamajigs on the dash of that truck?
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  449.  @handbananaistherapist642  just setting up to pull the front bumper and dig into the condenser and radiator on my 2004 Dodge Dakota and see how much damage my grandson did rear ending a car. Being the third time, I'm well versed in what to remove. In this case I'm sure a new condenser, fan clutch and electric fan need to be replaced. The bumper cover too, but I've had trouble with getting a bumper that actually fits. I have three that don't fit sitting in the garage now. Insurance is waiting to see just how much work is involved to quote me. I did the second repair without insurance money, hoping to keep the cost down. The first one was under accident forgiveness and I haven't heard what the second one did to premiums yet. Well off to get my grandson started pulling things and filming it for my channel.
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  450. Maybe a noise isolating wall on the door side of the compressor to shield the shop from noise the compressor puts out. Knowing that audio for your filming is critical.
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  451. Haters just troll the reviews and get a kick out of doing negative reviews. In some cases, there is a concerted effort by the competition or people that are carrying a grudge about someone and they will flood the reviews. Anything to bring down your review average. I know I was mixed up in finding you in Google. The first one I found said you were closed and lacked info, but in response to my email to you, you enlightened me as to that it was not your shop and then I found the right one. The other shop is close to your location too.
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  452. Dang, watched all the way to see how you did the pressure bleed. Then your phone call preempted it. Oops! but never mind, should have watched to the end.
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  453. It's noisy, I usually use earbuds to listen, partially deaf, but your voice and mic work exceptionally well together and I can hear you above the noise.
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  454. How do you know what the camera is seeing when you are working two hands and it is in a mount? You seem to be on top of it all the time. Some don't realize their camera has shifted until a ways into their filming. I never used a go pro and am curious as to how you do that.
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  455. That top hose is spooky. It's awfully close to the belt and pulley.
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  456. A couple tack welds and then a bunch of muffler patches. Growing up in Hawaii, mufflers never lasted and muffler patching, tape and epoxy was on most of the Maui cruisers.
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  457. Your dyslexia is kicking in. 311,386 miles, not 311,368 miles as you said. Amazing the details that your viewers can spot. 😆
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  458. My Dodge Dakota has been losing a coil every so. I swapped them out when I replaced the valve cover gaskets. Each time the exhaust would do a sputter with a suck back thing. I hung a napkin over it and it sucked in and out. When the coils are good, it doesn't suck in. I pulled my coils and measured the input resistance. If they were about 7.5 ohms, they were okay. If one dropped down, usually about 5 ohms, that indicated it was bad. I had kept my original coils and did a resistance check on each one and marked it for future reference. So as one craps out, I was able to go back to the good older ones and replace it. I was doing the coil swap thing and after finding the input resistance dropping on the bad ones, I just pulled them and measured them. So far I've done that with three coils.
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  459. You must be careful with your use of brake kleen. I would hate to see your shop go up in smoke.
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  460. With a light in the obd connector, you Snap On diag machine would be good at twice the price. lol👨‍🔧👨‍🔧
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  461. 15:32 nice wood!
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  462. I have like three of those small chargers for emergency use. The most I ever got out of one was a one time start. The rest, despite fully charging them, wouldn't even start a car. Beside those small ones, I've had the bigger battery packs, some with air compressor and similar issues. I don't have much faith in them now. I also have issues with the small stand alone portable air compressors. They barely handle putting air and the last one I had, slime brand, it's gauge runs about 12 psi hirer than it is. I've been running my tires about 10 psi lower than they should be.
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  463. A rubber glove over the exhaust pipe during an air pressure smoke test, would show by inflating the glove with air and smoke. It's surprising that the intake valves are leaking.
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  464. We've become a TikTok 60 second culture. Your videos are longer, but it's good content and not made up like many shirts, reels, TikTok or whatever. I've become a short attention span type. But your lengths are great. I struggle to sit through an entire 2 hr movie these days.
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  465. Sitting here and holding my breath as you struggle with various parts of this operation.
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  466. Wandered around an old car dealership down the street that has been abandoned for awhile. They have some nice lift racks to display cars in and a lift, similar to yours, bolted to the cement in the back. If I can find the property owner, maybe I can "clean up" the left over mess in their property. Sure could use a good lift.
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  467. Does troy owe you like an indentured servant, with all the work you do for him? 😊
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  468. Ray, when you edit these, do you sit through the whole video? It seems like you would have to in order to make the various edits that you do. Considering how long your original video time is, it must be like living your life in real time and then in playback. I have a tough time sitting and watching my own videos. But I don't do much editing, except to combine a few clips into one.
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  469. 17.10 the ominous sighting of a kid unit.
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  470. Careful Ray. The Wife Unit has a whole lot of followers of her own and hidden within yours. Ya gotta be nice to her or the Reeee will never stop.
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  471. I was wondering, but that's what I figured.
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  472. When you move to less physical work, you can launch a remote video troubleshooting course. Sit in an office and connected to the customer's camera to coach them through the job. 😆
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  473. Ah man! I wanted to see what the brake fluid vacuum machine looked like.
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  474. Now what?
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  475. Just thinking that an outside lift might be nice. Looking at the bottom of this jeep, it would be nice to have it lifted outside and a power washer to attack the ancient grease, oil and dirt, before having to work on it.
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  476. The coming out 📸 video.
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  477. Boy oh boy! I would love to be able to power wash all the underneath of that vehicle engine. So much oil and junk built up.
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  478. Pretty active garage. Always sounds like it's a party going on. 😆
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  479. 21:04 your advice about the device.
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  480. 1/4" gun doesn't have the kahunas😊. I believe it is cajones. Kahunas is Hawaiian for medicine man. Being from Hawaii, it struck me 🤣.
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  481. I drove my Dodge Dakota for awhile after replacing my headlights with new led bulbs. It would quickly blink on left turn signals and normal blink on right turns. I went to get my state inspection and realized a driver's side front bulb was out. Replaced it and it went back to slow blinking on left turns. Someone told me it was the different current draw from the ked bulbs that caused it, so I just went with that. Now I know it does that when a turn signal light is out. You verified that today with the car you took to the shop.
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  482. I'm curious if prior to ever filming your work, did you talk to yourself in your mind the same way it did you aquire that ability after filming. I noticed your earliest videos, you were not as talkative, but maybe you just didn't verbalize your thoughts as much. I do this a lot, but more so since watching your channel.
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  483. Red rider. But I know you want the Silverado color. Maybe Silver Streak
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  484. You need a night cleanup crew to come in. Kind of looking like it was a frantic day at Rays today.
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  485. I'm at 39:37, but wondering about the wire that went into the old differential. What was it for and will it be used again?
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  486. 45:06 just watching this is giving me PTSD from when I tore into my dakota trans.
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  487. My dad had a nice El Camino and let me use it. This was on Maui and I was young and dumb, about 21. I was headed off to the airport to pickup people coming in for my wedding the next day. On the way through Kihei, another drive pulled out from a side road in front of me and I crashed right into the side and totaled the front end.😢 My poor dad lost a few cars from having seven kids that all became drivers.
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  488. That was perfect timing. The green subscribe button and the phone all when you pressed it.
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  489. I see that a lot at Wawas around here. People pull up to the pumps and park. Go into pay for gas or whatever, but don't come back to the vehicle for quite a while. Usually with an arm full of food and drinks. Come on people gas and go. Park somewhere else if you are good ng inside.
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  490. 11:38 I'm confused. You pulled the injectors out, put them to the side and then said you didn't plan to reuse the injectors. So were those new injectors?
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  491. You said it was the longest they had, so it would not have happened, except to save time, gas and bolt money. Hope it works out.😢
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  492. Yep, carbon fiber in the pad is the thing now. I did power stop carbon fiber pads, rotors and their calipers. Works great.
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  493. Where did the Jaguar go that was on the corner lift?
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  494. What was that tool? Part socket wrench and driven by your electric wrench?
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  495. Seeing you and Lauren sitting in the truck and my mind flashed forward a few decades and an elderly version of the two of you, just enjoying a ride to the scrap yard. You two are a great couple.
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  496. I am perplexed. I was watching this video on my laptop, but can't find anywhere to leave comments. I had to find it on my phone to leave a comment.
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  497. I changed a front one on my Kia Sportage and am hoping to never change the back one. I did cut the wire on the front one, even with the special offset O2 sensor socket.
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  498. The heights are not so scary, it's just the fall that's scary. 😆
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  499. This is a long the line of one of my comments a few videos ago. It would be nice to drop money into a vehicle that actually enhances it and not just to keep it running normal. I've spent a lot of money on cars this last year to make sure my grandson can get to aircraft mechanic school and nearly all is just to put it back to normal. Although, a new set of brakes pad, calipers and rotors, as well as a full set of tires, does make it seem better.
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  500. Yikes! Why??
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  501. I'm sitting here binging on Rainman Ray Repairs videos. Broke my leg and haven't been able to hobble too far, plus here in Virginia, it is clear and not raining, but won't get much higher than 32 degrees today. So binge watching these videos is pretty much what I expect to be doing for more days. I have a truck awaiting repairs after it rear ended another car, but I won't be doing anything on it for awhile. But watching these videos kind of makes it okay.
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  502. Luna looks a bit worried as you load the van on to the truck. Where did you drive to and load the van. Kind of confused here.
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  503. I like the playing card comment to keep the tabs from retabbing.
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  504. YouTube must be watching your channel. While they have had two commercials in their commercial break, they now are making me skip each one manually. Before I would skip one and then the other commercial would play and get back to your video. Funny to see how they tweak things to up the income for them and you, hopefully. I tend to go cross eyed as I read YouTube's info on how to monetize a channel and all the ways that can be done. I have also noticed that clips or reels are more plentiful now and almost out so the video suggestions from YouTube.
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  505. Just did the bank 2 sensor one and two on my Kia Sportage. I had the radiator out for replacement, so it was a good time to get them, but a pain x2. Sensor two finally had to have some map gas to heat it up. Bank 1 s1 & s2 are real pains. One is behind the motor and I should have done it when I had the intake off for a valve cover gasket replacement. I don't see how to do it without removing it again.
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  506. My Kia wouldn't pass inspection because the wipers hit on their return trip. I went through a motor and other stuff and finally learned the correct alignment mode of having the motor and blades in the right spot and the mechanism in its right spot. I didn't need the new parts, but in the end of the story they work well and I know that much more about windshield wipers
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  507. Isn't that gas tank sort of like a pinto? A hazard if rear-ended?
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  508. I wonder how many mud dabbers lost their home when this jeep came in to repair.
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  509. I think O2 sensors are right at the top of my list of parts I would hate to change.
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  510. My cars are yellow everyday with Pollen in Virginia right now.
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  511. I'm getting a bit spoiled with Ray's filming, audio and video editing. It makes many other YouTubers seem only adequate. He also does a good job with his plethora of lighting devices. Just when I thought my three cars were up and running, most things repaired, my grandson got into a rear ender, number four in a line. Luckily I have a few parts from rebuilding it the last few times. I received some double orders and the online parts company refunded me and said to keep it. Although, I ended up with three bumper covers for my Dakota that aren't the same as mine. Either a split type bumper cover or missing the holes and brackets for the fog lights. I guess I'll get to have more fun again.
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  512. Definitely critical to do multiple passes in torquing the head.
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  513. Did you add subtitles to this video? They keep playing, despite turning them off. Weird.
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  514. Is the no videos or photos sign for real? I saw a video that a customer made of your shop whole visiting you. Is that really a rule or just decoration.
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  515. My scanner doesn't read my 2001 pt, would that scanner read it? Itve had to do the key trick to read the codes on mine.
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  516. You should record the audio if the crying baby and use it edit over the top of your failures. 😆
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  517. 4:52 coke, only drink it, don't sponsor it. 😅
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  518. I watch a mechanic that works on transmissions and he is one armed. Pretty amazing, but if Ray keeps fumbling around moving pulleys and belts, he may have to get some tips from that guy.
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  519. Was the front passenger side tire a bit low on treads?
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  520. I am watching this and waiting. I have two cars people are selling cheap that I want to look at. For the right price and if its no more serious than expected, they might be good turn around cars. One is Dodge Magnum V6 with a bad starter and the other is a 9002 Kia Sportage doesnt start. I have a 2004 Soortage and know them. The magnum reminds me if a gansta family car and just a starter might not be an issue, could always be wirse than the oeople and their mechanica say though.
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  521. If the hoses were reversed, would that explain the difference in pressure? I'm not too clear on the routing through the machine if it is reversed.
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  522. People don't like PT Cruisers, so it could bite you to give it away or even sell it. BUT, on the other hand, I like my PT taking up half of my garage as my grandson is trying to remove the manual transmission that went downhill, just after I put about $2k into a total front end suspension and steering rebuild. I've done so much work on mine, and watched you work on them, among others. Just give it to me and I will arrange to get it to Virginia.😊
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  523. Sleeping on the couch sounds like some domestic drama😮😊.
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  524. The quantity is crazy. Do they really sell that many or is it primarily for the military? I can't imagine that there are that many people in the retail and aftermarket world to use them all.
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  525.  @RainmanRaysRepairs  wow, that's crazy. I never heard of them before your channel, not to say I run in the same groups that would use them.
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  526. It's amazing what happens when there is fluid in the power steering.
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  527. Got to christen a new ride with coffee. It's the rule.
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  528. What about those latest, great filter wrenches that you were gifted?
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  529. How about a long sleeve shirt and even some jeans? It hit low thirties in Virginia and high today in the low 40's. I was in the yard in a short sleeve t-shirt, but worst case a decent jacket and if it's blowing cold, long underwear. I would be scared to use one of those heaters in my garage.
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  530. You need a spot to blow all the leaves and muck off outside, before even bringing it in. Now you just made your shop messy with leaves. Maybe a robovac to just wander the shop all day and night. 😆
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  531. Nice paint job. I wonder if it's original and 10 years old? Pretty amazing to have a ten year old paint job that is that nice now.
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  532. Making me nervous with that heat gun sitting in those nylon straps.
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  533. Loads of PT Cruisers.
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  534. Scenes like the gear removal always find me half holding my breath 🤣.
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  535. Good video for random thoughts. I like the various subject matters, just wish it was easier to chime in in a two way many. In the beginning I sold and serviced pagers and that one way communication was great. Then with existing two way radios and the addition of cellphones, we grew accustomed to having two way communication. Most any name can be demeaning or loving, it just depends on how it's used. I think the "wife unit" is a great and fun way to keep her plugged in to your day today. It's too easy to focus only on your work and life away from them and not bring them into your day to day. I thought about my wife unit everyday while working and in the road. Unfortunately, that life consumed my life, something I regret now. Some random thoughts as I watch you pull up to get the fluid exchanger. I actually need to get outside and unfreeze my hose from the faucet. It's dropped to 11 degrees here in Virginia and the slow drip works only with no hose attached. Hey, I lived most of my life in Hawaii. I'm still figuring out this cold weather life. Like many of your videos, I will pause and savor it in between doing my chores.
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  536. I would totally pay to have Ray give me some remote advice on my check engine condition with my Kia. Because I did the valve cover gaskets and am afraid that I may have an air leak, I even bought a smoke maching, after building one from an old halloween smoke machine. I haven't tried it out yet. The car runs pretty well, except at idle it may run rough. Even replaced both O2 sensors on one bank, the ithers are much harder to get to and I should have done it when the intake was off, but I didnt have these codes at that time, just oil leaks.
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  537. What are the red switches in a row on the firewall inside the engine compartment. I have those too, but never figured them out.
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  538. Dis regard. Mine has switches, but I see those are red clips for wiring harnesses.
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  539. 33:09 I think your mind is too much on what people are saying and what tools they think you should use, its making you struggle a bit with the spring.
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  540. I wonder if those multi-pin type sockets that fit any bolt would work on this?
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  541. Funny to see so many cans of brake kleen around the shop in various locations. Reminds me of an elderly neighbor that was the neighborhood alcoholic and he had bottles of thunderbird next to his chair, in the Kitchen and by the bed and probably a few other places too. 😆
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  542. Cool comic/cartoon effect at 23:50. How did you do that one on the fly?
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  543. The oil around the filler cap, probably from people spilling oil while filling it, reminds of an issue on mine. The oil fill cap is somewhat loose and it seems to splash oil out.
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  544. Will the tool work for a can of tuna too?
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  545. Steel toe boots are great and all, but what if it crushes the steel on to your toes? I have set a very large cabinet on mine ince upon a time. They did fine. It wasnt by choice either.
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  546. I have to add that I'm impressed that you made it to and from work all this time. You have a heck of a drive in both directions, which really shows how dependable you are. Unless you were late everyday. 😆
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  547. Just a side note. Governor Youngkin here in Virginia, just helped dedicate a new factory here that will make the absorbent mats used for the oil, such as what you are using, but also for puppy training and most anything that requires them. Lots of new jobs and no more dependence on China and other countries for them. USA made!
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  548. Curious. What is your favorite repair to do? What seems to be the most often? I think oil changes and brake servicing are at the top. I really enjoy following a repair I've never done, most of them, and ones I probably never will do.
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  549. 33:55 No engine light after putting the sensor on, but there wasn't any before. Is there a sensor alert for that at all? If so, shouldn't that have flagged?
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  550. I spent the morning helping my 85 year old neighbor replace his RV air-conditioning motor on the top of his RV. I was noticing that things I've learned from watching Ray have carried over into other work and jobs I do. Plus, I seem to narrate my work and life to myself more now than before. 😆
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  551. The next step is making the Silverado's cockpit look like a jet cockpit with gauges throughout.
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  552. When I checked Banks for my 2004 Dodge Dakota 4.7L, they had nothing. But when I looked at Dodge, they have three Dodge rams, one which has the same engine. I'm wondering why I couldn't order one based on my engine. I know I should ask Banks about this, but am posing the question to you all.
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  553. I was pretty confused about the owner of this jeep. I think I'm slowly understanding it all.
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  554. I bought a plastic welding repair kit from Amazon and have made a bunch of repairs with it.
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  555. I so want to attack my Kia now and change gaskets to eliminate the oil leaks. It looks worse than it is. It doesn't use a lot of oil, but the oil that is dripping out, is soaking my new alternator. When I replaced it a few months ago, it was totally soaked in oil. I'm not positive that's why it died, but I sure hate to lose another one. I'm off to visit grandkids that are three and five and I never met the youngest because the pandemic got in the way. Now I just have to hope my grandson won't blow up anymore cars before the end of the month. When I return, I can finish fixing a second vehicle that's down and then I can take the Kia down for awhile. I have done a ton of work on my three vehicles, but the money spent is still far less than the payment on one new car, insurance and mandatory maintenance to keep it in warranty.
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  556. The first time I saw you work on one of these engines, I thought "What a pain in the arse!". But having seen more than one, I still think its a pain, but not nearly as frightening as I used to think.
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  557. If cost is a big issue, save the back coils to be used if a front coil fails.
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  558. I would rather have stupid ideas than no ideas at all. The brain learns and records for future use when a stupid idea is employed.
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  559.  @chrisstromberg6527  I thought that he was talking about getting just the piece that broke off and replacing it on the connector. I have done electronics most of my life. Radio repairs in vehicles. Being in Hawaii, there was no place to just buy different connectors and in many cases it would take months to get them from a supplier and they often had a minimum order. So buying a couple connectors wasn't enough and the shipping more than the part, plus the down time waiting. Over time if I ran into enough of the same connectors breaking, mostly inside two way radios I worked on, I might keep a supply in hand, although resoldering the connector in the radio ran the possibility that the circuit boards would get damaged. I did notice that Ray had on hand kits with assortments of washers , clips, etc. Even then, there is such a variety that it would be expensive to keep everything in hand for immediate repair. I think I'm rambling, time for bed. 😆
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  560. Should have pulled the hard to get to bolts in the pan, prior to the waterfall of fluid.
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  561. Drive the cart to work. It's Florida, don't most residents have and drive them? 😆
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  562. What's up with the audio in this video. Keeps fading away. Usually your audio is really good. But something is different in this one. Also the Wife Unit has issues with low volume. Her camera seems to zoom audio when you zoom in. My Sony does that. Maybe some Bluetooth microphones or something.
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  563. Why am I so nervous about using a torch over the engine, where gas fumes and lubricant coexists? I'm sure you were confident enough about it, but fumes are scary things. I have sent a 1956 jeep gas tank about 15' in the air, thinking I had totally cleaned it to try and fix a puncture. I only waved the flame across the top of the filler and 💥. Luckily it was removed and sitting by itself in the yard.
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  564. Couple days growth of the beard. Must indicate being home alone and the wife unit is off the premises.
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  565. Transmission manufacturers help keep the bolt industry healthy 😅
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  566. I started out after college, installing and repairing two way radios. Back in the day, that meant a big unit mounted in a trunk, with a couple inches wide if cables going to the driver's area and on to the battery. Inside the car, I often had to disassemble the inside to run cables and mount brackets and such to solid metal. I started out working in my parking lot and if a customer came back early and saw their brand new car, even a Mercedes at one time, in parts like after the wicked witch finished with the scarecrow. Interior panels, seats and other parts laid out everywhere so I could do my work. In the end, they never new what was involved normally, but we're even more surprised to see it in the middle and the finished product. I did that as cellular began and eventually things were designed to smaller, less cables and eventually becoming handhelds. I had a number of installers working for me over the years and really, only a few could handle the work. Especially when we had a fleet change out of 20 or so vehicles that had to be removed from the old vehicle and reinstalled in the new vehicles. A lot of after hours work involved to keep from losing the use of the vehicle. I spent more time doing this work, than being at home with kids and family. But that's life as a business owner.
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  567. Being able to do a big job with only a few tools is what I learned from watching your videos. 10mm and a small screw driver.
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  568. Much better to try and fail, than to never try at all. That being said, go for it. Wondering if the existing office could be moved to allow better access to the side lift? Get a good structural engineer involved and that space can get maximized. It's amazing how many lifts one guy can work on simultaneously. Considering many have to stay out until the job is done and there are many reasons for delays. The corporate mentality is each space needs to make money and nothing can take up its space, so go, go, go. If you need to add someone in to help with the load, it will be a huge improvement and give you the option. I may have to plan a road trip to Florida. May come buy one of the cars you fix up.
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  569. I like that power puncher tool. Wonder if there is an electric version?
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  570. I'm not clear about the pickup tube and the oil pan. With the oil pan in place, you can't get to the pickup tube to remove it. Are you saying you should have removed it prior to trying to get the oil pan off? 🤔
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  571. Why is this so addicting? Times 472 thousand.
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  572. The cover blocking the water pump and being under the camshaft gears is the same as the PT Cruiser. Ugh, what a design.
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  573. I love that because of watching you do front ends for the past year, I have rebuilt the entire front end and replaced the steering arm, including dropping the subframe to do it on my PT Cruiser. But thats not all, I have nearly rebuilt my Dodge Dakota truck front end and am finishing up today on my Kia. The Kia had a clunking noise. After replacing sway bar links, control arms and struts, it came down to the worn sway bar to frame bushings. The worst thing to have to do. It involved dropping the subframe partially down, loosening the steering column shaft to get just enough space. The only thing left holding it was the front engine to subframe mount. It also involved dropping the Y pipes of the exhaust. Luckily it is fairly new. One lesson I learned from you is to just go the extra mile and remove things in the way, rather than trying to take short cuts that take longer and result in more damage. At any rate, I maintain all three of my older cars myself, from self confidence of watching you work. The money I have saved on all three cars is still less than a brand new car payment, interest and required maintenance that costs extra.
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  574. I need that yellow hood latch. My grandson tried to strong arm the hood closed, thinking it was mainly held up by the two hydraulic lifts. Bummer is mine was chrome, like so much of my PT is.
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  575. 6:05 those clips are always a pain in the arse.
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  576. Amazing use of air to turn the nuts.😮
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  577. One more video that makes me want to add a lift to my home garage.
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  578. I agree, I break up my view time based on what I am busy doing. As long as it's interesting. I do videos and try to do the talking during it, except to join different videos into one, I don't know how to edit and voice over. Plus his rambling is more to the point at the time, than going back and watching and then adding audio. He is very wordly talented. Plus he remembers so many things from the past that ring a bell to me and it's fun to think about them again.
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  579. Gotta love a good impact wrench and hammer.
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  580. Seems like there is a need to have some sort of flush liquid that is inexpensive and won't harm the transmission or radiator and can be used in multiple flushes, without needing to spend as much on food grade or even adequate grade fluid until the flush is satisfactory. But then again, I don't know how often someone might do this procedure. I have come across other YouTube mechanics taking on a similar situation. So it may happen more often than we realize.
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  581. Good explanation of why you jumped on Troy's project. I agree with your explanation and feel quite sure he can do it on his own after a good visual. Most of us work under the same situation, by watching YouTube's of others doing the work.
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  582. It would really suck if you had to remove the windshield to get those bolts back into the top of the dash.
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  583. Every impact and the rust is flying. The camera is great at picking up all the flying materials.
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  584. I hope brakeKleen sends you product or at least pays you commission. What is your estimate on cans per year? Must be high.
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  585. I kept wondering when the sawzall would come out?
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  586. Can i send my troybilt shredder to you? Stupid design has it so you have to turn the shredder and all with the motor to start. Hard to get enough of a spin on the motor with it all dragging along.
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  587. 10:46 I never knew there was a big shoe and small shoe. I learned something knew at 67.
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  588. Predicting an upheaval within your life and career within the next month and that I will still be watching your work.
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  589. Is that the same lift you had concerns with awhile ago? I remember one gave you some concerns.
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  590. I wish I had stock in 10mm bolts. By far the most prominent bolt and nut used in most cars now.
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  591. That headliner would make me OCD. I would constantly have to brush it out to make it look uniform. Otherwise I would be riding down the road, thinking about that messed up section in the back that I can't reach while driving. The rest I would risk life and limb to fix a section. I don't even want to think of after the kids spent some time there.
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  592. Hard to believe this job makes any economic sense by now. I can imagine just how much money is going out or being lost.
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  593. Phalanges are a wonderful thing.
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  594. Built from too many inferior recycled beer cans.
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  595. Just did my Dodge Dakota master cylinder and bled it in a vice, just because of youtube and videos saying to. While one outlet passed fluid throught it right away, it took about two pumps to get the other one to. I held a plug in the one that passed first while doing the next pump. I could see how that would have been a pretty big air bubble. We managed to keep the fluid in the lines to the top and reconnected the brake lines. The brakes are pretty good. We did the vacuum booster earlier and despite getting the push rod from the booster, adjust to the master cylinder plunger, it just felt like the master wasn't pushing the pedal back up all the way. There is no return spring on that brake pedal and it requires the master cylinder to push it back up. It wasnt and we had to lift the brake pedal up or the brake light would stay on. I had bought the booster, master cylinder and all new lines and tubing to replace the whole system due to rust, so we swapped the master cylinder and that improved the brake pedal return. The old master cylinder was probably hanging up as it returned. I will disect it soon to see.
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  596. Looks like a job for the Laser rust remover.
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  597. Personally I've been nearly as impressed with your video and editing skills, especially concidering that you are doing a legitimate job at the same time and editing on your personal time. I have said before that I would love to watch your filming and editing to figure out your tricks. I've seen others that do the same thing, even some of the very well known youtubers and friends of yours and your filming and audio out do them. I can see how hard it is to try and make any sort of tweak to your filming and editing on the fly and immediately posting them. That doesn't allow time for you to access your efforts, so the reeeee crowd does that for you.
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  598. Sharing this to a few PT enthusiasts on some YouTube PT groups.
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  599. Sure is nice to have such a big trailer. It would drive me nuts to have to evacuate. I give you all so much credit. I would probably just move.
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  600. Cheesed Off Meaning: (Adjective) A British slang that means to be annoyed or disappointed, primarily used in Great Britain. Example: I'm cheesed off because you ditched me to go to some weird film viewing event.
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  601. The lug nut probably fell off the cat frame as you moved. I thought maybe it was the one you used on the hub bearing replacement that was missing one.
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  602. Did the new guy watch a hundred videos minimum, like your subscribers. After a hundred Rainman Ray videos, I can now do my own mechanic work and even work as an uncertified mechanic 😊.
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  603. Like a washing machine motor on wheels.
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  604. Never knew much about the timing chain or belt wedges to lock it and maintain the timing. I bought a few from TEMU for vary little and have them should the occasion arise.
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  605. That wind sound is crazy. Did you ever figure out what it's from?
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  606. I give you credit. If I had to do work on that van thru that doghouse, I would probably quit and go home. I have done it before when I was young, thin and flexible, but those days are gone.
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  607. At about 20:20, just as you spotted the hose off, your camera captured a hose close to the battery that had a crack, just past the clamp. Not sure if you see it further in this video, just thought I would point it out.
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  608. What's with the sleepy time music while pouring oil? Covering over some shop music because of copyright?
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  609. Rubber bottom out bushing between frame and control arm is missing. Every car I have they they also deteriorated and are not a replaceable part that I know of. i see you didnt address them, so I guess they deteriorate and that is that.
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  610. I had a complete set from Harbor freight and from 1/4" to 1/2" they all were suspect. I ordered another whole set from Amazon, different brand and don't believe their torque settings either. I needed only 20lbs for a spark plug and I stopped using it because it wouldn't click. I even tightened it down in a vise and couldn't get a click at 20lbs. I never used them before, but have many times since I got them for brakes, tire lugs and steering components. I am not positive any of the low range are accurate.
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  611. I'm curious to figure out how you charge on this? I used to run an hourly charge, but found I really couldn't only charge by the time. Many short jobs are because of my expertise from doing similar jobs, so I would charge a minimum or hourly, even if it was a fast job. But then other jobs for so drawn out in hourly mode, that I knew I couldn't charge straight time, without having backlash. One extra note. A fuse inline to feed the relay should be done. There is no protection between the light and the battery. Spooky. Also, good fuse holders are a must. Bad ones have an iffy connection and create heat and intermittent power situations.
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  612. Was some sort of screw supposed to go into that cap retainer, that held in place the axle retainers? It seems like it would have extended into that piece between the axles, where it had a groove for it. Just something that will eat away on me now.
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  613. 42:25 is where the cap was being installed.
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  614. Shooting for 300k on my 2006 Kia Sportage with all my own work. I love the way it drives and gas mileage.
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  615. 14:25 ah the sound of air tools reminds me of the dentist's office.
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  616. Ray looks like a circus clown driving their little clown cars. 😅
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  617. You go above and beyond for your customers. Sitting here watching your work and thinking it would be nice to have scrubbed the top of that valve cover, maybe even a quick coat of engine paint. Just to add visual to the knowledge that it's all new.
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  618. Being tall and thin has its advantages, but working under dashes is a struggle for most. I replaced the alternator in my daughter's car yesterday and it's so low to the ground that my back is sore from leaning over it. At one point I had to work on my knees to reattach the belt. I don't know how people manage that are bulky and have to crawl in these spaces.😅
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  619. You need to add to the channel name. Rainman Ray's Repairs and Forensics. Glad he got out of it.
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  620. Good grief, could they have figured out a more convoluted way to run that belt?
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  621. Darn engine block was made with old recycled beer cans.😊
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  622. I'm looking forward to this Chevy Cobalt repair if it is approved.
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  623. I would love to have someone like Lauren in my life. Why not let things go. There are so many positive comments on your videos to pay attention too. Maybe the stealerships you exposed hired a crew of trolls to go after you, especially if they see this video and know it gets to you emotionally. Don't let them win Ray. If they do, we lose.
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  624. Surprised that it didn't take a hit in the last hurricane.
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  625. Boy oh boy! I sure hope these jobs pay the bills. You probably could have cranked out a number of small, good paying jobs in the time it took for this, plus editing and uploading. I can really relate to your fatigue part way through. The long video we watch, is generally a day or two, at least for you anyways.
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  626. Personally, I would love a comment about all my comments, in order to know they are being read, than to be focusing on the trolls and negative stuff. Being a loyal viewer, one reply would make my day.
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  627. I see this part 2 video and a link to the 2.5 video, but don't see anything about a part 1.
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  628. Wow! This goes beyond regular mechanic work.
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  629. I wonder what happened to the electrical tape on the actuator wiring on the driver's side. It looks pretty ratty.
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  630. 22:19 once you got this far into the engine, I remembered seeing a job like this that you did before. It's crazy that I remember repairs in different vehicles that I never worked on and all from watching Ray.
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  631. I was looking for and wondered about the rubber seal that was missing in the old thermostat. I had never seen one that didn't have one. Hope it's not stuck in the water pump or radiator somewhere.
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  632. 40:27 it's taken me the whole day to watch this on and off because I've been helping someone with their car, but this job feels like it was a whole day job for you. I can't even imagine doing this repair. Just when I begin feeling like cars are simpler to work on than I previously thought, you get a job like this. Just removing so many different sizes bolts and brackets on brackets scare the heck out of me.
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  633. I've done work on a trash can lids just like that. I like the height. 😆
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  634. I'm curious if these customers, such as this mustang customer, just happened to come to Ray's as a new shop on the block or are most of them people that have seen YouTube?
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  635. 3:19 she's biting her lip. A sure sign that you're dead if you aren't pulling her leg.
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  636. Maybe you can get that laser descaler and give us feedback. I'm more likely to believe you than their commercials.
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  637. Who do you send it to for alignments?
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  638. I just did the valve cover gaskets on my 2001 PT Cruiser and found that one of the pcv hoses between the vacuum booster and the intake, was full of tar. A screwdriver brought out a bunch of it and it took a bit to spray some cleaner down and actually open it up. I bought a new tube. I wonder if yours is completely plugged and cutting off the air when plugged in?
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  639. Getting that metal cover off the lower timing belt area, reminds me of doing the PT Cruiser. It involved jacking the engine up and down to get clearance for the bolt to come out, without hitting the frame. Had to jack the engine up and down a few times to get to everything.
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  640. Karen's make you want to put that Silverado into 4 wheel drive and shove that Karen and her car forward enough to fuel. 😊
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  641. How is it you get away with music playing in the shop and YouTube not hitting you for copyright? So many other channels, mine included get hit with warnings just because some random song is playing in the background. I don't always hear it and I know you used to be concerned about it, but at 23:12 the music is playing clearly. Unless you added some non copyrighted music into the edit.
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  642. Since watching Ray, I learned about sealant in just the little seams. I used to think that I needed to put sealant along the whole gasket, but I like this much better. It's a good thing I'm only a home mechanic and it's not my job.
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  643. It's now December 2022 and it's cool to look back at this video now that I know what I know. The future is bright indeed!
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  644. This video is like watching a Perry Mason episode 😁.
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  645. I only recently had the opportunity to replace sway bar links on a few cars. One requir d a very thin open ended wrench on the other side, away from the nut. The ither, similar to the Ridgeline uses a torx in the center of the shaft, but that limits you to using only a wrench. Cant get an impact over the bokt when a torx is needed in the center. Why they dont just do a conventional nut and bolt is beyond me.
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  646. 28:36 it looks like they didn't even spray cleaner when they did the pads.
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  647. Out of random curiosity, what is the highest mileage that you have had on this channel. No doubt Troy's jeep is in the top.
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  648. 9:51 Sounds like the Reeeeee sound of your commenters or the high speed drill at the dentist.
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  649. Yeah! More PT Cruiser videos
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  650. Fit just like it was made for it😊.
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  651. Not sure why you dont saturate such obviously corroded bolts.
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  652. Garage sale? Another shop closing down? I recently saw a marketplace ad for a place in Chesapeake and the guy was selling everything and moving. Boy, if I only had the cash, I could have scored some nice equipment.
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  653. At least the alternator is accessible. Will the remaining charge of nothing and no alternator working, even get you to work?
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  654. 13:42 maybe they took a trip back a few decades to grab thise capacitors.
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  655. You should create a new channel for just broken bolt removals. You sure seem to deal with them a lot.
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  656. Does the old refrigerant that is removed, get reinstalled or does it just go to the waste stream?
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  657.  @jsh6952  thanks! I've been wondering, it seems like it would be pretty pricey to not do that. I guess there is no concern of contamination?
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  658. I get tools like these from the auto parts stores loaner program. Although I have to pay the full amount to get it, they just return the money when it is returned. I've done that with tolls not in their loaner inventory and haven't had a problem. It's hard to believe the company wouldn't have them or at least be able to get one for that job.
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  659. Wilson, like in tool guy. Never could see his face and usually just the eyes up across the fence
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  660. Anti theft modification with the starter.😊
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  661. 19:11 that camera view makes the truck look as long as a greyhound bus.
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  662. You were not super talkative in this video. Makes me wonder what is going through your head 🗣️. Being a tech in my own shop, I also spent many hours on the road too. Many years of idle thought with no one to talk too, worked against me. I find watching your videos and discussing them with my dog, has helped to free up congested thoughts, going around and around. Watching your most recent videos, I can see the benefits to your talking and expressing your thoughts, even though it's mostly one way, but you know there are thousands interacting with you on YouTube and many more just watching. I think my brain is in ramble mode now.
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  663. Since I've been watching for awhile, I recognize the tools you mainly use in your past videos. Quite a bit of duplicate tools in all those drawers. All my HF torque wrenches are not working or out of calibration. They didn't last long. I replaced them all with leviton ones from Amazon. Even one, maybe two is questionable. I need a torque tester calibrator.
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  664. I try to keep a supply of metal paper clips in my tool box. They are very useful for a multitude of jury rigging and testing.
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  665.  @johnt.848  In maritime transport terms, and most commonly in sailing, jury-rigged [1] is an adjective, a noun, and a verb. It can describe the actions of temporary makeshift running repairs made with only the tools and materials on board; and the subsequent results thereof. Per wikipedia. My dad retired after 20 years in the navy. I guess I never thought about why I know that term.
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  666.  @johnt.848  Hmm? Never heard it that way, but there are so many terms that are floating around that we either don't know where they come from or are slightly altered by various people over time.
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  667. I once was into kind of a scam. I went to a used car lot and asked to test drive a nice El Camino with a 454? I told him I was going to take it to show my dad, who was home working on another car. He gave me the keys and away I went. Picked up two buddies that were waiting down the street and took it for a ride in what was a new highway from Kahului to Maalaea in Maui. It was a standard shift and part way down the road I decided to head back, but turned around as a car was coming. I realized it was not a good idea and they were coming fast, so I did a power shift into second on the turnaround and spun the car in a circle, before straightening it out. That was a bit too exciting for me and my friends. Also did the same thing with another used car dealer and a yellow Corvette. That went alright. Young and dumb, but it makes for memories.
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  668. It just came to me. I've been trying to put my finger on why Ray's videos are more appealing than many other YouTubers that are similar and I think it's sort of like watching Jerry Seinfeld repairing cars.
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  669. 31:16 wondering if a power steering fluid flush might have been a good idea? Since it was nasty. Did you pitch it to the customer or feel it wasn't really needed, thus saving them money, especially since it's a fairly expensive part?
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  670. That bearing tool was really worth buying.
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  671. O2 sensors suck. There must be a better way to design them. They tend to weld themselves to the threads, which make for a scary situation.
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  672. I'm fascinated by your video work and what you use to do them? I've wondered if you or others doing videos, find themselves narrating their life mentally when not doing videos. 😆
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  673. What is nice about passing on knowledge as you work, is that while you are working, you think of lots of things to pass on as a teaching mode. The information that you passed during this video, would have been hard to remember and bring up in a classroom situation. One day, you could have all the information that has accumulated in your videos, transcribed and collected in to a format that would be conducive to a classroom teaching environment. Classrooms are good for going over these things, but then taking that same information into actual working environments is what really helps it sink into a student's brain. Maybe one day you can do that and become a teacher or sell a book.
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  674. I just changed a control arm on my Kia and to get the ball joint loose, I employed the upside down castle nut and hammer method. It forced the castle nut down, spreading the castles and becoming one with the thread. Crap! I got two new ball joints and will change them with the control arms.
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  675. As usual, I should watch through before asking my question.
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  676. Too bad the owner doesn't get in between these parts replacements to clean and repaint. Being a jeep, it will get crusty again anyways, but it would make me feel better watching it.
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  677. I'm surprised you don't have back trouble bending over engines, like while you were fixing the wires. Especially with low cars. My back kills me when working on my PT and bending over.
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  678. What if you only use the vacuum side, no pressure? Would that work? It seems like it would since just gravity will cause some flow.
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  679.  @theundergroundlairofthesqu9261  it's a 2004 SLT with the 4.7L V8. Two door. The thing I like is it was the last year of that body style. I bought it new on Maui and it hasn't broken 100k miles yet. Between my son's and now a grandson, it has been through the wringer. My grandson was born just before it was built and I was hoping to hand it off to him. He's been my sidekick since he could walk. I put up a video of us on my YouTube showing the tear down we are doing after it's third time rear ending another car. Just ordered all the parts to install yesterday, so hopefully we will be putting it back together soon. Once my grandson graduates tech school this summer and is working as an aircraft mechanic, I'll pass it and the expenses on to him.
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  680.  @theundergroundlairofthesqu9261  I had a Durango I bought just before I bought the Dakota. Then when I got divorced, the ex kept it. One day the lady at the dealership that knew me, called and said it had been towed in. I went to see what happened to it. She ran it up a bit rock in a pasture and caved the front end in. I suspect on purpose. She was like that and probably didn't want to drive a car that has a connection to me. She ran out and got a Ford escape afterwards. With most of my parts coming by next week, I'll be tackling it soon. Headed to the doctor to check up on my broken leg from two weeks ago. I prefer to do this with my grandson. I have actually two sets of the three sizes of mechanical torque wrenches. The first set from Harbor lights and I found out they weren't working. I had to put a lot more torque in order to get them to click and it was way more than the actual value. I bought a second set off of Amazon. Name brand wrenches and the only one I even trust is the 1/2". I started getting the same issues with the 3/8" and 1/4". I even put the end of the torque wrench in a vice, set it for a low value and couldn't get it to click. So now I have one I kind of trust, too big for small jobs and five of them I wouldn't use.
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  681. 7:44 I will usually get the bolt or screw a couple taps first. Then try turning them.
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  682. My Kia, previous owners changed the front plugs, but never did the whole job to include the back ones. When I went for the whole job, the back ones were really bad and just looking at the front ones would never have told me that.
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  683. I'm wondering why those wires melted? I have a 2004 with a 4.7l and wonder if that could happen to mine. I doubt it is, but is it too close to a heat source or what? I can only imagine the cost to troubleshoot just this far.
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  684. I could see the angle on the jack, being in line with the bracket, would bottom out on the wheel side of the bracket and lift it off its main catch point you were lifting.
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  685. I could never imagine jumping in so deep in a repair like this. Yet everytime I watch these videos, they make me think about it, if I had to deal with it. Of course without a lift, transmission jack and a few other cool tools, it wouldn't make sense to even try. I just finished removing and cleaning the carbon on my 22 year old PTs intake manifold. It was really baked on, but being a watcher of Ray's and a few other YouTubers videos, I tackled it. I keep finding things to change "while I'm in this far" like rubber heater hoses hidden under the manifold. Again, watching Ray has given me the confidence to do this.
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  686. What if you supply the ground, instead of or with the ECM? If the ground circuit is an issue, by supplying that, it should keep running.
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  687.  @peted5217  I don't think I was implying that my truck was reliable, mainly pointing out that I normally don't like warrantees and that despite the cost of it, it doesn't mean it's saving money, because you are committed to regular service visits. And yes, they did provide a loaner on long repairs, if needed.
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  688. I think seals and gaskets are the biggest issues that are left uncorrected. Oil pan, head gaskets. Various seals, always seem to leak and it's often cheaper to add fluid than to correct the situation. Almost seems like a specialty repair someone could capitalize on.
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  689. I like our version of escape, ESCAPE' sounds better.
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  690. I have the same battery booster/jumper and it only worked a few times. I am getting ready to disassemble it and look at its battery pack. I've been through three similar ones and they just don't hold a charge long, even when left on the ac charging. That's today's project for me.
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  691. 35:55 you need a weekly appointment at the nail shop, so they can sand down all the grease and chemical stains.
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  692. Your wife unit must feel like you always have friends around that you are talking too.
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  693. Similar rebuild I did on my PT Cruiser. I did the full Monty too. Unfortunately, right after the manual transmission started making noises and the car now sits in my garage with a brand new front end and a half apart transmission. 😢 My grandson has aspirations to finish removing it to rebuild or replace. If we didn't enjoy driving it, it would be the same as tossing money down a bottomless pit.
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  694. That fancy little hose remover, I also have in my tool box. I bought it, along with some other tools for the same purpose of removing the plastic snaps that are used throughout cars to hold body parts on. That and an assortment of the plastic fasteners to replace those that get broken. I really like that tool for poppenz out, the little plastic fasteners, but never until now, thought to use it as a hose remover. I shall try that one day when the opportunity affords itself.
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  695. How nice to have an engine removed from the car to reseal. I wish engines were modular and could be removed to work on.
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  696. Was a nut missing on that steering box?
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  697. Off subject. What's happening with your tow truck these days? Haven't seen much on it. I saw an ad for getting work done by you and had me wonder if you pick up in Virginia😅.
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  698. ​ @FenrirFabrication  I think it has evolved to refer to the quality of a product. I just watched a few guys hand build a huge bus in Pakistan. The end product was nice looking and probably serves it's purpose well, but it has almost none of the safety factors built in. This is more about the country's laws and views in what is acceptable. The company of origin comments relate a lot to the quality. And yet many products, including ones from China have begun to be very well built, even compared to the USA. So it's not so much about the people themselves and more about the quality of the products. If that all makes any sense. I may just need another cup of ☕.
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  699. Hmm, I would have tried something small enough to slip into the hole and push it inward. Plus some sort of silicone grease.
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  700. Pretty late intro today. 7 minutes in.
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  701. 23:15 have you done something that makes it okay if copyright music is in the background? I know it used to be an issue, but lately you don't seem too concerned.
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  702. Pedal monster I can see in racing, but normal driving? Really? It can't be that hard to press a pedal faster, yet using electronics to make that faster? I already have to watch how much I accelerate my truck, especially on turns. Too heavy and the tires spin and lose traction, maybe even try to swing around and best the front end. That's scary. If anything, I need to invest in ways to keep the lighter rear end on the road. It's cool and it's really cool to see all the things Banks has come up with to interrupt the various inputs and alter them to get different results. Tricking the ECM is fun.
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  703. After getting hooked on these videos, I've been much more aware of all the other YouTubers, some with over a million subscribers. Figuring out how they do it by watching the video is tough. I need a behind the scene of how they edit and get the videos up. I've struggled with doing even the least edited videos.
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  704. You would be surprised or maybe not, just how many people have no idea on how to put wire loom on.
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  705. I wonder if this is a common problem with the Ford transit? If that is the normal routing, it seems that it would happen to many more of them.
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  706. I did get a few things that I want to check on my own cars from this video.
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  707. Glad to see such a thorough job done in that oil pan. Being mostly man hours, that good of a job just doesn't happen without a big price tag attached. I don't know what they paid for the job, but knowing it is cleaned and done properly would really ease my mind.
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  708. My first thought, just beginning to watch this, is the left driver's side is running slightly higher with no one in it. Maybe that's so when a 200 lb person jumps into the driver's side it causes it to level out. I have no idea if it should ride level empty or not.
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  709. I thought a diesel engine was supposed to be a pretty basic engine. It's amazing how much crap they managed to attach to it for whatever reasons.
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  710. My 2004 Dodge Dakota has all new calipers, rotors and pads all good, but it takes a fairly decent amount of pressure to apply the brakes. Kind of reminds me of pre-brake booster days. I tested the brake booster by pressing it until it was hard with the engine off. Then when I start it, it sinks down a bit, but comes back up. Basically the test they recommend to see if the booster is working. Based on that, I would say the booster is working. I found the original steel lines are pretty crusty rusty. So I actually have a new booster, master cylinder and every pre-formed stainless steel brake line that is required to swap it all. The only thing I don't have is the abs module and maybe a junction. So I suspect replacing it all will correct the problem. I just would like to be pointed to the most likely issue. I've owned it since new and definitely know what the brakes should feel like. Any ideas? I have to do the booster soon because of the core return, but am waiting until I am comfortable taking it down and doing it right without rushing.
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  711. What would life be like without wobbly sockets? Terrible, that's what.
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  712. Just did a brake maintenance and pad replacement on my 2001 Kia. I really can see that I'm less hesitant to take on work and to be willing to jump in and take things apart the right way, since watching your channel. I find I never have enough brake cleaner. Just did the 2 for deal at AutoZone. Last week I did the rear brakes on my 2004 Dodge Dakota. Found it was all good, just clean em up and regrease the slide pins and replace the boots, I had those already on hand. Now I have Power Stop rotor, calipers and pads in the front and still some runtime on the rears. I am looking at new shocks though. The last reason the rear brakes might not be doing as much.
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  713. I got to replace the front cv axles on my dodge truck, because a shop said they were bad and I didn't want to pay so much. Once I got into it, they said the boot was leaking grease, yet the grease was on the boot, but no hole. I can only guess that they got or put grease on it. It got a new one anyway, but wasn't really bad as the shop stated.
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  714. Just the replacement air filter should help over the old one.
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  715. 28:37 I've been hooked on a number of channels, your being one, but I find that over the past two months, the initial interest has waned. In the beginning it's new, I may have never have seen the content or the style of presenting it, but like any relationship, it's not all butterflies in the stomach. But, I find your channel and a few others are my go to channels to tune into. I just don't binge watch them anymore. I may listen to podcast style videos with not much to see, while doing my yardwork or working on my car, but I need to be able to watch channels like yours and of course to comment. Arnica is wonderful for those knots or strains. I use it often for minor strains. I like the gel type that sort of evaporates after. Often if I do it at bedtime, I'm good with to go the next day.
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  716. Is it the same, but has a connector to fit up front? Just a guess. You said you ordered both. Unless you were talking about both back ones.
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  717. I've been curious for awhile. You used to have to kill audio if music was playing in the background because YouTube would hit you with copyright infringement. Yet lately, I never heard anything about it and songs are very audible in the background. Just wondering 🤔.
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  718. My grandson will be 20 this year and graduating from the AIM aircraft mechanic school here in Norfolk, Virginia. I would love to have him connect with active and retired A&P certificate holders that worked in the aircraft fields. I see you and many other aircraft mechanics in the comments.
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  719. I want to know about the white car next to the van? Future job or does it belong to another shop?
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  720. 14:16 why you use a screwdriver, instead if a nut driver, usually 5/16", I don't know. I do know you like to do it your way.😊
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  721. Where's a fluid exchanger when you need to suck this goop up?
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  722. What about the water pump? I know on the PT Cruiser and other cars, you have to do this much to get to the water pump, so the timing belt and water pump are changed at the same time.
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  723. Sure that hose is not leaking compression.
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  724. Additional sad story. When I was maintaining the radios at the docks, on the island of Maui, for the big rigs that moved the containers around, one of the bosses apparently brought his young son to see the operation. But vehicles are moving quickly and not expecting a child to be under foot. His son wandered off and got behind a rig and it backed over him. That guy was a really nice guy, but it tore him up big time.
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  725. It is a bit far from Virginia, but I sure wish I was close enough for your services.
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  726. Looks like they chose to use regular water in their cooling system, instead of normal coolant. I can just imagine that the system is full of metal pieces. A coolant power flush might be needed.
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  727. Such a nice rush when you start the vehicle after all the work. It must be nice for you too...
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  728. Did you get a doodle do phone ringer?
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  729. Customers might be less than pleased to hear some of his honest comments and humor.
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  730. At one point you mentioned a vin mismatch. I could see that if it had one, then it would think there is something nefarious a foot.
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  731. That's how my compressor on my PT Cruiser sounds. Comes and goes, even when off. Sounds like a pulley is holding back and the serpentine belt is sliding. I added some oil to the compressor and it seemed to get better for a short time, then intermittently screams and the cold goes away. Being fall, I may put it off for a few months, as long as we don't run the compressor.
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  732. What about just drilling it out. Even if you destroyed the threads, you could still rethread the aluminum and use a different size bolt or insert a threaded liner. Just speculating.
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  733. Bill per procedure. Then if any extraneous circumstances are present, you have some room to lower it if compelled to.
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  734. Good grief that has a lot of belts on it. I like that most of the work faces the front. I tire into my PT Cruiser to look at the timing belt and everything is done just inches away from the passenger wheel well. Plus the engine has to be jacked up to its highest point and lowered to its lowest place, in order to get to various bolts and such. A real pain.
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  735. All the shops I've dealt with, I generally will leave it for the day or over night to get the work done properly, rather than just quickly. Which works out, unless you have a shop with a different model than yours. I don't like having to keep bringing it back to be repaired and additional labor charges that go with it. For your operation, having had a shop fixing two away radios, I tend to wonder how many jobs you need to get enough billable hours, just to cover your expenses. Profit on parts can be pretty variable, with mainly your billable hours having to pay the bills. I feel sorry when a shop starts out putting customers first and have to "adjust" to make enough money. That adjustment often crosses the customer service line that the operator chose.
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  736. I don't know why, but it's like working in the garage with a buddy, less the 🍻. 😆
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  737. I love the feeling of shiny new replacement parts. But, I like it better when I can spend money on shiny new add in stuff that makes the vehicle work better or look better or both. Repairs need to be done and makeshift fixes are not the way to go, but there are things I would love to do to my vehicles, if I didn't spend so much just replacing parts. Even brand new cars are so expensive, there isn't much left over to spend in extras.
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  738. I wonder if that front drive shaft separated and the transmission side started spinning like a wobbly socket out of control and managed to grab the lines. The lines by this time may have melted and separated. Ultimately, my feeling is a direct short at the battery positive side. Since it doesn't seem like a fuel driven fire, it could be driven from the battery releasing all its amperage. It's very easy to arc weld with the type of battery in that truck. 🤔
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  739. How much is the warranty company paying anyways? I'm curious if the warranty company is one of the many that advertise on TV? I've thiught about using one, but just cant help but yhink that as long as they are making money, they are happy, but will nickel and dime mechanics and parts people to soend the very least they can. The commercials make it sound so great, but uf they are like home warranty companies, they make it sound like no worries. They will fix it replace with like models, but when it comes to doing a replacement or authorizing a repair, they only approve a fraction and pay the customer, not actually replacing the defective appliance, but they pay off some unseen list that isn't what it actually cost to replace. My home warranty paid me only $250 for a under counter above stove microwave that went bad. They said the microwave was not repairable. But a new one was $600+ and insult to injury, I had to remove the old one, find a second hand one and figure out how to remount it. I don't trust warranty companies anymore.
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  740. 12:16 no smoking 🚬
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  741. Spent a day trying to pull the passenger side cv out of the transaxle on my PT. Ii was brand new and only coming out because I messed up the new seal I had installed and it was leaking. I had slide hammers, CV forks, chains, pry bars, you name it. The new one wasn't coming out. My grandson decided to use the shaft from the slide hammer, minus the hammer and with the fork reversed. I held it in place and he us d a small sledge from the driver's side and it finally came out. Just never know with CV axles. The original 2001 cv axles were removed without much effort.
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  742. What I hate about fixes like these are they are improving or adding to the car. It's something that needs to be done and the money spent, but it just brings the vehicle back to normal. I like spending money on things that really improve the car. It seems like that rarely happens in my world. The money spent in cars is just to bring them back to a normal operating level. I would love to be able to put money into reupholstering and or repainting a car just once.
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  743. Guess that shower in your shop will get used.
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  744. Yep, with your type of work and all it takes is one mistake or someone less than honest and you and your family could lose everything. Get legal and insured ASAP!
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  745. May be too early in the video, but taking off the air filter box would seem to make sense and open the space up.
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  746. Strap the harnesses up out of the way! Driving me crazy.
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  747. I love the tools you get to use. That bearing puller from Dormant is wicked.
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  748. Almost passed out, holding my breath as you got the belt finally on.
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  749. I watch a lot of YouTube channels and their censorship is out of control. I tend to follow creators to Locals and Rumble because they don't censor and penalize the creator and the people commenting.
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  750. If you had some help, tearing apart a Miata would be a good job for them. I realize it's probably a fun job for you, but when you have the help, you can prioritize your work. Big things are headed your way.
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  751. Those wheel covers or hub caps are future flying objects. I would hate to get hit by one as it flies off like a flying saucer.
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  752. Did I miss something? Was there a determination that a bypass intoxilock was the cause?
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  753. Darn catalytic converter thieves are stepping up their game with sneakier methods?
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  754. Curious if you get storage fees for so many vehicles sitting in the yard? An example is the burnt up truck. I saw is still taking up space in the yard.
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  755. Sometimes it would be nice to have two right hands.
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  756. After clearing the codes, it flashed that you had to cycle the key off and one again. That maybe is why it didn't clear right away.
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  757. I really like blue gaskets, because I know they are new.😊
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  758. Working for someone else, you had the service advisors and front end people that would have weeded out these types of jobs. The big shops are way too afraid to take on these. Liability, the low probability that they will work or work for long. Those ships are protecting themselves. Hopefully this customer treats you right and if it's a big fail, then it was the customers choice to roll the dice. If that happens, cut their losses and walk away knowing that they and you tried. Hopefully if it lives a while longer, they use that time to squirrel away some money towards a new vehicle.
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  759. No doo dee doo allows space for more unique to Ray content.
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  760. Full unedited versions may be their own channel. I would wonder how they do against each other. In this day of reels, shirts and TikTok, it's quite a feat to be able to do a one hour video that so many will watch from start to finish.
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  761. Hmm? I like to get a general feel for what the audience comments are, but with nearly a thousand or more even, comments, I would spend the week just reading one video's comments. My phone allows me to select top posts, I don't know what determines a top post or most recent post. I rarely watch on a computer or laptop, so I am probably missing better comment navigation that an Android phone just doesn't have. I remember when YouTube was just coming out and seemed like a step above home movies, yet it's so much more and channels like this are just down right crazy. To think there can be 27 thousand or more views within hours of posting and before I even get in to look.
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  762. Curious if you add some mechanic help, will you outfit them with a camera too. Will their interview be dependent on their mechanical ability AND their ability to talk through the job as you do. 🤔
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  763. With YouTube captions on, it hears a chainsaw or weed whacker motor and says music. 😆
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  764. You caught the wife unit on some site. 😆 You in trouble now, fo sure.
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  765. Wow, this was a great video example of what might work against a shop. I will have to save this one to make this point in the future.
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  766. Did I miss it? Didn't see a brake check on pads and such.
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  767. It might have been a mistake to dig in there based on your misinterpreted step, but at least you were in there and able to correct the issue. You would have had to anyways. If you hadn't taken it apart, there is the chance that you might not have gone far enough to find the issue. So mistake or not it was a win in the end. I went back to this video throughout the day because I had to see the ending.
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  768. Sounds like your daughter is wanting your attention. I'm babysitting my 7yr old granddaughter and am only able to watch your videos in bits and pieces. From playing in the yard with the chickens to dolls in the house, she's a nonstop playing machine.
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  769. With 483,000 subscribers, I can just imagine what it would look like if every willing soul converged on the shop to help out. 😆 Even when you correct for all us old geezers that can only sit and watch it all happen, there is still an impressive number of potential helpers. Dang! I need a channel. I can't hardly get my grandson to help me out around here anymore. Imagine your power to effect nearly a half million people from around the world. Blows my mind.
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  770. I agree and am fascinated by how well he can place the camera to get the shot, with a hand or stand or magnetic device or however he does it. The audio is generally consistent. I would love a wife unit depicting how he does it all from filming, getting various camera angles and how he does his editing at home. I could really learn from watching his video and editing work, like I have learned to fix cars from watching.
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  771. Yikes! I can't even imagine replacing an engine in this.
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  772.  @oldschooldude8370  yeah, kind of figured that. I just degrease and power wash and then start looking. My Kia had oil spread everywhere, yet it hardly used oil. Spreading around made it look like a major leak.
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  773. Only 9000 more subscribers hit the half million subscribers point. If your channel was a stock, I'd be buying shares.
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  774. Blimey!?
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  775. After being on my second set of torque wrenches, I get really Leary when it seems like it's taking too long to click. My first set of torque wrenches from Harbor freight started to seem off and I put the end into a vise and even on a low setting, they would not click. I'm in a second set from Amazon, but not entirely sure if I trust them either.
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  776. Is the oil pan gasket really reusable as it states in the pan?
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  777. You are lacking fellow coworkers that can come to help you push dead cars into the shop.
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  778. That top spindle nut removal, nearly knocked your teeth out.
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  779. 23:09 climb out the window!
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  780. It's so funny to listen to you and many of your sayings. I grew up in Hawaii and lived there most of my life. I'm 66 and yet you say things I grew up saying. Using a faux German accident at times. Pretty much anything with zee attached. Coming zee, open zee, etc.Maybe it has to do with old TV programs. I don't notice it much, until I hear you using similar sayings and I use them when talking to my grandkids and animals. 😆
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