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

  1.  @mattbrown5511  Lucas electrical, they invented the intermittent wiper, and also the flashing indicator. All you can say is that you are thankful they did not also include Magneti Marelli ignition in the mix as well.
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  2. Yes but the bearing is only a tiny bit cheaper than the whole assembly, and once you take into account the 15 minutes of time to press it out and the new one in, it is cheaper to replace the whole thing. Yes doing it yourself the labour cost is lower, but Ray has to make a profit on the job, and the 30 minutes to swap versus spending 30 minutes on another billable job, is making replace the whole thing look a lot cheaper. I have done a repack on noisy ones, but once noisy the bearings are already toasted, but more grease from new will help with longer life. Bearing packer that gets the extra bit past the seals works well, especially on ZZ bearings where that is just a dust seal, and not so well on RR ones, where you might pop the seal getting more in. Have done gearbox bearings, where the new ones came in as RR, and I removed the inner seal, so the gearbox oil could lubricate the bearing as well, much better life over the original. Those with an outer seal both got removed, so the seal got lubrication.
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  3. Hey, at least this exhaust is not leaking with broken bolts.....
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  4. Either needs to add spacers, or mount those speakers under the box top, which means stripping the top cover (likely held on anyway with either pins and hot melt, or screws) and screwing them in from behind with a foam gasket. Probably double the volume that way, and get rid of the buzz.
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  5. At least that one is easy to change, though i doubt Ray will have the time or inclination to put new brushes in it. Used to do that years ago, but now it is faster and easier to just put a new one in. Especially on cars where you cannot even see the starter, and have to make a pile of parts on the floor next to it to reach it.
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  6. Lack of maintenance kills them, but the fault is an originally poor design, and also defects in manufacture as well, as they run with poor oil flow, and also with known defects in manufacture, plus extended oil change intervals, and too thin an oil, to improve economy.
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  7. They only paid for the one phaser, not both. You think they would pay for a new bolt?
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  8. Old plugs likely were changed by agents, using OEM spec parts, thus the red dot, to indicate they came from the manufacturer part stores.
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  9. For those I prefer uninsulated crimp connectors, and then slide over adhesive lined shrink sleeving over them. That then will make a water tight connection, and overall you just place a larger non adhesive lined sleeve, that protects the final join. Uninsulated connectors are smaller, and you also get crimp connectors that are crimped over the 2 bare wires, like the OEM does for in harness splices, which are a lot smaller and less obtrusive as well.
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  10. Because it was to make assembly faster, who cares about service after warranty expires.....
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  11. One company does have a service additive at a specified mileage..... They stick in a can of stop leak, because they know the head will probably leak just around the end of the warranty period, so the stop leak is added so that they all fail outside warranty. Very famous for engines developing a head leak around the 130k mile mark, and where there are a lot of aftermarket head bolt kits that are there to reduce that. Of course also well known to make extra crankcase ventilation as well.
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  12. Tiny print says welder and grinder not supplied, but needed as well, as they are hand tools.
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  13. DPF easiest fix is 100 miles on highway at speed, to get it to do a self clean every month. Short trips and low speed kills them.
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  14. Been on for a while, because Ray needs to do the important things first.
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  15. Fuse would be a good thing, 60A will do for this, as that power output is not exactly a full time rating, which is probably what actually killed the previous amplifier, high power constantly, and nicely swaddled in carpet and foam, cooking it to death.
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  16. you can see that from the sump, still has the profile to clear a steering rack in it.
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  17. Friend years ago went through 5 reman motors over a 2 month period.
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  18. Plenty of those B series still on the road by me, though automatic variants are vanishingly rare, and most are not in as good a condition as the one Ray is working on.
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  19. So, if you are in an area that is prone to flooding and storm damage, get out of there. If you are in an area with high elevation, and does not get storm surges and flooding, get yourself stocked up, put storm shutters on, and strap down things that will blow away, and help those who are going to get washed out. It would be good to keep water, spare fuel, a generator and fuel, and probably also a month's worth of dry food there, along with a few spare mattresses and bedding, plus some old clothing, because you are going to be a shining beacon of salvation to the area. Let the neighbours move cars to high ground, and lett them stay with you as well. Above all don't be a Karen. Be kind, be polite, and keep a pack of candles handy, along with waterproof matches. Plus a few packs of tea candles, because that, plus a bit of stiff wire, can be used to heat a can of beans in emergency.
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  20. Time to take that door and put an automatic closer on it. They are cheap, and even a mechanic can install them, just have to use a few drywall screws, and sheet metal screws, into the door and frame respectively.
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  21. But they can at least make the Wife Unit comfortable in the office, as Ray probably needs the AC in there to be serviced......
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  22.  @RainmanRaysRepairs  Want to see those removed injectors tested, and see just how they have a difference from before and after. If they will reman those units to 30% over for you, and give the standard warranty, will be a great thing for both of you.
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  23.  @RainmanRaysRepairs  LOL, better than a narrow minded "name the party" person. And yes very likely those corn dogs do suck, mostly because they are both mass made, and also probably have sat in a warmer for 2 days already. Should come visit by me, you can find out that fuel station convenience stores can actually have good food, because here the biggest differentiation for fuel stations is the store, due to fuel price, and full service, being regulated. Only thing they compete on is location and service. Best coffee I ever had, being made to the same standard, was at a fuel station, getting there for the first brew of the day, in clean cups, and a totally clean brew machine. They also do pretty good fast food as well.
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  24. Knew when the rear door does not open from inside it was child lock.......
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  25. I take it you grab a cart, remove old one, and bring it in as a sample and core at the same time. guaranteed that nobody will be able to steal your car in that time unless they came with a tow truck.
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  26. Yes, and as the vacuum cleaner is a bog standard Karcher unit the vacuum pump assembly is also a very cheap item, and easy to replace. Just a non standard bucket with the added mesh inside and the media removal port. But the rest looks like off the shelf, so the wheels, which are always the first thing to go on these, are a very cheap and easy fix. Pop off the broken one, and press on the new ones. Plus also get a spare filter, as that one will get dirty with carbon build up, and they are washable, but having a spare one around means no downtime while it sits in a bucket of engine degreaser overnight, and then is left to dry for a day. Ray should get a set of them to keep, because, in a garage use, they wear fast. But buying another identical Karcher will also have as a bonus the tools it comes with, which includes the crevice tool, which is ideal to remove the media in the inlet, after a little work with a plastic welder to make it a little shorter and skinnier, and it plus right on the hose end. Plus also can be used to clean engines, and cars, unlike blowing air and sending stuff flying, it pulls it all into the bag.
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  27. That was probably 1/8 NPT originally, there for either EGT sensor, or for a pressure gauge to measure turbo inlet pressure. so you have to go larger, which would by me probably be going to M10, though to fill the hole for the weld just a M10 bolt put in the existing hole, ground off flush, and then welded, would have worked well.
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  28. Pliers used on the fan are correct, they are designed for use with water fixtures, and the fan is part of the water fixture.....
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  29. Tire shine also does a nice temporary fix, and then you can buff it up a bit with a cloth to strip off some of that dull top finish.
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  30.  @IntegerOfDoom  Hard to find a great one, you just need to look at the right places. Hint Wallyworld is not the place to look, neither is expensive boutique shops. Mostly found out of the beaten path, at a small shop, where they are appreciated and helpful.
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  31.  @watershed44  By me they are the same basic platform, local assembly, though the beetle came in as a full import only.
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  32. Rags are cheaper than washing and drying them, as there is a lot of old clothing that gets cut up to make rags from the garment trade, who want to move stuff that only is used 4 or 5 times before being discarded, because "fashion" demands it.
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  33.  @derekhobbs1102  Normally those go for either incineration or into a hazardous waste dump. The oil filters would have been crushed for the steel content, and the oil collected for disposal. Rags simply baled up and either burnt with other waste, or buried in the dump as a bale.
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  34. Oil return holes in the pistons also need some love...... Plus you are lucky you are not dealing with pinned rings, where you need to get them right on the locating pins as well.
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  35. Bypass filter with only 2 lines, oil from pump, and oil return to block. Needs to have a third line to return the bypassed and filtered oil to the sump, because all that does is have 2 filters in parallel, so in reality you can put 2 of the finer filters in, and still get full flow, as the drop across them will be a lot lower due to the lower flow. Plus really needs as well a differential pressure switch or gauge, to light up and show you time to replace the filter, before you get low oil flow and pressure in the engine. Does need calibration, using a graph of flow across the filter versus blockage, or using minimum oil pressure at idle versus turn off pressure of the oil light, so that when drop gets within 5PSI of turning the oil light on you get a light to change filters.
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  36.  @kevinbarry71  I see a use for them on those engines where oil filter is a PITA to get to, and having it move is a good idea.
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  37. Bet there is a broken ground strap from engine to chassis, or the ground cable of the battery is dirty or corroded, or the positive side.
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  38.  @forgetfulme1719  Just that they have been out before, because factory does not number them at all.
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  39. Probably, as most vehicles at idle really are not designed for full electrical load. That is fine with engine at 1500RPM to 3000RPM, where you draw most load while driving at night with heat on, defrost on, and both rear demister and seat heaters on full. Idle for 10 minutes and the battery will drop dangerously low, and the BCM will start to disable the high power users, to protect the cold battery, until you have the RPM pass 1500 again.
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  40. Still plenty of those running around by me, in various stages of body ventilation. All the way from being near showroom condition, to those held together with body putty, to those that are rust in close formation, but still the engine and drivetrain are going, even if the whine of the diff is loud enough to let you hear it coming a few blocks away, and the stop at the fuel pump is to fill up the oil, and check the fuel, because the gauge stopped working in 1999, and ever since then the standard has been to have a 5l oil in the cab, and another 5l with diesel or petrol for the tank.
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  41. 30 odd starts with no run will take any battery out to below start level, especially if the car has been sitting for a while, and the battery already was low from not running. Newish clean battery, though checking electrolyte level would also help, and topping up, but a nice equalising charge will work wonders on it. At least GM on my car did a lot of work on battery maintenance, it does a top up after starting, and then drops down to an equalising charge, and every few cycles does a desulphating charge, though I do have to watch electrolyte level and top up. Sealed for life battery just means it fails outside warranty, because the cells are all dry.
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  42. Dodge engineers, how can we mess with the mechanic? We will make all the studs M8, but put 2 different head sizes on, so there is a good chance they will never come undone.
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  43. Probably the mouse nest in the cabin air filter, or a nice collection of leaves.
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  44. Plus a bit more of the rest of your crew, they look like they enjoy working with you, and are comfortable with you and the camera around.
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  45. Glow plugs, or the wiring to them, are the more likely failure, instead of the control module. Module also showing some dead says it probably is alive. Easiest test is to use the scan tool, and command glow plugs on, while measuring the increased battery current demand, and comparing to the full draw for the 10 seconds the module will allow.
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  46. Old battery has plenty of the active material flaked off and in the sump, and it has built up to the point it is starting to draw current internal to one of more of the cells. That makes it drop dead when hot, as it was drawing more current than the alternator could supply in charging and thus when you stopped one cell was finally flat, so it delivered nothing to help start the vehicle, and was high resistance as well as there is no more active material on the plates. Cool down and charge, and it seems fine, as the motion of removal moves the stuff in the bottom to not make contact.
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  47. Funny enough we call the one neighbour's car the Valdez as well, though that one is called the Laurel Valdez, as he generally fills it up with kerosene, not the diesel the manufacturer designed the vehicle for. Thus it leaks a little, oil, water, kerosene, and possibly brake fluid and transmission fluid as well, though hard to see against the big pool of oil and kerosene it deposits where it parks, leaving a visible pool on the floor. Laurel as that is a trade brand of one of the suppliers of illuminating kerosene, which is a little cheaper than diesel. Of course he has to let the car warm up, at a minimum of 15 minutes, and it apparently also has to idle when he washes it, to prevent the water getting into the engine. Only good thing is it will probably never rust, though the alternator is having a hard life, swimming in fluids is not exactly good for it, as proved by it needing to be jump started recently, a few times, and a dragging starter as well, for the same reason. As to doing it twice, that was me Monday, changing the timing belt on my car. Did it so well i did it twice, because after the first 20 minute struggle with the tensioner, no way to set it other than brute force, we were one tooth out, so, with the experience from the first time, it was done again, and this time the marks all aligned after the belt was on, and still so after 4 times around the combustion cycle to get the marks we put on the belt again to line up. Belt changed at only half of it's life, because a mystery screw, that must have been rattling up top for the last 30 000km, finally made it's way into the cambelt housing, and landed up carving a horrid notch in the belt when it landed up at the bottom. Plus replaced original serpentine belt and the very noisy idler it had on there, as they came off, so new was cheaper to put back on.
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  48. Old original one gets water in it, and as the safety start is on the bottom, that fails before the display starts to give false readings. Bottom is the safety switch, and the reverse light, top is the trans position switch. Most common would be start failure, but another clue is the reverse lamps either glowing dimly, or being burnt out from being on all the time.
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  49. Time to go to Horror Fraught and buy a cheap plasma cutter. Save you a ton on saw blades making vehicles firt in the trailer, and all you need is a long air hose, and an equally long power cable to match.
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  50. Shift linkage kit by me is a $10 thing, all the plastic bits and bobs to make that linkage as new again, and all the clips that you have on it as well, just takes a half hour to install all of it, longest being inside getting the new parts onto the knob. Beware the pressure washer, too close and RIP AC condenser and radiator core.
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