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Erik Strawn
Добавлен 24 июн 2016
Lawnmowers and Grease Guns
I've been busy fixing mowers, and that brings up a question, how do you service those old-style grease guns? I also share some mower tips along the way.
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We Valeu Customo Sevis
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Professionalism matters. Do your due diligence before talking with customers.
$145 Savings on Headlight Restoration!
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My headlights had become a safety concern. They were a worst-case scenario of plastic headlamp deterioration. New headlights and fog lights would have cost $175, but I fixed them with a $25 can of 2K clear coat and a few sheets of sandpaper. As always, I am not sponsored. If I share a link, it's because that product works. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0082LJMC6/ If an hour of sanding plastic isn'...
One Time, at Band Clamp...
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Some clips and tips from crewing at Hallett this weekend. Todd improved on his personal best at Hallett and finished 11th, 11th, 8th, and 15th out of 16 cars. This is his third year of racing while his competitors are all seasoned veterans, so it's a solid accomplishment. The Mustang being repaired at the end was one of Todd's competitors next to us in the pits. Everyone pitched in with straigh...
How to Not Strip Carb Screws
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Carburetor screws are bad about stripping out. Here are a few tips to avoiding stripped screws.
No Picklefork Tie Rod End Removal
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I have a picklefork, but I never use it. Here's the best way to remove tie rod ends and ball joints from tapered holes.
How to Build a Sub Box When You Suck at Carpentry
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How to Build a Sub Box When You Suck at Carpentry
Safety Short: Compression Test Danger
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Learn from someone else's accident. Listen to Matt and Pat discuss our weekend on the RacersHQ Podcast! ruclips.net/video/9a5DzbC40XM/видео.html
Cheap Rehab for Interior Plastics
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This is my third attempt at shooting a video on rehabbing interior panels with vinyl paint. It really is as easy as it sounds, so long as you already have your interior ripped apart. Step 1: Disassemble Step 2: Clean, with an aggressive cleaning agent Step 3: Paint Step 4 Reassemble My preferred aggressive cleaning agent: www.amazon.com/Bar-Keepers-Friend-Powdered-12-Ounces/dp/B00E0MXUME Fine b...
4L60 Neutral On Full Throttle Is Not What You Think
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Whenever I romped on the go pedal, my transmission went to neutral. A little investigation showed me my headers were hitting the shifter linkage. A little welding and grinding fixed that!
I Hate TV Cables
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TV cables suck, and there's a lot of bad info out there on the internet. Doubly so if you've swapped a Holley Sniper onto your TBI truck. Here's the steps I had to go through to get my TV cable adjusted. Sonnax Throttle Valve Plunger Valve Kit www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=4272924&cc=0&pt=913&jsn=730 Sonnax TV Linkage Corrector for Holleys www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=10675760&cc=0...
Let's Talk About Leadership
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Are Millennials and Gen Zers really that bad? Or are we lacking in leadership training?
Rehab for Carpet
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Now that the carpet's dry, it's time to actually shoot some paint at it.
New* Carpet for Roscoe
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*Used. A brand new non-OEM sorta-fit carpet is $200, but I scored an original carpet for $15 from Pull-A-Part. It looks nasty now, but with $36 in paint and three hours of work I'll have an OEM quality new-looking carpet.
The Upside Down Camaro Stops By For a Visit
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The Upside Down Camaro Stops By For a Visit
Small Fixes Turn Into a Pile of Maintenance
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Small Fixes Turn Into a Pile of Maintenance
Want To Get A Good Deal? Be Prepared To Clean It Yourself
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Want To Get A Good Deal? Be Prepared To Clean It Yourself
Trailer Bearings? It's Been A Few Years...
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Trailer Bearings? It's Been A Few Years...
Shop wanted $2000, I fixed it for $130. When do you farm work out?
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Shop wanted $2000, I fixed it for $130. When do you farm work out?
Motivating Yourself to Work In the Heat
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Motivating Yourself to Work In the Heat
Thank you brother
You're welcome. Thanks for watching!
Dealerships don't care about the long term because the customer doesn't care about the long term. Pump and dump stocks, leases, upside down loans, repairs they can't afford on cars they can't afford . We live in a throw away economy where any issues are passed to the next person.
All true. I really need to do a video about where I see technology taking the automotive business in the next half century. I think dealerships are going to disappear, but so will car ownership. Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much Erik! Subscribed
Thanks for watching!
What setup did you use to monitor the line pressure on your transmission?? I definitely need to do what you did, because everything on the internet is conflicting for these transmissions.
I used this gauge. I just happened to have a spare hose from my old gauge that connected to it to give me some extra length. www.harborfreight.com/engine-and-transmission-oil-pressure-test-kit-64872.html
Thanks for watching!
@@erikstrawn3885 Thank you sir!
Thabk you so much! I neede to replace my belt cos there was squeaking, thankfully no damage to the bearings.
Excellent, thanks for watching!
468 and only 4 likes?? Come on people hitv that like and subscribe 🎉🎉🎉
I'm not shilling for likes, I'm just trying to share what I know. If people start liking and subscribing I might actually have to put myself on a production schedule, and I'm finding that I like video editing about as much as I like doing yard work. But thanks for the encouragement and thanks for watching! I'll keep trying to put out content that helps people.
@erikstrawn3885 understandable, thank you kindly for this video! 🙏
Great commentary . Only thing to remember is , the government does not make a profit and will remain open, dealers need to make a profit or doors will close. I was a new auto tech in the 90s, and I ve been on active duty too. Today Im an automotive DIY guy and would not go to a dealer for work or service .Cheers.
I got shareholder statements that showed me the dealership was raking in huge profits from my work, and paying me pennies. They were charging $75 a flag hour and only paying me $13 while their profit margin was 55%. I had an opportunity to leave the industry, and at that point I have zero care if their doors close. While the government doesn't have to turn a profit, government jobs exist because we want them to. When people don't see a benefit to government jobs, the political will to pay for them dries up and they disappear. As an example, the IRS lost 22% of its staff between 2010 and 2021. Knowing that, I've always tackled my government jobs with a desire to protect taxpayer dollars. Dealerships have traditionally had two competing business models, profit-per-sale and market-share. Back in the '80s dealerships were chasing market share, and you saw a lot of dealerships that would have weekend sales where they pumped as many customers through the showroom on a weekend as they could. If they could make a dollar on a car sale, they would. It was volume, volume, volume. The dealership I worked at last had a different model - they sold on profit-per-sale. If they couldn't knock your head off, they wouldn't sell. That carried through to the service side as well. Our prices were well above the average, and if you didn't like it you could tow your car elsewhere. Over the last twenty years the entire industry has switched to the profit-per-sale model. Because of profit-per-sale dealerships service department profits are up, but the volume is plummeting. They are losing more customers every year to independent shops. The profit-per-sale model only works when customers don't cross-shop or when you have a monopoly. As dealerships have fewer and fewer experienced techs, independent shops look like a better deal. Thanks for watching!
What a system! I feel so bad for those technicians who work so hard…😢
@@MireilleMalcomnson Dealerships have no problem telling technicians "How about you go work for down-the-road-motors." i.e. find another job. They just didn't realize it's a two way street. Never be afraid to jump. Keep a three month emergency fund and you'll find yourself with more freedom of choice. Thanks for watching!
I really enjoyed your story about being an auto mechanic...thank you. I'm a software engineer in Silicon Valley and enjoy DIY work on my "family fleet" of 3 cars and 3 motorcycles (recently replaced the timing belt/water pump on my wife's 2006 Toyota Highlander Hybrid). I've always thought about switching careers to become an auto mechanic because I enjoy fixing things and think of myself as having a little bit of talent, however I also enjoy the constant and fast speed of tech changes in programming that force me to constantly keep up, and making a similar salary as an auto mechanic is probably unrealistic, even though good mechanics need just as much intelligence, continuous learning, and problem solving skills as a software engineer, not to mention the uncomfortable contortions, bloody cuts, and nasty grease under fingernails after certain jobs. When I retire I plan to just fix my friends and family cars and possibly run a small word-of-mouth-only garage out of my driveway to keep having fun in my hobby. I hope that one day auto mechanics become another guaranteed $100k/year job (or $150k+/year + in a high cost-of-living big city) with great benefits that kids with above average IQs desperately want to break into.
Trade schools are recruiting by telling teenagers that they could make $100k+ in the automotive trade. They were telling us that back in the '90s. To this day I've never met a $100k+ mechanic. I really wanted to get into programming, and I had a talent for it, but there was no support structure for a high schooler to learn programming in Oklahoma. Thanks for watching!
Where did you work?
It was twenty-five years ago. I have no need to name names. Thanks for watching!
There is no mechanic shortage. Just a shortage of people not wanting to be under paid, and treated like crap.
Yup. Unfortunately, I think it will get worse before it gets better. As a starting tech in 1999 I was getting $13 a flag hour, which equates to $24.50 today, but starting techs are lucky to get $20/hr. At the same time the labor rate went from $75/hr to nearly $200/hr, far exceeding the $141/hr that would have been appropriate with inflation. I think Millenials and Gen-Z can tell when someone's whizzing on their backs and telling them it's raining. I have zero sympathy for dealerships. Thanks for watching!
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That's "shooting fish in a barrel" when I rarely get over a hundred views on a video, but thanks for watching!
I should have recognized that it was you, Dave.
@@erikstrawn3885 keep up the good content!
Such a sad story of your dealership technician career. I completely understand your frustration and agree with your assessment. Dealership management destroys people with glee. They have done it so much and so long it has become part of their DNA. I have seen young high school students who had become porters after they reached 18 years old. These young kids worked washing cars and picking up lunch for the manager. They received promotions into either the parts department or as service writers. I saw similar young girls who went from light duty office work such as being a cashier to being promoted to Warranty Administrator. Here you are as a fully trained and capable technician and your paycheck is dependent upon unskilled and over worked young people who know nothing about the product and still live at home with their parents and drive to work in a vehicle their parents purchased for them. As a technician we were never allowed to look up our own warranty labor operations and were not allowed to communicate with the Administer. I can also attest that during my career I saw real warranty times that started off abysmally low be cut further or even in half whenever corporate had a bad quarter. The shop management were nothing but a bunch of monkeys. Any monkey could lower their prices, labor times or offer additional work to the customers for free. They never felt the impact of their decisions placed on the technicians who have so much to lose already by the high cost to be employed to begin with absorb these unwarranted demands. The service business in dealerships are the same all over. Different Circuses with the same clowns running the show.
if you memorize what SAE and metric sockets interchange you can carry both very compactly....carry...(5/16=8mm), (3/8), (10mm), (11mm=7/16), (12mm), (1/2=13mm), (14mm=9/16), (15mm), (5/8=16mm), (17mm), (11/16), (18mm), (19mm=3/4)...carying those 13 sockets is equal to 19 sockets and covers everything from 3/8 - 3/4 and 8mm - 19mm....the socket before the "=" is the tighter fitting of the two so use that...example 5/8 is .005 tighter than 16mm so will fit 16mm nuts/bolts better than an actual 16mm wrench or socket....1/2 inch sockets fit better on 13mm than actual 13mm tools...if you need larger than 3/4 or 19mm then carry....(20mm), (13/16=21mm), (22mm=7/8), (23mm), (15/16=24mm) as the sizes increase you get a nearly 1 to 1 interchange to SAE..ie for the larger sizes there will nearly always be an interchange from metric to an SAE size as a mm is smaller than 1/16 of an inch.
Yup, that's a good tip. Honestly, if I weren't buying parts for GMT400 trucks I'd get rid of the SAE stuff altogether. Thanks for watching!
@@erikstrawn3885 yeah, it's pretty much a metric world now...if you do decide not to carry SAE around any longer just keep a 3/8 and an 11/16..all other SAE have a close enough metric equivalent.
As you take things apart do you line them up in order that you take them apart, so you know what goes back in first?
I do, but I knew this was going to be apart for a while, and since it's been more than a year, it's all in a pile. If my kids' cars would quit breaking I might have a chance to put it back together. Thanks for watching!
Yeah, you have to make do with the Toyotas that come across you. This or the Scion xB are great choices for young whippersnappers. 👍
We loved our xB, but they're getting scarce now, and every one you find has a rebuilt title. Thanks for watching.
@12:10 Credentialism at its finest. 😂 It should matter whether or not someone is competent in what he does not how many certificates he has.
In the video I didn't state why that was important to me. After being hired at that defense industry leader, they lost the contract and the shady company that took over routinely hired unqualified people so they could pay them less. It was terrible. You say "credentialism", I say "qualified". While I could accept working for someone without a credential who could do the job well, it usually just doesn't work that way. I agree that competency matter most, but most people are trying to move upwards, and so they likely haven't done that job before. Study up on the Peter Principle. Credentials have a purpose. Thanks for watching!
Stay positive good man. You're future will be bright. I'm younger than you but left the industry for nearly the same reasons. Constant blame on technicians with no support and low pay. Not to mention when the service writers begin playing favorites with what jobs get assigned to what techs they like. High School allllll over again....
In case the video wasn't clear, it's been a while since I left the auto business. I've been seeing more and more commentaries on what's wrong, and it's the same things I saw wrong twenty five years ago. I'm in civil service now, where I'm treated as a valued member of the team. Thanks for watching!
Mom and pop dealer are great because most care about their employees, but corporate dealers you just a number, we had the foman die on the week end he had been their 25 years the ownets who were a tri state company didn't even show up for his funeral. I recommend not being a mechanic.
The first dealership I worked at was a local chain, and they were fairly up front and honest. They sold to another local chain that was shady, but very profitable. That chain then merged with a nationwide conglomerate. It quickly became a race to the bottom for pay and respect. The market has been consolidating, and there's no guarantee that a mom & pop shop will stay locally owned. It's pretty assured that they will sell out in the long run, because they can't compete. Thanks for watching!
Well said!!!!!
Thanks for watching!
I grew up very poor so I had to wrench on my own vehicles didn't really have a choice. Now that I'm almost 40 and have a decent income. I tried having mechanics do the work and have had terrible experiences. Now I just fix it myself I don't need the headache. Even if I don't really have the time because I'm working I will squeeze it into my schedule. I typically work 6 to 7 days a week. While growing up poor I thought it was a curse. turns out it was a major blessing. If you aren't handy today, and physically able to do the handy work. you are at a major disadvantage.
I wasn't poor, but I didn't have front pocket money. My friends and I were always wrenching to keep our rides running, dreaming of being able to afford a hot rod. That has certainly served us well. Thanks for sharing and thanks for watching!
Great stuff.
Thanks for watching!
Spot on commentary
Thanks for watching!
100% just get a krikit
That's $25 I don't have to spend because I spent a little time learning the proper feel for a belt. But, yes, if you're working on a system that requires a very specific belt tension, a belt tension gauge is worth it. Thanks for watching!
Good stuff Erik! I typically spray penetrant over the stud and bash the every loving heck out of the hub or wherever the tie rod stud goes through until she gives up. Ive had stubborn ones where the side of the hub has deformed - but not structurally. this is the first time Ive seen the 'two hammer method' though.
Now you know! Put it to use and teach it to others. Thanks for watching!
I'd love to have a buck for every time I've seen "mechanics" trying to figure out how they got 180 degrees off on start-up. Cam dot at bottom, you're on 6. Cam dot at top, you're on 1. 1843 6572
Doesnt that mean the cam gear should be advanced 90 degrees?
I'm not sure how you're getting that. Align the cam and crank dots, crank dot up and cam dot down. Your engine will be at top dead center on #6 on the power stroke, and top dead center on #1 at the beginning of the intake stroke - which is 180 cam degrees (360 crank degrees) out from firing on #1. I know it's a little difficult to wrap your head around without a visual, but I hope that helps. Thanks for watching!
I always spin the motor over first and look to see if something flies out of a cylinder, that's my way to tell what cylinder to look at first.
We were in racetrack conditions, trying to get it done ASAP. We didn't think that far ahead. We were pretty sure we had a blown head gasket, so we dove right into it. But that's a great bit of advice. Thanks for watching!
@@erikstrawn3885 I learned that the hard way decades ago, great vid everyone can learn from that.
I would add a set of trim removal tools to remove push pins for inner fenders, bumpers, etc. Otherwise, that's a good set of tools. Thanks!
I recently added a trim fork to my junkyard toolbox. I've had one in my main toolbox for decades, but I've needed one in the small box. With it and a pocket screwdriver, I can get 99% of clips loose. Thanks for watching!
New subscriber!!🔥🔥🔥
Dam good advice, glad you didnt get badly hurt. ALWAYS with the safety. Jackstands = 2n+1 (n = number of support points on car + 1 backup [usually the jack itself]). So, for ONE corner of the car, thats THREE supports, yes. Raising the whole car on the ground = EIGHT + Jack. NEVER stand in front or behind the car, or beside the front wheels of a running car. Just look up "Car meet injury fails" on youtube. GLASSES or face shield. A motorcycle brake pedal return spring broke while i was near it - bashed my eyeball, thankfully i closed my eye. Had a white spot in my vision for a week after. Stay gold.
Eight jackstands and the jack to support a car? Even Air Force QA will tell you that's overkill. Buy quality jackstands, inspect them, and trust them. Try and shake the car before you crawl under it to ensure the car is secure. I hung out at the track for a while after our team left and I watched a guy try five times to get his car into reverse while a teammate stood in front and almost got run over - five times. I finally convinced him to get out of the way. I always try and get my teammates to stand to the side when someone's starting the car. I learned the hard way that safety glasses aren't often enough. I wear goggles or a face shield when using a grinder. Thanks for watching!
Sorry, I didn't quite get.... so coolant leaked into one or more cylinders due to the blown head gasket, then shot out the plug hole(s) when it was turned over?
It appears we ran lean on the front two cylinders for some time and it eroded the piston and cylinder head. Once the head eroded back into the water jacket, it began pumping water into the cylinders. We aren't allowed to run antifreeze, so we never smelled it. Once I shut the engine down, the water (I called it coolant in the video, but it's straight water) leaked into the combustion chamber. I pulled all the plugs to perform the compression test, and once my teammate spun the engine over the water shot out onto my arm. The head gasket itself was not leaking water, although it did blow through between #1 and #2 at some point - probably when the misfiring started. Thanks for watching!
Here's our team podcast covering the weekend. ruclips.net/video/9a5DzbC40XM/видео.html
A cylinder full of water is an easy way to send a rod through the block. Hoping you didn’t have too much damage. Good safety lesson 👍
@@teagreen2220 Fortunately the bottom end was good. It's getting new bearings "because race motor", and it'll become the spare motor. The head might be salvageable, but M52 heads aren't too hard to find (yet). The spare head that failed is getting the valves replaced and tested before installation. Thanks for watching!
good tip and definitely eye protection too!
I've never worn eye protection for a compression test, but I will now. Thanks for watching!
Great video, Erik. Well-presented overview of the differences between these two related transmissions.
Thanks for the feedback. I really value and respect your knowledge and opinion. Thanks for watching!
i have a 93 k1500 with a 4l60e, is it possible and if so, how hard would it be to put a 700r4 in its place
You would have to install a TV cable and change your wiring. I don't know how the computer would handle not reading the transmission. I suspect it won't affect the engine at all. Supposedly the Vehicle Speed Sensor (VSS) is the same, so that's a plus. The most important thing is setting up your TV cable. I'll warn you that a TV cable is a pain in the rump, and not getting it right will burn up your transmission. I have a video on that. You already have a TBI, so if your throttle cable bracket is different, you should still have the mounting holes in the right place for the correct bracket. ruclips.net/video/4fBoAELaA1A/видео.html Thanks for watching!
That is so cool, gonna try to make one myself.
I don't know why, but I think relays are fun. Thanks for watching!
Anyone know how to remove a smog pump on a 1977 Buick Regal 350 V8? Would be great to see how to remove the belts or at least loosen them enough to take the pump off…
I don't believe I've ever turned a wrench on a '77 Regal, but can you loosen any other component to take the tension off the belt? Thanks for watching!
@@erikstrawn3885 Thanks. I’ll see which components I can loosen. Didn’t want to deal with the tensioner if I didn’t have to.
Thank you guy. I installed a Howards Cam 110245-12 into my 1976 Corvette I have owned for 17 years trying to upgrade with aluminum 180cc Flotec heads. When finished it started right off but when driving it on a short test run of a couple miles I was getting a hesitation and very minor back fire so I decided to slightly advance the distributor. That was the last time I have been able to start it going over and over with TDC settings. Looking at my Google photos I see that the Camshaft sprocket pin is on the left facing it and should be on the right with the Key on Crankshaft at two o'clock. I am 73 and it was burning me out. I am going to tear back into it and make that change as two revolutions for the crankshaft and one to Cam sprocket. I can see fro your video the Camshaft sprocket pin is to the right and mine is to the left with both Pistions at the top both ways. I may post my results later if I live through it. Thanks. The Video is really clear and attentive to details.
While the cam pin and crank keyway are good sanity checks, I'd pay more attention to the timing markings on the cam and crank gear. Best of luck getting it sorted, and thanks for watching!
How did you get it up on the stand? 5:56
"Lift with your knees, not with your back." I can lift a 700R4 onto the stand by myself, so long as it doesn't have the torque converter in it. Once I asked my wife to help me, but if I weren't feeling up to it and she weren't around, I'd have to figure out a way to use my engine hoist. Thanks for watching!
Hey Erik - you're right about karma. Are you a GRM member? Do you post on the forum there?
Occasionally. I'm on the GMT400 forum more often.
Did this with my 93 s10 about a year ago.. Give it about a month and where the seatbelt hits the panel when you flip your belt off will be scratched and flaked off. The duplicolor interior stuff works great on the carpet part. And on cloth materials. But its a super thin paint that easily flakes and chips off the vinyl. Im thinking about using a heat gun and some black powdercoat on the plastic parts but still figuring that out. Lol
I suspect you didn't clean your plastic thoroughly enough. I painted Way Cool Jr's interior pieces five years ago and they've all held up very well. The painted pieces are resisting weathering and are tougher with better scratch resistance than before they were painted. I'd try scrubbing as much of the paint off as you can, clean it with Barkeep's Friend, and repaint. Thanks for watching!
@erikstrawn3885 ill give it a go. I just used a degreaser pressure washed it and then scuffed it before painting. The paint seemed very thin though. Didn't seem to hold up to wear and tear. Maybe I just need to clean it better 🤔
@@scotthope5806 Barkeeps Friend is both abrasive and an acid. It etches the plastic. Be sure and rinse it off well.
Keeping the carpet was defiantly the right call you don't see that on many cars nowadays and I think it gives it a really cool look
The carpet on Way Cool Jr's door panels was ripped and rough, so I removed it. The plastic underneath doesn't have the same texture as the rest of the panel. For all the mouse damage in Roscoe, they didn't touch the carpet. I like how it turned out. Thanks for watching!
You’ve probably done this, but are your motor mounts okay? That’s a lot of movement to contact that linkage. Good video. Thanks for sharing.
The motor mounts were replaced when I installed the engine and have very little wear. Before the grinding there was only about 1/16" clearance. Thanks for watching!
Looks great!
Thanks, and thanks for watching!
Ha! Good video Erik! Sometimes its those weird problems you have to think through that end up having stupid simple causes.
Thanks!
This is by far the best junkyard effective tool kit ive seen .... when i searched for junkyard tool kits ...all the videos were of brand new bought kits and super elaborate tool set ups .....this was the bare bones video i needed to see ......and omg ..the hack saw !!!! Definitely adding that to my box ...thanks amigo
I've watched a few of your videos now, and decided to subscribe. I'm a school teacher in Canada (I teach languages.) so my specialty has nothing to do with car repair. Your videos are just what I was looking for, as an avid DIYer. I have 3 cars from the 90s, so as they get older and older, I'm gonna need to learn more and more. I'll watch more later, but let me tell you that I'm grateful that you have this channel up. Cheers! =)
I knew NONE of this stuff. Thank you! (I use the beam style torque wrench, whenever possible, for all the reasons you already know.)
I'm in my 50s, so I grew up with, "Plymouth Volare," in my vocabulary too. I think my dad almost bought one in the 70s, but opted for a 77 Chevy Nova instead. lol