I don't think ANY of your customers would ever consider you an "incompetent loser", Peter. Quite the contrary. I think all customers would love to be so fortunate as to have you for their mechanic! You are just an amazing inspiration to all of us home mechanics.
😂😂 funny you say that mine was like that too I noticed it.. it came off in Tennessee when I was on a trip with the family.. Same thing happened rust ate the supports but mine deteriorated really bad I had to weld a new support for the strap to latch into
Rust belter here (PA)! Fortunately, I am 3 years into my 2006 Tundra (138K) that has a new frame in 2014. Just had all fluids changed out and will be flushing the PS and Brake fluid. My next maint. project will be cleaning the throttle body. I enjoy your informative videos very much! Thank you!
I've never been shown how to do my own vehicle maintenance. Never had a garage or tools, and therefore I was never aware of the consequences of worki g with such rust. Thanks for making this layman more aware of the headache. Now I'm going to research undercoatings!
Recommend viewing a few South Main Auto front end , drive assembly repair programs. Your recognition of the plight of mechanics in the NE is perfectly apt. You are such a thoughtful man.
I just bought a 2000 Toyota Tundra, and I feel so much more knowledgeable after watching your videos! I immediately went out to check the straps on my fuel tank since I live in the Midwest, and mine need replaced. SOMEONE used metal strapping used for plumbing to replace the back strap and bolted it to a hook that they hung on the frame. What a mess, but I would never have looked myself if not for all of your efforts to make us better owners! I'm lucky that the connector and pin are still there, but I'll replace the pins. My fear was the rust (which is pretty bad I'm afraid) had rotted the connecter bracket, and I would need another welded on. I'm really looking forward to seeing your leaf spring replacement video, I have a feeling that will be next for me! You're doing a great job, wish you were within driving distance!
Peter, As a lifelong resident of the International Salt Belt I can say that in this day and age rust is no longer inevitable. It would be much more accurate to say that in the vast majority of cases Rust = Neglect. If you can access it in your area, Krown Rustproofing is the best way to protect your vehicle.
I'm in a very wintery and salty area too. The vehicles here rot out from under the drivers. Except mine, I keep it oil sprayed. It's money very well spent.
Love your video's. I am a Tundra owner and I love driving it. I wished you worked out of Florida because I would give you my business. Keep putting the video's out. Thank You.
I was in a muffler shop in Manitoba around 1989, and the owner was talking to another customer about a 5-year old Supra from Montreal, Quebec. The guy was shocked to see the bottom of that Supra looked it was 20 years old.
If you run into a heavily rusted bolt like that, and you can get it to loosen any at all, you want to spray it with WD-40, screw it back in, then hit it with more WD-40. Then keep loosening and tightening it, over and over, until you can finally unscrew it all the way. Generally, IF you can get it to turn any at all, then the in and out method will eventually work. And remember that wet rust is slipperier than dry rust. I changed a brake rotor where the bolt holding the ABS sensor began to move, then stopped dead. I could feel the small bolt twisting, and knew it would snap if I kept trying to unscrew it. So I kept screwing it in and out. After about 15 cycles, I got it out, saving a lot of time and work drilling out a broken bolt. If a bolt is stuck in a casting and won't move at all, try heating the casting around the bolt with a torch and hitting the bolt head with a hammer. Heating the area around the bolt, then holding a couple of ice cubes on the bolt head can occasionally help get it loose. You can try soaking the bolt with WD-40 overnight using a piece of rag soaked with WD. That sometimes works.
Welcome to my world. Any time I work on my car here in Chicago the job is like 20 percent doing the actual job and 80 percent dealing with problems from rust
I live in upstate NY. This truck looks better than a lot of the vehicles I own😅And do about 90% of my own work. One thing I have learned is yes, use a lot of rust penetrant, applying several days before work multiple times if possible. Though I find using an impact on low setting you actually have less of a chance of breaking a bolt with an impact action as opposed to a twisting action using hand tools.
Your videos are great sir! I’m no mechanic but i’m very handy and work on my vehicles mostly myself. I got this same problem with my 2008 tundra. I wish i had a lift like you but i don’t so I have to use safety jack stands laying on my back in the driveway. Your video is going to help me out so much though. Thank You.
Peter, I was thinking mentionning your fellow technician in the rust belt and in Canada, but you did salute them, Nice., I follow lots of them on RUclips and the rust factor is not easy...is a pain in the ...
Here In Up State New York If You Are An Auto Mechanic Your Best Friend Is A Torch And I've Been Doing it Since 1972. I've Seen A Lot Of Rust And Rot And Frozen Hardware .
As a north eastern. We typically keep an angle grinder and welder close by to deal with those situations cause usually there's nothing left. Got to learn to fabricate parts in some cases.
Awesome video. I would stay in California though. MN vehicles 5 years old or more all have rust. Winters are hard on vehicles here, but the salt we use on the roads is horrible for causing vehicles to rust out.
Hmm. I thought it would be another bolt on the other side, but pushing a pin through might be a little tricky for me just under the truck in the driveway.
You gotta be careful with your generosity. Make sure they pay for the work you put in! You may get nothing but bad jobs if you advertise going above and beyond for free....
to here you laugh was a real treat for me !!! its good to know you have a real funny side!!!!! hahaha!!!! but to be seral always cant wait to see more of your video's.... like a friend tells me... have a nice day my friend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I lost my 1982 AMC Eagle SX4 to rust inside the subframe by the leaf springs with 195,000 miles it broke through 😕 people from Wisconsin go to California to find Automobiles and trucks to bring back. I'm currently looking for a vehicle from out West.
Got no choice but to use ratchet strap on ur tank waiting for parts to come in. The rear strap on my 07 Tundra jus broke yesterday 😒. I'm jus gonna use dremmel if bolt spins on me and I'm sure ppl will cry about the sparks but I've seen grinders, torches etc under my truck without insident. If you got some sorta gas leak you woulda seen issues alot earlier but I will wrap a wet towel around jus in case. 😁
There should be a "understood" agreement up front when working on a rusty vehicle such as this one. It should be an extra 20% charge for the service because so much extra work is required to perform the maintenance. Example: If 2 hours of work is required to change out 2 Fuel retaining straps, at a shop Labor hourly cost of $100.00 per hour. Then we have a labor cost of $200.00 PLUS 20% ($40.00) for a total cost of : $240.00 for the total labor repair costs. This is only fair.
There are places like Krown rust prevention in the north east, mid west and Canada. There is do it yourself stuff you can do with Fluid Film or Wool wax. Those need applied every year or two. Stay away from rubberize undercoating as Those will chip and crack then let water and road salt in where it's hard to wash out.
@@MrMikey1273 im in the Midwest where they heavily salt the roads and never heard of krown rustproofing . the only snake oil business I saw was rusty jones
@@danh2134 well I'd try Googling Krown. They my not be in your area but they exist. They put on an oil like product similar to fluid film or Wool wax. It is to push moisture out and keep the salt from getting to the metal. www.krown.com/en/
That guy.... Crazy SOB uses one ratchet strap to hold up the fuel tank... REALLY ? for real ? He was driving around like that ? fool... I would never do that. I use two ratchet straps on mine.... it is a lot more safer than just one. Goodness. What was he thinking with just the one....
That’s not a CA truck....good time to replace the fuel pump with a Denso fuel pump and some new rubber hoses. Doubt the owner will want to invest any more money in this Madmax mobile.
Ratchet straps are more common than metal straps, in the poor areas of the Salt Belt. Imagine only one ratchet strap holding the tank... Almost dragging on the ground!
I don't think ANY of your customers would ever consider you an "incompetent loser", Peter. Quite the contrary. I think all customers would love to be so fortunate as to have you for their mechanic! You are just an amazing inspiration to all of us home mechanics.
Funny.. that’s what is holding up my gas tank in my 08 tundra.. here in Michigan
😂😂 funny you say that mine was like that too I noticed it.. it came off in Tennessee when I was on a trip with the family.. Same thing happened rust ate the supports but mine deteriorated really bad I had to weld a new support for the strap to latch into
Looks like the underside of every vehicle here in New Hampshire!
In Vermont we call that pristine, especially given the year of the truck.
And northern PA and western New York. Actually it still has the rocker panels so its not too bad.
@@kevinmiller4486 And central New York as well. In fact I worked in the salt mine here that supplied that rust source!
Using a ratcheting strap is a great idea: it will never rust! All cars should be made that way.
Mine jus broke on my 07 Tundra..... I'm using one right now but it's only temp until my straps come in... 😁
Rust belter here (PA)! Fortunately, I am 3 years into my 2006 Tundra (138K) that has a new frame in 2014. Just had all fluids changed out and will be flushing the PS and Brake fluid. My next maint. project will be cleaning the throttle body. I enjoy your informative videos very much! Thank you!
If you want to see how they look in the rust belt, watch south main auto. He is awesome, like Peter.
Yea buddy. Eric O is the rust master.
Eric is the man you want next to you in a foxhole. His video, 'Big nasty gets defeated' is a RUclips classic.
I've never been shown how to do my own vehicle maintenance. Never had a garage or tools, and therefore I was never aware of the consequences of worki g with such rust.
Thanks for making this layman more aware of the headache. Now I'm going to research undercoatings!
Recommend viewing a few South Main Auto front end , drive assembly repair programs. Your recognition of the plight of mechanics in the NE is perfectly apt. You are such a thoughtful man.
There must be a twist in who owns this truck he is doing a lot of work on this one. I would like to hear the history on this tundra
Through every Toyota I’ve had I come to Toyota maintenance! Best channel for Toyota trucks out there
I love how you just casually let slip the next major piece of work coming up at the end.
I just bought a 2000 Toyota Tundra, and I feel so much more knowledgeable after watching your videos! I immediately went out to check the straps on my fuel tank since I live in the Midwest, and mine need replaced. SOMEONE used metal strapping used for plumbing to replace the back strap and bolted it to a hook that they hung on the frame. What a mess, but I would never have looked myself if not for all of your efforts to make us better owners! I'm lucky that the connector and pin are still there, but I'll replace the pins. My fear was the rust (which is pretty bad I'm afraid) had rotted the connecter bracket, and I would need another welded on. I'm really looking forward to seeing your leaf spring replacement video, I have a feeling that will be next for me! You're doing a great job, wish you were within driving distance!
Peter, As a lifelong resident of the International Salt Belt I can say that in this day and age rust is no longer inevitable. It would be much more accurate to say that in the vast majority of cases
Rust = Neglect. If you can access it in your area, Krown Rustproofing is the best way to protect your vehicle.
I'm in a very wintery and salty area too. The vehicles here rot out from under the drivers. Except mine, I keep it oil sprayed. It's money very well spent.
@Highly Polished Turd Thanks for the tip, I was wondering how to protect my sequoia. I’ll surely oil spray the undercarriage.
@@GrandmasFolly Use a Lanolin based product if you can. It really works the best.
@@doctorwarpspeed8779 “Lanolin, like sheep’s wool?” I couldn’t resist the quote. I’ll look for that, thank you!
@@highlypolishedturd7947 So how do you oil-spray it? With an aerosol can or some special equipment?
"Believe it or not." So funny. You could feature a monthly, "Hall of Fame" entry. Cheers.
Love your video's. I am a Tundra owner and I love driving it. I wished you worked out of Florida because I would give you my business. Keep putting the video's out. Thank You.
I was in a muffler shop in Manitoba around 1989, and the owner was talking to another customer about a 5-year old Supra from Montreal, Quebec. The guy was shocked to see the bottom of that Supra looked it was 20 years old.
Before I clicked I was thinking is this the same truck? Sure enough is!
If you run into a heavily rusted bolt like that, and you can get it to loosen any at all, you want to spray it with WD-40, screw it back in, then hit it with more WD-40. Then keep loosening and tightening it, over and over, until you can finally unscrew it all the way. Generally, IF you can get it to turn any at all, then the in and out method will eventually work. And remember that wet rust is slipperier than dry rust.
I changed a brake rotor where the bolt holding the ABS sensor began to move, then stopped dead. I could feel the small bolt twisting, and knew it would snap if I kept trying to unscrew it. So I kept screwing it in and out. After about 15 cycles, I got it out, saving a lot of time and work drilling out a broken bolt.
If a bolt is stuck in a casting and won't move at all, try heating the casting around the bolt with a torch and hitting the bolt head with a hammer. Heating the area around the bolt, then holding a couple of ice cubes on the bolt head can occasionally help get it loose.
You can try soaking the bolt with WD-40 overnight using a piece of rag soaked with WD. That sometimes works.
Awesomly clear. I need a mechanic like you
We may have rust here in WV, but you have Newsome, I'll take the rust ;-)
Perfect reply
I'll take the rust too. Petition to recall the great leader is up to 1.9 million signatures. There is hope, after all.
Welcome to my world. Any time I work on my car here in Chicago the job is like 20 percent doing the actual job and 80 percent dealing with problems from rust
Peter you have a huge task here. This Tundra is going to keep you really busy.
My truck needs to be on your waiting list you go above and beyond 🙏
I live in upstate NY. This truck looks better than a lot of the vehicles I own😅And do about 90% of my own work. One thing I have learned is yes, use a lot of rust penetrant, applying several days before work multiple times if possible. Though I find using an impact on low setting you actually have less of a chance of breaking a bolt with an impact action as opposed to a twisting action using hand tools.
Your videos are great sir! I’m no mechanic but i’m very handy and work on my vehicles mostly myself. I got this same problem with my 2008 tundra. I wish i had a lift like you but i don’t so I have to use safety jack stands laying on my back in the driveway. Your video is going to help me out so much though. Thank You.
I’m so happy I live in the desert. Nothings rusts in Southern California.
Peter, I was thinking mentionning your fellow technician in the rust belt and in Canada, but you did salute them, Nice., I follow lots of them on RUclips and the rust factor is not easy...is a pain in the ...
brilliant idea thank you! I'm working on 77 chevy c10 but that idea is 💡
3:05 A man after my own heart. Thanks for the video, friend.
Are you just going to replace one side of the leaf springs and not both??
Pete great video. I have two words for u. Fluid film
Hey Peter...that truck is a "creampuff" here in Atlantic Canada.😅
Excellent job Peter! Thanks for sharing!
Here In Up State New York If You Are An Auto Mechanic Your Best Friend Is A Torch And I've Been Doing it Since 1972. I've Seen A Lot Of Rust And Rot And Frozen Hardware .
Thanks for sharing brother, I have 2007 tundra and the strap is broken 👍. I am a new subscriber here , from Canada 🇨🇦
Would it be worth Putting anti seize on the bolts, or these straps should last the remaining “life” of this truck.
Peter, Would you want to replace the leaf springs in a pair? Instead of just one side...
Compared to the vehicles Eric O. works on in upstate NY that truck looks great!
Hi my friend, where do you have your shop located at??
Would you worry about the mounts for the strap it’s self? Is there a spray or something to apply to that area to stop or neutralize the rust ?
You can use Rust-oleum rust reformer to stop the rust sort of. You can apply a product like Fluid Film or Wool wax to prevent rust.
Since I wasn't able to locate the 'discussion ' button, I'll ask here. Please discuss/ review the X-REAS system. Thanks
So what's the value of the truck versus the cost of the total repair s.
I think the 2nd installed strap needed the rubber vibration piece as well?
Peter with 205,000 miles, I hope you advised the owner of replacing the fuel pump as preventive maintenance.
As a north eastern. We typically keep an angle grinder and welder close by to deal with those situations cause usually there's nothing left. Got to learn to fabricate parts in some cases.
Good job Peter!
This is incredible, glad I do not live in the rust belt. Thanks for sharing this video.
Impressive Captain 🖖🏽
Here in the great white north a torch can be your friend
205,000 miles. That's like two or three Chryslers or Fiats.
Or Peugeots.
Awesome video. I would stay in California though. MN vehicles 5 years old or more all have rust. Winters are hard on vehicles here, but the salt we use on the roads is horrible for causing vehicles to rust out.
All lot of people don't realize how important it is to power wash 4x4s and trucks.
Hmm. I thought it would be another bolt on the other side, but pushing a pin through might be a little tricky for me just under the truck in the driveway.
Thank you Peter. Good stuff.
Welcome to New England.
You gotta be careful with your generosity. Make sure they pay for the work you put in! You may get nothing but bad jobs if you advertise going above and beyond for free....
Oh my God Peter, you are coming up against these doozies, a true nightmare... anyway that’s the life of a technician
Wow ! .. that poor Tundra has been abused .. Greetings from the Canadian rust belt 😁
Where in California are you?
How many miles on this beast
Can you post a list of the tools
Could you PLZ make a video on how to adjust sequoia E-brake? Mine is very weak NO RUclips VIDS.
I wish you were my mechanic
So isn't it a better idea not to use the rubber isolators? I don't think the tank will care it's a tight fit
Great video!
to here you laugh was a real treat for me !!! its good to know you have a real funny side!!!!! hahaha!!!! but to be seral always cant wait to see more of your video's.... like a friend tells me... have a nice day my friend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Careful, my friend.
See what Eric O works on at SMA if you want to see real rolling JUNK! LOL
It's not a bad idea actually.. straps are very strong . Frieght is held down with them ..
I am on the east coast and rust/corrosion can be a formidable opponent ....... winter road salt is a killer ....
I lost my 1982 AMC Eagle SX4 to rust inside the subframe by the leaf springs with 195,000 miles it broke through 😕 people from Wisconsin go to California to find Automobiles and trucks to bring back. I'm currently looking for a vehicle from out West.
Hey those straps won’t rust and fall off again
You are awesome.
Got no choice but to use ratchet strap on ur tank waiting for parts to come in. The rear strap on my 07 Tundra jus broke yesterday 😒. I'm jus gonna use dremmel if bolt spins on me and I'm sure ppl will cry about the sparks but I've seen grinders, torches etc under my truck without insident. If you got some sorta gas leak you woulda seen issues alot earlier but I will wrap a wet towel around jus in case. 😁
There should be a "understood" agreement up front when working on a rusty vehicle such as this one. It should be an extra 20% charge for the service because so much extra work is required to perform the maintenance. Example: If 2 hours of work is required to change out 2 Fuel retaining straps, at a shop Labor hourly cost of $100.00 per hour. Then we have a labor cost of $200.00 PLUS 20% ($40.00) for a total cost of : $240.00 for the total labor repair costs. This is only fair.
A rachet strap is perfectly fine for a temporary fix just found out my strap broke and ratcheted it up until the new parts come
If you lived in the Midwest that would be every vehicle you work on! Rust sucks
Dont they have decent rust protection in the US or he hasn't taken care
No , even with some kind of undercoating the rust will prevail
There are places like Krown rust prevention in the north east, mid west and Canada. There is do it yourself stuff you can do with Fluid Film or Wool wax. Those need applied every year or two.
Stay away from rubberize undercoating as Those will chip and crack then let water and road salt in where it's hard to wash out.
@@MrMikey1273 im in the Midwest where they heavily salt the roads and never heard of krown rustproofing . the only snake oil business I saw was rusty jones
@@danh2134 well I'd try Googling Krown. They my not be in your area but they exist. They put on an oil like product similar to fluid film or Wool wax. It is to push moisture out and keep the salt from getting to the metal.
www.krown.com/en/
@@danh2134 we used to have rusty jones around here too. All the used cars I ever seen with their window sticker were in fact rust buckets.
i cant believe that you complained about all the rust but did not paint the new gas tank strap to prevent any new rust.
-ratchet
-200,000
Its still good for the next 200,000
I would have put truck bed liner on the strap before I put that rubber back on.
Holy rusty tundra
I thought this was only a dodge ram problem!
That strap is not locked either. Very dangerous!
That guy.... Crazy SOB uses one ratchet strap to hold up the fuel tank... REALLY ? for real ? He was driving around like that ? fool... I would never do that. I use two ratchet straps on mine.... it is a lot more safer than just one. Goodness. What was he thinking with just the one....
Because he also had one perfectly functioning original steel belt. The strap was only in lieu of a single belt.
That’s not a CA truck....good time to replace the fuel pump with a Denso fuel pump and some new rubber hoses. Doubt the owner will want to invest any more money in this Madmax mobile.
If you don't undercoat your vehicle its more money for the mechanic an less money for you the consumer
Welcome to the rest of the u.s, lol, RUST.
Life is too short for working on that rusty scrap , no thank you 😭
wimp
@James Carroll 'Big Nasty Gets Defeated' by Eric, should be in the RUclips hall of fame. Love when he says, "Don't get your face in front of it."
Ratchet straps are more common than metal straps, in the poor areas of the Salt Belt. Imagine only one ratchet strap holding the tank... Almost dragging on the ground!