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Tyler buys a new vehicle for above sticker price. Turns out it was also a hooptie all along.
I expect nothing else from the best towing channel on RUclips.
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About time a dealer gets screwed. Got screwed before they could screw the customer
They could probably send it back to Ford for credit.
@@rogersmith7396 Their issue is they already pre-sold it to some moron with more money than sense so now what do they do lol. Oh my heart aches for the poor dealer network after watching their behavior for the last 3 years.
hoovie said he is not getting paid for the truck? stop check?
@@Channel-gz9hm So you've never asked for a raise when the market would allow it? I have.
Amen brother
Ninja has something pure about him. You found 2 honest mechanics and done great. You also improved their lives. Happy new year, and hope 2023 is even better than 2022
I appreciate that hoovie seems to understand how integral these guys are to his entire operation. He knows if they do well, they will have the resources to help him do well.
He's a smart business man.
@@KittyCatMeowMeowTime clearly
Car Ninja is the exact guy you want working on your stuff.... genuine pride and joy mixed with mastery and good ole fashion customer service! Winner
between him and the Wizard he has great guys working on his stuff. Good mechanics are great once you find them! Hard sometimes.
Hoovie's wife is probably right, it's a VAG product so it likely will in fact explode if you don't change the oil pretty much right on time - they probably even engineer failure into it just so they can deny warranty claims if you go even a few hundred miles over.
And Jack Daniels
And a little good old fashioned Tennessee whiskey
'What is so special about this Bentley $150 filter?'
'Nothing. Not one thing. It's a $10 filter, but it's for a Bentley, so it's $150...'
Car Ninja is the man.
No nonsense, nice, factual, always pleasure to listen and watch👍
Bargain $250 oil change too. LOL
Actually, he's been caught multiple times violently masturbating in customer's cars.
He has a channel!
*Plot twist: Ford marketing bought your used car, deep sixed the battery, and pretend that indicts your previous experiences.*
How does the Bentley not have remote start? Lame.
I'm liking my 98 Camry more and more. I get in and drive...change oil 3k miles.
Your driving a boring 98 Camry, you might as well drive a lawnmower.
EXACTLY ! and my Honda Accord. Gave up on FORDS. Been driving Toyota & Honda for 2 decades, NO PROBLEMS !
@@devilsmetsfan6393 Camry will still last longer than anything u have
@@nickloesch3792 If you don’t like driving excitement and just an appliance to get from point a to b, go ahead and drive a 98 Camry.
Lmao would you be here watching videos of a guy driving boring reliable commuter cars? Toyota has great engineering sure. But...
You can now buy zero balance flywheels for old school external balance engine, specifically for engines that have been converted to internal balance like your gt 350
Single-handedly keeping wizard in business.
And probably paid for all of his yachts, lol
Wizard has a lot of people coming in and out they all rich lol
Not just The Wizard. Hoovie has formed a widening circle of car people who are all becoming rich because of him. His RUclips channel is only a small part of his empire now.
Buy Tesla stock now. If you think Tesla's were unreliabile, wait till Ford tries to figure it out.
Keeping gas engine cars on the road. Yeah!
You are SOOO blessed to have a guy like Jonny in your back yard. He's the nicest guy I've ever had working on my BMW. And he's great at fixing Hoovie's Garbage. :D
He's a cool guy, it's nice to see him keeping the big B happy.
@@volvo09 I had my BMW shipped from Salt Lake City to his shop to have him fix the notorious failure on the N63 valves... He charged almost half what all the shops local wanted. Even with the costs of shipping the car and flying/driving home, it saved me at least $1500. And then I drove back and had him do 2 other big repairs later. I'm a HUGE fan. :D
NOT A GOOD LOOK FOR FORD!
You do need patience to work on those things 😁
The only thing better than having a good spouse in your life is having a good mechanic.
Tyler has so many cars I sometimes forget what he has. When I saw the mustang I was like “I forgot he had that
seems like some manufacturers are going to be writing some big lemon law checks. What is worse than waiting 16 months for your new EV to be delivered? Having it lemon law out after 3 months of ownership. But hey they minimize warranty claims by having all their EVs sitting in the shop waiting for parts for 80% of their warranty period.
Perhaps the Lemon Laws need to be re-written so customer is paid a large "inconvenience fee" for every day the car is in the shop. Let FORD corporate reimburse the dealers this fee, when the delay is waiting on parts from FORD.
Hyundai has that problem with gas engines. A lot of their engines are blowing under warranty and it's over a year wait for parts.
They're about to have the force of the United States government behind them. They don't give a fuck about lemon laws.
Easy solution. Don't but an EV.
Love the fact that 2 Ford dealers are stuck with the F150 Lighting dead battery issue. Suck it!
Its just another lump of metal on the shelf to them. Tax write off final analysis.
Retail justice.
It would just be fixed under warranty.
Found On Road Dead, as they say.
@@RichiPuppi they be waiting a good year maybe more as theres a short on alot of parts for other uptodate cars
That Bentley oil filter is made by Purflux and can be found for about 26€ here in Europe. It even has the Purflux part number L1039A on it.
Wix has them also cross referenced and better
Similar filter for my Promaster van costs $4.
I wonder how much Fram would charge?
@Chill Man Wix has a pretty good reputation as well 😊
So a Bentley / Bugatti filter for Mr Tyler Hoover they're really gouging him for that filter Not Johnny the Car Ninja but Volkswagen and Bentley everyone in this comment section is right research a cheaper version.
$150 for a cheap paper filter not even a performance version wow.
Thank you so much for speaking proper English !!! When you said “The rear end NEEDS TO BE REPLACED” I was elated. People these days say “NEEDS REPLACED” not only is it not proper English, but it just makes the person saying it sound so damn ignorant ! So THANK YOU !
Happy New Year! Look forward to another year of great fun with assorted Hoovies. Been watching since the $5,000 Marauder.
Ford PR and Marketing Departments pucker up when Hoovie posts a new video. :D
I think hoovie will be banned from buying new EV's from ford after this whole thing 😂
Yeah I can see the title now “I got blacklisted by Ford!” Lol
@@heyaisdabomb it’s really hard to get ford to black list you. GM has blocked a lot of people over the last decade because of corvettes
Seems like the battery failure, was the closing chapter to a massive F150 EV fail !
Yet again sage advice from my favourite towing channel.
Where would the towing community be today without Hoovie?
When the wizard is proceeding buying hoovies all along like this, he can start his own towing channel soon. 😬
It's easy for Hoovie to be America's Favorite Towing Channel B/C 80% of his Hoopties, no matter how expensive, wind up being towed in for service. Oh Jeez, more billing invoices. Such is the price for RUclips Fame!
@@LiveFreeOrDieDH better off?
@@JeepCherokeeful 1. It was rhetorical.
2. You might want to check out Hoovie's previous video, about Alex Jones' reaction to his F150 Lightning towing test.
_You've come a long way Hoovie for certain. Catching up on Barrett-Jackson auctions here on RUclips with seeing yours truly as a decent addition to their team is a joy. And I certainly agree with you on electric trucks (that is when it comes to Ford, but not so much on GM)._
That filter price is utterly outrageous. It’s about $1 of material 😳
Bentley tax is right. They sell these cars to people who wouldn’t know the difference because they have enough money to not care about such things.
Tyler you’re supposed to let the glow plug light turn off first before starting a diesel, especially when it’s cold.
Makes a big difference. I even have one in my 1.5l Mitsubishi Colt in the UK. Takes under ten seconds.
@@terencejay8845 never seen diesel without glow plugs and any manual I ever read had "crank only after glow plugs light turns off".
@@drayke8886 I've had a Mondeo 2.0litre TDCi diesel for over ten years and it doesn't have glow-plug light, so I was surprised to see one on the little Colt I bought as a runabout five years ago. Many years ago, I did drive large diesel box-vans delivering furniture and they all had glow-plug lights.
Cummins uses a grid heater, no glowplugs. And he did wait.
I feel like there is a deleted video of the Wizard laughing manically when you told him about the Ford battery.
The mechanic you are working with is fantastic. I wish all service people had his demeanor and genuine honesty.
In regards to the GT350, don’t forget that Ford had changed the external Imbalance on their engines from 28.8oz to 50oz in 1984. So you need the casting number off the crank unless it’s an aftermarket crank to get the right imbalance. You can also just buy an aluminum flywheel that has a bold on counterweight that works on either external imbalance or neutral balance. No need to get crazy with taking the flywheel to a machine shop.
Must be a hard day at German MotorWerks with a small bottle of Jack Daniels on the workbench at 19:50 LOL
german cars when is it not? oil changes maybe...
It is pain medicine foe the times when you bust your knuckles on the sharp sheet metal the sadistic German engineers place right next to a nut overtightened at the factory.
Saving it for the last hour
Incorrect Sir...that made it a good day !
Shop supplies?
The wizard’s main profit line is Hoovie.
And BMW owners! 😄
Hoovie paid for Wizards entire workshop, house and several cars at this point.
@@samuelvandekloetje very true. 🤣
@@samuelvandekloetje Don't forget his boat!
Wizard's kids will go through Harvard with diamond keyboard laptops on just Hoovie.
I truly enjoy all the Johnny content. Seems like a genuinely nice guy. And dang knowledgeable.
Love wizards knowledge. This is a great video, really nice to see great cars, great owner, great engineer.
Really like these videos.
Johnny bought that Jack Daniels bottle when Tyler asked to change the oil on the Bentley.
As soon as the battery management detects a cell that's not in line with the rest, it shuts it all down. You didn't simply have a bad cell or two.
Depends on who's pack you are talking about. Tesla has fused cells. When a single cell goes bad that one cell decouples from the pack. Ford used a pouch system, not cells at all.
@@pierredelecto7069 Ford is building two state-of-the-art battery plants one being in Tennessee so hopefully, we don't have to be beholden to China or Taiwan or wherever they are made now. Hybrids make more sense because you at least have a constant charging source while driving it.
@@edwardskoda2409 Tesla makes all their batteries for the American cars in America in a plant in Nevada, partnered with Panasonic. They are building a battery plant outside Berlin for the German cars. The plant in china uses cells made in china.
I was mostly pointing out the different types of lithium batteries. There is essentially two types. You have pouches and cells. The pouches are flat, like a sandwich of layers, the cells are rolled up layers inside a steel or aluminum tube.
Pouches are cheaper and just a little lighter. Takes fewer connectors, fewer welds, but they are more prone to problems. Harder to cool, more vulnerable to damage. One bad pouch is more likely to fry a whole pack.
I too hope we build more cells here. We even have the lithium to mine, but we don't.
@@edwardskoda2409 That will have no real effect on improving the batteries because they are sticking to pouch cells. Ford likely is going to refurbish packs for warranties and justify it by resetting the warranty on the pack as if it was new.
Their packs are made less efficient to make them "repairable", but the local dealer's shop is not going to be doing that work. 3rd parties may do it in house, but that will be more for out of warranty packs, so still years away.
Tesla's approach is make the packs reliable enough that recycling a bad pack and replacing it is cheaper than redesigning the whole pack and ruining the car's efficiency just to enable cheap repairs in the event of a mass battery pack recall like the bolt experienced.
@@_PatrickO I hope electric cars fail to tell you the truth. We don't have the infrastructure for it and God knows there are going to be safety concerns. As much s I admire Elon Musk for what he's doing with Twitter, I hope he starts working on a hydrogen-powered ICE
Considering the work done, and how its done right, the prices of those bills aren't bad at all.
The shop where the Bentley oil change was done ,,,,,,. THAT’s how clean & organized a shop would be!!! Nice! He has something to be very proud of!!
The Car Wizard is doing the public a great service by showing the labor involved with expensive automobile services. Thank you 🙏
_"ford's electric pickup battery fails and shocks the entire car industry"_
🤣🤣
Ford will get a pass for taking the EV plunge while Tesla gets shit because people can’t drive with autopilot
A modern ford breaking, how shocking
It's a pretty current issue that's going around
@@coytus94 shocked to hear this
@@_zigzak the competition is way worse 😂
THIS happened to me! On December 26th, while we were visiting family in NJ. My Lightning is STILL in the shop in NJ. Strangely, I don’t feel comforted that it’s not just me.
That oil change looks familiar. For my RS5, it’s 40 screws and 10 quarts. My mechanic said he’s never both loved and hated a single car since much. He’d go get one today if he never had to work on it.
The Wizard's laser printer issue is more than likely the powdered ink on the roller, which should be easily fixed. Not knowing the model, but having similar issues, open the back panel to the rollers for the paper. Either a paper towel or kleenex works, just wipe the rollers on the back lightly, if you see black powder when you wipe. Keep wiping that roller, then use the little plastic gear to move the roller and keep wiping until clean. The issue should clear up on the next print.
I also get that issue when the printer is low on toner.
@@snoopdogie187 it's a laser printer. Dope
Could be HV psu, or a dodgey toner cartridge.
its hoovies fault from printing so many invoices
Laser printer sometimes has the drum included with the toner cartridge and fix that so yes low on toner
"Welcome back to Hoovies garage, the most precise Ford Lighting towing and reviews channel!"
Not to worry-TFL will do all the a__ kissing
This is a lie of a shill story. Ford paid them to run this story to save face
I come here strictly for his towing reviews.
@Mister T you ain't kidding about that. TFL must be on the take from ford and GM with their puff piece EV reviews where they hide the actual charging costs of the vehicle.
If the unlikely event the old clutch setup has some unknown non standard offset in its balance the machine shop should be able to measure it from the old stuff then match the new to it.
My Mom had a 1987 XJ12 Vande Plas in burgandy. Stepdad found it for under 10k in 1996. It was a dream to drive on long trips.
Stepdad leased the 1996 XJS in red. That was fun on twisty roads and empty stretches.
But hella expensive to maintain if you aren't a mechanic or can't afford a good one.
When starting a diesel, old and new, in the cold you need to put the key on the ON postion and wait for the glow plug light to go off. Once it does then you can start it. Sometimes it takes a couple tries. Another way to keep the diesel warm is a block heater. Great channel and videos as always!
I'm so glad somebody said it, how does he not know to cycle the glow plugs.
Cummins do not have glow plugs
@@bridwellncorrect, they have grid heaters.
He wanted it to not start. He was trying to prove ICE unreliability.
ether is faster
It's almost like electric trucks aren't ready yet
I think it’s hilarious. On another video I had a guy arguing with me that farmers should switch from diesel to EV. People have no clue what they’re talking about
Very few people actually tow. Anyone with sense can plug their EV in overnight on a cold night.
It’s not that hard.
@@xiaoka my family owns 3 pickups that tow everyday for a groundwork business. Our power supply would not cope with trying to charge 3 big vehicles every day. It's a scary future.
Almost? They aren't even close. Tesla's aren't perfect, but they are several years ahead of the rest. Companies like Ford, GM and the rest rushed to get their evs out, plus they're spending billions of dollars on advertising for garbage. Toyota are smart by sticking with a few hybrid vehicles and will laugh all the way to the bank.
@@ilc-nl3yy I think the new Prius will sell really well. 40 mile EV range and 70mpg claimed.
You can cross reference the Bently filters, Friend said they are purflux or Febi Bilstein for them . His oil he gets at walmart ordered in wayyy cheaper, and the correct spec.and the filters come from a guy on ebay in California.
For that Ram Diesel pickup.. in the cold always wait for the Glow plugs light to go off.
The car ninja is a very likable man. I’ve heard the wizard speak of him but my first time seeing him. They are both so mellow and soft spoken.
You can yak all ya want about EV's but no matter what they will never replace the excitement of a vintage muscle car with a big block and manual transmission runnning through its gears, theres a feel, sound and excitement that goes with ICE cars and engines that will never be replaced by a high torque full size hot wheel.
politicians are lining their pockets by pushing people to buy EVs because they’ve invested millions into stocks and are looking for an ROI. the EV, climate scam wouldn’t be an issue if you didn’t have liberal AKA modern day commie governments all over the world working in lockstep with the WEF.
I truly believe Tyler could do all this mechanical work himself, dude knows exactly what’s up. I know cars and can tell he does too . Even knows his tools I heard that ( autel scanner ) not just scanner thing lol
Cool dude, no mechanic can get over on this dude without him knowing it
I appreciate the way you handled the Ford CYA battery fail. But I agree with you, trucks are not ready for EV just yet. They will be and everything starts somewhere so not faulting the manufacturers but you sure got Ford's attention with that towing video! Love it!
The crux of the story isn't the EV's battery failure, it was buying the POS in the first place.
Tesla, Porsche, and others are way ahead still in battery mgt. tech.
BINGO!
Yeah like others haven’t had battery failures…
Yup...nailed it
@@barkoulas
Classic deflection. But, but, but...
should really give clutch masters a call. they have been building aggressive track clutch set up for years that are still street-able and while heavy still easy to use. only thing i could think of outside of what wizard said. just a thought
Should'nt Wizzard have known the flywheel would be a problem?
@@rogersmith7396 Not really, he didn't build the engine, how the heck was he supposed to know?
I wouldn't expect wizard to know, this isn't a normal engine or car, its built different from everything else he works on. This is something a custom builder might know because they deal with this, but wizard doesn't like a lot of custom work.
Kentucky clutch as well. I've had success with both.
@@joealex65 He managed to figure out it was internally balance did'nt he? Also those exotics like Ferraries and Lambos he works on might be the same way.
I want to say that it sounds like the glow plugs didn’t get cycled enough on the diesel. If you cycle the key and wait a few times eventually it will start no problem. 3:23
It's nice that you and wizard are buddies,. He screws you a little on stuff, but that's expected, you realize it and it's 😎 cool. Great relationship. Happy New Year
Are we just going to ignore the mini Jack Daniels bottle on Jonny's toolbox? lol.
yes
For medicical purposes only
Evidently I'm not the only one who gives their mechanic christmas presents.
Uhhhh, yes
That’s how Tyler got his oil change at just the price of parts! Lol
I always notice the Car Wizard's shop is always clean and clutter free, good business practice, than no damage done to the customer's car will be from clutter. Good video's bud.
17:12 The SUV might be reliable for 55K miles. Need to upgrade soon! 23:15 $250 will be the labor by the shop, still gotta pay for the oil filter and 11 quarts of oil. Bentley stealership probably wants $45 per quart of oil. Gotta hate the canister style oil changes, but think of a the steel jackets you are saving from the landfill.
While that may sound like alot, its about the same as Ford dealership take for its oil here. Being a dealership for oil myself, the exact same spec oil cost me about $3...
Who takes their vehicle to a dealership for an oil change by some idiot that takes to long cost to much and probably done wrong
I just paid $40 per hour for 2 new wheel bearings on my Lexus RX 350. $590 total with PA inspection.
@@Thumper68 People that dont know better, thinking they HAVE to use an official dealership for services to keep the warrant on their car.
If your phone or PC/mac breaks, where do you deliver it for repairs? Most people either go back where they bought it, or find someone with connections to the manufacturer (certified, or approved by)
@@ssu7653 people need to read the magnuson-moss warranty act. Those little stickers say warranty void if removed are not legal either lol you can open your device you just can’t alter it and get warranty. Can you imagine if they put those stickers on people hoods they wouldn’t open them idiots lmao
I’ve gotta commend Mrs. Hoovie for not having any curb rash under the front bumper. She must really love that thing
You don't get stranded because the remote battery dies. Just open with the metal key and hold the remote in the correct place on dash when starting. It's all in the owners manual.
I don't get the impression anyone read the manual
I'm very surprised that the Bentley doesn't incorporate a warning message in the dash. My Golf MK7 starts warning you way before the battery is too flat to operate. In fact I had a problem recently where new batteries I bought years ago would start giving warnings a week after fitting them. A brand new battery from Poundland solved that.
@MrDuncl batteries only have a 10 year storage life. Often cheap batteries in the store are 3-8 years old. Always read the expiry date!
@@mrfrenzy. Yes. Buying a pack of ten batteries was a false economy when I only needed one every couple of years.
I had a photo business in the UK for many years, with a regular stream of customers with dead remotes, coming to me after the dealers wanted a crazy amount for fitting a new remote battery. Nothing special. This BMW one looked like a lithium 2032. Less than £1/$1.35
It's great that you have a couple of excellent, honest mechanics that you can count on to take care of your vehicles!
19:15. My VW Golf MK7 tells me on the dash when the key battery is getting low. I'm very surprised they didn't include that feature on the Bentley.
Car Wizard has a Blackbeard plate on the front of his blue caddy! He would fit in perfectly here in Eastern NC!
The good thing about VW group spare parts is that they always indicate the name of the part supplier. Look at the oil filter @Hoovie is holding (minute 14:50) - all the info is there. Instead of paying more for a SOGEFI oil filter in a branded Bentley box, just buy the same SOGEFI L1039A filter for quarter the price without the fancy box.
Thanks a lot, Hoovie, for one more year of great content! Looking forward to the cars you’ll be buying in 2023! Have a hell of a party and happy new year!!!
When you said "check the remote start" I had the same instant reaction that the ninja did except that I flinched and said NO to my laptop, lol
Back around 2001 in Denver I saw a white Bronco just like that with a bumper sticker that read "NOT O.J."
if you want to keep oil in the jag park it with the rear wheels up on oil change ramps. it keeps the oil from just sitting against the seal all the time otherwise its going to just seep out again with a few miles on it. my neighbor had one for years and thats how he had to park it
A Ford 300 straight 6 flywheel has the same bolt pattern but is neutral balanced. You also need to match the tooth count so the flywheel is the right size. That is what you need on the Mustang.
Would gladly watch more of the car ninja... He jumps right into repairing exotics/shitboxes/regualar cars / trucks... Super sharp guy
You got me with the "let me test the remote start"
When is the next towing test? That's what I subscribed for...
XKE. Bet the farm on it.
This guy is an amazing mechanic. He knows a wide variety of cars.
Wizzard says he won't do restos or old cars. I guess Hoovie is different. He would'nt do the Superbird.
@@rogersmith7396 He fixed the weird shock and spring setup on the super bird and also looked at the vacuum system.
@@jamesdellaneve9005 And punted on everything else. "Oh, I can't tune a car".
@@rogersmith7396 like old school tune or hooking up a computer and then tuning?
@@mikemata623 Like wire from battery to coil to distributor to spark plug. HS auto shop class stuff.
David Long’s shop should be adding some sort of ZDDP additive to the 501 cu.in. in the ‘49 Caddy, & 5w30 seems like the wrong weight of motor oil as well.
That was was excellent. I was glued to my screen as Ninja worked on the Bentley
I like how they don't even bother putting the $174 oil filter in a nice box to pretend that it's something special.
I'd bet it cross references to something cheaper too.
That would subtract from their profit. They don't care. Bending over the customer is part of the Bentley business model. If you don't like getting bent over which I don't to impress the neighbors who are equally as clueless, don't buy a Bentley.
Tyler's videos are a great lesson in this regard to average consumers who don't have Tyler's business model for our entertainment.
If you want know how clueless people are about automobiles, ask everybody you know what a 'CVT' is. I beat less than 5% of the public knows what a CVT is.
Yeah you think you'd at least get a 3 color graphic with a shiny surface.
One mild spray in the rain and that box is gonna be mush.
Not many Bentley owners work on their own cars so they won’t see it anyway 🤷
@@JSAFIXIT it looks like the filter on my VW Atlas
"let me test the remote start!" 😳
Whenever I get my next car, I’m definitely getting an electric compact crossover. I’ll keep my 2015 Toyota Camry until a 1 to 3 year old used EV is within my means.
That million mile 3rd gen says it all. 3rd gen Dodge ftw!
It's not like the engineers touch a bold on anything they design. All that German engineering in the way...Ninja seems like a very respectable person. Clean shop, nice equipment, and a great attitude!! It's night and day between the shop I work at and his. The dream shop right there
Poor Jonny having a heart attack when saying I'll just test the remote start.😮
It’s simply the Bentley Tax Hoovie…and I still love my Bentley Continental GT ❤
Great video like always ! How about a price breakdown on all money ever spent at the wizards shop on all the cars you ever had with him! That would be good content!
I drove a 2018 Ram 1500 with the diesel and NEVER had issues starting in cold weather. Just for a reference I live in Canada and you guys have no idea what cold really is!! I start it in -40C weather all winter long! I never had to plug it in once!
Good timing getting out of that Lightning lol. I’m 100% with you, I’m all for the idea of electric cars, especially for people who would otherwise buy a boring econobox anyway, but I wouldn’t quite buy one yet and especially not a truck meant for actual truck stuff. Side note, I’m really happy you got that Bentley for your wife and that she loves it, keep it up with the nicer not-hooptie cars for her.
Yep. Technology is far from ready for prime time. So how about in the meantime we stop demonizing gasoline and make it affordable for the working class? But alas, 50% of the country thinks we will die in a year if we pump even a single drop of oil.
@@11co5955 I know a few people with EVs that will never go back. I do not know anyone that has bought an EV and has gone back but that does happen - likely to those who buy trucks and think they can tow (range is killed). EVs will work well for over 80% of people no problem, we do need better charging infrastructure though for non Teslas, and apartment/condo charging deployed too.
@@11co5955 There's no coincidence that gas prices started going up the day we installed a president who made destroying the oil industry a key part of his campaign. Then when we couldn't fill our tanks, they told us to just buy an EV and eat cake. They gave us a break for a few days as a Christmas present but prices are going back up as part of their plan to force us into EVs whether we want to or not. EVs don't work for everyone. The technology isn't ready for prime time and is expensive. Internal combustion is going to be with us for a long time.
@@whattheschmidt what about New York City housing projects/street parking, where like half of the population lives.
You are proving a point that I have been making for a while, " just because something is New, doesn't mean it's better!"also can't the wizard fit a servo assisted hydraulic to the clutch to the Stang
My 84 Mercedes 300D fires up every single winter morning in upstate NY. But it's only got 205k miles.
Tell the Wizard that it's not just the flywheel, it's the harmonic balancer too! These must match so to speak. Should probably have a 28.2 (if the engine is prior to '81) imbalance factor on the flywheel/balancer. BUT, if it's true that this engine has had major internal upgrades, say stroker, forged rods/pistons and it's been balanced that way, good luck, I think you're chasing your tail.
I'm not exactly the most qualified person to give the "Wizard" a nugget of advice but... @6:25
A buddy and I fully rebuilt a 2003 E350 7.3 front end "mostly stock". I used the red poly bushings because of the motor weight. Our "cant hurt to try" solution to the bushing squeak was to add a little Teflon tape or "plumbing tape" as a lubricant of sorts. Where parts are expected to flex. About 2yrs later , from the beaches of Texas to the mountains of Colorado and back again... not one squeak or sign of wear on the components.
That plumbers rape prolly lasted about 2.1 seconds... Next time use "white lithium grease"
Make an EV-swap with a 50th or 60th classic.
I like this "open" oil filters. You can see if there are metal fragments or other stuff inside.
i own 2 old cars 1 being a 2001 sports car that is my daily driver the other being a
73 el camino(with a carburetor) and i can tell you from years of owning both if you take care of your stuff you'll have next to no issues some issues yes but even on electric cars you would have these issues.
battery, windscreen whippers, etx
You can have the imbalance of the new flywheel matched to the imbalanced of the old one and it should work great - it might be internally balanced as the wizard assumes but it could also be set up for 50 in-oz and need 28 or vice versa. But any good balancing shop can match it.
I've been commenting this everywhere I can so they can see it. I almost bet anything that they have a 28 oz balancer and a 50 oz flywheel.
Liked just for the ninja’s service with a smile at the end
Wind chill factor does count for starting a diesel truck that has been sitting outside long enough to reach ambient temperature.
Got to add 2qt at least for 2 turbos for the inner coolers. My 5er took half that. That's why so much oil
Six figure Vette being inspected, six figure Bentley (or close, can't remember exactly) getting an oil change... the $5600 repair bill for three other cars doesn't really seem all that much in comparison.
Remember when he was buying thousand dollar cars and spending two or three thousand to get it sorted? He's hit it big but he's forgotten his roots.
@@bwofficial1776 He's still a good dude I think but it does seem a bit hollow referring to an SLR and a Bentley as "hoopties"
@@98-SR5 He tries to buy the cheapest non-crashed example and passes the crashed one on to Samcrac
@@98-SR5 agreed, seems silly to refer to these cars as "hoopties". Seems so out of touch.
@@EricCKeys Nah, they are unreliable and always in the shop. It's about time somebody called them out for what they are.
Just use the block heater on the Dodge and wait for the glow plugs to do their thing, it will start like a summer day.
Modern day cars almost always start in the winter, that one doesn’t need a block heater.
Thanks to very good synthetic oil and and fuel injection.
Though, I did require a boost in -30C weather last month. Much to my disappointment.
I know a thing or two about the Battery Technology used. It blows my mind that there's no warnings prior. Even my electric skateboard tells me when a bank of 4 batteries go bad
Modern diesel, or old diesel; if you plug in the block heater over night and then start it in negative temperatures it'll fire up. Unless of course there's something else wrong with it.
Ill take an old school cat over any current diesel
They also start if you let the glow plugs go through their full cycle and not just blindly crank it.
Unless you live in deepest Siberia or the likes,diesels if maintained aren't a problem in the cold...had -15/17 ambient..not windchill with no problem...and great economy..real torque..topped up to six hundred miles range in about five minutes...It's horses for courses obviously but diesels still have a lot to offer car wise...let alone trucks etc.
A modern diesel will fire right up with no block heater even into the -teens.
With all of them you have to have a GOOD set of batteries to keep the cranking speed up. And the block heater helps with that, but it isn't a necessity unless you are in real cold climates. If you live in a place like PA or MA you shouldn't be worried about cold starts or block heaters.
Like gelled fuel, filters, lines, bad glow plugs etc.
That 1 year/10,000 mile oil change interval is to make the "annual maintenance cost" box on the window sticker more appealing. Some people stick to it and get lucky, but in my opinion I think 6-9month/6,000(6 months if you have cold winters, 9 if you live down south).
It saves money in the short term but costs a whole lot more when you have to prematurely rebuild or replace the engine.
Never had any car that needed oil change that often. Check the oil level, and look at the oil a few time each year. If its cloudy or black you need to change, if not just go with what the manual states as long as its under warranty.
Annual maintenance for W12 at an Authorized Bentley dealer around 3K.
I don’t think people understand how big of a deal that price for the oil change is !!! $250 is nutz and I know people paying that for half the amount of oil. Good job !!
bugatti..25k..oil change..
I used to fix jags, those 6.0 v12's are silky smooth.