Imagine that - just got a scammer message off a comment I left on the "Lucky Gunner Ammo" YT channel. I got a good chuckle out of it, as I'd just watched your scammer vid before watching this one. Pretty obvious - "Text + (phone number in circles)" - "Contact us for something special". Yeah, I'm betting it's REAL "special" - as in "short bus special".
Is this the real Ray or the fake Scammer Ray? How do we know that you haven't highjacked our buddy Ray's channel? Prove it by answering these questions that only the Real Ray would know: What does Ray say when the phone rings? What is the name of Ray's attack chicken? How many Harbor Freight Tools does Ray own? In what country does Ray live? What is the name of Ray's pet camel? How many free cars has Ray given away in his 20 years on RUclips?
As a self-made engineer working with atomic particle accelerators for over 30 years, I've had my share of working on electronic control systems as well as coolant plumbing and water cooling systems. So I'm somewhat familiar with all the trials and tribulations you go through to get these cars bolted together properly. In my job I also had to do a great deal of instruction to other technicians and engineers. Ray I am very impressed with your work. Yes you sure you're mistakes but you also show how you're learning in the process. We're only human we all make mistakes the good thing is if you're able to catch the mistakes and correct them before some real damage can occur. I watch a lot of your videos and the more I watch the more I'm impressed with how professional you are at your job. Keep up the good work. Dave Robertson
I watch Ray and he pays attention to the detail which will bite you and also we just is very proactive and keeps an eye and thinks ahead on what he's doing and what he needs in this way the jobs go smoothly I admire him
@@michaelpressman7203 Yes, we should elect him to be the next president. Let's start a campaign fund raiser! He could run as an independent for the mechanic vote.
Everyone, please note. Ray goes to work and takes us along for the ride but there's a bit more to it. Every time he makes a change in the camera angle is time he gives us from his earnings. He also has to go home and edit a day's worth of work, taking time away from family. I know I appreciate the efforts, thank you. Stay safe Brother
Nice catch on the twisted break hose, that shows an attention to detail that's unfortunately missing in a lot of areas now days, it did remind me of a funny story that happened to me years ago, I had a customer come in one day complaining that after he put front pads on his own car they were making a loud grinding noise, at first I thought it would be something simple like the backing plate rubbing, but when I pulled the wheel off I discovered the pad was installed backwards, in all my years of working on cars that was a first for me.
Lost a twisted brake hose once on a cross-country trip. It was that way when I bought the car and I never caught it. Ended up in an Autozone parking lot, napping until they opened on a Sunday AM. They had the hose and I had just enough tools and clearance under the van to get it done. I always double-check them now. Always. When I ran a shop, we'd sometimes pick up auction cars to keep guys busy when things were slow. We did buy one Dodge that had backward front pads. The brakes were noisy, but they kinda worked. Guys in the shop couldn't get over it.
Absolutely. at 28mins 14secs onward - Ray notices a brake line twist from a previous re-install and takes time to undo it during this pain in butt/rear main seal replacement. So nice.
Doing the flip is easy. Recognizing the twist in the hose and actually doing something about it without selling the customer more labour or not needed parts….. That is what makes Ray a good professional mechanic.
Hey Ray I did this exact same job today on a 2018 Silverado 5.3. Got all the tubes and Christmas trees clips back into where they came from. Awesome video, great attention to detail!
Since i started to view your Videos, i started to stop taking "shortcuts" and started to do the stuff properly... Now im feeling a bit miserable that i did "shortcuts" on such " hard to bolt on brackets, etc" but thanks to you i got the intention back to do my job much better 🙏
I had that done on my 2002. 2500 6.0 They done a good job and I under stand it’s a very hard job to do. Was very expensive. About a week after I had the main seal replace the transmission started leaking. I need my old truck and now no leaks. But was very costly. We love your videos. You do more with one left hand than most people do with both their hands. Awesome video. Iam a retired IUEC elevator technician.
Good catch on that brake caliper. Im an aircraft mechanic and i know you would make a good aircraft mechanic. You ever thought of switching industries? We need a ton of them
Wow. @22.02 I saw muffler gravity heading for my face and I instantly jerked my left hand up to protect my face. Unfortunately it was under the table so now I have a wound on the back of my hand. That is the first time I've been hurt watching someone repair a car. Thanks Rainman! LOL.
Just love the combination of real world vehicle maintenance and entertaining commentary. Keeps me interested, learning, and laughing. This channel, southmain, and vice grip garage, what more could a guy ask for. Thanks Ray and keep it up.
Seeing "C6" on the trans case took me back to my first car in the 80s, a 1973 Ford Galaxie 500 with the C6, 3speed auto back before lockup torque converters. 15mpg on the highway was great for the time!
You are crazy COOL DUDE! You tackle just about ANYTHING and do so with care and dedication. You set the standard for others who might be clueless... but I know there are a TON of very qualified who also watch. "Hats off" to you guys too! There's a generic saying applicable to most every aspect of work: "If you want something done assign it to a 'BUSY' person." Ray is such a BUSY personality.
Back in the 60's when I was a youngun' we did transmissions with the car on jackstands. You would sit up on the creeper with the trans between your legs, grab it and lay back down so it was on your chest, then roll under the car and hoist it up with your arms on the bellhousing end and use your knees to support the tailstock end. The toughest I ever did was a Jaguar that used a Borg Warner 3 speed auto- the whole thing was cast iron.
hell yes many were done like that 65 Pontiacs Chevy's , used to tie a rope around my neck to lower a 4 speed manual trans in the 60'and 70's ford 100 lol that would like kill me now, Whitehorse Yukon worked in a dirt floor with a wood stove repair shop , at 70 years old I can still do most of my work but much much slower LOL
Pretty amazing some of the things we did in the old days and how we lived through it and made it work was limited means we made it happen and hey I lived through it
A real professional job on the PITA main seal, however most of us were more impressed with the fact that you caught and fixed the brake line twist. Bravo!
Literally got told an hour ago I need to replace my rear main seal and torque converter in my 04 avalanche. This video pops up, but I don't have a lift 😕 thanks for all the videos Ray, it helps a ton.
@@bruceb4349 funny story. Water pump went out, so I took the work truck to oreillys to get a new one. Got fired next day for taking the work truck. So... for now imma have to find a cheap car to hold me off until I can get it fixed I guess
I become so invested in your videos that, when the Y-pipe section fell, I reached out to grab it so it wouldn't hit you in the head. I realize I'm sitting in a chair at home in Idaho, but that doesn't mean I don't want to help you stay uninjured. Nice find on that brake hose. I believe you actually did prevent a future accident by correcting that issue.
Ray always does a great job. Like those brackets that attach to the bell housing studs. I can't tell ya how many motors and trans I've pulled and the guy before me left them off.
Just put a remanufactured transmission in my 98zj,,, it was scary easy,, it's been a rust belt vehicle it's whole life, cause everything just unbolted, unplugged, and came apart really easy,,, and the reverse of install went the same way,, everything lined up, slid together, plugged in, bolts no struggle at all,, like I started saying the whole project went scary easy
Well done ray . Another job executed in a professional manner. Kudos to the customer for getting this fixed. A 12 year old car in the UK would have been dumped on the 2nd hand market if a problem came up like that.
The other day I was watching a video where Ray was putting a spring into a rear swing arm and it flew out at the camera and I almost fell backwards out of my chair
Great vid, for the bellhousing bolts and other hard to reach ones I like to use swivel sockets. they've made jobs possible when you don't have room. they're so much better than universal joints because those bind up every 180 degrees. if you get a set you'll never go back! they come in deep and shorts. The only downside is you cant do a 90 turn on them but the socket never really stays at that angle anyway.
The professionalism is just so inspiring, from the deft reach around to the persistence with the long rod to the call out of the tell tell drippage from previous insertions. I stand in awe Mr. Rainman! P.S. I really do like the way you review all the elements at the end of your repairs. Thanks for the content!
So it's always good to double check your work because especially like Ray doing the same similar jobs it's easy for an oversight and this way you don't have any problems or comebacks as usual sharp as a Tac great job man great job Ray a
3:40 flex plate is incorrect, have a look at video when you removed it, needs to be rotated clockwise bolt hole. If it was original then it was balanced to the crankshaft.
When something like the flex plate can only be installed one way (if it had balance weights on it), they offset one of the bolts so that it lines up one way. If it lines up in six different ways, it does not matter how you install it.
I remember back in the 70s one time I put a transmission in a 1960 thunderbird in my driveway didn’t have a shop. I let all the air out of the front tires so it would be close to the ground and jacket the back of the car as high as I could. Put the transmission underneath the car then I wiggled around around and got the transmission on my chest and got the transmission stabbed to the motor then I held in place while my wife started a couple of bolts so I could let it go.
Been there. Changed a Covair engine and a VW Bug engine that way also. ( From underneath, with no jacks ). That was 50 years ago. Still don't have a lift...
Well here we are again at gritticoll connection of the transmission and thin we can produce the power to the ground and get some gone from out of here and a norther save yet for the golden reaches.
The flex plate was installed incorrectly according to the holes on the flex plate. The flex plate should be rotated slightly clockwise. 3:09. Perhaps it doesn't matter all that much if the holes are aligned or not. I am no technician so I am on the dark side.
@@v12alpine There is one other hole between bolt holes that literary stands out. Also, there is another hole between bolt holes on the part where he changed the seal.
I don't know about the LS series engines, but the old small blocks and big blocks would only line up the holes one way. Any other orientation would have at least one hole not aligned.
I physically shut my eyes and leaned back it made me jump when that exhaust slipped back when you were re fitting the gearbox lol The powers of video huh !
24:50 Para alinear los agujeros se usa un punzón y luego se colocan los pernos. Es la forma más fácil y más lógica‼️ 24:50 A punch is used to align the holes and then the bolts are placed. It's the easiest and most logical way‼️
I like watching the Americans work on their cars and mechanics gives you a huge boost specially this guy he has a good personality and humor to go with it and great videos to explore may the uk mechanics have this good skill set.
Ray isn’t typical of American mechanics. 98.999% of them can made a full and complete paragraph out of nothing but the most horrendous swearing words imaginable.
@@prevost8686 swearing is important to the problem at hand due to oil splashes and knuckle banging on sharp metal objects me personally when i have a problem with such problem of fixing pc build etc and cut my self i have a total discussion with said item to what he done wrong and not do it again in present and future then swear the big C word as a capitol C to let it known that it is a small c word is used meaning you are not but still used in banta.
3:06 Aren't you suppose to line up that "divot" on the flex plate? ( the non bolt hole) it looks like you covered it up instead? 3:26 I seen you turn it, but it hid the "divot" This is an honest question, that I was curious about. LOVE the vids Ray!
I was just going to mention the same thing... I even went back to the previous video to check and noticed that the 3 hole portion should have went to around the 3 o'clock position not around the 1 o'clock position.
GMs have one smaller hole in the flex plate to start the torque converter bolts so you don't have to put them all in and go around twice. Also an air ratchet and 15mm swivel is what I use to tighten them. Usually because everything is 4wd up here.
Ray you've ruined me I was replacing the AC compressor on my fiancees Toyota Camry and caught myself using "Click" as I tightened the bolts .... Keep up the good work buddy
@Game Plays 1230 you are 100% incorrect, sir. There is no such regulations for consumers. They require no certifications or licenses to adjust, maintain, fill, or replace their AC system. Just ask an actual mechanic about it. THEY are required to be certified, but a consumer can go into an auto parts store and buy refrigerant and parts, and they require nothing. Mechanics complain about this ALL the time. Ray himself has even mentioned this in a couple of videos.
That's true. However, that card can be obtained at your local community college for a modest fee and passing an easy test. The certification lasts forever. I'm EPA Universal certified, and I've never even seen the monster commercial units that I'm supposedly qualified to work on. Years back, we bought a mini-split system that arrived without any refrigerant, and I picked up the card on a Saturday afternoon after passing the test (the course was optional). Evacuated the system and charged it with the shiny new R-22 can that the guys at the parts counter happily sold me once I presented my card. It was easier than paying the freight back to the appliance dealer in LA. I'm sure that Ray has one. It's not like they're hard to get. Before we start busting on the non-professionals that'll drop a can of refrigerant into their 20 year old car at the beginning of the season, remember this one thing. Every ounce of refrigerant ever produced will end up in the atmosphere eventually.
A suggestion for those wobbly universal sockets and joints. Clean them throughly and fill the middle gap with RTV. I fill mine then wrap in tape while they dry. Clean the excess after drying and then they are still able to articulate but have much more rigidity eliminating some of the frustration.
Ray carefully moving the trans "very critical that we do not drop this on the ground..." gave me a flash-back - changing the long-block around 1982 in my 1971 Vega... new engine dressed and ready to go in but NO ONE around to help! "Ah", I figured "I can do this! I don't need no help!" Almost there, engine on the stand, the new engine swaying, almost got out of control, the hoist started to tilt, the engine sure to wind up crashing onto the ground - ! Finally I stopped it, resting engine on the (covered) fender, by some miracle without dropping the engine onto the ground or through the windshield either... got the engine into the car, drove it another 6 years and 200,000 miles - would get help next time, though -
RAINMAN I Use Electrical Tape around the wobbly . Wrap it up . It will flex . But will help Keep the wobbly from going crazy JUST A FYI . MAYBE YOU WILL READ THIS COMMENT :-))
You hit the flex plate bolts with the impact - and I noticed that when you applied a torque wrench it clicked before it made any rotation - hence it’s likely those bolts were over torque specification… but it shouldn’t matter too much.. but just worth noting
Never saw you check the transmission oil level, let alone put any in once the transmission was reinstalled. So, did it happen? ... as it wasn't on camera! lol keep up the great videos. You've inspired me to do jobs I wouldn't have considered before. Cheers
Matco makes a 34in extension and pair that with a wobble deep well 15, and a 1/2in to 3/8 adapter and 1/2 in impact. PERFECTION. On the housing top bolts. I used a 12v Milwaukee and 3in extension and wobble socket.
I had a 1976 Chevy Blazer four-wheel drive or speed with Granny gear and had to put two clutches in in 15 years you had to transfer case you put in and then had the rotate 30° to get proper alignment it was a fun job and don't drop the drive shafts because the needle bearings will fall out but I did it on the ground twice and it was fun
That was some doo de dooh of a job. You are a consummate professional. You went the extra mile with the caliper which shows the kind of person you are.
Ray, you are very good Teacher. I am not an auto mechanic by any means but, you have given me the confidence to tackle a little higher level job skill than what I have now. I love to watch your video’s and see just how a job needs to be done (or you’re way doing it right). Keep up the good work.
Someone once gave me a bent valve at 90 degrees, put shaft in mount hole lay valve head into tooth of fly wheel, flexi plate, holds engine still, but it makes it hard to put the trans back 😅🤣 if you forget to take it out, 😅🤣 all the best to you and your loved ones
the predatory exhaust waits patiently for it's prey, biding it's time before....with lightning speed...it strikes! Exhaust Gravity is a foe to be reckoned with
Hi Ray. At 3.15 when you put the plate on, I think you needed to rotate it again, as the extra hole in the plate should have lined up with the back part ? If you play back the first video and watch at 28.00, you can see where the extra hole lined up with the back. Don't know if that would cause any problem though ?
Nice catch. I'm not sure the purpose of that hole though. Possibly it is to lock the rotation when torquing the bolts? Probably there is a special dealership tool that utilizes that hole... when you don't have a prybar handy 😂
If you remember you did tighten them up but then decide to untighten them because you installed the bottom long pan bolts and wanted to make sure the plate was sucked down to the pan.
Nice that you took 30 sec's and very little effort to correct a defect (brake hose) that was caused by someone else. I freaking hate bolt/nuts that are in a high temp area.
Thanks for part 2 of this repair mate, enjoyed seeing it all go back together without blood on your part, enjoyed you moving through the Matrix as well when the pipes fell well done on the fast reaction. Keep Safe Keep Strong 🦘🦘🦘🦘🚙🚙
Part 1: Yesterdays Video in case you missed it! Engine oil Leak! Remove Transmission! 2010 Tahoe ruclips.net/video/nfKy_O4x4SY/видео.html
Imagine that - just got a scammer message off a comment I left on the "Lucky Gunner Ammo" YT channel. I got a good chuckle out of it, as I'd just watched your scammer vid before watching this one. Pretty obvious - "Text + (phone number in circles)" - "Contact us for something special".
Yeah, I'm betting it's REAL "special" - as in "short bus special".
Is this the real Ray or the fake Scammer Ray? How do we know that you haven't highjacked our buddy Ray's channel?
Prove it by answering these questions that only the Real Ray would know:
What does Ray say when the phone rings?
What is the name of Ray's attack chicken?
How many Harbor Freight Tools does Ray own?
In what country does Ray live?
What is the name of Ray's pet camel?
How many free cars has Ray given away in his 20 years on RUclips?
@@IR-nq4qv do de dooo dooo dooo…. I’m realz
@@RainmanRaysRepairs is the correct... password... wait a minute, ,.....I think that's one too many doo-de-doos lol
1:11 u missed one
Ray, you're a gentleman and a scholar for correcting that break line twist. You may have saved a few people some grief, or even out right some lives.
As a self-made engineer working with atomic particle accelerators for over 30 years, I've had my share of working on electronic control systems as well as coolant plumbing and water cooling systems. So I'm somewhat familiar with all the trials and tribulations you go through to get these cars bolted together properly. In my job I also had to do a great deal of instruction to other technicians and engineers. Ray I am very impressed with your work. Yes you sure you're mistakes but you also show how you're learning in the process. We're only human we all make mistakes the good thing is if you're able to catch the mistakes and correct them before some real damage can occur. I watch a lot of your videos and the more I watch the more I'm impressed with how professional you are at your job. Keep up the good work. Dave Robertson
Hope i can find a job that interesting one day
If Mr. Rainman messes up, the vehicle doesn't go super critical...............
HA! Just kidding.
I watch Ray and he pays attention to the detail which will bite you and also we just is very proactive and keeps an eye and thinks ahead on what he's doing and what he needs in this way the jobs go smoothly I admire him
@@michaelpressman7203 Yes, we should elect him to be the next president.
Let's start a campaign fund raiser!
He could run as an independent for the mechanic vote.
Everyone, please note. Ray goes to work and takes us along for the ride but there's a bit more to it. Every time he makes a change in the camera angle is time he gives us from his earnings. He also has to go home and edit a day's worth of work, taking time away from family. I know I appreciate the efforts, thank you.
Stay safe Brother
Nice catch on the twisted break hose, that shows an attention to detail that's unfortunately missing in a lot of areas now days, it did remind me of a funny story that happened to me years ago, I had a customer come in one day complaining that after he put front pads on his own car they were making a loud grinding noise, at first I thought it would be something simple like the backing plate rubbing, but when I pulled the wheel off I discovered the pad was installed backwards, in all my years of working on cars that was a first for me.
Lost a twisted brake hose once on a cross-country trip. It was that way when I bought the car and I never caught it. Ended up in an Autozone parking lot, napping until they opened on a Sunday AM. They had the hose and I had just enough tools and clearance under the van to get it done. I always double-check them now. Always.
When I ran a shop, we'd sometimes pick up auction cars to keep guys busy when things were slow. We did buy one Dodge that had backward front pads. The brakes were noisy, but they kinda worked. Guys in the shop couldn't get over it.
It was a testament to your talent when you got that caliper flipped without taking the wheel off. Well done Rainman.
Absolutely. at 28mins 14secs onward - Ray notices a brake line twist from a previous re-install and takes time to undo it during this pain in butt/rear main seal replacement.
So nice.
Doing the flip is easy. Recognizing the twist in the hose and actually doing something about it without selling the customer more labour or not needed parts….. That is what makes Ray a good professional mechanic.
Glad you're making your videos more dramatic with special effects. Really enjoy your videos and your humor.
Hey Ray I did this exact same job today on a 2018 Silverado 5.3. Got all the tubes and Christmas trees clips back into where they came from. Awesome video, great attention to detail!
Since i started to view your Videos, i started to stop taking "shortcuts" and started to do the stuff properly... Now im feeling a bit miserable that i did "shortcuts" on such " hard to bolt on brackets, etc" but thanks to you i got the intention back to do my job much better 🙏
I had that done on my 2002. 2500 6.0 They done a good job and I under stand it’s a very hard job to do. Was very expensive. About a week after I had the main seal replace the transmission started leaking. I need my old truck and now no leaks. But was very costly. We love your videos. You do more with one left hand than most people do with both their hands. Awesome video. Iam a retired IUEC elevator technician.
Great job sir, I've done many trans and transfers R & R , it's a blessing with a lift.
I am simply amazed at how quick and easy you make something look that would take me much, much longer. Good touch with that twisted brake hose!
great vid lot of work yanking a transmission. watched the first vid for breakfast second in the afternoon after work. thank you very entertaining.
I actually flinched when that exhaust fell. Feel silly now, not as silly as when I put sunglasses on when Ray is welding though!
Same, wow, like I was going to try and catch it haha
Ray, I hope you are always as happy and chipper off camera as you are on camera!
Good catch on that brake caliper. Im an aircraft mechanic and i know you would make a good aircraft mechanic. You ever thought of switching industries? We need a ton of them
Wow. @22.02 I saw muffler gravity heading for my face and I instantly jerked my left hand up to protect my face. Unfortunately it was under the table so now I have a wound on the back of my hand. That is the first time I've been hurt watching someone repair a car. Thanks Rainman! LOL.
Just love the combination of real world vehicle maintenance and entertaining commentary. Keeps me interested, learning, and laughing. This channel, southmain, and vice grip garage, what more could a guy ask for. Thanks Ray and keep it up.
Seeing "C6" on the trans case took me back to my first car in the 80s, a 1973 Ford Galaxie 500 with the C6, 3speed auto back before lockup torque converters. 15mpg on the highway was great for the time!
Remember the C4 trans👍
You are crazy COOL DUDE! You tackle just about ANYTHING and do so with care and dedication. You set the standard for others who might be clueless... but I know there are a TON of very qualified who also watch. "Hats off" to you guys too!
There's a generic saying applicable to most every aspect of work: "If you want something done assign it to a 'BUSY' person." Ray is such a BUSY personality.
Back in the 60's when I was a youngun' we did transmissions with the car on jackstands. You would sit up on the creeper with the trans between your legs, grab it and lay back down so it was on your chest, then roll under the car and hoist it up with your arms on the bellhousing end and use your knees to support the tailstock end. The toughest I ever did was a Jaguar that used a Borg Warner 3 speed auto- the whole thing was cast iron.
I remember the trans fluid flowing into the arm pits. Fun times.
hell yes many were done like that 65 Pontiacs Chevy's , used to tie a rope around my neck to lower a 4 speed manual trans in the 60'and 70's ford 100 lol that would like kill me now, Whitehorse Yukon worked in a dirt floor with a wood stove repair shop , at 70 years old I can still do most of my work but much much slower LOL
Me and my dad did this to my truck whenever I was fixing it up. Fun times
Pretty amazing some of the things we did in the old days and how we lived through it and made it work was limited means we made it happen and hey I lived through it
@@AppalachianPatriot try some of that good old stinky transmission and transfer case oil
@ 38:00 try a screwdriver pushed through the torque converter bolt holes..turn flywheel till the screwdriver catches pan/block lip.
A real professional job on the PITA main seal, however most of us were more impressed with the fact that you caught and fixed the brake line twist. Bravo!
It's like rebuilding a carburetor through the exhaust pipe.
Literally got told an hour ago I need to replace my rear main seal and torque converter in my 04 avalanche. This video pops up, but I don't have a lift 😕 thanks for all the videos Ray, it helps a ton.
Take it to Ray.
He's in Florida, so make a vacation out of it. 🙂
@@bruceb4349 funny story. Water pump went out, so I took the work truck to oreillys to get a new one. Got fired next day for taking the work truck. So... for now imma have to find a cheap car to hold me off until I can get it fixed I guess
I legit flinched when the exhaust fell just a bit when lifting the trans 🤣🤣🤣
I become so invested in your videos that, when the Y-pipe section fell, I reached out to grab it so it wouldn't hit you in the head. I realize I'm sitting in a chair at home in Idaho, but that doesn't mean I don't want to help you stay uninjured. Nice find on that brake hose. I believe you actually did prevent a future accident by correcting that issue.
Ray always does a great job. Like those brackets that attach to the bell housing studs. I can't tell ya how many motors and trans I've pulled and the guy before me left them off.
Unlike other mechanics, it great to see you go the extra mile…glad I now take my cars to you.
Looks like the torque converter bolts are also hex drive. may be easier to use an allen wrench?
Just put a remanufactured transmission in my 98zj,,, it was scary easy,, it's been a rust belt vehicle it's whole life, cause everything just unbolted, unplugged, and came apart really easy,,, and the reverse of install went the same way,, everything lined up, slid together, plugged in, bolts no struggle at all,, like I started saying the whole project went scary easy
Ray, you forgot to torque the bottom two bolts first on the front cover, before torquing the rear main seal side.
Did you do a trans fluid change, that oil looked brown.
35:53 this is why Ray is an indispensable asset to humanity.
Well done ray . Another job executed in a professional manner. Kudos to the customer for getting this fixed. A 12 year old car in the UK would have been dumped on the 2nd hand market if a problem came up like that.
Boy do I wish you worked near me. I am impressed with your attention to detail.
When that y-pipe started to fall, I literally jumped and put my hands in front of my face! Great catch! You got tha reflexes, bro!
Lol so did I lol 😆😂🤣
The other day I was watching a video where Ray was putting a spring into a rear swing arm and it flew out at the camera and I almost fell backwards out of my chair
Great vid, for the bellhousing bolts and other hard to reach ones I like to use swivel sockets. they've made jobs possible when you don't have room. they're so much better than universal joints because those bind up every 180 degrees. if you get a set you'll never go back! they come in deep and shorts. The only downside is you cant do a 90 turn on them but the socket never really stays at that angle anyway.
Wow Ray, I almost dropped my phone at 22.05, exhaust pipe almost hit me in the face !!!
22:22 i reached forwards to catch it ray, glad you got it before i did
The professionalism is just so inspiring, from the deft reach around to the persistence with the long rod to the call out of the tell tell drippage from previous insertions. I stand in awe Mr. Rainman!
P.S. I really do like the way you review all the elements at the end of your repairs.
Thanks for the content!
yes but.. should that part go in with the flat side out 33:42 ?
So it's always good to double check your work because especially like Ray doing the same similar jobs it's easy for an oversight and this way you don't have any problems or comebacks as usual sharp as a
Tac great job man great job Ray a
3:40 flex plate is incorrect, have a look at video when you removed it, needs to be rotated clockwise bolt hole.
If it was original then it was balanced to the crankshaft.
When something like the flex plate can only be installed one way (if it had balance weights on it), they offset one of the bolts so that it lines up one way. If it lines up in six different ways, it does not matter how you install it.
Ray, you installed that flexplate one hole off. Notice the blind hole between two of the bolt holes, those holes should all Iine up, or not.
I remember back in the 70s one time I put a transmission in a 1960 thunderbird in my driveway didn’t have a shop. I let all the air out of the front tires so it would be close to the ground and jacket the back of the car as high as I could. Put the transmission underneath the car then I wiggled around around and got the transmission on my chest and got the transmission stabbed to the motor then I held in place while my wife started a couple of bolts so I could let it go.
Been there.
Changed a Covair engine and a VW Bug engine that way also. ( From underneath, with no jacks ).
That was 50 years ago. Still don't have a lift...
Well here we are again at gritticoll connection of the transmission and thin we can produce the power to the ground and get some gone from out of here and a norther save yet for the golden reaches.
The flex plate was installed incorrectly according to the holes on the flex plate. The flex plate should be rotated slightly clockwise. 3:09. Perhaps it doesn't matter all that much if the holes are aligned or not. I am no technician so I am on the dark side.
Interesting. Usually goes on one way only because the bolt holes are staggered.
@@v12alpine There is one other hole between bolt holes that literary stands out. Also, there is another hole between bolt holes on the part where he changed the seal.
@@tomss200 if it has a crank position sensor back there reading off the plate he'll know for sure when he tries to start it.
I don't know about the LS series engines, but the old small blocks and big blocks would only line up the holes one way. Any other orientation would have at least one hole not aligned.
@@v12alpine Noted
I physically shut my eyes and leaned back it made me jump when that exhaust slipped back when you were re fitting the gearbox lol
The powers of video huh !
I enjoy the vicarious wrenching. Wish we had electric ratchets back in the day when I was an ASE certified mech.
24:50 Para alinear los agujeros se usa un punzón y luego se colocan los pernos.
Es la forma más fácil y más lógica‼️
24:50 A punch is used to align the holes and then the bolts are placed.
It's the easiest and most logical way‼️
YES!!! the Break Clean "Tadaaa"....I live for that in these videos.
I like watching the Americans work on their cars and mechanics gives you a huge boost specially this guy he has a good personality and humor to go with it and great videos to explore
may the uk mechanics have this good skill set.
Ray isn’t typical of American mechanics. 98.999% of them can made a full and complete paragraph out of nothing but the most horrendous swearing words imaginable.
@@prevost8686 swearing is important to the problem at hand due to oil splashes and knuckle banging on sharp metal objects
me personally when i have a problem with such problem of fixing pc build etc and cut my self
i have a total discussion with said item to what he done wrong and not do it again in present and future
then swear the big C word as a capitol C to let it known that it is
a small c word is used meaning you are not but still used in banta.
Wasn't the flex plate alignment hold supposed to line up with the alignment hole in the crankshaft flange?
absolutely love your videos Ray.. I look forward to hearing that phone ring each day..
Please keep them coming..
You don't have a tool for holding the the flex plate?
I'm definitely a fan of glasses wearing Ray.
That is so cool that you can get that caliber off without taking the wheel off awesome job Rae
Your videos are the best I've ever watched! So informative and extremely entertaining. You are the best!!
3:06 Aren't you suppose to line up that "divot" on the flex plate? ( the non bolt hole) it looks like you covered it up instead? 3:26 I seen you turn it, but it hid the "divot" This is an honest question, that I was curious about. LOVE the vids Ray!
I noticed that too!
Sir, absolutely correct
My guess is that is to lock the rotation when torquing bolts. Probably a special dealership tool that pops in there... but when you have a prybar...
I was just going to mention the same thing... I even went back to the previous video to check and noticed that the 3 hole portion should have went to around the 3 o'clock position not around the 1 o'clock position.
Yeah... i had to go back to previous video check. My thought was that there is a pos for vibration. Then again... maybe not :)
GMs have one smaller hole in the flex plate to start the torque converter bolts so you don't have to put them all in and go around twice. Also an air ratchet and 15mm swivel is what I use to tighten them. Usually because everything is 4wd up here.
Ray you've ruined me I was replacing the AC compressor on my fiancees Toyota Camry and caught myself using "Click" as I tightened the bolts .... Keep up the good work buddy
@Game Plays 1230 you are 100% incorrect, sir. There is no such regulations for consumers. They require no certifications or licenses to adjust, maintain, fill, or replace their AC system. Just ask an actual mechanic about it. THEY are required to be certified, but a consumer can go into an auto parts store and buy refrigerant and parts, and they require nothing. Mechanics complain about this ALL the time. Ray himself has even mentioned this in a couple of videos.
@Game Plays 1230 nope....
That's true. However, that card can be obtained at your local community college for a modest fee and passing an easy test. The certification lasts forever. I'm EPA Universal certified, and I've never even seen the monster commercial units that I'm supposedly qualified to work on. Years back, we bought a mini-split system that arrived without any refrigerant, and I picked up the card on a Saturday afternoon after passing the test (the course was optional). Evacuated the system and charged it with the shiny new R-22 can that the guys at the parts counter happily sold me once I presented my card. It was easier than paying the freight back to the appliance dealer in LA.
I'm sure that Ray has one. It's not like they're hard to get.
Before we start busting on the non-professionals that'll drop a can of refrigerant into their 20 year old car at the beginning of the season, remember this one thing. Every ounce of refrigerant ever produced will end up in the atmosphere eventually.
Ray, because of you i'm having myself a great day! Thanks!
A suggestion for those wobbly universal sockets and joints. Clean them throughly and fill the middle gap with RTV. I fill mine then wrap in tape while they dry. Clean the excess after drying and then they are still able to articulate but have much more rigidity eliminating some of the frustration.
Ray carefully moving the trans "very critical that we do not drop this on the ground..." gave me a flash-back - changing the long-block around 1982 in my 1971 Vega... new engine dressed and ready to go in but NO ONE around to help! "Ah", I figured "I can do this! I don't need no help!" Almost there, engine on the stand, the new engine swaying, almost got out of control, the hoist started to tilt, the engine sure to wind up crashing onto the ground - ! Finally I stopped it, resting engine on the (covered) fender, by some miracle without dropping the engine onto the ground or through the windshield either... got the engine into the car, drove it another 6 years and 200,000 miles - would get help next time, though -
RAINMAN I Use Electrical Tape around the wobbly . Wrap it up .
It will flex . But will help Keep the wobbly from going crazy
JUST A FYI . MAYBE YOU WILL READ THIS COMMENT :-))
Thanks!
Thoroughly enjoyed that intro! Keep doing you, boss! Love it!
Lmfao at the intro and the announcer voice lol 😆 😂 🤣 @Rainman Ray's Repairs
Ray handy way to hold drive plate use a old valve and bend it to match holes in plate and valve head locks on the ring gear.
I know you are an experienced professional, but your vast wealth of knowledge is amazing ! U da man !
“Arrghh trans money shot to the face!” I laughed so hard, thank you for the recap!
You are a master mechanic, I love your videos.
Thanks for Putting the brake cleaner sound back in after it being omitted from caddy give the washer back, exactly 7.5 quarts / Litres???
I doo dee doo enjoy watching Ray's videos.
I know it's probably up to the customer but if I pull a trans for a rear main seal I put a front seal in the transmission
You hit the flex plate bolts with the impact - and I noticed that when you applied a torque wrench it clicked before it made any rotation - hence it’s likely those bolts were over torque specification… but it shouldn’t matter too much.. but just worth noting
No shims needed for the torque converter to flex plate?
Might have been a good place for a couple bungee cords or straps on the exhaust
Rainman Ray's a gent...I'm in the middle of black pipe plumbing bud...love your quality work and attention to detail.
Never saw you check the transmission oil level, let alone put any in once the transmission was reinstalled. So, did it happen? ... as it wasn't on camera!
lol keep up the great videos. You've inspired me to do jobs I wouldn't have considered before. Cheers
Good eye on the brake line twisted . Good looking out .
Stand by to Increment Karma by 10 units. Execute Karma increment.
Matco makes a 34in extension and pair that with a wobble deep well 15, and a 1/2in to 3/8 adapter and 1/2 in impact. PERFECTION. On the housing top bolts. I used a 12v Milwaukee and 3in extension and wobble socket.
I had a 1976 Chevy Blazer four-wheel drive or speed with Granny gear and had to put two clutches in in 15 years you had to transfer case you put in and then had the rotate 30° to get proper alignment it was a fun job and don't drop the drive shafts because the needle bearings will fall out but I did it on the ground twice and it was fun
Too funny! When that exhaust fell, I reached out to try to grab it for you Ray! Haha
That was some doo de dooh of a job. You are a consummate professional. You went the extra mile with the caliper which shows the kind of person you are.
Boy, that is exhausting work!
Ray, you are very good Teacher. I am not an auto mechanic by any means but, you have given me the confidence to tackle a little higher level job skill than what I have now. I love to watch your video’s and see just how a job needs to be done (or you’re way doing it right). Keep up the good work.
to funny.... when the exhaust dropped I instinctively reach out to stop it.!I got your back, haha!
Someone once gave me a bent valve at 90 degrees, put shaft in mount hole lay valve head into tooth of fly wheel, flexi plate, holds engine still, but it makes it hard to put the trans back 😅🤣 if you forget to take it out, 😅🤣 all the best to you and your loved ones
the predatory exhaust waits patiently for it's prey, biding it's time before....with lightning speed...it strikes! Exhaust Gravity is a foe to be reckoned with
Love the analogy
This Tahoe has some cool looking Rims 😎 @Rainman Ray's Repairs
Ray is over here dying that everyone watching this seen him play with his blue nuts🤣
I WORKED AT ENGINE PLANT (LS) WE BENT A VALVE AT 90 DEGREE THE PUT STEN IN BOLT HOLE AND HEAD AGAINST THE FLEX PLATE TO HOLD IT.
Hi Ray. At 3.15 when you put the plate on, I think you needed to rotate it again, as the extra hole in the plate should have lined up with the back part ?
If you play back the first video and watch at 28.00, you can see where the extra hole lined up with the back.
Don't know if that would cause any problem though ?
Nice catch. I'm not sure the purpose of that hole though. Possibly it is to lock the rotation when torquing the bolts? Probably there is a special dealership tool that utilizes that hole... when you don't have a prybar handy 😂
If you remember you did tighten them up but then decide to untighten them because you installed the bottom long pan bolts and wanted to make sure the plate was sucked down to the pan.
Awesome job Ray, your the man not many mechanics would have noticed the caliber!!
Extension swivel and socket 32m.24s. HMMMM prefer the name wobbly bits now thanks. Lol. Great job once again Ray
Nice that you took 30 sec's and very little effort to correct a defect (brake hose) that was caused by someone else. I freaking hate bolt/nuts that are in a high temp area.
Should have cleaned crossmember to chassis contact points, and given corrosion protection?
ray..when the exhaust dropped,i nearly fell out of my chair i actually put my hands up to catch it! dum dum!
Thanks for part 2 of this repair mate, enjoyed seeing it all go back together without blood on your part, enjoyed you moving through the Matrix as well when the pipes fell well done on the fast reaction.
Keep Safe Keep Strong 🦘🦘🦘🦘🚙🚙
DAMN NICE CALIPER FLIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!