No kidding. I remember one video where a piston and part of the connecting rod came out the side of the block, punched a hole in the shop wall, flew across the shop's office on the other side and came to rest lodged in the cinder block wall on the other side, missing five or six lucky people.
@@arbremagique6253ah, stop being such a downer. It's safe enough for a stop-gap. It was built all with closed cells, the layout of the cells were quite thought out and there seemed to be no great risk of the terminals shorting out. I wouldn't call it safer than a regular lead-acid battery, but it's fine. I am a bit sceptical about it being able to handle the alternators' charging current, though...
That was one lucky strike! But seriously, so many things had to right for that to happen that it will be most likely the last time we will see this happen. Lightning has to burn out immobilizer (and only that so it doesn't just shut down after rotating the starter), power the starter and rotate it enough so the engine starts. Not an easy feat when you get one millisecond jolt of millions of volts and amps!
The Guy with the Square Body Truck has a YT channel and he was making a YT video when one of the arms on the lift kicked outward BTW the old Chevy truck was restored and now it Totaled
@rogerstlaurent8704 To be honest originally I was referring to the white one with the monster truck suspension that backed out the shop with the guy hanging off the front. Then I saw the one you were talking about as well.
@@SOU6900 Yes you are correct i thought it was the Red body Chevy Truck you were commenting on Yes The White body mud Truck was Flipping funny The truck started up with Mr Stupid still holding onto the Truck
The lady who thought that a tyre has compartments that deflate separately has to be the best engineer. 😂 Well, I had a very good laugh with this collection, thank you!! ❤
@@qwertykeyboard5901 This is only the final part of deflating, after the tyre pressure equals approximately the ambient pressure. 😅 But it would be true for a material that expends, such as latex balloons, where the inner pressure barely exceeds the ambient pressure. 💪
That's hardly unusual. I see wild tire combinations on a regular basis. Did a car the other day that had one low profile (35) on one side, don't recall the brand, a standard goodyear sedan tire on the other side (65), and two very different small truck tires on the rear, not even the rims matched. Outer diameters were all the same, tho, and they cleared the calipers so... I guess if it works it works.
He made it with 27000 or 18650 Lipo / Liion cells, among other things, so it probably worked much better than a Lead Acid battery. However (!), the car alternator is not designed to charge those... probably over charged them, and ruined them. Lipo and Liion cells prefer to sit at 50% of their max storage voltage, not 100% (like a Lead Acid battery). Also, it was probably an explosion hazzard as again, the Alternator probably did not stop charging them when it needed to.
@@choppergirl Yes... the alternator can charge a lithium bank... BUT.. the battery bank MUST have the proper charge controller built in. When you buy a proper replacement battery that is Lithium and it has the form factor of the usual car battery, it has the controller built in. Nothing has to be done to the alternator. The controller (a good one) would take care of the charging current, charging time and max voltage for the cells being used. What this guy had was horrible. He's lucky that the thing didn't burst into flames like some EVs do. And those other cells (or super caps) were NOT added correctly to the system. And the plastic box.. .OMG. If he wanted to do this right, he should have taken his old, original battery, get it drained properly, cut the top off below the rim, remove all the cells inside... super clean and then use that to build his bank.... but build it properly. Then, reattach the top with a rim retainer piece.
@@BlondieHappyGuy Well, hydrochloric acid is kind of dangerous so I can't suggest gutting a used battery just to reuse the outer plastic casing. To have a same form factor battery case he could of bought a battery without the acid installed yet, but then, might as well run with that instead. To disassemble it would be messing with lead. Really, any plastic case would do of the right shape off a Walmart storage container aisle. I think he was in a pinch and had already invested in Lipos, knew they had a higher density, and tried to rig up something expedient and experimental in a pencil case box. Some check car jump start units use these lipos with a contained charge controller which is probably where he got the idea. Agreed about the charge controller. Really, a lot of people do a lot more dangerous things than having them under a car hood... with Lipos and Liions... like wearing them on their head in VR units, or in their pocket in smart phones.
@@choppergirl Yeah, you are right about that. Most people wouldn't know how to properly drain and dispose of acid. I didn't even think about buying a battery without the acid in it yet. That's actually brilliant. You are also right about some people under the hood of a car. Not just batteries, but many things. There are some videos out there of people who have done things that they should not have done, under the hood and under the car... that... well... are beyond cringe.
@@BlondieHappyGuy The proper way to dispose of acid is to mix it with high fructose corn syrup and carmel color, then shake it up and carbonate it under pressure in a plastic bottle. Then it's simply a matter of selling it on a store shelf and once bought becomes someone elses diabetic problem.
It's also a suuuuper sh1t product that we don't recommend using in any vehicle... we are the ones that found it... and fixed it. Also, this had no contamination, no water had been in it and it was the only fluid introduced after a diff rebuild.
@@proam-garage3029 Shockproofs EP additive package is hygroscopic. Once it absorbs enough water from the atmosphere(the diff vent) it separates from the base stock oil, causing what you found. That is a large part of why it's meant to exchanged at regular intervals. I prefer Amsoil products as the drain intervals can be longer and the wear protection is better.
@@BillyWillicker it’s a truly shit product if it has that effect on vehicles that typically go long periods without being driven, like this one. You know like race cars. We use only Motul products and in the years of running it we’ve never seen any issues, no lubrication based failures. This shock proof stuff has been the cause of many gear and synchro failures in our experience though. 11/10 never use this shit on anything.
@@proam-garage3029 Motul products are fine. I use Amsoil products with good success. I don't advocate use of shockproof, only named it so people could know what product it was.
@@Cheepchipsable Those pink ones are in fact 18650 lithium cells. Very common and yes, a lot of power tools use them. Which is great because, what a lot of people don't realize, is that when the battery on your power tools starts to not charge or charge quickly and only last a few minutes, it's usually a cell or two that are done for. Super easy to replace them. I have a bunch of Porter Cable power tools, that I love and a couple of years ago, I bought a used set off of a guy. He sold it with several batteries because some of the batteries were "bad". LOL silly contractor. I opened up the 2 bad batteries, found which cells were bad, replaced them with some I had on hand, balanced them and WHALA! They've been working perfectly since then. But mixing 18650 cells with other batter types or super capacitors in that arrangement is bad news.
Not as funny when people actually steal it from your car, that shit is expensive. In contrast if there is maintenance that has to be done, a little bit of time with a cutter and re-soldering is cheaper. If a person spends time in that, it means that it has become a serious issue where this person lives.
Not really, the catalytic thieves usually use a torch to cut them out of the exhaust system so they'd be able to cut the rebar cage to get at the convertor fairly quickly and easily... All it does is complicate the lives of Repair Techs that have to work on anything in the area and if it was ARC or MIG welded in, risks blowing out every piece of Electronics in the car...
@@HappilyHomicidalHooligan clearly you've never welded on a vehicle, or know much about how thieves get the cat off of a car. 99.9% of the time it's with a cordless grinder or hacksaw. A torch would be ridiculous for a few reasons. Unless the vehicle is in the middle of nowhere between the light from the torch and the spark show it would put on would bring unwanted attention to you. And have you ever grabbed a piece of metal that was torched off right after it was? No and neither has anyone else without welding gloves or the equivalent protection. And do you realize how hard it would be to get away quickly with a set of cutting torches? Bro you didn't think this one through before you commented!
@@yuritahdid1475 None of that makes welding rebar to your truck a good idea. It isn't. Insurance covers vandalism (and I've had to use it for such). Better than making your vehicle impossible to do major repairs on. I just replaced the starter on my Dodge, and it was hard enough to reach without adding extra crap in the way.
@@HappilyHomicidalHooligan Any deterant is better than nothing. To cut through all that would really extend the time to take one. I suspect that they'd see that and just move on to an easier target,
I spent 2 weeks trying to figure out why my passengers side window wouldn't go back up. Turns out someone had hit the window lock on the driver's door.
I work in car rental and we deal with stuff like that pretty regularly. We also have to explain how the child locks work on the doors, and the minivans with a button that disables the automatic open/close.
That is one way to jump-start a vehicle I have never seen before. Unfortunately, unless you have the power of a god, you can't count on it ever happening again.
@@amzarnacht6710 - I was called to repair some lightning strike electrical damage on a car some years back when I owned a business doing that work. All the wires inside the car did not have copper strands in them... There was some kind of powder in all the wires. THe lightning destroyed most of the copper in the car. I told them to scrap the whole thing. 5 year old car completely crap in the flash of an eye.
I had a friend with a truck that had a weird noise when going over bumps and the like. He spent a huge amount of time looking over the frame and undercarriage. The noise turned out that a raw walnut, shell include, had fallen in between the cab and the bed of the truck. We had a good laugh over that one.
8:19 I’ve been with the same ambulance manufacturing company for 22 years and I’ve seen some really need conversions that people have come up with using an E series chassis and everything from a F series duelly bed to camper shells. Some of them are really clean and look factory
They have been factory since the 1980's, look up the Centurion E series trucks. They were specifically made for extra cab room while towing 5th-Wheel trailers.
@@TheFishE77Official these I’m referring to come to us in two wheel drive configuration and the customers send them we send them to our conversion center to be converted into 4x4. It’s a whole ordeal, but very neat
That was the most impressive clip here for sure. But I am very curios whether the car actually started. I mean, did the starter actually activate and get the engine going, or did this just start the electrical system? Honestly, considering that the lightning did interact with the electrical system in some way, it's very surprising that it didn't instantly fry every fuse in the car.
As a retired mechanic, I find myself screaming at the stupid people who are actually given permission to drive automobiles. I feel your pain and anguish 😂
I am increasingly convinced that the problem is that American driver's ed only teaches the bare minimum about traffic signals. It doesn't teach car care, manners, you even have to pay extra if you want more than the more than the barest mention of defensive driving... We need to import a Secretary of Transportation from Finland.
@AnimeSunglasses if you want examples, ppl run into things, walk into traffic or follow maps that drive them off cliffs. The majority lack any common sense.
@@anthonythorp7291 Did you ever own one? If so, what was it like, especially with maintenance? Do you think there could be a resurgence in builds like that?
@@TheMightyT1 Never owned one, too expensive at my age otherwise??? Thought it would be comfortable for anyone spending time in a vehicle. Probably won't make a comeback due to all the 4 door trucks now.
TY for saying his name i forgot his YT channel name one of the arms did not lock into position and it kicked out But Mr Waylon made a YT video about what happened This is Why i Hate 2 post lifts anything can happen even if you have 50yrs as a master mechanic and lifted cars and trucks hundred of times you going to have that one vehicle that is going to slip off the lift and ruin your whole day
For real. had a friend who drove a Sentra try to pick me up once and his passenger side front tire had a good 5 inch gash in the side wall. Still held air. Told him about it and he said, "is that bad? rate how bad out of 10." he did replace it after another 2 months of driving it.
I take good care of my Xterra! I had a 2013 Frontier but I got hit by a red light runner. She hit the front of my truck like an artillery shell, but that truck was built like a tank. Walked away without a scratch.
ignition "bedazled" ring of death ......... yup , seen that often happening past few years on several customer states vids .......... ! though some pure imobilize the contact with the imobiliazer .... this one plain blocked the last push ?
Home made car battery. Those look like super capacitors. Small, light, and pack a LOT of power. Also, can get recharged at 10 000 amp, and discharged at the same rate without problem, millions of times. 2:10 Did someone replace the differential oil with strawberry ice cream ?
0:42 nope nope nope nope nope. There's absolutely nothing balancing those lithium cells. In just a short amount of time they'll become more and more offset until eventually a) one cells gets so low it stop making electrical connection and stops working or b) one get too high and explodes, starting a fire that cannot be put out by traditional methods, and turning your car into a Tesla fire. Not to mention it'll fail to work in cold temperatures. There's a reason we still use SLA batteries for starting cars and not the lighter more compact lithium ones that have to be temperature controlled like EVs do.
I've had both the air intake and heater core plugged by critters using them as their winter food locker. It can happen in just a day or two from a really ambitious rodent.
Several years ago a guy ran into my shop on foot. He was in a col sweat because his check engine light had come on or something and he decided to check the oil. When he removed the cap and looked inside, he didn't see any! This mustang must be his new ride...
10:29 optional anti theft ring. Im surprised the key stayed in the ing switch. Im going to bet the factory anti theft antenna ring has been pushed back off its clip spot The blink ring holds the key out just far enough the vats ring cant pick up the chip in the key i think its Passlock 3
3:12 very effective way to stop transmission theft muffler theft drive shafts theft gas tank theft Break in from under the drivers seat and countless other things. Oh one last thing, transmission work.
10:08 - My mother had one of these before she got her keyless Mercedes.. She though it looked really pretty and bought one, installed it herself and tried to start the car the next day.. didn't work.. I knew it was something with that stupid ring, so I yanked it off.. Car starts.. I put it back on, car doesn't start.. What I think is happening is that it's causing some kind of short. Maybe that's blocking current or something like that.. Heck I think these things even got on the news once telling people not to buy them.
They just break the connection between the transponder in the key head and the immobiliser sensor in the slip ring. They're just too far apart to talk to each other.
another comment Pointed out that these are Lithium cells which will have issues in cold weather and they arent balanced so they could become a fire hazard. so i assume this was some home patch job to get the car to the mechanic and the creator of the battery was very aware of its flaws
The last one with the key, made me remember about my Jeep Grand Cherokee Lerdo I used to have. I could start it and take the key out and run a whole trip around town without issues 😂
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fr, i've seen one video where the flywheel came loose and killed a guy 💀
It can unsuscribe you from life.
No kidding. I remember one video where a piston and part of the connecting rod came out the side of the block, punched a hole in the shop wall, flew across the shop's office on the other side and came to rest lodged in the cinder block wall on the other side, missing five or six lucky people.
Indeed, wear ear protection so you do not get distressed by the explosion.
Clearly propaganda 😂😂 shrapnel never hurt or killed anyone! Oh wait....
That homemade battery is trully impressive
but pretty scary too, having 14Volts in a plastic box
@@martingraf2421 Isn't that pretty much what a normal car battery is?
thats actually nice, but yeah that plastic isnt safe.
Till they opened it up, I thought someone made a wet cell battery out of Tupperware.
@@arbremagique6253ah, stop being such a downer. It's safe enough for a stop-gap.
It was built all with closed cells, the layout of the cells were quite thought out and there seemed to be no great risk of the terminals shorting out. I wouldn't call it safer than a regular lead-acid battery, but it's fine.
I am a bit sceptical about it being able to handle the alternators' charging current, though...
The dashboard light pumpkins at 10:24 were... well, brilliant. 🎃
Scariest Halloween decorations ever!
@@NemoConsequentae Flashing Check Engine light for extra terror!
Those are terrifying! Giving me the creeps.
@@sleepyhollow783 The money light!
I was thinking the same. Cool idea!
It's amazing how a tiny decorative metal ring can be an anti-theft device! lol
It works on push starts too for some stupid reason.
My question is why is every emergency light on
plus the belt is screaming@@kancer_mufen
@@kancer_mufen Its because the car was just turned on and the gauge cluster was still calibrating or whatever it does.
It won't stop it from being stolen, unless the thief took the keys I suppose.
That Econoline with the dually axle and truck bed was actually a thing back in the 70's. Guy was just reliving his younger days.
We called them a Vickup!
They were called a centurion
and into the 2,000's as well, i have one, its a 99!
I couldn't figure out what he was laughing/cared about.
@@obsidianjane4413i was laughing because it was such a surprise to my eyes
That cat rebar cage was mighty impressive!
Funniest thing though is that it would slow down a sawsall for about maybe 30 seconds.
0:15
@@obsidianjane4413Gone in 90 Seconds instead of Gone in 60 Seconds.
Remember, thieves are lazy. They would see that and just move onto the next car.
@@baddriversofthenorcalarea500 True. But $100 is a hundred dollah when you've already crawled under a truck with a sawsall.
The lightning strike starting the car actually made my jaw drop
Same!!
Yeah that was weird. I've never heard of that happening before
Thor needed a ride.
That was one lucky strike!
But seriously, so many things had to right for that to happen that it will be most likely the last time we will see this happen. Lightning has to burn out immobilizer (and only that so it doesn't just shut down after rotating the starter), power the starter and rotate it enough so the engine starts. Not an easy feat when you get one millisecond jolt of millions of volts and amps!
And the Lord said,
"LET THERE BE IGNITION."
And it was good.
That's not a head gasket, that's a BREAD gasket
Either way, his engine is toast 😎
@@pirateadam3686 Ayyyye 😎
*basket
What would inspire someone to do that?!?!
@@carmium impatience.
I like how that one dude just had a scooter at the shop and knew how to jump with it
they did what the customer asked them to do✌️😂
How to get fired. 🔥
@@rustirab3465 found the OSHA agent
Yup, and he jumped the shit out of that battery. 😆
Jumping on a scooter takes no skill :0
I feel bad for that square body Chevy for so many reasons. Also I hope someone explained it too the gal that was confused about her flat tire.
The Guy with the Square Body Truck has a YT channel and he was making a YT video when one of the arms on the lift kicked outward BTW the old Chevy truck was restored and now it Totaled
@rogerstlaurent8704 To be honest originally I was referring to the white one with the monster truck suspension that backed out the shop with the guy hanging off the front. Then I saw the one you were talking about as well.
@@SOU6900 Yes you are correct i thought it was the Red body Chevy Truck you were commenting on Yes The White body mud Truck was Flipping funny The truck started up with Mr Stupid still holding onto the Truck
@rogerstlaurent8704 We're both right in all honesty. Because I did feel bad the red one too when I saw it.
@@rogerstlaurent8704 - That had to hurt... Physically, His Pride, and the Wallet. And Shame. You would never live that shit down.
The lady who thought that a tyre has compartments that deflate separately has to be the best engineer. 😂 Well, I had a very good laugh with this collection, thank you!! ❤
I had to listen to that clip 4x just to make sure i heard what she said, I'm just 🤦 like wow
@@shadowsagen723 she didn't understand how a balloon deflates. 😂
She didn't know that if she rotated the wheel so that the flat part is at the top she could continue driving.
The air pressure remained mostly constant, but the volume decreased.
@@qwertykeyboard5901 This is only the final part of deflating, after the tyre pressure equals approximately the ambient pressure. 😅 But it would be true for a material that expends, such as latex balloons, where the inner pressure barely exceeds the ambient pressure. 💪
9:20 Its nice to know the owner is very diverse when it comes to his tires.
Pirelli= Itaian
MuchoMacho= Mexican
LingLong= Chinese
Such a wild combination 😄
They have the same taste in tires, that I have in food. Lol.
That's hardly unusual. I see wild tire combinations on a regular basis.
Did a car the other day that had one low profile (35) on one side, don't recall the brand, a standard goodyear sedan tire on the other side (65), and two very different small truck tires on the rear, not even the rims matched. Outer diameters were all the same, tho, and they cleared the calipers so... I guess if it works it works.
We have an Impala at work with all-seasons in the front and summer performance on the back. I call it the Chevy Mullet.
It's the Diversity option for the tires.
He knew how to make a goddamn battery and connect it to the car but didn't know how to change it for an original one, impressive
He made it with 27000 or 18650 Lipo / Liion cells, among other things, so it probably worked much better than a Lead Acid battery. However (!), the car alternator is not designed to charge those... probably over charged them, and ruined them. Lipo and Liion cells prefer to sit at 50% of their max storage voltage, not 100% (like a Lead Acid battery). Also, it was probably an explosion hazzard as again, the Alternator probably did not stop charging them when it needed to.
@@choppergirl Yes... the alternator can charge a lithium bank... BUT.. the battery bank MUST have the proper charge controller built in.
When you buy a proper replacement battery that is Lithium and it has the form factor of the usual car battery, it has the controller built in. Nothing has to be done to the alternator. The controller (a good one) would take care of the charging current, charging time and max voltage for the cells being used.
What this guy had was horrible. He's lucky that the thing didn't burst into flames like some EVs do.
And those other cells (or super caps) were NOT added correctly to the system.
And the plastic box.. .OMG.
If he wanted to do this right, he should have taken his old, original battery, get it drained properly, cut the top off below the rim, remove all the cells inside... super clean and then use that to build his bank.... but build it properly. Then, reattach the top with a rim retainer piece.
@@BlondieHappyGuy Well, hydrochloric acid is kind of dangerous so I can't suggest gutting a used battery just to reuse the outer plastic casing.
To have a same form factor battery case he could of bought a battery without the acid installed yet, but then, might as well run with that instead. To disassemble it would be messing with lead. Really, any plastic case would do of the right shape off a Walmart storage container aisle.
I think he was in a pinch and had already invested in Lipos, knew they had a higher density, and tried to rig up something expedient and experimental in a pencil case box. Some check car jump start units use these lipos with a contained charge controller which is probably where he got the idea.
Agreed about the charge controller.
Really, a lot of people do a lot more dangerous things than having them under a car hood... with Lipos and Liions... like wearing them on their head in VR units, or in their pocket in smart phones.
@@choppergirl Yeah, you are right about that.
Most people wouldn't know how to properly drain and dispose of acid.
I didn't even think about buying a battery without the acid in it yet. That's actually brilliant.
You are also right about some people under the hood of a car. Not just batteries, but many things. There are some videos out there of people who have done things that they should not have done, under the hood and under the car... that... well... are beyond cringe.
@@BlondieHappyGuy The proper way to dispose of acid is to mix it with high fructose corn syrup and carmel color, then shake it up and carbonate it under pressure in a plastic bottle.
Then it's simply a matter of selling it on a store shelf and once bought becomes someone elses diabetic problem.
The "breadgasket" was pretty inventive!
They used Lisa Douglas’ hot cakes as a head gasket on Green Acres.
@@BigLisaFanI didn't notice you posted this until after I posted nearly the same thing. Mea Culpa.
@@BigLisaFan LOL!
@@Colorado_Native No problemo. Great minds think alike.
I would have a least cut an aluminum sheet to spec.
"My battery is on par with Iron Man's arc reactor"
1.21 jigawatts!
132 miles to Chicago, it's dark out, and we're wearing sunglasses.
No wonder his car was still working without a drop of fuel. That battery defies the laws of physics and can power a whole city for years.
Plot twist @oohhhdaniel what if it's the car from 4:04
That " Battery has to be jumped" had me dying!!!
That diff fluid is contaminated Redline Shock-Proof gear oil. It's supposed to be that color but not that consistency. Likely water intrusion.
It's also a suuuuper sh1t product that we don't recommend using in any vehicle... we are the ones that found it... and fixed it.
Also, this had no contamination, no water had been in it and it was the only fluid introduced after a diff rebuild.
@@proam-garage3029 Shockproofs EP additive package is hygroscopic. Once it absorbs enough water from the atmosphere(the diff vent) it separates from the base stock oil, causing what you found. That is a large part of why it's meant to exchanged at regular intervals. I prefer Amsoil products as the drain intervals can be longer and the wear protection is better.
@@BillyWillicker it’s a truly shit product if it has that effect on vehicles that typically go long periods without being driven, like this one. You know like race cars.
We use only Motul products and in the years of running it we’ve never seen any issues, no lubrication based failures.
This shock proof stuff has been the cause of many gear and synchro failures in our experience though.
11/10 never use this shit on anything.
@@proam-garage3029 Motul products are fine. I use Amsoil products with good success.
I don't advocate use of shockproof, only named it so people could know what product it was.
I thought it was straight grease.
that homemade battery gives me unabomber vibes
That is what most power tool batteries look like inside, so not that big of a deal.
@@Cheepchipsable Those pink ones are in fact 18650 lithium cells. Very common and yes, a lot of power tools use them. Which is great because, what a lot of people don't realize, is that when the battery on your power tools starts to not charge or charge quickly and only last a few minutes, it's usually a cell or two that are done for. Super easy to replace them.
I have a bunch of Porter Cable power tools, that I love and a couple of years ago, I bought a used set off of a guy. He sold it with several batteries because some of the batteries were "bad". LOL silly contractor.
I opened up the 2 bad batteries, found which cells were bad, replaced them with some I had on hand, balanced them and WHALA! They've been working perfectly since then.
But mixing 18650 cells with other batter types or super capacitors in that arrangement is bad news.
Those hard right angles in the exhaust had me rolling
That rebar welded undercarriage to prevent catalytic converter theft is genius!
🤣
Bet that tech thinks otherwise.
Comedic genius
Not as funny when people actually steal it from your car, that shit is expensive. In contrast if there is maintenance that has to be done, a little bit of time with a cutter and re-soldering is cheaper. If a person spends time in that, it means that it has become a serious issue where this person lives.
@@marilynman That cage just makes it much harder to steal and makes sure that nearly all will just go to a different car.
Loved the pumpkins at the end, esp the blinking engine warning light. They were unique and clever!👍🏼
Mucho Macho and Ling Longs are the real kings of the streets.
Chinese garbage or not, one has to by a pair of each. Those names are hilarious.
The website says "Favored by professional drivers everywhere". Funny how I've never heard of them until now.
The rebar cage was actually a smart idea. Some of the Dodge catalytic converters retail at $3,500 to replace!
Not really, the catalytic thieves usually use a torch to cut them out of the exhaust system so they'd be able to cut the rebar cage to get at the convertor fairly quickly and easily...
All it does is complicate the lives of Repair Techs that have to work on anything in the area and if it was ARC or MIG welded in, risks blowing out every piece of Electronics in the car...
@@HappilyHomicidalHooliganay man people will do what they have to deter theft
@@HappilyHomicidalHooligan clearly you've never welded on a vehicle, or know much about how thieves get the cat off of a car. 99.9% of the time it's with a cordless grinder or hacksaw. A torch would be ridiculous for a few reasons. Unless the vehicle is in the middle of nowhere between the light from the torch and the spark show it would put on would bring unwanted attention to you. And have you ever grabbed a piece of metal that was torched off right after it was? No and neither has anyone else without welding gloves or the equivalent protection. And do you realize how hard it would be to get away quickly with a set of cutting torches? Bro you didn't think this one through before you commented!
@@yuritahdid1475 None of that makes welding rebar to your truck a good idea. It isn't. Insurance covers vandalism (and I've had to use it for such). Better than making your vehicle impossible to do major repairs on. I just replaced the starter on my Dodge, and it was hard enough to reach without adding extra crap in the way.
@@HappilyHomicidalHooligan Any deterant is better than nothing.
To cut through all that would really extend the time to take one.
I suspect that they'd see that and just move on to an easier target,
I feel for the dude with the OBS Chevy,but it's a great tutorial to always use the key with a buddy inside.
The bread as a headgasket would have worked if he had buttered it first! 😂
But he did throw nutella on the bread 😂😂
@@zewalon Looks more like Vegemite or Marmite - they're black whilst Nutella is brown.
🤣🤣🤣
OH COME ON! Geeze!
Everyone knows that it has to be 12-grain, whole wheat.
ROFL
😅😂🤣
Should have used tortillas
I spent 2 weeks trying to figure out why my passengers side window wouldn't go back up. Turns out someone had hit the window lock on the driver's door.
I work in car rental and we deal with stuff like that pretty regularly. We also have to explain how the child locks work on the doors, and the minivans with a button that disables the automatic open/close.
Step away from the bong lol !
That is one way to jump-start a vehicle I have never seen before. Unfortunately, unless you have the power of a god, you can't count on it ever happening again.
Car was probably totaled, tho. That much voltage probably cooked the computer and a good many connections.
@@amzarnacht6710 - I was called to repair some lightning strike electrical damage on a car some years back when I owned a business doing that work. All the wires inside the car did not have copper strands in them... There was some kind of powder in all the wires. THe lightning destroyed most of the copper in the car. I told them to scrap the whole thing. 5 year old car completely crap in the flash of an eye.
0:00 That tire was saying, "What is all of this sh-- in your yard?? Clean this up!!" *slaps table*
I was thinking more like this: I will show you how to remove that headlight - no need to Google it! 😀
I don't have any issues with my car, but the 2 videos back to back with nuts in the air filter, make me want to check mine more often. Lol
I had a friend with a truck that had a weird noise when going over bumps and the like. He spent a huge amount of time looking over the frame and undercarriage. The noise turned out that a raw walnut, shell include, had fallen in between the cab and the bed of the truck. We had a good laugh over that one.
8:19 I’ve been with the same ambulance manufacturing company for 22 years and I’ve seen some really need conversions that people have come up with using an E series chassis and everything from a F series duelly bed to camper shells. Some of them are really clean and look factory
They have been factory since the 1980's, look up the Centurion E series trucks. They were specifically made for extra cab room while towing 5th-Wheel trailers.
@@TheFishE77Official these I’m referring to come to us in two wheel drive configuration and the customers send them we send them to our conversion center to be converted into 4x4. It’s a whole ordeal, but very neat
Loved the last one! The ignition bling was so sparkly! Three hours later dad is just shaking his head...Daughters!!!😂
3:47 "my battery is on par with Iron man's arc reactor" LMAO!
First clip dude was just trying to enjoy his blunt n had a tire thrown at him 🤣🤣🤣
That chick with the tire is worse that blinker fluid! 😭
@@paulsandvig6961 at least she was sincere.
Ah yes, the infamous ‘bread gasket’. Not terribly durable, but when it overheats the cab smells lovely
I see someone tried to make their own Ford F-450 Super Duty. Gotta say, not a half bad job!
They did a great job
That might be from a conversion company like the old Ford Centurion vans which looked exactly like that but were from the 80s.
@@Jakek200 still cool and uncommon
What is the base, an F-150? Sorry for being European. 😂
@@EstevanTH I'd say its based around the E-450 (which normally come as box vans).
Yeah let's start our 30000 possibly 40000 plus mud truck without making sure it's in neutral. Real nice 😂
9:36 as soon as he showed that stupid ring, I laughed my ass off. Went through the same thing with my old girlfriend’s car lol
Home made battery is so cool. Also my mans added ATF and bearing grease to that diff which is why it looks like that
I thought they put strawberry icecream in there... They heard about all that milk grease and fat LOL
the battery was actually pretty solid
Tbf, that rebar cage is put together really well.
Same with the DIY battery.
6:40
"That's nuts"
Literally
4:11 The car was so shocked (no pun intended) that is got hit by lightning that it started
WTF :D. Not in million years I would have expected this possible.
@@machiator2511 Me either
Sounds like the start of a movie with a sentient car
That was the most impressive clip here for sure. But I am very curios whether the car actually started. I mean, did the starter actually activate and get the engine going, or did this just start the electrical system? Honestly, considering that the lightning did interact with the electrical system in some way, it's very surprising that it didn't instantly fry every fuse in the car.
the car wasn't grounded. @@TheTonyMcD
Oh that battery jump 🤣
6:48 Someone's got a serious squirrel problem!
Okay... the pumpkins at the end is the best Halloween decorations EVER.. I'm totally doing that next year.
The bread gasket was my personal favorite! 😂
The last one: At least she "bedazzle" the airbag, turning it into a claymore upon any potential impact.
I need a jump start
The jump start: 4:04 ECU not found.
Thor just decided to help you start! 🤣
2:11 - you had the perfect opportunity to call it a bread gasket
Battery had to be jumped had me on the floor XD
The pumpkins at the end were cool af ngl
As a retired mechanic, I find myself screaming at the stupid people who are actually given permission to drive automobiles. I feel your pain and anguish 😂
I am increasingly convinced that the problem is that American driver's ed only teaches the bare minimum about traffic signals. It doesn't teach car care, manners, you even have to pay extra if you want more than the more than the barest mention of defensive driving...
We need to import a Secretary of Transportation from Finland.
You should see how ppl act when their phones don't work, or they don't know how to use them.
@@skoVBA2 you're right, but also phones don't kill people unless you use them WHILE driving...
@AnimeSunglasses if you want examples, ppl run into things, walk into traffic or follow maps that drive them off cliffs. The majority lack any common sense.
8:04 It appears Centurion Motors has returned from the grave to recreate one of their most prized builds, the Centurion C-350!!!
Yessir
I remember them
@@anthonythorp7291 Did you ever own one? If so, what was it like, especially with maintenance? Do you think there could be a resurgence in builds like that?
@@TheMightyT1 Never owned one, too expensive at my age otherwise??? Thought it would be comfortable for anyone spending time in a vehicle. Probably won't make a comeback due to all the 4 door trucks now.
Oooooo! Engine dabloons in the oil pan!!
This is one of the best episodes
Bro did that lightning bolt just start that car?
We definitely suggest running our patented forbidden pink diff juice in your nuggets..... 😅
That looks like an older Corvette axle. Am I correct? Or is it something else? I'm thinking '68-82 axle.
@@justincooper5189 nah it’s 90’s Toyota
@@proam-garage3029 ok. My bad. It does look similar to a Corvette axle, I just don't have a reference for size.
Cylinder Head : Im tired boss 😓
7:20 hey that air filter was doin its job though ! 😂
yo that rebar cage is impressive
The girl asking why the bottom section of a flat tire is more flat had me lose faith in humanity
Only the 3rd oldest joke in the world, "It's only flat on one side."
I can dig it. Felt the same lol!
1:30 subaru forbidden glitter
0:07 no one is talking about the rainbow like button
I actually painted the like button in metalic blue🤔
@@Carhaxi mean when you watch that part 0:07 - 0:09 this videos like button glows rainbow
@@kulmasohva5506just a glitch in the matrix 😂
0:52 that looks like my car.. Maybe that's why my battery kept dying..
2:11 it’s the sacred relic! THE BREADGASKET!
I feel bad for Waylon Wire's Old Iron
You're a good man, Waylon Wire
TY for saying his name i forgot his YT channel name one of the arms did not lock into position and it kicked out But Mr Waylon made a YT video about what happened This is Why i Hate 2 post lifts anything can happen even if you have 50yrs as a master mechanic and lifted cars and trucks hundred of times you going to have that one vehicle that is going to slip off the lift and ruin your whole day
@@rogerstlaurent8704 Agreed. That Mr. Wire doesn't need more complications.
He has a great channel and he has had a bit of bad luck.
Therapist: so why are you here exactly?
Mechanic:
at 1:15 bro found the all new Subaru "Candy"
That van/truck is sick. I’d love to have that thing.
1:45 I have the same question and who or what is gravity or why it matters about the weight of my car the tire is flat..
That last one though... hours spent for that. That kiddo needs some payback! LOL
Honestly, dad needs to redesign his troubleshooting flowchart if it took him that long to discover that.
I would have said "I'm sorry honey but your car can't start. Looks like you'll need to take the bus until I can get this fixed".
Curbstomping the battery has me so dead 😂😂😂😂
The Skoda leaking black fluid is straight up Nightmare fuel
7:40 bro had an full corn tank
5:07 true big altima energy
5:40 don’t need to deal with a cap lock if you just drill the tank lol
Hell yeah that 1st guy got a free rim and tire!!!😂😂😂
The guy Was searching on his phone how to remove the headlights from his car, the wheel did that is one second 😀
Nissan owners are something else
For real.
had a friend who drove a Sentra try to pick me up once and his passenger side front tire had a good 5 inch gash in the side wall. Still held air.
Told him about it and he said, "is that bad? rate how bad out of 10."
he did replace it after another 2 months of driving it.
I take good care of my Xterra! I had a 2013 Frontier but I got hit by a red light runner. She hit the front of my truck like an artillery shell, but that truck was built like a tank. Walked away without a scratch.
The battery and the rebar cage, amazing work on both these things, honestly
ignition "bedazled" ring of death ......... yup , seen that often happening past few years on several customer states vids .......... ! though some pure imobilize the contact with the imobiliazer .... this one plain blocked the last push ?
Home made car battery. Those look like super capacitors. Small, light, and pack a LOT of power. Also, can get recharged at 10 000 amp, and discharged at the same rate without problem, millions of times.
2:10 Did someone replace the differential oil with strawberry ice cream ?
0:42 nope nope nope nope nope. There's absolutely nothing balancing those lithium cells. In just a short amount of time they'll become more and more offset until eventually a) one cells gets so low it stop making electrical connection and stops working or b) one get too high and explodes, starting a fire that cannot be put out by traditional methods, and turning your car into a Tesla fire. Not to mention it'll fail to work in cold temperatures. There's a reason we still use SLA batteries for starting cars and not the lighter more compact lithium ones that have to be temperature controlled like EVs do.
I've had both the air intake and heater core plugged by critters using them as their winter food locker. It can happen in just a day or two from a really ambitious rodent.
8:17 Dodge had vans like that in the 70's....Dodge Dreamer it was called..
The last one was the best!
4:11 Bro, we just got a jump start from God.
Several years ago a guy ran into my shop on foot. He was in a col sweat because his check engine light had come on or something and he decided to check the oil. When he removed the cap and looked inside, he didn't see any! This mustang must be his new ride...
1:53 was that some kinda of a Blonde joke?
6:17 I love doing this with any bit of metal that has a flexible bend in it, love the sound
10:29 optional anti theft ring.
Im surprised the key stayed in the ing switch. Im going to bet the factory anti theft antenna ring has been pushed back off its clip spot
The blink ring holds the key out just far enough the vats ring cant pick up the chip in the key i think its
Passlock 3
That’s my daughters car. The only thing that ring was doing was interrupting the signal from the chip in the base of the key.
@travissmith4546 out of curiosity, what kinda car is it?
Those pumpkins are freaking awesome !
3:12 very effective way to stop transmission theft muffler theft drive shafts theft gas tank theft
Break in from under the drivers seat and countless other things.
Oh one last thing, transmission work.
The pumpkins with the flashing check engine light lol brilliant
10:08 - My mother had one of these before she got her keyless Mercedes.. She though it looked really pretty and bought one, installed it herself and tried to start the car the next day.. didn't work.. I knew it was something with that stupid ring, so I yanked it off.. Car starts.. I put it back on, car doesn't start.. What I think is happening is that it's causing some kind of short. Maybe that's blocking current or something like that.. Heck I think these things even got on the news once telling people not to buy them.
It's magnetic. The magnets interfere with the RFID signal.
They just break the connection between the transponder in the key head and the immobiliser sensor in the slip ring. They're just too far apart to talk to each other.
5:00. You know those little rubber pads the ramp comes with, guess why they were fitted!.
0:27 Makes no sense? If the battery worked perfectly then why did he need a new one?
another comment Pointed out that these are Lithium cells which will have issues in cold weather and they arent balanced so they could become a fire hazard. so i assume this was some home patch job to get the car to the mechanic and the creator of the battery was very aware of its flaws
The last one with the key, made me remember about my Jeep Grand Cherokee Lerdo I used to have. I could start it and take the key out and run a whole trip around town without issues 😂
Mucho Macho..i just spilt my juice watching that.... how cheaper than that can you go?
2:10 thats the finest OEM bread gasket I've ever seen