Why You Don't Need a Mechanic in 2020
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- These bluetooth ODB2 scanners are amazing, and it helped us fix our police car for super cheap. However, the 1990 Firebird Formula doesn't have ODB2, so what were we to do? We found a cheap scanner online, you know that wizards tool that everything thinks is too expensive? Yeah, those are not out of reach anymore. Here's how they work.
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Cool video guys🙂👍👍
Why did they add soft close hatch
If you're ever at the junkyard, which I highly recommend. Check the Crown Vics, Grand Marquis and Town Cars for clean new coils.The place I go to sells them in pairs for I want to say $14.. Remove the boot and clean off the metal coil in there too, sometimes a cleaning will help. I bought mine with half of them going bad. Replaced 2 cleaned the oil off of 1, (valve cover gasket.) So far it's been 2 years + with no trouble out of any of the coils. I also get tires, sometimes with the wheel sometimes without. Dot code will tell you how old it is.
Dude.
Stop saying “ODB port”
It’s OBD.....
You do that while you complain about how annoying it is.
Also to say you don’t need a mechanic is so arrogant.
Yeah you fixed some things. And have some tools.
But imagine if you had one hour to do the paperwork In addition to diagnosing the car.
And doing that 7 more hours.
Do that 6 days a week.
Do that for years in end.
And you say that man is not needed.
Privilege
Grandpa said owning a car is like owning a horse.
You must feed, groom, exercise and clean after them
or PAY someone to do it for you.
Indeed. Great saying new to me. But you have daily maintenance and fueling requirements w a horse even when you aren't using it. :D
EVs guarantee the 1st big step in a century to low cost/maint future. (I'm a petrol head but see where it's going)
The Snap on Entertainment System
Known as Garagicom in Japan.
More expensive than Gameboy
@@mgancarzjr Is that Garage Computer mixdown?
Seeing the snap on scanner aka the red brick brings back memories of using it.
"My dream car" "This car never ceases to let me down" Start and finish all of the videos like that.
That statement could be applied to children too, lol.
"This car never ceases to let me down."
Reminds me of my old '79 Scirocco. Through all the crap to fix, the strandings, etc., I still loved that car and wish I still had it.
Same with me on my 1989 Golf Gti. I repair most things myself all self taught via Google, VW owner forums and watching RUclips videos. Al it’s takes is a little time and trial and error and not being scared to make mistakes..
That was one of the best scan tools when new, it was expensive, if my memory serves $4000 for the base unit plus additional for me updated cartiratages and adaptores. One note it only tells you which sensor or circuit is out of range it does not tell you the reason it is out of range. you also need a graphing multi meater to see glitches.
Years ago, I solved MY dilemma with cars. I settled on a 4 year stretch of manufacturing, 1996 to 1999. The same brand, the same style during that 4 year period. I have enjoyed 600K miles with very low expenses. Settling on one manufacturer and one style, you soon become an expert and all your tools, extra tires and parts roll over to your next car. The brand and style doesn't matter, just one that you like. The good parts unbolt from the last one and bolt onto your new ride. No question if they fit. The old ride goes to the junk yard and the new one (with no rust) gets all the newish parts from the junker and your ride continues.
The eagle screech at the beginning was spot on!
Freedom!
That's a red tail hawk screech, though.
... mine does the same !
🤔😉
The dude who makes a swooshing sound when he takes off his sunglasses has a car that makes an eagle screech when he turns the key. It's beautiful.
Yep, red tail hawk. I hear them all the time in real life. Supposedly eagles have a embarrassingly wimpy sounding screech, inconsistent with the image.
For the 80s/90s Chrysler question: aside from the Viper, the only good cars were the turbo cars. Conquest TSI, Talon, Laser, the Shelby Omni, Shelby Charger, and there was also the Stealth/3000gt.
So basically rebadged Mitsubishi's.
@@goodforyou3000 not technically... Sure, that is the case for the Stealth and Conquest. Remember, DSM was a 50/50 joint venture, originally. Plus, the other turbo Dodges have a cult-like following.
2.2 turbo, 2.5 turbo. They always need a head gasket or an entire head replaced
Snap On is amazing. I was shocked when that thing still worked
So are their prices
@@_Junkers yeah but then lifetime warranty with traveling truck that fixes your tools. Id rather pay the right price once. Feel the same way about expensive leather wallets and belts lol
They don’t have a warranty on electronics.
Period.
I hate that you keep having car issues but on the bright side, you will always have content to make videos on.
When you own older cars it comes with the territory.. I’m always repairing my 1989 Golf GTi but it’s saved me thousands in mechanic bills.
The red brick snap on scanner here works with well on older pre obd2 vehicles. Beware that many new modern scanners say they will work with pre obd2 vehicles but really they work on a subset of them.
By the way that prickly leaf was a dried Thistle leaf. Very common in CA and they are very prickly and sticky to clothes and skin.
Loving your series. My brothers and I grew up working on our own cars, starting with bikes, then go karts, to cars. We did it because we had to (couldn't afford to pay someone) and we really got to enjoy it. I enjoy your videos in how you go through the problem and the fix, plus the things that didn't fix it.
Cool, have wondered about these before for the OBD1's, on my 83 I used the old bent paperclip test, actually worked well. The machine would be fun and detailed though.
I WANT a mechanic though, because it saves me a shit ton of time.
And money
If your time is worth a lot of money then yeah. 🤷🏼♂️
Ikr, I mean with some research and effort I could make my own shoes too but ...
Then find the time and save yourself a shit load of money. That’s the trouble with us in the west we’ve become too dependent on others to do work that most of us could do ourselves with just a little time and effort. I have some Polish friends who grew up under communism and as a result they become very resourceful people because they didn’t have the luxury of spending money on a mechanic so they learned to do everything themselves. Repairing their own cars and trucks, building their own homes, including electrics, plumbing, irrigation systems everything where we became lazy & pathetic thinking we need to pay other people to do work we can do ourselves. Especially today with Google and watching RUclips you have access to all the information in the world. I have a old 1989 Golf GTi and I repair most things myself. All self taught from just researching on Google and watching videos on RUclips. Over the 5 years I’ve owned my classic it’s saved me thousands of Dollars in repairs.
Love it have a great day thumbs up stay awesome.
Getting to that heater core is going to be fun.
I learn't form Car Wizard that might mean the whole dash and everything behind it has to come out to get to it
@@benerificable weeeeeezird
want...the playboy reviews....
Man time... booze, cigars, cars, sexism etc. But ya, this was a good video too
Tune in next week
There are ring seals around spark plugs holes. They get hard/dry over time causing them to leak. To fix need to remove valve cover and replace rings/gasket.
@ThePatUltra Hey bruh, I think you're missing some key info, perhaps re-watch the vid..... Bruh.
@ThePatUltra Doesn't matter, you'd order firebird parts for it anyways. Then probably leave negetive reviews at the autozone blaming them for your mistakes. Like how I'm supposed to fuck off when you came for me ...bruh...
I daily drive a 94 suburban with tbi. I love simple fuel injection. Easier than a carb or multipoint fuel injection to deal with over all. It can be harder to diagnose at times because the electronics are so oblivious but the benefit is there is a lot less to go wrong compared to more modern systems. Vacuum leaks, map, tps, iac and o2 are about 90% of the issues it will ever have. All of those items mentioned are cheap and easy to deal with.
Very cool video!! Very informative. Also love the 3rd gen trans am!! Have one 3rd gen myself (a 1988 Camaro IROC ) that I am restoring on my page. I was recommended off Reddit and so happy to watch your vids!
Awesome mate, will check out your page!
4.6l 2v has the opposite problem of seized spark plugs like on the 5.4l 3v . There are only 3 or 4 threads on the cylinder head. The plugs can loosen and shoot out damaging the coil, plug and threads on the cylinder head. Sometimes you can catch it on time. It'll misfire, sound like a exhaust leak tick, and have soot on the coil boot. Good idea to torque them, or just change them out. They will not sieze.
My buddy has one of these at his shop that he bought new in 1990.still works and it diagnosed the bad EGR valve on my 94 regal!
snap on and mac tools are premium tools that are worthy to invest in technician world
When I bought my first truck it had a bad heater core. It had been bypassed with a peice of heater hose. I went through one winter like that and discovered that dismantling the entire dash is completely worth the effort to have heat.
I had an 86 Firebird SE. The hatch closed perfectly. It had the 2.8 V6 with Multiport Fuel Injection. Reliable, great gas mileage. About 300K it started knocking and I stupidly sold it. I will never forgive myself.
I remember back in the 80s and 90s growing up my dad used to do most repairs to his Ford cars. Servicing, oil changes, brake pads and discs, bleeding the brakes, spark plugs, air filters most things I would help my dad do it himself and this was way way pre Google and internet days. It was just trial and error…
That thing must of cost a fortune in the 80s, not only because its snap on but its actually amazing and still relevant.
As much as you may dis-like the Crown Victoria, our metro police still has a sizable fleet of them that they don't want to give up. Compared to modern vehicles they're relatively easy to repair, parts are cheap and abundant. The Explorers that replace them are affectingly called "Exploders".
I remember working on those early cars and to get the OBD codes I would short two pins in the diagnostic connector, then turn on the ignition and watch the MIL which would flash in a slow/fast combination, decoding that by counting the flashes would give you the diagnostic codes.
Gosh I remember these...Tech of the day. Very useful. Around 99-00' found a couple of kits at a junk yard for dirt cheap...many different cartridges. Worked just fine.
12:28 that Bluetooth voice is exactly the same voice as my Bluetooth speaker. 🤣🤣
You got a cheap Chinese speaker didn’t you lol
Wow, it's so cool to see this side of you guys! I knew you had car/bike mechanic skills, but I had only thought of you two as the Asia guys until now
We can all have those skills but we become lazy and just got used to paying other people to do repairs most of us can do ourselves. With the likes of Google and RUclips you can pretty much self teach yourself anything especially on older cars that don’t require a laptop and software just to diagnose a fault.
didnt mean to say "just the asia guys." i always thought you were cool and dynamic. just didnt know how much you knew about all this as well
@@matty6848 yes I want to learn about this stuff in several years
The anti-freeze leaking into the passenger well reminds me of the 1970's Ford F-250 that my dad had when I was growing up. Other thing was having the fuel tank behind the seat. How did people think that was safe?
One cool thing about online communities (or the ones that I have belonged to in the past, anyway), is that they often had special tools to lend. Like a lending library. So if your old car happened to need some uncommon, or not so cheap tool that you didn't want to buy, just to use once or twice, you could borrow it from the community.
Blue driver OBD2 bluetooth reader $99.95 amazon. You should get a sponsored link I love this little gadget it's saved me so much money
Those older Snap On scanners were very helpful in testing parts without having to dig into the service manual for the cars of that era.
I rebuilt my hatch motor, changed guide, switches etc. It took only an hour. The hatch system is pretty straight forward if you have basic mechanic knowledge
not if the previous owner had bolted it in place and deleted all the wiring
Cool tool!
You know by now, it is the valve cover gasket leaking oil to plug and coil, do both sides. Scanners are worth it, good to have ,must have!!
Chrysler Conquest tsi is probably the best Chrysler made in the 80s 87 -89 probably the best
It was the best car chrysler didn't build.
largely because its actually a mistubishi built in japan
I actually used one of these scan tools. Very helpful. And yes, it can show you real time what each system is doing and how each system is operating.
Intake manifold is toast. Looks like the original all plastic one.
I got a 74' Cadillac DeVille with an electric trunk lid closer like that. A nice piece of consumer magic.
25 bucks for an ALDL cable and another ten ish for the software, and you can talk to early gm and Honda ECU.
Also, a paperclip across the correct pins in the ALDL connector will give you codes for antilock, airbag, and ecu.
I just watched a RUclips video about David Lee's $35 million car collection. And now I'm watching this. The different realities that are out there is insane.
My 1997 cadillac deville had the same trunk feature. Kinda nice.
OBDII was required on all cars sold in the 1996 model year. Before that it was kind of a mess. Also, pretty much all American cars, at least, had electronic ignition systems from the early 70s. Big step up from points and condenser's
Very cool, I once helped my dad rebuild a Rochester fuel injection system of a 1957 bel air that worked entirely off vacuum lines, this looks like luxury compared! Keep up the good work though there’s a lot of value in not wussing out of ‘complicated’ jobs and paying someone to laugh at you
The best way to test a knock sensor is to put a scope on it. Then go tap on the block somewhere or near the sensor.
The hatch pulldown motor can also be replaced with a standard latch assembly from an early 3rd gen.
I got one of those bricks and it made diagnosing old efi vehicles sooo much easier. Mine also has obd2 connectors & personality keys.
I don't know how much those things cost today but Snap on scanners with all the modules could cost north of $10k 20 years ago.
Cost me around 200 bucks
C-Milk knows about as much about car repair as.... me! :-)
lol you got one, i watched the first 22 seconds of the video and said to myself, "it's about time". those used early snapon scanners are so cheap that it's stupid for any OBD1 owner not to have one although there is a simpler one that is actually better because it has a large conventional style screen that allows you to see more data at a time on one screen but i forgot the brand name, besides the cartridges the other downfall of the snapon is the little screen and they have all those stupid keys, but they give the info you need .....
Good video. That Snap on tool looks good. I ended up buying the Actron 9690, as it does all the OBDI stuff, but it doesn't have all the "Troubleshooter" stuff on it.
I replaced the heater core on my 91 Firebird Formula last year. It's not too bad of a job and you can get it out without taking the entire dash out, but invest in some long extensions to get all the small screws out that hold that plastic shroud on. Take the passenger seat out too---it'll give you so much more room. Other thing--- the "new" heater cores for these cars are all cheap aluminum pieces of junk and don't fit properly. See my review of the OER3048945 on Summit Racing's website for pictures of what you are going to deal with when buying new. If you can take the original out and take it to a radiator shop (a dying breed) and have them repair it, it's well worth the time and money, as the originals are made of brass. Or, bypass the heater core until you can get time to fix.
Good luck, and keep up the good work!
Back then that snap on tool was most likely state of the art.
I don’t know about the US, but the best Chrysler sports car in Australia were something like the sigma scorpion or gsr. Technically they were Mitsubishi’s but made at a time when the companies were working together and made at a Chrysler factory that became a Mitsubishi factory.
I've been watching your channels for a few years now. Just when I lost interest in China and I bought myself a Corvette C3, you started with this channel. :D
Looking forward to the hatch pull down video. Something on my list of things to do...
I still think you'd be happy with a MOATS ALDL OBDI cable a RedDevilRiver cable & CD plus your ECM bin & mask files (on the forums) so that you can interface directly with the ECU on a modern computer with the same type of software used to talk to and program many DIY EFI ECUs... Tuner Studio. It would let you do most of what that old SnapOn kit would and more. Although the snap-on kit might guide you through specific tests.
There were many good Chrysler cars in the 1980s. They were all made in the Mitsubishi factory in Japan, but never the less, they carried the Chrysler badge. I loved my 1978 Chrysler Scorpion. Oh! you meant cars made in a Chrysler factory. Yeah, not so much.
That looks really cool . Shame that I didn't check this channel earlier
The diagnostics not only saved you time finding the problem they saved you from replacing parts just in case one of them was the source of the problem. I’m all for preventive maintenance but replacing random parts can get expensive.
Chrysler in the 80s/90s had the turbo models of the FWD stuff(there's a whole cult following) such as the Omni GLH, Daytona turbo, and the Mitsubishi clones- Conquest, Laser, Talon etc.
Look them up... I still want a Conquest(Chrysler's clone of a Mitsubishi Starion), a very cool looking 80s car,
Winsten saying obd as odb is on another level.
On Doard Biagnostics
Just a heads up, many Crown Vic interceptors were optioned to use a fleet key so that any police officer could open any police car with the key they had been issued, as many of them then became taxis these keys are quite common, you can even get them on Amazon (search 1284x) I would compare your key to an image of one of these just to be sure. The immobiliser may also be disabled to accommodate the fleet key option
I’ve got a white 89 formula so it’s like watching me drive around lol
Your coil could be good, it could be the oil acting as a trace causing a weak spark.
Panic Mechanic... Do you remember that movie Winston? C-Milk's honest review would be priceless. 😋
I'm betting a mechanic paid for that SnapOn scan tool with his first born. Just the electronics packaging in it screams 80's !
That's our new "ANT" overlords!
I'm just here for the *AutoReilly* jingle
Sparkplugs in a Crown Vic are NOT HARD at all to replace and they do not break in half when you try to remove them. You’re thinking of the Ford 5.4l 3V with the 2 peice spark plug design. The 4.6l in the Crown Vic doesn’t use a two piece design. Easy job to do, just don’t over tighten the plugs and install them while the engine is cold. I’ve been working on Crown Vics for over 10 years now lol
Guess I mixed the two engines up, still glad we didn't need to change the plug
Good Chrysler's from the mid 80's to early 90's ? Winston you're too funny. Good Chrysler is an oxymoron, as I'm sure you know ;) The best use I've seen for Chrysler's of that vintage is is to repurpose their engines as coffee tables.
What's the deal with the upload schedule this week? Matt uploads tomorrow, and everything is normal, just in time for a beer, with a SerpentZA upload at 1pm EST Friday?
Edit: Oh, and I almost burned down the GTI yesterday with starting fluid. Everything is not on fire now, but it still isn't starting.
The puddle of sadness, I had to replace the heater for in my 86 camaro, not fun
Certified Gold!!!!!
Hi I used own a few different trans am and used paper clips to bypass sensors and interior lights I still own a 1988 trans am but this one is restored no longer need paper clips
It even has the links to amazon so you can buy any faulty part...wow. My Dad would have loved this.
Can't the blue tooth voice be of like Hulk Hogan? "Change the #7 cylinder coil brother!!"
I hate replacing a heater core. Your lucky, you have a helper, I do it solo and it sucks.
No, I had to do it solo, C-milk is many things but mechanically inclined is not one of them
February 1972 Centerfold model: PJ Lansing
I'm a transmission rebuilder. You won't need a mechanic any more because cars are disposable. Plus people are willing to pay full retail for a rental. What a scam. If you can not modify repair or if it has a predefined limited life. The item you purchase you do not own it you are renting. These tools tell you what is not wrong with your vehicle. They are not a magic wand. They are useless to anyone that doesn't know what it's saying to them. Some diagnosis take several readings of different stats to figure out. Loads of tricks people have figured out using this tool. Modifications and addons breakout cartridges.
Old man yells at cloud
Trunk pulldown?? Awesome! It's an easy job on a Town Car, just plug and play.
The OG jeep xj Cherokee with the 4.0 straight six is a pretty decent Chrysler from the late 80's early 90's (which is to say, it was good back when it was still basically an AMC/Renault design before Chrysler bastardized it)
The early 90 s dodge spirit r/t shadow csx Daytona s actually all them ol chrycos with the turbo 2 or 3 setups
With them there was the ol key on -off x3 trick for diagnosis
2003 dodge cummins has this same trick
On the red brick scanner, the primary cartridge should be placed in the left side only, also make sure the scanner is powered down before you install or remove cartridges or else main scanner board burns. That scanner has a live engine data stream, you only showed us the troubleshooting cartridge features. Also on the cartridges look at the electronics for any black burn marks. I downloaded the red scanner user manual, if you want it, let me know. Also those four led on the scanner mean something, one is for closed loop, one is for knock detection, rest I forgot, also that scanner has oxygen sensor diagnostic capabilities.
With the right cartridge and key you can read generic and specific non-can obd2 data 96-08 model years with your red scanner.
As OBD1 and it's easy as s*** just a the bottom-left wire to the top-right wire plug in
Those MT2500's were the thing to have back in the day- You could have used that on your vette as well. I have the oem Tech1 scanner that was the dealer tool 20-25 years ago- pretty much you have to have one of these dedicated interfaces if you want to own an obd1 car.
I bought one of these on aliexpress for 3$ , y'all should get a bulk order of custom worthless whip OBD bluetooth sensors
place a paperclip and short the 2 rightmost pins in the obd jack, place key in acc on position. the computer will blink code the errors detected.
first code 3 blinks of start code
various 3 code sets of errors
end code set 3 times Same as start code.
Good idea. I was looking into those old scanners, but there are also good new ones obd 2 and old GM and Ford scan tools, which are more convenient to use. Worth to look at for the best solution to the individual situation.
I remember crawling into the boot of a Firebird as a kid. Then it dawned on me what would happen if we got rear ended...
In old cars it doesn't matter how you crash there's not great outcomes
Just bypass the heater core.
I did one on a Firebird, had to remove the fender.
The eagle at the beginning had me. Sold and subscribed
Crysler Conquest was cool, but really a Mitsu
excellent video boys