Should you go to a mechanic school?
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Ditch digging is the only job that you start at the top, then you immediately work your way to the bottom
Lmao 🤣. I always love your comments Uncle Jesse!
Gonna snag that one
That was me.
Actually, you start at the bottom, and just make the bottom lower
@@mr.nobody68 see what happens when you get an English degree kids?
I was actually fortunate enough that I had kinda a teacher in the automotive world for a dad. The didn't necessarily teach at a school but he was offered to teach at the local auto/diesel college. His students worked for him. He always told me and my friends " I can teach you everything I know, I just can't give you that piece of paper that says you know it." He has taught me half of what he knows so I kinda got a free education in mechanics.
Another good thing to look at is heavy equipment dealers. Many of them have their own intern/apprentiship programs where the store you're interested in working will pay for the schooling (and some tools, though this may vary). The one we have is 2 years and you go to school for 2 months, then go to the shop for 2 months. At the end you're usually offered a job (if you're not a knucklehead) from the sponsoring store and you'll have a bachelors degree in applied science (I believe). The pay is very good for someone just coming out of high school and what you'll learn will set you up very well for life.
I totally agree. I went to college accrued a large debt took me many years to pay off. I didn't end up in my chosen field (electronic engineering), I worked commercial maintenance as my job during college. I discovered I liked it. 20 years later I make top rate, for my area, in a major tool & die shop as a maintenance / fabrication tech. I get to do something different every day. I get to work on some of the most technologically advanced machines in the industry, and I get to build innovative machines on a regular basis. Follow your passion. It will pay off eventually if you stick to it and find places that you can OJT. I know things now that I never dreamed 20 years ago, and I can fix equipment most people have never heard of let alone seen in operation.
school only teaches you how to use the tools and knowing what the part is and how it work people get the misconception that they teach you how troubleshoot but in reality they dont instructions told me most important thing is knowing how part works in order to learn how to fix the problem cuz anybody can dissassemble and reassemble but not everybody can triubleshoot
The only reason I benefitted from schooling I feel was that I was a complete noob before starting school, I hadn't really grown up with any wrenching my old man was usually too busy to work on our own stuff. It helped me get a basic understanding but now that I've been working for 11 years in the trade the two of the three best mechanics I know are both not from schooling. Great video keep up good work.
If you're just going to work on things and fix things--- Your school is right here. RUclips is full of videos on just about anything that you might need to deal with. You can get very savy just from doing work and watching videos to help you along whenever you get stumped. If you're not mechanically inclined already, and you get lost when changing oil or changing a tire-- they you probably should look for other things anyway.
Cox and crew are magic for learning. Get a shade tree and buy junk and fix it. Sell it. Rinse and repeat. Don't need a time clock if you got drive
Education can only do so much. You have to have interest and desire to keep yourself educated with experience and thinking outside the textbook and classrooms... you need drive to troubleshoot and pride to do the job right and enjoy it.
Some guys are happy just putting the same bolt in the the same hole over and over every day on an assembly line and repeat years of doing the same task over and over for years.Id rather problem solve and fix something and have pride in what I do..
School DOES force little kids into growing up and is their first attempt at responsibility and independence for mom and dad.
Great advice, if you incur student debt it damn well better be worth it. I recommend using the GI bill. You learn a little about life before going back to school.
Good career advice. Most kids don't know what they want to do in life, get pushed into college and take on unnecessary debt. Better of, take few years off and try different things first. What's the rush?
Amen
The biggest problem I see here in Utah is, the younger adults want that paycheck but nobody wants to work. Nobody wants to start out as a welder's helper, as a laborer. They want the top. We all had to start at the bottom.
Good advice!
Yeah and no one want to pay fair value for labor to be quickly discarded. It's a two way street. McJobs get McEffort for McWages. Boomers who paid tuition with summer beach job, and could get a house at 24 have no business running their mouths. Nor do I care about this one guy who did this one thing. If the average kid can't have a house and 3 kids by age 30 your system needs to be burned to the ground.
Start at Love’s. Work as a tire tech move to lube tech and if it’s something you decide to pursue can join their apprentice program where they provide a basic toolbox while teaching light mechanical. After a year get to keep the box.
Best way is to use companies willing to provide training and equipment if possible. Then if it’s not for you they keep their stuff and go on your merry way.
in todays economy vocational school it is cuz most entry level or helper positions is limited but i cant wait to finish diesel school and work on heavy equipment for as long as you go to community college
Fairly sound advice.
I would offer, for young people who are not sure where they want to focus a career/profession, see an academic advisor and schedule an interest inventory test.
This is not a pass/fail test, but rather a set of questions designed to compare your interests against those of people in a wide variety of fields. High correlation would indicate satisfaction in that life path.
This is a relatively inexpensive way to give you focus. Not in school at this time? Go over to your local community College and find a counselor. They should be more than happy to help.
Great video, you are so right. I went the college route, paid for, science degree. I earned two master's degrees years later, both paid for by my employer. That being said, before my daughter graduated high school, we gave her a list of 12 majors we would pay for, that's it. Earn the wrong degree and you lost a bunch of money.
Some good advice , some personal experience but the thing is how does an 18 year old know what he or she wants to do for 50 years ? I say many should join the service for 2 years then try to figure it out ! Get the government to pay your tuition and it’s not about the money it’s about enjoying your job for the rest of your working days ! I drove OTR for over 35 years and LOVED it , it didn’t pay the most but I always wanted to go to work in the morning ! Figure out what your good at and go for it !!!
I currently work in a gas station. I was talking about being a diesel mechanic an that the schools were to far away. An has fellow tell me he was willing to teach me so now im working an learning in his shop. I just gor my first experience changing a water pump in a F350 an i get paid by the job which is nice
That's awesome brother! Keep up the great work!
They don't tell you that Billy Joe Bob had 6 years experience as a 91B in the army and used the GI bill to pay them. 😂
In Slovenia (Europe) primary/secondary and college is free. Public schools. State pays for everything from collected taxes....
So even if you make wrong decision in selecting school its not such a disaster moneywise.
I have been a mechanic Truck Driver since i was 18 years old ,
My View If someone designed it ,
built it and some Dick broke it ,
I can Fix It !
I have been Fixing all my life from chainsaws to semi`s .
I was taught by an old school mechanic Trev was a Great man ,
My first start I offered 2 weeks free to see if they thought i was OK ,
He payed me from Day one .
Great vid
Rob
NSW
Australia
Spot on, peace brother
I went to Ohio tech back in 2010 can’t say I regret it, but in the current job market I’d be looking for an internship places like cat and Cummins have a pretty good deal going for guys just starting out. Also those classes the general admission ones you have to deal with a bunch of people that were shoved into that class that aren’t 100 percent serious. I took a secondary class that required interviewing and testing in and it was a world of difference much faster pace and learned a lot more, back in 2012 I came into the industry at 17.50 thanks to the extra schooling. Also worth noting Cummins hooks you up with tools and a box, not sure about cat but you get paid to learn hands on and get your tools paid for pretty sweet deal if you ask me.
Get out there and fixed something
Thanks 👍
Sir Stephen Cox
From Nick Ayivor from London England UK 🇬🇧
With such a high demand I just walked in with no experience and was hired at $25/hr which I thought was great... learned along the way. Shops need ppl, they do not care about school but if you show a desire to learn they will hire u for something...IMO
I've always wanted to become a diesel mechanic of some kind, I grew up on a farm in East Africa so I know how to do stuff in the sense that if something's broken and you need it fixed I can do that, But I've never actually been to school for any of the stuff that I've learned over the years. The other aspect of me is that I was born with cerebral palsy and epilepsy as well as I think definitely some ADHDness, Which has made finding a job kind of difficult at times, But this video is very helpful.
I also haven't been to college yet and I'm not planning to because I know that there are plenty of jobs that I can get having not been to college and I really don't care, So if I did get into the diesel mechanic industry I would probably start at the bottom and then work my way up.
I 100% agree. Speaking of my own background: I DID go to college but, I paid cash. What I did was go the 1st semester on savings I had at the time. Then I got what I called a sh*t job, saved saved saved. One year later I went back to school. After that semester I again quit and got yet another sh*t job saved.... btw at the time I was living in my pickup to save on rent money; knew where every 24/7 public bathroom in town was. I kept up that for about 6 years to get all 4 years in. My major was medieval history, not for "work" but because it interested me. Now, as to those sh*t jobs; one was grease monkey at a gas station. The boss had a garage and one day said "Pull this water pump off and scrape the gaskets out." That was the beginning of learning mechanics for me. Another was as a butcher (meat packing house), Baker, and literally candlestick maker. Today I am a retired IT professional who never ONCE took a course in computers. Trade schools, and college (for anything but academics for the hell of it) is bunk imho. Today I am learning the machinist trade. just for "cuzz" :)
I like being homeless and broke with no future.
Well said.
my first job after a couple of auto classes, I got a job for 20 an hour doing brakes and maintenance, right off the block
most techs coming from lincoln tech and uti have 0 knowledege hands on but their book smart due to just pure book work but in community college we get 50/50 hands on and we have mire knowledge hands on
Two years ago, I was looking for a job as an experienced programmer on Indeed. I took and passed several “skills” tests, including a mechanical aptitude test. A couple employers contacted me about working as a mechanic but I told them that I was an engineer, not a mechanic.
Stephen actually had some old videos of lessons learned from old mechanics. One lesson I especially recall is about removing rusty head bolts. (Maybe it was exhaust manifold bolts.) The point is, one option is to find an old mechanic and ask to learn from him. If you present yourself as a reliable person who listens to instruction, you can become valuable to that older mechanic. You might start out sweeping the floor or cleaning tools. You might have to work up to more responsible jobs like oil changes. Just don’t wait for something to do because your boss isn’t your babysitter. Stay busy all the time. Sweep, clean, take out the trash… and assignments will come. Do whatever it takes to make the older mechanic (your mentor) glad to have you in his shop. You’ll both benefit.
I went to Lincoln tech in Indianapolis. Worst monet I've ever spent.
Watched and shared ☺️🥰‼️
Every mechanic I know is willing and ready to hire help. Even with no experience but just the willingness to learn. They have tried local highschools and votech programs and have been unsuccessful. Seems harder and harder to find young guys that want to work their way up to a good position.
Military is a great place to get started in the trades as well. They train you give you experience and most employers jump at the opportunity to hire vets.
And the G I Bill once you're done.
I went to a two year local technical college diesel program and i actually push people in my area to try out that route vs going to one of those big names expensive places. For my two years of tuition and dorm expenses it was 14k for the two years. My first semester they had a bunch of local places on the wall for hiring new technicians. Right away I got in with a local diesel leasing company that as long as I kept a B average in the program they would reimburse me 2k a semester. So all said and done my 2 year school program only costed 6k my last semester our instructors would talk to each student about where they would want to be for a career whether it be a construction company, excavating, paving, or a over the road dealer. I was interested in the excavation side of things with equipment and my instructor called a local contractor and looked at me and said after class you need to head to this address for an interview and as long as you don’t say the wrong things you will be offered a position. So for my 6k investment I graduated and already had a potential life career lined up. I ended up not staying with that company after a few years and started applying. The new company I started for told me flat out that it was down to me and another guy with similar experience on paper and they took me over him because I had that certification. So for me at the end of the day look back and how well that local tech college helped me even years down the road, I will still try to tell people to at least maybe go do a student shadow for a day there and give it a shot
Great advice bud.
If you do what you love, you’ll never work a day of your life. -Marc Anthony
Here an example of being passionate about your job, this is a true story. Back around 1969ish~ this guy I knew, he was your typical little hippie dude. He really didn't want to work, but he needed to, we all need a job. So, he got a job being the helper cleaning office buildings in downtown Dallas at nights. After a while he started learning the ins and outs of the business, how much to charge, etc. He started getting a few side cleaning jobs working for himself, saved his money and invested in some equipment, He finally quit working for the other guy and went at this full time. Before you know it, this kid had a van full of equipment and had people working for him. Next thing you know, he as an office and is coordinating jobs, doing paperwork, payroll, had to hire a dam secretary. Haven't seen this fella in years, but I know he exceled at the cleaning business, because it was his passion, he was good at it.
I think more people need to consider other schools besides the big "industry standard" schools. I live in Iowa and my local community college has diesel and automotive programs. Both are described as needed industries in Iowa so if you have never been to school you can go to these programs for dramatically reduced rate (almost nothing or free in some cases). Not only that but when you purchase your tools dealers have student packages that save you 50% which when I last looked saves you about 5k on tools. So if you are smart about it, you can actually come out with them paying you to go to through the program as opposed to you starting and buying 10k of tools yourself. Also there are plenty of companies around here with entry level jobs (for those who went to school) that are above 20 an hour and have sign on bonuses. So while I do think this video is correct, I also think that everyone looks at the sticker price of college, but the truth is nobody pays sticker price unless they go to a "private school" aka out of state or well known names that people flock to.
This a is *great video* , that I wish that everyone would watch , especially those that are thinking about college , or taking up a trade .
Even if you are certain about what you want to do , and the career definitely requires a degree or certifications , *please stay away from those loans* , and as Stephen has already said , *pay as you go* .
It took me about 35 years of retail and food industry jobs before I realized that I was destined to be a caregiver. I promised a long time friend that I would take care of him in his final years. He had macular degeneration and ended up going blind. And he didn't want to die in a hospital or a nursing home. So when he decided that he had had enough of this world, and quit eating. I held up my end of our agreement. And when others wanted to put him in the hospital I kept him at home and that's where he died, at home with his good friend and his dog. Then I became a caregiver for a quadriplegic man, and did that until he died. But now I'm taking a break from that line of work for a while. My heart hurts from losing both of those friends and I am going back into retail for a bit. Thank for sharing. Another great video. 🙂🤔
I own my own business. But I understand what you’re saying and I think you’re giving good advice for young folks coming into the automotive mechanic industry along with other jobs as well because it still fits the same bill even if it’s a different job but I think it’s good advice. Keep up the good videos. And always get out and fix something.
Sound advice
I learned this the hard way in the welding field, fortunately I was sponsored so I didn't lose money just years of experience. Figure out what you want to do, find a shop that will hire straight out of high school, then get an education that's necessary or to expand skills and profitability. Unfortunately I wasn't that lucky for my CDL, ended up paying about 7k for it. Experience is KING anytime, anywhere except for a license required field like a CDL.
If you want to work for a parts store or a dealership, then go get your ASE certs, otherwise it doesn't matter most shops... the proof is in the pudding.
For CDL, Werner Enterprises will pay for your schooling but you have to work for them for I think 4 or 5 years.
What's the holdback if you move on before that?
Be careful with doing that with 'mega carriers' like them. Heard way too many horror stories about drivers getting stuck into those contracts and getting crap runs and making very little useful money. But if you quit, you're breaking a legal contract.
I agree totally. I wish somebody would have told me the same thing. I didn't finish either but the point was made clear to me that even if I had finished it wouldn't have helped my chances at all. 2 of my roommates graduated, both started as lube techs afterwards. 1 of them is no longer in the mechanic field and the other one is still changing tires every single day after 16 years. Me, I work at a paper mill and work on my personal vehicles or buddies vehicles. Going to school was definitely not worth it for any of us.
An enthusiastic person will go far in the auto/diesel world wether through work-experience or educationally. Debt is a terror and wish more young people had some type of experience learning about it. Your right on about the dealership experience hahaha!
High school drop out here , no GED and still became an HR Clerical . Determination is free but oh so valuable 😎 .
I worked part-time at a large chain automotive shop for 19 years, starting out at the bottom, and worked up to mechanic stuff. Never had more that a few days training, all of it paid for. Went fulltime when I retired from my full-time job. I probably could have moved into a manager job with college, but just never got the desire to sit in school.
My Grandfather started Harrison Engine Service in the 50's a single and twin engine aircraft repair station He got sick before I could work for hIm ...hIs attitude was BUG THE PISS OUT them until they hire you lol nice to see you back sir
I worked construction most of my life. Then ended up in oil, and in my mid 30s went I to water treatment. I’d recommend water as a career for any young person. I’ve been doing this for 8 years, no formal education, and make six figures. There’s no need to go into debt for a job.
Awesome video wish i have seen this 40 year ago.
Well I thought I’d leave a comment, after being in the position of hiring for over 30 years. I will say it’s easier to hire and TRAIN those without experience ! They have a realization that they can’t start out at 30+ dollars an hour, like the school has told them and they usually want to learn .
*Stephen Cox's Other Channel* Bravo well said, thank-you sir for taking the time to speak on this. God Bless. (PS, thats what I did, started pumping gas, sweeping floors, cleaning tools early 70ies)
I have to agree. I went to college got two associate degrees in computers. Found out out computers are a big pain in the butt. Went to cdl school. Drove over the road doing drive van for 10 years. Then for the past 8 years been doing car hauling. I learned the value of a trade. I encourage my kids to learn a trade.
You talked about impressing an owner to get your foot in the door. The best way I can see is have a toolbox with no wheels, that shows your not willing to move often.
I started at a relatively late stage (34 years old) without ever having set foot in a tech school. Now, 21 years later, I love my job more than ever and I'm good at it. Managed to successfully get my certification as an automotive technician after 3 years, never looked back...and I was damn lucky too, short time later the laws changed, now tech school is compulsory (I live in Quebec, by the way). As for college, like you said, soooo much pressure on young kids who don't even know for sure what they want to do. No wonder there is such a shortage of manpower in skilled trades these days. Sometimes I worry about my profession in the future. I'm retiring in 10 years, so personally I don't care, but I can see that the next generation is sorely lacking...
I remember back in the 60s a guy could start at the entry level and work himself up. Some guys took correspondence courses to augment that. Now we have youtube to do dame thing. Correspondence courses were pretty cheap. RUclips is free.
While listening to you. You and I are very much alike I got lucky I didn't have to pay for my mechanic school I got to go to a vocational school for half the day when I was in high school ended up getting my state certification and then completely change classes because I've been working on cars since I was old enough to pick up a wrench I did my first motor swap in a car it was a 87 Jeep Comanche when I was 9 years old with the help of my two older brothers
U are so right on in this video I have been working in the coal mine industry for 20 years now and have spent the past 10 years in a maintenance forman job I have had a lot of guys start working for me with tons of student loans and most of them went to school in a completely unrelated degree and make more money with better benefits at the coal mines then they ever would have if they worked for what they went to school for if they could find a job in it
School is always a good idea. Bur you have to have a solid plan. In 1999, we were quoted like $19-20k for Lincoln Tech. We didn't have that. I ended up raising my right hand and joined the Army. No I've got the GI Bill to use for school. After my time was up, i used that GIB to go thru CDL school. I could've used it for UTI or Lincoln Tech or any other trades school. I joined the army as a mechanic, but ended up doing more driving than wrenching that i eventually went changed my MOS (job classification) to a driver. Other than short breaks between companies, I've been employed 99% of the time since I got out of the army. I still like DIY wrenching, but driving was definitely easy to get into. And pays really good if you find the right company.
Everywhere I go, there's always an 88Mistake...
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@@mr.nobody68 ok.... 🤷🏻♂️
Going to automotive school was the biggest waste for me personally because if you go work for a dealership they have there own schools and required classes i ended up blowing 30k on school then went to a dealership and they sent me to their school to get their factory certification
Steve, you are ABSOLUTELY right! I got on with the Burlington Northern by calling personnel department every Monday around lunchtime from the job site of my garbage job. The third week I got on with them- cause the guy was tire of hearing from me! Ended up as the Senior Treasury Accountant with the Union Pacife in less than five years and they paid for my MBA! Great gig 'til I went into Christian ministry...
I have add wasn't good in school I'm 47 worked on vehicles sense I've been 14 never went to school for it but work on everything on the side not going to get a job with making nothing have a job as a DSP working with people with disabilities but love working on vehicles to old now should have done it differently when I was gone regret it. Great take on how it works I make probably move on the side than I do at my job keep up the good work 👍👍
I'm planning on going to community college to become a mechanic I don't know if I'm going to be a regular mechanic or a diesel mechanic I might just become a regular mechanic because I feel like semi trucks take a lot of work to do then a car I never fixed a car in my whole life or work with cars so I'm hoping community college mechanic school well train me to be a great mechanic I don't care how much I'll get paid I just don't wanna make minimum wage for the rest of my life 😂 I'm only 29 yrs old so I'm glad I'm still young I can handle pain from working and do you think community college for mechanics would be a great place for me
Where does *ALMIGHTY GOD* seriously factor into your life's equation ?.
I went to UTI 2018-2019, took the automotive program and the tpat program (Toyota). Graduated in December and started at a Toyota dealer Jan 2 of 2020. I was a base level lube tech, wasn’t even allowed to do tires. They told me to work my way up to bring a flat rate line tech would take at minimum 6 years. Anybody off the street who didn’t know anything about cars made $13.00/hr where as I hade over 30 Toyota certifications, a few ase certs, and have been into being a mechanic my whole life I made $14.00/hr. They laid me off due to Covid at the end of March 2020 and brought in some guy that didn’t know anything.
I finally got a job at a Honda dealer in July of 2020, was a lube tech but quickly got more responsibility. Was making $14.50/hr there and the beginning of my 2nd week they brought in a guy who had just graduated from UTI and took the ford program. He was awful and was kind of embarrassing that he had taken the ford program which was supposed to be much better than Toyota, and was therefore on paper much better than me. He was just awful unfortunately.
My 2nd day I did a phone interview with a forklift company in another state, did a follow up Skype interview and they agreed to hire me when I could move. Turned in my 2 week notice at Honda the first day of my 2nd week and moved up here shortly after.
Training for this job was rough especially because I had no hydraulic training and didn’t know electric forklifts existed. I started this job at $24.00/hr and get a company vehicle and fuel card so transportation is free. Being a mobile tech has been amazing, and if I hadn’t gone to uti I never would have found this job. Non uti guys start at $20.00/hr here so that’s a decent gap. This company also gives fairly decent raises often enough.
I only agreed to go to uti because I was being talked into it like you described and I was very fortunate that my family was able to foot the bill so I didn’t have to go into debt. I’m very glad I went to school and regret not taking the diesel program, but I never would have gone if I needed to go into debt. I agree with what you said just thought I’d share my story and how going to uti worked out for me.
I know exactly what you are saying. My dad ( RIP ) was hard on me and my brother about school. He always said education and a degree in something was better than nothing when it came to jobs I was like you and fell asleep in class or started failing while I was in college so I went to work offshore as a roustabout and painter/ sandblaster , left that to work in a laminated lumber plant for 4-1/2 years to try college again still no luck there while in college this time I took an EMT night course which I worked at for couple years almost becoming a paramedic but was laid off, so went to work at a paper mill as an electrician assistant almost got my license and got laid off and a friend helped me go to a CDL school that the state paid for which also paid for me to stay in a motel and food and also perdim drove over the road till my partner wrecked our truck throwing me outta the sleeper hitting the drivers seat with my back breaking it in 3 places. I now run our family’s ranch this wreck was in 2000 I graduated high school in 1984
No matter what kind of Tech or vocational school you go through, you will start as an apprentice tech which is one step above floor cleaner and one step below oil lube tech. For all that debt it is not worth it. A year of experience is worth 2-3 years of college or tech school. So I would rather start as a lube tech and go up from there. IF you MUST go to college go to a Community College where you can get FREE Pell Grants which if you group the technical side with the 2 year degree side you can get your education for FREE. There are some income restrictions. Your parents cant be rich but they do not have to be poor. As far as CDL drivers a school is not required but it is the way the Gov wants you to go. Thanks to the big mega carriers lobbyists since they have there own schools. If you have a family member that has a truck and will teach you that works. Or join a mega carrier while your young and can live on next to nothing. Get your learning in and make it work for you. Work the system for you and not the system work you.
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Go to a community college if you feel schooling is needed. It helped me a lot to make connections and land my fleet job.
DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT GO TO UTI!!!!!!!!
Hallo are you ok no Video in the last few days?
Don't go to school. Get a job at Jiffy Lube and work there until you can do everything in the shop.
Then go find a real shop and tell them you are a lube tech. When you get hired there, be the yes man.
Hey Billy, go help this guy program his radio and set his clock.
Don't say I don't know how. Tell em you're on it, and then go figure it out.
Come here Billy, I'm gonna teach you how to fix a flat tire.
Hey Billy, this is how you change a set of shocks.
Come here, Billy. Let's teach you how to change a serpentine belt.
I went to WyoTech and I'm here to tell you that a formal education is good for absolutely fucking _NOTHING_
Mechanics aren't mechanics anymore they're technicians now that don't know diddly about anything. All the big truck garages Peterbuilt and Kenworth that repair stuff for our company always comes back and has to go back for the same problem again and then it comes back and still has the same problem again and then it finally gets fixed but in the course of going back and forth they screw up more stuff so it's got to go back again to get that fixed and then back again to get it fixed again and it's always constantly happening like this all the time. I went in for an ABS light on the trailer that was out the guy told me LED lights don't go out and I'm like you're full of s*** and I told him to test it and he refused to test it with a new light and he's testing all this stuff before it come to find out the light was burned out then it took him 2 hours to get the light out and he was picking at it trying to get it out because he didn't want to shatter it because he thought it be harder to get out if it broke apart and he picked at it from the inside out when I told him to just pound it through with a hammer and drift and he wouldn't do it. This is what mechanics now these days are just pure stupid
And they're experts at replacing ecm's at same time may replace one small wire in the process which was the problem but you're charged the $3k plus for the new ecm that was really three dollars.
Could you give me some credit for changing your saying
Yes sir, thank for that!
Hey looking into buyin a school bus..its a 2000 with a 5.9 24v cummins....Havent looked at it yet...but the guy said it didnt have a turbo...Is there a cummins with a non turbo....Thanks..of there is, it still worth buying.?..
I could be wrong ut I'm pretty sure all 5.9!s had turbos starting around 1992. I think the guy selling the bus might be wrong. If is indeed a non turbo 5.8 in a bis I'd probably stay away from it. It wouldn't have much power and would be annoying to drive.
@@StephenCox. Thanks for getting back to me. I only have a pic. But all I see is a cover and an . Like a inter cooler pipe up where the turbo would be. Just Makin a schoolie.
@@summitdave8782 : Whaaat??? From what you're saying, to me, it certainly sounds like someone has removed the turbo & lord knows what else.
That said, I've NEVER seen ANY 24V Cummins 5.9L engine that was naturally aspirated - EVER - and I've both seen & worked on hundreds of them.
For example, I'm 100% certain that in the Dodge Ram pickup trucks, the 1998 - 2007 24-valve 5.9L's were ALL turbocharged & intercooled.
Even in the marine, agricultural, and various other commercial & industrial applications, they all had turbochargers, to the very best of my knowledge.
The very best advice I can give you is this: If it doesn't run, drive, AND especially if you really don't know what you're looking at, then DON'T buy it.
Unfortunately, when it comes to vehicles, the vast majority of sellers are liars. Lots of mechanically ignorant folks frequently get taken advantage of.
@@turbodiesel4709 Thanks for your comment. I know if I was looking at it. But I wasn't there to see myself. From what I hear from the person lookin at for me. It runs good. But thanks for your info.
STEVE , STEVE I have a very serious question for you I know you read the comments and you want to grow your channel , Well I think Chucky your buddy just sunk your chances Chucky just launched his new channel And he did his religious rant and his non white thing chucky did not mention you BUT other you tubers have they say chucky is in a cult I could care less if he kept it off you tube but they are saying you have something to do with chucky and his church I have watch your other channel since all most the start and I watched your new channel as well They are saying chucky is a nut jog and dragging you into it just thought you should know Steve .
Who are "they"? What channels have nothing better to do than sit around and talk about me.and Chucke?
@@StephenCox. Steve you should watch Chuckys video where he is giving his talk I personally will not support any channel that promotes hate speech Chucky said all non whites should be treated like dogs he has gone off the rails big time , Chucky is lost in a very dark place and I will not go their or support his new channel or anyone connected to him chucky should keep that tuff to his self ?????? .
Fairly sound advice.
I would offer, for young people who are not sure where they want to focus a career/profession, see an academic advisor and schedule an interest inventory test.
This is not a pass/fail test, but rather a set of questions designed to compare your interests against those of people in a wide variety of fields. High correlation would indicate satisfaction in that life path.
This is a relatively inexpensive way to give you focus. Not in school at this time? Go over to your local community College and find a counselor. They should be more than happy to help.