I wonder if there are many technicians in America like you? It’s so easy to just try and diagnose changing to new parts but you find out the problem then change. Bravo!
The Lumix seems to be the best option. The Canon looked like it was having a difficult time focusing on things where the background and foreground were close to each other (like when you had the scan tool on the seat), or when something shiny was a decent part of the frame (like with the shot of the thermostat on your toolbox).
Wes I like watching you and South Main Auto. I have a 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer with 299K miles on it. I have had some idle instability issues this winter when it was below 0°f. I will check out my cam shaft solenoid, and connection. Thanks to you I know exactly where it is, what I have do to replace it. Thanks to South Main Auto, a Trailblazer that had weird dash light problems, I changed my ignition switch. Thank you for the help. On the steering angle sensor, make sure that the steering wheel is centered perfectly when going down the road. A friends was a off about 15 degrees. When she had it aligned, the light was off. I believe her alignment problem was every time she parked, she had to check to make sure that the curb was solid! Once I saw it with about 1&1/2” between the rim and the curb. Twice she had to get help to turn the steering wheel so that she could turn the key to on. I have told her a couple of times, when she hits the curb, put it in neutral, then release the brakes, then put it in park. That takes too long. You can give suggestions, probably not change their habits. Hello from north east Montana. 10 miles from Canada.
As a Canon fan boy it hurts to say it but the Panasonic seems to be the better choice for you. The auto focus seemed to lock in better on what you were filming. You also seemed much more comfortable using it with how the zoom works and such. But ultimately it is your money and I'm just glad you post these videos for us to watch. If you kept the old camera I would keep watching. Happy New Year! Edit: Just saw your camera comments at the end. Unfortunately I am like I said a Canon fan boy so not too sure about the settings on the Lumix. A little Google searching led me to an article for the GH4 where you have to go into manual photo mode. Go into settings for the ISO and there is an option called ISO Increments where you can change it to 1/3 value. Giving you a lot more options. Not sure if this translates over to the G85 or not but might be worth checking if you haven't already.
I've had a 03 bravada for about a year now, have watched at leas 50 videos on common 4.2 issues. The realization that the PS pump being in the way never gets old.
The no fuel filter thing had me for a sec until you mentioned there's no return line. The fuel filter change is a huge pain in the cahones so I'm glad GM figured around that.
Love to follow your troubleshooting. And your camera work makes it feel like we are right there with you, helping to cuss out "genius" engine designers! 👍 Dang it! Where'd that 10 mm socket go...
Love the video. And that's nothing; a while back, Mercedes-Benz had such crappy wiring harnesses, people were getting motor oil through the tail lights. You cannot make that stuff up
I used to be a camera geek, but as cameras got smarter and I got older I found that I didn't have the interest or inclination to learn how to work them. So when actual film cameras became passe, I bought point and shoot digital cameras, the last of which is a Lumix FZ. This camera does everything but my dry cleaning, but it's too complex for me, so it too is used as a point and shoot. I also used to be an auto mechanic in the carburetor, points, condenser, and adjustable valve clearance days. I watch in awe as you use diagnostic tools that are beyond me to troubleshoot all manner of electrical gremlins in late(r) model cars and trucks. I have a general understanding of many of the acronyms such as MAF, TPS and the like, but I probably couldn't find these parts on today's cars let alone diagnose them with the diagnostic tools I used--a vacuum gauge, timing light and an ice pick fitted with a ground wire and alligator clip. The Lumix picture looks better to me than the others, and the Trailblazer sounded fine after your your fixes. Enjoy the channel, your wry sense of humor, the dog, your boy, and Mrs. Wes. Keep the videos coming mostly in focus or not; it's all good.
Wes I've bee subscribed from the start and video quality for me has ever been an issue. I just love the content. So use what camera you like and keep 'em coming. Thanks
Hi Wes. Land Rover had a problem with the injector harnesses on the TD5 engine years ago. Very often oil would make it all the way back to the engine ECU. It could cause all sorts of starting and running problems when the oil got into it
The trailblazer could probably use an oil change with some marvel. Their new cam phaser will end up looking like the old one without good clean oil running through them. I see that quite a bit with neglected oil changes. Great video Wes thanks!
Well, it depends on where you live. Here in northern Europe, Sweden infact, we have arctic climate in the northern parts during wintertime. Anything above -20 degrees celsius is quite warm If the wind isn’t blowing. Then it depends on how humid the air is. Is it dry the cold doesnt feel that bad. It all depends on how used you are to the cold. And driving on ice and snow arent that special, we use spiked wintertires go get around.
Panasonic camera for me. Please don't worry about the heater. It does not bother the sound quality at all. Great job as always and thanks for letting all of us have a voice.
Canon has better picture, its very clear but also struggle at focus and setting it up will distract you from what you suppose to do, Canon is generally more of a photo cam where you can manually set things up before taking that money shot, also that manual zoom is amazing, but again mainly for photos and not videos, its a canon thing :) Panasonic will be much easier to use as a video cam, you'll just have to work a bit on your settings and iso as the video was overexposed when you used it. Both of course are night and day compared to your old cam. Hope this helps Wes and keep these videos coming! :)
I can confirm the oil creeping inside cable insulation, it's pretty common in industrial machines using lots of oil, in my case, I have wire drawing benches and rolling mills at work. sometimes, there's leaks from the wet side to the motors, the oil seep inside the junction box, creep into the insulation and eat through it, causing shorts on high power lines, all the good stuff :D Note, before someone ask: I know that most oils are not electrical conductors, the oil used in our machines are made to lubricate and cool the wire through the drawing process, it's a water/oil emulsion, charged with metallic particles from repeated use and it's pretty aggressive for electrical wire insulation, it's a bit conductive, enough to cause problems.
One the vehicle--well, it's a TrailBlazer, which GM apparently designed to break only in strange and improbable ways. The fact that you found anything so 'simple' as the sensor and the t-stat is amazing, at least on a Trailblazer. I swear that the Service-writer manual for the TB just has every itme start with "Remove engine and dash entire."
Not knowing anything about cameras or their operation, I am in no position to judge. What I saw on my screen was on the verge of white out when you were pulling/installing the cam sensor, and showed the best detail of the components of the engine. For me, the picture has to be REALLY bad to complain. The 10% rule has always applied. I just like to be able to see what you are working on with enough light to make out parts and pieces. The shop lights have made a TREMENDOUS difference, nice improvement. Thanks for sharing.
I feel like Wes is just talking to me. No shouting, just a "personal" conversation between him and me. No bragging or trying to impress, just info and low-key humor.
F-stop is the size of the hole in the lens. It sets depth of field as well as brightness. A pinhole camera does not need to focus, so f22 means stuff close and far will both be in focus. f2.8 is "wide open" and gives a shallow depth of field. Stuff in the background is fuzzy, and auto-focus problems are much more obvious. ISO is like the speed rating of film. In a digital camera, it sets the reference level for the analog-to-digital converter reading the pixels. You set a low voltage level with ISO 26000, but that also makes the noise floor of the sensor very obvious, much like you can see the grain in high-iso film. So you set the f-stop as low as you can live with or desire for the depth of field, and use the ISO to get the picture exposed enough without too much noise. Set the shutter to whatever standard file you picked, 30fps for 30p, 60fps if you are shooting in 60p. 24fps if you are feeling like a movie guy. Fast action likes 60p, but the files get really big, especially at 4k recording. Shooting in 4k means you can use the editor to select and zoom in on a part of the frame and still get HD (1080) resolution. My buddy says RUclips will promote 4k content more, but who knows? My choice would be to shoot f2.8 or low as possible for the intro and outro, so the background of the shop is fuzzy and you "pop," as the video guys say. For the work close-ups, you might stop down to f8 or even smaller, so all parts of the engine are in focus. Then again, maybe you want just the "thing" you are working on in focus, with the rest a little blurry, so open up the f-stop to f2.8. Shoot 4k and you can pan and crop in your editor program. I like Vegas Pro, since you don't need a computer science degree to use it, unlike Adobe Premier. Also BlackMagic DaVinci Resolve is pretty good, and free, but you need certain nVidia graphics cards. With all the giant files, some folks are erasing the raw working files after editing the master. I put them on a 4TB 100-dollar USB drive, and just keep buying new ones as they fill up. I do have a network storage mirrored backup of the edited master file as well, if/when a USB drive crashes. Note there are 200-dollar Lumix zoom lenses, and 800-dollar ones. The expensive ones keep the wide aperture setting over the whole zoom range, the cheap ones go to F5 or smaller when you zoom in. Having the f-stop independent of the zoom is worth it to me. An outdated chart: www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3236455 If the lens has a range for both zoom mm and f-stop, that means it is the cheaper type. I have: PANASONIC LUMIX G X Vario Lens, 35-100mm, F2.8 ($949.00 ) For shots you have to get from further away, like my overhead crane, and two: Panasonic H-HS12035 LUMIX G X VARIO 12-35mm, F2.8 ($797.99) For the general-purpose lenses on the other two cameras. Micro 4/3 cameras are half-equivalent to a 35mm or full-frame camera, so a 12mm lens is equivalent to a 24mm lens in a full-frame camera. The lower the focal distance, the more like a fish-eye,, which bloats out your face, and worse yet, your lady's hips. For head shots, I like to set the camera further away and zoom in, often 35mm, so I don't look so fat or goofy. I have a Panasonic GH3 and two GH4 cameras, similar to your G85. Canon reputation is for good lenses, but they must have squandered that chasing consumer market. I far prefer the G85 in your video above. Panasonic made a corporate decision to let its consumer camera designers do things that put pressure on their pro-camera guys, while all the other companies cripple the consumer stuff to protect the pricing of their high-end cameras. Buy cameras with a bigger sensor for low-light performance. Full-frame is the size of a 35mm film, but the camera and lenses get very large and heavy and expensive. I like Micro3/4 like I own, a good compromise. A good comparison web site for cameras: www.apotelyt.com/compare-camera/panasonic-gm1-vs-sony-rx100 My next buy will be for a very small pocket camera, and the Sony RX100 VII looks great. One-inch sensor, very small, can flip the LCD, mic input, and a flash for still pictures. It can also live stream over its USB, something my GH4 cannot do. And it is small enough to carry in my jacket, while being able to shoot 4k video. Downside is 1200-dollar price tag.
Hi Wes, love the contect and your weather. Just like Scotland!! Re your comment about oil tracking up/down wiring looms, its a very common problem with the Land Rovers (Discovery 2 or Defender) fitted with the TD5 diesel engine. The injector loom is inside the head and is notorious for bleeding oil to the ECM. I've had to open an ECM and wash it out with brake cleaner before now!! Keep up the good work.
The Land Rover TD5 Diesel engines have a known problem of oil going through the wire loom to the computer module. So I guess what you saw in the video is true.
Yeah, it tracks through the injector loom up through the cores by capillary action into the ECU connection and if unlucky, into the ECU itself. Loads of them never got replacement looms under warranty, mine included. Couldn't believe how much oil made it into the thing.
The oil creep up problem is a huge problem with certain Mercedes. They even made a blockoff cable which is essentially a cable where every wire was cut and soldered back together to stop the capilary action. If not found fast enough, it can cause ECMs to fry as the oil creeps all the way back through the harness. I saw a video of a case where this caused a O2 sensor to be destroyed as well because the oil made it all the way down there.
Who cares about your opinion nothing wrong with his border sign at all if they don't say something they can stay out of it don't know kids don't belong to you at all so stay out of it you need to stay out of it go to people's personal affairs
We definitely need some more content on the blazer! I own one and have run into most if not all of the issues listed. They are extremely common in these blazers. I would be FOREVER indebted if you filmed the fix in the evap 🙏🏼 Great video! Cannon seemed to do the worst but quality was consistently higher than average so it’s all a win!
I agree. I also have a blazer 2008 and I’ve ran into these problems and a few more. All in all I love this trailblazer but it has its quirks but all cars and trucks do.
Being able to both diagnose a modern vehicle with a computer and also be able to repair the drive on a 100-year-old crawler tractor indicates a genuine interest for mechanics.
No preference on the camera. You post pretty solid content and you're good at explaining how things work......that's what keeps me watching. In other words, I would still watch if you recorded on a VHS tape and uploaded a phone video of said VHS tape playing on a tv.
I think that since you now have a large and loyal following, and much more experience, you should re-make “ Hierarchy of Reliability”. That was one of your most brilliant but under appreciated videos.
Also throwing in my vote for the Panasonic. Picture quality was better, the focus was better too. Keep the Cannon R700 for when you drop the Panasonic. It's always good to have a backup. Keep making videos, I'm addicted!
Wes, if the problem persists, you could try an oil change and maybe ask the owners if this problem presented soon after a previous oil change. I've seen a very similar problem on a Ford 3V 5.4. Changed from synthetic oil to dino juice and the cam phase controllers immediately started to act up and cause severe rough running. The fix was to revert to synthetic oil and change both controllers. They were gunked up on the screens, presumably inside as well.
What show was it supposed to say about their boys in are not crap your crap say anything nice at all don't say it at all signs that buddy don't like his boys don't look at the channel I don't say there are those boys at all
As I have always said, have a mechanic review what the design engineers propose and correct the design so it can be repaired without ripping the car apart.
What keeps all us diehard WWW fans here is your content, which can only be enhanced with gear upgrades. You'd be in my top 5 even if you were still using your phone to make videos.
I never had any problems with what you do or how you did it. You're a mechanic trying to share your craft, not recreate some Oscar winning movie. Not sure why some people just love to complain no matter what. Maybe it's because I don't have some fancy TV, but your old gear seems plenty good enough to me. Nevertheless, thanks for what you do and sharing it.
I vaguely recall a similar GM design flop back in the 70’s. One of the new small post oil embargo cars had a small v6 and the story I heard was that you had to jack the engine off the mounts in order to change one or two of the spark plugs. This was a time when changing plugs was typically done more frequently than now, as ignition systems were still a little primitive compared to more recent systems. Looks like the GM tradition of design stumbles is alive and well. Thanks so much for showing the camera comparison! The Panasonic seemed sharpest, but honestly I think all three are satisfactory. Maybe keep the Panasonic and use the vixia as a backup? I was a little surprised at the canon performance. Nice to see the side by side under same lighting conditions. BTW, I must compliment the lights again. They look great! I know you are enjoying working with the better illumination. I’m hoping to find similar components for my own shop. Not sure what it means, but the ISO numbers closely mimic old film ISO numbers. You would set lens speed as a coarse adjustment, to freeze motion or alter depth of field then fine tune exposure with aperature. For instance, “Back in the day” in Kodak b&w we had plus-x 200 ISO, tri-x 400 ISO (and others), and some special developers and “push” processes that could get a very grainy image quality at up to 6400 ISO. It’s been a good 40 years since I’ve done any darkroom stuff, but I think that info is at least close to what we had.
Such passion for all things broken...profitable or not. I enjoy your energy and thought it well to say so. You're perpetually smiling. I envy that. Would be sorta cool to be next bay over and just share back and forth about what works and what doesn't. I gave the profession(mechanic) up 20 years ago. Nonetheless, interested. Thanks.
The “kit” lenses are always naff. Canons way of you buying “pro” lenses. The canon seemed to have more trouble with focusing. The Panasonic seemed the better of the two.
I think the Lumix is the best. Never a focus issue and the picture is great. I dig whatever your workin on so thanks for the hard work plus the pain in the rear to send it out.
If you ever have a land rover come in with a td5 engine,running bad might have a money lamp on ,injector wiring harness,and you must check ,oil does track along the wiring ,and does fill the ecu,several times I have had this,good video,keep safe people,look forward to the next video.
New lights are amazing, I really hope you stick with the panasonic, in the future I'm hoping to see you put your diagnosis and what you did to fix the problem in the description
How do you make money off of a tried and true thermostat style? Mold the entire neck into it and then you can charge 10x the price. Crazy GM engineers.
Yea. And let’s control the fan clutch with the ecm too. Sometimes that fan goes tornado for no reason. Also I swear the trailblazer is not as good quality. We have an envoy and a trailblazer. The trailblazer has all kinds of weird issues. The envoy is just solid. Plus heated seats and better stereo. And rear heat. And ... yea the envoy is just better. I have and a lot of others have issues with the trailblazer killing batteries. Wake up 3 am go to bathroom look outside. Lights on. Lol.
Ford's thermostat break and leak. The new 3.5 v6 water pump is inside timing chain cover in oil when fails leaks into oil ruins engine.. So Ford has some real bad design s...like the Triton 5.4 phasers chains and plugs and the 6.0 psd diesel disaster... I stay with GM any day. All my fleet trucks have over 250k no serious issues . Ps I had old school Fords 302 etc the best then.
@@Nudnik1 6.0 powerstrokes are not a ford design, not a bad engine if the updates are done and they are taking care of, i used to manage a fleet of 450 school buses with the 6.0 or aka vt365, they were actually a great engine easy to fix very little aftertreatment crap on them, the real pos was the was the vt390 or 6.4 powerstroke, they used to fill the crank case with fuel, and the high pressure fuel pumps were garbage too, then the duramax's we had in the minis were the biggest garbage we had hands down, 08's to 17's, we ended up getting rid of them after 3 years, to much trouble, traded the duratrash for cummins and the gm gas 6.0. pretty much cut all the overtime out of the budget with that move, should have done it a lot sooner
Hey Wes The cam you began this vid with was excellent. The G85 appeared very much over exposed. Don't know if it was set to manual iris or auto. If it was on an auto setting its too hot.....not color tempwise.
I liked the Panasonic camera image, but the audio seemed quiet on that one. Not sure why.. your new lights have certainly helped majorly with the video quality.
Casual G85 use here, and here's my take. To your question about ISO, I'm unable to find anything about fine-tuning or alternative step ISO settings on the G85. I'd recommend leaving ISO on Auto, but setting a sane limit (ex:3200) as the G85 starts to lose image quality (becomes fuzzy/grainy) at ISO 1600 and it get's exponentially worse the higher you go. I prefer using aperture control to control brightness in a well lit space. If you need more adjustment, there is an "Exposure Control" function denoted by a square icon that contains "+/-". It could either be on the preview screen, or you might need to open the menu to find it. It's also possible to permanently assign it to one of the 2 jog wheels. I tend to avoid adjusting shutter speed as it can cause videos to be either choppy or blurry. Great quick summary:
I own a 07 trailblazer. Replaced the steering angle sensor with a dorman and 20 minutes later the light was back on. Bought a real part from the dealer and installed it and never had a problem since. Did not have to have it calibrated. Lumix
I wouldn't sweat the camera choice. For your type of videos and your channel, any decent camera, with clear audio, close up shots of what your working on will serve the purpose... the lighting is making a huge difference. Man i have to give you credit, well all of you guys that do mechanic work in the cold wiht no gloves on? I must be a weak ass pansy, but my hands banging around in a tight engine compartment, busting knuckles, etc is more than i can take.
Hi there, to change the iso increments on the Panasonic G85 you have to go to: MENU → Camera Icon → page 6 of 8 (also called the Rec menu): ISO Increments→ change it to 1/3 EV instead of 1 EV Thanks for your relaxing and interesting content! PS: And maby use Shutter priority mode in combination with automatic iso, then you can just use your exposhure compensation to change the exposure and not have to worry about Aperture and iso. For a 30fps Video you would normaly set the expushure time to 1/60s and if you film at 60fps you would use 1/120s.
The panasonic works the best overall. The picture stability is better, sound is good etc. The background noise is just part of the job. Keep up the good work Wes. Enjoy the videos as always take care.
As far as VVT issues go, that sludge on the intake screens is present throughout the whole oiling system. Its also in the cam phaser . This sludge is more solid when the oil is cold, causing phase problems in cold temperatures. The shop I work at in Nebraska uses a flushing chemical from BG to break down the sludge. That usually does the job to free up VVT solenoids.
I had a similar problem with my Odyssey. It was the idle air controller. It was gunked up and was sticking. It oscillated while hunting for the correct position. Also, I believe 2007 was the year of bankruptcy so they had (more) issues with quality.
Wes, I recommend using the Aperture priority mode with ISO on auto. That’s what I use on all my videos and any fine exposure adjustments are made with manual compensation (+/-). You want to set the shutter at twice the video frame rate, so if you are compiling the video at 24 FPS, use 1/50 shutter speed. If it’s not too late, you may want to check out the Sony line up as they are known for having the best auto-focus with awesome image quality, A6400 would fit your bill perfectly. I use the same Movo mic with great result.
Never seen oil in the ECU but I worked on a 94 Ford Escort that had an ATF leak at the instrument cluster. It was working up the tach cable into the dash and dripping on the floor.
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I vote for the Lumix. The image was cleaner and sharper in my opinion.
I agree with most...the LUMIX has the best quality picture and action.
Forget everything else, I liked the “bye everybody” at the end 😂 that should be your signature ending
The Panasonic looks way better than either Canon. The color is "off" on the new Canon, sorry I don't know cameras that well.
Agree.
He has NEW LIGHTS also
@@staind288 The lights definitely helped, but they were the same for all 3 cameras, right?
Have to agree. Your shots seem to be more washed out with the Canon.
He said at the beginning of the video he didn’t adjust the white balance so don’t judge the cameras on color...
Loving the upgrades Wes, but keep in mind we come for you and your wit. Personally like the LUMIX best. Canon autofocus hurts my eyes.
The Canon M50 seems to have the best picture quality, but the constant focusing gives me anxiety. Another vote for the Lumix.
The Lumix looks like the winner hands down. Makes me consider one for my next camera.
I wonder if there are many technicians in America like you? It’s so easy to just try and diagnose changing to new parts but you find out the problem then change. Bravo!
Haven't had any qualms about any of your video camera quality. I just plain out like your vids!
The Lumix seems to be the best option. The Canon looked like it was having a difficult time focusing on things where the background and foreground were close to each other (like when you had the scan tool on the seat), or when something shiny was a decent part of the frame (like with the shot of the thermostat on your toolbox).
I like the lumix the best by far, Quality out of all of them seems to be the best
Wes I like watching you and South Main Auto. I have a 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer with 299K miles on it. I have had some idle instability issues this winter when it was below 0°f.
I will check out my cam shaft solenoid, and connection.
Thanks to you I know exactly where it is, what I have do to replace it.
Thanks to South Main Auto, a Trailblazer that had weird dash light problems, I changed my ignition switch.
Thank you for the help.
On the steering angle sensor, make sure that the steering wheel is centered perfectly when going down the road. A friends was a off about 15 degrees. When she had it aligned, the light was off. I believe her alignment problem was every time she parked, she had to check to make sure that the curb was solid! Once I saw it with about 1&1/2” between the rim and the curb. Twice she had to get help to turn the steering wheel so that she could turn the key to on. I have told her a couple of times, when she hits the curb, put it in neutral, then release the brakes, then put it in park.
That takes too long.
You can give suggestions, probably not change their habits.
Hello from north east Montana.
10 miles from Canada.
The sound of the furnace running didn't bother me at all....probably doesn't carry over into the video as much as in person.
I can definitely hear it.
Sounds like a cat got caught in the fan.
Probably depends on your sound setup. Most smartphones and ears probably don't make it out much. Better sound system prolly makes it different.
I could hear it, but it's just the ambient sound of a shop. I wouldn't personally worry about it.
Listening through my earbuds the furnace is not that noticeable.
The panasonic seems to have the clearest most focused images but your original camera is good enough for me
New light in Shop is pretty nice.
I work construction . Outside all the time . The sound of heat coming on is like music .
As a Canon fan boy it hurts to say it but the Panasonic seems to be the better choice for you. The auto focus seemed to lock in better on what you were filming. You also seemed much more comfortable using it with how the zoom works and such. But ultimately it is your money and I'm just glad you post these videos for us to watch. If you kept the old camera I would keep watching. Happy New Year!
Edit: Just saw your camera comments at the end. Unfortunately I am like I said a Canon fan boy so not too sure about the settings on the Lumix. A little Google searching led me to an article for the GH4 where you have to go into manual photo mode. Go into settings for the ISO and there is an option called ISO Increments where you can change it to 1/3 value. Giving you a lot more options. Not sure if this translates over to the G85 or not but might be worth checking if you haven't already.
I agree. I am a Canon person also, but my vote would be for the Lumix.
I've had a 03 bravada for about a year now, have watched at leas 50 videos on common 4.2 issues. The realization that the PS pump being in the way never gets old.
The no fuel filter thing had me for a sec until you mentioned there's no return line. The fuel filter change is a huge pain in the cahones so I'm glad GM figured around that.
Never mind it’s the new shop lights. All the cameras are way brighter.
Love to follow your troubleshooting. And your camera work makes it feel like we are right there with you, helping to cuss out "genius" engine designers! 👍 Dang it! Where'd that 10 mm socket go...
Love the video. And that's nothing; a while back, Mercedes-Benz had such crappy wiring harnesses, people were getting motor oil through the tail lights. You cannot make that stuff up
I used to be a camera geek, but as cameras got smarter and I got older I found that I didn't have the interest or inclination to learn how to work them. So when actual film cameras became passe, I bought point and shoot digital cameras, the last of which is a Lumix FZ. This camera does everything but my dry cleaning, but it's too complex for me, so it too is used as a point and shoot. I also used to be an auto mechanic in the carburetor, points, condenser, and adjustable valve clearance days. I watch in awe as you use diagnostic tools that are beyond me to troubleshoot all manner of electrical gremlins in late(r) model cars and trucks. I have a general understanding of many of the acronyms such as MAF, TPS and the like, but I probably couldn't find these parts on today's cars let alone diagnose them with the diagnostic tools I used--a vacuum gauge, timing light and an ice pick fitted with a ground wire and alligator clip. The Lumix picture looks better to me than the others, and the Trailblazer sounded fine after your your fixes. Enjoy the channel, your wry sense of humor, the dog, your boy, and Mrs. Wes. Keep the videos coming mostly in focus or not; it's all good.
Wes I've bee subscribed from the start and video quality for me has ever been an issue. I just love the content. So use what camera you like and keep 'em coming. Thanks
Hi Wes. Land Rover had a problem with the injector harnesses on the TD5 engine years ago. Very often oil would make it all the way back to the engine ECU. It could cause all sorts of starting and running problems when the oil got into it
The lights are making a huge difference. I always prefer to have 10x more lights than I actually need.
The trailblazer could probably use an oil change with some marvel. Their new cam phaser will end up looking like the old one without good clean oil running through them. I see that quite a bit with neglected oil changes. Great video Wes thanks!
Laughed out loud when you said not really cold out and there was snow and ice on your driveway
*"COLD"* is relative! Anything above 20°F with no wind is nice in cold snowy climates. This coming from MN.
It's not the temp that hurts. It's the darn wind.
@Lewis Bradford Coming from MN where temps can get down to -35 at this time of the year, above 20 is warm. :)
Thats what it looks like outside for 4 months in the north
Well, it depends on where you live. Here in northern Europe, Sweden infact, we have arctic climate in the northern parts during wintertime. Anything above -20 degrees celsius is quite warm If the wind isn’t blowing. Then it depends on how humid the air is. Is it dry the cold doesnt feel that bad. It all depends on how used you are to the cold. And driving on ice and snow arent that special, we use spiked wintertires go get around.
Panasonic camera for me. Please don't worry about the heater. It does not bother the sound quality at all. Great job as always and thanks for letting all of us have a voice.
Canon has better picture, its very clear but also struggle at focus and setting it up will distract you from what you suppose to do, Canon is generally more of a photo cam where you can manually set things up before taking that money shot, also that manual zoom is amazing, but again mainly for photos and not videos, its a canon thing :)
Panasonic will be much easier to use as a video cam, you'll just have to work a bit on your settings and iso as the video was overexposed when you used it.
Both of course are night and day compared to your old cam.
Hope this helps Wes and keep these videos coming! :)
Love the audio ,unlike many,many channels, can clearly hear and understand your narrative of projects.
Agree. Much easier than other channels to hear what you're saying,
If only I could get paid sitting here watching you work. Thanks for putting these videos out and letting me hang out with you!
I can confirm the oil creeping inside cable insulation, it's pretty common in industrial machines using lots of oil, in my case, I have wire drawing benches and rolling mills at work. sometimes, there's leaks from the wet side to the motors, the oil seep inside the junction box, creep into the insulation and eat through it, causing shorts on high power lines, all the good stuff :D
Note, before someone ask: I know that most oils are not electrical conductors, the oil used in our machines are made to lubricate and cool the wire through the drawing process, it's a water/oil emulsion, charged with metallic particles from repeated use and it's pretty aggressive for electrical wire insulation, it's a bit conductive, enough to cause problems.
I’ve NEVER been this early! I like the lumix personally
One the vehicle--well, it's a TrailBlazer, which GM apparently designed to break only in strange and improbable ways. The fact that you found anything so 'simple' as the sensor and the t-stat is amazing, at least on a Trailblazer. I swear that the Service-writer manual for the TB just has every itme start with "Remove engine and dash entire."
Like a Sasquatch , you caught it on film , once. Nice job.👍
Personally I don't care which camera you use. I'm here to learn something and get entertained and I'm getting both.
Keep up the good work
Some mornings I kind of run like that Trailblazer too. I hate intermittent problems.
Not knowing anything about cameras or their operation, I am in no position to judge. What I saw on my screen was on the verge of white out when you were pulling/installing the cam sensor, and showed the best detail of the components of the engine.
For me, the picture has to be REALLY bad to complain. The 10% rule has always applied. I just like to be able to see what you are working on with enough light to make out parts and pieces.
The shop lights have made a TREMENDOUS difference, nice improvement.
Thanks for sharing.
Love these videos. New to the channel and I’ve been working my way through all the old videos over the last few weeks.
The Lumix has by far the best clarity.
I appreciate your dedication to making improvements.
Whats up with the white pickup hidden behind shop? Possibly a future video?
My question as well. Plus I think I saw a tire machine on a pallet and don’t remember that.
Designers get special awards for making simple jobs as complicated as possible.
The best thing youve got going for you is the personality, “alright fellas” makes me feel like the nephew in the shop lmao
I feel like Wes is just talking to me. No shouting, just a "personal" conversation between him and me. No bragging or trying to impress, just info and low-key humor.
F-stop is the size of the hole in the lens. It sets depth of field as well as brightness. A pinhole camera does not need to focus, so f22 means stuff close and far will both be in focus. f2.8 is "wide open" and gives a shallow depth of field. Stuff in the background is fuzzy, and auto-focus problems are much more obvious. ISO is like the speed rating of film. In a digital camera, it sets the reference level for the analog-to-digital converter reading the pixels. You set a low voltage level with ISO 26000, but that also makes the noise floor of the sensor very obvious, much like you can see the grain in high-iso film. So you set the f-stop as low as you can live with or desire for the depth of field, and use the ISO to get the picture exposed enough without too much noise. Set the shutter to whatever standard file you picked, 30fps for 30p, 60fps if you are shooting in 60p. 24fps if you are feeling like a movie guy. Fast action likes 60p, but the files get really big, especially at 4k recording. Shooting in 4k means you can use the editor to select and zoom in on a part of the frame and still get HD (1080) resolution. My buddy says RUclips will promote 4k content more, but who knows? My choice would be to shoot f2.8 or low as possible for the intro and outro, so the background of the shop is fuzzy and you "pop," as the video guys say. For the work close-ups, you might stop down to f8 or even smaller, so all parts of the engine are in focus. Then again, maybe you want just the "thing" you are working on in focus, with the rest a little blurry, so open up the f-stop to f2.8. Shoot 4k and you can pan and crop in your editor program. I like Vegas Pro, since you don't need a computer science degree to use it, unlike Adobe Premier. Also BlackMagic DaVinci Resolve is pretty good, and free, but you need certain nVidia graphics cards. With all the giant files, some folks are erasing the raw working files after editing the master. I put them on a 4TB 100-dollar USB drive, and just keep buying new ones as they fill up. I do have a network storage mirrored backup of the edited master file as well, if/when a USB drive crashes.
Note there are 200-dollar Lumix zoom lenses, and 800-dollar ones. The expensive ones keep the wide aperture setting over the whole zoom range, the cheap ones go to F5 or smaller when you zoom in. Having the f-stop independent of the zoom is worth it to me. An outdated chart:
www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3236455
If the lens has a range for both zoom mm and f-stop, that means it is the cheaper type. I have:
PANASONIC LUMIX G X Vario Lens, 35-100mm, F2.8 ($949.00 )
For shots you have to get from further away, like my overhead crane, and two:
Panasonic H-HS12035 LUMIX G X VARIO 12-35mm, F2.8 ($797.99)
For the general-purpose lenses on the other two cameras. Micro 4/3 cameras are half-equivalent to a 35mm or full-frame camera, so a 12mm lens is equivalent to a 24mm lens in a full-frame camera. The lower the focal distance, the more like a fish-eye,, which bloats out your face, and worse yet, your lady's hips. For head shots, I like to set the camera further away and zoom in, often 35mm, so I don't look so fat or goofy.
I have a Panasonic GH3 and two GH4 cameras, similar to your G85. Canon reputation is for good lenses, but they must have squandered that chasing consumer market. I far prefer the G85 in your video above. Panasonic made a corporate decision to let its consumer camera designers do things that put pressure on their pro-camera guys, while all the other companies cripple the consumer stuff to protect the pricing of their high-end cameras.
Buy cameras with a bigger sensor for low-light performance. Full-frame is the size of a 35mm film, but the camera and lenses get very large and heavy and expensive. I like Micro3/4 like I own, a good compromise. A good comparison web site for cameras:
www.apotelyt.com/compare-camera/panasonic-gm1-vs-sony-rx100
My next buy will be for a very small pocket camera, and the Sony RX100 VII looks great. One-inch sensor, very small, can flip the LCD, mic input, and a flash for still pictures. It can also live stream over its USB, something my GH4 cannot do. And it is small enough to carry in my jacket, while being able to shoot 4k video. Downside is 1200-dollar price tag.
That noise is the shop heat? I thought it was hail in the roof.
Hi Wes, love the contect and your weather. Just like Scotland!! Re your comment about oil tracking up/down wiring looms, its a very common problem with the Land Rovers (Discovery 2 or Defender) fitted with the TD5 diesel engine. The injector loom is inside the head and is notorious for bleeding oil to the ECM. I've had to open an ECM and wash it out with brake cleaner before now!!
Keep up the good work.
The Land Rover TD5 Diesel engines have a known problem of oil going through the wire loom to the computer module. So I guess what you saw in the video is true.
Yeah, it tracks through the injector loom up through the cores by capillary action into the ECU connection and if unlucky, into the ECU itself. Loads of them never got replacement looms under warranty, mine included. Couldn't believe how much oil made it into the thing.
The oil creep up problem is a huge problem with certain Mercedes. They even made a blockoff cable which is essentially a cable where every wire was cut and soldered back together to stop the capilary action.
If not found fast enough, it can cause ECMs to fry as the oil creeps all the way back through the harness.
I saw a video of a case where this caused a O2 sensor to be destroyed as well because the oil made it all the way down there.
Your boy saying "bye everybody" needs to be your end signature. It makes your channel yours.
Who cares about your opinion nothing wrong with his border sign at all if they don't say something they can stay out of it don't know kids don't belong to you at all so stay out of it you need to stay out of it go to people's personal affairs
We definitely need some more content on the blazer! I own one and have run into most if not all of the issues listed. They are extremely common in these blazers. I would be FOREVER indebted if you filmed the fix in the evap 🙏🏼
Great video! Cannon seemed to do the worst but quality was consistently higher than average so it’s all a win!
I agree. I also have a blazer 2008 and I’ve ran into these problems and a few more. All in all I love this trailblazer but it has its quirks but all cars and trucks do.
I vote Lumix as well, that canon focus just isn’t great, either that or keep your old school one lol
Being able to both diagnose a modern vehicle with a computer
and also be able to repair the drive on a 100-year-old crawler tractor
indicates a genuine interest for mechanics.
Lumix is defiantly the choice for video.
No preference on the camera. You post pretty solid content and you're good at explaining how things work......that's what keeps me watching. In other words, I would still watch if you recorded on a VHS tape and uploaded a phone video of said VHS tape playing on a tv.
So you're telling me that you are standing behind me, whispering in my ear. That's a little creepy.
I had a 2007 Trailblazer.. it had lots of electrical problems.. our local mechanic knew it well! Thankfully we traded it last year for a 2018 Equinox
Stay with the Lumix, best performance as far as I see...
:-D
Thx for the vid!
:-D
I think that since you now have a large and loyal following, and much more experience, you should re-make “ Hierarchy of Reliability”. That was one of your most brilliant but under appreciated videos.
I have a suspicion the Canon 50 something will get sold...
"Focus you fack!" - AVE
Or cost you a fortune in heating bills. 😆
Also throwing in my vote for the Panasonic. Picture quality was better, the focus was better too. Keep the Cannon R700 for when you drop the Panasonic. It's always good to have a backup. Keep making videos, I'm addicted!
The lumix looks like the way to go
Wes, if the problem persists, you could try an oil change and maybe ask the owners if this problem presented soon after a previous oil change. I've seen a very similar problem on a Ford 3V 5.4. Changed from synthetic oil to dino juice and the cam phase controllers immediately started to act up and cause severe rough running. The fix was to revert to synthetic oil and change both controllers. They were gunked up on the screens, presumably inside as well.
Awww your boy is so cute holy crap. When he went running from behind that forklift i think my heart grew three sizes.
What show was it supposed to say about their boys in are not crap your crap say anything nice at all don't say it at all signs that buddy don't like his boys don't look at the channel I don't say there are those boys at all
@@fredjones3135 Did you have a stroke while typing that?
Just for the record, I cannot hear the heater and I always wear headphones. Great videos,Wes. Thanks
As I have always said, have a mechanic review what the design engineers propose and correct the design so it can be repaired without ripping the car apart.
Wes, I would say the Panasonic camera was the better one but also, your new lighting has made a fantastic difference.
Keep up the good work.
Dirty throttle body does the same and won’t set a code.
4.7 Mopar will do this, too. Drove me crazy a coupla' winters ago.
@npinneo x Probably not, as idle speed jumps up and down above the threshold detection and time. What’s the fault code triggering criteria?
What keeps all us diehard WWW fans here is your content, which can only be enhanced with gear upgrades. You'd be in my top 5 even if you were still using your phone to make videos.
Another vote for the lumix Wes 👍
I never had any problems with what you do or how you did it. You're a mechanic trying to share your craft, not recreate some Oscar winning movie. Not sure why some people just love to complain no matter what. Maybe it's because I don't have some fancy TV, but your old gear seems plenty good enough to me. Nevertheless, thanks for what you do and sharing it.
I prefer the lumix, better focus and picture
I vaguely recall a similar GM design flop back in the 70’s. One of the new small post oil embargo cars had a small v6 and the story I heard was that you had to jack the engine off the mounts in order to change one or two of the spark plugs. This was a time when changing plugs was typically done more frequently than now, as ignition systems were still a little primitive compared to more recent systems. Looks like the GM tradition of design stumbles is alive and well.
Thanks so much for showing the camera comparison! The Panasonic seemed sharpest, but honestly I think all three are satisfactory. Maybe keep the Panasonic and use the vixia as a backup? I was a little surprised at the canon performance.
Nice to see the side by side under same lighting conditions. BTW, I must compliment the lights again. They look great! I know you are enjoying working with the better illumination. I’m hoping to find similar components for my own shop.
Not sure what it means, but the ISO numbers closely mimic old film ISO numbers. You would set lens speed as a coarse adjustment, to freeze motion or alter depth of field then fine tune exposure with aperature. For instance, “Back in the day” in Kodak b&w we had plus-x 200 ISO, tri-x 400 ISO (and others), and some special developers and “push” processes that could get a very grainy image quality at up to 6400 ISO. It’s been a good 40 years since I’ve done any darkroom stuff, but I think that info is at least close to what we had.
I think and like the Lumix, best phot with it.
Such passion for all things broken...profitable or not. I enjoy your energy and thought it well to say so. You're perpetually smiling. I envy that. Would be sorta cool to be next bay over and just share back and forth about what works and what doesn't. I gave the profession(mechanic) up 20 years ago. Nonetheless, interested. Thanks.
The “kit” lenses are always naff. Canons way of you buying “pro” lenses. The canon seemed to have more trouble with focusing. The Panasonic seemed the better of the two.
Well to me Wes's head was always focused.
I think the Lumix is the best. Never a focus issue and the picture is great. I dig whatever your workin on so thanks for the hard work plus the pain in the rear to send it out.
the lumix g85 is the best by far
If you ever have a land rover come in with a td5 engine,running bad might have a money lamp on ,injector wiring harness,and you must check ,oil does track along the wiring ,and does fill the ecu,several times I have had this,good video,keep safe people,look forward to the next video.
New lights are amazing, I really hope you stick with the panasonic, in the future I'm hoping to see you put your diagnosis and what you did to fix the problem in the description
New lights and cameras make quite a difference. As far as cameras go, I’ll go with the masses cause I lack the strength of character. Love the show
How do you make money off of a tried and true thermostat style? Mold the entire neck into it and then you can charge 10x the price. Crazy GM engineers.
Yea. And let’s control the fan clutch with the ecm too. Sometimes that fan goes tornado for no reason. Also I swear the trailblazer is not as good quality. We have an envoy and a trailblazer. The trailblazer has all kinds of weird issues. The envoy is just solid. Plus heated seats and better stereo. And rear heat. And ... yea the envoy is just better. I have and a lot of others have issues with the trailblazer killing batteries. Wake up 3 am go to bathroom look outside. Lights on. Lol.
Ford's thermostat break and leak.
The new 3.5 v6 water pump is inside timing chain cover in oil when fails leaks into oil ruins engine..
So Ford has some real bad design s...like the Triton 5.4 phasers chains and plugs and the 6.0 psd diesel disaster...
I stay with GM any day.
All my fleet trucks have over 250k no serious issues .
Ps I had old school Fords 302 etc the best then.
@@Nudnik1 6.0 powerstrokes are not a ford design, not a bad engine if the updates are done and they are taking care of, i used to manage a fleet of 450 school buses with the 6.0 or aka vt365, they were actually a great engine easy to fix very little aftertreatment crap on them, the real pos was the was the vt390 or 6.4 powerstroke, they used to fill the crank case with fuel, and the high pressure fuel pumps were garbage too, then the duramax's we had in the minis were the biggest garbage we had hands down, 08's to 17's, we ended up getting rid of them after 3 years, to much trouble, traded the duratrash for cummins and the gm gas 6.0. pretty much cut all the overtime out of the budget with that move, should have done it a lot sooner
@@bleachinuri true... Cummins and GM 6.0 best cheapest .
My buddy redoes alot of 6.0 psd diesel and when upgraded not a bad motor.
Hey Wes
The cam you began this vid with was excellent. The G85 appeared very much over exposed. Don't know if it was set to manual iris or auto. If it was on an auto setting its too hot.....not color
tempwise.
I, too, cast my vote for the Lumix.
I liked the Panasonic camera image, but the audio seemed quiet on that one. Not sure why.. your new lights have certainly helped majorly with the video quality.
keep the Panasonic
(breathes in paper bag)
[do not make fun of GM. do not make fun of GM]
"Great Job GM!"
Casual G85 use here, and here's my take.
To your question about ISO, I'm unable to find anything about fine-tuning or alternative step ISO settings on the G85. I'd recommend leaving ISO on Auto, but setting a sane limit (ex:3200) as the G85 starts to lose image quality (becomes fuzzy/grainy) at ISO 1600 and it get's exponentially worse the higher you go.
I prefer using aperture control to control brightness in a well lit space. If you need more adjustment, there is an "Exposure Control" function denoted by a square icon that contains "+/-". It could either be on the preview screen, or you might need to open the menu to find it. It's also possible to permanently assign it to one of the 2 jog wheels. I tend to avoid adjusting shutter speed as it can cause videos to be either choppy or blurry.
Great quick summary:
Panasonic for me. Over exposed for my liking though.
I own a 07 trailblazer. Replaced the steering angle sensor with a dorman and 20 minutes later the light was back on. Bought a real part from the dealer and installed it and never had a problem since. Did not have to have it calibrated. Lumix
I thought the Panasonic was better, especially the autofocus. But I wouldn’t fret to much; it’s the content that I like. Really interesting.🇬🇧
I wouldn't sweat the camera choice. For your type of videos and your channel, any decent camera, with clear audio, close up shots of what your working on will serve the purpose... the lighting is making a huge difference. Man i have to give you credit, well all of you guys that do mechanic work in the cold wiht no gloves on? I must be a weak ass pansy, but my hands banging around in a tight engine compartment, busting knuckles, etc is more than i can take.
I love both of the new cameras looks way better no matter witch one.
Hi there,
to change the iso increments on the Panasonic G85 you have to go to:
MENU → Camera Icon → page 6 of 8 (also called the Rec menu):
ISO Increments→ change it to 1/3 EV instead of 1 EV
Thanks for your relaxing and interesting content!
PS:
And maby use Shutter priority mode in combination with automatic iso, then you can just use your exposhure compensation to change the exposure and not have to worry about Aperture and iso. For a 30fps Video you would normaly set the expushure time to 1/60s and if you film at 60fps you would use 1/120s.
The panasonic works the best overall. The picture stability is better, sound is good etc. The background noise is just part of the job. Keep up the good work Wes. Enjoy the videos as always take care.
As far as VVT issues go, that sludge on the intake screens is present throughout the whole oiling system. Its also in the cam phaser . This sludge is more solid when the oil is cold, causing phase problems in cold temperatures. The shop I work at in Nebraska uses a flushing chemical from BG to break down the sludge. That usually does the job to free up VVT solenoids.
I vote for the Lumix , the image is better . Thanks for taking the time and money to bring us these.
I had a similar problem with my Odyssey. It was the idle air controller. It was gunked up and was sticking. It oscillated while hunting for the correct position. Also, I believe 2007 was the year of bankruptcy so they had (more) issues with quality.
The lumix makes it seem like you are right there looking at the engine. Also, your test screen is much more readable on this one too.
LUMIX is my personal favorite. I've been using them for years and never had a problem.
Wes, I recommend using the Aperture priority mode with ISO on auto. That’s what I use on all my videos and any fine exposure adjustments are made with manual compensation (+/-). You want to set the shutter at twice the video frame rate, so if you are compiling the video at 24 FPS, use 1/50 shutter speed. If it’s not too late, you may want to check out the Sony line up as they are known for having the best auto-focus with awesome image quality, A6400 would fit your bill perfectly. I use the same Movo mic with great result.
Never seen oil in the ECU but I worked on a 94 Ford Escort that had an ATF leak at the instrument cluster. It was working up the tach cable into the dash and dripping on the floor.