My Grandma taught me to swap out the valve body first to find out if the valve body in the rebuilt transmission was the culprit before doing an r and r of the transmission. That sage advise from my Grandma saved me many hours of unneeded labor.
At 2:55 when you popped the shift linkage off, the move reminded me of a 'near miss' experience when I made a mistake that could have cost me my life. I'll share that experience here for people who stop by, even though it has nothing to do with how you did it. 25 years ago I was under an old Chev Suburban changing the transmission fluid, with the car driven up onto roll-on stands. While taking the pan off I accidentally bumped that shift control. I felt the whole vehicle lurch and I suddenly realized that I had shifted it into neutral. Fortunately I had blocked the tires, and I also had the emergency brake on. So the car shifted but it didn't roll down the stands while I was underneath. I carried on the day normally but it was hard to focus, realizing what might have happened.
Dang, nice work on pre safety measures. I refuse to use those drive on ramps. Way to many variables to cause catastrophic failure/injury. A guy I work with, his cousin just had a truck roll off a set and crushed him. Last I heard he was unconsious in ICU on a ventilator.
Yeah, I eventually got rid of those ramps. They would slide forward when I was driving up, and I was always worried about driving off the end of one of them if I didn't line the wheels up accurately. I brought the story up so that others will think about it before making a similar mistake. RUclips is great, but a big part of auto mechanics are the mistakes that many of us don't like to talk about.
Yeah, I sheared off knuckle skin cranking on shift linkage. Lots of grease got mixed in with skin and blood. The knuckle healed with a lot of grease still inside. Can still see the black stuff in there today.
Will he forget the dipstick tube? Will he be able to hook up the cooler lines or will there be an ATF colostomy bag hanging from the passenger mirror? Will the trans last more than 30 miles this time?? ...Stay tuned for the next exiting episode!
I love the step-by-step style of your videos, great job and patience. I felt that statement near the end of the video when you said, “it’s always something!”
Me too wyattoneable.. I giggle and laugh out loud like a darn fool... or teenage girl . Whatareyagonnado.. Or cry like a big baby.. 8::?) I hate this channel.... 8( my wife thought I lost it years ago NOW SHE KNOWS... not good, (8@
Most people that don't do this everyday thinks wam bam thank you mamm, they don't see little things that hold up a job.. hopefully not all people that watch your videos are mechanics then they can understand better, thanks Dr. O.
Steve's Auto N Truck's We are not I love watching the good doctor to as I am an MD but do my own work on my truck as well as for friends and family. I also help out a auto repair shop on my days off.
Mr. O! I get more out of your video's than you know. When something happens you are not aware of the "WOAH" kills me! I enjoy all you do and since I have a Hometown in New York I and my wife are going to come visit. I figured I could give my wife the CC and send her on and have fun helping and learning with you. You are the best and keep up the good work!
It is bad I have done a 4x4 version of this transmission on a Cadillac escalade (twice like Eric), and still learned a few things and enjoyed watching the videos.
As usual they have taken a relatively straight forward simple job and “advanced”it to the next day!!!! Thanks for sharing another outstanding show Hunter O 🍦🥓🍻🍨🍔🍺cheers
I love how you show us the full length process of what you do, a lot of places show repair videos where they just say like "loosen these bolts take this down and you are done" and they skip right past it and you have no idea that they where using a torch and fighting with them for 45mins :) That's also a reason why my videos are so long when I make them from my cars, I figure give ppl the real inside scoop on how long it will take them. Keep up the good work, love the videos!
sometimes I wonder if "all" the remanufacture companies are owned by the big car makers, seeing they'd love to allow garbage to be produced so they can sell new cars when people get fed up ( cough) problem being, some of us figure things out and run maces up their backends over it. :))
The problem, if you look at the big picture, is the concentration of ownership, they're all large corporations today. Faceless, indifferent, impersonal money making machines. You can't blame a corporation the same way you would a person or a small businesses, because they're all just employees, get your check and punch out. We're partially to blame because we as consumers shop there to save a buck.
Unfortunately you are 100% correct Joseph1NJ . We get real caught up in quick cheap and pretty, but we are not in high school anymore 8) Just like that old saying "You can put lipstick on a Pig but it it still a pig. Just because it looks amazing does not mean it is going to work correctly or long.
I have a 2003 Chevrolet suburban 1500 it needs a new transmission I ordered the transmission for truck I told the owner make sure it works before I pay for it well he doesn't care he shipped it to my house and the guy's who bought it just left it outside I did not know it was there so I hadn't shipped to the dealership to put it in they said that when you go in Third gear squirting I say did you check to find out why he said no. I texted the guy who sold me the transmission and he gave me full refund because I have to another transmission you do a great job 👍😎 keep up the great work you do you are very nice guy and smart worker. Stay safe 👍
Its the small things, plus the end of the day! Ruins your whole rest of your days following! The small crap just makes your day a whole lot longer! Great video eric! Cant wait to see part 2!
Wow mechanics have issues we wouldn’t know unless we seen it. I can imagine jobs being difficult enough without having to deal with differences in known parts. Still a great job explaining thank you!
My motto is "It doesn't do any good to get upset over things you have no control of". That being said, If I spent hours replacing a transmission that only lasted 30mi. and didn't get my time reimbursed, I would be steaming, but still understanding, because you knew the terms before doing the job... Eric, I commend you on your attitude with this situation. True example of my motto..
When I was in tech school, me and another student rebuilt a Chevy th350 transmission. The owner picked it up on Friday, brought it back on Monday, complaining it quit. We noticed the tail housing was cracked, and when we tore it apart, we found the output shaft twisted like a rotini noodle. The guy admitted he and his buddy got drunk and floored it in reverse to about fifty, slammed it into drive, and floored it again....huh, theres your problem, lady...🤔😒🙄
dave1135 I thought it would wreck the clutch packs or torque converter before it would twist a tailshaft. It would make me mad to see someone trash something less than a week after I rebuilt it.
zappy bear it wrecked the entire transmission, we had to get another trans and go thru it. He said he was going about fifty in reverse, although I think it was probably closer to thirty. He was still rolling at that speed when he shifted from reverse to drive then put the gas pedal to the floor. That was a huge shock to the drive line. This was in 1989, and the car was a early 70's Chevy Nova with a 350 v8.
zappy bear at the tech school I went to, people could have work done for free, just paid for parts. He goofed, and tried to blame us. But it was obvious what had happened and that it was no fault of ours. He got another trans and a overhaul kit and we did it again. Gave us another trans to gain experience on. We didn't want to use any parts from his original trans due to the amount of damage we found to the internals. It wasn't worth using them and hoping they would not fail
lol, I used to do that in a pontiac T1000 "chevette clone" with it full of high school friends. it did nice one wheel peels and made lots of noise, one day it went "BANG" I thought it spit the driveshaft, universal, tranny parts. when I noticed every gear position was neutral, turned out the spider gears were shrapnel. yanked a used set from junkyard rear end and I was back in business. the tow bill cost more I abused it for another year then totaled it out "chevette vs chevette" :))
2 wd drive in up state ny! wow...looks like the old girl could use some tires....it is december after all! pressure test port leaking, trans lasts 30 miles and new one has different quick connect fittings....sounds like today's re-manufacturing world! great video eric!
Eric just had to tell you I found that mobile guy and I left him a comment .not that you out of anyone needs to be defended but I couldn't just sit there and see the b.s. these two were talking as I am also a proffesional tech . We have your back and anyone else we need to have a great day😊😊😊
I just did a power steering pump twice because napa sold the customer a defective reman... the joys of doing something over when it's not your fault...but I'll take the PS pump over a trans 😂😂. Good job Eric 👍
I have completely sworn off Advance Auto as a source of parts. 98% of the time, you're better off grabbing the part from the junkyard - and that really sucks! Too bad there isn't a NAPA closer to you - although they're not immune either, they have a better average ... From Advance, I've had misboxed brake calipers, misboxed U-joints, water pumps, front end components - you name it, they've screwed it up at least once, sometimes more! Last set of calipers, they forgot to run threads for the banjo bolts!! SUPER frustrating, especially when you're expecting an easy job and schedule things accordingly. GRRR!!! 21st Century life! I feel your pain, man! Before I found your channel, I seriously thought it was just me!
I feel you, Eric. Reman jobs can really blow but we/all both now that it shouldn't if its done right. I swear when you were doing the job I could smell the metallic burnt transmission fluid smell, it's so distinct. Even when its not around it sticks with you. :)
should try the tiger paw gloves i think they're called, they are orange and have grips on the whole gloves, i get them from matco but they rip so much less because they're thicker and the grips are nice when you're greasy or oily
I had one of those shift linkages come off in my driveway as I was parking. As I started up the stairs, watched it roll across the street and hit the fire hydrant.
Boy, you were pretty calm about that whole deal. Me, I'd have been really pissed. But I guess it's not quite so bad having the use of a lift. 98% of the trans. swaps I did, being a shade tree guy, were from jack stands in the bushes. I certainly wouldn't have been happy at all! Thanks for the video, and hats off to your patients. Gotta add, I could never use those rubber gloves, made my hands just sweat like hell, it was almost like a couldn't breath, messed up for sure..and some more, what is it with rebuild shops? I've experienced the same shit! Supposedly rebuilt and craps out in a day. What a racket!
Remanufactured transmission, fails after 30 miles!!!! Someone at the transmission remanning plant must’ve been hung over, from drinking the previous night, and did a horrible job of rebuilding it. I would’ve been questioning myself on the install, but I can see you’re 100% confident that you installed it correctly Dr. O; and you have far more experience, than I do. 👍🏻
Sorry about the frustration with the cooling lines, Eric. But watching you do that job on a lift and remembering the misery I went through changing a Shift 1-2 solenoid in my Avalanche up on jack stands while laying on my DIY back brought back painful memories. The pan can't be dropped on a 4wd unless you remove the y-pipe, and reinstalling that y-pipe by yourself while on your back is pure misery. Can't wait to watch you do it on a lift in Part 2.
Wow!, you must have worked for a transmission shop before you started working on cars. Great job my friend. I'm glad I was a BMET and worked for a Hospital repairing Medical Equipment for a living. I could have never handled that type work. God Bless you my friend. (Mac)
Have u ever tried using Mano a paste we applied to clean dry hands that will not be effected by grease and grime. To remove just wash your hands with soap and water. Also keeps your skin from drying out and cracking. Just a thought after working years in an industrial inviroment and seeing many of my associates loose their hearing you may want to take steps some form of hearing protection around air tools.
Great video thanks my friend keep up the great work see you in the next video. I have a thought of where they get there reman from. I have seen some good stuff and more bad from the place I'm thinking of. I believe they do engines to. Love your videos keep up the great work my friend
Eric, I'm jealous. I never get a pickup transmission job that doesn't come with some ridiculous cobblefuct "custom" dual exhaust and some evidence that somebody challenged the notion that you can't and shouldn't booger weld the pipe to the frame or the driveshaft or the leaf spring. I once saw a rear cat flange with broken studs reconnected to the next pipe with C clamps. I get so deep into working around and or fixing these things, I forget I'm there to change a transmission.
That transmission must of had the 30/30 warranty, 30 minutes or 30 hours. Got to love aftermarket stuff. This is what I absolutely hated when I was a tech., defective parts, wrong parts. All of which causes more lost time and none of which is my fault.
So wish I had a lift. I've removed the trans in my suburban 3 times while on custom blocks in my driveway. The fun part is when you go to install the bolts for the torque converter and when you get to the 3rd bolt, the threads are missing from the nut welded to the torque converter. Trying to run a tap through it while laying on your back is not easy.
Those midknight gloves are great for the fire/ems world. Durable for what we use them for but I agree with you in regards to auto repair they aren't great at all. I've grabbed a few extra pairs from the station when I have to do brakes or any vehicle repair at home and they last about 10 minutes before I'm changing them.
You know it’s an older video when he’s still using the air tools. I’ve almost bought that 3/8 impact from harbor freight because I see you use it so much!
Mine lasted 48,000 miles and grenaded while cruising at 70mph with the cruise set on a 3 hour drive. Dealer put another one in and that one has been good ever since. First one must have been built on a Friday.
You should had this one out a couple of months ago I had to pull a trans out of a 2000 Chey truck and had a heck of a time. Not on a lift but on my back on the floor. What a pain in every part of the body.
Love the major Mechanicals Eric. Do people not see that Jasper Engines and transmission Banner on the side of your wall? I guess we wouldn't have had this video if they did. 🤔
Check out RockAuto for remanufactured transmissions, I got one for a 2008 corolla. It was $500 less than what Autozone or Napa wanted. It arrived in 2 days, looked brand new. Every bolt had a paint mark on it indicating it had been torqued. Its only been installed for a couple months but it's still going strong and shifts buttery smooth.
If a brand new auto parts store opened up in your town, Everything was double the price but the parts were amazing and hardly ever failed and they had a ton of stuff in stock. Would you buy from them or Advanced auto?
Eric can agree or disagree, but it's his customer's decision about their vehicle. While he may prefer or recommend better, more expensive parts, they most likely will continue to choose cheaper. He can't force them or he'll be viewed as an expensive repair shop and could lose business. Doesn't stop from it sucking for all of us though.
I love older GM's, but yeah I did a trans on a 07 and ran into the same issue, There are a few different 4l60e's I think it has to do with the external trans cooler, some of the trucks had an separate trans cooler whole others are built into the trans, idk why they would change connectors for one or the other, but hey, GM.... lol
When I worked in a gm dealership in the 90's, a couple bought a new Oldsmobile park avenue and drove it home, parked it, and that was it, next morning it had nothing, no forward, or reverse. Total of 60 miles on the odometer.
Ooouuuufff....No money in this one...No doubt Missis Eric O' was at home making dinner.......Great video...funny how things go quicker when you've been there before...
On one street in my town we have a NAPA, Autozone, Advance Auto, O'Reilly's, Consumer Auto Parts, and maybe a couple more. The only two that are any good are NAPA and C.A.P.. The other ones sell garbage. They're fine if you want fuzzy dice to hang from your mirror or chrome valve stem caps shaped like Elvis, but for actual parts it's NAPA and C.A.P.
@@daleguentzel2260 besides missing torque converter and shift linkage nothing at all. Has about 60,000 miles on it. I planned to put it in a Chevy van but the person that set it up told me the wrong engine. Turns out it was a 6.0 liter that takes 4l80. Should’ve known better than to not look for myself !
@@fsu3784 yeah I have the 5.3 LM7 engine in my 2000 1500 Chevy extended cab and the only thing is wrong is the tranny need to be rebuild so I can have 3-4 gears but rn money is tight so it just park in my yard
I too heard a rumor about a guy that had to take the exhaust back off and also heard he can fix cars with just a fuse. I wouldn't trust his air on my tires though😆
Harbor Freight's 5000 Lumen, 4 ft. LED light is $20, and the very best work light ever. Attach a couple of globe light style spring clips to the housing. Very versatile.
The best mechanic on you tube,and he is not afraid to show it all,thanks Eric.
an 1hr long SMA video YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
My Grandma taught me to swap out the valve body first to find out if the valve body in the rebuilt transmission was the culprit before doing an r and r of the transmission. That sage advise from my Grandma saved me many hours of unneeded labor.
At 2:55 when you popped the shift linkage off, the move reminded me of a 'near miss' experience when I made a mistake that could have cost me my life. I'll share that experience here for people who stop by, even though it has nothing to do with how you did it. 25 years ago I was under an old Chev Suburban changing the transmission fluid, with the car driven up onto roll-on stands. While taking the pan off I accidentally bumped that shift control. I felt the whole vehicle lurch and I suddenly realized that I had shifted it into neutral. Fortunately I had blocked the tires, and I also had the emergency brake on. So the car shifted but it didn't roll down the stands while I was underneath. I carried on the day normally but it was hard to focus, realizing what might have happened.
Dang, nice work on pre safety measures. I refuse to use those drive on ramps. Way to many variables to cause catastrophic failure/injury. A guy I work with, his cousin just had a truck roll off a set and crushed him. Last I heard he was unconsious in ICU on a ventilator.
Yeah, I eventually got rid of those ramps. They would slide forward when I was driving up, and I was always worried about driving off the end of one of them if I didn't line the wheels up accurately. I brought the story up so that others will think about it before making a similar mistake. RUclips is great, but a big part of auto mechanics are the mistakes that many of us don't like to talk about.
Yeah, I sheared off knuckle skin cranking on shift linkage. Lots of grease got mixed in with skin and blood. The knuckle healed with a lot of grease still inside. Can still see the black stuff in there today.
Thats why you chock the wheels .
Guess u are lucky to still be here to talk about today or would of been goodbye jack
Will he forget the dipstick tube?
Will he be able to hook up the cooler lines or will there be an ATF colostomy bag hanging from the passenger mirror?
Will the trans last more than 30 miles this time??
...Stay tuned for the next exiting episode!
*exciting
Lol colostomy bag
I think I speak for most of us that we could watch your videos all day so keep swapping parts and bringing us along lol!!
I love the step-by-step style of your videos, great job and patience. I felt that statement near the end of the video when you said, “it’s always something!”
"Your losing money on so you thought to bring us along". Your sense of humor kills me making me laugh out loud. Now my wife thinks I've lost it.
Me too wyattoneable.. I giggle and laugh out loud like a darn fool... or teenage girl . Whatareyagonnado..
Or cry like a big baby.. 8::?) I hate this channel.... 8( my wife thought I lost it years ago NOW SHE KNOWS... not good, (8@
He's a natural. I don't watch automotive channels on TV anymore. It's all here without the commercials.
@@wyattoneable but
Most people that don't do this everyday thinks wam bam thank you mamm, they don't see little things that hold up a job.. hopefully not all people that watch your videos are mechanics then they can understand better, thanks Dr. O.
Steve's Auto N Truck's We are not I love watching the good doctor to as I am an MD but do my own work on my truck as well as for friends and family. I also help out a auto repair shop on my days off.
Look at the bright side. As long as they make GMs, you will never go hungry !
Mr. O! I get more out of your video's than you know. When something happens you are not aware of the "WOAH" kills me! I enjoy all you do and since I have a Hometown in New York I and my wife are going to come visit. I figured I could give my wife the CC and send her on and have fun helping and learning with you. You are the best and keep up the good work!
Great job as usual best mechanic on RUclips
It is bad I have done a 4x4 version of this transmission on a Cadillac escalade (twice like Eric), and still learned a few things and enjoyed watching the videos.
Hannah in every SMA video from now on! Who's with me!
Cleaning out the trans cooler lines, now that's the right way to do it. Professional SMA stuff
I love watching a true master at his craft. And being always in good humor and true to form. Please keep up the little lessons in real life.
As usual they have taken a relatively straight forward simple job and “advanced”it to the next day!!!! Thanks for sharing another outstanding show Hunter O 🍦🥓🍻🍨🍔🍺cheers
I love how you show us the full length process of what you do, a lot of places show repair videos where they just say like "loosen these bolts take this down and you are done" and they skip right past it and you have no idea that they where using a torch and fighting with them for 45mins :) That's also a reason why my videos are so long when I make them from my cars, I figure give ppl the real inside scoop on how long it will take them. Keep up the good work, love the videos!
I just watched your rant video from Feb 17 on junk remanufactured parts last night. Looks like you are still fighting the man.
sometimes I wonder if "all" the remanufacture companies are owned by the big car makers, seeing they'd love to allow garbage to be produced so they can sell new cars when people get fed up ( cough)
problem being, some of us figure things out and run maces up their backends over it. :))
The problem, if you look at the big picture, is the concentration of ownership, they're all large corporations today. Faceless, indifferent, impersonal money making machines. You can't blame a corporation the same way you would a person or a small businesses, because they're all just employees, get your check and punch out. We're partially to blame because we as consumers shop there to save a buck.
Fighting the re-man!
Unfortunately you are 100% correct Joseph1NJ . We get real caught up in quick cheap and pretty, but we are not in high school anymore 8)
Just like that old saying "You can put lipstick on a Pig but it it still a pig.
Just because it looks amazing does not mean it is going to work correctly or long.
i agree. New parts are for the birds. Even they don't like them.
Thank you without your step by step process I couldn't have done my transaction. Thank you
Now with 60fps it's like we're inside the shop with you Eric, I am hoping for some break cleaner action in this video! Keep up the good work!
Thank you very much for what you do and taking the time to share. It's alot of extra work to do these videos.
I have a 2003 Chevrolet suburban 1500 it needs a new transmission I ordered the transmission for truck I told the owner make sure it works before I pay for it well he doesn't care he shipped it to my house and the guy's who bought it just left it outside I did not know it was there so I hadn't shipped to the dealership to put it in they said that when you go in Third gear squirting I say did you check to find out why he said no. I texted the guy who sold me the transmission and he gave me full refund because I have to another transmission you do a great job 👍😎 keep up the great work you do you are very nice guy and smart worker. Stay safe 👍
Oh man! Am i glad i found this, once i saw who posted it i knew id be able to tackle this on my own👍 thanks brother
Great work Eric, felt I was standing right besides you, didn’t know I spent one hour on this video
Its the small things, plus the end of the day! Ruins your whole rest of your days following!
The small crap just makes your day a whole lot longer!
Great video eric! Cant wait to see part 2!
no WUW tonight so I re-watched this gem. Hope you're feeling better!
I like the sound of the good old compressor pumping bad air
Wow mechanics have issues we wouldn’t know unless we seen it. I can imagine jobs being difficult enough without having to deal with differences in known parts. Still a great job explaining thank you!
My motto is "It doesn't do any good to get upset over things you have no control of". That being said, If I spent hours replacing a transmission that only lasted 30mi. and didn't get my time reimbursed, I would be steaming, but still understanding, because you knew the terms before doing the job... Eric, I commend you on your attitude with this situation. True example of my motto..
I love how 'old school' Eric O. this video is.
When I was in tech school, me and another student rebuilt a Chevy th350 transmission. The owner picked it up on Friday, brought it back on Monday, complaining it quit. We noticed the tail housing was cracked, and when we tore it apart, we found the output shaft twisted like a rotini noodle. The guy admitted he and his buddy got drunk and floored it in reverse to about fifty, slammed it into drive, and floored it again....huh, theres your problem, lady...🤔😒🙄
dave1135 I thought it would wreck the clutch packs or torque converter before it would twist a tailshaft. It would make me mad to see someone trash something less than a week after I rebuilt it.
zappy bear it wrecked the entire transmission, we had to get another trans and go thru it. He said he was going about fifty in reverse, although I think it was probably closer to thirty. He was still rolling at that speed when he shifted from reverse to drive then put the gas pedal to the floor. That was a huge shock to the drive line. This was in 1989, and the car was a early 70's Chevy Nova with a 350 v8.
zappy bear at the tech school I went to, people could have work done for free, just paid for parts. He goofed, and tried to blame us. But it was obvious what had happened and that it was no fault of ours. He got another trans and a overhaul kit and we did it again. Gave us another trans to gain experience on. We didn't want to use any parts from his original trans due to the amount of damage we found to the internals. It wasn't worth using them and hoping they would not fail
lol, I used to do that in a pontiac T1000 "chevette clone" with it full of high school friends. it did nice one wheel peels and made lots of noise, one day it went "BANG"
I thought it spit the driveshaft, universal, tranny parts. when I noticed every gear position was neutral, turned out the spider gears were shrapnel.
yanked a used set from junkyard rear end and I was back in business. the tow bill cost more I abused it for another year then totaled it out "chevette vs chevette" :))
Yupp The best results come after the drunkness, lol 👍 👍
Always heard that when you get old , the memory is one of the first things to go . :-)
Best to you and your family , :-)
Wyr
God bless
2 wd drive in up state ny! wow...looks like the old girl could use some tires....it is december after all! pressure test port leaking, trans lasts 30 miles and new one has different quick connect fittings....sounds like today's re-manufacturing world! great video eric!
Eric just had to tell you I found that mobile guy and I left him a comment .not that you out of anyone needs to be defended but I couldn't just sit there and see the b.s. these two were talking as I am also a proffesional tech . We have your back and anyone else we need to have a great day😊😊😊
Salute for showing us this thanks
I just did a power steering pump twice because napa sold the customer a defective reman... the joys of doing something over when it's not your fault...but I'll take the PS pump over a trans 😂😂. Good job Eric 👍
You need the small magnetic snap on led light, God’s gift to transmission jobs
I have completely sworn off Advance Auto as a source of parts. 98% of the time, you're better off grabbing the part from the junkyard - and that really sucks! Too bad there isn't a NAPA closer to you - although they're not immune either, they have a better average ...
From Advance, I've had misboxed brake calipers, misboxed U-joints, water pumps, front end components - you name it, they've screwed it up at least once, sometimes more! Last set of calipers, they forgot to run threads for the banjo bolts!! SUPER frustrating, especially when you're expecting an easy job and schedule things accordingly. GRRR!!! 21st Century life! I feel your pain, man! Before I found your channel, I seriously thought it was just me!
they always come apart easy the 2nd to 10th time around :))
I feel you, Eric. Reman jobs can really blow but we/all both now that it shouldn't if its done right.
I swear when you were doing the job I could smell the metallic burnt transmission fluid smell, it's so distinct. Even when its not around it sticks with you. :)
Watching this at work. Man is it slow today. Very rare around here. I’ll be lucky to make 3 hours today.
oh wow Hannah's back. my Christmas Hannah. make sure Eric gives you a big fat bonus this Christmas cuz you deserve it.
Normally your videos bring back pretty good memories. This one reminded me of those many times that simple shit can ruin your day. :(
Nice video Mr. O! I actually get to do this when I start my next semester in January. Hopefully things go as easily for me as they did for you lol.
should try the tiger paw gloves i think they're called, they are orange and have grips on the whole gloves, i get them from matco but they rip so much less because they're thicker and the grips are nice when you're greasy or oily
I had one of those shift linkages come off in my driveway as I was parking. As I started up the stairs, watched it roll across the street and hit the fire hydrant.
Man what happened after that?
Thanks for the video. Got the transmission out. Now on to Part II.
Boy, you were pretty calm about that whole deal. Me, I'd have been really pissed. But I guess it's not quite so bad having the use of a lift. 98% of the trans. swaps I did, being a shade tree guy, were from jack stands in the bushes. I certainly wouldn't have been happy at all! Thanks for the video, and hats off to your patients. Gotta add, I could never use those rubber gloves, made my hands just sweat like hell, it was almost like a couldn't breath, messed up for sure..and some more, what is it with rebuild shops? I've experienced the same shit! Supposedly rebuilt and craps out in a day. What a racket!
Remanufactured transmission, fails after 30 miles!!!! Someone at the transmission remanning plant must’ve been hung over, from drinking the previous night, and did a horrible job of rebuilding it.
I would’ve been questioning myself on the install, but I can see you’re 100% confident that you installed it correctly Dr. O; and you have far more experience, than I do. 👍🏻
Sorry about the frustration with the cooling lines, Eric. But watching you do that job on a lift and remembering the misery I went through changing a Shift 1-2 solenoid in my Avalanche up on jack stands while laying on my DIY back brought back painful memories. The pan can't be dropped on a 4wd unless you remove the y-pipe, and reinstalling that y-pipe by yourself while on your back is pure misery. Can't wait to watch you do it on a lift in Part 2.
Wow!, you must have worked for a transmission shop before you started working on cars. Great job my friend. I'm glad I was a BMET and worked for a Hospital repairing Medical Equipment for a living. I could have never handled that type work. God Bless you my friend. (Mac)
I was a R&R Transmission guy I loved it
Thanks for the tip on the gloves. My son brought his Express 1500 in with no reverse, whining noise. I don't think I'll try this one.
Mr O, I can't get over the rust. Scary
They only pay half rate because since you just did the job you should be able to do it twice as fast this time. :-)
haha or they pay so much out they had to put a cap on it?
South Main Auto Repair It's was there fault but they can't pay every shops rate just the lowest in general.
Classic old video from the archives
Some TBF (THROW BACK FRIDAY)
Have u ever tried using Mano a paste we applied to clean dry hands that will not be effected by grease and grime. To remove just wash your hands with soap and water. Also keeps your skin from drying out and cracking. Just a thought after working years in an industrial inviroment and seeing many of my associates loose their hearing you may want to take steps some form of hearing protection around air tools.
Venom and Harbor Freights' 7mil are my choice for rubbers. This video WAS Superrrrrrrrb!
Great video thanks my friend keep up the great work see you in the next video. I have a thought of where they get there reman from. I have seen some good stuff and more bad from the place I'm thinking of. I believe they do engines to. Love your videos keep up the great work my friend
Eric, I'm jealous. I never get a pickup transmission job that doesn't come with some ridiculous cobblefuct "custom" dual exhaust and some evidence that somebody challenged the notion that you can't and shouldn't booger weld the pipe to the frame or the driveshaft or the leaf spring. I once saw a rear cat flange with broken studs reconnected to the next pipe with C clamps. I get so deep into working around and or fixing these things, I forget I'm there to change a transmission.
30 miles on a reman trans from advance auto? must be a record for longest driven reman trans from advance.
LEX Maximaguy87 I got a laugh out of that
mgee63 I take it you have not done well with there parts or service.
Advance has been improving their quality control. Soon, the remans will go at least 100 miles before failing.
That transmission must of had the 30/30 warranty, 30 minutes or 30 hours. Got to love aftermarket stuff. This is what I absolutely hated when I was a tech., defective parts, wrong parts. All of which causes more lost time and none of which is my fault.
jdtractor man I would have liked to see what failed in that trans.
I wish you were closer to my area I would put you to work Love the content keep it coming
So wish I had a lift. I've removed the trans in my suburban 3 times while on custom blocks in my driveway. The fun part is when you go to install the bolts for the torque converter and when you get to the 3rd bolt, the threads are missing from the nut welded to the torque converter. Trying to run a tap through it while laying on your back is not easy.
I wished you lived in Alabama You would be my mechanic enjoy your videos a lot
Those midknight gloves are great for the fire/ems world. Durable for what we use them for but I agree with you in regards to auto repair they aren't great at all. I've grabbed a few extra pairs from the station when I have to do brakes or any vehicle repair at home and they last about 10 minutes before I'm changing them.
This is why I went to monster trans best trans I have bought still going strong.
Merry Christmas (season) Mr. O! Hopefully the snow isn't too bad this year haha!
You know it’s an older video when he’s still using the air tools. I’ve almost bought that 3/8 impact from harbor freight because I see you use it so much!
Mine lasted 48,000 miles and grenaded while cruising at 70mph with the cruise set on a 3 hour drive. Dealer put another one in and that one has been good ever since. First one must have been built on a Friday.
Man that sucks! Tomorrow will be better! Great Video ANYWAY!
You should had this one out a couple of months ago I had to pull a trans out of a 2000 Chey truck and had a heck of a time. Not on a lift but on my back on the floor. What a pain in every part of the body.
Wow, nice video quality. New camera?
I can almost feel the rust chunks hitting me.
No same old camera from a year ago, I just rendered it differently to see if any one noticed...
I agree. I sprayed a can of brake cleaner in the air for ambiance just like you spray Lysol and I thought I was in Eric's shop.
That's possibly the cleanest gearbox Eric's ever had to pull.
giving the light flying lessons and it jumped from the nest by itself lol.
Did Dorman get into the transmission rebuild business?
No way that was Dorman. It made it 30 miles! :D
LOL you meant if it were Dorman it would have not even made it that far?
Dorman as in building doorstops.
I would say it was power toque but he didn't have to wait 8 months for the transmission to be replaced
Or Duralast lol
You never know what will go wrong or what parts will be wrong - that's life as a mechanic
Lucky you, all bolts and nuts are easy to go. It will take less time this second time LOL
Now is the time that assembly lube really shows the benefit, cheers
You love Advance Auto! Haha. The put it in Friday & it stopped by Saturday tickled me
Eric try putting on two pairs of nitrile gloves. I started do this at work, and they don't tear apart so fast. Works great.
Harbor freight sells them in many different thicknesses. But not do your hands sweat.
Tough job, i'm not a mechanic/ electrical, but from tinkering with bikes and trucks how tough it can be
Brining back memories, dealing with lights, pulling a trani out,
Love the major Mechanicals Eric. Do people not see that Jasper Engines and transmission Banner on the side of your wall? I guess we wouldn't have had this video if they did. 🤔
That 60p looks great!
Thanks for showing how it done Eric like ur videos
Check out RockAuto for remanufactured transmissions, I got one for a 2008 corolla. It was $500 less than what Autozone or Napa wanted. It arrived in 2 days, looked brand new. Every bolt had a paint mark on it indicating it had been torqued. Its only been installed for a couple months but it's still going strong and shifts buttery smooth.
The staff in my lab love MidKnight gloves. Of course, working a lab bench is nothing like replacing a transmission.
If a brand new auto parts store opened up in your town, Everything was double the price but the parts were amazing and hardly ever failed and they had a ton of stuff in stock. Would you buy from them or Advanced auto?
m ph why would you put expensive ass parts on an old vehicle?
Why, so they last longer than 30 miles and you do not have to redo the job. Thats why.
Eric can agree or disagree, but it's his customer's decision about their vehicle. While he may prefer or recommend better, more expensive parts, they most likely will continue to choose cheaper. He can't force them or he'll be viewed as an expensive repair shop and could lose business. Doesn't stop from it sucking for all of us though.
well, in a word Parts.com ... or is that two? anyway they are a dealer network
I have also had rebuilt transmissions from GM dealers fail within a day.
after this video auto zone going to be in guinness book of the world record for the fastest transmission break down LOL
Jacques Daoud Hey the trans was done at advance not autozone. Don't blame autozone.
Get in the zone. Then get out of it.
I am at the end of the video I see josh and sweet Hanna so this is an old video.
Wow I have so much time this morning my next patient is not due till 12:45 lucky me.
Edward Martinez l know but I call't auto zone
I love older GM's, but yeah I did a trans on a 07 and ran into the same issue, There are a few different 4l60e's I think it has to do with the external trans cooler, some of the trucks had an separate trans cooler whole others are built into the trans, idk why they would change connectors for one or the other, but hey, GM.... lol
When I worked in a gm dealership in the 90's, a couple bought a new Oldsmobile park avenue and drove it home, parked it, and that was it, next morning it had nothing, no forward, or reverse. Total of 60 miles on the odometer.
If it was a Park Avenue, it had to be a Buick not Olds.
Larry Henson yeah, you're right, I had a brain fart there. That dealership sold every Carline gm had, easy to get confused.
Larry Henson Same thing Larry under the hood what's your point?
Ooouuuufff....No money in this one...No doubt Missis Eric O' was at home making dinner.......Great video...funny how things go quicker when you've been there before...
On one street in my town we have a NAPA, Autozone, Advance Auto, O'Reilly's, Consumer Auto Parts, and maybe a couple more. The only two that are any good are NAPA and C.A.P.. The other ones sell garbage. They're fine if you want fuzzy dice to hang from your mirror or chrome valve stem caps shaped like Elvis, but for actual parts it's NAPA and C.A.P.
"..this is a 4L60..." WELL THERES YOUR PROBLEM LADY!
I got a 4L60E and 3-4 clutch is toasted 😅😅😅
I got a 4l60e sitting on my bench for about 3 months. Gonna see if anyone wants it lol
@@fsu3784 anything wrong with it 😂😂😂
@@daleguentzel2260 besides missing torque converter and shift linkage nothing at all. Has about 60,000 miles on it. I planned to put it in a Chevy van but the person that set it up told me the wrong engine. Turns out it was a 6.0 liter that takes 4l80. Should’ve known better than to not look for myself !
@@fsu3784 yeah I have the 5.3 LM7 engine in my 2000 1500 Chevy extended cab and the only thing is wrong is the tranny need to be rebuild so I can have 3-4 gears but rn money is tight so it just park in my yard
Nice nostalgia piece.
Josh, Hannah, the Milwaukee impact ( before the smoke leaked out ) pre Asto light.
Fittings look to be NPT on the "new" trans.?
Brilliant video again Eric O 👍🏻
I too heard a rumor about a guy that had to take the exhaust back off and also heard he can fix cars with just a fuse. I wouldn't trust his air on my tires though😆
Harbor Freight's 5000 Lumen, 4 ft. LED light is $20, and the very best work light ever. Attach a couple of globe light style spring clips to the housing. Very versatile.