It's only a great idea because the battery is within a housing. If it didn't have that housing cover it could bounce upwards during bad bumps and ground against the hood causing a electrical fire. I am 100% definitely not speaking out of experience 💀
@@haydensmith9547 Lol , what types of roads do you drive on where the potholes are so deep it causes your battery to bounce upward ? I might understand if you were offroad on a trail . I'm talking about normal everyday driving .
I'm driving a 10 year old Ford van and I've had to replace those lug nuts several times. Ford should be ashamed of themselves and replace ALL of these lug nuts with a well made one.
@@chrisdaigle5410 You only need to replace them *ONCE.* Just go to the local auto parts store and ask for SOLID STEEL, they'll know *exactly* what you mean. And the steel ones look just as shiny as those stupid caps. I've seen those cost a man his leg.
I've never understood why wheels are attached with those annoying, hard-to-remove studs. Much better to use bungee cords and wire filaments. What could possibly go wrong?
8:00 Ex-ford tech here, these lugnuts will get bad enough you will occasionally be forced to use a 22mm socket, even though the car takes 19mm lugs. They are a three piece construction, consisting of a solid Steel core, a Chrome cap, and the seal. They only use this design because the lugnuts look pretty, however once the seal is broken allowing corrosion and/or its been through enough heat cycles, the caps swell horribly and cUze this issue. Worst part, most Ford, Chevrolet, GMC, and Dodge dealerships won't even sell you one piece alternatives which are far cheaper and less of a headache. (Chevrolet, GMC, and Dodge all use varying designs of three piece lugs as well)
I got a set of one piece ones, and replaced almost all the 3 piece ones. Funny enough they are VW ones, heavy chromed steel. Just had to reuse 4 of the old ones, as I had used 4 on another car. The VW ones were spare as the owner went from steel rims to alloy ones, and thus they came with new different style nuts to use, with a threaded shoulder.
So true. Also tire guys have the lug gun spinning when they put it on and this twists the sheet metal. Besides twisting they scrape off the chrome and they start to surface rust. First thing I do on a new car is get a set of Dorman solid steel lug nuts.
At least in Europe Ford changed the design of the lug nuts some years ago. On a 2010 Focus some of the chrome caps got lost over time, and Ford sold me a set of 20 new lug nuts in the improved one-piece design. But paying EUR 100 for the set of lug nuts was beyond worst expectations
I'm a retired mechanic, and sometimes I have trouble figuring out what's wrong. They take video, from 10 feet, of something buried deep inside. Some of the mechanics taking the videos, aren't videographers.
I mean... there are a lot of people with limited brain functions out there - no doubt. But I want to defend one: at 5:18 You can't blame someone who didn't change the transmission fluid at 35,000 mi or 55,000 km when the manufacturers are saying "lifetime filling" again, again and again. A glitter shower of sparkles at this low mileage must have another reason. It's not necessarily the owner.
Lifetime no longer means "life of the vehicle" or "life of the transmission". It means "life of the lease". Just like everything else covered under warranty. You're not supposed to "buy" a car and drive until it dies. You're only supposed to lease it for 3 years, give it back, and do it again. This is why extended warranties only ever cover up to X miles or X years, because they design cars to last until the first lease expires, and then every penny of repairs is on the customer or the dealer
@@captainfunktastic2255 ... common knowledge. Especially for German cars. That's why I don't drive German cars anymore, as a German! But nothing crashes my theory, that there hasn't to be any glitter in a transmission after just 35,000 mi or 50,000 km. We're not living in the 1960's anymore.
First fluids change is kind of crucial to get small metal shavings that come from initial wear out of the engine/transmission. Normally there is first fluid change in first 20k km just to get it clean, after that it usually stays quite clean for long time unless excessive abuse.
@@stephenhewitt5835 A prop shaft is a propeller shaft. It is not an American term but in other countries the driveshaft is called a prop or propeller shaft.
@@61rampy65no it’s definitely the prop shaft, as it gives props from the transmission down to the differential. The differential won’t work unless it gets all that respect. ✊
That was a pretty common budget way to "install" positraction for racing purposes when I was young. Not very good for daily drivers, because there's no slip instead of limited slip. Too much stress results, as above
Sadly, I know someone who can't afford to replace the worn out brake pads on his car. He had to fix the starter because he does grocery delivery for a living. I tried explaining that literally every time you start the car moving, you need a plan to safely stop it. That didn't connect.
I feel like fuel leaks are worse since it both creates pollution, even if it's spilling on the road, and flammable if someone flicks a live cig out the window (if the fuel didn't evaporate completely first). I think we spent a few years using our pickup truck with a fuel leak that could be smelled from inside the car. I think the smell was just gas fumes, and it was bad since it used to be EVERY time we got inside the truck and got going. Yes, I think it was going through the air system. I think it also had problems with low battery voltage, causing the disc player to not work properly.
Dealing with that same problem with the capped lugs on a 17 ESCAPE. Had tires done at tire shop but found out the hard way that the caps were damaged when I ended up with a flat 3hrs from home & no Triple-A. Had to use the jack that came with the car to beat the collapsible tire iron on to loosen them them enough to so could then BARELY get them off...then back on...then beat the thing back on to tighten. Turned out 3 of the 4 wheels ended up like that. Lugs take 19mm & likely I believe 3/4 used on them which will "fit" but is loose enough to make the cap unseat so nothing fits correctly again w/o using a hammer. Whoever thought capped lugs as being a bright idea needs to go the same Hell as those who invented glitter & packing peanuts.
@@RuralTowner 19mm and 3/4" are essentially the same. There is only a .002" difference. That is within the tolerance of most machinist part drawings. In your case the shop most likely used either a 20mm or a 21mm socket.
People are often deciding between eating, paying for shelter, and fixing their car. You can call them whatever you want. Myself I will offer them grace when I think about them.
Wife's Jeep has the same problem. They're 19mm new, but 19.5mm a few years later (they make a specialty socket for that, if anyone cares). Rust builds up between the steel lug nut inside and the fancy chrome cap outside (that holds any moisture in) and they "grow". I believe it's called rust jacking.
At 1:56, that Fabia and the wood around the battery is actually perfectly fine and legal. European inspections only check if the battery doesn't move around. As long as it stays where it is, you're all good.
Yep one of those heaps rear ended me at a stoplight in Milwaukee some years back. Their jalopy was already pretty rusted out. My ride was a Buick Century. My damage was a star break in the coating on my bumper. Their damage I couldn't quite tell through the obvious neglect, but the car was nearly undriveable.
I bet the car with the welded diff is fun. Glad they got a proper diff to replace it, but that weld job looked decent so I'm hoping other go fast mods were done.
7:53 those are literally the worst lugnuts possible. The thin cover on the outside swells up and stops you from getting purchase on the lug, and then if you use a socket that's large enough to fit the cover, it can round off the lug itself, meaning you're going to end up chiseling them off. Happened to me in Australia, where we don't salt the roads, I can only imagine how bad it is in North America.
@@DeviousDropBear1337 MOST AUTO BOXES IT 60-90K MILES ON AN ATF CHANGE HAD A SAAB 95 AT THE 85K ATF WAS STILL LIKE IT WAS OUT THE BOTTLE I CHANGED IT ANYWAY THEN A CAR CRASHED INTO IT A WEEK LATER WHEN PARKED
@@TCBOT Damn, that sucks! Was the one who crashed into it intoxicated, or did they not know how to drive? It always shocks me to see how often idiots plow their cars into parked cars and other stationary objects!
It makes me very glad that we have the MOT test we have to put our cars through every year. It’s pretty rare you see clips from the UK on here and I’m sure that’s a big reason why
I had the same the same lugnut issue on my Focus when I replaced my front brakes. I ended up replacing 8 of the 10 lugnuts because the cheap metal cover had balooned out!
7:45 new Chryslers with that turn knob transmission selector automatically defaults to park when the door is open. That's the door ajar/open alert dinging in the background. 🤦♂️
That promaster reminds me of this job one guy was doing for a minivan for his sister inlaw. The motor they got was junk, after he did the swap. Tore it apart, got another motor and he went after it with borescopes like a doctor trying to go after a prostate. That motor was still running last I knew.
1:31 sprayed down with "something" that causes corrosion? Isn't that just rust convertor? That stuff is basically just acid that etches the rust. Don't just spray it on a brand new car thinking it will prevent rust.
Don’t spray your car with anything other than water (close all doors and windows first) the frame, if it has one, and chassis are all treated with various chemicals to resist corrosion already. Spraying on Undercoating or using other forms of rustproofing can void any corrosion warranty that applies to a new vehicle. And, if it isn’t new, it’s too late for those.
Bad brakes. Keep your eyes open when on the road. These people are all around you. You have to drive your car and then avoid their's! Cars. They're not for everyone.
Judging by the engine bay on that Fabia, yeah battery hold downs on those VW Golf, Jetta, SEAT somethings and Skoda Fabias of the time are a PITA to work with and eventually you'll lose 'em. Not a bad fix tbh.
7:53 having worked at a tire shop for 4.5 years I can very much relate to the last clips... I could probably be heard all through the shop spewing a long line of profanity and cursing who ever came up with the idea of the chrome capped lug nuts. Dodge and Ford are the absolute worst for having them swell and be almost impossible to get off. It never failed we would be slammed (shop worked on a first come first serve) and I would get one of those, where the cap had swelled to the point it would just spin on the nut.
Just grab and remove the shiny cap with a pair of diagonal pliers and use the next size socket down. You can also drill the center and thread in a sheet metal screw to grab on. This isn't rocket science...
I bought a 20mm socket that I use only for those godawful lug nuts, and also a 23mm that I use on Dodge pickups. Japanese and korean cars may have their faults, but at least they come with non-capped lug nuts.
2:53 -- Broken studs? Let the poor men rest! It's a hard job-- well, maybe not right now. Looks like what would happen if MacGyver was reincarnated as a spider.
Just found a bunch of water in my trunk. After sucking it all out, cleaning the trunk jamb of the gunk that had collected, and setting my trunk liner out to dry I'm here to feel better about my car care abilities lmao
A former girlfriend was a warranty administrator for Ford in the UK. On a training course a colleague asked what they should do if a new car came in for its first free service, and it was discovered that the boot was full of water, a fact unknown to the customer. The official Ford answer was "Shut the f***ing boot!".
Nice video again. Today i mounted new front brake pads ( Textar) on my 2006 Subaru Legacy 3.0R Spec B. Rotors are still very okay. Of course here in western Europe it must all be safe and sound. No half done repairs are done here, otherwise you don't pass the car check: TüV MOT, APK, etcetera. I did the wipers yesterday.
8:00 - Oh, don't complain. Those are *NOT,* by far, the worst lug nuts ever. I've seen much, MUCH worse (read: ROUND). Those damn caps need to be made illegal. I've seen a man loose a leg because of them (could not get his factory tool on the lugs while changing his tire on the side of the highway - and was hit by a passing car for his efforts). When I got there I found firetrucks, police, ambulance on scene. Once they understood my presence they let me into their scene to change the tire (it took me almost 30 minutes because of those f&ing caps!) since the poor guy was left lying a hundred meters down the road - alive, but missing 20% of his body mass which was another 300 meters down the road with the person who struck them. I told them to sue Ford. I have no idea if they did. ALL manufacturers using those lugs should be sued by owners who have to pay extra to get those stupid things off.
Just a reminder to everyone, almost all dealer provided "reman" or "rebuilt" engines, transmissions whatever whatever are all done by local non affiliate shops. Manufacturers and dealer networks outsource the remans to local shops. So just because it has a sticker on it and you got it from a dodge dealer doesn't mean it's a new motor from silleto mexico, it's almost always a reman from a shop not too far from the dealer. The exceptions are NEW short/long blocks not remans but many of those are also becoming locally produced. Most of these shops do not have any oversight from the manufacturer and they aren't removed from network unless they mess up a bunch of engines. So longevity can't be guaranteed.
Some things have to be learned the hard way through life experience. One time my battery bracket broke, and i thought I'd be slick and make a new one from wood. I fashioned a sweet new hold down complete with notches to fit in between the battery covers and holes for the j bolts. It worked awesome for a few months, but all batteries leak a little, thats why you used to have to check the water and what causes the fuzzy corrosion to grow on your terminals, and all of a sudden my battery started going dead. I would charge it up and it would go dead over night. After trying to find why and exhausting every possibility, i stuck my meter probes on a ground and in the wood. I read 12 volts to ground through an "insulator". Turns out the wood had soaked up the battery acid that was leaking out and got completely saturated with battery acid basically turning itself into a conductor and conducting all my battery charge away. So i guess the moral is that wood can work well in the short term, but dont plan on it being a permanent repair.
Just keep the wood away from the live bits and keep it dry.(no fluids like acid) Actually wood makes a good base to sit a battery on, way better than concrete (as in storing them in a garage)
1:56 Not as bad as it might seem. The wood's a good electrical insulator, it's dry (so unlikely to shrink), the battery cover is protecting it from water intrusion (so unlikely to swell), it's well away from the hot components of the engine, it's well clear of the battery terminals (and seems wedged in there nice and solid) so arcing won't be an issue... I mean, the use of the wrong size of battery is a potential problem, but this could be far worse.
Surprised nobody's talking about the Subaru that was sprayed with "something" that caused premature corrosion. What the hell was it sprayed with? That has to be intentional sabotage, right?
Great fun, reminds me why I stopped being an auto tech. Brake pad failed because customer never heard a thing, gotta admit, in a pinch, the wood blocks aren't such a bad idea, Yes Bob, the shop manager with no real shop experience, that's why I have a 20mm impact socket. Keep'em coming Pete.😂
6:14 if I was that technician I would tighten that for free and warn the owner in case it loosens again, easy enough fix that it's not worth charging, and it keeps ppl safe
I've seen plenty of lugnuts that need a socket 1mm larger. Usually come from vehicles driven on gravel. The grit causes the sockets not to seat all the way. Trying to torque them with the socket not all the way on deforms them and the correct size lug nuts no longer works.
Capped lug nuts are cancer. Stainless sheet metal caps they put on the nuts to make them pretty also makes service a pain most times. The nut rusts and the caps fall off. Is it standard or metric? It's stripped...
The one with the Ford Expedition hits very close to home for me. The bearings in my AC compressor pully on my '02 F-150 is starting to fail. It's only a matter of time before it comes lose. Luckily, I am a mechanic so I can work on my truck before carnage is done.
I say the lumber and logging wedge fix to hold the battery in place was solid shade tree work. It did the job yet didn't cause permanent damage. As far as the Sprinter camper, can't most modern transmissions go 36,000 between services?
Yeah, my first thought was, is it even metric, or just 13/16? In either case, using the wrong socket won't work. The only problem was in the cammer's brain. I refuse to call him a mechanic or tech
6:02 if that's been run for a while with a loose stud, the taper hole in the center link could be wallered out, just tightening it in a loose hole could lead to stud fracture due to stress from increased unsupported length
As terrifying as some of those death traps are, you can't even be confident in a new manufacture vehicle! At least the ineptitude has gotten so bad, the engines now self destruct inside the warranty window, instead of just past it.
Batteryblocking "with wood" looks sturdy and reliable - they even orderly wedged it. One rare "better than OEM" repair. All of these brakes though - frightening. People are oncoming traffic - with those brakes.
4:00 that is a motorcycle, my guy. Additionally, yes. Steel capped lugs suck. You'll see it on every car in winter areas with those kinds of lugs. Water gets in them and freezes, so they expand and rust inside...
People are funny about cars sometimes. I used to work out of my house and had about 200 clients and was busy all the time. I would show someone how their entire front end was loose and ready to fall off and they would want the bare minimum done to be able to drive it again. Then I had another guy more than willing to pay me $900 to fix the A/C on his $1500 200,000 mile Ford Focus. I thought he was going to pass, and I threw out a $900 estimate because I really didn't want to do that one. The condenser is behind the dash on those and I had to take the seats and entire dash out to do it "the right way "
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4:00 funy its a motor not a car
... someone tried to hold their tire on the car,,, with baling wire...
I give up.
These video's are a hoot. Im a retired Mechanic and I have seen some good ones. I found a mini crowbar inside a tire one time!!!LOL
The last one made no sense?
At 5:10, that is no longer a connecting rod. It is now a disconnecting rod.
I see no problem with the wood secured battery on the fabia.
Smaller battery with spacer blocks. Works every time.
It is absolutely the single most reasonable repair ever featured on this channel.
Or instead of would you hold me beer, it’s wood you hold my battery in place.
@@traildoggy yeah at least is not spray foam
Yeah, I've done that myself. Agreed with Seb- could be worse, he could have used spray foam.
The blocks of wood on each end of the battery is actually a great idea . Better than letting the battery slide and rubbing a hole in it .
It's only a great idea because the battery is within a housing. If it didn't have that housing cover it could bounce upwards during bad bumps and ground against the hood causing a electrical fire. I am 100% definitely not speaking out of experience 💀
@@haydensmith9547 Lol , what types of roads do you drive on where the potholes are so deep it causes your battery to bounce upward ? I might understand if you were offroad on a trail . I'm talking about normal everyday driving .
2-piece lug nuts are terrible. The outer chrome cover always swells with corrosion or eventually comes off.
I'm driving a 10 year old Ford van and I've had to replace those lug nuts several times. Ford should be ashamed of themselves and replace ALL of these lug nuts with a well made one.
@@chrisdaigle5410 You only need to replace them *ONCE.*
Just go to the local auto parts store and ask for SOLID STEEL, they'll know *exactly* what you mean. And the steel ones look just as shiny as those stupid caps.
I've seen those cost a man his leg.
@@chrisdaigle5410 pretty sure lug nuts without those chrome covers can be found online for darn near every car. just gotta shop by the thread specs.
@@_AndromedaGalaxy_ Or any parts store
I bought the 19.5 21.5 22.5 mm sockett cause my customers wont spend the 80$ to replace them
"Brrrrrmmm Brmmmmm Brrrmmm..... KAPUT" has to be one of my favourite commentaries on these videos.
3:30, when your passenger doesn't want to wear their seatbelt, so you decide to test your stopping power
That's the vibe I'm getting too 🤣
oh, I'm getting a *very* different vibe. Well, probably not a vibe. Definitely a different take on pushing into the pillow. :)
@@TheMrMused Yeah that's not a brake check....
Ex wife?
I would keep that makeup stain there as well as it's so hilarious, I had to rewind the video from laughing so hard.
I've never understood why wheels are attached with those annoying, hard-to-remove studs. Much better to use bungee cords and wire filaments. What could possibly go wrong?
Lug nuts are a scam by Big Tire.
That person's problem was that the studs were TOO removable.
KRAZY GLUE ZLooks much neater, though
Using bungee cords and wire filaments on a wheel is asking for trouble, surely zip ties would be better.
They were probably out of spray foam.
8:00 Ex-ford tech here, these lugnuts will get bad enough you will occasionally be forced to use a 22mm socket, even though the car takes 19mm lugs. They are a three piece construction, consisting of a solid Steel core, a Chrome cap, and the seal. They only use this design because the lugnuts look pretty, however once the seal is broken allowing corrosion and/or its been through enough heat cycles, the caps swell horribly and cUze this issue.
Worst part, most Ford, Chevrolet, GMC, and Dodge dealerships won't even sell you one piece alternatives which are far cheaper and less of a headache.
(Chevrolet, GMC, and Dodge all use varying designs of three piece lugs as well)
Dorman will sell you the one piece chrome nuts. Thank you Dorman. Just put a set on my truck.
I got a set of one piece ones, and replaced almost all the 3 piece ones. Funny enough they are VW ones, heavy chromed steel. Just had to reuse 4 of the old ones, as I had used 4 on another car. The VW ones were spare as the owner went from steel rims to alloy ones, and thus they came with new different style nuts to use, with a threaded shoulder.
So true. Also tire guys have the lug gun spinning when they put it on and this twists the sheet metal. Besides twisting they scrape off the chrome and they start to surface rust. First thing I do on a new car is get a set of Dorman solid steel lug nuts.
At least in Europe Ford changed the design of the lug nuts some years ago. On a 2010 Focus some of the chrome caps got lost over time, and Ford sold me a set of 20 new lug nuts in the improved one-piece design.
But paying EUR 100 for the set of lug nuts was beyond worst expectations
Used to change tires on the roadside. Those accursed lug nuts usually required you to hammer a socket on them 1 size too small
I'm not a mechanic. So if even I can see the problem immediately, you have a serious problem.
I'm a retired mechanic, and sometimes I have trouble figuring out what's wrong. They take video, from 10 feet, of something buried deep inside. Some of the mechanics taking the videos, aren't videographers.
Ah! The legendary "Another Shop..."
They must be a big chain, i hear of them all the time!
They use the most expensive wire in their repairs, and at least an hour to get that in place, so $210 is quite reasonable...
Ah, the classic go-to of someone who did it on their own and didn't want to take credit for how badly they f'ed up.
I should open up a couple of repair shops, call one "Another Shop" and the other "I Know A Guy"
Never ever found that shop though 😅 they all have other names.
I mean... there are a lot of people with limited brain functions out there - no doubt.
But I want to defend one: at 5:18 You can't blame someone who didn't change the transmission fluid at 35,000 mi or 55,000 km when the manufacturers are saying "lifetime filling" again, again and again.
A glitter shower of sparkles at this low mileage must have another reason. It's not necessarily the owner.
It's very pretty, though. I wouldn't mind some of that oil in a small glass jar as a desk toy.
Well technically, any transmission fluid can be "lifetime" if you run it till the transmission's 'life' ends.
Except it wasnt a regular car
Lifetime no longer means "life of the vehicle" or "life of the transmission". It means "life of the lease". Just like everything else covered under warranty.
You're not supposed to "buy" a car and drive until it dies. You're only supposed to lease it for 3 years, give it back, and do it again.
This is why extended warranties only ever cover up to X miles or X years, because they design cars to last until the first lease expires, and then every penny of repairs is on the customer or the dealer
@@captainfunktastic2255 ... common knowledge. Especially for German cars.
That's why I don't drive German cars anymore, as a German!
But nothing crashes my theory, that there hasn't to be any glitter in a transmission after just 35,000 mi or 50,000 km. We're not living in the 1960's anymore.
4:00 is that one of those fancy 2 wheel cars
It's a carcycle
After making so many videos he can't tell the difference between a car and a motorbike 😂.
35k miles on the Sprinter Camper and didn't follow the service by time. What a crock to make money, tell Mercedes to buy the man a new transmission.
How does a transmission go bad or the fluid go bad while sitting or driven infrequently?
@@BryanTorok Excessive / out of spec towing? But I'm playing devil's advocate here, I think Mercedes owes this customer a transmission.
I've NEVER seen a vehicle that needs new transmission fluid with only 35K on it...
First fluids change is kind of crucial to get small metal shavings that come from initial wear out of the engine/transmission. Normally there is first fluid change in first 20k km just to get it clean, after that it usually stays quite clean for long time unless excessive abuse.
Mercedes ATF should be changed after 60000km so no issues there
Surprised about the lack of spray foam....could've fixed the battery, the tire, all kinds of stuff 😅
@danaitz203, probably decided against the cans of foam due to inflation, lol.
Spray foam is becoming a lost art.
How did you not notice that the “car with DIY wiring repairs” is a motorcycle, not a car?
Because the new voice is no mechanic. It once called a “prop shaft” a “Propellor shaft” 😂
@@stephenhewitt5835 A prop shaft is a propeller shaft. It is not an American term but in other countries the driveshaft is called a prop or propeller shaft.
@@stephenhewitt5835what do you think prop shaft is short for?
@@stephenhewitt5835 You *do* know that propeller shaft is a correct term, right? And prop is short for propeller.
@@61rampy65no it’s definitely the prop shaft, as it gives props from the transmission down to the differential. The differential won’t work unless it gets all that respect. ✊
3:58 That's what is known in the budget 4wheeling circles as a "Lincoln" locker. Just weld the spider gears together. Named after the Lincoln welder.
That was a pretty common budget way to "install" positraction for racing purposes when I was young. Not very good for daily drivers, because there's no slip instead of limited slip. Too much stress results, as above
You see he didn't install remote start. He installed the fog machine
And it was doing a fine job at doing that.
And it doesn't even need fogging fluid. It will consume itself to generate the fog.
hate when i accidentally do that
Everything is a fog machine if used incorrectly enough.
I don't see the problem with the camper; oil looks nice and sparkly, that's how you know it's fresh.
It's supposed to be glistening!
Tastes yummy too!
They got the fancy new glitter oil, extra cute looking when it leeks out
Man. Just the amount of people driving off with faulty breaks can make your hair stand.
even worse are bad brakes. makes your head stop.
Sadly, I know someone who can't afford to replace the worn out brake pads on his car.
He had to fix the starter because he does grocery delivery for a living.
I tried explaining that literally every time you start the car moving, you need a plan to safely stop it. That didn't connect.
Breaks and brakes
I feel like fuel leaks are worse since it both creates pollution, even if it's spilling on the road, and flammable if someone flicks a live cig out the window (if the fuel didn't evaporate completely first).
I think we spent a few years using our pickup truck with a fuel leak that could be smelled from inside the car. I think the smell was just gas fumes, and it was bad since it used to be EVERY time we got inside the truck and got going. Yes, I think it was going through the air system. I think it also had problems with low battery voltage, causing the disc player to not work properly.
bad brakes make for bad breaks
6:26 Someone other than the shop is buying a new engine...
And 7:23 I hate, hate, HATE those capped lugs. Nothing good comes from them. Ever.
Dealing with that same problem with the capped lugs on a 17 ESCAPE. Had tires done at tire shop but found out the hard way that the caps were damaged when I ended up with a flat 3hrs from home & no Triple-A. Had to use the jack that came with the car to beat the collapsible tire iron on to loosen them them enough to so could then BARELY get them off...then back on...then beat the thing back on to tighten. Turned out 3 of the 4 wheels ended up like that. Lugs take 19mm & likely I believe 3/4 used on them which will "fit" but is loose enough to make the cap unseat so nothing fits correctly again w/o using a hammer. Whoever thought capped lugs as being a bright idea needs to go the same Hell as those who invented glitter & packing peanuts.
That one-mile engine has to be a new record for failure from a rebuilder.
@@RuralTowner 19mm and 3/4" are essentially the same. There is only a .002" difference. That is within the tolerance of most machinist part drawings. In your case the shop most likely used either a 20mm or a 21mm socket.
Engine is under warranty.
Will be sent back and customer will be pissed
People are so cheap to do small repairs that they destroy the car then complain that the car is a piece of crap!!
People are often deciding between eating, paying for shelter, and fixing their car. You can call them whatever you want. Myself I will offer them grace when I think about them.
You'd think the Lincoln Locker would've been a selling point:)
I've heard of a Detroit Locker, never heard Lincoln Locker. The guys on Roadkill do this once in a while, on the beaters they beat on.
The Ford lug nuts are a large scale problem, which the company refused to issue a recall for.
Had the same issue with a Ford Pickup. It's the chrome caps they put over the lug nuts to make them look fancy!
Maybe they're NOT metric???
GM has the same problem. I bought a new Sierra, lug nuts lasted 1 winter
Same problem with Chevy. I replace far more Chevy lug nuts than any other.
Wife's Jeep has the same problem. They're 19mm new, but 19.5mm a few years later (they make a specialty socket for that, if anyone cares). Rust builds up between the steel lug nut inside and the fancy chrome cap outside (that holds any moisture in) and they "grow". I believe it's called rust jacking.
At 1:56, that Fabia and the wood around the battery is actually perfectly fine and legal. European inspections only check if the battery doesn't move around.
As long as it stays where it is, you're all good.
That depends on whether the battery is clamped down, the presence of the wood suggests not which would make it fail an inspection in the UK.
@@ferrumignis Clamps only stop it from going up. If you install a battery that's too small (like here), it will still slide sideways.
3:30 ... Was the passenger Tammy Faye Bakker?
There used to be a t-shirt with a similar smear on it that said, "I ran into Tammy Faye Bakker at the mall."
Just the average "influencer"
I hope not, she died in 2007.
That was my thought exactly... Or worse, a shemale....
And to know that "Declined Repairs" is out there driving around.
Yep one of those heaps rear ended me at a stoplight in Milwaukee some years back.
Their jalopy was already pretty rusted out. My ride was a Buick Century. My damage was a star break in the coating on my bumper.
Their damage I couldn't quite tell through the obvious neglect, but the car was nearly undriveable.
The wood holding the battery is legit
I bet the car with the welded diff is fun. Glad they got a proper diff to replace it, but that weld job looked decent so I'm hoping other go fast mods were done.
"The technician saw the battery was secured with wood" Yes, they already said it was a Skoda.
7:53 those are literally the worst lugnuts possible. The thin cover on the outside swells up and stops you from getting purchase on the lug, and then if you use a socket that's large enough to fit the cover, it can round off the lug itself, meaning you're going to end up chiseling them off. Happened to me in Australia, where we don't salt the roads, I can only imagine how bad it is in North America.
Guess Ford took the worst lug nut prize away from Chrysler
The bungee cords on the wheel....dear god are people stupid.
Yes. They are very stupid.
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that"
-George Carlin.
Have you watched "Wheel of Fortune" lately? Yes, they ARE stupid!
@@Wheel_Horse My theory is that they are filtering out the smart applicants, cheaper to not pay out winners!
@@DeviousDropBear1337
Smoking is hazardous to your health!!!
We have to get that car some nicotine patches!
And your wallet, that BCM ain't cheap.
those were just added ground effects😄
30k on a transmission with that much glitter is egregious
And they blame it on "maintenance"
@@ohger1Well technically it is a maintenance issue, a lack of maintenance😂
@@DeviousDropBear1337 MOST AUTO BOXES IT 60-90K MILES ON AN ATF CHANGE HAD A SAAB 95 AT THE 85K ATF WAS STILL LIKE IT WAS OUT THE BOTTLE I CHANGED IT ANYWAY THEN A CAR CRASHED INTO IT A WEEK LATER WHEN PARKED
@@TCBOT Damn, that sucks! Was the one who crashed into it intoxicated, or did they not know how to drive?
It always shocks me to see how often idiots plow their cars into parked cars and other stationary objects!
You know, sometimes I'm glad that we have a mandatory TÜV inspection every 2 years.
Massachusetts requires them too. And I'm baffled why other states don't.
It makes me very glad that we have the MOT test we have to put our cars through every year. It’s pretty rare you see clips from the UK on here and I’m sure that’s a big reason why
Arkansas doesn't have mandatory inspections and the cars on the road show it. These people are driving death traps and couldn't care less.
In the USA I think only about a dozen states out of 50 require regular safety inspections for non commercial vehicles.
Maine is every year. It use to be every 6 months.
You’re one of the best creators out there! Keep rocking!
Bring back the old guy! His voice made the channel
I had the same the same lugnut issue on my Focus when I replaced my front brakes. I ended up replacing 8 of the 10 lugnuts because the cheap metal cover had balooned out!
4:02 that's a motorcycle, buddy!
Drive nope
Drive nope etc.
😂
You forgot to blow into the breathilizer!
4:01 thats a funny looking car.
Indeed. Never seen a car with 2 wheels before
3:09 - I can inspect that for you: It's bad and you need a new tire. That'll be $60 shop rate please.
Decline repair, thank you.
@@CliveReddin… and drives it out 😂
Love the clips. I’m glad you explain what is being shown. As a non-mechanic I know a little bit love to hear what I see. Happy New Year.
the battery wooden fit!
5:37 , vroom vroom vrooom! kaput,
might be my new motto lmao
Thats what we say at the shop i work at, so i just had to make that vid when i saw how fucked up the turbo was xd
7:45 new Chryslers with that turn knob transmission selector automatically defaults to park when the door is open. That's the door ajar/open alert dinging in the background. 🤦♂️
Looks good to the uninitiated.
7:55 these damn Ford lugnuts are the reason I had to buy a 19.5mm/18.5mm flip socket.
That promaster reminds me of this job one guy was doing for a minivan for his sister inlaw.
The motor they got was junk, after he did the swap.
Tore it apart, got another motor and he went after it with borescopes like a doctor trying to go after a prostate.
That motor was still running last I knew.
1:31 sprayed down with "something" that causes corrosion? Isn't that just rust convertor? That stuff is basically just acid that etches the rust. Don't just spray it on a brand new car thinking it will prevent rust.
Don’t spray your car with anything other than water (close all doors and windows first) the frame, if it has one, and chassis are all treated with various chemicals to resist corrosion already. Spraying on Undercoating or using other forms of rustproofing can void any corrosion warranty that applies to a new vehicle. And, if it isn’t new, it’s too late for those.
Eric in the "I Do Cars" channel is supposed to be finding the loose rod cap bolts!
Ford lug nuts are the worst. Basically need to replace with solid ones upon purchase.
I had to do the same thing on my Ford Pickup.
Can confirm. Those stupid ass lug nut caps are *such* garbage.
Ram has the same thing.
Wooden lug nuts 😂?
@cpeast cork! 🤣
Bad brakes.
Keep your eyes open when on the road.
These people are all around you.
You have to drive your car and then avoid their's!
Cars. They're not for everyone.
Judging by the engine bay on that Fabia, yeah battery hold downs on those VW Golf, Jetta, SEAT somethings and Skoda Fabias of the time are a PITA to work with and eventually you'll lose 'em. Not a bad fix tbh.
7:53 having worked at a tire shop for 4.5 years I can very much relate to the last clips... I could probably be heard all through the shop spewing a long line of profanity and cursing who ever came up with the idea of the chrome capped lug nuts. Dodge and Ford are the absolute worst for having them swell and be almost impossible to get off. It never failed we would be slammed (shop worked on a first come first serve) and I would get one of those, where the cap had swelled to the point it would just spin on the nut.
Just grab and remove the shiny cap with a pair of diagonal pliers and use the next size socket down. You can also drill the center and thread in a sheet metal screw to grab on. This isn't rocket science...
I'm sorry I don't follow. To me they just look like size 20 lug nuts. What am I missing?
@@Timbhu😂 ford is suppose to be 19 mm every time you run into a ford its a 20mm
I bought a 20mm socket that I use only for those godawful lug nuts, and also a 23mm that I use on Dodge pickups. Japanese and korean cars may have their faults, but at least they come with non-capped lug nuts.
Never ceases to amaze!
07:45 For a second I thought the vehicle was saying “Nope” to the guy. LoL 🤣
2:53 -- Broken studs? Let the poor men rest! It's a hard job-- well, maybe not right now. Looks like what would happen if MacGyver was reincarnated as a spider.
Just found a bunch of water in my trunk. After sucking it all out, cleaning the trunk jamb of the gunk that had collected, and setting my trunk liner out to dry I'm here to feel better about my car care abilities lmao
A former girlfriend was a warranty administrator for Ford in the UK. On a training course a colleague asked what they should do if a new car came in for its first free service, and it was discovered that the boot was full of water, a fact unknown to the customer. The official Ford answer was "Shut the f***ing boot!".
Three words guaranteed to portend disaster: "DIY wiring repair."
Nice video again. Today i mounted new front brake pads ( Textar) on my 2006 Subaru Legacy 3.0R Spec B. Rotors are still very okay. Of course here in western Europe it must all be safe and sound. No half done repairs are done here, otherwise you don't pass the car check: TüV MOT, APK, etcetera. I did the wipers yesterday.
8:00 - Oh, don't complain. Those are *NOT,* by far, the worst lug nuts ever. I've seen much, MUCH worse (read: ROUND). Those damn caps need to be made illegal. I've seen a man loose a leg because of them (could not get his factory tool on the lugs while changing his tire on the side of the highway - and was hit by a passing car for his efforts). When I got there I found firetrucks, police, ambulance on scene. Once they understood my presence they let me into their scene to change the tire (it took me almost 30 minutes because of those f&ing caps!) since the poor guy was left lying a hundred meters down the road - alive, but missing 20% of his body mass which was another 300 meters down the road with the person who struck them.
I told them to sue Ford. I have no idea if they did.
ALL manufacturers using those lugs should be sued by owners who have to pay extra to get those stupid things off.
*lose
I love the battery cover pats.
@4:05 looks like a Chinese 250 bike with standard wiring.
Lol the vehicle with the ice melting in the exhaust, at least you can find the holes in the exhaust when you ever get a exhaust leak LMFAO 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Just a reminder to everyone, almost all dealer provided "reman" or "rebuilt" engines, transmissions whatever whatever are all done by local non affiliate shops. Manufacturers and dealer networks outsource the remans to local shops. So just because it has a sticker on it and you got it from a dodge dealer doesn't mean it's a new motor from silleto mexico, it's almost always a reman from a shop not too far from the dealer. The exceptions are NEW short/long blocks not remans but many of those are also becoming locally produced.
Most of these shops do not have any oversight from the manufacturer and they aren't removed from network unless they mess up a bunch of engines. So longevity can't be guaranteed.
Some things have to be learned the hard way through life experience. One time my battery bracket broke, and i thought I'd be slick and make a new one from wood. I fashioned a sweet new hold down complete with notches to fit in between the battery covers and holes for the j bolts. It worked awesome for a few months, but all batteries leak a little, thats why you used to have to check the water and what causes the fuzzy corrosion to grow on your terminals, and all of a sudden my battery started going dead. I would charge it up and it would go dead over night. After trying to find why and exhausting every possibility, i stuck my meter probes on a ground and in the wood. I read 12 volts to ground through an "insulator". Turns out the wood had soaked up the battery acid that was leaking out and got completely saturated with battery acid basically turning itself into a conductor and conducting all my battery charge away. So i guess the moral is that wood can work well in the short term, but dont plan on it being a permanent repair.
Just keep the wood away from the live bits and keep it dry.(no fluids like acid)
Actually wood makes a good base to sit a battery on, way better than concrete (as in storing them in a garage)
1:56 Not as bad as it might seem.
The wood's a good electrical insulator, it's dry (so unlikely to shrink), the battery cover is protecting it from water intrusion (so unlikely to swell), it's well away from the hot components of the engine, it's well clear of the battery terminals (and seems wedged in there nice and solid) so arcing won't be an issue...
I mean, the use of the wrong size of battery is a potential problem, but this could be far worse.
Surprised nobody's talking about the Subaru that was sprayed with "something" that caused premature corrosion. What the hell was it sprayed with? That has to be intentional sabotage, right?
Great fun, reminds me why I stopped being an auto tech. Brake pad failed because customer never heard a thing, gotta admit, in a pinch, the wood blocks aren't such a bad idea, Yes Bob, the shop manager with no real shop experience, that's why I have a 20mm impact socket. Keep'em coming Pete.😂
6:14 if I was that technician I would tighten that for free and warn the owner in case it loosens again, easy enough fix that it's not worth charging, and it keeps ppl safe
FINALLY the customer declined repairs statement is back
Love the face plant on the head rest!
That plaster job must have been 10-12mils thick.
She'll wear a seatbelt next time.
They make a 19-and-a-half socket for those Ford lugnuts that swell up.
I've seen plenty of lugnuts that need a socket 1mm larger. Usually come from vehicles driven on gravel. The grit causes the sockets not to seat all the way. Trying to torque them with the socket not all the way on deforms them and the correct size lug nuts no longer works.
1:50 ,, The other shop made that mess and charged $210.00 , well if that was true I would be doing something about that shop!!
That was pretty questionable no one should do that unless your kid trying to get home without dragging a piece of exhaust system
@@johnanderson591 NO! use 2 or more aluminum cans (roadside litter) and 2 hose clamps or better yet some wire. Done that for a 150 mile repair.
@@johnanderson591 I kept wire hangers in my trunk for times like that when I was a teenager. Came in real handy a few times.
I'm not sure that Jim Bob down the street counts as a shop.
Capped lug nuts are cancer. Stainless sheet metal caps they put on the nuts to make them pretty also makes service a pain most times. The nut rusts and the caps fall off. Is it standard or metric? It's stripped...
Just Trolled In. I love it 🤪
0:41 Vape epidemic is so bad even the cars are doing it 😥
7:55 weird that 19mm socket won't fit on 19.5mm nut and 20mm socket will fit
4:50 - I can see this legit happening because the manufactures stopped putting dip sticks in for the transmissions.
Most shops refuse to touch your transmission, too. Even if they are a dealership.
The one with the Ford Expedition hits very close to home for me. The bearings in my AC compressor pully on my '02 F-150 is starting to fail. It's only a matter of time before it comes lose. Luckily, I am a mechanic so I can work on my truck before carnage is done.
"this car has wires that are badly burnt", yeah its also only got two wheels!!!!!!!!!!!! you cant make this stuff up.
I say the lumber and logging wedge fix to hold the battery in place was solid shade tree work.
It did the job yet didn't cause permanent damage.
As far as the Sprinter camper, can't most modern transmissions go 36,000 between services?
8:07. Rookie… 13/16” perfect fit unless you already round them off using that 20mm😮
Yeah, my first thought was, is it even metric, or just 13/16? In either case, using the wrong socket won't work. The only problem was in the cammer's brain. I refuse to call him a mechanic or tech
Wonderful video! I love watching your work. Keep it up!
I’ve blocked in batteries with wood pieces before. It keeps the battery from moving around, also, wood will not corrode.
When you can't tell a motorcycle from a car y'all need help.
The wood in the battery box was acceptable because they used a non conductive material. The ONE was ok😂
6:02 if that's been run for a while with a loose stud, the taper hole in the center link could be wallered out, just tightening it in a loose hole could lead to stud fracture due to stress from increased unsupported length
7:55 Had that happen on an 07 impala that had sat for a year. Figured it must of rusted from the inside causing it to expand.
"Sprayed down with something that caused premature corrosion..."
SPRAYED DOWN WITH WHAT?
They don't know. It could have been sabotage.
Brake fluid?
As terrifying as some of those death traps are, you can't even be confident in a new manufacture vehicle!
At least the ineptitude has gotten so bad, the engines now self destruct inside the warranty window, instead of just past it.
Batteryblocking "with wood" looks sturdy and reliable - they even orderly wedged it. One rare "better than OEM" repair.
All of these brakes though - frightening. People are oncoming traffic - with those brakes.
4:00 that is a motorcycle, my guy.
Additionally, yes. Steel capped lugs suck. You'll see it on every car in winter areas with those kinds of lugs. Water gets in them and freezes, so they expand and rust inside...
1:56 better than what I have in my truck. I just have some bungie cords securing the battery so it doesn't move around x)
Yeah some premium wood
People are funny about cars sometimes. I used to work out of my house and had about 200 clients and was busy all the time. I would show someone how their entire front end was loose and ready to fall off and they would want the bare minimum done to be able to drive it again. Then I had another guy more than willing to pay me $900 to fix the A/C on his $1500 200,000 mile Ford Focus. I thought he was going to pass, and I threw out a $900 estimate because I really didn't want to do that one. The condenser is behind the dash on those and I had to take the seats and entire dash out to do it "the right way "
The gear selector that won't stay in drive - shut the driver door (hear the ding ding). That's a safety feature, it will do the same with reverse.
I once found a container of tartar sauce under the hood of a mini Cooper
just trying to warm it up .. eh ??
@@richardcraniumXLVII A little botulism never hurt nobody.
Back in the 70s, a was a new car prep mechanic. Chicken bones on the intake, whiskey bottles in the trunk, sandwiches, sabotage, the list goes on.
7:53 You can get a 19,5 mm socket for ford lugs specificly.
6:26 So, the customer approved an engine $wap, that only lasted 1 mile... Did we not test drive it after the job was complete??
That WAS the test drive