'16 GMC 2500HD Denali - No Horn
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- Опубликовано: 14 ноя 2023
- In this video I have a look at a customers 2016 Chevy 2500HD Denali with the big 6.6 that has a customer complaint of no horn. I think they built the truck around the horn 🙄 Let's have a look.
-Enjoy!
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thanks for the great content, learned more on many vehicles over the last 3 months watching your channel, keep up the good work and remember
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Nice job, Eric! DeoxIT D5 is the bomb! I use it on all my electronic stuff!
Been using Stabilant 22 for years. You're the 1st person other than myself I've ever seen use it. Mighty expensive for the product, but it seems to work.
Why don't you just pop the head light ?? Only takes a second.
“It’s the denial, it’s the dirtymax, and it’s got no honker”. This is only one of the many reasons I love your channel 😂
Of course it's in denial, since it's a gay mans chevy
@@donmunro144😂😂😂
literally, had to back up the video to be certain I heard that right. 😀
And it scared the puddin’ outta him! 😂
@@donmunro144um you're thinking of a Ford...because that's what gay men drive. REAL AMERICAN MEN drive Chevy. And dumbasses drive dodge.
"When they find out, run for your life," I was in stitches laughing 😂 so true, lol
I remember with the old glass fuses, we would screw with newbies by taping 1 end with transparent tape and sticking it back in the fuse terminal block. The newbie would look at the glass and see it was not blown and move right by it in troubleshooting. Same principle. Had to make sure the coffee mug didn't leave my sight for a few days afterwards once they found out for fear of them adding a special ingredient to it
In the vehicle’s owner’s maintenance manual, in the section where it shows all the things to check/clean every so many miles, it says “clean all 2,475 electric connectors every 5,000 miles.”
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yes and right after that they list, change transmission fluid every 100,000 miles.
I'm glad to see they've incorporated child-resistant locks on the hidden electrical connections.
Only Eric O Can make these videos so funny and so easy to enjoy
I think that he could be the host of a serious automotive repair educational program. They have lots of shows about rehabilitation of homes, why not cars? They only such shows are some corn hole and a babe in a bikini installing a lift kit. Why can’t there be a serious auto repair educational program?
The fastener engineers at GM all had a hand in that front end. The metal bolt guys, the snap together guys and the plastic push pin guys all worked together, job safety is number one!
Perfect observation. Nice!!
As a live sound engineer, that DeoxIt is like gold. We get scratchy pots(potentiometers) all the time, especially here in the muggy south where average humidity is 80%, and that stuff has saved me more times than I can count. I once was asked to bring in a loaner Midas mixer, while the client got theirs repaired. Knowing that’s it’s otherwise the finest gear available, I figured it was just dirty. Living in a bar/restaurant, especially back when smoking was legit, wreaks havoc on electronics. After pulling every knob off the mixer I emptied an entire can of DeoxIT into every place with a moving electrical part, and ran signal through it for 24+ hours. Wiped it down, put the knobs and fader handles back on, she was 100%, previously looking at a $1000+ repair or a $5000 replacement. Less than $10 and some time, and Midas was reborn! Gold I tell ya, gold!
Sometimes an expensive tool is not worth it,use a hammer.But in this kind of work
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you know a lot of "mechanics" would have just called it good as soon as they got the horn to work, good man Mr. O
A lot of "mechanics" would have just run a new wire from the fuse to an after market replacement horn and tucked it behind the grill instead of removing all of the front end and called it good.
Funny what being on camera will do.....
Camera has nothing to do with it…Eric is that good and extraordinarily professional. I’ve got 37 years in the car biz and a handful plus of those working with super good techs on exotics …he’s the best I’ve personally seen or worked with
S.M.A 100% integrity and work ethic intact.
Yes, so darn true.
"Let me get a 10 mil," says Mr. O with complete confidence. If I made such a statement at my house, a full day search would then commence.
There's a confident guy. Did the red tab before re--testing.
Glad this is still a simple circuit. The way they've got the wiring all convoluted on modern vehicles it wouldn't have surprised me if the horn wasn't routed through a powered seat motor, the 7 pin trailer connector, and the blinker fluid low sensor. Crap, now I've just given some engineer an idea.
Maybe next year some 36 gauge wires !
@@Garth2011 Engineer: Of course! Instead of running two 18 gauge wires, we'll run just one 36 gauge.
Mechanic: Um, you do know that --
Engineer: Shhh! I'm on a roll here. Now that should double the amperage that...
Mechanic: No, 36 gauge is too ---
Engineer: Quiet! We could run those in the main harness and...
Mechanic: But 36 gauge is smaller than ---
Engineer: SILENCE! I KEEL YOU!
Here I am sitting in my recliner watching Mr O, and I'm craning my neck to see around the bumper when he's reconnecting the horn. I think I've had enough of the Internet today.
His laugh at 738 was the best.
The cat is clearly the star of this channel.
Just goes to show you how versatile you have to be as a mechanic, it's not just working on engines and exhaust and changing tires. Great video have a great day.
Always amazed how those green krusties find their way into the connectors.
Most weather tight connectors.... Uhh, aren't.
“Just in case they can see it we’ll put some impossible connector on it.” This is progress.
So glad you got the horn fixed or you would never have been able to back it out of the stall since you couldn’t have honked for safety. A potential conundrum to be sure.
Back in the early 90s (when I worked in a hospital) we did laparoscopic surgeries on people's knees. They were given a VHS tape of the procedure afterwards (when interested).
Now Eric is doing practically the same thing, only for a fraction of the cost.
Working with mirrors. I always find this so difficult (and backwards). Eric’s great with this. So is my dentist….lol
Great video. The chances that I will ever have to repair a truck's horn are a solid 0%, but could not look away for the complete 20:52. You are that good.
If Stretch Armstrong ever puts in an application to work at SMA, you gotta hire him. He could have reached that connector Easy Peasy. Beep Beep !
GMC "Denial." "That's all I'm allowed to panic?" Thanks again SMA!
Back in my work training at the repair shop of a local hospital, we had access to used (and autoclaved) "root canal files" or whatever those might be called, from the dentistry department. Those were handy for rubbing corrosion and debris out of small connectors as well as other small crevices. A less abrasive replacement might be a plastic bristled toothpick for cleaning the small pockets between the gum and two adjacent teeth.
Love it. Simple problem, informative fix. Also appreciate you taking the time with the "no pay" customer.
Remember when the horns were mounted on the inside wheel wells and were so easy to see touch or replace? Let alone clean the horn contacts!
It must be the engineers plan to make simple repairs more time consuming and difficult by placing them behind, underneath and upside down! Love you videos!
Were should you put them
Something like the battery in my car that's halfway under the firewall in a battery box.
Still not as bad as my exes Dodge Stratus,battery was in the front wheel well.
I was in an automotive class while in high school, our instructor took some packing tape and simply coated one of the legs on the fuse, It would look good and test good but didn't send current through. Took a real close look to find the tape.
Cutting the relay leg off is pretty funny, simular to the old days when we would add a check ball to the pile of carb parts.
That is simply pure evil. I love it! 😂
When I was an apprentice in the 70's I had the mechanics leave a couple of small bolts out of the gearbox internals of a mini, which was an engine on top of gearbox, on my bench under a rag while I was at lunch. Just about had me in tears.
Love the way you explain to every moron about every little detail. You are an amazing teacher. Really enjoy every video! Thanks for all you do.
Props to you for not gouging and making the guy buy a horn and pigtail. Easily could have up sold this but you didnt and thats the reason i love your channel. Honest work. Keep it up.
*My guy's 'kitty voice' is on point.*
Great video....now have a couple of new items for Santa to bring me...the D5 and whatever that "soylent green " stuff was. Did anyone else think the dude in the thumbnail looked like Shaggy? 😊
If you’re ever feeling roudy, go ahead and Super Glue the red tab lock on a connector. The next guy will surely thank you.
I had a Chevy 1500 which the customer took delivery on a Saturday and he came back on Monday stating his horn was weak sounding . Confirmed his complaint and found the truck had two horns and the high note horn was missing. We notice all the wiring was in place and was intact but the high note horn was never installed at the factory. Try filing a claim for a vehicle that was miss built😂.
Every now and then I think how much confidence you have to have to video the repairs you make for everyone to see.
LOL thank you for moving the camera so we could see the click not being sarcastic lol, so awesome :) Love the whack a mole also!
The only thing that panics at SMA are the problems as they know Eric O. is going to eliminate them.
We get the Denial, Dirtymax,and no honker ,but we also get Mr O playing wackamo at the end. Thanks Eric for another informative video and the list of itemsyouused. Have a Great Day.
"Imma push in the red tab just to be a prick."
The nexy guy thanks you 😂😂😂
Yeah, got it working. Goes another step to find out why it started working..that is integrity, and not wanting a cone back for a stupid reason.
Good honkers on your rig is a good thing
A long time ago a 15 year old had just bought an old Chevy, and the horn didn't work. Through my excelent detective/diagnostic skills I located both horns in plain sight on the front side of the radiator support, and determined that the connector had fallen off the tang. When I plugged it back in I found out why it had been unplugged, and gouged my scalp on the hood release...turns out the spring behind the horn button had failed, so the button was making continuous contact.
I learned about fiberglass scratch brushes to clean connectors in a Navy connector repair school. They are great for this application.
Great video.
Thank goodness for my 21 and my 42 year old trucks I can still work on them. 👍
That's so crazy. My horn went out yesterday. At first I suspected the clockspring but it was not an intermittent failure. Heard the relay clicking. Turned out to be a broken wire at the horn, so I shoved it back into connector. I need to do a proper repair. Not having a horn sucks with the nut jobs on the roads.
Always great to see you, Mrs. O. and Miss Luna! Thanks for the links for the contact cleaner(s).
"You're gonna feel a little pinch...OK? there's a little pinch". Mrs. O: "hee hee". That's not the first time she's heard that.
I just made that vise grip light tester thanks for the idea.😀😀
Corrosion at the horn is somewhat common on this generation of GM truck. Often times the piece that goes between that horn harness and the body of the horn will also corrode, resulting in one or both of the notes being inop.
Seems that way due to location, down low getting road debris etc.
Where I live all GM products have a headlight out.
Had a similar issue on my 2016 Silverado 2500HD - I had to go through the fender liner to get to the horns. The grille was similar to the GMC - it was a rip and tear off grille also.
That was the CUTEST open to an SMA video ever. Luna coming to say 'hi' is just the precious.
Morning Eric had similar issue with my air horn on my Honda Element. Original audio installer claimed it was an issue with the clock spring and that I needed a new air horn. Took it to a different shop and they fixed the crusty wires and issue fixed for around $50😅
I’m a firm believer in Deox it. I’ve used it offshore to stifle the green crusty’s plenty of times.
Fish hook remover is < $10 and similar to the laproscopic tool, though only 12 inches long.
This is two comments
1.I have seen 70 year old cars and the horn, and mostly all of the switches WORK- how did we regress so subtlety,or was it instead PLANNED ?
2.I want to know HOW a man working on some of the worst pieces of junk never says a full on
curse word ? NEVER BLOWS UP,
Mother Lover? Not even close to the actual exclamation I have uttered ,and I have heard MUCH worse in the shop.
This guy Eric is a special kind of guy -or he knows how to edit REALITY out of the show.
Mrs.O- you have landed a keeper AND you work with him all day
This is the best repair show on this Tube ! Even if I don't get notified....
Patience Grasshopper, Patience. I feel your pain with these hidden horns etc… have to remove the bumper, Oh my!!! GM, engineered for fast assembly, not for disassembly and repair!! Great video as always!
Look like Eric was playing wack-a-mole putting that cover back on 🤣🤣🤣
Great work actually cleaning the contacts instead of just moving the connector a little.
A handy tool for that job Mr O, “interdental brushes”, perfect for cleaning connector terminals with light corrosion, and they come in all sizes.
Keep up the good work👍👍👍🏴
Nice remote repair plus you got to play whack a mole too while reassembling the front! Thanks for pointing out what produces you used so I can add both of them to keep for when they are needed.
Nice to see Mrs O, she has such a quick wit and wicked humor like yours.
Always enjoy watching your channel and learning. You are a very patient diagnostician. Keep up the great work.
Always good to see you and Mrs.O
Thanks for the tip Eric now I can get even at my friend😂😂😂
Good job Mr. "O" ...as always. I appreciate your approach is always a teaching moment. Thanks for the many practical lessons.
I just love how you find a different method to repair such simple tasks as opposed to dealer shops. I know a guy who has a similar truck with the same issue and his truck was in the shop for 2 days. He did not reveal on what the bill was but he was extremely P O'd when he found out all they did was clean the connector. Good to know that there are guys like you the think outside the box,........... AWESOME job!!!
This was a fun,first cup of coffee video!👍
Great diagnostics skills there Eric O. Gotta love the GMC!! That extra step to prevent come backs!
Pulling the headlight housing would’ve probably been easier but not nearly as much fun watching the way you did it!
The headlight bucket is enclosed, no access. Ask me how I know.
Removing the headlight requires removing the bumper cover.
Love your videos SMA! I don't work on my own cars anymore, but I love watching you work on other people's cars! Got my new SMA hoodie yesterday and it looks great! Keep going!
I love your assortment of tools and products. Great job!.
Always nice to see Mrs.O.
Now every 'A' hole will be pulling the "prank" they didn't know about until you just told them about it. Way to go Eric. 🤨
Another well engineered car from GM. Who else would put a component where you can't reach it?
Most mechanics would bump it and say "there, now it works;" and button everything up. That extra step is what makes you #1. 👍
Thanks for sharing your day with us!
South main auto we love you man you’re the best and I liked how you educate viewers watching your video
Super content as usual! Not only get to see difficult work done properly, we get to see the patience required to do it properly. Add in the banter between Mr. and Mrs. O and we have a super entertaining video. Great job as always. You guys are a great couple!!
So glad to see that after 100 years of the old type connections failing, something so high- tech and bulletproof is now being used! Plus, it was good to see you get a break from the Chivrolays!
This is a Chevy…
so back in the 90s when i worked for GM we would look in the glove box or trunk of vehicles for the list of RPO's from time to time, I ran across a code on a Chevrolet truck(don't remember the code) but the code translated into something on the lines of "Chevrolet conversion", in other words it was a GMC to Chevrolet conversion. i recognize they are the same vehicles with different badges... just wanted to share, take it however you like i have no skin in this game
this one was easy peasy. I admire your diagnostic skills on many of your vids. Keep on rockin it Mr. O
"Oh, that's as long as I'm allowed to panic??" - Prime Eric O right there... 🤣😂
I have a 14 Silvery-rado. The A/C was marginal. Visual inspection, I found a bird nest in front of the condenser. To remove the grill, one has to do what you did plus remove a trim piece. Have to remove both inner fenders to access bolts for trim. I opted to use a pressure washer instead.
No consideration at all for maintenance in almost every modern vehicle.
You're a funny man. Thank you for what you do.
Great start to the morning, Mr O, Luna, Mrs O, a hot cup of coffee, and a NPR Chevy fix.
Love me some SMA with my morning coffee!
Inter-dental brushes are useful for using in conjunction with deoxit or similar for those small female connections :)
Well done, Eric! Another satisfied customer.
Amazing some days it just goes smooth and fixes are plain and simple, just a corrosion issue without the need for parts. Good show !! As always “Thanks for posting” !!!
Great job young man
Good job quick fix!
Another awesome video. Thanks Mr. O!
Really appreciate you talking about your go-to chemicals. Very helpful!
Mr. O: A one-hour repair. Me: An entire Saturday, $20 in the swear jar and an entire box of Band-Aids.
Thanks for the video Eric.
Love seeing the ligasure!
Love watching this channel
You are the man it's fun watching a pro do his thing and good for picking up tips....😊
Fantastic intro seeing the lovely Mrs O 😍 As always Eric O does it again 👏🏻🏴
Straight forward and simple electrical troubleshooting. A great video for the beginner. Working in tight spaces without excessive disassembly that can damage equipment and waste time. Treatment of the problem with the proper chemicals so that it (the problem) will not return any time soon. Proper reassembly to include the dreaded red lock tab. A good example of how it's done.
Plot twist, you just fixed the horn for that one guy that drives by your shop everyday and honks his horn. He is also the same guy who lays on his horn in traffic for 10 miles.
“Hey! it’s that guy!” 😊
I'm near the end of my Honda Elements horns life, all from having to get people to stop driving their cell phone instead of their car!
@@robertl.fallin7062Ohio has a $150 fine and two points for use phone first offense, $250 and four points second offense.
@@robertl.fallin7062 as Johnny Bench said in an interview one time: Honking is his way of booing bad drivers.
@@dB_944 Who, me?!! 🤣
Oooo the classic red lock! Remember when you only griped about Chrysler locks? 😂
@ 7:38 LOL good morning Eric, thanks for the vid!
Dr. Eric always heals a patient!