5 DAYS to Tear Down & Rebuild This Beast | Can We Get This Duramax Done?

[@DavesAutoCenterCenterville]

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[@PierSilvioBerlusconi.]

Dave, we need to get an engine stand or an high bench to rest the engine block on. I wouldn’t trust my life on the Crane hydraulic system.

[@Keeparmsinmind]

Please be careful with links to outside websites. Some of them could be criminals

[@jayd4481]

I remember when Cayden first started. He was doing brake pads and rotors. Now he's tearing down and building engines within the span of a couple months. Great work!

[@mariejane1567]

Is it 😅

[@budalanemac3115]

It's only beacuse he wants to learn and apply, moving forward... natural way of doing things when you want to succeed. Most young ppl will cry and b... how it's hard... Keep up, never give up!!!!

[@ArifAli-e9k8m]

This young man working on the engine has a nice touch. Plus he works with a smile. You all keep up the good work !

[@DavesAutoCenterCenterville]

Thank you very much!

[@ArifAli-e9k8m]

@@DavesAutoCenterCenterville ur welcome. 😀

[@Arexodius]

Love the smile!

[@flysoutbackadventures]

No matter how many times I watch your videos Dave. I always think, "this must be an absolute joy to work in such a well equipped workshop with such good management/bosses". Your staff, sons and yourself always come off in such a good light. If only I was 40yrs younger & lived in America.

[@garywinkel1831]

Amazing. That kid has a good touch. Very impressive.

[@billmcgovern6479]

Caden, great technician and only getting better.

[@IKhanNot]

Good work as always. I'll never understand why people neglect oil changes especially considering how expensive engines are. I got an 15 year old Nissan Sentra and had to do the valve cover gasket recently. When I had the cover off the top end of the motor was squeaky clean. 5000km oil change intervals all it's life with whatever stuff was on sale. Just change oil oil on time, it's easy.

[@simonbailey2151]

100%. Cheap oil, changed at 50% of the manufacturer’s recommended interval. Obviously not a guarantee that your engine will run and run, but as close as you can get.

[@barrygunning4424]

It never ceases to amaze me that people will pay almost $100K on a heavy duty truck but fail to do regular maintenance. Crazy.

[@amateresu6708]

100k that shit costs?! holy fk

[@amateresu6708]

im from europe we dont see those trucks here

[@alitalipgul]

@@amateresu6708 the narrow streets of Europe and gas prices are a nightmare for these vehicles.

[@kodythexton4034]

The tip with the plumb was cool. I’m no mechanic, but I enjoy watching your channel. The pride in the work you and your guys have is so refreshing.

[@Arexodius]

I can't get enough of these engine rebuild videos! There's just something so satisfying about seeing an engine all cleaned up and going back together in all it's glory! Looks like Caden did a really good job on this Duramax. So many peripheral components on that thing. Looks like a mangrove forest all dressed up!

[@dirtdiverdan7936]

OUTSTANDING JOB & PREFORMANCE!!!! Your shop is the BEST there is. None can come close to what you do. Top of the line workers and best boss in the world. Keep up the GREAT WORK!!! From Pensacola Fl, Be BLESSED ... cause you are!!!!

[@donmckenzie5027]

What an art! Man much respect to this mechanic !

[@Fire33410]

It's nice to see that you give clear explanations as to what is wrong and what to look for. What is even more respect in my book is that you are more than willing to get your hands dirty when clearly you have earned the right to not need to do that anymore.

[@kendavis1198]

JEEZE...... What a JOB, WHAT A MESS with wiring and such. Absolutely Amazing anybody could actually remember where ALL THAT CRAP GOES????? Nicely done!!

[@jimrobin98]

You know---if there were MORE shops like you with your integrity, people would not worry about having their car repaired! They shouldn't have to worry about if a shade tree mechanic is working on their car! No nonsense advice is what people want to hear! People are already in stress mode that their car needs fixed--they don't need more stress about if their repairs are done RIGHT---THE FIRST TIME! You remind me a lot of my grandpa and HOW he treated his customers! He had a talk with me when I was about 14 or 15 about HONESTY, and how to treat a customer and their car. Your work ethic reminds me so much like his! THIS IS WHY I LOVE TO WATCH YOUR CHANNEL! Keep up the great work!

[@glenruginski4812]

Totally agree, a clean shop is a productive shop

[@briansboucher]

i have watched you guys tear down and put back together so many engines. it is still unbelievable to me. add the level of attention to detail and neatness as it is done makes it satisfying to watch every single time.

[@dksizzr]

You guys are probably the best shop in all the US!!!!!

[@JLCmike4014]

@20:26-20:36 i hear a beautiful 7.3L diesel idling. That excursion looks clean as can be.

[@Amarillobymorning777]

I wish the excursion got a rear dually tires from factory. My taste . 🎉

[@JLCmike4014]

@@Amarillobymorning777, option?, sure. But i prefer single rear wheel unless i’m towing real heavy.

[@moonlite2202]

Such a great team of professionals. Always a pleasure to watch you guys in action.

[@kevinmurphy3464]

Dave has a great employee and a conscientious mechanic in Cayden. I see a great shop owner in the future.

[@BenKlassen1]

Glad to see the sponsor spots! The hard work is paying off!

[@BaladanRua]

Dave gets HIS hands dirty too? I love it💪....picked the right channel!!

[@flyonawall6521]

Unbelievable job Caden, it is truly amazing the knowledge you have. I get all stressed out when I have to a simple oil change hoping I don't spill any oil in my garage. Here you are tearing an engine and rebuilding one. 🤣🤣🤣

[@helimech0]

I love to see that the engines go together with a torque wrench. That will get the best results. 20 year A&P mechanic here.

[@bluehills38]

Absolutely 💯 myself 38 yrs as a mechanic and it amazes me that people have total disregard for millions in R&D just to hammer down with an impact 😳🤷‍♂️

[@DavesAutoCenterCenterville]

Great to have you guys and your experience on this channel👍

[@kanaletumlinson]

Cayden always happy as can be! He killing for a new tech on the team under Dave’s wing!

[@iddddaduncan]

Caden is the man, nice job!

[@peterantonic5216]

Dave you have some great boys working hard to complete the job. Awesome video, please keep em coming! 😁👍🇦🇺

[@ElmerFuddster]

Awesome build and of course great craftsmanship!

[@MsFireboy2]

Great job guys. TEAM effort.

[@davidfriedlander812]

Focused and methodical!!! Excellent job Cayden..!!

[@michaelrodriguez2640]

Something inspiring about the details of a motor rebuild.

[@BozoBuckets96]

I’m a few minutes in and this is fantastic. I’ve loved this channel for a long time and it’s only getting better

[@kalifkid69]

I love that your on them 😅.. that's what makes a great boss.

[@SkyzBlazed]

Love the attention to detail. Would love to have your guys rebuild my LB7 someday. Great work.

[@averyfoss6856]

Could we get a build series showing the difference between standard, tow, and tow plus options that y’all offer on your website?

[@DavesAutoCenterCenterville]

Great idea. Thanks. We will see what we can do

[@DavesAutoCenterCenterville]

Great idea. Thanks. We will see what we can do

[@michaelgallagher7082]

Fascinating what goes into these engines. Love the channel guys girls❤🎉

[@philtipler9086]

Mucho respect to the pros! ❤

[@وليدالعزي-ذ8ن]

from iraq . good job men ❤❤

[@juanosorio]

I absolutely love that there is a shop out there that does this quality of work. It's a travesty that GMC makes a truck that needs this kind of attention just to remove and replace an engine. Five days is easily fifty hours of so time. For quality mechanics that's ten grand not even including parts.

[@mikeburnett7028]

I don’t generally watch diesel rebuild videos, but I watch Dave’s diesel rebuild videos

[@robbypelfrey7677]

A fan of marking the bolt showing that they have been torqued but marking all the after you are finished is a sure fire way to Mimi’s one.

[@Thetsabari]

Very impressive work by Cayden 👍👏🏆🏅

[@claytonsmith8646]

As usual your shop is top notch brother

[@suehelling8770]

Id love to learn to do this but keeping track of all those parts and bolts would be difficult for me

[@mischief007]

This is a positive and learning environment. This is what you want out of the shop even with the last video where a mistake was made, own up to it, fix it, and continue on. In the end we are humans and our mechanical counterparts do break.

[@christopherwilson4003]

I couldn't work on that. Swinging about like that . Nooooooo. Great idea with the plumb line 🌟 Great work young man. Pay rise incoming

[@Chillguydrew]

Easily best channel on KZbin! Please more vids

[@Scubasteve22]

Thats the exact same cherry picker i have Dave! Nice work....

[@stephenfurr8769]

I had an issue rebuilding my oil cooler. It failed. I found out that many of the tractor trailer techs said they found that rebuilding them became an issue. They would have to pressurize them for testing. So, I finally upgraded my pump to the L5P Banks Cooler. Big boy! 06 Duramax

[@boun_viaggio_usa9989]

The classical music was a great touch.

[@reedtower]

This video was sooo awesome ... Thanks for sharing

[@DavesAutoCenterCenterville]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@kenwgold]

FROM BAGDAD ARIZONA YOU ALL DAVES ROCK. YES YOU HAVE VIEWERS!

[@midwestrustwarrior]

Wow I never thought of using a mason jar for cleaning bolts like that!

[@martincalvillo3210]

My question is what is the concoction he's using to clean them?

[@97leeman]

Cayden knowledge bombs and work ethic is what most people don’t have. God bless

[@LsaC6]

One question is how tf is Caden torquing the fly wheel with the motor on a hoist? the torque spec is dam near 300ftlbs?? im a duramax tech as well.

[@therealanthony4978]

Dam that’s Cayden hell yea ! “Oooopsie huehueheu😂😂😂”

[@daveshepherd7582]

Mad props to Caden!

[@Fred_Durst1]

this engine deserves a medal of honor for its service. wow.

[@luisnunes7933]

Hello! Fine workmanship...

[@squidsmobilerepair]

Hey Dave and all the great individuals that work for you. Here is a question I have for you, on torque specs. Do all of your guys remember all the different torque specs off the top of their head or do they look it up to see if their might be a TSB or manufacture change on the torque setting. As you said knowledge is power and knowing is key to proper repair. Sincerely, Brad

[@BigBisalreadytaken]

Pulling the cab is the only way!

[@grzywka7307]

Dave. You have to show before and after how engine looks like when u give it a "bath". So satisfying❤

[@gregdlc5961]

You guys should get your own Netflix show

[@NorthernHDrider]

👍WOW, YES SIR👍 GREAT JOB Cayden👏

[@SkullFarms]

This place is always so clean, I go through a million rags on one little project, kitty litter everywhere, and I still get covered.

[@Unbleachd]

I usually mark where the trucks tires were when I pull cabs just to assure reinstallation of the cab is easier.

[@Sunspot-19]

Oh come on, Dave!! Jou got this, Mang!! Peice O' cake!! It's just another Buick diesel!!

[@glamcityrockerofficial]

That's really awesome to have a tool that tells you when you've tightened it enough to not over tighten

[@themusiclab2621]

With a shop like that 5 days is a long time

[@Fireguy1962]

Almost wish I had a diesel to be rebuilt. “Almost”. Ha ha.

[@Arnout1990]

Torque on the flywheel bolts looks very low, normally you'd angle torque them after stage 1 by something like 90 degrees. How did he do that with the engine hanging on the lift?

[@gittnjiggy2]

Hi Dave, once the engine is out can't you strip one side of the block, then mount the engine on a stand from the side and finish stripping it down? One other way is a super strong steel bench with a drain system for the fluids and a hoist from above to lift only a high as needed, this way only an arm or hand could be injured in case of a freak accident. These are 2 ways we used to teardown truck engines ( detroit diesels, cummings, GMC's and other industrial engines) back in the late 70s early 80's working for the local utility.

[@cjmorales9287]

Got to love it!!!

[@Z-Bart]

Cayden has a good doctor patient relationship.

[@markchapman2585]

There is no way I would work on a newer diesel engine. Plus, I am in the Rust Belt, Canada. Always at least 1 cab mounts bolts breaks, not to mention the rest of the lines and connectors ex. But awesome job.

[@kylesys4276]

How in the world are there not spare extra parts, bolts, etc after a huge project like that?? Like "oh shit, where does this thingamajig and this doohickey go again??" How do 57 different bolts not get lost somewhere over 5 days? That's amazing

[@x2wheelthrottle253]

The customer deserves a big bill.. Due to the lack maintenance !! Self inflicted !!

[@bigmountain7561]

Back in 1986 myself and my bosses brother did a 12 hour on a IROC 5.7. And we had use of the center bay with the dual post inground. It was fun because his Dad was one of the first GM Master Tech’s and he came in on Sunday morning to check out our work. We only had 2 wires crossed on initial start up and figured that out immediately with a test light. Ahh the good old days!! Now I need those things for your fork and knife because my hands are full of arthritis. Lol!!!

[@AllOutNoobHater]

Question for you guys. My work truck is a 2017 F450 diesel with the 6.7. Battery light came on, but the truck runs and drives fine and the batteries are fine, including the alternator. Since our “lot” mechanics are a bit of a pain, what do you guys typically see being the issue when this happens? Thanks!

[@ntaylor0214]

Imagine doing that by hand ! All them bolts ! Dave trying to convince my family to move to Utah ! Gotta get out of commieformia . Another great vid !

[@2StallGarage]

Job well done! What a skillset to have!

[@Tdaz250]

Recommend the customer some factory headlights. It’ll help so much

[@Amarillobymorning777]

Sound track?? 21:55 GR8 vídeo clip 🎉

[@bjorn3811]

How can you own an expensive truck and not take care of it by not having oil change

[@2nickles647]

Easy, If you own a business. It's a tax write off. Remember easy peasy cause it's other people money. Just like any business

[@budalanemac3115]

In order to write off 10-20 k you got to spend 3 times that... your math is wrong.

[@franzwiens]

Hi What is the stuff he used in the pan gasket?

[@Mark-zz9rt]

You wanna be the best, learn from the best. Those young guys are fortunate to have a great mentor. You rock Dave!👍🔧🪛🧰⚙️⚙️

[@chrishill1219]

Should be able to do it lads, remember Willow Run built a bomber an hour.

[@theundergroundlairofthesqu9261]

That was more than one guy! 😄

[@stevehupper7418]

Dave I was a cop for 35 years, you would have made a great Watch Commander.

[@michealhindy6289]

I work in a Toyota motor manufacturing plant and when we do repairs and torque bolts we paint dot as we torque each bolt to ensure we don’t miss any bolts. I’m not knocking your method or saying you do it wrong maybe something you might find useful.

[@wb5mgr]

It’s hard to tell in the video, and sometimes people take it out, just for the video… But as a young man, if you’re not wearing hearing protection, please do… Listening to those impact guns all day, especially inside will slowly erode your hearing. You won’t even realize until it’s gone. This happens to guys on all kinds of jobsites now. Get yourself, some of these nice Bluetooth earbuds/hearing protection that are out there now that allow a transparent mode where you can talk to people without taking them out and it just dulls some of that sound. It’s really perfect and you can even listen to music while you work.

[@raindropcleaners]

Cayden doin the damn thing!

[@VineV-Dutch]

10:50 why all the plastic cups? Buy metal ones you can reuse. Better for the environment/oceans ánd your wallet. Saves on garbage costs, saves on making runs to the store and buying cups over and over again... We created special trays for our tractors for the frequent jobs. So we know immediately if we missed a bolt or nut, and we can't misplace anything. The trays go in a drawer in a "cabinet" on wheels. So we have our trays for small/big maintenance intervals, replacing brakes, replacing things on our implements before harvest (like combine knives, tow eyes, hydraulic lines, belts). It also helps or mechanics not to forget something. It was an investment to create the trays but it works and pays off in less mistakes and less downtime. The trays are like inlay foams only instead of tools, we put nuts, bolts, rings, hoses and things in the drawer. If a mechanic is sick; the other guy/girl can jump right in on that job, knows where the sick person was and continue without having to look for everything or lose time. Your work is also standard, make a tray for Cummins, Powerstroke, Duramax. I mean, you raise cabins all day long, take it engines all day long, same build on every truck, so why use cups? I'm sure I it will help and trays are a better system than plastic cups every mechanic has to write on what's what...23:23 triple checking: you should be able to do that with one glance at a tray...

[@ppump24valve53]

lol, you’re not a tech until you can skip having to have it all sorted out, get some magnet trays, 1 for top of engine compartment, 1 for underneath, 1 for inside of engine. When doing an engine job, have a nice big table somewhere in front of you to lay out all the parts. All the big stuff goes on the truck bed.

[@Boss302ATC]

Great job, Cayden!

[@michaelbonnen9791]

It doesn’t get better than Dave’s channel. Bit of engine assembly/ disassembly asmr along with some reality TV. Haha thanks for the vids Dave!!!

[@zerobudget2649]

St Augustine FL born and raised

[@adamg3911]

What year and how many miles were on the engine before it failed?

[@AlonzoJ-pf4dt]

Loved the show 💯

[@CarlosLopez-tt5py]

Yes lifting the cab is the way to go

[@RenoBusdriver]

I’m sure after doing a few engines you know where all the parts go. I would surely have it 99 percent put together and one bolt left over.