Customer States & Mechanical Fails [Part 39]

Customer States & Mechanical Fails
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These videos are intended to be both educational and entertaining.
Here are some cheap tools that I use daily in my workshop:
Plastic removal toolset:
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Torx:
-Torx Screwdriver Set from T5 to T30
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-Long Torx Screwdriver (use Torx t20 to remove the car exterior door handles almost all cars have this screw)
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Small Electric Drill Cordless Screwdriver:
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Hooks:
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Flexible Magnetic Pick-Up Tool:
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Rubber Eraser disk:
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(I use this to remove old Stickers and double side tape left on the car after I remove badges)
LED Flashlight:
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Infrared Thermometer:
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WARNING: This video is only for entertainment purposes. If you rely on the information portrayed in this video, you assume responsibility for the results. Have fun, but always think ahead, and remember that every project you try is at YOUR OWN RISK.

[@Carhax]

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[@Mattlawton-ft6ew]

3:58 wheel of fortune

[@randomusernumber1]

guy feeding the shock assembly into that machine cracked me up :D When those springs go they can shatter your femur , which is the strongest bone in your body . I am sure putting your hand up will stop it tho .

[@myrlyn1250]

I had one attack me in '97 when a spring compressor snapped. It broke my collarbone and convinced me never to try that again. I was cringing hard during that video. 😅

[@Ambrose4k]

The spring would be the one with a broken femur if it hit me

[@1windozesuk]

Yeah, that hand with a knit glove was killing me. Good way to lose your hand along with your face

[@volvo09]

​@@myrlyn1250 holy sh1t...

[@pixels303at-odysee9]

Yea... Reminds me of a Ukranian who has a compressor and blows up tires at 50 bar. He sets up mock rooms with stuffed people and sees what happens when things go boom. He even tested it out with a wide tractor tire and wow, the rim became the projectile, went through the wall, impacted the side of a hill and ricocheted. The scarecrow like guy positioned near the tire lost his head. Sounds like fun in practice, but when it is real, it does get serious really fast. Even working in the oilfield, a guy I knew had his jugular severed by steel that came off a sledge hammer, and he was not even using any tools, he was simply walking past someone joining hammer unions on pig iron. He survived because of quick actions with the on site medic, but was a close call that changed the policy on worn out hammer unions. Someone reading this might remember what company that was from.

[@michaeltutty1540]

I can hear the customer with that last one. "My windshield wiper laid an egg!"

[@Carhax]

🤣🤣🤣

[@That_AMC_Guy]

I had one years ago on a little Hyundai Tiburon: Customer states "Rear wiper trying to make love to fuel door." The nut holding the rear wiper on had come loose and popped off it's spline, so when the rear wiper was turned on, it tried wiping the driver side fender where the fuel door is. Cracked me and the other guys up something fierce. Reset the wiper, tightened the nut and kicked it out. I told the Service Desk not to charge the customer because it gave us such a good laugh.

[@1001digital]

Customer states: Windshield wiper sounds like an angry chicken. Please check.

[@BoondockMercantile]

I'm glad that prank was done using a musical harmonica. I don't want to think about what would've happened if they used a non-musical harmonica.

[@stevie-ray2020]

That looked to me like a plastic toy-harmonica, so I have my doubts whether it would be 'musical'!

[@fatcatpoppy]

had a friend duct tape a kazoo over someone's turbo blowoff valve one time, scared the hell out of him

[@stevie-ray2020]

@@fatcatpoppy I was wondering how it would be possible to make use of a kazoo in a similar prank!

[@Patrickf5087]

I hope the mechanic didn't charge him for the removal, and just chuckle and told him what happened

[@benjaminmaher8896]

7:22 translation from Quebecois to english:today we have a beautiful saturn ion. We have a small hole in the floor, the gas lines are mended with collars. Theres no rockers, the gas tank is nearly fallen out and the best part is the bluetooth frame which is a new technology to make cars lighter.

[@sachadee.6104]

🤣

[@joseeduardo4327]

French Canadian is an insane dialect

[@benjaminmaher8896]

@@joseeduardo4327 real

[@MindRiot395th]

Osti de crisse de tabarnak! 🤣🤣🤣

[@bingbing-ti2rv]

I'm French, from France, these guys in the video are Canadian, from Quebec or Montreal, they're speaking a french dialect that us , french from france, struggle to understand Luckily i'm bilingual so i understand what they said but they're basically speaking a mix of english and french, with a strong accent. So you guys will understand a few words like "Bluetooth Frame" and french people will understand the rest, if you're careful you can hear he's speaking about "La hose a gas" (wich is a mix in french+english that means, the gas hose) then i think i also heard something like "La tank a gas" wich means "The Gas Tank / The Fuel Tank" , it's not that hard tho i agree It's really particular but you get used to it pretty quick, If you're bilingual it's even easier.

[@jspin1103]

2:58 OMG. 😫 That starter motor buried under the intake made the biggest impression on me. I’d be writing so much hate mail to Nissan R&D on that one.

[@epistte]

Its also on the Cadillac northstar engine. A Toyota V8 also has the starter in the V.

[@one7decimal2eight]

My Lexus GS400 had the same thing. Glad I never had to replace it

[@LuckyLuciano1307]

As a person that’s a beginner mechanic, I fucking hate engineers

[@jamesnall569]

I don’t speak French but that guy said “Bluetooth frame” in French😂

[@GotrekGurninsson]

That’s not French that’s Quebecer a very unique dialect. He’s Basicly saying the floors are gone. So are the rockers. The hose clamps don’t exist anymore, fuel tank is falling through and that’s the Bluetooth frame a new technology on frames etc :)

[@jamesnall569]

@@GotrekGurninsson oh okay, that is cool to know because it sounds like French.

[@zombie-yellow]

​@@jamesnall569hi, I'm the guy in the video. We speak French in Quebec, just like Americans speak English with a different accent than people from the UK :)

[@drakefallentine8351]

Soon to be Fred Flintstone by the looks of that floor board....

[@jocelynmorency8333]

​@@zombie-yellowça va leur prendre une traduction. pourtant c'était très clair.

[@LeGnomeLMP]

7:21 let me tell you that even us french often have trouble understanding guys from Quebec It's the combination of the accent, local expressions and a good amount of Frenglish

[@Raymo2u]

@5:00 Being a mechanic in Vermont, this is what almost every brake job looks like - you need a torch for almost every part and piece thats older than 3 years and 60% of the time you need to replace and hardware you remove. I envy mechanics living in the southwest...your jobs must be quick and fun in comparison.

[@bluerider0988]

This is why the first time i change the oil on my cars when i get them is take the brake assembly entirely apart and coat the hubs with antiseize. Brakes come apart easy after that. I started doing this after having a truck that i had to do the same thing on, use a sledge to get the rotors off. Ended up ruining a wheel bearing on the process. I asked my friend who is a mechanic what to do when you can't get rotors off. He said get a bigger hammer. Ha ha.

[@jamescarter6318]

I moved down to Texas from Vermont and needed lower control arms done on my S10. Shop quoted 2k back in 2018. It was their way of saying I'm not touching that. Long story short, I learned how to do all my own work short of engine and transmission rebuild because of that one experience. I had to grind and cut the torsion bar out of the lower control arm. Crazy.

[@alexkram]

I like working on my cars but I wouldn't if everything was rusty all the time. For this reason I could never live in the rust belt.

[@edbiller8455]

solidarity from Western Pennsylvania. If I don't have to use the Chinese hot wrench and the angle grinder to get through every simple job, it's a win

[@MrSteve280]

Think of it as the weather cooperating to put food on your table.

[@louisbecker5941]

The object caught up in that tire that sounds like 'WHEEL OF FORTUNE' looks like a truck driver's lost 5th wheel release hook.😆

[@americanpatriot3638]

That's EXACTLY what it is! 😂

[@michaelearl6991]

AKA a happy hooker​@@americanpatriot3638

[@Oddman1980]

Good eye, I guessed it was a street key at first. (Used to turn off residential water meters)

[@juantrevino6849]

8:23 Yeah right!…like the hand was going to protect him from the spring.

[@Azmodius69]

That and the safety squint, he’ll be fine 😂😂😂

[@bowl300ify]

3:59 Wheel of fortune. Surprise he didn't say "C'mon Big Money."

[@brionfranks478]

That chicken riding the wiper arm is hilarious!

[@Carhax]

Mechanical bull for the chickens 😅

[@sachadee.6104]

Wip-kip. (Dutch, translates as seesaw-chicken). It's an actual name of a children's toy in the play ground.

[@jordanleith9140]

chicken on the wiper killed me

[@MrPopo-12345]

Just like at 6:56 i had a customer come in today with a similar complaint, supposedly this noise from his driver's side wheel popped up right after i did an inspection on it, so i popped the hub cap off and low and behold, a rock sitting between the caliper and wheel, i handed it back to the guy and told him to take care of his pet rock.

[@zachhart-n1d]

7:53 'Bluetooth frame' makes it past the language barrier lolz

[@PupSentinel]

6:42 I laughed way too hard at this! At first I was like, "Oof that sounds expensive!" Then I saw the cup and just lost it. 🤣🤣

[@szr8]

That Rhode Island Red did an admirable job hanging onto that wiper.

[@kevinperron5767]

7:52 bluethooth frame😂

[@horstyoutube6413]

5:39 adjustable springs. Nice.

[@gregiles908]

I want a push start button on my Barra Fuse Box too now!! 😂😂😂

[@nemis2435]

Bro just said modern problems call for modern solutions 😂

[@donniev8181]

Seems like they could've routed it to inside the car rather easily.

[@Boodieman72]

4:10 that is a tool that is used to pull the 5th wheel release on a semitruck.

[@MmmHuggles]

I'm sure a few dozen swear words are tied to that missing tool.

[@kennylouisville]

I was gonna say a case hook. Same tool different uses. Yours makes more sense to be on a Highway.

[@severinghams]

its also a patio stone lifter

[@kyleourso4394]

we call it a handhole hook in telecom work XD

[@romanhammerli1290]

I would say it looks like a dent pusher, which we always use

[@miggy_moto2383]

Harmonica prank is GENIUS 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Carhax]

This will happen if you don't pay the contractor for laying down your asphalt driveway🤣🤣 2:40

[@sneakprev1984]

so is this really the story behind that? 😅 I doubt the contractor made any money after having to pay for the damage 🤣

[@Carhax]

The real story is unknown, but that was the first thing that came to my mind. :) @@sneakprev1984

[@sachadee.6104]

I came to ask for an explanation of that part.

[@taurusg3643]

Canadian speak 🎉

[@davenunyabusiness4893]

@@sneakprev1984 depends on how big the asphalt job was...

[@kevinvoyer5053]

Brake rotor was made in china from chinisium. Then at 4:15, that rod with T handle and blunt hook, bent around the front suspension, looks like the tool a truck driver uses to pull the 5th wheel pin.

[@MmmHuggles]

Some trucker somewhere said some dirty words when they realized they were missing that.

[@spammanchan4622]

Don't know about trucks, but that hook looks a lot like a lid puller that the cable industry uses to open peds and vaults. Usually used on light vaults, whereas the big steel ones are used to open manholes.

[@jasonp3253]

I have one of those, and I lift manhole covers with it.

[@TrevorSlatery]

those are also bread hooks used to pull a tray of buns forward at McDonalds - I remember it from the video "McDonalds cashier defends self with metal rod"

[@spammanchan4622]

@@TrevorSlatery lols I love the number of industries that use this same hook. Must sell them at every warehousing store.

[@ew1usnr]

The cabin air filter is amazing. 1:55 The guy swinging the sledge hammer at 4:49 is very impressive.

[@Lurch-Bot]

1:06 One traffic violation doesn't give you free reign to commit another. Those flashing lights are very illegal and a great way for OP to get their truck impounded.🤦‍♂ 1:47 That prank is older than my grandma but it still works. 2:45 Ok, that's not a prank. That's felony criminal damage.

[@jasonsummit1885]

Yeah... I'd like to see the guy at 1:06 do that to an unmarked patrol car. They would probably issue a citation and impound the truck leaving the driver to find a way back home.

[@K9River]

I really like the idea of flashing people back, but the obvious danger that creates is unacceptable. Also, no one is going to be able to figure out that they have their high beams on from being flashed like that.

[@DirectCurrent4u]

Theses flashing lights should be OEM factory equipped.👍

[@MmmHuggles]

Make the light color amber and call them safety lights. Problem solved.

[@K9River]

@@sausagedoggy Jeeps are especially bad.

[@Willou29]

lmao love the reaction of that french guy x)

[@kevinperron5767]

He's not french tho, he's canadian (from Québec)

[@BrownLightFR]

​@@kevinperron5767who speak a different French but still a French

[@kevinperron5767]

@@BrownLightFR true, but im just saying he's french. Its like saying americans are english

[@Willou29]

@@kevinperron5767 yeah i know from Québec, but as a french canadian myself we are still called french

[@RebeccaCampbell1969]

Pollito/Chicken makes the video worth while ☺️

[@ChieFChalinOLarssoN]

0:45 i almost started to cry😭😭☹️

[@angrymater13la]

Why was that Styrofoam cup stuck in the will not melted from the heat at all and only dirty from finger prints?

[@janetyeoman1544]

Yes , set up just to get on video. Styrofoam isn’t very durable.

[@bryana7163]

at least there's no spray foam this time

[@SophiaLabat]

That chicken riding the wiper arm is absolutely hilarious!

[@nickpossum3607]

8:45 Now That, that is really ground up Gears!

[@aideng6981]

Normally I’d say something like “the person who engineered the engine is different than the person who engineered the car” but that starter is just malicious

[@terminok2015]

4:18 That there is what grocery store employees use to move milk crates inthe back of the dairy cooler.

[@ponycar351w]

4:23 "The technician discovered that oil was being sucked through the PVC system. . ." Um, it's PCV, as in Positive Crankcase Ventilation. PVC is what plastic plumbing drain pipes are made of.

[@MmmHuggles]

Everyone knows the PVC systems are on the cars of people with dyslexia.

[@weezusQL]

you were never shoved into enough lockers as a kid

[@ponycar351w]

@@weezusQL Let me guess, you're a mental giant who's never outgrown the "shoving smaller kids into lockers" phase. . .

[@lacucaracha111111]

1:42 Harmonic balancer is fucked

[@MadAtMax.300Blackout]

Thank you. Will never even think about a Titan after that clip.

[@SultanSully97]

Couldn't help laughing at the Quebec French at 7:55. It's funnier than the rust on the car!!!! The way he says car - he says VoItOuR!!!!

[@DyingSlow]

Actually he pronounced it normally...we mainly say char for cars anyway

[@SultanSully97]

@@DyingSlow As a Brit that now lives in Ontario Canad coming across Quebecois always fascinates me!! I think Quebec French is unique in it's own way.

[@lyonstclair69300]

Voiture is the word in any variations of french... so?

[@dimitar4y]

These are bangers. Thanks for compiling these! Hard to find them on the internet anymore. Used to be thousands.

[@AffordBindEquipment]

"just rolled in" "mechanical nightmare" on youtube

[@dimitar4y]

@@AffordBindEquipment That helps, I'll binge out later today. Cheers bud.

[@AffordBindEquipment]

@@dimitar4y you'll find some repetition as they seem to "borrow" from each other.

[@lawabidingdad]

Safety squinting and saftey hand ive seen it all!!

[@andreglomm9843]

1:30 where can i get that fast tire changing system ? 😂😂😂😂

[@ReadTheShrill]

You can make one yourself and save money. All you need is a sawzall with a metal blade.

[@Grafyte]

8:50 I'm guessing it was towed in neutral with the driveshaft still hooked up.

[@angrymater13la]

Is no one gonna say anything as to how the car is full of Asphalt?

[@rus0004]

Someone shouldn't have parked where they did.

[@MmmHuggles]

Someone pissed off some road workers.

[@iakatat2]

But why?

[@princesspupcake1269]

im gonna wager they had an affair and REALLY pissed off their ex.

[@donniev8181]

Shop owner probably bought it off someone that a) failed to pay the asphalt guys or b) woman that cheated on her husband that just so happens to be an asphalt guy.

[@jrharryman32]

5:25 def baltimore to philly area

[@Wadethewallaby2001]

7:31 my mom knows French so I’m gonna try to translate it for you. I’ll edit this comment once I get her attention.

[@Oddman1980]

I had a gas gauge stop working on my car back in 2015. I took it to the dealer (It was basically a new car at the time) and had them take a look. They called me back to the service desk, said they had found the problem. They had a box with a big rat in it, they said he was sitting on top of the gas tank, receipt said a "four legged wire cutter" had damaged the wire, but they repaired it under warranty.

[@LaloSalamancaGaming69]

9:46 the cat 😂😂😂😂

[@Combatpzman]

0:17 Dealership tech did that to my truck (they broke it, not just pulled it off), cost me an extra day at the dealership (recall). 🤣

[@andyevans2336]

1:11 one of these rockers is not like theother ones...

[@Giggle_5]

3:59… I’d like an F please Pat! 6:24… so homie just finished watching top gears homemade limo challenge 😂😂😂

[@dewaldsteyn1306]

That chicken on the wiper tho🤣💀

[@Carhax]

I bet that in the future, it will be fashionable to have chicken wipers :))))))

[@tonyfisher2014]

The first one. The Ladies hair is as wacky as the window 😂😂😂

[@speedandstyletony]

That one valve called in sick!

[@peteoutwest6839]

One of these things is not like the others.

[@epistte]

Likely a bent pushrod.

[@photomasterstudios9495]

5:39 gotta love those new variable rate leaf springs

[@scolfaxtv]

@4:10 that is a tool used to move milk crates from the truck into the store. It has a hook on one end to hook the bottom crate, its used for dragging crates along the ground. Hiland Dairy uses them here in Oklahoma.

[@robertvanderlinden2813]

just came from the job at the local garage and open up youtube to see other people deal with basicly the same things

[@bigg5830]

How did you NOT NOTICE LOSING A FUCKING FUEL TANK!?

[@johnnyghoul8100]

That chicken was just being extra 😂

[@uelld.8371]

2:56 The engineer: *"Not my job* to figure out how to design an easily to fix car."

[@dimitar4y]

Honestly, nothing cracks me up more than taking a friggin' sledge to parts that are stuck. Like there's literally no other way. But nothing will beat the rambo side window one.

[@geofjones9]

3:00 Thought I was looking a a Caddy Northstar. That car had overhead cams starter was where camshaft usually goes. BIG job to replace starter.

[@ben-cs8ez]

😄 just for the chicken at the end👍👍👍

[@sjnix7044]

That Nissan starter was WILD! New starter: $200. Labor: $1500.

[@lordodin5755]

That's in quebec i know this for 2 reason 1 theres like 5 people in the entire continent of Europe driving a saturn and 2 they'd be used to citroen peugeot and renault for which this would be "a light coat of rust"

[@TherealSoldier_boy]

If you designed that at 3:10 u shouldn’t be an engineer.

[@Ccs4646]

Lmao the chicken at the end 😂

[@markchristy9704]

The starter placement on the Nissan Titan is ridiculous. Design for Maintenance is a real thing. Car designers should check it out.

[@GFRnation]

They’re hard to fix so you have to take it too the dealership

[@red_bearded_brian]

I just replaced the starter on my Toyota Sequoia last weekend and it was in the same location under the intake manifold. It's the same with all Toyota 2UZ-FE engines. It a bear to get to for sure!

[@ThatGuyBaku0629]

5:10 HOW IS THERE DUST STILL COMING OUT AFTER ALL THOSE HITS?!?!

[@enzz3855]

5:15 What's your avg fuel consumption? Me: 10L/100km on average but turn to an EV after couple of mile.

[@ThePackDad]

Started using a cabin filter with Arm & Hammer included 2.5 yrs ago. Most odor free truck I've owned in decades. I usually change them annually.

[@knuddelwinzig498]

I desperately need one of the window chickens! They're so cute!

[@ecmoney801]

4:10, when I had 2002 audi a4, the hood latch cable came undone, and I had to use a tool just like that to go from underneath through a tiny gap to pull the lever to open my hood.

[@JeepinBoon]

Tired of drivers behind him blinding him with high beams, this driver now drives a lifted dodge 3500 with limo black windows.

[@Carhax]

😄👍

[@RAM4elightbars]

I kinda like the under-hood start button.

[@teknikgroup7597]

probably some old school philosophical Aussie farmer or Southern Yankee, or maybe a rough speaking European saying its "better than modern car rubbish engine immobilisers".

[@MmmHuggles]

Probably a result of some "redneck" who needed to drive it but didn't want to put any more money into and had some parts laying around anyway.

[@motorcoachtech7615]

The HD air brake rotor on the semi is called a ‘splined rotor’ . It uses shims and bolts between the splines, but the rotor actually floats. Used on some Hwy Coaches

[@JeannieKozicki]

The starter motor concealed beneath the intake left a lasting impact on me.

[@ptrd4111]

1:10 when everyone else is rocking, but you just want to chill

[@NinjaZXRR]

at 7:45 its Quebec Canada, its not uncommon to have rusted out cars there they spread salt all over the roads during winter time, it rusts cars so bad.

[@dylaninnes8541]

At 416 that's a bale hook all bent up 😂

[@alexus166]

the harmonica was a legend

[@b-radsadventures6846]

The quality of mechanic available is no less terrifying than the quality of car owner/driver!

[@imgladurfine]

i give my respects for customer state guys dealing with bs

[@TheSkubna]

Omg the rotor at the start wouldn't have felt good after just a few uses 😂

[@Bill_Bacon]

8:35 Yea, you better watch out for those springs!

[@RoyHess666]

I upvoted because: the chicken in the end! Best clip!!!

[@adriansalas1007]

Perfect choice of music at 0:26 😂😂

[@ninefingerdeathgrip]

1:10 crazy how that engine looks like fairly modern engine but pushrods and two valves per cylinder reveal that it must be some old klunker from 70's or something

[@SharpnessSword]

That guy can really handle a sledgehammer

[@Seri-Katil]

1:05 just a matter of time until he either gets a citation, fine, sued, or arrested especially if he causes an accident due to causing someone to have a seizure.

[@Thabyrd9]

3:24 Finally a car that can whoop a mechanics ass

[@ericligotke3542]

I usually adjust my mirrors when I’m getting blinded at night. I even wear amber lenses to help. Think I’ll get the trucks bumper lights!

[@MmmHuggles]

Make sure they are amber in color. Flashing white or red could lead to tickets for you. Amber colored could be explained as "safety lights".

[@MathiassS73]

1:18 The sound must have been simply exquisite.

[@darocks6501]

4:08 i can tell you what that is. Its a 5th wheen release for a transport.

[@JoriDiculous]

must be great driving along in a country well knowing no vehicles on the road have ever been inspected since new

[@Running-with-skizers]

4:14 that's a 5th wheel pin puller for a semi truck

[@davidraborn3654]

Thanks Guys. Awesome. Make me feel like a Genius.

[@Carhax]

Happy to help!😄

[@Giuseppe_De_Bellis]

3:58 Wheeel ooofff Fortuuuneee!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@PostieDan92]

My guy 5:00 putting full trust into his equipment