Customer States 'Just Fix The Wiring. Ignore Everything Else' | Mechanical Nightmare 131

Customer states and mechanical problems in one digestible video for you to enjoy!
In today's episode of customer states and mechanical problems, a customer states that their car pulls in both directions. Another customer only wants their wiring fixed.
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Video descriptions:
0:00 Intro
0:04 A customer got an accurate diagnosis for once
0:26 Just rolled in for some new tires
0:32 Terrible work by the alignment shop that did this. They definitely would've noticed but chose to keep quiet
0:48 Timing chain or guides are so worn that it bores a hole in the block
0:56 Poor engine, some other comments mentioned that perhaps this could be from the oil freezing and unfreezing many times
1:26 Wheel bearing on this Mechanics 2004 Ford Focus was well overdue for a new one after it caused the brake rotor to wear unevenly
1:36 Good thing they decided to get this checked out
1:46 Mechanic found out why his car suddenly got louder during their final race
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1:58 Not what you want to see when opening the hood of a customers car
2:34 Don't really need to say much more about this one other than they should not be on the road at all
2:41 Just a little bit of excess movement
2:51 Brand new ball joint before then after... yeah bit overdue
3:01 Briggs and Stratton Vanguard 2 cylinder - not entirely sure what happened to this one but as you can see that oil is horrific
3:39 Yeah I think they've got bigger issues than the wiring for the rear lights...
3:43 Customer States "my car acts odd when shifting from R to D"
3:53 2004 Subaru FXT either some good old rod knock but hopefully just a tensioner pulley knock
4:05 Customer said their engine turns over.. but doesn't turn over
4:15 Customer States "there's nothing wrong with my brakes"
4:22 Customer States "it won't idle and is belting out smoke" - 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer head gasket is done for
4:40 Brake caliper is missing a bolt likely hitting on their rim
4:46 I honestly have no clue what this sound is coming from or what's causing it
5:20 Customer States "It's got a weird noise when in reverse" - 2003 Chevy Tahoe
5:39 This customers 2009 Ford F150 seems to be haunted this was after it wouldn't start and the keys were removed from the ignition
5:58 Outro
#customerstates #mechanicfail #mechanicproblems

[@warp.routine]

I havn't tried silly putty brand oil before, but after watching this I might try. It clearly lasts until the end of the engine's life...

[@DeltaWhiskeyBravo13579]

Conveniently that's about 5 minutes after adding silly putty oil. I think Wally World has it on sale in 5W30.

[@warp.routine]

@@DeltaWhiskeyBravo13579 just looked it up... $8 weeks kind of steep for a 5qt jug but at least they throw in the oil filter for free

[@kennethjackson7574]

Some of those photos of what’s in the crankcase remind me of Caterpillar final drive oil. Cold, it would barely flow. SAE 300.

[@ryans413]

My cars 20 years old and the only problem it has is the gaskets on the engine leak a little. I’m so shocked by the state of most these cars.

[@uncrustable9923]

mine is 30 years old

[@JeeGee114]

37 years young. Brake fluid was changed last year. Every year oil change. Put some new Michelin's on in 2019. It will outlast me.

[@ryans413]

@@JeeGee114 yea I’ll have to get those gaskets done but for now I just keep an eye on my oil and top it up. The engine runs fine but I believe the gaskets are original to the car and they seep some oil. Overall cars in great shape all its fluids get changed by the book’s maintenance schedule the AC was recently fixed it had a small leak from the service valves I did the tires and brakes all new and the cracked windshield was replaced other then that the cars been rock solid for 20 years now

[@joshuagibson2520]

People are fuckin animals first of all. Second, the ignorance is astounding these days. A bunch of hopelessly helpless people out there.

[@forgottenchild7935]

The one with the rotted out rear shock tower looking for electrical work......yeah, no, take that pos from my shop and never come back.

[@FuckGoogle502]

I got an alignment done this past December. Truck pulled hard to the right all the way home. Found out the technician stripped the cam bolt on each side and the "alignment" he had done moved the instant he put it back on the ground. Replaced the bolts and did the damn alignment myself with chalk on the floor and a tape measure. Never going back there again. Problem is, I'm out of local shops to try.

[@PlymouthVT]

I hear you. Try to get your AC fixed. All the old ac guys who knew there shit have retired.

[@daphetidroberto797]

Hard to believe that people let expensive machinery (cars, Trucks, etc.) get to such bad shape. All owners' manuals show what the proper maintenance should be.

[@DeadInsideButStillSmiling]

Owners' manuals also tell people to not drink the contents of the battery so, there you go.

[@Edders234]

Cars don't come with owner's manuals anymore. It's all on an app ( at least for ford)

[@mmasque2052]

Nobody ever reads the operator’s (owner’s) manual.

[@GrnXnham]

People are lazy and they procrastinate. Why do maintenance when you can always put it off another day?

[@jameskennedy673]

Maybe some people don’t know how to read

[@Tommy.461]

With most of these you just have to wonder how loud do they keep the stereo?

[@Killertomato84]

"I'll fix it when i can't turn the radio up enough to ignore it"

[@darkracer1252]

yes

[@DeltaWhiskeyBravo13579]

Possibly 11 on a 10 scale volume control

[@DIY-ry9so]

I will call the cops for something like this. This vehicle is most definitely a coffin on wheels.

[@BearsTrains]

That last one is actually the auto destruct sequence.

[@DavidSmith-ze2wi]

The Briggs and Stratton oil problem could be a result of their ludicrous " Check and Add " policy.

[@dont-want-no-wrench]

looks like it had something added to the oil to me

[@philojudaeusofalexandria9556]

it won't gel like that without an additive being added. Oil itself will only get sticky/sludgy/hard (in extreme cases). Not gel up like jello.

[@warrickmiller7651]

​@@philojudaeusofalexandria9556 I had oil turn like this when the engine overheated

[@DeltaWhiskeyBravo13579]

There's always room for Jello

[@thomashelmberger6151]

0:56 Most likely caused by mixing vegetable oil into mineral oil

[@jsEMCsquared]

Last one-- not enough blinker fluid warning sound.

[@quintonashman280]

Those shaking gauges must be a Ford thing, my Sport Trac does the same thing. You have to cycle the key a few times for them to stop

[@barryburka7395]

Amazing to see how many muppets are using floating bearings these days.

[@stevie-ray2020]

Last clip; 'RUN!' 💣💥

[@ivanolsen7966]

if you cannot afford to maintain a vehicle ...... DON'T OWN ONE

[@Shododaan]

#2 - wow... just wow. That product placement ad for Walmart was spot-on =)

[@TWTexasA1]

There should be laws pertaining to vehicle abuse just like child abuse…..🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lemolea9571]

It would be nice to know what ended up happening to the squirrel babies if you know? Did they get returned to their parents, sent to a rescue centre...? I'd hate if they weren't properly dealt with and just left somewhere.

[@dm1927]

Thinking same thing 🙏

[@benjurqunov]

Squirrels are just rats with a fuzzy tail. A real mechanic paid on book would shopvac that mess then get the repairs done.

[@rcryderman11]

thrown in the trash where they belong.

[@fubartotale3389]

Its living on a big farm in the country, just like your childhood dog.

[@FaustoTheBoozehound]

They got picked up by their auntie in a Mazda Tree

[@frosthoe]

1:00 thats vegetable oil / cooking oil in the engine! Gels up like that every time.

[@scottrussell6717]

All of them is purely owner neglect

[@f.chrisliuzzo7889]

That Briggs a Stratton looked like someone used oil additives instead of oil in the engine.!!😮😅

[@kalebchristan6779]

Love your videos

[@roycejulian1517]

Plastic cam in the briggs at 1:25 was still minty.

[@ouch1011]

Some mechanics seem way too willing to finger disgusting things with their bare hands. Gloves exist for a reason

[@blakesejarma]

Bruh. My truck starts ticking with the key in my hand and I’m jumping out Ace Rothstein style !

[@rogerwilcojr]

5:25 I'd check for a clothes pin and baseball card.

[@cliffcorson4000]

Last one You're in a mission impossible car and it's set to explode in 5 ssconds

[@colynman]

that last vehicle was like im dieing you are seeing my last heartbeats let me die

[@Iconoclasher]

Is that a plastic camshaft @ 1:12 on the B&S engine?

[@GreggeSB]

Oil change? Whadaya mean I need an oil change? It was fine when I bought it! (50,000+ miles ago) Seriously, though, those rusted out truck rims irritated the hell out of me because a decent set of new steelies isn't that expensive compared to wrongful death lawsuits when the idiot kills someone because the wheel came apart on the highway.

[@rburn6677]

Bet the owner is too cheap to have auto insurance. They think it is a rip off.

[@joshuareynolds7982]

1:12 I’ve noticed it’s putting those damn oil additives in and not changing your oil

[@chrisgabbert658]

It would be nice to know what they put in the Briggs at the 1 minute.

[@RoivonPC]

4:15 that's because there's nothing LEFT of your brakes.

[@stevesmith6236]

So, what was done with the baby squirrels?

[@rickjames5998]

prob the trash, if Im being honest.

[@marymulrooney1334]

I hope they found a rescue to raise the baby squirrels and release them when they are old enough.

[@dortkommendieclowns1474]

I'm always amazed by the mechanical nightmares from the US. Why still no MOT?

[@TekuTaurus]

We have safety inspections, just not all states do. And some are more intensive than others

[@kennethjackson7574]

Possibly the same reason we drive on the right side of the road, and why our carousels turn left- the Brits did it one way, so we do the opposite. Just kidding, really. I really don’t know why we don’t have inspections as rigorous as your MOTs.

[@vollkerball1]

00:50 Inspections holes!

[@tinknal6449]

Who knew anyone even still works on Briggs ant Stratons anymore? I'm a scrapper and most people throw them out when the crappy carb gives out....

[@j.w.3345]

Crappy gas not crappy carbs. It's the ethanol in the gas that gums them up when they sit unused for 6 months.

[@tinknal6449]

@@j.w.3345 Yeah, I agree with that but the fact remains that most people just toss the whole machine. I'm a scrapper, you wouldn't believe how many still running riding mowers I picked up after the first big stimulus checks came out.

[@GrnXnham]

@@j.w.3345 Absolutely correct JW! I used to use that garbage gasahol in my small engines and had nothing but problems. Now I drive out of my way to get the the non-ethanol gas and that fixed about 90% of my problems in my small engines. These little engines were never designed to deal with ethanol

[@GSimpsonOAM]

@@GrnXnham We converted some small gas engines to run on methanol for model aircraft. (allows you to remove the ignition system so lighten engine) To get the engine to run it requires re-jetting the carb as the mixture ratio changes. Fuel injection with computer can compensate but a carb can't

[@papabits5721]

Veg oil in the briggs

[@ericcarr8634]

Ticking car never heard from again nor was the driver.

[@kennethjackson7574]

Car is ticking. Look for the digital LED display. Is it counting down with less than one minute left? If so, cut the BLUE wire!

[@DeltaWhiskeyBravo13579]

Cut the red wire last They're all red 💥

[@richardwarfield7386]

Yup sounds like a Chevy alright

[@veraciousguy]

Some people really should really not be car owners. This is just ridiculous

[@dmomintz]

Why do Nissan owners hate their cars so much?

[@mikeallan7740]

They probably think they don't need maintenance because they're Japanese cars and therefore bomb proof.

[@VehicleLivesMatter]

Walmar

[@ColtonRMagby]

It'd be nice if people actually cared about their cars. I'd put in kill switches for the fuel pump that goes "up up down down left right left right b a" in the sequence.

[@nicholassuriano6957]

Contra!!!

[@ColtonRMagby]

@@nicholassuriano6957 Someone knows their video game history, AND the Konami code!

[@kennethjackson7574]

Or the Starship Enterprise Destruction Code.

[@ColtonRMagby]

@@kennethjackson7574 I don't know that one off the top of my head.

[@DeltaWhiskeyBravo13579]

There's a flashback for ya. Bill and Lance...'87, the year I graduated high school.

[@pinthunters9961]

it's unbelievable that in america you're allowed to drive a car without having any knowledge. these are heavy machines and you really need a thorough training for that. but no, learning from mommy and daddy is so much better. idiots at the wheel.

[@FordRangerClassics]

Is it just me, or is there no sound?

[@GrnXnham]

It's just you

[@FordRangerClassics]

@@GrnXnham well that's not good lol

[@racingflash6292]

In the state these "drivers" leave these cars it's excellent to steal these cars for scraps and whatever can be used by anyone who cares about his car's condition.

[@markoman5267]

1:58- Don't you at the very least have to open the hood once in a while to refill the wiper fluid?

[@XPFTP]

20 ton ? i for sure wouldnt goto that shop.. he doesnt even know what truck it is.

[@MICHAEL-ys3pu]

Why do so many Americans destroy their brakes? And the amount of rust is ridiculous!

[@kennethjackson7574]

Automatic transmissions are one reason. My Alfa Romeo, for instance, is very near neutral handling in a downshift when driven enthusiastically, but has some understeer when braking hard, so I like downshifting. But there’s no downshift option on most American vehicles.

[@MICHAEL-ys3pu]

@@kennethjackson7574 that’s not a reason why Americans destroy brakes, shortly the grinding noise as the fools push the brake pedal indicates their is a problem that requires some attention.

[@kennethjackson7574]

@@MICHAEL-ys3pu Perhaps “wearing out brakes faster” on cars with automatic transmissions would be a better way to say it.

[@MICHAEL-ys3pu]

@@kennethjackson7574 brake pads yes but the number on KZbin with discs gone, discs broken, callipers smashed, you can’t put that down to anything other than clueless drivers, nothing to do with automatic transmissions.

[@kennethjackson7574]

@@MICHAEL-ys3pu In my military career there were four maintenance philosophies. They weren’t competing, they were selected for each piece of machinery. System-Based, where available backups, redundancies, or cross-connects were available. Condition-Based: laser alignment checks, vibration data collection and analysis, flow-checking things like pumps. Preventative Maintenance, based on hours of use, calendar based days/weeks/etc. And then there was RTF- Run To Failure, and yes, that was sometimes chosen for non-mission-critical items. Some individuals in such videos chose RTF for their brakes.

[@Leonid.Y]

Look who's talking. What's wrong with u guys? Why all videos were taken in portrait mode?

[@johncmitchell4941]

Comes that way, gets uploaded that way. It's about how these shots were originally taken.

[@georgeemmons5128]

And I have a 65 Healey 3000 and its all original equipment so take care of your car and it will take you where you want to go. 57 years and its all good although I'm restricted mileage insured at 150.00 dollars a year but I care for it very well.😁😎.

[@georgeemmons5128]

Once again Nickelodeons slime attacks, what a horror movie plot "ATTACK OF THE SLIME LUBRICANT"!!! Never mind the corpse in the fender well just put air in the tire? 🤔. Ok Mr. Gotti! 😘 of death for some?