Customer States They Just Needed An Alternator | Mechanical Nightmare 31

[@jw11432]

I'd flat out refuse that last one. What an actual nightmare.

[@MadIIMike]

Same, chances are you won't get the money for it anyway.

[@magcentric44]

It's all fixed and back to normal!

[@GhostDrummer]

@@magcentric44 What was all of that? If it’s too insane to explain, that’s understandable…I’m just really curious. It reminded me of the time I tried helping my brother in law on a 1981 Dodge Ram D250. I tried talking him out of literally wasting thousands of dollars and 1.5 years of my life into making it run. He refused. It was the worst vehicle I’ve ever worked on. The plus side is he now knows how to do minor troubleshooting and repairs, so I guess it wasn’t all a loss.

[@SpartanX360]

A fire hazard at best

[@euromobile900]

Often these weird hacky wiring bypasses are done by clueless owners (and clueless mechanics) to fix simple problems. I bet you could take the bypasses off one-by-one, while looking at the wiring diagram, and figure out why they did it. Then repair the root of the problem. I've fixed a couple old Saabs done up like this and they are always easier than they first look.

[@garylangley4502]

The 18 year old with the wheel bearing, or what's left of one: I saw the same thing on my friend's 1962 Chevy Corvair. One of the rear axles had a destroyed bearing, and the axle would slide outward on turns, and the brakes wouldn't work. Really scary to drive. I fixed it for him.

[@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK]

To anyone who’s wheel bearing is that bad and you don’t have a lot of money, you’re better off getting an el cheapo Chinese one then continue on that. They won’t last but at least your wheel won’t fall off without squealing for a while

[@schrodingerscat8621]

I would call those Caravan owners up, and tell them to get this Row vs. Wade mobile out of here!

[@thelazarous]

0:34 I bet the ATF cleaned the tarnish right off the inside of the block, so we'll it probably sparkles now

[@millerscorner2]

Customer should not tell mechanic big tales. That bump was much more than a bump!!

[@instigatedeye5941]

"keep on knockin but you can't come in"

[@high1voltage1rules]

7:15 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣OMG THAT CRACKED ME UP BIG TIME! WHY THE ACTUAL F'CK'' 🤣😅🤣😅

[@jw4620]

I'd refuse that last job.

[@jordanseay216]

We had a 2002 Ford Explorer come in. The thing had 274k original miles. Pulling it into the bay, it almost stalled idling in gear and was misfiring badly. And after a rather simple inspection, I found it needed a new air filter, ball joints, tie rods, parking brake lines, tires, brake pads/rotors, and a new steering rack. It was also leaking from everywhere that could leak and there was some chronic rust. It was so bad I went and talked to the service advisor and we deemed it unsafe to drive so the owner had to release the car with a signature. They apparently had inherited it from his late father and he felt something wasn’t quite right about it when he brought it in. He ended up getting rid of it and buying something else.

[@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK]

As the son of a 31year mechanic, I’m amazed one of those exploders lasted to 274k, the late 90s to mid 2000s ones have the nickname exploders for a reason

[@jordanseay216]

@@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK oh yea. I bet I did it’s last oil change tho. It didn’t feel like it had a lot of life left. But it was still running.

[@jordanseay216]

Yep. I bet it was.

[@briancooper4959]

@@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK Yes. Against my advice, my daughter bought one. Luckily she got rid of it before it started costing her real money.

[@schrodingerscat8621]

“ I figured as much, he neglected me and my sister too!”😔

[@FizzleFX]

2:20 the infamous highway landmines

[@redwolfmaddox3986]

Love these videos I’m a machinist myself and I’ve seen some pretty abused cars

[@alanolson6913]

It seems people just don’t want to take care of their vehicles. My folks’ era (the World War 2 generation) had vehicles and kept them a number of years - because they took the time to take care of them . My Dad taught me and my brothers to do the proper maintenance and the vehicle will serve you well. His folks bought a ‘50 Buick Riviera in the fall of’49. With proper maintenance it lasted until they traded it in on a ‘69 Wildcat. They didn’t drift or road race (yeah, I know, different generation, but proper care is proper care no matter the era).

[@alazyfrog5969]

7:54 "That's interesting" - LMAO Mr Spock

[@TrailGoon87]

Lol the 10mm in the drain pan.

[@jakeeyes3]

It’s the bell housing

[@dannylinc6247]

I did that once by accident. Had to lower the pan and fish it out. I couldn't find it any where else. Yep, it was in there.

[@davidpalmer5166]

Isn't it amazing how nasty some people let their cars get. I'd hate to see their house.

[@CommodoreFloopjack78]

Always beware the customer who says "But it JUST started doing that!" You know good and well that you've got an unholy can of worms there.

[@sixstrings2]

7:07 About 9 out of 10 times you rewire it to stock and the car runs just fine, being a Dodge though you will probably have to replace the fuse box..

[@TunefullyOG]

Poor poor Ford Lightning @3:28 Apparently it ate a bolt and cracked the block.. what a terrible situation.. I've seen engines eat bolts and the bolt just destroys the valves/cylinder walls/piston. Never hurt the block, but under boost is a different thing.

[@scottinWV]

That induction heater is nice!

[@tobygathergood4990]

They are. I have one and it saves a ton of time.

[@Crosshair84]

7:06 That van is clearly wired up with a flux capacitor...

[@Dansk55]

Hey bro nice compilation. Could you reduce the background music on the next one?

[@meccaunknown8725]

These customers know exactly what thier cars need!

[@jacobmackey4142]

Junk yard?! 😉

[@michaelvanhorn3271]

Oh, I wish it were so...

[@leroygreen1877]

Wow that van WTF dude didn't know the ECU controls charging voltage.

[@briancooper4959]

2:12 A bump? A KABAMMO! might be more accurate. 4:15 I have some words: "This will be very expensive to make right." A good used car might be cheaper. 4:26 "This customer prefers to do his own fleet oil changes." Translation: He hasn't been doing any oil changes. Truly dazzling that you can't make some people understand that ten oil changes are still cheaper than a motor rebuild.

[@joshuafisk5080]

I have heard running atf oil mix cleans the engine well

[@cumminsfj4586]

Back in the day many decades ago maybe, today's atf does not contain those additives like sperm oil etc. That's why people doing atf flushes in the modern day are stupid

[@briancooper4959]

I heard that too - fifty years ago. I doubt today's engines would play nice with it.

[@dsteffler54]

@:30…. How do you know it was ATF? I put Castrol Oil (10-30) … for high mileage engines in my car and its red…. Looks just like ATF, but isn’t! The bottle it comes in is also red.

[@richardsnyder3900]

Smell

[@dsteffler54]

@@richardsnyder3900 LOL... there is a bigger difference between the smell of various motor oils than there is between some motor oils and some transmission oils.... so you can't tell which is which by smell.

[@jameskennedy673]

All are a mechanics nightmare. The one with the diesel in gas tank, reminds me of a woman who filled up her diesel truck fuel tank with gasoline, didn’t know it until the truck stopped running, cost her a bunch of $$$$$

[@tinknal6449]

There is a picture making the rounds of a woman filling her tank with DEF...

[@stevemiller8032]

The one using the induction heater you could have bought yourself a $50 set of torches and do that in a quarter of the time instead of a $600 induction heater and standing there for 30 minutes

[@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK]

1:27 *hank hill begins crying*

[@jacobmackey4142]

My friend worked used car lot. We picked up four cars from an auction we checked the oil of the cars. One car we put like 2 quarts in it . We drove it back to the lot. The oil was lost gone. Found out the car motor was junk. The owner bought a junk car! He was upset. Just alittle!

[@axjason]

Anybody ever heard the term more cowbell doesn’t apply to this crappy ass Dodge Caravan here

[@scottlambeth5478]

@ 3:12 That's most likely a 99/00 Ford Lightning that never had the intercooler recall done. OEM intercooler ruptured letting the engine suck all the coolant from the IC system through the engine. Well known issue with an easy fix, but if left alone it can and will ruin an engine.

[@TunefullyOG]

Nah man that truck ingested one of its bolts and cracked the block. Well atleast that's what the caption said. If you're on your phone turn it sideways and tap the bottom of the screen to see the caption for each "chapter".

[@coffman06]

With my mechanical aptitude I didn’t see any thing wrong.

[@tobygathergood4990]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@buzza2077]

I'd open and close that last hold in 15 seconds flat, especially if I saw that relay. 😆

[@petergarofolo9385]

How did the wife get the desiel nozzle in the gas filler neck. good video 👍👍

[@Doing_it_right_the_first_time]

That’s what I was thinking because on a diesel station pump the nozzle is larger than a gas nozzle or the receptacle in the vehicle so it makes it very difficult to do that; it’s supposed to alert you that something is not right when it doesn’t go in…some people are just dumb as a box of rocks as they will find a way to do it anyways!

[@briancooper4959]

I'll bet my socks that she was already angry at having to put gas in it to start with. That the nozzle didn't fit only enraged her more. Once mad, many women lose all sense of logic, and will do the most amazing insanity. Oh, and it's a sure bet that she blamed the husband for this happening.

[@mikeyb6280]

Auto diesel nozzles are smaller than truck diesel nozzles in some stations.

[@CainXVII]

Is it just me or is that gear lever at 5:30 a bit extra phallic?...

[@richardmoore7411]

@Jirdann hey buddy I had the same issue on my 2002 Ford explorer XLT but that's what my rear passenger side did my bearings we completely shot they were not inside so it warped my knuckle so it's a good thing I had purchased everything because it also broke my rear CV Axel so I purchased the entire knuckle and CV Axel I'm glad I did because the knuckle was so warped that the bearings would of just fell out due to the damage but I drove on it for 5 months before my axel broke I know the bearings were bad but I couldn't afford it so I know what you mean lil buddy!! Scary stuff once you realize what you were doing

[@SilentSword0hz]

5:43 Runnin' Down A Dream?

[@laurelsporter]

What exactly happened, to make the incident around 1:45?

[@reini3006]

Well, not sure about US road safety laws (if any...) but cars like the ones on this channel would directly go to the scrapyard in Germany. How come anyone can drive these death-traps?

[@reini3006]

@Karl with a K Sorry, I think I did not make my point clear. What I meant to say was : how come that in a country where you could be stopped and ticketed by police for a broken taillight cars in a shape as bad as in the clip are still allowed on the road?

[@nc4125]

It's probably the alternator

[@dannylinc6247]

They don't make them like they used to.

[@spaghetti9845]

6:47 will buff out.

[@ahoytheremate1954]

good channel sorry mate i cant watch you in portrait mode it sucks big time Ty

[@FizzleFX]

The last bit with the wobbling camera made me feel sick

[@billsalvey]

That last car my shop would of probably declined..

[@GrainGrown]

would *have, not "of"...

[@colynman]

these videos i hit a bump or hit something i want to see a fucking picture of what you hit because the damage of engine wide open like these has to be the biggest wtf lol

[@GamePsycho123]

Bluetooth wheel hub

[@redwolfmaddox3986]

Mechanic

[@tr3ning]

Ads every 30 seconds that is so annoying

[@paulsmallriver6066]

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