DESTROYED! Stripped Starter and Flywheel | OBS Ford F150

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[@RainmanRaysRepairs]

Ready for Part 2? Metal on Metal Clutch! Driveshaft falling out Square Body Ford F150 300-6 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXe6fohtndxrhJY

[@nathantilly3539]

a man of the people! thanks for part 2 today :)

[@woodchippers_WestWingDimeBag]

aliens are real and they live in the moon the moon's orbit doesn't have days, it has an impossible orbit that always faces earth it's hollow, it rings like a bell when struck it has an exhaust port hidden in a crater that's always emitting heat it's no moon, it's a space station... for aliens thats why we had to fake the moon landing and we've never been back the aliens told s not to return

[@MikeCBA]

My first 5 cars were manual (stick shift) but that's the way we roll in England 😅

[@truthseeker7794]

There are real aliens and to think that the disastrous human race are the only beings in the whole of space is just ridiculous. However, the aliens that are now being pushed onto us by the governments of the world are totally fake. There is something called Project Blue Beam (a fake alien invasion) that's been in the planning for many years. Look it up it's very real. There will never be "real alien" disclosure in our lifetime as their advanced energy systems and cures for all illness would take the control and power away from our corrupt governments. Now lets get this clutch fixed.

[@MadMaltMasher]

Aliens = Angels, specifically the fallen ones.

[@marchethomas1]

The first truck I had was a Ford with 3 on the tree and a floorboard high beam foot switch. The gas tank was right behind the seats and you could hear it sloshing around, especially on rough roads. One of the most dependable trucks I owned.

[@watchinglclowns9890]

Still should have the high beam on the floor, imo. More safe hands on wheel!!!

[@toddbrown3606]

52 Chevy 5 window was like that.

[@desotosky1372]

It was a natural motion if you grew up with it but in the rust belt the floor switch was a frequent but easy to replace item. Everything has been moved to the steering column and wheel. My Subaru has some 20+ functions there now..

[@chrislangstaff]

The stick coming out of the floor, man that is nostalgic of old farm trucks from my teenage years.

[@loudelvis610]

1 of my local new car dealers was on the radio and said that he made his kids drive a standard transmission as first car....the reasons were....it's more difficult to text and drive and less likely that kids could let there friends drive their car and it's always nice to be able to drive a stick in a pinch

[@alexanderkupke920]

Out of experience the learning curve from manual to automatic is rather shallow, compared to the other way round. Lets say people learn rather quickly not to try and hit the clutch just to realize there is only a brake pedal instead ;)

[@williampeel3688]

I had a '96 F150 Eddie Bauer edition w/ the 5.0 and 5 speed and dual tanks. Loved that truck. Learned three on the tree when getting my military drivers license at NAS Whidbey Island back in '82. Yes, I'm that old now.

[@percybysshe1796]

Learned to drive with both a stick shift and column change. Now they are one of the best anti theft devices.

[@SeanBZA]

Yes, did my drivers with a Datsun 680 pick up, with column shift, all 4 speed and reverse on the tree, and with the full Nautilus package, of no power steering and drums all round. Then owned a VW Beetle, same thing, just gearshift on the floor. Currently drive manual as well, simpler to maintain, no trans fluid to get dirty and die, and a clutch is cheap as well.

[@andrewdonohue1853]

as a truck driver that drive a KW with an 18 speed manual, and i own a 6 speed manual car i really dont understand what's so difficult. if someone wanted to steal a manual car, they cant even get it down the road. the thieves are incredibly stupid

[@richardstone5241]

lol, yep, THREE ON THE TREE is what I learned on and most people today don't know what that is or how to drive one!

[@desotosky1372]

I learned stick shift on a tractor 😀😀😀

[@dantesinfernopurgatory7826]

@@richardstone5241 My 86 Chevy C-10 came with a 3 on the tree. When those components wear, replacements are hard to find. I converted the 3 on the tree to 3 on the floor with a Hurst shifter which is infinitely more reliable.

[@stephenwestmoreland429]

We old UK 🇬🇧 Guys do. I have driven a 70s Bedford Van with a stick shift on the steering. I actually to my Driving Test. In a Ford Popular 100E. 3 speed manual with no synchro on 1st Gear. Double the Clutch job Ray. Keep up the Good work you make me smile. Steve Westmoreland 👨🏻‍🦳♿️🇬🇧🔧❤️👍👍

[@ianmcleod8898]

Most of us in Australia drive stick shifts. It's what we grew up with and still drive today.

[@olivier8264]

outback only!

[@paulsi1234]

Well we don’t call them “stick shifts” 😅, and these days most cars are automatic anyway!

[@olivier8264]

@@paulsi1234 yankee talk

[@jondurr]

Australians once bought over 150,000 manual-equipped passenger cars each year. In 2020, that was down to just 11,282 due to buyer apathy and a dwindling number of options.

[@kurtisstutzman7056]

That's one of my trucks...! All three of my trucks and my 79 Z28 are manual transmission...! I will never drive another automatic, except on the drag strip, manuals are so much more useful...!!! I'm a lawn service owner, this truck is used primarily in my neighborhood (lake Sarasota) and only goes 25 miles per week and rarely goes faster than 2nd gear... sometimes 3rd gear... I'm it's only driver so I wasn't worried about the u-joints failing at 15-20mph...! Anyway, glad to see it's finally getting fixed...! Thanks, keep up your awesomeness and go enjoy some nature today...! Don't forget to compliment someone today...

[@BuzzKillingtonne]

Taught myself to drive stick about 7 years ago and I've been driving stick ever since.

[@jeetec]

I learned on a five on the tree right hand drive pick up truck. When I was station in Japan. Quick check if clutch is going bad, shift it in 4th and try to get it moving. If it stalls out good clutch if it actually get it to go bad clutch.

[@planefreak747]

I know how to drive stick! My dads 1972 Datsun 280zx transmission went bad so we rebuild it together! After we finished, he taught me had to drive it on the hills of Cali. That’s how I got into working on cars and driving sticks.

[@Jordy-927]

What an awesome truck. 300 with a 5 speed... glorious

[@tylerbeach4727]

I learned to drive on a 1985 bmw 318i with a 5 speed. Did my drivers test in a truck just like the one in the video here but 4x4. Always preferred a standard. I’m 27 years old

[@CopeML]

At the top of that transmission behind shift housing there should be 3 rubber plugs that have been known to spontanesly go out due to old age and cause an annoying oil leak that only occurs while driving and then wicks down the side of the transmission whilst parked, the easiest time to replace those is while the transmission is out. I just ironically fixed that issue on my ranger 2 days ago, they can be replaced with doorman 555-108 steel plug.

[@joeldf6859]

Learned to drive a 4-speed stick in a '74 Pinto. Later, on a '76 or '77 (can't remember exactly which) Ford Granada with 3-speed column shift - yes, it was a standard transmission that my grandfather bought on purpose since it wasn't a normally standard option on that car, but he insisted... because of gas mileage. It didn't help much because it had their smallest available straight 6 engine pushing that heavy "mid-sized" car. It was a massive strain on that thing that you could feel going through the gears. It felt like it would slow down a good 10 mph just between gear shifts. My first vehicle to drive in high school and first year of college ('81 to '84) was a hand-me-down '60 Chevy C-10 short wheelbase step-side pickup. Again, 3-speed column shift. But at least the 235 straight 6 in that thing was a bit better suited to the vehicle. With the worn shifter bushings, you had to be careful going from 1st to 2nd, as the shift linkage from the steering column to the transmission would sometimes fall between the two brackets of the front and back position of the shifter. It would fall and stay in 1st with the shifter inside stuck in the middle position. I learned real quick how to shut down the engine, open the hood and pull the linkage back up and set it to the middle (neutral) position locked into the bracket plates, slam the hood, jump back in, crank the engine and get going again. I also eventually learned how to shift such that from 1st as I went back up through neutral to push it back and go up to 2nd, I first went a little further up (toward reverse) then a little "hook" back through neutral to go to 2nd. That seemed to help reduce the linkage drop occurrence to almost never. Later car hand-me-downs I drove to finish college were automatic transmission cars - a '73 Plymouth Satellite and '77 Pontiac Bonneville. My first new car purchase after college was a 1990 Acura Integra with a manual 5-speed - picked it off the lot. They didn't carry many with standard transmissions, but they just happened to have that one on the second day I was visiting the dealer, and in my favorite color - red pearl. I drove it until 2001. I've only had automatics ever since. Mostly because my wife can't drive a standard.

[@JamesRios-c2x]

I don't know if you wanted to make us laugh but I cracked up when the Ford door swung open and the wife unit must have been watching,all the time knowing something about the door! That was entertaining.

[@poita_m7142]

Yep most of us Aussies learnt on 4/3spds and three on the tree ad we call it lol.😊

[@j.decker7443]

First stick shift I drove was my dad's 51 Chevy with a "3 on the tree".

[@woo19woo74]

Be glad you have a lift, I have done this several times laying on my back in the driveway. Not fun at all.

[@thomasmiddlebrooke1012]

Never did a column shift, but I have daily driven stick for almost 10 years now. never going to a slush box if I can avoid it.

[@StrangerInAStrange]

I've always enjoyed driving a manual AND own a 1947 Plymouth P15 Convertible with 3-On-The-Tree. 🙂

[@TheDisorderly1]

Wow, check out the oil pan gasket!!

[@shawnmccutcheon6873]

Old Ford 52 brakets to mount an alternator and a nother 36 to mount a power steering pump 210 vacuum lines that seem to all go to every thing

[@martyh9309]

Learned to drive on a Ford tractor... No synchros in that tractor transmission... First vehicle was a '51 Studebaker PU... 3 on the tree, dash operated OD and floor start.... 😅

[@susanfender307]

Learned stick on a 96 Geo Prizm, driven stick on a 2000 Insight, and owned a 93 D21 Nissan truck. I still miss the Prizm (basically a rebadged Corolla- if it hadn't got smacked by a Volvo, I would probably still be driving it.)

[@m35a2ww]

3 on the tree, 4 speed, 5 speed, 7 speed, 9 speed, 10 speed, 11 speed, 13 speed, 15, speed and 18 speed with dod or double reduction. As well as a brownie and main trans set up!

[@erie910]

My folks' car had 3 on the tree when I learned to drive. My aunt's Mercedes had 4 on the column. I want a stick, but they're really hard to find.

[@martyngregory1282]

Yep 3 on tree 4-5 floor shift

[@tchamp72]

I drove an old ford maverick (not the truck, the car) with 3-on-the-tree. No problem. It's just like a stick on the floor, just sideways.

[@patrickdiehl6813]

I prefer a stick shift (Millennial anti-theft device) and still drive one daily. My 70 Dart had a three on the tree👍

[@davelittlewood195]

I have only ever driven cars with manual gear boxes. Current fun car has a close ratio racing box, changes out of 1st at 30mph. Top speed is about 185mph

[@thecowenfamily]

This is the biggest intro laugh ever.

[@ChrisFreeMan8]

great explanation on the "Aliens". Also the earth definitely isn't a globe imho

[@russellwhite8890]

The wife unit is so darn cute when she’s confused…ha

[@robertbowers9856]

I loved your dissertation on the "Alien Contacts>" LOL!! Amd I say, I'm tired of the bull too!!

[@IronFront1]

The most surprising thing about this video was that truck had a working parking brake.

[@timcarlyle147]

i do know on the tree and most stick shifts

[@adriancust]

From Northern Ireland everyone drives a manual.

[@JimsNBHomestead]

I had one of those, clock spring broke 2 weeks after repair. Front suspension, rotten brake lines not good in the north

[@polarys425]

Giant Meteor 2024. Who's the running mate?

[@susantreibs1405]

I know how to drive a stick, and learned on a Saab that had a 3 on the tree. Drive a VW Rabbit, stick, for a few years. How many switch between stick and standard, and almost put yourself through the windshield when you automatically push in clutch, but you are driving the standard. I have not driven a clutched vehicle in years.

[@matejpotoma3390]

In Europe its normal to have stickshift.

[@robboud5751]

I can drive a stick and a 3 on the tree. nothing like driving an old 1974 ford van with worn 3 on the tree linkage. lol.

[@tonybarkdull1199]

It's a Ford thing. It's complicated!

[@brentgilmore3281]

I can drive the hell out of a stick, 3 on the tree or 4 on the floor! My first car was a Pinto with a 4 speed lol!

[@JimsNBHomestead]

Three in tree, booh yeah baby

[@johnreid859]

Ray, Ray, we need to focus. The clutch or flywheel.

[@robertgrinnell4677]

Got my drivers license with a 1980 mazda truck with a 4 speed.

[@sveinsson22]

Was it worth the cost of parts and labor to repair the clutch? The truck can't be worth much. I've faced the same with a vehicle of mine. Any input would be appreciated.

[@billlink1726]

How would you handle this situation? 2008 NY Rusty Forester - changing ball joint and crack the control arm while trying to spread it open to remove the ball joint. - do you charge the original labor as well as the new control arm labor w/ pressing in a new wheel bearing? - charge for the new control arm and wheel bearing?

[@eskieguy9355]

I drove a Chevy 3 on the tree for a couple of years.

[@troyturner8221]

No don't touch the parking break!¡¡!!Bahahahaha..

[@stephenwestmoreland429]

This Video Fantastic My Era 70s 80s and 90s. In UK 🇬🇧 Smaller scale but everything so familiar. Great Ray.🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟👨🏻‍🦳Steve Westmoreland 👨🏻‍🦳♿️🔧🔧🇬🇧👍

[@thorhammer6040]

0:41 - I do.

[@thorhammer6040]

Both

[@jscanlan22]

Double clutch? Owned a 1960 International 1 ton grannie low Wish I had kept

[@raidkoast]

Me and everyone in my life knows how to drive manual cars. But we're European and manual cars are the norm here.

[@50zoomie]

In my youth you had to pay more for an automatic transmission because they were so "special". Now you can barely find a manual transmission vehicle.

[@robburns5226]

I can drive both Ray

[@J_J_Ander]

3 on da tree, no power steering or power brakes. You had to drive that truck.

[@petermontagnon4440]

I can drive both. LOL This thing looks like a death trap!!! LMAO

[@dalemarcus1371]

We know that rachet wrench was not 17mm, it was definitely 10mm … cause you lost it 😂😂

[@malakithefolf69621]

i drive stick daily never got the chance to drive 3 on a tree

[@Whipkick2]

I have driven 7 types of gear change. Tge worst i found was driving American stick shift, when you are used to using the right hand and drving on left hand UK Roads. Very disorientating.

[@wesleybrabant3595]

Howdy pilgrim

[@C.D.-km7jc]

and these same people think the earth is flat lol

[@Amil.C]

Preach!

[@maxxmich]

why is there a block of wood sitting by the front of the oil pan on this truck? I'd not work on it.... it looks Jerry rigged and very in safe

[@briancornelissen9289]

i know how to drive a stick im from belgium its like usual here

[@tomblobasjamesc.mccollum1740]

Jesus makes good aliens, with delicious bioengineered ingredients 🎉

[@frankm8533]

Best thing i did with my 96 f150 was deleted the whole emissions system runs better

[@daveduncan9005]

I believe that one of Ray's best super powers is his willingness to go inside these vehicles. I cannot understand why owners don't take better care of their vehicles, especially the interior. I wouldn't go inside some of these cars without a hazmat suit.

[@Terminxman]

This one isn't even that bad, it's just a work truck with tools laying around with dirt in the floor. It's not the same as a car filled with food waste and garbage

[@michaeldamian5140]

I learned to drive on a 1963 Plymouth, with a slant 6, "three on the tree", manual steering, manual drum brakes, bias ply tires, crank windows, no A/C, no seat belts, and AM radio. It ran great, was easy to drive, rode smoothly over bumps, and was extremely reliable. It was roomy inside and had a huge trunk. On a cross-country vacation from RI to CA and back, that car would cruise all day at 75-80 mph and get 23 mpg, and not burn a drop of oil. My Dad taught me how to use the parking brake to start off smoothly on a hill w/out rolling back. You young guys don't know what you've missed!

[@dbrown4bbl]

I learned on a ‘53 Dodge. In San Francisco!

[@russellstyles5381]

The hand brake type is good for that purpose.

[@Frank-ul1qs]

I get ya... I didn't any brakes to hold it still. I use the clutch and gas . Nope never bunt the clutch either. I started on a WV 1950's

[@davedyer2868]

I learned on 63 nova 6 cyl

[@ronleachsr]

Had 2 catch on fire and total the vehicles. 1st was the slant 6 in his car.the 7 was bad for gasket. Oil leaks. While driving sputtered and caught fire and totaled 2nd driving my dodge van, caught fire as I was pulling out and through a red light. Caught fire, car blowing to tell me it was on fire as I was I pulling out of a drive thru i pulled in the center lane and cop setting at red light used His fire ext to put it out but totaled van. Otherwise, good vehicles

[@IanSlothieRolfe]

Most of the cars I have owned have been stick shift - I'm from the UK and its the default option here (well, it was in the 80s when I learned to drive). I had one car with a column gear change, but the linkages were worn somewhat and finding a gear was a bit like stirring custard with a stick of rhubarb. Although for city traffic an automatic gearbox will save yourself from leg cramps as you shuffle 20 yards ar a time in traffic jams.

[@666sledgehammer666]

same - my weekend car is a manual

[@leehill9922]

Had a three on tree with a worn linkage that would occasionally get stuck in reverse. Kept a large screwdriver under the seat to pry the linkage loose, was easy as the linkage was up by the firewall on the steering column.

[@Zommari]

Stick question was probobly for US and Australia audiens ;) Europ is hard core stick 🤣

[@Zommari]

I forgot Rernault 4 😂

[@ZSAZSS09]

​@@ZommariRenault 4, the car with an umbrella stick. Yeah i'm familier with them. Funny little cars.

[@Wikkido5000]

The stick wiggle to check for neutral, never gets old.

[@Pointlesschan]

I remember doing it in my manual cars…

[@ponycar351w]

If it works it works, right?

[@brianfix4404]

Miss my manual gearbox! Neutral wiggle engaged lots!

[@barnaclebill2266]

Auto transmmissions and A/C were accessories in my early days. Starter on the floor where you could step on it while holding the clutch in. High beam switch on the floor. Wipers would run faster when you were slowing down and almost quit when you sped up. They ran off a vacumn pump which was on top of the fuel pump. I quit!! I just realized I'm older than dirt.

[@earlking4299]

I know how to drive a stick shift. I learned to drive with 3 on the tree

[@boggy7665]

And before cranking, to set the choke and give a starting spritz of gas, by half-depressing the gas pedal. Only on some cars. Aahhh, the joys of carburetors.

[@spaceflight1019]

1967 Ford F-100. 352 under the hood, three on the tree. Pull out the choke knob, pump the gas pedal twice, hit the starter. When it fires push the choke knob in about halfway and let it warm up for a few minutes. Once underway push the choke knob in.

[@ED-ti5tc]

Yes. I'd much rather have a manual transmission than an automatic any day!

[@noworriesmate5903]

Haven't heard 3 on the tree for a long long time. We must be old.😂

[@InssiAjaton]

When we kids had grown enough for our feet to reach the clutch, it became our duty to drive our cars in the evening some 200 yards to the garage. Nothing but stick shift cars - maybe a dozen - until I came to the US. Since then it has been nothing but automatic, except a couple times some rental cars abroad. Now I believe I still could handle manual ones, but have grown LAZY.

[@ritchieblackmore5204]

Hi Ray I live in the UK I drive what you you call a stick shift we call a manual, for 50 years their easy to drive, loving your videos and the wife unit's video's

[@davidhakadoober._1-]

Many here call it a manual as well saying stick shift is just simpler to some.

[@ritchieblackmore5204]

@@davidhakadoober._1- oh right I didn't know that thank you

[@justcurious3525]

My first car was a manual. The first time I had ever driven a manual was when I test drove that car off the lot. After I purchased it, I had no issues for the first week, but then stalled it at a traffic light on a fairly steep hill. That shook my confidence a bit and for the next week or two, I was stalling it everywhere. ☺

[@nightrunnerxm393]

Yeah, learnin' the ol' Stick Shift Rondo can get a little tricky when gravity isn't your friend. Of course, once you _do,_ it gets fun.

[@splitsecondmagician]

Heel and toe yo.

[@alexanderkupke920]

Pfff, I wonder what all the fuzz is about. Oh yeah, might be due to me living in Europe and Automatic transmission only got more common when they switched from classic automatic transmission to the likes of double clutch systems like the ones Volkswagen uses a few years ago. Now they seem to be phasing out manual transmissions, as the automatic ones allow the cars to be more fuel efficient. I grew up with the "common knowledge" of automatic transmission causing poor fuel economy in compariso. Which again is what makes me think is the reason why automatic transmissions only took of here when they got rid of the torque converter. I think I drove my first automatic actually on vacation in Canada, when I was 25.

[@Dudemieser]

That was a really nice truck, doesn't look like anyone is going to save it though 😢

[@kman0146]

Looks like the owner doesn't do anything but what is necessary to keep it driving.

[@edwardjenner1381]

As an owner of an '88 F150 I found the start of this video painful to watch. Parts are cheap and it is super-easy to work on. IDK, I guess some people just need something that moves.

[@williamallen7836]

​@@edwardjenner1381more then likely it's used as a small business's work truck. You wouldn't believe how every sole proprietary owned businesses I have seen just absolutely abuse the vehicles they make thier money with. They act like asking them to replace thier worn out break pads, is like asking them to murder thier first born child. They have a weird mindset, and take pride in the abuse. Then get pissed when they have to put out a large sum of money due to the abuse. It just goes to show that you don't have to be smart to own & run a business. There are many idoits doing it every day.

[@edwardjenner1381]

@@williamallen7836 Yea, I figured it is a work truck, but I have not had experience with small-business owners myself. IDK, to me there are some vehicles I would (and have) just use until they fall apart and then 'throw' (give to charity). Others are a bit more 'keepers'. These are popular, especially rust-free ones.

[@kybruce1]

Learned how to drive manual on 1971 Pinto. Have had several manuals since over last 52 years. Currently have a 6 SPD 95 Corvette. My son wanted a stick in high school so we got him a 97 Acura CL 2.2. Love that you will work on older crusty cars that many shops would refuse to work on or would not know how. You help a lot of people out

[@eldonhoward7925]

The old exploding Pinto! 😃

[@hdfxrs9121]

I had a 1972 Pinto Wagon. Came with an automatic. When it gave up I converted the car to a 4 speed manual. Don't have the Pinto anymore, but I have a 1987 Wrangler and a 2003 Civic with manuals. Oh, and I had a 1994 F150 just like this one. 6 cyl 300 with 5 speed manual, but with the short bed.

[@patrickchavez3848]

I am do happy you made part 2 immediately available!! You rock Ray!!

[@TheFenderman]

WOW seeing that transmission crossmember brought back my 1990 F250 memories, as a dumb late teen I cut those brackets off in a fit of rage after those upside down frame bolts wouldn't let them go. Revisited that a few years ago, welded those back together and put new hardware in the right way and never looked back lol. Good Job Rainman RAY!!!

[@bcubed72]

I own a '94 F150, same engine and trans. Been in there too many times: 1) Mouse gnawed the hyd. line; no clutch. Had to speed-shift it home and replace the slave cyl. 2) Slave cyl fails about 75,000 miles later; again! 3) Trans goes into 2 and R *simultaneously* descending Pike's Peak. Got it out of R from the top, and limped it 1500mi home. Tear it apart *again* to go to the rebuilders. Pretty sure I've had nightmares involving taking M5R2 off the 4.9...

[@TheFenderman]

@@bcubed72 Wow! Good on you for not giving up! That's quite impressive! Yeah I've got the Zumbrota ZF5, fortunately the only thing it does is STINK UP the cab lol, I can't find a boot, under the boot for the shifter anywhere 😂

[@Starchface]

My dad had a 3-on-the-tree Ford in the '80s. It's the traditional H-pattern on its side, if anyone is wondering. The hardest part is having only 3 gears.

[@jtjones4727]

Yeah we had an old Bronco when I was a kid with the 3 speed column shifter, I hated trying to drive that thing. The clutch was not exactly forgiving on those old trucks either.

[@dennis2376]

That truck is so ready for the junkyard.

[@AMStationEngineer]

Does Ray have a "padded Bang Head Here" sign, yet"??? If not, it's time to invent one! Cheers!, from PA Dutch Country, Ray and Family.....

[@elephantwalkersmith1533]

Learned to drive my dad’s 1972 Chevy truck, three on the tree, when I was 12. Then my 72 beetle with 4 on the floor in high school. Those were the days…

[@richardwarnock2789]

24:12 play in SlowMo with Steve Austin Music 🎶 excellent Bill and Ted Totally agreed 👍 👏

[@ginobragoli1448]

That truck is ready for the junk yard, not financially worth spending big money on clutch, flywheel, starter motor or u-joints in my opinion!

[@FsjONtonsSON]

Ok you got me good ray working in my garage had a sip of beer when u dropped thee wrench through the floor friggen made spit my beer out!! Dude you kinda sounded like ARNOLD 💪

[@erik149]

USA must be the only developed country without periodical technical checks of cars, it is terrible in what wrecks people are allowed to drive on public roads. Maybe the US congress should ask aliens to check cars on road worthiness ?.

[@johnnyperdue7036]

And that is how Ray is canceled, talking about alien conspiracy. For real though love you channel makes me want to fix something

[@AB-jk7tw]

I learned to drive a 1961 three-on-the-tree base trim Chevrolet station wagon with zero options. Believe me, if you could drive that car, any other manual transmission is easy to operate - especially on a hill.

[@iowaphotos9107]

That's a parts truck. It needs so many things it's more valuable for what little parts are good on it. I hate saying that but it's a work horse that needs to go to pasture. The running 300 is the gem of the truck.

[@michaelray5595]

Out-freakin-standing way to handle the long video!!! I believe you just found a way to satisfy everyone.... RAY'S AN ALIEN!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@terryh8421]

I would rather watch any of Rays videos no matter how long than any main stream media nonsense!

[@harryellis8873]

Hate doing clutches it's never a easy job ring gear is easy and bendix on starter new cars are a pain so much to remove looks like it was stuck on spigot shaft

[@MontanaDirtRoads]

That's referred to as the Folgers can.that was a nice truck at one time which is sad to see. Them 90s era trucks are just damned reliable and easy to own.

[@RobertDavis-ck6qu]

RAY if there is alliens around DO you work on space ships LOL

[@rpmurphey1981]

My first vehicle was a 5 speed 95 ranger, and then I had a 72 Chevelle with 3 on the tree

[@reginaldbrown1073]

The aliens dont want to take the planet from us in its current condition so they said clean it up before the invasion.