Fixing My Tow Vehicle

[@porkyswelding]

many steer boxes have a little allen head bolt you can adjust for tightness. nova sounds good.

[@packofhounds]

If Ike admits a vehicle is unsafe, then it's definitely unsafe! I think the Nova sounds pretty good and I like how the exhaust guy tucked those tips on the sides like he did. They're there if you want to see them but not hanging down silly if you don't.

[@Buck1954]

The Nova sounds great. Love those old Chevy Trucks. I have a 2002, 4.8L 2wd. I just rebuilt the rear brakes. One rotor went bad which was weird. Great tribute to your dad.

[@honorrolls5415]

Once again you have made fun video out of a day in the life of fixing your rides. I was so surprised how nice Nova sounded. Did similar to my 69 falcon 6 but put on a header and true duel exhaust but your sounded great. Nova nice shape. Still recovering from semi hit but videos like this make days more enjoyable take care don’t let hurricane Helene get ya

[@scottjohnson7263]

Nothing better than a good fresh servicing. Bet it feels like new! Stay safe with the storms bro.

[@Tylerscbperformance]

I absolutely love the fact that my steering wheel is not centered when driving straight in the exact same way as yours is and I’ve got one of the same beat around Suburbans.

[@Leavetheherd]

Nice job as always. I hope you and the C+C gang are safe during the storm.

[@isaacitllbefine7231]

Yes we are

[@docholiday6944]

Great video Ike! Be safe and drive careless!! ✌️👊🤙🤙🫡🫡🫡

[@tinygaragepowersports0122]

Dig the exhaust. The startup sounded just like a mid to late 90's F-body...same setup. One pipe into the transverse muffler, with dual tails. Nice little car!

[@WingmanJohnny]

Great job. Can't wait to see the next project

[@RadicalLinguisticDescriptivism]

Hope you are a safe from the storm Ike! My best friend's parents drove that exact Suburban when we were in highschool... same color and everything.

[@kaseyjones4143]

thats sounds really good my guy i like . keep up the great work ike .

[@AndrewHCann]

Excellent video Issac :) also car sounds nice car and running super !

[@isaacitllbefine7231]

Thanks a lot!

[@shanewright6958]

Another good one. The car sounds great 👍👍

[@twocvbloke]

Steering & brakes are very useful things on the road, that's for sure... :P

[@amazing_bobson]

There are a few KZbin videos showing how to adjust the steering box to get the looseness out of it. Might have saved you buying a new steering box. Nova looked like it was running way rich when you were backing it off the trailer after the new, really good sounding, exhaust! Now a few light mods to the 262 and it may run like it sounds......🙂

[@Yelnats101]

I’m late!! Saturday!! 2nd best day of the week. Have a good weekend Ike!

[@BFTEgodswarrio5939]

Aei exhaust is what I have on my yukon denali and it sounds deep throaty exhaust note. Everyone likes how it sounds.

[@Robert-ni6ut]

Watching you work so fast in those montages make me feel like I've been working way to slow lol 😅

[@juliojreyes6234]

Awesome nova.

[@thatsonebadhatharry8610]

Nova would be a great candidate for an ebay turbo setup. See how much power you can extract from that 262 tiny block. You wouldn't even have to change your new exhaust. 👍😁

[@rickybearden4575]

sounds good !!! 👍👍

[@kevinching1975]

I hope you are safe and well and not affected by hurricain Helene

[@isaacitllbefine7231]

Thanks. I had no problems

[@RogerBankerFishmiser]

I had a Duster with 4 wheel Drum brakes that did the same thing. It got real hairy when you had to slam on the breaks. lol

[@byrongilbert3720]

the nova sounded great. really really nice. how many miles are on that burb? just curious.

[@isaacitllbefine7231]

I think its around 160k. I'm not 100% sure

[@paultice610]

I’m up in my Chevy suburban and I’m swerving as I’m drinking that bourbon lol 😂

[@JohnChrysostom101]

Hope you are ok brother God bless you

[@isaacitllbefine7231]

I am thanks

[@bitsnpieces77]

9:33 still got the plastic on the tv drives my ocd crazy 😂😂😂

[@isaacitllbefine7231]

As dirty as it is in the shop I thought it would be more beneficial to leave it on. Yea it bothers me too

[@eliswalley6088]

Your suburban needs a flowmaster exhaust too

[@NTromb]

I’ll be honest I had a 2002 GM or sorry Chevy Suburban and I had a Flowmaster on it and because of the big passenger compartment you don’t want it, it drones

[@michaelkimmey8182]

If you ever use a vehicle for towing never put flowmasters on it. There are a few companies that can master the droning like MPI but for the most part what little power you gain it is not worth the headache.

[@BFTEgodswarrio5939]

That year I'd be checking brake lines. Got lucky twice my brakes crapped out twice in the yard. Both times i was towing a trailer with something on it. Check the main brake lines seems like they are the ones going out. And expensive to have put on trust me expensive.

[@TimothyRexrode]

Flow masters r awsom

[@MadsWorld34]

i had a 262 nova it would run 80 mph all day. until you turned on the a/c then it would run 65 mph. but i guess it was a good thing the speed limit was 55 across America back them. nut it was a pretty barny purple car. so i ended up turning it into a dirt track car. but who knew everyone would want them now days.

[@shadetreemechanicracing22]

Hopefully, you and John are doing okay.

[@bobmanzi7712]

great stuff thanks

[@photondebuger45]

It's that speedo doing it's gm thing there Ike 😂😂 PEGGING THE SPEEDO YO LOL

[@SaveAmerica-TRUMP2024]

1:27- Looks like the speedometer is a bit optimistic. Said he was doing 80 when he was doing about 35 lol...

[@ryanhughes5731]

Just checking and seeing if you're okay from the storm in North Carolina and South Carolina got

[@isaacitllbefine7231]

Im good thanks

[@chriscampbell1143]

Yeah definitely about that storm, I'm wondering how everyone fared down there

[@isaacitllbefine7231]

We are good here. No flooding

[@chriscampbell1143]

That's definitely a good thing , been watching you and John for about 5 years

[@cbobscountrybunker2312]

Idler arm almost always has play. Hard to find a good brand of pitman arm. Most of them don't last long.

[@stevenrennie2612]

Issac just wondering why u didn’t fit exhaust urself?

[@isaacitllbefine7231]

Didn't have time

[@brantmcfarland517]

The brake hose swells on the inside. I was a 30 year tech for GM and replaced a lot of them.

[@Tron1731]

You use assembly lube because everything is very tight at first start up after it's broken it has micro grooves worn in the bearings that hold the oil when it's brand new these don't exist yet and that's why you use assembly lube .

[@NTromb]

18:36 Sounds like a Flowmaster delta Flo 50 series

[@metalmaniac9513]

How are y'all doing with all these storms? Hope yall are safe

[@isaacitllbefine7231]

No problems

[@AutoMoose]

Howd you fare through that weather isaac?

[@isaacitllbefine7231]

Good

[@rickybearden4575]

put an ls2 in the nova caine !!! 😊

[@jamierushing]

Hi bro from west Alabama

[@deeptour]

Hello are u ok from the flooding

[@isaacitllbefine7231]

I am thanks

[@randallchunn8286]

What happened at the salt flats ???

[@isaacitllbefine7231]

We raced

[@williamcummings6562]

You know what a hillbilly does when his car breaks down? Well he builds a house, of course!

[@SheDevilsGarage]

On your tv was Eugene I like the walking dead also I believe it could happen like COVID was made

[@rosebooth7367]

Something I've never thought about before but do you have something similar to our annual MOT test to check for roadworthiness, emissions, vehicle safety over there?

[@SaneCayne]

Varies from state to state. I'm in Virginia and we have a basic, visual safety inspection every year, but no emissions (unless there's an obvious hole or leak in the exhaust the safety inspector sees). Some states have neither a safety nor an emissions test. Others have very stringent ones, like California.

[@isaacitllbefine7231]

We do. Some places are worse than others. Where I live if the vehicle is 30 years old or more no inspection required

[@rosebooth7367]

@@SaneCayne Wow! I always forget that each state does things differently- Thanks for the reply...

[@rosebooth7367]

@@isaacitllbefine7231 Ahhh... over here under 3 years and over 40 is exempt. Over 40 means they are "historic" vehicles which means I'm "historic" too! Thank you very much UK Government...

[@SaneCayne]

@@rosebooth7367 The United (but Independent!) States of America. 😉

[@user-xv3zp8gl7j]

That was a 2k plus in repairs at a shop, without parts cost.

[@ShawnSchoolcraft-tu5fs]

❤❤

[@Robert-j6w5v]

Are you a full time mechanic ?

[@isaacitllbefine7231]

Not anymore

[@Robert-j6w5v]

@@isaacitllbefine7231 I’m glad you could leave the field I hope you are doing what you love

[@geoff0brn]

Jack stands under sway bar....It'll be fine.

[@lindsey349]

idler arm and pitman arm is always bad on 98s

[@Joseph_fab_shop]

Is your mph not working right

[@Buck1954]

ISAAC, ARE YOU OK?

[@isaacitllbefine7231]

I am thanks

[@michaelkimmey8182]

You should really do yourself a favor and ditch those rubber brake lines for braided brake lines. braided lines will not try to coil up under heavy braking and give you more control through the pedals movement.

[@danieljonhson6367]

If it's going to swerve to one side every time you hit the brakes you would rather it swerve to the right so at least you don't go into traffic .

[@photondebuger45]

What if your in three lane road and on the very far left... Lol

[@parhamracing6593]

Come on ike what is up with the music at 8:29

[@SaneCayne]

He's doing the tire install dance, gotta have dance music, bro! 😆

[@turkeyssr]

You do have a mute button ya know.

[@parhamracing6593]

@turkeyssr I'm aware... however I didn't ask you .

[@shannondavies4945]

Personally, I liked the music :)

[@SaneCayne]

9:37 Dang Ike, why you be like that?!? Clean the freakin' wheel(s)! I know it's your tow pig and you don't care, but you're servicing it for the first time in probably years, do a decent clean-up while you're at it.

[@isaacitllbefine7231]

Didn't have time

[@Philc231]

Issac ,you can afford a newer tow vehicle .

[@isaacitllbefine7231]

I can but choose not to

[@sscxncefilmz]

Why are you driving 100 miles hour 😂pulling a car

[@n1r0l]

It's maniac's like him, driving 100 mph while pulling an old car on an old trailer with his hands off the wheel who make me nervous to drive on NC roads! We should report him to the NC Highway Patrol.

[@kendiggy]

​@@n1r0l I was hoping you were kidding, but I don't think you were. Did you watch the video? He obviously was going about 10mph and just had a Speedo that doesn't work. A bunch of comments here talking about that, he definitely wasn't driving like a maniac.

[@isaacitllbefine7231]

Really? The spedo is off

[@ShadeTreeMechanic8962]

Speedo off? Lol

[@davesplace1307]

The music needs to go

[@JohnHill-jm7tm]

Isaac another great video 👍. This Old man from Washington NC still trying to catch you in. 🤣. 🛵🧔💝