Ford Taurus: Rear Brake Job.....Kind Of

In this video I attempt to show you how to replace the rear brakes on a 2015 3.5L AWD Ford Taurus but Mrs.O comes out asking for lunch and dinner requests for the week. Oh well 🤷🏼‍♂️
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[@SouthMainAuto]

So this week Mrs.O. did make us Beef on weck or in our case venison on weck and man was it awesome! I retained water for two days after that sodium uptake haha If you want to know what they are or how they are made check this out ---> kzbin.info/www/bejne/pH2VnauOnbt8iM0 What are your thoughts?

[@WhiteBuffalo59]

Mr. O, you are spoiled....lol

[@patrick7639]

Beef on Weck come on, you’re killing me, I sure do miss the food from Buffalo New York area. Haven’t been back there for years, I live in Oregon now, the food is just not the same as back east

[@cmdrclassified]

Here in Canada we call that a Beef Dip, though ours uses a hoagie bun. I imagine the taste is quite similar. By that I mean the salt! HaHaHa! Have a great day, Mr and Mrs O! o7

[@gregorylewis8471]

Thanks for helping us plan our menu for the week! 😁

[@philh9238]

Can mrs o start a KZbin cooking channel?

[@zombienectar]

first brake job I watched where I was starving for pan fried scallops, jasmine mushroom rice, blackened salmon and tiramisu for dessert by the end. . What a channel !!

[@ENGINEER125]

As a former resident of both Buffalo and Syracuse I am very familiar with both Beef on Weck and Salt Potatoes. And we must not forget Genesee Cream Ale to go with these treats! Always enjoy your videos, forget how tough it was to work on cars back in New York State. No rust problems here in Arizona but no Beef on Weck or GCA either!

[@JTIZZO]

OMG Eric O! This is sooooo not the "worst video". It's excellent! The story of you and Mrs O is for sure a sub plot to the videos. We love it!

[@rickreese5794]

Roll on 😂🤙🏻😎

[@ejwxb2561]

concur - I learn something every video and also enjoy watching the interaction between Mr. & Mrs. O. Hope they never tire of putting the videos up.

[@neonsigns6721]

Agreed. It's all part of the fun and why we come here! Keep it up. You two are like a celebrity couple.

[@jtee9548]

Well said

[@hghahn301]

I am from Western part of Germany: Just to let Mrs O know that you find numerous regional names for buns/sandwich in Germany, which sound totally different such as "Brötchen", "Semmel" or "Schrippe". Coming back to your question: there is a "Wecken" or "Weckle" in the very South-West of Germany, and I guess that the immigrant who brought this to NY state is from that region. You're right: they usually put salt and ten ("Kümmel") on it. Of course it is not only name that's different but taste, shape ... It is a craft in German to make bread and buns every day fresh. Tough job. They get up at 3.00 a.m. every day.

[@robertopenheimer1451]

You Germans, always busy throwing things into the oven.

[@blockbertus]

You are not wrong but you just missed a nice -b- pun: Dough job.

[@willieknox4603]

Spending time in Mannheim, nothing like fresh bread from the bakery in early morning !! Fresh Brötchen... 😀

[@cartomancycarmen]

I searched “Taurus” and this came up. Reminds me of, “Ford Taurus pull up, everybody run!” Song By Jeezy lol 😂

[@dgrenier4908]

A Sunday afternoon brake vid w/ Dr O, never gets old.

[@JamesSterling]

I watched not for another brake video but for the Mrs. O content. She is a keeper Eric.

[@shadetreemech290]

At 3:55 "this one's winding up a little bit, let me show you." That! is why I keep coming back and watching SMA.

[@brettmillett3851]

I wasn’t expecting a Ford Taurus brake job video to make me hungry. You said this video might be your worst, but it might be my favorite 😂

[@johnmeyer6537]

Mrs. O. really needs to start a food channel. Every thing sounds great. I got non removable dentures and lettuce is the worst. your speech is getting better. Videos that don't go as plan are usually the best. Thanks for all your time and hard work that goes in on these.

[@billr6983]

@@grandmasmalibu Maybe South Main Kitchen. Edibles takes your mind in a couple directions Eric and Mrs.O might NOT want it to go. lol!

[@jc3745]

How about "The South Main Diner"?

[@FishFind3000]

@@grandmasmalibu edibles isn’t sandwiches….. unless Eric is growing something different in those food plots and it’s not for the deer… ;)

[@nonyabiz2777]

Yes 100% with Mr O being the sous chef. That would be glorious.

[@dreamer2355]

What is causing the speech issues?.

[@mikerobbins5049]

I totally understand the frustration you are having with your dental work.... Love it when the lovely Mrs O joins you in the vid.....

[@garymeredith2441]

I love this Mr O and Mrs O you talkin about your dinners and your lunches while you are doing a brake caliper work , this can only happen at South Main Auto , this is fantastic .

[@simonsackett]

I feel you'd be happy if Mrs O made seven different kinds of high class burger a week. Good video - I enjoyed the distraction from the brake job.

[@jacksmith2315]

Bambi/venison burgers would be 4 or 5 out of 7 of them.

[@jamesonconde6624]

You two are hilarious. Rear brake job = lunch and dinner planning. However that’s great that you two do that.

[@awallace2103]

😋I swear if Mrs O set up a Cafe there I would be lined up 6am in the morning to catch the lunch menu,see the lunches she prepares there and I start drooling 🤤 look so tasty 😋

[@seanlyngen7879]

Maybe a million videos on brake jobs. But none with Mrs. O and the meal planning. Loved it! But now I want scallops.

[@MrHugawa]

oh man, bacon wrapped scallops are the best.... great, now I need them.

[@richardthomas1743]

HEY! Happy Sunday everybody and thumbs UP to Eric and Mrs. O!!

[@reecenewton3097]

They really are charming. Okay, okay, Eric, you're not charming.

[@MrJinxy01]

Eric O your living the dream we all need a wife like Mrs O. I’m happy to have ham and cheese sandwich for lunch at work and your over here eating scallops and risotto lol 😂 keep up the hard work 👍 ( watching from over the pond )

[@oldcynic6964]

Eric, All you have to say is "you decide dear, anything you make is always fine with me." That's worked for me for the last forty years - by now she's figured out what I actually do and do not like.

[@trucker-mr9gi]

You are a very fortunate man. You and Mrs. O. Are made for each other. May you both live long and happy together.

[@mikemarshall1394]

Eric you are a lucky dude to have the lovely, talented Mrs O. I would work there for free just for the vittles. Always a pleasure to see you two together ❤️.

[@NebukedNezzer]

Mrs O is a real gem making your requested meals. one of the farm wives when I was a kid made "Slug". it was what ever she had. you got that and were lucky.

[@catmshtr89]

Beef on Weck with some melted cheese, mmmm. Lived in Western NY growing up and listening to you talk about salt potatoes and beef on weck brought back some great memories. The local American Legion put on meals featuring that exact menu.

[@lduplago]

Love this video! Man you eat some good lunches. Sure made a brake job more interesting.

[@billc7211]

Nice hint on the brake cleaner to avoid winding the boot when compressing the piston. I had that issue from time to time on a Volvo, and wish I'd thought of this.

[@mikepark9552]

The only guy on you tube the does a brake job and makes us hungry. Nice job Mr. O!

[@alanmorrison3598]

The back and forth with Mrs. O makes for a fun video!!

[@jamespearce7954]

Mrs O does take good care of you. She seems to be a real good woman and you are blessed with her. You two are a real match.

[@CopeCory]

Loved another Sunday afternoon video with you Mr. O! And I’m so glad that Mrs. O is never a pushover. You two make a great team! You don’t have to listen long to discover how sharp Mrs. O is and how you always mix very intelligent mechanics skills with a high standard of integrity. I’ve lived a long time and have discovered the universal law of sowing and reaping. The goodness you and Mrs. O are sowing is providing a great future for you!

[@jayroese4413]

I grew up on the outskirts of Buffalo so I have been involved with Weck for 60 yrs. Weck is a hard roll ( crusty outside, soft inside)baked with large grain salt. piled high with tender beef dipped in liquid made of the cooking juices and fortified with " Gravy Maker". I worked in a restaurant when I was a kid so I know a few secrets. Experienced beefers never put cheese on it. Ground horseradish is the best. Not that creamy sauce style. Kids like catsup. some like it wet with the roll dipped also. The new version of weck is with caraway seeds in top of the roll. Not my choice. They are cheap with the beef now-a-days. I have 2 favorite channels that I watch and yours is one of them. Keep it up!

[@RJLH77]

I loved the back and forth with Mrs O! I’ve never heard of Weck. I’m gonna look it up.

[@JeffreyGroves]

I think this was an excellent video. For we who have watched your brake job videos in the past, we know what you''re doing, but this time you're doing everything with almost pure muscle memory since you're distracted with the menu discussion. The muscle memory displayed as you grease and loctite the parts of the breaks shows subtle technique nuances we don't usually see when you're actively demonstrating a process. Most specifically, the way that you applied and spread out the loctite on the bolts this time was more instructive to me than in your other videos. Instead of thinking about how you do it, you were just doing it. Sometimes just being able to watch an expert do something is more instructive than any explanation they might provide.

[@truthsmiles]

Totally agree. Sometimes the unedited stuff is where you get the real insights

[@yhird]

Eric, this is definitely one of your best videos ever! You and Mrs. O are the dynamic duo :D God Bless 🙏

[@tedpope517]

Enjoy what you like to eat now. Once you are in your mid seventies, like me, you won’t have any regrets about denying yourself life’s little pleasures. If we only ate what was good for us life would be pretty boring. I still eat like I was 17, and have no regrets. Your videos always leaves me smiling. 😊

[@grahamcooper3399]

Stop by for a brake job and learn about another PRNY local food! Love it! The chemistry these two people have is amazing! I just had supper and after hearing all these foods, I need a snack. Keep up the videos! I've learned a lot and just love watching!

[@rickbaker4571]

You eat like a freakin' king!! Mrs O is THE BEST!!!

[@crisprtalk6963]

Every time I see you take off a rotor screw I think of that one video, you know the one!

[@bobgall863]

Originally from Western New York, Beef on Weck was a staple. Every Wednesday good stuff!

[@MilsurpGarage]

This kind of video is exactly why I watch……thank you.

[@int53185]

A lot of us viewers come here for the banter between you and Mrs. O. Not to mention the jokes and comments.

[@scubasteve06]

A garage full of tools and a beautiful chef, what more could a man want?

[@jimwilhelm4343]

For a poor destitute small-town mechanic, it sure sounds like you eat like a king! Way to go Mrs. O!

[@ranger178]

wow what could be better a brake job and amusing banter with mrs O best of times You should start a dinner and a show thing and sell tickets

[@krazystring]

Your wrong sir, these are the videos I love the most, absolutely hallarious.

[@barbaracelia2437]

You guys are the best! Love the combination of auto repair and food. Makes for great content! ❤

[@barry009]

We are our own worst critics. The food conversation with Mrs. O was a nice addition to this video; certainly not the worst in my mind. Your speaking is improving, hang in there. I have to agree, make sure you’re right with the Lord! Blessings from Canada 🇨🇦

[@Allazander]

Mrs. O is way, way, way too good to you. You're the luckiest man on earth. You need to buy her some ammo to thank her for all she does to take care of y'all.

[@kimberg759]

Wow, nice video, i love the back stories and discussions you and the beautiful Mrs O have. ❤ great job on the brakes as well! Lol thank you for all you do! Love from AZ ❤

[@mikesimon9529]

Hey is this the mechanic show or the cooking show between you and mrs. Oh you're both making me so damn hungry 😂😂😂 I love you videos please don't ever stop making them 😁👍🇺🇸💪✌️

[@ImLivin6]

You and your wife should put a table on a patio out back and serve lunch! Thanks for the interesting varied video. Life is good!

[@eighthof8]

Only thing my wife likes about the kitchen, is how fast she can get out it. Good for Mrs O giving you healthy menu choices.

[@carlosnavarro921]

I thought I was going to get shafted out of the Brake Kleen intro, glad you caught it Mr. O

[@hitech7772]

I think is one of your best videos. You two are the best!

[@geekdownrange]

ALL HAIL MRS. O! She takes great care of y'all.

[@leefhead1]

Imagine Mrs. O. started selling lunches out of the shop, and became wildly successful. I mean, id stop by for lunch without even knowing what the cook put on the menu for that day.

[@richardthomas1743]

Mrs O , cook it and Eric will eat it. Mrs O is pretty darn amazing in many aspects. 👍💯

[@kjbunnyboiler]

Afternoon Eric, welcome to the gourmet garage🤣🤣

[@bazw1685]

I love all of these videos, including the adorable home life stuff and pets.... And now this time you've made me hungry 🤤😂

[@jimclifford1241]

Love the process of lunch planning. Very well done Eric and Vanessa!

[@davidcbear]

we love the interaction between you 2.. maybe i should show this video to my wife lol she loves you guys as well ,, maybe then after 30 years we can answer that age old question as to what's for dinner hahahah

[@mayhemsmaster5050]

I'm sorry but how was this the "most worst" video? This was awesome... and real. Not like some channels that make everything look effortless, verses the cussing, everything putting up a fight after someone torqued the ever living snot out of something that should have been 80ft pounds. Or a day where everything winds up Butterfield down on the floor. You and Mrs. O are honest and genuine, down to earth, humble wonderful people. Thank you for another wonderful video with a guest appearance of the awesome Mrs. O. Much love n prayers from the upstate region of the PRNY.🙏💜

[@rickconstant6106]

It was the least worstest.

[@randyjohnson321]

And we see enough of your mug..so... every once in a while see the lovely and obviously multi-talented Mrs O talking about recipes.

[@Harryrcb]

This is the first time I remember getting hungry after watching one of your vids. Keep up the good works

[@dougstout3663]

I never heard of white hot dogs till I worked a couple of weeks in Buffalo

[@SouthMainAuto]

Oh yeah? I didn't know white hots were reginal too lol. Guess I just keep on learning.

[@mukhles011]

Thank you for all the information that you share, happy to see that some people still do not mind helping and sharing information to help others without expectation. You and Ivan really made me want to go back to be a mechanic, lol. Really enjoy your videos. Thanks again.

[@empackmanmueller1725]

Great video! Eric awesome video. Yes have Mrs. O get some shaved thin slice beef hoagie bun. Cook the sliced beef put on bun. Get beef stock, sweet onions,garlic. Cook in pot onions little garlic., little bit pink salt in olive oil. Cook till onions are translucent. Add beef stock Cook till warm, and use it as dip for your sandwich. Also get lobster tail , hogie bun little mayo, salt, pepper, fresh lemon. Cook lobster tail, pull meat out, add salt, pepper, fresh lemon juice, fresh cut up celery, chive mix together for fresh lobster roll. I love seafood with lent coming I make so many seafood dishes for my family during lent. Godbless you and Mrs. O and your beautiful family. Love the end about getting right with the Lord! Godbless you and thank you for being an amazing mechanic I have learned alot from you as a diy me mechanic.

[@SiteReader]

That lunch/dinner menu discussion was priceless.

[@turner0224]

You had me at tomato bisque…..

[@smitty1952]

For about a year, I lived in Rochester on business. Hearing you talk about beef on weck sure brings back great memories! Obviously cant get weck rolls here in CT. My Rochester friends loved introducing me to a lot of the foods from western NY. Garbage Plate and White Hots were favorites.

[@SouthMainAuto]

A bunch of classics there :)

[@dandennis8465]

I like red hots. Thankfully we have a Wegmans near by in Pennsylvania

[@ezrhino1803]

Half the fun of these videos is the inter action between you and Mrs. O. Sounds like me and my wife.....35 years and still going strong

[@techmarine83]

You're never to old to better yourself. I am glad you had the courage to get those.

[@d.a.2742]

Alright Eric just listening to the lunch choices may I suggest Mrs. O get Gordon Ramsay to do a guest spot while Gordon shows her how to make Scallops and Risotto for your lunch 😁

[@shawn_530]

Excellent! Time to unwind and relax with a new SMA video

[@RagnarokCo]

Just wanted to thank you for the brake job video Mr. O. You see, it's my dream to be the best brake changing technician that ever lived. It's a big dream but you are helping me get there little by little with every brake job video you drop. Like always let your calipers hang by the hose and the classic pinch and twist on the caliper boots. And many more.

[@danielwirth8388]

I never would have thought that this would come out of my mouth but here goes. I watch auto repair video and come out of being overwhelm with hunger. Thanks for making me hungry. Where are the King crab legs.

[@Roberto-vx3it]

Eric, you are a lucky man. Nuff said. ☺️👍

[@RainmanRaysRepairs]

Not First!

[@bearing_aficionado]

No worries, me neither! 🤣

[@rawcado]

Thirteenth, but at least you know you're not first, you get a medal for that! 😆 🎖️

[@clovishound5756]

Well, I'm from the South. We don't have to deal much with rust on our vehicles and for lunch we have cornbread, fried okra, collard greens and fried chicken. My grandmother's (God rest her soul) fried okra was AWESOME. She grew up on a farm in Tenn and could cook like nobody else.

[@jiyushugi1085]

When I was spinning wrenches for a living I was always puzzled at the way my fellow mechanics would discuss at length the various fluids and fuels they put into their machines while giving no thought at all to what they were putting into their bodies. Engines can be easily rebuilt, unlike the human body.

[@abw121]

Forget the brake job, does the Cook do delivery in Illinois? The menus are great!

[@shelleyking8450]

Lunch with Mr and Mrs O! And a little brake work too.

[@davelas8465]

Brake job vids never get old. My only concern is that I'm hungry now! Great job keeping Mr O fed and happy Mrs O.

[@torchit007]

Legend has it

[@mph5896]

I am just here for the "you need to open the bleeder screw" commenter. 💣

[@five0pd310]

I actually thoroughly enjoyed y'alls conversation about meals. As a matter of fact, it affected our meal plans for the week! 🤣

[@randythompson2681]

Boy oh boy, yall eat well and what a menu. Mrs O. does a wonderful job.

[@bearing_aficionado]

So are we going to see a SMA cooking channel, soon?

[@TreyCook21]

I think she was going to do one, but she gets enough rude comments on here and their other channel.

[@jayjudd6518]

He did some cooking in a barrel hope you didn’t miss that.

[@bearing_aficionado]

@Trey Cook you can always turn the comments off. But not sure as to why anyone would give her rude comments. But then again, it is humanity and I really have no faith in it anymore.

[@TreyCook21]

@@bearing_aficionado Most of the comments are fine; wholesome and even helpful. Comments help drive traffic to the video and channel, so turning them off would suck. I know you know all that. I just hate that some people have to comment those types of things. We all know she's pretty, but she shouldn't have to be concerned about what she wears to work, ya know?

[@bearing_aficionado]

@Jay Judd yeah I remember he did that, I was going to watch that but completely forgot about it. In fact I was looking into that barrel he was using and they sell it at Home Depot. But I wasn't going to spend that kind of money on it.

[@mrjsv4935]

Always interesting to see brake jobs :) Do you ever need to re-adjust the parking brake cable or mechanism if you replace rotors and pads? This car seems to have similar rear disc brakes than my '16 Kia Rio Hatchback, parking brake mechanism integrated to the caliper / piston, so I'm just curious.

[@mattmanyam]

That what winding back the piston usually does.

[@mrjsv4935]

@@mattmanyam Yes, but saw some service info about Kia Rio rear brakes, which talked about re-adjusting the parking brake cable after replacing for example rear brake discs. There was stated that there should be max 1,5mm gap between parking brake lever and stopper at the caliper end. So this made me curious about if this is usually necessary or not.

[@mattmanyam]

@@mrjsv4935 Parking brakes are irrelevant , in the rust belt, lol.

[@mrjsv4935]

@@mattmanyam Haha, I guess Finland can be called rust belt as well, because of winter conditions and road salt 😄

[@rickconstant6106]

It's very rare that you need to adjust the cable on this type of parking brake. You just check that it moves and returns freely, and that it returns fully to the stop. All the adjustment is taken care of by the internal mechanism, which is what you are resetting when you wind the piston in.

[@jarvis4675]

I appreciate this video. You make things look effortlessly, it’s nice to know even MR O can’t bolt up a caliper some days.

[@jeffchimileski6283]

Love your vids. The commentary is gold! Sure beats the vids of people working on cars and not saying a word.

[@brutekiller787]

Eric, on a serious note. Did you install those toe links? I’ve never seen one with a grease fitting, and I’d like to grab a set for my flex

[@brutekiller787]

@@richardthomas1743 they’re only tie rods if they’re on the front, to me. Fords term is a toe link

[@dannytoner1738]

This was the best brake job ever. The real life commentary between you and the misses just made it awesome. Also you must have better grocery stores than we do in Western Kansas.

[@SouthMainAuto]

Yeah the toe links on this one are aftermarket. Napa Chassi brand

[@4englishlies875]

I must say 20 + years with the same person, that is a great thing. My wife and I have been married for 24+ years and would not change a thing either. Congratulations

[@popouimette8136]

I'm getting an overwhelming urge to eat like a master mechanic. Can you have Mrs O put the menu in the links? LOL

[@KGauto_Diagnostics]

Those usher lyrics came right out the soul. And I audibly snorted. Great video as always Eric!

[@airborne63]

Even we guys from Southern Ontario....know Beef on Weck!! Grew up an hour from Buffalo. Great video...made me hungry.

[@charlessircy4450]

Enjoyed the back and forth with the better half and always stay right with the Lord. Keep the videos coming, thanks for the entertainment!

[@MMA4CMT]

Your worst is better than my best brother! God bless you and everything you love. Thanks for making KZbin worth watching. Richard

[@mazzg1966]

Grew up in Auburn NY...just west of Syracuse. 20 years in military been around the states and globe...no one knows what salt potatoes are, really surprises me!...they are so good. I never heard of beef on weck tho....have to try it! Google recipies here I come!

[@davidkroth]

Eric, fellow WNYer here. Beef on Weck: Buffalo: Schwabl’s, Bar Bill, Charlie the Butcher, Andersons. Pok-A-Dot in Batavia, if you happen to be in that neighborhood. Wegmans carries the rolls. If you're making them at home you need FRESH horseradish. That stuff looses its kick pretty quick sitting in the fridge.

[@mikes21348]

Anytime I travel west on the Southern Tier Expressway I gotta hit the Beef n Barrel in Olean for really good beef on weck.

[@troystory7389]

Mrs. O needs to start up a restaurant; that menu is solid!