I Failed to Repair my Cheap Aston Martin. It Drove Only 60 FEET on it's First Drive Before Dying

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In one of my most disastrous mistakes ever, my Cheap Repo Auction Aston Martin V8 Vantage drove out of the barn a few feet before breaking badly. I blame it all on my Salvage Rooster...
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[@flyertim33]

Samcrac, I hope you read this post. I had the EXACT same problem with my Vantage. I replaced the clutch with Velocity AP’s kit and broke the longer cable as you did. Fortunately, I did not break the shorter cable…but decided to replace it with a new one just for preventative maintenance. I could not get reverse gear. After several adjustment attempts I reinstalled the original cable and once again had reverse gear. If your original cable still has the part number on it, you will notice the new cable is a superseded part. It’s about 1/8” too long (from the snap-on connection that clips onto the top of the cable bracket on the tranny….. to the ball joint that snaps onto the lever). I bought my cable from Scuderia in the UK and have been emailing them for 3 months about this. They even got Aston involved and were insistent that i received the correct part. I sent numerous photos comparing the two cables along with exact measurements…..I showed them the cable is about an 1/8” too long! In the end I just kept the original cable and returned the other. More than likely, there is nothing wrong with your transmission. The adjustment portion of the cable cannot be adjusted short enough. You can probably see the “stop” for the minimum and maximum adjustments. I thought about removing that stop and seeing if i could get it to work, but decided that a $300 cable should work off the shelf. Hope this helps!

[@SteveBassen]

Sounds legit, hope he sees this!

[@icondonnied]

Looks like you have your answer right here, Sam....

[@Samcrac]

Thank you for the message! I've seen it and we will be double checking. I still have the old cables places to the side...

[@mahdey]

Glad I'm not the only one that had this happen. Ran into the same issue

[@shabbos-goy9407]

@@Samcrac It's clearly the new cable per Flyertim. It's not the gearbox. Put the old one back on and then it will work again. Then make a new bush somehow.

[@chrisej5987]

"I'm not gonna answer that on camera." Lol, smart man. CYA!

[@Gisae]

Samcrac never disappoints. He never really fixes anything.

[@unanonymousperson2555]

Sam you need a car pit it will help you out loads .

[@nickc7494]

I didn’t see anything broken in the shift selector, try the paint test like with a rear end to see if the parts are meshing right. I was a engine rebuilding guy my whole life and if it’s not broken then it’s binding. Try some heavy wheel bearing grease and try Dremel the box keys a lil, looks like something is catching and binding.

[@fransb8543]

I agree with this, would be my first step too. Good luck!

[@infinitydreamzz]

Samcrac deserves two awards for those ad transitions, one for creativity and one for comedy

[@Jimmy_in_Mexico]

Samcracc, you left us hanging and didn't finish. Your stepmom has a point. Without her money you can't seem to finish anything completely.

[@N911GT2]

Speaking of which, when will she be on again?

[@WhittyPics]

We all know what step mom does for a living.?

[@Jimmy_in_Mexico]

@@WhittyPics in the infamous words of Hitlery Clinton..."at this point, what difference does it make?" It's all in good fun.

[@Chris-hw4mq]

@@WhittyPics she works hard for the money

[@speteydog2260]

My son went thru a Mercedes’ and 2 bmws. I learned my lesson. He just does not have a car anymore, unless he gets it.

[@Mr.Ramirez95]

I love it when KZbinrs struggle. Very satisfying reminder that nothing is perfect.

[@PhyverIndustries]

If you're looking for perfect you're on the wrong channel.

[@devinb5937]

@@PhyverIndustries for real

[@dwightneisler3844]

That exhaust note, beautiful.

[@therockbiter8140]

When I drive a big seal like that, I take the old one to home depot and find a pvc pipe coupling or pipe that is close in size, if need be i split one thats just undersized and hit with a heatgun to open it up a bit. Thats never really failed me.

[@devinb5937]

This would not work

[@SER198503]

@@devinb5937 yes it would I do it all the time

[@f0lkblues]

I do this too. Great minds think alike

[@pidhsome]

@@devinb5937 he says ‘it never failed me’ and here comes Devin with the “this would never work” 😂

[@BrovarianMotorWorks]

Actually pretty brilliant because it won't even scratch the metal surfaces hard enough to drive it in but not hard enough to ruin it

[@scottgraham4392]

I been watching Sam for about a year… don’t think he has actually fixed a car yet.

[@clairebear5029]

Good point. He could have just bought a reliable toyota at this point and made a chicken channel.

[@russhellmy]

Sam isn't trying to fix cars, he's trying to make KZbin content. When the car is fixed the videos stop.

[@staunchy3283]

Yeah don’t waste your time. This channel is garbage.

[@davidtaylor8244]

yea but he does have a fit stepmom

[@Andretti.Garage]

I have always cleaned the seal and mating surfac with isopopyl alcohol. Than apply a thin layer of gasket sealer on the out ring of seal. This keeps the seal from moving. It is not hard to remove later. I have used this method over 40 years.

[@g60force]

ok make make sense worst case you only need more cleaning and have tiny bit more effort to remove it when needed....

[@ArthurTugwell]

Then you’ve been installing seals incorrectly for over 40 years.

[@frankish5314]

Yup I do that too.. I might "know a guy" that has staked the seal housing with a center punch at 3 points around the seal. I've never had one come out and its easy to shave down the swollen edge of the staked housing as required.

[@TL-pb6sz]

Thank you for posting these videos. I have often thought of buying a Aston Vantage or a Ferrari 360 but after watching your videos there is no way in hell I'd want either one, I don't care how beautiful they are. Thanks Sam, you have saved me a lot of time, money and grief

[@VinceTheCreatorr]

If you have disposable income than buy the car you want but i wouldn't touch those cars either

[@Samcrac]

Honestly, little stuff that pose issues like this happen all the time on every car; the only thing that makes it more difficult on an exotic car is the price/parts availability. I could buy an entire used transmission for a 10 year old BMW for $500.

[@gazzafloss]

@@Samcrac Scotty Kilmer said it wouldn't happen to a Toyota...

[@The_Sword3]

@@gazzafloss Toyota CVT transmissions are crap. All CVT transmissions are crap.

[@zikzein]

@@The_Sword3 but they last forever tho

[@TheRealBarryR]

Can we appreciate that Sam is the only car KZbinr that isnt selling every car atm?

[@FishFind3000]

Nothing he has is worth anything. It’s still all broken and he does hack repairs!

[@daexion]

How many actually work?

[@TheRealBarryR]

That is true,but if you look at the others they are in similar situations (tavarish,hoovie,ed....) and are making a sale spree and will f-up the market

[@TheRealBarryR]

@@FishFind3000 sure,every "yt mechanic" does fixes things his own way,but most od them are cutting corners...

[@joeblack007]

@@daexion I think the Lambo and the R8. Not sure about the other cars.

[@legrandmaitre7112]

Greetings from the UK. Not many people know this but all Aston Martin's have a built in driver sensor system. This software is incredibly sophisticated, it's so good that it can detect the nationality of any driver. And I'm afraid that's the problem here, we just can't have Americans in baseball cats driving classy British cars like the Aston Martin - so, quite rightly, it only drove 60' before the sensors did exactly the job they were designed for. Please accept my apologies for this. Think yourself lucky the ejector seat didn't cut in and throw you 150' into the air.

[@projecteuroau]

If you watch the video he went into reverse easily with the old cables. I’d say that the new shift cables are either not adjusted correctly or incorrect for his vehicle. Best of luck! Nothing worse than finishing a project and having to start again!

[@rabk5702]

Take it from a British machinic working on manual gearboxes, cable adjuster's can be a nightmare, many many mechanics diagnosed faulty gearboxes because of this issue, and all it was is down to cable adjustment great video as always 😀😃

[@ullcringe3921]

I can imagine the frustration of the situation. I hope you can get this one running! I love Aston Martins and have been loving this series.

[@paulp3814]

Sam you really need to listen to Jared from Wrench Every Day, as he always says please make questionable choices and this one and the Ferrari you did not Listen LOL. Please ask your mum to buy a lift.

[@fernandocordinador]

when people in EUROCHARGER sees sam they think: here we go again !!! heheheheh

[@daviddabiri5578]

Here’s two pro tips from a pro mechanic (me) 1. grease the inner lip of any circular seal to prevent it from grabbing or burning up against a rotating shaft. 2. Put RTV on the outer lip of the seal to help it literally SEAL with the housing it mates to.

[@petalson]

he oiled it lol

[@kentmckean6795]

16:47 Reverse lockout solenoid (has the orange wire coming out of it). Not plugged in or failed.

[@AndyfromSurrey]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[@brianferreira4554]

Samcrac the only KZbinr not at SEMA and still has all our attention ❤️

[@NickShirrell]

It looks a lot like the reverse lockout solenoid not working Unless it’s powered the transmission won’t go into reverse. You can see the reverse lockout solenoid with the orange wire coming off of it at around 16:45 . If it wasn’t plugged in after the new rear main seal the car wouldn’t have been able to go into reverse no matter what the linkages were doing. EDIT: according to the parts diagram it is just a reverse switch

[@JoshC03]

Thats just a reverse switch.

[@maxsav007]

Comment for up

[@Samcrac]

I'm pretty sure this is just a reverse switch

[@JoshC03]

@@Samcrac you would be correct

[@ecaparts]

I too was thinking about a safety lockout. Is there anything to prevent you from accidentally shifting into reverse instead of 1st?? Or is the far left just a heavier spring detent after the 1st/2nd column position?? I remember a shitty 80s car i had with a similar shift pattern had a collar around the shifter you had to lift up in order to ‘unlock’ the ability to engage into reverse. Good luck Sam, your almost there!!

[@ohioplayer-bl9em]

I put a new rear main seal on my vehicle when I rebuilt my transmission. It was like 10$ and came with a plastic ring used to install it. No issues.. tap tap.. tap.. nice and easy round and round. Till it sits flush with the housing.

[@waske6192]

I like how rooster show his strength💪

[@928CS]

Rear Main Seal Installation... I had trouble getting the RMS istalled on my 928 S4 5-speed. I was able to get it started, but could not drive it down. What I did was take the old RMS, and using electrical tape, I aligned and taped it to the backside of the flywheel oriented so that both RMS's met face-to-face. I attempted to install the flywheel but the stock bolts were now too short. I ran to Ace and bought bolts half-inch longer which then allowed me to get the flywheel started. I went around and tightened the bolts a half-turn at a time which pushed down the RMS perfectly square all around. Finally, started the car and no leaks!

[@billday762]

Samcrac, seen the video of you fitting the seal and when you oiled it all over I said to myself your gonna have a problem, never oil the retaining surface, use a loctite type sealer if anything, I've been building engines for 50+ years and never had a seal pop out. I watch your channel for amusement purposes only .

[@tomthompson7400]

yep , land rover gear box to transfer cases are the same , have to go in dry or they just dont stay there at all ...

[@SlimPickins_07]

I said the same thing lol. I've always used motorcraft grey sealant, but tons of stuff will work.

[@HaIoThree]

lesson learned sam. I learned before to never do a rear main seal without the oem tool. Had to redo the same seal on a truck 3 times. At least my boss took the blame because he accepted the job and it was for a brand truck we never work on.

[@rdannyb]

This is a great build. These exotic cars look great and are fun to drive. And to keep them running on a budget is one of things I like best about your channel. I have learned much from you and have saved thousands. Hope you get past this hiccup in great fashion.

[@Samtzu]

Fifty years ago, a friend and I had similar problems with a VW Beetle.... the engine and transaxle were removed AND replaced in that car three times in the space of about two days. That is the car that convinced me that I am NOT a mechanic....

[@paulmoor595]

I'd be looking at the reverse gear lockout solenoid and whether it's connected correctly or stuck open. This inhibits the car inadvertently going into reverse when going forward. You really don't want to be taking the trans apart as it will probably be far more simple than that!.

[@muskokamike127]

The trans is fine, they showed it in the video. The issue is with the selector assembly. The reverse lockout would only work if powered....

[@devinb5937]

This is not true

[@paulmoor595]

Looking at the video...the car starts and it moves forward. Reverse is selected and lights come on and it moves backwards. There is no banging or crunching as it does this. One therefore deduces that the transmission appears to have worked at that point. Once off the bench after the 2nd clutch job the trans then can't select reverse...only when you take the selector top off can they then move the rod....so appears an interlock is stopping it from doing that...otherwise if it were the cables, the guy would have been able to make it select all gears on the bench by moving the levers surely?.

[@TheGalifrey]

Just make your own cables up with rose joints and make sure the shifter block is properly aligned. You have the original cables so it should be hard to get some push/pull cables made up, modifiers have been doing it for years.

[@know1knowsu210]

Hey man you need to contact This Old Tony KZbin channel and see if he could make you the part you need on one or more of his mills or lathes. That way you'll know what you have and it'll be fairly cheap and you and Tony both will be able to get a video or 2 out of this transmission trauma. Also I really think that becoming friends with a machinist would be a good and cheap route to future auto troubles that are not on the cheap to fix and where you and Tony generate funds from KZbin the cost for machining a custom PCs shouldn't be anywhere near normal cost

[@frostyab7579]

they do remove the shifter housing from the transmission, it's sold for auto to manual conversion and they're gone in seconds if they ever make it on open market, usually they're sold directly to shops that do the conversion work (I've been trying to get hold of one for a while so I can reverse-engineer it and have a billet version made by CNC shop)

[@Nautricity]

Oh my god thank god he cleaned the inside it was driving me crazy

[@yrasphong]

Idk but I love Sam show .it goes with my life . nothing works right

[@theronbusse3472]

This is the shift interlock assembly. It gives the feel and location of the shift relative to the shift rods and forks. There are small balls and springs that ride on shafts in this assembly that help give the shift it’s feel. These also have ball bearing assembly’s that support the shafts that can fail. You can typically disassemble these and inspect the parts for wear. It should be a set of roll pins that can be driven out with a set of punches. Thank you for the great content!

[@netweed09]

Wow, that's tough breaks. Massive credit to you for sticking to it though, maintaining even a car you love can be the worst thing ever lol.

[@miceinoz1181]

Touch nothing with a dremel or any other tool. Think logically, did it work before you put new cables in=yes. Was the selector cover removed during your original maintenance=no (I assume, but correct me if I am wrong). I can only assume that you have put the new cables in with a forks out of synchronisation. It all worked before the new shift cables, so it can only be something simple. Put the selectors in the neutral position as seen in your video, ensure all the selectors on the plate are in neutral position, and check the cover goes on easily and the selector forks are aligned in the centre of the shift lever. The key is to rotate the input shaft while selecting reverse or any other gear to ensure you do not "baulk" on a selector. I do not believe there is an internal defect in the box. It may be something in the gear lever mechanism too.

[@PropanePete]

That is good advice, it's going to be something simple and logical.

[@High_Octane]

except we don't know if it worked before... it didn't drive. try again,

[@BleuSolo]

@@High_Octane 1:57

[@marekmarko2274]

Aston Martin 🤣I liked the Mechanic, when he opened the gearbox and turned the shaft from engine on half turn and the he shaft from wheel did turn half turn what is 1:1 - 6 gear or 5 gear and he is like this is number 1 gear. 😂🤣🤪 then he seen how the gears-groove doesnt line up inside that gearbox from Italy that is where the selector probably getting stuck..... o my god what a show! ha haaa I love it!

[@jiffry58]

“The road to hell is paved with good intentions” The worst part about this entire ordeal is that the original rear main wasn’t leaking. If you had left it alone, none of this would be happening.

[@HaggisMuncher-69-420]

Or he could have replaced it with something other than a $1 seal

[@Chlorate299]

Yeah, I was screaming at the screen watching him do that. Engine oil seals are a nuisance, don't mess with them if they're not leaking.

[@notagainthishurts]

My SRT8 Jeep did this 8 months after rebuild, had installed a brand new rear seal plate that had the seal already installed. That was fun.

[@Kaldryf]

What I wouldn't give for these car youtubers to just have 1 project at a time and do it right.

[@TheRealAlpha2]

Problem with doing anything on youtube on a weekly basis is that if something you want to do takes more than a week then you're out a video. No video means a loss of revenue you need to buy things for the channel, so you gotta have back up content, and sometimes you need back ups for your back up. Vicious cycle, etc.

[@muskokamike127]

what fun would that be? lol

[@devinb5937]

@@TheRealAlpha2 this is not true

[@makpsv]

@@TheRealAlpha2 Not to mention having to read comments every single day like Tavarish. It takes time, effort and most people just want it NOW, tha is not possible to achieve. Unfortunately having various projects at the same time makes it easier to get side-tracked and "abandon" some projects for a while.

[@beantheartist]

“Idk im gonna have to sit you down and give you a textbook on rear main seals “ 🤣

[@Wolfmots]

What a pain in the Aston.

[@aceace5457]

samcrac you deserve more then this such a wonderful channel . keep up the good work.

[@BaconBeastIV]

I’m actually rebuilding a graziano L140 from a Lamborghini Gallardo right now. That fork selector looks very similar to the one from the e-gear system or the manual selector from the manual version. Make sure the selector is centered when you install it. If yours is bent, try to find an Audi part number for the part you are looking for, way cheaper than Aston or Lamborghini. Also, there is a shop in Texas that is the “graziano dealer” for the United States, HCF Autosport. I’ve never been able to get them to answer my calls but worth a shot. I need to buy a ring nut from them lol. If you need measurements of the gear selector or anything else from the L140, let me know. Good Luck!

[@user-od9iz9cv1w]

Sooo close, and yet so far. Sad. It sounds wonderful when you start it up. One would think there would be broken transmissions available where the gears got toasted and the shifter unit was just fine.

[@robertthabassist]

exactly what i thought when he said they wouldnt seperate that part, im like, the hell they wouldnt. every single blown trans has that part still in perfect working order... sooo

[@devinb5937]

There are not used or salvage Austin Martin transmissions readily available. Do not be stupid bud.

[@user-od9iz9cv1w]

@@devinb5937 My comment is based on his claim that virtually every Euro performance car that is manual or automated manual uses the same transmission. Very little on Aston (not Austin) is bespoke. BTW, calling me stupid was neither cool nor called for. Kinda boomeranged IMHO.

[@Timoteo53575]

BTW, very considerate using time-lapse here & there. It keeps our attention from wandering, and eyes avoid glazing. Tight edits, too. Luv this channel !

[@brianlaskey5072]

Looks to me like the reverse selector is slightly offset. So if you have the front to back (e.g. 3rd to 4th) cable adjusted slightly closer the the 4th gear side, it'll hit the shoulder on the reverse selector.

[@muskokamike127]

I have to wonder if the linkage inside got knocked out of whack.....if you look in the video when the mech is trying to manually move the lever into reverse, it doesn't go. I'd be taking that selector apart and seeing why. I can't see them breaking anything by just using hand pressure...even if the cables were adjusted wrong. I had an issue with my boat trans and it was hard to put it into reverse right from the factory....it ended up bending the lever on top of the trans on the stern drive. Mercruiser fixed it under warranty.When it was installed at the plant the cable wasn't installed properly. I didn't break anything, just bent the arm out of alignment slightly..... For all we know the lever could have slipped slightly on the shaft going into the transmission.

[@phareztrinimand]

In the video there try shifting even without the cables, same problem

[@Rishnai]

@@phareztrinimand Not necessarily. The way they showed shifting at the transmission was with the cables in situ, transmission in car. Excess tension in a cable would still exist in that case, causing the proposed bind. Only testing shifting at the transmission with cables detached, out of car prior to opening it would have ruled out OP’s proposed failure mode

[@phareztrinimand]

@@Rishnai 14:00 there did that

[@brianlaskey5072]

@@phareztrinimand Yeah, you're right, but I wonder if there's enough play in those arms or if there was a manufacturing defect that makes it hang if you don't have a bit of preload (via the cables/shifter) in the one direction. Be interesting to see what the deal is/was.

[@ArturK1M]

Well done crac, you are a professional from now on. You got me vids in one week, thank you.

[@dkoz8321]

"Whats the milage on it since rebuild?" "60" "Only 60 miles" "...eeeEEHHHTTTT" Excuse me? "60 feet"

[@alexflosho]

"the suspense is killing me" Oh me too. Ooh, flywheel off. Ugh, O'Reilly's ad.

[@chrisrutherford3862]

The gearshift needs to be locked like a VW look up how to set a VW Golf shifter cables

[@kraig7777]

I gotta say brilliant segue to the commercial.

[@saywhatithink5006]

Give this and the other broken cars to Rich he’s slow but he fully fixes things 👀

[@chrism8218]

Finding some bushings for the original cables seems like an idea now …hindsight is a wonderful thing 😁 great channel 👍

[@BlackLung911]

I blame the rooster, his crowing made Sam lose concentration. :)

[@martynwatson4929]

i put loctite around seals to lube them before fitting them, coating seals with oil is tempting problems.

[@williamegler8771]

Isn't around sixty feet the average for a Aston Martin to drive under is own power between breakdowns?

[@light1531]

I buy a car so I can drive it. For me Audis work fine in all their different guises. 😑

[@cigarsgunsanddiesel8032]

Nah 30ft is OEM spec!

[@williamegler8771]

@@cigarsgunsanddiesel8032 WOW... That's double a Range Rover Jaguar Lotus MINI or McLaren! Who would have imagined a Aston Martin is one of the most reliable British brands.

[@kennethrayford4976]

I'm gonna start a KZbin channel where I take my car to a shop. Take videos of them working on it while I sit in the waiting room sipping tea. 😂

[@cs_yt]

The tranny is working, and the levers are working for all gears but reverse, so looking from the bottom you would have to see why the reverse engagement gear is not moving to the right position. I can't imagine how difficult is to align it back, unless, an exploded view might reveal a bushing out of position. This is my calculated guess.

[@Project_EG2]

Check your PCV valve. I think crank case pressure is blocked and pushed it out. It happened on my Honda.

[@AutoAuctionRebuilds]

Nope, still not buying any of these fancy cars lol.

[@DGTelevsionNetwork]

Hi Randy!

[@alisterrebello5337]

Please do

[@slayer9240]

Who actually has enough money to buy and run car's like this answer very very few people around the world that's who.

[@AutoAuctionRebuilds]

One year later, here I am with the same car. Yep.

[@criticaljim1]

I had to redo my Mercedes Transmission job 3 times. It was bad. But now it's back on the road and shifts like new with 200.000 miles. Yeah all under jack stands. Don't just give up!

[@jonjonr6]

Little did you know,... Shane is a Keeps client. Yes, that's right, you too can have luxurious locks like Shane! Keeps formulated a special blend of oils and lubricants to keep Shane's hair flowing! And they can do the same for you.

[@Witsenburg]

Measure, draw and 3D print a simple tool that fits the flywheel bolts and pushes in the seal. Easy, cheap ans if yoy have a 3D printer, quick. Or have it printed somewhere. I did so for several car types already.

[@s0y_s0y26]

I would have got a pvc pipe cap from the Home Depot to insert the rear main seal

[@high633]

Gotta love that they are cheap and playable for perfect forming. Thats if it doesn't fit already.

[@muskokamike127]

That's what I was thinking as long as you could get the right size. You could use abs pvc or even a short section of steel pipe from Metal Supermarkets. As long as the edge is sanded smooth and no burrs.

[@sheerluckholmes5468]

Or you could go to the local Ford dealer and borrow his, after all it's just two 3 litre Ford engines glued together.

[@markitoxi]

Go to your local machine shop and make ‘‘em machine a small block of steel

[@muskokamike127]

@@markitoxi ummm not sure where YOU live but where I live my machine shop charges $110 an hour. To machine something that big "out of a block of steel" would probably run $500 to $1000. The steel alone would run close to $150

[@ccnixon]

I have seen some Manual Transmissions where you have to push down on the shifter in order to go into reverse. This may be a dumb suggestion, but I had to ask the question!

[@Tank8484]

I think u are absolutely right. If R is near 1 gear then for safety reasons u have to pull up OR down the shift knob to put it in reverse.

[@illiniarmory3142]

Sam’s channel in a nutshell. Try to fix it. Can’t. Have a mechanic fix it in the end.

[@hydewhyte4364]

Mr. Pink to the rescue yet again. The youtube car community's unsung hero.

[@davian426f]

I'm an Aston martin tech this seems like a classic flux capacitor fault, that one is for free you're welcome Sam😬

[@Omc-Steelbone]

Use loctite on the new seal. the formula is Retaining Compound, 0.34 oz Bottle, 2,300 Shear Strength (PSI), -65° to 300°F- Mfr. Model # 135511

[@maxsav007]

You have a PCV issue. Crank seals do not fall out, ever. The car is old, im sure there are diaphragms in the breather system that are worn out or clogged. No offense to the Eurocharged guys buy really seam to lack experience with unique issues.

[@sugs1258]

1/. The sound of that AstonMartin engine..🥰🥰 2/. Didn’t push it in far enough…stepmom faints…!!!

[@samfinkelstein5841]

The only thing that I can imagine on a manual transmission is that the fork has come off the guide bar for the gear. Highly unlikely but taking the trans apart and resetting everything might fix this issue

[@jcos55chev19]

When putting in a full circle type rear main seal like that,you have to do the following procedures: 1. Clean the new seal with brake clean. 2. Clean the block surface 100% (no oil or grease) with brake clean. 3. Wipe a small (almost infinitesimal) on the seal crankshaft sealing area ONLY. 4. On the block sealing area coat with a very small amount of 3M yellow cement. (yellow snot). 5. Then drive the seal on very carefully, straight and into the block driven down to EVEN with the block surface.

[@juhavehnia7862]

I was thinking the same thing, oiling the seal was a bad idea.

[@Axelfl6161]

Do you ever get any of theses cars running reliably?

[@yungtooli]

the ferrari is running like a top

[@Dukefazon]

17:30 - when did you get another Corvette? Ohh, I see at 20:25 Nice, I love me some Corvette! Your white Corvette project was the way I found your channel back in early 2019. Boy, time flies...

[@muskokamike127]

I think I joined on the white vette too.......

[@incorrect1844]

That’s a cool looking overpriced Ford right there

[@dmcd7333]

Say it isn't so Sam.... That Aston is one fine looking car. Been waiting for an update on this car.

[@monkeymagic4555]

cables were still not adjusted correctly that is all......

[@jdeltoro518]

Good luck with it. Don't give up, there must be a reasonable solution somewhere

[@unstablebobgable]

If I could help Samschmokescrac work on his Aston Martin transmission I would pack up the Hash Pipe with Rocky and get all schmoked up.

[@nickcrill7718]

Hey man love your videos I’ve been watching for like 2-3 years

[@batman-rises]

Where time is money and investing in a lift would be safer and ultimately cheaper in the long run. And also allow quicker safer access to allow you to fit things properly. 1.2m subscribers and too tight to spend $2k on a lift. Mental. Frustrating to watch really. 🙄

[@richardschofield2201]

But at least he has to do the work the way the vast majority of his viewers would do it. I find it frustrating seeing jobs easily done with equipment I don't have. This channel is quite refreshing in this regard.

[@ingresswizard9044]

He literally has a brand new set of quick jacks he has had for months but refuses to take them out of the box and hook them up. So frustrating

[@ganeshraman8509]

After starting to watch the beginning when seeing the gear cable on the ground was thinking that the roster would have went under the Aston and chewed the cable off. 🤭

[@GalvanizedGreatness]

When you have to take a transmission out 3 times it’s called a triple clutch technically

[@reality-cheque]

Can't help with your manual transmission but what about putting a Jaguar automatic box in? The AJV8 would have been mated with a decent 6 speed transmission when in a Jag - probably with paddle-shifters - so one might just slip straight in! - and there should be lots available from breakers...

[@muskokamike127]

"I didn't push it in far enough" THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!!!!

[@peterknight4692]

1 - The main seal should go into the housing about 1mm below the face of the housing so the whole outside face of the seal is in contact with the housing below the chamfer on the outer edge of the housing. 2 - The gearbox iteslf seems to be fine, but we didn't see the selector forks being moved in the selector housing to the correct position for each gear, so haven't any idea what could be wrong with the selector system. Did Eurocharge actually work out what was broken in the selectors?

[@kylepokorski6045]

Agent bondo fails his biggest mission yet

[@ftboomer1]

"My name is Commander Bondo. Commander James Bondo."

[@ricciodrake]

tough break, I hope you get it sorted.

[@charlesdemeary]

😂😂😂😂 35 secs into the upload and someone disliked it?

[@Grenyas]

Gotta be Uncle Rich

[@Lou-f]

When I fit oil seals like that I lube them with isopropyl alcohol so it’ll evaporate after fitting. And grease the inner lip.

[@illiniarmory3142]

Does Sam know what he is doing? And why do I keep watching. It’s a train wreck

[@Samcrac]

I don't know everything, and I make mistakes, but I also show them. Ever wonder why your favorite KZbin mechanics never mess up anything????

[@timp5668]

@@Samcrac because they are better at it than you? They don't break everything they touch? They know what to look for before buying a car? They know how to fix a panel?

[@Samcrac]

@@timp5668 only the ones that are as perfect as you

[@timp5668]

@@Samcrac you didn't answer my question.

[@Ingens_Scherz]

It's entertainment you idiot. He does this - in my view anyway - because it's a great hobby and he's very good at it, but most of all because he's a great presenter, creator, editor and all that good stuff - and so it's great fun for all of us, or most of us, at least, even when things like this happen. And they can happen even to the very best, genius mechanics in the world, by the way, like, apparently, you.

[@letiscafeschoolhouse1114]

What version is transmission , I. worked for a Bosch service center in europe and have rebuilt a few dozen or more manuel transmissions similar enough that I may be of some help. Worked there for about 15 years so. I'm some what familiar with the Manuel transmissions form over there. There is a procedure for adjusting them if it's not done correctly it can get stuck in multipul gears kinda more like between gears.... send me the specs on the car that you have avaliable I'll see if I can help. Maybe come up with a service manuel, or a version of it close enough that it will be useful.

[@willlisf]

Samcrac: “its broke 60 feet on its first drive” *British unreliability has entered the chat

[@paulriggers1558]

wasn't broke till 1 american drove it badly, then another american fixed it badly..... it only needed a clutch ffs GB

[@eh6520]

Sam and the Rooster a deadly combination

[@wags9777]

Call precision transmission on KZbin. You can do a cross channel collaboration.

[@FishFind3000]

There not that great, lookup Gary Ferraro from aaa1 transmission. He knows more and goes into great detail unlike precision transmission.