Matco Tools: Essentials For Eletrical And Electrical Diag Work. Lots Of Tool Talk And Life Lessons

[@chrisgeorge1362]

I can't think of the last time I was as happy as when I looked and saw we had a 53 min matco Micheal video

[@KoonTrucking]

Haha

[@anthonycrawford7001]

Matco Michael is probably the most passionate and honest dealer I have ever seen wish we had a tool rep like him up here in NY.

[@jamesvarnell9917]

I love the stories that you two share with us, it's not just funny but it's one of those that makes you say I was not the only one who would feel like it.

[@davidpinnix7446]

Even at 61 years old if I'm getting ready to operate something new to me I will ask someone to take me to school on it. Don't hesitate to ask! Thanks this is another great video!

[@KoonTrucking]

Exactly right ! Many think it makes them look stupid to ask …… boy do they have that wrong !

[@phillewis1768]

Your best episode with Matco Michael yet!!!!! Great job guys.

[@KoonTrucking]

Thank you

[@ozzmann3217]

Best recommendation ever need to have in school how to do basic house work and mechanics

[@matthewwinn1306]

As a level 2 high voltage electrical tech for VW I loved this video. Great job.

[@bluefj-wc3vz]

Saturday, Matco video morning, sipping coffee outside under pavilion. 🤘🏻🇺🇸

[@KoonTrucking]

It’s a long one today but it’s good

[@bluefj-wc3vz]

Lol Yep Enjoyed the whole dang electrical discussion. So ice, lettuce, and wire stabbing probes are Michael’s top three bugaboos? 😂🤘🏻

[@mackie252007]

Love seeing a passionate dealer that is willing to Educate! Love Matco Michael!

[@KoonTrucking]

He always does a great job

[@suavelo5494]

Great great content for everyone. Techs, home owners, shop owners. We need more videos like this hour long is great. Ask Matco Michael to do a sit down one day

[@tractorsandcameras6008]

I’m 16 now and I go to votech for automotive and I see many people in my class who are just there to get out of other classes, I felt the same way at first and I wanted to drop out but he moved me to a more advanced automotive class, I now work in a shop and do work on the side at my home shop, I do trans swaps, diag work and everything

[@andreaechevarria6725]

In the early 70s I was one of the first girls allowed to take shop. I nicked my finger on the band saw and walked to the shop teachers desk to ask for a band aid. I'd been hurt worse helping my Dad in the garage. He looked at my finger and fainted. A couple of the boys in the class helped him to his desk chair and he was ok but he never let me near the machines again with out him standing right next to me. Whenever I saw him in the halls afterward he would ask if I still had all my fingers and I would hold them up and say yes sir Mr Johnson. Our HS still has a shop class and I made both my sons take it.

[@cameronforeman1043]

This is my new favorite KZbin channel. My wife gets pissed because I always turn on “the tool truck guy” and keep it on for hours. 😂😂😂

[@KoonTrucking]

Haha thanks!

[@djosbun]

Clay, this is one of the more enjoyable videos I've watched from you (I do love them all!). The part discussing the simple repair tasks was dead-on accurate! As a 52 year old, I learned at a young age how to safely install house light switches and receptacles, how to disassemble a lawn mower, how to sweat pipe and even how to light a heating broiler (thay wasn't a big deal, though). Your chat brings back old and wonderful memories of working with my dad and my grandfather (God bless their souls). Thank you for a nice stroll down history lane this Saturday morning!

[@KoonTrucking]

Thank you

[@jonb343]

Great video, it made me think about my childhood - keep up the good work boys

[@carmac1652]

I love electric work . great job to be in .👍🇨🇦

[@donaldpainter956]

I can't stand trying to help someone but they act like they know everything and I tell anyone I know alot but not everything and I can still learn a new way to do something I've done a thousand times because I'll listen when someone is talking

[@ecleveland1]

My first car was my dream car a 1979 Trams Am special edition, "Bandit". My father when he gave me the keys told me that he bought the car but all the repairs and maintenance were up to me. I had grown up learning how to work on all kinds of things, woodworking, fixing lawnmowers, even working on tractors and cars. Now, this was before Google and KZbin so I had to get a book to show me what I didn't know. This was my introduction to Haynes and Chilton's manuals. I knew every nut and bolt on that car. One of the first things I do now is to buy a service manual for every new car or truck that I purchase. Now I also had learned from my Grandparents, Uncles, Father, and my mentor Mr. Leo Thomas. They all showed me how to work on different things and how to think when it came to solving a problem. They didn't just do it for me they taught me to do it then expected me to expand on that knowledge.

[@KoonTrucking]

Those were good manuals too ! They show you how to do everything !

[@billsnow971]

Glad to here his Mom is doing better

[@zannusx]

That metallic bronze is the color I am considering when I finally pull the plug for a 6s

[@KoonTrucking]

The 6S is a killer box

[@z33tanner]

Liked the new Matco Michael Podcast! I am teaching my little brother how to work on my car and taking him out to drift events. Awesome to see kids get interested and learn. Just picked up a power probe III to compliment the dvom/oscilloscope we have at work, excited to get better at electrical coming from heavy line wrenching.

[@randyduncan8863]

Matco Michael was very good in this video

[@KoonTrucking]

Yeah he did a great job

[@gunner9174]

I love the power probe piercers. I'm a marine mechanic, so sometimes I have to test a circuit with a momentary switch and just being able to listen for the beep has saved me so much time. We don't really have the luxury of Deutsch connectors or anything. Just 2 wires butt connected and heat shrunk. But always silicone or liquid electrical tape.

[@WizzRacing]

I can tell you about wire wheels... I wear protective glasses every time I'm around tools like that. I had a piece of that wire 1" long go right in my eye..The eye doctor had to suck it out.. As even a magnet would not pull it out...

[@U_ever]

Your best work ever ! Happy to hear that MATCO MAMA is doing better also. T's & P's to her. While I enjoy seeing Mrs. Cummings on the truck, I don't think you two could have produced such a quality episode had that been the case this week. Thoroughly enjoyed this session with Matco Michael. Fabulous work, both of you ! Keep 'em coming !

[@danielg3369]

Like you always say, a tool is only as good as the salesman. Knowledgeable salesman are essential for techs to grow.

[@coreysuttles1362]

I'm so happy your mom is doing great!!!

[@danielg3369]

Great video. You guys need to open a school for mechanics. Teach them right so customers stop getting screwed. Everyone should go through a basic handyman class when buying a house.

[@b0lbi]

Even the best trained techs can lack ethics.

[@oceanpout5232]

Great info from the tool man, keep em coming, and thank you!

[@donotrobme9295]

Best video Don’t edit all the conversations. We love it all thx

[@elproducto9267]

I just retired after a 33 year career as a high school and middle school shop teacher. In 2008, I was cutting a drawer bottom (1/4” ply) on the Unisaw, had a kickback, and it drove my right hand ring finger into the saw blade. It cut my finger vertically, splitting the finger from the tip to the cuticle of the finger nail. During class. Took 5 stitches. Within 3 years, I had replaced both Unisaws with SawStops. That technology is fantastic! And kids “working,” or learning how to do things, is alive and well in the Midwest and the Great Plains, too!

[@KoonTrucking]

Yeah it’s a great invention for sure

[@scott1708]

@@KoonTrucking I agree it was a great invention, but if you cut wet pressure treated decking you can get a false positive and unnecessarily destroy a blade. It happens often out in the feild. The guy who invented it did two things I didn't like. 1) He went to the government and attempted to mandate all saws in the US use the technology--a technology free had a monopoly on. 2) Enter Bosch ReaXX, a system with the same technology but at a far lower cartridge cost. Moreover it does not destroy your blade. The guy fought their US release to protect his patent (who cares about safety? 😂) even though some legal experts said it didn't violate his patent. Thankfully his patent just expired and Bosch's far superior system will soon be widely available in the United States.

[@chryslertechnician3439]

Michael sells toolboxes like crazy! My Matco has had the same 5s on his truck since I met him, 6 years ago…

[@KoonTrucking]

Ohhh that sucks !

[@Alanthe918mobilemechanic]

I’m glad you out the your options part back In the intro!

[@carmac1652]

Pine Hollow . And diagnostics he's my favorite . KZbinr .👍

[@bencleveland6229]

Clay could you make a list or a video on your “worth their weight in gold” tools? I’ve bought so many of them hearing you say that and have been a huge help.

[@cooter.malone]

One of your best videos!!

[@KoonTrucking]

Thank you

[@angelnegron1645]

I took votech in my sophomore year in 2016 for auto-body. Out of 12 students, 3 of them were there to learn.

[@KoonTrucking]

That’s about the way it is everywhere I think. It’s sad.

[@nevillepretorius8948]

Very interesting tooltruck talk guys, enjoyed it! 👍

[@KoonTrucking]

Thank you

[@andrewkarppinen4348]

So glad to hear that your Mom is doing better! Thank you for taking the time to talk about the electrical stuff too! I would like to see more videos like this. Going to re-watch this one a couple times because there was a lot of valuable info.

[@MrScrubs236]

Dude I'm not gonna lie you hit the jackpot on tool dealers. I've been a toyota tech for over 4 years and couldn't agree more with everything match Michael says.

[@paulmendenhall5226]

I started out doing industrial electronics and for the past 15 years I have been doing a lot of automotive and it still fascinating how some of the electronics work and if you have ever seen some of the elegal things the drug runners do as far as hidden compartments it blows my mind

[@robertbowser1883]

Man the two of you were in the mood to yap, good thing it was about some really cool stuff. I agree when I went to TSTI Waco on the first day they gave us all a basic tool test. It took half the class just a few minutes and the other half struggled some with it.

[@jenniferfreeman1752]

It's not bad till you let the smoke out of it 😂

[@chryslertechnician3439]

I like that tan box!

[@blakeholden8804]

You and Michael could start a tool podcast! Lol great video clay! And awesome points Michael

[@oldman3388]

Great tool talk video 🔧🔧🔧🔧

[@obsant7214]

1 hour episode kinda makes up for no Hamilton lol I need my weekly Hamilton 🤣 hopefully he comes back soon

[@timnewby115]

this is a great informative video! one of the best i have seen in awhile.

[@KoonTrucking]

Thank you

[@coolcatsgarage558]

3 man y’all are fast LOL

[@danieltubbs458]

Aye

[@dalebennett5227]

Great video.

[@johnnyramirez9082]

Good video, great content and truth be told

[@andybrooks4070]

Ive been using the westling machine socket trays, they look great and and super high quality for what you pay

[@scott1708]

Thanks Andy! I had seen those somewhere and now I know where to find them.

[@JasonJonesPhotography]

The saw stop works exactly the same way a touch lamp like grandma had works. The way your skin turns on the lamp from touch, activates the detonator (just like an airbag in a car) to jam the sawblade in milliseconds. The newer saw stops dont ruin the saw, they just have a replaceable module and blade if activated. No matter what it costs, what are your fingers worth? I wish that id had a matco dealer like Michael. Id have bought more stuff from them over the years. EVERY shop I was at, the matco guy would show up once every 10 weeks and randomly skip that visit when you needed him most.

[@guyspelick4280]

Great video guys! And just to refresh Matco Michael's memory, those "bundles" he referred to are called "splice packs" or "ground combs" At least in the GM world

[@markiefufu]

Hard to believe that tests have pictures of tools. But then again, my brother-in-law didn't own even a screwdriver until my dad bought him a basic tool set when he was around 40 years old. I grew up helping my dad fix everything around the house including the cars and appliances. I can fix just about anything as long as I don't let procrastination get in my way. Lol.

[@guitarsender]

Fantastic video Clay!

[@KoonTrucking]

Thank you

[@christeson413]

I live in northern Illinois and I order that socket tray in the end of November 2020 and just got it last Monday the 16th.

[@KoonTrucking]

It’s nice. That’s one purchase I haven’t regretted at all

[@jeffhurley3548]

I have a snap on test light like that and love it 😎👍

[@AriansmithsDroppedPasses]

Matco Mike and I are the the same age ‘91. And we probably feel the same way ab our generation. We’ve got a lot of dummies that know everything already but there’s some of us that were raised to be able to do it ourselves but our kids generation... these kids don’t care anything ab knowing how to work on stuff. A lot of them and I know not all but a lot believe that tradesmen are low on the economy and intellectual spectrum but as an industrial electrical tech I’m making more than 90% of these kids that are 100k in the hole after a 2 4 and 6 year degree. And y’all are right a lot of us have failed as parents to prepare our kids for the real world.

[@A1i3N337]

FYI the building codes in Chicago requires light switches to be serviced by electricians. Even though this is excessive, it prevents a lot of people from even realizing in the first place that they are capable of DIY home repairs. Some other examples of strict city codes preventing homeowners from DIY'ing: toilets, sinks, P-traps, light fixtures, electrical conduit, light switches - these are all things that Chicago code requires a licensed professional to repair. Many home owners don't care about these codes and do their own repairs (ahem), but it's worth mentioning.

[@KoonTrucking]

Shows you how the unions controlled the city back in the day i guess when all that was written.

[@workingmanpatriot8760]

Iam a gen-Xer, my problem is they quit printing "hard copy" service manuels! I learned sooo much comeing up from those manuels...

[@danieltubbs458]

My socket organizers finally came in on Wednesday!!!!! I ordered 6 almost a year ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@KoonTrucking]

Haha took long enough didn’t it

[@philipbohlinger4150]

It's definitely not just a "south" thing. I've been swinging hammers and turning wrenches ever since I could say the words, wrench and hammer.

[@michaelfortenberry2839]

We have a votec down hear in Philadelphia ms I just graduated and went for 3 years for welding some of the things you see people do in that shop just makes you wonder how there still alive😂😂

[@johnzieman6023]

Wish we had a Matco dealer that came to our shop but the last guy that we had got caught embezzling

[@KoonTrucking]

That sucks

[@joegriffin66]

Love the educational videos y’all do and some helpful tips given. Glad Michael’s mom is improving will continue to keep the family in our prayers. Now I need to invest in liquid tape lol cause looking for a lost ground to AC compressor connector. Fun electrical.

[@ronanderson1816]

Amen to Votech !

[@staceygandy2009]

I grew up spending alot of time with my grandpa. He taught me alot. Only thing I never picked up was electrical. I can rebuild a engine, carburetors, weld build utility trailers which I'm 43 now and 18yrs ago I started building trailers on the side and bought a Miller magic 252 and a cold saw and a 7"x12" metal cut bandsaw. Made alot of money with it. Just never picked up on the electrical. And if you don't know better leave it alone!

[@markbopresley8398]

Glad your momma is doing better

[@brandong2953]

I'm gonna come up there and ask you to show how to do an inframe overhaul on my mx13 epa10! I will watch everything and take notes!

[@tonychandler8908]

I have all these tools that Michael showed and I use them all the time at work I have some techs that make fun of me because I have so many different tools but I test I don’t guess and they are my tools that I payed for to do the job

[@jackhenry290]

A lot of Carlyle products are the same as matco I have noticed lately.

[@I_Died_2_Weeks_Ago]

Which means they're Taiwanese tools which is better than China at least.

[@markgriffin5537]

Micheal is one hell of a salesman. He’s sold me on a ton of things right along with you Clay. Sure wish I could buy from him. Hell I might drive to Mississippi to meet up with him like I did Mr joe. My guys ok but he don’t have the passion like Micheal does and don’t think he’s gonna last long to be honest. Matco seems to be pushing things more towards online ordering, than the tool trucks. My guy has even told me to order online vs going through him because of back ordering. Thing is he won’t warranty anything unless I get it from him.

[@KoonTrucking]

That’s some bull if it is “Matco” he should warranty it. I wouldn’t buy jack squat from him if that’s how he wants to be. What if you buy everything from him and he goes out of business and the next guy is the same way? Piss on that. I would tell him to his face too if he refused to warranty something for me especially since Matco covers the cost of the tool to take his truck and run it off a bridge! I would just walk off the truck and tell him to save a trip and never come back.

[@markgriffin5537]

@@KoonTrucking yeah that’s the reason I backed off from him besides things I need right then. I’d be glad to drive the 3 hours to do business with Micheal. If that’s ok with you and him.

[@danielboone94]

I need it cause it's blue, I felt that!👨‍🔧

[@danielboone94]

Will they make a long neck sealed head? When is the brushless coming?

[@KoonTrucking]

🤷🏼‍♂️

[@davidwalle5025]

Good video. Need special guest appearance by wild bill when talking about life lessons.

[@andrewscott8892]

My uncle always use to say(and very well could) he's willing to fix everything in the house from top to bottom except the electricity, he'll come out of pocket and pay for someone to do that part

[@jeffhurley3548]

Patience as long as I keep my patience I’m good I loose my patience forget it 😂

[@CAJones-bu6tu]

Can you do a video on how to use a de pining kit?

[@charliegardner8537]

I like the shot guy

[@JOHN-that-is-me]

I want the matco shotgun. That is a great tool for diagnostic.

[@KoonTrucking]

Haha

[@Zepolbboy]

I cant believe you passed right passed that fine digital camo air hammer 😔

[@samkuntz7036]

My nephew was in high school auto shop he was one of 8 kids out of thirty that could do a brake job tune up there were kids in that class didn't have any idea what a screwdriver or any other tool I showed my nephew how to work on a car when he was eight and now he's going to diesel repair school

[@obsant7214]

Hopefully the ratchets come back in stock soon I ordered some a while ago and still not in

[@ianloyd6384]

Ya, I ordered the 1/4” black chrome/blue handle locking flex head (already have that same in 3/8) about 2 months ago- my dealer still hasn’t gotten it in yet.

[@fishingmontana1564]

I do construction for a living I was ripping down some 2x6 the other day and had a board kick back and the piece hit my thumb I am lucky I did not cut my self but yeah a little different but if I did run my hand in the blade I would rather buy a new saw than have less fingers

[@KoonTrucking]

Exactly

[@HerreraCam]

At 22:04. Exactly. They say/think they know every damned thing. But they don't know jackshit. You can't teach a man who believes he already knows. Uncoachable.

[@chrisstory797]

Does it include the tan shotgun? Lol

[@marcusmitchell2074]

Do we know the part number of that test light

[@andybrooks4070]

Its almost always up to the parents or whoever your father or mother figure was or is, you can tell who the people are that grew up with a parent fixing on there own cars or fixing shit in there house ect. not having to call joe electrician to put a switch in, however thats how my neighbor was, he is now in his late 50's but he never used to fix or do anything on his own until recently and he has now dove head first into woodworking, working on his own cars and its really cool to see

[@johnblanton3176]

Have you done any reviews/tours on the tool grid systems that Matco and Mac provide? I think there are a TON of people that aren't even aware the system exists...

[@KoonTrucking]

I looked at it but it is way too many pieces and parts and when you add tools you have to redo it all. It’s just not for me. It seems like it wastes a lot of space also vs socket rails.

[@leftyspinn]

The differece between diagnostics and swapnostics hahaha. Some relays also have the terminal numbers in a different configuration so if you swap stuff around you can send power the wrong way and blow it.

[@KoonTrucking]

Yep

[@b0lbi]

Society and technology have advanced so much that one person cant do it all anymore. People used to build their own homes, grow their own food, fix their own cars, and everything else that goes with homesteading. Yeah they may not be able to change your battery or change oil, But they can write code or build computers, engineer things etc. Things that they consider basic tasks we may be as clueless as they are with cars.

[@ryanbaumgardner8583]

i work for a municipality as a mechanic. when i tell ya that the dpf and transmission harness always go bad on the freightliner garbage trucks, its no exaggeration. garbage juice will leak onto the harness and damn near eat through them in a week. corrosion galore. spent a week on my first one. ended up having to replace everything all the way up to the ecm and tcm. replaced loom and all. and made it all look nice for the next guy.. which will probably be me. and is it matco micheal on facebook?

[@KoonTrucking]

I think so. I know he has Instagram

[@rbarr1200]

Milwaukee needs an automotive tool truck. They make great tools and are more affordable Mechanics ain’t rich to be buying shit at those prices

[@86azarate]

Thanks for the electrical tool tips and suggestions. Just getting back into the automotive repair side. I been working with underwater robotics the past 6 years. So trying to catch up with automotive electrical. What do ya suggest for lab scopes. I used table top oscilloscopes before , but been looking for an automotive style. Any suggestions or advice? Leaning towards a picoscope. Thanks!

[@KoonTrucking]

Pico is the king

[@solidgoldeazyaction]

Really like those picks but they are pricey. Cornwell picks are just as strong for half price, just the handle takes time getting use to

[@KoonTrucking]

I’m not a fan of those square handles at all

[@ianthompson2802]

I didn't have votech at my school I have made hand over fist doing brake jobs for people I went to hs with. Also when I went to tradecschool we had a week this is a hammer this is a wrench bc people didn't know it

[@harveysmith100]

I think part of the problem is dexterity, if you work with your hands in any capacity, you will start to develop dexterity and motor skills. Then if you try another trade your hands aren't fighting against you. Of course you need to learn the basics but having working hands is very underrated.

[@MrChisma1986]

Nothing better to watch when you stuck at home with the KungFlu. Thank you guys

[@KoonTrucking]

Thank you for watching. Hope you get better soon !

[@neilhibbert5201]

I have good ond for .I when to golf club and one of the guys I none he had four bottle of beer around him and started to be very angry he was trying fit two wiper blades for 50 mins and 4 bottle of bud later .so I fitted them in about 2 mins flat. After woods he asked me to take them off and show him how to them.then I was on free beer.

[@gregmohler9975]

The brake is a 100 and the blade is a 100 and that 200 is well worth it, I always keep a spare of each on hand so production can keep going, only had the brake go off on the saw once so it does work I barely got a scratch