WEIRDEST Toyota in the WORLD?? (Part 4 - Customer Says: Make it PERFECT!)

The customer was so HAPPY to hear that his beloved 2004 Toyota Avalon was back to full health NO PARTS REQUIRED, that he asked me to address a few other small issues to really make it PERFECT:
-P0442 - Small EVAP Leak
-Loud THUMP over bumps in the rear end
-Dash Illumination: Backlight for Odometer, "P", HVAC module buttons
Let's do the final repairs on this Toyota and bring it back to like-new factory condition :)
OTC LEAK TAMER SMOKE MACHINE:
www.amazon.com/dp/B007X74ZTK?...
MINI BULBS #E74:
www.amazon.com/dp/B00JNF9W4S?...
MINI BULBS #8111:
www.amazon.com/dp/B00JS3U0BE?...
Enjoy!
Ivan

[@myidisinhim559]

These 4 videos were better than a Netflix mini series😊

[@brianw8963]

I told Ivan a long time ago He needs to get one of those full length beige overcoats and a fat cigar. He already has that old Suzuki daily driver. 😅😅😅

[@marknaravas318]

It definitely got beyond belief!

[@Steven-sk6vm]

Amen 🙏🏽

[@kerrylewis2581]

Agree

[@alenmihelcic8267]

Worst. Not look 5 hours

[@phillharris3154]

How this channel gets only 210k subscribers baffles me. It should be many times more. It deserves much, much more!

[@kerrylewis2581]

It's baffling. I watch every video as soon as it comes out. Ivan's knowledge and teaching ability should easily have him in the 500K zone.

[@denniswright8949]

@@kerrylewis2581 Most people don't like deep geeks; they want the 3 sentence management summary. I was a deep geek in the software industry for 45 years. After I had solved a difficult problem, I wrote an email describing the symptoms, the analysis, the fix, and the validation. One of the attendees said: This note was not exactly clear on one point. I replied: Maybe I should have written a few more words. My team lead immediately exclaimed: Said no one EVER! Ivan is a wizard.

[@alexanderzubar9593]

Not as many people like going as deep as Ivan. I especially Love the Russian repairs. He has a following similar to Diagnose Dan so he’s in good company.

[@daveclark8337]

Do you watch the Car Care Nut? That guy was at 100K subs in 2021 just doing vids out of his home garage. A year later he was at 200K and left the dealership and opened up his own 4000 sq. ft shop. He made it made it sound as if it was all made possible due to YT. And now he's at 1 Mil and increased his shop space again with a separate unit just for making videos with no outside noise.

[@phillharris3154]

@@daveclark8337 yes,I have been watching the car care nut for a year or more, as I have a Toyota. He is much more professional with his channel. Pine hollow is all about the technical. I guess it is what it is. Ivan must be earning enough. Remember, he has very low overheads compared to car care nut. It's not how much you earn, it's all about how much you spend. I like Ivan's attitude to life. Pine Hollow Rocks!!!

[@paceauto5382]

Since this customer has you Ivan, he’s never getting rid of this Avalon.🙌🏽

[@russellhltn1396]

Oh, how getting all the bulbs to work makes such a difference about how you feel about your car.

[@jimburgess9205]

It looked as though that instrument cluster had been replaced before.

[@brianw8963]

I saw that also.

[@csan255]

Yup. Replaced w/ a used one judging from the writing at the back.

[@stevenmorris25]

I am on vacation at the pool watching you lol great job on working on the Toyota. I wish people will took the time out to understand what is going on before telling someone it needs $3,000 on work done.

[@larryjames965]

My wife says "thank you" for answering the question about the thumb!

[@robbflynn4325]

Please do not stop what you do!

[@htownblue11]

This was a fun case study Ivan. And a secondary lesson is when you take the time to properly diagnose an issue, the customer immediately starts to invest trust in your skills and will often ask for everything to be fixed because you earned their trust. Thanks for another great ride!

[@user-pq9ji7kt4l]

Moral of the story: If you’re going to do diagnostics, you need the test equipment (including Alldata) and the skill to collect the data that proves what’s wrong. Throwing parts at a repair is not troubleshooting. Great series! Very cool!

[@Guillotines_For_Globalists]

Was the cluster replaced already? Noticed the handwritten "2003 Avalon" on the backside.

[@brassmule]

6:12 I would agree there. The rear sway bar links are not OE either (notice the flats on the back, the OE versions are entirely round). The old ones almost look like the front bushings from a 2004 Camry.

[@johnaclark1]

I knew that car wouldn't leave PHAD with the "P" light burned out. Well done!

[@GeminiSeven43]

You are amazing Ivan as working on older cars behind the dash can be a nightmare with all that dry brittle plastic but you do a professional job each and every time. Your customers are lucky to have you working on their cars. Thanks so much for taking us along on this one.

[@smet145]

Great work Ivan, almost no parts required except for the bushes and bulbs to make the car almost perfect 😃 I still can't believe a Toyota dealer wanted to scrap it over a loose ground wire 🤦‍♂️

[@brianw8963]

They like to sell new ones.

[@paulsolovyovsky1702]

@@brianw8963 the funny thing is they make more money repairing them then selling new ones. The service part usually makes more money then selling.

[@brianw8963]

@@paulsolovyovsky1702 They probably would have tightened that ground back up and had it on the used lot the next day. 😀

[@mattbrown5511]

It is all about turnaround time in the service department.

[@brianw8963]

@@mattbrown5511 I’m quite familiar with that, used to do the flat rate at a VW stealership many years ago.

[@MrTonyPiscatelle]

That feeling you get when you've hired a quality technician !! Ivan you should open a school for technicians. Lord knows the world needs them !

[@world_still_spins]

Hmmm, the back of that cluster said 2003 Avalon.

[@davidquinn6161]

Probably a junk yard replacement.

[@titaniumman_22]

2 Pine Hollow’s on a Sunday? 😮! Awesome, I love any Ivan video I can get! 🇺🇸

[@Michael-yi4mc]

Ivan is not at a Trump rally.

[@dporrasxtremeLS3]

Man you said it Right! "Thanks" for all your hard detailed work Ivan! You ARE the Best!

[@andy10471]

That must have hurt like crazy. Air hammer vs thumb! As always awesome diag n repair

[@rons9197]

As a 2000 Avalon owner much appreciated when Ivan steps up for a once over of common problems! Thank You!

[@flycatchful]

This individual is both a mechanical and electronic genius.

[@igormac88]

Great to see this Avalon got the full service it deserves! I'm sure the owner will open his pockets with a wide smile to make whatever it takes to solve all the other small gremlins after the big issue had been resolved with "just" a tightened ground

[@snidelywhiplash8923]

Such perseverance. That is an exceptionally nice car for its age. I guess there's an emotional difference attending to such details on a car in such condition rather than it being lipstick on a pig, which this one for sure was not.

[@remogaggi82]

Gotta go the distance and fix that temperature gauge!

[@bobhudson6659]

No problem. Send Ivan the money for a new instrument cluster (or get the new cluster yourself and send it to him) and I am sure Ivan will be happy to fit it for the owner.

[@remogaggi82]

@@bobhudson6659 already sent!

[@alf699]

Well done. My son had an Avalon here in OZ which despite its age was bullet proof. His idea of maintenance is when the car stops running. He ended up running up the back of another car. Otherwise that car could have run for another 10 years without any issues. So the customer certainly made the right choice to have his brought back to scratch.

[@johnclamshellsp1969]

Good evening Ivan. What a great case study on this Toyota. Always great videos. Thank you.

[@Michael-yi4mc]

It’s 1400 hours in Hawaii. Happy Sunday.

[@n6dl321]

AutoZone had the little back light lamp modules for my Chev Tahoe

[@rodneymiddleton9624]

Persistence pays off!!! Thanks Ivan!

[@crerus75]

If your plumber's putty starts to harden, mix it with a little mineral oil. I've used engine oil in a pinch to renew some old putty.

[@raymondreiff8170]

Now this is a smart Customer refuses nothing but the Best for his Car, You might have to live with it, Really❗ WHAT the H, I can't believe what the other so called professional told this customer, All for a bad Ground, messed up Vac line's, A malfing coolant temp gauge, Bad Dash and Hvac control light bulb's, It seems good technician's are definitely in short supply here in Shitsville usa, This Customer's Alalon is NOW ready for 300.000 +miles, With money left in the BANK. Nice work as always 🇺🇸👍

[@Roger21989]

The Avalon is a wonderful car!

[@aranhaydar9195]

As always Ivan provides the best content on KZbin, 🙃 and the electronics in this video are proof that not every innovation is an improvement. Notice how serviceable those parts were!

[@glenharper3136]

Thanks for the video.

[@JPPerez-tn8xe]

LOVE this case study!!!!

[@Silent-Lucidity]

Great job! I enjoyed the series!

[@seanwies6637]

Outstanding Series!

[@johnmoloney5296]

Thats the first time in 20 years of assembling electronics ive seen anyone cutting leads with a scissors 🤣🤣

[@cyrexccc]

Never disappointed!!! Well done! 👍

[@mikedaugharty5544]

Great series of videos there Ivan you do great work

[@shuriKen469]

keeping a mint Toyota on the road? i bet that's Scotty approved!! 👍🏼

[@THEDRAGONBOOSTER8]

Great video Ivan..

[@baxrok2.]

Thanks Ivan!

[@markcook5962]

This has been an amazing series on the Avalon. Thanks

[@jeffjankiewicz5100]

I just love these multiple video series. Well done Ivan.

[@venenareligioest410]

Superb job 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@wallebo]

Another great job!

[@Val-mm5gd]

Ivan you do such nice work and with pride! ❤

[@diegovd7215]

This serie has been a pleasure to follow, you are Top Notch man! :)

[@jeffreyrozelle6941]

Great Job, I am so impressed with your handy car skills. Your customers are gonna be happy 😊 Keep pushing the good faith!

[@MrOverstuffedcow]

What a perfect bedtime story since I get up at 2AM for work. Great work Ivan. I always look forward to your videos.

[@pookatim]

As Eric O would say, "Ready for the car show!"

[@jgeorges3061]

IVAN, Great case study always u amaze me what ever it comes to ur way u take the time to study it and have a plan to tackled thanks for sharing ur knowledge always appreciate ur time and effort cheeeers.

[@robavis4906]

Great videos. Its amazing what some garages do. Just replace parts lol

[@seamasrigh2162]

I did sway bar bushings on my '06 Avalon recently. The ones you pulled out almost look like, to me, the ones for the front sway bar, not the rear.

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

They were definitely incorrect 😅

[@ATSNorthernMI]

My MKIV golf didn't have HVAC illumination but after doing research found out that the HVAC module got it's illumination from the factory radio which received a CAN bus signal to turn on the illumination. If you replaced the factory radio with an aftermarket one, then you loose HVAC illumination. Im sure you could tap into another illumination circuit but after finding that out, I just gave up and lived with dark HVAC controls. I remember as a kid watching my mom fix Christmas lights that way. She had an entire kit of bulbs and various tools to ensure every strand was working. She would spend hours making sure it was all 100% before putting them up. When the season was over, she would wrap them around rolls of news paper to ensure they never got tangled up. Every single year I would watch her for hours testing strands and replacing bulbs the same way by undoing the tiny wires and pulling them out of the sockets. She would take strands that didn't work anymore and remove all of the bulbs to refresh her kit of Christmas light repair. Watching you dig that bulb out of the socket just reminded me of the good ol times.

[@johncooper4637]

I wish you had been able to fix the temp gauge.

[@georgetillett6549]

Maybe worth looking at when you had the instrument cluster out, keep up the good work!

[@AdreHoniball]

Im no mechanic but these were great to watch....great work....keep it up from South Africa

[@AP9311]

Well having watched all 4 part series, that was nice fix them all. Toyota are pretty reliable and easy to fix lol. I had thought the cluster might be bad if you could check the solder joints? But you added the resistor to fix the temp issue! You managed to fix them all! Wow, now you have customer for life lol. Nice job Ivan! Awesome video!!

[@Garth2011]

Its tedious work to play with those 100% plastic dash parts and prevent any collateral damage. LUCKY Ivan had the bulbs that were needed for the HVAC panel. Very cool.

[@antwaa2n000]

I love how you go in and fix things from light bulbs to soldering circuits if you can, it's the same thing I used to do on aircraft, I know it's mainly the older cars that are easier to work on the component level like that but it's nice to see you breathing life into these old parts.

[@haroldhawkins9370]

Nice video Ivan.

[@frankcarpenetti5776]

Always do ALL the bulbs once you are in! As you know. Great videos man!

[@albutterfield5965]

Good job Ivan

[@weshawkins7165]

Great mini series, excellent diagnosis on all of it. I’ll bet that hurt like hell when you smacked your thumb.

[@meridianmedia1093]

Amazing work, Ivan! I just bought one of those Drive E Volvos where they had to rebuild the engine rings. Your videos have really helped me get through that process. It was amazing that Volvo covered 8 years and 100,000 miles on those rings.”oil consumption recall” 2016 Volvo V60 platinum ❤ 98,000 miles-Like new 🆕 It is the quietest car I have ever been in! Great for the German Shepherd 🏡👍 and long distance 35 mpg.

[@aerogram3609]

Awesome series! The first thing that came to my mind after reading the word "perfect" was "he's going to replace that temperature gauge" or at least mark up the new redline. So maybe is an "almost perfect" so far! Sorry for my OCD! Hahaha! Still a great job! Thanks Ivan!

[@fredautos]

I love you diagnosis man.. Sorry that your Hammer got your thumb .! Keep em coming..

[@1954307]

great job ivan a lot of time patience but well worth it

[@stever41g]

Your amazing Ivan.

[@michaellonsdale5904]

I always cleaned the earths by wire wheel/emery tape and then tighten them, removes any corrosion etc and makes a tight clean connection.

[@KendrasEdge757]

Excellent work brother! All four videos were great!! Appreciate your work and content! Where’s your shop located? God bless~

[@billziegmond4943]

Awesome job .I have use duct seal putty never hardens water proof and non corrosive.

[@betomendez4304]

This was good video 📸

[@charliefox7206]

Nice Work.🦊

[@Michael-yi4mc]

I just changed the bulb for my 2000 Sienna ignition ring. Your car looks the same as mine.

[@bombardier3qtrlbpsi]

I guess it's perfect PHAD last touched the car😁 satisfied customer again nice job 👍

[@sankar7055]

Very good one, thought of asking about your nail, take care

[@Charlie1012000]

A common pen laser light is much more sensitive and visible than white light in smoke when it comes to spot tiny almost invisible leaks.

[@Loglakeliving]

Great work Ivan… I’m 500 miles away…still worth it if I need it

[@johnchambers12]

I had a 2002 Volvo V40 and i had a leak under the gas cap i used JB weld and my leak went away. Thanks for this video series!

[@yeahitskimmel]

Oh cool just yesterday I watched through the whole series and thought it was all done

[@HouseCallAutoRepair]

Very nice! Older Toyotas were such fantastic cars!

[@nevillegoddard4966]

Nailed it! Now get it outta here!🎉

[@calholli]

I did some of the bulbs in my 97 Isuzu Rodeo.. so now I have 3 different colored lights for all the buttons. lol.. It's actually kinda better though; easy to separate unrelated functions now.

[@rihovaher]

Before installing the backlight bulb, it is necessary to check that the bulb is lit with an external 12v dc power source. I have had it happen that I put new bulbs in the heads, but these fine wires on the bulb do not make good contact. Then I bend the wires a little on the bulb to make better contact.If the background lighting, the colored cover of the bulb breaks, I have colored the bulb with a colored marker, for example, blue

[@edwardbella3871]

Good wok sir.

[@justliberty4072]

Finallly! The thumbnail polish story.

[@johnwhan7288]

Nice!

[@dga5396]

You are worth every penny.

[@greggc8088]

Ouch! Hope that heals up good for you Ivan. I love using the air hammer though and have been fortunate not too do too much damage to myself. I got carried away for a time with it and bough all kinds of tools that work with it. The fan clutch tools, the u joint tool, tie rod fork, hammer, chisel, and some more I can't think of. There's a lot of them out there. I even bought one for installing condoms on myself. You have to be real careful with that one though. 🤣🤣

[@johnz8210]

Nice little series on this Avalon. Lots of attention to details. Isn't Avalon where King Arthur went to die after being mortally wounded?

[@DaveGmn]

I've always wondered if that was Toyota's little joke, given the advanced age that mysteriously causes us Avvy owners to lust over the model.

[@johnz8210]

@@DaveGmn Could be.

[@xboxbml]

Oh wow 2 in 1 day?! Thanks!

[@Michael-yi4mc]

Of course. Ivan is a Democrat busy helping his people.

[@cullenmiller8170]

Great series and outcome for the customer. Luckily he brought the car to you before the aftermarket parts cannon was unloaded on it. I’m surprised that thumbnail hasn’t fallen off yet. 🤣🤣

[@allenramirez2778]

Had one with cracked evap lines everywhere, the nylon type

[@drdiabeetus3061]

Ouch! Air hammer to the thumb, I was wondering what happened. Great work! Looked like the main instrument cluster was from a salvage yard. Thought it was odd that year & model was marked on the back. Not something I think Toyota does.

[@cclngthr]

Those mini bulbs are t3 and t4. Available at the dealer. I ended up replacing every interior bulb in my Corolla. The LED bulbs are also available on eBay.

[@mattbrown5511]

As usual, Ivan shows other techs how is done.

[@peterbenson3776]

Oh god those silicone caps!! Yikes. Had those to deal with on an industrial control panel put on 28V bulbs as you can image the normally on bulbs turned to toast. Panel was made in the 80s by Mystech in Conn.

[@steventiry8701]

I did not notice. Did you replace the 'P' indicator bulb in the instrument cluster?

[@rogerdedrick373]

I like to use he laser light from a non contact thermometer to see small leaks with the smoke machine.