Isnt this the 2nd or 3rd police car Ray has done, that shows you how fair he is and the trust they have in him. Good job Ray. 😊😊😊😊😊
@charlierumsfeld66267 ай бұрын
This vehicle may have been here before. I don't know how a private citizen would have this as their daily driver. The PA/sirenb horn wouldn't be behind the engine on the firewall on a municipal unit. It would be out on a push bumper or behind the grille.
@whatsups30457 ай бұрын
My thoughts too! If the Police trust you over dealers ( no pun intended), you know you are doing something right!
@dannyr33467 ай бұрын
The pd have their own fleet techs. I worked for the motor pool in the nypd for like 10 years. That cruiser is more than likely some private law enforcement vehicle.
@papatomsthoughts7 ай бұрын
@@dannyr3346 depends on city and department, I am betting. Smaller cities, towns, do not have their own techs. So you never know. I have lived in US and Canada, seen both. Even here in Alberta RCMP use local shops for oil and general maintenance unless they are in major cities.
@MrShadow-qz9xj7 ай бұрын
@@dannyr3346 wouldn't make sense for smaller detachments/forces do have their own fleet maintenance, as they do not have a large enough fleet to make it worth hiring a full time tech. The RCMP detachment near me has a grand total of 3-4 vehicle, they have an SUV, one marked cruiser, at least one unmarked cruise, and I think they have an older cruiser they use as a spare. Other detachments are so spread out that having a central repair depot would also not be cost effective. I have no doubt large city police forces would do all their own maintenance as they would have a large enough fleet to keep one or more techs busy.
@charlesslack80907 ай бұрын
Ray spent the morning during the test drive going door to door collecting late payments from deadbeat customers.😮😮😮 The squad car helped him to collect all of the slow pays so that Lauren can finish the end of month reports.😊😊😊 Another great video as always Ray!
@golferpro12417 ай бұрын
Lol
@manlyotool11657 ай бұрын
Ray test driving that interceptor. You know he wanted to light someone up.😂
@Evan-df5mo7 ай бұрын
i think he said that the first interceptor he test drove lol
@DogAteMyPopcorn7 ай бұрын
Check with Jeremy Dewitte and see how impersonating a police officer worked out for him. 🙃
@Evan-df5mo7 ай бұрын
@@DogAteMyPopcorn heh, my dads a police officer man, its a misdemeanor
@castandcultivate237 ай бұрын
@@Evan-df5mofelony in Florida
@castandcultivate237 ай бұрын
He had his fun but he stayed within the verbal instructions by the officer.
@wacowildcat7 ай бұрын
Put new battery on wife’s car this am. Dropped 10 mil socket somewhere on subframe. Had her brake bounce the car and socket fell out and rolled towards a storm drain. Made diving stop. Howdy from exciting Texas yall!
@DonaldWells-wk8dc7 ай бұрын
Say hi to Greg Abbott from me in Az...😊
@wacowildcat7 ай бұрын
@@DonaldWells-wk8dc Will do. He will be there in 28 campaigning for the White House.
@wacowildcat7 ай бұрын
@@sheepdog3828 I need that.
@DeepakKumar-lv4te7 ай бұрын
Living the dream 😅
@larrymitchell35027 ай бұрын
@@wacowildcatNative Texan, lifetime resident - 7 decades. LAST guy I'd vote for any public office is Hot Wheels.
@frugalprepper2 ай бұрын
You banged one little Tahoe, and will now be known Ray The Tahoe Banger for the rest of you life.
@dennismorgan3544 ай бұрын
Amazing I saw everyone doing the speed limit in your test drives this video
@wifeunit7 ай бұрын
Happy Tuesday!
@rjb63277 ай бұрын
Always nice to see you.
@kevincurry47357 ай бұрын
Happy Tuesday to you too and remember to have yourself a great day.
@wacowildcat7 ай бұрын
Howdy maim.
@IR-nq4qv7 ай бұрын
And to you and Ray...,have a slice of a great day
@richardrhodes-gc2ko7 ай бұрын
To you as Well! :)
@IR-nq4qv7 ай бұрын
in many aspects this is just a generic fluid change but one very important thing to note, any fleet contract of this magnitude would be a sweetheart of a deal to land and an golden opportunity to expand. In return, the customer gets a fully documented service and a real time overall visual / physical safety inspection and guaranteed top performance/ emergence requirement of their vehicle, I say this in respect to..., the "CYA" criteria on their end that comes with the job, their liability insurance, internal fleet assets integrity and appraised /depreciative values. From a customers point of view, it don't get any more professional than that. It's a win/win for everyone. Ray we watched you, crawl, then walk...now it's time to fly! Let's get this party started!!!
@turboturtle90837 ай бұрын
Big contracts are great till they don't pay ,for what ever reason. Then your sunk. Rule of business, don't put all your eggs in one basket.
@IR-nq4qv7 ай бұрын
@@turboturtle9083 I'm implying versatility not inclusivity... even if I were all contracts are contractual with clauses. Baskets of eggs cliche's only apply to niche markets. The number 1 rule of any successful business is to be positive and open to opportunity. Rule number 2 of any business is to recognize and seize upon a good opportunity if it presents itself. Rule number 3 is to capitalize on all good opportunities in order to stay successful. Being stagnant, complacent or afraid to venture beyond comfort zones is the sole reason why big box stores win and mom an pop shops fail. Look at the history of KZbinr Garrett Mitchell/aka Cleetus McFarland, the guy started out broke with a video installing turbo whistles in a muffler, now he owns several businesses and he's a successful millionaire.. he owns race cars, burnout cars, a race track with a venue, helicopters, planes, a registered runway, jet boats, race boats, employs 30 to 40 people, sells custom car parts, merchandising and much more behind the scenes just to name a few of his many successes. I see Ray having the same opportunities....
@IR-nq4qv7 ай бұрын
@turboturtle9083 I'm implying versatility not inclusivity... even if I were all contracts are contractual with clauses. Baskets of eggs cliche's only apply to niche markets. The number 1 rule of any successful business is to be positive and open to opportunity. Rule number 2 of any business is to recognize and seize upon a good opportunity if it presents itself. Rule number 3 is to capitalize on all good opportunities in order to stay successful. Being stagnant, complacent or afraid to venture beyond comfort zones is the sole reason why big box stores win and mom an pop shops fail. Look at the history of KZbinr Garrett Mitchell/aka Cleetus McFarland, the guy started out broke with a video installing turbo whistles in a muffler, now he owns several businesses and he's a successful millionaire.. he owns race cars, burnout cars, a race track with a venue, helicopters, planes, a registered runway, jet boats, race boats, employs 30 to 40 people, sells custom car parts, merchandising and much more behind the scenes just to name a few of his many successes. I see Ray having the same opportunities....
@MickayG7 ай бұрын
Dave obviously has a clear conscious and nerves of steel.
@TheBry_Guy7 ай бұрын
or has gone deaf :)
@yesyes5417 ай бұрын
New Spark plugs, oil change, and New Air Filter makes the car run almost like new.
@tonyunderwoodmusic16077 ай бұрын
Play the pipe , pipe up the crew. A tea kettle has a pipe (whistle) to let you know the water is hot, ergo “piping hot” . Wonderful video, always lots to learn from your work!
@catgrin5 ай бұрын
Just letting you know, ‘coz you likely won’t see my post. The first print source is from the 14th century, in the Canterbury Tales. That’s before steam engines (17th century) and the first whistling tea kettle (early 1900s). So, the only steam it was originally talking about was the steam in the hot items cooking making noise as it was released. The sound was being compared to the noise made by hand held musical reed pipes (not hot).
@nvdwarriorLtc3 ай бұрын
Exceptional agility under that hood sir! It’s like watching an orchestra conductor moving along at incredible speed till the mission is done. Old Huey pilots appreciate great mechanics Ray and you are one of them.
@EthelbertGill3 ай бұрын
Hi Ray I like your good work, This is your caribbean friend I being washing one year GOD bless you.
@funguy10867 ай бұрын
I'm addicted to learning all the intricacies of different mechanical issues that Ray breaks down. Im not even a mechanic.
@davidbaize48257 ай бұрын
Never too long a video with Rain man Ray!!!! 😁👍
@aipo86t7 ай бұрын
My brother and son are both Ford master techs. They agree, to service the PTU. It is so close to the exhaust that the heat cooks the fluid, especially on cop cars that sit and idle a lot. I know this because I listen to them talk about it for an hour or two. LOL Listening to them talk is as enjoyable as watching your videos.
@davidsnow95047 ай бұрын
Every shop needs a Dave.
@PaulBrennan-q9p4 ай бұрын
Well worth taking your car to ray. So good at taking care of your car 🚗. We'll done ray 😊
@roberthutter747 ай бұрын
These are great units… I was assigned a 2019 with the ecoboost…too fast for a detective so now it’s a impala with a rod knock
@richardstone52417 ай бұрын
This could be an opportunity to get ALL of their fleet vehicles! Do a great job on this one like you always do. Go to their fleet manager with a proposal (discounted labor rate, quick turn around time, suggested maintenance schedule based on how they use the vehicles)
@CraigGrant-sh3in7 ай бұрын
There's a garage in my village that services the village police cars and the surrounding town ambulance. My sister took her cars there because it was close to her house. She passed away and I got her car. Shortly after it needed an inspection soI took it there. The owner calls me and says it needs front brakes. I didn't have the money and asked if they still had pad left. They are legal as long as there is pad. He said yes but I had better change them within the next few weeks. Over a month later I bought pads and rotors. Imagine my surprise when I pulled the pool ld pads and saw that they weren't even half worn out. I had the new parts and changed them so I knew where they were at condition/mileage wise. My thought is, how much is this place ripping off the village and ambulance service. Years ago we had a recall on my wife's car. When she took it to the dealerships told them to inspect it also. They called her and said the rear brakes were shot. They gave her an outrageous price and she said she knew I usually spent about $30 to buy the parts. She asked if they still pasted inspection and he claimed he asked the mechanic and again, you better get them done in a couple of weeks. A few months later I bought new pads and removed the half worn out pads. Another garage I mostly used for inspections and tires had a mechanic that fked me over on brakes. I went to get my car inspected. The mechanic said the brakes were bad which I knew they were real close. I was too busy to do them myself so I had Them do pads and rotors. I noticed the brakes were making noise and thought I was just because they were new. Two weeks later I looked at them and it was the old pads and rotors. I changed them and then took the pads to the garage and told the owner who I knew for a long time to stick them in his azz. He tried saying it must have been bad pads bla bla bla. You could tell the metal backing had been living life here in the rust belt but he claimed they were new but a bad run. It seems they are all criminals
@herbbates47137 ай бұрын
@@CraigGrant-sh3in I hate so many shops are owned by big corporations and just try to get you for every dollar they can, that is why I quit Pep Boys when they fired all old managers that ran the big 10 tire shops for years after they found out they wouldn't rip off customers, the last time I got tires there and it will be the last time after dealing with Big 10 for life and the Pep Boys for another five years after they bought them, till they fired the good guys running them, anyway while I was getting tires they came up with a whole list of things my truck needed all of a sudden for a high dollar prices including a cabin air filter for 200.00, my 2005 Dodge/Cummins doesn't have a cabin filter but they were going to replace anyway
@mikehunt9087 ай бұрын
@@CraigGrant-sh3inand this is the reason I do as much of my own maintenance as I can
@mph58967 ай бұрын
That's a fake cop car. There is no "fleet" backing that up. Nobody does that poor of a job installing police equipment such as the siren sitting on top of the engine bay.
@richardstone52417 ай бұрын
@@mph5896 I would like to think that but today, you never know.
@TonicofSonic7 ай бұрын
Ray, from the bottom of my heart I want you to know the people of this earth are thankful for you. Please continue to inspire, recycle, and entertain because the world needs that right now more than ever before. I know it sounds crazy, a mechanic with a camera, but it is what it is.
@billridings31537 ай бұрын
An hour is never too long…. Sometimes I need to come back and see the rest. Excellent video! Stay safe all….
@suunto617 ай бұрын
Dave reminds me of the engineer in Galaxy Quest. Totally unflappable.
@terencetitmarsh64427 ай бұрын
Love your videos. The safety steps and protective steps (e.g. rags in openings etc) are valuable lessons for any vehicle owner. This is from an old bloke living in Beerwah Queensland, Australia. Keep up the good work. Terry.
@jo65207 ай бұрын
For someone like me who isn't a mechanic, it's nice to hear all the explanations of the processes that you complete! Thank you
@TakeDeadAim7 ай бұрын
One thing to love about the interceptors are their column mounted shifters!
@jimmyssnowremoval10757 ай бұрын
My boss had bought three of these types of cars that were used for our security detail and they ran terrible. And me being his top guy I chose the best one. But was terrible interior. But the whole engine and everything was the best running thing. Wish ray could have worked on all of them.
@AB-jk7tw7 ай бұрын
Toughest 81,000 miles ever on that motor! Plus of course the 5000 hours of idling!
@Mechanicslife19847 ай бұрын
That's a lot of chasing the bad guys around
@shakerman557 ай бұрын
If I didn’t feel like doing it myself, you’re one of the very few people I would let change my transmission fluid. And as I don’t always agree with everything you do, (yes I’m old and stuck in my ways), I do like how you do that. And AC work, and brakes as well.😁
@PaulBrennan-q9p4 ай бұрын
This is why its so hard to do it yourself. You need so many tools 🔧
@ronaldgreiner1047 ай бұрын
I got 144,000 miles on my 2014 Explorers 52:44 original spark plugs. Changed them when I put a water pump in it
@VictorMTaveras7 ай бұрын
Lol the "banging my Tahoe" story again. Never gets old
@spellcrafter237 ай бұрын
never banged a tahoe..What about a corner ho, Ray??? :)
@rb25306 ай бұрын
What I liked was he removed the entire AL/Plastic seal on the oil container... sooooo many people do not do that and wonder why they have engine problems down the road due to FOD from that seal.
@donaldhuffman80807 ай бұрын
Hey Ray remember when pouring oil out of gallon turn around so there’s no Glug Glug Glug high end on top and it will pour like butter! Have an awesome weekend
@nelsondejesus51237 ай бұрын
I'm moving down to Florida in a couple weeks so I need the business address. Ray is a great tech I trust his abilities 👍👍👍
@OGYettie7 ай бұрын
Always A great way to wake up, a Ray vid.
@damionrichter7 ай бұрын
sign of a good day
@donaldstatham46457 ай бұрын
A suggestion for worm clamps: I find a 5/16" nut driver works well. I noticed you use a slot screwdriver most of the time.
@latisimusd7 ай бұрын
Always fun to work on police vehicles and watch the folks on the road around you (no light, horn or sirens). 😁
@jimearl33977 ай бұрын
It's good to have a daily dose of RayRainman 😊😊😊
@johnr.8037 ай бұрын
Your one hour timing is perfect for my one hour treadmill walk! Education + Exercise. Great experience looking over your shoulder. If I was 50 years younger I could be an auto mechanic/artist instead of a musician/artist. What you do is a work of art!
@drewv17857 ай бұрын
Very enjoyable watching this video, Ray! You were providing service and protection to those who serve and protect! Noice!
@AKChryslertech7 ай бұрын
Ray you'll be proud of me brother! I used the BG pxt2 transmission service machine for the first time today! What a difference it makes man, little to know mess at all and super simple. Im sold on the bg stuff now. I used it twice today and used the bg brake fluid exchange machine after my cheapo brake pressure bleeder exploded on me.
@andrewwebber59107 ай бұрын
I look forward to your daily videos and I always learn something , so thanks. Like the longer format as well :)
@CedroCron7 ай бұрын
Ray with regards to the strategy detecting Misfires, you are correct for the majority of vehicles but some vehilces like Chrysler have the ECM monitor the secondary current ramps from the coil (after the spark plug fires) and if it doesn't look right it detects "Insufficient ionization" which alerts the Chrysler dealer technicians that the Misfire is electrical in nature and not mechanical such as a valve not sealing, broken valve spring etc. A mechanical fault. Just thought I'd let you know. (My dad was a Chrysler tech for a number of years before he passed away, and a mechanic overall for 50 years). Cheers.
@coolimpala717 ай бұрын
This could be an opportunity to get ALL of their fleet vehicles! great job taking care , ford usally wear out faster than any other.
@TheKorn8587 ай бұрын
Nice to see you wife unit. I came to say Ray is getting better at editing! The music worked!
@DavidJohnson-yd2jw7 ай бұрын
Years ago when I was buying and selling used police vehicles, instrument gauges showed mileage and hours, which is more important than mileage. Figured at 30 miles per hour engine run time.
@petersomma44077 ай бұрын
The phrase Piping Hot has been used since the late medieval period (1300-1500 A.D.) to describe the steam from a tea kettle. English poet Geoffrey Chaucer first used the phrase in The Miller's Tale in 1387 to describe fresh waffles: “He sente hir pyment meeth and spiced ale / And wafres pipyng hoot out of the glede” Some other theories about the origin of the phrase include: The sound of old pipe organs in large churches Bagpipe music at ceremonial feasts in Scotland Food being piped aboard ships Scorching hot water on the stove
@kevincurry47357 ай бұрын
Middle English cool. I was a fan of the Canterbury tales back in college.
@CrimeVid7 ай бұрын
A kettle yes, a tea kettle no !
@dongeiger83935 ай бұрын
Amazon sells glasses that are clear on top and bifocal on the bottom so you can ware them all the time with out the lanyard. Very cheep!
@DerDuckPond7 ай бұрын
Ray rolling into the throttle over the bridge then pulling back a little to tuck behind the Ford, absolute heart attack by the Ford driver!
@MasterX7677 ай бұрын
RAY! I used the BG transmission cleaner on my 2006 BMW 525i when I did the Transmission service last November and it did a fantastic job. There was NO varnish stains in the mechanisms and casing at all. The fluid was insane dirty. With 190K miles on the transmission, I put the conditioner in with the new Pentosin ATF 6 and it shifts like new, man. That's no, "Snake Oil" brother. It REALLY works.
@squiggyg.84157 ай бұрын
Revved up like a deuce 😎 Before the Internet, I was singing, completely different lyrics
@silicon2127 ай бұрын
you know, the runner in the night
@hdfxrs91217 ай бұрын
Probably blinded by the light
@Itrieditathome8897 ай бұрын
Wrapped up like a douche?
@flynn.learns7 ай бұрын
Whoo-hooo! Got a Doo-D-Doo out of you at 0:49! LOL Made me happy. Have a blessed day! 😁👍 (BONUS at 5:14 too 😂 I'm easily amused...)
@NJP767 ай бұрын
Yess! The return of the Doodlee-Doos ... at least temporarily. Yep, I am easily amused as well, LOL.🤣
@dog3y34 ай бұрын
I have to admit, that is a very clean undercarriage. No oil leaks.
@Starchface7 ай бұрын
You may need to save time by not filming some activity that you see as mundane on occasion, but we the viewers appreciate whatever content you choose to deliver. It's never a waste of time on our side of the tube Ray!
@The_DuMont_Network7 ай бұрын
He is not filming. There is no film involved. He is using an electronic camera recording on memory media. Thus he is not filming.
@Starchface7 ай бұрын
He's filming. Kthxbai
@OhhGeee7 ай бұрын
After the care and consideration you have given this car and the resulting awesome video, I can't help but imagine you will get more business from this Police force. You are so committed to your work and don't cut corners. I sincerely hope the Chief views this video and contracts you for fleet service.
@Cocora226 ай бұрын
I think you proved, once again, how significant fluids are in the performance of a vehicle. Really many of them are DIY type of maintenance that can give your vehicles a lot of extra life and trouble free performance. I'm still a bit intimidated by the brake bleed, so I don't do those.
@brerobsym7 ай бұрын
Had to continually adjust my brain every time Ray mentioned 'banging the Tahoe!' Down here in the land of Oz, the 'banging' of inanimate objects is not something that is talked about in public, belongs to more fetish related communities! 😂😂😂 Gotta love the way the meaning of verbs differs from country to country..... take care all!
@loacyric5 ай бұрын
It means that here too. It does also mean to hit something. It's a double entendre. Ray makes them from time to time. Go back, listen to it again at the 31:00 mark. He said the service manager was choking back laughter when he'd said "I've never banged a tahoe in my life." tahoe ta hoe tall hoe (In some southern regional dialects people say "tall" but it sounds like "ta", that's where the "tahoe" = "tall hoe" part of the joke comes from.) Add those two things together. "I've never banged a Tahoe in my life" is both a clean statement and a dirty joke. A double entendre. (Late reply due to me going back and watching some vids I'd missed in the past. Sorry.)
@davidwatson14607 ай бұрын
Piping Hot came out of the 14th century and derived from the old use of the word "pipe" meaning to play a pipe.
@SeventeenSeventySix7 ай бұрын
Thank you for fixing our property.
@kevincurry47357 ай бұрын
The future so bright I gotta wear shades Ray. 😎
@bonowashere47936 ай бұрын
As an officer and having drove plenty of these explorers, they are notorious for transmission shutters. There is a part in the torque converter that breaks causing it to shutter. I have a video of mine doing it pretty badly.
@CharlesCurran-m9p4 ай бұрын
My old Lincoln did that too. The standard fix was a transmission fluid change with a quart of Lube Guard. Worked for mine.
@THEDRAGONBOOSTER87 ай бұрын
I could watch these videos all day..
@USMC-Class-of-666 ай бұрын
First time viewer. Great video
@heathmorris53467 ай бұрын
Really enjoy watching the fluid changes Ray! Thank you.
@pizzapimp81287 ай бұрын
You know what works really well for handling hot things? A shop towel 😂. But you do you….you’re way better at this than I ever was. 👍
@iainw2657 ай бұрын
Love the way that Explorer chimes like my 2014 Ford Transit Custom.
@mturner0677 ай бұрын
The phrase "piping hot" is an idiom that means very hot, and originated in Middle English in the 14th century. The phrase compares the sound of sizzling food cooking in a frying pan to the sound of musical pipes. The English poet Geoffrey Chaucer first used the phrase in The Miller's Tale in 1390 to describe waffles as "piping hot"
@diulaylomochohai7 ай бұрын
Genius
@catgrin5 ай бұрын
The interesting part for me was that the phrase predates both steam engines (1600s) and whistling tea kettles (early 1900s). It’s only comparing the sounds, not the mechanism.
@kenthatfr7 ай бұрын
Dave got a bit of that Florida Man in him. Didn't even flinch.
@paulnicholson64037 ай бұрын
Ptu is called the torque on demand system, basically, it gives you torque / 4wd as and when the vehicle decides it's required through all the traction management systems
@leegunter52237 ай бұрын
OMG you used a socket on a clamp! Every time you say fluid exchange I think of Sandra Bullock in Demolition Man!
@RedBlackwolf7 ай бұрын
I dont mind long videos as self-enthusiest mechanic i learn more from longer videos
@colbiecolbie69797 ай бұрын
Lol Dave , super chill ,unflappable
@JohnBoadway7 ай бұрын
Berryman B-12 You really need to give this a try, it's awesome and will remove carbon big time !
@repro77807 ай бұрын
I had a 2014 Explorer ex-Police, I got it with about 125,000 miles on it, and it had 9,270 engine hours, and 5,295 idle hours. So ya, they have alot of time on them.
@mduralia6 ай бұрын
Dude...love your channel...had similar plug gap degradation on my 5.4L after only 60k miles. No one should take plugs to the 100k service interval...mine were open enough that I think they damaged the coil packs so had to replace those as well. A word of caution from an electrical engineer... Use a Q-tip on that dielectric grease and apply to the inside of the coil boot. Dielectric grease is and insulator and having it where the coil pack connects to the plug can cause misfires and other nasty uncalibrated things. You want the dielectric grease to seal between the boot and the ceramic part of the plug to avoid anything getting to the coil pack/spark plug interface.
@russellriggan20887 ай бұрын
Never banged a Tahoe.... But a Buick Riviera Boat tail is another matter completely.
@Jetmo7 ай бұрын
The Thin Blue Line Baby! Salute!
@rickydonahue15867 ай бұрын
RAY you're such a better man than me. I would sooo be flying around with all the lights and sirens on!😁😁😁
@KarlKraft-h9o3 ай бұрын
jesus thought o subscibed allready, lost u for about 2 years, glad that the algorythm bring you back
@markstock35107 ай бұрын
The OED defines it as: ''Shrill, high-pitched; whistling; having a shrill, high-pitched, or weak voice; wheezing''. It's the hissing, spitting and whistling sounds associated with the cooking of food in medieval times (think of a boar roasting on a spit over an open fire) that gave rise to the term ''piping hot''
@404notfound.....7 ай бұрын
I could a sworn I was watching a rerun but this is another one lol. Odd place to mount the siren on the firewall? With the lubricant's rays installing this vehicle's gonna live a long life.
@rikkitikkitavi31184 ай бұрын
That trans got one hell of a Cocktail.
@cabottaxi7 ай бұрын
Ray ...giving it the beans after its service.
@silentferret10497 ай бұрын
Piping hot could have came from multiple sources over time like stove pipes which also worked as room heaters. By checking to see if heat flow was going properly and nothing was blocking the pipe they will place their hand near the pipe to check the temp. Kinda like how you place your hand over something that might be hot without placing your hand on it. It was then later used for tea kettles because they were normally placed on the stove around the same time of stove pipes and such for coffee. I know this was used but I think its an after effect of other uses. Steaming hot was I think more common for that because you knew it was done when it started bellowing steam or in some cases whistling. I think it might also have been used for steam engines to gauges how hot the boiler was running because the intensity of steam flow coming out of the older engines. Efficiency really could be told just how hot the exhaust pipe for the steam was until gauges were put on the cheap ones. lack of gauges or faulty gauges did lead to steam engine explosions because it was running to hot so piping hot does make sense for checking if its too hot. Overall I do know the stove pipe thing was used from some old books of the time. So the steam engine could be an after or before (not meaning trains) but that was a way of checking on them.
@jamesskelton21287 ай бұрын
I have to say when I was young we gaged plugs with match book paper.
@johnt.8487 ай бұрын
Thanks for keeping the video under an hour.
@catgrin5 ай бұрын
You got me curious, so I checked. The term “piping hot” dates back to the 14th century, with Chaucer first using the term in print in The Canterbury Tales. It appears in the Miller’s Tale as “Wafers piping hot out of the gleed” (basically that’s “biscuits coming straight off the coals”). The term was originally used to describe items cooking to be so hot they’d be popping or hissing as they released steam. The interesting thing about it is that the first steam engines weren’t developed until the 1600s, so “piping hot” isn’t related at all to their steam whistles or venting. It’s also doesn’t come from tea kettles whistling. The first patent for a whistling tea kettle wasn’t even issued until the early 1900s. The phrase is just comparing the sound from the cooking/cooked items to (not hot) musical reed pipes and the like.
@dennisko65497 ай бұрын
One thing you forgot to do is to put a little oil on that oil filter gasket
@coreybernard-c8e7 ай бұрын
Ray doesn't believe in that, he's said many times before. But I totally agree that it will dry start the engine
@ivanbradley81317 ай бұрын
@@coreybernard-c8e hes talking about putting oil on the gasket so it doesn't bunch up when putting the new filter on
@coreybernard-c8e7 ай бұрын
There is already oil on the engine block from removing the old filter so it does not matter
@opendstudio71417 ай бұрын
Dave’s nerves are intact and not frayed. No empty brake clean cans tossed.
@timwren64567 ай бұрын
Ray, I believe that is a 3.6 liter and not a 3.5 liter. The police interceptors were a 3.6 and the regular Explorers were a 3.5. At least that is how they are in my neck of the woods. Another great video! Keep it up!
@RicardoPCGamer7 ай бұрын
3.6 is GM or Chrysler. Ford has never made a 3.6. The 3.7 is the one you're thinking of
@timwren64567 ай бұрын
@@RicardoPCGamer You are right. I knew the police interceptor was slightly bigger than the stock Explorer engine
@matthewmcmaster27317 ай бұрын
I think the term piping hot comes from the old steam engine days. Steam locomotives, steam ships and even steam powered cars.
@catgrin5 ай бұрын
Hiya - sorry to correct you, but you likely wouldn’t see my post. The term originally had nothing to do with steam engines (first ones in use during the 1600s), and not even whistling tea kettles (first made in the early 1900s). The first use in print of the term was in The Canterbury Tales, published in the 14th century. It isn’t comparing the sound from the cooking items to other steam-powered noises at all. It’s comparing the sound to hand-held musical pipes - just because they also make noise as air passes through them.
@danieldixon26837 ай бұрын
Thanks Ray for working on Fords too! It looked well made to me.
@stephenmeeks6844 ай бұрын
I wonder why the torque function is not built in to electric cordless socket drives.
@wafive7 ай бұрын
I'd not thought much about how the ECU picked up Misfires, but would have guessed it used the knock sensor.
@johnrand937 ай бұрын
You’re great!!! The only thing you miss doing is the brake fluid. It really takes a beating with heat and boiling. I use chem strips for the brake fluid and coolant. I’m sure that brake fluid is baked. Just a suggestion! Love watching you
@davidhomen45287 ай бұрын
You just want to show off that fancy clamp tool. Now we all want one!
@bernardcromarty4857 ай бұрын
Here in the UK we call 'worm gear clamps' jubilee clips...! No idea why... So, in the interests of research, I discovered... "The Jubilee® worm drive hose clip was invented in April 1921 and patented by Commander Lumley Robinson, the founder of L Robinson and Company." Now we know!
@catgrin5 ай бұрын
Thanks for the info!
@artturiko7 ай бұрын
BG solvant made my car run again after disaster with stuck valves.. going to use that now on regulary manner
@kennethknight70527 ай бұрын
I glued a little magnet on the tip of an extension holds the plug in the socket.