7 Awesome Mobile Mechanic Tips To Make Your Heavy Equipment Service Quick And Easy

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I got a track from ya'll. The quality seems good. great service from Josh as well. Thanks!

[@matthewluttrell9413]

I agree 100% on the filters! I NEVER prefill air filters

[@opacka4248]

same here i only prefill the filters that either the manual tells me to or it says on the side of the filter. and even if i do i make sure i fill from the filter side (so the oil im adding get filtered)

[@markm0000]

lmao

[@I-HAVE-A-BOMB]

I always prefill them, usually with about 160psi

[@keithsablan8763]

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[@kgardner412]

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[@shanepoole4220]

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[@JTwelder.]

Wow super interesting tip about prefilling oil/fuel filters, I never looked at it that way! I definitely agree with cams logic.

[@just_m4rv]

Hes Right, with the Filltering and the separate lubricat system, but dirty oil? He changes the engine oil, thats way more Oil unfilterd than whats in the Oil filter. So i dont get that, you just have to Work clean.

[@DaroriDerEinzige]

@@just_m4rv Oil is "dirty" due to the stuff you get "with the oil" anyway. Like e.g. Plastic Particels or alike from the package in which it was stored - I think its more important in regards of big Diesels than smaller motors. Althoug I personally would argue; it depens on how long the engine didn't run / what everything is new but that is detail stuff. In general you don't have to prefill them. Then it depends on "How does your oil distribution works actually?" but yeah.

[@sethmyers8491]

Cam vidyas are the best vidyas especially when Carson’s around

[@jordanstaal01-107]

Your the man with the best multimeter leads ever! ES load pro is the bomb!

[@kcbob8004]

I believe in filling fuel filters just take the time and care to do it properly. clean fuel, outside to inside, cover the filter until ready to thread on housing. injectors and pumps have very tight clearances and rely on fuel for lubrication, so the less air in the system with less time spent cranking the better.

[@markm0000]

I just bought a skookum lift pump and now I’ll never have to fill fuel filters or get busy with a hand pump. Worth every dollar.

[@devinheesterman4884]

Love the channel so much! Cam is the man! Wish I could have done my apprenticeship under you. I would have learned so much more and had a great laugh while doing it. Heavy duty and Commercial transport red seal from Vancouver BC but moved to northern BC for the experience. I love watching the vids, keep up the great work guys.

[@WaaaghJunkie]

How's the work up there I'm out in Saskatchewan but grew up northern bc

[@dwoody234]

Lube tech for over 150 machines, 90% CAT, been the only one servicing these machines for 9 years. I don't prefill my oil filters either. Never have. Never had an issue. I always warm the machine up first.

[@WaaaghJunkie]

Good tips keep em coming, make my day!

[@turbovolvos40]

I agree completely on the air filter. But for my vacuums, I blow out the filter all the time.

[@billfoster1020]

I've had two new 12V140E-7 engines that needed the bearings change on because of coolant in the oil. But found that the bearings had debris in the bearing surfaces, cause by filters being filled before installing. I had to hand polish both cranks to knock down the high spots on the journals. We asked the customer if they were filling filter before installing them and they said they did. These engines have a prelube system on them and the starters don't crank the engine until it see oil pressure in the block oil rail.

[@Terry_Baker]

Great video guys!

[@TekamoHD]

Glad you enjoyed it Terry!!

[@pbsgarage3486]

Another great video guys. You might as well continue demonstrating the correct way to do things. There's already shit tons of videos on youtube showing the the wrong way.

[@tootoofan55]

Any chance we could see a full service video all filters fluids level checks etc ?

[@billfoster1020]

I don't fill filters unless the fuild has been filtered first. Another tip don't stand your filters on end uncovered, if anything falls on the filter it will most likely fall into the center hole. I'v had engines come in with welding slag that plugged a piston cooling nozzle and one that had a piece of a twig in it. Both of these items were bigger than the suction screen openings and the only way for them to get to the nozzles was by entering the system during oil filter change.

[@zorthomis6497]

Great videos as always y’all! Just finished my 3rd week in the mines, loving it so far I’ve helped do a few 1000 hour services on haul trucks and drilling machines, it was 37 Celsius the other day underground 😅 there’s almost as many jokers just like Cam in my shop.🤣😂😂

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I like how the faded the Brandt logo out lol

[@kellyimai476]

cam you da man !!

[@sweetbabyofdaddywalsh.2104]

That is a sweet multi meter. Never saw a black Snap-on one.

[@4X4F250Diesel]

Cummins on some specs to pre fill the fuel filter but the filter comes with a center plug to fill from the outside.

[@saluki417]

Backyardigans killed me. Holy shit

[@nouadhiboufishingforce8911]

lol love you guys

[@CaptainCalmer]

"Lead by example" - Wise words

[@RyanKeys-i6z]

With those John deers just open the fuel valve after you put the first filter on and gravity will fill them. Might need some hand pumping for the third one.

[@alpham777]

I only really prefill fuel filters since most the primers in our fleet are shot lol. That or use a ESOC to do it which I have really become a fan of honestly especially for Detroit stuff.

[@frasermoo]

Interesting about the oil circuit. Thanks, good vid as usual.

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Thanks for watching!

[@SalvadorAviles408]

Coo video I service my own equipment wp cattle and you videos kinda give me heads up wen im about to get down

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Right on bro!

[@tacklebox6239]

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[@jscott6058]

I got a question for you ? You said you don’t feel oil filters because you don’t want contaminated oil in the engine, fair enough I get the argument, but then you followed up saying the engine has to oiling circuits One for primary oiling and a second one for Oil filter. Isn’t dumping straight oil in the engine and firing it off still running dirty oil through the engine. Because you’ll be coming through the primary oil circuit. Which kind of defeats the purpose of not filling the oil filter oil because didn’t want to put contaminated oil through the engine

[@jaredmayer3960]

The whole idea is flawed. If you put oil into the crank case through a dirty funnel you’d be pumping dirt through the primary circuit until the by-pass filter catches that crud, like if you feel good about pre-filling the filter just do it. You’re not hurting anything and you’re getting oil pressure instantly. Which is never a bad thing.

[@FlatThunder]

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[@mcclymontrab]

There should be a cam playlist so we can find all the cam vids 😂

[@bigmike4923]

The prefilled filter thing is mostly pointless, when i was at gm though some of the newer vehicles require it for oil pressure on start up but thats the little turbo 4, we would just pump some fresh oil in though

[@jamesgraham2616]

Cam I think you have changed my mind on filter change maybe lol I have many mechanic friends that bust my balls on me prefilling my oil filter but my junk hemi truck is 444000km and counting but I think it might be just that I maintain it properly because I kick the heck out of it on 35" lol

[@jovanni_orb5116]

Can you open used filters to show the stuff they catch?

[@TekamoHD]

Sure we'll put that on the list! Let us know if there's anything else ya wanna see. A lot of our videos are community requests.

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@@TekamoHD thank you

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You're welcome

[@MarkTheTractorWhisperer]

Whats that Fuel Filter Wrench you're using?

[@davidm391]

I agree with not blowing filters out, BUT I worked for a fleet shop in Edmonton and they had a couple of john deer tractors from the 70s and printed right on the air filter housing calls for them to be blown out when it begins to blow black smoke or lacking power (literally says that) so I can see the confusion btw these are cotton filters I believe but hey if I’m wrong correct me btw I didn’t see a secondary filter in these units not sure if that’s factory or someone is cheeping out

[@mrturner69]

i call them backyardigans too lol

[@codyd4247]

Customer those are good batteries 🔋 just get here early to start up lol

[@just_m4rv]

Your Right, with the Filltering and the separate lubricat system, but dirty oil? When you changes the engine oil, thats way more Oil unfilterd than whats in the Oil filter. So i dont get that, you just have to Work clean.

[@dnbstreamer]

English much?

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[@williamquick6153]

Cam: dyou guys have any quentions aboot filcher changes an stuff? 😂

[@Backwater-wanderer]

What do you use for service manuals? where do you go for information on repairs, part #, service intervals?

[@aidankozubal6103]

Hey cam, how would you go about change fuel filters on a machine without a fuel shut off? I’m a first year apprentice on Vancouver island

[@michaelwatson2669]

Hose clamp pliers

[@lmCIoudz]

These guys are fun to watch

[@nerysalguero3956]

The only time I ever prefill is the fuel filters cause air is a bitch sometimes. And my oil filters after I've done a inframe

[@jaredmayer3960]

Why when you do an inframe? If you don’t normally pre-fill them why would you then?

[@luked9645]

The fuel filter I only do on Detroit so I’m not sitting there priming but besides that nope no prime

[@BLKLiftedLariat]

my shop has a fresh diesel tank so i prefill my filters all i can i dont wanna be sitting there hitting the primer and cranking it lmfao

[@jayorste5903]

Shouldn’t you do a cca test on the batteries

[@SeanBZA]

Pre fillin a bypass filter yes does nothing, but then again a full flow inline filter does benefit from being prefilled, because that minimises the amount of air you now have to put through the oil passages and bearing surfaces, plus with engines with hydraulic controlled timing you also now have to bleed the valve system as well, which can take a few cycles for the engine to purge all the air out. Best to fill the outside yes, but with a new pack of oil, sealed, you will get very little contaminants in there, unless you are buying dodgy brands, the big brands make sure that they clean the containers before filling, and filter the oil going in as well, to give a very clean product out the sealed bottle. Just fill up the inside, wait a half minute for it to soak the media, put a thin film on the rubber seal to lubricate it, and put on the housing for the spin on filter. Cartridge filters depends, if you can put it on with the housing containing oil, but often you have to put dry, and those typically are low volume units anyway. Hydraulic filters bypass goes on dry, as it really does no actual filtering, the full flow should be full, so there is less to bleed out, a lot of hydraulic systems are a pain to bleed, especially single acting cylinders, as they often will never bleed fully. Fuel filters depends, before the pump best to fill it, in tank pump put in dry, and let the pump fill it. Most important is to change them.

[@overtenemy69]

never prefill oil filters. the risk of un filtered oil into the engine is too great a risk. EVERY engine is designed to have enough storage in the oil galleys for it to run without going dry as the oil pump will prime the system while running.

[@jaredmayer3960]

@@overtenemy69 I don’t know if I’d take advice from overt enemy 69. Sounds pretty smart forsure. Dry starts are real, and this guys comment is pretty solid. I’ve seen the funnels dirty, and when you have cold oil that is hydraulically filling the filter the bypass ends up open so you’re pumping junk through your engine regardless. Do what makes you feel good. When there’s a 2 gallon filter going on I fill it up. I fill fuel filters too. It’s way too hard on your engines fuel components to run dry, and it wails on your starter too. I’ve seen guys crank shit for 5-10 minutes trying to start equipment. By this logic you shouldn’t pour oil right out of the jug over the valve/cam assembly on a newly assembled engine before you start it because there might be contamination in the oil? By this logic you couldn’t ever rebuild an engine because there would be too much contamination.

[@markm0000]

Bro just crank the engine a few times you’ll get oil pressure if you’re that worried about a dry start.

[@Natedog505]

If the machine don’t have a primer pump I just have a 3 ft 1/4 in hose with a compucheck fitting and a ball valve on the end so I can tap into the filtered fuel on my service truck also just keep a gallon of filtered fuel in a old oil jug I know is spotless

[@jaredmayer3960]

Still not clean enough, spotless isn’t clean…lol

[@Natedog505]

@@jaredmayer3960 I mean I just fill through outside of filter anyhow so it’s really double filtered usually I’ll hook my electric pump up and pull fuel through but the jug is convenient for road calls 5 in the morning with cars a foot from you isn’t really place to be messing with fittings

[@jaredmayer3960]

@@Natedog505 I’m messing with you. I think the whole filling filter argument as ridiculous. Filling it once has less contamination than filling the tank everyday with unfiltered fuel. Running dry and spinning something over for minutes on the starter is way worse than 1 micro spec of crud from the “clean oil jug”.

[@fffglobal6514]

How many hours do you guys work a week?

[@DrewChisholm]

agco recommends that you blow out filters every 500 hours and replace every 2k hrs. so do you blow when the OEM recommends?

[@jaredmayer3960]

It’s all about how careful you are, you’re supposed to wipe out the housing with a wet rag so that you don’t get dirt in the engine. If the situation were real, you wouldn’t pull a cap off that is like 2 feet from where the filter friction fits on, you’d have the housing undo right at the filter base, friction fit to the cover and the snout it slides on. Then you’d get no dust, ever. And I get mine cleaned. I swap them when they need a blow out, and take them to the filter service place and boom I have a clean, like new filter.

[@Radiationstation]

Do you lubricate your filter O-rings/seals with Lubriplate or any other product? I service heavy trucks and have been instructed to use lubriplate on all fuel/oil filters to make removal easier.

[@jaredmayer3960]

Use whatever is in the system you’re filtering. If you’re not a limp wristed pu$$y it doesn’t matter anyway.

[@RyldUp-uo3pc]

I only pre fill my air filters

[@jondoherty3884]

So if engine holds 6 gallon or more you would still not prime the filterAnd what about all the air in the dry filter where is going to go

[@PABLODEEEP]

Lol my foreman thought me that your engine bearings will end up collapsing if you don't prefill your engine filters

[@David-ue6hi]

Hello sirs!! 😀. I’m a Nigerian planning to come to Canada for a two year diploma program in heavy equipment technology. What are my chances of getting an apprenticeship after studies? How many years of apprenticeship will I need to become a journey person after a two year diploma? After my diploma program , will I become a first year apprentice or a 2nd year apprentice? God bless u🙏

[@Graveltrucking]

I don't pre-fill oil filters I do pre fill fuel filters usually with stanadyne. I worked on a fleet of Kubota excavators they are notorious for air leaks in the return line system. The little woofer pump doesn't have enough balls to push the air out. I don't think Cam has worked on 2 stroke Detroits you only make the mistake once getting a burp of air. You're there with cosby in a can spinning her over till she burps the air out. The worst machine I had to service was the Deere 690ELC. Odd ball Deere specific filter the POS pissing fuel every where. If you're running bio diesel blend you have to change you're filters more often.

[@jaredmayer3960]

Why would you fill them with Stanadyne?

[@Graveltrucking]

@@jaredmayer3960 It's a good cleaner for injection pumps and injectors

[@jaredmayer3960]

@@Graveltrucking it’s not fuel and I’ve never added anything to my diesel fuel and have ran over 40,000 hours on most of my machines, taken them apart usually because of a seal and none of the components were dirty.

[@markm0000]

You do what you think is best, but filling the whole filter with straight Stanadyne sounds like a really bad idea and hella expensive. I always crack the valve at the bottom of the fuel tank to get any water out and that cuts down on algae. I strongly suggest making a lift pump hotrod to a drill battery adapter and priming the fuel system that way. You get all the air out and fill up the filters. No more spilling fuel everywhere or lifting up heavy filters to try and spin on. If you're the guy working on a fleet of the same equipment, add a quick release fitting somewhere before the filter so it's nice and easy every time.

[@johndeerefarmer4483]

Took you all night just to figure out the batteries were bad? 😂

[@hillppari]

last time i checked fresh oil from canister is clean. noone fills filters with dirty oil wtf

[@davidavendano7096]

carson looks like canadian peso pluma

[@Jaksmodteam]

You spent all night trying to figure that out. Then think your good when you find the simple issue 12 hours later

[@samuelmorse7387]

What about blowing the filter out from the inside? That's my technique blowout, not in

[@kalle8836]

If u read some manuals, they Want u to prefill the oil filters, so I guess ur only right when it dosent say it in the manual

[@johnplatten8793]

And battery stinks when the acid hot 🔥

[@shuttlecock58]

"They're NFG" Ah no fuckin good "Not for garbage" Oh...well I guess

[@jasonschuurman2616]

🤣

[@il94z12]

The pm & repair manuals for our aircraft equipment where I work, every single manufacturer says not to pre-fill filters.