Early 2019 Cold Starts

[@Tomthetoolman100]

good to see a Uxwbill video again. those of us who are your longtime watchers (7 years at this point) are most accustomed to your ramblings .Your content is always interesting.

[@briandavidstine4312]

nice to see a new video love your videos always interesting and educational

[@drivedb7]

Thanks for the video, Bill! On your Caprice, hopefully it isn't one of the downstream o2 sensors that's behaving badly. Sometimes that can be an indication that the catalytic converter is failing, which an overly rich exhaust mixture due to misfires can cause over time.

[@uxwbill]

When I bought the car, it had an incredible exhaust leak at the manifold flanges and was therefore running *very* rich. I patched that up not long after I bought the car, and gave it a new (stainless steel) muffler as well, as that too had rotted out. Although I don't believe much if any engine exhaust was actually reaching the catalytic convertor or any other part of the exhaust system way back then, I have noticed in much more recent times a sulfur ("rotten egg") smell at random times. If the catalytic converter is bad, I'll replace it. The last I knew, replacement converters for these cars were pretty reasonably priced. It might be going bad just because of age!

[@SJSharkWannabe]

Hearing that Caprice start up makes me miss my grandfather’s 1992 Roadmaster. I loved that leather sofa on wheels.

[@TheSmurf854]

4:40 “Whatever’s wrong with me is probably hard to pronounce” That’s great lol

[@fatmax2195]

4:40 "whatever's wrong with me is probably hard to pronounce." Classic UXWBill-ism!!!!

[@jerkmcnostril154]

Hey uxwbill my brother and I have been watching for bout ten years or so glad you’re still cranking out videos! Well wishes from North Idaho! Glad to see you got some snow we are having a very uncharacteristic winter full of 40degree days!

[@brawler4456]

The crap are you doing here?!?!?

[@crfrider933]

😂 I never knew about the hidden presets on older gm radios. Learned something new!!!!!

[@ENB2002]

I love these!

[@forsakenmopars116]

Yes! A car video! I love all of your content Bill but I always enjoy your car shenanigans the most. I do really love that Caprice, great cars.

[@JacobTechShit]

Yay I’ve been waiting for this awhile!

[@mjmcomputers]

Thanks for sharing, loving looking at the snow without having to do the hard work of clearing it.

[@oddjob465]

What a beautiful view of the outside! And this video one of many yearly events we are always waiting for!

[@davidbrown8303]

Clay tablets.? what did you do go to school with Fred Flintstone.?

[@uxwbill]

I take part of that comment back. I remember a magic erasable slate (it had a clear plastic cover, and underneath that, a grey membrane that was pressed into a soft black backing when you wrote on it with a stylus). When you were done, you could lift up both sheets of plastic to erase the writing. I still have it (less the stylus it came with). This originally belonged to a teacher's aide and she used it to write down the day's activities for students. She gave it to me when the school year ended. She was a classy lady. I stayed in touch with her for many years, until she moved away and later passed on. They had a moving away party, and I was the only student from my class who showed up. That's how much of an impression she made.

[@flightmaster178]

I don't think the owner's manual of my 93 mentioned the hidden presets, but it had them. Man, I miss those old GMs. I also figured out the hidden presets by mistake. Also, I remember only adjacent buttons worked. That was on the Cadillac's Symphony Sound. Also, I remember my Cutlass throwing a code telling me the computer lost power (during battery disconnect/change) all in all, Good video man. Nice to see all the cars running.

[@kp3wombat]

Nice video, keep up the good work!

[@justinstearns9723]

We had a 92 Caprice sedan when I was a little kid. Only had a 305 but it was a nice car. It was like riding down the road in a couch. Same color as yours too.

[@uxwbill]

That's a lot of what made these cars so great. They rode *well* even on truly noxious roads, and the handling was definitely better than what the plush ride suggested. Even on its stock, 25+ year old suspension components, this car's handling and turning capabilities have surprised me (in a good way). I bought replacement shock absorbers too, and need to get them installed. Or rather, bribe the Keykeeper to do it sometime.

[@jacktorse2145]

I unplug the power antenna during the freezing months on my wagon, I've never had any issues with it since. It is very easy to unplug under the hood on the passenger side of the car near the hood shock. Also, I love hearing the noisy power steering pump for the first minute or so...mine does the same thing.

[@uxwbill]

Not a noisy power steering pump, that's the wonder of the GM R4 A/C compressor.

[@matthewbestdfghy]

In Missouri we had about a foot of snow this Friday into Saturday.

[@josephineledford351]

In KC we did too and more on the way on Friday and Saturday

[@matthewbestdfghy]

@@josephineledford351 St. Louis was horrible many interstates and state highways shut down.

[@ChrisLenderman]

Love that Caprice. Thing of beauty!

[@JoshuasRecordings]

I love how many parts are literally exactly the same on GM made cars. My 1985 Corvette has the exact same trim piece behind the steering wheel and the exact same HVAC controls (just black instead of brown/blue). As well as a almost identical radio.

[@uxwbill]

This actually does come in handy, for those parts that aren't made any longer and always seem to be in need of some R&R. (Another example: the underhood lamp assembly on this car is *identical* to the one in my mother's Buick Park Avenue.) Sometimes, though, GM did the darnedest things and produced assemblies that are only slightly (frustratingly, bizarrely) different from one another. For a period of time, I had an Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser's radio in this car. Believe it or not, that radio had a gap between this car's dash trim and the radio faceplate. Even more strangely: this car was assembled at Willow Run assembly, yet the records for its production would suggest that was done significantly *after* the plant is said to have closed!

[@1marcelfilms]

I was watching your older car videos glad to see the wagon is still there. and we didnt get a winter only a single day with a few cm of snow.

[@jimmaloney1121]

Fresh snow is a beautiful sight to behold. Everything seems so peaceful and quiet. Then the snow plows come and dirty everything up.

[@GDJason]

My first car, a Chevrolet Cavalier from 88 had the hidden presets. I remember feeling like I figured out something secret when I discovered them.

[@markschommer7407]

The original radio in the 1985 Caprice I have has the hidden presets.

[@JGonYT]

4:36 "Whatever's wrong with me is probably hard to pronounce" XD

[@JonathanWJ]

You have so much great stuff!

[@Plu54f0x]

There can't be many of those Caprices around now? It's awesome and I hope it serves you well for years to come :)

[@uxwbill]

They are getting rarer and rarer to find in nice condition. I'm glad I bought one when I did. Prices seem to have gone up significantly since. They made a lot more sedans than wagons, so those are still fairly common. 1996 was the last year for these cars. In 1996, the Buick division produced several thousand Roadmaster wagons. For some reason, only about 500 Chevrolet wagons were made that year.

[@phsycopiano]

Wow haven’t seen a video of yours in a while. I remember your first vid I saw of yours. When you did a cold star of the golden oldie, that old GM 6.2 diesel you had.

[@arcticarrowhvacr]

You probably have a great chance of a HOT brutal summer after a little bit of a warm winter.

[@markm0000]

@13:18 it's a uxwbill video we fully expect long tangents on obscure old technology.

[@youfrancis]

Been a while, Bill. Nice seeing you.

[@uxwbill]

I'm not entirely sure why people say this, unless perhaps it has to do with not being interested in certain videos I produce. The pace ebbs and flows, but I've never stopped making videos. Were I in your shoes, I'd be very suspicious of KZbin not telling you that I've uploaded.

[@youfrancis]

@@uxwbill Yes, possibly. First time you've popped up in my channel feed in a long time.

[@brackenharris5597]

Lol the 1500 starts and has a check engine light the ford starts and it’s like what’s up let’s do this

[@uxwbill]

SES light is on in the F150 as well. It's a minor evaporative emission control fault.

[@weegeemike]

I know you're more of an electronics guy, but I love when you do car videos! I've been watching you for just about a decade and that's the reason i originally subscribed. Glad to see you are doing well.

[@steviebboy69]

The snow looks so cool, clean and fresh meanwhile here its about 45.C and the lawns are browning . walking on concrete bare foot its around 70.C

[@windowsfan95]

Where do you live? Here in Norway, temperature is under 0 degrees Celsius.

[@steviebboy69]

I live in Australia, all I can say its really hot. but it is always at summer.

[@MattExzy]

It's a baking hot summer heatwave here in Australia. Really loving these cold starts, mmm.

[@the66volks]

Very lovely chevy wagon. I own a 1982 Oldsmobile custom cruiser myself an chevy celebrity wagons to!! Great radio information I found that out by accident myself.

[@Sisyphean1775]

Love that wagon! Great video as always.

[@williamsinger4124]

Been subscribed to you for 7 to 8 years. Was wondering if you were ever gonna do another car video. How is the keykeeper?

[@uxwbill]

I haven't stopped making automotive related videos. The Keykeeper is fine, though very busy with his work.

[@mhmrules]

I tell you what Bill, I'd be right there with a glass of iced tea myself in those conditions too.

[@jackschissler255]

I want that cassette deck. Those were the best ones (where the tape went in head first). After those, they all became junk

[@markm0000]

That has got to be the cleanest Silverado I've seen in a while. Use it in good health. We got a little ice here in SW Missouri.

[@fourwheelerarminx9944]

I don't have snow but cool vid man! Also don't use those kind of stuff to take of the snow it can scratch ur paint.

[@adobewanjerkobi]

What I wouldn’t give to have another Caprice...the salt and cash4clunkers did a number on the available secondhand ones

[@randomrazr]

on RUBY, where did u get the chrome center covers for the winter steel rims?

[@jas4925]

Was passed today on I74 by a dark blue 1994 Caprice sedan was happy to see on still. Then I saw an 1983 Olds Cutlass sedan! When was the last time anyone seen one of those?

[@brianthompson1138]

90K miles on the old wagon.. LOTS of life left! Sounds exactly like the 305 in the '78 Chevy Impala 4 door I had a bunch of years ago. Was a very reliable car, despite its tendency to chew up a/c compressors. Went through three of those in ~4 years.

[@wells6901]

i got a 92 roadmaster limited sedan with the TBI and remote start, and it cranks forever in the winter time before it turns over. but always does eventually. Great car! Same engine as yours. 5.7L

[@carstuff4u942]

Wow, that John Deer started right up!!!!

[@uxwbill]

It was extremely impressive and definitely unexpected. The engine is a three cylinder Yanmar diesel.

[@Vynncent]

Where I live in Michigan, I don't have any snow at all. It's interesting for this time of year

[@yt0097]

@9:05 - My dad has been using Battery Tender Plus units for the last few years (we have about 6 or 7). On everything from a 350 Nova to a Case Backhoe. Only one has died but one could argue it was abused (charging up rather dead batteries, when it's main purpose it to maintain rather than full blown charge).

[@robertgruver9613]

Great to see you back!

[@joeduece1]

Wow it finally snowed, fresh right out of a can. Lol

[@jovanlopez90]

What about the little ranger? Isn't it a diesel?? Don't remember been a while

[@uxwbill]

2.3L four cylinder, gasoline, and it's still slightly out of time. Right now it needs a battery. I've only ever seen a single example of a surviving diesel powered 1980s Ford Ranger.

[@WaybackTECH]

I pulled an AC Delco cassette radio out of a 98 or there abouts grandprix in the junkyard just to see how it sounded, it was in really good shape and I know they can sell for a good penny on ebay but I was genuinely surprised at how well it sounded when paired with a good set of speakers. I also had a similar "awakening" with the old Delco AM/FM Stereo with built in 8 track player I installed into my 74 camaro. The radio being from an early 70's era Cadillac, and when paired with a small amp and a good set of speakers, it really came to life as well.

[@eaglevision993]

My 88 Corvette with the Delco-Bose sound system already has the hidden radio presets....

[@jmurray01]

I would quite happily watch a 16 HOUR video of yours Bill, if I wanted a quick cold start video I'd watch one of the other thousand out there, but I like the fact that yours always go more in depth than the title suggests even if it isn't on the same topic!!

[@Notyouraveragekid]

Nice caprice

[@teh60]

Snow in Illinois is a real inconvenience, nothing good about it. Snow removal companies are the only guys that like it. I live about 60 miles from you so I’m have the same fun as you.

[@imdafarmergamerboy1650]

Hope you stayed warm during the past few days of snow! I have an older General Electric analog clock and AM radio that could use a cleaning, and clock lube... is that something you think that you might be interested in doing? I'm so backed up on telephones and vacuum sweepers that I just don't have the time to mess with it on top of my other job.

[@Destroyed007]

Well just hearing that neighbouring Chicago is going into the freezer of the Gods, has the dry ice blast hit the entire state of Illinois?

[@Jpk516]

St. Louis got about 1’. It was so crazy. Had to do some snow donuts, who knows the next time we’ll get this much!!

[@stvpls]

you should give that ford a restore

[@grounded-b937]

Ford F-150 "hasn't been started since harvest" - ears of corn laying in passenger footwell !!!

[@Kara_Kay_Eschel]

You seen that too?

[@edbethskib]

Why is 87.7 preset on your car radio? Do you have a “Franken FM” in your area?

[@munnsie100]

Fantastic! Lovely to see the Caprice again. I wish we had them here in Australia!

[@jetstream454]

The Caprice is one of very few American cars I'd love to buy here in Aus 😍

[@IansTech]

7:10 I had no idea that generation of F-150 had a burgundy interior option.

[@zekeholloway4413]

I love snow!

[@rodneyerdmann1545]

Most of our snow is gone up here in NE Wisconsin! You guys are getting it all!!! I'm 65 and I wouldn't mind a John Deere like that!

[@randomrazr]

ever tried using a leaf blower toc lear snow off the car? it works ;)

[@randomrazr]

@mrlpn2 honestly, a snow brush scratches paint, blowing air does not. logic ;)

[@trr5291]

I got about 10 inches yesterday.

[@TheTrueVoiceOfReason]

Ah, the old cold starts! It's amazing how reliable the auto segment has become. Even the Caprice fired up with a (mostly) charged battery. I had a 1986 Caprice Estate wagon. When I worked on it, it was massively reliable. Let the "real mechanics" (at least in my area) work on it, well, it was a crap shoot. Did you ever get the truck running out at the farm? It's been, what, a couple of years since the last update? Just curious where it stands, or rather, sits. Happy New Year and good to see you feeling better. Seems like.most.of the KZbinrs I watch have been down with some bug or another since around Christmas. Good health to you and the rest of the family.

[@TCGProductions03]

The power steering pump in the Caprice sounds quite sweet.

[@uxwbill]

When I went to upload this video, I thought to myself, "Self, you should probably put something in the video description to say that there's nothing wrong with the power steering system." That noise is generated by the air conditioning compressor.

[@davidb6323]

more car videos please, they are awesome!

[@Foolishpleazure]

Hey Bill,instead of "The Big Blue Whale" you should call it "The Wagon Queen Family Truckster" :P

[@markschommer7407]

I deal with the same thing with the 1981 Bonneville and 1985 Caprice in the winter if I leave them sit too long without starting them. For the heck of it i bought a Viking 4 amp battery charger that also can be used as a battery tender. I'm going to try that and see if it works. I do that with my 2 tractor batteries and one made it 11 years and the other just died at 7 years old. The owner of the lawn/snow equipment place I deal with said to keep doing whatever I'm doing LOL.

[@joshpeterson7241]

I'm not sure why but I love watching cold start videos. I like the caprice! I have a 1993 Town Car. Jack Nicklaus Edition I'm not a Ford guy but I like my $500 Town Car.

[@ppal19812]

Me too hehe - mind you I just moved from CT to FL

[@jefferyb304]

My grandmother had a 2001 Malibu. The horn would go toot tight after the car started. Sometimes the starter would grind after the engine started. Then you would get an UTT---toot. LOL. My uncle got it when my grandma died in 2013. I have no clue what he did with the car. He doesn't maintain contact with the friends he grew up with or any family.

[@joeduece1]

You should put an old 76 ball on your antenna for old times sake. Give it that back in the day touch.

[@uxwbill]

The car has a power antenna that disappears completely when you turn the radio off.

[@joeduece1]

@@uxwbill ah dam

[@Natures_Intentions]

The wagon is awesome. they just don't make them like that anymore. everything is plastic anymore.

[@Vankj]

Quick question... I didnt bother to look in all the comments to see if this was asked already... So please forgive me if it was.. But i noticed when you got in your 93 chevy caprice station wagon the engine temperature gauge was reading at operating temperature.. Until you started it.. Is that normal from the factory or just something of an oddity in your peticular vechile.. Just curious?

[@uxwbill]

The gauges are electric and don't read accurately when the key is off. They drift a little bit, but remain relatively close to where they were the last time the car operated normally. Other GM products of the time had gauges that were better about zeroing out when idle. The BBPOJ does that when shut off, yet it hasn't got the brake/transmission shift interlock (BTSI) that this car does, nor the three channel ABS.

[@shanecallaghan6841]

Love your videos

[@lesabre9848]

I actually found one of the cassette tape that talk about the radio controls and features of this car today and they never talked about the hidden radio preset like you were trying to show us, the tape I found is in mint shape found it in the junkyard in a 93 Caprice sedan, I guess I'll have to find a 93 Caprice now lol

[@uxwbill]

You should digitize and upload the tape, or get it to someone who can. Only the service manual for this car (which is a Chevrolet specific publication -- each make had their own book) talked of the hidden presets.

[@lesabre9848]

uxwbill what do you mean by digitize the tape may I ask as I have never known how to do that but I seen it and I saved it before it got crushed with the rest of the car sadly, but the cover of the tape and the tape is mint, I wonder what Caprice enthusiasts would pay to have that with their car, which probably not much.

[@uxwbill]

I mean that you could connect a tape deck to your computer (usually with a connector identified as "line in"), play the tape and use some sort of recording software to save the result. Audacity is one such program and it's free.

[@lesabre9848]

uxwbill I will definitely look into it but in the meantime I'm keeping that tape in a safe place! wish i could have found one for my 03 LeSabre that would be really cool

[@coastalsandwich]

I’ve missed your videos. Damn beautiful views in this one.

[@AttilaSVK]

I wouldn't call a 5.7 liter V8 a small block :D Here in Europe even my 2.5 liter inline five cylinder TDI is above average :)

[@georgez8859]

Thanks for the video Bill. Stay Warm.

[@Pyro19903]

Gotta love the 90s shagging wagons 94 ford station wagon best car I have

[@sarahshubby6724]

my 79 Ford Thunderbird is carbureted and it starts just fine in these brutal-ass Illinois winters, the city must love you guys more than me because they plowed your street but not mine =(

[@zx8401ztv]

Every engine started except the snow blower :-D. dirty carb. The cold weather is a good test for the state of a car battery. Yes you are mad to be outside getting cccold, no one wants you to become ill bill.

[@uxwbill]

Indeed it is a dirty carburetor (main jet) that's causing all the problems. Something else is afoot, though. There is probably crap in the gas tank, as the jet plugs up soon after cleaning it. I've already had the flu, and don't generally mind the cold.

[@Madness832]

Wow, all those cars/trucks started, but the thing you needed the most -- the snow blower -- wouldn't?

[@uxwbill]

I suggested that my father use the tractor instead. For some reason, he declined to do so. I'm sure it would have worked well.

[@wildbill23c]

Yeah, why bother with a snow blower when he's got a $14k+ 4WD john deere tractor sitting in the yard.

[@arendsjustin]

Nice video as always. And it nice to see a car with real keys

[@NoahClay6]

So much snow. Also still love the caprice they all rust and die where I live. Nice video.

[@markdurber]

30F comes in at -1C.

[@bradroesler7072]

How has the Caprice been fairing the cold and has the battery the car came with been replaced and what is mileage?

[@Jeffnham]

All the radios of that type that I've owned had the hidden presets! We haven't had hardly any snow at all so far in Flint, MI!

[@rrcoster]

Getting a lot more snow than we have yet in Iowa for this first start of the year but weather been pretty crazy last year as we hardly had any snow or even low temperatures but actually making record warm temperatures for this year. Might not hurt top off battery acid and for sure invest in cheap battery float maintainer. Also when storing for long periods of time if you havn't already it wouldn't be a bad idea to treat the fuel system with like seafoam or fuel stabilizer

[@2dfx]

Would probably be easier to determine which one of uxwbill's vehicles DOESN'T have a check engine light

[@uxwbill]

First one to complain gets to find the "minor evaporative emissions control leak". Doesn't sound like fun to me, and doubly so in the cold. Or you can have the door prize, which just so happens to be an actual door. :-) Nor do I believe for even a moment that the oxygen sensors on the wagon will actually emerge from where they've spent the last 25+ years, and I say that as an incurable optimist.

[@RetroPCUser]

The wagon still looks great for a 26 year old car. My $0.02 is a bad fuel cap. My 2001 Intrigue had the EVAP Canister Purge Valve blocked error code, so I replaced that part, the code came back, and ended up replacing the fuel cap. I now need to replace the vent valve as the circuit failed (easy part to replace at a good spot: next to the filler neck on the top left side above the left rear wheel) and fix the cooling system since there's a leak again, or possibly a misaligned hose. I did a lot of part replacements from Sept.-Dec., 2018 and the car still runs great (still need to change the fuel filter, IAC valve, and TPS module) and over 117,000 miles. 18 years old today as well. Here's to another 18 more.

[@2dfx]

@@uxwbill Bill I prod in jest, I would happily try to help chase those gremlins

[@uxwbill]

It just so happens that I can't actually *find* the door prize. :-P (True story: the laundry chute door came off in my hands one day. And so I told everyone that I'd won a door prize. Further proof that I probably haven't got enough to do.)

[@uxwbill]

The wagon's fuel cap is still in great shape. The only codes it has ever thrown are for the O2 sensors. It's never had an evaporative emission system control fault, which is perhaps rather miraculous, given that all the rubber hoses are likely original.

[@Browningate]

4:23 - 90 degrees? That'll be an unfun driving driving experience before long! In all seriousness though, does the Park Avenue's stock radio support the hidden presets too, or is it just in the previous generation, since it had fewer buttons?

[@uxwbill]

The hidden presets were long gone by that generation of the Park Avenue. Provided instead are two instances of the FM broadcast band and one for AM (total of eighteen presets). And since this car is so equipped, up to two drivers get to have their own libraries of those 18 presets.

[@Browningate]

@UXWBill - Good call. I knew about the dual slots of presets, but wasn't aware that this was multiplied by the number of drivers (I always figured that it would simply switch the radio to bank 2 if driver number 2 unlocked the door).

[@richardhz-oi8px]

I share your opinion on snow, to me nothing is better than the sound of distant two cycle snowblowers running in the distance muffled by the snow late at night through a slightly open window.

[@robertbandle378]

Can you do a vid on that 102.3 on that radio

[@markm0000]

If you got that many cars just sitting around I suggest battery cutoffs for all of them.

[@freeballer81]

Love the Caprice!