Why NEW equipment isn't as reliable as OLD.

[@RadiosGomer]

I can’t believe I’ve been watching your goofy ass for 7 years

[@arduinoversusevil2025]

That's imposible. I call bullshit.

[@DanielSt444]

Since drilling the square hole video...Jesus it has been 7 years.

[@Nudnik1]

Canadian ubonics... I am Brooklyn ubonics lol 😅

[@stollyfiles]

@@DanielSt444 same video brought me here, the youtubes musta been pushing that one hard.

[@itsonlyacommentsnowflake3346]

"Time fly's when you're having fun"

[@hahahano2796]

That's a fuel sock. Unless it's different from every one I've dealt with it's a pre-filter meant to filter "large" sediment and protect the pump. The low-micron post-pump filter is meant to protect the injectors and cylinder walls/rings.

[@Seadalgo]

Took some scrolling but I found the right comment, engagement to the top with you

[@tedvandell]

Thanks for posting that so I didn't have to. It's standard pre-screen filter in pretty much all cars and trucks since at least the 1980s. There should be a real filter in line somewhere between the tank and the fuel rail.

[@JPEight]

Maybe it’s “not user serviceable” because they’ve hidden it, and you need to take off a bunch of stuff just to find the thing.

[@Estok8805]

I was just wondering, doesn't it make perfect sense to have a filter before the pump? That way the pump is protected! If ya were to run crap through the pump I bet it wouldn't last. This explains it

[@juliogonzo2718]

Lots of cars only have a sock now for like last 10 years

[@Chuck-U-Farlie]

reminds me of the time i worked as an MWD tech in Wyoming for a winter. Drove my S10 up from the desert before the first snow, and ended up late for work more than once because the truck developed a cold start issue that ONLY showed itself in the morning! Damn truck would get you to the bar just fine, but leave you buying drinks for the guys who covered your ass because you were late again. Every pair of pants i had developed an asphalt scar from banging on the tank every morning because i was SURE it was a bad fuel pump. Or a fuel pump that wouldn't work unless the sun was out. Nothing will make you believe in ghosts like an intermittent. one new in-tank fuel pump later, i found myself apologizing to the supervisor once again. Sensor after sensor was bought and returned to the nicest Autozone clerk i ever met. I lived two doors down from an actual GM mechanic who took pity on me after stepping over my legs on his way to his apartment one too many times. He was sure it was the ignition module. CERTAIN!!! Removed old ignition module and brought it to one auto parts store to test. Failed!!! found out competitor was at least 20 dollars cheaper to buy new part, so went there, where the same part passed their tests with flying colors. Bought new ignition module anyway. Didn't work. And then i found it. one obscure post on an S10 forum about a man driven to madness over an intermittent cold start issue. After an entire year of trying everything i had, he did a test where he watched the voltage going to the ignition module while the key was being turned. as soon as the key was turned, 12 volts turned to 0 volts. I did the same test, got the same results, cried a little, and bought a new ignition harness. Those stupid contacts in that harness had worn just enough that they would not make connection when cold, and a small layer of ice would build up on the contacts. no start. the sun would come out, heat the truck, melt the ice, and voila! truck starts just fine. Im still waiting for my chance to tell someone to hold a cigarette lighter over their key for 10 seconds and then try starting the car again. the end.

[@jroberts1734]

Who were ya MWD with? Hallibortion & Scientific here... Blizzard on July 4th, sidewards snow in lovely Wamsutter....as the rotary turns...

[@Chuck-U-Farlie]

@@jroberts1734 i was with an outfit called Cathedral Energy Services. never went out in the field, just cleaned and recalibrated all the GPS units.

[@jroberts1734]

@@Chuck-U-Farlie right on..appreciate it...the poles moving so fast nowdays its crazy...peace

[@bobster1982]

I like these kinds of jobs. After huffing aromatic hydrocarbons for 20 minutes the job doesn't seem so shitty anymore.

[@potatosmasher1072]

What is your profile picture?

[@hornetIIkite3]

I love working in the lab for this reason. Smell some bottles and i'm working in the garden of Eden

[@deezelfairy]

You ain't lived until you've huffed propane out of a forklift impco gas vapouriser.

[@hornetIIkite3]

@@deezelfairy did you know hydraulic oil makes great tanning lotion?

[@JoeC88]

@@deezelfairy 🤣

[@LaOwlett]

So, I'm probably one of very few female viewers you have... I started watching your channel a few years back when I bought a new sewing machine and cracked her open. Being used to maintaining ye 'olde 1950's Japanese made Hudson's bay Piedmont, I couldn't believe the amount of plastic I was seeing inside. I'm pretty sure my first encounter with you was on a video you made talking about planned obsolescence. Anyway I want to thank you for the entertaining and interesting content you make!

[@diegomontoya796]

Why do women so? So, i was wondering... So, you said... So, the thing i can't explain or understand...

[@LaOwlett]

@@diegomontoya796 The better question is why don't more men sew? It's practical to be able to repair your own clothing, and satisfying to create your own things by following a pattern.

[@ameraldas3641]

@@LaOwlett yeah, more men should sew. So many learn to fix everything in the world but their clothes

[@whitehorse1959]

So..... how about that "old slag hammer" comment ? 😀

[@Brewbug]

Guys, leave the girl alone

[@stevetheunicorn898]

“It aint left hand thread, it’s just on there forever” 😂

[@iaov]

As a former industrial electrician I can tell you we do not “tappity tap tap” things. We apply IAOV to them . We use the “intelligent application of violence “ ....I am always glad when the Dew Claw is there to provide some adult supervision... sometimes I worry about you Uncle BF....another great 👍 video!!

[@jonanderson5137]

Percussive maintenance is one of the dark arts, it must be plied with knowledge and skill.

[@treed5953]

@@jonanderson5137 or applied to gain knowledge and skill

[@johnbeauvais3159]

My buddy always called it “Strategic hatred”

[@ronheil6558]

I just induce a high amplitude, low frequency vibration into the component.

[@offender0]

The good old technical tap

[@PlayMoGame]

This video needs to be played in any and all right-to-repair hearings. Canader, the Untidy States, Mayheeco, anyfugginwhere

[@ianmoss835]

I love how the access hatch lines up with everything but what you need to access.

[@danwalker4129]

It never ceases to amaze me the b.s. that some dumbass " Engineer" will come up with to make our lives difficult. Should have been so simple!

[@JordyValentine]

Because there's a tool for this, that space gives you the room to get it in and use it.

[@stoneandearthandsailing4127]

@@JordyValentine not to worry, it’s proprietary

[@JordyValentine]

@@stoneandearthandsailing4127 it's not

[@Brrrap743]

Perfect place to dump a bunch of dirt on it just to make sure you contaminate your fuel

[@IanDarley]

5" slip joints applied vertically get these off post-haste. Edit: Aside from screening the big chunks, the bag is largely to reduce vortex-induced cavitation in the pump when the fuel level is low / near empty.

[@simpsons721]

Louis Rossman is doing work for THE RIGHT TO REPAIR

[@hdezn26]

And can use any body that will stand up against those who dont want RTR to pass.

[@kaeto]

I hope you realize that legislation is going to make this kind of stuff far, far worse, and more expensive. It's the completely wrong approach. The only real solution is to start peeling back IP law, probably eliminating patents altogether. All current so-called RTR laws are pushing in the exact opposite direction - more hyper-specialized patented garbage, but now you get the privilege of paying tons of money for it.

[@windowsxseven]

@@kaeto corpo shills are literally shaking

[@rekit7351]

@@kaeto that'd be nice but it might be better to go for something more achievable. Hopefully once people start learn about RTR they start looking into patent laws, planned obsolescence ect.

[@BluRibTac]

Yes he is!

[@JohnnyRottenest]

Best mechanics tool purchase ever was a strap wrench, meant to take off oil filters. It’s a strap like that attached to a 6” length of 1” square tubing, and you turn it with a 1/2” drive ratchet wrench. But it works like a dream on those big retainer rings, jar lids, and even pipes.

[@gasper5223]

We need more Louis Rossman right to repair support frpm the ordinary people

[@xmtxx]

What I thought first, but then, I realised, the piece are avaiable. It's just that they are enginereed in order to make them very hard to service (IE, go pay fortunes to the deere center). Pretty sure right to repair has (sadly) no impact on that.

[@xiro6]

i think farmers were fighting for the right to repair long before Luis Rossman.they got fed up of real shit long time ago. imagine things like having to pay an official mechanic to come to reprogram your car to accept the trailer you borrow from your neighbour because it wont run if not.Thats what they have with the modern tractors. john deere can shut down a tractor remotely john deere receive all the production data and can sell it to other companies,and they did it. any fault that triggers a service alarm keep the machine from working until an official mechenic comes to reset the software.even if it was a clogged fuel filter you have replaced yet.you have to pay the travel of the mechanic or the machine transport to the dealer,plus the service and lost waiting time. they dont even provide the electric wiring diagram Apple behaviour is a joke compared to those "wheels bolted to an engine" makers.The agricultural right to repair folks dont need to make things up like Rossman does a lot of times. They have a good taste of our future.

[@JohnDoe-tx8eu]

@@xmtxx they're doing more than being discouraged and sitting on their hands. Thats a start at least

[@GifCoDigital]

@@xmtxx I dont think you understand right to repair.

[@robinfleet7094]

And all of those similar souls to make the PTB (powers that be) know that we will overcome and find the solutions with or without them.

[@dantheman510]

When I had to change my fuel pump on my old volvo, I used a pair of pliers backwards with the handle bits gripping the fuel sending unit cap, and a pair of vice grips pinching shut the biting bits of that said pliers. Then, a long screw driver between the plier handles to twist the damn thing. Worked fantastic.

[@TaterFarm]

That description requires a photograph, please! Just send it to AvE….

[@steamfan7147]

The old famers trick we used to use was leaving a gas can out filled with one gallon of gas and four gallons of water. The thieves were usually very easy to locate.

[@rockytom5889]

Lol. They be driving steam engines.

[@hdezn26]

I'll have to try that , (and remember not to go for that tank on the next use.)

[@treed5953]

@@hdezn26 ah, and there's the rub. I would definitely become uncertain which it was

[@hdezn26]

@@treed5953 Maybe sneakilly label it somewhere ,that's easy for one to remember, but don't mean a thing, to a random passerby.

[@hdezn26]

@@rockytom5889 Then suddenly, they wonder why their buddy's car, is in the backyard with a busted engine... and you get picked as the poor unpaid sod to work on it...

[@5thgearouttahere]

I'm pleased the mythical [ Juicero ] still haunts you AvE, for your sins.

[@theshiftdrum8919]

Usually the old stuff that’s broken doesn’t get a chance to stick around! Sir I gotta say I picked up a Bridgeport a few weeks ago after years of thinking I should and I gotta say I couldn’t be happier. You’re a huge inspiration to that, so thank you!

[@PatrickPease]

Ditto, saw one rusting outside and bought it 3 years ago. Best lawn ornaments I've ever owned

[@camillosteuss]

Dear brother, i too was introduced to machines by ave, and now have a whole machinist shop coming up slowly into shape... Never has anything bought brought so much of a joy to me... First of all, it lets you make your parts that you would usually have to buy for insane prices, while dictating the material yourself, rather than paying prices of gold for shite that is as soft as gold... Everyone should have a lathe and a mill at least... Old ones, just take your time, hand scrape them and return them to factory precision with nothing but love, you will not regret it nor curse again, but with righteous contempt spit in the face of any problem, knowing that you can make a solution for it... Almost any problem, hip joints might be a bit harder to produce and install yourself, but hey, thats what other machinists are there for, to cut you open and shove your own titanium hips in ya...

[@Drew-Dastardly]

When I used to work for a small engineers shop I was surprised at the age of the old big iron lathes. These where from the 1920's and still running in the 1990's. All replacement consumables still readily available and even major items like motors and gears produced aftermarket.

[@alandaters8547]

What a sweet setup you have! Huge access panel, plastic ring that doesn't rust (or need $25 special replacement ring). You didn't even need to drop the tank!

[@Seadalgo]

The service interval for fuel filter is when your daughter becomes a teen and burns out your fuel pump riding on fumes

[@Seadalgo]

Incidentally I always call the long fuel sock things pre-filters, meaning the real filter should be after the pump. Not familiar with all configurations though, not a mechanic by trade.

[@carlosf5963]

Yes an empty tank will over heat your pump but a filter at that point is your first defence against debris

[@daviddroescher]

Are you shure that it was the fumes shes riding??? Its a Johns deer after all

[@Seadalgo]

@@daviddroescher Fumes are how she got here in the first place

[@viperfukgoogplus386]

Better riding on fumes then the dumbass boy down the street. 😉

[@dabeamer42]

"...it's one of things that make you wish a robot would take your job..." (4:13) -- nahhh, a robot wouldn't be able to curse half as creatively as you.

[@joephillips6504]

Talk to Louis rossmann!

[@TheOlsonOutfit]

Actually, yeah AvE might enjoy that.

[@erat91]

Boy, wouldn't an AvE - Rossman back and forth for 30 minutes be just a treat.

[@joephillips6504]

@@erat91 it would be fantastic. Louis will do it. We just gotta the man the myth the legend on board

[@_sticks_]

I'm for this! Two completely different personalities and backgrounds agreeing on the same topic.

[@MaulikParmar210]

So many people coming out now, I guess this is the movement he was looking for! Yeah AvE reach out to him!

[@LazerLord10]

I can take out the fuel pump from the drivers seat of my car! It's right in the center console, which is neat.

[@5roundsrapid263]

The Toyota Previa had the engine under the driver’s seat. You had to pull up the driver’s seat to change the oil filter…

[@CCNorse]

Is it a Fiero?

[@19CD91]

I think it's a motorcycle guys lol

[@encryptedmaze]

lmao I keep seeing you pop up in random youtube comment sections

[@Darkassassin09]

Right where it was left by the last mechanic that couldn't find a replacement and just taped the hoses together.

[@pquijal]

"If they see my face, it'll be like the Ark of the Covenant." It's funny because it's true.

[@MattLarson440]

*yark*

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

Don't you mean the Tablecloth of Turin?

[@TheCptTrenchfoot]

@@thedevilinthecircuit1414 no he meant the Ark of the Covenant

[@tncorgi92]

That last sentence is one that drilled itself into my brain the first time I ran radiator flush thru my 73 Duster and lost all the damn freeze plugs. 15 minute job turns into 2 days.

[@ryan_layne]

Bruh they’ve been putting filter socks on these things since the origination of fuel injection on gasolite vehicles in the late 70s. Protects from large chunks of rust and schmoo. That mechanism of retaining the pump is more or less the same as in the beginning too. There is usually a second inline filter to catch the real fine stuff.

[@Samophlan]

Yeah this didn't look like anything I haven't seen before. I just upgraded the fuel pump on my 2009 Ford Ranger and the whole assembly looks very similar. There is a separate inline filter you can change regularly.

[@johnt1815]

Agreed, the socks are bog standard on anything automotive, and are really just there to prevent the small bolt that you will inevitably drop into the open top of the gas tank from getting caught in the pump. There outta be a real filter in an even more unaccessible location 👍

[@DrPersonman]

Yeah, and I know at least Ford had screens on the sending units in carburetor pickups from the 70s, so I don't think it's even a fuel injection thing. Hell, one of the two tanks in my 79 f150 even has a very similar style plastic gland nut thing, granted it's on the side of the tank so you can just roll under it and replace the sending unit without touching anything else... You have to make sure to get the rubber gasket on right though or it leaks badly when full.

[@yodaddy4944]

AVE is an industrial guy, commercial and consumer automotive is definitely not his forte lol

[@annfarmer9704]

50 years ago car owners manuals told you how to adjust your valves and perform your own maintenance on your car. todays car owners manuals say ~ do not drink the gasoline.......

[@Flies2FLL]

I swear to god if I knew this guy's address I'd send him a good bottle of whiskey for all the entertainment he's provided me over the years!

[@jaymorris3468]

I just watch this guy for his brutal honesty, old school mentality, love it.

[@dc8man2]

Any guy who will make a video like this with children's drawings tattooed on his arm with a sharpie is my kind of guy. Congratulations Dad. you gotta be alright. Keep the great content coming.

[@ColinTimmins]

What a great idea! Replace something that's cheap and easy to get at with something so inconvenient and complicated, that it creates more work for our inhouse mechanics to work on. That way we make more money!

[@WatchWesWork]

Blame the government, not the bean counters. These returnless fuel pump systems have no external filter because of tighter evaporative emissions standards. Every joint is a tiny leak.

[@OOZ662]

Good thing none of it evaporates when Billy Joe Bob dumps a shitload of it on the ground trying to replace that filter. Nor when he gets fed up and throws the whole thing in a lake.

[@JohnDoe-tx8eu]

In my country those two are often the same people for some reason...

[@TheBackyardChemist]

"Every joint is a tiny leak." Boy, there must have been a lot of leaks in Canada then for the last year or two

[@TauCu]

@@OOZ662 Let alone when you fill your gas tank. Fucking muppets.

[@olliefoxx7165]

I wondered why they started putting the GD filters in the tank. The powers that be never work on their own stuff anyways.

[@benkubica2823]

"one of those things that makes you want a robot to take your job..." Utter gold. Great channel.

[@johnkretz7734]

When I first started learning to pull wrenches for a living Ol Ron pulled me aside and explained why engineers, those supposedly brightest of human beings, design such manifestedly eftarded items. According to him the first mechanic made off with the first engineers daughter, mother or significant other, thereafter they have hated us with passion and build such things purely to torment and frustrate. Of course this was the same guy who said that when he was a stoker on a merchant marine ship in ww2 that they'd make lemonade out of seawater and battery acid when they were too hot. Citric, sulfuric...it's all just acid....right?

[@cooperhomann783]

I work on a lot of diesel generators and in turn get access to lots of "free" but dirty fuel, I installed a fuel filter in the engine bay and removed the in-tank filter (so it doesn’t get blocked). Easy to do just had to fabricate amount for it, had tonnes of room in the engine bay to be able to do it and now I just change that filter every oil change (still way cheaper than buying fuel).

[@AdamNDJ]

To be fair, some of us enginerds WANT to build things that are easily serviced or repaired. However, it is really hard to find a paycheck like that...

[@martin09091989]

That's because of the school system altered by Capitalism. So much useless graduated engineers on the market they just have to hold the paycheck up in the air and watch wich one jumps the highest to get em, like a well trained puppy! No honor left in this field! And we technicians are less and less and have to work our asses of to get all the broken crap to work again. But at least I can say Fuck you! If my boss wants me to cut corners for more profit! And I make the same money as an engineer these days.

[@zoidberg444]

In your defence I work in the automotive industry and the bean counters are the ones who are in charge. Engineers run around after them trying to work within the constraints they set.

[@kommieplot]

"to be fair"

[@briancroneberger9243]

imo this design makes sense. There should always be some sort of pre filter to a pump, like a 10 micron or equivalent. Then, you have a filter after the pump that is 100% serviceable like a mesh or paper 100 micron. Only reason why old shit never had a filter like this was because the pump was mechanically driven off the engine, and at least vs carbs, modern injectors are much more sediment sensitive.

[@hardbrocklife]

@@martin09091989 school system altered by capitalism? You must be one of those unioterds thinking socialism with save industry? Thing about capitalism is the exchange of goods and services is voluntary. Dont buy garbage products and garbage companies dont make money. I bet you support hundreds of garbage tool companies who make their goods in china. If the government controlled industry we would get a garbage product like the United States Postal Service. A garbage entity providing a garbage service inflated with tax dollars, and no alternative options. You talk like someone who is knowledgeable, but your words have actually convinced us otherwise.

[@frikyouall]

Probably already figured it out by now, but for anyone who stumbles along, this is a fuel sock for the pump. The filter for the injectors is somewhere in the gas line from front to back. The one in my '90's Buick is basically under the left rear wheel, the one in my '90's Camry is in the engine compartment between the fender and the firewall. I've seen those pumps built in between the gas tank and the carriage, too.

[@hardbrocklife]

The art on his arm is what will help keep his daughter from developing a relationship with a worthless man. Fathers, having a healthy relationship with your dauhters will provide her a tool to measure the worth of a man.

[@mattberg916]

Yes,yes yes yes yes. I could not agree more. It's almost as if God Himself told man and woman to become one and stay that way until they die. Oh yeah, He did!

[@longlivegarybusey6409]

@@mattberg916 He also said to stone your disobedient children to death (Deuteronomy 21:18-21). So uh....maybe he doesn't have all the right answers.

[@mattberg916]

@@longlivegarybusey6409 I'll pray for you my friend.

[@markm1514]

@@longlivegarybusey6409 How obedient are your children?

[@marshaul]

@@mattberg916 Way to turn a good point into something idiotic.

[@zadeoooo]

Makes me glad to own a super easy to service diesel from the 80s. All the filters are in the engine bay accessible up without needing to lean in much at all

[@bunzeebear2973]

That is not a high pressure filter. Still it was STEEL bolt on which then sent the moderately pressured fuel to the High pressure fuel pump and steel lines to the injectors. Way simpler system. Majority of big trucks use this system. Why they don't do it for cars is just poor designing. There is no leaks.

[@russelldodd93]

Reminds me of my grandmother repeating stories with her Alzheimer's...

[@JayJay-_]

Your grandmother repairs John Deere's?.. kick ass

[@jakecanter06]

I thought the deja vu had gotten really bad.

[@5roundsrapid263]

My grandmother did the same thing. As horrible as the disease was, it was fascinating to hear her stories from 60+ years earlier. At least she was happy for a little while.

[@sourbrothers73]

Yeah... no kidding. Just post it once, uncle bumblefuck.

[@maxprophet2401]

@@sourbrothers73 I'll watch as many times as it's posted. Noone ever jumped grandmas ass for tellin the same story 50 times.

[@Swampyankeehomestead]

"If they see my face it would be like the Ark of the covenant." Naa, the rampies pointed you out when I was flying NHL up that way. Can't never hide nothing from a woman or a ramp rat.

[@mirkokeca4853]

engenderds at JD: Next time we are going to place a ball bearing on the outer part and then make a 16 key wrench design where every key is different and special to your tractor so it has to be custom made. And also every key has to be pressed in at different lengths for the cap to unlock. After all that we are going to charge you 500$ for the custom made wrench that fits just your machine and make it from the worst possible plastic so first time you use it all the keys will shear off and you will have to replace everything.

[@5roundsrapid263]

John Deere is German?

[@macoppy6571]

So why not model in CAD, for use in 3D printer, sell the pattern for $10? The first 50 chumps cover the cost of the crappy original, the second 50 cover the time and noodles, then all gravy, baby!

[@mirkokeca4853]

@@macoppy6571 Because every pattern is different and tied to your serial number. So it has to be custom made every time 😁😁

[@smkymtnsaws163]

This is why right to repair HAS to be a thing.

[@clintwalker316]

and please don't forget to include the part serial number (not the tractor serial number) when you order the replacement part. It's right there on the side of the part , it's totally visible after you scrap off all the green paint

[@cron410]

I keep about 2ft of old timing belt around just for this. Toothed side works for these collars, smooth side works wonders on metal oil filters, and really is the only way to get some of those hydraulic filters off commercial zero turn mowers. It helps if you spray down the metal canister with a solvent first to remove any oil film.

[@tomhobbit312]

Channel lock makes those giant pliers intended for removing oil filters, that's what I use on those works o so nice. I thought it was funny because I've removed oil filters using your method. Sometimes just no other way. Been a mechanic for 21 years now I love this channel

[@derekhobbs1102]

You can buy oil filter straps, or make them with safety belt and square tube with 1/2 inch I/D.

[@sly50gt]

That my friend is the only reason i own a chainwrench, bought it for a stupid fuel pump retention ring, thought I would use it a bunch, have literally never used it again after that 1 job 9 years ago now lol Keep up the great work and hope you're doing well up there my northern friend. :-)

[@OvAeons]

Should give Louis Rossman a shout and work on a script for him the next time he panels for right to repair. I bet he would LOVE your stories!

[@vettepilot427]

Friendly advice: That pump assembly has to be oriented a particular direction (in rotation) or the fuel gauge won’t work or won’t indicate accurately. There will be an index mark on the pump flange on top (where the lines go in to the pump) that should index to a corresponding mark on the tank itself. Make sure the marks are aligned when you tighten the lock ring back on. Good luck trying to hold the pump from rotating while trying to tighten that stupid ring. I’m looking forward to all-new swear words.

[@richiewong1]

Just watch Big Clive swing an AvE copper hammer then the man himself pops up

[@dennisp.2147]

Me Too!

[@DocFr4nk]

That's how I got here, beautiful x-ray device Clive got there

[@treed5953]

Right behind ya'

[@pbmachines972]

Dew claw Do claw?

[@MrPaw45]

You mean the copper swing press x-ray device.

[@randr10]

They do make a tool for taking those tank hats off. The sock on the end of the pump isn't just for filtering, It works as a temporary bladder to keep the pump from running dry when the fuel sloshes around. They don't run serviceable filters any more because everything in the fuel system is poly and won't corrode like the old stuff. I would prefer an in line filter myself though because my target mileage to replace vehicles is 300k miles.

[@jeremyscott6641]

Watching your videos is putting my kids through college via the swear jar, keep it up 😂

[@firebird77clonefirebird89]

The screen / sock prevents chunkies from locking up the pump, and prevents cavitation at low fuel. In this case, I feel the engineering was fine. You might consider pre-filtering your fuel in the future.

[@SueBobChicVid]

Schrodinger's filter. Love it. I'll have to remember that one when I'm dealing with 20 ft long ignition rods that you can't see in situ and don't work if you remove them.

[@alanmumford8806]

Back in the day, I had that situation with a Rhode and Schwarz radio interference measuring set. It had a fault but wouldn't work properly anyway once the case was removed, because of the screening it provided. Damn near everything inside was silver plated, including the case. Very impressive. I did manage to fix it..

[@lakerzz123]

Funny thing is, I had just recently started watching quite a few videos on Quantum Mechanics and was pleasantly surprised when he said that.

[@thesickening0169]

Been a mechanic for ~20 years now. 2 things I still haven't understood is why the manufacturers got rid of external fuel filters, and why the manufacturers went with plastic intake manifolds......

[@SeeDMT]

Ah yes sticking your fingers in a greasy hole and getting into a fight with electrician over a pair of gloves, makes me pine for the days of my youth

[@aitf99]

I bet that electrician was never the same after you stuck your fingers in his greasy hole !!....

[@SeeDMT]

@@aitf99 at least i was wearing gloves, they were 16 ounce boxing gloves but he didnt seem to mind

[@aitf99]

@@SeeDMT they never do !

[@brandonobaza8610]

In my old 300SD, there's a clear plastic in-line at the lift pump, a twist on canister (on the return? Don't remember), and a screen in the tank... arranged vertically. That means as the screen clogs (and it always clogs from the bottom) you lose fuel capacity. Thanks, Mercedes!

[@OriginalJetForMe]

“It’s one of those things that make ya wish a robot would take your job.”

[@guardrailbiter]

Nah, nah. There's two _different_ prime directives. Consumers Prime Directive: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Manufacturers Prime Directive: "If it ain't broke, they won't buy a new one."

[@robertdinicola9225]

I have a 1953 GE refrigerator, still runs fine, draws 1.58 amps running and keeps me home brew at a perfect 42 dungarees fartenheight!

[@hdezn26]

I have a 73 (can't think of the name of the refidgerator) that i only had to fix the defrost timer on but still running good.) Where as I know at least a few people that have been thru 2-3 newer fridges in the past 10 years. Or 2 Samsucky washers in 2 years. . .

[@robertdinicola9225]

@@hdezn26 only thing on the ge was the condenser fan gave out 3 years ago. Slapped a 120 volt computer fan on for 12 bucks and shes good.

[@rushthezeppelin]

@@hdezn26 heard a lot of horror stories about Samsung appliances working in the new home construction field....

[@hdezn26]

@@rushthezeppelin Me too, issues so bad they are permanantly on my no buy list. Water accidentally touch a electronic part in a washer . . . oops just a trailerweight now... need a part? oh noes call the tech and hear him say " it will be about 4 months before that part comes available". . . Oops something went wrong . . . got to wait more time for a part... ( a messed up cold water side solenoid valve is going to take 3 months to get here from overseas..) At least the hot side works. . .just swap the hoses and your good *After* shutting off the hot supply from the wall... Sorry rant , oops i'll stop.

[@andrewallen9993]

I have one built to the same design called a Fuchsware in South Africa, complete with a door lock that cannot be opened from inside :-)

[@KaneFriesen]

I tell ya I love you man! I'm canadian been living in USA since I was 9 (am 39) but just listening to the engineering knowledge mixed with canadian common sense humor and a smidge of the accent brings me back to listening to my grandpa in Regina sask working on his international harvester good times.

[@micahned]

Regina is such a ridiculous name for a town that even the folks down in Crocksucker, Oklahoma are like "damn...they fucked up"

[@KaneFriesen]

@@micahned better than prince albert

[@danehart2740]

A heavy helping of boiling water on that plastic ring can help loosen it up, also helps get it tight on the re-install. They are surprisingly easy to cross-thread too.

[@donyboy73]

a big percentage of equipment that comes in my shop ends up in scrap!

[@weaponizedautism6199]

Remind me not to bring my equipment into your shop!

[@donyboy73]

@David Rutherford buy better stuff!

[@65csx83]

@@donyboy73 And owner's should take better care of their equipment.

[@donyboy73]

@@65csx83 exactly

[@micThurrr]

my car built in the 90's in JAY AYE PAN the fuel filter is in line right under the drivers taint and costs a jefferson.

[@zrxdoug]

Yeah, but it's also got a sock in the tank just like this one.. You'll meet it when it comes time to replace the fuel pump. :-)

[@micThurrr]

@@zrxdoug very true, but its still working as it did day one so fingers crossed.

[@pvc988]

Don't worry they won't let you use it soon. It's already happening in the EU. (because eco)

[@philipcable7518]

I bet the jeesless thing has to come from the land of the rising sun too

[@Nirotix]

I have a 10' Brown & Boggs 16g brake sitting in my garage, 3' rolls, 22g bar folder, and a 4' shear along with a 24g lockformer. All Canadian made, the nose on that 10' brake is straight as an arrow. Can only imagine how many journeyman sheet metal workers touched these tools before I got my greasy mitts on them. I can tell you personally, having had a brand new brake from Ecco I worked on, that had almost an 3/16" wow in the nose from end to end, (no adjustment is going to fix that), they don't build them like they used to.

[@RindosRides]

Looks like you standard automotive pump and filter. Its probably different with farm stuff, but that sock lasts forever on a car. Its good engineering actually, keeps the pump alive longer to be in the tank, and you know a filter is good to have before a pump.

[@victortitov1740]

btw, these pumps are a sort of hydrodynamic bearing + pump combo, pretty magical. Wouldn't be surprised if they can be forked by one grain of sand. Also, the fuel flows through the motor of the pump (including commutator/brushes), pretty interesting.

[@MelancholyMadoka]

That tattoo stole the video, it actually inspired me to go to fuel filter school.

[@juliogonzo2718]

I think there should be an annual "kick an engineer in the nuts day"

[@sthenzel]

Nah, the engineer only does what accountants and controllers tell him to.

[@500dollarjapanesetoaster8]

Those are called weekdays

[@tonydobek8908]

I agree with you! 💯

[@juliogonzo2718]

@@Kinchwillkill LMAO:) well as they say, anything boys can do girls can do better, so your prob one of the good engineers :) (well exept for gracefully peeing standing up)

[@moabfool]

I think the engineers, project managers, and accountants should be locked in a room with every new car they design. Inside will be an endless supply of water, caffeine beverages, and food. There will not be a toilet. The task will be to remove and reinstall the following: -Engine oil and filter -Transmission fluid and filter -Alternator -Starter -Spark plugs, and wires -Power steering pump -Shocks/struts -Brakes -Timing belt (if equipped) -Water pump The jobs must be completed using common tools, a floor jack, and jack stands. When successfully completed the door will open and restroom facilities will become available. This is meant encourage thoughtful engineering as much as to exact retribution for all the difficult to maintain designs they have products they or their predecessors have designed.

[@CJPopovich]

The filter on the pump is just a pre-filter, it's designed to stop big stuff/junk from pooching the pump internals. It's more of a screen, say no to rocks and logs. Usually on the other side -but still in the tank- is the regulator/filter assembly. All the gripes still apply, and I prefer external filters, but I'd almost always run a pre-filter on the pumps.

[@olliefoxx7165]

"Slag hammer...it was my nickname in college.". This guy is priceless. He's a a golden goose that lays eggs of knowledge and swear words of pure Canadian extract. As a Southerner I appreciate his backhanded use of the English language.

[@rickfeith6372]

Have you seen the AvE Dictionary? It's a Skookum Choocher on the ole confuser. It's priceless.

[@olliefoxx7165]

@@rickfeith6372 lol. That just reminds me of all the crazy guys I worked with from up north. Hard working, hell raising wild men that were smart as a whip and witty as hell. We call them good people around here.

[@5roundsrapid263]

I think his ancestry hails from the Maritime provinces, which was once Acadia. I’m also Southern, and he reminds me a lot of the Cajuns I grew up around.

[@kirstenspencer3630]

Diesel fuel is considered " light oil " and has a realitivly high specific gravity. This means it will hold solids in suspension and thus necessatate the use of fine micron filters. Cannot emphasize enough the clean handling of Diesel to prevent filter contamination. Been there.

[@dheadhunter413]

Ave always reminds me of Wilson from Home Improvement, distinct voice , never saw his face

[@woolymittens]

I imagine he looks like Neegan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan from The Walking Dead)- the voice fits.

[@mauriciolima1088]

I just learned something new! And it was your technique to twist that cap of really hard using a strap and an adjustable wrench. Thanks so much!!

[@evil_me]

😎 My understanding is that it's an EPA thing to control fuel vapor for the petrol vehicles, try to work on some of the California complaint cars that have one line and everything is in the tank

[@treed5953]

It's California, we like to lead in absurdity

[@zoidberg444]

I'm sure there is a KZbinr who got his wife a Mercedes which had some issue with its fuel system and its basically unrepairable because it was some weird California vehicle made to keep the EPA happy but parts are not available. Apparently it's more environmentally friendly to send a perfectly good car to the scrap rather than let a handful of petrol vapours to go into the atmosphere.

[@jknott1509]

Okay this is my new favorite mechanic channel

[@chaseman113]

Only the best of Anti-Repair from Deer John.

[@norfolkwaye3620]

You can get that filter at any barely functional auto parts store. That's a fairly standard 3$ EFI pickup screen-it's not really for "filtering" as much as keeping the bigger chunks out of the gerotor style pump, with the added benefit of being a wet-sock kind of slosh-preventer. By being soaked with fuel, it maintains a flooded inlet to the pump, even if it's only partially submerged. I would suggest asking for the fuel pump strainer for a 1995 Chevy C1500 Pickup truck. With an engine, mind you-which engine is less important. Shouldn't be more than a tenner up in the outer rim, they're about three credits on Kashyyyk.

[@joecosgrove5711]

Ave you have such a diverce vocabulary my man I'm always entertained with your videos rock on

[@c.blakerockhart1128]

My 2001 Monte Carlo had a fuel pump clog. The "Access panel" is in the trunk right behind the fold down back seats. The "Access Panel" was only big enough to unplug the hoses and wires. There "WAS" no way to get the fuel pump through that hole, so I made a REAL "Access Panel". I got the fuel pump assembly out and the sock/pre filter had just fell apart. I tried to find a replacement sock and what I found was that I had to but a COMPLETE ASSEMBLY. So I did what any other REALISTIC guy would do. I used another pump to empty the 3/4of a tank of fuel (of course it was ) and cleaned the entire bottom of the tank and put the fuel pump assembly Back in WITHOUT a sock. I then replaced the in line filter and my new access panel. Worked great. I opened the in line filter and the only thing in it was peices of the pre filter sock thingy.( in line filter was not clogged )

[@KarlHaase]

That looks like a very generic fuel pump inlet filter. Take it to the autoparts store and ask for a filter sock for a 1990 olds cutlass ciera.

[@G58]

I bought the majority of a Honda CB-1 (NC27) 400 which the owner broke and sold as parts because he couldn’t get it started. He eventually just gave up. The problem was discovered when I pulled the fuel tap off the tank. The engine was in perfect condition. The electrics were fine. But water was getting into the tank and not finding its way down the overflow pipe because it was blocked with schmoo! That caused rust in the bottom of the tank. Then someone damaged the internal gauze tube thing, allowing the rust deposits into the carbs! An entire bike broken into bits because a hole was blocked, and one of the cheapest parts on the bike was mistreated and not replaced. The sadder fact is that I could have bought the bike whole for less two months before! These are the lessons we collect on our journey. Peace

[@EngOne]

*4:09** Calisse de Tabarnac - for the benefit of non-Canadians, this is a magical incantation voiced to resolve technical difficulties....*

[@Crckwood]

Usually resolve at least the anger issue!

[@EngOne]

@@Crckwood Fixes technical issues too. As soon as Ave voiced it, problem fixed and was able to get filter out of tank. See !

[@colinpye1430]

Why do they always forget “machien de bingo”?

[@mikedjames]

Did that on one of my cars and the tank plastic had swelled up. Had to split the plastic ring and use hose clamps and silicone to make it seal. The fuel pump was on springs to push the pickup strainer assembly down to the bottom of the tank. On our other car (good old Peugeot) the springs jammed so it would run out of diesel if you went into a long corner with under half a tank of fuel. But if you cranked until the battery started dying it would prime again and you could drive on..

[@armusc757]

"Dirty bastages" Haha " you fargin ice holes, Roman Marony never forgets a face" 🤣🤣🤣

[@zrxdoug]

I gonna cut offa you boils, I gonna jam 'em straight uppa you iceholes!

[@danielboughton3624]

As someone else noted that is just a screen to protect the lift pump which is the diddly-doo you had in your hand there. The actual fuel filter is under the car somewhere along with the actual fuel pump and should be more like what you would expect filter wise. If your car runs fine with 1/2 tank or more of gas and then gets weak or won't run once you get down on fuel the lift pump is often the culprit.

[@desertlizard4723]

I swear the same thing with plumbing, i go into some of these houses from the 30's and they still have the same damn water heater. I install a 40 gal Bradford White im back two months later replacing the fucking anode rod.

[@x2dgamer34]

The water heater in my house is 32 years old. Yet I see these new ones last maybe 5-7years it seems.

[@UberAlphaSirus]

Same. They say they want a new cylinder, I tell 'em its in good shape but will cost the same labour to descale and flush it but will prolly last another 30 years. Or a new one. they always go new, even though they are buying £600 of scrap in five years. And there old one is gonna get melted. And getting a new anode is bloody hard work in the UK. Yet that old tank has resisted galvanic shit for years after the original vanished.

[@hdezn26]

Dang, something up with that water, if its making the anode rod, give up the ghost, every two months.... Or Sh!tly made product....

[@mikesavage8793]

Just had to replace the heating element on my water heater, got about 40 years from the first one. Hell if I'm replacing the copper tank, tis at least twice the weight of a modern one. And I've got a spare anyway of the same age.

[@texasslingleadsomtingwong8751]

All the time . These new AO Smith, Rheem and State water heaters are way too thin on the tank walls . Intended to be leaking in less than 8 years.

[@camdflage]

Thank you for being one of the few humans online. Smart and fun, mate!

[@reviewsfromtheroadcrews872]

That looks similar to an automotive fuel sending unit and locking ring. Probably made by Kyosan Denso. Those are assembled on a line and torqued by an automated torque gun (with the flat ring gasket to 120 +/- 10nm). I used to work in an automotive supplier factory where we made and assembled the gas tanks for a number of manufacturers. The co-ex blowmolding (6 layers) and plastic welding (using hot plates) is fascinating but it's a factory with all the bs factory games they like to play.

[@JWSmythe]

At least they gave you an access panel. I just cut a panel into one of my cars a few weeks ago. The approved factory method was to drop the tank, that required removing the rear axle and the exhaust system from the cats back. Even then, the tank was so wedged in, that it took two people an hour, to wiggle it around enough to get it out with the filler neck. I did that once on another of the same series, and swore never to do it again. Making an access panel big enough to gracefully remove the pump assembly was much nicer. That sock is just to protect the pump. There should be a steel inline filter somewhere farther up the line. On that particular car, it was about 4' up the line, hiding on the inboard side of the frame. Same with most cars. Don't know about that thing though, it could be hidden anywhere. It may require dropping the engine, just because the engineers like fucking with mechanics.

[@Robert-S-]

From what I've been told, the main reason for eliminating the inline filter has to do with how the emissions requirements are calculated. Every connection has a "leak potential" penalty, so by moving the filter into the tank and eliminating 2 connections from an inline filter, they manage to get a better score on the emissions requirements. Personally, I'm pretty sure the amount of emissions generated in servicing the in-tank filter, ultimately outweighs any potential containment of the in-tank filter. Guaranteed to spill more fuel and have more evaporative losses opening the tank and removing the components to get to the filter, as well as disturbing all the seals in the process.

[@paulwolf8444]

It's all about the goal of "maintenance free" period.

[@Robert-S-]

@@paulwolf8444 if it needs maintenance why not just trade it on and buy a newer betterer one.

[@paulwolf8444]

@roberts.4837 You miss the point. It's to sell maintenance free as a feature of the vehicle.

[@Robert-S-]

@@paulwolf8444 "maintenance free" is marketing for "planned obsolescence"... Don't maintain it, just replace it when it breaks. A maintenance free pencil never needs sharpening.

[@paulwolf8444]

@@Robert-S- That's the reason for no gas filter.

[@barbeonline351]

Saw it said elsewhere that in-tank filters (on autos) are more common due to emission standards. Filters in-line are two added connections that can leak. In the tank has zero penalty.

[@cliffpalermo]

That pump and sock filter looks like the same unit you would find in many automotive tanks. Maybe worth the while to go to the auto parts store.

[@robertbishop3055]

looks exactly like the one in my first gen tacoma

[@Drew-Dastardly]

Yes but it's a Dear John and so there is a sensor that detects "tampering" and tells the central microprocessor to shut down everything until a properly certified Field Service Deerngeneer can use his fancy laptop and spend 3 hours typing in an unlock code and running "diagnostics". There is a shortage of this amazingly skilled guise and so the crop can wither and die while waiting for xhim/xher.

[@MicroMac]

What's nice about my Lincoln Town Car is that it has an inline filter but it also has a screen like that so it's double protection. It's a return style fuel system so the fuel constantly gets cycled around, it's usually pretty clean.

[@hdezn26]

I swear that I've seen this before , lol. (Must of been a dream of sorts.)

[@hdezn26]

@@HighlandLaddie That will explain it !

[@greiner7414]

#Sharts ?

[@Jedless]

This is the directors cut with extra content and commentary

[@hdezn26]

@@Jedless Yes, indeed.

[@zrxdoug]

Turd times a charm...OR...it's deja vu all over again, again. :-)

[@mattio79]

That is not just a filter, but a contact vacuum bag. it allows the pump to get more fuel without having to touch the pump intake to the bottom of the tank, the bag does that. It works with capillary action.

[@nitehawk86]

"If it ain't broke, fix it until it is!"

[@NotAffiliated]

*"EFF YOU DEER JOHN......EFF YOU!"* I felt that. I share your triumph.

[@kendallpopham7769]

"If they see my face it'd be like the arc of the covenant." -AvE 2021

[@pauljanssen7594]

Oil filter from gas stations now is filtered down to 10 microns that's why most cars don't have fuel filters anymore.

[@TheNicoandyou]

The "calice de tabarnak" was my favourite part 😂😂

[@Adrenacyde]

*Colis

[@feedingthetroll]

Every time i hear im swear in french i wonder is he a french guy with an english chanel or an english guy swearing in french for fun and giggle

[@TheNicoandyou]

@@feedingthetroll a french guy myself there so much more than French swear word in is video like expression and specific word i would guess he was raised in a bilingual family of some kind 😂

[@feedingthetroll]

Ouain je me demandais si il était quebecois ou plus nouveau brunswick. Vue les emballage francais sur certain produit surement un des deux

[@MNDashcam]

Same thing with those plastic diesel filters if you try to squeeze the whole plastic cap like that then you're just making the work harder for yourself.

[@PaftDunk]

I'm willing to bet there is an inline filter somewhere if the thing has injectors.

[@bertbergers9171]

Yes that screen is just there to protect the pump from the really big nasties

[@MikeBrown-ii3pt]

There might be but many newer vehicles only have in tank filters that aren't even serviceable. To replace the filter, you have to replace the entire pump module. I found this out last year while diagnosing a rough idle/stalling condition on a friends 2017 model vehicle. Luckily for him, fuel pressure was fine and it turned out to be a bad coil pack. I knew the car was coming over so I did a bit of parts checking ahead of time and found out that the filter is non-servicable and the pump module costs over $500.

[@Mike_Neukam]

If there isn't one inline, there ought to be.

[@PaftDunk]

@@MikeBrown-ii3pt Some of the newer diesel injectors have a really tight tolerance so we're told. We make filters for bulk transfer/filtering utilizing some of the "tightest" filtration media commercially available.

[@sirdimos1]

Every time an old video pops up on my feed and I hear The Dew Claw it warms my nether regions.