Will it Run? Chrysler Sebring Sitting for 9 Years

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@mphilleo Ай бұрын

My wife saw this video come up on our feed and said, "He should change his channel name to 'Why Wes, Why'," without missing a beat.

@dans_Learning_Curve Ай бұрын

LoL 😂😆 My wife doesn't have any input! 😢

@LR-dj8fz Ай бұрын

She's right ... thanks for a good laugh!

@Frank-Thoresen Ай бұрын

Absolutely. Wes wants pain. Why?

@TheHomePros6221 Ай бұрын

Watch wes worry and then after he gets it running watch wes win

@BFT88 Ай бұрын

LOL

@Rickm2003 Ай бұрын

This era of "Chrysler" and "reliable" should never been spoken, together or in the same sentence.

@BryanPhillips-tk1km Ай бұрын

Or in the same state, 95 Plymouth Acclaim need I say more. THE BIGGEST MISTAKE in buying a vehicle, since I got my first car ever

@TheDesertRat31 Ай бұрын

Yea, there's no reason at all to try and fix that heap. The owner clearly makes very poor financial decisions.

@willb3018 Ай бұрын

Believe me, it's not just this era. I had a late 70s Chrysler product, bought new and that had not set for 9 years. Worst vehicle I ever owned.

@don2deliver 25 күн бұрын

@@BryanPhillips-tk1kmMercury made a car so bad they named it the Mercury Mystaqe, or maybe it was the Mystique.

@jamesofallthings3684 6 күн бұрын

Or anything after.

@leradze7125 Ай бұрын

i love the fact that the sign above the door to your shop says "Go Away"

@mudgutsisgeordie Ай бұрын

My late mother had a doormat that said that....

@pnuttheclownh2254 Ай бұрын

As a 77 years old/retired/less-abled/bedridden/wheelchaired paraplegic/with PLS-ALS medical conditions, who can only communicate by AAC device, text or email, I have subscribed, liked, and I am actively ENJOYING watching YOU and commenting from Quakertown, Pennsylvania, USA.

@joe2mercs Ай бұрын

There is only one thing worse than a Sebring that fails to start and that is a Sebring that starts. If the soon to be recipient college girl watched this episode I am sure her heart froze at the words “it’s running pretty good”.

@Hellcat71782 22 күн бұрын

@@joe2mercsI mean you really think she knows the difference between this car running well and a Honda running well? A year from now it will still have the same oil

@KennyHall-x2f Ай бұрын

My wife had a car just like this back in 2004. Our oldest son was 16 at the time, and was learning to drive. Flipped it 4 times end over end. No injuries but that was the best thing that ever happened to that car.

@rsmith3062 Ай бұрын

Self destructed and kept occupant safe, I call that a win win!

@jheetman Ай бұрын

Hot Damn! How fast was he going? glad he got out OK.

@JamesAgans 19 күн бұрын

I guess he was learning to fly?

@matthewrypkema6631 Ай бұрын

Michael Scott is going to be so excited to have his Sebring back!

@notsureigaf 19 күн бұрын

It's Britney, bitch

@ferrumignis Ай бұрын

You are completely correct about the lighter pistons, the reduction in mass doesn't give any more power by itself. Lighter pistons reduce peak forces on the conrod and crank, so could enable the engine to run safely at a higher RPM (valvetrain depending) which may enable more power to be extracted with other modifications. Lighter pistons tend to be modern short skirt low friction designs, so may give a little more power from reducing frictional losses.

@andrewnajarian5994 Ай бұрын

There are a couple good videos (probably many more I haven’t seen) from Engine Masters and Salter Racing Engines. A lighter piston by itself will indeed decrease forces on the Rods and Crank, but as you mentioned the piston shape changes, which in turn makes the rods longer and the skirts shorter, which has other effects, such as timing & particularly ring seal. I think Wes has it nailed, it will have a similar effect on responsiveness to a lightweight flywheel but ultimately engine power won’t change considerably and similarly to exhaust you trade low end torque for high rpm hp. Ultimately the best design is going to be dictated by the type of use the engine will see.

@clintonroushff7068 Ай бұрын

Thinking about "float" lighter may allow quicker response.

@daleolson3506 Ай бұрын

They allow faster rpm increase,decrease less strain on rods and cranks.

@UnlaunderedShirt Ай бұрын

Having overall less weight generally would also give you better economy/more power -weight ratio

@edc6333 Ай бұрын

Think of it as on a large engine under a load constantly like a ship, a lighter piston or flywheel would rev quicker, less mass to get moving but to slow the ship down it would take longer to slow the reciprocating mass down because of the stored energy. If its an engine under load doing work, maybe like a tractor trailer a heavier combination would be better, but for acceleration on a drag strip a lighter combination would be better.

@ayitsyaboi Ай бұрын

The last time someone told me my car had a bad crank position sensor was the death of that car. I am still pissed about it to this day. I took a 1991 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme from barely running and pissing coolant out of every gasket (typical 60 degree V6 of that era) to completely sealed and running perfectly at 16 years old. It took me months and I had no idea what I was doing, but managed to get through it. I was so proud of myself. The first day I had that car on the road I drove it EVERYWHERE. On my last trip away from home it died completely and I got stranded in town. Would crank and crank and crank but not even cough. A random guy came up to me, looked around and told me the same thing. I had a little hope so I took it home and spent every single day after school bent over inside of the engine bay trying to get that sensor out. For months I did this in the dead of winter in Indiana. No matter what I could not get it out. I even tried removing the oil pain to push it out from the bottom but it was impossible. I ended up being forced to sell that car and within a month ended up with another 3.1 car (Grand Prix) which I drove for the rest of high school, but the amount of devastation I felt after that day was absolutely unreal. Came from an extremely poor family and I had to go back to taking the bus to school. I will never know what was truly wrong with that car and I don't have the closure I deserve lmao. Sorry for the story, but man that shit still gets me to this day, 16 years later.

@greaniebeaniez3070 Ай бұрын

I have a similar story but nowhere near yours. Back in 2015 my dad was going to either sell his 90s something F150 or hand it down to me, he ended up selling it to a neighbors kid for $3000 and now its just rotting away in their backyard it was nice but im sure its junk now.

@mph5896 Ай бұрын

Sad story. I remember working in the winter until my hands were numb and painful. Go inside and warm up enough to go back outside. Now I will barely even work on a car unless its on the lift in my garage.

@chrisjackson9102 29 күн бұрын

I have sympathy for you on this one Brother. Most of us probably have a story like as well as a story of the car that got away.

@ronkennedy213 Ай бұрын

that car in that condition is a guaranteed boy magnet. she will have no shortage of guys trying to impress her by fixing her ride. Dad ain't stupid, free repairs.

@WatchWesWork Ай бұрын

It's just gonna be lame middle aged guys who remember when these were new, kinda like me...

@erik_dk842 Ай бұрын

@@WatchWesWork So you'd be able to get something on the side? Is she good looking?

@samholdsworth420 Ай бұрын

Mopar mo'problems....she ain't worth it lmao

@harrywalker968 Ай бұрын

@@WatchWesWork boiler maker here.. lite flywheel, piston, rod. heavy crank. . heavy piston rod not good, its like having 40 kg on a rope spinning it around, if its only 2kg, its easy..the crank is the smallest rotator. the fly wheel also has a clutch on it, which lite ones are available or small twin, multi plates, small rotating mass. all pistons today are 2'' high, no skirt. rods are titanium. thing with more power, if you cant do a 3 sec 1/4 mile, why bother.. more torque = less revs.. long stroke under square.. as stated, boiler maker here, in aus. 66 yr old.. i have a s/duty, 4.2tdi, brazilian, mwm german tractor engine. it has 700nm . 230 hp. 14 lt 100.. bigger turbo, no computer..

@kevinbarry71 Ай бұрын

@@WatchWesWork i'm a little older than you, and in my opinion that car wasn't worth touching when it rolled off the assembly line. Peak Chrysler crap. On further reflection, peak is difficult to call. Could be the 80s. Could be now. Just general Chrysler crap

@richardclifton4120 Ай бұрын

My first car cost me $200.00 and I paid for it, not my Dad. I traded it in soon enough, but It worked long enough to get me back and forth to High School for 2 years. No one, including you, knows how well this man's daughter drives. That makes this the perfect car for her to start on. The riddance of the smell will help her build character and then decide whether she wants to walk, take a bus, or drive to class.

@darylwalford8697 Ай бұрын

Not much to do with how she drives, it comes down to how much it will cost to firstly make the car safe (tyres and brakes etc) and secondly reasonably reliable (timing belt, new fuel pump and lines etc, by the time all the cost are added up it may work out cheaper to buy a better car, it's simple economics.

@woopimagpie Ай бұрын

The number of fathers I've see buy good cars for their kids only for the kids (of both genders) to crash or kill said cars is alarmingly high. When your kids are new to driving just buy them an old pile of junk, so when they kill it (and they WILL - its part of the learning experience) it's not that much of a loss. It's enough of a lesson without taking a big financial hit as well. If they're just tootling around town at lower speeds they are just as safe in an old beater as they would be in something new. And when you're a student anything is better than walking. My first car was a piece of junk, and yes, I crashed it. Twice.

@dylanlindsay1993 Ай бұрын

@@darylwalford8697 id just buy a old honda with like 500k miles on it! old hondas run forever!

@ScottDLR Ай бұрын

I remember these being rental cars - especially converts. Thanks for not leaving us hanging!

@basedWisco715 Ай бұрын

My parents rented one of these in Florida when I was about 5. The convertible was pretty cool, as a 5 year old from WI 😂

@o.c.smithiii2626 Ай бұрын

Wes, your powers of deductive reasoning, coupled with your natural mechanical skill honed with that degree, and advanced ability to read schematic diagrams made better with practical experience from actual work, makes you one of the few people who might have any hope of bringing a dead turd like that back to life. And that is why I love your content.

@chrisstengren8995 Ай бұрын

dead turd.....hahahahahahhahahaha

@CaptainKleeman Ай бұрын

wait wait wait, you take failed DIY repairs? Well I think I have the perfect feeder program for you!

@GrandsonofKong Ай бұрын

ROFL so I've seen recently

@ian_b5518 Ай бұрын

No one mention the big whiteish truck currently stuck at the Derby Market. But but if you had just gone a little further...

@MCI1392 Ай бұрын

lol

@philliptennis3537 Ай бұрын

😂😂

@29auto30 Ай бұрын

I also have a couple he can do when he gets board...lol

@stephengordon576 Ай бұрын

Car dies. Random dude: “CPS is bad. $30 bucks can do yourself” Owner breaks bolt trying to fix CPS. Parks car for NINE years.

@samholdsworth420 Ай бұрын

Nine stinky years 😅

@RexenPrime Ай бұрын

Priorities

@chrisjackson9102 29 күн бұрын

...and was probably the fuel pump all along...

@Turbochargedtwelve 26 күн бұрын

Ehhh fuel pump is usually what will die from sitting too long. It’s also easy to diagnose. Frankly on obd2 so is the bad crank sensor.

@Onewheelordeal Ай бұрын

You gotta imagine someone read the code, told him it was the cam sensor, and then he couldn't find that part listed bc it's part of the dizzy, and ended up convincing himself they must've meant/said crank sensor

@robertbullcarmichael9856 Ай бұрын

My truck was advanced for it's time. It is a 69 Ford 3/4 ton with an automatic fuel shutoff safety system. It was called a Manual Fuel Pump. Works great.

@justinshaffer3419 Ай бұрын

And cheap and easy to replace!!!

@spaghettilocomotive Ай бұрын

I think you're spot on Wes. When I installed a light weight flywheel on my turbo volvo some of my friends said I was gonna lose so much torque by replacing the old 12-13Kg stock flywheel. I replied that that is plain wrong, as the flywheel does not produce torque, it just stores rotational energy inbetween pulses. Hence making the car harder to drive/easier to stall out during launch, but way quicker to accelerate. Other lightweight engine internals would only add to that effect in my opinion.

@sthenzel Ай бұрын

Had a compact car with a 2.0 four-banger, but the same engine was also used in a much larger model. I once needed a new engine and the junkyard had one out of that large model. Guess what - its flywheel was about two times the weight! Had my old one, so no poblem.

@ShanesGettingHandy Ай бұрын

You're not wrong about the flywheel, but when it comes to the pistons, I disagree. There is an awful lot of energy expended by accelerating and decelerating a piston repeatedly. It is not recovered, it is wasted, because a piston is not rotating. Less piston mass = less waste. A flywheel does not CHANGE velocity at a constant RPM. A piston CHANGES velocity constantly, even at constant engine RPM. This is wasted energy.

@previsieitbeheer4921 Ай бұрын

Verified numbers please. A lighter flywheel can work for or against you.

@oldcynic6964 Ай бұрын

@@ShanesGettingHandy Shane, intuitively, that sounds correct. I was pulling my face when Wes said the area under the curve on the upstroke is the same as the area on the downstroke, so all the energy is recovered. Mind you, I'm pushing 70 so what the hell do I remember from maths and physics ?

@elpatosilva Ай бұрын

@@ShanesGettingHandy It is not wasted, it is almost entirely recovered, the piston does not decelerate against the floor (normally) but on the crankshaft, and then on the load. It is not a new topic of discussion at all, a long time ago at school, talking about using forged and lighter connecting rods and pistons (we had a classmate who was very into engines) our physics teacher argued that the gain could not simply be in the weight of the elements, he had no idea about engines but he knew a lot about physics (obviously) and he did the math on the blackboard of how much energy is needed to accelerate each piston twice per revolution to its maximum speed at half stroke. There was a lot of oversimplification, of course, considering only the mass of the piston (you have to do some ugly integrals to calculate the energy in the connecting rod, because of how it moves) and that only gives very crazy numbers, it was like 200 HP in an engine that gives you 150 HP or something like that. I don't remember how many RPMs he used for the example, but it was clear that if you didn't increase the RPMs, lightening the parts didn't provide much benefit other than reducing friction. I don't know much about engines either, but this discussion stuck in my mind and it makes a lot of sense.

@zaphodbeeblebrox1880 Ай бұрын

I remember The Car Wizard talking about how people delude themselves when they decide to get an old car running. They have a budget to get the engine started and the wheels turning. That's as far as they think it out. They're not expecting to get hit with the cost of bearings, brakes, lines, tires, etc. Before they can use the car in any meaningful way.

@mudgutsisgeordie Ай бұрын

I think most are thinking fuel, spark, compression...mower. ez pz...

@AdamVest Ай бұрын

That's been my dumbass a couple of times 😂

@harrywalker968 Ай бұрын

dont give a sht. your fuel cap shts, your car stops. your sensor shts, your car stops, the ecm shts your car stops. your air flow is wrong, your in limp mode.. i dont have these bs problems.. i had a bronco, 82, on lpg only, 12.1 comp, no cam, all std, 351 with 302 heads gives 12.1 comp. good for lpg. i had it for 24 yrs, never stopped, sold recently, no probs. do you keep a car for 24 yrs, with no issues, work, 4x4ing, . ???...guy in our registered with trainers 4x4 club, vehicle went into limp mode, 800k drive back to city..EXCELLENT..15k per hr.. yup..

@skipstare Ай бұрын

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@vaibhavdlv Ай бұрын

I thought about all these when buying my first car and went with an economy hatchback. I had 2 home-loans back then, 4 years ago. Now in 4 years my econobox has 50k km on the ODO and has shown me half the country. Mind you I could have stretched my budget to double the amount but I decided to spend it on maintenance and fuel.

@FliesLikeABrick Ай бұрын

Love all your videos that involve solving problems (versus other channels where too much content is making shop tools and stuff). I have a weird soft spot for reviving (or attempting to repair) stock vehicles that otherwise would head to the scrap pile

@WatchWesWork Ай бұрын

It is satisfying when they fire up!

@LR-dj8fz Ай бұрын

@@WatchWesWork Yup, enjoyed your satisfied laugh when it ran. A very enjoyable moment

@AndrewMoizer Ай бұрын

@@WatchWesWorkinfectious, and entertaining. Pretty much like this entire episode!

@itsreallyreal1337 Ай бұрын

You ever watch NNKH? He tries to bring second life to a lot of turds.

@ronicard Ай бұрын

Look at Wes flexing that Calculus II muscle memory with the integrals reference. Great videos, by the way!

@davidmcd8400 Ай бұрын

Was that limits as well ? Something about as f(x) approaches something or another ? 1984 grad with a math degree but it is all quite faded .

@ronicard Ай бұрын

@@davidmcd8400 Yep. If you're trying to find the area beneath a curve for two points on the x axis (a and b), you would integrate y=f(x) between the limits of a & b. Also a 1984 grad and computer science & engineering major. I hated Calc II, lol. It was my kryptonite

@alanprather8399 Ай бұрын

my Pops tore apart a huskqvarna riding mower with a kohler engine. it sat for 2 years. I had a literal bucket of bolts to piece it back together. this vid brings back those good memories

@wesleypulkka7447 Ай бұрын

Wes, when I raced go karts back in the early 60s a light flywheel made a huge difference in quick acceleration and allowed a fast spin up to high RPM. We even removed the magnets and ran them on constant loss batteries. Also taking 5 lbs off a VW 17.5 lb flywheel gave a similar result. In both cases engine modification enhanced the effect. Glad you were able to fire up the Chrysler!

@tomkrause62 Ай бұрын

Yep, replacing a cast iron 5HP flywheel with a 3HP aluminum or cast iron flywheel makes a HUGE difference, AND it is incredibly dangerous, which is why it was specifically outlawed by the legitimate sanctioning bodies

@javbw Ай бұрын

Just watched a YT on 60s hot rods, and a San Diego race team (Scheifer?) started making aluminum flywheels because the cast iron shatters - and people shaving them down made them even more dangerous - glad you didn’t have a flywheel let go on you!

@wesleypulkka7447 16 күн бұрын

@@tomkrause62 There were a lot of us doing the flywheel cuts and swaps from 58-62 and I never saw one shatter. The VW light flywheel has been available for more than 60 years and they don't blow. Now if you're running 5-800 horse power through a shaved flywheel you'd better have a scatter shield but that's leagues away from Go Carts and VWs!

@Soltra45 Ай бұрын

Pretty sure you're right on your assessment at the end. Changing the mass alone won't increase power, but it allows you to do other things that will and increase responsiveness. Makes sense to me. Disclaimer: My degree is in software engineering, not mechanical.

@JackdeDuCoeur Ай бұрын

Gosh, if it weren't a ragtop you could just mount a replacement gastank on the roof. Nice work.

@3PumpChumper Ай бұрын

I appreciate the lengths you’ll go to, to entertain your fans. All you had to say was mid-90s Chrysler and I knew this was going to be great.

@azenginerd9498 Ай бұрын

I thought driving a clapped-out death trap to college was a given... After being on foot the first years I finally had wheels my last... a highly desirable 1978 Ford Fairmont wagon with untold miles, vinyl seats, crank windows, burnt column around the ignition switch, drooping headliner, no rear brakes. Barely ran... for another 200k miles (as a loving son I passed it on to my mom once I had a career).

@_BAD_MERC_ Ай бұрын

Hey Wes - a seam ripper is FANTASTIC for opening up wire harnesses.

@erik_dk842 Ай бұрын

Awesome little tools

@BecomingOffgrid Ай бұрын

The lighter mass of the system changes the entropy of the system. However power is made from an explosion and if the parameters for that are unchaged, then the power output cannot be different. You are a master baiter for driving engagement in your comments. Well done Wes.

@duke5572 Ай бұрын

The Red Panda costume is great.

@michaelammon2348 Ай бұрын

Mad respect to you Sir, on so many levels. I wouldn't change a single thing about, how you put together your videos and the structured content.Your videos captivate me, where I always have to watch them all the way through to the end, every time.

@Tommy_Poole Ай бұрын

“Chewed in two-ed”? Well done Wes for really making me laugh.

@billgeorge7804 Ай бұрын

I had a Chrysler Alpine in the U.K. it was an utter lemon, hence I only kept it for about six months. During that half year, I spent hours trying to keep the pile of garbage simply running. A mismatch of Simca and Chrysler parts with an engine and running gear that seemed determined to fail it all too many times did so, usually when it was torrential rain or freezing cold. Congrats on the 300k, hope you soon double that. This is the best automotive and general engineering channel bar none. I speak from a position of knowledges as a retired engineer with over fifty years under my belt. Thanks Wes!

@bigbill709 Ай бұрын

I was just thinking it was amazing that you still had the bolts to put this unit back together.😊

@murkywaters7185 Ай бұрын

The fourth dry wall screw for the PCM was laying in the wiper cowl! 😊

@matthewatkinson7558 27 күн бұрын

Every mechanic out there laughs like a crazy person when an old engine starts. Love it.

@jmaxim80 Ай бұрын

Hey Wes I know the perfectly good explanation, it's called it costs 60 grand for a new one plus 10 percent interest. You wouldn't believe the older cars ive seen on the road in the last couple years

@WatchWesWork Ай бұрын

True. Very true.

@motormaker Ай бұрын

The only reason I can think of is to teach an entitled kid a lesson.

@javbw Ай бұрын

I just bought my friend’s 2006 JDM odyssey with 60k miles on it here in Japan, selling *my* 2006 JDM odyssey with 200k miles on it to the used car exporters - the swap cost me about 500 bucks. Now I just have to slowly start replacing every rubber line in the car - the Power Steering High Pressure hose let me know it’s the first on the list 😛

@davidwiggins3451 28 күн бұрын

Can't comment on the light connecting rod light piston question, but I absolutely laughed until I cried regarding the troubleshooting of the quasi-Chrysler V6. Your running commentary about the likely recipient of this automotive abberation, and your lovely wife's pointed questions, made me howl! Looking forward to the sequel.

@Standing-Wave Ай бұрын

That's definitely one of those vehicles where you do the world a favor and park it in the trees and slowly back away from it. You were definitely reading my mind Wes, WHY would anyone want to save one of those...

@CrimeVid Ай бұрын

There's no primary cost to the car, if it runs and does not cost too much to get roadworthy, it's a spare car which when your own breaks down, which it will, allows you to go and get parts to fix it,or to drive until your mechanic can fix the primary one. Should you have ever tried to borrow your dearly beloveds car to do these things, you know you need a spare. ! Should you already have a spare, your wifes car will break down and she will demand yours, you'll be driving the spare and it will fail to start one morning when you have to get somewhere. one or more spare motors is good...

@blueoval250 Ай бұрын

If it runs and drives that’s all that matters.

@Joe-hz1nw Ай бұрын

Might be for a kid’s first car. Would make sense for that

@Standing-Wave Ай бұрын

There are far better choices for first cars or spare cars. Even if this thing was free, it would be far more useful if it was recycled into something else.

@mph5896 Ай бұрын

@@CrimeVid I always have 2 cars. That car will never be a good 2nd car without dumping wheelbarrows of money and time into it.

@jonathanvoigt2690 Ай бұрын

The end section talking about the question of the lightweight pistion was some of the most enjoyable content you've made, fan of 5 years!

@BlindBatG34 Ай бұрын

Congrats on 300k subs!

@tylerhunt891 Ай бұрын

Wes, fellow engineer, power is derived from RPM as you noted so Horsepower is just torque over time, everything else being equal, ignoring friction losses, forced induction, etc, the only way a lighter piston could produce more power is by running higher RPM, it really is that simple.

@DougT25427 Ай бұрын

I guess I forgot how much I liked hearing the commentary as Wes worked on one of these beasts. Did you notice the military mission planning demeanor once he had that car on the lift? On a more serious note… I have a 2007 6.6 Duramax with a FASS fuel filter lift pump assembly. As per the directions from FASS the pump is on when the key is turned to ON. The ONLY way to turn the pump off is by turning the key to OFF. After hearing Wes describe the danger of a fuel pump wired this way I need to make a change… but what could that be?

@WatchWesWork Ай бұрын

I think the diesel would be a lot safer than gasoline in any case, so it's probably not something to lose too much sleep about.

@tomkrause62 Ай бұрын

Go find an inertia switch out of a Ford.

@mattmanyam Ай бұрын

@tomkrause62 Cleet proabably has a pile of them he's stripped out of his fleet of Crown Vics...

@CrazyPetez Ай бұрын

It’s always a pleasure to watch you work Wes! You’re pretty much unflappable in all situations, and your engineering education and experience get you through even the toughest problems.

@danf4616 Ай бұрын

Yikes...30 yo Chrysler...sitting for 9 years...partially taken apart and DIYed? Needs to be just left in a field, not good enough to even go to a scrap yard! 😁 Thanks for the videos! 👍👍

@ItsAlwaysRusty Ай бұрын

Oh ,I don’t know, up here in upstate NY in running condition that car would be listed for $9000. A marketplace special.

@97marqedman Ай бұрын

These gems were hitting 5-6 years old when I started wrenching professionally. SO. MANY. NEONS. and Sebrings. And Concordes. And Intrepids. Oh god. I have a visceral reaction to seeing these on the road - at least they’re few and far between nowadays.

@WatchWesWork Ай бұрын

Yeah I remember those 4 bangers blowing head gaskets all the time. The heads were always warped. You'd fix them and they'd last about 50,000 miles and blow again.

@noscopesallowed8128 Ай бұрын

I haven't see a single one of those cars on the road in over... 5 years? Amazing how quickly an entire generation of a manufacturer's cars could all be gone that quickly.

@zebulonjohn1 Ай бұрын

We cross shopped every convertible of this era. Volvo, Mercedes, Saab, Mitsubishi and others including the Sebring. Ended up with a three year old 2000 Toyota Solara that has been dead nuts reliable for 21 years. My wife finds it a little boring but a Toyota will bore you for 300,000 miles. We aren't even half way there yet.

@davidcperron Ай бұрын

Nice to see the delight a win gave you. I agree with your evaluation at the end: snappier but not more power. It’s exactly like reducing mass elsewhere in the rotating assembly.

@chrishagan5834 Ай бұрын

Good job getting her running.

@SeanJoseph-s2s Ай бұрын

Agree... snappy rotation...same power... good content and thanks...🔧🔧👍

@curtisroberts9137 Ай бұрын

My thoughts on the lighter piston and rods is just what you said. It's not a direct gain in HP or torque but it will rev faster which allows for quicker times to higher HP limits. Max RPM may not change without differant valve springs etc as needed.

@LiveeviL6969 Ай бұрын

Agreed.

@kd5byb Ай бұрын

Also agreed! Lower mass means it will rev quicker, but power is the same. Perhaps another way of looking at it - just lowering rotating mass does not increase the amount of air/fuel that can go through the engine. That's what makes power.

@curtisroberts9137 Ай бұрын

@@kd5byb good point.

@Bumblebee4788 Ай бұрын

Drag Racing engine Builders do it all the time.....more Rpm, more Hp....

@filobeto1691 Ай бұрын

Agreed. Honda has tested many motorcycle racing engines that make higher hp at higher rpm’s.

@normhowes2975 21 күн бұрын

My hats off to Mrs. Wes for moving that pile with the door closed as I would have left it open. Great skills used even getting it running Wes. As a quilter I really enjoyed seeing the costume and all the work that went into it.

@jeffreylebowski3216 Ай бұрын

Hey, Wes! You can read people's minds too?! That was EXACTLY what I was thinking... "Why?!"

@IGDZILLA Ай бұрын

Spooky isn't it. I was thinking the same.

@paulbudford Ай бұрын

Cool red panda costume. Though the panda seems a little vicious.

@billspinks4357 Ай бұрын

@14:49 the forth wood screw for your PCM is there on the cowl.

@virtualburton Ай бұрын

Ha ha! Came here to say that!!

@artoan Ай бұрын

Wes is the real Weller-man of the internet. Always pleasing to watch those wiring repairs 😊

@darrellturner7618 Ай бұрын

Thank you for your continued glimpses into your life. I love these videos!

@Skip501 Ай бұрын

Had a similar save for the kids with a friends convertible Sebring. Found oil streaming out of the head gasket behind the rear cylinder head. It was bad, the hotter the engine the more oil oozed out. Told him I wanted to try something. Pulled the manifold, removed the rear valve cover, found 4 less than tight head bolts. Re-torqued all of them and it stopped leaking. Last I talked to him was a year later and the kids were still driving it.

@Eastahtata Ай бұрын

Those Mitsubishi 6G series engines were great, simple and reliable workhorses. Just needed a timing kit ever 100k and valve cover and cam thrust plate and distributor o-rings changed to keep it leak free

@IGDZILLA Ай бұрын

Yep. Mine's been going 27 years. And it leaks and needs a timing belt. I'm about to do the valve cover gaskets which are leaking bad.

@frjhracing Ай бұрын

1st) This exact car (color), condition... was my first car. I have it to this day. Paint looks exactlyt he same. Ive already addressed all the problems you documented - brake lines, fuel line, fuel tank straps, fuel pump (wise you didnt take the job), among other major things like timing job and a cobbled exhaust (the resonator turns into composted metal by now). I learned most everything I know because of this car...on hard mode...because of the way that it is. 2) the rotating mass problem when looking at it from a power point of view isn't sufficient, because you have to approach it from a rotational inertia and ENERGY point of view. AKA delta RPM/time with "the same" power (no other variables changed like displacement, compression, flow, etc). The layman's intuition feels this as throttle response, even though you can make the same power anywhere in the RPM curve,- your ability to change engine speed in less time (less rotating mass), means less ENERGY is used over the rev range. Mathematically you get ENERGY = POWERxTIME, if accelerating the engine takes LESS TIME, it "uses LESS ENERGY", even with the "SAME POWER". This energy is all in the reference frame of the engine itself. So when you apply total energy, such as losses in the drivetrain, and when compared to the total mass of the vehicle - its pretty much negligible unless you're really justifying every last ounce of energy.

@kentmckean6795 Ай бұрын

The tachometer is an easy fix. There is a 1 or 2 Watt resistor on the back of the circuit board for the cluster. It gets hot and Mopar mounted the resistor tight to the circuit board. Standing it off from the circuit board and correcting the cold solder joints fixes the problem.

@I_Am_Your_Problem Ай бұрын

One of my best friends started college with some flavor of Fiat convertible If memory serves me well. College was at around 7200' maybe 7400'. Brutal windy winters. Light two wheel rear wheel drive car that seated two on its best day.

@Me-zo8yc Ай бұрын

Thanks for persevering with the investigation!

@kimmoj2570 26 күн бұрын

Excellent job as always, Wes. I live in other side of pond to Illinois. We have salt on roads, snow, ice, frozen mud, minus 20C on occasion, etc... We had those burgundy Sebrings all around in late 90s, early 00s. All on that same colour. They disappeared really fast. You have whole lot more mice in Illinois than we have here. Mickey and his relatives like grain growing areas more than pine forests.

@_BAD_MERC_ Ай бұрын

CHRYSLER: Corporate Headquarters Recommends You Start Learning Engine Repair

@keithagn Ай бұрын

Good one! 😅

@jessewynne8193 Ай бұрын

U got that right cuz they don’t recall or back up or stand behind anything they sell is an AS IS SALE to them!

@chadj77 Ай бұрын

Congrats on 300K subscribers Wes, now on to a Million! With a car of that "caliber" that someone wants fixed, it's for multiple reasons: 1. They enjoy pain and suffering, their own or others. 2. Some people are consistent at making terrible choices. 3. 25 yrs ago someone got lucky 'once' in that car, they're still holding on to that. 4. The kid is spoiled and this is a life lesson 5. Used car prices are still out of control Congrats, you read into a comment section about a Chrysler Sebring, now go off and do something amazing!

@vaibhavdlv Ай бұрын

I know of pain and suffering of trying to keep my first very own cheap scooter running well. Took me 6 years to know it's cheap for a reason. Sold it and bought another costing double the money. Thankfully the new one is double the fun, and I have already put 8000KM on the ODO just riding it on weekends over the year.

@phaeton_buggy1575 Ай бұрын

I'm surprised you're surprised a Japanese engine sat for 9 years started straight up, they are after all the best engine builders in the world.

@alantrimble2881 Ай бұрын

This is a DSM car. The worst possible mash-up of the worst American automaker and the worst Japanese automaker.

@todddenio3200 Ай бұрын

I have that Sebring convertibles twin. It's even the same color. They are definitely miserable to work on but they do drive great and they are extremely comfortable for me.

@HFG Ай бұрын

Spends a bunch of money on college, ends up fixing junk cars at his house :) That's sure sounds familiar lol

@MrShobar Ай бұрын

Ends up with an education. It shows. The difference is there are options in this world for him, so he does what he wants. And you?

@Joe-hz1nw Ай бұрын

@@MrShobar two things can be true at once: 1. it does because he actually went to school for something meaningful. Edit: the vast majority of people don’t. 2. He could have taken that 150ishk and invested it and had millions more dollars. He works with his hands, you can only do that full time for so long in many cases. I don’t think a degree you don’t mostly take advantage of that makes you millions of dollars more poor in your life is worth it.

@HFG Ай бұрын

@@MrShobar I'm not saying he wasted his time/money.

@tomkrause62 Ай бұрын

I work with engineers every day. There's a lot of things many of them can do, however systematically troubleshooting problems is NOT one of those things. VERY few of them possess this ability, which I believe is at least partly genetic, and VERY hard to teach into an automatic skill.

@Максим-ш9ч6с Ай бұрын

Privet is России...😊😊😊😊😊

@brenglover72 Ай бұрын

Full of admiration for your work ethic. The smell - condition - and budget - I would have said "no."

@jhonditch4269 Ай бұрын

it has gained value in those years

@brianmoore5498 Ай бұрын

fantastic video i have been presented with years sitting cars and told if you can get it running you can have it. Idrove a brush painted 69 vw all thru college and fixed what broke as needed you could have stopped at the metal intake manifold and i would have been impressed. the return on investment alone on that 3/4 tank of 9 year old fuel should pay for a fuel pump! well done and have a superb week

@wesley115777 Ай бұрын

Chewed in twoed. Brilliant.

@robertbartlett6876 Ай бұрын

Keep those videos coming , had a hardtop model for our daughter and could not get rid of it soon enough .... It went to the scales

@The-Deadbolt-Deputy Ай бұрын

“My father wouldn’t do that “

@mbazzy123 Ай бұрын

Wes, great to see a repair job your approach to repairing difficult vehicles is very entertaining and educational. I changed the power steering pump on my Enclave over the weekend and dam near lost my mind and my knuckles fighting for space to maneuver.

@JohnnyTalia Ай бұрын

External battery hookup running 2 electric fuel pumps under the hood just to see if it would run? That's the bank robbery scene from Dirty Harry: "...I gots to know!"

@donmctighe6116 Ай бұрын

I bought one of those brand new in 1996, It was a fun summer car, and ours never saw salt in its lifetime. ... That engine produced adequate power, and was relatively economical. All good.....if you like a cheap vehicle stamped out of a piece of sheet metal. Ours eventually needed a instrument cluster, so I found a used one in NJ for a good price.....as Chrysler quit parts support in the early 2000's. We sold it shortly thereafter, as any impending repair would probably exceed the value of the vehicle. Great video, thanks !

@broncota2210 Ай бұрын

Oh I have nightmares about one these cars. It kept coming back and had way too many miles on it. Good luck wes

@brianworley7705 Ай бұрын

I Helped diagnose/work on similar non/convertible Seebring....once. the challenge was that there were multiple places the engine had sensors for safety. One sensor not getting the signal, no run. Period. Would not allow the fuel pump to be turned on. We had spark,cwe had distributor movement, but the car refused to turn on fuel. Once we figured out the issue several hours into this adventure, it was a tiny sensor. It had gotten broken as I recall. Once the sensor had been replaced, distributor or cap reassembled, it too moments and the pastor's car was running once again. We began fairly early morning by memory and we left after dark roughly this time of year. I am happy you got it running, Wes! I figured you were correct or some other sensor was keeping the fuel pump off. Well done! Thank you for sharing. And if structurally stable, with Much cleanup, why nor run it? It is a running paid for car. Much beats a loan and payments.

@poorboyman5565 Ай бұрын

When you want to drive a car with a sketchy fuel system You always want your wife to drive it first. Good job Wes.

@rickyj2013 Ай бұрын

With regards to your piston thing…I think you are spot on. Lighter is probably more snappy but not necessarily more power.

@rickyj2013 Ай бұрын

It would be interesting to see some Richard Holdener style dyno testing on this subject though

@kimchristensen5951 Ай бұрын

Would it get better milage?

@CAPNMAC82 Ай бұрын

Some days, you measure your success literally, other days, figuratively.

@WatchWesWork Ай бұрын

The long way around the barn.

@pb3033 Ай бұрын

😊

@BigBoxDodge2020 Ай бұрын

Thanks, Wes, your objectivity is priceless !!!

@direwolf4874 Ай бұрын

David Freiberger would be proud with your use of a zip tie~

@bergolli1 Ай бұрын

I used such a stearing wheel cover in my VW 1200. It was called "Kamei AVUS Lenkradhülle". Great video, cheers from Germany

@tommygreist9560 Ай бұрын

I love you're mechanic videos....I'm always learning something new from a pro.😮❤

@klapaucius77 Ай бұрын

I had a 95 Sebring with the 2.5L. For me, it was a damn good engine. It wouldn't die and never left me stranded. I drove it to the scrap yard when nobody would buy it.

@Military-Museum-LP Ай бұрын

I have a neighbor who has one of these but a little older year. He drags it to the mechanic once every could years then drags it back and covers it up. In five years I’ve yet to see it run.

@Noah_E Ай бұрын

My dad used to own an auto restoration business and had a couple cars like that. Every few months they would scrounge together some money to get some done. Then haul it home to avoid storage fees until they had more funds.

@chump4952 Ай бұрын

You love to do what most can't and it sets you apart from everyone else. Being Mr. individual makes you so happy your'e willing to take on the near imposable. Don't change for anyone I love your videos. Keep them coming!

@dean9498 Ай бұрын

Fixed the fuel system, hillbilly style,with the click clacker 500 fuel pump. Good job!😂

@dano9215 Ай бұрын

FYI, the sound and picture quality are awesome. Interesting and informative as usual. Thanks.

@jamesdearman814 Ай бұрын

mrs. wes is a good sport.

@stevenkroot31 Ай бұрын

Hey Wes, like how you threw Mrs. WWW under the bus, “I’m not going to drive that death trap, here honey you drive and I’ll film.”

@jdmccorful Ай бұрын

She has a real sense of humor!

@jaxsonhugh9334 Ай бұрын

@@jamesdearman814 Wes needs to change the format of this channel. Wes should do his thing but have Mrs Wes sitting in a comfy recliner providing additional commentary using her humor……👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@stevenkroot31 Ай бұрын

Assuming the drawing on the blackboard was your friend’s intended change you will increase the rod length which will result in more constant volume combustion. This will increase cylinder pressures through a great er amount of crankshaft rotation resulting in more torque through greater amount of crank rotation which will result in more power. The reduction in rotating mass will only effect throttle response, it would achieve the same result by throwing a light weight flywheel on it and he would not have to disassemble the engine replace a bunch of parts have the rotating assembly rebalanced, etc….

@cesargallo7424 Ай бұрын

this car was way ahead of its time, now ALL the cars are junk like this, not serviceable, crappy components, undesired, etc. PS: you're wife is the best, no lady should be allowed to be closer than 30ft to this mice fest.