Losing Brakes AND Steering! Hydro-boost Braking System
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Loving the longer videos Ray 💙
Sending you love from Australia
hi Ray! I'm your fan from Brazil, love ur videos
@@markwhit I'm from straya to. Sunny side of Newcastle. What about yourself?
Also from Australia, Still about 30 cel in Canberra.
@@pauljohnstone4723 Not from Australia, was -2 F last week. Just here to find out what Rainman recommends for the best funnels...
I worked in the Machining dept of Bendix Corp in St. Joseph Mi where this "Hydro-Boost" brake booster was conceived and manufactured in 1973. Spent a year setting up the Machining dial index machines to machine 3 units at a time. We were able to assemble and ship 5500 units per day.
I asked at the time and never got a good answer why they named it the way they did. Seemed more appropriate to call it "Hydra-Boost" as Hydro means water.
Engineers!
As a technician, repairing your own stuff is a mixed bag of feelings. You won't earn anything for the time spent, but you get to know no corners were cut and you get the joy of giving your equipment new shinies! Always fun to see!
It's killed me inside. complete wiring loom and carpet swap with entire suspension refresh. Worst ever
You're looking at the money matters all wrong. You're still making money while working on your own vehicles.
To spend a dollar in order to pay someone else. You pay them with dollars that you've paid income taxes on already.
So for example, you must earn $1.20 in order to pay a $1.00 for the work.
So if you do your own work.
For each $1.00 you save it's $1.20 you don't have to earn to pay it.
And in a way it adds to your actual income potential.
So saving $1,000.00 in labor is equivalent to earning $1,200.00 more then you did that year.
And so on.
The expense would have cost you money no matter what your kind of work you did for an income.
So your actually making 120% during the time your working on your own vehicle.
Or whatever your tax rate may be.
It's like getting a raise temporarily.
But don't ever let the IRS know about this OR THEY MAY TRY TO FIND A WAY TO TAX ON FOR WORKING ON OUR OWN THINGS.
I just remembered. The benefit and the raise is even better and higher than I've already explained.
You can add the sales tax too. In my state that means an extra 4.5% in my old state it would be 8%.
It's a nice raise and you know you can trust the guy that did the work, and you know it was a job well done and no corners cut.
ENJOY
Ur not a technician, ur a support.
@@Hanzeo_ *Sir, did you try turning it on and off?*
@@thoughtthinker9300 That has nothing to do with my feelings about it. Those are completely irrational, despite it being a worthwile venture like you have described. You pulled a good *"well, actually"* tho! :D
Hakuna Matata....means "your ass is grass when you get home, buddy!!" LOL
Love ya Lauren. 💗💗💗
Ray & Lauren, I hope your son's shoulder is on the mend. Take care.
She said it was in her last video. No surgery needed.
Saw something on another channel that may be helpful when under the dash. It looked like a garage creeper but one end had folding legs. Flat part went in vehicle and other part folded out and touched the floor. So one end on the floor and other on floor of vehicle. Made a nice even place to lay on.
Can't believe how clear your videos are and you are great at placing the camera where we can see so well at the area you are working on. Gets us right in the action without the grease and dirt and body contortions that you as the mechanic have to deal with. Just gotta say though, I missed the brake fluid application opportunities during the rebuild. Despite what some say, I think the red truck is a great addition. Should send it to Robby Layton and co to overhaul and make it like new.
he rebuilding himself.
"Parts shall arrive after the vehicle is put back together" -Ray's Law
Thank you for stopping and giving Daughter Unit a kiss 😘. I was about to be upset!
When the daughter asks Ray for a kiss he has to stop everything. Got to love it.
It is good to see zerk fittings on your new parts.
Hey Ray, I really appreciate the arrow pointing to what you are talking about. Not a trained mechanic so it helps!
picture this - a gaming chair, and driving controls, that feedback the vibrations and steering input to the viewer! we could sit here and feel everything you feel. I want one now, lol.
I think a apology to the wife unit and flower (or Diamonds) is in order.😀
Great Video. I really enjoy the longer videos where you finish the job in one video instead of splitting it up with a completion video the next day, or days later.
The wife units channel is growing fast! She does good work! So do you !
Simba, lol.
The 1.25X RAY upgrade is the best!!! Needed that comic relief after that long ass repair!
Nice to see a mechanic work on their own stuff. When I was a teen many years ago my engine worked on at a local garage. When I went to pick it up the mechanic was working on a Chrysler sedan and had valve covers off. I saw at least an inch of sludge on top of the heads. I made a comment to the mechanic "who is the idiot that never changed their oil?" Much to my dismay he said "that would be me". I learned a valuable lesson to think before you speak. Great Video!
57:38 You missed an opportunity for a new customer 😀
Your camera work is very good. You get the camera close to your work and I can easily see what you are doing. Excellent.
Having changed a hydroboost on my 95 Chevy diesel, I'm really impressed you skipped the part in the cab on putting it back, while balancing between one shoulder blade on the floor, one foot on the ground. In my case at least, the bad language and bloody skinned knuckles would have gotten the video banned.😁 Enjoy your videos, thanks for posting them!
While the trucks in the air, you can crank engine and turn the wheels if you have a way on yours to disable start up.
That purges the hydra-boost and steering system from aeration bubbles and the tech fills the fluid while returning air to the reservoir.
Saves time on a lot of rigs that we would purge and wait on to have the bubbles rise.
We couldn't drive ours on city streets till we purged them.
Dealership procedure.
Safer for brakes, steering, etc and we moved trucks in groups to get one out and others in.
You're lucky having the shop to yourself.
You smudged the wife unit.
Naughty boy.
I can't wait to see you do some upgrades to your new to you towtruck.
6:08 I like how Ray just touches the plastic cable sleeves and they disintegrate so easily and it keeps raining plastic bits throughout the video! :D
I've noticed that seems to be a common issue on some stuff Ray works on.. don't often see that convoluted tubing disintegrate like that here in the UK, at least not to that extent so wonder if it's a Florida thing (UV from the sun and heat/humidity maybe) That or its the plastic Chevy uses for their wiring harnesses..
@@ratchetfox8111 UV very unlikely, since it's in the engine compartment. But the heat and cold cycles on the other hand...
You missed an opportunity. You should have thrown a business card at that ford.😎
Ray, because you have taught me so much already, I have to let you know that today my new set of wobbly bits arrived and I am so stoked! Love your videos ! Thanks so much
Ray please dont apologise for the videos being long,,ive not read one comment that complains about that👌
this is an excellent upload thank you so much..🙏
have yourself and your family a great weekend,,👍
Especially when CZcams makes it very simple to pause a video you are watching and come back later and resume exactly where you paused.
In general the optimal length for CZcams videos is about 10 minutes, longer than that and people either quit midway or skip it.
Admittedly there are times when I start a long video as I get ready for bed and fall asleep before it’s over.
I prefer the long videos from Ray for some season. I watch in bed or early in the morning.
@@0xFF48 Most times, I agree with you, but Ray's longer videos are very watchable, because its not boring content. Some folks on CZcams are good at what they do, but have little personality and that makes long videos painful. Ray makes watching content easy tho :) Oh yeah - I may have done the "fall asleep" viewing a few times ;)
Duramax footage! 👍 I'm loving that you're taking your truck into the next decade with these timeless upgrades. PPE, Banks, RC tie rods, etc. these are lifetime parts now. That's a great truck. Don't get a newer one, just unlock and fortify the gem you have.
I'm still tripping over the corndog and gizzard breakfast from yesterday. As a Damned Yankee™ I introduced to biscuits and gravy as breakfast foods and not artery hardening options for the morning... but corndogs and gizzards? Yeah, does not compute to me.
And if you're wondering a native from Atlanta once said to me, "do you know the difference between a Good Yankee and a Damned Yankee? A good Yankee is the one that comes south and visits. The Damned Yankee is the one that stays!"
All summer long was my first karaoke solo ... good song
As at today, Friday 13JAN23, "Wife Unit" has 24.3K sub's... just thought you'd like to know that... How soon before we see some "project Flatbed" upgrades & fix-ups?
Chris, I'mAnOzzie in Kenya...
Nice to see some work on your own wheels :) My buddy (also a mechanic) said that mechanics either have cars that are showroom finished, or wrecks - depending on how busy the money making jobs are lol. Good to get time to fix your backlog tho - leaking steering / brakes are never a good thing ...
'The cobbler's kids have no shoes.'
The cook is starving
You could tell that thing had been marinating for a minute with all the stacked up leaks and wobbly bits.
Yes.....the same story of shoemaker's children having no shoes.
@@glennschemitsch8341 The thing is, nobody knows better how to work around problems that they see every day than the person doing it if that makes any sense, so that's what they do.
My 1988 F- 2fitty, spent it's first 20 years as a ranch truck in Wyoming. The next ten hauling a hay trailer in the fields no services just add to it. I bought it with blown head gaskets rusted out freeze plugs. I put gaskets and plugs in timming chain flat bed new brakes all the way arround a few body panels from the salvage yard. Since it's a gaser 460ci big block ferd. Now it's hooked to a horse trailer hauling anything that will fit. It's over 2 million + miles of solid axel 4x4 big block goodness with r12 ac. We go rock crawling, horse back riding, camping, and drag cows and cowboys home when the new stuff won't start. -40c diesel is kinda useless. Always keep a gasser for emergency, and it is 10,000 lb fueled no trailer.
Technical manual state's "Remove entire dashboard assembly" I was getting all cramped up watching you 🤣 I believe the technical name is "Ball stud" for the part on the brake pedal arm...
1.25X Ray talking is the best! 🤣
"Split pin" "spring washer" 😉
Could we ever have a visit from Peter on the channel? Your old work colleague?
"Be something you love and understand.
Be a simple kind of man."
Ray is as good a person as he is a mechanic! Salute for the Rainman!
Yet on his test drive he left the stranded motorist in everyones way when he could have made himself part of the solution and at least helped the guy get out of everyones way. Heck maybe he could have picked up more paid work...
i think the big yellow pointing finger is a good addition to the vids.
I had a '74 Chevrolet C30 truck back in the day. Gas 350ci engine with hydro boost brakes. One of the lines suffered a catastrophic failure. I changed that line outdoors in - 20-degree weather. I made several trips back inside the house to warm up, then back at it again. Good times!
At 32:38 the brake booster on the screen is actually a hydraulic Hydromax unit, not a vacuum assist booster. A Hydromax booster actually uses an on-vehicle hydraulic supply like the hydroboost. What Ray is pointing to is the redundant electric hydraulic pump that is bolted to the booster. It kicks in in the event the engine stalls and hydraulic pressure drops - it's a backup.
I hope you are patient with the wife unit. I’ve known a lot of mechanics over the years. Some were not. She’s rare and awesome.
other units left already.
I agree. And the fact that it allows them more to do together in common ground and interests, is going to really help their marriage. So many marriages, people spend most of the day apart and then have little more than kids and responsibilities in common.
Heh, have you seen them interact? Seems like *she's* the one that needs to be patient with him! ;)
@@lenonkitchens7727 she could be out shopping instead. he is compulsive shoppers of big things.
@@george9417 he bought exhaust pipes to sound louder, instead of puller set for jobs, and I prefer single freedom.
After a days hard work, a nice tight steering warms the heart.
Honestly you got me back on mechanical stuff but thanks to you and from me is keep your going cause it looks amazing!
The wife unit will get even, take my word for it
To each his own,but I have a hard time believing you didn't offer that person in the Ford truck some assistance.
Been retired 9 years and still when I see people broke down,I try to help.
If nothing else you could have acquired a new Customer.
The Video was great.
Your editing skills are getting better and better. Love the fast forward parts where you have sound....very cool.
Click.
Came to comment something similar, customer opportunity.
Just because it wasn't shown, doesn't mean he didn't do it.
49:00 the light is like "Nothing to see here folks move along"
Pouring things is your greatest temptation Ray, just use a funnel!
You are one of the rare cases that it is good to buy a mechanic's vehicle. I have heard/seen that mechanics are the worst to buy from
Sometimes when you can’t see into an area, I’ll use my phone camera to see around those corners like a mirror.
Glad you added the comment about the hydro boost, I've never seen one of those before!
Man, you have a calm Wife Unit right there. Mine would have floored me if i had Lion Kinged her with used oil!. Kid Rock was a background bonus. Nostalgia and another great Ray video.
Hey Ray, did you ever get a follow up on that crazy Mustang driver ?
Unfortunately, the mechanics vehicles come last sadly.
But you have been happy with your ride, so time and money well spent.
Along with safety in mind as well.
Be safe, team & have a great weekend!
great video! you made that job look easier than it is for most.
Some brilliantly clear pictures there. Fascinating.
I feel your back pain brother! Just did a booster on a Ford Edge, not a fan 😂 if I were an inch wider it would have been a seats out ordeal.
That's some heavy duty steering gear 😳 looking good now it's fitted tho 👍
I can't believe u did that to Lauren! 😂😂😂
I can 😂
It's a good thing you're a mechanic, with all the Chevys you drive. 🤣🤣🤣
Hi Ray, I love your channel. I don't recall seeing an eye wash station in your videos. If you or anyone else got any of the various vehicle fluids or debris in their eyes, they would NOT have a good day. Can't wait to see tow truck videos.
Definitely enjoying this one. I can remember months ago when you first told us your plans for the front end rebuild. This is the culmination of much anticipation. Thanks Ray.
Glad to see you with your great wife Lauren. You can even call it a luxury nowadays!
I hope your Son has a speedy recovery.
Ahhhhh, Ray and Lauren (wife unit) are my people.... I laughed so hard at "Simba" and Ray's wife unit responded perfectly with Hakuna Matata without missing a beat or even the slightest indication that she didn't find it just as funny.
if it wasn't for the camera and children. wife unit would have said frying pan gravity.
@@Cool_mist 🤣
I laughed when Wife Unit got caught slinging that beer at her desk in the office and that cute smile when Ray caught her.
I have to say, this is one of my favorite sites. I always look forward to each and every video, because I get to experience the work vicariously through you, lol. Since I’m retired and unable to physically do the actual work anymore. Thanks for all the hard work. Take care my friend.
I had to change those same lines from the pump to the booster on my 2007 Duramax. Fortunately, it was all I had to do. Not the rest of the parts you changed out. I had the same trouble getting the lines connected to the pump. One of them took me an hour and a half to get it started. It is one of the reasons I hate doing mechanic work. It takes so long to get things apart, then you have to struggle to get everything back together. One of the reasons I enjoy your channel. You are so chilled and don't get frustrated like I do. I curse the engineers every time I have to do mechanic work.
Fun fact: when General Motors introduced the "converted" 350 cu. in. diesel engines they had both hydro-boost AND vacuum systems. How did it have vacuum, you ask? GM engineers came up with a camshaft driven diaphragm type vacuum pump that was installed in the same hole where the distributor went. That vacuum system was used to operate the HVAC controls and cruise control servo while the hydro-boost was used to assist the brake system.
I am just here to say you have one heck of a good natured wife unit. I joined her channel just to support her in having to deal with your shenanigans. You two must be quite the pair at a party! Thanks for all the videos and all the best to you both. Thanks, Ray!
My wife is always making excuses for me at gatherings. Couldn't live without her. Lol!
It’s nice to be able to work on your own vehicle, a bit annoying sometimes but worth it in the end.. and my GOD no rust. Actually had a vehicle come in for a chaffed wheel speed sensor wire from Florida on the lisence plate. What a treat working on a clean rust free vehicle for once 😅
I live in the Pacific Northwest. We get rain a LOT, but no salting the roads. Worse I get is surface rust. Seeing what Ray and Eric O deal with on rusty vehicles...
I raise my cup in respect and awe of you guys!
I'm not a Chevy guy, but I do enjoy all you've done to the DirtyMax. Pretty badass truck and should last a long time with the care you give it.
That was quite a challenging task. Great job as usual, Ray.
Customer states Dirtymax needs some upgrades.
Would this be the "Binford 6100" upgrade?
That Ford guy was a potential customer you have to chase that cash money is money 💰 🤑
The most body contorted position and you still answer to your little ones. That is just frikin awesome! I'm loving that you choose to go into business for yourselves fam!!! Big kudos!!! 🎯😁👍🏾👊🏾
The only time I repaired my wheels only when it failed its test other wise leave alone if it runs okay but always checked tyres and lights and fluids it's not about ray looseing money he needs to get from a to b and be safe for his family keep up the good work ray when do we get to see your wife welding 👍👍
The Wife Unit has a good sense of humor, its still a month and a half till ash Wednesday just saying!
Glad to see your still making use of that impact torque wrench...
Good on ya Ray. Stopping your work for your kid! OUTSTANDING SIR👍
Ray, I can see no difference in the work ethic when repairing your car as to when you're doing customer's cars ~ That's a testament to your dedication and professionalism!
Have you noticed that it always takes longer, and is more difficult to do, when it's your own vehicle ??
I don't. Seems to go pretty fast for me after I go back and look at time it took. I'm always pleasantly surprised.
That's just because (at least for me) you go out of your way to fix ancillary items that aren't really necessary. For example I have a 1989 CRX B20 powered and when I swapped it it took me like a week because I completely unwrapped the wiring harness and ran all oem wires from another harness to upgrade it like it was OEM, retaped it just like Honda would have. Also fabricated custom brackets for some things I didn't have to. Lots of little touches that aren't really necessary and I wouldn't do to a customer car.
I hated changing the hydro booster on the fire trucks and the EMS squads, all the extra wiring harness for the lights and siren had to be unhooked from the dashboard in order to get to the booster and the breakpedal.
Hakuna Matata .... Great Content as always ..Watching from Nairobi , Kenya ..
You are getting really good at this video editing thing. Really liked the scene where you were taking the driver side front wheel off, and you had narration, plus impact tool sound on top of a high speed video section. Really well done.
Hey Ray, I'm not sure if this would help but maybe you should get a convex mirror and mount it on the wall in front of/above that corner stall. It could help when you're maneuvering a big vehicle like the DirtyMax onto the lift
would not take ur advice.
@@forgetfulme1719 Forgive me, I didn't realize you're running Ray's shop
@@markredf150 no, but that advice been given before, he did nnothing, so I know his personality.
Lol. Yeah I sent him a nut bucket so he wouldn't have to go buy nuts and bolts. Never got a thank you and I've never seen him use it
@@brandonadams3210 neither he used the oil filter wrenches from Vegas, felt sorry for him when fired but no more, what we see is surface of Ray.
Love seeing palm trees in South Florida
dude like the 1.25x ray segment. high coefficient of jawa!
The work you've done on your truck is well worth the time and effort.
I always found that putting time into working on my own vehicles, forces me to be extra vigilant in how I operate said vehicle. Especially on my Semi, also on my pickup. (Which is an aging power stroke)
That truck also needs a "Wife Unit Influence gauge. It should come pre- calibrated.
Hi Ray.
Would do no harm to have a hydraulic jack under the rear axle to take some weight off the chassis arms.
Ray
would not take ur advice.
Having any dually on a lift is always sketchy AF
You and your wife unit are an awesome couple!!
These are great educational video's. May I suggest entering the year make and model, so people can search CZcams for the D.Y.I. crowd. This would be handy for pre job do's don'ts and tips. You are blessed with wonderful assistants in your endeavors.
Out of curiosity, would it make sense to put a stand under the truck's rear when you lift it just to lessen the stress on the frame?
Let me be the first to say; she's gonna get you back!
I agree, maybe even thrice fold,
57:37 should have helped and given him a business card 👊🏼👍🏼
Like the thoroughness, funny I am also facing the same type of work on my 193k 2003 F350 here in New Mexico
I don’t mind fixing my own stuff but I hate having to fix it when not on my schedule…
OMG, your wife is a trooper. You guys are good for each other. 😁
In this together? I have an old 7.3 litre. Some dynamite and fuse and a spark I’m back in business. 🤣🤣🤣 you’re a great mechanic and a hell of a CZcamsr. Keep pullin wrenches and you’ll be famouserer.
A grease baptism for the wife unit Bahahaha
That was a great amount of work nicely done
Cheers from Nova Scotia