How Would You Fix This Rotted Out Nissan?
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- čas přidán 9. 07. 2023
- In this video I bring you along as I look at a customers 2015 Nissan Altima that came in on a tow truck. A quick inspection reveals a rotted and broken rear lower control arm and the one on the other side is only moments away from snapping off too. We always have to look at the big picture here in the rust belt so sometimes replacing a control arm is not that easy. In this case I am ordering a whole new rear cradle with both knee assemblies from a place out of Alabama. In the end I think it is the better deal. I'd like to hear what you think or know how you would handle this.
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As usual there is a lot of info in the comments👍🏼. It appears there is the possibility of a recall on this vehicle. Interesting part is the service data that we use for OEM parts look up as well as service info does not list the recall. I actually had to Google it. Of course at this point I already repaired the vehicle but I will pass the info onto the customer and they can reach out to Nissan for possible reimbursement. This morning I did contact our local Nissan dealer and they stated to me they only cover the control arms, no rotted anything else, no stuck fasteners, bushings etc. Their estimate with the "free repair" was still more than my total bill 😅 I think the customer is still in the green. Stay tuned....
It's ready for the last road trip to the scales..Might ought to make funeral arrangements for the lil Nissan..
Typical dealer response. Alignment and new bolts not included. Try to reuse the old hardware and leave half the bolts loose due to rust. Better off doing what you did.
Did u actually think Nissan would do it right u got better chance of hitting the lottery lol
I’d put my money on Eric and SMC, any day! Thank you Eric for helping another customer save their money.
Roy Lewis, Buffalo, NY 🇺🇸
I’d go ahead and start with getting and installing the southern parts. But then send it to Nissan to replace the control alarms. Assuming the replacements are better than originals and you already dealt with all the stuck bolts, you may as well get recall repairs the owner is entitled to…… better stock up on your favorite “panther pee”…
At the current prices and interest rates for new cars it's worth keeping anything on the road right now
Even before, a monthly payment might be $500. After 5 months or so you're back in the black. A new car payment is the gift that keeps on giving year after year.
@@major__kong my Tacoma has 245k miles. My last truck had 300k. I learned a lot from this channel to keep them running saving me untold amounts of money. It's always best to keep what you have
Not to mention used car rates right now
The last car I bought was 5 years ago used. It's now generally going for 2 - 3x times what I paid. Needed a bit of work, but geeze, it definitely all evens out now.
But that sort of implies that those prices and interest rates are going to come back down at some point. I don’t think they ever will.
I'm a tech at a Nissan dealer and still see these a half a dozen times a month. These lower links are actually covered by Nissan due to manufacture defect. This is how they always come in. New links on both sides and an alignment.
The control arms?
@@reweydewy Yep. Nissan calls them links. Same thing though.
It's the lower link recall it pays 2.4 hours if I remember correctly and I believe it's for the 2015's
So at a dealer this would be fixed under warranty for a 2015?
@@John_Ridleyyep.
Nissan mechanic here that part is possible under recall have changed tones of them call the dealer to see if they are covered
Great idea to save the customer money. No sense piecing out all new parts. Hopefully we all get to come along for the ride..
I am born and raised in Alabama. It amazes me when I watch your videos and see how rusty cars get up north. A 2015 Nissan with only 100,000 miles down here is still a great car. Makes me glad I don't have to deal with any of that winter weather. Great videos by the way, and Happy Birthday Mrs O.
Well you'll be proud. Alabama subframe is what saves this car in the end ;-)
Would not want to deal with your summers. We can put on a coat and go outside. Can you put on a AC unit and go outside?
@@scrambler69-xk3kv Well, how about Flagstaff? We get snow in winter - a lot of it, actually - but no salt on roads. Nearby are cinder hills almost a thousand feet high that provide the cinders we put on roads here. Doesn't do much toward melting the snow or ice but really improves traction.
Way underneath Eric O's feet is part of the largest known salt deposits in the world. We have cinders, they have salt.
@@scrambler69-xk3kv i think those southerners use hand fans lol
@@flagmichael Wyoming will tell you to slow down, allow extra time, be in no rush or stay off the roads until the sun melts it to dry pavement of what cannot be scraped off thoroughly after a blizzard event
Eric, I am sure that once this job is done you'll have no trouble convincing the customer that their vehicle should get the fluid film treatment annually!
Fluid Film the whole vehicle!
I wanna agree but from my experience with the types that typically drive these, especially the ratted out ones, it'll be in one ear out the other lol.
That should help the new parts, but I'm thinking the unibody is not far behind in terms of rust.
What does fluid film treatment cost?
@@mrbmp09 Free if you steal the stuff ! ! ! 🤦♂🤦♂
I think it's great you gave the customer an option to get yard parts down south or get new instead of making them buy only new stuff.
The rust is insane in NY. I've never seen anything like it here in the Chicago area on a less than 10-year-old car. It must be a special concoction they put down on your roads that eats cars.
As someone who’s lived in NY their whole life.. you have no idea 😂 it’s an accepted part of life and it’s ridiculous
Eric talks in a way that it makes it easy to follow along.
Wow im stunned. A 2015 with that much rust. That's insane. I would've never believed it if I hadnt seen the video
Wow. Absolutely floored on how much rust on a 2015. Stunned on the rust story. I'll be buying fluid film tonight for my New Jersey car
Yeah, the salt is brutal in NY and NJ. Amazing how it passed NY safety inspection last Jan :lol:. That is a definite fail.
yeah its sad, happy that i live in north western canada and dont have salt on the road my 2003 corolla is mint underneath still, must suck to own a car in the salt belt
I live in Illinois, where salt rules winter, and my way older cars never looked this bad on a lift!
@@jonlambert1879 How do you drive in snow and ice wow.
Every spring have the car washed underneath. I try to find "deep" water during.after spring rains and rinse off with fresh water. As soon as practical rinse off the undercarriage.
Hey given the prices on used and new cars, I don't blame anyone for hanging on to a serviceable used car. Great as always, Eric! 😊
is it though?
I just had a salvage yard put in a used engine in my 04 Avalon, it runs nice and smooth now. I had replaced the struts, wheel bearings and one of the control arms so it's pretty much good to go. Prices have gone up a lot on even older vehicles here.
oh crap man i saw a thing in the NYPost this week.. Average New Car Price is $47k and only 8% of vehicles are less than $35k thats just insane.. and then everyone is trying to hold on to their car.. people are even resorting to salvage cars .. being a bodyshop guy in my previous life I would NEVER ... EVER.. Buy a Salvage Title Car.. never.. and an insurance company might not even cover you if you do or you could run into issues if you got in an accident.. I have been looking for a decent cheap second car / small pickup for 4 years now.. 4 YEARS and I haven't seen one that is reasonable.
@@Channel-gz9hm I can belive that - This year, took the shop doiing repairs to my sons '21 Tacoma 6 months to get all the parts to replace the rear bumper/ rear lights form a minor rear ender incident! Crazy!
@@Channel-gz9hm The whole premise behind Salvage Title Vehicles is that they have seen so much damage that the cost to repair them back to a safe and dependable vehicle is beyond their value.. like a vehicle that is worth $10k as normal non-salvage ends up needing $12k worth of work. (its actually less.. about half.. but you get the idea.. more work than its value in the end) The only way you can do that is to eliminate the cost of labor or not perform the work to the level the vehicle is safe and dependable. Its not the case that an insurance estimator is going to write the estimate incorrectly to over state the damage because they would be fired. SO HOW DOES THAT WORK IN REALITY? you have people that aren't professionally trained like professional youtubers... who buy these extensively damaged vehicles .. they negate the labor.. they slap something together that barely passes inspection OR they run the car through a state that has very poor inspection standards and people are driving vehicles that are unsafe.. IF A CAR DEALER gets hold of one of these copart auction salvage vehicles and they do all the repairs correctly they can't just not account for labor costs or use crap parts or hammer out or patch weld ultra high strength steel that needs to be taken back to the spot welds and replaced.. they can't hammer out metal that requires a frame rack to pull.. they have to do the work to the point where the vehicle is now as safe as it would have been before the damage or better and when it passes a special inspection by the state police then the car is not registered as a Salvage Title its registered as a Clear Title.
So no you are wrong and this hasn't just been happening for the past 3 years its been happening forever..
Its a very well known and repulsive standard that people get hold of these vehicles and do substandard work and then push them through inspection in a number of these states that wipe the salvage information from the title. BUT INSURANCE COMPANIES SHARE THE VIN NUMBERS OF THE VEHICLES THEY TOTAL OUT.. so these vehicles might be able to be registered and they might even get insurance policies written for them.. BUT everyone involved knows that the vehicle is crap. So you can go out and buy your Salvage Vehicles that have been sitting under salt water for 6 weeks with the frames looking shiny on the outside but totally rusted on the inside.. where Air Bags have been bought off of Ebay and Put back together with electrical tape and resistors that fake the presence of the airbag but really its just someone's brother inlaws old socks stuffed in a bag with a wire hanging out of it.. and you can drive that thing down the street and the wiring can catch fire and you go over a pebble in the road and the axle detaches.. and you can feel happy happy because it buffed out really great...... but when a family dies.. when grandma dies on the way to church.. when that youtuber kid that barely graduated high school with no trade school with no work experience ends up selling that vehicle to someone who sells it to someone else and they end up dying because they did substandard repairs and misstated it all and then brought it to a shop that just pealed off a sticker and charged the guy an extra under the table $100 for an unsafe vehicle.. I mean come on .............. this specific vehicle in its current condition is not able to pass inspection.. and that didn't happen in 3 weeks.
So no I am not going to be buying a Diablo for $12,000 at a copart auction and trying to get it inspected after using a pressure washer and a gallon of bondo an buffing it out...
You want to do that .. good luck to you.. I have seen a lot of people do it.. I have even seen "professional" shops do it .. I have seen car manufacturer Dealerships do it
But I am not going to do it...
I am not going to drive a car like that or sell it to someone like that..
I am not going to tell someone that a totaled vehicle that I hammered out and slapped a gallon of bondo on its frame is safe and then watch them get in an accident... ... Tell them that the reason it was totaled was hail damaged but really it was crushed beyond proper repair or so rusted that it would take every metal part on it being replaced .. or that the car was underwater and I ran a gallon of miracle oil through the engine and transmission and somehow its not smoking anymore and told you it was rebuilt or its a crate motor.. yeah...
You go do that.. Cars that are salvage are salvage for reason.. you can't get around that and no good shop can if the work is done correctly.. you just can't.. because insurance companies aren't going to pay off a vehicle for no reason.
Is it possible .. SURE 1 out of 100 maybe.. but if not then you're cutting corners and risking lives.
AND YOU DON'T LIVE LIFE LIKE THAT..
YOU DON'T SAY HEY HERES AN INSPECTION STICKER FOR $100 AND LET SOMEONE RIDE DOWN THE ROAD AND DIE OR KILL SOMEONE..
You want to live life like that go ahead .. then you tell God all about it when you get to heaven.. and he won't believe your lies either.. but there will be a bigger price to pay if you live your life that way INTENTIONALLY and its not a mistake or an honest situation..
You don't live your life that way .. looking for every backdoor.. every slimy deal.. every lie.. because if you do things the right way.. the best you can.. you can make a profit.. you can do just fine.. and you aren't risking your own life or other people's lives for a buck.
Its bad enough the mistakes we make when we try our hardest... but to do things intentionally .. thats no way to live life.
but you go ahead.
Great way of thinking I like it. Get a good complete thing, cradle/subframe, control arms, anti-roll stabilizers the whole shebang. As a Dutch mechanic and vehicle inspector of 20+ years I'm even amazed how rusted out this one is. If it was in the Netherlands it would have been long caught on inspection. This is a hazard on the road, accident waiting to happen. I love to watch your videos to learn some of the technical English terms for some parts that I didn't know because we get more and more non Dutch speaking clients every day. Question, do you or does anyone there use the rust-preventive tectyl coatings? It can make parts last years longer before the rust devil rears its ugly head. We try to sell it on customers with Nissan X-Trails and Hyundai Tucsons especially, because we've seen our share of rusted through subframes and control arms. Thanks for the vid. Keep up the good work!
Incredible to see the effects of salted roads on vehicle over there. We are so lucky here in Australia as this type of thing is unheard of.
No salted roads here in SoCal. Now snow either.
@@Channel-gz9hm not here
I can’t wait to see the entire repair I hope you filmed it from start to finish. The amount of rust you deal with is insane coming from someone in Mississippi! That is just wild…
I am here in CT, and I am still amazed of how much faster vehicles just a few hours away rot then here, and we use brine on roads here if someone even thinks the word snow.
I started my career as a tech up in the northeast rust belt and moved to Georgia about 15 years ago and I’m never going back lol
@@2491kridge haha…welcome to the South! I cannot believe the avg lifespan of a car up there is 8-10 years. Goodness
Customer should of had that car rust proofed ( fluid film / krown ) a long time ago. Good luck with the repairs Eric. I am sure you know the torch is gonna be your best friend on that job.😂
Every time I see you put a vehicle up on the lift and see all the rust you have to contend with, I get PTSD flashbacks of working at my dad's auto repair garage in north central Pennsylvania. Vehicles last so much longer here in southern Colorado.
Mrs O is a perfect example of women’s looking better the older they get. Happy birthday Mrs O. Bravo for putting up with Mr O for all the years. We love Mrs and Mr O.
Rust never sleeps…Thanks for sharing!
That’s a very happy looking cat. Also, that’s the fastest case of rust destruction I’ve ever seen.
that road salt they use in the winters is a killer
I live down south and every time you show one of these I’m blown away.
I really hope to see part 2, this one's gunna be good
Nice video as always, Eric. And , looking forward to the repair video when you get the parts. Definitely agree the subframe is the way to go. Looks like you will be making good use of the torch on this one. As a thought, the customer should consider that a full Fluid-film treatment would at least slow down some of the rust and having the subframe out would be a good time to do it. And... Happy Birthday Mrs. O. :)
Getting a used complete rear subframe from a southern state is the way to go. It will add many more years of life to the vehicle compared to a couple A arms. And if you can convince the customer to cough up for a fluid film coating before install the rear suspension parts (excepting shocks) should never need replaced again...
Nissans are sensitive on rust, even in our mild Dutch climate. Such a shame this owner wasn't aware that some decent rust proofing would have saved this car. Not too late though to do some "rescue mission" rustproofing when the new used frame is installed. Good call on swapping the intire back frame...
And happy birthday Mrs O ☺
Happy late birthday Mrs. O!!! Hope ya have another great year puttin up with the sarcastic Mr. O!! Y’all are one of the best mechanican channels on the ol’interwebs!! Appreciate the content and I’ve learned a lot from ya sir!!
God bless~
I worked at a brake shop here in Fla. Had a mid 80s Buick century from Ontario come in about a noise. We put it up in air the rear cradle snapped and the rear tires were almost touching each other. The poor ppl were so upset and there was nothing we could do, but put it back on the ground and roll it out
Happy Birthday Mrs O.......always a welcome sight when you make an appearance....hope Eric did something nice for you 🎉
I'd be jumping for joy if that is covered by a recall.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Mrs. O !!!!!
Wow,I’m amazed how much rust you guys can have,in such small amount of time,thanks for the video.
This is one of the reasons I like my German cars with aluminum suspension components. You don’t have this issue. Granted there’s other issues but not control arms falling apart from rust.
Looking forward to part 2! :-)
Looking forward to part II, thanks for your videos.
Knowing these Altimas - the customer should also approve the CVT change along with the subframe. With these and a proper and regular sheep oil treatment of this hooptie, she can run for 7-8 more years
Way to keep it going. I feel like shops around here would have told them to get a new appliance and overcharge them to maintain it again
Wow, I have a 2006 Altima and I live in Chicagoland. My rust problem is the front frame but nothing as bad as that. Fortunately I got an oil leak that's keeping it lubricated.
No it isn't.
Oh yeah. The silver lining.
I can’t believe anyone uses more salt than Chicagoland. Wow.
This is going to be a good video series Eric! Can't wait to see more!
Same day as my mom's birthday. Happy Birthday Mrs O
Just got done replacing a rear subframe on a G35X sedan due to rot here in Connecticut, Eric. Wasn't too bad, I pulled the rear knuckles off without disassembling the parking brakes and just hung them from the lift arms while I worked.
it might be covered under recall, I have changed a few at the dealer.
Firstly …. Happy Belated Birthday to Mrs O !!🎉 Hope you had a great day. Cannot believe how much rust is on that car !! The repair will be a great video if it happens 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Happy Birthday Mrs. O.
Happy Beltated Birthday to Mrs. O!!
Definitely do the whole sub-frame. I bought a complete Ford Escape sub-frame on eBay for very reasonable money from a Georgia salvage yard. Free shipping and the parts were rust free. Way cheaper than buying a new car. Thanks for all your videos.
The escape subframes are aluminum why are you buying something you don't need
@@johnisabella5148 Maybe it was bent/damaged from a crash.
@leonb2637 yes that could be true, good point
WOW!! Rusty is right
Happy Birthday Mrs. O !!!🎉🎉
my brother had the same issue with his 2014 Nissan Altima. He contacted the dealer and due to being a recall Nissan payed for the complete job. We live in Canada just outside Toronto basically same weather as New York( you may get a little more snow) but it was a recall. Something to check out.... Eric O,, keep up the channel. Your videos are always fantastic. thanks
My brother had the same on his 2013. NY winters are horrible.
I see a service bulletin for it in Alldata but it doesn't show as a recall or anything with an extended warranty. Can't hurt to call the dealer, though, and ask.
Edit: Looks like it's a warranty extension out to 120 months, unlimited mileage.
I've got an Altima of the same vintage and I live up the road a piece from Avoca. Bought mine new and got it rust proofed. It is sad what the salt will do to the underside of your car.
Happy Birthday Mrs O 🎉
Replacing the whole assembly is certainly the way to go, especially since you are getting used ones in good order. As you said, it is the cheaper option for your customer, so they win! You win also, it has to be a lot easier to do than the alternative.
It looks like a mess but I think you are the man who can fix it. Great video as usual like I said, I’ve been a mechanic for years love watching your videos.👍
Everyone saying scrap it must not be from salt belt. I’d recommend the full subframe and let ‘em know that there will most likely be further things that will need attention once the subframe is fully removed. That’s what I’d do
Happy belated birthday Mrs.O. If it was me I'd do the same thing with the car. Especially if Nissan didn't want to replace the subframe. You are giving the customer better value for their money I think by replacing the entire mess. Looking forward to the repair.
As Usual,You Smashed This One "Right Outta' Da' Park",Eric..!! Keep Em' Coming,Mister..!!
Check Nissan I'm sure they have a recall on the control arms. Customer can get reimbursed with a receipt from your shop.
Some have mentioned an extended warranty by Nissan on the lower control arms, but it may not cover other possibly damaged/rusted parts, springs, brake backing plates, etc. needed so better off getting a used rear assembly to take care of the customer right. If the rest of the car is solid, it doesn't have high mileage, and for the price of a couple of loan payments, it is worth doing it. I am quite sure Eric is looking out for the customer's best interest.
Better to have Nissan replace the control arms then trade it in. They'll give you about book for a trade-in regardless of zero rust or impending total rot-out. The next buyer will pay 'book' regardless so they don't care.
yup, common for the control arms and sub frames to rust out. I had this same thing happen to an 04 murano. The right lower sub frame came apart on me while taking a low speed corner. I replaced the entire subframe with new from Nissan. I seem to remember it cost about a grand but the replacement wasn't too bad, basically 4 large bolts after removing the exhaust and braking system.
Hope to see a vid of the sub frame swap. You are the man Eric, never met a more honest mechanic in my 60 years! Keep up the good work. I’m currently maintaining a 2010 Malibu and a 2011 Mazda2 because I refuse to pay the prices for a new or used car at the moment. With your excellent skills, you have given me the confidence to replace the whole front suspension and steering system on our Malibu as well as its timing chain and balance chain with all of the gears and phasers to boot. She’s purring like a kitten and driving like new at 183,000+ miles!
Wow, no such trouble here in Australia. No salt no problems like that anyway. Great vids. 👍
Yeah no salt in Australia but you have a government that is one-hundred-percent Marxist
True, the only salt here is on fish n' chips etc. These rust examples never cease to amaze me, much respect to those that work on them, it's just astounding.
Same in New Zealand - salt is not used. I'd be sad with rust like that and it wouldn't pass yearly inspection anyway...
Better check the gas gauges on Vic!
Looking forward to part 2. Happy belated Birthday to Mrs O.
Happy Birthday Mrs O 😻
Eric, hope you can sell the rust proofing treatment with the new rear cradle.
Sounds like you got it figured out. Sucks to fix a turd like this. But you're right. Why slap on new parts when you can get the entire thing used for much easier and cheaper. Not like it'll be around for 10 more years at this rate anyways.
That's insane!.. Here in Florida i used to think living next to the beach was bad.. this is another level! That car isn't even 10 years old!
Being from MI, now in coastal GA i'm so glad i don't have to worry about my cars turning into dust anymore. My 2014 chrysler undercarriage still looks pretty much the same as it did when i bought it in 2015.
That’s a common problem I have replaced a lot of them that broke.
I don’t know how it’s possible, but my 14 Ram 1500 just rolled over 104,600 today, and its 97% rust free, living in northwest indiana, land of salt. I’ve never undercoated it but I get weekly underbody flushes from the local carwash and it’s held up well. I haven’t watched this yet but I know what we’re in for 😂
Guess I'm privileged,
I've got a 1990 Mustang GT with 230,000.00 miles on it, no rust, but I live in southwest Idaho.
my 02 decrepid is still goin though i just had to handle a time bomb of a front strut (it was so rusted the bottom spring insulator was ripping off the tube and the nut that holds the mount on is about gone) and now my rad sprung a leak and i too am in northern indiana in the land of salt lol
Always nice to see Mrs. O and a happy birthday to you. 😉😁
Oh my gosh!!!!
Yes please want to see the video of this full repair!
" sorry folks , it's ready for a trip to squishy "
Mr. Eric -
Another interesting video!
Do you ever recommend or even require the customer to come by your shop so they can see the "challenge" ahead - to put it mildly - before you go any farther?
If I were a shop owner, but I would certainly want the customer to understand the situation and explain the potential cost uncertainty / escalation.
Customers are not allowed to enter the work shop, liability
If the insurance find out, they will drop coverage
just like a doctor before surgery
@@sammax4245that is true unless possible risks are mitigated, such as safety toed shoes, eye protection, and some shops even require a head covering (a baseball cap) and also must be accompanied by management. I have been thru many shops in several states. Yes, it is highly frowned upon, but insurance wont just drop coverage until there is a reason. 99% of the time, if a customer gets injured the insurance will not cover it, would be up to the business owner.
Maybe that is how Eric started out on CZcams.
Recording a short video to show the customer.
Then, all of the sudden 💡
@@sammax4245 ya F that! my property, especially after all the sketchy monkey slop found later on my property from the slopshops i trusted with my property and paid good coin for slop
A very Happy Belated Birthday to Mrs O, and looking forward to this adventure with you Eric, as always mate Ty for your content.
Keep Safe Keep Strong 🦘🦘🦘🦘💖💖💖💖
Man, I'm *SO* glad I live in the South. I honestly can't imagine a car that's only 8 years old being that badly gone. Down here, an 8-year-old car is just a regular used car -- you worry far more about the shoddy maintenance the engine and transmission received than you do about the control-arms and sub-frame rusting so badly that they break into pieces.
The problem with fixing the rear end on this vehicle is that with that kind of miles on it it's probably due for it's next CVT.
no ...they cant last very long ..but they need more service ...thats the key to all cars really
There was actually a recall on this that the stealerships won't tell you about. My boss had the same thing happen and he took it to the dealership and they fixed it for free.
Happy Birthday to the lovely Mrs. O!!!! God bless you for many decades to com.
I bought a 2012 Grand Cherokee SRT a few years ago. It came from New York. Now I know why there is so much superficial rust on the undercarriage. I want to see the swap-out!
I’d pull the plug on this one - let the dealer or a frame shop have it - liability is too great on this one
If you are doing it Eric, no problem I fix it. You do great work.
Wow, this is going to be a great video!
First off wow I did not expect that second off. Happy belated birthday Mrs. O
Ouch, that’s rough! Happy birthday Mrs O,🎂🎂
I'm impressed someone actually took an Altima to a mechanic.
Four years ago I replaced the rear subframe and control arms on a newly purchased 1990 Miata, and things have been great since. The subframe was from down south somewhere. the control arms new. add some small bolts and other pieces, all in done by professionals; $2,000. Amortized over several years, definitely worth the investment.
A belated Happy Birthday to you, Mrs O!🎉
Happy (belated) Birthday Mrs. O! 😁
Happy belated Birthday Mrs. "0" !!!!!!!!! Hope you had a good one!!
Mrs. O: I hope you have a wonderful day and that the year ahead is filled with much love, many wonderful surprises and gives you lasting memories that you will cherish in all the days ahead. Happy Birthday.
Happy belated birthday Mrs. O.... Eric you are truly a lucky man....subframe definitely the way to go on this one.
With interest rates sky high. Cheaper to fix. And happy birthday to the Mrs. I rolled over a year on the 28th
I wish I can find someone like you in south Florida. Thank you for the videos.
“So I don’t see why it wouldn’t come out…”
That is the quote to remember for this project as we get to watch Eric O. fight the good fight with the Torch of Justice and the 498K!
Awesome that you would even consider doing this major work. I called my local Jeep dealer and asked if they would change a pinion bearing On my Grand Cherokee. No one has called me back. That was three days ago.
I love these "to be continued" videos. Looking forward to seeing the repair video on this car.
Happy belated Birthday Mr O!!!
Gonna be a "fun" one. Happy belated birthday, Mrs O.
I'm looking forward to this one! I'd replace the shocks while you're there.
Happy Birthday Mrs. O!!!!!