'14 Hemi Ram: MIL On & No Gas Gauge
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- čas přidán 7. 04. 2023
- IN this video I am looking at a customers 2014 Hemi Dodge Ram with the big 5.7. Customer complaint was his money light was on and the gas gauge quit working. No he already launched the parts cannon but it missed the target so now we need to see what is really wrong with it.
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Eric says he’s not a miracle worker, but honestly, who wouldn’t want him to live in your town? ☺️
He’s absolutely a miracle worker! He could probably cure cancer if he put his mind to it! Or even “the covid”!
That man works wonders. If he was in my country i would bring him lots of customers
Next door!!!! Is better.
He just knows what he doesn't know! He's humble!
@@dans_Learning_Curve …which is not a lot. 😂
You methodical way of approaching a repair doesn’t just get the job done it teaches those viewing it to take your time and don’t just jump around and waste time or money on parts. Your strategy can be used in my types of repairs and not just automotive ones.
Wishing you, your family and all the viewers a Happy Easter.
I’m NEVER not impressed by E’s diagnostic skills and methods. I learn something in every video and I am entertained at the same time. Only downside is the pliers and other cool tools he’s got that I want/need. 😊
Luv me sum SMA videos!!!
Don't use no double negatives. Not never.
At least at this point 76 other people didn't feel the need to correct you on grammar!! I agree with everything you said and I'm NEVER not impressed by Eric either.
"NEVER not", is that a double negative 🤔
Weird they put that harness into a pinch between the frame and box!?! Isn't the first time I've seen you repair something better than the manufacturer! Great video!
Ram is trash!
It's a Chrysler product 👋
probably leftover routing from when the fuel lines and maybe tank was metal or alternate tanks and other lines. While I suppose that may give more slack to the fuel tank harness as well, but yes, it's very stupid routing. 🙄
I taught troubleshooting in electronics, computer systems and computer networks for most of my career and you are right on in your methodology. I'm no mechanic but your processes to determining fault are excellent. That's why I've enjoyed your videos for so many years. Appreciate your efforts to put your experiences on youtube and am waiting for the day you reach 1M subs.
Eric Don't let the naysayers give ya crap about the Crimps.. I spent 20 years in Air Force Using them to repair Untold numbers of Aircraft per Air Force TO's. it's the right splice for vibrating areas.. If it's good enough for Aircraft It's overkill for a Car/Truck.. Great Jobs.
We have to respect Eric's diagnostics planning and the methods he uses! It's always interesting!
Nice job Eric!
It boggles my mind to see how these so-called engineers route harnesses so poorly.
Cost always wins.
Just a guess, but I suspect some configuration of the truck, maybe diesel, long bed, mega cab or ?, has a cross member or some other support that needs the harness shifted to the top of the frame. Cheaper/easier to build as much as they can as similar as possible.
I can imagine (but it's a big stretch) that the engineers were trying to protect that wiring harness as much as possible by routing it as they did.
Slack is better than taunt. Getting a harness manufacturer to adjust 3-4 inches can sometimes be a nightmare. It's a combination of tolerance and manufacturing error.
@@Krummin Chrysler would want to cost out and stock one harness instead of two where possible, so it's likely it's a common harness for dual uses, and they routed it to eat up the slack on the shorter uses.
I’m an electrician and splitting the circuit is a method I use all the time. I’ve have 2 rams ‘06 1500 and ‘18 PW and I can’t get enough of your videos thanks you are truly helping me
Exactly. Figure out how the circuit runs and then split it to narrow down where the fault is. That way I once managed to find a dead short (drowned heating control box) that another electrician had spent over five hours trying to find.
Have a great weekend Eric, and a Happy Easter to you and your family. We're finally thawing out here in Eastern Ontario, Canada😁 Goodbye snow!
Another great example of taking your time and not jumping to conclusions.
Always learning from your videos. Thanks.
I wish there was a directory of mechanics around the country who do business like Eric. He's a rare gem I think.
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Eric you are living right . Love those that are right there where you can see them . Great Job
Love the way you troubleshoot issues! Your an awesome Mechanic! Need more like you!
Absolutely stirling diagnosis skill Mr. O.!
I would have started at the sending unit and that shows my inexperience. Your method was spot on. But without a scan tool and a wiring diagram and not knowing there was a connector in the wheel well I would have had to start at the sending unit. Following the harness is a pain but you proved it’s worth it. Nice job.
I have to work without wiring diagrams everyday on the garbage I work on. It is miserable. Learning how to read a diagram makes you such a better mechanic. And Eric is as good as it gets.
You have to start somewhere. Its a guess between any major points, which the sending unit is one. What matters is if your test tells you the issue isn't there.
When you start in the middle, your findings give you one direction to go and only half the distance to cover. You can also start in the middle of that distance again and again.
This, like every other video you do, is so good, so helpful and as always, very entertaining!
I enjoy watching a good mechanic work. You are a great diagnostician. I learn a lot from you. Keep up the great work in New York.
Great video Eric as always you never disappoint
I love watching you work.
So far, these are the invaluable lessons I've learned from Eric: research, powers and grounds, meticulous inspection. Always impressed by his methodical approach as others have attested. Thank you. Happy Easter.
The knowledge you have is amazing like that the OEM doesn’t have level sensor installed on it👍🏻👊🏻
I learned about Tesa tape today. I learn something from you on most of your videos. Thanks for your efforts.
A very good video on how to do this job. Thanks for sharing your experience and expertise. I enjoy ALL your videos. Thanks for taking the time to do them.
As an electrician, always best troubleshooting practice to start in middle! Great video!
I am gonna move there just to have someone thorough working on my car! Great job Eric.
Another great job Eric wiring drives me nuts appreciate your simple explanation as to where I can understand thank you sir
You are the best automotive electrician I have ever seen. You have a lot of knowledge and experience. Hopefully you are passing that knowledge onto someone or all that are in your shop.
Thanks for all the adhesiveness in this repair.
Thank you a million times for stating what must seem obvious to you, but stating it anyway as educational information. Always helps to talk about the little things when you are in search of the big picture!
Eric you do excellent diagnostic work !!! Well done home boy !! U need to be here in north Carolina !¡!!
Great job again. Shows that reading how the system works and observing the vehicle operating environment saves time. and helps stop chasing a problem in the wrong direction. Knowing your information system really helps.
My father-in-law has a 2014 Ram Hemi too. He got to drive the truck for all of 9mos after buying it used a few years ago. Then it sat for a while because of a persistent misfire. They trailered it to the dealer and a jiggle test indicated the passenger's side harness had issues.
FF to last fall, I was able to peel back the harness and located several faults.
In their infinite wisdom the manufacturer routed the harness too tightly against the back of the VC and the wires chafed against eachother and wore through 3 of them and started on a 4th. Coils #6 & #8 had been severed, with #6 injector wire broken too. #4 injector was on it's way, not far behind. All of this occured right at the corner of the valve cover.
We made the repairs, wrapped it all back up and found some slack to wrap the harness a little better. The dealer wanted $1,700 for a new harness.
While I'm on board with replacing with a new harness in instances like this, I'm not ok with forking out bc of their stupidity, nor was I about to reroute a new harness.
I find two problems with American car manufacturers that Asians don't have.
#1) The harnesses are not modular
#2) QC isn't as stringent.
Modular harnesses means easier replacement for the end user and can be more easily adapted for different optioned vehicles. I'll use Subaru as an example here. The engine harness is strictly for the engine, same goes for other major systems. A group of plugs can be quickly unplugged(along with hoses etc) and you can pull an engine in less than an hour to replace a clutch. Or if an engine suffers a catastrophic failure, an entire donor, harness and all may be swapped in. American cars don't do this. Instead, everything, trans, 4WD, engine etc are all grouped together and must be unplugged individually from that major system's various sensors to remove that major component.
QC seems much more stringent in asian markets too. It's not just anecdotal that I ran into the problem with the Ram. The ratio of TSBs in the domestic market to asian is ridiculous.
Automotive Electrical engineers here need to step-up their game.
Thank you very much. You guys did amazing work, it's awesome to have a good mechanic who knows what he's talking about. Everything works great! I'll definitely be a repeat customer and send some friends and family your way.
He Is Risen. Happy Easter, Eric!
HE is RISEN , indeed !
I like Eric‘s personality I would want him to live in my town! I am a technician, however, knowing Mr. O would be awesome because he is a miracle worker! Great video, Eric! I love these types of videos!
Good vid and thought process. Since most folks don't have access to the scan tools you have it would make sense after getting a wire diagram to go from front to back. If it was one code for the sending unit or pump then you could probably start there. At least for testing and visuals. But this truck had quite a few codes that ended up being on the same harness. So it made good sense for a front to back check of that harness. That's just a good habit to get into going from the start to the end. It might be boring and repetitive but better that than mixing up your routine and missing something important.
Another nice find and nice fix. Good explanation. Life in the northeast. Thank you
Great diagnosis Eric
Electrical diagnostics at it,s best. Another successful job Eric
Good diagnostic chase and a GREAT lucky find of an easy-access wire repair. Extra slack AND the end of the wrapping tape is a super score! Happy Easter to Eric and the family from a "close-by" PRNY resident, we KNOW green crusties by the big lake too.
Nice approach to start at the front connector - Thanks for the video !!
Great job Eric O. as always the good old green crusty plus open circuit. Hope you and your family and a great and safe Easter.
For the amount of times you found the green crusty wired, i'd say that it's not luck anymore, you're a master mechanic!
Mr. O is so methodical, he's like a perfectionist, bordering on AR. FIRST things first: A visual inspection the entire conductor from Stem to Gudgeon may have saved some time. I had DTRL inop one time. I called the dealership for a headlight switch, he had 40 in stock. I sent the driver right then. Been the fix or repair guy 4 so long, 56yrs, I've gotten lazy in the last 20 or so, I go right for the obvious ben/ michigan
Just a friendly reminder CZcams has a pinch zoom feature. You can see all the glorious rusty green goobers in all its glory great. Nice work. Bravo once again Eric O.
Hell yes. 🎉 another hour with Eric O.
Happy Easter, Mr. O and family!!
Wealth of knowledge....would be a great teacher first hand....lucky for videos....Thank You Sir
Hi, Mr. O. thanks for the class in automobile electrical circuits. Thanks for sharing!
This was exactly what I needed. Thank you for showing how you traced the harness, found the corrosion, and effected the repair. I appreciate your awesome video. Subscribed.
You were right on the second place to affix the loom to the chassis, not the fuel or hyd pipes. Ref: Wiring code...machinery, something we learned when working on mine machinery. Great diag procedure thanks...
This was a good Eric Holmes sleuthing mystery that lasted for more than a few minutes - was able to finish my coffee and my Ho Ho cake !!! Found the infidel wires and fixed the problem. A success !!! Suspected a bad solder joint on the instrument cluster board or a wire or joint problem. Getting better at this a ""we ""diagnose a variety of problem / troubles !!! When the team "" Captain "" (Mrs. O.) is absent the pressure is greater to get thru the day !!! As the saying goes: Behind every great man is the indomitable woman who spurs him on !!!!!!! Another good video, Eric. You've earned a Krispy Kreme coffee and white cream filled donut !!!!! On to the next one !!!!! Happy Easter to you and the family !!!!!
Another banger video from the best mechanic on CZcams.
It's always great watching a pro at work. You are a master of troubleshooting Eric! I recently helped a friend diagnose a battery drain issue on his volvo from what I learned watching your channel. Thanks for all your help.
Happy Easter! You are amazing with the knowledge you have.
Another GREAT video from the master of broken wires!
Nice little fix . Happy Easter 👍
Awesome thanks, great to see you test that circuit.
The way I would find this is watching you. Always a pleasure.
What a great day. Thanks Eric O. Caught my first catfish of the year today so it was a great day no matter what.
With the newer vehicles, diagnosis is 90% of the job. Good job as alway Eric.
I always love watching your process! On the other hand nothing to do with the video but did you see the lady that just about got all her senses back since her covid??? It was on the news they used certain types of anesthetics injected and nerves and she literally has 85% of her taste and smell senses back. I just thought I'd mention that to you cuz I know you were affected by that crap too. Many blessings to you and the family as always
Great job Eric. Also kodos to Mrs O's great cooking skills. Man you're well fed. 😊
Happy Easter to you and your family, Paul from the UK.
Another great vid Eric .... the fuel gauge went out on my wifes nissan traced the issue to a faulty G11 mosfet on the instrument cluster motherboard cheap simple fix in the end thought this info may help someone with the same problem
Thanks Eric. A good learning experience!
Yor troubleshooting methodology is the way I was taught for alot of different applications. I would have done like you did and saved my self from pulling the tank.
Great video! You and your family have a blessed Easter!
I need to move to where he lives so I can finally have a mechanic that finds the root of the problem and solves it. Someone with this knowledge and integrity is rare these days.
Happy Easter to you and your family Eric
Very nice job. Don't let the haters win on the connectors. Cimp n seal are great for this application.
Man, that was impressive. I don't buy that part about it being an easy fix - you made it look easy!
great video as always, planning and method are best on the net.
Damn,you're good! Love your videos,so informative!
A fan in Thunder Bay,Ontario,Canada
Happy Easter, Mr. O. and family!
Good fix.
Service data gave great information and the scan tool had shown the front part was working.
Not sure how I would have approached it, obviously service info, with or without TSB's, etc, to start.
Anyway, Good One Mr. O!
Happy Easter!
I would have started at SMA! ;) Another great find, Mr. O.!
Your the man Eric,good find,repair.
Happy Easter! Awesome video!!!
Love the channel! I Learn a lot from good old Eric O.
Great diagnostic, helped by Eric's sensitive nose for hidden green crusties.
Great video...your a top notch mechanic!
Nice video as usual. I'm rooting for 800K subs soon.
Eric O has taught me that with my skills I never need to even think of owning a car newer than a 2006
I'm fine with that
Eric, you messed up. You left a clean spot on that undercarriage. You should have replaced all the salt and sand from the PRNY. Good video and the usual great diagnosis and repair.
Eric, I am a EE, and you impressed by your skill, something many people don't understand a car is mostly electronics now, and they break... so question, what are those crimp and seal connectors, and the "tesla" tape? You the man!
Nice to see you Eric, Happy Easter to you and your family
Nice comment 🇺🇸🗽💯
@@billupstateny9151 Thank you Bill, may I offer my best wishes also to you and your family at Easter.
Thanks for the sweet video Eric.
Eric great diag, great fix, thank you
Have a super Easter celebration Mr. & Ms. O
With the planets all in alignment & the car repair gods looking down on you. Today Eric you need to buy a lottery ticket.
Everyone is happy if Mrs O is happy
Ah yes, the rust belts old friend, the green crusties makes yet another appearance.
Nice find and fix Eric. Always start at the connector.
Excellent diag process, I would have loved to see the Gauge working after the repair though
Dam they look like new tires, keep up the good work
Another great video from South Main Auto Class.
After Watch Wes Work found one in the wheel well of a Chrysler earlier today I thought you had another one. A great idea putting electrical connectors in with the front tire.
Good to look for the actual volts. Ah, the heat shrink butt connectors. Best thing since sliced bread. I love ‘em! Great diagnosis!
Great find… some days were just blessed.