Land Cruiser Came BACK to the Shop After Major Repairs! Did We Miss Something?
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- čas přidán 26. 01. 2024
- A Land Cruiser that we worked on in the shop came back with a potential issue that we caused. We investigate to see what happened and repair the vehicle for the customer.
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I wish all mechanics were as pleasant and honest as you.
Put the plastic wire looms over the wire and tape it up spray wires with bug spray and they won't be doing it again😂
Criminal incompetent mechanics is one of the reasons why I only buy new car or CPO vehicles.
The world would certainly be a better place!
I want to be a mechanic like him!
There are still good, competent, honest ones out there. However, they're hard to find
I've never trusted a mechanic to take care and do a high quality job and so I've done my own maintenance and repairs. But if this guy was near me I'd feel comfortable taking it to him.
same
@lukeanderson5781. I'm sure we all would love to take our cars in for him to fix without a doubt. Wish there were more of him in every state.
AMD, don’t look now but you’re quickly approaching 1,000,000 subscribers…we should celebrate when that milestone is reached!
Most impressive part is not a single flying wrench or swear word.. 😭😅😅
That mainly happens when mechanics hurt themselves.
I rate my car maintenance tasks by how many curse words I’m going to say while doing them. A spark plug change on a 2GR-FE might be north of 10.
I’ve been burned so many times by dealers but watching this channel reminds me there are still honest intelligent people that exist. Thanks for the videos and hard work.
AMD, leaves no stone unturned. The extra care to give the harness some protection against future problems shows his care for his customers.😊
not stone, engine cover
@@maxrx7 Nice reference.
AMD is the type of person that you can just drop your vehicle off then leave without a care in the world. He will always do what's best for the car and your wallet. We have 2015 Cruiser that looks like a twin to this one, we had AMD change the trans fluid and he did a video about a year ago. We just drove ours from Indianapolis to Zion N.P. in Utah and all over the south west. We even got 20 mpg on one tank and 18.7 overall, just make sure you stay in high gear all day long.
200 series are amazing, love my 2016
In the uk we are stuck with DIY or main dealers. Dealers in general are appalling so your channel and the like are so valuable to us who want to maintain cars properly and there's nobody like you across the pond!
just wish there was a carcarenut version for Mazda and I am sure owners of other brands would like the one for theirs too.
@@estuardo2985 agreed. because mazda is so underrated and reliable
Indeed bud!
I've got a 120 Series Landcruiser - & am now just going all-in on DIY servicing & repair.
Even engine work - I used to be scared of fuel work, leaking injector pipes - started doing these myself.
That Aussie chap (will link here if need) has a channel dedicated to my engine, thank God - 1KD-FTV.
@@ArifGhostwriter whats his acc
@@mojakhaha 'Fourby4diesel'
He does tend to spend 90% of the time getting to the point (i.e. 10% is the key point) - but it's all we have.
On my diesel pipework - I had a leak at the union to one injector (No.3).
I was about to get a mechanic to do it (as was always scared of high-pressure fuel-side work) - but then he hadn't even heard of a crow's foot wrench piece. This is crucial to getting the job done _without_ pulling a lot of other stuff apart & off (like the entire intake manifold).
So - I just bit the bullet & did it myself.
In the end - it's just other humans, with hands - doing the work we're scared of - & they end up grappling just as much as we would.
Also - attention to detail - no-one is going to do it as well as you are.
I even now do all air-con work myself, as once a 'proper garage' (not a main dealer, don't worry - am not that stupid) left a major bolt off of the main radiator.
What car d'you have bud?
Ever heard of a topside creeper? They are great for working on larger vehicles and keep you from having to kneel on top of the core support. It's also a back saver.
AMD
My mother’s Lexus ES 350 from 2008 suffered the same type of issue rodent damage. The top cover foam was eaten. Two fuel injector cables were eaten and were shorting out, which then messed up the ECU in which I had to get a new used ECU, and had it reprogrammed with the correct VIN number. Few months later rodent damage again as they ate through the high temp sensor line, which I had to repair. But this time around I use the Honda rodent grey tape which has helped tremendously! And I also learned to use peppermint oil concentrate and diluted with water and spray it all over the engine and I do that once every few months to kick up that peppermint oil scent so that they stay away It’s been over eight months and not one rodent poop found anywhere where they were collecting historically. Thank you
As a retired mechanic who started by growling starters and rebuilding carburetors, critter damage to wiring did not start until the insulation was changed to soy based. Most of the time the damage was right at the connector, making the repair difficult. Before critter repellant tape was made, I told the customer to spread a light coating of Vick’s VapoRub on the air box or anyplace under the hood that didn’t get hot. The critters don’t like the smell and will stay away. The customer will not notice the odor after a few days, but the critters will smell it for months. I don’t like Schadenfreude but the mice did keep me busy. Had a Lexus towed in that a mouse chewed through an injector wire. I did the repair and told the customer about the VapoRub. 3 days later and the Lexus is towed back. Darn mouse chewed right through my repair. Customer had not gotten around to the VapoRub.
I mean why didn't you just apply the vaporub yourself?
@@maxrx7 Some people are averse to odors. For example, my sister gets a rash around her mouth when she smells air fresheners.
@tomg1956 we used to call that herpes my friend.. but sure.. "allergy"
How much money can it save the manufacturers to use soy based wire coatings, especially with what cars cost these days?
I live in a rural area in Texas, and yard cats are our solution to this problem.
unit cat like the heat in the winter and they get into the fan
@johnversluis3084 I open the hood if I don't see all the cats(4).
Beep the horn just to be safe.
Oh no mice? I just started the video. It's my worst fear with a PHEV coming next week, is mice. Thankfully it's so cold it's other than the fall when they are looking to hide from the cold, I never see them in the garage
I didn’t know leaving catalytic converters around your yard repelled rodents
Another great video. Thank you. I am recently retired, but spent 42 years in the industry. Over the years I’ve had to do so many Rodent related repairs to wiring, hoses lines etc. A great tool I found to help with wiring repairs is a little adjustable stand with alligator clips. It’s made by several companies, just look for “ Helping hands soldering stand “ It has a removable heavy base with an adjustable cross bar and adjustable alligator clips on each end. If you don’t have room you can just take the base off. Not only will the clips hold the section you are repairing still while you solder it but will also act as heat sinks. Protecting the wires insulation from melting or getting soft but also protecting the heat shrink tubing before you slide it up to cover and insulate the repair. They work great. I like how you also save connectors off wiring harnesses, they come in so handy. Any time I would replace even a short piece of harness I would save the connectors with a short pigtail attached. Not only for repairs but for easy connections when testing components. Looking forward to your next video.
Definitely a good tip. I’ve seen them many years ago in a radio shack catalog but never bought one. I also have done many rodent repairs in my 40+ plus year career.
Happens three times to accord and once on odyssey. Costed over 5k in repairs.
You’re a good tech. Wish we had more like this man.
I'm Glad He's Within 30 Minutes of Me❤
LC From Chicago 😎
Where is the location 😅
Only one I trust with my Rav 4
He is not a tech but rather a Master Mechanic. A tech changes your oil and rotates tires.
@@markcorpuz6408 Glen Homer, IL
This is why you're so good. You work on every car as if it were your own! God bless you and your family and thank you so much for everything you do.
A dishonest garage could have made so much from this. Many shops would have replaced the sensor. Some would go for an engine harness, and there may be a few that would replace the ecm as well. Nice to see your honesty, most shops loose out on labour only repairs.
Must be real peace of mind for any customers that watch the videos!
Had a squirrel nest with babies in a 2014 mazda cx9, which had been left parked at a friend's for a week, turned out to be an insurance job to replace a wiring harness. Also mice in airbox of my 2009 corolla which had been sitting for a few weeks. After some internet search mixed some peppermint oil with a waterspray bottle to treat once a year at least. So far so good. One of the first things I did on my used 2012 4runner sr5
😂 any time I see a "circuit high" code on an under hood sensor I immediately think MRF!! And look for it. (That's mouse related failure)
Here in the north east those little critters love going under the hood and making a cozy home!
You are still a role model and a blessing my friend. You give me mechanics everywhere an example to strive for.
Get rid of that beauty cover! I did it on my 100 series the moment I got it, same with my 21 Taco. When parked for days, on weekends pop the hood open and allow light to get in. Rodents love darkness.
So do people
Mice hate peppermint oil. Put a few drops in some cotton balls, put em in a prescription bottle, drill a hole in the lid, and zip tie it somewhere in the engine bay where it's easy to drop more drops through the lid every few months, and that should help keep them away.
Rodents don't necessarily chew on wires because they are hungry. They chew on wires because their teeth continue to grow throughout their lifetime. Chewing on wires, wood, intake covers (as in this case) etc. help to grind their teeth down to a healthy level.
I used to work for a cable company back in the 90's, I went to many service calls where I had to repair/replace outdoor cable lines coming from the pole to the house because the squirrels would chew through the cable's insulation and even the metal shielding, resulting in (rain) water getting into the line causing picture quality issues. It had zero to do with squirrels being hungry, more to do with rodent dentistry and being a pain in my behind at the time. 😄😂
That's new info to me. Thanks for sharing.
What a coincidence. It must be this cold winter. I am dealing with rats making a home in my 4Runner engine bay. I placed a sticky trap on it's favorite spot and the next morning I found an 8 inch rat. And that damn rear wiring harness! I broke mine. Fun.
Where is the little creature coming from? The owner is lucky and they find it right with the experienced mechanic here, mine was a chewed CV boot (yeah, you can imagine how all the grease splashed, it was only 4 days new). Then a chew intake hose and a cracked radiator hose (again chewed). The dealership called the senior mechanics and evaluated and he asked this question "are you live out in the wood"? and my dad answers "yep, how do you know it"....
An old friend told me to take a bar of Irish spring cut it in half and put it inside underneath in the engine by the air filter and he had a nest under his air filter and it worked to this day. Totally works!!
I really like the precaution YouTake to protect the customers' car, using covers over finder's
In Tucson, AZ there's a serious problem with rats destroying automotive wiring. Folks leave bright lights underneath the cars to discourage rats from climbing up under the hood.
U fixed them as well as u show them off wow 😲😳🤔 a man with so many talent 💪🏿👊🏻✌🏽👋🏿👋🏾
Watching you take off the intake manifold reminded me of when I had to replace a carburetor on an old Chevy van I had, and I lost a spring into the manifold!!! I luckily found that spring with a push button grab tool on the first attempt! If I had known to use tape to cover up the openings, that would not have been an issue.
Word is out in the Chicago critter community to be on the lookout for a freshly fixed Toyota from AMD. It's like having a clean house after the maid has visited.
I got an old pill bottle and stuffed it with cotton and every week I’ll add a few good squirts of peppermint oil to it and keep them nice and soaked. I drilled small holes on the lid to it lets out the scent and zipped tied it to my washer fluid reservoir. If it’s one thing that terrifies me is rodent damage. Also helps to keep your car clean and don’t leave any food inside. Try not to eat inside your car either.
We are very lucky we had a critter do a similar thing in our 2020 Camry SE chewed on the Engine cap and I had to clean out the mess, but lucky we did not lose any wires from it. We were told spraying peppermint oil water mist under the wheel wells and in the engine bay is a good way to prevent them entering. They hate peppermint and the smell drives them away. So far it has worked as we have not seen any evidence of them getting back in there. That being said my 2003 GMC Sierra I did not use peppermint oil and the other day checking fluid levels I saw broken acorn trash on top of my water pump and so they have since moved over to my GMC luckily they do not seem to like GM wire taste and left everything alone. I now spray the peppermint oil in and around the wheel wells. I will update this in a few weeks to let you all know if we have had success with the method. The Damage to the Camry engine cap was only about $90-$100 to buy a used one. I do not know if this is true or not Carcarenut, but I have been told Japanese car makers like to use a Soy based casing that rodents like to eat. Anyway it is a bigger problem especially for those that live in rural areas like we do. Great video my friend and thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with us:P
Interesting you mention rodent damage on a 2020 camry. I thought that the newer cars didn't have these issues as they're completely covered underneath plastic body panels and the engine bay is more isolated, didn't think mice or rodents could get in but I guess not.
Just a little info on rats and mice. They chew on everything because their teeth never stop growing so they are grinding them down when they are chewing on things.
They can still enter through the wheel wells. It is the 1st car I have ever had any problems from rodents so I do believe the theory of soy based materials. My old Chevy had some holes in the hood liner, but nothing serious. I know they are just looking to get warm.
@@phillipbanes5484 You reckon that they don't like light? Maybe putting a light underneath the hood might work?
Worked for us.
@@phillipbanes5484
Rodents are trying to find food and warmth, usually under the manifold its nice and warm, thats also why some cats will climb on or near the subframe and get close to the block during the winter to stay alive. Then they get hungry... thats where the magic happens
We had a pack rat chew through the entire underhood wiring harness of a Ford F-350 diesel over a weekend. Went from a perfectly running/driving truck to dead between 5pm Friday and 6am Monday. Thanks, Master Splinter.
So satisfying to watch professional at work ! Job well done ! Thank you for the opportunity to see your videos !!!
Watching your honest expertise on these great vehicles is the epitomy of professionalism.
A pleasure to watch your analysis and the cure
Dedication to your Craft !! ... No other words ! ... Thank you for your patience and videography as a lesson to all ...
Years ago we had an auto that a rodent got into. It chewed a wire and caused a short for the radio navigation unit.
When we first moved to our place in rural NM. We had issues with chipmunks, field mice chewing the soy based insulation on the wiring on our Toyotas. I installed the devices that have a flashing led and creates a high frequency noise plus got an outside cat and solved it. I also made a trap with a 5 gallon bucket of water and caught 8 chipmunks one night!
Thank you for taking us along with you on this repair. Your patience and attention to detail is beautiful.
Excellent diagnosis, inspection and repair.
Great video on how to fix a harness wire break. Love it.
Man I love this channel! Another high quality video of diagnosis and a quality repair done right. It's why I keep coming back to watch these. Love it!
Had the exact same rodent issue. in the same spot on my 200 series
Now that’s wild!
Thank you for being a true light to this world Mr. AMD! May God bless you, and it would be an honor to meet you one day haha
Really enjoying these new real time diagnosis videos. This and especially the Prius video, it was amazing to see your process and how you went from stumped to solved!
Best mechanic on youtube ! Love seeing your videos
A friend here in Australia had mice chew up the wiring of their new car and that was back in the early 1980's......not a happy chap!
Great video! Love these diagnosis and repair videos.
One thing I learned watching all these car repair videos is that I will probably never buy another car again. Taking the city bus is all I need. Cars are massive money pits from day one.
You got that right. Payments, repairs, insurance, registration, inspections, maintenance, fuel, road tolls, parking fees etc. and we call it freedom?
Exactly@@marcpikas2859
Very professional and kind mechanic. This truly is a dying breed in the days of techno-mechanics..
AMD, Even a 'legendary' Land Cruiser 200 Series needs a little TLC. That rodent 🐀certainly had good taste in vehicles. 🤩
TLC
Toyota Land Cruiser
Hello , It's a pleasure to watch you work. It's obvious that you are a born mechanic. My only regret is that it's far from your workshop.👍
Reminds me of a funny story (btw, hurts me just watching you having to get on your knees). Had a pack rat get into my daughter's car, while she parked it at our home outside for a month. I noticed some poop underneath the car and thougt maybe mice had been in it. Ended up being a big pack rat. Caught the bugger the very next day. Months ahead, she takes the car for an oil change at Jiffy Lube. They bring the air filter to her in the lobby and tell her it needs replaced. It bascially where the rat set up his new house. Anyway, she thinks they are trying to upsale her so she calls me. Dad, she says. They said that my air filter looked like a rat's nest and she thinks it is someone elses. She then texted me a pic. Can you believe it? I started to laugh and tell her what we had killed months earlier. She had no idea, and neither did I as to what that little bugger had done while making him a new nest. Lesson learned. Don't park your vehicles outside if you can help it, or put a few rat traps underneath it just in case.
Thank you AMD good job
A topside creeper would be very helpful in this case. It has helped A LOT when I work on our Cruisers
Excellent video. Darned critters!
Gotta say this is got to be the best and most honest of mechanical vids I watch. I own a 2011 Camry SE 4 cyl and the info on this channel has definitely helped in more than one situation. AMD, I appreciate all that you do sir. Keep it up please - we all thank YOU!
I have a 2003 Tundra with the 2UZ-FE. Being parked outside and used only a few times a month, the mice love to build nests under the intake manifold and up against the back of the starter.
The first time I noticed this was a few years ago after getting a burning smell while driving. They had everything from leaves to lint crammed in there.
I reached it thru the side openings with a telescoping grab tool, pulling out chunks at a time. Then a small vac, then blew the rest out with compressed air. It took almost half an hour to clean it all.
Now I check it once a month throughout the colder months. I have only had a couple of small repeat incidents.
I wish you lived in the Netherlands. Thanks to the Toyota dealers (read:maffia) here in the Netherlands, I need to learn a new skill. Good to have your channel.
Ahmed, are you telling us you don’t own a overhead creeper?!? They are a lot cheaper than a chiropractor!😅
He takes the intake off without thinking. This would have been a full weekend job for me and then telling all my friends how it was so hard for me to do lol. Thanks for the video like seeing the steps to figure it out.
Props to AMD for being a really great mechanic and speaking the true for the general public and making lives easier to work on cars!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Ahmed, your skills are impressive
Sir. U are brilliant. I wish we had a mechanic like u in my area
Same exact thing happened to my Tundra here in AZ. Made the mistake of parking my truck in the backyard for the weekend after I got a load of bricks from home depot. Wire strippers/solder/shrink tube and it was as good as new. Not a very hard fix. It's more of a slight pia. LOVE THE VIDEOS!
Honda makes special tape to prevent the mice from chewing the wires. Electrical tape w/ some other ingredients
(Note to self - Honda Rodent Tape)
Holy cow parked my FJ Cruiser in the garage for 3 months and have the same problem.......mice chewed the Knock Sensor cable up. GDit.
great job excellent mechanic the one thing in this world that's hard to find a great honest mechanic thank you for your video. i wish you were in new jersey. GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS
Always learn something from each of your vieos. 70 retired lineman diyer on fixed income.presently troubleshooting a po302 on my 2006 subaru sti.
Excellent repair 👊🏻
Nicely done !!!
Learnt a lot from this video, keep it up.
Wow man I love My Toyota 2018 Rav4. Since i started watching your Chanel I just have more resect for Toyota. I hope the mechanics that work at my service depot are as thorough and caring as you are. Love your work ethics and honesty. May God bless your good works.
A great video watching the master at work👍
I just love The Car Care Nut channel ❤❤❤ Love from Africa
As usual an excellent video on diagnosis and repair. Thanks
Almost @ 1mil!!!! Congrats
Great video. I had a pack rat build a nest under my Toyota Corolla engine cover. He chewed through the fuel line, caught caught fire, and that was that.
15:53 i remember working on one of my vehicle harness connector. the original was damage. i replace it with what i found laying around. after everything was put back together little did i know the connector i install in was also bad. had to tear everything apart and redo it all over again. from that day on i check all the wiring continuity before i install. that day was unfortunate.
Love your work..
Thanks for the video
Thanks for making me paranoid. On my 97 Taco, I had a red squirrel travel up into the air cleaner box and build a nest. Fortunately on the outside side of the filter. I built a little metal screen in the intake tube and that kept them out. Now have to check my 2010 again. With red squirrels you remove a nest one day and they next day they may have rebuilt it.
that works , my 2005 blazer had the same nest in my air cleaner , I put a screen on it too , it worked ,and sprayed citronella around the wires as well .
Had the same occurrence on my 5.7 tundra , one preventative I do is wrap the wiring with tin foil and add wire mesh to the intake valley, rodents hate metal. Even added stainless steel wool into gaps , no recurrence in 4 years !!
More Land Cruiser content please 😊
Yeah, this type of drive to complete it the same day, despite the hours, is the type of dedication here in NL that mechanics are missing.
I've as a result moved back to the dealer. They fleece me every service, but I get a replacement vehicle and if they leave at 5PM sharp and my car is not done, i'm not stranded.
As much as I would love to support the common mechanic instead. In rural area's your car is your mode of transport, and this doesn't mesh with aloof mechanics that dont care if its finished today, or 3 days from now. When the customer has to pull all sorts of strings to get groceries, get to work, etc.
0:40 I applaud your dedication, I wish I could find a mechanic like that.
I just fixed the valley plate leak on my LX570 yesterday. I would have loved to have seen this before just to add a little confidence.
The only thing I would suggest is to not use solder on wires/harneses that are close to the engine. The solder will crack over time due to heating and cooling cycles and cause high resistance resulting in a bad connection, and melt your connector (I did that mistake personally). Instead I started crimping wires, no problems after that.
Thank you for all these quality videos that you make, God bless you!
Absolutely a joy to see a honest, exceptionaly talented mechanic..
Just Wow.
Started following you for your advice and opinion on the Lexus ES 350 , my Wife and I are in the market for a POC ..
Thank you very much. 🙏🏼🤜🏼🤛🏼
Where do I start? I enjoy doing my own minor DIY automotive maintenance rituals. I don’t even know how I stumbled upon you. Oh, I believe it’s because I’m currently looking into buying a Mazda, CX-5. Currently, I own (2) Prius C’s and a 2011 Corolla. Truth be told, your videos have inspired me to delve deeper into the DIY auto mechanic world. Most my weekends are now enjoyed with replacing my transmission fluids, differential fluids, draining and replacing the engine coolant, etc . I’ve even reduced my engine oil interval changes to 5000 miles just so I have an excuse to work on my cars. Your calm, mild mannered approach, has built confidence in me that I can work on my own equipment for sheer enjoyment and satisfaction. I trust your opinions. I admire your charismatic, but not over the top, self impressed personality like most others out there. You’re the type of guy I would seek to have breakfast with because you do not come off being full of yourself. I’m now addicted to watching your videos. Most CZcams channels are built upon sensationalism to drive their CZcams algorithms for monetary purposes. By coming off as a humbled every day human being that cares about his craft, we become drawn in to your message and absorb the way you think. Keep up the good work. I look forward to every new episode. Most of all, I give glory to God that you are a believer. 😊
Thank you AMD. Would love for you to do a video on airbags. How they work, the crash sensors, airbag modules etc especially also because you mentioned airbag wires being chewed
Good and honest mechanic like you, it very very difficult to find these days!
The best way to solve rodent problem here AMD is peppermint oil it works , a friend of mine is San Diego had a rodent problem in his engine bay you got rid of that stupid cover and you put peppermint oil around the intake manifold and on the side of the engine bay on both sides rodent gone .
Can you show the jack points on the Sequoia and Tundra for puncture tire wheels swap.
Excellent informative and easy to follow.
Thank you 😊
I did not know circuit high meant a broken wire. Just fixed an intermittent p0368 circuit high on my es350. 3 simple wires but not easy to reach at all. someone fixed it before but did not do the best job. Thanks!
More Land Cruiser 200 and lx570 vids please! Would love to see a valley plate fix on one of
That build quality 👌. I am not the only one talking to the car 😆
This is what years of hands on experience combined with countless tests passed after classroom instruction looks like.
Add a good honest person to the mix and this is what it looks like.
if wish I found someone honest like him in Germany.
nice wire trimming and soldering work
Hello, i had a problem with rodents in my corolla engine bay , they made a nest in the blower area in the car. Took the nest out and inspected, i was lucky no damage. I cleaned everything and used pine sol and they have not come back. Great video take care !