Top 5 Mechanic Tricks and Hacks I use on the Reg
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- čas přidán 4. 05. 2019
- In this video I will share with you some tricks and tips that I as a mechanic use, things like how to install spark plugs in hard to reach places, how to cut down on time while reinstalling parts back on your car, or loosening a stuck or rusted on wheel bearing and hub assembly and much more.
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How about a video on "if it's really worth fixing it or not?"
HotWheelsAtl Gre gory yes!!! Good idea
This was great, been searching for "car repair shops" for a while now, and I think this has helped. You ever tried - Ziyatalie Fanayla Secret - (do a google search )?
It is a good exclusive product for discovering some tricks to repair your vehicle minus the hard work. Ive heard some decent things about it and my mate got amazing success with it.
Just do a compression test, usually gives a decent idea of the shape the engine is in
Except that is 100% subjective based on what it's worth for YOU to keep the car and how cheaply you can get a repair done.
Do videos on your home improvements! That would be awesome as well 🎉
Yes, that would be cool! You're a good teacher, so the home improvement videos would be cool, too.
Yes!
That's not a bad idea
Faucets and Fixtures lol
Can you make some videos on what your doing on your house? I Know you mostly do car stuff but maybe you can show us what and how you're fixing different parts of your house.
I'm almost 70 years old and I like to do most of my simple mechanic work, and if I had a dollar for every bolt I dropped in an engine, I'd be rich. That paper towel trick will sure come in handy for me.
Dark,on the roadside with dead battery, only a ratchet wrench that was too big, cut strip off soda can, put it into socket, got the bolt loose. Indian friend showed me use a flat screwdriver to make open end wrench small enough to fit on nut. Use flat screwdriver to turn socket. Dont take apart the carburetor at night on the side of road. If you loose the needle valve you learn to pray. 👍Thanks for sharing.
Best trick I've learned in years
Where do you get your torque wrenches calibrated and what is the cost?
I was going to ask the same question.
Curious and Lazy here.
I calibrate all the tools at the place I work. Even the cheaper click type torque wrenches are very accurate. Just release the spring pressure on them by setting the torque spec at 0ftlbs when storing the wrenches. Sometimes auto parts stores can check the accuracy of your tourque wrenches. If you have a trust worthy torque wrench, tighten a bolt down to specific torque setting and mark the bolt or nut so you can see if it turns, then get the torque wrench that is questionable and set it to the same ftlbs and tighten the bolt, then check to see if it turned. Torque wrenches are the most accurate in the middle of their torque range. Use the same technique and hold each time you use a torque wrench. A lot of variability can be induced by holding the wrench differant or when using a different technique when turning the bolt.
Snap on and mac tool trucks can have that done for you. And sometimes the bigger tire outlet places will have that capability.
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Quick tip: if you're adding oil to your toyota using toyota oil bottles, you can cut the bottom off the bottle and the cap end threads perfectly into the oil cap hole, making a no-spill funnel. I use this daily adding 0w-16 to the modern camrys.
I honestly don't get why people would be directing hateful comments toward you. You're a professional mechanic, offering assistance in the form of videos and answering follow-up questions on them and related topics. You're doing these, like others that post on CZcams, for the viewer's benefit and at no cost. I wouldn't pay much attention to them; we all know you can't please everyone, no matter how nice you are or what you do to try to help them. For every one of them there's a hundred of us who appreciate your efforts and your common-sense answers to questions, so don't be discouraged. For all of us who do enjoy your videos, please accept our thanks for taking time to help and inform us.
Nice tips. Don't worry about your video output pace. Take care of your home needs.
Great video. I like the measuring your wrist torque. It has reminded me what a professional mechanic told me, as an amateur: start learning tightening bolts for a car not for a ship :)
I would love to see a house tour and see what kind of changes you have made so far!
..Glad you're back!! i was beginning to wonder if you wound up in witness protection or an orange jumpsuit. The paper towel trick is Great...
wut
Glad you're back...... Do a video showing your handy work on your house
Good to hear from you. I did some remodeling on my house awhile back and basically did all the work alone. Very tiring.
Learned that trick with hose on sparkplug couple yrs ago, its the best , wish i would of known about 25 yrs ago, would have saved alot of headaches
Good to see you back.
“If your like me you have about a 1000 funnels, but they’re never around when you need them” HA! That had me dying laughing I feel that exact same way
Great video. Our senior shop foreman showed me the paper towel and bolt trick years ago. What a fantastic technique to install those hard to reach bolts.
Welcome back!!... I really enjoy your videos and your sense of humor... lol...
Welcome back. Been waiting for the "update" lol.. Glad you are back!🍺🤟🍻
Glad you're back!!!!!
Glad you're back!
Thanks brother. It's people like you who make the world a better place.
I love this guy. When I first started driving as a broke college kid, I tried to watch the mechanic fix my exhaust manifold and he yelled at me to leave him alone!
Always helpful, welcome back!
Good seeing you back at it! Saludos desde Tecate Baja México 🇲🇽
I appreciate your reappearance, thank goodness for you being well.
I wish you uploaded more regularly. Your videos are the best!
Welcome back! Missed your videos
Good to hear from you man. I can't tell you how much I enjoy your tips and tricks.
Glad to see you’re back!
Thanks for taking the time to make this. We've all missed you, some of us were concerned for your well being. SO glad you're OK.
My rules; it takes longer than expected. It costs more than planned. You make LE$$ than hoped for. Exceptions are celebrated.
You are a real person with real person life problems. Great videos!
Glad to see you back, really enjoy your videos. They have been very helpful. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing some tips and tricks. For anyone reading this...next time you're at harbor freight get you one of those telescoping magnets shown in this video. It's saved me so many times. They are dirt cheap and worth every penny. Trust me.
Welcome back and nice to see you and your vids again!
good to hear you again
good to have you back with your sense of humour and ruggedly good looks! ;-)
It’s hard to do things by yourself,I feel you, in any case glad to see your vids again!
Wow welcome back!
Oh, glad you are back....nice to have someone besides Scotty
1 of the few mechanics that I watch, thanks for the info! Thumbs up.
Venom Hemi same where has this guy been?
@@danielmoses9430 I figured he died and no one knew his password to update the channel to let everyone know!
Glad he's back
Thanx for your time
Glad to see you are well!
Welcome back!!! 👍👍🎊
Great job ... keep up the great work .... loved your top 5’s and top 10’s .... and if there are any haters, that’s their problem, you have done nothing to cause legitimate hatred... many thumbs up to gentle, patient, entertaining person ...👍👍👍👍👍
This channel is where you can learn something... keep the great job!
Great to have you back!
Thx for the update.... I know it takes a long time to make videos and to edit them. It's good to see you back
Great old school basics!! Thank you sir!!
Good to have you back!!
Fantastic video, us first time DIYers need all the help we can get!!
Yes, pleased you're back and also knowing sometimes you have to do other things too around the house yourself. I'll definitely come up with questions in the near future, but until then... welcome back !!
Great to see you forward.
The paper towel trick is so simple, but amazing. Thank you for the video. A man's home is his castle. Once you make your personal paradise, is will show in your videos. Also, maybe so what you are doing on the house, with little tips and tricks for each operation. I know one, where you can take an old shirt, rip it up, and unscrew some of the bigger pipe nuts, by wrapping the torn shirt. It adds more force, and I have personally done it, for some of the larger nuts
Good to see you back!!!!!
Good to have you back. You were dearly missed.✌🏻
Great tips on torque. Truly a professional trick. Great one on the hub assembly too.
You should do home improvement videos too since you seem like you've gotten into that.
Ratchets & Wrenches & Plumbing & Drywall!
Might as well throw in some cooking, financial advice, and movie review videos while he's at it.
Thanks for the videos...very helpful!
thankx god u coming back god bless u
This is gold .
Thanks .
Welcome back buddy.☺👍
"What are your options if you broke a bolt off?" That would be a pretty cool vid
Dont break it 👍
oh how do you know you are not breaking a bolt when it is turning?
@@bnighter Experience. But you gotta break a few to know what it feels like.
So glad you're not dead guy. Yeah, you get busy with your "real" life & this doesn't seem so vital. Enjoy all your vids and once a week is fine with me.
Really helpful information thank you very much
Congrats on the house brother. Great content as always. Don't hesitate to tell us the stuff like the hub trick, that is one of the things I like about you, you don't try to "nanny" your viewers by removing content deemed "too risky" or could cause damage. There are a thousand videos on YT with car tips, that type of content differentiates you from the masses, as well as prove your experience as you must have battled quite a few hubs before learning that trick. Don't sweat the absence man. Life happens and the people who matter understand that. Thanks again!
Great to see you again. I enjoy your videos
That rotor was doing a great job impersonating a brake drum.
God Bless you, we got flooded by florence last year and am still fixing our house. I know what you mean by time consuming. Good luck with the house.
Paper towel trick is cool, used that and tape too. Mostly I use a small glob of the sticky black stuff from the moisture barrier inside door panels. Works great can see what I'm doing but it can be a sticky mess in the summer or when it gets on my socket rack.
You're finally back! I was wondering about you
Welcome back, thanks for yours videos.
I would like to know your process for drivability diagnostic , determining if a problem is electrical or mechanical and how you narrow it down. Thanks!
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Nice to have you back.
Welcome back! I bought that ratcheting wrench set and it is the best ever! Keep up the good work.
Regarding spark plugs, vacuum hose is much cheaper and more pliable than the heater hose used in the video, and the bore of most vacuum hoses fits nicely over the tip of the spark plug and holds it well as you turn the plug into the hole. I've tried both and the vacuum hose has consistently been superior for me.
Another good thing to know is if the rim of your tire is rusted to the hub and you can't get the tire/rim off. Replace the nuts but leave them just a little loose at most a 1/4 turn. Lower the vehicle and drive VERY SLOWLY a foot or so. Jack it back up and try removing it. If it doesn't come off, repeat with the nuts a little looser, never loosen to where the angle edge of the nut is not holding the tire from contacting it. If you loosen it to much, the rim could damage the studs on the hub. I've had to do this a couple of times and it worked like a charm!
If you have bad lugnuts on a wheel (stripped or rounded off), you can get away with one less on a tire and get to a parts store ASAP. If you need more than one, "borrow" more from another wheel, just don't drive with more than one lug nut missing from a wheel, drive slowly and straight to a parts store or a Walmart. Someone loosened all the lugnuts on my son's right front wheel and replaced the wheel cover, it's possible that some were removed completely. While driving it the tire came off and all the lug nuts were gone. We took one from each of the other tires leaving 3 nuts per tire and went to get new ones immediately, luckily the studs weren't damaged too bad. If you have 5 lug wheels, you can get by with 4 per front wheel and 3 on one rear wheel, drive extra slow and get to the parts store immediately! We never did find out who was trying to kill my son!
Good tips. I use an old spark plug wire to get my plugs started.
glad to see you're still around
Whoaaa!!! It's been a while! Nice to see you back on track. 😎👍🏼
Really good to see you back
Love the paper towel trick. As far and spark plugs autozone sells a magnetic socket that works awesome they have with swivels as well that makes it so much easier.
Glad your back.
glad your back
Thank you. Awesome stuff.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and please take care!
Torque is also fairly important when it comes to plastic parts. Too much and they crack, too little and they leak🙄
broke a fuckin hubcap cause the torque spec was like 12
Good point, and also any bolts going into an aluminum head, even if they are just bolts for a bracket, because if you over-torque them, the aluminum is so easy to strip compared to steel or cast iron.
You gain a feel for the necessary torque pretty quickly though, so it really isn't a big deal.
I love the funnel and paper towel trick. And your sense of humor!
I am happy you're back and happy for your new house (I know it's been almost a year) and happy you are moving up in life.
9:30 For the past couple of months you should’ve done videos on how to do that kind of work. I wouldn’t mind learning and watching you put in plumbing and fixing up a home. Probably make more money repairing homes than repairing cars.. most people who have homes have cars so you can fix their homes and then ask if they ever need a mechanic and then double your income and maybe even record those home renovations so you can upload to CZcams and make even more money on those videos 👌
Glad to see you again, missed t
Your videos..thanks for the helpful tip on the paper towel.
glad ur back...take care jimmy
thanks for your videos, very very helpful
Nice to see you're back!
Awesome ! Nice knowing you are back! Love your videos :)
Excellent tips. As a big guy I used to have trouble with over torque. The method that I came up with is limiting the number of fingers I put on the tool when I go for final torque. I lock my fingers, wrist and elbow and pull with body weight. Each finger can only hold so much force. Examples valve cover= 2 fingers brakes=3fingers.
Glad you're back 👋😎
Love your show.
Love it, clear instructions!!!
Enjoyed the video, appreciated the tips. Good to see you back!