The last place I worked before retiring had a big old dog who greeted the customers he was great when the owner retired he had nowhere for him to go so I took him he was 10 then & lived another 6 years.
50 years ago, I worked at a truck and equipment repair yard. We found a runt tiger striped kitten in one of the trucks. So of course we named him Tiger. Almost instantly five, gruff, dirty old and young men fell in love with this cat. And in a few days he had the best Taj Mahal kitty house, and scratching posts and food, etc. Because he was a runt he never did grow much longer than about 16 inches nose to tip of tail. But every day he patrolled the entire yard, and it would pop up out of an engine bay or a frame rail, and say hello to anybody who was working. He liked to jump on a shoulder for a piggy back ride. Eric was right though, you couldn’t stay mad after dealing with a block headed customer or broken bolt or having to take a 800 lb transmission out three times because it just wouldn’t work right after you talked to your buddy about what kind of antics did Tiger do today?
If he doesn't look after his customers, and this applies to any business, they don't become repeat customers. My local garage has me and my family for life due to their workmanship and can do attitude.
I remember the good ol' days when you would spend 5 minutes pulling out the radiator, taking it up the radiator shop to get it soldered, and another 5 minutes re installing it
Love how you vent on the AM parts and then you do a complete 180 when Kitty walks into the shop. And you are correct, pet owners are much calmer nicer people. Great that you always look out for the customers, while doing great repairs and diagnostics. We all wish we had a Mr. and Mrs. O in our town.
"RICOLA" my wife was wondering what I was watching while having my morning coffee. When I showed her the clip, she laughed along with me. Totally something I would do.
When I approached person to teach me how to do what they do (appliance repair). I was dating his daughter 1986. I asked will you teach me how to work on appliances? After about 30 seconds he looked me in face and said “NO”. Not knowing how to respond he added “BUT I’ll teach you how to Troubleshoot, Then it doesn’t matter what you decide to do. “ I’m now 54 and have made a living off of what he taught me all of my adult life. Troubleshooting is an art and Eric you are a true practitioner . I always suggest to them people what how Eric does it. The end of the story is She turns 54 in few days, we have 2 daughters 35 and 31 plus 2 grandkids 12 and 8. The first time i watched Eric it was like watching Berry my late father in law.
"Shop kitty" - You BET having a shop kitty is the BEST!!!!! They ALWAYS know when you are frustrated and ready to "blow up"....They come to the rescue for those several seconds and resets your day for you.....they are the best......
What a man! Help a lady out by watching the deteriorating condition of her radiator until it's too dangerous to put the repair off. Then, to help out, you use aftermarket parts due to money constraints. Top it off with a thoroughly professional installation. What a lot of us wouldn't give to have a really good conscientious mechanic like you in our area!! You are a credit to your community. I hope they appreciate you as much as you appreciate them!
I can remember that as a young kid with no money.....I used silver stop leak in the radiator to stop a leak. It worked for a while. This was in 1973. I don;t even know if they sell it anymore. There was also Bardahl's. Funny I can remember that but at my age I can't remember what I had for dinner last night.
I bet most people would have just left those plastic bits off. Not Mr. O! Shop cats are the best...my cat Echo will often look at me like "are you really going to do that?". Best safety cat ever. 😊 Thanks for the video!
Man i wish i had a mechanic like you so i wouldn't have to do all my work. Mechanics around here butcher everything and i end up having to do it myself anyway, or they mess something unrelated up.
Funny story about a shop cat, those bolts you have under the car when installing transmission become toys. She was a good mouser, so she got to “help” whenever she wanted.
I found your channel by trying to save money and fix my car on my own. Most of us watching buy AM parts because of the $$$. Thanks for dealing with them so we can learn. I tell everybody I know about this channel. It’s the best!
As a military contractor overseas we always had the exact milspec replacement parts be they CAT, CUMMINS, AM GEN ETC. THIS did help even in field repairs. As a poor slob many yrs ago keeping my personal stuff up don't rem after mkt stuff being so junky, yes this was before everything was made in China. Also stuff was more simple, GM, Ford, Chrysler. I cringe when seeing you damn near have to remove a fender to access stuff. ( Exaggerating) Keep up the good work, I really enjoy your stuff along with Watch Wes Work. Yall are some of the most imaginative types ever.
Every morning I start my day watching your videos. The rest of my day is great because Eric makes me laugh. Not just a giggle but a full on belly laugh! Thank you!
You should try a tesla. The cooling system is pretty substantial and when doing big jobs like the subframe and drive units there's at least 6 connections loose. They all drip until you put em back together. If I put drain pans under all of em I wouldn't have anywhere to stand
Been dealing with auto mechanics for over sixty years. What impresses me about Eric's work ethic is that he doesn't take shortcuts. He puts everything back the way he found it...including those hidden fasteners that the owner would never see anyway and don't really jeapardize structural integrity. That bottom piece of plastic that he spent 20 minutes getting properly attached? Most guys I know (including me?) would have just thrown it in the trash bin. Not Eric. Good job, man.
"When all else fails, play dumb" Eric, you just described the entire Canadian Government in six words. Great solution to helping the young lady. You're a class act!
Thank you for putting stuff back where nobody can tell you been there. I do the same unless i can put it back better, sometimes the assembly workers get tired and don't do it right. My proudest moments are after doing an engine swap and you can't tell it's been done
Ok Eric O. , a little feedback here. Every time you are putting in or removing a bunch of bolts or doing something repetitive and I start reaching for the mouse to fast forward, you tell us you're not going to bore us with that process and segue into the next step. It really is masterful planning/editing and not something that is easy to do. Nice work.
Nice job, very nice of you to "front" the lady your services, where I live that would be a dice roll on getting paid. You live in a small town so your chances are probably much safer.
Eric. how's this for ironic...the day you posted part 1...well the following day I had a '18 300 come in for a new rad. 3.6L, AWD and the same colour as the one your working on here! Your video was an awesome resource on how to tear it out...thanks for the help and info you spread man.
Great work as always. We all understand the frustration you run into at times. It’s a great idea to step back and talk to the cat for minute to settle the nerves. Hope you had a good Thanksgiving with the family! 👍🏻👍🏻
so for 10 minutes of mod you saved the customer 500.00 for radiator. As a life long mechanic making things work is what it's all about. I've told my boys-- give me a screw driver and ballpeen hammer and we can make anything work. You have that down pat.
One of the most helpful things you do, that many channels don't, is show the struggles with little stuff. As a DIYer I used to think I was always the problem when a new part didn't fit in an old spot, or when other nuisances came up. It turns out that not only do the pros face those problems, they also respond with cutters, benders, and drill bits!
Hey just wanted to thank you for actually showing how to replace something without all the extra, cause I’ve seen guys removing headlights, impact bar etc i said there’s no way! Then came across your video and knew i was right about not having to remove all that so thank you again and keep posting more videos of various jobs please.
@@rbhe357 Aluminium was first discovered in 1825 by a Danish physicist Hans Christian Orsted. Davy is not credited with its discovery or naming, and died in 1829 giving him four years to incorrectly spell the name Orsted had given to the element
@@jimgraham8323 Page 201 of "Elements of Chemical Philosophy", written by Sir Humphry Davy in 1812, refers to the extraction of alum from alumina. The title and other mentions in chapter 7 refer to it as "aluminum" Orsted didn't produce the metal until 1824-1825.
Eric it's your buddy in California. when you were mentioning body guys having to deal with aftermarket parts. You were spot on. I was a AAA repair preferred shop for over 35 years. The number one reason I got out of it because more and more and more insurance companies were making us use aftermarket parts almost in its entirety. I couldn’t tell you how many times we would eat the bullet and buy OEM even though the sheet required aftermarket. For example, we would spend four-five times the labor to install an aftermarket part and make it fit right. I found it was cheaper in the long run just to buy the OEM part. Now, let me make something very very clear. We were not one of those shops that if the sheet required us to use OEM parts and we turned around and put aftermarket on. That's considered fraud!!! But, as a shop it was perfectly legal to go the other way around. I hope that all makes sense. If you choose to spend the money out of the shops pocket, not the insurance company that was of course legal. You are making the vehicle OEM, opposed to aftermarket. Ron
Enjoyed this video like all the others I have seen. I like the way you explain things reminds me of my younger days when I had bad days but still did the job.
OEM parts are simply built by the teenage Chinese NOT the 8 year-olds that build for NAPA, AUTO-ZONE, FOUR SEASONS, etc. I get frustrated with the quality and origin or the parts I buy. You do a great job with what the world is throwing at us!! Always a pleasure! ENJOY!!
The ol' Marquis still has the OEM radiator at 30 years old. Just for grins and giggles I checked and it has been discontinued from Ford. I was able to obtain a new OEM radiator from another source so, hopefully I can drive this car another 30 years. I Googled Avoca, NY recently and Wiki stated a rail line through town was severed in the 1960's. I guess they reconnected it. GREAT VIDEO!
The biggest problem I have with radiators is that most of the vehicles I work on are old enough that O.E.M. parts have long since been discontinued. That pretty much forces me to the aftermarket! I agree 100% with you on the shop kitty thing! My shop is only part time but, I still have "those days". When I walk into my "office", good ol Elmer, my black n white Tabby, is always ready to provide some comic relief and immediately improve my mood. He's also a big fan of Luna!
“Before you go slamming on the keyboard”, 😂 Love it! It’s almost like you could cure cancer and folks would still find a way to say you did it wrong. 😂😂
Oh, you weren't at the NAPA Board meeting when they talked about this, it went something like this: "That plastic bit will just end up in the trash, so don't bother putting the right tabs and notches on the radiator for it to fit."
I was surprised that while you dislike AM parts and NEW means never ever work, you buttoned everything up before filling and checking for leaks. I really enjoy your stuff.
Love the "shop kitty"!!! She's a cutie, like Eric! Cars are more plastic but they last 3 times as long! Growing up in the 1970's, if you saw a 20 year old car, it was 50's iron rusted relic! .... now it's nothing to see a 30 year old car and it's running around fine and doesn't look out of place!
Hey there good as always i have learned so much about diagnosing and running a shop i also am throwing around the thought of videos aswell but not repair videos more so your style tag along videos
Hi Eric! The only other thing I would have done different was to clean the bugs out of the a/c condenser before refitting the rad in support. Happy Thanksgiving and I hope your deer season hunting has been good!
Nice work, you really must life in a smaller town as in the bigger one's a lot of people will take advantage of your good heart and honesty. But thanks for sharing all your hard work
I had to do a similar modification to my CSF radiator replacement on my 13 f250 6.7. It was an easy mod and the radiator has outlasted the previous two Motorcraft replacements!
The modification to the upper and lower radiator cushions to make them stay in place reminds me of growing up on a small farm. When things broke and parts or correct parts were not available or affordable, you had to "improvise" to get things done...........LOL
I had a 1992 Ford Taurus that went through several radiators. Like clockwork the radiator would start to leak after 2 years. The problem was the way they sealed the plastic tanks to the aluminum core. I suspect it was a design issue that didn't account for the fact that the plastic and aluminum would expand and contract at different rates when the radiator was hot. The radiators would always leak in the same spot where the plastic was 'sealed' to the aluminum at the bottom of the tank. I actually got pretty good at swapping the radiator out and could do it in about 2 hours.
You have the patience of job. I changed the rad on my old Mercedes 124 and my Kids Mitsubishi in well under an hour. I wouldn't have the patience to do this. I hope your customers appreciate the extra mile you always seem to go to for them. .
"Having a shop kitty makes you stop from wanting to murder people." Very wise words.
so using this knowledge.... i have 18 kitty's around my house and shop , then i should be considered a zen master!?!
The last place I worked before retiring had a big old dog who greeted the customers he was great when the owner retired he had nowhere for him to go so I took him he was 10 then & lived another 6 years.
50 years ago, I worked at a truck and equipment repair yard. We found a runt tiger striped kitten in one of the trucks. So of course we named him Tiger. Almost instantly five, gruff, dirty old and young men fell in love with this cat. And in a few days he had the best Taj Mahal kitty house, and scratching posts and food, etc. Because he was a runt he never did grow much longer than about 16 inches nose to tip of tail. But every day he patrolled the entire yard, and it would pop up out of an engine bay or a frame rail, and say hello to anybody who was working. He liked to jump on a shoulder for a piggy back ride.
Eric was right though, you couldn’t stay mad after dealing with a block headed customer or broken bolt or having to take a 800 lb transmission out three times because it just wouldn’t work right after you talked to your buddy about what kind of antics did Tiger do today?
@@scottjohnson5449 Or a latent serial killer.🤣
@@InsideOfMyOwnMind these days you just never know...
Everyone knows you're there to make a living but I like how you look out for your customers Great job Eric O.
Wish we had more nice people 😊
One can do both. As Eric likes to mention, they do have a lot of work pretty much constantly. It's a good place to be in.
Agreed. Eric does a great job for his customers and also takes care of them.
I noticed the dirty throttle body. I am sure Eric wrote it up on the invoice.
If he doesn't look after his customers, and this applies to any business, they don't become repeat customers.
My local garage has me and my family for life due to their workmanship and can do attitude.
I remember the good ol' days when you would spend 5 minutes pulling out the radiator, taking it up the radiator shop to get it soldered, and another 5 minutes re installing it
You take care of the customers in your community … because it’s a community. Not enough of that in this world any longer. You two are a class act.
Absolutely!!
Love how you vent on the AM parts and then you do a complete 180 when Kitty walks into the shop. And you are correct, pet owners are much calmer nicer people. Great that you always look out for the customers, while doing great repairs and diagnostics. We all wish we had a Mr. and Mrs. O in our town.
Thanks for letting us look over your shoulder!
Hi Mrs. O, Hi Ms. Luna !
"RICOLA" my wife was wondering what I was watching while having my morning coffee. When I showed her the clip, she laughed along with me. Totally something I would do.
When I approached person to teach me how to do what they do (appliance repair). I was dating his daughter 1986. I asked will you teach me how to work on appliances? After about 30 seconds he looked me in face and said “NO”. Not knowing how to respond he added “BUT I’ll teach you how to Troubleshoot, Then it doesn’t matter what you decide to do. “ I’m now 54 and have made a living off of what he taught me all of my adult life. Troubleshooting is an art and Eric you are a true practitioner . I always suggest to them people what how Eric does it. The end of the story is She turns 54 in few days, we have 2 daughters 35 and 31 plus 2 grandkids 12 and 8. The first time i watched Eric it was like watching Berry my late father in law.
Your customer service and attention to detail are always top notch. Sure wish there were more auto mechanics like you. Thanks for the great content!
"Shop kitty" - You BET having a shop kitty is the BEST!!!!! They ALWAYS know when you are frustrated and ready to "blow up"....They come to the rescue for those several seconds and resets your day for you.....they are the best......
I love that little cat and the conversations you have with them :)
What a man! Help a lady out by watching the deteriorating condition of her radiator until it's too dangerous to put the repair off. Then, to help out, you use aftermarket parts due to money constraints. Top it off with a thoroughly professional installation. What a lot of us wouldn't give to have a really good conscientious mechanic like you in our area!! You are a credit to your community. I hope they appreciate you as much as you appreciate them!
Plastic grocery bags are no good but plastic cars are, OMFG!!! Great video Eric
Honest mechanic who works with the customer not trying to take advantage of them
I can remember that as a young kid with no money.....I used silver stop leak in the radiator to stop a leak. It worked for a while. This was in 1973. I don;t even know if they sell it anymore. There was also Bardahl's. Funny I can remember that but at my age I can't remember what I had for dinner last night.
'Having a shop kitty, makes you stop from wanting to murder people...' Another gem from Eric O!
I bet most people would have just left those plastic bits off. Not Mr. O! Shop cats are the best...my cat Echo will often look at me like "are you really going to do that?". Best safety cat ever. 😊 Thanks for the video!
Man i wish i had a mechanic like you so i wouldn't have to do all my work. Mechanics around here butcher everything and i end up having to do it myself anyway, or they mess something unrelated up.
Something I've never forgotten is no good deed goes unpunished.
Funny story about a shop cat, those bolts you have under the car when installing transmission become toys. She was a good mouser, so she got to “help” whenever she wanted.
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! I'm thankful for Mr O!
I found your channel by trying to save money and fix my car on my own. Most of us watching buy AM parts because of the $$$. Thanks for dealing with them so we can learn. I tell everybody I know about this channel. It’s the best!
Dr O perform another successful surgery on an after market part bravo sir….
I appriciate you picking up on my answer to your Lego question some time ago, now your one of the few Americans using that word the right way.
hope you and Mrs. O had a good thanksgiving
My wife died laughing at "Friggity Friggin Frick-Holes!"
As a military contractor overseas we always had the exact milspec replacement parts be they CAT, CUMMINS, AM GEN ETC. THIS did help even in field repairs. As a poor slob many yrs ago keeping my personal stuff up don't rem after mkt stuff being so junky, yes this was before everything was made in China. Also stuff was more simple, GM, Ford, Chrysler. I cringe when seeing you damn near have to remove a fender to access stuff. ( Exaggerating)
Keep up the good work, I really enjoy your stuff along with Watch Wes Work. Yall are some of the most imaginative types ever.
Every morning I start my day watching your videos. The rest of my day is great because Eric makes me laugh. Not just a giggle but a full on belly laugh! Thank you!
Notching out tabs to put those top and bottom pieces on was slick. Never would have thought o that I would have messed the whole thing up. GREAT job.
I probably would have glued those on with rtv or something.
Yea I always just put a little silicone on it so it will stick to it just to get the rad in the car. There’s more then one way to skin animal lol
There is always good ol’ duct tape…..😂😂😂😂
3M trim tape....
Ain't it amazing how there is always more antifreeze in the hose no matter how long you drain it?😂
Or in the block when it's on an engine stand!
You should try a tesla. The cooling system is pretty substantial and when doing big jobs like the subframe and drive units there's at least 6 connections loose. They all drip until you put em back together. If I put drain pans under all of em I wouldn't have anywhere to stand
yes. It has to be. We watched him tip that hose up and drain it when he took it off!@@cjrock4096
@@autotek7930do those plastic plugs work? Typically used on hydraulic lines to stop drips or debris
Been dealing with auto mechanics for over sixty years. What impresses me about Eric's work ethic is that he doesn't take shortcuts. He puts everything back the way he found it...including those hidden fasteners that the owner would never see anyway and don't really jeapardize structural integrity.
That bottom piece of plastic that he spent 20 minutes getting properly attached? Most guys I know (including me?) would have just thrown it in the trash bin. Not Eric. Good job, man.
A very pleasant surprise on my YT feed...love to get good old Eric O. first thing in the morning :)
an honest mechanic is such a rare site.
Great repair video. After market parts do suck to use in certain situations. The ricola with the intake tube was haliarious. 😂
Above and beyond one of the best out there and Eric has a high degree of ethics I wish all mechanics were like Eric
"When all else fails, play dumb" Eric, you just described the entire Canadian Government in six words. Great solution to helping the young lady. You're a class act!
Thank you for putting stuff back where nobody can tell you been there. I do the same unless i can put it back better, sometimes the assembly workers get tired and don't do it right. My proudest moments are after doing an engine swap and you can't tell it's been done
Ok Eric O. , a little feedback here. Every time you are putting in or removing a bunch of bolts or doing something repetitive and I start reaching for the mouse to fast forward, you tell us you're not going to bore us with that process and segue into the next step. It really is masterful planning/editing and not something that is easy to do. Nice work.
Nice job, very nice of you to "front" the lady your services, where I live that would be a dice roll on getting paid. You live in a small town so your chances are probably much safer.
Nothing like experience! Learn something new every time I watch one of your videos. A lot of the after market parts are junk when they are made.
Thank you, sir, i just completed a radiator change on my son's 2013 300 using your guidance :-)
Eric. how's this for ironic...the day you posted part 1...well the following day I had a '18 300 come in for a new rad. 3.6L, AWD and the same colour as the one your working on here! Your video was an awesome resource on how to tear it out...thanks for the help and info you spread man.
Always a pleasure to know you’re out there “Takin Care of business” and helping people get back on the road.
Great work as always. We all understand the frustration you run into at times. It’s a great idea to step back and talk to the cat for minute to settle the nerves. Hope you had a good Thanksgiving with the family! 👍🏻👍🏻
I hope you and the family had a wonderful Thanksgiving Mr. O!! As always, thanks for the awesome videos.
so for 10 minutes of mod you saved the customer 500.00 for radiator. As a life long mechanic making things work is what it's all about. I've told my boys-- give me a screw driver and ballpeen hammer and we can make anything work. You have that down pat.
Stop pretending your perturbed! You love making it work and we know it.
Good job Eric. Mrs O, I am from Northern NY. Beautiful country up there
One of the most helpful things you do, that many channels don't, is show the struggles with little stuff. As a DIYer I used to think I was always the problem when a new part didn't fit in an old spot, or when other nuisances came up. It turns out that not only do the pros face those problems, they also respond with cutters, benders, and drill bits!
Real great idea modifying that radiator. Thumbs up E.O
That was very kind to help i sure. She was very thrilled.props to you and the misses.
I was a Chrysler Dealer tech from 1998 to 2012. I learned to like those stupid cars! Great videos, Mr. O!
Mr O, another fine job completed by SMA!
It takes a Real MAN to always go the extra mile!!!
But just imagine how much money was saved by not including those little tabs to that aftermarket radiator? Thanks for the video!
Nice part 2 hope u had a good Thanksgiving
Every town should have an Eric O, for your honesty and integrity 👍😃
Hey just wanted to thank you for actually showing how to replace something without all the extra, cause I’ve seen guys removing headlights, impact bar etc i said there’s no way! Then came across your video and knew i was right about not having to remove all that so thank you again and keep posting more videos of various jobs please.
Your consistency to doing the job correct is awarding!
Old body guy here. Front end hits were so much fun with all after market parts. That's what reamers were for.
Awesome job, this is one great repair, to deal with that bumper without breaking anything is impressive.
Junk junk junk i feel your pain! Thanks for an awesome video!
I'm slammin' on the keyboard cause that was an excellent solution to the problem! Nice job!
I appreciate that you took the time to do the job right. Most guys would have just tossed the air dams.
Always nice to have Luna make a guest appearance.🙂
I learned that self-tapping screws in all kind of sizes make your life alot easier - you can attach anything quick and easy to metal ;)
Thanks for the videos Mr O. I hope she pays your kindness forward when she's able. Stay safe out there.
I like how you pay attention to detail. Most would say close enough. You are a dying bread. Best mechanic in my opinion.
Hi Eric, as an Aussie metallurgist it is great to hear you say aluminium rather than “aluminum”. Now to work on solder rather than “sodder”😊
👍🔧🏴
Sir Humphry Davey, the British chemist who first isolated the element, begs to differ. It wasn't until years later other Brits added the extra "i".
@@rbhe357 Aluminium was first discovered in 1825 by a Danish physicist Hans Christian Orsted. Davy is not credited with its discovery or naming, and died in 1829 giving him four years to incorrectly spell the name Orsted had given to the element
@@jimgraham8323 Page 201 of "Elements of Chemical Philosophy", written by Sir Humphry Davy in 1812, refers to the extraction of alum from alumina. The title and other mentions in chapter 7 refer to it as "aluminum"
Orsted didn't produce the metal until 1824-1825.
Way to go SMA. Another fine vid and I haven't had coffee yet! Doing your usual professional job and saving your customer $$$. Have a great day.
Thanks for letting me watch.
Eric it's your buddy in California. when you were mentioning body guys having to deal with aftermarket parts. You were spot on. I was a AAA repair preferred shop for over 35 years. The number one reason I got out of it because more and more and more insurance companies were making us use aftermarket parts almost in its entirety. I couldn’t tell you how many times we would eat the bullet and buy OEM even though the sheet required aftermarket. For example, we would spend four-five times the labor to install an aftermarket part and make it fit right. I found it was cheaper in the long run just to buy the OEM part.
Now, let me make something very very clear. We were not one of those shops that if the sheet required us to use OEM parts and we turned around and put aftermarket on. That's considered fraud!!!
But, as a shop it was perfectly legal to go the other way around. I hope that all makes sense. If you choose to spend the money out of the shops pocket, not the insurance company that was of course legal. You are making the vehicle OEM, opposed to aftermarket. Ron
I don't have a shop, but Agree 100%. Paying attenton to a cat (or dog), just let you de-stress a bit. Go Luna...
Another great repair completed.
You're a hundred percent about after marketdrunk very good job eric very good
If you can do it . . . no, I can't do it but I love watching you do it. You're the best I've ever seen. Carry on!!
Enjoyed this video like all the others I have seen. I like the way you explain things reminds me of my younger days when I had bad days but still did the job.
Hell yeah baby. Great start to weekend
OEM parts are simply built by the teenage Chinese NOT the 8 year-olds that build for NAPA, AUTO-ZONE, FOUR SEASONS, etc. I get frustrated with the quality and origin or the parts I buy. You do a great job with what the world is throwing at us!! Always a pleasure! ENJOY!!
The ol' Marquis still has the OEM radiator at 30 years old. Just for grins and giggles I checked and it has been discontinued from Ford. I was able to obtain a new OEM radiator from another source so, hopefully I can drive this car another 30 years. I Googled Avoca, NY recently and Wiki stated a rail line through town was severed in the 1960's. I guess they reconnected it. GREAT VIDEO!
The biggest problem I have with radiators is that most of the vehicles I work on are old enough that O.E.M. parts have long since been discontinued. That pretty much forces me to the aftermarket!
I agree 100% with you on the shop kitty thing! My shop is only part time but, I still have "those days". When I walk into my "office", good ol Elmer, my black n white Tabby, is always ready to provide some comic relief and immediately improve my mood. He's also a big fan of Luna!
That one thing about aftermarket parts there is always something you have to modify to make it work like ome. Thanks for the video video
“Before you go slamming on the keyboard”, 😂 Love it! It’s almost like you could cure cancer and folks would still find a way to say you did it wrong. 😂😂
Eric O's best quote: "...cause aftermarket stuff is junk!". Love the video man, keep em coming.
Oh, you weren't at the NAPA Board meeting when they talked about this, it went something like this: "That plastic bit will just end up in the trash, so don't bother putting the right tabs and notches on the radiator for it to fit."
I was surprised that while you dislike AM parts and NEW means never ever work, you buttoned everything up before filling and checking for leaks. I really enjoy your stuff.
Love the "shop kitty"!!! She's a cutie, like Eric! Cars are more plastic but they last 3 times as long! Growing up in the 1970's, if you saw a 20 year old car, it was 50's iron rusted relic! .... now it's nothing to see a 30 year old car and it's running around fine and doesn't look out of place!
its good to see you having some fun in the midst of all that Chrysler.....lol....Ricola
Hey there good as always i have learned so much about diagnosing and running a shop i also am throwing around the thought of videos aswell but not repair videos more so your style tag along videos
Legos fit better tho😂😂😂😂😂
Hi Eric! The only other thing I would have done different was to clean the bugs out of the a/c condenser before refitting the rad in support. Happy Thanksgiving and I hope your deer season hunting has been good!
any advice on hardware? and software?
Nice work, you really must life in a smaller town as in the bigger one's a lot of people will take advantage of your good heart and honesty.
But thanks for sharing all your hard work
Here in Montana, we have a place called Bloody Dick Peak... Mountains get some strange names sometimes.
You could definitely be a tour guide...always giving us great information about this nations attractions.
Awesome demonstration
I had to do a similar modification to my CSF radiator replacement on my 13 f250 6.7. It was an easy mod and the radiator has outlasted the previous two Motorcraft replacements!
A bit of ingenuity, and snip snip here bend bend there, and you made it fit! Great!
The modification to the upper and lower radiator cushions to make them stay in place reminds me of growing up on a small farm. When things broke and parts or correct parts were not available or affordable, you had to "improvise" to get things done...........LOL
Honesty is key
I had a 1992 Ford Taurus that went through several radiators. Like clockwork the radiator would start to leak after 2 years. The problem was the way they sealed the plastic tanks to the aluminum core. I suspect it was a design issue that didn't account for the fact that the plastic and aluminum would expand and contract at different rates when the radiator was hot. The radiators would always leak in the same spot where the plastic was 'sealed' to the aluminum at the bottom of the tank. I actually got pretty good at swapping the radiator out and could do it in about 2 hours.
You are a good man Eric O.
Best advise ever-"Even a shop kitty makes you stop you from from wanting to -------"
You have the patience of job. I changed the rad on my old Mercedes 124 and my Kids Mitsubishi in well under an hour. I wouldn't have the patience to do this. I hope your customers appreciate the extra mile you always seem to go to for them.
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