I remember when Cayden first started. He was doing brake pads and rotors. Now he's tearing down and building engines within the span of a couple months. Great work!
It's only beacuse he wants to learn and apply, moving forward... natural way of doing things when you want to succeed. Most young ppl will cry and b... how it's hard... Keep up, never give up!!!!
No matter how many times I watch your videos Dave. I always think, "this must be an absolute joy to work in such a well equipped workshop with such good management/bosses". Your staff, sons and yourself always come off in such a good light. If only I was 40yrs younger & lived in America.
Good work as always. I'll never understand why people neglect oil changes especially considering how expensive engines are. I got an 15 year old Nissan Sentra and had to do the valve cover gasket recently. When I had the cover off the top end of the motor was squeaky clean. 5000km oil change intervals all it's life with whatever stuff was on sale. Just change oil oil on time, it's easy.
100%. Cheap oil, changed at 50% of the manufacturer’s recommended interval. Obviously not a guarantee that your engine will run and run, but as close as you can get.
I can't get enough of these engine rebuild videos! There's just something so satisfying about seeing an engine all cleaned up and going back together in all it's glory! Looks like Caden did a really good job on this Duramax. So many peripheral components on that thing. Looks like a mangrove forest all dressed up!
OUTSTANDING JOB & PREFORMANCE!!!! Your shop is the BEST there is. None can come close to what you do. Top of the line workers and best boss in the world. Keep up the GREAT WORK!!! From Pensacola Fl, Be BLESSED ... cause you are!!!!
It's nice to see that you give clear explanations as to what is wrong and what to look for. What is even more respect in my book is that you are more than willing to get your hands dirty when clearly you have earned the right to not need to do that anymore.
JEEZE...... What a JOB, WHAT A MESS with wiring and such. Absolutely Amazing anybody could actually remember where ALL THAT CRAP GOES????? Nicely done!!
You know---if there were MORE shops like you with your integrity, people would not worry about having their car repaired! They shouldn't have to worry about if a shade tree mechanic is working on their car! No nonsense advice is what people want to hear! People are already in stress mode that their car needs fixed--they don't need more stress about if their repairs are done RIGHT---THE FIRST TIME! You remind me a lot of my grandpa and HOW he treated his customers! He had a talk with me when I was about 14 or 15 about HONESTY, and how to treat a customer and their car. Your work ethic reminds me so much like his! THIS IS WHY I LOVE TO WATCH YOUR CHANNEL! Keep up the great work!
Absolutely 💯 myself 38 yrs as a mechanic and it amazes me that people have total disregard for millions in R&D just to hammer down with an impact 😳🤷♂️
Unbelievable job Caden, it is truly amazing the knowledge you have. I get all stressed out when I have to a simple oil change hoping I don't spill any oil in my garage. Here you are tearing an engine and rebuilding one. 🤣🤣🤣
i have watched you guys tear down and put back together so many engines. it is still unbelievable to me. add the level of attention to detail and neatness as it is done makes it satisfying to watch every single time.
I absolutely love that there is a shop out there that does this quality of work. It's a travesty that GMC makes a truck that needs this kind of attention just to remove and replace an engine. Five days is easily fifty hours of so time. For quality mechanics that's ten grand not even including parts.
This is a positive and learning environment. This is what you want out of the shop even with the last video where a mistake was made, own up to it, fix it, and continue on. In the end we are humans and our mechanical counterparts do break.
I had an issue rebuilding my oil cooler. It failed. I found out that many of the tractor trailer techs said they found that rebuilding them became an issue. They would have to pressurize them for testing. So, I finally upgraded my pump to the L5P Banks Cooler. Big boy! 06 Duramax
Back in 1986 myself and my bosses brother did a 12 hour on a IROC 5.7. And we had use of the center bay with the dual post inground. It was fun because his Dad was one of the first GM Master Tech’s and he came in on Sunday morning to check out our work. We only had 2 wires crossed on initial start up and figured that out immediately with a test light. Ahh the good old days!! Now I need those things for your fork and knife because my hands are full of arthritis. Lol!!!
Hey Dave and all the great individuals that work for you. Here is a question I have for you, on torque specs. Do all of your guys remember all the different torque specs off the top of their head or do they look it up to see if their might be a TSB or manufacture change on the torque setting. As you said knowledge is power and knowing is key to proper repair. Sincerely, Brad
It’s hard to tell in the video, and sometimes people take it out, just for the video… But as a young man, if you’re not wearing hearing protection, please do… Listening to those impact guns all day, especially inside will slowly erode your hearing. You won’t even realize until it’s gone. This happens to guys on all kinds of jobsites now. Get yourself, some of these nice Bluetooth earbuds/hearing protection that are out there now that allow a transparent mode where you can talk to people without taking them out and it just dulls some of that sound. It’s really perfect and you can even listen to music while you work.
I work in a Toyota motor manufacturing plant and when we do repairs and torque bolts we paint dot as we torque each bolt to ensure we don’t miss any bolts. I’m not knocking your method or saying you do it wrong maybe something you might find useful.
There is no way I would work on a newer diesel engine. Plus, I am in the Rust Belt, Canada. Always at least 1 cab mounts bolts breaks, not to mention the rest of the lines and connectors ex. But awesome job.
10:50 why all the plastic cups? Buy metal ones you can reuse. Better for the environment/oceans ánd your wallet. Saves on garbage costs, saves on making runs to the store and buying cups over and over again... We created special trays for our tractors for the frequent jobs. So we know immediately if we missed a bolt or nut, and we can't misplace anything. The trays go in a drawer in a "cabinet" on wheels. So we have our trays for small/big maintenance intervals, replacing brakes, replacing things on our implements before harvest (like combine knives, tow eyes, hydraulic lines, belts). It also helps or mechanics not to forget something. It was an investment to create the trays but it works and pays off in less mistakes and less downtime. The trays are like inlay foams only instead of tools, we put nuts, bolts, rings, hoses and things in the drawer. If a mechanic is sick; the other guy/girl can jump right in on that job, knows where the sick person was and continue without having to look for everything or lose time. Your work is also standard, make a tray for Cummins, Powerstroke, Duramax. I mean, you raise cabins all day long, take it engines all day long, same build on every truck, so why use cups? I'm sure I it will help and trays are a better system than plastic cups every mechanic has to write on what's what...23:23 triple checking: you should be able to do that with one glance at a tray...
lol, you’re not a tech until you can skip having to have it all sorted out, get some magnet trays, 1 for top of engine compartment, 1 for underneath, 1 for inside of engine. When doing an engine job, have a nice big table somewhere in front of you to lay out all the parts. All the big stuff goes on the truck bed.
Hi Dave, once the engine is out can't you strip one side of the block, then mount the engine on a stand from the side and finish stripping it down? One other way is a super strong steel bench with a drain system for the fluids and a hoist from above to lift only a high as needed, this way only an arm or hand could be injured in case of a freak accident. These are 2 ways we used to teardown truck engines ( detroit diesels, cummings, GMC's and other industrial engines) back in the late 70s early 80's working for the local utility.
Torque on the flywheel bolts looks very low, normally you'd angle torque them after stage 1 by something like 90 degrees. How did he do that with the engine hanging on the lift?
Dave I'm not sure where my mechanic sourced his engines for diesel swaps. Must have been used due to the bill he explained once. He moved to Vegas to escape California. He had 1 diesel mechanic. 2 others but they didn't do diesel swaps. Until his mechanic fell down a hill and tore a ligament in his knee, I think... Anyway. The other 2 had to prep a used complete engine . I heard him tell them : Just take everything off this engine And Put it on the other one. It usually took 3 days with the diesel guy. The bill he wrote up in front of me was 8000+ . He grabbed a receipt from the new engine and wrote that as parts. Took what he quoted the customer and deducted the parts , oil , filter etc, & engine . Just say it was $ 8400 ( he quoted it before starting work) 8400 Minus 5200 Equals 3200 He said : "that's my labor" . I was stunned. He knew what he could do the job for and stuck to it. He got 100% of his customers work. One Electrical contractor that was his biggest customer bought all 3 properties he owned when he moved to Vegas. 2 houses and the shop. Since he left the shop is on its 2nd mechanic company. The second one has a shop about 2 miles away. I guess oil changes and overflow work goes there. It doesn't look very busy. His reputation was why I only allowed him to do the work. Thanks for the education CDBurlock
Question for you guys. My work truck is a 2017 F450 diesel with the 6.7. Battery light came on, but the truck runs and drives fine and the batteries are fine, including the alternator. Since our “lot” mechanics are a bit of a pain, what do you guys typically see being the issue when this happens? Thanks!
How in the world are there not spare extra parts, bolts, etc after a huge project like that?? Like "oh shit, where does this thingamajig and this doohickey go again??" How do 57 different bolts not get lost somewhere over 5 days? That's amazing
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Dave, we need to get an engine stand or an high bench to rest the engine block on. I wouldn’t trust my life on the Crane hydraulic system.
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I remember when Cayden first started. He was doing brake pads and rotors. Now he's tearing down and building engines within the span of a couple months. Great work!
Is it 😅
It's only beacuse he wants to learn and apply, moving forward... natural way of doing things when you want to succeed. Most young ppl will cry and b... how it's hard... Keep up, never give up!!!!
This young man working on the engine has a nice touch. Plus he works with a smile. You all keep up the good work !
Thank you very much!
@@DavesAutoCenterCenterville ur welcome. 😀
Love the smile!
No matter how many times I watch your videos Dave. I always think, "this must be an absolute joy to work in such a well equipped workshop with such good management/bosses". Your staff, sons and yourself always come off in such a good light. If only I was 40yrs younger & lived in America.
Amazing. That kid has a good touch. Very impressive.
Caden, great technician and only getting better.
Good work as always. I'll never understand why people neglect oil changes especially considering how expensive engines are. I got an 15 year old Nissan Sentra and had to do the valve cover gasket recently. When I had the cover off the top end of the motor was squeaky clean. 5000km oil change intervals all it's life with whatever stuff was on sale. Just change oil oil on time, it's easy.
100%. Cheap oil, changed at 50% of the manufacturer’s recommended interval. Obviously not a guarantee that your engine will run and run, but as close as you can get.
I can't get enough of these engine rebuild videos! There's just something so satisfying about seeing an engine all cleaned up and going back together in all it's glory! Looks like Caden did a really good job on this Duramax. So many peripheral components on that thing. Looks like a mangrove forest all dressed up!
The tip with the plumb was cool. I’m no mechanic, but I enjoy watching your channel. The pride in the work you and your guys have is so refreshing.
It never ceases to amaze me that people will pay almost $100K on a heavy duty truck but fail to do regular maintenance. Crazy.
100k that shit costs?! holy fk
im from europe we dont see those trucks here
@@amateresu6708 the narrow streets of Europe and gas prices are a nightmare for these vehicles.
OUTSTANDING JOB & PREFORMANCE!!!! Your shop is the BEST there is. None can come close to what you do.
Top of the line workers and best boss in the world.
Keep up the GREAT WORK!!!
From Pensacola Fl, Be BLESSED ... cause you are!!!!
It's nice to see that you give clear explanations as to what is wrong and what to look for. What is even more respect in my book is that you are more than willing to get your hands dirty when clearly you have earned the right to not need to do that anymore.
JEEZE...... What a JOB, WHAT A MESS with wiring and such. Absolutely Amazing anybody could actually remember where ALL THAT CRAP GOES????? Nicely done!!
@20:26-20:36 i hear a beautiful 7.3L diesel idling. That excursion looks clean as can be.
I wish the excursion got a rear dually tires from factory. My taste . 🎉
@@Amarillobymorning777, option?, sure. But i prefer single rear wheel unless i’m towing real heavy.
What an art! Man much respect to this mechanic !
You know---if there were MORE shops like you with your integrity, people would not worry about having their car repaired! They shouldn't have to worry about if a shade tree mechanic is working on their car! No nonsense advice is what people want to hear! People are already in stress mode that their car needs fixed--they don't need more stress about if their repairs are done RIGHT---THE FIRST TIME! You remind me a lot of my grandpa and HOW he treated his customers! He had a talk with me when I was about 14 or 15 about HONESTY, and how to treat a customer and their car. Your work ethic reminds me so much like his! THIS IS WHY I LOVE TO WATCH YOUR CHANNEL! Keep up the great work!
Tons of respect for the craftsmanship and expertise, eye for detail, and will to get things done.
Totally agree, a clean shop is a productive shop
Such a great team of professionals. Always a pleasure to watch you guys in action.
Dave has a great employee and a conscientious mechanic in Cayden. I see a great shop owner in the future.
I love to see that the engines go together with a torque wrench. That will get the best results. 20 year A&P mechanic here.
Absolutely 💯 myself 38 yrs as a mechanic and it amazes me that people have total disregard for millions in R&D just to hammer down with an impact 😳🤷♂️
Great to have you guys and your experience on this channel👍
Unbelievable job Caden, it is truly amazing the knowledge you have. I get all stressed out when I have to a simple oil change hoping I don't spill any oil in my garage. Here you are tearing an engine and rebuilding one. 🤣🤣🤣
Glad to see the sponsor spots! The hard work is paying off!
You guys are probably the best shop in all the US!!!!!
Dave gets HIS hands dirty too? I love it💪....picked the right channel!!
i have watched you guys tear down and put back together so many engines. it is still unbelievable to me. add the level of attention to detail and neatness as it is done makes it satisfying to watch every single time.
Dave you have some great boys working hard to complete the job. Awesome video, please keep em coming! 😁👍🇦🇺
Cayden always happy as can be! He killing for a new tech on the team under Dave’s wing!
Awesome build and of course great craftsmanship!
This guy is watchable as heck. I am not that much into cars and I cannot stop watching this channel.
Caden is the man, nice job!
Something inspiring about the details of a motor rebuild.
Great job guys. TEAM effort.
I absolutely love that there is a shop out there that does this quality of work. It's a travesty that GMC makes a truck that needs this kind of attention just to remove and replace an engine. Five days is easily fifty hours of so time. For quality mechanics that's ten grand not even including parts.
Focused and methodical!!! Excellent job Cayden..!!
I love that your on them 😅.. that's what makes a great boss.
I’m a few minutes in and this is fantastic. I’ve loved this channel for a long time and it’s only getting better
Love the attention to detail. Would love to have your guys rebuild my LB7 someday. Great work.
This is a positive and learning environment. This is what you want out of the shop even with the last video where a mistake was made, own up to it, fix it, and continue on. In the end we are humans and our mechanical counterparts do break.
I couldn't work on that. Swinging about like that . Nooooooo.
Great idea with the plumb line 🌟
Great work young man.
Pay rise incoming
Easily best channel on UA-cam! Please more vids
Fascinating what goes into these engines. Love the channel guys girls❤🎉
I had an issue rebuilding my oil cooler. It failed. I found out that many of the tractor trailer techs said they found that rebuilding them became an issue. They would have to pressurize them for testing. So, I finally upgraded my pump to the L5P Banks Cooler. Big boy! 06 Duramax
Mucho respect to the pros! ❤
As usual your shop is top notch brother
A fan of marking the bolt showing that they have been torqued but marking all the after you are finished is a sure fire way to Mimi’s one.
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Very impressive work by Cayden 👍👏🏆🏅
Thats the exact same cherry picker i have Dave! Nice work....
This video was sooo awesome ... Thanks for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it!
from iraq . good job men ❤❤
Cayden knowledge bombs and work ethic is what most people don’t have. God bless
Back in 1986 myself and my bosses brother did a 12 hour on a IROC 5.7. And we had use of the center bay with the dual post inground. It was fun because his Dad was one of the first GM Master Tech’s and he came in on Sunday morning to check out our work. We only had 2 wires crossed on initial start up and figured that out immediately with a test light. Ahh the good old days!! Now I need those things for your fork and knife because my hands are full of arthritis. Lol!!!
Hey Dave and all the great individuals that work for you. Here is a question I have for you, on torque specs. Do all of your guys remember all the different torque specs off the top of their head or do they look it up to see if their might be a TSB or manufacture change on the torque setting. As you said knowledge is power and knowing is key to proper repair.
Sincerely,
Brad
It doesn’t get better than Dave’s channel. Bit of engine assembly/ disassembly asmr along with some reality TV. Haha thanks for the vids Dave!!!
I don’t generally watch diesel rebuild videos, but I watch Dave’s diesel rebuild videos
Could we get a build series showing the difference between standard, tow, and tow plus options that y’all offer on your website?
Great idea. Thanks. We will see what we can do
Great idea. Thanks. We will see what we can do
Hello! Fine workmanship...
The classical music was a great touch.
Oh come on, Dave!! Jou got this, Mang!! Peice O' cake!! It's just another Buick diesel!!
Got to love it!!!
this engine deserves a medal of honor for its service. wow.
Dam that’s Cayden hell yea ! “Oooopsie huehueheu😂😂😂”
This place is always so clean, I go through a million rags on one little project, kitty litter everywhere, and I still get covered.
👍WOW, YES SIR👍
GREAT JOB Cayden👏
Mad props to Caden!
Dave. You have to show before and after how engine looks like when u give it a "bath". So satisfying❤
Pulling the cab is the only way!
Wow I never thought of using a mason jar for cleaning bolts like that!
My question is what is the concoction he's using to clean them?
It’s hard to tell in the video, and sometimes people take it out, just for the video… But as a young man, if you’re not wearing hearing protection, please do… Listening to those impact guns all day, especially inside will slowly erode your hearing. You won’t even realize until it’s gone. This happens to guys on all kinds of jobsites now. Get yourself, some of these nice Bluetooth earbuds/hearing protection that are out there now that allow a transparent mode where you can talk to people without taking them out and it just dulls some of that sound. It’s really perfect and you can even listen to music while you work.
love 22:00 , great autoshop , god bless all
You guys should get your own Netflix show
I work in a Toyota motor manufacturing plant and when we do repairs and torque bolts we paint dot as we torque each bolt to ensure we don’t miss any bolts. I’m not knocking your method or saying you do it wrong maybe something you might find useful.
I usually mark where the trucks tires were when I pull cabs just to assure reinstallation of the cab is easier.
Dave I was a cop for 35 years, you would have made a great Watch Commander.
Id love to learn to do this but keeping track of all those parts and bolts would be difficult for me
That's really awesome to have a tool that tells you when you've tightened it enough to not over tighten
One question is how tf is Caden torquing the fly wheel with the motor on a hoist? the torque spec is dam near 300ftlbs?? im a duramax tech as well.
There is no way I would work on a newer diesel engine. Plus, I am in the Rust Belt, Canada. Always at least 1 cab mounts bolts breaks, not to mention the rest of the lines and connectors ex. But awesome job.
With a shop like that 5 days is a long time
10:50 why all the plastic cups? Buy metal ones you can reuse. Better for the environment/oceans ánd your wallet. Saves on garbage costs, saves on making runs to the store and buying cups over and over again... We created special trays for our tractors for the frequent jobs. So we know immediately if we missed a bolt or nut, and we can't misplace anything. The trays go in a drawer in a "cabinet" on wheels. So we have our trays for small/big maintenance intervals, replacing brakes, replacing things on our implements before harvest (like combine knives, tow eyes, hydraulic lines, belts). It also helps or mechanics not to forget something. It was an investment to create the trays but it works and pays off in less mistakes and less downtime. The trays are like inlay foams only instead of tools, we put nuts, bolts, rings, hoses and things in the drawer. If a mechanic is sick; the other guy/girl can jump right in on that job, knows where the sick person was and continue without having to look for everything or lose time. Your work is also standard, make a tray for Cummins, Powerstroke, Duramax. I mean, you raise cabins all day long, take it engines all day long, same build on every truck, so why use cups? I'm sure I it will help and trays are a better system than plastic cups every mechanic has to write on what's what...23:23 triple checking: you should be able to do that with one glance at a tray...
lol, you’re not a tech until you can skip having to have it all sorted out, get some magnet trays, 1 for top of engine compartment, 1 for underneath, 1 for inside of engine. When doing an engine job, have a nice big table somewhere in front of you to lay out all the parts. All the big stuff goes on the truck bed.
Job well done! What a skillset to have!
Hi Dave, once the engine is out can't you strip one side of the block, then mount the engine on a stand from the side and finish stripping it down? One other way is a super strong steel bench with a drain system for the fluids and a hoist from above to lift only a high as needed, this way only an arm or hand could be injured in case of a freak accident. These are 2 ways we used to teardown truck engines ( detroit diesels, cummings, GMC's and other industrial engines) back in the late 70s early 80's working for the local utility.
Yes lifting the cab is the way to go
Torque on the flywheel bolts looks very low, normally you'd angle torque them after stage 1 by something like 90 degrees. How did he do that with the engine hanging on the lift?
Dave
I'm not sure where my mechanic sourced his engines for diesel swaps. Must have been used due to the bill he explained once.
He moved to Vegas to escape California.
He had 1 diesel mechanic. 2 others but they didn't do diesel swaps.
Until his mechanic fell down a hill and tore a ligament in his knee, I think...
Anyway.
The other 2 had to prep a used complete engine .
I heard him tell them :
Just take everything off this engine
And
Put it on the other one.
It usually took 3 days with the diesel guy.
The bill he wrote up in front of me was 8000+ . He grabbed a receipt from the new engine and wrote that as parts.
Took what he quoted the customer and deducted the parts , oil , filter etc, & engine .
Just say it was $ 8400 ( he quoted it before starting work)
8400
Minus
5200
Equals
3200
He said : "that's my labor" .
I was stunned. He knew what he could do the job for and stuck to it.
He got 100% of his customers work.
One Electrical contractor that was his biggest customer bought all 3 properties he owned when he moved to Vegas.
2 houses and the shop.
Since he left the shop is on its 2nd mechanic company.
The second one has a shop about 2 miles away. I guess oil changes and overflow work goes there. It doesn't look very busy.
His reputation was why I only allowed him to do the work.
Thanks for the education
CDBurlock
Question for you guys.
My work truck is a 2017 F450 diesel with the 6.7. Battery light came on, but the truck runs and drives fine and the batteries are fine, including the alternator.
Since our “lot” mechanics are a bit of a pain, what do you guys typically see being the issue when this happens? Thanks!
Great job, Cayden!
Well done!
Almost wish I had a diesel to be rebuilt. “Almost”. Ha ha.
Sound track?? 21:55
GR8 vídeo clip 🎉
I’m sure after doing a few engines you know where all the parts go. I would surely have it 99 percent put together and one bolt left over.
Cayden doin the damn thing!
Cayden has a good doctor patient relationship.
How in the world are there not spare extra parts, bolts, etc after a huge project like that?? Like "oh shit, where does this thingamajig and this doohickey go again??" How do 57 different bolts not get lost somewhere over 5 days? That's amazing
Recommend the customer some factory headlights. It’ll help so much
Loved the show 💯
Should be able to do it lads, remember Willow Run built a bomber an hour.
That was more than one guy! 😄
Go Cayden. Bien hecho.
Cayden needs a raise. Good job