I’ve found Discount Tire in Saratoga Springs to be very good. I watch them and they torque every time. They even grind rust off the hub for free. Garrett, the GM is incredible.
You are a good mechanic and i wish there is a shop or tech like you near my house. I use to be a tech but i just don't have the facility and time to do my own work any more. When i was a mechanic i was like you, always trying to save the customer money and be a good guy. The truth is you are being the best mechanic you can be by quoting shop rate. (you can always discount later). By hiring your service the customer is already getting an honest and solid service if they were to go to other shop they would get charge shop rate with no guaranty that their service is better. So please protect your business so your good customers can have a good mechanic to go to. Take care!
It does! Except our Firestone closed last year. The city did em dirty…. They put construction on their street for about a year until they went under. Then bought the property and are building a huge convention center…..
I had a experience doing mobile mechanic work when I was doing it myself. Engine on a 2003 gmc envoy. Customer told me how much he was quoted by the stealership to r and r engine and I scouffed and told him my normal rate for r and r on an engine (one of the few jobs that I had a flat fee for) and I hadn't heard anything about them being special and needing to remove the body from frame to do the work. I did find that I was able to do it without removing the body fortunately it wasn't a 4x4 or I wouldn't have been able to do it without removing the body. I wasn't going to back out on the job nor did I charge the customer much extra for the job and fortunately the customer had a few other issues with that vehicle and a couple other vehicles he had so I was able to find a way to make it work and not lose my a$$ on it. Chalked it up to experience and made sure that I was checking out service data for all future jobs and never just going off the top of my head when quoting.
I almost fell into the same situation....guy wanted his power steering pump changed steering got hard luckily I did research to find out it's an electric power steering
Never trust what a client tells you you listen, but do research for yourself, listening and asking what the car does doesn't do and when a certain situation occurs gives you lead. But trust your own experience so true.
This reminds me of telling my nephew that it won't take long to change the starter on his 2004 Tundra and they don't put starters on top of the engine.
Have you ever talked about how you became a mechanic in any of your videos? Dad teach you? Self-taught? Go to school? How you decided to do mobile mechanic? I wish there were a lot more people like you out there.
The oil pressure switch is just above the ac compressor and is known to piss oil out of it looking like the pan gasket . As for the alternator, the axle come out ant you unhook the tie rod from the knuckle and the alternator comes out . Job does suck
Dont let anyone hate. If a company is asking you to review a tool jump on it. I see alot of comments people hating. The only thing I would have to say is if they have you review a tool and its trash then I would state it in a professional way. Other then that REVIEW THEM ALL. I love tools and free tools even more.
Definitely. I think honesty is key and actually haven’t even considered accepting a tool I think is bad quality. I research them well before I consider saying yes in the first place.
I'm with you. At my shop I cringe when something like this happens. You just did the customers sons alternator on his truck for 100$ labor and now you have to explain why its going to be triple to do his. I have no clue why they do things like this.
Try not to look at it like you ripped yourself off. Maybe think of it like you gained a lot of knowledge and that’s important to your growth! Ya can’t win em all brother! One of my toughest lessons as a 21 year old was to always plan for assistance in advance on any bigger jobs! I laid on hot top on a tablecloth with a turbo 350 trans on my chest and had a couple friends pull the end tied off with a rope sliding me under my Nova to do the bench press of a lifetime placing that up, on and into the engine for bolting. (1983) We still joke about it today but it DID get done! Some knowledge and life lessons just cost a little more, be grateful this one only cost you a little sweat and some time😉
I may be old school but to scan test a charging system and your battery is 6.39 volts it does not work . A sitting good battery has 12.6 volts , to diagnose you need to charge battery first do a load test to see if battery is any good . Then start and do a charging test for volts and amps to determine if alternative is defective . Before wasting time replacing a new alternator that may be still under warranty too much drama changing parts is not diagnosing issue . May be BCM that is not sending a signal to alternator to charge there is a reason the new alternator is not working like the original one .
I have done a bunch of these alternators. Like you when I looked it up I was like no way. Take the axle out and loosen the sub frame and you can do it in about an hour. It's alot easier on a lift
Just changed mine a few hours ago you can unplug a few harnesses move a few things and you can get it up and out by the fire wall wasn’t the easiest but also wasn’t to terrible took 2 hours maybe
I did a job like this on a 2006 Ford Escape was able to sneak the alternator up between the firewall and back valve cover it looks tight but a certain angle that puppy came out
I always check the torque on my lugnuts. Discount Tire has been good most.od the time, but I have found some big misses. I recently went to a new shop and had an alignment, tire balance and rotation. Express Oil Change & Tire Engineers in Pleasant Grove was spot on on every lug! 💯👐
That is the exact same alternator that goes with my 2005 Ford Five Hundred I have had to replace 2 of them!!! It isn't an easy thing to replace!!!!! On my Five Hundred you have to unbolt the A frame to drop it about a half inch to get the clearance to remove the alternator. It's about a 4 hour job.
If you have supply voltage on the field winding but not charging or voltage not reaching 13+ volts with engine running, your alternator for sure is bad,. Mostly I encounter bad diode. A good digital multimeter can diagnose it.
Really great case study. It's unfortunate but it's great to see the inside hard life of an auto mechanic. The only thing better than the outcome of this video would have been actually doing the complete job by the hour, and seeing the final outcome. Like what needed to be replaced and what survived after removing all those parts to get the alternator out.
2005 Ford focus wagon flabbergasted! 7 hour book time did it in five had to pull upper motor mount lower transmission mount slide the engine forward then remove the ducted shield off the alternator crazy mess.. !!😜
Do you ever tell people that it’s supposed to take “x” amount of hours, but if it doesn’t take me anywhere near that long I’ll only charge you for what it takes me.
"There's no way they would of designed it that hard to get to" exactly how I felt about Toyota putting the starter under the intake manifold, or when Chevy Silverado's had to remove the front grill to replace a bulb in the headlight. Never under estimate engineer's ability to complicate things.
Also a Mazda CX-9 engineers boxed the transfer case between the transmission and exhaust so it sits there and bakes. Under any larger than normal load the heat is too much and it fails. They extended warranty on them and suggest changing fluid in it often. Of course it's a nearly non serviceable fluid that you need a pump for a blind hole. Unbelievable
You can get the alternator off by removing the alternator then lay it back and take alternator bracket off block and it will come out. Its a knuckle buster to do but once you're done one its not that bad.
I have the x431 v4 and love it even though I'm still learning her. Has mixed features if it will do certain things like some older cars you can rewrite vins other no options even show. Connectors are obd1 ad well as BMW proprietary connectors
I bought one on Amazon, as well, but turns out it’s a global version and not an actual Launch tech USA model. I called Launch tech last yr. about an issue I was having and when asked for my serial #, the operator apologized and told me that it wasn’t registered with Launch tech (USA). “Launch Tech does not sell on Amazon nor on eBay,” she went on to say.. They sell they’re products through vendors such as NAPA, Advance auto and the like. She told me I had a global Launch unit. Does the same thing, however, I just can’t call within the U.S. for any type of support. I would have to email China and hope I get a hold of someone🤦🏼♀️😬
Man I remember my first escape alternator when I give the prize this guy was let's do it quick 😒😒😒few hours later I wish I was a bad guy and say let get more tools and never come back 😅🤣🤣🤣😂 but I stay till I finish my job and for the next one I know how much labor it takes and charge more 😉😉😉
That alternator comes out from the top you just have to remove computer and lay wiring harness to the side and maybe removing exhaust manifold but that a lot easier than struggle with axle and then end up with alignment problems or damage axle from hammer beating when working on a vehicle underneath I always prefer two inflated wheels to set car on rather than taking chances on a flemsy jack stand Nice job dodging Ivan I mean ernest
The very first thing any smart person would have done is check voltage and if you had looked up in the right corner of the Launch it shows you what the voltage is. I noticed it as I was watching it.
I saw that alternator and thought "OMG! That looks like the alternator I recently put in a Ford Freestyle. What a pain in the a--." It was a "Crank - No Start" from seized alternator. When that upper left bolt doesn't want to move....
I’m sure the young’ins watching him drive in the film are scratching their heads and asking themselves: “Why does his left leg and right arm move like that?”
For those quick to blame the engineers for a lousy design that's hard to work on, just remember that the engineers report to corporate and ultimately it's the car companies themselves that dictate how to build the vehicle based on serviceability and profit margins. That said, I really wish American auto makers would step it up and start making quality, reliable vehicles that aren't crazy insane to work on. Maybe then people will start buying American more over foreign makes that last longer and aren't as difficult to work on. (Usually)
Those studs are for a plastic cover that goes over the Alternator,most people leave them out,,that's why you didn't see it,the alternator comes out from the top,not to bad,I can do one in 2 hours off and on 😎
That body style Ford Escape is a bitch to do anything engine related if it has the V6 in it, if it was the 4 cylinder engine it would be easy to change
Automotive engineers should be required to do service and repair work practices on every vehicle they design. I would like to upgrade from my older Launch CRP123 Premium and the new Launch 431 looks nice especially for the features my scan tool doesn’t have. My automotive side repair work has been a mix of having the vehicles at my house (better convenience for my full time job and the ability to step out the side door to my driveway and get right to work) and driving to the vehicle owner’s house. I price the job by .50/mile from my address to the owner’s address using Google Maps and repairpal.com to find the labor rates for the job on the vehicle I’m working on in my area, then go by the middle between the lowest and highest price estimate and I try to persuade the owner to use NAPA for the auto parts, but since it’s their vehicle they can buy the parts they want to, right? If y’all have better suggestions let me know, I’m completely open to them. I’m unable to obtain any ASE certificates since I don’t work in a shop or at a dealership.
Engineers don't make any design decisions. Managers make those decisions. Managers report to those above, who report to the CEO and board of investors. CEO and board of investors jobs to maximize profit out of the company. Under capitalism, logic and decency never enter the equation. Only the path to profit is considered, which is the exploitation of labor.
When the books says 7.5 hr that's what you have to charge , the fastest way I have learn to take does alternator is buy removing the intake and the pcm from the firewall , takes about 2.5 hrs but still charge the 7.5 , been a mechanic for 16 years at shops and self employed too.
Can't believe they would put the alternator, down back there? I bet this truck is a nightmare to change any part on the motor. Or anything anywhere on the vehicle. Yep best avoided.♨
I got the one with the HD pass through, same table. You can take the case apart and upgrade the memory with a micro SD card. I think 128 GB is the limit. 128 gb is what I put in mine.
That job is definitely not fun but last one I did I had to pop the axle from the knuckle and remove so the alternator will clear and not cut the boot Job definitely was not fun but took me about 2and half hours
Gotta use a ratchet and extensions near the y pipe is the easiest way other than pulling the whole motor trust me duratec engines are nice they last for ever but some of the stuff was stupid af
What happened to the big UPS truck? I like the pick up but I would be worried my tools to get stolen. Actually I didn't even know mobile mechanic existed. I live in Europe, my car hardly sees any mechanic, I try to do it myself even though I never had any tech education, just curiosity and bravado, my car, it's broken and can't be broken more. Just pay attention, use common sense and you get far.
I’ve found Discount Tire in Saratoga Springs to be very good. I watch them and they torque every time. They even grind rust off the hub for free. Garrett, the GM is incredible.
Good to know! I’ll have to check them out!
You are a good mechanic and i wish there is a shop or tech like you near my house. I use to be a tech but i just don't have the facility and time to do my own work any more. When i was a mechanic i was like you, always trying to save the customer money and be a good guy. The truth is you are being the best mechanic you can be by quoting shop rate. (you can always discount later). By hiring your service the customer is already getting an honest and solid service if they were to go to other shop they would get charge shop rate with no guaranty that their service is better. So please protect your business so your good customers can have a good mechanic to go to. Take care!
I remember seeing a buddy doing 1 of These! Had the airhammer removing the axle Whole steering assembly out of the way for a Alt!
That really sucks. But these cars aren't designed so customers can fix them.
A job well avoided 👍
I know that when I worked at Firestone it was policy to torque lug nuts with a torque wrench they have to sign off if that helps
It does! Except our Firestone closed last year. The city did em dirty…. They put construction on their street for about a year until they went under. Then bought the property and are building a huge convention center…..
@@RoadsideRescue explain to customer that 3 uga duggas is safe lol
@@RoadsideRescue That can't be legal.
You should carry a compressor and a Jaws Of Life. I bet you could gain access somehow.😂
Those alternators are a pain. I helped my buddy thinking it would be quick. Took the majority of the day and a lot of choice words.
I had a experience doing mobile mechanic work when I was doing it myself. Engine on a 2003 gmc envoy. Customer told me how much he was quoted by the stealership to r and r engine and I scouffed and told him my normal rate for r and r on an engine (one of the few jobs that I had a flat fee for) and I hadn't heard anything about them being special and needing to remove the body from frame to do the work. I did find that I was able to do it without removing the body fortunately it wasn't a 4x4 or I wouldn't have been able to do it without removing the body. I wasn't going to back out on the job nor did I charge the customer much extra for the job and fortunately the customer had a few other issues with that vehicle and a couple other vehicles he had so I was able to find a way to make it work and not lose my a$$ on it. Chalked it up to experience and made sure that I was checking out service data for all future jobs and never just going off the top of my head when quoting.
I have the same scan tool, absolutely loving the versatility it has
Me too. It’s fast too!
You can move the vacuumed storage canister away from the fire wall and bring it up through there. I have done several.
I was just about to say the same thing
I hope you are getting better, Ernest!
Please take care man.
Thank you!!!
I almost fell into the same situation....guy wanted his power steering pump changed steering got hard luckily I did research to find out it's an electric power steering
Never trust what a client tells you you listen, but do research for yourself, listening and asking what the car does doesn't do and when a certain situation occurs gives you lead. But trust your own experience so true.
This reminds me of telling my nephew that it won't take long to change the starter on his 2004 Tundra and they don't put starters on top of the engine.
Have you ever talked about how you became a mechanic in any of your videos? Dad teach you? Self-taught? Go to school? How you decided to do mobile mechanic? I wish there were a lot more people like you out there.
You should consider buying some roadside cones for safety reasons and to delineate where the work area will be ✌🏻
The oil pressure switch is just above the ac compressor and is known to piss oil out of it looking like the pan gasket . As for the alternator, the axle come out ant you unhook the tie rod from the knuckle and the alternator comes out . Job does suck
Dont let anyone hate. If a company is asking you to review a tool jump on it. I see alot of comments people hating. The only thing I would have to say is if they have you review a tool and its trash then I would state it in a professional way. Other then that REVIEW THEM ALL. I love tools and free tools even more.
Definitely. I think honesty is key and actually haven’t even considered accepting a tool I think is bad quality. I research them well before I consider saying yes in the first place.
I'm with you. At my shop I cringe when something like this happens. You just did the customers sons alternator on his truck for 100$ labor and now you have to explain why its going to be triple to do his. I have no clue why they do things like this.
Those are a PITA to change. In 2008 Ford put the alternator toward the front of the vehicle making it easier.
Try not to look at it like you ripped yourself off. Maybe think of it like you gained a lot of knowledge and that’s important to your growth! Ya can’t win em all brother! One of my toughest lessons as a 21 year old was to always plan for assistance in advance on any bigger jobs! I laid on hot top on a tablecloth with a turbo 350 trans on my chest and had a couple friends pull the end tied off with a rope sliding me under my Nova to do the bench press of a lifetime placing that up, on and into the engine for bolting. (1983) We still joke about it today but it DID get done!
Some knowledge and life lessons just cost a little more, be grateful this one only cost you a little sweat and some time😉
I may be old school but to scan test a charging system and your battery is 6.39 volts it does not work . A sitting good battery has 12.6 volts , to diagnose you need to charge battery first do a load test to see if battery is any good . Then start and do a charging test for volts and amps to determine if alternative is defective . Before wasting time replacing a new alternator that may be still under warranty too much drama changing parts is not diagnosing issue . May be BCM that is not sending a signal to alternator to charge there is a reason the new alternator is not working like the original one .
I have done a bunch of these alternators. Like you when I looked it up I was like no way. Take the axle out and loosen the sub frame and you can do it in about an hour. It's alot easier on a lift
No lift here every thing I do is done on the ground with jacks and stands
Just changed mine a few hours ago you can unplug a few harnesses move a few things and you can get it up and out by the fire wall wasn’t the easiest but also wasn’t to terrible took 2 hours maybe
Sweet. Thanks for that knowledge!
I was going to tell Ernest this. That's how I had to replace mine.
I believe the 4cyl can come out the top ok but the v6 is more difficult
Perhaps I missed it. Did you actually diagnose if it was a battery or alternator issue? Never saw battery voltage w/ the engine running.
You got some of the different ads. Hey, you want to be an engineer? You want to travel ti Florida? Cool beans.
I did a job like this on a 2006 Ford Escape was able to sneak the alternator up between the firewall and back valve cover it looks tight but a certain angle that puppy came out
I always check the torque on my lugnuts. Discount Tire has been good most.od the time, but I have found some big misses.
I recently went to a new shop and had an alignment, tire balance and rotation. Express Oil Change & Tire Engineers in Pleasant Grove was spot on on every lug! 💯👐
Oooh. Thanks! I’ll check em out. It’s a little far but maybe worth it!
That was a nice MR2 outside the Autozone.
Yeah. One of the guys who work there owns it.
👍. A other job well done.
Put it back together and tell the person it's a chart was right. It's a 7 hour job.
That’s what I did haha.
Always change what the book never short your self and stop using them cheap autozone parts
That is the exact same alternator that goes with my 2005 Ford Five Hundred I have had to replace 2 of them!!! It isn't an easy thing to replace!!!!! On my Five Hundred you have to unbolt the A frame to drop it about a half inch to get the clearance to remove the alternator. It's about a 4 hour job.
U gotta remove the cv axles and possibly part of the exhaust u might be able to pull it upwards but that takes time too
I ran in the same issue it was a painful learning experience but after a bunch of youtube videos later I got it done.
Costco torques lug nuts, and they recommend you come back soon after so they can re-torque them to spec
find a small printer u can use in the car so u can print invoices out on the spot
In my opinion Xtool is far superior to launch. The 3 years or updates alone is worth its weight in gold.
Thanks for another great video, Ernest!
If you have supply voltage on the field winding but not charging or voltage not reaching 13+ volts with engine running, your alternator for sure is bad,. Mostly I encounter bad diode. A good digital multimeter can diagnose it.
Really great case study. It's unfortunate but it's great to see the inside hard life of an auto mechanic. The only thing better than the outcome of this video would have been actually doing the complete job by the hour, and seeing the final outcome. Like what needed to be replaced and what survived after removing all those parts to get the alternator out.
My wife's mercury mariner was same. Was able to get it out and replace just by pulling axle out of transmission. It was not fun
2005 Ford focus wagon flabbergasted! 7 hour book time did it in five had to pull upper motor mount lower transmission mount slide the engine forward then remove the ducted shield off the alternator crazy mess.. !!😜
Yeah that’s ridiculous! Good for you for doing that!
Do you ever tell people that it’s supposed to take “x” amount of hours, but if it doesn’t take me anywhere near that long I’ll only charge you for what it takes me.
Ever? Yeah very occasionally. I have on my quotes that time labor is estimated and price is final.
"There's no way they would of designed it that hard to get to" exactly how I felt about Toyota putting the starter under the intake manifold, or when Chevy Silverado's had to remove the front grill to replace a bulb in the headlight. Never under estimate engineer's ability to complicate things.
Had a Chevy Impala that you had to unbolt the engine mounts and roll the whole thing forward to access the rear spark plugs. So dumb
Also a Mazda CX-9 engineers boxed the transfer case between the transmission and exhaust so it sits there and bakes. Under any larger than normal load the heat is too much and it fails. They extended warranty on them and suggest changing fluid in it often. Of course it's a nearly non serviceable fluid that you need a pump for a blind hole. Unbelievable
You can get the alternator off by removing the alternator then lay it back and take alternator bracket off block and it will come out. Its a knuckle buster to do but once you're done one its not that bad.
I have the x431 v4 and love it even though I'm still learning her.
Has mixed features if it will do certain things like some older cars you can rewrite vins other no options even show.
Connectors are obd1 ad well as BMW proprietary connectors
I was originally looking at foxwell nt530 but no physical reviews on what someone would want to see only standard stuff shown which any tool can
At least you know wen to put your limit...you know wen to say no...for me that's a job well done
Indeed
I use all data and I look for UA-cam videos if it says so many hours. But usually we go with the hours listed on all data
I bought one on Amazon, as well, but turns out it’s a global version and not an actual Launch tech USA model. I called Launch tech last yr. about an issue I was having and when asked for my serial #, the operator apologized and told me that it wasn’t registered with Launch tech (USA). “Launch Tech does not sell on Amazon nor on eBay,” she went on to say.. They sell they’re products through vendors such as NAPA, Advance auto and the like. She told me I had a global Launch unit. Does the same thing, however, I just can’t call within the U.S. for any type of support. I would have to email China and hope I get a hold of someone🤦🏼♀️😬
With that much labor time I think you should sell him a diagnosis. Especially since you noticed the existing alternator looked new.
A lot of great UA-cam coming out of Utah
Man I remember my first escape alternator when I give the prize this guy was let's do it quick 😒😒😒few hours later I wish I was a bad guy and say let get more tools and never come back 😅🤣🤣🤣😂 but I stay till I finish my job and for the next one I know how much labor it takes and charge more 😉😉😉
That alternator comes out from the top you just have to remove computer and lay wiring harness to the side and maybe removing exhaust manifold but that a lot easier than struggle with axle and then end up with alignment problems or damage axle from hammer beating when working on a vehicle underneath I always prefer two inflated wheels to set car on rather than taking chances on a flemsy jack stand Nice job dodging Ivan I mean ernest
The very first thing any smart person would have done is check voltage and if you had looked up in the right corner of the Launch it shows you what the voltage is. I noticed it as I was watching it.
Those extra connectors are for OBD1 computers I looked up the info on Amazon and it list it in the description of the device.
that's about right...... is become new cars has crap in the engine u have to move and get to...
I saw that alternator and thought "OMG! That looks like the alternator I recently put in a Ford Freestyle. What a pain in the a--." It was a "Crank - No Start" from seized alternator. When that upper left bolt doesn't want to move....
Man. I hope I don’t have to mess with one of these again… and I didn’t even do much. Just enough to rattle my cage. Haha
I love your truck : )
I’m sure the young’ins watching him drive in the film are scratching their heads and asking themselves: “Why does his left leg and right arm move like that?”
That's not an Expedition 🤣
2006 Escape v6 4wd. You're working too hard Ernest. Take care of yourself
The heat got me haha. You’re right!
Hey ernest the ocean is on fire. Can you check it out for me? Think it's just some spark plugs.
to save money next time only get adapters for the common cars u work on......
That Launch scanner are the best.
Can you program keys and reprogram immobilizers in like Hondas ?
The alternator isnt too horrible on these drop sub frame on that side support it take out alternator bolts probably about 2 hrs..good video
use the battery jump bot when u run that on dead battery's...
For those quick to blame the engineers for a lousy design that's hard to work on, just remember that the engineers report to corporate and ultimately it's the car companies themselves that dictate how to build the vehicle based on serviceability and profit margins.
That said, I really wish American auto makers would step it up and start making quality, reliable vehicles that aren't crazy insane to work on. Maybe then people will start buying American more over foreign makes that last longer and aren't as difficult to work on. (Usually)
Those studs are for a plastic cover that goes over the Alternator,most people leave them out,,that's why you didn't see it,the alternator comes out from the top,not to bad,I can do one in 2 hours off and on 😎
That body style Ford Escape is a bitch to do anything engine related if it has the V6 in it, if it was the 4 cylinder engine it would be easy to change
Oh my goodness. I never knew it would take that long to swap any alternator! What a 💩 design!
Nice diagnostic video
I got the blue Daytona jack wish I had grabbed the green one
Automotive engineers should be required to do service and repair work practices on every vehicle they design.
I would like to upgrade from my older Launch CRP123 Premium and the new Launch 431 looks nice especially for the features my scan tool doesn’t have.
My automotive side repair work has been a mix of having the vehicles at my house (better convenience for my full time job and the ability to step out the side door to my driveway and get right to work) and driving to the vehicle owner’s house. I price the job by .50/mile from my address to the owner’s address using Google Maps and repairpal.com to find the labor rates for the job on the vehicle I’m working on in my area, then go by the middle between the lowest and highest price estimate and I try to persuade the owner to use NAPA for the auto parts, but since it’s their vehicle they can buy the parts they want to, right?
If y’all have better suggestions let me know, I’m completely open to them. I’m unable to obtain any ASE certificates since I don’t work in a shop or at a dealership.
Engineers don't make any design decisions. Managers make those decisions. Managers report to those above, who report to the CEO and board of investors. CEO and board of investors jobs to maximize profit out of the company. Under capitalism, logic and decency never enter the equation. Only the path to profit is considered, which is the exploitation of labor.
I would quote on the service data and let the customer know if you can do it quicker then you will adjust quote
You should carry an easy up for hotter days.
When the books says 7.5 hr that's what you have to charge , the fastest way I have learn to take does alternator is buy removing the intake and the pcm from the firewall , takes about 2.5 hrs but still charge the 7.5 , been a mechanic for 16 years at shops and self employed too.
Thanks for the tip!
That MR2 in the background though...
Well that stinks, but I understand what you were thinking. "Why the heck would it take 7 hours to replace an alternator?"
Do you wear purple to ease their pain when you tell them that they have to take it to the stealership or bend-u-over shop? 😂
Can't believe they would put the alternator, down back there? I bet this truck is a nightmare to change any part on the motor. Or anything anywhere on the vehicle. Yep best avoided.♨
move ur plate... it reflects to much in the window... also it's a flyi g objects if u get hit
Ford focus hatch back version is something similar
Auto liking of course, love
The vids man
I got the one with the HD pass through, same table. You can take the case apart and upgrade the memory with a micro SD card. I think 128 GB is the limit. 128 gb is what I put in mine.
Yep, and you can drill a hole in the case for the headphone/aux port, even more versatility!
@@mattcat231 haha I actually thought about that but figured I usually just use headphones with my phone so didn’t bother.
That's Crazy location . for Ford 🇨🇦
Man i have a 1999 VW Passat 2.8l V6 5valve B5. Alternator is in the worst spot. You have to pull the front end off to get to it.. brutal..
As soon as I saw a Ford I knew you got pegged.
Watch out for the Mazda MPV same exact alternator location.
This is nuts
You're correct not to go down that,"Rabbit Hole"
That job is definitely not fun but last one I did I had to pop the axle from the knuckle and remove so the alternator will clear and not cut the boot Job definitely was not fun but took me about 2and half hours
Great. Thanks for the info! I was curious if it was possible!
Gotta use a ratchet and extensions near the y pipe is the easiest way other than pulling the whole motor trust me duratec engines are nice they last for ever but some of the stuff was stupid af
those tote from AutoZone r great... how u get that one
2:32 person taking lawn mower for a walk 🤷
Pull the axle it comes right out
It’s usually the European cars that make it a job x10 to replace components. Not American cars🥴 lol ..glad you avoiding that headache!!!!
that's Ford for u....
go replace a battery in a 2016+ Ford escape... u have to pull cowl to replace battery
Only install a new alternator or ford refurb! Don't want to do that again!
Incredibly awkward, zero forethought put into future maintenance.😵
What happened to the big UPS truck? I like the pick up but I would be worried my tools to get stolen. Actually I didn't even know mobile mechanic existed. I live in Europe, my car hardly sees any mechanic, I try to do it myself even though I never had any tech education, just curiosity and bravado, my car, it's broken and can't be broken more. Just pay attention, use common sense and you get far.
Still waiting on the engine that keeps getting delayed. Actually have them today to have it done or refund the deposit.
Glad you didnt do it 100% sure as soon as you pull that axle it’ll just fall apart
I’m fairly certain it’s not coming out without a fight too!