5:02 wow, manual windows but wireless headlight switches, that's pretty trick... 🤣🤣 Happy new year Wes, hope you and the family are healthy, happy and safe.
It's not manual windows, their called MAN-U-WELL done be cheap windows. LOL. Just something that guy up north in B.C. (Canada) who speaks Canuckistanian Creole {AVE} would say.
“What a gem” he says. 😂👍 No idea why this oldie but goodie came up in my feed, but I’m glad it did because I guess (based on my other comments) that I’ve been Watching Wes Work for three years. Where does the time go when you’re exposed to such brilliant work and humor? Wes, you still da Man! 🙏👍
Must be a state sponsored program to test the honesty and ethics of repair shops around the area. They bring uniquely "broken" vehicles to see how honest the mechanic shops are. :)
I use to work for a snow plows dealer in New Jersey and the plow lights had to be interlocked with the truck low beam circuit when used for highway use as per the NJ DOT. Watching this brings back all the complaints from users. These trucks, mostly from landscapers live a hard life. The wiring issues were number one on every repair list. Include the fact that hanging all that weight out past the front bumper destroying the front suspension is an added plus.😊
Gem? You mean fossilized turd, don’t you? Thanks Wes. Love both types of your videos, the short form bodge together the clunker and the long form skilled technical diagnosis and repair.
I actually laughed out loud when you pulled the light switch out of the dash and nothing was connected to it!! oh and manual windows, we call them 'keep fit' windows in the UK, happy new year to you and the family.
Feel your pain. Had a friend with an old Western V- plow. 1st snow event was always panicsville. I temporarily get everything going with the understanding he religiously promised to get “The Plug” and make repairs permanent. One year later as the plow pukes in the middle of a snow event. Ring, Ring.
Honestly I think for a temporary fix the wire nuts would have been just fine, so long as the two sides were zip-tied such that there was no stress on the splices, then cover with tape or a plastic bag. I used to design wiring harnesses for heavy duty trucks and construction equipment, so I understand the amount of work involved in doing wiring the correct way. It's amazing how many hours/days one can spend on doing wiring properly. 99% of people don't even understand how complicated and time-consuming it can be. Good job Wes! You are truly a blessing to your entire community.
Gotta love those wi-fi wiring connectors. They're usually the first to cause trouble! Happy New Year Wes and family. Thanks for providing us with great content!
Happy NY Wes. Anyone who has plowed snow for any length of time knows you HAVE to have a truck with loud exhaust to let your customers know you are so dedicated to them that you are on the job at 3am. I still have my old 8' Western that has actual cables controlling the mechanical valves. Works like a charm every time.
Literally laughed out loud when you pulled the headlight switch out. Shotty wiring makes me twitch. One of my first projects on any of my vehicles is to clean the wiring up.
Happy new year Wes, I run the same plow on my 95 GMC Yukon affectionately named the RHINO, it's a snow moving beast. Poor old girl definitely could use some love cuz Michigan winters or as I call them season of salt take a toll, she's a rust bucket but just keeps pushing snow. I am amazed every year after she sits all spring, summer and fall pump it twice and she's running. I did change oil this year and installed new power steering pump after plowing all last winter with basically no power steering, good for upper body strength. Love the channel and the enlightening narration, you do an excellent job explaining what is going on and I appreciate that, thanks. Here's to a better 2022 hopefully, live long and prosper.
Had a friend who answered my questions with this statement. "What we're looking at is a "Temporary Solution to a Permanent Problem!" Made me laugh every-time! 🤣🤣
Got a whole inch in eastern Nebraska. Hopefully that’s all you will get. Came for the video, love the laugh you add when a simple fix solves the problem.
Good job! Obviously that’s a good repair on that truck lol. You can also get some universal weather pack connectors on Amazon. I keep some in stock with like 20 pins slots. I’ve used them many times on the low amp side and then I use winch battery cable quick connects for the motor side. Works good when new connectors aren’t available.
Ah yes, the legendary Bluetooth headlight mod. That'll get ya every time... My guess would be it was blowing fuses with some combination of lights/plow movement & the operator helpfully disconnected the switch to keep the plow working long enough to finish up whatever job it was on & then the other shop started to "diagnose", saw the crusty wire and gave it the chop but when the truck's lights still failed to work on installing new fuses they didn't get logical but instead got scared. Either that or they felt their time would be better spent on beer and mince pies lol. Happy New Year to you and yours Wes. Thanks for sharing the trials and tribulations of rust belt life with us, it certainly makes me feel a bit better about our rusty junk in the UK.
Happy New Year Wes! This one made me chuckle for some reason. Electrical wires just chopped off give me nightmares sometimes. Not always. What, you thought there was a witty punchline? No, I still have nightmares about that drilled through wiring harness, and I didnt even have to work on that mess!
@@RipRoaringGarage Star Trek, get it, some very funny stuff in that film, can't remember the name, I remember it involved transporting a whale from the past. Lol.
@@bostedtap8399 Yeah. I was a big trekky back in the day (not to where I could name each episode and what not but, the old series, next generation, deep space nice...) Everytime I work on a coolant system though, I hear Geordi Laforge scream "coolant leak, evacuate engineering!" lol.
Happy New Year Wes and family. Hope you had a Merry Christmas! Waiting for "the big snowfall" to hit Illinois. It does not matter to me, since it is winter anyway. We get what we get. Enjoyed the soup sandwich video from a fan in Sandwich.
Yep! Your good old basic Western! Kids today with their fancy V plows will never know the joys of the old straight blades! We earned our money! Lol! Happy New Year Wes and family! Looking forward to many more awesome videos in the coming year! Take care and be safe!
Important: Happy new year to you and yours! Less important: the inset wiring diagram, and highlighting as you traced the fuses (4:20) was so intuitive and easy to follow, I only realised how much time and care you'd put into doing it a minute later. Very nice indeed, thank you.
Happy New Year. If you recall I am the retired Air Force wiring team lead that commented on the screw driven into the tractor wire harness under the door kick panel. I watch all of your stuff because you not only care about doing it right but you also seem to care about how it looks. If interested I would like to offer a trick we use on aircraft. On military and commercial air craft sometimes the cavity where the harness lives will not except having the splicing all in one location. What we would do is measure the length of the splice plus the number of wires to get a overall length to start the splicing so no one splice is laying over the top of another one. That way the overall diameter of the repair is no larger than the splice itself. Please keep in mind this only works if you have enough length, space and enough wire. This guy just wants it to work not unlike a military crew that only ask if the weapons fire. Play with the harness provided and see if you can use the process. Good stuff. Thanks for letting me relive some shot all to hell military wiring. Hi from Texas
If I were you Wes, if I ever saw that truck again, it would be too soon. But they all help pay the bills. Happy New Year to you and yours. I hope 2022 is a better year for all of us.
@@WatchWesWork i always thought it would be cool to buy a brand new truck with absolutely no bells and whistles. I owned a dodge ram with the most basic package it didn't even com with AC it was one of the most reliable vehicles I ever owned aside from my f150 with the 300 they never failed to put food on the table for that I will forever be indebted
7 minutes since posting and already 8 comments. Great job Wes. I love the statement of its only temporary unless it works. Happy new year to you and your family. On a side note you would think that the customer would be tired of the "Other" shop by now. I guess you could be like the Wizard and just have a huge backlog. Hire some peeps and teach them the trade.
Beggers can't be choosers for the customer. Buddy of mine runs a place and he does fleet repair for a few places. I occasionally help out when he needs a second opinion. When he gets "gems" like that, he just tells them not to bring that piece of equipment back in EVER. ITs at end of life and he is in a position to pick and chose his work.
Happy New Year to Wes and family from the beautiful rockbound coast of Maine. I know quite a few people from down rivah who "maintain" their truck the same way. "If it ain't broke real bad, don't touch it".
I used to install Fisher Plows, they came with complete directions, I always checked off each step as i went. Greased and used Locktite on all the major bolts. I could do one in less than a day. And I always put the Fisher directions in the truck before it left. Having the directions might help you out!
Thanks Wes Happy New Year to you and Family again for what you teach and your humor. Hoping your feeling a bit better than you were. Look after yourself Daz From Australia
Hello Wes, thanks for the great shows you put out....I was just wondering which autel scanner you use and if your happy with it or if you would of rather of purchased a different model , Thanks and Happy New Year to you the wife and kiddo...oh and max!
Wes I’m new to your channel I’m a retired aircraft mechanic your videos are very informative because you never know what your going to work on. Oh window cranks best device ever invented. I never had a problem with them Lol 😆
“It’s only temporary, unless it works”…words to live by!
Not sure what will quit working first, Wes temporary fix which should be good enough for an actual installation or the rest of the truck...
Get the Stickers!!!
My saying is "temporarialy permanent".... same difference, you mean what I know.
One for the Library of Wes sayings. Happy New Year everyone.😀🇬🇧
5:02 wow, manual windows but wireless headlight switches, that's pretty trick... 🤣🤣
Happy new year Wes, hope you and the family are healthy, happy and safe.
Evidently the router wasn't working right or the WIFI would have worked 🤣
@@bluegrallis 🤣🤣🤣
The new Bluetooth headlights
It's not manual windows, their called MAN-U-WELL done be cheap windows. LOL. Just something that guy up north in B.C. (Canada) who speaks Canuckistanian Creole {AVE} would say.
I can imagine the man-u-wel Windows, who's going to open a window when plowing.
"If you can't tell, these guys are big on maintenance..." that hit me out of nowhere 😂😂 I love Wes' deadpan humour so much
“What a gem” he says. 😂👍 No idea why this oldie but goodie came up in my feed, but I’m glad it did because I guess (based on my other comments) that I’ve been Watching Wes Work for three years. Where does the time go when you’re exposed to such brilliant work and humor?
Wes, you still da Man! 🙏👍
Wes, do you ever get the feeling that people intentionally break things, and bring them to you just to see if you can fix them? Happy New Year.
All the time!
Lol i whouldt blame them if so..hes amazing💯😎
Where’s the secret camera. Oh wait it’s not a secret
Must be a state sponsored program to test the honesty and ethics of repair shops around the area. They bring uniquely "broken" vehicles to see how honest the mechanic shops are. :)
People break my balls all the time at home at work that’s just life
Good job Wes!
I use to work for a snow plows dealer in New Jersey and the plow lights had to be interlocked with the truck low beam circuit when used for highway use as per the NJ DOT.
Watching this brings back all the complaints from users. These trucks, mostly from landscapers live a hard life. The wiring issues were number one on every repair list. Include the fact that hanging all that weight out past the front bumper destroying the front suspension is an added plus.😊
"We're going to get them through this storm, and then we'll probably never see it again."
Sounds like that's the best possible outcome!
Love it when Wes says "What a gem", then you know it's a peace of junk 🤣
Happy New Year to everyone.
Happy New Year
Gem? You mean fossilized turd, don’t you?
Thanks Wes. Love both types of your videos, the short form bodge together the clunker and the long form skilled technical diagnosis and repair.
You say potato...😂
Soupçon. Wes, your education has paid off whenever you can amaze us with your vocabulary. 😉
Friggin Illinois winters destroy anything on the road, so glad I moved to TN! Keep em coming!
Well, that customer has a lot of faith in you and your capabilities, so be very proud on that!
I actually laughed out loud when you pulled the light switch out of the dash and nothing was connected to it!! oh and manual windows, we call them 'keep fit' windows in the UK, happy new year to you and the family.
Happy new year Wes and family! Thanks for all of the work you put in to teach and entertain us in 2021!
Thanks for making videos, for enduring a camera, light and mic in there while you work. Happy New Year.
Wes, the good news is that with a customer like that you will always have more fodder for You Tube content!
Enjoy the snow and Happy New Year!
I like how you fix stuff instead of just throwing parts at it thank you Wes
Thanks for introducing me to a new term: "soup sandwich." Gotta love the wire nuts. Nice work, and Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to Wes and his family, and to everyone watching the great content/reading the fun comments!! Hope 2022 is a little better all round.
You could even say "Hatz off" to Wes lol I'll get my coat (but not before wishing you & everyone a great 2022 also, have a good one)
"Howdy Folks", and Happy New Year Wes!
"It's only temporary unless it works!" Love it Wes. The best of good luck to you and your family in 2022. 🤠👍
Feel your pain. Had a friend with an old Western V- plow. 1st snow event was always panicsville. I temporarily get everything going with the understanding he religiously promised to get “The Plug” and make repairs permanent. One year later as the plow pukes in the middle of a snow event. Ring, Ring.
Honestly I think for a temporary fix the wire nuts would have been just fine, so long as the two sides were zip-tied such that there was no stress on the splices, then cover with tape or a plastic bag. I used to design wiring harnesses for heavy duty trucks and construction equipment, so I understand the amount of work involved in doing wiring the correct way. It's amazing how many hours/days one can spend on doing wiring properly. 99% of people don't even understand how complicated and time-consuming it can be.
Good job Wes! You are truly a blessing to your entire community.
The headlamp switch Must be one of those fancy new wireless things 🤣. Happy New Year!
I had the same problem with mine. I chopped the plug off and used two trailer 4 prong connectors. I wired them so you can't mess it up .
Exactly what I do .
I love manual windows. It's one of the selling points on a car for me. No electronics to fail
Reliability
Yes!! I’ve been binge watching your channel all week 😅 love the content. Helps me unwind big time!!
Happy New Year Wes! I like the "It's only temporary if it works...then it's forever".🤣 Great job thumbs up.
Gotta love those wi-fi wiring connectors. They're usually the first to cause trouble!
Happy New Year Wes and family. Thanks for providing us with great content!
I love the rusty snow plow videos!
The wonderful world of wiring, you got this Wes, great video, keep up the great work brother
Hearing the sound of the plow brings back great memories of being a kid and riding around with my dad plowing snow ❄️
Happy NY Wes. Anyone who has plowed snow for any length of time knows you HAVE to have a truck with loud exhaust to let your customers know you are so dedicated to them that you are on the job at 3am. I still have my old 8' Western that has actual cables controlling the mechanical valves. Works like a charm every time.
Kinda true 😄
Literally laughed out loud when you pulled the headlight switch out. Shotty wiring makes me twitch. One of my first projects on any of my vehicles is to clean the wiring up.
Good to know I wasn’t the only one working in the garage on NYE!!! Happy new year!!!
'what a gem'!! 🤣😂 Happy New Year Wes & family, best wishes for 2022. Kindest regards from Galway, Ireland 😉👍💚🍻
All the very best to you and the family from here back in the auld country, Scotland. Hope the storm passes you by and is kind.
The introduction said it all....🤣🤣
Made my sides hurt...🤣🤣🤣
Mr. Plow’s excellent adventure.
Happy new year Wes, I run the same plow on my 95 GMC Yukon affectionately named the RHINO, it's a snow moving beast. Poor old girl definitely could use some love cuz Michigan winters or as I call them season of salt take a toll, she's a rust bucket but just keeps pushing snow. I am amazed every year after she sits all spring, summer and fall pump it twice and she's running. I did change oil this year and installed new power steering pump after plowing all last winter with basically no power steering, good for upper body strength. Love the channel and the enlightening narration, you do an excellent job explaining what is going on and I appreciate that, thanks. Here's to a better 2022 hopefully, live long and prosper.
Happy New year Wes, we shall see how it all plays out tonight and tomorrow. Thanks for sharing.
Had a friend who answered my questions with this statement. "What we're looking at is a "Temporary Solution to a Permanent Problem!" Made me laugh every-time! 🤣🤣
Got a whole inch in eastern Nebraska. Hopefully that’s all you will get. Came for the video, love the laugh you add when a simple fix solves the problem.
Words to live by in 2022...
"It's only temporary , unless it works".
Epic !! A happy new year to you and the family my friend. 👍
Thanks so much for some great laughs at the start of my day and year. Thanks for a great year’s worth of videos! You The Man!👍🔧🧰
Wiring and sounds just like every plow truck I've had the misfortune to repair. Enjoy the videos, good job!
As a fellow Illinois mechanic you gotta love the do what you gotta do when it comes to plow trucks
Good job! Obviously that’s a good repair on that truck lol. You can also get some universal weather pack connectors on Amazon. I keep some in stock with like 20 pins slots. I’ve used them many times on the low amp side and then I use winch battery cable quick connects for the motor side. Works good when new connectors aren’t available.
Happy New Year to you, your wife and family - yet again another rescue job. Your like a fourth emergency service!
"You can tell these guys are big on maintenance" @Watch Wes Work remains the master of understatement 🙂
Sometimes you can't do anything but just plow on Wes.
Especially when the customer wants to do just that !
Enjoying every one of your videos !!!
The comentary of the truck condition is priceless. Thanks for the videos and the great work you do. Happy New Years.
Now this is a nice New Year Day video.
Happy new Years For 2023 @Watch Wes Work
Quite the winter rat plow truck. Great bodge.
A Happy, Healthy and a Prosperous 2022 to the WWW family.
Good luck as you face down Snowmageden.
As someone who's been behind the wheel of one of these snowplows, the fact that you have 2 headlights working is just plain heresy.
Glad you could get it fixed up quickly for the customer! 🙂👍 Happy New Years to you and Mrs.Wes 🥳
What a wreck!, amazing how you manage to keep patching them together👍🇮🇪
For Illinois, that vehicle is in great shape. Well, in a truck-like shape at least.
Love this channel. And the people that bring you such treasures.
Happy New Year, Wes! Looking forward to another year of you fixing other people's rusted crap!
Happy New Year to you and your family Wes! Looking forward to many more great videos by you in '22!
Your sarcastic sense of humor and the snide comments are the best stuff on You Tube. Happy New Year.
Nice! Thanks for sending the snow over the lake bud!😉
Happy New year to you and yours, you know this is the easiest this job could have gone, might want to send a thank you card to the other shop
LOL. Never a dull moment ;) Happy New Year Wes, Mrs. Wes, kiddo, and Max :)
Best of luck to our friends up North! I'm a Central Illinois native myself, but escaping down to Arkansas right now. Stay Safe!
Ah yes, the legendary Bluetooth headlight mod. That'll get ya every time... My guess would be it was blowing fuses with some combination of lights/plow movement & the operator helpfully disconnected the switch to keep the plow working long enough to finish up whatever job it was on & then the other shop started to "diagnose", saw the crusty wire and gave it the chop but when the truck's lights still failed to work on installing new fuses they didn't get logical but instead got scared. Either that or they felt their time would be better spent on beer and mince pies lol.
Happy New Year to you and yours Wes. Thanks for sharing the trials and tribulations of rust belt life with us, it certainly makes me feel a bit better about our rusty junk in the UK.
Happy New Year. That actually went a lot easier than expected. Hope the power stays on for you.
Happy New Year Wes! This one made me chuckle for some reason. Electrical wires just chopped off give me nightmares sometimes. Not always.
What, you thought there was a witty punchline? No, I still have nightmares about that drilled through wiring harness, and I didnt even have to work on that mess!
Same here, that was an epic fail, with an epic repair.
@@bostedtap8399 Indeed. Happy New Year, Wessel. I think fans of Wes need a name...Wessel..like nuclear wessel? I dont know..had a looong night lol
@@RipRoaringGarage Star Trek, get it, some very funny stuff in that film, can't remember the name, I remember it involved transporting a whale from the past. Lol.
@@bostedtap8399 Yeah. I was a big trekky back in the day (not to where I could name each episode and what not but, the old series, next generation, deep space nice...) Everytime I work on a coolant system though, I hear Geordi Laforge scream "coolant leak, evacuate engineering!" lol.
Hi Wes, I hope you and your family had a wonderful holiday season, best wishes for 2022
A new WWW is a great way to start the new year. Thanks!
Yeeees. Another video!
Happy New Year Wes and family. Hope you had a Merry Christmas! Waiting for "the big snowfall" to hit Illinois. It does not matter to me, since it is winter anyway. We get what we get. Enjoyed the soup sandwich video from a fan in Sandwich.
She's a beaut, Clark!
The yellow wire nuts were temporary, the blue bullet connectors are a permanent fix! Lol.
Yep! Your good old basic Western! Kids today with their fancy V plows will never know the joys of the old straight blades! We earned our money! Lol! Happy New Year Wes and family! Looking forward to many more awesome videos in the coming year! Take care and be safe!
Important: Happy new year to you and yours!
Less important: the inset wiring diagram, and highlighting as you traced the fuses (4:20) was so intuitive and easy to follow, I only realised how much time and care you'd put into doing it a minute later. Very nice indeed, thank you.
If you want to make a "temporary" waterproof joint, try using self amalgamating tape. Works great!
@T.J. Kong RTV
Happy New Year. If you recall I am the retired Air Force wiring team lead that commented on the screw driven into the tractor wire harness under the door kick panel. I watch all of your stuff because you not only care about doing it right but you also seem to care about how it looks. If interested I would like to offer a trick we use on aircraft. On military and commercial air craft sometimes the cavity where the harness lives will not except having the splicing all in one location. What we would do is measure the length of the splice plus the number of wires to get a overall length to start the splicing so no one splice is laying over the top of another one. That way the overall diameter of the repair is no larger than the splice itself. Please keep in mind this only works if you have enough length, space and enough wire. This guy just wants it to work not unlike a military crew that only ask if the weapons fire. Play with the harness provided and see if you can use the process. Good stuff. Thanks for letting me relive some shot all to hell military wiring. Hi from Texas
That truck is a gem, especially with the upgraded bluetooth headlight switch option!
Happy New Year Wes, the best gremlin chaser I've ever seen.
Happy New year Wes to you and your family. Keep up with the videos I love them
Great, simple, or at least straight forward fix, like they should be, loved the "It’s only temporary, unless it works", Happy New Year.
Thanks for everything you share! All the best to you & family in 2022!!
Happy new year Wes!
who is this strange bearded fellow? The ole licence plate switcharoo. reminds me of the 90s we had one plate for 3 trucks and one plate for 3 trailers
Most farmers still do it that way, especially with trailers.
If I were you Wes, if I ever saw that truck again, it would be too soon. But they all help pay the bills. Happy New Year to you and yours. I hope 2022 is a better year for all of us.
Another season with that blade and its gonna need a moldboard. Great video!
I'm a big fan of manual windows to be honest.
You have more tactile feedback when it's frozen shut and you're about to bend it like Beckham.
@@12345NoNamesLeft I like that "tactile feedback" I'll be using that term today at least once lol
I've never owned a truck without manual windows.
@@WatchWesWork i always thought it would be cool to buy a brand new truck with absolutely no bells and whistles. I owned a dodge ram with the most basic package it didn't even com with AC it was one of the most reliable vehicles I ever owned aside from my f150 with the 300 they never failed to put food on the table for that I will forever be indebted
7 minutes since posting and already 8 comments. Great job Wes. I love the statement of its only temporary unless it works. Happy new year to you and your family. On a side note you would think that the customer would be tired of the "Other" shop by now. I guess you could be like the Wizard and just have a huge backlog. Hire some peeps and teach them the trade.
Beggers can't be choosers for the customer. Buddy of mine runs a place and he does fleet repair for a few places. I occasionally help out when he needs a second opinion. When he gets "gems" like that, he just tells them not to bring that piece of equipment back in EVER. ITs at end of life and he is in a position to pick and chose his work.
Happy New Year to Wes and family from the beautiful rockbound coast of Maine. I know quite a few people from down rivah who "maintain" their truck the same way. "If it ain't broke real bad, don't touch it".
I used to install Fisher Plows, they came with complete directions, I always checked off each step as i went. Greased and used Locktite on all the major bolts. I could do one in less than a day. And I always put the Fisher directions in the truck before it left. Having the directions might help you out!
Western has a good manual library.
Thanks Wes Happy New Year to you and Family again for what you teach and your humor. Hoping your feeling a bit better than you were. Look after yourself Daz From Australia
Hello Wes, thanks for the great shows you put out....I was just wondering which autel scanner you use and if your happy with it or if you would of rather of purchased a different model , Thanks and Happy New Year to you the wife and kiddo...oh and max!
what a mess but you solved it for the customer. Sure hope he appreciates your work. enjoyed the video
Wes I’m new to your channel I’m a retired aircraft mechanic your videos are very informative because you never know what your going to work on. Oh window cranks best device ever invented. I never had a problem with them Lol 😆
Gotta love when the owner gets amnesia
He is well into his 80s...
Should have just used sealed butt connectors. That plow is a permanent piece of that truck.
I actually think they did that once. Then they just chopped it to remove the plow.
Wes, Thanks for the video!
Wishing you and your wonderful family a great 2022!
Nice job Wes! Enjoyed Watching!