Ray my brother i really like your stuff been watching you for a long long time i really hope they paying you good for all the ads they blasting you with tho because its every 2-5 minutes they hitting us with atleast 1 if not 2 or 3, keep on pushing and keep up the good work
Haha, I’m sure you’ll find he did this off camera, the rattle gun thing was just to stir up comments.. I mean the way he said “came off this way, it’s going on this way” was obviously tongue in cheek 😂.
I was literally cringing when you were changing that sprocket out - worried you were going to lose that chain and have to take apart the whole front of the engine. But, smooth as always, you are, Ray! Turned it into an outright breeze!
Hey Ray Ray. Thanks for doing my trailer tires last month. I work at dorman and I was a quality engineer from 2016 until 2022. When I started the warranty Rate was over 50% and I got it down to less than 15% before I took a higher position in Dorman. They've really turned the focus more toward quality.
I just bought and installed a Dorman coolant reservoir on my 2011 Ford F-150 with the 3.5 Ecoboost and so far that bottle is solid. It got awesome reviews from everyone who bought one and it saved me about $75 compared to the Motorcraft part. I also likes what Dorman did with the heater hose for my truck. Replacing the stupid plastic "Y" pipe with an aluminum pipe. Nice job!
I worked for Advance Auto Parts and saw some amazing aftermarket fixes from Dorman. Like the rear main seal assembly for a 4.8, 5.3 or 6.0 Chevy. Dorman has the best OE fixes out of anybody at reasonable costs.
I kept waiting for you to reattach the steering coupler, but you waited till almost everything was back in place. Would have been easier early on, but you got it. I really appreciate the calmness that you show, I know other mechanics that every other word out of their mouth starts with "F"! One I knew liked to punch things, didn't work out too well, as cars are steel and inanimate objects with no feelings, his fist found that out! Punching cars only hurts you!
You mentioned the weather up north. It's not TOO bad, really. I live in Calgary and it's supposed to warm up a bit tomorrow. But it's going to be -33C overnight with a -41C wind chill. For those keeping score, -40C equals -40F. It just means we have to wear socks with our flip-flops.
LOL! I'm from Toronto and live in Lethbridge now. Yes, my wife has pointed out people walking around with crocks and shorts on days when it was -40 here too. I don't know how they do it. And no, I haven't seen it for my self because I don't see anything these days.
I hated doing electronics warranty work. The pay was crap for all the effort. But there was part of me which just would not allow me to do a half- axxed minimal repair for warranty. I always looked for other potential problems- mostly bad solder joints (Just love that horrible lead free solder) and repaired them. I had close to zero call back rate (.01 %) and refused to compromise on my work standard and ethic, even if it cost more time and effort. At least I could go home feeling that my work was above standard quality for the industry.
Ray, you didn't look at the instructions that came with the new phaser. The bolt is a torque to yield. The new bolt has to be torqued to 30 lb-ft, then turned an additional 90 degrees. I have a new FoMoCo phaser with instructions in front of me. Confirmed the specs. BTW, I have actually done this job.
I am faithful to watch the video i never have a comment, I watch when you do not Torque things and it doesn't bother me because I have done the same thing but with the cam Phaser bolt I believe needs to be Torqued to factory spec . Not trying to be mean Have a nice day
Should be a new phaser bolt and torque to specs and crank it down another 45 degrees to stretch bolt...or torque to yield...Hope that vacuum tube did come out the back of engine bear to get back in.
Ya know-the granite guys are like awesome sound effects in a movie. They are also part of the work day for you, so they become part of the experience you are giving us. We are here for the ups and downs with you!
Watching him put all these parts on everything's going around making it harder to get to the steering shaft . I'm from Michigan We don't care about the snow besides the winner we had sucked up here. The Grand Rapids area only got like 47 inches of snow. We normally get around 105 inches or more. I haven't watched this channel in a while apparently UA-cam unsubscribed me. I I always wonder why they do that kind of stuff.
1:07:20 Ray has made possibly the most common, and most commonly got away with, mistake when working on a car’s electrical system. When disconnecting the battery, you should always do so at the ground side, which is almost always the negative, nowadays. That prevents you shorting out the battery, with a carelessly dropped tool, or while reconnecting it. Have to put my hand up, here, and admit I do it too, because I’m lazy and I’m confident I won’t drop anything across the positive post. I’m normally right, too. Only happened once, but I was careful for a long time afterwards and only fell back into only disconnecting the easy terminal in recent years. I still tell everyone else, do as I say, not as I do.
I’m convinced that the world is starting to get better with people starting to pay attention to what is happening around them and how they can make the world better and how with the internet they are realizing that people are watching them
These days I do more listening than watching on your channel. Since I can imagine what you are doing and only occasionally need to watch. I either use my ear beats to do my things and just listen to you talk or I play you on my TV and still mostly listen. You do a very good job at describing what you are doing, and thinking, etc. Plus, you are so versed in everything you do and give such great breakdowns on what you are doing and explaining the reasons why and how, that it's a learning experience with every post.
when i was growing up, mechanics were felons with tattoo's that were hella cool to me as a kid...a cigarette in one hand and a beer on the toolbox...times have changed lol.
Only one critique, Ray: The cam phaser bolt has a Ford Torque Spec. Anything that is not perfect with the installation will be blamed on you for not tightening that bolt to spec. Other than that, well done, Ray!! VERY well done! (Never forget: On a Ford, if it has threads, chances are there is a torque spec for that!!)
I have to say I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who has the humidity problem. I've had people give me a hard time becuase I have things rust on me (as if I'm neglectful), well even my tools and cars stored inside keep rusting. About every week my oil jugs have the dew level indicators on them :D
The word is expletive. As for the weather, we have the NWS putting out warnings for snow squalls. These are basically snow fall bursts with wind blowing it around. Visibility is dramatically reduced, just like in fog.
Ray Im from Tennessee and we getting some snow. I don't mind the snow and ice. I just hate the cold. The high for Tuesday the 16th is 18 🥶🥶🥶. Love the videos keep them coming. Have a great day
It's amazing how differently people's brains work. If I reassembled those engine parts the way you do, I would forget a few things. I guess no matter how you do it, the final recheck is an important step.
That wedge tool reminded me of this wooden tool I got for my Datsun 280Z. It was used to lock the chain in place so you could replace stock cam with a higher performance cam super easy...
Yes, every time I see a video and the time is 1h+ I say yes, full chill hour Ray doing his thing. I can't thank you anymore Ray, I've learned so much from you, and got the confidence to do my own diy stuff on my car.
Being an internet armchair mechanic there’s been a lot of brutal episodes/jobs that have spoiled my Zen lately!😂 Living precariously through your troubles and tribulations of these repairs is entertaining in its self, sometimes I’d give away my fortunes ( I have no fortune 😂) for a quick fix and a oil change but that ain’t real life. Ray don’t let the comment section get you down brother, you’ll go crazy over a minority of viewers that you ain’t going to please looking to point out something thing to complain about, when you open yourself/life out for public display there will be jerks yanking your chain. It’s disheartening to know that it’s getting under your skin, Ray..we all love you and your content. Don’t get involved in these internet flame wars, there’s no winners just opinions and like azzholes everybody’s got one. Watching you go through jobs with a joke and a smile and just persevere is remarkable ! 🙂 Most techs would just basket case these projects, but you’re honest and show the mistakes and learn from them. Yes sometimes I feel I’m watching rainman rays little garage of horrors, but that’s your charm, you never know what is coming in the door and it works and is part of my morning routine at work. Don’t change a thing, you just be you and just stop letting trolls in the comment section get you down!😎 Love and peace from the cold north!✌🏼
...and it not over adding "nightmare engineering" under Zhood... : self-driving on long flats, like kilometers of roadways out western U.S.A. ...and, electric-powered that costs more weight and lack of charging stations/time wasted doing so...
That cam phaser has a tty bolt. Did you replace phaser with the old bolt? Also blue lock tight should be used on the bolt. These triton engines are great engines but to get long life out of them they need new timing chains, upgraded oil pumps, and ratchet style lock metal tensioners, not the cheap factory plastic ones. And the phasers also need lockouts installed. The tune isn't necessary after lockouts if the engine light being on don't bother the customer. The tune basicly just turns off vcts and clears engine light. And you failed to torque the bolt to spec.
great job! it is so crazy what the “warranty Co.” demand it is like they do not have any clue what they are doing, just make crazy demands! and see how many hoops you have to go through to satisfy these fools. it is nice it came out just fine. take care and be safe Ray.
Not a job for us shade tree mechanics for sure with no patience or big sausage fingers. Ray is impressive and so skilled we better hope his boy takes after him for the future.
South Central Sask., Canada , here, Cold, -40 early this morning, supper time -34C Glad I don't have any Fords anymore. BTW , you can buy oil cans to oil stuff up.
the cam phasers on the 5.4s were always loud and ticky like that, thats the way they were designed. one of the service bullitens from ford just told them to ad 5w-50 weight oil to quiet them down if anybody came in complaining about the ticking, the cam phasers adjust timing using oil pressure and using a heavier weight oil quieted them down.
That’s the problem with aftermarket warranty companies they just patch repairs so it costs them VERY Little until warranty expires then it’s all on the owner. I had a vehicle with a warranty that happened the same way
Because a designer has required it. The very last thing, 99% of the buying public thinks of when buying a new vehicle is how easy it is to repair. They care about what it looks like. What do dads it has and what kind of mileage it gets 😊
The difference in the phaser is the old design vs new. They changed the thickness of the spring and added that stud to hold more tension on the spring. I know the wedge seems sketchy but we changed tons of 3V Mustang cams using those and never had one slip if wedged tightly like you did. The chain guides have a lip to them so it can only move so much. That said the only thing i saw was the phaser bolt install. It is a torque to yield and should be replaced anytime it is removed. It is 30 ft/lbs plus 90 degrees on the bolt. It is hollow to pass oil to the phaser. If over/under torqued they are known to collapse and back out. If this happens, it usually eats the cam and the phaser and sometimes the timing cover and valve cover. I also realize this is warranty work so they may have cheaped on that as well.
We vacationed up to Sioux falls SD a few years ago, my wife from Brazil experienced her first ever snow. She said it was just like the stuff she saw on tv! She says it is so much better than the hurricanes you get in Florida!
I hate those tiny Hy-Vo chains. Heck of a coincidence to have the riveted link showing on a chain as long as the one in that motor (darker with paint mark, ~8:45) Personally, I would have turned crank backwards a few degrees to preload tensioner, particularly if it's hydraulic/mechanical, installed wedge then turned forward again to lock things in position (plus get a little more slack?) Years ago, (80's) Kawasaki used even smaller hy-vo on GPZ600. It wore out in as little as 18,000 miles. Honda 750/900/1000 at least lasted to about 35,000~50,000 miles and that was mainly due to poor servicing which caused 'long' tensioner to fail (it had two)
DORMAN PARTS! My 2012 JEEP 2 door NSG370 six-speed transmission (Mercedes built in Stuttgart Germany Transmission Plant) lost 5th and 6th gear. I watch Eric O at SMA install a NSG370 with the updated DORMAN Shift Tower. I ordered a RE-MANUFACTURED NSG370, not a rebuild. Found the shift tower at WALMART on line (lowest price). The shift pattern is tighter and the shift throw is shorter. In a nut shell.... LOVE IT!.
Oh the memories of warranty work, bad ones. At least the scrimping is confined to the replacing of items and not the labor. The labor hits were more than I could take. The manufacturers dictated how much they'd pay for a job, not how long it actually took or what's fair. Good to see your reassembly talents in action, as usual they are top notch. Thanks.
Also fyi yes bro the weather up here in indiana sucks right now. Snow with 50 to 70mph gusts of wind which first started as a cold rain then the temp dropped quickly overnight. The high in my town today was negative ten degrees Fahrenheit with a 20 degree below windchill. My vehicles were so cold that they barely wanted to start. Many people who didnt turn their water to a trickle have frozen burst pipes. And i spent most of the early morning and day out helping people get in their cars or pulling them out of being stuck cuz kr the ice.
Thanks, Ray, for telling us in Montana about Florida damp weather. We are only -32 degress plus wind chill puts it as -45 degrees. Oh, and we only have two feet of blowing snow. I don't think I could handle the bad weather in Florida it must be brutal. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
38:25 1970 high school shop class movie PRIMITIVE PETE discussed in great length why not to use tools for something other than what and how they were intended. RAY DO YOU NEED ME TO TRY AND FIND YOU A COPY OF THAT MOVIE?
The pin that you noticed was missing on the old one is the reason it rattles. The pin shears and causes the noise until oil pressure builds. Gotta love a Triton!
Storm smacked the coast of Maine really hard bad flooding caused by an unusually high tide(astronomic high tide) but inland we got 1 or 2 inches of snow. The concern is appreciated ray but we northerners are pretty tough. We'll be ok 👍
Well. After that long...nice the steering hooked up...good memory Ray! Many out there are now selling(merch)Ray voo doo dolls.... My townspeople are more really on 'your side'
@davidcraven277 Wow, really? That's awesome! It definitely looks tedious. It's good to know there are people out there who can do it and do it well. Earn that cheddar from Ford!
Great video as always! It's nice you mentioned the weather up north in Chicago it's 12 below and migrants keep showing up on buses, wearing flip-flops and crocks and shorts. It is great to be where you’re at.
On some Dorman stuff, they are notorious for junk, but now they have come out with some high-quality metal replacement parts like those valve covers and the PentaStar oil cooler upgrade.
I know it was a while between tear down and reassembly, but there were 4 bolts in the ECU. 3's probably OK. Great job, but I think the noise is persisting.
Kudos to you Sir. very professional, the way you work, and how you help your costumers is in another level. I live in mexico, i have an old sentra wagon, and have never found a reliable mechanic, they 'fix' something but break another...
Not sure how many of these you do but, to keep the cam from moving get 2 pair of vise grips and sintch down between the lobes somewhere and lock them down so that yoyr hitting frame and fyel rail on the different pliers that way it cant move either way. (RADIO EDIT) Seen you use a set of vise grips right after clicking send on this comment lmao 🤣 . Ur good lol As usual you come up with an acceptable workaround on every job. *hint: only a small percentage of us can adapt and keep moving in situations like this, so be proud. Years of running construction jobs has taught me that most folks dont have the sense God gave a billy goat, and i dont say that with malice its just a cold fact.
Yup, those old SOHC Nissan engines were the same. I had to either buy or make a wedge to lock the chain tensioner and chain to remove the cam sprocket and/or cam...
I do lots of warranty work & sometimes you just have to grit & bear it .. but I do like how you vocalize your disagreement.. so if shi* hits the fan you can say I didnt like doing it .. i did it because i was told to do it
I have to do some more maintenance on the BMW. These videos motivate me to get on it. @ timestamp 15:49 I'm guessing that the old Cam Phaser missing the pin is the source of your clicking (moving spring). I too have noticed Doorman's increase in quality. I don't seek them out, but they have definitely come up. When I have been forced to use them, they have come through lately.
I did this job on my '05 Ford expedition. Stuck plugs, both phasers, cam tensioners and guides. I didn't buy a tool to hold the chain in place. Buddy of mine worked in a machine shop, so I went to a Ford dealer and measured the tool and made a print. Then I took the print to my buddy gave him a six pack of his favorite beer, and he made me a tool.😂😂😂 Ended up also having a blown up roller follower, which dinged up the cam. So I ended up replacing the cam the follower and lifters. When the roller follower came apart it also popped the cap off of the top of the valve stem so my valve dropped but it didn't bend. I was able to lift the valve up and press the spring put the cap on without pulling the head. It was a two-day job and I hated every minute of it. After doing it in my driveway, I vowed never to buy that engine ever again!!! After I was done it cranked on the first time and I traded that thing off!!!!!
As soon as I heard them ask you to run the engine without the valve covers would have been the first red flag that, if I were in your shoes, I would have flatly turned down this job. I mean, I know it makes for great UA-cam content, but seriously, I don't know how you are handling the stress of being manipulated into doing maintenance operations that you are not comfortable with.
Good that you don't tighten the cover fasteners yet before sorting out that vacuum line. But weird that subsequently you don't reattach the steering shaft before putting in the rest of the hoses and brackets.
Ray gets in a hurry towards the end. When he got the tube to come loose, he should have put the steering shaft back together. Instead, he let it go and said, “I’ll get that later”. Every time he does that he forgets and then has to do it the hard way. But it makes for humorous content.😂
@@shakerman55 I think you're right. It annoys me every time when he does his quick visual check to see if he didn't forget anything and then moves on, with that disconnected steering shaft, mid-frame, screaming for attention. He's doing it on purpose, lol
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Daves auto center on UA-cam knows everything about engines
Maybe Lifter and Cam
Ray my brother i really like your stuff been watching you for a long long time i really hope they paying you good for all the ads they blasting you with tho because its every 2-5 minutes they hitting us with atleast 1 if not 2 or 3, keep on pushing and keep up the good work
I thought for a moment when you had trouble pulling out the wedge you were going to get the rod only and the plastic bit would be stuck inside!
i worked at a ford dealer and had that happen with the actual ford tool
I had that same thought! Glad the whole tool came back out. As Ray would say "that would be bad". 😂
I thought the same thing.
My mind went there, I'm not gonna lie.
I too was worried about the lemon-flavored popsicle.
Per Ford manual : Cam Phaser bolt. Install new cam phaser bolt.
Step 1. Torque to 40 Nm (30 lb-ft). Step 2.Tighten an additional 90 degrees
Which is why Ray is a hack!!
Haha, I’m sure you’ll find he did this off camera, the rattle gun thing was just to stir up comments.. I mean the way he said “came off this way, it’s going on this way” was obviously tongue in cheek 😂.
The guy rarely torques anything, and has admitted it on several occassions..
I was literally cringing when you were changing that sprocket out - worried you were going to lose that chain and have to take apart the whole front of the engine. But, smooth as always, you are, Ray! Turned it into an outright breeze!
Watching you work in such tight spaces I will stay with working on my old 1961 F100 where I can see what I am doing.
Set phasers to bad rebuild! Fire photon torpedoes!
Hahahahahaha! 😅
It is like doing surgery.
Hey Ray Ray. Thanks for doing my trailer tires last month. I work at dorman and I was a quality engineer from 2016 until 2022. When I started the warranty Rate was over 50% and I got it down to less than 15% before I took a higher position in Dorman. They've really turned the focus more toward quality.
I just bought and installed a Dorman coolant reservoir on my 2011 Ford F-150 with the 3.5 Ecoboost and so far that bottle is solid. It got awesome reviews from everyone who bought one and it saved me about $75 compared to the Motorcraft part. I also likes what Dorman did with the heater hose for my truck. Replacing the stupid plastic "Y" pipe with an aluminum pipe. Nice job!
I worked for Advance Auto Parts and saw some amazing aftermarket fixes from Dorman. Like the rear main seal assembly for a 4.8, 5.3 or 6.0 Chevy. Dorman has the best OE fixes out of anybody at reasonable costs.
This just shows the good influence having the right people in a company can have. Well done sir.
Your 5.4 Chains & phasers still need attention.. bought em and ended up replacing with Ford OEM parts .. somethings just don't beat factory
@@tomboone201 well yeah! Certain parts you just don't skimp on and always go OEM. Especially, the chains and phasers!
I kept waiting for you to reattach the steering coupler, but you waited till almost everything was back in place. Would have been easier early on, but you got it. I really appreciate the calmness that you show, I know other mechanics that every other word out of their mouth starts with "F"! One I knew liked to punch things, didn't work out too well, as cars are steel and inanimate objects with no feelings, his fist found that out! Punching cars only hurts you!
30° in Houston Texas right now that’s cold for us too
90+% humidity is ordinary down yonder. The dew point got you.
You mentioned the weather up north. It's not TOO bad, really. I live in Calgary and it's supposed to warm up a bit tomorrow. But it's going to be -33C overnight with a -41C wind chill. For those keeping score, -40C equals -40F. It just means we have to wear socks with our flip-flops.
I'm ex Calgary! Hope all was sorted after those floods?
LOL! I'm from Toronto and live in Lethbridge now. Yes, my wife has pointed out people walking around with crocks and shorts on days when it was -40 here too. I don't know how they do it.
And no, I haven't seen it for my self because I don't see anything these days.
Flying Wrenches has done 100s like that. He shows the wedges and all 😊.
It' was 12 below zero this morning. I'll be glad to trade you
I hated doing electronics warranty work. The pay was crap for all the effort. But there was part of me which just would not allow me to do a half- axxed minimal repair for warranty. I always looked for other potential problems- mostly bad solder joints (Just love that horrible lead free solder) and repaired them. I had close to zero call back rate (.01 %) and refused to compromise on my work standard and ethic, even if it cost more time and effort. At least I could go home feeling that my work was above standard quality for the industry.
Ray, you didn't look at the instructions that came with the new phaser. The bolt is a torque to yield. The new bolt has to be torqued to 30 lb-ft, then turned an additional 90 degrees. I have a new FoMoCo phaser with instructions in front of me. Confirmed the specs. BTW, I have actually done this job.
also im like 99% sure they are one time use bolts , and MUST be replaced if removed....... hopefully it holds up lol
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Props to exactly correct, in declining percentage order, ingredients of air.
I might have missed it but I really hope you didn't reuse the phaser bolt... They're not reusable.
Also disappointed you didn't torque it properly. 😒
Them Fords be giving guys like Ray some good job security!
They all do but don't forget Ford has double the trucks on the road....
I am faithful to watch the video i never have a comment, I watch when you do not Torque things and it doesn't bother me because I have done the same thing but with the cam Phaser bolt I believe needs to be Torqued to factory spec . Not trying to be mean Have a nice day
Should be a new phaser bolt and torque to specs and crank it down another 45 degrees to stretch bolt...or torque to yield...Hope that vacuum tube did come out the back of engine bear to get back in.
Happy Monday Ray. You had some serious Rocket Surgery lately. Level 63.6.
Dorman even provided my intake manifold for my 2001 f150.
Ya know-the granite guys are like awesome sound effects in a movie. They are also part of the work day for you, so they become part of the experience you are giving us. We are here for the ups and downs with you!
Them and the Tropicana train!
Ray, I really hope that was a new Cam bolt you are using. Because you cannot reuse them, they are torque to yield
Good to see humidity. It's currently 5 degrees in Denver. Keep up the good work Ray!!
Watching him put all these parts on everything's going around making it harder to get to the steering shaft . I'm from Michigan We don't care about the snow besides the winner we had sucked up here. The Grand Rapids area only got like 47 inches of snow. We normally get around 105 inches or more. I haven't watched this channel in a while apparently UA-cam unsubscribed me. I I always wonder why they do that kind of stuff.
1:07:20 Ray has made possibly the most common, and most commonly got away with, mistake when working on a car’s electrical system. When disconnecting the battery, you should always do so at the ground side, which is almost always the negative, nowadays.
That prevents you shorting out the battery, with a carelessly dropped tool, or while reconnecting it.
Have to put my hand up, here, and admit I do it too, because I’m lazy and I’m confident I won’t drop anything across the positive post.
I’m normally right, too. Only happened once, but I was careful for a long time afterwards and only fell back into only disconnecting the easy terminal in recent years. I still tell everyone else, do as I say, not as I do.
I’m convinced that the world is starting to get better with people starting to pay attention to what is happening around them and how they can make the world better and how with the internet they are realizing that people are watching them
These days I do more listening than watching on your channel.
Since I can imagine what you are doing and only occasionally need to watch. I either use my ear beats to do my things and just listen to you talk or I play you on my TV and still mostly listen.
You do a very good job at describing what you are doing, and thinking, etc.
Plus, you are so versed in everything you do and give such great breakdowns on what you are doing and explaining the reasons why and how, that it's a learning experience with every post.
when i was growing up, mechanics were felons with tattoo's that were hella cool to me as a kid...a cigarette in one hand and a beer on the toolbox...times have changed lol.
Here in East Central IA, we had a record 5 day snowfall total of 23.9".....your humidity is our snow. 😂
Only one critique, Ray: The cam phaser bolt has a Ford Torque Spec. Anything that is not perfect with the installation will be blamed on you for not tightening that bolt to spec.
Other than that, well done, Ray!! VERY well done!
(Never forget: On a Ford, if it has threads, chances are there is a torque spec for that!!)
Couldn't agree more... Makes no since to go that far and not torque correctly. Let along using and IMPACT wrench?
That reason is because the design engineer wrote a torque specification for that particular fastener.@@polishhotdog933
I have to say I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who has the humidity problem. I've had people give me a hard time becuase I have things rust on me (as if I'm neglectful), well even my tools and cars stored inside keep rusting. About every week my oil jugs have the dew level indicators on them :D
The word is expletive. As for the weather, we have the NWS putting out warnings for snow squalls. These are basically snow fall bursts with wind blowing it around. Visibility is dramatically reduced, just like in fog.
46:35 70 degree weather sounds horrible. 17 degrees below zero here plus wind chill makes it even colder.
Permatex spray-a-gasket will be your new best friend. Will keep gasket from falling.
Ray Im from Tennessee and we getting some snow. I don't mind the snow and ice. I just hate the cold. The high for Tuesday the 16th is 18 🥶🥶🥶. Love the videos keep them coming. Have a great day
Also this is the best way to do the repair save customer lots of labor time and does not effect the job as whole.
What you're looking for is Called" Double Entendre" meaning something you say can be taken either way clean or slightly Blue
It's amazing how differently people's brains work. If I reassembled those engine parts the way you do, I would forget a few things. I guess no matter how you do it, the final recheck is an important step.
I really like the longer videos when it's 0° outside for the high temperature .
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I wouldn’t call that Dorman for the win. I think Eric O would say… if nothing else is available Dorman might work.
That wedge tool reminded me of this wooden tool I got for my Datsun 280Z. It was used to lock the chain in place so you could replace stock cam with a higher performance cam super easy...
Yes, every time I see a video and the time is 1h+ I say yes, full chill hour Ray doing his thing. I can't thank you anymore Ray, I've learned so much from you, and got the confidence to do my own diy stuff on my car.
Hey fella, you are the one with the smoking diesel right.
@@YordanyCastellanosRegueiro yea I saw that too
@@YordanyCastellanosRegueiro yeap
Adds a new meaning to "AfFORDable Escape"(dbl puns intended!!)
@Larry D Shaw/
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FPK GA
That bolt is single use isn’t it? It has a crush washer which can only be used once.
Being an internet armchair mechanic there’s been a lot of brutal episodes/jobs that have spoiled my Zen lately!😂
Living precariously through your troubles and tribulations of these repairs is entertaining in its self, sometimes I’d give away my fortunes ( I have no fortune 😂) for a quick fix and a oil change but that ain’t real life.
Ray don’t let the comment section get you down brother, you’ll go crazy over a minority of viewers that you ain’t going to please looking to point out something thing to complain about, when you open yourself/life out for public display there will be jerks yanking your chain.
It’s disheartening to know that it’s getting under your skin, Ray..we all love you and your content. Don’t get involved in these internet flame wars, there’s no winners just opinions and like azzholes everybody’s got one.
Watching you go through jobs with a joke and a smile and just persevere is remarkable ! 🙂
Most techs would just basket case these projects, but you’re honest and show the mistakes and learn from them.
Yes sometimes I feel I’m watching rainman rays little garage of horrors, but that’s your charm, you never know what is coming in the door and it works and is part of my morning routine at work.
Don’t change a thing, you just be you and just stop letting trolls in the comment section get you down!😎
Love and peace from the cold north!✌🏼
I agree with you, well said.
...and it not over adding "nightmare engineering" under Zhood...
: self-driving on long flats, like kilometers of
roadways out western U.S.A.
...and, electric-powered that costs more weight and lack of charging stations/time wasted doing so...
That cam phaser has a tty bolt. Did you replace phaser with the old bolt? Also blue lock tight should be used on the bolt. These triton engines are great engines but to get long life out of them they need new timing chains, upgraded oil pumps, and ratchet style lock metal tensioners, not the cheap factory plastic ones. And the phasers also need lockouts installed. The tune isn't necessary after lockouts if the engine light being on don't bother the customer. The tune basicly just turns off vcts and clears engine light. And you failed to torque the bolt to spec.
great job! it is so crazy what the “warranty Co.” demand it is like they do not have any clue
what they are doing, just make crazy demands! and see how many hoops you have to go through
to satisfy these fools. it is nice it came out just fine. take care and be safe Ray.
Not a job for us shade tree mechanics for sure with no patience or big sausage fingers. Ray is impressive and so skilled we better hope his boy takes after him for the future.
Good Video, I have a 2008 F150 with same engine, no problem with engine but I only have 115,000 on engine...
South Central Sask., Canada , here, Cold, -40 early this morning, supper time -34C Glad I don't have any Fords anymore. BTW , you can buy oil cans to oil stuff up.
the cam phasers on the 5.4s were always loud and ticky like that, thats the way they were designed. one of the service bullitens from ford just told them to ad 5w-50 weight oil to quiet them down if anybody came in complaining about the ticking, the cam phasers adjust timing using oil pressure and using a heavier weight oil quieted them down.
That’s the problem with aftermarket warranty companies they just patch repairs so it costs them VERY Little until warranty expires then it’s all on the owner. I had a vehicle with a warranty that happened the same way
What a PITA you gotta love how the engineers have sandwiched everything into such small places. Great job Ray.
Because a designer has required it. The very last thing, 99% of the buying public thinks of when buying a new vehicle is how easy it is to repair. They care about what it looks like. What do dads it has and what kind of mileage it gets 😊
@@stevewhite3424 yep, touchscreens
The difference in the phaser is the old design vs new. They changed the thickness of the spring and added that stud to hold more tension on the spring. I know the wedge seems sketchy but we changed tons of 3V Mustang cams using those and never had one slip if wedged tightly like you did. The chain guides have a lip to them so it can only move so much.
That said the only thing i saw was the phaser bolt install. It is a torque to yield and should be replaced anytime it is removed. It is 30 ft/lbs plus 90 degrees on the bolt. It is hollow to pass oil to the phaser. If over/under torqued they are known to collapse and back out. If this happens, it usually eats the cam and the phaser and sometimes the timing cover and valve cover.
I also realize this is warranty work so they may have cheaped on that as well.
Yes the torque is critical on that bolt. It is a special bolt. And should be replaced.
I hope it does not fail.
We vacationed up to Sioux falls SD a few years ago, my wife from Brazil experienced her first ever snow. She said it was just like the stuff she saw on tv! She says it is so much better than the hurricanes you get in Florida!
Hopefully you reminded her that south dakota is right in Tornado Alley.
I hate those tiny Hy-Vo chains.
Heck of a coincidence to have the riveted link showing on a chain as long as the one in that motor (darker with paint mark, ~8:45)
Personally, I would have turned crank backwards a few degrees to preload tensioner, particularly if it's hydraulic/mechanical, installed wedge then turned forward again to lock things in position (plus get a little more slack?)
Years ago, (80's) Kawasaki used even smaller hy-vo on GPZ600.
It wore out in as little as 18,000 miles.
Honda 750/900/1000 at least lasted to about 35,000~50,000 miles and that was mainly due to poor servicing which caused 'long' tensioner to fail (it had two)
Excellent work Ray! A few episodes ago you mentioned your hourly rate.
Your worth every penny!!
That phaser bolt is one time use. I’d be pretty nervous about that
Don`t you just love it when someone asks an expert and then tells them they are wrong ?
DORMAN PARTS!
My 2012 JEEP 2 door NSG370 six-speed transmission (Mercedes built in Stuttgart Germany Transmission Plant) lost 5th and 6th gear. I watch Eric O at SMA install a NSG370 with the updated DORMAN Shift Tower. I ordered a RE-MANUFACTURED NSG370, not a rebuild. Found the shift tower at WALMART on line (lowest price). The shift pattern is tighter and the shift throw is shorter. In a nut shell.... LOVE IT!.
Oh the memories of warranty work, bad ones. At least the scrimping is confined to the replacing of items and not the labor. The labor hits were more than I could take. The manufacturers dictated how much they'd pay for a job, not how long it actually took or what's fair. Good to see your reassembly talents in action, as usual they are top notch. Thanks.
8 degrees and windy here in ohio. I can hear the road salt chewing on the underside of my car.
Also fyi yes bro the weather up here in indiana sucks right now. Snow with 50 to 70mph gusts of wind which first started as a cold rain then the temp dropped quickly overnight. The high in my town today was negative ten degrees Fahrenheit with a 20 degree below windchill. My vehicles were so cold that they barely wanted to start. Many people who didnt turn their water to a trickle have frozen burst pipes. And i spent most of the early morning and day out helping people get in their cars or pulling them out of being stuck cuz kr the ice.
We have done this also but we put a small cardboard sleeve about four inches up along the side of the rockers and no oil spray.
Thanks, Ray, for telling us in Montana about Florida damp weather. We are only -32 degress plus wind chill puts it as -45 degrees. Oh, and we only have two feet of blowing snow. I don't think I could handle the bad weather in Florida it must be brutal. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
38:25
1970 high school shop class movie PRIMITIVE PETE discussed in great length why not to use tools for something other than what and how they were intended. RAY DO YOU NEED ME TO TRY AND FIND YOU A COPY OF THAT MOVIE?
Ray watching your videos is almost like mechanics tutorial class keep up the honesty and quality
6 degrees for a low and 25 for the High. Please send some Florida weather up to here.
Woo Hoo Thankful for a Ray Repairs video on this beautiful cold sunday. Thank you Mr. Ray....😊
Also I'm loving these long videos.😊
It is -3 three degrees fahrenheit here in Indianapolis (-10 windchill).
40 minute video you say....no thanks.I need a 2 hour video 😊
Just bought my son a set of the clamp remover and put them back on. Amazon has them for $40.00 set of 7 in the box.
I learned my lesson about humidity when I lived south of Miami in Leisure City. NW Florida (where I now live) is more to my suiting.
Got to love warranty work. Scimp on dimes to spend dollars.
Worry about the ants and let the elephants walk on them! 😕
Spend a dollar you save a dime😂😂😂😂
If you fart make sure its not a shart😂😂🤣 tomato, tamato, potato, patoto isn't it all the same 🤣😂
Up here in central Saskatchewan, Canada it's been -34C (feels like-50C) / -29F (feels like -58F) for a week.
Man, 64F in mid Jan is way too warm. I envy you! ;).
The pin that you noticed was missing on the old one is the reason it rattles. The pin shears and causes the noise until oil pressure builds. Gotta love a Triton!
Storm smacked the coast of Maine really hard bad flooding caused by an unusually high tide(astronomic high tide) but inland we got 1 or 2 inches of snow. The concern is appreciated ray but we northerners are pretty tough. We'll be ok 👍
Well. After that long...nice the steering hooked up...good memory Ray! Many out there are now selling(merch)Ray voo doo dolls.... My townspeople are more really on 'your side'
I had a 00s Camaro that I had Dorman window motors on. I had to replace them every couple of years until I found AC Delcos
that ford truck is still in great shape .
Gives new meaning to the term, “sketchy repair”! Great job working through it Ray!
In our shop we have changed a lot of gears this way its works quite well
@davidcraven277 Wow, really? That's awesome! It definitely looks tedious. It's good to know there are people out there who can do it and do it well. Earn that cheddar from Ford!
Great video as always!
It's nice you mentioned the weather up north in Chicago it's 12 below and migrants keep showing up on buses, wearing flip-flops and crocks and shorts. It is great to be where you’re at.
I usually have Ray’s video with breakfast here in Hawaii. Today I will be having Ray with lunch. No problem! I’m retired.
On some Dorman stuff, they are notorious for junk, but now they have come out with some high-quality metal replacement parts like those valve covers and the PentaStar oil cooler upgrade.
With the bad weather here in Michigan, we have more time to watch your videos. So win win.
It snowed back in the 70s I was going to work at the telephone office in Hollywood fla it was not much but it did snow
I know it was a while between tear down and reassembly, but there were 4 bolts in the ECU. 3's probably OK. Great job, but I think the noise is persisting.
Kudos to you Sir. very professional, the way you work, and how you help your costumers is in another level. I live in mexico, i have an old sentra wagon, and have never found a reliable mechanic, they 'fix' something but break another...
Not sure how many of these you do but, to keep the cam from moving get 2 pair of vise grips and sintch down between the lobes somewhere and lock them down so that yoyr hitting frame and fyel rail on the different pliers that way it cant move either way. (RADIO EDIT) Seen you use a set of vise grips right after clicking send on this comment lmao 🤣 . Ur good lol As usual you come up with an acceptable workaround on every job. *hint: only a small percentage of us can adapt and keep moving in situations like this, so be proud. Years of running construction jobs has taught me that most folks dont have the sense God gave a billy goat, and i dont say that with malice its just a cold fact.
Yup, those old SOHC Nissan engines were the same. I had to either buy or make a wedge to lock the chain tensioner and chain to remove the cam sprocket and/or cam...
Hey Ray, another satisfying video to get this vehicle completed after all the hoops you had to go through. Cheers!
I do lots of warranty work & sometimes you just have to grit & bear it .. but I do like how you vocalize your disagreement.. so if shi* hits the fan you can say I didnt like doing it .. i did it because i was told to do it
No need to cut the videos, I really enjoy the longer ones, like this one!
I have to do some more maintenance on the BMW. These videos motivate me to get on it. @ timestamp 15:49 I'm guessing that the old Cam Phaser missing the pin is the source of your clicking (moving spring). I too have noticed Doorman's increase in quality. I don't seek them out, but they have definitely come up. When I have been forced to use them, they have come through lately.
I did this job on my '05 Ford expedition. Stuck plugs, both phasers, cam tensioners and guides. I didn't buy a tool to hold the chain in place. Buddy of mine worked in a machine shop, so I went to a Ford dealer and measured the tool and made a print. Then I took the print to my buddy gave him a six pack of his favorite beer, and he made me a tool.😂😂😂 Ended up also having a blown up roller follower, which dinged up the cam. So I ended up replacing the cam the follower and lifters. When the roller follower came apart it also popped the cap off of the top of the valve stem so my valve dropped but it didn't bend. I was able to lift the valve up and press the spring put the cap on without pulling the head. It was a two-day job and I hated every minute of it. After doing it in my driveway, I vowed never to buy that engine ever again!!! After I was done it cranked on the first time and I traded that thing off!!!!!
As soon as I heard them ask you to run the engine without the valve covers would have been the first red flag that, if I were in your shoes, I would have flatly turned down this job. I mean, I know it makes for great UA-cam content, but seriously, I don't know how you are handling the stress of being manipulated into doing maintenance operations that you are not comfortable with.
Good that you don't tighten the cover fasteners yet before sorting out that vacuum line. But weird that subsequently you don't reattach the steering shaft before putting in the rest of the hoses and brackets.
Ray gets in a hurry towards the end. When he got the tube to come loose, he should have put the steering shaft back together. Instead, he let it go and said, “I’ll get that later”. Every time he does that he forgets and then has to do it the hard way. But it makes for humorous content.😂
Who knows what ELSE the steering shaft could have been in the way of?
@@MonkeyJedi99
Nothing. I’ve done the job. Sometimes I think he does it on purpose for effect.
@@shakerman55 I think you're right. It annoys me every time when he does his quick visual check to see if he didn't forget anything and then moves on, with that disconnected steering shaft, mid-frame, screaming for attention. He's doing it on purpose, lol
I miss my 2005 F-150, but man I don't miss that freaking motor.
Yeah, we're about to get naild by snow here in TN today... my son however is enjoying his warmer Fl weather.