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  • @RainmanRaysRepairs
    @RainmanRaysRepairs  2 роки тому +38

    🚨🚨🚨 Part 2 is complete! ua-cam.com/video/lRNU6fUSwxM/v-deo.html 🚨🚨🚨

    • @channell11
      @channell11 2 роки тому +1

      @Average User Don't know if it's the case with Subaru, but some manufacturers spec RTV on oil/transmission pans.

    • @jrrains
      @jrrains 2 роки тому +2

      Does the long extension affect the torque setting on the wrench?

    • @billmellater
      @billmellater 2 роки тому

      @@jrrains no

    • @bradklingensmith
      @bradklingensmith 2 роки тому

      @@David-eg4lv dislike works fine.

    • @bradklingensmith
      @bradklingensmith 2 роки тому

      @Average User that's what Suburu calls for.

  • @blastem
    @blastem 2 роки тому +399

    I always hated working on collision-damaged cars. There is always the risk of significant STORED energy in places where you would not expect it. Disassembly of such a car for repairs can be very dangerous. A frame member doesn't have to be called a spring to ACT like a spring! Much respect to the good folks still in the trenches daily doing this work. Be careful under there, Ray.

    • @williamolsenii1229
      @williamolsenii1229 2 роки тому +4

      I emphatically agree.

    • @Fixin-To
      @Fixin-To 2 роки тому +22

      Potential energy has the potential to f you up.

    • @WillFuI
      @WillFuI 2 роки тому +8

      @@Fixin-To potentially

    • @tiles3458
      @tiles3458 2 роки тому +3

      Im a fairly new mechanic and I hope I don't seem dumb asking this but what can happen when you say a frame member can act like like spring?

    • @Rishnai
      @Rishnai 2 роки тому +9

      @@tiles3458 Same mechanism that makes the hot/cold hail dent removal trick only work sometimes: any given bent part might only be in the shape it is due to other forces holding it there. If the force didn’t get past the plastic deformation limit and you relieve those forces by disconnecting the opposing piece, a whole tie rod or subframe component or whatever might let go and jump at you as abruptly as certain hail dents pop out with the canned air!

  • @browntown9150
    @browntown9150 2 роки тому +39

    As a Subaru guy you never go with “someone that could do it cheaper” you go with some who does it right

    • @olsmokey5256
      @olsmokey5256 2 роки тому +1

      VW same

    • @whatjake7898
      @whatjake7898 2 роки тому +5

      As an owner of ANY car....same

    • @emmanuelmoreno6385
      @emmanuelmoreno6385 2 роки тому +1

      @@whatjake7898 yeah but subarus shoot through engines in the hands of kids my age

    • @yunus_aros
      @yunus_aros 2 роки тому +2

      I am SUBARU owner and love my car, but I am no fanboy of tuned cars.
      Way too many Subaru fellows and fellettes think they are automotive engineers judging by the after market jungle they are throwing themselves into. 🤣

    • @browntown9150
      @browntown9150 2 роки тому +1

      @@yunus_aros facts I consistently see people in groups running into trouble bc of bad tuning or supporting mods. I’m definitely not doing anymore than a catback until it’s not my only vehicle.

  • @barbarakuvet6052
    @barbarakuvet6052 2 роки тому +50

    As a professional mechanic for the last 60 yrs I really enjoy guessing how you will attack any particular problem. You almost always seem to do what I would in the same situation. You are talented, level headed and professional. An asset to our profession. Who ever you work for is lucky to have you. I hope you get paid enough. It's easy to get burned out working at the level you are. Hang in there!!!!!

    • @Watchyn_Yarwood
      @Watchyn_Yarwood 2 роки тому

      👍👍

    • @khill4053
      @khill4053 Рік тому

      Unfortunately since your comment he has been fired and they didn't know what they had.

  • @user-dc4tx3qr5d
    @user-dc4tx3qr5d 2 роки тому +10

    Thanks for this channel. Humorous and educational. I was in a dealership at a parts counter buying a part in the mid 1980s. Big noise in the shop. Crash!!! A mechanic threw a wrench across the shop into a wall. “I cant even see the f- ing spark plugs!! How do they expect me to change them!!”

    • @Dryloch
      @Dryloch 2 роки тому

      That is like 90% of cars now especially if they are not 4 cylinders.

  • @jackson7421
    @jackson7421 2 роки тому +247

    I am a heavy truck mechanic at a fleet shop, so I work on stuff all day long. You would think that watching someone work on cars is the last thing that I’d want to do, but your vlogs are really good, and interesting. Congrats Ray, you got yourself another subscriber

    • @razzle1245
      @razzle1245 2 роки тому

      same here. some people make me cringe lmao. at least *most* of the trucks are kept up to date lmao. these videos make me smile tho lol

    • @jakesmerth1919
      @jakesmerth1919 2 роки тому +1

      How magnanimous of this god to grant you his subscription and praise. If only all of us could get this center of the universe to approve of us so highly...

    • @Naeromusic
      @Naeromusic 2 роки тому

      No way, I'm not even a mechanic, just an enthusiast who slowly got into car repair videos, I find it very cool to watch, you don't get to see cars like mechanics do so it's very cool to me when I see what mechanics see when they are repairing

    • @razzle1245
      @razzle1245 2 роки тому

      @@Naeromusic fair enough. nice to see how they solve problems and how they think. but also seeing some of these customers cars is funny too

    • @Naeromusic
      @Naeromusic 2 роки тому

      @@razzle1245 exactly and then I also know as a customer what to do and what not to do 😂

  • @user-gx6jb6wc5g
    @user-gx6jb6wc5g 2 роки тому +619

    You did get me. I was like OMG!

    • @bartat404
      @bartat404 2 роки тому +41

      Ohh yeah! Surprised to see another of my favorite tubers here! 😄

    • @encorespod2135
      @encorespod2135 2 роки тому +2

      Pst.. I've been messing with 74 series logic chips, with LEDs on them... From the 80s.

    • @Alexander_l322
      @Alexander_l322 2 роки тому +9

      I saw Clive and I was like OMG!

    • @bartat404
      @bartat404 2 роки тому +4

      @@dizzy2020 truuuuuuuuth. ❤️. We love our Clive. :}

    • @dallasstepto8409
      @dallasstepto8409 2 роки тому +2

      Clivey boy fancy seeing you on here 😂😂😂

  • @mlt6322
    @mlt6322 2 роки тому +2

    It's customers like this that I always kept a can of florescent paint in my supplies along with a box of zip-lock bags for excessive air fresheners. I would mark all damaged parts so when it returns I can point out they never replaced the damaged parts because they would always want me to align the car after they claimed to have replaced everything.

  • @Kryten428
    @Kryten428 2 роки тому +2

    The opening joke about loc tite and the impact on the drain plug reminded me of this from about 25 years ago. My sister asked me to change the oil on her friends car. No problem, even with picking up and dropping off the car it should take under an hour. Get car up on ramps and try and remove drain plug and discover previous oil changer had damaged the threads and used some sort of epoxy to reinstall the plug. Wound up cracking the oil pan before plug came out and it's the only time in my life a welder was a required tool for an oil change.

    • @pictsidhe6471
      @pictsidhe6471 2 роки тому

      That is what happens when you get mates to fix your car.

  • @anthonyhumbert8787
    @anthonyhumbert8787 2 роки тому +364

    There's been many times where I diagnose a car and tell the customer what's wrong with it and they take it somewhere else to get it fixed. This is why I never do diagnosis for free. If I'm going to diagnose it and you're going to take it you are going to pay for every minute that I spent on that car diagnosing it.

    • @coterutledge7503
      @coterutledge7503 2 роки тому +30

      You gotta make your money!! Nothings free!!

    • @coterutledge7503
      @coterutledge7503 2 роки тому +7

      @@davidhoulden5791 then don’t be an idiot and learn how to diagnose it yourself lmao it’s really not that hard, just takes a little brain power

    • @Cheepchipsable
      @Cheepchipsable 2 роки тому +16

      @@davidhoulden5791 We are talking a proper diagnosis, not just an "It sounds like..."

    • @ferrumignis
      @ferrumignis 2 роки тому +13

      @@davidhoulden5791 Why did you take it for diagnosis if you already knew what the problem was?

    • @FluffyMI6
      @FluffyMI6 2 роки тому +2

      Fair enough! Time is money, after all ;)

  • @williammiddleton9129
    @williammiddleton9129 2 роки тому +223

    Absolutely obsessed with this channel. As a mechanic myself we are always learning, and you sir have taught me plenty.

    • @eccentricsmithy2746
      @eccentricsmithy2746 2 роки тому +3

      yea, of what not to do.

    • @cobra02411
      @cobra02411 2 роки тому +4

      And he knows his stuff. Soooo many people just RTV or Silicone stuff and send it. Lightly snug it and wait for it to skin over then send it.

    • @waynewarner6798
      @waynewarner6798 2 роки тому +3

      what you learn is hopefully , ... not to do what he does !!!

    • @shaunc07
      @shaunc07 2 роки тому +7

      @@Kalire21 Its a joke you half wit....... the pan is replaced in the video.

    • @Fixin-To
      @Fixin-To 2 роки тому +1

      @Jake strangely accurate and knowledgeable.

  • @crash121973
    @crash121973 2 роки тому +1

    I am what u would call a driveway mechanic. Been doing that since 20. Im 47 now and this guy has taught me so much. Love this channel. Awesome content. Intro was crazy. Well Dunn young man…👍👍👍

  • @ocdetails
    @ocdetails 2 роки тому +1

    I'll bet making these videos makes the job go by faster. I love how you explain every step like you are thinking out loud. That is a skill. A lot of people would just ramble, but you do a great job!

  • @sti_clone3840
    @sti_clone3840 2 роки тому +42

    As an ex Sti owner, I can confirm I can find someone cheaper…but I’ll be back to get it fixed with you properly 😂

    • @likeorasgod
      @likeorasgod 2 роки тому +4

      as a former WRX owner I'm sure you can prob agree with me what really happen. POT HOLE? Nah this dude was flying and hit a bump or rail road track and prob came down hard bottom out his car and front suspension. LOL I miss my 2008 what was very slightly modded to be faster than most STI's, but it was time to get a big boy vehicle and driving standard was killing my back in big city traffic.

    • @dantruong2582
      @dantruong2582 2 роки тому +6

      Yea like why lie? Everyone can guess that it wasn't a pothole

  • @FluffyMI6
    @FluffyMI6 2 роки тому +48

    Well, Ray, i can tell youve already made the customer upset with that new oil pan. Its not yellow and therefore wont go NEARLY as fast as it used to. Maybe you could paint on some flames to help with that.

    • @prism8289
      @prism8289 2 роки тому +1

      It would prob start on fire.

  • @billreynolds6347
    @billreynolds6347 2 роки тому +1

    I love the way you narrate the repair. Quite entertaining.

  • @funkmetal
    @funkmetal 2 роки тому +3

    I've been around enough Subi's to tell this wasn't "a pothole" lol

  • @JeffHendricks
    @JeffHendricks 2 роки тому +58

    "Everything is in the way of everything."
    Truer words have never been spoken.

    • @fatguyonalittlebike3336
      @fatguyonalittlebike3336 2 роки тому +2

      They been taken notes from Nissan lol

    • @jochenstacker7448
      @jochenstacker7448 2 роки тому +1

      Reminded me of Ian Gillan at a Deep Purple concert, "can I have everything louder than everything else".

    • @1337penguinman
      @1337penguinman 2 роки тому +1

      Yeah, that's standard practice on Subarus. Thankfully I don't have to work on them very often.

    • @ajwilson605
      @ajwilson605 2 роки тому

      The mantra of smirking engineers.........!

    • @Paintbing1
      @Paintbing1 2 роки тому

      Subarus GBOD. Probably the same engineer who designed the mazda headlamp clips.

  • @janetepstein9733
    @janetepstein9733 2 роки тому +9

    I am so glad that my Ins. told the repair shop “No bandaid type repair. REPLACE WITH NEW TOYOTA PARTS”! Ins? USAA!

    • @ganzonomy
      @ganzonomy 2 роки тому +1

      USAA from what I've heard and seen is amazing.

    • @MoMonde
      @MoMonde 2 роки тому +2

      @@ganzonomy I agree USAA is a pleasure to deal with in a stressful situation! Seems like they want to go out of their way to help!

    • @ginganinjaracing
      @ginganinjaracing 2 роки тому

      @@ganzonomy yeeeaaah.. USAA really isn't tho.

  • @danielleslie1842
    @danielleslie1842 2 роки тому +2

    Watch ur show every day it's really great!Need more mechanics like u

  • @johnfkeating
    @johnfkeating 2 роки тому +1

    if you have watched ANY of Rays videos you know he is above reproach!!!!! i love it when he mentions the KARENS or KENS in the comments with their snarky comments. LMAO!!! I appreciate his very high level troubleshooting patterns and skills. Our brother Ray, Thanks so much for your channel!!! I can only speak for myself i love it and Thanks so much!! much love to you and your family!!

  • @Revener666
    @Revener666 2 роки тому +30

    Barely screwed on AND the split pins missing, such a great combo. :)

  • @neillpotts6019
    @neillpotts6019 2 роки тому +24

    Notice how Ray mentions the wobbly bit sometime before it makes an appearance?? Then he further mentions the wobbly bit thus building up the audience's anticipation of its appearance .. and then it arrives!!! Such skill, such masterful expertise of playing out the suspense ... oh I was really beside myself when it appeared ... surely Ray will be nominated for an Oscar 😁 Long live the wobbly bit !

  • @xlusidx8546
    @xlusidx8546 2 роки тому +8

    Lube Tech/"New Guy" here. found your channel randomly while scrolling through "customer states" videos and now I'm here watching you every day after work. I've learned so much from watching your videos and I just wanted to say I love the content and I'm excited to see where this journey takes me!

  • @daveblevins3322
    @daveblevins3322 2 роки тому +1

    Hey Rainman 👍 I'm a retired helicopter pilot, and would just like to mention how awesome mechanics are with their $$$ professional tools that probably cost oh ?? 25 or 30 thousand dollars $$$.!!!
    Have a great week 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @tonymonastiere8510
    @tonymonastiere8510 2 роки тому +149

    On your intro, you should have used "RED THREAD LOCKER"...you could have scared
    the entire world of mech-aniks with that one move!!! LOL!!!

    • @Android811
      @Android811 2 роки тому +13

      The green "retaining compound" is even stronger!

    • @katanamd
      @katanamd 2 роки тому +9

      I had to remove a clutch fan that was red locktighed on a few months ago. That was fun.

    • @grigorirasputin996
      @grigorirasputin996 2 роки тому

      @@Android811 you beat me to it.

    • @kstricl
      @kstricl 2 роки тому +3

      Then hit it with the mig.

    • @brnmcc01
      @brnmcc01 2 роки тому +12

      @Eric C Yeah at first I was like wow thats a lot of loctite. Then he hit it with full send on the big Rigid impact...

  • @brutuzhni
    @brutuzhni 2 роки тому +67

    You really had me on that drain plug! I was so pissed when you did that and felt really fool after hearing your gonna change the oilpan :D

    • @ThatNoFbody-ch9ky
      @ThatNoFbody-ch9ky 2 роки тому +2

      @Joby Fluorine hahah I was confused on why he did 😂

  • @owenbosen867
    @owenbosen867 Рік тому

    I was a mechanic for 10years. Man you have the patience of a saint on his birthday day 👍

  • @patriel1
    @patriel1 2 роки тому

    I like it when you speed things up rather than skip the process.

  • @sturnie1
    @sturnie1 2 роки тому +146

    Rays using that new Milwaukee impact like Frank's hot sauce!

    • @letsrock8899
      @letsrock8899 2 роки тому +6

      We want to use those new tools as often as possible to justify the money spent 😁

    • @edwardmyers1746
      @edwardmyers1746 2 роки тому +4

      I put that sh!t on everything!!

    • @matth4069
      @matth4069 2 роки тому +3

      Milwaukee impacts are the best. I love all 3 of mine. The largeboi with 1400ftlbs, the stubby, and the right angle

    • @sturnie1
      @sturnie1 2 роки тому +1

      @@matth4069 I used Dewalt for 20 years and have had 2 Milwaukee driver and impact tools for 5 years they have already left Dewalt in the dust! Milwaukee batteries held a charge for 1 year hardly used Dewalts discharge as soon as they are removed from the charger

    • @Sco1ful
      @Sco1ful 2 роки тому +1

      It’s almost as if he did Ford spark plugs recently. Who knows. 🤪

  • @frankhartford5194
    @frankhartford5194 2 роки тому +19

    I was like there's no way Ray is that type of guy, seeing all the good deeds you do. I'm operating with that same mentality at my garage I'm just opening. I already won one customer over, for telling them to trade while they can. Before the snowball effect started getting even worse then it already was

  • @hogansgoat15
    @hogansgoat15 2 роки тому

    Its fascinating to me that people understand and know how to do this kinda stuff! TOTALLY ENJOYABLE to watch and best thing; you don't ramble! Can't wait to watch the next part. VERY AWESOME!

  • @wadet73
    @wadet73 Рік тому

    Once again it's after midnight and I'm starting another Ray video where someone has torn up a car and wans to tie your hands while you repair it. Your patience for idiocy and ignorance of the job is inspiring. Stay calm my friend.

  • @rallylout
    @rallylout 2 роки тому +5

    You didn’t get me with the sump bolt 😆 …. You did get me with that ball joint nut tho…😱

  • @nv1493
    @nv1493 2 роки тому +8

    Opening statement was GOLD.
    Nicely done Ray.

  • @ShaneHarris19850412
    @ShaneHarris19850412 2 роки тому

    Without even trying I literally just went and bought the exact same impact gun from Rigid yesterday. I am glad I get to watch it in action as he uses it, so I know what kind of quality I bought.

  • @karipihlstrom9183
    @karipihlstrom9183 2 роки тому

    Thanks Ray,learning every video what i watch,59 years old now, still want To learn.

  • @brkemm25
    @brkemm25 2 роки тому +10

    ❤️ Ray. The most honest mechanic I’ve seen since Derek from VGG.

  • @hristiyanbakalov2516
    @hristiyanbakalov2516 2 роки тому +10

    My Monday just got 10 times better ! Love watching your videos

  • @davidparks395
    @davidparks395 Рік тому

    That poor WRX. I have a 2017 bought brand new, about 62k on it, its my first brand new car. I plan on owning this thing for at least 15 years. I love it, but I don’t get to drive it much anymore because I drive a work a truck. If this customer hit a pot hole it must have been a big one. I couldn’t imagine getting that much damage from a pot hole unless other things were at play like speed and recklessness…maybe weather, but living in NE Ohio it handles pretty well in the snow with the right tires. I’m not mechanic, I get my RubySue(haha love it) serviced on schedule and will continue because preventative maintenance is the best kind of maintenance. I just came across your channel not too long ago and have been enjoying your videos Ray, much more than other mechanic’s. You keep it light and fun while providing quality service, explanation and that touch of goof. Keep it up.

  • @gordonpeden6234
    @gordonpeden6234 2 роки тому +2

    I feel as if I've just watched Ray's evil twin Rod, putting locktite on the sump plug and then rattles it on with a gun! :-O

  • @FluffyMI6
    @FluffyMI6 2 роки тому +5

    If ever the owner of this vehicle ever sees this comment: please take more pride in your work! Tighten every nut you take off, replace parts that you over tighten and strip and for the love of god make sure the parts are seated properly! That steering wheel column not being seated properly is an absolute death wish. Its not just your safety thats in jeopardy when things go wrong on your car. Everyone on the road (and even sidewalks) is at risk when you drive a vehicle with issues like that.

    • @msnow22000
      @msnow22000 2 роки тому

      You know What’s even scarier? That’s the guy that wants you to race him on the highway on your way home from work at night.

  • @nexus-6598
    @nexus-6598 2 роки тому +59

    Your expertise and commentary is a winning combination. I really enjoy the content. Thank you for uploading!

  • @alant5757
    @alant5757 2 роки тому

    I rebuilt Automatic Transmissions from 1980-85 and I remember 14 inch- pounds for the pounds (back then of course)…. Stuck in my head for life. The biggest problem is people over tightening the pans and then where the bolts go through the pans… the pan would actually protrude upward and the gasket won’t seal properly. I remember a guy coming in and he had 3 corks gaskets and silicone and leaking badly. I removed everything… cleaned everything up… straighten all the bolt holes… used one gasket, no sealant… and it never leaked. The guy was shocked. Haha.
    Hey… really like all the videos….!

  • @russmt4181
    @russmt4181 2 роки тому +6

    "Everything is in the way of everything" straight up car mechanic truth.

  • @datgamerboy123
    @datgamerboy123 2 роки тому +69

    "what is that?" He questions. I answer with "broken. That's what it is." 🤣

    • @ryans413
      @ryans413 2 роки тому

      Like what’s with the yellow oil pan that’s so stupid

    • @841k9
      @841k9 2 роки тому

      @@ryans413
      Not the case for this vehicle, but I know lots of farmers who paint underside components obnoxious colors. It makes it easier to see what's damaged when you're stuck miles from anywhere on a moonless night.

  • @OverlandOne
    @OverlandOne 2 роки тому +37

    When the customer says they have someone that will fix it cheaper, what they really mean is that they have someone that will "work on it" cheaper. Working on it and fixing it are two different things, ha ha.

    • @captainmorgan6035
      @captainmorgan6035 2 роки тому +1

      Yea that cheaper guy was the one that left all his nuts loose, cheaper is better till it isnt

    • @rickpickle
      @rickpickle 2 роки тому +3

      you're not lying, i used to work with people that were cheap. i swear the relationship with the people they brought into their lives cost way more than just paying a real mechanic to do the work. a lesson i've not ignored in my own life.

    • @Chris66able
      @Chris66able 2 роки тому

      @@rickpickle Yeah that's what it is, really we are all rich, getting it done cheaper has nothing to do with what we can afford or the fact that most mechanics are dishonest.

  • @Godzilla941
    @Godzilla941 2 роки тому +3

    I think the problem with this car is a loose nut behind the wheel. It goes right along with the finger-tight suspension work. 🤪 (You share the road with these people!)

  • @terryturner5360
    @terryturner5360 2 роки тому +2

    Here in Australia, that would most likely be written off. Keep the great videos coming Ray, as always enjoyable to watch.

    • @hdraman111
      @hdraman111 2 роки тому +1

      Aussie here too Terry. I would love to see Ray open a branch here. But how can he staff it. so i guess we have to settle for watching his channel.

  • @jaytaggert9883
    @jaytaggert9883 2 роки тому +128

    Oh man, you really had me going there... When you applied your impact wrench, set to #3 position and cranked the crap out of that oil pan bolt, I nearly pooped my pants. LOL. Thanks for the afternoon adrenaline rush.

    • @brnmcc01
      @brnmcc01 2 роки тому +13

      and a large amount of loctite... ! Almost got me too, I was thinking ok that's going to screw that 10 minute lube shop over. haha

    • @Deviated09
      @Deviated09 2 роки тому +4

      i didn't even see that part, but i certainly saw the threads disintegrating and a second away from the bolt free spinning in the hole. Blue loctite was bad enough haha

    • @vadserix
      @vadserix 2 роки тому

      why you need to use that impact wrench so often ? :D then I wonder why it's so bad in car garages :/

    • @TTT-cm5ik
      @TTT-cm5ik 2 роки тому

      0

    • @etherealrose2139
      @etherealrose2139 2 роки тому

      Yeah that was easily fake. I didn't watch the rest of the click at video. Ray is okay at best.

  • @EclipseJay
    @EclipseJay 2 роки тому +6

    Hey Ray ! Just wanted to say your my favorite UA-camr :) Feel smarter everyday watching your videos . I live in a condo and don't have a space to work on my vehicle as often as I please so I'm living vicariously through you !

  • @moustachio334
    @moustachio334 2 роки тому

    I’ve never met a WRX driver that I could respect as a person let alone a competent driver.

  • @xliquidflames
    @xliquidflames 2 роки тому

    I'm not a car person. I have no interest in being a mechanic. I couldn't tell you a steering knuckle from a trailer hitch. But this video got recommended to me and I can't stop watching. Why is it so mesmerizing? It's like a camp fire.
    Thoros: "Look into the -flames- UA-cam video, Clegane. What do you see?"
    Clegane: -"Logs burning.- Pixels."
    "Keep looking. What do you see?"
    "Oil. Oil and bolts. A wrench. Hands ...fixing... a ...Rubusu..."
    Anyway, I got side tracked there. When did cars start using silicon instead of gaskets? The only time I did work on a car was 20 years ago when my pops had me help him change the valve cover gaskets on the 350 that was in my first car, a 76 Chevy caprice family heirloom. So I actually do know a gasket from a trailer hitch. I just would have expected a gasket for the oil pan instead of that goopy silicone. It reminds me of the thermal compound is geeks put on a computer processor before adding a heat sink or cooler. If you put too much, it can squeeze out and get everywhere. How do you know that silicone isn't squeezing out into the pan where the oil is?

    • @xliquidflames
      @xliquidflames 2 роки тому +1

      Nevermind. The floating hands answered my question. Don't tighten it down until it's hardened some. Clever.

  • @garymarmillion1272
    @garymarmillion1272 2 роки тому +5

    I started to leave a nasty comment in the beginning of the video. But stoped and decided to give you the benefit of doubt. Cause I was sure that you wouldn’t have done that to someone

  • @metarugia2176
    @metarugia2176 2 роки тому +188

    Ray: So, what's wrong with the car?
    Customer states: I just hit a pothole.
    Ray:(after inspecting underneath the vehicle with a sh*t ton of damage) Just cut the bullsh*t and tell me exactly what you hit.🤣

    • @Cheepchipsable
      @Cheepchipsable 2 роки тому +10

      It was a big pothole!

    • @DavidEdwards9801
      @DavidEdwards9801 2 роки тому +6

      well see it's kinda like this, it was raining (any other night), I just squeezed through the orange light at (insert intersection), hit a bump then hydroplaned?

    • @ExUSSailor
      @ExUSSailor 2 роки тому +23

      They hit a pothole, FIRST. Then, they proceeded to hit a curb, another car, and, a telephone pole...

    • @kjisnot
      @kjisnot 2 роки тому +24

      Probably just another boy racer with no regard for other people on the road. I wish all of them the same fate.

    • @toooldtochange6098
      @toooldtochange6098 2 роки тому +3

      It was dark and very late, I had been working out of town when pulling into a truck stop gas station,I didn’t see the sidewalk protruding out of the drive-thru lane.. ran right over it.. really did this this week..

  • @kushiva7651
    @kushiva7651 2 роки тому

    I love the guy that is very often in the background and asks some stupid things I would probably ask too and then gets a very short and informative answer and his reaction is just "aaa 😶‍🌫️😮"🤣👌

  • @jaakko490
    @jaakko490 2 роки тому

    I worked in papermill for a few years at early 2000s. Someone had a bright idea to use some kind of gasket sealant as thread locker, because that was the first thing he found. The bolts ,which he had used it, were for securing vacuum rollers to the paper machine. Those bolts were stuck so hard, that we had to brake them all. And there were a lot of them. After we got the roller out, all of the bolts had to be drilled out and rethreaded for new bolts. That was a huge and expensive job because of some jerk doing something stupid. I like your content Ray, keep up the good work you're doing.👏

  • @dplorbl
    @dplorbl 2 роки тому +7

    Tech tip (I’ve done several of these): I have three 3 inch threaded studs I screw into the block; raising the pan up on them aligns the dipstick w/o getting goo everywhere
    😉

    • @captainmorgan6035
      @captainmorgan6035 2 роки тому +2

      Tech tip dont use stupid silicon and make a real gasket from a sheet of gasket material. Hate silicone and everything about it. Brings tears to my eyes everytime i gotta clean that shiznit off

    • @SalvageMasterEssex
      @SalvageMasterEssex 2 роки тому

      @@captainmorgan6035 Here in UK most modern engines don't use sump (Oil Pan) gaskets anymore. Should be using correct sealant which sets like rubber, not silicon which is crap and has a tendency to peel off 👍👍

    • @captainmorgan6035
      @captainmorgan6035 2 роки тому +1

      @@SalvageMasterEssex Yeah most manufacturers use sealant not silicone sorry I may have use the wrong word. The gasket maker stuff anyway, me personally I just rather use a gasket on my own stuff. Just easier to remove and don’t have to spend hours scraping crap off. I know in the end the reason they’re using the sealant stuff instead of real gaskets now it’s because it’s cheaper just like everything in life it’s all about the money and saving it.

  • @shakawhenthewallsfell8570
    @shakawhenthewallsfell8570 2 роки тому +26

    I spent 6 years working as an aircraft mechanic, with 95% of my work being on piston powered airplanes, with engines ranging from a Rotax 912, 2.0L turbo-diesel, 240 cu. in. flat four, all the way to 540 cu. in. turbo-ed six bangers. Occasional PT-6 turbine thrown in there. One thing about doing that, is if you don't do your job right you will kill people as there is no pulling over if shit really hits the fan, but on the other hand, you never (99.99%) had to worry about any jerry-rigging bullshit or iffy customer supplied parts.

  • @aoksys31
    @aoksys31 2 роки тому +1

    No wonder you video these repairs! It gives you a chance to figure out where that whatchamacallit or doohickey or thingamabob goes back in place.

  • @Axonn5
    @Axonn5 2 роки тому +2

    Oh yes, young Subaru owners always put Anime decals on their cars. 😂

  • @Rhaman68
    @Rhaman68 2 роки тому +77

    A pot hole? Seems to be a classic going too fast for tire energy levels and running into objects!! WRX is code for I Drive Recklessly!!

    • @rawr51919
      @rawr51919 2 роки тому +5

      WRecks

    • @gunsaway1
      @gunsaway1 2 роки тому +3

      Looks more like a hit and run

    • @2_Bike_is_Life
      @2_Bike_is_Life 2 роки тому +4

      I think he meant smoked pot and fell into a hole :D

    • @tejyaich7982
      @tejyaich7982 2 роки тому +10

      As a wrx owner I can confirm 😂
      In all the wrx groups I'm in I see a whole lot of Ricky Bobby's

    • @charlesjackson8635
      @charlesjackson8635 2 роки тому +5

      I owned a WRX and upgraded all the suspension first and it handled amazing but most of the owners drive beyond there ability

  • @paulmartin3340
    @paulmartin3340 2 роки тому +6

    Lol more like they fell into a hole !
    I can't believe people risk their lives and those of others with lack luster maintenance of their vehicles!
    I mean undoing castle nuts with your hands and no split pins in them??
    Thank god we have knowledgeable mechanics that give a hoot !!
    Cheers from Sydney Australia as always.
    🇭🇲👍🦘🐨🐨🦘👍🇭🇲🇺🇸

  • @jamesbangs6431
    @jamesbangs6431 2 роки тому

    It's amazing to watch you work on cars in Florida no rust! Here in Minnesota that's a regular part of automotive repair.

  • @AntonioClaudioMichael
    @AntonioClaudioMichael 2 роки тому +1

    Lmfao at the blue thread locker on the oil drain 🤣

  • @fhdogs
    @fhdogs 2 роки тому +51

    I found this channel about a week ago. I really no longer have an interest in repairing my own (or any) vehicles, but I keep watching just waiting for the shop phone (and your reaction) to ring.

    • @NemoConsequentae
      @NemoConsequentae 2 роки тому +6

      Hands up everyone who 'DO-DE-DO's along with Ray!

  • @robertpowell7672
    @robertpowell7672 2 роки тому +46

    If the person who owns this car ever sees this vid, I hope they change their previous mechanic or stop doing it themselves.

    • @cobra02411
      @cobra02411 2 роки тому +5

      I feel like the words "Hey y'all! Watch This!" were uttered shortly before they ended up in the ditch...
      I'm assuming there were no "Carter" pins in there either...

    • @ryans413
      @ryans413 2 роки тому +3

      We have a green painted cv axel a yellow painted oil pan why you will never see any of that

    • @cjcjcks2567
      @cjcjcks2567 2 роки тому +1

      @@ryans413 that axle is green from the factory

    • @BAZZAROU812
      @BAZZAROU812 2 роки тому

      @@ryans413 The motor got painted as well..

  • @keyboardheroism
    @keyboardheroism Рік тому

    The impact and thread lock on the drain plug... lol your a savage

  • @Drew-wf7vw
    @Drew-wf7vw 2 роки тому

    Yet another full time tech here to say I love your channel. I respect your positive demeaner and calm/collected mindset; as well as your level of professionalism with your repairs.. Keep up the good work man!

    • @boomerv7291
      @boomerv7291 2 роки тому

      Not one to attempt the things you do. I just enjoy listening & watching you. You & your pry bar make things looks so easy. Keep these videos coming. TY.

  • @goaltender007
    @goaltender007 2 роки тому +5

    “So this is either gonna work or it’s not” truer words have never been said. Keep up the great work

    • @hxd9321
      @hxd9321 2 роки тому +1

      “Logic”

    • @Paramount531
      @Paramount531 2 роки тому

      This was my most often used phrase when i did building repairs and locksmith work.

  • @TheJoebobmel
    @TheJoebobmel 2 роки тому +5

    Absolutely crazy how fast your channel is growing. Good Job!

  • @46miles
    @46miles 2 роки тому

    We need more Ray's in this world! Can you imagine what that would be like? I hope I get to move to Florida soon!

  • @SaiiZ
    @SaiiZ 2 роки тому

    "customer states: they hit a pothole". that got me pretty good

  • @gbouc1536
    @gbouc1536 2 роки тому +8

    I just kept laughing when you impacted the oil pan drain plug.......I couldn't believe you would have done that for real....that was a good one !

  • @xmradio11
    @xmradio11 2 роки тому +5

    8:18 Everything is in the way of everything. Story of my life.

  • @toonyoshi3324
    @toonyoshi3324 2 роки тому

    I view this to learn...not jus on this particular car...but to learn alota things my pops was unable to teach me...and on another note...im not bashing any content by far...but way better than a chris fix video...i appreciate the explanation u do and the advice as a mechanic explaining it to sumone...not sumone who over hypes things...ive viewed so many chris fix videos after being pissed off at my cars...and listening to a chris fix video is like listening to the automated assistant trying to get ur wifi to work so u can get a job...lmao...great work demonstration and execution...thank u for doing wat ur doing...it teaches people ambitous to learn in to a great experience...

  • @user-dc4tx3qr5d
    @user-dc4tx3qr5d 2 роки тому

    The thread locker bit was hilarious.

  • @fenix18844
    @fenix18844 2 роки тому +6

    One of the best opens yet!

  • @bmd1825
    @bmd1825 2 роки тому +5

    I’ve found out over time, it’s best to let the tech that identified and found the problem to correct it. The customer may find someone “ cheaper” but that’s exactly what they’ll get is “ cheaper” results/ quality..

  • @shawnmcdonald1706
    @shawnmcdonald1706 2 роки тому

    Good job on gettin that crossmember out and back in, on own, also the oil Pan too, Have a Great day

  • @Catayst-123
    @Catayst-123 2 роки тому

    You are a
    True Professional
    I like Your Spirit.
    You should have
    Your Own Shop.
    Honest Technician
    Have Plenty of Work
    May God Bless You!

  • @alittlefun
    @alittlefun 2 роки тому +6

    Making good use of the new right angle impact driver I see… made that comment before I even got to the part where you talked about it.

    • @Illkilla1984
      @Illkilla1984 2 роки тому +3

      He better for as much as it cost him.

  • @jeffbegley7755
    @jeffbegley7755 2 роки тому +15

    Ray, you're costing that kid that owns that POS 50 hp by not repainting the new oil pan go fast yellow.

  • @01Lightning
    @01Lightning 2 роки тому

    Congratulation Ray, you made me spit coffee all over my laptop with the blue loctite and impact gun at the beginning of this video...LOL

  • @bakerloobadboy
    @bakerloobadboy 2 роки тому

    Gotta love Milwaukee power tools. I currently work on the railway in London and have only Milwaukee tools. My best one is a 3/4" impact wrench with the 9ah battery. Makes very short work of 30mm nuts tightened at 400Nm, they just come off because the tools are great

  • @donald1056
    @donald1056 2 роки тому +6

    That right angle Milwaukee impact is proving extremely useful and powerful - I'm surprised that wasn't totaled but it wasn't - quite a bit of work to do on that vehicle - enjoy watching

    • @clivehorridge
      @clivehorridge 2 роки тому

      Looks like it should have been, it’s not over yet…

    • @michaelszczys8316
      @michaelszczys8316 2 роки тому

      In the running for the Ray's Quote of the Year , " basically everything is in the way of .........everything."

  • @brucebaxter6923
    @brucebaxter6923 2 роки тому +4

    Nooooooooooooooooooo!
    That poor drain plug

  • @MrMK211516
    @MrMK211516 2 роки тому

    Your videos are the only long videos I watch. Anyone else's I just don't. Thank you for keeping them entertaining.

  • @AceThaDon
    @AceThaDon 2 роки тому

    Man i been watching you ever since you was doing the customer states at 1k-3k subs and i have been addicted to the videos ever since you have grown so much

  • @mattcooper8829
    @mattcooper8829 2 роки тому +11

    Wish I could find mechanics like this for my shop. It's a scarcity nowadays

    • @captainmorgan6035
      @captainmorgan6035 2 роки тому

      Really, to find someone that works is scarce, its a sad world we live in isnt it.

    • @thahitman2
      @thahitman2 2 роки тому +1

      Where is your shop?

    • @etherealrose2139
      @etherealrose2139 2 роки тому

      Lol it's easy. I'd do this all day long.
      Except you pay everyone like a kid starting at McDonald's... crap they probably make more to pick their nose on burgers and wank off in the back.
      You want good workers, pony up. Of flag time plus commission sounds good unless you second guess every freaking diagnosis and let your service writers run roughshod over the mechanics.
      So yeah, Mr. Cooper, you're like the hundreds of thousands of other crap shops that don't back the mechanics and are all about the unethical "sales."

  • @jadesmith6823
    @jadesmith6823 2 роки тому +4

    That yellow oil pan though 🤣😂

    • @Pantera-wu9ty
      @Pantera-wu9ty 2 роки тому +4

      Don't you know, that adds 8 more hp to that rice burner...........

    • @jadesmith6823
      @jadesmith6823 2 роки тому +2

      @@Pantera-wu9ty I thought it was 10 hurrssspowers 🤷🤣😂

    • @Pantera-wu9ty
      @Pantera-wu9ty 2 роки тому +1

      @@jadesmith6823 Ok, I stand corrected, 10 it is! At least that R.B. didn't have the standard fart can exhaust mod, that's another 8 hp!

    • @errorabortretry3694
      @errorabortretry3694 2 роки тому +1

      They're missing 5hp from go faster stripes, though... I think.

  • @thebackwoodsmechanic5029
    @thebackwoodsmechanic5029 2 роки тому

    I've learned from the automotive world to the industrial world, if the customer goes cheap, they get what they pay for

  • @stevedeleon8775
    @stevedeleon8775 Рік тому +1

    We reserve the right to REFUSE to work on ANY vehicle that we feel is UNSAFE..
    This THING is beyond unsafe

  • @tucsondave3140
    @tucsondave3140 2 роки тому +9

    Ray - just saw you crested 100k by a landslide overnight!!! Congrats Man!!! click

  • @Hugo_Overthere
    @Hugo_Overthere 2 роки тому +5

    The poor man's version of "buy a Testerosa and wreck it." Some Subaru groupies are really sketchy.

  • @rickmcmahon2136
    @rickmcmahon2136 2 роки тому

    Wow I don't see how you remember all that stuff. I'm impressed !

  • @garygood6804
    @garygood6804 2 роки тому

    I found this channel while I was at the local big L tire shop getting an i spection, oil change, wipers. Now I watch in between lyft/uber rides.

  • @stevewhite3424
    @stevewhite3424 2 роки тому +5

    Congratulations Ray, you are making a mark in the UA-cam world given the amount of bot advertising that is showing up in your threads. Congratulations!! Love your videos and apparently so do the bots. Lol!

  • @toethumbmechanics
    @toethumbmechanics 2 роки тому +3

    Nice job! As always. Can't wait for the second part! Btw..... i enjoy the clicks!

  • @G31mR
    @G31mR 2 роки тому

    "Basically, everything is in the way of everything". I laughed out load because, basically, you're right.