☹️ Yeah, and obviously the president of China(Xi Jinping) has fully adopted that old philosophy, with LOTS of help from Bill Clinton and "Beijing Biden". The Chinese Communist Party should erect devotional statues in Beijing in their honor! After all, it's unaccountable, corrupt American leaders like the 2 of them who have been selling the US out for decades! The Biden regime just handed 3 trillion dollars worth of raw materials in Afghanistan, plus 80 billion dollars worth of high tech US military weaponry to the Taliban AND TO CHINA! 👹😈👺
@@vinengling ☹️ Yep, now OUR entire "news", entertainment, and social media are practically run by the Chinese Communist Party, as they prove time and time again(STILL covering up for the Wuhan-Covid lab leak, which has already killed over 5 million people worldwide, and destroyed entire economies)! But our good-for-nothing media, and MANY of the multinational corporations are still doing the bidding of Xi Jinping as we speak! Same with the Biden regime! Boycott ALL of them, or vote them the hell out of office! 👹😈👺
@@HighlanderNorth1 the tree needs water... If any of the elected officials, their appointments, or the mid-level bureaucrats they hired cared about elections they would have performed audits. It should be mandatory that every election that does not surpass 2/3 majority undergoes an audit. And any election that fails a simple audit (compare # ballots requested vs received (PA) or unmonitored/unsecured ballot receipt (GA) invalid addresses (AZ) blocked oversight (multiple states) among others) must be forensically audited. Recounts must also be performed under a 3/5th majority. The audit is to secure faith in the process, the recount is to ensure accurate results. Now if an audit finds deliberate wrongdoing it would trigger an automatic re-election along with prosecutions.
I went from car mechanic to heavy truck mechanic to equipment mechanic and now bus mechanic. Parts are junk, tools are expensive, and people suck. I'm gonna retire and build birdhouses to sell at the flea market.
I’ve had the opinion for years that a manufacturer would be shocked at how many trucks they’d sell if they gave the market a plain Jane, rubber floor mat, crank down window, AM/FM radio, five speed manual transmission and priced it around 15k. Everything now days is simply beyond a reasonable price. 50k for a pickup? No way.
You can't earn enough money using a new pickup truck to pay for it self, if you are using it for your work. Let alone the people who just want to tool around in a 4 wheel drive pickup.
They sell a product to the paying consumer. Sadly the backbone of the pickup truck industry was the tradesman who bought a truck that cost close to his yearly wage. I don't know a tradesman who makes the base price of a 2021 truck. That means there is a new consumer.
Every vehicle I own is 1990s or older. They have some modern technology. But not the insane levels of today! I have no desire for new. If you're patient and into DIY, shop used. I found almost exactly this type of pickup six years ago for well under $1K. A stripper '96 Tacoma with crank-windows, AM/FM, 5-speed, no AC, and NO first or third gear! It did have carpet though. But that's OK. I fixed the tranny, replaced the clutch, added a used fiberglass cap, put in a CD-radio, AND installed an AC system. So all in, I got about $2K in it, it's really nice now, and might even outlast me!
@@sunbeam8866 My daily driver pickup is an 83 Dodge Ram. Crank handle windows, AM/FM radio and a carbureted 318. It does what I need it to do and I don't have to worry if I get a scratch in my $50,000 pickup truck.
2022 Wagoneer... is a computer with wheels. As an IT person, it looks amazing but it is a freaking nightmare just seeing the ammount of tech that has. A NIGHTMARE.
My local chain convenience store can't get fountain pop cups with their logo atm. The shitstorm is just beginning, it's soooo much bigger than an ammo or automotive parts shortage.
Keep faith we will have a leader that kick starts this country again. Biden is already being g challenged on his ammo bs fpc and other organizations are going to drag him through court. I am not trying to argue but I think the supply chain is actually getting better. I run a massive fleet and we are starting to get parts available. I will agree though that the parts we get are just guaranteed pieces if shit in a box! Haha
@@RT_ok Yup. US needs to bring back manufacturing.....ALL the manufacturing. If that means upgrading the immigration policy then so be it. I have no problems with immigrants if they are legal, and pay taxes like everyone else. The US desperately needs people willing to work hard.
Yeah, there seems to be a drive to Marxism in the west and people control, governments involving themselves in our lives, telling and demanding we live our lives as THEY deem us to do. It is going to end in tears or worse if it does not relent.
How to win : whoever can needs to start buying up old machinist equipment. First save the tools we need. Then, those who remember how to use this stuff must mentor younger generations in proper set up and use. This is a big deal. Be prepared to get creative. In a few years we'll be going full on Cuban with this stuff.
China brought up all Australia’s manufacturing industries 20 years ago .Put it ALL in containers & shipped it to China ! We have no car industry but import everything!!
This is already what's happening. What do you think 3D printing is? CNC machines get cheaper every single year. Machinist content on youtube is becoming real popular real fast. Look at maker culture. CAD is getting more powerful every year. Soon we're gonna hit a point where everyone can make what they need. It keeps getting easier, cheaper too, for any old nobody to call up a machine shop, they're everywhere now, and get something built to their spec.
Look at the Chevy crate motors! NONE are made in America anymore! They shipped all the tooling and machine shop to somewhere in Mexico and assemble batches of engines to meet demand, I don't think they even have permanent employees! Do you think their attention to detail is going to be good enough to eliminate all traces of crud from every oil passage on an engine block fresh from machining? do you think they even might care if they can be unemployed tomorrow?
@@axipixel5811 you can't 3d print any major engine compoment, they have to be machined out of raw stock or cast, and precisely ground. Then you have to heat treat or case harden some parts. It's impossible for a DIYer, very hard even for large shops, and the cost is extremely high.
@@brainndamage 3D printing is an example of ongoing movement of at-home manufacturing, rather than a specific example. The cost is extremely high because the time and expertise of a skilled machine operator is very valuable. Precision machining sounds more impossible than it is. Very hard, time consuming, impossible no. Treatment such as heat treatment, nitriding, hard chrome, electroplating, etc as well as NDI for parts are the most difficult by far. It is not a place where are now but it's where we're headed. I haven't heard of anyone machining their own billet crank DIY but I don't at all doubt that it can be, and will be, done. DIY forges and casting also continue to grow in popularity. The second amendment fanatics are pushing cheap precision CNC as hard as they can right now, you can buy CNC machines designed to make firearm lowers out of billet material with little to no input for users with no training. Even pushing the absolute edge of what is feasible, foundries are extremely basic technology, the basic concepts remain the same as they were for medieval blacksmiths. What is difficult about them is the precision, specialist knowledge on doing it right, all the little details, with the internet that is becoming accessible to everyone. The precision is in the head of the operator, not the machine. You can get incredible results with very basic tools. The internet allows anyone who desires to learn this to do so, and we are.
All of the "techs" I meet are twenty somethings who know nothing about cars. They plug the computers in and wait for the answer. They're not stupid, they've just been trained to read display screens and swap parts. They don't fix things, just replace them.
Only time I feel like a good MODERN mechanic is when I clear 5+ "unrelated codes" and fix all the drivability issues by just fixing the EGR feedback stuff. Granted this is only on Fords. I make my money on brakes and replacing stolen cats :/ To be honest I make commission on parts, I have no incentive to test parts as part of a diagnosis.
Tony, I'm a long time service manager and parts manager, my dad is still running 1 bay and selling cars at 75. I think you are well read on many topics, just impressed with your knowledge, new shop is amazing, and Kathy keeps you alive or tries hard to
BRILLIANT. We're seeing same issues up and down the entire repair & modification business, your analysis about the evolution is exactly right (I'm 61). Best of all is your pep talk at the end about turning this into an opportunity. We're with you!
Hey Tony long time listener first time caller, great video! I daily drive a 1987 Ford Ranger, finding parts for this truck has been an increasingly difficult task over the past 15 years or so. There has definitely been a move to get old cars off the roads, between not being able to source parts, salvage yards don’t have anything older than 15 years old here in New England, new “salt” being spread on the roads that rots out cars faster, ethanol gas, the list goes down on... There’s no way this is all a coincidence. It’s a deliberately orchestrated plan and I want to thank you for bringing it to everyone’s attention! I fear it may be too late to fight this, need to start stock piling parts for every vehicle we own if you want to continue to keep them in service! Keep up the great work, and continue to spread the word
This is literally the embodiment of why I whatch this Chanel weather or not the world is conspiring to bring society down or not I don't know I'm not that smart but the ability to be self sufficient in all of the things that you own that you rely on is a part of the American Spirit that makes us who we are as a people and who we have always been and I see us losing that in our culture I love mechanical car parts like carburetors because I can understand them and have that self sufficiency one day that's the advantage of this Chanel
I was just looking at a '31 Ford a couple months ago wondering why we keep running toward more complex, tech-loaded cars that being more opportunities for failures.
Windsor/Detroit guy here. Watching the industry crumble, including the full on Slaughter of Flint.... that opening rant hit home. Congrats on 200K BTW!!!
I've been a Ford "Tech" for 40+ years. I drive a 1996 Chevy Silverado Z71and a 2003 Mercury Sable with a Vulcan engine. It seems like any AC Delco parts I buy say made in China. I think we are in trouble.
I work in civil engineering in the UK, most of our steel now comes from China or India. We have snapped bolts designed for bolted flanges in the water industry. Some of the flanges are designed for 1200n we have sheared them with small hand ratchets.
I always believed they got rid of simple cars to back up the car industry with all the work being performed at the damn dealer who gets 135.00 per hour. They dont want you fixing it at home.
@Semi Interesting worst offender is tesla and people started hacking the software to get by but need a lot of knowledge and special equipment The only dealer are authorized to work on them and they said it for your safety what a pile of bull crap New car don't even have transmission dipstick
This is why we have 93 and 95 Dakota's they are something I can still work on or in pinch I can throw dizzy and two barrel carb and run it in pure analog mode. These two OBD1 trucks have been rock solid runners.
It is what it is. You and i could have a very long conversation about all of those issues . I can relate so many issues from my chrysler dealership experience to the used car business i work at now . It would blow your mind!
I worked a parts counter through the '80s, went on to another career, and now I work PT delivering parts for a major national retailer- where the parts buying decisions seem based overwhelmingly on economy/returned profit. The defective returns now (compared to 40 years ago) are just ridiculous, and the company is often compelled (with great reluctance) to reimburse shop-labor because of rubbish new or remanufactured parts. The cascade of hassle to everyone in the loop (not to mention end-user danger/liability) will eventually be untenable. A lot of parts can only be sourced from China now, and I doubt the corporate buyers are rigorously testing them.
As a guy who went through a diesel tech school in the 80's, it is spooky how us guys who troubleshoot for a living all see it, but it seems like the song Casey jones you'd better watch your speed. The country is asleep at the wheel.
Just bought a new starter relay for a 90 Harley from probably the biggest aftermarket MC parts suppliers...yep..no good right out of the box..picked up a couple of used ones at a swap meet 2 weeks ago..ones on the bike and the other is in the spares crate. New ones in a landfill somewhere by now.
Bought a cam kit from comp when I installed the timing set sent in said "kit" the chain was so loose I could just about take it off without pulling the gears with. I think there just cleaning old junk and selling it as new...still junk
Dude, I work at a GM parts department. We have parts that have been backordered for over a year now. Not even chips, modules, or anything complicated, just stuff like body panels.
Not just a chip shortage. it's the each part needed to complete the screen, module or system. Even the boards, capacitors, transformers, transistors are all hard to find.
I worked at Walmart as a youngster in the early 90s, shortly before Sam Walton passed. I remember their made in America campaign, with signs all over the store about small companies that's supplied merchandise to Walmart. After 6 years I left for bigger and better things. I could go on and on about how different Walmart is now compared to then. It is nothing like it was.
@@Jelsick as I recall the kids inherited and turned the operation over to the hedge funds. It was money over country at that point. Then Clinton got us into the World Trade Organization.
Oh they continued the slogan as they killed business after business by drawing them in on promises continual huge orders. Then the companies borrow money to expand. WM all the sudden cuts their throat on pricing. Now the company has to sell to WM because they have no other distributors large enough to keep up with the volume. Company goes under, China buys equipment for pennies. Sells product to WM cheap and makes them kabillionairs and stockholders happy while destroying the US manufacturing sector and starving workers.
Definitely time to hit the panic button. Free people everywhere are under seige. 21st century warfare is not fought with tanks and troops, it's economic and cultural war. The time of reckoning draws near. Mechanics will lead the charge. I'm a 30 year old diesel mechanic, I only buy vehicles made before 2004. My 03' tacoma has 400k miles, original engine & trans. Reliability is far more valuable than bell's and whistles. Don't lose hope on the younger generation, some of us have our heads on straight and we aren't giving up on this country!
I have a family member that works for one of the big 3 car manufacturers. He said that management will send out a car knowing that there's something wrong with it and let the dealers deal with it rather than making sure its right going out the door. These vehicles are crap right off the assembly line!
Yup. My stepson ordered a new fuel tank for his 77 Nova, _guaranteed to fit._ It arrived yesterday and he attempted to install it today. It doesn't even come _close_ to fitting. Let me know if you'd like more of the story and/or video, Uncle Tony.
We're heading into a another period of empty shelves at the stores. And the silly thing is the product is out there, but it's all sitting in containers on cargo ships that are anchored in open water. They can't get the ships into port and the product onto the docks. Why? worker shortages exacerbated by the 'pandemic'. A small cabal of individuals out there are taking advantage of people's innate fear of disease and using it to fundamentally transform the World economy.
God bless you, Uncle Tony. Anyone who watched the rioters during the tenure of Mr.T understands that the capacity of the enemies of America for evil is infinite.
Last year I bought an 85 k10 with a stock lift. 350 and a 3 speed granny low transmission with AC. $8,000.00 My friends all bought $60,000.00 trucks. They all seem really upset towards the end of the month. P.S. They're not letting us have OT anymore due to the chip shortage.
Tony, you're dead on. I started taking four stroke Honda GX 390s for generators and lawn tractors and converting them to two strokes. They run OK, still need to perfect lubrication. If I need to make my own parts I'm learning on two strokes!!!
This is part of why I bought a 1980 square body, K10. I think one of our biggest problems with chip shortages comes from the people who just can't live without the newest cell phone and improved speed and abilities. There are lots of people who would be plenty happy with a cell phone that was actually just a phone and could text and maybe take a decent picture. 2G and 3G networks. But no, we need to have one that gets us faster computing , video, gaming social media etc along with 4G and now 5G as well as another on the way. I work for one of the largest welding and plasma cutting companies in the world and we can't get chips we need to make machines that help the world build things.
This is why I've invested in TOOLS and the skills to use them since I was 16 years old. When everything gets totally FUBAR, we mechanics will not have problems surviving. Hoard your parts and learn to hunt your own food. That's all there is to it. Make sure everything you own is mobile so that when the communists come steal your land you can move around as you need to. Hot rodding mentality works for many aspects of life, use what you've got to get what you need.
Oh great I just bought and was about to put on a new cloyes timing set on my Ramcharger. Now I have to inspect the parts. One CME frome the sun will take out 98% of all vehicles on the road today. Uncle Tony will be the only guy on his street driving around.
Love your channel. Come of observations: I’m rebuilding/refurbishing old cars to give to my kids - so far two Honda’s, a 2005 crv and a 2004 pilot. I just got a 2000 Jeep XJ that was on its way to be junked (paid $1300); one owner and it needs some basic tlc. First, American car makers turned to shit at some point. The Jeep is a nightmare to work on compared to the Honda’s. The Japanese engineering shows careful planning: all metric, bolt sizes all odd mm numbers, and logical placement of components for tight engine compartments. Parts are easy to find and cheap. The Jeep is another story I won’t go into, but it’s a car I always wanted so I’ve sunk $8k into parts and with every repair or replacement I find a new problem. I’d love to work on older non fuel injected cars; but my experience with Jeep makes me terrified to start down that path, despite the fact that I love that pos XJ. Lol
Junk in the box is one of my biggest complaints. It sucks when I diagnose an issue and spend good money to repair it only to have an identical issue when I am thru. Back up, did I miss something? Am I wrong? Re diagnose and find the part I installed was junk out of the box. Find another one from a different supplier and it work's like it should. Then fight with the original supplier to get comp for them selling junk. No issue getting reimbursed for junk parts but go pound sand to diag their junk for a second time. Can't just skip to junk out of the box so you have all this time to reconfirm.
I became a Merchant Marine Engineer, I wanted to learn old school technology like my dad and I did get to enjoy some of it , not long after things started changing.. The same things is going on with ships . Last year I've witness a new ship with major engine problems, oil lines braking, cracks in cooling system that totally disabled the ship while we were on our way . I agree with you 100% .It' scary what's going on.. I witness it myself.
i wish i had a mentor growing up who was a great mechanic like Tony! I’ve had to teach myself and these videos especially info dumps help clearify so many questions!
I agree with you on every single point in your video. As a Honda/Acura specialist, I find myself only getting brand new stuff directly from the oem dealer, or at the junk yard. Everything aftermarket is essentially trash. Also, you note how the government went after obd1 vehicles in that cash for clunkers program. Lately Hondas and Acuras from the 80s to 90s have been in hot demand, especially obd1 cars that are easy to modify and tune the ecu. So the EPA started going after dealers who install Hondata s300 chips in obd1 and k series ecus, issuing huge fines in an attempt to stamp out this market.
The big drag Vietnam had on the economy was Nixon taking us off the gold standard in order to inflate the currency to pay for it. It took Carter's treasury secretary Paul Volker to reign it in--just in time for Reagan to balloon the deficit with military spending and then raise taxes 11 times afterward to try to reign that in (plus George "Read my lips" Bush's taxes). What the Pentagon is going to face now, is resupplying after Iraq and Afganistan, and an absolute ton of VA claims--veterans survived injuries that would have just been a one time death benefit in Vietnam. Those are going to be lifetime bills for TBI and prostetics and PTSD counseling. The real assault we face now isn't empty store shelves, its cyber warfare. and aside from Stuxnet, we ain't doing very well.
My wife just leased a Honda Accord. Within the first month it started to have computer issue. Around the third month the low tire light came on.I checked (no tire was low) and overfilled all the tires (hoping the light would go off) but the light never went off. She took it to the dealer and they reset the computer. Within 5 miles the light came back on. The second trip to the dealer they checked the tire pressure first. They lowered the pressure and reste the computer. The light came back on within 20 miles but went off before she could bring it back to the dealer. My first question is why didn't they check the tire pressure the first time?
Yah. Hear ya. Masses running toward hi tech. Some sprinting toward looow tech. 60’s something Massey 3 cylinder diesel backhoe/ loader. Haven’t touched the engine (besides change oil rarely) since I bought it 20 years ago (used worn out). Starts every time. Runs great.
I'm a landlord i fo all my own electronic, plumbing, painting. Its all products, I can't just put pipe dope on threads and get the fittings to seal, and costs are off the charts, and still I have to buy 3 nipples to get one to set right
I’m sorry I keep commenting but I comment as the video progresses, yes my CRV 2013 last year was under $12,000 I just bought it a month ago 17,500 out the door and guess what they told me I should feel blessed because he had 89,000 miles on it can you freaking imagine that sir Tony
I’m trying to get out of a new Scatpack currently….hopefully will have a buyer soon since the used market has gone bonkers. About to put my 89 Ram V6 5speed long bed on the road and my 71 Duster…..if I can get it up and running in time.
Tony, I agree with you 100%. We have the same mindset about what's going on. Lotsa shitty steel and stuff coming in off-shore. It's designed to keep all of us consumers. Cheap shit breaks and you buy more cheap shit. Look up "The Great Light bulb Conspiracy".
Can thank Unocal for coming up with cash for clunkers and also the terrible reformulated gas in California. They did this as they were trying to deal with the increasing air pollution requirements set by CARB. And no, the 76 stations are not the 76 stations from the past as Unocal sold off everything in Ca in 1994 including the rights to use the orange and blue 76 logo.
2 years ago I sold my 86 Chevy pickup for $1,800. ,What a huge mistake that was! It had a body that was in excellent shape , no rust at all, though it leaked oil regularly and I changed and checked it regularly. That truck never ,not once left me stranded, it never broke down , it wasn't my everyday driver but when my newer everyday driver broke down it became my everyday vehicle for over a year,it even sat for 6 monthes over the winter and started right up! Selling that truck was /is a huge regret. Even knowing in today's market I could easily get 20k for that truck, I wouldn't sell it knowing what I know now!
Yes and No, The government isn't specifically trying to make it harder to repair your car, and make cars less repairable. However.... There is a direct effort to make people less self sufficient and more reliant on the government to survive. And the mechanism they are using to do this is massive inflation, paired with strict and authoritarian laws. A shortage in parts is just one expected side effect of a massive power grab.
People spend so much time in vehicles , put so many miles on anymore staying busy 7 days a week with just kids sports , functions , work its rediculous. And they want to make sure everyones entertained and connected on them road trips. Theres no time to be a family , or communicate. Electronics are a nightmare for engine operations , let alone entertainments.
manufacturing left england and moved to the US because of costs, it left nyc for detroit because of costs, it left detroit for japan because of costs, it left japan for chicomland because of costs. if you made an iphone in the US it would cost $4000 and half of that would be health care costs for uaw retirees and the rest taxes would still wouldnt actually cover the costs but just run up the deficit. its really not that complex, but its also impossible to get into people's heads. rich people are going to go where they can make the most money and you have been benefiting from them doing it every day for your entire life.
@@Kenjh71 Its not a theory, we are living it at this moment. But there plans usually take a long time. So 20 years from now, next gen will be a different world, and mostly because we sat on our asses and allowed it.
Try being in the consumer electronics repair business. As the owner of Allen’s TV on Columbus Georgia in business for 48 years we have been saying this for over 10 years. We are just hoping for 2 more years without going bankrupt!
The electric car is there main thing out with the old cars in with the newer crap that no mechanic can touch . The auto parts stores are having a hard time finding parts that are older .
My family was a long time GM family. Then we just had so many problems with or GM vehicles in the early 90s. Catastrophic failures. my dad said screw it and bought a Honda. We never bought a GM product again.
I'm an electronics engineer and I won't have a bar of that crap in my car. I have a 1995 diesel Landcruiser with the 1HZ motor, you can't kill it with a stick and not a single chip in the entire car AFAIK, unless you count the stereo.
Curse indeed. I do not want to live in interesting times, however want has nothing to do with this life. Our fathers and grandfathers survived the depression turning the family car into a farm tractor, our old iron will get us by…. Just as soon as i figure out how to run them off of moonshine
You talking about that new Jeep reminds me of what I love about my vehicles the most: They're simple. I have a radio, most times a CD player or some ability to plug one into the stock radio. I did that in my 74 Super Beetle with a 100 dollar part that took five minutes to install. I plugged it between the antenna and the radio and feed it power off the fuse box, now I can plug in a cigarette lighter CD player or my cell phone and play other music. Bam, car is even more enjoyable to drive. I don't need or even WANT some screen or anything like that in my car, the enjoyment in driving it is DRIVING the damn thing. Things go wrong? I can figure them out and fix them easily enough. Looking at a diagram I can find my part and order it. The owners manual actually explains how the car works and what to do if things go wrong and possible fixes. Newer vehicles say "go to dealership" for half of everything and tell you what oil you should use and that's it. Just god awful. I don't think I want to own a vehicle newer than my 2004 Tacoma, and even then that thing is simple as hell compared to the 2006 subaru I regrettably owned.
I recently was looking for a new microwave online I finally found a Toshiba there plant is in Japan and it said it was made in Japan When it arrived I took it out of the box and it said made in China right on the back of the microwave.You will find the same lie with lots of other items now that say there made in America but the made in China stamp is on the frame when you get it
Was nice to hear someone finally address the "Tech" thing. I'm a heavy duty diesel mechanic and have been told by instructors, bosses, and trainers multiple times our job title is Truck Technician. They think they need to change our job title so people will respect us more. I've never understood that. I'm proud to be a mechanic. There are few people that can actually do it well and people always need you. Maybe society will come around and maybe not, but it doesn't change how I feel about my profession.
This has really bugged me too and it applies across all industries. They call god dang call center workers engineers and technicians now it's disgusting and insult to real technicians and engineers. Corporations hate having job titles that are low level sounding, so no everybody is a god damn engineer apparently.
@@El_Chompo we are being herded like animals. Our keepers insist on name calling us. They feel power when they give us a new name and we accept it. Just follow the herd. Put on the yoke and pretend it you like it. Life is short enough, don't draw attention to yourself.
@Guido You nailed it. I've changed careers several times and it only had to do with my personal skill set. I'm a very good troubleshooter. I went from deep cycle refrigeration to the IT world. There are parts changers in both fields, then there are the troubleshooters. I even got into teaching IT because of the lack of skills graduates had. They knew the theory but couldn't apply it to save their own skin. Having been in both fields for 20 years each, it is the same observations. I was training a new college graduate with a degree in IT how to do basic stuff in the field. He didn't have a clue and didn't have "IT". That inane ability to look at something and troubleshoot it. The thing I've found out throughout my life is once you are a troubleshooter, it doesn't really matter what system you're working on. The process is the same. I enjoy rebuilding vintage stereos and its the same principles as any other troubleshooting. Learn the systems and how they interact and begin. Some have the ability and most don't.
"I Disapprove of What You Say, But I Will Defend to the Death Your Right to Say It" -Voltaire early 1700's... USA Founder Benjamin Franklin once said: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Keep it simple stupid is best. I love the feel of the 90's cars with a manual gear set and a cable to the throttle body. More intuitive. Hate to say it though the new shit is starting to be much more performance oriented and can actually downshift well .. still looks weird with both hands on the wheel looks panicky like we about to crash ... 😆
The Government doesn’t want anyone to be able to FIX things! China make just about ALL THE CHIPS and they CUT PRODUCTION somewhere around 1/3 of Production! They are going to CONTROL THE WORLD! This Administration is saying, OKAY, THATS GOOD!
The Panic Button isn't the Panic Button of old. The new Panic Button isn't connected to anything useful. It just sends data to the algorithm so that panic can be refined and turned into the New Normal.
I'm a conspiracy nut , dang it I hate being right sometimes ! War of the world's , right Tom Cruise just changes his solenoid and now he has v 8 power and one of The only operating vehicles around !
This is the exact type of fake profound BS that I'm so sick of. What statement are you trying to make here? That calm large scale change in reaction to something is not as useful as panicking? A panic reaction is better than a calculated one? I can see why you have upvotes but damn that line of thinking is dumb.
the panic button for me is a carb and points converted 302 roller. Plenty of parts around to keep me rolling, no need for obd, no need for hair tearing trying to fault find black boxes, just cruising whenever I want.
It’s refreshing seeing this video. There aren’t as many men like this anymore it seems. When I grew up all the adults were like Tony. Level headed, sensible and just had that overall “competent man” thing going on. We need to get back to this quality standard for people. Nowadays so many of the younger people just seem to be weak, maladjusted basket cases who are far from competent.
I'm 42 and I work next to a 22 year old and we were talking about what you said the other night while working! He's young but this guy works hard, he's smart and he even complains about this younger generation, his generation! The other guys his age at my job are lazy, they bitch, moan, cry constantly and about everything! They constantly call out because they are sore or tired! When they do work they barely do anything! All they want is the money and they want it for free! They don't want to work for it! Is this more of a guy thing? Idk but it's what I'm seeing at least where I'm at! The majority of the work getting done at my job is by women while the men are at home sitting on the couch acting like they need a diaper change! Like i said I'm 42, my spine was broken in 2 places in Iraq among other injuries, I'm on disability, I'm in pain every day of my life and I still work my ass off! I refuse to let my spine bring me down! One guy got into a small fender bender. It was just a scratch and a tiny ding and he complained for months that his back hurt, he constantly called out and he finally quit last week! I got rear ended at a stop light by a woman looking at her phone. She was doing almost 40 mph! It destroyed my rear bumper but I was fine and still went to work! This guy gets a small scratch in the parking lot while backing out and I swear he acted like he needed to be put on life support! I don't understand what's going on with people today but you're right, we need more men like this guy in this video!
I feel the same way about IT industry. Everything hardware/software is becoming more and more complex and with it, comes more security issues. None of it is really solving anything, but it sure is fueling support as a service and the cert machine.
Disposable overpriced vehicles...that seems like the new norm...pattern failures will cost consumers a fortune all in the name of technology advancement and trying to have next best mousetrap
"The young have exalted notions, because they have not been humbled by life or learned its necessary limitations; moreover, their hopeful disposition makes them think themselves equal to great things-and that means having exalted notions. They would always rather do noble deeds than useful ones: Their lives are regulated more by moral feeling than by reasoning.... All their mistakes are in the direction of doing things excessively and vehemently. They overdo everything; they love too much, hate too much, and the same with everything else." - Aristotle
Man my grandpa literally had to pay like 700 bucks to have a Deere tech come hook up a fucking computer and rest some shit just because we replaced a part the whole tractor locked down
This guys video literally has my hair standing on ends right now… we have been pacified, not all of us, but most of us, those that have willfully drank the koolaid will force the rest of us to drink it too.
Living in the US is like a big plush pillow. You wouldn't believe how the people live here where I am and get this.... They are the happiest people I've ever met...
@@katdaddy469 When luxury becomes universal and struggle ceases to exist, people find new issues to become indignant toward. But it's not all plush pillow here, my friend. We live in an old tin roof home in Virginia. The winters are cold and the summers are hot. Work's hard to come by these days and we've had internet out here for only a few years now. We have a family and we've got the things we need to live on, you won't find happier people.
@@conspiracyscholor7866 yes I know it's not cushy for everyone. Was the same for me for a while. I was living in a 5x8 utility trailer for a year and a half. Good luck to you and your family. Stay strong and healthy
Hey Tony I work for a division of GM that used to manufacture those IC chips right here in America....of course we quit making them and outsourced overseas. It really is sad to watch this country going down the tubes. Our leadership in this great country has failed us all. Greed is the root cause. Great vlog! take care
The so called leaders have failed us but only because we buy their B.S. and vote them in as leaders because they sell us a B.S. pretty picture and scare us with another bad boogeyman. Also as Tony says the masses of asses only care about being able to one up their friends or neighbors with the "I've got a fireplace in my car" mentality and could care less about whether the over priced Shit box will get them to their destination and back. But don't it look pretty sitting in the driveway!
The reality is much more complicated than this. For example if they won't outsource the cost will be higher so they couldn't COMPETE for price. The competition is a real enemy in fact. The competition within country is good and competition between country is a disaster.
@@Niroborn Industries these days are always looking for the lowest bidder to make their parts the thing is most of the time except for maybe the performance Industry The lowest bidder is always going to find the cheapest way of making things Rather it being in adequate materials or leaving certain processes out
We have reached the "endgame" as far as humanity is concerned. Being a conspiracy minded guy like yourself, I dont need to elaborate, but the future looks more dystopian than not. The "future" of the auto industry, as far as we are concerned, is to learn the old ways and old technology. As one of my favorite radio show host says- All technology is a Foustian deal.
@@conspiracyscholor7866 In the military, we used to say, "hope for the best, but be prepared for the worst". I do appreciate the positive sentiment. The thing is, I'm doing my best to stay in a stage of acceptance rather than denial. Seeing people ignore recent issues, and where this is heading, reminds me of the band playing while the Titanic was sinking. If we get to have a long term future worth living, It will be a blessing. Our ship is taking on water right now.
@@mattmccain8492 that's what I heard from a guy who went down there when it was opened up again for a few years. Real sketchy to ride in, bodies are all patched up and the power train is a crude swap from whatever wrecked Soviet car/truck they could find when the original stuff wore out 30+ years ago. They make for good pictures and TV, but don't look too close. They do the best they can with what they have, but they don't have much to begin with.
Our present is pouring in a $20 jug of chemical goop from the parts store and praying. The future will be electric and it will be glorious. Hot rods are still cool tho.
Those cars in Cuba are absolutely pieces of shit ... cobbled together with bailing wire & duct tape and random parts from other piles of crap ... if the u.s. ends up like that we got bigger problems.
That wasn’t the fireplace. It was the main computer after the warranty expires.
Comment of the day.
Im gonna be using that one!
And it would be your fault for buying that shit.
Ooh honey, it puts out real heat too! I want it.
Operated on the inbuilt pitfalls of cash-burning jeopardy.
Art of War...Sun Tsu
"Provide a service to your enemy untill they become dependent on you.
The suddenly remove the service."
☹️ Yeah, and obviously the president of China(Xi Jinping) has fully adopted that old philosophy, with LOTS of help from Bill Clinton and "Beijing Biden". The Chinese Communist Party should erect devotional statues in Beijing in their honor! After all, it's unaccountable, corrupt American leaders like the 2 of them who have been selling the US out for decades! The Biden regime just handed 3 trillion dollars worth of raw materials in Afghanistan, plus 80 billion dollars worth of high tech US military weaponry to the Taliban AND TO CHINA! 👹😈👺
@@HighlanderNorth1 The biggest mistake was giving them most favored nation status and allowing them into the WTO
@@vinengling
☹️ Yep, now OUR entire "news", entertainment, and social media are practically run by the Chinese Communist Party, as they prove time and time again(STILL covering up for the Wuhan-Covid lab leak, which has already killed over 5 million people worldwide, and destroyed entire economies)! But our good-for-nothing media, and MANY of the multinational corporations are still doing the bidding of Xi Jinping as we speak! Same with the Biden regime! Boycott ALL of them, or vote them the hell out of office! 👹😈👺
Aka the government
@@HighlanderNorth1 the tree needs water... If any of the elected officials, their appointments, or the mid-level bureaucrats they hired cared about elections they would have performed audits. It should be mandatory that every election that does not surpass 2/3 majority undergoes an audit. And any election that fails a simple audit (compare # ballots requested vs received (PA) or unmonitored/unsecured ballot receipt (GA) invalid addresses (AZ) blocked oversight (multiple states) among others) must be forensically audited. Recounts must also be performed under a 3/5th majority.
The audit is to secure faith in the process, the recount is to ensure accurate results. Now if an audit finds deliberate wrongdoing it would trigger an automatic re-election along with prosecutions.
Tony you're not just a mechanic.
You're a critical thinker genius level mechanic.
I went from car mechanic to heavy truck mechanic to equipment mechanic and now bus mechanic. Parts are junk, tools are expensive, and people suck. I'm gonna retire and build birdhouses to sell at the flea market.
I’ve had the opinion for years that a manufacturer would be shocked at how many trucks they’d sell if they gave the market a plain Jane, rubber floor mat, crank down window, AM/FM radio, five speed manual transmission and priced it around 15k. Everything now days is simply beyond a reasonable price. 50k for a pickup? No way.
You can't earn enough money using a new pickup truck to pay for it self, if you are using it for your work. Let alone the people who just want to tool around in a 4 wheel drive pickup.
They sell a product to the paying consumer. Sadly the backbone of the pickup truck industry was the tradesman who bought a truck that cost close to his yearly wage. I don't know a tradesman who makes the base price of a 2021 truck. That means there is a new consumer.
Every vehicle I own is 1990s or older. They have some modern technology. But not the insane levels of today!
I have no desire for new. If you're patient and into DIY, shop used.
I found almost exactly this type of pickup six years ago for well under $1K. A stripper '96 Tacoma with crank-windows, AM/FM, 5-speed, no AC, and NO first or third gear! It did have carpet though.
But that's OK. I fixed the tranny, replaced the clutch, added a used fiberglass cap, put in a CD-radio, AND installed an AC system. So all in, I got about $2K in it, it's really nice now, and might even outlast me!
They still can't make a car that the rocker panel does not rust out on how sad
@@sunbeam8866 My daily driver pickup is an 83 Dodge Ram. Crank handle windows, AM/FM radio and a carbureted 318. It does what I need it to do and I don't have to worry if I get a scratch in my $50,000 pickup truck.
2022 Wagoneer... is a computer with wheels. As an IT person, it looks amazing but it is a freaking nightmare just seeing the ammount of tech that has. A NIGHTMARE.
My local chain convenience store can't get fountain pop cups with their logo atm.
The shitstorm is just beginning, it's soooo much bigger than an ammo or automotive parts shortage.
And the Biden administration just banned all Russian made ammo yesterday!
@@Vergil598 Yea I saw that. Supposedly 40% of ammo sold here is Russian for practicing at the range.
Keep faith we will have a leader that kick starts this country again. Biden is already being g challenged on his ammo bs fpc and other organizations are going to drag him through court. I am not trying to argue but I think the supply chain is actually getting better. I run a massive fleet and we are starting to get parts available. I will agree though that the parts we get are just guaranteed pieces if shit in a box! Haha
@@RT_ok Yup. US needs to bring back manufacturing.....ALL the manufacturing. If that means upgrading the immigration policy then so be it. I have no problems with immigrants if they are legal, and pay taxes like everyone else. The US desperately needs people willing to work hard.
Yeah, there seems to be a drive to Marxism in the west and people control, governments involving themselves in our lives, telling and demanding we live our lives as THEY deem us to do. It is going to end in tears or worse if it does not relent.
How to win : whoever can needs to start buying up old machinist equipment. First save the tools we need. Then, those who remember how to use this stuff must mentor younger generations in proper set up and use. This is a big deal.
Be prepared to get creative. In a few years we'll be going full on Cuban with this stuff.
China brought up all Australia’s manufacturing industries 20 years ago .Put it ALL in containers & shipped it to China ! We have no car industry but import everything!!
This is already what's happening. What do you think 3D printing is? CNC machines get cheaper every single year. Machinist content on youtube is becoming real popular real fast. Look at maker culture.
CAD is getting more powerful every year. Soon we're gonna hit a point where everyone can make what they need. It keeps getting easier, cheaper too, for any old nobody to call up a machine shop, they're everywhere now, and get something built to their spec.
Look at the Chevy crate motors! NONE are made in America anymore! They shipped all the tooling and machine shop to somewhere in Mexico and assemble batches of engines to meet demand, I don't think they even have permanent employees! Do you think their attention to detail is going to be good enough to eliminate all traces of crud from every oil passage on an engine block fresh from machining? do you think they even might care if they can be unemployed tomorrow?
@@axipixel5811 you can't 3d print any major engine compoment, they have to be machined out of raw stock or cast, and precisely ground. Then you have to heat treat or case harden some parts. It's impossible for a DIYer, very hard even for large shops, and the cost is extremely high.
@@brainndamage 3D printing is an example of ongoing movement of at-home manufacturing, rather than a specific example. The cost is extremely high because the time and expertise of a skilled machine operator is very valuable.
Precision machining sounds more impossible than it is. Very hard, time consuming, impossible no. Treatment such as heat treatment, nitriding, hard chrome, electroplating, etc as well as NDI for parts are the most difficult by far.
It is not a place where are now but it's where we're headed. I haven't heard of anyone machining their own billet crank DIY but I don't at all doubt that it can be, and will be, done. DIY forges and casting also continue to grow in popularity.
The second amendment fanatics are pushing cheap precision CNC as hard as they can right now, you can buy CNC machines designed to make firearm lowers out of billet material with little to no input for users with no training.
Even pushing the absolute edge of what is feasible, foundries are extremely basic technology, the basic concepts remain the same as they were for medieval blacksmiths. What is difficult about them is the precision, specialist knowledge on doing it right, all the little details, with the internet that is becoming accessible to everyone.
The precision is in the head of the operator, not the machine. You can get incredible results with very basic tools. The internet allows anyone who desires to learn this to do so, and we are.
All of the "techs" I meet are twenty somethings who know nothing about cars. They plug the computers in and wait for the answer.
They're not stupid, they've just been trained to read display screens and swap parts. They don't fix things, just replace them.
Many of them actually are stupid. Smart folk need not apply!
Funny thing is, that computer majigy we plug in is actually a diagnostic tool.
Only time I feel like a good MODERN mechanic is when I clear 5+ "unrelated codes" and fix all the drivability issues by just fixing the EGR feedback stuff. Granted this is only on Fords.
I make my money on brakes and replacing stolen cats :/
To be honest I make commission on parts, I have no incentive to test parts as part of a diagnosis.
@@corvairkid17 cool! I like replacing parts too.
I put a jet engine in my Mustang last spring and the chicks dig me.
I thought it was funny when you said they weren't stupid...
Tony, I'm a long time service manager and parts manager, my dad is still running 1 bay and selling cars at 75. I think you are well read on many topics, just impressed with your knowledge, new shop is amazing, and Kathy keeps you alive or tries hard to
BRILLIANT. We're seeing same issues up and down the entire repair & modification business, your analysis about the evolution is exactly right (I'm 61). Best of all is your pep talk at the end about turning this into an opportunity. We're with you!
Hey Tony long time listener first time caller, great video! I daily drive a 1987 Ford Ranger, finding parts for this truck has been an increasingly difficult task over the past 15 years or so. There has definitely been a move to get old cars off the roads, between not being able to source parts, salvage yards don’t have anything older than 15 years old here in New England, new “salt” being spread on the roads that rots out cars faster, ethanol gas, the list goes down on... There’s no way this is all a coincidence. It’s a deliberately orchestrated plan and I want to thank you for bringing it to everyone’s attention! I fear it may be too late to fight this, need to start stock piling parts for every vehicle we own if you want to continue to keep them in service! Keep up the great work, and continue to spread the word
This is literally the embodiment of why I whatch this Chanel weather or not the world is conspiring to bring society down or not I don't know I'm not that smart but the ability to be self sufficient in all of the things that you own that you rely on is a part of the American Spirit that makes us who we are as a people and who we have always been and I see us losing that in our culture I love mechanical car parts like carburetors because I can understand them and have that self sufficiency one day that's the advantage of this Chanel
I was just looking at a '31 Ford a couple months ago wondering why we keep running toward more complex, tech-loaded cars that being more opportunities for failures.
Windsor/Detroit guy here. Watching the industry crumble, including the full on Slaughter of Flint.... that opening rant hit home. Congrats on 200K BTW!!!
The fireplace video screen is to keep you warm when the hemi eats a lifter and leaves you stranded.
I've been a Ford "Tech" for 40+ years. I drive a 1996 Chevy Silverado Z71and a 2003 Mercury Sable with a Vulcan engine. It seems like any AC Delco parts I buy say made in China. I think we are in trouble.
I work in civil engineering in the UK, most of our steel now comes from China or India. We have snapped bolts designed for bolted flanges in the water industry. Some of the flanges are designed for 1200n we have sheared them with small hand ratchets.
I always believed they got rid of simple cars to back up the car industry with all the work being performed at the damn dealer who gets 135.00 per hour. They dont want you fixing it at home.
Well, that and emissions.
@Semi Interesting worst offender is tesla and people started hacking the software to get by but need a lot of knowledge and special equipment
The only dealer are authorized to work on them and they said it for your safety what a pile of bull crap
New car don't even have transmission dipstick
Dealerships suffer the same problems and techs only make a very small percentage of it
I roll a '69 Lark
This is why we have 93 and 95 Dakota's they are something I can still work on or in pinch I can throw dizzy and two barrel carb and run it in pure analog mode. These two OBD1 trucks have been rock solid runners.
It is what it is. You and i could have a very long conversation about all of those issues . I can relate so many issues from my chrysler dealership experience to the used car business i work at now . It would blow your mind!
This guy is happy and proud to be a "mechanic"
As he should..Thats how it should be! With most of the people one might come across taking pride in thier work! Nowaday's..? Not so much.
I worked a parts counter through the '80s, went on to another career, and now I work PT delivering parts for a major national retailer- where the parts buying decisions seem based overwhelmingly on economy/returned profit. The defective returns now (compared to 40 years ago) are just ridiculous, and the company is often compelled (with great reluctance) to reimburse shop-labor because of rubbish new or remanufactured parts. The cascade of hassle to everyone in the loop (not to mention end-user danger/liability) will eventually be untenable. A lot of parts can only be sourced from China now, and I doubt the corporate buyers are rigorously testing them.
Love the way you think man, wish more people would just stop and think.....
i feel like there is something we dont know going on in the bigger picture
As a guy who went through a diesel tech school in the 80's, it is spooky how us guys who troubleshoot for a living all see it, but it seems like the song Casey jones you'd better watch your speed. The country is asleep at the wheel.
Amen! I feel the same way. I can't for the life of me get interested in "new".
Just bought a new starter relay for a 90 Harley from probably the biggest aftermarket MC parts suppliers...yep..no good right out of the box..picked up a couple of used ones at a swap meet 2 weeks ago..ones on the bike and the other is in the spares crate. New ones in a landfill somewhere by now.
I'm with you uncle Tony. I'm a old school kinda guy. They are trying to get us to give up the things we love. It's about control.
well said my friend. Things were so much simpler back in the day of points and carburetion.
Gnarly. Thanks for this. I'm keeping my old Ford vans! 👍 wish I still had a couple of my old 60's Plymouth Valiants and Dodge Darts with the slant 6!
Bought a cam kit from comp when I installed the timing set sent in said "kit" the chain was so loose I could just about take it off without pulling the gears with. I think there just cleaning old junk and selling it as new...still junk
Dude, I work at a GM parts department. We have parts that have been backordered for over a year now. Not even chips, modules, or anything complicated, just stuff like body panels.
Not just a chip shortage. it's the each part needed to complete the screen, module or system. Even the boards, capacitors, transformers, transistors are all hard to find.
The Walmart sloganused to be “ Made in America”. Then Sam Walton died and it immediately changed
I worked at Walmart as a youngster in the early 90s, shortly before Sam Walton passed. I remember their made in America campaign, with signs all over the store about small companies that's supplied merchandise to Walmart. After 6 years I left for bigger and better things. I could go on and on about how different Walmart is now compared to then. It is nothing like it was.
@@Jelsick as I recall the kids inherited and turned the operation over to the hedge funds. It was money over country at that point. Then Clinton got us into the World Trade Organization.
Oh they continued the slogan as they killed business after business by drawing them in on promises continual huge orders. Then the companies borrow money to expand. WM all the sudden cuts their throat on pricing. Now the company has to sell to WM because they have no other distributors large enough to keep up with the volume. Company goes under, China buys equipment for pennies. Sells product to WM cheap and makes them kabillionairs and stockholders happy while destroying the US manufacturing sector and starving workers.
@@bw3506 this is how Romney made his money, off of the backs of American laborers and then sold them out
@@raincloud54 yep
Definitely time to hit the panic button. Free people everywhere are under seige. 21st century warfare is not fought with tanks and troops, it's economic and cultural war. The time of reckoning draws near. Mechanics will lead the charge. I'm a 30 year old diesel mechanic, I only buy vehicles made before 2004. My 03' tacoma has 400k miles, original engine & trans. Reliability is far more valuable than bell's and whistles. Don't lose hope on the younger generation, some of us have our heads on straight and we aren't giving up on this country!
I have a family member that works for one of the big 3 car manufacturers. He said that management will send out a car knowing that there's something wrong with it and let the dealers deal with it rather than making sure its right going out the door. These vehicles are crap right off the assembly line!
You BLEW my mind Unca Tony! Holy cow.
Yup. My stepson ordered a new fuel tank for his 77 Nova, _guaranteed to fit._ It arrived yesterday and he attempted to install it today. It doesn't even come _close_ to fitting. Let me know if you'd like more of the story and/or video, Uncle Tony.
the things you say are things my father used to say a decade ago. And the things he said came true at an alarming rate.
We're heading into a another period of empty shelves at the stores. And the silly thing is the product is out there, but it's all sitting in containers on cargo ships that are anchored in open water. They can't get the ships into port and the product onto the docks. Why? worker shortages exacerbated by the 'pandemic'. A small cabal of individuals out there are taking advantage of people's innate fear of disease and using it to fundamentally transform the World economy.
My ride is a 1972 Beetle. Not much to go wrong or repair. Change the oil. Adjust the brakes and valves and keep on driving.
God bless you, Uncle Tony. Anyone who watched the rioters during the tenure of Mr.T understands that the capacity of the enemies of America for evil is infinite.
Last year I bought an 85 k10 with a stock lift. 350 and a 3 speed granny low transmission with AC.
$8,000.00
My friends all bought $60,000.00 trucks. They all seem really upset towards the end of the month.
P.S. They're not letting us have OT anymore due to the chip shortage.
Tony you are an American that has many other Americans that have and are understand where you are coming from. Thanks!
Tony, you're dead on. I started taking four stroke Honda GX 390s for generators and lawn tractors and converting them to two strokes. They run OK, still need to perfect lubrication. If I need to make my own parts I'm learning on two strokes!!!
Iv put two new timing chains on my pickup two on my wife's jeep and it just doesn't stop fans gaskets it's been non stop fixing for past 6 months
Most people do not get his sir, you are absolutely correct. We have gotten way to soft and lazy and we can not pay attention anymore.
This is part of why I bought a 1980 square body, K10. I think one of our biggest problems with chip shortages comes from the people who just can't live without the newest cell phone and improved speed and abilities. There are lots of people who would be plenty happy with a cell phone that was actually just a phone and could text and maybe take a decent picture. 2G and 3G networks. But no, we need to have one that gets us faster computing , video, gaming social media etc along with 4G and now 5G as well as another on the way. I work for one of the largest welding and plasma cutting companies in the world and we can't get chips we need to make machines that help the world build things.
This is why I've invested in TOOLS and the skills to use them since I was 16 years old. When everything gets totally FUBAR, we mechanics will not have problems surviving. Hoard your parts and learn to hunt your own food. That's all there is to it. Make sure everything you own is mobile so that when the communists come steal your land you can move around as you need to. Hot rodding mentality works for many aspects of life, use what you've got to get what you need.
i like how you put that all together, my brother. it was insightful.
Oh great I just bought and was about to put on a new cloyes timing set on my Ramcharger. Now I have to inspect the parts.
One CME frome the sun will take out 98% of all vehicles on the road today. Uncle Tony will be the only guy on his street driving around.
Love your channel. Come of observations: I’m rebuilding/refurbishing old cars to give to my kids - so far two Honda’s, a 2005 crv and a 2004 pilot. I just got a 2000 Jeep XJ that was on its way to be junked (paid $1300); one owner and it needs some basic tlc. First, American car makers turned to shit at some point. The Jeep is a nightmare to work on compared to the Honda’s. The Japanese engineering shows careful planning: all metric, bolt sizes all odd mm numbers, and logical placement of components for tight engine compartments. Parts are easy to find and cheap. The Jeep is another story I won’t go into, but it’s a car I always wanted so I’ve sunk $8k into parts and with every repair or replacement I find a new problem. I’d love to work on older non fuel injected cars; but my experience with Jeep makes me terrified to start down that path, despite the fact that I love that pos XJ. Lol
Junk in the box is one of my biggest complaints. It sucks when I diagnose an issue and spend good money to repair it only to have an identical issue when I am thru. Back up, did I miss something? Am I wrong? Re diagnose and find the part I installed was junk out of the box. Find another one from a different supplier and it work's like it should. Then fight with the original supplier to get comp for them selling junk. No issue getting reimbursed for junk parts but go pound sand to diag their junk for a second time. Can't just skip to junk out of the box so you have all this time to reconfirm.
I became a Merchant Marine Engineer, I wanted to learn old school technology like my dad and I did get to enjoy some of it , not long after things started changing.. The same things is going on with ships . Last year I've witness a new ship with major engine problems, oil lines braking, cracks in cooling system that totally disabled the ship while we were on our way . I agree with you 100% .It' scary what's going on.. I witness it myself.
i wish i had a mentor growing up who was a great mechanic like Tony! I’ve had to teach myself and these videos especially info dumps help clearify so many questions!
I agree with you on every single point in your video. As a Honda/Acura specialist, I find myself only getting brand new stuff directly from the oem dealer, or at the junk yard. Everything aftermarket is essentially trash. Also, you note how the government went after obd1 vehicles in that cash for clunkers program. Lately Hondas and Acuras from the 80s to 90s have been in hot demand, especially obd1 cars that are easy to modify and tune the ecu. So the EPA started going after dealers who install Hondata s300 chips in obd1 and k series ecus, issuing huge fines in an attempt to stamp out this market.
My '69 Rebel had a fireplace screen on the dash.... no wait, that was just the electric wiring catching on fire in the dash.
cars are so damn complicated now im suprized there still is auto technicians doing just that for a living. Hats off to them
Thanks for the , "ECONOMIC" lesson, You failed too mention, 75' & Vietnam failure, & effects on economy, "History repeat" 2021?
The big drag Vietnam had on the economy was Nixon taking us off the gold standard in order to inflate the currency to pay for it. It took Carter's treasury secretary Paul Volker to reign it in--just in time for Reagan to balloon the deficit with military spending and then raise taxes 11 times afterward to try to reign that in (plus George "Read my lips" Bush's taxes). What the Pentagon is going to face now, is resupplying after Iraq and Afganistan, and an absolute ton of VA claims--veterans survived injuries that would have just been a one time death benefit in Vietnam. Those are going to be lifetime bills for TBI and prostetics and PTSD counseling.
The real assault we face now isn't empty store shelves, its cyber warfare. and aside from Stuxnet, we ain't doing very well.
In 2019, people thought we were going to relive the roaring 20s...naw we got 1974
My wife just leased a Honda Accord. Within the first month it started to have computer issue. Around the third month the low tire light came on.I checked (no tire was low) and overfilled all the tires (hoping the light would go off) but the light never went off. She took it to the dealer and they reset the computer. Within 5 miles the light came back on. The second trip to the dealer they checked the tire pressure first. They lowered the pressure and reste the computer. The light came back on within 20 miles but went off before she could bring it back to the dealer.
My first question is why didn't they check the tire pressure the first time?
Yah. Hear ya. Masses running toward hi tech. Some sprinting toward looow tech. 60’s something Massey 3 cylinder diesel backhoe/ loader. Haven’t touched the engine (besides change oil rarely) since I bought it 20 years ago (used worn out). Starts every time. Runs great.
I'm a landlord i fo all my own electronic, plumbing, painting. Its all products, I can't just put pipe dope on threads and get the fittings to seal, and costs are off the charts, and still I have to buy 3 nipples to get one to set right
I’m sorry I keep commenting but I comment as the video progresses, yes my CRV 2013 last year was under $12,000 I just bought it a month ago 17,500 out the door and guess what they told me I should feel blessed because he had 89,000 miles on it can you freaking imagine that sir Tony
I'm a real estate agent, I had a client get pissed cuz my 2007 suv didn't have a built in gps. I'm old school, less is more & cheaper 👍
I’m trying to get out of a new Scatpack currently….hopefully will have a buyer soon since the used market has gone bonkers. About to put my 89 Ram V6 5speed long bed on the road and my 71 Duster…..if I can get it up and running in time.
Your not alone brother, wish you were close enough to me I would sit a have a couple beers and plan tomorrow.
Here in WNY they opened MADE IN AMERICA stores they only sell usa made stuff...Great Company
Tony, I agree with you 100%. We have the same mindset about what's going on. Lotsa shitty steel and stuff coming in off-shore. It's designed to keep all of us consumers. Cheap shit breaks and you buy more cheap shit. Look up "The Great Light bulb Conspiracy".
Can thank Unocal for coming up with cash for clunkers and also the terrible reformulated gas in California. They did this as they were trying to deal with the increasing air pollution requirements set by CARB. And no, the 76 stations are not the 76 stations from the past as Unocal sold off everything in Ca in 1994 including the rights to use the orange and blue 76 logo.
Am a honda guy but i love this channel. Great stuff right here boy. Two thumbs up.
2 years ago I sold my 86 Chevy pickup for $1,800. ,What a huge mistake that was! It had a body that was in excellent shape , no rust at all, though it leaked oil regularly and I changed and checked it regularly. That truck never ,not once left me stranded, it never broke down , it wasn't my everyday driver but when my newer everyday driver broke down it became my everyday vehicle for over a year,it even sat for 6 monthes over the winter and started right up! Selling that truck was /is a huge regret. Even knowing in today's market I could easily get 20k for that truck, I wouldn't sell it knowing what I know now!
Just Subscribed nice to see a car guy talk about the reality outside
This struck a special nerve on me. Mechanics know how to fix things. Technicians know how to remove and replace.
I was a computer guy before I switched careers to be an auto mechanic. Even I think stuff is overcomplicated these days.
I am Worried about the lack of Junkyards these days. Very Cool Video and Channel. Cheers!
Yes and No, The government isn't specifically trying to make it harder to repair your car, and make cars less repairable. However....
There is a direct effort to make people less self sufficient and more reliant on the government to survive. And the mechanism they are using to do this is massive inflation, paired with strict and authoritarian laws.
A shortage in parts is just one expected side effect of a massive power grab.
Here I am thinking of buying a shop and doing something...now I'm even more worried.
like sky-chef to the airports nearly
love you guys and this channel
People spend so much time in vehicles , put so many miles on anymore staying busy 7 days a week with just kids sports , functions , work its rediculous. And they want to make sure everyones entertained and connected on them road trips. Theres no time to be a family , or communicate. Electronics are a nightmare for engine operations , let alone entertainments.
manufacturing left england and moved to the US because of costs, it left nyc for detroit because of costs, it left detroit for japan because of costs, it left japan for chicomland because of costs. if you made an iphone in the US it would cost $4000 and half of that would be health care costs for uaw retirees and the rest taxes would still wouldnt actually cover the costs but just run up the deficit. its really not that complex, but its also impossible to get into people's heads. rich people are going to go where they can make the most money and you have been benefiting from them doing it every day for your entire life.
"6uild 6ack 6etter...You will own nothing and be happy"! Wold Economic Form head.
@@Kenjh71 Its not a theory, we are living it at this moment. But there plans usually take a long time. So 20 years from now, next gen will be a different world, and mostly because we sat on our asses and allowed it.
Try being in the consumer electronics repair business. As the owner of Allen’s TV on Columbus Georgia in business for 48 years we have been saying this for over 10 years.
We are just hoping for 2 more years without going bankrupt!
The electric car is there main thing out with the old cars in with the newer crap that no mechanic can touch . The auto parts stores are having a hard time finding parts that are older .
My family was a long time GM family. Then we just had so many problems with or GM vehicles in the early 90s. Catastrophic failures. my dad said screw it and bought a Honda. We never bought a GM product again.
I'm an electronics engineer and I won't have a bar of that crap in my car. I have a 1995 diesel Landcruiser with the 1HZ motor, you can't kill it with a stick and not a single chip in the entire car AFAIK, unless you count the stereo.
Gained So Much More Respect for You Tony Hearing Your Thoughts! 💯
Even all the auction yards are full of cars!
Curse indeed. I do not want to live in interesting times, however want has nothing to do with this life. Our fathers and grandfathers survived the depression turning the family car into a farm tractor, our old iron will get us by…. Just as soon as i figure out how to run them off of moonshine
You talking about that new Jeep reminds me of what I love about my vehicles the most: They're simple. I have a radio, most times a CD player or some ability to plug one into the stock radio. I did that in my 74 Super Beetle with a 100 dollar part that took five minutes to install. I plugged it between the antenna and the radio and feed it power off the fuse box, now I can plug in a cigarette lighter CD player or my cell phone and play other music. Bam, car is even more enjoyable to drive. I don't need or even WANT some screen or anything like that in my car, the enjoyment in driving it is DRIVING the damn thing.
Things go wrong? I can figure them out and fix them easily enough. Looking at a diagram I can find my part and order it. The owners manual actually explains how the car works and what to do if things go wrong and possible fixes. Newer vehicles say "go to dealership" for half of everything and tell you what oil you should use and that's it. Just god awful. I don't think I want to own a vehicle newer than my 2004 Tacoma, and even then that thing is simple as hell compared to the 2006 subaru I regrettably owned.
I recently was looking for a new microwave online I finally found a Toshiba there plant is in Japan and it said it was made in Japan When it arrived I took it out of the box and it said made in China right on the back of the microwave.You will find the same lie with lots of other items now that say there made in America but the made in China stamp is on the frame when you get it
Tony, PLEASE MAKE A CONSPIRACY THEORY CHANNEL
Was nice to hear someone finally address the "Tech" thing. I'm a heavy duty diesel mechanic and have been told by instructors, bosses, and trainers multiple times our job title is Truck Technician. They think they need to change our job title so people will respect us more. I've never understood that. I'm proud to be a mechanic. There are few people that can actually do it well and people always need you. Maybe society will come around and maybe not, but it doesn't change how I feel about my profession.
This has really bugged me too and it applies across all industries. They call god dang call center workers engineers and technicians now it's disgusting and insult to real technicians and engineers. Corporations hate having job titles that are low level sounding, so no everybody is a god damn engineer apparently.
@@El_Chompo we are being herded like animals. Our keepers insist on name calling us. They feel power when they give us a new name and we accept it.
Just follow the herd. Put on the yoke and pretend it you like it. Life is short enough, don't draw attention to yourself.
look up George Carlin on Soft Language.
@Guido You nailed it. I've changed careers several times and it only had to do with my personal skill set. I'm a very good troubleshooter. I went from deep cycle refrigeration to the IT world. There are parts changers in both fields, then there are the troubleshooters. I even got into teaching IT because of the lack of skills graduates had. They knew the theory but couldn't apply it to save their own skin. Having been in both fields for 20 years each, it is the same observations. I was training a new college graduate with a degree in IT how to do basic stuff in the field. He didn't have a clue and didn't have "IT". That inane ability to look at something and troubleshoot it. The thing I've found out throughout my life is once you are a troubleshooter, it doesn't really matter what system you're working on. The process is the same. I enjoy rebuilding vintage stereos and its the same principles as any other troubleshooting. Learn the systems and how they interact and begin. Some have the ability and most don't.
Almost Anyone Can Change A Part. Not very many can Fix the Part. We are another dying breed.
"The more you complicate the plumbing the easier it is to clog the drain." Engineer Scott, Star Trek, In Search of Spock
🤔... dang, that's good..
Bingo
"I Disapprove of What You Say, But I Will Defend to the Death Your Right to Say It" -Voltaire early 1700's...
USA Founder Benjamin Franklin once said: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Keep it simple stupid is best.
I love the feel of the 90's cars with a manual gear set and a cable to the throttle body. More intuitive.
Hate to say it though the new shit is starting to be much more performance oriented and can actually downshift well .. still looks weird with both hands on the wheel looks panicky like we about to crash ... 😆
The Government doesn’t want anyone to be able to FIX things!
China make just about ALL THE CHIPS and they CUT PRODUCTION somewhere around 1/3 of Production!
They are going to CONTROL THE WORLD! This Administration is saying, OKAY, THATS GOOD!
The Panic Button isn't the Panic Button of old.
The new Panic Button isn't connected to anything useful.
It just sends data to the algorithm so that panic can be refined and turned into the New Normal.
That is a great point.
I'm a conspiracy nut , dang it I hate being right sometimes ! War of the world's , right Tom Cruise just changes his solenoid and now he has v 8 power and one of The only operating vehicles around !
This is the exact type of fake profound BS that I'm so sick of. What statement are you trying to make here? That calm large scale change in reaction to something is not as useful as panicking? A panic reaction is better than a calculated one? I can see why you have upvotes but damn that line of thinking is dumb.
the panic button for me is a carb and points converted 302 roller. Plenty of parts around to keep me rolling, no need for obd, no need for hair tearing trying to fault find black boxes, just cruising whenever I want.
@@tatwood93 We should have panicked and fixed this mess decades ago instead of letting people tell us it’s okay.
It’s refreshing seeing this video. There aren’t as many men like this anymore it seems. When I grew up all the adults were like Tony. Level headed, sensible and just had that overall “competent man” thing going on.
We need to get back to this quality standard for people. Nowadays so many of the younger people just seem to be weak, maladjusted basket cases who are far from competent.
We kicked dad's out of the home and the government became the husband/father.
I'm 42 and I work next to a 22 year old and we were talking about what you said the other night while working! He's young but this guy works hard, he's smart and he even complains about this younger generation, his generation! The other guys his age at my job are lazy, they bitch, moan, cry constantly and about everything! They constantly call out because they are sore or tired! When they do work they barely do anything! All they want is the money and they want it for free! They don't want to work for it! Is this more of a guy thing? Idk but it's what I'm seeing at least where I'm at! The majority of the work getting done at my job is by women while the men are at home sitting on the couch acting like they need a diaper change! Like i said I'm 42, my spine was broken in 2 places in Iraq among other injuries, I'm on disability, I'm in pain every day of my life and I still work my ass off! I refuse to let my spine bring me down! One guy got into a small fender bender. It was just a scratch and a tiny ding and he complained for months that his back hurt, he constantly called out and he finally quit last week! I got rear ended at a stop light by a woman looking at her phone. She was doing almost 40 mph! It destroyed my rear bumper but I was fine and still went to work! This guy gets a small scratch in the parking lot while backing out and I swear he acted like he needed to be put on life support! I don't understand what's going on with people today but you're right, we need more men like this guy in this video!
I feel the same way about IT industry. Everything hardware/software is becoming more and more complex and with it, comes more security issues. None of it is really solving anything, but it sure is fueling support as a service and the cert machine.
Disposable overpriced vehicles...that seems like the new norm...pattern failures will cost consumers a fortune all in the name of technology advancement and trying to have next best mousetrap
"The young have exalted notions, because they have not been humbled by life or learned its necessary limitations; moreover, their hopeful disposition makes them think themselves equal to great things-and that means having exalted notions. They would always rather do noble deeds than useful ones: Their lives are regulated more by moral feeling than by reasoning.... All their mistakes are in the direction of doing things excessively and vehemently. They overdo everything; they love too much, hate too much, and the same with everything else." - Aristotle
Take a look at the "Right to repair" laws the farmers are fighting. We're next.
all done on the basis of "intellectual property protection" of DVD movies against pirating.
The pushback is starting on this.
Man my grandpa literally had to pay like 700 bucks to have a Deere tech come hook up a fucking computer and rest some shit just because we replaced a part the whole tractor locked down
@@dustingammon9858 I'd fix it and sell the fucker, go buy an older model you can fix
Im pretty sure California is going through that now. You're not allowed to fix your own car,you have to bring it to a repair shop
This guys video literally has my hair standing on ends right now… we have been pacified, not all of us, but most of us, those that have willfully drank the koolaid will force the rest of us to drink it too.
I avoid sugary drinks.
Living in the US is like a big plush pillow. You wouldn't believe how the people live here where I am and get this.... They are the happiest people I've ever met...
@@katdaddy469 When luxury becomes universal and struggle ceases to exist, people find new issues to become indignant toward. But it's not all plush pillow here, my friend. We live in an old tin roof home in Virginia. The winters are cold and the summers are hot. Work's hard to come by these days and we've had internet out here for only a few years now. We have a family and we've got the things we need to live on, you won't find happier people.
@@conspiracyscholor7866 yes I know it's not cushy for everyone. Was the same for me for a while. I was living in a 5x8 utility trailer for a year and a half. Good luck to you and your family. Stay strong and healthy
@@katdaddy469 I've got a buddy who lives in a utility trailer. He's even got a crude shower in there lol. Actually seems kinda cozy.
Hey Tony I work for a division of GM that used to manufacture those IC chips right here in America....of course we quit making them and outsourced overseas. It really is sad to watch this country going down the tubes. Our leadership in this great country has failed us all. Greed is the root cause. Great vlog! take care
The so called leaders have failed us but only because we buy their B.S. and vote them in as leaders because they sell us a B.S. pretty picture and scare us with another bad boogeyman. Also as Tony says the masses of asses only care about being able to one up their friends or neighbors with the "I've got a fireplace in my car" mentality and could care less about whether the over priced Shit box will get them to their destination and back. But don't it look pretty sitting in the driveway!
Absolutely true.
The reality is much more complicated than this. For example if they won't outsource the cost will be higher so they couldn't COMPETE for price. The competition is a real enemy in fact. The competition within country is good and competition between country is a disaster.
@@Niroborn Industries these days are always looking for the lowest bidder to make their parts the thing is most of the time except for maybe the performance Industry The lowest bidder is always going to find the cheapest way of making things Rather it being in adequate materials or leaving certain processes out
We have reached the "endgame" as far as humanity is concerned. Being a conspiracy minded guy like yourself, I dont need to elaborate, but the future looks more dystopian than not. The "future" of the auto industry, as far as we are concerned, is to learn the old ways and old technology. As one of my favorite radio show host says- All technology is a Foustian deal.
Open source technology is the key.
Combustion engines will be all but banned from the road in the coming decades.
@@conspiracyscholor7866 That will be the least of our concerns at the rate things are going. I doubt we have decades. Look at the last two years.
@@qua7771 I doubt it too but I try to stay positive
@@conspiracyscholor7866 In the military, we used to say, "hope for the best, but be prepared for the worst".
I do appreciate the positive sentiment. The thing is, I'm doing my best to stay in a stage of acceptance rather than denial.
Seeing people ignore recent issues, and where this is heading, reminds me of the band playing while the Titanic was sinking.
If we get to have a long term future worth living, It will be a blessing. Our ship is taking on water right now.
Cubans kept their stuff running - maybe our future will be going back to more mechanical self fixes. Very hot rod.
Many of those classics there have engines swapped in from Russian cars in them ,I heard. But they are resourceful in keeping them going.
@@mattmccain8492 that's what I heard from a guy who went down there when it was opened up again for a few years. Real sketchy to ride in, bodies are all patched up and the power train is a crude swap from whatever wrecked Soviet car/truck they could find when the original stuff wore out 30+ years ago. They make for good pictures and TV, but don't look too close. They do the best they can with what they have, but they don't have much to begin with.
Not much power to be had from old farm equipment though
Our present is pouring in a $20 jug of chemical goop from the parts store and praying. The future will be electric and it will be glorious. Hot rods are still cool tho.
Those cars in Cuba are absolutely pieces of shit ... cobbled together with bailing wire & duct tape and random parts from other piles of crap ... if the u.s. ends up like that we got bigger problems.