I took a big gamble on a non-running Acura RDX Aspec
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- Today we start a new build. It is a 2021 Acura RDX Aspec AWD with only 20,000 miles. It was a stationary vehicle because it will not run. I either saved some money or I am about to be upside down on this rebuild.... Only one way to find out. The damage from the deer on this was not nearly as bad as the Lincoln MKT we did at the beginning of the year but at least that one still ran..ish.
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Why the hide and seek? Stop the child's play and just tell us how you started the car. I'm not going to look all over hell for a "short". I know you don't care but next time I'm going to unsubscribe.
We will all 😢 miss you
Why wait? Unsubscribe now! 👋🏻
This isn't an airport. No need to announce your departure.
@@vehcor 😂
@@deloreanman14 I love that phrase. I've used it several times.
Reversing a trailer with that degree of accuracy is a skill I’ve never been able to master. I like that colour a lot and can’t wait to see the finished vehicle 👍🏻🏴
I’ve spent many years backing in trailers! I like this color for sure. Maybe more than all my white cars! 😂
It’s not hard to do if you do it a lot.
If the gap is wider than the trailer then the whole lot will go through quite easily.
Here in UK my new car will be that colour, only been waiting for 9 months so far for the factory to build it!
Probably that trick camera work :)
It's cool to watch someone that can back up a trailer, especially around a corner, talent indeed!
When you back up, put your hands on the bottom of the steering wheel, instead of the top. Then when you pull to the left, the wheel will turn right.
Not to mention that was a “blind side” backup. It’s usually a little easier on the driver’s side. Very impressive!
I'm guessing you unhooked the MAF sensor to get it to run on the base map in the ECU...
Or MAP or radar sensor. One of those I agree
That was going to be my guess. Unplugged the MAF.
Came here to say this too.
At first I was thinking maybe he fixed a wiring harness, but the clue of a broken intake pretty much narrows it down to MAF.
My guess too
Same here
Many people underestimate the big amount of effort and knowledge needed to fix correctly a crashed car. 👍
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Start of the video and already impressed with the mad trailer skills.
And from the look of the pavement, that was the first take!! 😲
I used to run a warehouse, and there were two drivers who were exceptional. The dock was in a narrow alley and they had to drive past it and swing the trailer 90 degrees. One could back his pup trailer in the narrow alley and hit the dock perfectly square in one shot every time. One driver was exceptionally bad, he'd try 20 or 30 times and never even get close, then expect us to lift an 1800 pound pallet across a 5 foot gap to the trailer.
I was impressed by the snow.... must be cold
@@milesparris4045 was the latter driver a SWIFT trained driver?
I say this because they cannot back up, which means a toilet can do something they can't do!
@@irongoatrocky2343 I don't know, but he was worthy of driving for Swift. Or Werner, or Knight, Or JB Hunt.
I actually stumbled across this channel recently replacing my heater core in my 05 Sierra. I decided to watch some other videos, and I’ve never seen how body work is done as I’m no body guy. After watching a couple videos, I’m here to stay!
Glad to have you with us. If you can handle my bad jokes and horrible acting, I have 30+ years of experience to share. 😂
That one correction you made while backing.........would have been my 31st! You the man.
Just off frame is another car, if I could have made a wider turn, there would have been no correction. The video actually makes it look like there is more room than there is.
I would have been very disappointed if you had omitted the traditional, almost mandatory, back-up warning as you drove the vehicle off the trailer. Keep up the good work!
I made that mistake once, I learned my lesson! 😂
@@vehcor 🤣🤣
Beautiful vehicle! Nice color! You will make it look great, I'm sure!
RDXs this color actually bring more money. I like it, I can see why!
That is a good looking car. I really like that blue and the red seats really make it cool, at least I think so! Looking forward to the rest of the build.
Yay!!
Friday and Vehcor is back.
Made my day mate!!
Thanks for the support!
Instant Classic! Brought to you by Scott's rebuild emporium 🧰
The intro, with the train horn, couldn't have made it any better, Hollywood status!!
Thanks trains don’t like my videos! 😂
@@vehcor 🤣🤣🤣
Yikes, how times have changed when a single headlight costs $1.500 dollars. My first car had sealed beam headlights that were $4.00 each. Looking forward to part 2. :)
Sad part is, those are not really expensive. They get much worse! 😳
My first car cost 1500 dollars....
It's as simple as this you want high-end bright lights that are new and modern technology You're going to pay for it
Somewhere in the hills of Virginia one rainy night a conversation something like this was held. “L.C., what in the world did you do to that purdy blue car?” Always honest to a fault he replied, “I broke it.”
Now it’s found itself in the cold regions of the Peoples Republic of Illinois where the lone voice of American ingenuity and craftsmanship will put the Blue Bomber back together as Scott of VehCor fame works his magic
😂😂
I’m a hvac guy got to love the new refrigerants I love having a van full of more flammable stuff than I already have and all the tools I get to buy
Scott flexed his muscles and yelled at the engine to stay running 😝
Mad. back up skill putting that trailer and truck in that door, hats off!
Friday Friday Friday! What would Friday be without a video from Scott's Acura emporium! My first guess would be re-seating the oil or fuel pressure sensor and the second would be re-seating the MAF.
That was one smooth backing up into the shop 😎👍🏻
That was an expert - level backing job at the start!
Thanks!
Dude, backing the trailer and truck into the shop, BY YOURSELF, is worth 2 likes if UA-cam allowed it! Me, I would have hit the building twice lol
Don't really care how you got it started. You showed great skill and practice in backing that trailer in the shop. just takes pracrice and the Dirtnali did a great job. Ready to see this one finished.
it's just duct tape over the crack to allow the MAFS to work kind of like it's supposed to.
@@pnuttheclownh2254I doubt Scott has ever used duct tape. He even doesn't know what that is 😅
@@citizaniac149 ha ha, good one, it's clean freak safety tape.
Wow! 30 seconds into the video and you have impressed me already. What amazing backing up skills! Your fan in Istanbul.
Thanks, years of practice!
first minute - excellent park job Scott!!! happy Friday!
Thanks! Happy Friday!
This video got a like just for the opening ‘reversing a trailer’. Man points.
I have to give the haters new material to hate on! 😂
My assumption as to why this was a total: parts availability. I know for a while parts were backordered indefinitely. Insurance companies were not paying rental, and instead were writing cars off instead of fixing and paying rentals.
Awesome...bought from my home state...we have corruption (and minimal rust ;) Love the color on this build
Very common problem with the Mazda air intake hose, they would crack open and duct tape would be the temporary solution to an annoying problem! 😊
I have yet to back up a trailer with that level of skill. Impressive. On my old expy an unpluugged MAF would get me around that much "unmetered" air returning stoichiometric bliss via a base map. 😊
We have a 2020 in the exact same spec. I convinced my wife on it and said I’ll take it if you don’t end up liking it. After she got multiple compliments, I didn’t have to worry about having to drive it as my daily driver. One thing that was mentioned was the vehicle is a fancy CRV. This generation of RDX rides on its own platform. However, I’d rather have the fancier Honda infotainment! We got our vehicle during the middle of the pandemic so we got a steal on it. Honestly, now for the price, I’d just go out and lease a BMW X3. While the longevity won’t be as good, and maintenance more expensive (notice I said lease), the chassis is better, and the vehicle is more refined. Plus if you splurge, you can get a …..B58!!!
Good luck with it. A good friend of mine works for a insurance company,and he told me that cars are being totaled for extreme wait of parts. A person like myself has a rental car capped at 1000$. The person that owned that tricked out pony, probably had unlimited rental coverage. Hence it was cheaper for them to total it than pay a rental-and fix it. Again, good luck with it.
He is right, I assume that is why they totaled this one.
Man what a mess. I’ve had to replace the radiator condenser inter cooler and shutter grills as well as the right headlight on a CRV for a customer who hit a deer at about 80mph. They wanted it fixed good enough to continue their drive back to Michigan. Trying to straighten the core support and fender to bolt everything back in was fun,and our shop is not a body shop either. The part the customer hit the roof hardest was the front radar,they didn’t like the cost of replacing it or the aiming it correctly to get the “dash emoji’s “ to turn off so they drove back to Michigan with no cruise control or any other features the radar controls. Bet that was a fun trip.
Glad we got the train in first thing 😂
Looks like a clean piece to rebuild. Wonder if these are getting totaled because of high salvage values and parts shortages?
This one was likely parts delays or a lazy adjuster.
@@vehcor little of both lately
@@vehcor no doubt……
I thoroughly enjoy your videos. Your knowledge and attention to detail is awesome. Good to hear some haters might unsubscribe.
I’m still heartbroken over the unsubscribing! 😂 I think that is what they want. 🤷🏼♂️
😂😂😂...Dang, them thar Backing skills are Legendary and Legit...Musta been a 'ol crusty GearJammer in a past life...😂😂
I have had a few trailers and I could never back them up with that precision!
Oooohhhh mybfavorite game.. how to keep an azzhole in suspense..😅😅😅😅. Well judging the snow.. this was a little while ago. Have a good weekend. Stay safe and be well. Thanks for sharing
Very impressive backing up the trailer.
You are correct about windshield replacement. I have a 22 aspec. Had to replace windshield 4 months after I bought it. $1700 for OEM with calibration for safety.
🎶 Safelite repair, Safelite replace🎶 😂 That price is becoming the norm with all the stuff they attach to these windshields nowadays.
You got robbed
Great backing up skills on the blind side.
My guess is you unplugged the MAF sensor to put it into 'limp' mode.
Nice score, and thanks again.
The price of replacement parts is insane. Probably why they totalled it. I'm guessing the MAF sensor. Unplug it & it goes to base line or limp mode. Good video😊
You’re not going to get nominated for an academy award for cinematography with continuity issues like that!
Hood still on at the shopping list reveal at the end ;)
Good, my job is rebuilding cars, not entertaining the masses and giving myself awards because I think I am doing something that matters.
@@vehcor haha! Well, despite that you’re doing the entertainment bit pretty well ;)
Disconnect the MAF sensor to get it to run.
That is some serious reversing skill. I think ypou unpluged the MAF air sensor
You didn't let me down ! You made your unloading cry.
Of course
Love the Denali diesel sound. Acura has a nice little SUV.
If you put a socket over the back of the fasteners you can compress the pins and remove them
Pretty car. Should be a good looker when you are finished.
Expert driver
Thats why he is vin diesels stunt double
Thanks, lots of practice.
Ah yes the "Scream" good job Scott
Your videos are the best! Sense of humor is on point. Always waiting for your next video. Very informative and enjoyable. Keep up the great work brother 👍.
Thanks for the support!
Scott, must say one must be impressed watching you back that trailer into your shop. There can be the wonders of video but I do believe it did not take too many retakes.
Scotty disconnected the MAF sensor to start the car as it wasn't reading any airflow so it kept stalling.
Ok, I’m impressed by backing that trailer. 👍
As you were backing into the garage, I thought the trailer was creaking so bad, it sounded like a train horn. Then I watched the rest of the video.
It was creaking pretty bad as well. It was not happy about the cold! 😂
Blind side backing in like a pro. Kudos. Sorry not a hater, just not a fan of Accura. Keep up the videos, love watching them. Love that color, its the same color I got on my Infiniti
😊😊😊...Well, with some Google search and UA-cam videos, I can fix most problems on older vehicles...But, my Diags is severely lacking....You have to understand Systems to figure out how to bypass one system and make a vehicle still run....
I thought the non-run problem would have been a broken air intake pipe. Easy fix. Good work Scott.😀
Sweet, new build! Happy Friday, Scott!🍻
Happy Friday!
look at you all professional at backing up......
Gotta give the haters new reasons to hate! 😂
@@vehcor Outside my shop in the complex I rented from was a guy who built, rented and sold tear drop trailers and bigger ones. It was always fun on a sunday night sitting outside in a law chair watching the rookies trying to back them in place.
The parking lot is about 300 cars. The trailers are in 2 rows, 3 deep. So it's like backing a car into a spot. A buddy was over and one guy in a mercedes backed up, jack knifed, straightened out so many times he was literally 3/4 of the way across the parking lot.
I finally had enough and walked over "do you want me to do it"? NOOO.
Ok, what you do is pull in close, turn to the right, unhook the trailer and roll it in. (the tongue jack had a wheel on it).
stellar driving!!!!!
Thanks
I'm liking the color of it.
I shall drink some beers to celebrate KCAA TV's leaving. 🍺🍺🍺
Can't believe the insurance company wrote the vehicle off.I had the same damage to an ILX and it was repaired at a cost of 15 grand.
You backed that trailer like a boss
Years of practice!
Oh dear scott you’ve upset a few trolls by not revealing how you started the car , me huh, I’ll get to it eventually and if you’re not upsetting someone then you are not trying hard enough, 😇, keep up the great work scott and keep showing us how a real professional repairs cars
Scott - Aren't you worried Pizza girl is going to want to keep this one for herself?
Happy Wife.....Happy Life!
Pizza girl better start delivering some pizzas if she wants it! 😂
i thought the dismount from the trailer could have been more dramatic, like a louder scream.
4/10 😂
25:38 not sure if I mentioned this before but a local auto recycler was advertising for car disassemblers. I thought "what a fun job if I was younger" I love taking things apart, I'm not so good at putting them back together again though so it'd be perfect for me lol....
I always thought about being a dismantler. They make some good money and the work is fun!
@@vehcor My thoughts exactly.
You could learn a lot about all the different vehicles, what the diff parts look like, etc.
The place I was referring to started at $25/hr and they supplied the tools. Great work for a kid just starting out of highschool who had an interest in being a mech.
I think it had a deer stuck in the air intake.Causes a no start every time.
While I would agree, that wasn’t it this time. 😂
I suspect from the way in seemed to start and die. It was the inertia switch tripped. Reset it an fuel pump power restored.
Love the color combo. Hopefully it will be a quick job to get back in shape. Over here we don't have Acura branded vehicles, only normal Hondas.
That's some expert trailer backing up right there!
I would have used some type of duct tape to seal that hole. See the ice and snow, been a while since we have seen that here in the Land of Rust and Corruption.
Add Utah to the land of rust and corruption now also😂
Man...that is some fancy-smancy trailer back-n-uppin!!! best to you and yours. walt+mrs
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It’s a skill you acquire with the many miles of driving with a trailer! Thanks for the support!
Thank you
Blind side back like a boss !!
I knew the answer immediately!.....’cause I screwed up and watched the short first!
Just used up all of my good luck for the year......
Love the vids man I still remember that hammered civic from a long time ago
Screw the car I've come for the backing up skills. That is no easy feat. Blind side backing into a narrow doorway in one shot.
I’ve done it more than a few times. 😂
Nice job 'blind siding' the trailer into the shop!
Thanks!
Should make for a nice car when finished. Thanks for the video.
Those secret handshakes. You got to love them great video 😊
Gas. Out of gas. Like you said at the start and it makes the point that the auction won't do anything other then turn the key to see if it starts.
Scott: "It's a love it or hate it thing."
Scott: "...I sort of like it?"
I was in the transition stage from hate it to love it.
@@vehcor so you’re saying you were non binary? 😉
@@daveh2612 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Wow; this is going to be a sweet ride when you're finished with it. 20K miles, no major structural damage. Too bad about the salvage title; totally unfair.
Good thing about lower mile new cars is there is very little extra mechanical work to do.
Thanks for sharing Scott.
I have to say Scott you did an amazing job backing a loaded trailer in along with the Denali. Like you, I really like color. It looked stunning cleaned up. I can’t wait till next Friday. Love the red seats too! As far as how you got the Acura going??? I’m at a loss. If was a car I’d learned on, I’d say points & condenser maybe, yeah I’m old. 😂
See you in the next installment!
I know about points and condensers. They were the older cars when I started. I started with electronic ignition and distributors when they were new.
My insurance premiums have gone up the last two renewals and their excuse is that the insurance companies are all paying higher labor and parts cost. So in this case they total a perfectly repairable car and we all get jammed with higher rates.. 😡😡
R134 for a couple bucks a pound. R1234YF came in shortly before I got out of wrenching and it was $16 per ounce. The worst part is it turns acidic so you'll need to fix your AC in five years no matter what. My guess on how to get it running was to disconnect the MAF sensor. It should've been able to run off the MAP sensor input instead.
I just looked up the cost of one of those things, talk about sticker shock!! But, I am 71 years old, my favorite car is 1957 Chevy red convertible, can't afford those either...
Honda part pricing is kind of crazy. Some things are really reasonable, and others are ridiculous. I did a Honda Passport about a year ago, that was a rear hit. The liftgate was pretty pricey.
You are correct, some are even surprisingly cheap!
True story had to wait two years for front bumper on MDX hybrid touring. Found one in Arizona another body shop sent back after waiting over a year for other parts they needed for their MDX hybrid. Didn't know they needed when they took it apart. State Farm ended up totalling it.
My 2010 Ranger 108k with some hail dents was declared total. Everything else on the truck was perfect.
nice backup skills. i tow regularly for many years and still found that impressive.
It was the train noises he was making that impressed me.
Did you disconnect the MAF to get it running?
My guess would be you stuffed Mr. Spotty onto the spot to get it to kick off
That explains where he went! 😂
It's the intake. Meaning there is a MAF sensor in there. In case it sends abnormal readings, the computer cuts the engine.
You unplugged it because no MAF reading at all is perfectly ok as far as the computer is concerned.
My timing was perfect! 😃
Thanks for watching!
@@vehcor, I always do. This one looks like a great project. I love the blue color. 👍
Thanks for sharing
Must had come WV to get the car. First of the morth in wv we had a ft of snow in the mountans. If you come 64 you come right by me.