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Customer Caused ConcernsCustomer Caused Concerns
Customer Caused Concerns
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Some customers are caused by customers, some, not so much. There's some of both in this set of stories.
10 Customers I Helped Online10 Customers I Helped Online
10 Customers I Helped Online
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Until 2017 I ran an Askamechanic Website - Here are 10 of the many times I gave advice that panned out for the customers. It was all done by email.
Some Good Engine Performance TipsSome Good Engine Performance Tips
Some Good Engine Performance Tips
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Here are some engine performance tips you might not have seen before and some shop stories to illustrate
Old BuggyOld Buggy
Old Buggy
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I built this buggy when I was 14 - about a year before this video was taken - I was 15 in this video - it was 1972
Saving Cars From DeathSaving Cars From Death
Saving Cars From Death
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Barned in the USABarned in the USA
Barned in the USA
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Bringing them back from the brink
Finding a NoiseFinding a Noise
Finding a Noise
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Very Short Video on Finding the Source of a Noise
Things You Never Knew About OilThings You Never Knew About Oil
Things You Never Knew About Oil
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There are surprises in this video and some fun - !!
Timing Belt Tips  4 min 20 secTiming Belt Tips  4 min 20 sec
Timing Belt Tips 4 min 20 sec
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A few quick timing belt tips for the DIY crowd....
More Shop Stories and some A CMore Shop Stories and some A C
More Shop Stories and some A C
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1 Electronic Boxes are not all plug and play - and sometimes they're not re programmable either. 2. A 5.4L Engine Repair Lesson. 3. An A/C job on a Grand Cherokee. 4. A no-crank electronics issue on a 2008 Charger.
HVAC  Controlling ColdHVAC  Controlling Cold
HVAC Controlling Cold
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A 20 minute tutorial on some important A/C stuff including pointers and a short story or two.
A Few More HVAC TipsA Few More HVAC Tips
A Few More HVAC Tips
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Here are a few more HVAC system pointers since we're gearing up for the summer months....
A Shop Story and some PixA Shop Story and some Pix
A Shop Story and some Pix
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This begins with a quick tutorial showing how I tracked down a fuse-blowing short and some great shop tips with photos.
Shop Stories  Various HVAC issuesShop Stories  Various HVAC issues
Shop Stories Various HVAC issues
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Here are some various different A/C issues we solved in the shop - hopefully this will help when you see similar issues -
Chasing Alero NoisesChasing Alero Noises
Chasing Alero Noises
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This was like whack-a-mole. But in the end, the customer was happy and the noises (all of them) were gone for good.

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  • @Creaturemotorsport
    @Creaturemotorsport День тому

    Yeah them custom 80's. The ole crt, vcr, mini bar, ash trays, couch bed thingy, huge console phone, auto flip/fwd tape deck, and extra vapor cloud a/c systems. I was still using a custom tape deck in the daily in the 2000's. It worked. Nissan heater lines a plastic & aluminum mixed no don't do that. Parts house replacements on several models is no plastic all aluminum. MONDAY TIME have a super week.

  • @nickayivor8432
    @nickayivor8432 День тому

    Good morning, Sir Take care, my mentor 👍 PERCEPTIVE, Sir Richard McCuistian From Nick Ayivor from London England UK 🇬🇧 ⏰️ 6:40AM

    • @McCuistian
      @McCuistian День тому

      Morning! Hope things are well in the UK!

  • @nickayivor8432
    @nickayivor8432 7 днів тому

    Good evening, Sir Richard McCuistian My teacher 👍 WHIP SMART, Sir Richard McCuistian From Nick Ayivor from London England UK 🇬🇧 ⏰️21:58PM

  • @chickinbonematt
    @chickinbonematt 8 днів тому

    Sound is still a bit off

    • @McCuistian
      @McCuistian 8 днів тому

      That sound was captured by the wrong mike - Sorry

  • @mph5896
    @mph5896 8 днів тому

    Friend called me for a no crank condition. I gave him plenty of suggestions of what it could be. He asked me to come over in which I did. Problem was, he added in all kinds of variables into the problem since he touched EVERYTHING. And added an aftermarket radio and had the front windshield tinted in which a river of water was used. I spent an hour just to get back to the original problem. He had one of the bcm plugs unseated, and the shifter interlock out of place 🙄

    • @McCuistian
      @McCuistian 8 днів тому

      I've worked on more than a few where I had to fix the original problem after de-engineering everything they had messed up trying to fix it!

  • @Creaturemotorsport
    @Creaturemotorsport 8 днів тому

    Seen a dude doing testing what is and what is not working to figure lean or rich stall on obd1. My experience would have me sniff a plug the moment it stalls before complex testing. Some windstars had them head gaskets did some at barely over 50,000. An engineer had one and wanted to watch every wrench turn of the entire job to see why so I got set up real nice in that dudes garage doing that one. Ford IAC sticking is common seen more than a few of them. Maximum Monday

    • @McCuistian
      @McCuistian 8 днів тому

      You have some GREAT stories too, Mike! Good mornin!

  • @nickayivor8432
    @nickayivor8432 8 днів тому

    Take care, Sir Richard McCuistian 👍 SHREWD, Sir Richard McCuistian From Nick Ayivor from London England UK 🇬🇧 ⏰️ 23:46PM Good Evening

  • @ruben85374
    @ruben85374 11 днів тому

    Hello. Recently did a ac job on my car replaced faulty expansion valve. After vacuum and charged ac is cold. But has intermittent issue when running feels like it cuts off and you get that humid smell out the vents, stays cool though. Feel like its not 100 efficient.

  • @nickayivor8432
    @nickayivor8432 14 днів тому

    Take care 👍 My Mentor WHIP SMART, Sir Richard McCuistian From Nick Ayivor from London England UK 🇬🇧 ⏰️ 07:33AM

  • @nickayivor8432
    @nickayivor8432 14 днів тому

    👍 😂 PROFICIENT ,Sir Richard McCuistian From Nick Ayivor from London England UK 🇬🇧 ⏰️ 7:14AM

  • @nickayivor8432
    @nickayivor8432 14 днів тому

    SHARP, Sir Richard McCuistian Thank you very much for sharing yours knowledge with us My Mentor From Nick Ayivor from London England UK 🇬🇧 ⏰️ 23:18PM Good Evening

  • @nickayivor8432
    @nickayivor8432 14 днів тому

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  • @nickayivor8432
    @nickayivor8432 14 днів тому

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  • @nickayivor8432
    @nickayivor8432 14 днів тому

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  • @nickayivor8432
    @nickayivor8432 14 днів тому

    👍 INTVITIVE, Sir Richard McCuistian From Nick Ayivor from London England UK 🇬🇧 ⏰️ 22:33PM

  • @nickayivor8432
    @nickayivor8432 14 днів тому

    QUICK-WITTED, Sir Richard McCuistian My teacher 👍 From Nick Ayivor from London England UK 🇬🇧 ⏰️ 22:08PM Good Evening

  • @nickayivor8432
    @nickayivor8432 14 днів тому

    ASTUTE, Sir Richard McCuistian 👍 From Nick Ayivor from London England UK 🇬🇧 ⏰️ 22:04PM Good Evening

  • @bobb7792
    @bobb7792 14 днів тому

    A banshee is a 4 wheeler

  • @gransergranser9756
    @gransergranser9756 15 днів тому

    Learned alot thanks

  • @Creaturemotorsport
    @Creaturemotorsport 15 днів тому

    Using a creeper makes me want to nap under the car. Actually I have woke up a few hours later in the driveway with a frame touching my nose wondering what happened more than once. I thought DEF was one of them left handed screwdriver type things before it was in the trucks. Fooled by bad testing procedures Yep Good Monday Morning to Ya

    • @McCuistian
      @McCuistian 15 днів тому

      Good mornin' Mike! Dad used to go on weekends and lie on his creeper in his shop in the dark to take a nap. I know what you mean about a comfy creeper putting you to sleep.

    • @84combat
      @84combat 15 днів тому

      That's why you should use cardboard instead of a creeper :)

    • @Creaturemotorsport
      @Creaturemotorsport 15 днів тому

      My Dad AKA Red to certain folks. 80's was a different earth. I agree and got about 18-20 man size card board in a 83 F150 camper ready to use.

  • @KristopherSmith-km7pr
    @KristopherSmith-km7pr 18 днів тому

    Great video man ! U got lots of knowledge and i aspire to be as knowledgeable as yourself, i have 6 out 8 certs so far took my a2 and failed by 6 questions but take my a3 soon and watching your videos has helped me tremendously thank you !

  • @Creaturemotorsport
    @Creaturemotorsport 21 день тому

    Kids without phones do what

  • @petar443
    @petar443 22 дні тому

    Great content. But the sound is not that good. 🤔

  • @Sebi076
    @Sebi076 22 дні тому

    Thanks for helping me pass my ASE A5 Brakes exam. I'd like to move to Steering and Suspension A4 next. Any tips/info about it to help study?

  • @Sebi076
    @Sebi076 23 дні тому

    You mentioned to wash the brake rotors with soap and water... what kind of soap? Dish soap or hand soap?

    • @McCuistian
      @McCuistian 23 дні тому

      Just about any kind of soap that will wash off completely when you're done will do. Dish soap works.

  • @manelishi13
    @manelishi13 23 дні тому

    Awesome! Almost expect the same issue with both cylinders but one of each !

  • @gabbyhayes4561
    @gabbyhayes4561 27 днів тому

    I've used Quaker St. for many,many yrs,...no problem. 🇺🇸😎

  • @wdhewson
    @wdhewson 27 днів тому

    Amateurish I'm sad to say !!

  • @nickayivor8432
    @nickayivor8432 27 днів тому

    Take care, Sir Richard McCuistian My teacher 👍 WHIP SMART, Sir Richard McCuistian From Nick Ayivor from London England UK 🇬🇧 ⏰️ 00:24AM Good Night 😴 🥱

  • @seattlefishing4240
    @seattlefishing4240 28 днів тому

    I have seen some serious waxy Pennzoil sludge. I wouldn't use it.

  • @maxsanchez4256
    @maxsanchez4256 28 днів тому

    Thank you. Best study material for the x1. I will pass this all along. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

  • @captain54526
    @captain54526 29 днів тому

    Had a Rancher that hauled cattle in a long cattle trailer on a large Texas Ranch. The Chevy's built back then in order to save weight did not have a complete box frame but were a "C" configuration. Over a period of time the frames broke down (sagged or twisted). Bad Idea from GM. The Rancher sold all his Chevy trucks as the Dealer would not honor the product construction. He sold all his 11 Chevy truck fleet and bought all new Fords. No doubt GM engineers at their worst !

  • @marbleman52
    @marbleman52 29 днів тому

    I have always been amazed how oil can be formulated to get thinner in colder weather and thicker in hotter weather. It's almost like magic..!! And the misunderstanding about what the 'W' stood for: I am 72 and I will have to plead guilty that I also thought the 'W' stood for 'weight'. I would just say: 5 'w'-30, or whatever the two numbers were, and did not say: 5 'weight'-30. But...I knew that the lower first number meant a lower viscosity for cold weather and the second, higher number stood for a higher viscosity for warmer weather. I think that knowing what the numbers stood for was/is more important than any misunderstanding about the 'W'.

    • @parkershaw8529
      @parkershaw8529 28 днів тому

      NO oil is thicker at a higher temp. 5w30 means the oil exhibits multi grade viscosity. It's as thick as a grade 5 oil when they (5w30 and grade 5) are both cold and it's as thick as a grade 30 oil when they (5w30 and grade 30) are both at working temperature. Overall, 5w30 oil is substantially thinner at working temperature than when it's cold,

  • @adammatis5527
    @adammatis5527 29 днів тому

    I feel like there's an air of authority on the topic when "oil" is pronounced "awl*. I love trivia like this. Cheers!

  • @YaYa_1435
    @YaYa_1435 29 днів тому

    Thanks for your videos! 💯

  • @Creaturemotorsport
    @Creaturemotorsport 29 днів тому

    A ride mower ran out of gas after a while. Opened the hood in the field to add gas an ole moccasin looking thing shot out at high speed past my leg. A real mechanic has a moves like the impact on spark plugs, or solder connections to last a few years in a extreme condition environment. When It can't hurt any more than doing it the way they said to do get some experience. Awesome It's Monday power on

  • @georgebonney90
    @georgebonney90 29 днів тому

    Thank you Sir

  • @gransergranser9756
    @gransergranser9756 29 днів тому

    Wait you are saying its safe to use a impact wrench to remove spark plugs?

    • @McCuistian
      @McCuistian 29 днів тому

      We only use one on the 5.4L plugs - if you take those out slowly they come apart - just try it sometimes.

    • @georgebonney90
      @georgebonney90 29 днів тому

      ​@McCuistian would you let the engine get up to temp if it's running or do it cold?

    • @McCuistian
      @McCuistian 29 днів тому

      @@georgebonney90 I've done it both ways

  • @nickayivor8432
    @nickayivor8432 29 днів тому

    WHIP SMART ,Sir Richard McCuistian My Mentor Enjoy your evening with all your family around you ,Sir Richard McCuistian 👍 From Nick Ayivor from London England UK 🇬🇧 ⏰️ 22:43PM Good Evening and take care

  • @Ginx-pe4si
    @Ginx-pe4si Місяць тому

    You got a little chipmunk chattering in your engine bay. You're lucky 🤗🤗🤗

  • @aaronchustz8531
    @aaronchustz8531 Місяць тому

    My dad had sludge and drove short trips constantly.

  • @willb5744
    @willb5744 Місяць тому

    Man, I just found your channel and I could listen to your stories all day long already on my fifth video today. I can’t believe you don’t have more views. This is just the type of stuff I watch UA-cam for !!!

    • @McCuistian
      @McCuistian Місяць тому

      Glad you like them! 😁😁😁

  • @gregoryrapier3021
    @gregoryrapier3021 Місяць тому

    I heard that back in he early 60s but it was Pennzoil.

  • @bebeto71-iv4qq
    @bebeto71-iv4qq Місяць тому

    I have recently heard you mentioned of a partial short to ground. Could you please explain to us what a partial short is?

    • @McCuistian
      @McCuistian Місяць тому

      A short with resistance... Not a dead short.

  • @scottymoondogjakubin4766
    @scottymoondogjakubin4766 Місяць тому

    I remember the days of the straight weight engine oils with hardly any additives in it at all ! 50 years later anything meeting ILSC- GF6 is the standard ! I went to pennzoil ultra platinum and fram ultra syn oil filters and never looked back !

  • @joekowalski182
    @joekowalski182 Місяць тому

    Those jeeps were tanks only problem was they were gas hogs

  • @user-kk3dq3xw9g
    @user-kk3dq3xw9g Місяць тому

    I’m 61 yo and I remember my older brother telling me that about Quaker State and Pennsoil being bad because it slugged up engines. This was back in the late 70s when I began to drive and do my own oil changes. He said it was because they used Pennsylvania grade crude oil. Never knew it was a myth. He always used Castrol GTX so that is what I used.

  • @Videoswithsoarin
    @Videoswithsoarin Місяць тому

    i dont change my oil on mileage i do it based on color which ends up being early compared to the recommended interval but thats always better than later

  • @crasher88
    @crasher88 Місяць тому

    I had a lady coke to our shop one day wanting an oil change. after I pulled the car up onto our drive on life we used for oil changes she walked upnto me and said it w a s due for an oil change because the oil change light was on. this was around 2004 or 2005 so the oil change light were kind of a new thing at that time and I didn't think that car had one, plus I don't remember what the car was specifically, so I payed dumb and asked her to show me the light on the dash. I turn the key and she immediately pointed to the red pil pressure light. I told her thank you had her go back to the waiting g area and called my boss over. I started the car up and it ran and idled fine bit when you revved it up the pil pressure light would flicker. we later found out this was the first oil change she had on the car since she bought it, 60k miles. my boss told me yo pull the lkug and nothing came out. scraped the inside of the pan with a screwdriver and that oil had the consistency of peanut butter. it was so thick and tacky. easily the worse oil change I have ever had to do.

    • @McCuistian
      @McCuistian Місяць тому

      That she made it 60,000 miles is astonishing. One guy brought his F150 300 six in at 30k miles and it still had the painted gray filter on it - the engine was knocking and when we pulled the oil pan the oil had literally turned to tar. That was in the mid-1980s at the dealer. The guy claimed he had always changed his oil at the mileage the book said to. Yeah, Right. In 1987 I bought a 1985 Ford Tempo repo that had a locked up engine after having gone 38,000 miles without an oil change. I paid 800 for the car - bought an engine AND transmission from the salvage yard for 600 bucks, fixed the A/C, put a set of tires on it, and sold it to my aunt for 3500 (it was worth 4400 at the time) - I cleared 1500 on the deal - and my uncle drove that Tempo for another 120,000 miles before it was sold still running perfectly. Another Tempo - one of those early ones with the carburetor and that single red "engine" light that would come on due to oil pressure OR temperature - would illuminate that red engine light and then quit running (overheating). She'd let it cool and then drive some more. She took it to a shop down Defuniak Springs Florida and they told her they didn't see anything wrong with the car and that the "engine" light could be ignored (thinking it was a "Check Engine" light, which Fords didn't have until later. When I drew the ticket on that Tempo, I found the cooling system had at some point been filled with nothing but water and the radiator was clogged with rust. I flushed the rust out of the engine, replaced the radiator and the Thermostat (which had turned blue as if you heated it with a torch), and filled it with 50/50 coolant-water mix, burped it out... and it ran perfectly - I know of no other engine In my 40 plus years of automotive that could have survived that overheating. And some people think that as long as their vehicle is running good, they don't need to have any work done on it - like the one you saw... People just aren't as knowledgeable as they once were about their vehicles.

  • @nickayivor8432
    @nickayivor8432 Місяць тому

    Can't wait for the next video, Sir Richard McCuistian My teacher Q&T Can't find the podcast 👍 INTVITIVE, Sir Richard McCuistian From Nick Ayivor from London England UK 🇬🇧 ⏰️ 15:24 Good Afternoon