The plastic button on my shifter broke, and every mechanic I went to said they would have to replace the whole apparatus like you're doing in this video. They all wanted to charge between $700 - $900 for the work. So I went to the local Walgreens, bought a roll of electrical tape for $5, and wrapped it around that broken button. Works as good as new.
YES!! When it comes to interior work, I ALWAYS wear gloves!! I tell people all the time, I handle grease, outdoor grime, and fluids with or without gloves, but people's dirt inside... totally skeeves me! Spilled drinks, mold, fuzzy food, etc. ... yeah, it all freaks me out. Heck, I'd handle bugs bare handed, before that funk too.
@@jeremyanthony9300 would never go that far. I have too many responsibilities here and I couldn't afford it. I have the expo in Oct coming up, which is local and paid for. As far as videos, I was supposed to upload it, but I had time contraints. Hopefully either tmrw or Sat.
It only gets better with age. When I was 38 I could remember everything now I can barely remember my phone number. Great videos Eric. A smile a minute.
Recent sub to this channel, must say Eric's attitude towards the job is the best, really enjoy the key animation he was showing the camera everytime he had to flip open the key like it was a jackknife and the race car sound he made when testing the shifter just comical love it..keep it up
I agree, making racecar noises like a 3 year old never gets tiring. When I worked at the grocery store, there was an older guy that came in with his wife. And every time she let him push the cart, he made racecar noises the entire time.
The commentary during this video is priceless! What happened? Gained one year, lost your mind a little? Don't ya just love those pictures! Everything lines up perfectly! You made it look easy again...thankyou for a great video.
Ahh GM Korea formerly GM Daewoo product. We used to have a car dealer Jolly John (R.I.P) that would say in his TV commercials "Dae woo woo". Still makes me chuckle to think about it today.
Automotive interior forensics. And inside a Daewoo to boot! Oh boy! Edit: I laughed out of my actual mouth hole at the "fart smeller" comment. PS Happy getting born day man. I'm truly glad that that happened :D
Ahh I love the realness of these videos. Just the other day I forgot to plug in the maf sensor on a northstar after doing an intake boot and gaskets. Always remember it when the money light comes on the first time you move it.
That faux silver coated plastic scratches super easily. I always put it somewhere it can’t get knocked or wrap it in rags. Always great to watch you videos!
17:51 - torqued to spec? ;-) Happy belated birthday Mr O. I recently found your channel whilst searching for Prius rear brake replacement and am totally hooked. Your vids go on the TV at home in the evenings, wholesome family viewing, so they are. Keep up the great work.
Happy belated birthday. !! I never cared for working on interiors the parts people would lovingly include J.B. weld, bandaids,& touch up paint when handing me interior parts. :)
Ok Eric, I hope you read this.. 3 months ago, I had a neighbor w a 13 Sonic that wouldn't release the key when in park. It was out of factory warranty and it was also due for the recall on the ignition sw.. So we scheduled that BUT told them of the complaint of the key stuck in the cylinder. They said that the car would get new keys and would be reprogrammed, and that should do it. Low and behold, she got a call from Chevy saying that there was a problem with the module in the shifter assembly, that wasn't covered, and the cost of the repair was $ 486.00... Now I checked the trans module data for gear selection, and it said the correct PRNDL ranges. Chevy said that it needed the shifter as well as a recalibration for that new unit... Whatever they did, it did fix it, but I sure wish I'd seen your vid before we sent it there.
In order to replace the oxygen sensors on a 98 Ford Explorer you have to remove the center column to access the access panel for the connectors. That requires sitting in the back seat and grabbing the center column with both hands and pulling back towards you as hard as you can with all your weight. Then you get to remove the front passenger seat and push the front carpet over to the driver's side. Going back in is just as much fun.
Eric, You need to listen. Told you when you were installing the bit beside gas pedal, "forgot something." You have 30 years on your kids. I have 30 plus on you. Remembering stuff is just the start of what changes with age. Watching your channel very enjoyable. Find myself talking to the screen, need to be careful no one else can hear me. Saw something on internet which might explain goo in shift lever.
A few years back (actually quite a few), the reverse button on top of the shifter (plastic) busted off. Budweiser can (post drink) turned inside-out, cut, and molded into new one. All my buddies raved about the 'custom' button! vroom, vroom!
Bought a new used car. Had to take my 2015 Kia soul to the dealership for inspection on a factory recall. Just so happened that morning I had flat tire. So I paid for an oil change and flat repair when I brought it in. They vacuum your car out when they do an oil change. My car only had gravel on the floor mats from my driveway. I'm not perfect but I'll will clean my car before taking it to a shop. Used to do my own oil changes but the cost is about equal to paying someone to do it. I had the oil changed due to the fact I have no idea when it was last done. Friday buying a cabin filter.
or trading it in! i used to detail cars at a dealership and this one that came in on trade was a dump! garbage filled the floor in the back up and over the back seat. i filled two 30 gallon garbage bins just cleaning out that car, not to mention the stains and crusty gunk all over the seats and carpet. yuck!!
@ThePariss333 I agree it is always better when you do things yourself. When it comes to my Honda Scooter I change the oil as it's only one quart and the motorcycle shop charges more. Granted they check everything on the bike.
I wonder how filthy a car has to be before Eric refuses to work on it. Dog hair, french fries and candied boogers seem to have no effect. Perhaps if the floor is completely covered in used cat litter with a few extra nuggets in the cup holders...
In high school, I worked for a small town Chevy - Buick dealer and my job was to recondition trade-ins for the used car lot. Good God, some of the things I found in cars and had to clean up would make a normal man walk away. Thankfully, I'm a little off kilter and loved telling the lads what I'd seen the next day at school because some of the people bringing these rolling landfills / toxic dumps / beer can disoensariy in for trade on their new Shivvy were parents and relatives of kids at my high school.
Eric O. Take it from a guy who really is losing his memory, you didn't lose your memory, you forgot because you were trying to do two things at once. One was talk to us viewers about what you were doing AND two was remember what you had to do next. I remembered that you had to put the screw in before snapping the cover on, but I wasn't distracted! That forgetting of what you had in mind before you began to talk gets worse slowly. You'll spend all morning trying to remember what you wanted to get at the store because the phone call distracted you! The amount of time you take to remember, that shows you how poor your memory is getting, sigh!
plus I was thinking of things I have to do after work, what car I need to bring in next, what bills had to be wrote up, what parts I had to order, things that needed to be done on YT, what time I needed to get the kids, was the ice cream store closing this week or next, what was Mrs.O making for lunch and of course deer season opens Monday.... other than that I really did not have much on my mind at all...
HAhaha, no way man, the $40,000 a year I pay in health insurance covers all of that, that is of course after I pay the $10,000 deductible #ILOVENYHEALTHCARE
@@SouthMainAuto Yes between you and Keith, you guys are kicking the videos out. Ivan has even been moonlighting. I thought my insurance was bad at 23k per yr. Mine don't have vision though, and will only pay up 1k on orthodontics.
You know who doesn't have to pay $10K deductibles? Pretty much every person in every other developed nation that has national healthcare. But I guess we don't have those pesky (fictional) "death panels", so totally worth it. Sorry, frustrated rant over.
Eric, I don't want to pry or be disrespectful in asking this question, but if you would indulge my curiosity, that would be awesome. You spoke about your birthday dinner and it sounded nice. You obviously have a very successful one-man shop and the side work with on-site diagnostics/dealership/other shops giving you business. Plus, you're now hopefully making some of that TH-cam money, merch money, Amazon referral money, and Patreon money. I only have one question: is life good? Are you making a comfortable income given all of your hard work? Thanks, and I watch every single video you put out, even with the classic reach arounds.
Happy BD Eric. I'm a Sept baby, also. As we get older, we all suffer from CRS (can't remember...stuff). I can remember when I was 39...uh, what was I saying?
I will never be as good as Scotty, he has 60 years experience. Just look at his repair videos and you can tell he is the king of the auto repair world.
@@SouthMainAuto Hey!! I'm watching you buddy! Don't make me turn this car around. Thanks Remember I started uploading videos, ever since TH-cam was carved on cave walls. Don't test me son!
Funny because when I called the dealer to order parts I specifically told them I could use just the button assembly and they told me there were not kits or individual pieces available.... that's handy...grrrrr
The speed output ring gear in my 1999 Legnum VR4 broke recently, necessitating the removal and splitting of the gearbox to replace it. Decided while it was out to upgrade the clutch, replace shifter forks, carrier bearings etc. $3340 later... Anyway, I washed the car, vacuumed and wiped the interior before dropping it off :)
18:16 I did my research cause the VERY same thing happened to me. They purposely make the park so that it’s a lot of tension on the button eventually the button breaks and you have to take it to a shop I did and the part plus labor was over $600 I wasn’t having that. So I brought the part $80 and paid the man for half an hour of work and it took u less than 10 min to get it apart. So now that I’ve watched your video I hope to replace my own and share it with you ✊🏽
Somewhere in this world, someone is collecting a royalty for every one of those little scrivets that are used!! When the deserved action includes a rope, hot tar, and razor blades!!
I learned to leave the keys in, ignition on and shifter in some gear, pull "starter relay" and most obvious chock the wheels. nothing like cycling the igntion and shifter 999 times..... if it's going to take long, add charger/maintainer.
Must be one of those days. I put a new feed line on our TV antenna, 30 feet up and the roof is steep. My shins were burning at the end of the day I kept forgetting to bring things up with me.
If it makes you feel better, my father in-law had some customers know as "The Goat Ladies". Their 1980's Citation had a funk that you cannot fathom without heavy drugs and a trip down an outhouse hole in mid-summer... :D
Good video I like the weird stuff that you show .....When I was your age in 1993 they didn't have Ethanol in our gas and no one had cell phones so we still spoke to strangers.......lol
South Main Auto Repair - I like to hold it and pretend I own a Lamborghini every time I have to take the whole front end of the car apart to do a timing belt, or when it takes me 5 hours to replace the steering rack.
I guess i shouldn't be shocked to see that you have to buy the WHOLE ASSEMBLY instead of just the switch that you need. $163.00 for that assembly is too high for me. I would have went to a pick and pull yard and got one for $20.00. Nice that the upper dash controls didn't have to come out to change the shifter. Great video.
Maybe I'm missing something here, but all you needed to do was remove the top of the shifter and replace broken button with a replacment kit for less than $15! Now I see why some garages were charging there customers tons of money!
I'm assuming that vacuum pump is for when there is a lack of vacuum due to the turbo? That is if it is the 1.4 turbo. My cruze has the same pump that runs if I hit the brakes more than once or twice like in traffic or at a drive through.
Awesome sound effects there @ 10.12 Eric ! lol..... We have a saying over here in Yorkshire....''Little things please small minds''.....hahaaa ! Good job as ever tho'... ;-)
Eric, Thank you for this video. Its hard to believe a broken shifter like that on only a 5 year old car. See what happens when 'actors' own these things - it would never happen to 'real people'. Curious how much that part was from GM. SMA#1 God bless Paul ps that stuff inside the shifter was the 'real people' liquid. And VW has had that kind of key for 20 years.
I bought a shift kit that goes to the shifter for 8bucks off of eBay took ten minutes to put in. It replaces the broken parts you needed.
Just wanted to say I had to change the shift lever in my 2014 Chevy sonic. After watching you it was a piece of cake. Thank you so much Mr O..
Nothing gets Scotties old bowels moving, like another SMA upload. Keep up it son
😳😳
Rev up your little engine Scotty! We've been getting spoiled by these rapid fire SMA uploads.
may I suggest the nick, "Scotty Killsmorecars" ?
Rev up your Korean Chevy!
Fuck you Scotty. You're a truly shitty shade tree mechanic.
The plastic button on my shifter broke, and every mechanic I went to said they would have to replace the whole apparatus like you're doing in this video. They all wanted to charge between $700 - $900 for the work. So I went to the local Walgreens, bought a roll of electrical tape for $5, and wrapped it around that broken button. Works as good as new.
YES!! When it comes to interior work, I ALWAYS wear gloves!! I tell people all the time, I handle grease, outdoor grime, and fluids with or without gloves, but people's dirt inside... totally skeeves me! Spilled drinks, mold, fuzzy food, etc. ... yeah, it all freaks me out. Heck, I'd handle bugs bare handed, before that funk too.
Tell me about it haha, it always makes me itch for some reason haha
Yeah I agree Cuba. When's your next video? Are you going to the sema show in Vegas?
@@jeremyanthony9300 would never go that far. I have too many responsibilities here and I couldn't afford it. I have the expo in Oct coming up, which is local and paid for.
As far as videos, I was supposed to upload it, but I had time contraints. Hopefully either tmrw or Sat.
@@CubasAutomotive what's the local expo? In the poconos
@@jeremyanthony9300 in Warminster
It only gets better with age. When I was 38 I could remember everything now I can barely remember my phone number. Great videos Eric. A smile a minute.
Can't help but laugh at some of your comments when ur talking to the cars keep up the good work
Recent sub to this channel, must say Eric's attitude towards the job is the best, really enjoy the key animation he was showing the camera everytime he had to flip open the key like it was a jackknife and the race car sound he made when testing the shifter just comical love it..keep it up
I agree, making racecar noises like a 3 year old never gets tiring. When I worked at the grocery store, there was an older guy that came in with his wife. And every time she let him push the cart, he made racecar noises the entire time.
some comedy and good entertainment is what keeps folks watching, of course don't forget the actual work and skill being shown ;)
that was so he couldn't hear her nagging :))
The commentary during this video is priceless! What happened? Gained one year, lost your mind a little?
Don't ya just love those pictures! Everything lines up perfectly!
You made it look easy again...thankyou for a great video.
Ahh GM Korea formerly GM Daewoo product. We used to have a car dealer Jolly John (R.I.P) that would say in his TV commercials "Dae woo woo". Still makes me chuckle to think about it today.
I’m amazed at your skill AND your ability to control your language. If it was me, I’d be cussing up a storm!
Replacing whole shifter due to one button broken, way to go chevy. Thanks Eric for the video.
At least it's still mechanical, not electronic!
Automotive interior forensics. And inside a Daewoo to boot! Oh boy!
Edit: I laughed out of my actual mouth hole at the "fart smeller" comment.
PS Happy getting born day man. I'm truly glad that that happened :D
Ahh I love the realness of these videos. Just the other day I forgot to plug in the maf sensor on a northstar after doing an intake boot and gaskets. Always remember it when the money light comes on the first time you move it.
That faux silver coated plastic scratches super easily. I always put it somewhere it can’t get knocked or wrap it in rags. Always great to watch you videos!
There is a shifter repair kit sold by the dealer that is dirt cheap that fixes that issue as well.
Mrs. O gave him some of the good stuff for his B-day and now his brain malfunctions.....worth it!
Mike beat me here and he's at work. Easy one today but someone will use the video for sure to do this job at home. Thanks for cranking them out.
17:51 - torqued to spec? ;-) Happy belated birthday Mr O. I recently found your channel whilst searching for Prius rear brake replacement and am totally hooked. Your vids go on the TV at home in the evenings, wholesome family viewing, so they are. Keep up the great work.
Beats any "mechanic" on TV, it's the real deal plus it's freaking hilarious and fun to watch
Whatevers' necessary to keep ones' sanity! Thanks for what you do.
Happy belated birthday. !! I never cared for working on interiors the parts people would lovingly include J.B. weld, bandaids,& touch up paint when handing me interior parts. :)
"that's totally the wrong hole" "right on camera too"
Ok Eric, I hope you read this.. 3 months ago, I had a neighbor w a 13 Sonic that wouldn't release the key when in park. It was out of factory warranty and it was also due for the recall on the ignition sw.. So we scheduled that BUT told them of the complaint of the key stuck in the cylinder. They said that the car would get new keys and would be reprogrammed, and that should do it. Low and behold, she got a call from Chevy saying that there was a problem with the module in the shifter assembly, that wasn't covered, and the cost of the repair was $ 486.00... Now I checked the trans module data for gear selection, and it said the correct PRNDL ranges. Chevy said that it needed the shifter as well as a recalibration for that new unit... Whatever they did, it did fix it, but I sure wish I'd seen your vid before we sent it there.
I like how you care enough to put all the screws back in.
That's not care that's doing the job right.
Edward Martinez Exactly!
What a NOVEL idea!
South Main Auto Repair, tires, and lottery verification. :D
In order to replace the oxygen sensors on a 98 Ford Explorer you have to remove the center column to access the access panel for the connectors. That requires sitting in the back seat and grabbing the center column with both hands and pulling back towards you as hard as you can with all your weight. Then you get to remove the front passenger seat and push the front carpet over to the driver's side. Going back in is just as much fun.
Eric,
You need to listen. Told you when you were installing the bit beside gas pedal, "forgot something."
You have 30 years on your kids. I have 30 plus on you. Remembering stuff is just the start of what changes with age. Watching your channel very enjoyable.
Find myself talking to the screen, need to be careful no one else can hear me.
Saw something on internet which might explain goo in shift lever.
So what was broken on the shifter that required it to be changed? If it was the little chrome button, they make a kit for that. Costs like $20.
You make me feel better about myself when you start dropping tools. :)
Glad to know there is a diagram to show me where to screw. Lol. Another great video. Thank you.
Great video Mr O! Funny and informative. I'll now forever open my key the same way🤣
You are a bad influence. I was at work today and said "what the thunder?" when my computer acted up. :D
A few years back (actually quite a few), the reverse button on top of the shifter (plastic) busted off. Budweiser can (post drink) turned inside-out, cut, and molded into new one. All my buddies raved about the 'custom' button! vroom, vroom!
You need a new sound effect for when you "switchblade" something open, similar to Brakleen. "SCHWINNNNNGGGGG!"
X2 on that
Sound affect was on point, lol Happy birthday by the way Eric.
Nothing gets you motivated in the morning like Eric O. cause if he can do it, I can do it!!! :O
I'm not neat but I think I would wear a hazmat suit inside that Sonic. Does anyone in upstate NY own a decent car besides you and Mrs. O?
6th!
Nice BOV sound was that a TIAL BOV or stock
The Dirty Mechanic Pure stock...
@@SouthMainAuto
Having a good day??
Really grateful that ETCG mentioned you some time ago.Happy subscriber here!
The kind of thing you can't buy from the salvage yard, 'cause all those are broken in the same place.
For the love of God, people clean out you car before taking it to the shop. 😏.
I know!! Right?! That's just embarrassing!
Bought a new used car. Had to take my 2015 Kia soul to the dealership for inspection on a factory recall. Just so happened that morning I had flat tire. So I paid for an oil change and flat repair when I brought it in. They vacuum your car out when they do an oil change. My car only had gravel on the floor mats from my driveway. I'm not perfect but I'll will clean my car before taking it to a shop.
Used to do my own oil changes but the cost is about equal to paying someone to do it. I had the oil changed due to the fact I have no idea when it was last done. Friday buying a cabin filter.
Better yet quit using the car as a dining room table. Especially for the kids in the back seat. That is just nasty what those kids leave behind.
or trading it in! i used to detail cars at a dealership and this one that came in on trade was a dump! garbage filled the floor in the back up and over the back seat. i filled two 30 gallon garbage bins just cleaning out that car, not to mention the stains and crusty gunk all over the seats and carpet. yuck!!
@ThePariss333 I agree it is always better when you do things yourself. When it comes to my Honda Scooter I change the oil as it's only one quart and the motorcycle shop charges more. Granted they check everything on the bike.
Love the videos...learning a lot! A big hello from up the road in Rochester!
“When I do interiors I always put on my rubber.” Ha! Classic. Eric have you hired writers? If not you are the King of Auto Repair play-by-play improv.
Great turbo sound effects
That must have been some birthday present you got last night! LOL
Giggity
Good vid bro.Happy belated birthday Eric
It's amazing how many videos you are producing!
Good entertainment early in the morning what’s not to like.
Like this channel a lot.
Good JOB Eric Oooooo
Another one bites the dust
I wonder how filthy a car has to be before Eric refuses to work on it. Dog hair, french fries and candied boogers seem to have no effect. Perhaps if the floor is completely covered in used cat litter with a few extra nuggets in the cup holders...
In high school, I worked for a small town Chevy - Buick dealer and my job was to recondition trade-ins for the used car lot. Good God, some of the things I found in cars and had to clean up would make a normal man walk away. Thankfully, I'm a little off kilter and loved telling the lads what I'd seen the next day at school because some of the people bringing these rolling landfills / toxic dumps / beer can disoensariy in for trade on their new Shivvy were parents and relatives of kids at my high school.
that stuff doesn't even phase a person that has or raised kids.......
Don't they sell vacum cleaners in upstate NY?
I'm guilty at that also, I vacuum mine once every 10 years or so :))
Excellent video! Hope Mrs. O gave you a "special" b-day present! 😉
Classic reach-around?! :-O
Dont believe him folks he is lying to you !!!! just because he can do it doesn't mean you can !
happy birthday Eric
Happy belated birthday! Mine was the 23rd. Thumbs up as always Dr O.
Great video @South Main Auto
LMAO at you scratching off the customer's scratch card!
You got 6 years on me old man... I still forget those little screws 🤣
Eric O. Take it from a guy who really is losing his memory, you didn't lose your memory, you forgot because you were trying to do two things at once. One was talk to us viewers about what you were doing AND two was remember what you had to do next. I remembered that you had to put the screw in before snapping the cover on, but I wasn't distracted! That forgetting of what you had in mind before you began to talk gets worse slowly. You'll spend all morning trying to remember what you wanted to get at the store because the phone call distracted you! The amount of time you take to remember, that shows you how poor your memory is getting, sigh!
plus I was thinking of things I have to do after work, what car I need to bring in next, what bills had to be wrote up, what parts I had to order, things that needed to be done on YT, what time I needed to get the kids, was the ice cream store closing this week or next, what was Mrs.O making for lunch and of course deer season opens Monday.... other than that I really did not have much on my mind at all...
Eric that scratch off could have been your ticket into retirement. The dollar win wasn't even worth cashing in. Excellent repair as usual!
What the Hell! does one of the kids need braces or something?? you are on a roll with the videos! And I appreciate it!
HAhaha, no way man, the $40,000 a year I pay in health insurance covers all of that, that is of course after I pay the $10,000 deductible #ILOVENYHEALTHCARE
@@SouthMainAuto Id fire that Health Insurance Co,for real..
Thanks Obama!! 😡😡
@@SouthMainAuto
Yes between you and Keith, you guys are kicking the videos out. Ivan has even been moonlighting. I thought my insurance was bad at 23k per yr. Mine don't have vision though, and will only pay up 1k on orthodontics.
You know who doesn't have to pay $10K deductibles? Pretty much every person in every other developed nation that has national healthcare. But I guess we don't have those pesky (fictional) "death panels", so totally worth it. Sorry, frustrated rant over.
Lunch was my favorite subject in school 😃😃
Mine was Gym and 3:00pm
For me it was shop.
Eric, I don't want to pry or be disrespectful in asking this question, but if you would indulge my curiosity, that would be awesome. You spoke about your birthday dinner and it sounded nice. You obviously have a very successful one-man shop and the side work with on-site diagnostics/dealership/other shops giving you business.
Plus, you're now hopefully making some of that TH-cam money, merch money, Amazon referral money, and Patreon money. I only have one question: is life good? Are you making a comfortable income given all of your hard work? Thanks, and I watch every single video you put out, even with the classic reach arounds.
Happy BD Eric. I'm a Sept baby, also. As we get older, we all suffer from CRS (can't remember...stuff). I can remember when I was 39...uh, what was I saying?
Gm makes a button rebuild kit for that button. It's like 20 bucks.
Need at lest 1k video and good lighting .you and pine hollow are my favorite . Given Scotty Kilmer a run for the money .
I will never be as good as Scotty, he has 60 years experience. Just look at his repair videos and you can tell he is the king of the auto repair world.
I don't think Scott does any more repair videos any more. His latest videos are just product promotions and how great Toyota is.
@@SouthMainAuto
Hey!! I'm watching you buddy! Don't make me turn this car around.
Thanks Remember I started uploading videos, ever since TH-cam was carved on cave walls. Don't test me son!
Scotty Kilmer I was reading this comment and I actually heard your voice Scotty 🤔 WTF 🤨
Julia M Good video, Good Audio, Good Lighting, Good Angles, Great Content 🤙🏼
Isn't the coffee control module in the kitchen? Haha
That trigger is actually a design flaw. Chevy has this part number kit 42423234 that replaced trigger and fixes the flaw.
Funny because when I called the dealer to order parts I specifically told them I could use just the button assembly and they told me there were not kits or individual pieces available.... that's handy...grrrrr
It probably was someone that didnt know and probably didnt bother to check 🙄
The speed output ring gear in my 1999 Legnum VR4 broke recently, necessitating the removal and splitting of the gearbox to replace it. Decided while it was out to upgrade the clutch, replace shifter forks, carrier bearings etc. $3340 later...
Anyway, I washed the car, vacuumed and wiped the interior before dropping it off :)
Most shop would say go to the dealer. Great work
18:16 I did my research cause the VERY same thing happened to me. They purposely make the park so that it’s a lot of tension on the button eventually the button breaks and you have to take it to a shop I did and the part plus labor was over $600 I wasn’t having that. So I brought the part $80 and paid the man for half an hour of work and it took u less than 10 min to get it apart. So now that I’ve watched your video I hope to replace my own and share it with you ✊🏽
Happy Birthday, Mine too!
Somewhere in this world, someone is collecting a royalty for every one of those little scrivets that are used!!
When the deserved action includes a rope, hot tar, and razor blades!!
Very detailed video..
I want to replace my gear shift, not sure where I can get a new part online.
Any help ?
We have close to the same Bday but I’m kinda sure I’m allowed to say when I was your age. Belated happy birthday Eric!!
So at 7:00 in the video how did you remove that part with the blue ring and little taps because when I squeeze. It doesn’t come out
"plug it in, right in the rear"
"I may not wear gloves when I do a wheel bearing, but when working on the interior, I always put on my rubber" - Dr. Eric O. 2018
Timothy Barney: Wheel bearings are just greasy. You can get an ITD (interior transmitted disease) inside a car!
likely should have worn a whole body condom :))
definitly my favorite channel,missing the mail call episodes tho,u ever watch the history guy? got some good stories
alright Eric O. Happy belated birthday! Mine was the 16th..had steak as well Mmmm good ;-)
I learned to leave the keys in, ignition on and shifter in some gear, pull "starter relay" and most obvious chock the wheels. nothing like cycling the igntion and shifter 999 times.....
if it's going to take long, add charger/maintainer.
Thank you man. This helps me a lot. Great tutorials
Happy Birthday Eric.
Must be one of those days. I put a new feed line on our TV antenna, 30 feet up and the roof is steep. My shins were burning at the end of the day I kept forgetting to bring things up with me.
If it makes you feel better, my father in-law had some customers know as "The Goat Ladies". Their 1980's Citation had a funk that you cannot fathom without heavy drugs and a trip down an outhouse hole in mid-summer... :D
Happy belated birthday,,,,sir,,,, great video as always
Good video I like the weird stuff that you show .....When I was your age in 1993 they didn't have Ethanol in our gas and no one had cell phones so we still spoke to strangers.......lol
The flip key was the only reason I bought a VW too... and boy do I regret it. :P
but hey at least you have a sweet key!!
South Main Auto Repair - I like to hold it and pretend I own a Lamborghini every time I have to take the whole front end of the car apart to do a timing belt, or when it takes me 5 hours to replace the steering rack.
Best part of vid: blowoff valve sound effect LOL
I watched that 4 times and laughed harder each time.
I can say this, I’m sure it’d be a hoot working with you in your shop. I let out a few sock suckers when the cameras not rolling!!!!😂💯
I giggled every time you flipped open the key because I do the same thing with my Mazda key.
Happy birthday buddy!!
The new boots look awesome
Eric’s New York City accent comes out at 3:13 😂😂😂
I guess i shouldn't be shocked to see that you have to buy the WHOLE ASSEMBLY instead of just the switch that you need. $163.00 for that assembly is too high for me. I would have went to a pick and pull yard and got one for $20.00. Nice that the upper dash controls didn't have to come out to change the shifter. Great video.
Not only that, but $163 for a part made by Daewoo - since they're owned by GM since '01. Just imagine the "quality" - if that's the word. :-P
It’s bad when you get CRS but then later on you get CRT which is when you can’t remember what CRS stands for.
Maybe I'm missing something here, but all you needed to do was remove the top of the shifter and replace broken button with a replacment kit for less than $15! Now I see why some garages were charging there customers tons of money!
I'm assuming that vacuum pump is for when there is a lack of vacuum due to the turbo? That is if it is the 1.4 turbo. My cruze has the same pump that runs if I hit the brakes more than once or twice like in traffic or at a drive through.
Getting old Eric? They say memory is the first thing to go in old age. I can't remember what goes next...
I hope it's not the.... well you know
Awesome sound effects there @ 10.12 Eric ! lol..... We have a saying over here in Yorkshire....''Little things please small minds''.....hahaaa ! Good job as ever tho'... ;-)
Look at those spiffy new boots!
Eric,
Thank you for this video. Its hard to believe a broken shifter like that on only a 5 year old car. See what happens when 'actors' own these things - it would never happen to 'real people'. Curious how much that part was from GM.
SMA#1
God bless
Paul
ps that stuff inside the shifter was the 'real people' liquid. And VW has had that kind of key for 20 years.