The last place I worked before retiring had a big old dog who greeted the customers he was great when the owner retired he had nowhere for him to go so I took him he was 10 then & lived another 6 years.
50 years ago, I worked at a truck and equipment repair yard. We found a runt tiger striped kitten in one of the trucks. So of course we named him Tiger. Almost instantly five, gruff, dirty old and young men fell in love with this cat. And in a few days he had the best Taj Mahal kitty house, and scratching posts and food, etc. Because he was a runt he never did grow much longer than about 16 inches nose to tip of tail. But every day he patrolled the entire yard, and it would pop up out of an engine bay or a frame rail, and say hello to anybody who was working. He liked to jump on a shoulder for a piggy back ride. Eric was right though, you couldn’t stay mad after dealing with a block headed customer or broken bolt or having to take a 800 lb transmission out three times because it just wouldn’t work right after you talked to your buddy about what kind of antics did Tiger do today?
If he doesn't look after his customers, and this applies to any business, they don't become repeat customers. My local garage has me and my family for life due to their workmanship and can do attitude.
"RICOLA" my wife was wondering what I was watching while having my morning coffee. When I showed her the clip, she laughed along with me. Totally something I would do.
"Shop kitty" - You BET having a shop kitty is the BEST!!!!! They ALWAYS know when you are frustrated and ready to "blow up"....They come to the rescue for those several seconds and resets your day for you.....they are the best......
When I approached person to teach me how to do what they do (appliance repair). I was dating his daughter 1986. I asked will you teach me how to work on appliances? After about 30 seconds he looked me in face and said “NO”. Not knowing how to respond he added “BUT I’ll teach you how to Troubleshoot, Then it doesn’t matter what you decide to do. “ I’m now 54 and have made a living off of what he taught me all of my adult life. Troubleshooting is an art and Eric you are a true practitioner . I always suggest to them people what how Eric does it. The end of the story is She turns 54 in few days, we have 2 daughters 35 and 31 plus 2 grandkids 12 and 8. The first time i watched Eric it was like watching Berry my late father in law.
I remember the good ol' days when you would spend 5 minutes pulling out the radiator, taking it up the radiator shop to get it soldered, and another 5 minutes re installing it
I can remember that as a young kid with no money.....I used silver stop leak in the radiator to stop a leak. It worked for a while. This was in 1973. I don;t even know if they sell it anymore. There was also Bardahl's. Funny I can remember that but at my age I can't remember what I had for dinner last night.
What a man! Help a lady out by watching the deteriorating condition of her radiator until it's too dangerous to put the repair off. Then, to help out, you use aftermarket parts due to money constraints. Top it off with a thoroughly professional installation. What a lot of us wouldn't give to have a really good conscientious mechanic like you in our area!! You are a credit to your community. I hope they appreciate you as much as you appreciate them!
"When all else fails, play dumb" Eric, you just described the entire Canadian Government in six words. Great solution to helping the young lady. You're a class act!
Love how you vent on the AM parts and then you do a complete 180 when Kitty walks into the shop. And you are correct, pet owners are much calmer nicer people. Great that you always look out for the customers, while doing great repairs and diagnostics. We all wish we had a Mr. and Mrs. O in our town.
As a military contractor overseas we always had the exact milspec replacement parts be they CAT, CUMMINS, AM GEN ETC. THIS did help even in field repairs. As a poor slob many yrs ago keeping my personal stuff up don't rem after mkt stuff being so junky, yes this was before everything was made in China. Also stuff was more simple, GM, Ford, Chrysler. I cringe when seeing you damn near have to remove a fender to access stuff. ( Exaggerating) Keep up the good work, I really enjoy your stuff along with Watch Wes Work. Yall are some of the most imaginative types ever.
I bet most people would have just left those plastic bits off. Not Mr. O! Shop cats are the best...my cat Echo will often look at me like "are you really going to do that?". Best safety cat ever. 😊 Thanks for the video!
I found your channel by trying to save money and fix my car on my own. Most of us watching buy AM parts because of the $$$. Thanks for dealing with them so we can learn. I tell everybody I know about this channel. It’s the best!
Funny story about a shop cat, those bolts you have under the car when installing transmission become toys. She was a good mouser, so she got to “help” whenever she wanted.
You should try a tesla. The cooling system is pretty substantial and when doing big jobs like the subframe and drive units there's at least 6 connections loose. They all drip until you put em back together. If I put drain pans under all of em I wouldn't have anywhere to stand
Nice job, very nice of you to "front" the lady your services, where I live that would be a dice roll on getting paid. You live in a small town so your chances are probably much safer.
Man i wish i had a mechanic like you so i wouldn't have to do all my work. Mechanics around here butcher everything and i end up having to do it myself anyway, or they mess something unrelated up.
Every morning I start my day watching your videos. The rest of my day is great because Eric makes me laugh. Not just a giggle but a full on belly laugh! Thank you!
Been dealing with auto mechanics for over sixty years. What impresses me about Eric's work ethic is that he doesn't take shortcuts. He puts everything back the way he found it...including those hidden fasteners that the owner would never see anyway and don't really jeapardize structural integrity. That bottom piece of plastic that he spent 20 minutes getting properly attached? Most guys I know (including me?) would have just thrown it in the trash bin. Not Eric. Good job, man.
Oh, you weren't at the NAPA Board meeting when they talked about this, it went something like this: "That plastic bit will just end up in the trash, so don't bother putting the right tabs and notches on the radiator for it to fit."
@@rbhe357 Aluminium was first discovered in 1825 by a Danish physicist Hans Christian Orsted. Davy is not credited with its discovery or naming, and died in 1829 giving him four years to incorrectly spell the name Orsted had given to the element
@@jimgraham8323 Page 201 of "Elements of Chemical Philosophy", written by Sir Humphry Davy in 1812, refers to the extraction of alum from alumina. The title and other mentions in chapter 7 refer to it as "aluminum" Orsted didn't produce the metal until 1824-1825.
so for 10 minutes of mod you saved the customer 500.00 for radiator. As a life long mechanic making things work is what it's all about. I've told my boys-- give me a screw driver and ballpeen hammer and we can make anything work. You have that down pat.
Eric. how's this for ironic...the day you posted part 1...well the following day I had a '18 300 come in for a new rad. 3.6L, AWD and the same colour as the one your working on here! Your video was an awesome resource on how to tear it out...thanks for the help and info you spread man.
Ok Eric O. , a little feedback here. Every time you are putting in or removing a bunch of bolts or doing something repetitive and I start reaching for the mouse to fast forward, you tell us you're not going to bore us with that process and segue into the next step. It really is masterful planning/editing and not something that is easy to do. Nice work.
OEM parts are simply built by the teenage Chinese NOT the 8 year-olds that build for NAPA, AUTO-ZONE, FOUR SEASONS, etc. I get frustrated with the quality and origin or the parts I buy. You do a great job with what the world is throwing at us!! Always a pleasure! ENJOY!!
The modification to the upper and lower radiator cushions to make them stay in place reminds me of growing up on a small farm. When things broke and parts or correct parts were not available or affordable, you had to "improvise" to get things done...........LOL
One of the most helpful things you do, that many channels don't, is show the struggles with little stuff. As a DIYer I used to think I was always the problem when a new part didn't fit in an old spot, or when other nuisances came up. It turns out that not only do the pros face those problems, they also respond with cutters, benders, and drill bits!
Thank you for putting stuff back where nobody can tell you been there. I do the same unless i can put it back better, sometimes the assembly workers get tired and don't do it right. My proudest moments are after doing an engine swap and you can't tell it's been done
“Before you go slamming on the keyboard”, 😂 Love it! It’s almost like you could cure cancer and folks would still find a way to say you did it wrong. 😂😂
Hey just wanted to thank you for actually showing how to replace something without all the extra, cause I’ve seen guys removing headlights, impact bar etc i said there’s no way! Then came across your video and knew i was right about not having to remove all that so thank you again and keep posting more videos of various jobs please.
Love the "shop kitty"!!! She's a cutie, like Eric! Cars are more plastic but they last 3 times as long! Growing up in the 1970's, if you saw a 20 year old car, it was 50's iron rusted relic! .... now it's nothing to see a 30 year old car and it's running around fine and doesn't look out of place!
Eric it's your buddy in California. when you were mentioning body guys having to deal with aftermarket parts. You were spot on. I was a AAA repair preferred shop for over 35 years. The number one reason I got out of it because more and more and more insurance companies were making us use aftermarket parts almost in its entirety. I couldn’t tell you how many times we would eat the bullet and buy OEM even though the sheet required aftermarket. For example, we would spend four-five times the labor to install an aftermarket part and make it fit right. I found it was cheaper in the long run just to buy the OEM part. Now, let me make something very very clear. We were not one of those shops that if the sheet required us to use OEM parts and we turned around and put aftermarket on. That's considered fraud!!! But, as a shop it was perfectly legal to go the other way around. I hope that all makes sense. If you choose to spend the money out of the shops pocket, not the insurance company that was of course legal. You are making the vehicle OEM, opposed to aftermarket. Ron
The ol' Marquis still has the OEM radiator at 30 years old. Just for grins and giggles I checked and it has been discontinued from Ford. I was able to obtain a new OEM radiator from another source so, hopefully I can drive this car another 30 years. I Googled Avoca, NY recently and Wiki stated a rail line through town was severed in the 1960's. I guess they reconnected it. GREAT VIDEO!
Great work as always. We all understand the frustration you run into at times. It’s a great idea to step back and talk to the cat for minute to settle the nerves. Hope you had a good Thanksgiving with the family! 👍🏻👍🏻
The biggest problem I have with radiators is that most of the vehicles I work on are old enough that O.E.M. parts have long since been discontinued. That pretty much forces me to the aftermarket! I agree 100% with you on the shop kitty thing! My shop is only part time but, I still have "those days". When I walk into my "office", good ol Elmer, my black n white Tabby, is always ready to provide some comic relief and immediately improve my mood. He's also a big fan of Luna!
You have the patience of job. I changed the rad on my old Mercedes 124 and my Kids Mitsubishi in well under an hour. I wouldn't have the patience to do this. I hope your customers appreciate the extra mile you always seem to go to for them. .
I was surprised that while you dislike AM parts and NEW means never ever work, you buttoned everything up before filling and checking for leaks. I really enjoy your stuff.
Nice work, you really must life in a smaller town as in the bigger one's a lot of people will take advantage of your good heart and honesty. But thanks for sharing all your hard work
When I worked in a body shop, the technicians complained about aftermarket parts, but the experienced technicians always said aftermarket parts have improved significantly since the old days whenever that was. Their theory was that CAD and CAM has improved.
Woke up extra early thirsty as heck from all the Thanksgiving food; drank a gallon of water ... then got some left overs and sat down to watch your new vid. Well done, as always. Your bent tab solution is great. Drilling a few holes for rivets would've been ok, too. Regardless, anything to just keep it secure long enough to get it in its home... even zip ties.
I used to work for a Napa Auto Care Center and our running joke (I'll keep it family friendly), is NAPA stands for Need Another Part A-hole. Many modifications were needed.
"Having a shop kitty makes you stop from wanting to murder people." Very wise words.
so using this knowledge.... i have 18 kitty's around my house and shop , then i should be considered a zen master!?!
The last place I worked before retiring had a big old dog who greeted the customers he was great when the owner retired he had nowhere for him to go so I took him he was 10 then & lived another 6 years.
50 years ago, I worked at a truck and equipment repair yard. We found a runt tiger striped kitten in one of the trucks. So of course we named him Tiger. Almost instantly five, gruff, dirty old and young men fell in love with this cat. And in a few days he had the best Taj Mahal kitty house, and scratching posts and food, etc. Because he was a runt he never did grow much longer than about 16 inches nose to tip of tail. But every day he patrolled the entire yard, and it would pop up out of an engine bay or a frame rail, and say hello to anybody who was working. He liked to jump on a shoulder for a piggy back ride.
Eric was right though, you couldn’t stay mad after dealing with a block headed customer or broken bolt or having to take a 800 lb transmission out three times because it just wouldn’t work right after you talked to your buddy about what kind of antics did Tiger do today?
@@scottjohnson5449 Or a latent serial killer.🤣
@@InsideOfMyOwnMind these days you just never know...
Everyone knows you're there to make a living but I like how you look out for your customers Great job Eric O.
Wish we had more nice people 😊
One can do both. As Eric likes to mention, they do have a lot of work pretty much constantly. It's a good place to be in.
Agreed. Eric does a great job for his customers and also takes care of them.
I noticed the dirty throttle body. I am sure Eric wrote it up on the invoice.
If he doesn't look after his customers, and this applies to any business, they don't become repeat customers.
My local garage has me and my family for life due to their workmanship and can do attitude.
"RICOLA" my wife was wondering what I was watching while having my morning coffee. When I showed her the clip, she laughed along with me. Totally something I would do.
"Shop kitty" - You BET having a shop kitty is the BEST!!!!! They ALWAYS know when you are frustrated and ready to "blow up"....They come to the rescue for those several seconds and resets your day for you.....they are the best......
When I approached person to teach me how to do what they do (appliance repair). I was dating his daughter 1986. I asked will you teach me how to work on appliances? After about 30 seconds he looked me in face and said “NO”. Not knowing how to respond he added “BUT I’ll teach you how to Troubleshoot, Then it doesn’t matter what you decide to do. “ I’m now 54 and have made a living off of what he taught me all of my adult life. Troubleshooting is an art and Eric you are a true practitioner . I always suggest to them people what how Eric does it. The end of the story is She turns 54 in few days, we have 2 daughters 35 and 31 plus 2 grandkids 12 and 8. The first time i watched Eric it was like watching Berry my late father in law.
You take care of the customers in your community … because it’s a community. Not enough of that in this world any longer. You two are a class act.
Absolutely!!
Thanks for letting us look over your shoulder!
Hi Mrs. O, Hi Ms. Luna !
I remember the good ol' days when you would spend 5 minutes pulling out the radiator, taking it up the radiator shop to get it soldered, and another 5 minutes re installing it
I can remember that as a young kid with no money.....I used silver stop leak in the radiator to stop a leak. It worked for a while. This was in 1973. I don;t even know if they sell it anymore. There was also Bardahl's. Funny I can remember that but at my age I can't remember what I had for dinner last night.
'Having a shop kitty, makes you stop from wanting to murder people...' Another gem from Eric O!
What a man! Help a lady out by watching the deteriorating condition of her radiator until it's too dangerous to put the repair off. Then, to help out, you use aftermarket parts due to money constraints. Top it off with a thoroughly professional installation. What a lot of us wouldn't give to have a really good conscientious mechanic like you in our area!! You are a credit to your community. I hope they appreciate you as much as you appreciate them!
"When all else fails, play dumb" Eric, you just described the entire Canadian Government in six words. Great solution to helping the young lady. You're a class act!
Plastic grocery bags are no good but plastic cars are, OMFG!!! Great video Eric
I love that little cat and the conversations you have with them :)
Love how you vent on the AM parts and then you do a complete 180 when Kitty walks into the shop. And you are correct, pet owners are much calmer nicer people. Great that you always look out for the customers, while doing great repairs and diagnostics. We all wish we had a Mr. and Mrs. O in our town.
Honest mechanic who works with the customer not trying to take advantage of them
My wife died laughing at "Friggity Friggin Frick-Holes!"
Your customer service and attention to detail are always top notch. Sure wish there were more auto mechanics like you. Thanks for the great content!
I appriciate you picking up on my answer to your Lego question some time ago, now your one of the few Americans using that word the right way.
As a military contractor overseas we always had the exact milspec replacement parts be they CAT, CUMMINS, AM GEN ETC. THIS did help even in field repairs. As a poor slob many yrs ago keeping my personal stuff up don't rem after mkt stuff being so junky, yes this was before everything was made in China. Also stuff was more simple, GM, Ford, Chrysler. I cringe when seeing you damn near have to remove a fender to access stuff. ( Exaggerating)
Keep up the good work, I really enjoy your stuff along with Watch Wes Work. Yall are some of the most imaginative types ever.
I bet most people would have just left those plastic bits off. Not Mr. O! Shop cats are the best...my cat Echo will often look at me like "are you really going to do that?". Best safety cat ever. 😊 Thanks for the video!
I found your channel by trying to save money and fix my car on my own. Most of us watching buy AM parts because of the $$$. Thanks for dealing with them so we can learn. I tell everybody I know about this channel. It’s the best!
Funny story about a shop cat, those bolts you have under the car when installing transmission become toys. She was a good mouser, so she got to “help” whenever she wanted.
Something I've never forgotten is no good deed goes unpunished.
Ain't it amazing how there is always more antifreeze in the hose no matter how long you drain it?😂
Or in the block when it's on an engine stand!
You should try a tesla. The cooling system is pretty substantial and when doing big jobs like the subframe and drive units there's at least 6 connections loose. They all drip until you put em back together. If I put drain pans under all of em I wouldn't have anywhere to stand
yes. It has to be. We watched him tip that hose up and drain it when he took it off!@@cjrock4096
@@autotek7930do those plastic plugs work? Typically used on hydraulic lines to stop drips or debris
Dr O perform another successful surgery on an after market part bravo sir….
hope you and Mrs. O had a good thanksgiving
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! I'm thankful for Mr O!
Never ever heard the Ricola slogan from an US citizen. Made my day.
Nice job, very nice of you to "front" the lady your services, where I live that would be a dice roll on getting paid. You live in a small town so your chances are probably much safer.
Man i wish i had a mechanic like you so i wouldn't have to do all my work. Mechanics around here butcher everything and i end up having to do it myself anyway, or they mess something unrelated up.
Every morning I start my day watching your videos. The rest of my day is great because Eric makes me laugh. Not just a giggle but a full on belly laugh! Thank you!
A very pleasant surprise on my YT feed...love to get good old Eric O. first thing in the morning :)
Been dealing with auto mechanics for over sixty years. What impresses me about Eric's work ethic is that he doesn't take shortcuts. He puts everything back the way he found it...including those hidden fasteners that the owner would never see anyway and don't really jeapardize structural integrity.
That bottom piece of plastic that he spent 20 minutes getting properly attached? Most guys I know (including me?) would have just thrown it in the trash bin. Not Eric. Good job, man.
Oh, you weren't at the NAPA Board meeting when they talked about this, it went something like this: "That plastic bit will just end up in the trash, so don't bother putting the right tabs and notches on the radiator for it to fit."
Hi Eric, as an Aussie metallurgist it is great to hear you say aluminium rather than “aluminum”. Now to work on solder rather than “sodder”😊
👍🔧🏴
Sir Humphry Davey, the British chemist who first isolated the element, begs to differ. It wasn't until years later other Brits added the extra "i".
@@rbhe357 Aluminium was first discovered in 1825 by a Danish physicist Hans Christian Orsted. Davy is not credited with its discovery or naming, and died in 1829 giving him four years to incorrectly spell the name Orsted had given to the element
@@jimgraham8323 Page 201 of "Elements of Chemical Philosophy", written by Sir Humphry Davy in 1812, refers to the extraction of alum from alumina. The title and other mentions in chapter 7 refer to it as "aluminum"
Orsted didn't produce the metal until 1824-1825.
Mrs O " Eric is getting grumpy, send out Luna"
Nothing like experience! Learn something new every time I watch one of your videos. A lot of the after market parts are junk when they are made.
so for 10 minutes of mod you saved the customer 500.00 for radiator. As a life long mechanic making things work is what it's all about. I've told my boys-- give me a screw driver and ballpeen hammer and we can make anything work. You have that down pat.
Stop pretending your perturbed! You love making it work and we know it.
I was a Chrysler Dealer tech from 1998 to 2012. I learned to like those stupid cars! Great videos, Mr. O!
Best advise ever-"Even a shop kitty makes you stop you from from wanting to -------"
Good job Eric. Mrs O, I am from Northern NY. Beautiful country up there
Eric. how's this for ironic...the day you posted part 1...well the following day I had a '18 300 come in for a new rad. 3.6L, AWD and the same colour as the one your working on here! Your video was an awesome resource on how to tear it out...thanks for the help and info you spread man.
I appreciate that you took the time to do the job right. Most guys would have just tossed the air dams.
Above and beyond one of the best out there and Eric has a high degree of ethics I wish all mechanics were like Eric
Sorry, shop kitty line is the funniest thing ever!!! Almost spit my drink all over my laptop!!
Always a pleasure to know you’re out there “Takin Care of business” and helping people get back on the road.
But just imagine how much money was saved by not including those little tabs to that aftermarket radiator? Thanks for the video!
Always nice to have Luna make a guest appearance.🙂
That was very kind to help i sure. She was very thrilled.props to you and the misses.
Every town should have an Eric O, for your honesty and integrity 👍😃
Notching out tabs to put those top and bottom pieces on was slick. Never would have thought o that I would have messed the whole thing up. GREAT job.
I probably would have glued those on with rtv or something.
Yea I always just put a little silicone on it so it will stick to it just to get the rad in the car. There’s more then one way to skin animal lol
There is always good ol’ duct tape…..😂😂😂😂
3M trim tape....
Ok Eric O. , a little feedback here. Every time you are putting in or removing a bunch of bolts or doing something repetitive and I start reaching for the mouse to fast forward, you tell us you're not going to bore us with that process and segue into the next step. It really is masterful planning/editing and not something that is easy to do. Nice work.
OEM parts are simply built by the teenage Chinese NOT the 8 year-olds that build for NAPA, AUTO-ZONE, FOUR SEASONS, etc. I get frustrated with the quality and origin or the parts I buy. You do a great job with what the world is throwing at us!! Always a pleasure! ENJOY!!
Old body guy here. Front end hits were so much fun with all after market parts. That's what reamers were for.
Once again, you've done a solid for a customer. Hope she realizes how lucky she is to have you as her mechanic!
The modification to the upper and lower radiator cushions to make them stay in place reminds me of growing up on a small farm. When things broke and parts or correct parts were not available or affordable, you had to "improvise" to get things done...........LOL
Great repair video. After market parts do suck to use in certain situations. The ricola with the intake tube was haliarious. 😂
One of the most helpful things you do, that many channels don't, is show the struggles with little stuff. As a DIYer I used to think I was always the problem when a new part didn't fit in an old spot, or when other nuisances came up. It turns out that not only do the pros face those problems, they also respond with cutters, benders, and drill bits!
Thank you for putting stuff back where nobody can tell you been there. I do the same unless i can put it back better, sometimes the assembly workers get tired and don't do it right. My proudest moments are after doing an engine swap and you can't tell it's been done
It takes a Real MAN to always go the extra mile!!!
“Before you go slamming on the keyboard”, 😂 Love it! It’s almost like you could cure cancer and folks would still find a way to say you did it wrong. 😂😂
Hey just wanted to thank you for actually showing how to replace something without all the extra, cause I’ve seen guys removing headlights, impact bar etc i said there’s no way! Then came across your video and knew i was right about not having to remove all that so thank you again and keep posting more videos of various jobs please.
I learned that self-tapping screws in all kind of sizes make your life alot easier - you can attach anything quick and easy to metal ;)
Mr O, another fine job completed by SMA!
Awesome job, this is one great repair, to deal with that bumper without breaking anything is impressive.
Love the "shop kitty"!!! She's a cutie, like Eric! Cars are more plastic but they last 3 times as long! Growing up in the 1970's, if you saw a 20 year old car, it was 50's iron rusted relic! .... now it's nothing to see a 30 year old car and it's running around fine and doesn't look out of place!
I like how you pay attention to detail. Most would say close enough. You are a dying bread. Best mechanic in my opinion.
Eric it's your buddy in California. when you were mentioning body guys having to deal with aftermarket parts. You were spot on. I was a AAA repair preferred shop for over 35 years. The number one reason I got out of it because more and more and more insurance companies were making us use aftermarket parts almost in its entirety. I couldn’t tell you how many times we would eat the bullet and buy OEM even though the sheet required aftermarket. For example, we would spend four-five times the labor to install an aftermarket part and make it fit right. I found it was cheaper in the long run just to buy the OEM part.
Now, let me make something very very clear. We were not one of those shops that if the sheet required us to use OEM parts and we turned around and put aftermarket on. That's considered fraud!!!
But, as a shop it was perfectly legal to go the other way around. I hope that all makes sense. If you choose to spend the money out of the shops pocket, not the insurance company that was of course legal. You are making the vehicle OEM, opposed to aftermarket. Ron
I hope you and the family had a wonderful Thanksgiving Mr. O!! As always, thanks for the awesome videos.
Your consistency to doing the job correct is awarding!
That one thing about aftermarket parts there is always something you have to modify to make it work like ome. Thanks for the video video
Here in Montana, we have a place called Bloody Dick Peak... Mountains get some strange names sometimes.
Eric O's best quote: "...cause aftermarket stuff is junk!". Love the video man, keep em coming.
Real great idea modifying that radiator. Thumbs up E.O
Thank you, sir, i just completed a radiator change on my son's 2013 300 using your guidance :-)
Another" custom fit" !!! But it works! You have a great day ,say hello to your wife from Virginia Beach!
Thanks! For the ice cream fund !
The ol' Marquis still has the OEM radiator at 30 years old. Just for grins and giggles I checked and it has been discontinued from Ford. I was able to obtain a new OEM radiator from another source so, hopefully I can drive this car another 30 years. I Googled Avoca, NY recently and Wiki stated a rail line through town was severed in the 1960's. I guess they reconnected it. GREAT VIDEO!
I don't have a shop, but Agree 100%. Paying attenton to a cat (or dog), just let you de-stress a bit. Go Luna...
Nice part 2 hope u had a good Thanksgiving
Great work as always. We all understand the frustration you run into at times. It’s a great idea to step back and talk to the cat for minute to settle the nerves. Hope you had a good Thanksgiving with the family! 👍🏻👍🏻
The biggest problem I have with radiators is that most of the vehicles I work on are old enough that O.E.M. parts have long since been discontinued. That pretty much forces me to the aftermarket!
I agree 100% with you on the shop kitty thing! My shop is only part time but, I still have "those days". When I walk into my "office", good ol Elmer, my black n white Tabby, is always ready to provide some comic relief and immediately improve my mood. He's also a big fan of Luna!
Thanks for the videos Mr O. I hope she pays your kindness forward when she's able. Stay safe out there.
Spectra Premium made in Canada radiators have worked for me.
You have the patience of job. I changed the rad on my old Mercedes 124 and my Kids Mitsubishi in well under an hour. I wouldn't have the patience to do this. I hope your customers appreciate the extra mile you always seem to go to for them.
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I was surprised that while you dislike AM parts and NEW means never ever work, you buttoned everything up before filling and checking for leaks. I really enjoy your stuff.
Nice work, you really must life in a smaller town as in the bigger one's a lot of people will take advantage of your good heart and honesty.
But thanks for sharing all your hard work
You're a hundred percent about after marketdrunk very good job eric very good
Hey Eric, then that not having a napa sponsorship is a good thing. See a silver lining in anything!! Excellent service Mr. O
for what you pay for snap on, you should substitute "I don't know what happened" to "it doesn't matter what happened" lol
When I worked in a body shop, the technicians complained about aftermarket parts, but the experienced technicians always said aftermarket parts have improved significantly since the old days whenever that was. Their theory was that CAD and CAM has improved.
its good to see you having some fun in the midst of all that Chrysler.....lol....Ricola
you have the patience of Jobe.... I quit doing that stuff 20 years ago, when I had enough energy left to crawl around my cars.
Woke up extra early thirsty as heck from all the Thanksgiving food; drank a gallon of water ... then got some left overs and sat down to watch your new vid. Well done, as always. Your bent tab solution is great. Drilling a few holes for rivets would've been ok, too. Regardless, anything to just keep it secure long enough to get it in its home... even zip ties.
You hit the nail on the head when you said that OEM is junk also. lol
Way to go SMA. Another fine vid and I haven't had coffee yet! Doing your usual professional job and saving your customer $$$. Have a great day.
I used to work for a Napa Auto Care Center and our running joke (I'll keep it family friendly), is NAPA stands for Need Another Part A-hole. Many modifications were needed.
If you can do it . . . no, I can't do it but I love watching you do it. You're the best I've ever seen. Carry on!!
Well I probably was not the only one to google Dix Mountain range.