Why didn't I take a whole door? 1. They are heavy 2. It was the wrong style panel and wiring harnesses (missing the light) 3. I'm not a body guy 4. Silver never matches and I don't know how to paint 5. I'd still have to disassemble it when I got to the shop and take the parts I need out of the used door 6. I knew it would get the comment section fired up 😅
So you gave 6 reasons, now, why didn't you really take a whole door? 1. There are guys with machines there that can lift things and bring it to your car. 2. You changed the inside anyway. 3. So what? Changing a door is not body work. 4. There are industry standards for paint matching. I think it was 5% but I could be wrong. It will almost match and it is better than the beat up door 5. Yep, see 2, so not a convincing argument, is it? 6. I am not fired up, just wondering: Why?? It would have cost just as much time, and given the guy a decent door on the outside and on the inside.🤗
Bring a hand truck. Bring the whole door home and take everything out on your own time in your own shop. Need a power tool? Over to the shelf and take your choice. (been there, brought the hand truck, went home with the whole door).
I’m paying for the gas and time at Wilbert’s, and putting it in your pocket. Don’t thank me. Doing the camera work and dragging all of us along with you is worth it. Long video? Nope. Perfect. The occasional expletive not deleted… PRICELESS. I’m pretty sure nobody was offended. If they were offended: welcome to real life. Thank you for the fantastic video! I loved every minute. You are the best, Mr. O. Say Hi to the family and stay safe!
Well, not trying to rain on anyone's parade, but... Eric will actually get about $12 dollars from this $24.99 Super chat, and Google pockets the rest. Kind of crappy really that Google and YT take so much of the money that people donate. I think the creator is supposed to get 70%, but that's after any fees and state and federal taxes are removed.
Eric, I am so impressed by how far you go to make a better than ever repair on a Customer’s auto. Going to surplus yard for not only the parts to repair the door but the parts to repair the damage done by others. Gave the auto back better than it came in and saved the Customer the cost of OEM parts. You are the GOAT and your community is the better for having a guy like you repairing their autos.
SMA Auto is the best repair channel in the Biz. Eric O is MVP and an over the top kind of mechanic. The industry could use a out a 1000 more of you. Wilberts should be a sponsor. I have no idea why they are not.
I discovered that I am drawn to TH-cam channels that have a host that takes extreme pride in their work. The actual content doesn't really matter to me. I would watch you rebuild hair dryers or tune sewing machines! Your depth of knowledge and the pride you take in your work is second to none. Thanks for putting these videos out, I enjoy watching you in action! It is unfortunate that workman pride is a dying breed.
Getting all the parts right and not having to go back and forth to Wilbert's 10x, everything on and window working is all I'd need. Just enough fasteners to make it stick on there... But he did a quality job. I'd take my old Chrysler there if I ever owned one. But I wouldn't.
Don’t know if I would watch any other TH-cam mechanic videos of somebody taking apart a window regulator twice and a trip to a junk yard, but for Eric and SMA absolutely Yes!!!
I ALWAYS pack the tools that I used to dis-assemble, and then throw a couple extra tools in the bag before I head out to U pull and pay. Drive the 11 miles, get a great parking space, and realize, I forgot the "mother loving" tool bag... Great video, Eric O.
Why would anybody expect you to do anything for free when you are running a business , blows my mind . Thanks for making my day with another awesome video
Eric, I think the guy walking by was probably awed at your presence. You're famous dude! By the way, thanks for being a breath of fresh air in this pig sty of a world. 🐽
the talking to your self . we were working on a drilling rig . me and another guy were in the parts house BS-n . other crew member walks by talking . we figure if a couple guys are going to do a job we better help looked out the door he is by himself . so we figured he had all the help he needed back to screwing off .
You are the only TH-cam mechanic that can make an hour log video entertaining and educational. Thought I was just going to zip through ar 2x. Had to slow it down. Too fun.
I think I just figured out why your TH-cam "banter" is so good. You have been explaining what's happening to Mrs. O for years before TH-cam, so you are expert at knowing what questions are in everyone's minds.
My dad was an airplane mechanic in WW2 and he used to always tell me that if im going to half ass a job then i shouldn't do it at all! I wish i listened! Anyway he went on to say that even jobs nobody could or would ever see, you will see it and how you do it is what defines you and your ability! I commend you for the excellent quality of work you do! Even if the customers dont know what you've done, you will always have the satisfaction of knowing the work you put in to make someones life a little brighter and in a lot of instances safer!
You and 11 others did not think this through. I give you a clue. He would have to put all his tools in the Wilburt bag. So, he has no tools left to use in his shop. Why all tools? You can go to Wilbert's for anything. A connector, but it might also be an automatic gear box, or a suspension, or an interior, or... or...
@@ronaldderooij1774 No, they thought it through, you need not worry about Eric having sufficient tools for the Wilbert field trip. No matter the part, Eric will get it transplanted. 👌
@@terminallygray love weird beard to, hate randy at auto auction rebuilds, he'll he don't build anything and all he does is bitch and complain, after what he did to weird beard, I stop watching him
Eric, your customers have no idea how fortunate they are to have you working on their vehicles. Magnificent work. You and Mrs. O have a great Sunday. God Bless 🙏🙏
I was laughing soo hard that I was crying the other night when you yelled, " Chevy Thunder ! " when that dirt bag drove by your shop with an incomplete exhaust system. I love your content. Thank you soon much!
Eric, I'm so impressed by the care and time you take when doing any repair. You are doing it as if it's your own car - and that kind of attention to detail is not something you find very often today. Keep up the great work
Some of the seemingly innocuous remarks during many of the videos crack me up, I wonder how many viewers actually notice them. TY for the (real) videos Sir.
Oh man, I totally get it when the ice cream store closes, we have a custard shop that just closed for the winter and I’m beside myself. lol Great job….
fighting with the door is the type of shit someone like me does at home in the driveway...its just comforting to know that pro's like you also have the same struggles. we always think we're idiots, but it's really just the reality of workin on cars
If Eric is an honest as he seems to be ( and I believe he is) his customers are extremely lucky to have him. Keep up the great service, and great videos.
I had a Caravan. Changed my regulators in the driveway. Cursed like a drunken sailor the whole time. 😂worked like the new guy on the oil rig when I was done. Hell, I changed the rear condenser too! installed new struts up front, rear self-leveling shocks on the rear, changed the headliner. I guess I am a glutton for punishment like you Erick. It was a 1999 with the big 3.3L V6 AWD AND Captain seating. 🎉A anniversary gift to my wife for our 23rd year as husband and boss. Still together. I guess I haven’t been bad enough. 😂 got number 47 coming up this year. At least I outlasted the Dodge😂😂. Now for the Toyotas. 😮
You have great patience and skills to work on inner door parts. I can butcher that job with many broken fasteners. You are right about slow and twice as slow. It can’t be rushed or forced. It soooo frustrating with brittle fasteners. Boys got skills!
One of the only things I like more than fixing cars is watching you fix cars. It feels like fixing a car with a buddy in one of our driveways on a Sunday afternoon. I love the videos eric. Keep up the great work.
Thanks for taking us along on your adventures Eric. I thoroughly enjoy watching you work and learning from you in this format. Thanks for helping me be a better mechanic.
As Woody Hayes stated, there are only three things that can happen when removing a car door panel and two of them are bad. 1-it comes off, you fix what’s broke, and all is well. 2-due to old dry plastic, clips break, the panel breaks, or some combination thereof. 3-when reaching in, your arm gets bloody from slicing it on the metal so bad that it looks like you tried to amputate it.
I like these longer videos, and listening to you babble data while disassembling car sections is oddly soothing. I think it's because you never drop into screaming ragefits like my father and I would do when things went off track.
i wouldn't watch a regulator replacement for an hour except for SMA's run. the other options are vids that say "remove the five screws", "disconnect the 12 door panel connectors", etc etc etc.. oversimplified. you're the brilliant and intelligent version of the everyman mechanic. i think that's why the royal 'we' watch. i'll never work on a car again but your troubleshooting method is super sound and i love being in the audience.
This was a really informative video on something we don't see often. I'm sure a lot of people will find it very useful. Thank you for posting it. Don't fret the people who ask about who pays for what. The customer saved money by using your service, and the job was done right. This is a dying art. Finally, you're doing serious physical work with your hands (and your "Popeye" forums show that). Check out the fingers of anyone else who does the same thing, be it a mechanic or a construction worker or any other physical trade. So please don't apologize to appease those who cannot handle what a real worker does. Plus, one look at hour hands and any bank manager would give you a loan on the spot... 😉
Howdy fella! Long time, no see! (My fault - not much time for any recreational activities anymore). So, no more SK trim tool? That sucks! That thing was the best tool I've bought (besides Big Nasty) over the past 5 years. I'll have to be exxxxxtra careful with mine! That used to be my biggest problem with leaving the shop to do anything - I ALWAYS forgot some mission-critical tool! Never fails! These days I'm working in the basement of a gigantic building in the city, so not much running around for parts ... and if I do, it's on their dime & I'm always getting paid, so the stress level is mighty LOW for a change. Many hours for lower pay, but the steady check I can count on is real nice, along with paid vacations & the 401k. I definitely miss my free time, though. Can't have it all I guess. Man, I've always said, you've got the patience of a saint! I'd have sworn so much at that regulator that I'd have had to edit out 100% of the audio! LOL. What STUPID engineering!! On EVERYTHING today! Part of the reason I hung it up. Something had to give! I had to be surgically removed from the struggle bus!! HAHAHA! Coming up on deer season here, so I have no doubt you and the wifey will be busy soon! ;) Hope the both of you nail some big bucks! Vanessa's lethal precision with that bow ups your odds 10-fold! 😜 Good to see ya, man!
"try a 5.5mm no we will call a 6mm, nope a 7mm doesn't quite work,looks like we are buying the switch" made me laugh. Thank you for entertaining whilst educating Eric. Keep on smashing out the content 👍
Oh I see. So when Wilbert’s opens an ice cream stand next door, then we’ll all really have diabetes issues. Watch out Mrs O !! Thanks brother, keep knocking these out of the park!
"ANOTHER JOB WELL DONE!" I'm like a 'kid in a candy store' with "pick n pull"! Only thing Eric, when it's frustrating, u have to do like me, give it the "Curly" "HMMMM" while stuggling.😂😂🤣🤣🤓👍
As always - You just got it done and had fun! The look on your face when you said the ice cream store is closed was pretty priceless. Your customers are damned lucky to have you around... And vice versa.
Another great repair Eric! Just imagine back when those vans were being built the person on the line knew just what to do to install that window, regulator and door panel quickly. I have a driver’s door window rattle that I have to look into on my ‘12 Chrysler 200 Touring convertible soon.
Eric O, you are the absolute best! Entertainment? Check. Education? Check. Reality? Check. Great repairs? Check. Now you have me thinking of buying that generation van again! I need somethin' that hauls people AND 4x8 sheets of whatever! Thanks, Eric! I'll bill you fir the van! Seriously, though, I learn, I laugh, and I only wish I had you nearby! You and Vanessa be blessed!!
I hate working in doors. First you have to figure out how the door card is held on. Sometimes you have to detour and remove some trim and the outside mirror. Then you usually break half the christmas-tree grabbers. THen there is the plastic rain-sheet, usually stuck on with some non-hardening goop that gets all over your hands and wrists. Then you cut up your wrists while wrestling with the regulator, and you get that tarry goop in your cuts. THen you notice the door drains are all clogged up so the bottom o e door is mostly rusted out. In one car, in the USA, I found a ticket to a dance contest, in Brazil. Otherwise just rust and goop and misery.
Curious how much the whole door would’ve been ? Might have been lot easier to change out and they would have a good door that didn’t get hit and isn’t bent out of shape. But we wouldn’t have another great video of you salvaging another car!!
I've been "burnin wrenches" for 50 yrs,and many of my customers were very thankful,if I took the time to get a part from salvage ,if it meant I could find obsolete,or back ordered parts,and get their vehicle going quickly,yet safely. Just part of customer service ,and usually saves them $$ !
Great video.. I would have cut myself three or four times on the sheet metal probably made another trip to the wrecking yard for something I forgot and then broke the window!!😂‼️ Eric you make everything look easy and always appreciate your time and efforts making these video!! Thanks again always a pleasure 😊
Eric, this is the only way I can keep my fleet of old Mercedes and VW Beetles, GMC trucks and BMW’s running. I have visited U Pullit yards for over 35 years. I will strip hardware, wiring plugs, male and female, light bulbs, cluster bulbs, turn signal lenses etc… Door panels and window regulators are a thankless task, hate them. I carry a small 12Volt battery with me with clips on it to test motors etc… the ones that fit into commercial fire alarm units. Rechargeable and they have a 6 amp fuse attached to them. Love the videos. By the way, wear some latex gloves, junkyard cars have lots and lots of crud that can cause nasty infections when you slice your finger on the sharp edges in a door panel!
Would probably be too unwieldy or lack some critical tool. His process is most likely to just take the contents of his tool cart for the job in the shop - that way he has every tool required at the U-Pull. Minus the stuff he forgets... But one day he gets a piece of wiring harness, another day it might be a seat track. There's too many tools to cover everything you could need there.
I can't believe I lost a whole hr watching Eric O fix a window! It's better than a movie! Attention to deatil on plastic clips and routing of cables! Other shops would just let the stuff dangling and rattling. Plastic clips (not needed) !
Great video! Those that feel you are ripping off the customer need to get a life! Time is money. That is how you make money. Every time a customer comes in and want to talk to Eric....it takes money. Good Job Eric. Money don't grow on trees...neither does TIME!
Why didn't I take a whole door?
1. They are heavy
2. It was the wrong style panel and wiring harnesses (missing the light)
3. I'm not a body guy
4. Silver never matches and I don't know how to paint
5. I'd still have to disassemble it when I got to the shop and take the parts I need out of the used door
6. I knew it would get the comment section fired up 😅
Genius! Always feed the trolls 😂
🗿👍 thanks for sharing Eric. Love the way you look at camera, makes me feel included 😂👍
So you gave 6 reasons, now, why didn't you really take a whole door?
1. There are guys with machines there that can lift things and bring it to your car.
2. You changed the inside anyway.
3. So what? Changing a door is not body work.
4. There are industry standards for paint matching. I think it was 5% but I could be wrong. It will almost match and it is better than the beat up door
5. Yep, see 2, so not a convincing argument, is it?
6. I am not fired up, just wondering: Why??
It would have cost just as much time, and given the guy a decent door on the outside and on the inside.🤗
My thumbs up left is soley for point 6😂😂
Bring a hand truck. Bring the whole door home and take everything out on your own time in your own shop. Need a power tool? Over to the shelf and take your choice. (been there, brought the hand truck, went home with the whole door).
I’m paying for the gas and time at Wilbert’s, and putting it in your pocket. Don’t thank me. Doing the camera work and dragging all of us along with you is worth it. Long video? Nope. Perfect. The occasional expletive not deleted… PRICELESS.
I’m pretty sure nobody was offended. If they were offended: welcome to real life.
Thank you for the fantastic video! I loved every minute. You are the best, Mr. O. Say Hi to the family and stay safe!
Offending mouthwrenches is always time well spent. 😂😂
He usually says “Sugar!”
😂😂😂
I honestly had to hit rewind to make sure!!
Awesome thing bro 😎
Great video as always. Brings back memories.
Well, not trying to rain on anyone's parade, but... Eric will actually get about $12 dollars from this $24.99 Super chat, and Google pockets the rest. Kind of crappy really that Google and YT take so much of the money that people donate. I think the creator is supposed to get 70%, but that's after any fees and state and federal taxes are removed.
The visible sadness on Eric's face when he states the ice cream store is closed now. Poor guy.
Closed for the season already? or closed for good?
What do the ice cream people do for a living when they're closed and breaking Eric O's heart, is what I want to know!
The struggle is real!
@@smitty1952 I think it is just for the season.
@@wurly1 They may collect unemployment, take winter/seasonal jobs like in stores for Christmas shopping season.
That repair is over the top of what most shops would have done. That customer is so lucky having a shop like yours in the area. That’s priceless.
Eric, I am so impressed by how far you go to make a better than ever repair on a Customer’s auto. Going to surplus yard for not only the parts to repair the door but the parts to repair the damage done by others. Gave the auto back better than it came in and saved the Customer the cost of OEM parts. You are the GOAT and your community is the better for having a guy like you repairing their autos.
Grease up the track for smooth operation
Sometimes junkyards are a long walk around and some stuff. destroyed by other people...then you find some great finds!
SMA Auto is the best repair channel in the Biz. Eric O is MVP and an over the top kind of mechanic. The industry could use a out a 1000 more of you.
Wilberts should be a sponsor. I have no idea why they are not.
I discovered that I am drawn to TH-cam channels that have a host that takes extreme pride in their work. The actual content doesn't really matter to me. I would watch you rebuild hair dryers or tune sewing machines! Your depth of knowledge and the pride you take in your work is second to none. Thanks for putting these videos out, I enjoy watching you in action! It is unfortunate that workman pride is a dying breed.
Eric, your comment at 53:05 that you will "sleep better" says everything anyone needs to know about the quality of ALL your work! Great video. Thanks.
Getting all the parts right and not having to go back and forth to Wilbert's 10x, everything on and window working is all I'd need. Just enough fasteners to make it stick on there... But he did a quality job. I'd take my old Chrysler there if I ever owned one. But I wouldn't.
Happy birthday, old son.
Thanks ol son
I think we should all chip in and get Eric and Mrs. O an ice cream machine to have at the shop!! Even the kitty would love it!
"The only people that will know are me and you, but I will sleep better." The _essence_ of Eric O.
I love the junk yard recon episodes!
recon lol
Don’t know if I would watch any other TH-cam mechanic videos of somebody taking apart a window regulator twice and a trip to a junk yard, but for Eric and SMA absolutely Yes!!!
I ALWAYS pack the tools that I used to dis-assemble, and then throw a couple extra tools in the bag before I head out to U pull and pay. Drive the 11 miles, get a great parking space, and realize, I forgot the "mother loving" tool bag...
Great video, Eric O.
Why would anybody expect you to do anything for free when you are running a business , blows my mind .
Thanks for making my day with another awesome video
Eric, I think the guy walking by was probably awed at your presence. You're famous dude! By the way, thanks for being a breath of fresh air in this pig sty of a world. 🐽
Ain't it da truth!
👁️🐽👁️
I got ya. We're denigrating human pigs, not the innocent actual ones.@@johndelta00
the talking to your self . we were working on a drilling rig . me and another guy were in the parts house BS-n . other crew member walks by talking . we figure if a couple guys are going to do a job we better help looked out the door he is by himself . so we figured he had all the help he needed back to screwing off .
You are the only TH-cam mechanic that can make an hour log video entertaining and educational. Thought I was just going to zip through ar 2x. Had to slow it down. Too fun.
Mustie1 can come up with some from time to time.
At 7:42 Eric teaches us more about the birds and the bees than most high schools do nowadays.
I think I just figured out why your TH-cam "banter" is so good. You have been explaining what's happening to Mrs. O for years before TH-cam, so you are expert at knowing what questions are in everyone's minds.
The best part of salvage yards, like this, are the OEM fasteners.
Gotta admit, that yard seems well managed. Clean aisles and lots of room. Love a good pick 'n pull.
Great demo on the whole male female thingy
Eric you tell the best version of the birds and the bees 😂
I'm still trying to guess myself. Sex Ed. or very low quality p0rn ??
My dad was an airplane mechanic in WW2 and he used to always tell me that if im going to half ass a job then i shouldn't do it at all!
I wish i listened!
Anyway he went on to say that even jobs nobody could or would ever see, you will see it and how you do it is what defines you and your ability!
I commend you for the excellent quality of work you do! Even if the customers dont know what you've done, you will always have the satisfaction of knowing the work you put in to make someones life a little brighter and in a lot of instances safer!
Make yourself a "Wilbert's Bag" that has everything you need in it so you can grab it when you go.
Or just a list of what you need.
You and 11 others did not think this through. I give you a clue. He would have to put all his tools in the Wilburt bag. So, he has no tools left to use in his shop. Why all tools? You can go to Wilbert's for anything. A connector, but it might also be an automatic gear box, or a suspension, or an interior, or... or...
Good idea we all know Mr. O LOVES his tools 🔧
With some luck, you may even be able to get an intact door -- and just have to swap the door lock.
@@ronaldderooij1774 No, they thought it through, you need not worry about Eric having sufficient tools for the Wilbert field trip. No matter the part, Eric will get it transplanted. 👌
I laughed, I cried . It was a whirlwind of emotion. The broken were made whole.
My wife asks why I laugh watching your videos and I tell her it’s the Easter egg comments and references that nobody can deliver like you. 😂
Riding the Struggle bus is my new favourite Eric O ism
My favorite is his digs at the almighty Scotty Kilmer
I love the vids where Eric O's personality really shines - I feel like this was one of those!!
Love it when Eric has to make a trip to Wilbur, something different. Also love what's up wednesday
Weird Beard does the same at his local junk yard sometimes.
@@terminallygray love weird beard to, hate randy at auto auction rebuilds, he'll he don't build anything and all he does is bitch and complain, after what he did to weird beard, I stop watching him
Love seeing a mechanic shop who tries to save the customer some money and delivers a quality job.
Eric, your customers have no idea how fortunate they are to have you working on their vehicles. Magnificent work. You and Mrs. O have a great Sunday. God Bless 🙏🙏
Angels come in all sorts of shapes & sizes and Eric is one of them.
I was laughing soo hard that I was crying the other night when you yelled, " Chevy Thunder ! " when that dirt bag drove by your shop with an incomplete exhaust system. I love your content. Thank you soon much!
Thanks for the 9mm socket trick! You may not see this comment, but I just wanted to let you know that I personally learn a lot from your videos.
Eric, I'm so impressed by the care and time you take when doing any repair. You are doing it as if it's your own car - and that kind of attention to detail is not something you find very often today. Keep up the great work
The realization that the ice cream shop is closed for the season. 😦 Mr. O looking soul destroyed. Great long play video. Enjoyed it.
Great tip with the 9mm socket!!
😂yep💯👍
Some of the seemingly innocuous remarks during many of the videos crack me up, I wonder how many viewers actually notice them. TY for the (real) videos Sir.
Love his dry sense of humour.
Oh man, I totally get it when the ice cream store closes, we have a custard shop that just closed for the winter and I’m beside myself. lol
Great job….
fighting with the door is the type of shit someone like me does at home in the driveway...its just comforting to know that pro's like you also have the same struggles. we always think we're idiots, but it's really just the reality of workin on cars
Wilbert's is a treasure! Nothing that large or convenient around here! Great video Eric - I had a shitty day and this brought a smile to my face.
If Eric is an honest as he seems to be ( and I believe he is) his customers are extremely lucky to have him. Keep up the great service, and great videos.
The ways these auto manufacturers install door window regulators never cease to amaze me
I had a Caravan. Changed my regulators in the driveway. Cursed like a drunken sailor the whole time. 😂worked like the new guy on the oil rig when I was done. Hell, I changed the rear condenser too! installed new struts up front, rear self-leveling shocks on the rear, changed the headliner. I guess I am a glutton for punishment like you Erick. It was a 1999 with the big 3.3L V6 AWD AND Captain seating. 🎉A anniversary gift to my wife for our 23rd year as husband and boss. Still together. I guess I haven’t been bad enough. 😂 got number 47 coming up this year. At least I outlasted the Dodge😂😂. Now for the Toyotas. 😮
You have great patience and skills to work on inner door parts. I can butcher that job with many broken fasteners. You are right about slow and twice as slow. It can’t be rushed or forced. It soooo frustrating with brittle fasteners. Boys got skills!
One of the only things I like more than fixing cars is watching you fix cars. It feels like fixing a car with a buddy in one of our driveways on a Sunday afternoon. I love the videos eric. Keep up the great work.
Thanks for taking us along on your adventures Eric. I thoroughly enjoy watching you work and learning from you in this format. Thanks for helping me be a better mechanic.
In my younger days I wanted to be a car mechanic. But after watching what you go through on your videos, I'm glad I became a ballet dancer instead.
Like how you show the exact problems the rest of us run into 😅
Good job! My hands would have looked like I tried to steal bacon from a raccoon from the die-cut metal edges inside the door.
Thanks for taking us along on the gathering of pieces/parts.
Eric, you cracked me up with the little male/female demo. Your the best
It amazes me how good of a comedian you are without trying! At the same dam time as being a top Tech!!!🤯
As Woody Hayes stated, there are only three things that can happen when removing a car door panel and two of them are bad. 1-it comes off, you fix what’s broke, and all is well. 2-due to old dry plastic, clips break, the panel breaks, or some combination thereof. 3-when reaching in, your arm gets bloody from slicing it on the metal so bad that it looks like you tried to amputate it.
I like these longer videos, and listening to you babble data while disassembling car sections is oddly soothing. I think it's because you never drop into screaming ragefits like my father and I would do when things went off track.
Ahhh, a comforting screaming rage fit. How I miss them, here in the home.
i wouldn't watch a regulator replacement for an hour except for SMA's run. the other options are vids that say "remove the five screws", "disconnect the 12 door panel connectors", etc etc etc.. oversimplified. you're the brilliant and intelligent version of the everyman mechanic. i think that's why the royal 'we' watch. i'll never work on a car again but your troubleshooting method is super sound and i love being in the audience.
You take pride in your work, and customers.
Mr O You are a great man and happy birthday. Rob from Australia love you show.
I enjoy your videos and your humor. Your THE MAN.
This was a really informative video on something we don't see often. I'm sure a lot of people will find it very useful. Thank you for posting it.
Don't fret the people who ask about who pays for what. The customer saved money by using your service, and the job was done right. This is a dying art.
Finally, you're doing serious physical work with your hands (and your "Popeye" forums show that). Check out the fingers of anyone else who does the same thing, be it a mechanic or a construction worker or any other physical trade. So please don't apologize to appease those who cannot handle what a real worker does. Plus, one look at hour hands and any bank manager would give you a loan on the spot... 😉
Who needs to look up service data when you figure it out in 45 seconds! Love the banter as always! Take care
Howdy fella! Long time, no see! (My fault - not much time for any recreational activities anymore). So, no more SK trim tool? That sucks! That thing was the best tool I've bought (besides Big Nasty) over the past 5 years. I'll have to be exxxxxtra careful with mine!
That used to be my biggest problem with leaving the shop to do anything - I ALWAYS forgot some mission-critical tool! Never fails!
These days I'm working in the basement of a gigantic building in the city, so not much running around for parts ... and if I do, it's on their dime & I'm always getting paid, so the stress level is mighty LOW for a change. Many hours for lower pay, but the steady check I can count on is real nice, along with paid vacations & the 401k. I definitely miss my free time, though. Can't have it all I guess.
Man, I've always said, you've got the patience of a saint! I'd have sworn so much at that regulator that I'd have had to edit out 100% of the audio! LOL. What STUPID engineering!! On EVERYTHING today! Part of the reason I hung it up. Something had to give! I had to be surgically removed from the struggle bus!! HAHAHA!
Coming up on deer season here, so I have no doubt you and the wifey will be busy soon! ;) Hope the both of you nail some big bucks! Vanessa's lethal precision with that bow ups your odds 10-fold! 😜 Good to see ya, man!
Man I miss living around good junk yards
"try a 5.5mm no we will call a 6mm, nope a 7mm doesn't quite work,looks like we are buying the switch" made me laugh. Thank you for entertaining whilst educating Eric. Keep on smashing out the content 👍
L o L Your making Wilbert's Auto Recycling Famous !!! 😊😊😊
Oh I see. So when Wilbert’s opens an ice cream stand next door, then we’ll all really have diabetes issues. Watch out Mrs O !! Thanks brother, keep knocking these out of the park!
As always it’s the honesty and integrity shining thru. And then you add the Eric O comedy and commentary! Keep the videos coming son. Thank you
"ANOTHER JOB WELL DONE!" I'm like a 'kid in a candy store' with "pick n pull"! Only thing Eric, when it's frustrating, u have to do like me, give it the "Curly" "HMMMM" while stuggling.😂😂🤣🤣🤓👍
As always - You just got it done and had fun! The look on your face when you said the ice cream store is closed was pretty priceless. Your customers are damned lucky to have you around... And vice versa.
9mm nice tip Eric, thanks for passing it on.
Long videos are the bomb !!! Thanks Eric for putting in the time for the viewers !!
Eric o. I love when you go to the junkyard !!!!!! Or as you say it " auto recycling facility" or something like that , hahaha , great video !!!!!!!!!
Another great repair Eric! Just imagine back when those vans were being built the person on the line knew just what to do to install that window, regulator and door panel quickly. I have a driver’s door window rattle that I have to look into on my ‘12 Chrysler 200 Touring convertible soon.
There is something magic about a gear-head's day trip to a junk-yard. Good stuff is all around you and you feel free.
Above and beyond repair, even going through to replace the water shield inside the door. Great work!
Eric O, you are the absolute best! Entertainment? Check. Education? Check. Reality? Check. Great repairs? Check. Now you have me thinking of buying that generation van again! I need somethin' that hauls people AND 4x8 sheets of whatever! Thanks, Eric! I'll bill you fir the van! Seriously, though, I learn, I laugh, and I only wish I had you nearby! You and Vanessa be blessed!!
You had us in stitches multiple times on this one! Lots of fun! Thanks for the video and laugh!
Your patience and expertise is commendable! Eric you're the master, thanks for helping us to learn from you.
I hate working in doors. First you have to figure out how the door card is held on. Sometimes you have to detour and remove some trim and the outside mirror. Then you usually break half the christmas-tree grabbers. THen there is the plastic rain-sheet, usually stuck on with some non-hardening goop that gets all over your hands and wrists. Then you cut up your wrists while wrestling with the regulator, and you get that tarry goop in your cuts.
THen you notice the door drains are all clogged up so the bottom o e door is mostly rusted out. In one car, in the USA, I found a ticket to a dance contest, in Brazil. Otherwise just rust and goop and misery.
Minimal trip on the struggle bus ! Thanks for sharing!
Fantastic video Eric as it had so much info that we wouldn’t have learned about. All the mechanics learned about the 9mm trick! Thanks for what you do
Curious how much the whole door would’ve been ? Might have been lot easier to change out and they would have a good door that didn’t get hit and isn’t bent out of shape. But we wouldn’t have another great video of you salvaging another car!!
humor and knowledge - you rock !!!
Eric you need to make you up a go bag for the junk yard, so you can grab it and GO !
I love your trips to the junkyard 😅
I've been "burnin wrenches" for 50 yrs,and many of my customers were very thankful,if I took the time to get a part from salvage ,if it meant I could find obsolete,or back ordered parts,and get their vehicle going quickly,yet safely.
Just part of customer service ,and usually saves them $$ !
You're the best Eric!😀
SWEEET trick with the 9MM sockets!
Great video.. I would have cut myself three or four times on the sheet metal probably made another trip to the wrecking yard for something I forgot and then broke the window!!😂‼️
Eric you make everything look easy and always appreciate your time and efforts making these video!!
Thanks again always a pleasure 😊
Eric, this is the only way I can keep my fleet of old Mercedes and VW Beetles, GMC trucks and BMW’s running. I have visited U Pullit yards for over 35 years. I will strip hardware, wiring plugs, male and female, light bulbs, cluster bulbs, turn signal lenses etc… Door panels and window regulators are a thankless task, hate them. I carry a small 12Volt battery with me with clips on it to test motors etc… the ones that fit into commercial fire alarm units. Rechargeable and they have a 6 amp fuse attached to them. Love the videos. By the way, wear some latex gloves, junkyard cars have lots and lots of crud that can cause nasty infections when you slice your finger on the sharp edges in a door panel!
A real MacGyvering expedition today. Thanks for bringing us along!
Old video, created sometime in 2022.
@@lamarw7757how do you figure that?
@@lamarw7757 I believe he actually said the date was Friday, Oct 13th.
trip to Wilberts U-Pull-it. Yes!!!!
I don't think that the deer damaged the window track. I think that the expert body guy was prying on it and the inner door panel too.
Never leave home without your folding multi-tool complete with needle nose pliers :)
Your channel is awesome bro 👍
Hey Eric, you should put a Wilberts U-Pull and bath tool bag together. Grab it and go
That’s a dang good idea 👍
Would probably be too unwieldy or lack some critical tool. His process is most likely to just take the contents of his tool cart for the job in the shop - that way he has every tool required at the U-Pull. Minus the stuff he forgets... But one day he gets a piece of wiring harness, another day it might be a seat track. There's too many tools to cover everything you could need there.
good ole Wilberts to the rescue.
Great Video! Love the trips to Wilbert's! When I was growing up, junkyard parts were all I could afford. I'm still ok with used parts.
I can't believe I lost a whole hr watching Eric O fix a window! It's better than a movie! Attention to deatil on plastic clips and routing of cables! Other shops would just let the stuff dangling and rattling. Plastic clips (not needed) !
Love your trips to Wilbert's! Too bad the ice cream store is closed!!! 😥
Great video! Those that feel you are ripping off the customer need to get a life! Time is money. That is how you make money. Every time a customer comes in and want to talk to Eric....it takes money. Good Job Eric. Money don't grow on trees...neither does TIME!