Rookie Mistake on a Mercedes! “I quit”
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Hi Ray, there is a maintenance position on the Mercedes. You can flip up the hood when you release the hinge. That will give you a lot of room, handy when you do the struts.
I've been watching this channel since the first few thousand subscribers and the last few videos have been the best I've seen from Ray.
I genuinely think that leaving and setting up himself has been the single best decision he may have ever made.
Yup.. I was always hoping he would because he hated how the customers got treated by Napa.
Hear it in his voice! Such a difference working for yourself!
@@TheHolyGhost777 pp
Your first rookie mistake was not turning off the air suspension so it wouldn't deflate the bags when the car was lifted. Merry Christmas!
In 1970 and 71 I worked for a Saab and Citron dealership as a mechanic. The Citrons if you put the incorrect oil in the suspension system they would total the car. It cost more to fix the suspension system than the car was worth. I never did that but someone did once and so when you started to work there they made sure you were aware of the fact. This dealership was the cheapest people I ever worked for. Working on used cars they would cut corners. Like one time they wanted me to wire the heat riser open instead of replacing it. I didn’t work there very long because I hate crappie work like that. Do it right or don’t do it at all. That is one of the things I like about watching you. You do it right. You take pride in doing it right.
Here's a "rookie mistake" I made a few years ago: I was experiencing intermittent AC clutch slippage on the Sanden compressor in my 1988 Mazda truck. I practiced R&R of the AC clutch using its old compressor, made tools so I could do this without removal of the compressor from the engine. So I got to the truck itself, to loosen the nut on the compressor drive plate, and it was loose. So all I had to do to fix was tighten the nut !!!!
You still need to check the washer motor on the Windshield may be just empty or failed. Some have a sensor to display when it needs fluid. some dont.
There are a lot of shops that would take advantage of the wipers not working by "replacing the wiper motor". Do not be hard on yourself too much as well all tend to act first and think later. I have a lot of respect for a person that owns up to their mistakes, you very well could have edited it out and no one would be the wiser! Wishing you and your family a Merry and safe Christmas.
Yesterday my wipers went out when it was almost zero degrees today it was about 5 when it gets a little warmer I'll fix it because I popped the wipers and then it started to work again it just the neutral switch on the wiper motor it'll be all right I'll fix it have a great day
I have seen several shops leverage customers when they figured they had the customer over the barrel. Fortunately, word gets around, and the bad ones get the rep. and get weeded out. I'm definitely not shy about giving my opinion of a shop to any one who will listen (and anyone near them). But I'm also not shy about extolling the virtues of a good mechanic, and always carry a few of my mechanics cards with me to pass out. Love watching you work!
Hi Ray being a retired mechanic and was for over 40 years, I don't know of any mechanic that didn't at one time or another make a rookie mistake. I love the way you show your human. Some guys would of cut that part out and just shown that you just tightened up the screw. Cudos to you! Have yourself a Merry Christmas! Mark from Montreal Canada.
Hi Ray, someone has probably mentioned it but, Mercedes Benz hoods have the option of lifting straight up and down to give brilliant access to the engine. Just push in the little levers on the hood hinges.
Please be aware of hood clearance to shop roof when lifting car with the hood in the upright position.
I would definitely have customer sign a waiver on the tires if they don't get changed.
@Charles Hines Florida has gone all 'Murica! Freedom!' and does not require regular inspections.
Great to see you're back Ray👍
I think I’ve heard Four non blonds “what’s up”more on your videos than I did on the radio in 1993.
I noticed this as well. That song is always playing in the background. I think Ray just has it on repeat along with the heavy metal Christmas carols. Lol.
Makes me wonder if he's listening to O-Rock. Either way, better than Creed.
He propbly just uses his google playlist.
What is your point?
It’s the perfect song for his videos! It just about sums up The recent jobs he’s been having to deal with. Ray seems to be kind of down in the dumps, if you ask me.😢
I love BG products! Glad to see some of their service products coming in future videos!
Ray
Hope you and the family have a blessed Christmas
Ray, don't feel bad, rookie mistakes are just part of going to school.
$5K mistake to replace auto level system.
Big man left school bare time ago. He ain't in kansas anymore, Dorothy.
cheaper to research before start, learn from others' mistakes
Love the 10/22 stock on the blower mechanism :D
10 years ago it was $750 / corner on a 1995 Lincoln Continental. So I bought the car for $300 . Put a spring kit in for $300 and drove it for 7 years. Finally gave it away to a kid leaving for college.
Ray, put the bonnet (hood) into service mode by releasing the lock on drivers side hinge to make it sit vertically.
My Mercedes has a small button on the drivers side hood strut that allows you to push the button and raise the hood straight up into a locked position for safety and a lot better access. I’m surprised the one you worked on didn’t have that.
A real guy, warts and all. I like him. I talk to myself just like that only no camera. My '03 C320 is not nearly as complicated but probably not as fast either.
I was wondering where the assault blow gun went! That wasn't a mistake, just the advanced German underhood autofoliage cleaning add-on service.
Thanks for another year of starting my mornings in your shops. You set my work ethic for the day, most every day (unless I'm on vacation).
Yea I love that assault blow gun Where Can I buy one I've searched several sites can't find anything close ????
Great video as always Ray. I hope you and family had a great xmas
The leafs in the drain tell a story about the owner..... And the tyres, headlights, windowmotors....engine mounts... Thing is driven to the ground.
One of my moms favorite sayings is "you are never too old to do a new dumb thing". I would add or too experienced.
I believe there is some kind of service mode for the mercedes air suspension you are supposed to enable before lifting the vehicle.
Ray, while you may have gone a step further than you needed to, for those of us that want to see how this works if we need to repair one, we got to see how to get into it and how to repair it. One of the reasons that we watch is to learn how repair things if we need to, so thanks for showing us how. And have yourself and your family a Very Merry Christmas!
The hood latch has a button to open it up 90 degrees so you can have more under-hood access.
Wow. Mercedes did a great job overcomplicating windshield wipers.
Love Mr. O, South Main Auto. Love Florida Ray. What I think would be really cool is if you both just once flapped your arms like a bird taking flight while talking just like Mr. Scotty. 😂🤣 wishing you much success and Merry Christmas 🎄 to both you and the wife and mini units. God Bless.
Merry Christmas Ray. To you and your family.
You're a machine man! You put out so much content - my addiction will never starve.
Christmas is tomorrow. No video. You gunna be ok bro?
song playing at 9 minute mark sure is played a lot in your neck of the woods. I heard it often at your old location and heard it a couple times at your new location.
We all make these silly mistakes one I do more often than I like to admit is flaring a brake pipe before putting the fitting on 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤣🤣🤣
Also refreshing to see u Rick the car in lift before goin all the way up. I do this religiously . Thanks for the content Ray Happy New year to you from Ireland 🇮🇪
Respect your work Ray, if you were in Texas definitely bring my trucks to you. I just want to know why most of the vehicles you work on have tons of leaves under the hood at the bottom of windshield.. Keep up great job.
Texas needs water to grow trees rite,😊
I remember driving two hundred miles to pick up a a car from a used car sales. It had been raining that morning before I got there. After completing the sale and taking owner ship of the car, jumped in to drive to gas station quarter mile up the road to find out only one side of wipers were working. Lucky I had my tools with me. I only bought the car because I saw a video of it running. They obviously weren't interested in my safety. Still got the car today runs like a dream.
Ray, I did my apprenticeship and then worked on Jags and Ferrari. How many times I did similar I can't remember. Feel for you mate. 👍🇦🇺👍
The passenger's side wiper appears to be dancing 😄
A word of advice Ray. Don't try to see how fast that car goes on those tires lol.
Mercedes with Air Ride have a "Jack Mode" that needs to be set before using a lift or a jack, its like with the common Lincoln town car for example. Just wanted to let you know why it made that noise when it was put up on the lift. Great Video!
My 94 LTC has the switch in the trunk. Lifting it without flipping the switch could easily be an instant $1,000.00 mistake
@@thoughtthinker9300 Well, this car "genius" made that mistake.
Same with some Audis. I know if you jack my Q7 up on a post lift without putting it in jack mode, is can screw the suspension sensors and it needs a code reset.
@@duncanmcewan1049 been there with an audi a8. It didn't need a reset. The car took around 5 minutes to lower down all the way and to air up all the way and middle out. Then the sensors know where they are again
@@itstheweirdguy It happens.
What I learned when I first started working on cars, is they all are different and there's a lot to learn.
One of my mentors put it this was.
Being a mechanic is harder than being a doctor.
Doctors work on to different models.
Male and Female.
That's it, and that's all you have to learn and know about.
As a mechanic you will have to learn and know about hundreds of different automobiles and all their different features, abilities, and special add-ons.
Then every year there are going to be many along with the ways you'll need to work on them, will be changing at the same time.
He couldn't have been any more correct.
Then I started working building new aircraft like the 747's jumbo jets, A-10 thunderbolt- warthog, and then experimental aircraft.
I'm saying this because it was kind of a cop-out.
Once you build one, the next one is usually exactly the same.
Then I'd change aircraft and the same thing. What I needed to know and do was almost the same on the first one I built and stayed the same after the 400th and beyond.
It actually got boring after a while and I'd try to get moved to different parts of the aircraft.
With anything and cars.
Anyone can turn a wrench.
What makes a good or great mechanic is knowing tricks and how to get around problems.
The better and more versatile you become, the better the mechanic you are.
I see it as that simple.
Rainman ray's got a lot of know-how and ways around difficulties.
Along with a great attitude that won't give him a heart attack at to young an age, and he doesn't seem like he'd be miserable to be around.
Now that's cool, mistakes happen, and the world keeps on spinning
Nice to see the BG air induction cleaner. Looking forward to seeing that in action!
i was doing some work on a driver door and thought the rubber strip was removed like this one. Nope, it was a solid piece that was glued to the door frame. Yep, I don't just yank those off anymore... lol
Yes some shops do.. I had a 2011 rough I used to run back and forth to work. Died one day. Had it towed to a shop. Bad mass airflow. They wanted 450 to replace it. After I told them no. The follow up was the intake is in pieces so it’s going to be cheaper for us just to do it. Again I said no. Put it back together. I know you don’t need to pull the intake apart to troubleshoot. I had them push it outside and I came back after hours and changed it in 15 minutes. Payed maybe 100 for a life time warranty part. I get paying for the skill. But 450 for a 15 minute job and a part with no real warranty….
Rainman Ray's Repairs...Dude!...The hood has a service position!
"If I can't have fun, what am I doing here?" - That, right there, is the mark of a good man.
6:15 You can remove the side handles from the jack to give yourself more room
New drinking game, everytime you hear" what's going on" in the back ground take a shot.
4 non blondes song "what's going on" made my day while watching this vid. THANKS!
Engine mount replacement would have cost me almost 8 grand at firestone. Found a friend that did it for 400 with a Jack and a 2x4.
We have those induction cleaners at my dealer, they work wonders
Scotty started an epidemic of TH-cam mechanics "quitting". GET THOSE VIEW NUMBERS UP!!!
8:00 4 Non Blondes again. Most popular song in Florida
The first time that my vehicle locked me out, I was a good hour away from home,, with no extra I key. Took forever to get someone to get it opened. Always left a window open after that. The worst part is that you never knew when it would happen.
Early dark and frozen mornings, the engine is running to defrost the windows and you step out to scrape ice. It's cold and windy and you hear the drivers side door go CLICK. The car locks you out with your phone in the car. Yep, you get to know the AAA guys by name after a few lockouts.
I had a Toyota Supra that did that to me. I kept a cheap thin key from the hardware store in my wallet.
normally i just lift the wiper blades and it takes the pressure off the splines and they slip off
I live in Pennsylvania, which has mandatory state safety inspections and immisions in more populated counties. The state inspections are done by private sector shops that also put the stickers on the windows. I've seen shops here tell customers they need things they don't and charge exhorbrate prices under the guise of the manditory state safety inspection. Not all mechanics are dishonest, but there is no state audit on how these shops are performing inspections they just mail them the stickers and away they go.
Great to see you leave in the mistakes. However, that loose wire not put back into the clip next to the "super cool, computer thing" kind of bugs me. Oh well.
From working on tanks in the army to over 30 years working on heavy equipment for cat. Every day can be my first day!
It may be more fun to blow the leaves off, but that method put some leave debris in the plenum. Vacuum is better. With that said it was an entertaining video.
So, let's talk about the weather...
No rust ever = no rain.
If you'd have run wipers dry like that round here, it'd be a new wind shield.
And just going dark after 5. You got (have!) about 4 hours more daylight.
Fixing cars on a Scottish island isn't nearly as much fun.
Makes me sad to see how people let their expensive cars degrade so far before taking them in for repairs. I'm sure the wipers and window actuators and motor mounts etc didn't all fail at the same time.. and those tires are just deathtraps.
Also, Ray, couldn't you spend a few secs to vacuum all those leaves out before you take the covers apart? Always really annoys me seeing you let that trash drop into the engine bay. The blowgun doesn't really make it any better..
I'd love to see you get The mysterious P1101-oo and P1101-00 MAF and Air intake performance issues even after the replacement with a 1.4l engine 2016 model. Seems to be an ongoing issue from 05 and up. Elusive throw money at it problem.
You may be disappointed by taking the cowl off, but you and the majority of us know that it's better to check first then to have to take it apart again because something was wrong. You're doing great!!
I refuse to take Scotty's inane click bait.
I made the same rookie mistake on a Mitsubishi Mighty Max truck, I drove down to a pick a part yard and slogged through the mud to buy a replacement wiper motor when it turned out to be a simple mechanical jam. Oh well, I am a DIY mechanic, not a pro!
Nit sure it is the case on this one, but on a lot of Mercedes you can set the hood upright for service - more convenient. There are clips in the hinges for that.
Those oak leaves get everywhere in Florida, I would have to blow all those leaves out before I even started working on a vehicle there. They start falling about the middle of November and are done about the middle of April, we have three trees in our front yard and each tree loses its leaves at a different time. So when one tree is just about done the next one starts dropping its leaves.
That’s one of the things that I like about northern states, the leaves start turning colors the beginning of October and by the end of the month they’re all down. One or two big cleanups and you’re done, not five months of blowing your garage out every other day. 😜
If that lift in the corner is harder to get to, why not use it for projects? The easy-to-get-to one is for in and outs
I priced a strut assembly at Rock Auto for that Benz $402.79 Original Ride Quality, window regulators $142.79 w/o Special Protection Glass.
Oldmate forgot about the wiper spray
If my Merc ever ends up like that, I'm just calling a gardener
I hope you used the correct Pentosin power steering fluid.
I liked the video, BUT you forgot to fix or check the windshield washer fluid issue.
My mother admonished me many times, telling me, "Don't say "don't got'." I never forgot.
Ain't got is better!
@@stevenbaker9327 You have a point, but what it is I have no idea.
I had pretty much the same with suspension on my Merc, except it's sports low profile and once the suspension collapses you can't turn the steering without hitting the wheel arches. Had to get it specially towed and once I'd had it towed I was at the mercy of the shop. Even had to park it outside lined up with their ramps.
No idea what happens if I'd parked it with the wheels at an angle, guess it would have pulled off the bodywork.
Wiper motors can be a pain to replace. I replaced one in my 1981 ford truck without removing the hood. And I think it would have been easier to pull the v8 motor then that little wiper motor. 😵💫
I think it would be better to vacuum the leaves out than spray them out so you have to Vacuum them up or sweet them out later
What about the windshield washer not washing......
Merry Christmas to you and yours
Yes, it is fairly common wisdom to avoid dealers at all costs. Parts or service.
Its my habit when I am working on a car, especially if it is not mine, to
roll down some windows to make access to the inside door locks or
handles so I dont lock me out. I dont wanna make that mistake again.
!
You forgot the washer fluid sprayers
Less haste more speed . Happy 😁 holiday's
26:43 Of cause they do they will clip the ticket as much as they can
Now you just gotta find a BG guy to spend even more of your money on the chemicals to go into your new to you cleaning apparatus. Also look into buying the 3 piece oil change kits for loud engines (EPR, 44k and MOA) The results on that kit will shock you. So much valve quiet
I'm 6:35 into the video and without reading what others are saying I'm going to just point out that shouldn't the air suspension be deactivated before placing on lift?
Love that CLS 500. That ride has been neglected
Merry Christmas 🎄
get headband camera holder so you can use 2 hands
Great video Ray, doesnt the CLS have service mode on the hood like most Mercedes cars? Where you pop the hinges and you can tilt the hood full upright?
Hope the owner approves all repairs, love CLSes
Scotty would have titled it "These vipers destroyed my car and the entire neighborhood!!"
My power steering pump on my jk wrangler was whiny as Manhattan hypergamy betch. It had what looked like atf in it for some weird reason. I cycled all the old fluid out by emptying the reservoir and filling it with new Prestone power steering fluid. Problem solved.
Wouldn’t call it a mistake. Still have to verify everything else is proper. I’ve been doing this for 20 years and still take extra time to check everything. Been bit in hind quarter area a few times taking stuff back apart because I assumed it was simple
Cool show. My little ones are terrified your kids will not know where it is safe for them to stand when rainman is under car. Can maybe have them tell you where a safe place would be, and help lay some kind of tape on floor and name it kid1unit place, kid2 unit place .... My little ones thank you. Happy Holidays
Replacing engine mounts on some of Mercedes V8 are insane. There is a special tool for the upper bolt but it’s still a nightmar, there is just no room. Done multiple struts on merc and bmw not hard.
You GOT this Ray....
Well, it may have been a "rookie" mistake, but it was a chance to get all those leaves out of the cowling. If it is anything like my Mercedes built Chrysler, it means you won't have them rattling around in the heater fan in a few months. I can't watch Scotty Kilmer for more than two nanoseconds. Don't start copying him. Thank you for taking the time to align those wipers with the witness marks. One spline off means the wipers hit, at least on my van. You've got Johnny Nash going through your head (I can see clearly now...), I have the Hippy Hippy Shake with that dancing passenger side wiper. Yes, shops take advantage of customers when they have them over a barrel. When you find a good mechanic, treat him well, stay loyal to him, spoil him a little, never leave him as long as he's in business.
Head lamp of this car needs replacement or service. Read more about K2 VAPRON.
Where did you get the air gun? Replace the airmatic relay when you do the strut
I wish I could bring you my Lexus to work on....she needs a new hybrid battery 🔋
A sure sign of auto neglect is seeing tons of leaves under the hood. Good for the mechanics though.
There is a special German YT channel for merecedes - called "Motoren Zimmer" - guy is specialist just for Mercedes cars. So just FYI :)