@@Jim-StickI personally love it. It just goes to show you the passion he has for vehicles. Like what person do we know that absolutely loves to work on vehicles that doesn't cuss em out every second lol
Sandro and Justin at same table is the best. Both charismatic and Justin is hot AF... The other table is the exact opposite tho, especially that annoying chick.
You used a terry/microfiber towel with the carb cleaner. The hack used a paper towel, which had more contact on the surface, and didn't have any nap to reach into the stamped lettering as much as your towel did. Just a thought.
@@000622477Also, also, their sockets are the matte finish kind, the TT guy had smooth shiny ones. The paint will come off much cleaner on the smooth finish ones.
The punch a hole in the filter to drain it first is an amazing trick for diesel engines. They tend to have enormous filters and a bunch of oil in the filter. So you end up with way less mess in the pit or driveway. I've done it for decades on diesels and particularly annoying and messy filters.
I was a diesel tech for ten years, some of those 9, 12, 15 liter engine’s oil filters hold literally a gallon of oil so that makes it so much easier to deal with.
You've hit the filter on the head! Majority of us are doing this in our driveway and not on a lift. The less mess I make the better the driveway looks.
I think that it makes sense to take a precaution to minimize mess. I only work on my own cars with 4-cylinders, but I try to get as much oil in the drain pan and jug as possible--and clean up as little as possible. They once tried the solo cup trick--but didn't use a solo cup. ChrisFix promoted the Oil Udder. I bought it, but it wasn't big enough to catch all of the oil from my Camry filter. However, a solo cup worked a treat.
@19ShilohK Angelina is more analytical about things (makes sense because she teaches) but Steph seems like a fun cohost too. Doesn't hurt that she's beautiful too lol.
@@unknown_individual7050 I just don’t like her demeanor, seems like she is trying too hard to be funny and her jokes fall flat. Sometimes it seems like she doesn’t even know what she’s talking about, but it’s all opinion I suppose.
@@19ShilohK Comparing with the first videos they were featured in I think both Sandro and Angelina have grown with the task a lot, and Steph is new enough that I don't judge the awkward moments too harshly. Heck, even Justin was waaayy more quiet in his early days with Donut and he's really become a great entertainer.
@@PikkaBird Perhaps, personally tho I am not a fan of her personality. Really, to each their own, but I feel like even in the early videos Sandro and Angelina made it enjoyable to watch and always gave me a few chuckles. But I do not share the same feeling with Steph. Again, all personal opinion, but shes been featured in a few videos and I just dont see it getting better from this point.
Socket paint hack - Use a bright color and a paper towel with a very light grip. The microfiber with a strong grip will dig into the grooves and remove the paint. A folded paper towel will stay flatter and have less of a change at removing the paint from the grooves.
You're overthinking it, plenty of paint will still stay in the grooves but the secret is that you only use a little bit of solvent, and that the paper towel is slightly abrasive, and that the hack was done on a smooth oxide socket, not matte finish.
The wrench adapter with the torque wrench can be accurate if you are 90° to the torque wrench handle. If you aren't 90° you're either shortening or lengthening the effective length of the wrench. Torque is force times distance. Torque wrenches are calibrated based off the required force to get it to click for a known handle length to achieve a torque value. The force value remains constant for a given setting on the wrench, if you change your effective length along the axis of the handle your actual torque value will change. This is also true when using a crowsfoot on a torque wrench, the crowsfoot should always be 90° to the wrench handle. Let's say for example you have a torque wrench that is 12" long and you wish to apply 24in-lbs to a fastener, knowing Torque = force * distance, we know it takes 2 pounds applied to the end of the handle to get it to click. The torque wrench will be calibrated at this 2lbs to reach 24in-lbs. Now let's say that we decide to use this wrench extension adapter and it puts us effectively along the axis of the wrench out 5 more inches. Again using T=F*D we can find that with an effective wrench length of 17inches now, to hit 24in-lbs it will now only take 1.4 lbs applied to the end of the wrench. The issue with this is, the wrench will not click at 1.4 lbs, but at 2lbs, so to get this to click you need to continue applying an additional 0.6 lbs. Knowing that the wrench is calibrated to click at 2lbs for 24ft-lbs but instead of being 12" the wrench is now 17 inches, you'd essentially be 2lbs*17in, which is now 34 ft-lbs. It may not seem like much, but on smaller fasteners that can make or break them. Sometimes you need to approach fasteners at an angle using adapters like this to to torque them. Simple calculations you can find out what the actual setting on the torque wrench that is required to get it to click given changes in your effective handle length (moment arm). I'm a little OCD with tightening fasteners, I always torque everything. It's the peace of mind of things not coming undone. I've had a couple scary moments of the calibrated elbow being off and don't trust it anymore.
Exactly. I was a tyre fitter and TA. Serviced, repaired and even did special services, like replacing Bushes, brake pads, etc. on Semi Truck Trailers. All that good fun stuff. I would not take my vehicle to anyone here except Sandro. Possibly also the guy with him in this video. But defs not the other two.
Sandro the bi snitch that charge 1000 percent and not work on ish and break parts of your vehicle and charge you lot fees holding your car over weekends
Just put the vacuum in the oil fill and let it rip. The quality of the seal isn't important so long as it'd decent. Perfect seal, partial seal, good enough.
0:30 yeah... weve done this also a few times as an emergency solution, when the alternative was "forget it, throw it away". works pretty well for that.
I had a chemistry teacher in hs that allowed open book labs; as she reasoned that real chemists aren’t going to 100% rely on memory every time they do something the first time. Smart lady.
Honestly.. Like way back when "you won't have a calculator with you all the time!" Now: *smart phones exist* (heck even non-smart ones had calculators on them)
@@stone5against1 not only do I have a calculator, if I have signal I have access to basically every written thing in the history of humanity. Fuck a calculator when I can pull up pictures of the lady’s cat
@@deedraak If your referencing Epstein. That book doesn't tell who did what, it was just who he met with and when, the dude was an adviser and money manager so he talked with people for multiple reasons.
PSA from a friendly nerd. The torque wrench to hand wrench trick will always over tighten. You will always be adding that extra leverage from the distance of the center of the torque wrench to the center of the hand wrench. This will always be over-tightening from the torque wrench setting. Cheers, great video.
Technically, it's possible it will be greater, the same, or less - depending on how it's used/placed on the spanner. Play around with some vector force diagrams, and how the resultants apply to the moments, and you'll see.
I've used the punch a hole in the oil filter trick with inverted filters, so it drains down into the pan, instead of all over whatever components are nearby.
I had a service advisor come out and start a Subaru that I had punched the filter, racked, and lifted a couple inches. They later had to come out and scrub off 4 toolboxes. Moral of the story? Teach your advisors which cars they are allowed to mess with and what means "no touchy"
I always feel bad when I see people's oil filter in a place that causes it to spill everywhere. I have an 04 pathfinder and it has a drain pan built into the crossmember below the filter so it catches and flows into one place. One of the few times the engineers were actually looking out for mechanics
The torque hack at 11:28 is super great! Dogbones, line sockets, crows feet all can change the length of you tq wrench therefore changing the tq applied to your fastener! Sometimes to tq your bolts there simply is no way to make your tool fit so a quick equation can solve all your problems if you’re trying to “do things right”. TW=TAxL/L+A where TW=tq shown on wrench TA=tq applied to fastener L=length of your tq wrench A=length of your extension/attachment Happy maintaining!
4:41 is very useful on cars with spin-on filters that are on the top of the engine and face down (2016 Subaru Crosstrek, for example). The punctured hole allows the filter to "breathe" and disrupts the natural vacuum inside the filter, allowing the oil to flow back into the crankcase. No oil puddle/mess to clean up after removing the filter.
Rarely at work someone forgets to install new filter after poking a hole in the old filter. Oil geysir! And the customer gets a free engine bay clean! They're happy about the clean engine bay usually
@@drheaddamage Usually the filter housing just shears and no loose metal fragments separate. Whole different story with a rusted filter (very rare, but seen those too😅)
I knew a guy back in my twenties who worked on the big rigs. He could do something similar with transmissions, it was freaky. He also compressed my brake calipers by hand while we were changing my brake pads. He'd have been terrifying if he weren't the sweetest guy you could ever meet.
My Auto mechanics teacher used to tell us to hit everything we were going to be working on with penetrating oil every day for at least 3 days before working on it to give it time to get in there break up rust and do it's job. Makes a huge difference working on vehicles with 200k plus miles and over a decade of salty winter driving in Northern MN.
@@100GTAGUY, it works. I've torn apart some NASTY stuff that had been sitting for decades. Couldn't tell where one piece started and the other ended. Hitting with a good penetrating oil like PB blaster every day for a week or 2 before you commit to pulling everything apart is your best bet at avoiding headaches.
The paint pen trick works for electronics too when you cant read the chip number. Just rub some thermal compound (anything you can full the low spots with) and rob it off. BAM! Now you can read that proprietary part number that is just a few off from the public numbers datasheet......
@@balinorgryffudd2963I agree. They also shouldn't have used a microfiber because you don't want something that will get in the engraving. The guy in the hack used a paper towel.
Soapstone works well, and you can wipe off the excess with your finger. Does not last long. It's usually easier for me to find Soapstone than any other writing instrument.
My great grandfather taught me that trick, he did it with all his tools that has the size engraved into them. (course a lot of older tools use to come like that)
Yeah, ditto. I used some colored sharpies (blue and red for metric/sae) so it's not as long lasting, but easy to reapply as needed (and easy to wipe of the excess with just a dry paper towel). I've thought about using some more durable like nail polish but I'd have to see how easy it would be to wipe off the excess... I think one trick would be to wipe it before it's totally dry, and just lightly so you're not getting into the etched marking. Whatever the case, it's fun, pretty cheap, and no matter what it'll look better. :)
@@ytmadpoo I would assume you can remove nail polish with nail polish remover (i.e. acetone). Since you're painting the etchings and that protects the paint, the paint doesn't have to be super durable, but it sticking on the metal somewhat would still probably help. Any acrylic paint or spray or a metal primer would probably work fine as long as you make sure you can still remove the excess. I think you can get them off with acetone, isopropanol or paint thinner at least if they're not fully dried.
I wrap my socket tips in 5 different colors of electrical tape and just re-tape ones that get worn down every few months. Red for 5/10/15 etc Yellow for 6/11/16 etc Green Blue Purple for 7 8 9 respectively in the same pattern It's super readable no matter the angle and can quickly glance when they're all on the rack which is which.
That fender spring is cool if you're not traveling while turning because it's the tire pushing out the fender, and if traveling at speed, it will catch and rip the fender off.
On heavy diesels with massive oil filters this hack is great 5:50 It makes the filter so much lighter and easier to control it and get it out from under the truck
5:09 if you’re changing oil in a semi truck. Punching a hole in the filter is a big help ! Trying to unscrew and lower a hot filter with almost a gallon of oil in it, is a spill waiting to happen.
I work on diesel engines and quite often do oil changes. I pop oil filters every time. These trucks come in off route and are at operating temps when I get them in my bay. I pop the filters first thing and let them drain, then pull the drain plug, then get my parts and do my paperwork for the job. By the time I pull the old filters they are empty and cooled off.
Used to use the vacuum trick on gravel pit equipment, rock trucks, excavators etc..... had to swap regular drain plugs for quick connect drain plugs.... don't have to drain and replace over 30L of engine oil, and more hydraulic oil..... clean process, saves alot of money on wasted oil
The hole to drain the filter, not something I would do on small filters, but as a heavy diesel mechanic, definitely worth while on filters on 85L V16 engines. A lot of the filters have drain plugs on them to save you having to do this. The vacuum also is a good trick for small engines, basically a home-made transducer, another tool I use regularly to swap out hoses and such without draining 1000's of litres of oil from a hydraulic tank. (Again, sometimes come built in on the machines). Greay video, Steph is a good addition to the Sandro, Angelina stars! 👍🏻
I've done that! I mean the marking of sockets and wrenches. Can't remember whatI used to wipe off the excess, but it worked fine. Doesn't look as professional as in the video but still makes finding the right one a lot quicker. And the draining of the oil-filter hack is hugely useful on for example Harley Sportster engines, on which the oil filter is horizontal. That makes a hell of a mess when you try to unsrew it when it's full.
that paint trick is actually super legit, though i do it with nail polish and non acetone nail polish remover. it also works great on guns too if you want the engraving to pop
Depending on how much paint you introduce into the "engravings" of your gun you could end up with a felony charge... you can look into Kyle Myers aka FPSRussia, he got hit with some charges for "defacing" serial number after he sent out some of his to get cerakoted. It was bs and I can't remember if those charges stuck but they hit him with them anyway... thats why I just build my own guns and they don't have engravings on them *wink wink. Unconstitutional
@@jlo7770I don’t believe any charges stuck except those illegally obtained from him I.e. when they illegally searched his home and found a little teeny weeny bit of weed
Not just for D&D players, but also anyone that has tried to engrave stuff. I use it regularily on flat surfaces. Just use some paint and a thin brush, paint in into the letters and wipe over it.
Dollar store nail polish works really well for color filling letters. Swap the carb cleaner for a little acetone and bam. Used to be the go-to hack for cheaply filling stamped text in firearm receivers and such, and it should be more durable than the paint out of a pen.
I work in Agriculture equipment repair and I use that shop vac hack to keep 15-20 gallons of hydraulic oil from draining on me when I have to change a component. Works.
Hydroponics are also used to grow lettuce and tomatoes indoors ;) When I was in college studying biology, there was a lab fully dedicated to studying hydroponics (it was in France, near Paris in 2009-2013) and refining the technique. I was friends with someone studying and working in this lab, he once brought tomatoes that were grown there after making sure they were ok to be eaten. These were among the tastiest, most perfect tomatoes I've ever eaten. I now live in southern France where homegrown tomatoes are known to be fabulous, these hydroponics grown tomatoes are still among the best I've ever had. For those wondering what hydroponics are, it's a way to grow almost any kind of plants out of the ground, on a fiber substrate soaked in water and nutrients. And yes it's also used to grow "aromatics". Actually, "aromatics" growth shares a lot with tomatoes...
11:30 it's usually called a wrench extender and they are great. Extensions will not change your torque value (assuming smooth pulls) and neither will things that are offset by 90 degrees as shown in this clip. Only when the head of the bolt is offset out from the head, changing the effective length of the lever arm, does the torque value change. Even then, there is a formula for calculating the adjusted value.
Anytime you change the angle you are pulling, you change the torque. T=F x D x cos(angle) Everybody calculates torque as Force x Distance (pound x feet or ftlbs) but assume you are pulling at 90deg to the wrench. When you add the adapter and change the angle, you reduce the torque. If you do that and have the angle wider than 90, you can over-torque the fastener too.
As long as the wrench is exactly 90 degrees to the torque wrench it shouldn't do much. Any other angle it'll either increase or decrease the torque value.
@@Christackleberry This isn’t a NASA rocket. As Rasmus said, if you keep the direction of force aligned with the open ended wrench it will be close. Congrats on the trig
Close enough to do the job, but my thoughts on that hack were - but crowsfoot wrenches are cheap and turn your torque wrench into a big spanner for that sort of situation.
Definitely done the Jack and a wrench. Have also used a ratchet strap tied around a wrench and other end to a structural part on an ‘84 Chevy G20 van to get some bolts loose.
11:40 : The torque stays accurate as long as the torque wrench is on a 90 degree angle from the wrench, otherwise its gonna be off depending on the angle. Basic sine/cosine distribution of force.
You're right, but also the part of the wrench that connects to the bolt has to be at the exact same distance as the torque wrench, the further away you have the torque wrench from the bolt the more you will over tighten it, I believe
the oil filter punch hack is super useful on certain semi truck and industrial engines. the filters are heavy af when full and punching them loses so much weight it just makes it easier imo
Punching a hole in an oil filter before removal is more useful when it's mounted up the other way so it drains into the engine instead of all over the place while you're unscrewing it. I learnt this trick when I bought an SW20 MR2.
If you buy the right filter... It's not an issue. I've never had an oil filter not fit. (Most parts stores even have a book dedicated to oil filters for cars)
@@SilvaDreamssame & if the threaded parts the same size it’s usually the same internal thread aswell, just the size of the filter that’s the difference, if the sealing rings the same size it doesn’t matter, only so many people make the oil filters & car manufacturers know this to keep cost down
@@SilvaDreams erm .. NOPE .. I had a 1.4 Nissan Sunny sedan .... Car store .. looked up filter for said Sunny ... and gave me one FROM THE BOOK .... Nope .. what i needed was the filter from a Nissan Primera !!!
@@SilvaDreams A couple of times I've gotten the wrong filter in the correct box. It happens, luckily I have a second vehicle to go get another one even though it is inconvenient.
I was doing some suspension work for someone and on hondas built 3-4 inches off the ground. The lower ball joints are SO close to the axle you have to release the bolt and nuts from the control arm holding the ball joint on first just to get the castle nut to clear and there's no way to get a socket on to torque it to spec. I tightened it as hard as I could by hand followed by a new cotter pin but the little wrench to socket adapter at 11:27 would've been clutch 2 days ago.
The oil filter one is actually really useful on certain vehicles. My Ram 1500 has the filter above the steering ram so I have to make an aluminum foil “water slide” so it doesn’t leak all over it. This method keeps the stream nice and straight, which makes the job a little easier and cleaner.
Shit my 97 Thunderbird with the 4.6L V8 was same BS. Had to turn the wheels all the way to one side to be even able to directly access filter on top of it.
@frankthechemist while I would love to see them just drag that dipshit and his terrible advice through the mud, I wouldn't be able to make it through more than a few minutes before I stopped watching out of rage!
5:20 I do that on filters that are hard to get to or you can't remove straight. Mostly on heavy equipment where you don't want to spill 1-2L of waste oil all over the side of the engine.
Poking a hole in the oil filter is a good idea in my case since my Excursion has such a big filter. It usually has about 2 quarts of oil in it so poking a hole makes is a lot easier to remove.
4:56 I mean, my lexus and many toyota's filter housing has that built in and the replacement filter media comes with a tube you use to drain when you remove the cover. Super convenient.
Ive done the paint marker socket trick. Not only does it make it easier to read but you can color code them. I had my common used wrenches in different colors for example.
Great video! That transmission stick reminded me of something I did as a young determined 16-year-old when I was in high school back in the early 80's summer. I got tired of dad putting off helping me install a Muncie rock crusher 4 speed we had gotten at a salvage yard in my 56 Chevy Pickup. I wasn't a big kid, maybe 120 lbs. at the time. I layed under the truck legs toward the front and managed to roll that tranny up onto a small piece of plywood over my stomach used my feet and legs to lift the front and arms to lift the back to stick that bad boy in there! Dad couldn't believe what I told him I had done when he got home from work, till he saw it in place, I had managed to do it all by myself without a jack. I had helped replace many transmissions by that age and I knew how to do it. It took all day and many failed attempts but, to that point in my life it was about the proudest I had ever felt. Looking back though, one wrong move and I wouldn't have had 4 kids in my later years of life! True 100% I swear! Young people were different back then, not all of them but I was, when you don't have money, you make do with what you can think up.
This is cool. I will say, idk if kids these days are so different, but sadly most of us are having to learn even the basics of this stuff on our own. It’s hard to be inspired if you don’t even know what’s possible. I wish more people my age knew that feeling of pride you’re taking about. I think that would change a lot of things. That feeling is why I became a handyman and I’m looking to get my master electrician’s license. I wanna solve problems for people.
@@greenbassboosts8872 Yeah. I couldn't do now what I did 40 years ago, wouldn't even try! I've got a bad shoulder and could even dream of doing something like that now, I couldn't even reach up with left arm to take out a starter! Sucks to get old but that's the way it is.
As a heavy duty diesel tech I’ve used the vacuum trick before in semis to change out the oil drain bung and it works wonders. (Late 20 teens Freightliner Cascadia’s to be exact)
i think the hack at the end didn't worked as expected cause you used a microfiber towel instead of the papertowel, the tiny strings of the microfiber towel i think went into the scored marks and cleaned them off which the paper towel didn't do on the original video
5:07 pro tip, loosen with oil filter pliers or 3/8 drive 3 leg claw my personal favorite method the bluepoint claw then once the oil filter is loose use a long flat head and just push it off the rest of the way!! Usually helps if you put the flat end of the flat head at the top of the oil filter in the little crimp near the engine and push it counter clockwise and let it all just fall in the pan quick step back and for sure not a drop on you
yeah...... being big and a mechanic kinda suck. I'm a suspension mechanic and i'm 6'8". i made poor life choices. for pure dumb labor, being a giant is great. for reaching thru the engine bay to pick something up off the ground, also great. Underdash and tight enginebay work is hell for me. i often find myself in situation where i need the middle of my arm to bend or threading stuff via fingertips or long needle nose pliers.
I feel you, I’m not a mechanic but I did tons of mods, body work and all the maintenance on my 4Runner and some things were just not pleasant, at all. 6’8”, hit the gym so I’m already looking a brick house too. Threading things in tight spaces was always the worst! Take care of your back as much as you can!
I’ve done the shop vac trick many times. I worked at a quick lube after high school. Someone in the pit under the car and someone up top to fill it. It happens where someone will overfill a car and you don’t want to do a full drain and refill. Shop vac on the fill cap, pull the plug, and let all little out. Works perfectly.
@@__-vb3ht lowering a car is fine. Lowering it to a point where it does damage to itself, things around it, or becomes unsafe and unusable is just dumb.
@@DBerwick I mean it depends. For a show car it's fine. Now you could have a philosophical debate about cars that are just art objects, but I still think the spring is neat. It might be useful for drift cars with a lot of steering lock. You don't want the tire to rub against your arch in every corner, but for edge cases where the wheel really is at maximum lock and the damper is fully compressed, when the last millimetres of clearance you built in disappear...I mean I'll certainly never need the spring trick, but I'm just in awe of it
11:35 I used a conversion to torque hard to reach spots with extensions or crowfoot to keep in spec when working on helos. To keep torque within specs you need to be sure if the extension is aligned straight with the wrench handle (in line with the torque wrench), then no need for the conversion, as it does not change the torque value. If the extension is at an angle, or if you're using a crowfoot wrench or other offset tool, you'll need to apply a formula to adjust the torque value based on the length of the extension. Here's the general formula: T = Tw * L/L+E Where: T is the actual torque applied. Tw is the torque setting on the wrench. L is the length of the torque wrench (from the center of the handle to the center of the square drive). E is the length of the extension. Steps to calculate adjusted torque: 1. Measure the length of the torque wrench (L). 2. Measure the length of the extension (E). 3. Plug these values into the formula above. 4. Adjust your torque setting accordingly based on the new torque value needed. Sometimes a well calibrated elbow will be fine for vehicles that remain on the ground and don't go airborne. Safety wire in tight spots is the real bitch.
So, Assume: Your torque wrench has a length (L) of 18 inches (measured from the handle to the center of the square drive). You are using an extension (E) that is 3 inches long. You want to apply a torque of 100 ft-lbs. Step-by-step Calculation: 1. Known Values: Desired torque (T) = 100 ft-lbs Torque wrench length (L) = 18 inches Extension length (E) = 3 inches 2. Formula: Tw = \frac{T \times (L + E)}{L} Torque Wrench Setting = (Desired Torque × (Wrench Length + Extension Length)) ÷ Wrench Length 3. Plug in the values: Tw = \frac{100 \times (18 + 3)}{18} Tw = \frac{100 \times 21}{18} Tw = \frac{2100}{18} = 116.67 \text{ ft-lbs} 4. Result: You should set the torque wrench to 116.67 ft-lbs to apply an actual torque of 100 ft-lbs using a 3-inch extension. This adjustment ensures you're applying the correct torque when using the extension.
If you do that socket engraving hack with the paint, you can just wipe off the paint before it drys so you don't need to use solvent on that rag (Carb cleaner is mostly just acetone). Just be gentle and try not to let the rag get pushed into the engraving. They use this technique on "How It's Made" in manufacturing processes (see the episode where they made Curling Stones if you need an example).
You also do this with nail polish and stencils. You wipe off the access with a hard plastic after applying the nail polish to the stencil of your choice.
11:57 that works and there are other similar tools, but the angle HAS to be 90 degrees to the torque wrench. Extensions don't matter, either. As long as it is 90 degrees to the torque wrench, you're good.
One thing about rubber bushings usage in cars: They are great to provide movement for the arm without a traditional metal to metal joint. The whole joint is twisting and bending the rubber. It needs no maintenance, no lubrication and has no play and also dampens vibrations from the wheel to the body. A traditional joint like metal on metal pivot joint (found on heavy trucks) are going to wear out, contaminate the grease, play will only get bigger over time, and needs constant relubrication to renew the grease as the grease gets black from the metal wear particles. Also it transmit a lot of road vibrations and shocks to the body. The downside of rubber bushings is the maximum pressure and load. For most cars forces are low and rubber bushings are suitable to gain all the benefiets. For really heavy applications the loads might be too great and would result in a comically big rubber bushing so insted they go with metal on metal cylindrical joint. On this heavy trucks there are an array of grease zerks all over anyway (every ball joint has greasable and adjustable play contruction, every pivot is tapered to be adjustable and regreasable, etc) so adding a few more is not the end of the world. On cars however forces are so low that plastic lined ball joints will have liftetime grease (as the grease toes not contaminate with metal wear particle as the metal does not wear and the plastic smooshes, but will not take shavings, also plastic is elastic so no need for adjustability for the lifetime expected, and too little price for such a small component so replacement is opted instead of adjusting), rubber bushings will have all the damepning and long lasting movement without an actual joint without play, annd without maintenance (before it's time to replace). And everywhere where is possible plastic on metal and rubber bushings are in place. metal pinion and plastic gears in the assited electric steering, and loads of other places. An all metal construction is still done only where forces demand for it - 30t+ dozers, loaders, excavators, mining equipment and all heavy duty stuff. That needs a ton of maintenance where having an electric grease gun is a must to do a once over every grease zerk. A car has no grease zerks.
I have used the hole in the oil filter trick on big boy oil filters where it saves you from making a huge mess. International DT466 has huge oil filters where they place them usually causes you to turn it to get it out causing oil to spill.
The socket hack in which he painted it to see the size better I actually used when I was younger but soon got to a point where I no longer needed it due to being able to identify what size I was grabbing visually by either the weight or being able to tell by the outer diameter especially when using a set that are my preferred brand usually matco or snap on, all mechanics that have years of experience in the field are like this and typically have found what set is most comfortable for them and a truly experienced mechanic never has only one brand of tools no matter if it is a wrench, socket, or ratchet they become accustomed to the way a tool feels and how well and efficiently it does the job with the least amount of failures and manufacturers don't necessarily come in to the equation
9:48 those bolts are holding on the cutting edge of an excavator bucket. As I'm sure you can imagine, the bolts and nuts can get VERY beaten up and it's quite common just cut them off. If you're installing a new cutting edge, you will almost always be installing new bolts and nuts too.
Do an episode where Sandro showcases his own hacks in the shop and the boys judge em. That’d be great.
This
Yup Im in on this idea!
This is an amazing idea.
Great idea!!
A tour of his shop and daily ops at least!
Everybody else: "WTF?!?!?!"
Sandro: "I've done that"
and the dude next to him is looking at la noire dialogue options lol
Haha Sandro is the realest. :D
"ok thats sick"
Knowing more about his past, I believe that absolutely he's tried every corner-cutting hack you can imagine
Only real one on the show. By the books phonies are gonna charge you an extra 50 percent for their image
Nolan acting like a high school boy working on a project with his crush 😂
I think he is annoyed by her, i understand him she is the most annoying woman on earth
you know they smashing
I mean a pretty girl in auto mechanic is pretty rare so can't blame him
Yup pretty much. Can't blame him.
cant blame him hahaha
I remember when Sandro used to apologize for cursing now he just lets it rip lmao 😂
Well... they can just censor them all in post. It's just a little more work for the editor. 🤣
Way of the road Ricky. 😂
It is wonderful. Just getting natural language the way people talk is great. He is just comes off as a thoughtful guy.
@@Jim-StickI personally love it. It just goes to show you the passion he has for vehicles. Like what person do we know that absolutely loves to work on vehicles that doesn't cuss em out every second lol
Sandro and Justin at same table is the best. Both charismatic and Justin is hot AF... The other table is the exact opposite tho, especially that annoying chick.
You used a terry/microfiber towel with the carb cleaner. The hack used a paper towel, which had more contact on the surface, and didn't have any nap to reach into the stamped lettering as much as your towel did. Just a thought.
Also it was just the tiniest spritz of carb cleaner. They soaked the sumbitch
@@000622477Also, also, their sockets are the matte finish kind, the TT guy had smooth shiny ones. The paint will come off much cleaner on the smooth finish ones.
came looking for this comment. thank you.
Lack of contrasting color did not help either.
however, that socket needs to endure much more than that. if the engraving cleans that easily, it ain't a good hack
"Tiny amount of brake cleaner, and a bit of paper towel"
*shitloads of brake cleaner and a fuzzy rag*
"Doesn't work"
Not just that, but silver dye is very different from a pigment. Metallic colors usually contain the actual metal.
Yup, fuzzy rag got in those grooves and pulled out the paint, paper wouldn't.
I agree, also the most visible colour you can possibly use on black is yellow
Sandro in the thumbnail it’s instant 👍🏼
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@@bz5301 how about you go listen to more of your violin worship and stfu
@@bz5301 is that what jesus would say?
Keeping this SHOW AFLOAT
Sandro and Angie are clickbaits
The punch a hole in the filter to drain it first is an amazing trick for diesel engines. They tend to have enormous filters and a bunch of oil in the filter. So you end up with way less mess in the pit or driveway. I've done it for decades on diesels and particularly annoying and messy filters.
7.3L Turbo Diesel or 5.9L Cummins B Series Engine.
I was a diesel tech for ten years, some of those 9, 12, 15 liter engine’s oil filters hold literally a gallon of oil so that makes it so much easier to deal with.
Was just about to say that even dt466e's and 6.7 cummins in the freightliner chassis
You've hit the filter on the head! Majority of us are doing this in our driveway and not on a lift. The less mess I make the better the driveway looks.
I think that it makes sense to take a precaution to minimize mess. I only work on my own cars with 4-cylinders, but I try to get as much oil in the drain pan and jug as possible--and clean up as little as possible.
They once tried the solo cup trick--but didn't use a solo cup.
ChrisFix promoted the Oil Udder. I bought it, but it wasn't big enough to catch all of the oil from my Camry filter.
However, a solo cup worked a treat.
Sandro makes a good point about tutorials. even surgeons look through instructions before going through a procedure. no shame in a quick refresher
😂 "Nah if your an expert you know it"
Someone who has never touched a specialized field
You’ve found some proper legends in Sandro, Angelina and now Steph. They could have this channel all to themselves.
Eh idk about Steph
@19ShilohK Angelina is more analytical about things (makes sense because she teaches) but Steph seems like a fun cohost too. Doesn't hurt that she's beautiful too lol.
@@unknown_individual7050 I just don’t like her demeanor, seems like she is trying too hard to be funny and her jokes fall flat. Sometimes it seems like she doesn’t even know what she’s talking about, but it’s all opinion I suppose.
@@19ShilohK Comparing with the first videos they were featured in I think both Sandro and Angelina have grown with the task a lot, and Steph is new enough that I don't judge the awkward moments too harshly. Heck, even Justin was waaayy more quiet in his early days with Donut and he's really become a great entertainer.
@@PikkaBird Perhaps, personally tho I am not a fan of her personality. Really, to each their own, but I feel like even in the early videos Sandro and Angelina made it enjoyable to watch and always gave me a few chuckles. But I do not share the same feeling with Steph. Again, all personal opinion, but shes been featured in a few videos and I just dont see it getting better from this point.
Socket paint hack - Use a bright color and a paper towel with a very light grip. The microfiber with a strong grip will dig into the grooves and remove the paint. A folded paper towel will stay flatter and have less of a change at removing the paint from the grooves.
You're overthinking it, plenty of paint will still stay in the grooves but the secret is that you only use a little bit of solvent, and that the paper towel is slightly abrasive, and that the hack was done on a smooth oxide socket, not matte finish.
This. And less solvent! I did this on my sockets years ago and on a couple guns too.
@@stinkycheese804dissecting intricacies!
It's also possible to just wipe of the surface paint before it completely dries. That way, no solvent is applied.
Or use Lacquer-Stik, a product designed expressly for this purpose.
The wrench adapter with the torque wrench can be accurate if you are 90° to the torque wrench handle. If you aren't 90° you're either shortening or lengthening the effective length of the wrench. Torque is force times distance. Torque wrenches are calibrated based off the required force to get it to click for a known handle length to achieve a torque value. The force value remains constant for a given setting on the wrench, if you change your effective length along the axis of the handle your actual torque value will change. This is also true when using a crowsfoot on a torque wrench, the crowsfoot should always be 90° to the wrench handle.
Let's say for example you have a torque wrench that is 12" long and you wish to apply 24in-lbs to a fastener, knowing Torque = force * distance, we know it takes 2 pounds applied to the end of the handle to get it to click. The torque wrench will be calibrated at this 2lbs to reach 24in-lbs. Now let's say that we decide to use this wrench extension adapter and it puts us effectively along the axis of the wrench out 5 more inches. Again using T=F*D we can find that with an effective wrench length of 17inches now, to hit 24in-lbs it will now only take 1.4 lbs applied to the end of the wrench. The issue with this is, the wrench will not click at 1.4 lbs, but at 2lbs, so to get this to click you need to continue applying an additional 0.6 lbs. Knowing that the wrench is calibrated to click at 2lbs for 24ft-lbs but instead of being 12" the wrench is now 17 inches, you'd essentially be 2lbs*17in, which is now 34 ft-lbs. It may not seem like much, but on smaller fasteners that can make or break them.
Sometimes you need to approach fasteners at an angle using adapters like this to to torque them. Simple calculations you can find out what the actual setting on the torque wrench that is required to get it to click given changes in your effective handle length (moment arm).
I'm a little OCD with tightening fasteners, I always torque everything. It's the peace of mind of things not coming undone. I've had a couple scary moments of the calibrated elbow being off and don't trust it anymore.
As a Car mechanic I feel like Sandro is the only one thats 100% honest about his experiences. So relatable
Exactly. I was a tyre fitter and TA. Serviced, repaired and even did special services, like replacing Bushes, brake pads, etc. on Semi Truck Trailers. All that good fun stuff. I would not take my vehicle to anyone here except Sandro. Possibly also the guy with him in this video. But defs not the other two.
They’re all honest enough, it’s just he’s a lot more forthcoming with all of his stories
Highly specific about the bushing job vs radiator support lol
Sandro the bi snitch that charge 1000 percent and not work on ish and break parts of your vehicle and charge you lot fees holding your car over weekends
@@NoelCo-yd1gudamn you hate him lol
Sandro on the thumbnail, I click. Brother knows what he’s talking about
Yep him and Angie I’m clicking. Them too together. You know it’s a good video
Yeah, you know whatever they show in the video, Sandro's done it all, for the boys!
Loving the addition of Tony. Cool to have someone who knows the science behind some of these weird things means. Keep it up RMS
Try the vacuum hack w/ the oil sensor! I'd like to see what it's like trying to get the suction strength/fit right.
We used to do that at the oil change place where I worked as a kid. It's not rocket surgery. Just throw the vacuum on the oil filler and let it rip.
@@CredibleHulk Did you mean rocket science? Brain surgery? Either way, if you've done it... point proven.
We used to the same trick to change out stripped valves on heating oil tanks. A soot vac will hold 300 gal back no problem.
Just put the vacuum in the oil fill and let it rip. The quality of the seal isn't important so long as it'd decent. Perfect seal, partial seal, good enough.
You can get fancy and use shop air too.
Homeboy picked that transmission up like it was Styrofoam
I definitely thought it was just a housing at first
he made me feel absolutely insufficient D:
I definitely think Justin could pull that off too
he is the right job for the tool
Bro turned the gravity setting off
0:30 yeah... weve done this also a few times as an emergency solution, when the alternative was "forget it, throw it away". works pretty well for that.
I had a chemistry teacher in hs that allowed open book labs; as she reasoned that real chemists aren’t going to 100% rely on memory every time they do something the first time. Smart lady.
Honestly..
Like way back when "you won't have a calculator with you all the time!"
Now: *smart phones exist* (heck even non-smart ones had calculators on them)
@@stone5against1 not only do I have a calculator, if I have signal I have access to basically every written thing in the history of humanity. Fuck a calculator when I can pull up pictures of the lady’s cat
Donut casually flexes one of their own is a scientist that has met a couple of legends.
Legends? You mean the Epstein Island VIP and now known predator Stephen Hawking? He is no legend, he's just another Nonce.
not a great time to be seen with Stephen Hawking
Yeah, that was a surprise! Very cool!
I'm surprised Jerry hasn't got any photos of him with any big science guys seeing he has a biomedical engineering masters
@@deedraak If your referencing Epstein. That book doesn't tell who did what, it was just who he met with and when, the dude was an adviser and money manager so he talked with people for multiple reasons.
Sandro "Cause im not swole like that my dude" had me freakin losing it!
PSA from a friendly nerd. The torque wrench to hand wrench trick will always over tighten. You will always be adding that extra leverage from the distance of the center of the torque wrench to the center of the hand wrench. This will always be over-tightening from the torque wrench setting.
Cheers, great video.
I completely agree that this is absolutely true. I was looking to see if anyone commented this before I did.
Technically, it's possible it will be greater, the same, or less - depending on how it's used/placed on the spanner.
Play around with some vector force diagrams, and how the resultants apply to the moments, and you'll see.
@@gordowg1wg145 yep, depends on geometry.
It'll still probably be closer than just winging it.
@@caseyhart9916
Nothing wrong with the old "tighten it up until is snaps or strips, then back off a quarter turn" technique 👍😉
I've used the punch a hole in the oil filter trick with inverted filters, so it drains down into the pan, instead of all over whatever components are nearby.
I'm using that next time!
My crossbar thanks you for pointing that out.
Then again, I live in the rust belt, maybe the oil's good for it. /shrug
I've seen people use a mixture of bar & chain oil and beeswax, sprayed on the undersides of their cars to help prevent rust.
I had a service advisor come out and start a Subaru that I had punched the filter, racked, and lifted a couple inches. They later had to come out and scrub off 4 toolboxes. Moral of the story? Teach your advisors which cars they are allowed to mess with and what means "no touchy"
I always feel bad when I see people's oil filter in a place that causes it to spill everywhere. I have an 04 pathfinder and it has a drain pan built into the crossmember below the filter so it catches and flows into one place. One of the few times the engineers were actually looking out for mechanics
The torque hack at 11:28 is super great! Dogbones, line sockets, crows feet all can change the length of you tq wrench therefore changing the tq applied to your fastener! Sometimes to tq your bolts there simply is no way to make your tool fit so a quick equation can solve all your problems if you’re trying to “do things right”. TW=TAxL/L+A where TW=tq shown on wrench
TA=tq applied to fastener
L=length of your tq wrench
A=length of your extension/attachment
Happy maintaining!
4:41 is very useful on cars with spin-on filters that are on the top of the engine and face down (2016 Subaru Crosstrek, for example). The punctured hole allows the filter to "breathe" and disrupts the natural vacuum inside the filter, allowing the oil to flow back into the crankcase. No oil puddle/mess to clean up after removing the filter.
Rarely at work someone forgets to install new filter after poking a hole in the old filter. Oil geysir! And the customer gets a free engine bay clean! They're happy about the clean engine bay usually
It’s great for diesels, filters can hold almost a whole quart and trying to wrangle them out is a nightmare.
I do this on my 924S and it has worked on 3 out of 4 oil changes.
it'll work, but you can also get metal shards into your oil in that case. I'd not do it.
@@drheaddamage Usually the filter housing just shears and no loose metal fragments separate. Whole different story with a rusted filter (very rare, but seen those too😅)
I knew a guy back in my twenties who worked on the big rigs. He could do something similar with transmissions, it was freaky. He also compressed my brake calipers by hand while we were changing my brake pads.
He'd have been terrifying if he weren't the sweetest guy you could ever meet.
I can press back small rear calipers by hand. a co worker was like what are you doing? I do that all the time. I can't squeeze front tho
Yoked dudes like that are always some of the nicest people
My Auto mechanics teacher used to tell us to hit everything we were going to be working on with penetrating oil every day for at least 3 days before working on it to give it time to get in there break up rust and do it's job.
Makes a huge difference working on vehicles with 200k plus miles and over a decade of salty winter driving in Northern MN.
I soaked my diff cover bolts in pb blaster for about two weeks prior to finally cracking em loose. Aside from popping em loose not a one of em stuck.
@@100GTAGUY, it works.
I've torn apart some NASTY stuff that had been sitting for decades. Couldn't tell where one piece started and the other ended. Hitting with a good penetrating oil like PB blaster every day for a week or 2 before you commit to pulling everything apart is your best bet at avoiding headaches.
The paint pen trick works for electronics too when you cant read the chip number. Just rub some thermal compound (anything you can full the low spots with) and rob it off. BAM! Now you can read that proprietary part number that is just a few off from the public numbers datasheet......
Guns too same way sometimes takes 2 coats though
I think donut messed up with one the color and two the amount of carb clean. The toker said "a little" and they soaked that rag instead.
@@balinorgryffudd2963I agree. They also shouldn't have used a microfiber because you don't want something that will get in the engraving. The guy in the hack used a paper towel.
Except that many chip numbers are not recessed so that won't work on those.
@@balinorgryffudd2963 They also screwed up by using matte finish sockets instead of smooth like in the video.
I did all my sockets after seeing THAT video on TikTok. I did metric in yellow and inch in white. Worked well.
Soapstone works well, and you can wipe off the excess with your finger. Does not last long. It's usually easier for me to find Soapstone than any other writing instrument.
My great grandfather taught me that trick, he did it with all his tools that has the size engraved into them. (course a lot of older tools use to come like that)
Yeah, ditto. I used some colored sharpies (blue and red for metric/sae) so it's not as long lasting, but easy to reapply as needed (and easy to wipe of the excess with just a dry paper towel). I've thought about using some more durable like nail polish but I'd have to see how easy it would be to wipe off the excess... I think one trick would be to wipe it before it's totally dry, and just lightly so you're not getting into the etched marking. Whatever the case, it's fun, pretty cheap, and no matter what it'll look better. :)
@@ytmadpoo I would assume you can remove nail polish with nail polish remover (i.e. acetone).
Since you're painting the etchings and that protects the paint, the paint doesn't have to be super durable, but it sticking on the metal somewhat would still probably help. Any acrylic paint or spray or a metal primer would probably work fine as long as you make sure you can still remove the excess. I think you can get them off with acetone, isopropanol or paint thinner at least if they're not fully dried.
I wrap my socket tips in 5 different colors of electrical tape and just re-tape ones that get worn down every few months.
Red for 5/10/15 etc
Yellow for 6/11/16 etc
Green Blue Purple for 7 8 9 respectively in the same pattern
It's super readable no matter the angle and can quickly glance when they're all on the rack which is which.
That fender spring is cool if you're not traveling while turning because it's the tire pushing out the fender, and if traveling at speed, it will catch and rip the fender off.
On heavy diesels with massive oil filters this hack is great 5:50
It makes the filter so much lighter and easier to control it and get it out from under the truck
It is but I would never, man if a customer found out.
literally standard procedure with everyone I've ever worked with in the diesel industry
@@chrisboyd3442 What would the customer do?
"man you punched a hole in my oil filter how dare youuuuu!"
@lwrcse-uj4oi it's def unprofessional say I worked an oil change place, fired!
@@chrisboyd3442 dude it's an oil filter, customers don't care if you damage gaskets or seals while removing them..
5:09 if you’re changing oil in a semi truck. Punching a hole in the filter is a big help !
Trying to unscrew and lower a hot filter with almost a gallon of oil in it, is a spill waiting to happen.
I work on diesel engines and quite often do oil changes. I pop oil filters every time. These trucks come in off route and are at operating temps when I get them in my bay. I pop the filters first thing and let them drain, then pull the drain plug, then get my parts and do my paperwork for the job. By the time I pull the old filters they are empty and cooled off.
Used to use the vacuum trick on gravel pit equipment, rock trucks, excavators etc..... had to swap regular drain plugs for quick connect drain plugs.... don't have to drain and replace over 30L of engine oil, and more hydraulic oil..... clean process, saves alot of money on wasted oil
The hole to drain the filter, not something I would do on small filters, but as a heavy diesel mechanic, definitely worth while on filters on 85L V16 engines. A lot of the filters have drain plugs on them to save you having to do this.
The vacuum also is a good trick for small engines, basically a home-made transducer, another tool I use regularly to swap out hoses and such without draining 1000's of litres of oil from a hydraulic tank. (Again, sometimes come built in on the machines).
Greay video, Steph is a good addition to the Sandro, Angelina stars! 👍🏻
I've done that! I mean the marking of sockets and wrenches. Can't remember whatI used to wipe off the excess, but it worked fine. Doesn't look as professional as in the video but still makes finding the right one a lot quicker.
And the draining of the oil-filter hack is hugely useful on for example Harley Sportster engines, on which the oil filter is horizontal. That makes a hell of a mess when you try to unsrew it when it's full.
that paint trick is actually super legit, though i do it with nail polish and non acetone nail polish remover. it also works great on guns too if you want the engraving to pop
I did that on my s&w haha
Wanna guess what the make nail polish remove from?
Depending on how much paint you introduce into the "engravings" of your gun you could end up with a felony charge... you can look into Kyle Myers aka FPSRussia, he got hit with some charges for "defacing" serial number after he sent out some of his to get cerakoted. It was bs and I can't remember if those charges stuck but they hit him with them anyway... thats why I just build my own guns and they don't have engravings on them *wink wink. Unconstitutional
Another really easy and clean/cheap way to make engravings of any kind pop is sidewalk chalk, I use it on weapons and tools alike!
@@jlo7770I don’t believe any charges stuck except those illegally obtained from him I.e. when they illegally searched his home and found a little teeny weeny bit of weed
1:20 Oh Lord... us D&D nerds knew this hack since the 70's.
lol. yup. Got a game tonight!
Not just for D&D players, but also anyone that has tried to engrave stuff. I use it regularily on flat surfaces. Just use some paint and a thin brush, paint in into the letters and wipe over it.
Dollar store nail polish works really well for color filling letters. Swap the carb cleaner for a little acetone and bam.
Used to be the go-to hack for cheaply filling stamped text in firearm receivers and such, and it should be more durable than the paint out of a pen.
But don’t use a cloth to wipe! The fibers scoop the pain out, Use your fingers or a paper towel.
Remember when they were putting the cheaper dice in the box sets with the crayon to rub into the numbers? That did not work.
I work in Agriculture equipment repair and I use that shop vac hack to keep 15-20 gallons of hydraulic oil from draining on me when I have to change a component. Works.
STEPH'S SMILE IS CONTAGIOUS!
Hydroponics are also used to grow lettuce and tomatoes indoors ;) When I was in college studying biology, there was a lab fully dedicated to studying hydroponics (it was in France, near Paris in 2009-2013) and refining the technique. I was friends with someone studying and working in this lab, he once brought tomatoes that were grown there after making sure they were ok to be eaten. These were among the tastiest, most perfect tomatoes I've ever eaten. I now live in southern France where homegrown tomatoes are known to be fabulous, these hydroponics grown tomatoes are still among the best I've ever had.
For those wondering what hydroponics are, it's a way to grow almost any kind of plants out of the ground, on a fiber substrate soaked in water and nutrients. And yes it's also used to grow "aromatics". Actually, "aromatics" growth shares a lot with tomatoes...
11:30 it's usually called a wrench extender and they are great. Extensions will not change your torque value (assuming smooth pulls) and neither will things that are offset by 90 degrees as shown in this clip. Only when the head of the bolt is offset out from the head, changing the effective length of the lever arm, does the torque value change. Even then, there is a formula for calculating the adjusted value.
11:30 - I am sure that will be throwing the torque reading off as it's adding another few inches of leverage.
He was pulling down and the open ended wrench was vertical. Should be close.
Anytime you change the angle you are pulling, you change the torque.
T=F x D x cos(angle)
Everybody calculates torque as Force x Distance (pound x feet or ftlbs) but assume you are pulling at 90deg to the wrench.
When you add the adapter and change the angle, you reduce the torque.
If you do that and have the angle wider than 90, you can over-torque the fastener too.
As long as the wrench is exactly 90 degrees to the torque wrench it shouldn't do much. Any other angle it'll either increase or decrease the torque value.
@@Christackleberry
This isn’t a NASA rocket. As Rasmus said, if you keep the direction of force aligned with the open ended wrench it will be close. Congrats on the trig
Close enough to do the job, but my thoughts on that hack were - but crowsfoot wrenches are cheap and turn your torque wrench into a big spanner for that sort of situation.
Definitely done the Jack and a wrench. Have also used a ratchet strap tied around a wrench and other end to a structural part on an ‘84 Chevy G20 van to get some bolts loose.
There's a lot I couldn't do without the ratchet strap
11:40 : The torque stays accurate as long as the torque wrench is on a 90 degree angle from the wrench, otherwise its gonna be off depending on the angle. Basic sine/cosine distribution of force.
You're right, but also the part of the wrench that connects to the bolt has to be at the exact same distance as the torque wrench, the further away you have the torque wrench from the bolt the more you will over tighten it, I believe
@@lwrcse-uj4oi yeah i came to say this, the added lenght of the wrench makes it easier
the oil filter punch hack is super useful on certain semi truck and industrial engines. the filters are heavy af when full and punching them loses so much weight it just makes it easier imo
The shop vac trick, also works for changing filters on diesel tanks, wouldn't suggest it for inline petrol ones tho.
Punching a hole in an oil filter before removal is more useful when it's mounted up the other way so it drains into the engine instead of all over the place while you're unscrewing it. I learnt this trick when I bought an SW20 MR2.
I would not punch a hole in an old filter until I know the new one fits. Trust me on this one.
If you buy the right filter... It's not an issue. I've never had an oil filter not fit. (Most parts stores even have a book dedicated to oil filters for cars)
Big facts brother
@@SilvaDreamssame & if the threaded parts the same size it’s usually the same internal thread aswell, just the size of the filter that’s the difference, if the sealing rings the same size it doesn’t matter, only so many people make the oil filters & car manufacturers know this to keep cost down
@@SilvaDreams erm .. NOPE .. I had a 1.4 Nissan Sunny sedan .... Car store .. looked up filter for said Sunny ... and gave me one FROM THE BOOK .... Nope .. what i needed was the filter from a Nissan Primera !!!
@@SilvaDreams A couple of times I've gotten the wrong filter in the correct box. It happens, luckily I have a second vehicle to go get another one even though it is inconvenient.
Love how Sandro was excited to do arts and crafts 😂
I have lifted a transmission into place like that but he got me when he said about under the steering wheels thats is my weaknesses😂well played
Great to see Sandro 🎉 love watching these videos.
We need a special episode for every hack Sandro commented on „I’ve done that“ 😂
I was doing some suspension work for someone and on hondas built 3-4 inches off the ground. The lower ball joints are SO close to the axle you have to release the bolt and nuts from the control arm holding the ball joint on first just to get the castle nut to clear and there's no way to get a socket on to torque it to spec. I tightened it as hard as I could by hand followed by a new cotter pin but the little wrench to socket adapter at 11:27 would've been clutch 2 days ago.
The oil filter one is actually really useful on certain vehicles. My Ram 1500 has the filter above the steering ram so I have to make an aluminum foil “water slide” so it doesn’t leak all over it. This method keeps the stream nice and straight, which makes the job a little easier and cleaner.
Shit my 97 Thunderbird with the 4.6L V8 was same BS. Had to turn the wheels all the way to one side to be even able to directly access filter on top of it.
Sandro really obsessed with people's hands in this one 🤣🙌
He judges real mechanics by the condition of their hands!
I wear grips when working out precisely so I don't get rough hands which I don't want, nasty lol
My dad wasn't around to teach me these things. I learn from TH-cam and am proud of it. Self taught
You should do questionable TH-cam car advice!
That's an entire season's worth of episodes lol
An episode on the boldest Scotty Kilmer "facts". That I would watch
@frankthechemist while I would love to see them just drag that dipshit and his terrible advice through the mud, I wouldn't be able to make it through more than a few minutes before I stopped watching out of rage!
Hell yeah! That episode topic is now currently slated for production. :)
This series is getting better and better
5:20
I do that on filters that are hard to get to or you can't remove straight. Mostly on heavy equipment where you don't want to spill 1-2L of waste oil all over the side of the engine.
Sandro is my spirit animal 😂
Poking a hole in the oil filter is a good idea in my case since my Excursion has such a big filter. It usually has about 2 quarts of oil in it so poking a hole makes is a lot easier to remove.
At 5:20. My oil filter is vertical. I learned a hack by removing with a plastic cup. So it catches any oil.
This was a super fun and cohesive episode, great job!
It's great that they all loved the "what no way" guy
4:56 I mean, my lexus and many toyota's filter housing has that built in and the replacement filter media comes with a tube you use to drain when you remove the cover. Super convenient.
Donut hires an insane amount of extremely smart people lol. Engineers, physicists.... guys....
Yeah the guys are always really smart
gals
@@jamesengland7461 lol okay bud. She said the more extensions changes the torque…… no it doesn’t
@@throttleproneandoregongrow5703 I can't believe how many people believe this
I don’t even read the title. I see Sandro, I CLICK
Get off his nuts
Ive done the paint marker socket trick. Not only does it make it easier to read but you can color code them. I had my common used wrenches in different colors for example.
Love Steph, Sandro and the donut bois!
Great video! That transmission stick reminded me of something I did as a young determined 16-year-old when I was in high school back in the early 80's summer. I got tired of dad putting off helping me install a Muncie rock crusher 4 speed we had gotten at a salvage yard in my 56 Chevy Pickup. I wasn't a big kid, maybe 120 lbs. at the time. I layed under the truck legs toward the front and managed to roll that tranny up onto a small piece of plywood over my stomach used my feet and legs to lift the front and arms to lift the back to stick that bad boy in there! Dad couldn't believe what I told him I had done when he got home from work, till he saw it in place, I had managed to do it all by myself without a jack. I had helped replace many transmissions by that age and I knew how to do it. It took all day and many failed attempts but, to that point in my life it was about the proudest I had ever felt. Looking back though, one wrong move and I wouldn't have had 4 kids in my later years of life! True 100% I swear! Young people were different back then, not all of them but I was, when you don't have money, you make do with what you can think up.
This is cool. I will say, idk if kids these days are so different, but sadly most of us are having to learn even the basics of this stuff on our own. It’s hard to be inspired if you don’t even know what’s possible. I wish more people my age knew that feeling of pride you’re taking about. I think that would change a lot of things. That feeling is why I became a handyman and I’m looking to get my master electrician’s license. I wanna solve problems for people.
Biggest trans I would ever lift in by hand these days would be a little civic trans. Body hurts too much these days to do much messing around haha
@@greenbassboosts8872 Yeah. I couldn't do now what I did 40 years ago, wouldn't even try! I've got a bad shoulder and could even dream of doing something like that now, I couldn't even reach up with left arm to take out a starter! Sucks to get old but that's the way it is.
@@tommychew6544 I'm only 28 but I'll mess my back up doing anything like how I did it 5-10 years ago.
As a heavy duty diesel tech I’ve used the vacuum trick before in semis to change out the oil drain bung and it works wonders. (Late 20 teens Freightliner Cascadia’s to be exact)
We see Sandro, we click. Simple.
i think the hack at the end didn't worked as expected cause you used a microfiber towel instead of the papertowel, the tiny strings of the microfiber towel i think went into the scored marks and cleaned them off which the paper towel didn't do on the original video
plus the guy in the clip said "a little brake clean". did you see how much those fuckers sprayed on that cloth?! lol
5:07 pro tip, loosen with oil filter pliers or 3/8 drive 3 leg claw my personal favorite method the bluepoint claw then once the oil filter is loose use a long flat head and just push it off the rest of the way!! Usually helps if you put the flat end of the flat head at the top of the oil filter in the little crimp near the engine and push it counter clockwise and let it all just fall in the pan quick step back and for sure not a drop on you
yeah...... being big and a mechanic kinda suck. I'm a suspension mechanic and i'm 6'8". i made poor life choices. for pure dumb labor, being a giant is great. for reaching thru the engine bay to pick something up off the ground, also great. Underdash and tight enginebay work is hell for me. i often find myself in situation where i need the middle of my arm to bend or threading stuff via fingertips or long needle nose pliers.
I feel you, I’m not a mechanic but I did tons of mods, body work and all the maintenance on my 4Runner and some things were just not pleasant, at all. 6’8”, hit the gym so I’m already looking a brick house too. Threading things in tight spaces was always the worst!
Take care of your back as much as you can!
Counterpoint, sometimes I fit my skinny ass in places I have no right being and need the brick house to wrench me out.
Picturing a TRex as a mechanic......
16:27 haha Nolan is like okay stop talking haha
exactly
I’ve done the shop vac trick many times. I worked at a quick lube after high school. Someone in the pit under the car and someone up top to fill it. It happens where someone will overfill a car and you don’t want to do a full drain and refill. Shop vac on the fill cap, pull the plug, and let all little out. Works perfectly.
That spring fender is a solution to a problem that shouldn't exist.
Ive got a feeling it flaps at certain speeds.
Wait wait wait are you telling people to raise their cars???
@@cyborgratYou think this car is going that's kind of speed?
@@__-vb3ht lowering a car is fine. Lowering it to a point where it does damage to itself, things around it, or becomes unsafe and unusable is just dumb.
@@DBerwick I mean it depends. For a show car it's fine. Now you could have a philosophical debate about cars that are just art objects, but I still think the spring is neat. It might be useful for drift cars with a lot of steering lock. You don't want the tire to rub against your arch in every corner, but for edge cases where the wheel really is at maximum lock and the damper is fully compressed, when the last millimetres of clearance you built in disappear...I mean I'll certainly never need the spring trick, but I'm just in awe of it
Love Sandro love Steph great video
11:35
I used a conversion to torque hard to reach spots with extensions or crowfoot to keep in spec when working on helos. To keep torque within specs you need to be sure if the extension is aligned straight with the wrench handle (in line with the torque wrench), then no need for the conversion, as it does not change the torque value.
If the extension is at an angle, or if you're using a crowfoot wrench or other offset tool, you'll need to apply a formula to adjust the torque value based on the length of the extension. Here's the general formula:
T = Tw * L/L+E
Where:
T is the actual torque applied.
Tw is the torque setting on the wrench.
L is the length of the torque wrench (from the center of the handle to the center of the square drive).
E is the length of the extension.
Steps to calculate adjusted torque:
1. Measure the length of the torque wrench (L).
2. Measure the length of the extension (E).
3. Plug these values into the formula above.
4. Adjust your torque setting accordingly based on the new torque value needed.
Sometimes a well calibrated elbow will be fine for vehicles that remain on the ground and don't go airborne. Safety wire in tight spots is the real bitch.
So,
Assume:
Your torque wrench has a length (L) of 18 inches (measured from the handle to the center of the square drive).
You are using an extension (E) that is 3 inches long.
You want to apply a torque of 100 ft-lbs.
Step-by-step Calculation:
1. Known Values:
Desired torque (T) = 100 ft-lbs
Torque wrench length (L) = 18 inches
Extension length (E) = 3 inches
2. Formula:
Tw = \frac{T \times (L + E)}{L}
Torque Wrench Setting = (Desired Torque × (Wrench Length + Extension Length)) ÷ Wrench Length
3. Plug in the values:
Tw = \frac{100 \times (18 + 3)}{18}
Tw = \frac{100 \times 21}{18}
Tw = \frac{2100}{18} = 116.67 \text{ ft-lbs}
4. Result: You should set the torque wrench to 116.67 ft-lbs to apply an actual torque of 100 ft-lbs using a 3-inch extension.
This adjustment ensures you're applying the correct torque when using the extension.
Glad I dont have tiktok
Nolan feelin a lil giggly around Stephanie lol I love it
11:30 won't tighten to accurate NM, because you are getting additional leverage from the 2nd wrench.
If you do that socket engraving hack with the paint, you can just wipe off the paint before it drys so you don't need to use solvent on that rag (Carb cleaner is mostly just acetone). Just be gentle and try not to let the rag get pushed into the engraving. They use this technique on "How It's Made" in manufacturing processes (see the episode where they made Curling Stones if you need an example).
You also do this with nail polish and stencils. You wipe off the access with a hard plastic after applying the nail polish to the stencil of your choice.
I will have to try that
I've bench pressed a transmission into place but standing that shit was crazy
11:57 that works and there are other similar tools, but the angle HAS to be 90 degrees to the torque wrench. Extensions don't matter, either. As long as it is 90 degrees to the torque wrench, you're good.
Dude lifted an empty aluminum housing got people thinking he’s the Hulk 🤣
LOL when you can see through the vent hole there's no torque converter and that guy does not have nearly enough ATF on him.
What do you mean you can't get torque specs with an impact!? Brrrt= 35Nm | Brrrt Brrrt =50 Nm | Brrrrrrrrrrrt = 80 Nm
😂😂😂
count the ugga duggas.....
I do believe the correct ANSI specification is measured in uggaduggas.
@@theundergroundlairofthesqu9261 that and the german standard of "gutentight"
@@theundergroundlairofthesqu9261 I can't stop laughing, dude.
One thing about rubber bushings usage in cars:
They are great to provide movement for the arm without a traditional metal to metal joint. The whole joint is twisting and bending the rubber. It needs no maintenance, no lubrication and has no play and also dampens vibrations from the wheel to the body. A traditional joint like metal on metal pivot joint (found on heavy trucks) are going to wear out, contaminate the grease, play will only get bigger over time, and needs constant relubrication to renew the grease as the grease gets black from the metal wear particles. Also it transmit a lot of road vibrations and shocks to the body. The downside of rubber bushings is the maximum pressure and load. For most cars forces are low and rubber bushings are suitable to gain all the benefiets. For really heavy applications the loads might be too great and would result in a comically big rubber bushing so insted they go with metal on metal cylindrical joint. On this heavy trucks there are an array of grease zerks all over anyway (every ball joint has greasable and adjustable play contruction, every pivot is tapered to be adjustable and regreasable, etc) so adding a few more is not the end of the world.
On cars however forces are so low that plastic lined ball joints will have liftetime grease (as the grease toes not contaminate with metal wear particle as the metal does not wear and the plastic smooshes, but will not take shavings, also plastic is elastic so no need for adjustability for the lifetime expected, and too little price for such a small component so replacement is opted instead of adjusting), rubber bushings will have all the damepning and long lasting movement without an actual joint without play, annd without maintenance (before it's time to replace). And everywhere where is possible plastic on metal and rubber bushings are in place. metal pinion and plastic gears in the assited electric steering, and loads of other places.
An all metal construction is still done only where forces demand for it - 30t+ dozers, loaders, excavators, mining equipment and all heavy duty stuff. That needs a ton of maintenance where having an electric grease gun is a must to do a once over every grease zerk. A car has no grease zerks.
I love watching these videos when I come back from high school ❤❤❤
Stop flaunting your youth to us
“Grow up guy” to not wanting to get your hands covered in oil is crazy. I guess cancer is just a word to some people
I have used the hole in the oil filter trick on big boy oil filters where it saves you from making a huge mess. International DT466 has huge oil filters where they place them usually causes you to turn it to get it out causing oil to spill.
11:05 that is not torqued properly, he is applying force on wrong plane
We need more of that girl. She is totally legit. Very knowledgeable funny and straight to the point.
16:00 thats EXACTLY the reason i have back problems. you do it once its ok . you do it since 2009 is a real problem now
I love Sandro. He’s the 🐐.
The title of “Past Gas Podcast” immortalizes mistaking “past” for “passed”.
The socket hack in which he painted it to see the size better I actually used when I was younger but soon got to a point where I no longer needed it due to being able to identify what size I was grabbing visually by either the weight or being able to tell by the outer diameter especially when using a set that are my preferred brand usually matco or snap on, all mechanics that have years of experience in the field are like this and typically have found what set is most comfortable for them and a truly experienced mechanic never has only one brand of tools no matter if it is a wrench, socket, or ratchet they become accustomed to the way a tool feels and how well and efficiently it does the job with the least amount of failures and manufacturers don't necessarily come in to the equation
9:48 those bolts are holding on the cutting edge of an excavator bucket.
As I'm sure you can imagine, the bolts and nuts can get VERY beaten up and it's quite common just cut them off.
If you're installing a new cutting edge, you will almost always be installing new bolts and nuts too.