The goober: survived multiple murder attempts and ol mate fixes with strict $0 investment policy Bruce: blown piston rings while getting proper maintenance
I'm offended that the Goober can survive an engine full of hazelnuts while Bruce dies from such a basic fault. There really is zero justice in this world
I mean, Bruce isn't actually dead, they just don't want to do the work to get him going. The goober is just lower compression and higher tolerances so it is fine.
@@gamemeister27 You can’t be serious. I said “on TH-cam”, not just this video. I know it will be the best on this video, that is obvious lol you didn’t have to point out what everyone knows
Something I massively enjoy and respect about Wade's channels and content is that even though he's shown his face before (as has James), they never make the content about their faces and themselves. The camera might incidentally show them but it's always pointed at the thing we're paying attention to. It's not jumping and swinging between the person and the subject. Makes it really fun to watch the content that way.
replaced atf cooler lines and now I have an intermittent runs like dogshit condition. everytime its happened it gives no CEL's, but the MAF reads are fucked. 40 hours into it. i hate working on cars.
0:25 the whiplash of hearing kangaroo collisions “just happen in the country” before realizing that y’all don’t have deer in Australia (which is what _I_ think of as “normal car collision animal”)
I've been in a car as it hit a roo before, those things can jump out of nowhere (literally) and can be pretty damn big. If they are in the middle of a jump it's going through your windshield and onto you, if they are on the ground at time of impact you are probably alright as long as you don't try to swerve, keep the car straight and slow down not too aggressively. Damn thing totaled the car.
a deer broke into my sister's primary school once, that was how I learned that we actually do have deer in Australia. fully thought they were an american thing before that
turns out the oil leak was the only thing keeping bruce alive. rest in peace bruce (It has come to my attention that this may not be true, but with the information at hand it's the funniest conclusion I could come to)
@All_I_can_say_is_Wow more like a seizure you mean? If I'm not mistaken chronic Ethanol abuse does increase the likelihood of suffering a stroke, but someone please correct me on that if I'm wrong
I heard a theory of limited maintenance years ago: if you start fixing things that don't desperately need fixing, the car will just assume you got money and time to spare and throw everything at you. Don't fix what is still running 😅
Thats pretty much my rules. My criteria for whether or not I bring my car into the shop or work on it is: Does it go forward, backward, left, right? Would a cop pull me over instantly if I was on the road? Am I able to drive it within the speed limit and keep it in the lane?
I had this clapped out Audi that I drove during early college/late highschool. It leaked like a bastard (or consumed oil at the same rate as gas) so once I started working during university, I took it to a friend's shop to get it fixed. They told me I should probably leave it and keep feeding it oil unless it got so bad that I'll get pulled over. Didn't understand why then until I actually had it fixed after graduating and yes it required a junkyard engine. I was fine then since I had a main car on lease but if that engine out was during my school years, I would've been screwed. So yes, sometimes leaving it as is is was the best option.
Can confirm. I've done pretty much every last thing there is to do to my track car, replaced/rebuilt the motor 4 times, full suspension rebuilds, custom parts I designed to prototype for future production potentially, effectively given this car the best mechanical treatment any car could ask for. And it never fails to have something else come up every friday. I just say "I have a toxic relationship with my car. I hemorage money into it, and it spits in my face and asks for more peasant. And its not even in a fun kinky way, but in a psychologically abusive one". I love it, but only because I'll never financially recover from selling it for market value. Stockholm syndrome in the car world.
Hey, ex-mechanic here - In my experience almost every single wheel bearing I've had to press or pull off has separated like yours did here. Just wanted to share my two cents on the matter. My method that keeps the time and curse words spent to a minimum is to cut the inner races off. I use an air powered cut off wheel, but anything similar would do. The trick is to cut almost all the way through, but not fully through so you don't damage the spindle. Then, smack the cut with a cold chisel. If you've cut enough away it'll crack and the cold chisel acts as a wedge to open the race, making removal easy and avoiding damaging anything with a torch.
The miracle of no salt on the roads lmao I live in Oregon and was able to replace my own wheel bearing on my 20 year old sedan myself because we don't salt the roads here
@hans-zimerman-alt the Abrams doesn't have a conventional Piston-driven engine. It uses a turbine. think airliner jet engine, or helicopter engine if you're a nerd, but slammed into a power pack and used to drive an armoured death box.
@@airplanemaniacgaming7877 That's what I was thinking. An LPG barra is still a normal piston engine, rebuilding one would be no different to a normal petrol engine
Hopefully they'll still have parts in SA for a rebuild... Think seals, gaskets, piston rings.... You would also need to resurface the head, maybe re-hone the bores... It's a lot of work for an engine running on a file that's becoming more and more scarce. Converting it to petrol on the other hand would be a good idea - rip the old engine, exhaust and fuel tanks out, fit in the petrol equivalent and send it!
Nah, the oil couldn't leak into the cylinder through the spark plug seal, because, you know, otherwise there wouldn't be any compression to speak of regardless of what the piston rings were up to.
@@somitomi The compression is momentary so it could theoretically seep down slowly through the threads, but then I'd think that it would only be "fixed" just as it started up, until all the oil blew out of the tailpipe.
Something to try before giving up on Bruce as a bandaid: Add some Berryman B12 into the cylinder with the plug and coil removed, let it sit for 6-12 hours, turn it over without the plug in to push the fluid out, and then re-test. It won't FIX the problem completely, but if it's a ring that is stuck, the Berryman can clean the soot off the ring and free it up to restore compression.
Yep this is worth a try, those plugs were far dirtier than LPG plugs should be so something has been going down in there, now it's only a question of if a ring is gummed up or if carbon has hurt the bore
I've got a mystery leak that the mechanic left rather than fix and maybe thats why? Don't want it getting too comfortable cause it might just die for no reason.
I remember once going to pick up my car from my mechanic after having a wheel bearing changed and, under the lift where he was working on it, there was an impact driver and socket set, two differently sized breaker bars, three differently sized hammers, a large chisel and an acetylene torch. Now I know what he was doing with those...
My grandmother had a caravan, and I kid you not the wheel bearing were so broken they sounded like a second engine was installed. In the city it was bad, but one day when we went on the highway it was DEFINING. He waited way too long and I feel sorry for the mechanic because there was no way they didn't come out without a struggle.
Condolences on Bruce. My best friends name was Bruce and he also died suddenly. From a self inflicted gunshot wound, but still, either way, poor Bruce. RIP Bruce!
I do pretty much everything with an impact 😂 doing axel nuts with an impact it’s a daily occurrence 😂 get the big high torque. Couple seconds and you’re fine
it's the using the wrong tool in the right way and the "that'll do" attitude that are some of the reasons i like this channel so much, because my friends and i work on cars the same way
I love your content, it's like the purest form of crack and it always makes me happy when I see a new video of yours. I heavily respect that you keep the channels seperate on the philosophy that you want them to gather a following for people who enjoy that subject and it's admirable. I also love that with the durm thing, you got lucky with some crypto and instead of buying a boring lambo (which you could still do no one would judge you) you set up an AWESOME drum museum with great intentions of allowing a lot of it to live on. TLDR: Love your content and respect the hell out of you, special mention to the guru james
This is the most Ford thing that could happen, honestly. Spending a bunch of money trying to fix something during routine maintenance, something breaking, calling Ford, finding out something you need is obsolete, then spontaneously biting the dust. Every Ford owner goes through this process eventually. Every. Single. One. Anyway, I drive a Honda now.
I wasn't prepared for the sheer horror of hearing James going "I dont know" and "that's worst case scenario". That man has seen some shit when it comes to cars, you know its beyond dead if he says anything like that.
1:59 I always find it so funny when people are like "do a James face reveal" (either on here or james' channel) when it's never been a secret. The nuggets where just always more interesting.
I remember having a secondhand BMW. At one point it lost all it's guts going up hills, was fine on flats. Took the poor mechanic ages to find out that one of the spark plugs died.
I love this channel because even from the perspective of someone who knows absolutely nothing about cars and engines you get proper insight into what goes on in a car guys world. From the literal money side to the emotional aspect of not being able to get your baby out and on the road.
Yo those impact ratings are 1. Pulled out of a marketing major's ass 2. Generally for reverse only Torque Test Channel does a lot of great work testing impacts
Yea, luckily that's a bolt that just needs to be tight enough to not come undone without being so tight it strips. Since it's so large it can probably handle a good bit more than the torque spec, so going full fuck it isn't likely to cause problems.
@@gamemeister27True true. Depends if James knew to check the forward torque instead of the reverse torque, you can find specs for both on most Milwaukee tools.
I have confidence in James. He's far more practiced and knowledgeable than most mechanics I've known, including myself obviously. I'm only just now getting into cars, electronics repair is my profession.
Personally I'd bore scope it and see if the cylinder's borkus if not, haul that piston out and see if the rings are fouled with old oil and carbon. Doesn't happen as regular with LPG with it being a lighter, cleaner burning fuel but it's not impossible!! The other option is it's been consuming a little oil and that's been building up carbon resulting in the rings fouling but uh yeah - I'd try Garage54-ing it, pull the piston out and clean it up to see if that gets it to seal again before attempting a full rebuild. Or there's always pick-a-part :)
you have taught me more about working on cars than my tech school, you would make a great auto teacher, im convinced ill get my bug running just off of your vids. thanks Danks...
It seems like he's at least in a coma until they decide to spend a ton of time and money on rebuilding an engine for an old ute running LPG. It's a super cool car, but that is a big ask.
Watching someone figure out the VCT phasers for the first time is always a joy. Ford aus are completely cooked in terms of their design. This channel doing the lord's work to dispel the layman myth about how incredible Barra engines are.
Haha yeah. I knew variable cam timing involved little solenoids that pull them into their alternate position, or whatever (mainly through VTEC); but seeing the way those switches were mounted was just funny (I'm guessing the clicks we heard were the relays for the solenoids)
it is always such a joy when you do some minor repairs and all of a sudden it turns into a full day's work or in this case probably several days worth . God i am glad i quit my job as a mechanic .
This video is literally what happened to me a couple of weeks ago, even down to the VCT actuators. My fix after getting it back was luckily only a leak in the intake manifold. Thanks for making me feel better
Funny how they do that like if I were to get a oil drain off that like no one else has touched and put it back on by hand, it will strip by putting it on by hand.... They can get 300 ftlbs on it no problem and it won't strip...... HOW.
As far as having wheel bearings stick to the spindle, take some anti seize and lightly coat it. That way it won't rust itself to the spindle, or use grease instead. Helps it come apart easier, when Bruce is working.
I have been in a car that lost the front passenger side wheel due to wheel bearing failure. Thankfully, we were only doing 20km/hr at the time, but it was still terrifying.
When I was like 5yo I was in an F100 which lost a wheel bearing with a full load in the tray and towing a trailer. We flipped and I ended up hanging upside down unharmed. Seatbelts save lives indeed.
I experienced that smash repair situation earlier this year, copped a deer (had never seen one in australia before in my whole life) that ran out from the bushes into the road at 2am. Managed to get home, next appointment to take it to the repairs to get checked was a month away. A month passes and then try to take it in, something is draining the battery to flat overnight, power steering failure, abs warning light, dash intruments stop working apart from revs. My old '93 car would have shrugged that hit off with just home repairs.
To get those bearing races off in the salt belt can be really tough. Top tip is to use the thinnest cutting wheel you can get to cut almost the entire way through to the shaft, then use your chisel punch in the groove to crack the remaining sliver. Goes quick, just gotta be real carefulling when you're running the deathwheel!!!
My Celica pulled the exact same crap. First owner didn't care about maintenance, the SECOND I put new spark plugs in I lose VVT, Idle Control calve, mysteriously disappearing coolant, a headlight went out and I have glitter in the oil.
It was sad to hear the pain in your voice over losing Bruce. I know how it is, we fall in love with our cars sometimes. I hope you are able to feel better!
Just did front wheel bearings on my Acura, CL chassis accords everywhere else but north america, its the same way where half of the inner race comes off on the hub. My solution for it was to dremel a slot and drive a cold chisel into the slot to split the inner race. Very hard metal, so its good and brittle too. The things we do for the cars we love.
The goober: survived multiple murder attempts and ol mate fixes with strict $0 investment policy
Bruce: blown piston rings while getting proper maintenance
They have spent at least $5 on pepsi...
15 with the Nutella @@CainXVII
I'm not surprised a Proton lasts longer than a Ford.
@@CainXVII If that was $5 worth of pepsi, Australia really is a mad max dystopia.
Cars 101: never trust a car
I'm offended that the Goober can survive an engine full of hazelnuts while Bruce dies from such a basic fault. There really is zero justice in this world
The epitome of "not all engines are built equal". Damn shame, but sometimes you just get super unlucky.
I mean, Bruce isn't actually dead, they just don't want to do the work to get him going. The goober is just lower compression and higher tolerances so it is fine.
the goober only survived because of it getting a deep clean after
leave it to a ford
found on rubbish dumps
Yeah that adds up. Him coming back to life briefly was like frog legs kicking when you sprinkle salt on them
Sad that this comment will never get the recognition it deserves as one of the best on YT
@@number2pensyl557Bro I think it's the most popular comment on the video 😂
@@gamemeister27 You can’t be serious. I said “on TH-cam”, not just this video. I know it will be the best on this video, that is obvious lol you didn’t have to point out what everyone knows
@@number2pensyl557 settle down grandma
Yeah
Something I massively enjoy and respect about Wade's channels and content is that even though he's shown his face before (as has James), they never make the content about their faces and themselves. The camera might incidentally show them but it's always pointed at the thing we're paying attention to. It's not jumping and swinging between the person and the subject. Makes it really fun to watch the content that way.
Wait so your telling me that wade and james arent just bodies without heads
Welcome to the guy side of youtube
@@BlumpkinSpiceLatte Sexist
Just filming the job, but still being good personalities.
Makes it feel like you're watching through their eyes instead of being a mere spectator
he sounded genuinely heartbroken at the end
R.I.P. Bruce, hopefully we will see you again
Yeah you'll see Brucey.... in HELL!! 😅
Bruce was, for a time, the most important car for Wade, so I understand how emotional he'd be about its demise.
"$500 to replace a $10 part?! I can do it myself for free!"
3 weekends and $500 of new parts and tools later...
But ya do get to keep the tools though. : D
@@Driver2806not if you spent all your money on them those tools are going straight back to autozone
Many, many such stories...
thats how you end up as a mechanic, you just collect tools.
replaced atf cooler lines and now I have an intermittent runs like dogshit condition. everytime its happened it gives no CEL's, but the MAF reads are fucked. 40 hours into it. i hate working on cars.
This is the Goober striking back in spirit
“Where there is death, there will always be death” - The Goober passing it's multiple near-death incidents to Bruce
@@MarioKartSuperCircuit The Goober simply cast Karmic Justice. Who knew The Goober was running a Faith build?
Would make sense 😂
Wait… I’m dead?
The goober is still alive though?
I've never been earlier to a Garbage Time, now Bruce is dead and I'm now having a garbage time.
*cracks beer*
To Bruce!
R.I.P Bruce
R.I.G
@@integerofdoom69 To Bruce!!
why is this not hearted?
Probably the best ad for a Milwaukee Impact Driver I've ever watched.
0:25 the whiplash of hearing kangaroo collisions “just happen in the country” before realizing that y’all don’t have deer in Australia (which is what _I_ think of as “normal car collision animal”)
nah we have deer too, have to watch out for both lol (amongst other critters)
I've been in a car as it hit a roo before, those things can jump out of nowhere (literally) and can be pretty damn big.
If they are in the middle of a jump it's going through your windshield and onto you, if they are on the ground at time of impact you are probably alright as long as you don't try to swerve, keep the car straight and slow down not too aggressively.
Damn thing totaled the car.
Kangaroo is Deer what got pants pocket.
a deer broke into my sister's primary school once, that was how I learned that we actually do have deer in Australia. fully thought they were an american thing before that
We've got deer, they're just kinda rare to see.
turns out the oil leak was the only thing keeping bruce alive. rest in peace bruce
(It has come to my attention that this may not be true, but with the information at hand it's the funniest conclusion I could come to)
That actually makes a lot of sense
lmao true
That's like how drinking is the only think keeping me from having a stroke.
@@All_I_can_say_is_Wow riiight
@All_I_can_say_is_Wow more like a seizure you mean? If I'm not mistaken chronic Ethanol abuse does increase the likelihood of suffering a stroke, but someone please correct me on that if I'm wrong
I heard a theory of limited maintenance years ago: if you start fixing things that don't desperately need fixing, the car will just assume you got money and time to spare and throw everything at you. Don't fix what is still running 😅
You might be onto something. Every "old man one owner" car I buy falls apart as soon as I touch it
Thats pretty much my rules.
My criteria for whether or not I bring my car into the shop or work on it is:
Does it go forward, backward, left, right?
Would a cop pull me over instantly if I was on the road?
Am I able to drive it within the speed limit and keep it in the lane?
Always leave one thing broken that you can put up with. If you fix it something else will break that is difficult.
I had this clapped out Audi that I drove during early college/late highschool. It leaked like a bastard (or consumed oil at the same rate as gas) so once I started working during university, I took it to a friend's shop to get it fixed. They told me I should probably leave it and keep feeding it oil unless it got so bad that I'll get pulled over. Didn't understand why then until I actually had it fixed after graduating and yes it required a junkyard engine. I was fine then since I had a main car on lease but if that engine out was during my school years, I would've been screwed. So yes, sometimes leaving it as is is was the best option.
Can confirm. I've done pretty much every last thing there is to do to my track car, replaced/rebuilt the motor 4 times, full suspension rebuilds, custom parts I designed to prototype for future production potentially, effectively given this car the best mechanical treatment any car could ask for. And it never fails to have something else come up every friday. I just say "I have a toxic relationship with my car. I hemorage money into it, and it spits in my face and asks for more peasant. And its not even in a fun kinky way, but in a psychologically abusive one". I love it, but only because I'll never financially recover from selling it for market value. Stockholm syndrome in the car world.
"Bruce has suddenly passed away."
At this point Wade should put Life Insurances on all of his vehicles. He'll be a billionaire at this rate.
Then comes the next Garbage Time: "We put Baby Lotion into the Bugatti Chiron"
That’s like a serial killer taking out life insurance policies on people before he kill’s them
@@bcj842 cardiddy
*Heavy insurance investigator breathing*
Oh, so THAT'S what car insurance is for
Hey, ex-mechanic here - In my experience almost every single wheel bearing I've had to press or pull off has separated like yours did here. Just wanted to share my two cents on the matter. My method that keeps the time and curse words spent to a minimum is to cut the inner races off. I use an air powered cut off wheel, but anything similar would do. The trick is to cut almost all the way through, but not fully through so you don't damage the spindle. Then, smack the cut with a cold chisel. If you've cut enough away it'll crack and the cold chisel acts as a wedge to open the race, making removal easy and avoiding damaging anything with a torch.
That was my first thought too. But it depends on what tools you have handy. Sometimes the old heat-n-beat is the only option you have.
Couldn't have said better myself. Angle grinder with cutting wheel FTW!
Same method works when changing steering head bearings on motorcycles.
8:27 as a factory Milwaukee user, its torqued to speck.
as a rust belt mechanic, i almost cried at how easy that wheel bearing replacement was.
The miracle of no salt on the roads lmao I live in Oregon and was able to replace my own wheel bearing on my 20 year old sedan myself because we don't salt the roads here
Ya'll dont use gravel on the roads when it's icy?
@@wulfleyn6498 nope - just a truly ungodly amount of road salt
A single tear fell onto my cheek from a lack of an airhammer. Last time it was an hour per side. 😪
Can confirm I'm from North Dakota and they salt the roads
Full Barra Rebuild? Sounds like a video I would 100% watch!
@hans-zimerman-alt the Abrams doesn't have a conventional Piston-driven engine. It uses a turbine.
think airliner jet engine, or helicopter engine if you're a nerd, but slammed into a power pack and used to drive an armoured death box.
@@airplanemaniacgaming7877 That's what I was thinking. An LPG barra is still a normal piston engine, rebuilding one would be no different to a normal petrol engine
@hans-zimerman-altobviously
Hopefully they'll still have parts in SA for a rebuild... Think seals, gaskets, piston rings.... You would also need to resurface the head, maybe re-hone the bores... It's a lot of work for an engine running on a file that's becoming more and more scarce.
Converting it to petrol on the other hand would be a good idea - rip the old engine, exhaust and fuel tanks out, fit in the petrol equivalent and send it!
@hans-zimerman-althonesty and humility are the two greatest virtues lol
Maybe the oil leaking into the cylinder was sealing it, so fixing it broke it! Anyway, my condolences
I think that’s exactly what was happening lol
load bearing oil leak :(
Nah, the oil couldn't leak into the cylinder through the spark plug seal, because, you know, otherwise there wouldn't be any compression to speak of regardless of what the piston rings were up to.
@@somitomi The compression is momentary so it could theoretically seep down slowly through the threads, but then I'd think that it would only be "fixed" just as it started up, until all the oil blew out of the tailpipe.
@@BokBarber Spark plugs are torqued down, there is no oil passing that
I can only conclude that the Goober has been siphoning the life force from other cars
THE UNDERBODY IS SOOOO CLEAN. Im saying that from a country that gets winters and salt on the roads.
LITTERLY COULD UNDERSTAND HOW CLEAN IT WAS, NEVER SAW ONE LIKE THAT.
Welcome to Aus
Something to try before giving up on Bruce as a bandaid: Add some Berryman B12 into the cylinder with the plug and coil removed, let it sit for 6-12 hours, turn it over without the plug in to push the fluid out, and then re-test. It won't FIX the problem completely, but if it's a ring that is stuck, the Berryman can clean the soot off the ring and free it up to restore compression.
Yeah true, a lot of different things work for that but I guarantee some morons would tell you to use coke lmao
The problem is that it's an LPG engine, so its highly unlikely there's any carbon buildup. But worth a try I guess.
@@jacobrzeszewski6527 Not if it was burning oil. Watch again and look at those plugs they pulled out. Sooty AF.
@@krisdphillips yeah good point
Yep this is worth a try, those plugs were far dirtier than LPG plugs should be so something has been going down in there, now it's only a question of if a ring is gummed up or if carbon has hurt the bore
Goober: Survives chronic allergic reaction and put through military sprint drills. Fine.
Bruce: You fixed my leak :(
I've got a mystery leak that the mechanic left rather than fix and maybe thats why? Don't want it getting too comfortable cause it might just die for no reason.
I remember once going to pick up my car from my mechanic after having a wheel bearing changed and, under the lift where he was working on it, there was an impact driver and socket set, two differently sized breaker bars, three differently sized hammers, a large chisel and an acetylene torch. Now I know what he was doing with those...
Yeah they can be a real pain. I always do my own and they rarely go as planned
My grandmother had a caravan, and I kid you not the wheel bearing were so broken they sounded like a second engine was installed. In the city it was bad, but one day when we went on the highway it was DEFINING. He waited way too long and I feel sorry for the mechanic because there was no way they didn't come out without a struggle.
Condolences on Bruce. My best friends name was Bruce and he also died suddenly. From a self inflicted gunshot wound, but still, either way, poor Bruce. RIP Bruce!
A toast, to Bruce and Bruce! 🍻
Bruce came back from the dead once, he can do it again!
Even if it takes a full engine rebuild...
James using an impact in place of another more proper tool will never cease to amuse me
And the fact it's a low torque
Fuel series Milwaukee impacts are VERY angry
Will be fine
I do pretty much everything with an impact 😂 doing axel nuts with an impact it’s a daily occurrence 😂 get the big high torque. Couple seconds and you’re fine
Good enough is good enough
it's the using the wrong tool in the right way and the "that'll do" attitude that are some of the reasons i like this channel so much, because my friends and i work on cars the same way
Using the wrong tool in the right way is usually better than using the right tool the wrong way
Was having dinner when I got the notification. Saw it on my watch. Loudly exclaimed “Oh for gods sake” to the dinner table
Lol
certified boomer comment
I was at working and did practically the same thing- my coworkers were so confused
Made me burst out laughing
Wonder what you're family reaction are
I love your content, it's like the purest form of crack and it always makes me happy when I see a new video of yours.
I heavily respect that you keep the channels seperate on the philosophy that you want them to gather a following for people who enjoy that subject and it's admirable.
I also love that with the durm thing, you got lucky with some crypto and instead of buying a boring lambo (which you could still do no one would judge you) you set up an AWESOME drum museum with great intentions of allowing a lot of it to live on.
TLDR: Love your content and respect the hell out of you, special mention to the guru james
This is the most Ford thing that could happen, honestly.
Spending a bunch of money trying to fix something during routine maintenance, something breaking, calling Ford, finding out something you need is obsolete, then spontaneously biting the dust.
Every Ford owner goes through this process eventually. Every. Single. One.
Anyway, I drive a Honda now.
I wasn't prepared for the sheer horror of hearing James going "I dont know" and "that's worst case scenario".
That man has seen some shit when it comes to cars, you know its beyond dead if he says anything like that.
"If I just do it until it doesn't go anymore" - I see James is a mechanic of culture as well.
1:59 I always find it so funny when people are like "do a James face reveal" (either on here or james' channel) when it's never been a secret. The nuggets where just always more interesting.
7:18 is it just me or does he actually look like Robert Pattinson?
@@kiwigaming09 he actually reminds me of Rob Scallon lmao
@@DanFourts very rob scallon yea
No proper face reveal but we will always get half a second glimpses of their faces to prove they aren't two pairs of floating hands lol.
James's face has been shown in multiple videos, I just don't think they want their channel to be about them but about their cars.
I remember having a secondhand BMW. At one point it lost all it's guts going up hills, was fine on flats. Took the poor mechanic ages to find out that one of the spark plugs died.
I love this channel because even from the perspective of someone who knows absolutely nothing about cars and engines you get proper insight into what goes on in a car guys world. From the literal money side to the emotional aspect of not being able to get your baby out and on the road.
words cannot describe how nervous james just full tilt ugga dugging made me
I held my breath lol
Will be fine
i kept thinking he was gonna stop... then every time i thought that.... he didnt XD
she'll be right
With a little nugget impact like that nah she'll be right. Might not even be tight enough
Yo those impact ratings are
1. Pulled out of a marketing major's ass
2. Generally for reverse only
Torque Test Channel does a lot of great work testing impacts
Yea, luckily that's a bolt that just needs to be tight enough to not come undone without being so tight it strips. Since it's so large it can probably handle a good bit more than the torque spec, so going full fuck it isn't likely to cause problems.
@@EllaBananas well the concern is that the forward torque is lower than reverse, so it might not be tight enough
@@gamemeister27True true. Depends if James knew to check the forward torque instead of the reverse torque, you can find specs for both on most Milwaukee tools.
I have confidence in James. He's far more practiced and knowledgeable than most mechanics I've known, including myself obviously. I'm only just now getting into cars, electronics repair is my profession.
it's fiiiiiiiiiiiiiine
The impact on the bearing nut felt foul to watch uncut. Thanks for that
Recently found your channel and love it. The old school music in the background of each video really sets you apart, please never change it.
James is so patient with his child, this is such wholesome father and son content
I haven't seen the channel in forever and thought Bruce was your snake. Had a mini heart attack and then I realized I'm stupid
Nah that's Frank.
I WOULD CRY IF FRANK DIED :(
Frank should live for at least 20 years. This channel will die or get canceled before Frank.
@@ProjectCypher132 FRANK DIED?
@@MonguzTea NO SHES NOT DEAD :(
Personally I'd bore scope it and see if the cylinder's borkus
if not, haul that piston out and see if the rings are fouled with old oil and carbon.
Doesn't happen as regular with LPG with it being a lighter, cleaner burning fuel but it's not impossible!! The other option is it's been consuming a little oil and that's been building up carbon resulting in the rings fouling
but uh yeah - I'd try Garage54-ing it, pull the piston out and clean it up to see if that gets it to seal again before attempting a full rebuild.
Or there's always pick-a-part :)
Put some windows on there as while you're at it.
I genuinely thought someone from one of the channels I subscribed to had passed away, and then I saw who uploaded this 😂
At least the car's name wasn't Leon
Close enough though, right?
RIP Bruce. You were really one of the greats. I wish we had these over in North America.
you have taught me more about working on cars than my tech school, you would make a great auto teacher, im convinced ill get my bug running just off of your vids.
thanks Danks...
Not him dying again 🙏🙏🙏
Prayers to him for recovering
We need twin turbo Barra Bruce rivival
It seems like he's at least in a coma until they decide to spend a ton of time and money on rebuilding an engine for an old ute running LPG. It's a super cool car, but that is a big ask.
i dont know why that notification scared me so bad until i remembered its a car- the emotions are still there though !! 😭😭😭😭
Here in Poland we have hybrids. If cold engine it's working on petrol. If gets warm - switch to LPG. Truly marvelous.
Also - fight at 5min - it can't be tight if it's liquid :D
from what i know its not only in poland but in most of europe
@@Mr.Kocialko_Kocialkowywas originally in Germany, somehow ended up in Poland
@@myownsite Must have been war reparations.
@@myownsite becuz poland is everywhee
I never thought I would giggle at watching someone use an impact for a solid minute.
RIP Bruce. Or not, I don't want to tell him what to do.
Watching someone figure out the VCT phasers for the first time is always a joy. Ford aus are completely cooked in terms of their design.
This channel doing the lord's work to dispel the layman myth about how incredible Barra engines are.
Haha yeah. I knew variable cam timing involved little solenoids that pull them into their alternate position, or whatever (mainly through VTEC); but seeing the way those switches were mounted was just funny (I'm guessing the clicks we heard were the relays for the solenoids)
Like many engines, the Barra is great.
Until it breaks and has to be serviced.
it is always such a joy when you do some minor repairs and all of a sudden it turns into a full day's work or in this case probably several days worth .
God i am glad i quit my job as a mechanic .
I’m usually more of a ‘technician b’ myself but watching that axle nut get torqued gave me the willies
Tech A in all of those questions feels like he got his cert from a cereal box.
He’s been dead longer than I’ve known him alive. Rest in peace again bruce
0:13 Wow i never knew this car looked so close to the fusion we have in the U.S untill just now
they have them in australia but theyre called mondeo
This video is literally what happened to me a couple of weeks ago, even down to the VCT actuators. My fix after getting it back was luckily only a leak in the intake manifold. Thanks for making me feel better
9:00 mechanics putting my oil pan drain back on be like
Funny how they do that like if I were to get a oil drain off that like no one else has touched and put it back on by hand, it will strip by putting it on by hand.... They can get 300 ftlbs on it no problem and it won't strip...... HOW.
you can hear the sadness in your voice.
gotta give brucey a heart transplant.
heck im saddened by this.
My condolences, Wade. He was a good Bruce that'll be remembered Brucely 🫂
Special thanks to Wade for treating our ears with every single ugga dugga of the impact gun
Bruce, you were such a good ute. I’m sorry to see you go so soon, even though you died 2 years ago and magically came back to life, just to die again.
making sure to plug in my hurr durr six hungos from ol mate Sen to hear those wonderful rattlegun sounds at 11:00
RIP you beautiful bastard.
*Brucetiful* bastard
10:45 I was never so entertained by watching a number slowly rotate
As far as having wheel bearings stick to the spindle, take some anti seize and lightly coat it. That way it won't rust itself to the spindle, or use grease instead. Helps it come apart easier, when Bruce is working.
James sending it with that impact driver for minutes at a time with no mercy is the scariest thing I’ve seen all spooky season
The Goober: Ngh, It should've been me, not him!
I have been in a car that lost the front passenger side wheel due to wheel bearing failure. Thankfully, we were only doing 20km/hr at the time, but it was still terrifying.
When I was like 5yo I was in an F100 which lost a wheel bearing with a full load in the tray and towing a trailer. We flipped and I ended up hanging upside down unharmed. Seatbelts save lives indeed.
I experienced that smash repair situation earlier this year, copped a deer (had never seen one in australia before in my whole life) that ran out from the bushes into the road at 2am. Managed to get home, next appointment to take it to the repairs to get checked was a month away. A month passes and then try to take it in, something is draining the battery to flat overnight, power steering failure, abs warning light, dash intruments stop working apart from revs. My old '93 car would have shrugged that hit off with just home repairs.
"they say there's 2 types, and none of them applicable to this vehicle", "good" 😭 I love you guys
To get those bearing races off in the salt belt can be really tough. Top tip is to use the thinnest cutting wheel you can get to cut almost the entire way through to the shaft, then use your chisel punch in the groove to crack the remaining sliver. Goes quick, just gotta be real carefulling when you're running the deathwheel!!!
I had never seen James's face before today 7:17
I've seen it several times partially before
I have and it’s not right I’ve always pictured him as a beheaded mechanic and his voice just comes from his neck hole
You know for an Australian he looks handsome 😅
He’s a stud for real
holy shit he has a face?
Rest in parts bruce sleep well
Knowing that Bruce is such a Nugget and is very special to you, you and James won't give up on him.
I really sat through that whole rattle gun moment. Oddly soothing.
My Celica pulled the exact same crap.
First owner didn't care about maintenance, the SECOND I put new spark plugs in I lose VVT, Idle Control calve, mysteriously disappearing coolant, a headlight went out and I have glitter in the oil.
13:40 alligator
I am so mad that I didn’t catch that 😅
3:40 i had the EXACT same dialogue with my dad last time we were at a hardware shop
What the hell no experience is unique
You can't convince me that "James" is not just Marty from MCM being held hostage.
I love this channel. It's like feeling the misery of owning a dingus car, but not actually experiencing it.
NOOOOOO BRUCEY, the way I genuinely gasped! Rest in peace Bruce, you were the best "an car" out there 😭
oh no r.i.p bruce the car... we will all miss you sweet sweet brucey
Dank just feels so genuinely upset at Bruce's death 😢
I want to see Bruce back on the road guys! ENGINE REBUILD! ENGINE REBUILD!
It was sad to hear the pain in your voice over losing Bruce. I know how it is, we fall in love with our cars sometimes. I hope you are able to feel better!
Well, I listened to Bruce's dying starts while replacing a window regulator on my own car... seems fitting. Fare thee well Bruce!
Can we Get 30 minutes of James using a impact driver as a torque wrench ASMR
Australia has kangaroos that fall from the sky, Missouri has deer that fall from the sky
F... I would like to see a rebuild our boy Bruce deserves it.
Poor Bruce died on the table. RIP. May The Goober carry on your memory
Just did front wheel bearings on my Acura, CL chassis accords everywhere else but north america, its the same way where half of the inner race comes off on the hub. My solution for it was to dremel a slot and drive a cold chisel into the slot to split the inner race. Very hard metal, so its good and brittle too. The things we do for the cars we love.
9:30 perfect opportunity to say "james can't get it up"
Watching James reef on that hub bearing woth the impact had me like, "ain't no f*cking way, that thing is ROUND now" 🤣
"there's gotta be a proper way to do this" proceeds to smash screwdriver into it. 😂
I am very impressed in James ability to blast his thumb and not swear, well done James
Those channel locks aren't fooling around! And never underestimate a cordless impact 😅
rest in peace for the second time, bruce...
This must've been a pre-existing issue, stopping the oil leak brought the compression back down. Ironic.
The oil would have had to get past the spark plug threads which is tough to imagine.
The leaky valve cover gasket literally allowed Bruce to run properly
It's so funny that the music changes when they're in the store. It's like they're in a videogame and each place has different music.
That impact wrench ripped off my soul.