This Is Why I Work Alone...A Rant
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Ok, just to be clear on what transpired here.
This took place on a Sunday. I left the shop around 3 in the afternoon to see to a family comittment and after, our usual Sunday night live show.
I left the shop open for GARRETT and AUSTIN to do the work on Garrett's car. The HELPER was there to ASSIST THEM and then close up when they were finished.
Once I left, THE HELPER APPOINTED HIMSELF MECHANIC and took over,
He was NEVER GIVEN ANY AUTHORITY TO DO SO, and when I found out what had transpired the following morning, I had a VERY intense conversation with him.
Understand that I knew all about his "limitations" and because of his particular life situation, I decided to try and work with him and hopefully guide him towards his goal of becoming a mechanic.
I would not have, and could not have done anything differently.
No good deed goes unpunished Uncle Tony.
Damn thats how I would cobble together a 2 man rush on a 1 man shit hole!
Things could have turned out worse. You tried to help people. and your helper did. in his own way. Garrett is getting one hell of a fast education ! And his car is still okay !
I have days like that to. Let me know if you figure out how not to have days like that, PLEASE!!!
That must have been the disturbance in the force I felt on Monday. LOL
You try to help people and be a nice guy and it bites ya in the ass sometimes!!
I'm just glad to hear that there was no mechanical damage to the car.
The word is “fuckery” as in “the amount of fuckery on this vehicle is incomprehensible lol.
You know that classic video about the HIstory of the F Word and all it's uses... they need to Add Fuckery and ur example!
That is exactly the word I inserted when Tony left it blank. I guess he thought he needed to censor himself.
Yeah. He’s used it before, as it being “afoot.” Good word
Yes, this was my exact thought, then I scrolled down and say this. Thank You!!!
@@RBCharger Yup, me too, as soon as UT hesitated I said "Fuckery" is what you're looking for.
Just an update for the comment section since I know Garrett personally, Garrett is going around town as I type this picking up the proper parts to get the Charger fixed. We’re gonna make a copper fuel line for it as soon as we figure out the routing after relocating the fuel inlet as well as seal up the oil leak and re-gasket the spacer. Hopefully by this afternoon Garrett will be much happier and we’ll be cruising to the track soon!
You're a great friend for helping him.
I Really hope & EXPECT that Tony will be Fixing it for him.... Right!???
Austin please don't use copper for the fuel line use either stainless or aluminum and tell Garrett to get a new sending unit. My first mopar had the same leak with the sending unit and the cause was the plastic when they get old gets brittle and cracks!
@@jontrudell7529 I hope they figure it out with some guidance, nit have someone else do the work.
@@stevepastore7970 Aluminum is just as bad as copper unless you are able to support it everywhere. Low fatigue strength. If you bend it, it is weakened. I would never choose to use either as a fuel line in any stressful environment. You don't need stainless either. Just the proper sized steel to ensure flow.
Was this guy you hired related to Red Green? Fixed that car with the handyman's secret weapon, LOL!
If they dont find you handsome they'll find you handy. Well maybe not .
I loved that show. I particularly loved when he made an Amphicar, rather than a car that can go on water, from a boat and trailer with outboard motors on either side to power the trailer wheels. And to compensate for the engines being water cooled, “we’re just gonna go really fast”
@@chaddavis7228 that is a bit of a misquote……”if they don’t find you handsome, they BETTER find you handy”……i.e. if you are not handsome you NEED to be useful……
@@redram5150 Anything's possible with the handyman's secret weapon!
Yeah but Red Greens stuff worked.😎
The carb gasket looks like a cut-up piece of a tire....lol
I'm betting they used a Q jet or Thermoquad gasket.
@@bobroberts2371 From looking at the repairs (which you can't even call it a repair). Your conclusion is very plausible. I'm still scratching my head over all that ducktape. We all know ducktape is a great invention and works on many different applications. But I've never seen it used on an engine as a final repair. Maybe a temporary fix on a leaking hose or something? Wow, just wow!
😃😄😄😆😆 it does!
That's nice, a helper that helps you into more trouble. He comes on a bicycle because his car is always broken!
Or because he is on his third DUI and can't drive legally. I have seen it countless times.
@@mexicanspec exactly my thought. The guy does not work on cars because he is unable to drive one.
I ride a bicycle. By choice. Twenty-five years transmission mechanic. Own shop. My bikes ain’t toys. No DUI. Ever. Peace.
You let a guy hang around to clean up and be your third hand when you need one, next thing you know he's running his own hack shop when you're gone. 17 hours really ? He's probably working at a dealership now.
Probably the Service/Shop manager...lol
I was wondering how this guy went from unskilled apprentice to mechanic without UT knowing hes this unqualified.....
@@thebear3589 just going to type that. I know the type you refer to.
@@supersportzcom I've known a few that seemed ok as long as they were closely supervised. They were decent parts changers. But, if left on their own stuff would quickly get bad. Especially trying to diagnose and repair wiring. Since they didn't really understand the systems things would just get bypassed and jumped with all sorts of wire until it either went up in smoke or somewhat worked. Even if it was a simple 2 wire light...
@@NBSV1 The fun REALLY starts when its only a malfunctioning one wire light...🤣🤣
There’s the NY Italian tony coming out...but I’d still rather him yell at me instead of uncle Kathy .
Ok my uu no
These are the folks that always make me terrified to buy a used car. That is brutal.
Old Chevy trucks are the worst.
@@cmr2079 it amazes me how quickly and horribly someone can fuck up the simple wiring system in an old truck. The most barebones vehicle, all they have is ignition, lights, and charging system, and somehow, some way, they fuck it all up. Truly astounding
@@cmr2079 old *farmer* trucks are the worst.
I learned new words helping a Vietnam vet friend rip apart an old 1-ton (either Chevy or GMC, had a 454 in it). And I was a Sailor!
Always make sure to take it to a good shop before you buy it and have them crawl over it. Worth the few hundred to save thousands later. Doesn't matter if it is a private sale or dealership sale, get it looked at. If they refuse walk away, there is always another one.
"I drink alone" - George Thorogood
Yaaaaa with nobody else
When I drink alone I prefer to be by myself
Not sure which of us said it first hahaha
@@Welcometofacsistube 🥴😆
as an aviation mechanic for a very small regional operator once said to me: "This is not a job; it's an illness."
@@sidviscous5959
Illness = passion.
As I go through life's problems I realize how lucky I am to have had a father who was mechanical and taught me the right way to do things and to recognize when something is over my head. He learned all that from his father who was a machinist. As I help friends and take on odd jobs here and there I've come to find out that, unlike most viewers of a channel like this, most of the population doesn't have a clue how to perform service or make repairs. It's not limited to automotive issues. Plumbing, electrical, HVAC, carpentry, you name it. Most people think that if it won't work it's because you didn't hit it with a big enough hammer.
Yes, 99% of the general population are morons.
Here here!!!
Mike W, I had the same upbringing as you,one of the most important things my Dad and Grandfather taught me was to recognize when I was in over my head on a job,or wasn't 100 percent sure I could do something.It seems most people would rather hack something to pieces or tear it up worse than it was to start with rather than ask for help,it's ridiculous.....
Best damn gift my dad ever gave me and my brother were our first sets of tools and the confidence to learn how to use them.
Yeah I constantly see fuckers messing with the shit at work as I stand there like man eventually your gonna make it worse than it already is just let the person who was legit hired to do the mechanic work. I work in a tire warehouse btw where some machines don’t always work as they should
"I have every carb gasket known to man, in this dimension, in that box over there"
I'm dead 😆
Got that same box in my garage! And another one with surplus water pump gaskets LOL.
And yet, that guy just found one that was "close" and modified it... I would have done more than just fire him.
That and "are you with me on this?"😆
I found out years ago working in a gas station when one of the guys came up to me and asked if using atf in the brake system was okay.... he had already filled it.
ATF works in power steering tho
@@John-jr1si Um...No. It will aerate like a mother. My brother about 30 years ago, tried that as a temp measure to move his car some place safe. It was not a pretty site.
Jeff How so? I filled up my power steering with atf on accident before when I was younger and it never died. I’m not saying to do it every time but they’re both hydraulic fluids correct
@@John-jr1si Brake fluid is very different than atf I believe part of that is the boiling point. Brakes get hot. older vehicles could use atf in the power steering system, but newer ones not so much.
Thomas Forthe Yea, it was a early 2000s Ford Escape that I put ATF in the PS pump. I was at the gas station and picked up ATF instead of PS fluid because they were both black and didn’t notice until after haha
Never be a McGyver in the shop. I wonder if some of the younger guys even know who McGyver is ?
Yeah we do, it's such a common reference
I feel old lol
@@lobmin I'm in my twenties and I know the reference because basic cable in California used to play it sometimes I forget what channel but I've seen the show myself
I call it farmerizing, if it can be fixed with baling wire, duct tape, or an arc welder lol
MacGyver was great! MacGruber was the bad one...
Some may only know the reference because of Patty and Selma are addicted to Macgyver on the Simpsons
That guy followed the old saying, you only need two tools in life WD-40 and duct tape. If it doesn't move and it should, use WD-40. If it moves and it shouldn't use duct tape.😂
Lol I’m gonna have to use that
That guy must go through a lot of duct tape! Uncle Tony’s facial expression after showing the heater hose is priceless!
The look on your face at 3:37 is PRICELESS !!! It should go on a coffee cup with WTF??? underneath it !!! At least you didn't totally loose it and get arrested. I commend your restraint.
Lucky that bum didn't get a 2" box wrench 🔧 in the ear.
I love the vapor lock fix... induces more vapor lock.
Should of duct tape the fuel filter too.lol..
@@gulfy09 There is no way bugs and flies are getting into the air filter though....
"I started to fix a dudes car,,, and then I got high."
AFRO MAN!!!
Finally, another song from afroman.
Dude got so high he hasn't come down yet...
more like a meth head fix going on here. i have worked recon over 12 yrs now, and you'd be surprised how much people do meth head repairs. and it ends up taking twice as long to fix it right then if it would have been done right in the first place.
Why would UT let a meth head into his shop?
@@tedesco455 Dont always know. Some functioning meth heads hold a job for years.
@@DarkLinkAD Good point.
We’ve all been there. It’s called being young and dumb. Now I’m old. And a little less dumb. 😁
Thats a certain kind of special, right there !!
😂🤣😂👏👏👏👏 love that vapor lock fix and zip tie to the heater hose. 😳 Lmao
The sigh at about 30 seconds says it all . You're a great guy Uncle Tony ! You are a blessing to that young fellow there. Free help is usually never good help .
I saw right away he used the wrong color duct tape. Silver is to seal mufflers. 🤣
Silence is Golden...Duct tape is silver!
I’d delete this comment
WOW ! That is one of the best examples of how not to do things. Back when I semi built cars I got ridiculed for being meticulous and doing things right. I was unlearning old stuff I'd learned doing it like that on the"engineers cars" I laid bolts out in order , I labeled things I took polaroids (long ago) I researched combinations . I never had failures because it wasn't done right the first time.
"If you ain't got time to do it right the first time,when are you gonna have time to do it again?"
BUT, what did we even see that 17 hours could be spent on? Did he make the duct tape?
@@kramnull8962 that was some extreme engineered duct tape work
@@MrNegative57 For sure. He blew his own mind with that...
3:34 Sometimes silence says more than words ever could (EDIT) this is the face your dad makes when he's helping you with multiplication tables and you still dont get it after the 6th round.
I still don’t know how to do long multiplication man.
Long division
This video is a good example why when hiring any kind of help the interview process is very important.
Unless, of course, they lie through their teeth in the interview, and claim ALL KINDS of experience... Only to reveal their incompetence once you are knee-deep in the schizt, and the going gets tough. When it becomes obvious that this "Helper" is only going to hinder progress, you have to jettison the chaff, and move on.
Tony, I laughed; I cried; I've been there, and I could outfit a small army with all these t-shirts. Hang in, there, Brother, keep up the good work!
My experience when an oil sending unit leaks, replace the sending unit.
If the carb gasket has its mounting material torn away & is tightened down. This will warp the bottom flange ruining the Carb
I think this is a mechanical type gauge with the plastic tube and compression end that's leaking... easy fix
Once replaced a leaking one. The new one was far worse, with oil gushing out like a severed artery.
Aftermarket parts frighten me.
@@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS mechanical gauges like that with the plastic tube belong in the garbage I refuse to use them only use electronic ones. God forbid that plastic tube fails and pisses all your oil out when you are driving.
@@GnarshredProductions yep had one let go once - and i had replaced the plastic line with steel too. It fatigued at the fitting to the sender. Lucky i noticed straight away as it happened just after start up. Would hate have one of those plastic lines let go inside the car. Imagine hot oil being sprayed on your crotch and legs at 50psi or so......
@@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS uh oh...if youre right, the plastic line wont pass tech either...
Brief description, I've been a professional (ase certified) mechanic for over 40 years. If I had a nickel for every repair I've made to someone else's repair I would have a shit ton of nickels. Nothing worse then someone that "think's" they know what there doing as apposed to someone that knows there limitations but wants to learn. You did the right thing in this situation. Good luck with getting it right and taking it to the track.
Damn, I’ve made better repairs to my bong than that while standing in a field.
Wrapping it with corn husks and straw....
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣👌
@@kramnull8962 I actually think I used a corn stalk once to rejoin 2 broken pieces when my bowl broke off the stem LOL
@@MrJayrock620 A friend of mine had a huge 3" clear plastic bong they made. They had used it for years. But seeing as it was 14" long it really was more of a hassle to keep it around. Well they gave it to my cousin and I. We used it heavily for a year or so. Then when things dried up, we started scraping the sides for the resin. Well, we got 2 kinds of resin in our blend, THC and plastic. He and I wheezed our way through that buzz for 2 days. Huffing and puffing just to make a trip to the bathroom...
Oh NO , What did you do LEE!?!?!?
Was it really Lee ???????
@@tensecondtwoii4182 The only "helper" that was hanging around the shop.
He was rather high strung
Wait a second Tony in years past you put me in many cars that I wish were this well put together how quickly we forget
Tony the look on your face was absolutely priceless. I couldn’t stop laughing. My wife said what the hell is wrong with you. 😂😂😂
I bursted out laughing too! 🤣 I need a gif of that. It was such a perfectly timed camera pan, and he was so genuinely baffled! Lol.
I've had 68 & 70 Chargers, 64 Belvedere, 73 Satellite, 64 Dart, and 87 Fifth Ave.
Really miss the 64 Dart 225/6.
Fuel filter laying down on valve cover after duct tapping for vapor hehehehe
You never McIver things in the shop, a TRUE philosophy to live by !
If they make a musical of UT’s life, this could be the title of it.
Uncle Kathy said she needs to run to walmart for some memory for the camera if she's doing a UT life rant.
i was thinking ( the mopario candidate or maybe Carface
Hey King, how is Oregon these days?
@@mexicanspec good.
@@mexicanspec its a bit browner here and downtown looks like a giant ruins site but the buds damn good every day
Id pay to seen Tony give the so called "helper" a ass chewing for doing those things to Garretts car, what that helper did is bullshit, I could imagine how bad Tony must have felt for seeing that. Thats the kinda rigging shit that crack heads do to vehicles zip ties & duct tape. That carb gasket looks like a thick spreadbore gasket that he trimmed the corners off. Tony you might ought to check your cars out make sure shit isn't missing or changed or borrowed parts
I agree. This is UT's work represented here, and that kind of junk has never been part of it before. UT is a bigger man than I am, if he let that hack go without a boot up his rear orfice.
I heard about a nasty thunderstorm over central Tennessee last week...
Common now Mr. Sema .Yes that was unbelievable and laughable what was done to that car and completely inexcusable but if u don't have a zip tie anywhere on your car as u are leading someone to believe then your hands have prolly never been dirty from wrenching on your own car 😉. Just saying
That's what happens when you let the camera guy work on cars! LOL
Uncle Kathy is a camerawoman though. And she actually does know what she's doing with cars from what I understand, I believe? Unless I'm mistaken that's how she and Uncle Tony met.
Ultra Kathy could out wrench that joker piss drunk and one arm tied behind her back!
"You with me on this so far?" and then the look of complete puzzlement....had me rolling. I subscribed right after that.
Many years ago when I had just started at a new shop a journeyman mechanic I barely knew new came over to my bay and carved “Trust no one!” Into the top of my tool box. Even though it happened to someone else the experience/lesson stayed with me to this day.
When I saw your helper running around the shop I had some serious questions just watching him fumble around. Sorry to see Garrett have to deal with it but glad you’re making it right, Tony
When I saw him pouring gas in the old Ford truck with a lit cigarette in his mouth I knew something wasn't right about him.
@@robertgrant4501 that's NOT a problem & even Uncle TONY soes that sort of thing ALL THE TIME & he made a VIDEO about that topic actually. A cigarette will NOT ignite gas! 🚬 ⛽
Lee always seem to RUSH around like a chicken with its head cut off!!! I never mentioned ot because I figures since UTG Vouched for him that he MUST Know what he's doing .... Guess NOT
That's what happens when you get "helpers" that are a novice but you can't really blame the guy he did the best that he could I guess without anyone teaching him what can you do
@@jontrudell7529 you are correct, but it will ignite the fumes in an enclosed area, I’ve actually seen that one, with any kind of ventilation though, not a big deal.
I’ve worked in a run of the mill auto repair shop since I was 15 (almost 21 now) and the one thing that’s always struck me is the unhampered ability to just not care. I think it just comes down to the way you learned, the boss man is a engine builder and old nitro head like uncle tony, when something comes in the bay you have to remember that not only is that someone’s pride and joy and not only a needed tool for them and they’re life but most importantly it’s a extension of your reputation, I can stop in almost any parking lot in my town and recognize a car I’ve made right. I carry business cards in my wallet with pride cause I know we do the best work in the county. I’ve seen dozens of “techs” come and go cause they get lazy and just try and push out work, many 2-3X as old as me yet they just don’t care and can’t be made to.
That's how you do it bro. Everybody makes it sound so hard to succeed..... Just make yourself stand out. Sounds like you're over there doing just that!
A close friend taught me this one, "do it nice, or do it twice!" Words to live by!
You sound like I guy I would like to have work on my car. Wish I could afford to pay you to do it.
The classic adage applies: If you want something done right, you've got to do it yourself!
Prime directive why I work alone!
*adage
And if you do it wrong, you know to not do it that way again.
@@paulhare662 It's trite, but true:
What's right
is what's left
after you've done everything else wrong.
Why did UT let this guy into his shop?
Trained right will do right,
"T- wrong will spend the rest of their life failing to do anything right.
@3:37 - You need to put that expression on a coffee mug and T-Shirt!!
As a Carpenter, i gave up on helpers years ago. I spend three times as much energy....100% goes to my work...100% goes to watching over his work...100% going back and fixing the mistakes i had to pay him to make! Much cheaper and quicker to just do it myself once!!
I'd be searching your shop for cut-up straws and old razor blades!!!
Nah I think he was Smoking METH not snorting coke!
Had that happen in a motorhome where the shop owner's friend complained about not being able to sleep because "those couches are hard as a rock, man"
This was the helper that was always 'rushing' around in the background...
Worked mental health for ten years, the guys mannerisms said alot about him.
@@Kenjh71 Yeah, but if you observed him he was very erratic in his behaviour. Certain Tony would have seen it. Might have just tried to help the guy.
That's straight up meth tweeking mechanic ing!
He sure moved around like a tweeker!
@@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS Cowboys have a solid chance to be meth heads. Never seen a fat one though.
@@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS unfortunately so & I've known FAT Tweakers too, either started off FAT already or got clean then fat then tweekin again...lol
or at least people who dress like cowboys do.
Rule of thumb, unless the helper is 14 years old there is a reason they are still a "helper"
Well Tony is likely a quality control freak too ( rightfully so) so I would find it unlikely he would have someone else there as more than a helper in any capacity.
I've been turning wrenches for thirty-two years.
When someone says " Oh, I know all about that."
I realize they don't know as much as they think they do.....
Everybody an expert you know. Everybody.
Good Lord. That’s even worse than a roadside repair.
Yep done some sketchy stuff on the side of the road but only to get home. Then it was fixed correct and safe and I would never teach anyone how to make my sketchy fixes and call them good.
That's worse than a roadside repair on Sunday night after drinking since Thursday....
The word you're looking for is this level of "incompetence"
There is no level, when it has only reached a negative number....
Any duck-plucker knows that you don't use gray duct tape on a black hose! Duh?
hahahaha that look and moment of silence at 3:34, I burst out laughing. Just pure bodgery
Your "Helper" I guess he was a novice just like this guy. If they had someone to teach them then they would learn how to do it the right way
It seems that his helper came up to him as if he knew what he was doing though. That just makes him a liar, at best.
@@elmerfudpucker3204 in 5 min of watching someone do something you know if there bullshitting. Tony isn’t stupid he knew that guys skill level. You get what you pay for.
@@rle1020 you can be competent on basic stuff, guy probably knew enough to squeak by
@@0xsergy I guess we didn’t watch the same video. This is the basic stuff. 😂
@@rle1020 i meant when he was supervised. i cant believe tony would hire a guy without testing him first
The kid was trying too hard. Now hes qualified to do 2jz swaps. Cabral will jump on this lol
If you want to work alone, then stop cloning yourself!
Zip tying the fuel line to something hot but not making the connection to vapor lock is hilarious. Maddening, but hilarious.
Wow, this is next level butchery!
Well done you kept your cool and you switched over to Professor mode
I've seen this type of work out there myself. It's scary how some people who "know what they are doing" don't have a clue. I see it a lot in the truck shop I work at. Our new "engine builder" built a Volvo D12. All I had to do was put in in the truck it was supposed to go in. So far, it hasn't been cranked and I've found multiple problems. The most recent thing I found was the wrong oil filter adapter and wrong gasket. Imagine the oily mess this thing would have made at 60 to 70 psi oil pressure from an oil passage the size of your thumb.
I challenge ANYONE to top this. In 1993, I had a aluminum AMG Mercedes block in the boring table. Top of the line, air-floating boring bar table. " Helper " turned off the air compressor and began his nightly shop vacuum and clean up. I bored #1, then #5, and got halfway down #3 when the air pressure dropped low enough to let the block float. In a split second, the block took a 45 degree turn, the cutter took a chunk out literally almost deep enough to hit the water jacket. It STOPPED the boring bar cold !
"....here's your sign..."
That's scary, My work wasn't that bad when I was 13. wow. Imagine what he would do to a simple brake job.
RESPECTFULLY............ IF YOU ALLOWED YOUR "HELPER" to lay hands on your customers car, YOU OWN IT, stop dropping the blame on the "Helper". YOU allowed him or her to pay hands on the car in YOUR SHOP after just "hanging around" and you FAILED TO CHECK THE CAR BEFORE IT LEFT?
What is a future customer to think when you allowed this to leave the shop, then dumped it on a person who was just "hanging around"?
Yeah
Tony, any chance of you making a video where you tell us some of your very own mess ups? So this way people will understand when you are learning mistakes can happen.
Interesting
He did. Maxed out some ladies torsion bars and when she put it in D the thing did a wheelie lol
@@katiehall5177 oh i know but i am sure he has many more stories.
We see this on locomotives all the time. Wrong parts, house wire, extension cords, JB weld, mig welded aluminum, wrong gaskets, circuit breaker’s bypassed, and of corse, ducky tape.
Not a single brain cell challenged to come up with a good repair.
My attitude was always: "You'll have as much luck lifting my car's hood as you will lifting my wife's skirt" .
Wow I'm Pretty darn Lucky then I guess cuz I've done BOTH of those!
P.S. when the Cats away the Mouse will PLAY!
Like the jumpmaster says:
Keep your knees together exiting the craft & everything will be just fine, goes for the wife too.
Who is that handsome devil from Texas in the background?
Thank you for letting visit, and thank you for suggesting Sammy's for lunch. Tony's pie is amazing.
Psst I bought you and Kathy's next pie so go enjoy it.
Nice!
"I'm helping"
-Ralph Wiggum, Former helper, UTG
As I watch, just... wow. Poor Garrett. If nothing else, great lesson in the costly nature of trusting someone by association only.
I see quite a few people that have a hard time with not cobbling stuff together when they're in a shop with time. Often people also struggle with taking the time to go back and fix the stuff that got cobbled together at the track or from when you didn't have time and/or parts. I've even worked with a couple of guys that would sometimes cobble stuff together on customer vehicles. Usually they did it thinking they're doing good by saving someone some money. In the end the customers usually end up angry since they lost time and money and the problem wasn't really fixed. It's not much fun to be fixing the same stuff over and over because it never gets fixed right.
It's also sometimes really hard for someone that doesn't know about cars to realize when someone isn't up to par. At least until things are so screwed up it's obvious. The tipping point I see would have been the duck tape. If you didn't know any better the carb spacer and no thread tape on the sensor might seem ok if you're trusting someone. But, wrapping some new hoses in duck tape like that should have been a stopping point.
Good to see Post Malone working on his own cars.
NOT Enough tattoos to be Postie
More like mid-Malone
@@TheArcticWonder lmao
When a problem comes along you must whip it... LOL!
Love the look on Tonys face.
Hi Tony, my Grandfather was a wrench for 50 years and he had a favourite expression for guys fixing their mechanical problems who didn't know anything about doing it right. He called them " shoemakers".
Told me he didn't know anything about making shoes, but they didn't know anything about fixing cars. Often said it cost those customers more for him to fix there screwups rather than bring it to him in the first place. First heard that expression 50 years ago and is still remembered . He was an old school mechanic like yourself....
All honesty id blame the shop owner for not realizing his helpers skills or lack of ..from what I've seen on all the other builds this is about par for the course..everyone has different abilities. You think think Tony could go work at the graveyard cars shop..certainly not.but Tony has his talents and skill sets
It's free help and labour Tony probably new he could be a liability but thought he could manage him and turned a blind eye, he also seemed to have plenty of energy Tony could put to good use
As president Clinton would say " I feel your pain ". The feet of rubber fuel line is a fire looking for a time and place to happen. You dodged a bullet Uncle T. A few years back I tried to teach an enthusiastic fellow how carbs worked and how to clean and rebuild them. He got mad when I expected HIM to do it and I wasn't going to do it. I was at a local car customizer and mr customizer had to " send out " a simple carb to rebuilt. My dear husband could hardly contain his laughter at the thought. Now for special applications there is no crime in ordering a carb from Barry Grant or other specialist for your specific need. Remember it takes at least ten thousand hours of practice to learn a subject. So be patient and learn / earn success in the field of your choosing. Stay Safe.
Sorry Tony
Unfortunately this is on you if "helper" was representing UTG or you personally which I suspect is the same. Growth can be a tricky thing. I've had Larger company and the people are always the hardest issue. Down to 4 people total, easier to manage and margins are easier to control. Love the channel and the knowledge and expertise that you share. Make it right and move
Tony better get the locks changed.
I had to rewind this one a few times
Communication goes a long way. Get to know them and what they can do before you turn them loose in the hen house.
I do some ghetto shit like use hose clamps as exhaust hangers and put tape on things that might rub a bit like a fuel line that is close a bracket or something but this makes some of my genius look oem and especially someone else's car I dont take shortcuts
The first time we learn a lesson, we don't laugh.
The second time we learn a lesson, we laugh because there probably won't be a third time.
Tony. Bro. I watch your channel every day. I love you man. But that dude was kinda not all there. I saw it right away. Choose your help wisely. Be nice. Peace and Rock On!
Got my laugh for the day. Maybe all week.
Stuff like this is why I started working on my own stuff to begin with. No one will ever care as much about your car as you do. No one is perfect, including me, but it just takes one hack artist to get you killed or stranded. I decided if I'm going to die because of bad work, it's going to be my own bad work. So far, 0 fatalities.
I was hoping you were gonna tell us how to make a drag car with that 2.40 gear. Had 2.71 in RoadRunner decades ago and it was everything But a drag car lol
IT easy to run those gears on a drag car bruh... just use 15" tall tires!
@@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS 8" Tires for all the Records...
Imagine if this helper would have done a gear change. Backlash, whats that ? LOL.
@@andrewbutton5580 Right! Like "Friction modifier? Never heard of it!!"
@@kramnull8962 The Carlisle Turfsavers I used got the best bite on Grass.
A bud who runs a bike shop says that the thing that will get him to run back to the shop is the sound of a Dremel Tool - the sound of someone trying to assemble parts that don't belong together.
The only time I've ever seen that sort of fuckery methamphetamine was involved.
Meth heads usually take things apart and never put them back together. So the normal guys in the world who fix stuff only see parts in boxes. I had to take over an entire shop and 14 torn apart cars from a now dead meth head once. Before he died he didn't have the mental capacity to brush his teeth at that point. He couldn't haven't even done this well. This looks more like ASE test taker incompetent hackery than drugs.
Hell! This dumbass couldn't have been on meth or it wouldn't have taken him 19 hrs. To wind some tape.
@@johnhegarty1761 Its more like ASE than drugs. He probably passed all the written tests.
As for the carb spacer, I like good quality studs that are extra long. If you are trying different spacer thicknesses you don't have to change studs untill you arrive at the spacer thickness that works best.
Tony I hope you weren't paying that shop helper by the hour!😳💰💰💲💲💸💸💸💵
Welcome to my world here in Germany. There is a shop here called "Speed Kills" and they charge customers for junk work like this. I have over 500 photos of the crap that they have done... Including criminal destruction on the original exhaust hangers on a C1 corvette..
Sounds like you should make a channel about it... We all could use another daily laugh!!!😁
Unbelievable but don't worry Garrett, Tony will fix that mess.
I own a furniture restoration business and have been working alone ever since my part time helper sanded all the veneer off the top of a dinning room table. I feel your pain.
ouch
Holy wah! Not cool!
I think I would have sanded the veneer out of his hide... 😠
@@ScottKenny1978 I let him go, reveneered the top and chalked that one up as a lesson learned. Been working alone for 23 years now.
Yesterday I finally got to look at my uncles 49 Dodge with 307 v8 conversion. Nice daily driver but there the fuel line was blk elect taped to the heater hose and actually rubbing the exhaust manifold! I had a UTG FLASH BACK!
Come on, you had to know that guy was a goof when he would go put his cowboy hat on as soon as uncle Kathy would start recording.
I literally took this man's advice and applied it to a 1972 Jeep J truck, had been sitting for years, long story short, new fuel tank, pump and lines, all new ignition EXCEPT the darn condenser. Fired it up and ran Great, for 10 minutes, then progressively got sicker and sicker. Sounded like dwell was off but metered at exactly 30°. Remembered his hint on poor quality condensers and swapped it out. BOOM! Perfect running AMC 360 key tap easy start up now!
I believe the word you were looking for to describe your helper was.... "INCOMPETENT".
adjective: incompetent
"not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully."
Or possibly Ignorant- knowing better but still not doing or performing actions properly.
As a regular car mechanic (not classic or performance), I hate old carbureted cars specifically because they *always* present with these kinds of problems. The half-assery, the botched repairs, wrong parts, duct tape, MacGyvering. I know it's not the cars' faults, yet that's always how they happen to be, so that's why I avoid working on them. The simplicity of these old cars is their downfall. Any idiot thinks they can work on them, and they do.
I've seen many things like this out of "tech school" graduates. With no knowledge or experience.
Many know enough to pass the test that says ASE certified w/ patch n' everything. Some do know theory & repair, they're out there, and most Will get you back on the road.
those plastic inline fuel filter break / crack / leak all the time, never run those, especially so above an exhaust header manifold. they are the cause to many engine bay fires.