✅CLICK HERE FOR THE STETHOSCOPE ➜ amzn.to/4dPK7FT If you work on small engines or cars, you need a mechanic stethoscope. Find out why this tool is a must-have in your toolbox! This tool is perfect for diagnosing issues in small engines and automotive repairs. For more videos like this, check out: 👉How to Adjust or Tune the Carburetor on a Leaf Blower ➜ th-cam.com/video/DWPUYJiF6KM/w-d-xo.html 👉CORRECT WAY To Tune The Carburetor On A Chainsaw ➜ th-cam.com/video/M6T5JoGXcHY/w-d-xo.html 👉How To Adjust Or Tune The Carburetor On A Weedeater ➜ th-cam.com/video/gmhxTvGRtCg/w-d-xo.html You can connect with Steve here too: ✅Visit Steve’s WEBSITE ➜ www.stevessmallenginesaloon.com/ ✅Visit Steve’s PARTS & TOOL STORE ➜ www.amazon.com/shop/stevessmallenginesaloon ✅Follow Steve on FACEBOOK ➜ facebook.com/stevessmallenginesaloon ✅Follow Steve on INSTAGRAM ➜ instagram.com/stevessmallenginesaloon/ ✅Follow Steve on TWITTER ➜ twitter.com/SteveSaloon ✅Follow Steve on TIKTOK ➜ www.tiktok.com/@stevessmallenginesaloon
I've done that for years also. I got a cheap stethoscope just with the metal diaphragm and it's amazing how much better and how much it amplifies the sound for locating ball bearing sounds and things like that well worth the five bucks that I paid for it 20 years ago
I bought one of these when I was 16 years old. I am 53 now. I still have it and still use it. It was a truly worthy investment. Thanks for the great content Steve!
Many years ago when a teenager, I pulled into an old rustic gas station in the middle of nowhere to fill up the tank before heading home. An elderly, robust man dressed in in well worn, splattered blue overalls and a well loved wide brimmed hat stepped out to pump the gas. The engine was still running. He popped the hood, listened, strode off and returned with a 3 foot hollow pipe. One end to his ear, the other to various areas of the engine. "Valve lifter on cylinder #4 is going causing the noise you hear. Best get it fixed". Wow! He was "old school" of knowledge and experience through simple diagnostics. I was blown away! Says volumes about the old day mechanics.
These days if the computer doesn't show a fault code, customer must be wrong about car having a problem. My dad was an A grade motor mechanic and had a stethoscope, I bought my own many years ago.
Screwdrivers, etc. work okay, but a short length of garden hose works well, also. Great reminder for us old guys that have forgotten a lot of the old diagnostic ways that still work.
That is really good for listening to belts and things that they run like alternators. I have one of those with a tube and the probe plugs into the tube I got it 40 years ago :)
Wifey's dad, diesel mech. He used to use a 3/8 wood dowel rod. I thought it was the weirdest thing but he kept it with his tools and he used it once in a while.
I have one!!! Every sound is one hundred times louder. I don’t usually use it until I need to know something. I usually forget I have it. Water running through a pipe, haven’t tried that yet! Cheers Steve 🍻 Ed out
Nice Steve. I have one also. But seams I use a screwdriver mostly. Just touch object with metal end an put handle to your ear. Works good. Usually do that in the field
Somehow I miss this video when it came out. I haven't seen one of those things in years and years. I can see how it would definitely be useful. I think I might just have to go for that! Thank you my friend 👍
A must when finding the correct front wheel bearing to replace. Bearing went bad on ‘04 Honda Pilot. Took to Honda and their “Highly trained” technicians all agreed it was the right side. Turns out it was the left side. Uh oh! Wheel bearing noise is notorious for migrating through the front end-you can’t tell which side it is. Moral of the story: Use a stethoscope, and check both sides. You will CLEARLY hear which bearing is bad. Save a lot of time and money. I wouldn’t be without a stethoscope.
Thanks, good info for those who don't know about it. But I've had one for many, many years. A very handy tool to keep in the toolbox. It's Friday, let's have a beer!
I've had one for centuries lol. I bought it to listen for knocks in an engine or a lifter tapping. But they make you look like a mechadoctor and impress the customer.
Steve! Lucky Lager! I live in Vancouver, Wash., site of the last Lucky Lager brewery in the U.S. It was shut down in 1985 and later demolished to make way for a large apartment building. As a reporter for the Columbian, the local newspaper, I watched on the day the brewery’s main tower was torn down. Point of trivia: In the late 1960s or early 1970s someone at Lucky had the idea to reuse beer bottle glass in the production of “glassphalt” - bottle shards mixed with asphalt. A parking lot north of the brewery was paved with this concoction, which proved to be a failure. Over time the surface was nothing more than gravel-like pieces of loose glass bits.
I remember playing with my fathers mechanics stethoscope when I was a kid back in the 70's. One thing you might want to point out is to not drop it or drag the tip across anything. MAN does that blow your ears out. If you drop it and that tip hits the floor like a spear, JEEZUM CROW does that hurt your ears. POW!!
Having that thing would have saved me 1500 euros in car repairs. Now I have one. I thought it was a loose camshaft chain rattling.. sthetoscope told the mechanic in 3 minutes it's just an alternator clutch.
welp... as an electrician. .. I use a 3ft piece of #4 bare... put it to your earlobe and put it on anything.. You will hear soo well that you can actually see the mechanization in your head
Hi Steve. Diagnostic tools that save you time, pay for themselves. I knew of them years ago, and now I need to get one after your demonstration that shows how useful it'll be 👍
for better do an analog of what you hear with it, you'd need to microphone from the surface itself by pressing the mic on the surface. it's just an approximation of course.
Steve, I used to use a cutoff broom stick. I could hear grinding and knocking but not a heart beat. You had to make sure you didn't hit the fan or a fan belt and drive it through your brain.
Thanks, Steve! I wonder if you can hear termites in the floor beams. My cat goes to a couple of places around the floor and stands there listening. One place in particular under my desk is a small tin garbage can, and she sticks her head just in the top of it and listens. I am pretty sure she hears something. I just ordered the $ $4 one to see if I can hear anything.
Works on all kinds of stuff. Used one to find a weird noise emitted from my bicycle. Weird noises on bicycles are toughies. Is it the alternator or the a/c compressor or a belt system issue, is another example
The first time I ever saw and got to try one was on a Buick fireball 8 that had a loose rod according to the mechanic it was #5 or 6 and it definitely sounded different from the others. I thought it was kinda cool.
My father used to put the tip of a long screwdriver on various spots of a running engine or machine & the other end against his ear to do exactly this...
It'll be hard to get it to work with a mic, you need a good seal like you get with the tips in your ears otherwise the sound pressure wave gets lost and you hear nothing.
Brilliant tool Steve. Been following you for a long time, but don't always leave a comment. I just looked up this tool on Amazon UK and can get it for £7.00. Thanks for the information. 👌👍👍 I want to ask you a question if you don't mind. I have an old Ryobi Strimmer RCT2800. I put new piston rings on it and cleaned it up. The problem was that the "Reed Valve" came apart and got bent by the piston when it fell inside the engine intake. It is a very simple reed valve with just two parts. I can't find a replacement anywhere. So I am wondering if I can make one. I saw that carbon fiber board can be used and comes in many thicknesses. Can this be done, and would it work? I have the two old metal parts of the valve which are slightly bent. I have wondered if I could even bend them back, or are the measurements very critical? Thanks for any advice mate.
Awesome tool. I bought one about 15 years ago from HF to find a bad bearing on my scooter without taking it apart. I don't think I spent more than $10. I never thought of using it to find stuff inside of walls. Brilliant.
I use mine routinely. My fuel pump's haywire and doesn't always kick in, so rather than run the battery down waiting for it to cooperate, I wait till I hear it turn before I crank.
I do it with a screwdriver or extension. The stethoscope is too sensitive I've found at times, noise transmits easily and can screw you up. It doesn't transmit as easily with a screwdriver or extension, you gotta be right on what you're listening for to find it.
I just found and ordered one that includes an additional extension rod for 217 pesos delivered, which is about 4 bucks. Crazy cheap with 27 ratings at 5.0... which is the best one can get. I'm an ex-pat living in the Philippines. Thanks for the tip bud... & Thumbs Up !!
Great tool that I bought years ago at Princess auto. Works well for diagnosing bad idler wheels and belt tensioners, bearings ect. on vehicles. Never thought to use it on small engines. Great idea. Thank you Steve.
I was able to diagnose an exact issue with a motorcycle engine, just by the sound as I walked around, finding where it was the loudest and picturing in my mind what was there. Told they guy he had a failed bearing inside the engine case that supported an internal shaft to drive the alternator. Told him to keep his mouth shut about what I'd said and to see what the mechanic says from their diagnosis. Confirmed it to a T. It was under warranty, they had to remove the engine and split the cases to access/repair it, which is what I told him would have to happen. I'd'v'e loved to've had that tool in hand in that gas station parking lot. He'd flagged me over as soon as he heard the new noise from his new bike.
55 years ago I would use a long screwdriver. Touch the blade end to whatever you wanted to listen to then lower your temple to the handle. Sound is clear as a bell.
A very useful tool. When I was a kid I used to hold a 1/4" dowel against the housing of whatever bearing I was checking out and put the other end against my ear...sure enough you could hear a bad bearing through the stick. Years later my doctor gave me a stethoscope he was going to replace and I've been using that ever since. Like the idea of the metal rod addition as it would let me reach items I can't reach with a regular stethoscope.
Hi Steve, I have a friend that's mechanically inclined. His car broke down on the highway and wouldn't run. He had the car towed to his Dad's house (because it was close by). My friend told his dad that the car's engine quit working on his drive to work and didn't know why. The father said : Get me a 2x4. He took the stick and put it on the engine block. Told his son to turn the key while he had his ear close to the stick. The son turned the key and his dad told him to stop. He said that the distributor was broken. The son took out the distributor and the shaft was broken. Now mechanics have a tool to listen with, even better. Take care. Roland
I was a ASE Master technician for about 25 years. My stethoscope was one of my useful diagnostic tools. It will help discover internal problems before they break and cost hundreds to thousands of dollars. Great video, great advice.
Yeah Steve, they are great fun to mess with. I was taught to use the same idea on fuel injectors but with either an extra long screwdriver or a long extension bar from a socket set. I've even seen a workman who worked for the water repair company use a 4ft length of metal rod. He'd wander around stopping every so often and use it to listen to the sidewalk or the road. He was doing exactly what you did to for that hot water pipe, just a bigger leak. Him wandering around with his 'Stick' did look a bit odd at first until the science of it was explained to me.
That video Steve, has taken me from 25% to 100%. Better than a stand up comedian. No, seriously that looks like an awesome piece of kit, I need one. The water utility people use poles with ear cups which they hold to the ground to listen for water flow, so I definitely believe you narrative. It’s going on my Christmas wish list. Great video. Andy Out 🍺
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Been doing that since I was a kid with screw drivers. One end on the device, handle to my ear. Works great.
Do the same thing. Learned it from my dad.
Right on
I've done that for years also. I got a cheap stethoscope just with the metal diaphragm and it's amazing how much better and how much it amplifies the sound for locating ball bearing sounds and things like that well worth the five bucks that I paid for it 20 years ago
Same here @llg5048.👍
Yes, I have done that too...stethoscope is so much better...but I have done the same with screwdriver when I was without the stethoscope for sure.
Hey Steve, just for fun, next time you crack open a cold brew, stick the tip of that stethoscope in the can and listen to the carbonation!
Cheers! 🍺
I bought one of these when I was 16 years old. I am 53 now. I still have it and still use it. It was a truly worthy investment. Thanks for the great content Steve!
Thanks for sharing!
Dr Steve will see you now
Many years ago when a teenager, I pulled into an old rustic gas station in the middle of nowhere to fill up the tank before heading home. An elderly, robust man dressed in in well worn, splattered blue overalls and a well loved wide brimmed hat stepped out to pump the gas. The engine was still running. He popped the hood, listened, strode off and returned with a 3 foot hollow pipe. One end to his ear, the other to various areas of the engine. "Valve lifter on cylinder #4 is going causing the noise you hear. Best get it fixed". Wow! He was "old school" of knowledge and experience through simple diagnostics. I was blown away! Says volumes about the old day mechanics.
I wear overalls every day. HA. but yea you can tell a lot about an engine when you listen..."listening" is different than "hearing"
These days if the computer doesn't show a fault code, customer must be wrong about car having a problem.
My dad was an A grade motor mechanic and had a stethoscope, I bought my own many years ago.
Screwdrivers, etc. work okay, but a short length of garden hose works well, also. Great reminder for us old guys that have forgotten a lot of the old diagnostic ways that still work.
That is really good for listening to belts and things that they run like alternators. I have one of those with a tube and the probe plugs into the tube I got it 40 years ago :)
My dad showed me that trick back in the 70s with a broomstick.
Wifey's dad, diesel mech. He used to use a 3/8 wood dowel rod. I thought it was the weirdest thing but he kept it with his tools and he used it once in a while.
COOL!..... can you hear tomorrow coming? :))))
Just got one on Amazon, all in (tax and shipping)(I’m in Ontario) for $12!
It was on sale… regular price was $17.
Thanks for the heads up Steve.
I have one!!! Every sound is one hundred times louder. I don’t usually use it until I need to know something. I usually forget I have it.
Water running through a pipe, haven’t tried that yet!
Cheers Steve 🍻
Ed out
Nice Steve. I have one also. But seams I use a screwdriver mostly. Just touch object with metal end an put handle to your ear. Works good. Usually do that in the field
Have one I made myself from a throw away stethoscope a nurse I know had. It is $13 on Amazon here in the states. It is a amazing tool.
Somehow I miss this video when it came out. I haven't seen one of those things in years and years. I can see how it would definitely be useful. I think I might just have to go for that! Thank you my friend 👍
A must when finding the correct front wheel bearing to replace. Bearing went bad on ‘04 Honda Pilot. Took to Honda and their “Highly trained” technicians all agreed it was the right side. Turns out it was the left side. Uh oh!
Wheel bearing noise is notorious for migrating through the front end-you can’t tell which side it is. Moral of the story: Use a stethoscope, and check both sides. You will CLEARLY hear which bearing is bad. Save a lot of time and money. I wouldn’t be without a stethoscope.
Thanks, good info for those who don't know about it. But I've had one for many, many years. A very handy tool to keep in the toolbox. It's Friday, let's have a beer!
Right on buddy!
We use to use an ultrasound to detect bypassing on hydraulic valves. Different but same purpose.
I've had one for centuries lol. I bought it to listen for knocks in an engine or a lifter tapping. But they make you look like a mechadoctor and impress the customer.
You mean I don’t have to stick a screwdriver in my ear any more? Sweet!
Calling Dr Howard Dr Fine Dr Howard
Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!
71 years old and when i was a kid we used an old piece of water hose.
Steve! Lucky Lager! I live in Vancouver, Wash., site of the last Lucky Lager brewery in the U.S. It was shut down in 1985 and later demolished to make way for a large apartment building. As a reporter for the Columbian, the local newspaper, I watched on the day the brewery’s main tower was torn down. Point of trivia: In the late 1960s or early 1970s someone at Lucky had the idea to reuse beer bottle glass in the production of “glassphalt” - bottle shards mixed with asphalt. A parking lot north of the brewery was paved with this concoction, which proved to be a failure. Over time the surface was nothing more than gravel-like pieces of loose glass bits.
Vancouver Island BC also had a Lucky brewery, and it's remained popular with us islanders to this day!
They are great for finding the noisy fan pully on your vehicle. I have used a dowel rod.
Yep. The wood amplifies the sound really well. Better than using a screwdriver.
I've had one for many years. I've also used a metal rod and rubber hoses to listen to noises. All worked well.
Good for finding leaks in plumbing too,
Been a mechanic for my years love this it is so old school u can also hear elec switchs going on an off awesome
Great video Steve
Always learning something with your videos
Or a brass rod or welding rod works also 😊😊😊
Thanks for sharing this information and advice
It’s going to help someone 😊😊😊
Throw the screwdriver in the garbage , nothing works as well as the stehescope
WHAT!……….too funny! You bro, have a great father,I wish I could say the same thing!
I’m getting me one! Thanks for the video! 👍🏻☮✌🏻
I remember playing with my fathers mechanics stethoscope when I was a kid back in the 70's. One thing you might want to point out is to not drop it or drag the tip across anything. MAN does that blow your ears out. If you drop it and that tip hits the floor like a spear, JEEZUM CROW does that hurt your ears. POW!!
Great vid! Already have a stethoscope (and agree with you), used on engines, but not walls... yet!! 😄😄
WHAT 😯😯😯😯
I bought two. I misplaced one in my 1/2 acre tool box. I did find it, about a month later.
Having that thing would have saved me 1500 euros in car repairs. Now I have one. I thought it was a loose camshaft chain rattling.. sthetoscope told the mechanic in 3 minutes it's just an alternator clutch.
A screwdriver works too, but I've got a stethoscope too. It's loud, so be careful where you insert it. That's what she said.
I’ve had one for a long time works great for finding bad bearings and pulleys nothing new
Ive seen it done, with one from a medical supply store or with a long screwdriver
Mine is actually a toy from a garage sale with a foot of 1/4" copper wire. Up till I bought that, I used broomsticks against my ear.
welp... as an electrician. .. I use a 3ft piece of #4 bare... put it to your earlobe and put it on anything.. You will hear soo well that you can actually see the mechanization in your head
Hi Steve.
Diagnostic tools that save you time, pay for themselves.
I knew of them years ago, and now I need to get one after your demonstration that shows how useful it'll be 👍
Right on
They do work great for high Noise enviroments to find that stinking noise.
Got mine about 45 years ago.
for better do an analog of what you hear with it, you'd need to microphone from the surface itself by pressing the mic on the surface. it's just an approximation of course.
“WHAT?” Haha. I ordered these for my co-workers then showed them how to track down noises in pumps and motors.
You should try listening to yourself drinking a beer. Can you tell which brand it is?
Steve, I used to use a cutoff broom stick. I could hear grinding and knocking but not a heart beat. You had to make sure you didn't hit the fan or a fan belt and drive it through your brain.
Thanks, Steve!
I wonder if you can hear termites in the floor beams. My cat goes to a couple of places around the floor and stands there listening. One place in particular under my desk is a small tin garbage can, and she sticks her head just in the top of it and listens. I am pretty sure she hears something. I just ordered the $ $4 one to see if I can hear anything.
I have 4/5 and some all 1964 ones and still work but hose is extremely hard, lololo 😊
Works on all kinds of stuff. Used one to find a weird noise emitted from my bicycle. Weird noises on bicycles are toughies.
Is it the alternator or the a/c compressor or a belt system issue, is another example
I think I seen. Them storcope. At. Harbor freight .
Works great for finding bad pulley bearings.
The first time I ever saw and got to try one was on a Buick fireball 8 that had a loose rod according to the mechanic it was #5 or 6 and it definitely sounded different from the others. I thought it was kinda cool.
I should be able to hear who the wife is wispering into the phone to in the other room then ???
😮😮😮😮🤣🤣🤣🤣
Awesome , thanks brother !!!!! 😊🙏👍❤️
My father used to put the tip of a long screwdriver on various spots of a running engine or machine & the other end against his ear to do exactly this...
Can you use it to locate an underground spring for a new well location? Easier than driving a pipe down to listen.
You can check fuel injectors on a car or truck with it , you can actually hear them click open to determine if one might be clogged
It'll be hard to get it to work with a mic, you need a good seal like you get with the tips in your ears otherwise the sound pressure wave gets lost and you hear nothing.
Brilliant tool Steve. Been following you for a long time, but don't always leave a comment.
I just looked up this tool on Amazon UK and can get it for £7.00. Thanks for the information. 👌👍👍
I want to ask you a question if you don't mind. I have an old Ryobi Strimmer RCT2800. I put new piston rings on it and cleaned it up. The problem was that the "Reed Valve" came apart and got bent by the piston when it fell inside the engine intake.
It is a very simple reed valve with just two parts. I can't find a replacement anywhere. So I am wondering if I can make one.
I saw that carbon fiber board can be used and comes in many thicknesses.
Can this be done, and would it work? I have the two old metal parts of the valve which are slightly bent. I have wondered if I could even bend them back, or are the measurements very critical? Thanks for any advice mate.
Love it nice Great memories thanks god bless😊
Looking for a good cover for my snapper 28" rear engine rider?
Good vidio, thank you sir and have a blessed day America
Awesome tool. I bought one about 15 years ago from HF to find a bad bearing on my scooter without taking it apart. I don't think I spent more than $10. I never thought of using it to find stuff inside of walls. Brilliant.
I use mine routinely. My fuel pump's haywire and doesn't always kick in, so rather than run the battery down waiting for it to cooperate, I wait till I hear it turn before I crank.
Steve, need your help. I just got a stihl ms291 saw. The fuel tank vent is plugged how do I get to it?
Awesome video God Bless you and your family Amen
I do it with a screwdriver or extension. The stethoscope is too sensitive I've found at times, noise transmits easily and can screw you up. It doesn't transmit as easily with a screwdriver or extension, you gotta be right on what you're listening for to find it.
I wonder if it could find a carpenter ant colony, bees
When I was working, I used one continuously throughout the day.
Still use it in occasion
What's next Steve brain surgery?
Yup great tool, I have one in my tool box. Handy for heavy equipment repairs too.
Cheers from NB
thats so old school! dad had one!peice of wood works too!
I just found and ordered one that includes an additional extension rod for 217 pesos delivered, which is about 4 bucks. Crazy cheap with 27 ratings at 5.0... which is the best one can get. I'm an ex-pat living in the Philippines. Thanks for the tip bud... & Thumbs Up !!
Great tool that I bought years ago at Princess auto.
Works well for diagnosing bad idler wheels and belt tensioners, bearings ect. on vehicles.
Never thought to use it on small engines.
Great idea.
Thank you Steve.
I have used a piece of wood, such as a broom handle.
it's like a screwdriver with earbuds.
I was able to diagnose an exact issue with a motorcycle engine, just by the sound as I walked around, finding where it was the loudest and picturing in my mind what was there. Told they guy he had a failed bearing inside the engine case that supported an internal shaft to drive the alternator. Told him to keep his mouth shut about what I'd said and to see what the mechanic says from their diagnosis. Confirmed it to a T. It was under warranty, they had to remove the engine and split the cases to access/repair it, which is what I told him would have to happen. I'd'v'e loved to've had that tool in hand in that gas station parking lot. He'd flagged me over as soon as he heard the new noise from his new bike.
55 years ago I would use a long screwdriver. Touch the blade end to whatever you wanted to listen to then lower your temple to the handle. Sound is clear as a bell.
COOL!
COOL!
A very useful tool. When I was a kid I used to hold a 1/4" dowel against the housing of whatever bearing I was checking out and put the other end against my ear...sure enough you could hear a bad bearing through the stick. Years later my doctor gave me a stethoscope he was going to replace and I've been using that ever since. Like the idea of the metal rod addition as it would let me reach items I can't reach with a regular stethoscope.
Do you take BEER as payment ??
Hi Steve, I have a friend that's mechanically inclined. His car broke down on the highway and wouldn't run. He had the car towed to his Dad's house (because it was close by). My friend told his dad that the car's engine quit working on his drive to work and didn't know why. The father said : Get me a 2x4. He took the stick and put it on the engine block. Told his son to turn the key while he had his ear close to the stick. The son turned the key and his dad told him to stop. He said that the distributor was broken. The son took out the distributor and the shaft was broken. Now mechanics have a tool to listen with, even better.
Take care. Roland
Hi just ordered one thanks Steve
Used to work in a service center and I bought one of those 40 years ago. They are great for finding clicks and ticks in moving assemblies.
I was a ASE Master technician for about 25 years. My stethoscope was one of my useful diagnostic tools. It will help discover internal problems before they break and cost hundreds to thousands of dollars. Great video, great advice.
I've had one for years. Since I work on Harley's one of my customers gave it to me. Love it.
He probably still does that.
I have had one in my tool box for 30 years...... very handy when needed!
Great tool that's for sure 👍🏻
7.99 at Harbor Freight
Yeah Steve, they are great fun to mess with. I was taught to use the same idea on fuel injectors but with either an extra long screwdriver or a long extension bar from a socket set. I've even seen a workman who worked for the water repair company use a 4ft length of metal rod. He'd wander around stopping every so often and use it to listen to the sidewalk or the road. He was doing exactly what you did to for that hot water pipe, just a bigger leak. Him wandering around with his 'Stick' did look a bit odd at first until the science of it was explained to me.
Right on Buddy! That is super cool...
That video Steve, has taken me from 25% to 100%. Better than a stand up comedian. No, seriously that looks like an awesome piece of kit, I need one. The water utility people use poles with ear cups which they hold to the ground to listen for water flow, so I definitely believe you narrative. It’s going on my Christmas wish list. Great video. Andy Out 🍺
Right on buddy! Thank You...
Way to go Steve. Price just tripled.... kidding
LOL! Maybe.......
Those are far better than the old moto mechanic's screwdriver blade against something and handle to the ear.
Right on
The videos and the stories great Steve , keep them coming.
Mark
Thanks, will do!
Cool, all applications
Very cool!
I have used one for many years. They are amazing.
Now i understand why mechanics charge more than doctor . Good tip Steve , listen to pennies coming down from YT !