Ram Promaster: State of the Shop, plus a short video on replacing saggy drivers door hinges. Only!

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  • Big stuff on the horizon for me and you, as Promaster owners and Promaster repair guys. It'll be fun!

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  • @lor1701
    @lor1701 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Love these videos thanks Kip

  • @davidemelander9322
    @davidemelander9322 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Good luck in all your endeavors, Hope to see a video on your son fixing that Mustang, Thanks again for all your help with my van

    • @promastersonly1419
      @promastersonly1419  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you. Very much looking forward to getting his car on the road.

  • @robfitzpatrick8012
    @robfitzpatrick8012 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You look good, congrats.

  • @HERMIZ-ClassB-RV-Promaster2500
    @HERMIZ-ClassB-RV-Promaster2500 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Weight loss looks great! Congrats! 🎉 I actually put an aluminesa box on the rear passenger side door and I have never, despite my many attempts, been able to get that door to close cleanly. The center is a bit down on shutting. Wish I could know exactly how to align it. Great topic. Thx 🙏🏻

    • @promastersonly1419
      @promastersonly1419  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Rear door alignment is on my list of videos to make.

  • @WiLL02724
    @WiLL02724 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    All of our Amazon vans are cracking at the door hinge. There’s a TSB for it. The fix is a weld and a check strap added.

    • @promastersonly1419
      @promastersonly1419  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Ultra common problem, and a contributing factor on this van. I need to do a video on that check strap fix.

  • @J.Radwan
    @J.Radwan 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The new slim look fits you Kip. Buckeyes ladies watch out :)

  • @JR-km9zg
    @JR-km9zg 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Every Amazon promaster I’ve worked on I’ve installed a custom door strap from the place in Michigan forget their name. Tbeh open and close the door 250 times a day so they really wear out those hinges and checks

    • @promastersonly1419
      @promastersonly1419  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Almost a universal failure point on the van, given enough time.

  • @taapbfaapbtaapbtaapb7160
    @taapbfaapbtaapbtaapb7160 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great videos as always! Any videos on fixing the 12v outlet on the dash? Also can you create a solution (ie engine nipples) for the tiny drain hoses over the headlight? Thx

    • @promastersonly1419
      @promastersonly1419  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's like you read my mind - fixing the cig outlet is on my list of videos to make! Side drains will be further down the road though.

  • @bc2198
    @bc2198 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Potatoes? That's what that magician dude did. Cant think of his name. Cheap too!

    • @promastersonly1419
      @promastersonly1419  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Penn Gillette. I got the idea from him. It’s silly but it clearly works!

  • @andrewlaubi4448
    @andrewlaubi4448 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The old potato famine diet. Good job, love ya

    • @promastersonly1419
      @promastersonly1419  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Worked for a whole country - why not for me!

  • @GreenMonkiCoffee2008
    @GreenMonkiCoffee2008 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Potatoes have everything needed to survive! The Irish back before the famine in some families that’s all they ate 3 times a day. Good luck on the diet!

    • @promastersonly1419
      @promastersonly1419  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Diet is over - I lost 52lbs in 90 days. I think I'll eat normal non-potato food for a while now.

  • @PunkinVision
    @PunkinVision 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Count me in on the cheap new product.

  • @stevesugulas9941
    @stevesugulas9941 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Would you say if an inline gas filter could be installed on 2018 ProMaster 1500 3.6; concerned with water/ particles in fuel. Yes, has filter in gas tank? Thank you from central TX. Longtime subscriber.

    • @promastersonly1419
      @promastersonly1419  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It has a regular sock filter in the tank, but no other filter. This seems crazy to me, yet I have a van with 825k on it zero issues with the fuel pump or injectors or anything like that. I suppose you could add a filter if you really wanted, but I dont think it's necessary. I would also be hesitant to change anything because this is a returnless fuel system - it pulses the fuel pump and that's how it regulates the fuel pressure. It's self bleeding, and other than the drainback valve it's basically bulletproof.

    • @stevesugulas9941
      @stevesugulas9941 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@promastersonly1419 Thank you from Texas

  • @11Bravo84
    @11Bravo84 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Potatoes 😂😂👍🏻👍🏻

    • @promastersonly1419
      @promastersonly1419  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Silly, but it works fantastic.

    • @11Bravo84
      @11Bravo84 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@promastersonly1419 cool 😎

  • @russellmitchell8177
    @russellmitchell8177 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    New product idea:
    A cheapo thermister that is the right calibration for PMs for the outside air temp sensor on the mirror.
    I ordered a 10k ohm unit from ebay, six bucks. I hope it will be close but not certain. Dealers want north of $500 for the whole mirror. No option for just the sensor.
    Stupid dealers!
    I see big bucks for you in this. Could pay for kids college and a home in Aruba.

    • @promastersonly1419
      @promastersonly1419  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I spent MONTHS trying to find a direct easy to source substitution for that damn thermister. No luck. What ended up working was to buy the interior temp sensor, which lives behind the heater knobs. It’s available, under $20, and fits inside the mirror housing. Using it requires soldering the two pins or otherwise dicking with connectors, but it isnt too bad. Works well.

    • @russellmitchell8177
      @russellmitchell8177 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We have an obligation to society to release this information.
      Did you post it on the forum or in a video I may have missed?
      Any 8th-grade tech nerd can solder, so that certainly should not be a huge problem for most of your fan base.
      ✊️right to repair!

    • @promastersonly1419
      @promastersonly1419  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's burried on the forum circa 2017 or so, but yes I should make a new video on it. The telltale is the dashed lines where your outside temp digits should be. And when the sensor craps out, it disables the A/C. @@russellmitchell8177

  • @JG-kv4oi
    @JG-kv4oi 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Did you know that refridgerating potatoes or other starchy foods for at least 12 hours after cooking increases the resistant starch dramatically. Which means it passes through you and out. Leaving more room for ice cream.
    What did the mathematician do when he became constipated? (Hint: Nothing to do with potatoes)

    • @promastersonly1419
      @promastersonly1419  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I did not know that. Potatoes are middling for fiber, but I’ve been pooping well these last 3 months.

    • @russellmitchell8177
      @russellmitchell8177 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Answer:
      1, he worked it out with a sliderule.
      2, he worked it out with pen on paper.
      3, used his son's iPhone

    • @JG-kv4oi
      @JG-kv4oi 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@russellmitchell8177 Close. He worked it out with a pencil.

  • @psikogeek
    @psikogeek 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Congrats on the spud diet.
    What's your brand of Hot Sauce?

    • @promastersonly1419
      @promastersonly1419  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I go for variety. I’ve got probably 15 different hot sauces and change them mid-potato sometimes. It’s an effective but boring diet, I assure you.

  • @ralf8766
    @ralf8766 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Huh, Potatoes!?

    • @ralf8766
      @ralf8766 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      that,s pretty impressive, Kip

    • @promastersonly1419
      @promastersonly1419  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Its silly and it shouldnt work, but it does. About 2lbs of potatoes a day. Nothing else but water and coffee.

  • @geraldc867
    @geraldc867 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Congrats on 50lbs loss! You look younger.

    • @promastersonly1419
      @promastersonly1419  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think I looked younger when fatter, but still fatter. Thanks.

  • @cyrus9912
    @cyrus9912 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    *PromoSM* 😘

  • @user-lm3ll1jp7f
    @user-lm3ll1jp7f 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So close... that is not healthy long term. it is probably better than Standard american diet.. and dropping the processed stuff is what is helping you... if you want a healthy diet.... try a carnivore diet... Beef, bacon, butter, and eggs.. and salt.. it is called the BBB&E challenge..

    • @promastersonly1419
      @promastersonly1419  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'm not expert, nor do I really want to be. Did this potato thing twice now. Lost 50lbs the first time and 52 this time. The trick is to avoid salt as well as you can. There's some in the hot sauce, but that's really about it. Generally, I'd be well under 1000calories per day, with almost no salt. I also naturally eat only once a day so that's probably a factor. All I can say is it worked for me, but yeah it's probably terrible long term.

    • @user-lm3ll1jp7f
      @user-lm3ll1jp7f 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@promastersonly1419 All I can say is just check it out...BBB&E

  • @rb032682
    @rb032682 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Please produce a video about rejuvenating sagging drivers. Thanks in advance. 🥴