OLD GAS FURNACE NO ONE CAN GET IT RUNNING
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- OLD GAS FURNACE NOT RUNNING , 2 OTHER GUYS COULD NOT FIX IT .
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You're explaining the danger of cigarette smoke to a lady who sounds like she ate an ashtray.
She sounds like Marge Simpson's sisters
@@bigman55434 patty or selma?
Now that's funny....
LMAO
Hahahaha
I came to this channel a few years ago to learn about plumbing and HVAC but now I come to the channel to be entertained by the customer interactions.
the old lady was real world,,,,,funny too.
Great job man....did customer paid for the cigarette co test...how much the whole invoice for changing transformer and the gas valve?
24:17 probably one of the funniest Steve moments!
"I've had my two shots"
"You did? - Maybe you need three"
LOL
Ya, a different kind of shot! lol
Sadly enough the 3rd is going to be mandatory or you won't be considered vaccinated. Looks like all the conspiracist gave everyone a preview. I use to think they were crazy...but now they look like fortune tellers!!
When he told her that ... I almost fell out laughing😂😂
This guy is a riot!
Once had a brother-in-law who worked in the HVAC system for 40 yrs. He once had an elderly customer in her 80's who had an oil furnace that couldn't be fired because of excessive oil lying in the fire box. She had nowhere to go that night to stay warm, he took her to a motel, rented her a room for the night. He was a Saint if there ever was one. This guy reminds me of him.
I had a lady with no husband and 3 kids her furnace went bad told her to pay for furnace I would install it for free.
The conversation with the guy calling for an IPO for his tractor was effing hilarious lol
How did I end up watching this.... and loving every minute of it ? :-) Comedy heating engineer, the World needs more of this..
I love this guy
Same here.
I know, I started watching Steve to find out how to do a toilet flange. Next thing I know I'm lovin Molly the dog and have watched all his videos since
I watched this whole thing again as Im under the weather. I swear his videos are like therapy
"Honey I'm 78, I'm not gonna last forever"....ain't that the truth. The fact she's made it to 78 years old given the coffin nails being chain smoked to the point they read on his CO detector, and shitty vodka, is amazing.
Either the Vodka has pickled her or it's the formaldehyde in the cigarettes maybe.
@@jockoharpo2622 I think there is a village missing their idiot.
The alcohol is preserving her.
@@tommyealey3356 absolutely insane to know that. Damn. Lol. My manager son who just turned 13 got cancer when he was 12. He is doing better now. But genetics is crazy. Would love to know how your aunt ticks. Such a miracle of a 1% chance of a life. Live unhealthy and live old.
This brought back memories! My aunt had a furnace just like that! Installed in the 80's and was still going decades later! She liked to keep the house at a nice suffocating 80 degrees in the winter! She was a chain smoker too! My dad has a RUUD from the early 90's. Had the gas valve replaced a few years ago, still going. Gotta love those simple controls!
I love the rapport you have with your customers, especially the older folks. I try to do that myself, and it makes the day a richer experience.
One of the many benefits of being self employed mama!
Steve is the HVAC and plumbing hero of his town! It's gonna be a sad day when he retires!
There ain't many goods ones left anymore.......
He just bought a new truck, doesn't look like he's planning to retire anytime soon.
I love the Yankee attitude where everyone sounds like they are 1/2 second from punching each other in the throat in just a general conversation. Then when a tough guy gets near his dog, turns into a puddle of poo. This is worth watching just for the last minute or so. Well done sir. Great that there are still some honest folks taking care of the elders.
😂🤣😂🤣
LOL you had me rolling on the floor reading this. I worked with a lady from Rhode Island at a travel agency. She had me rolling laughing every day. Looking back that was the best job I ever had with all the entertainment she gave me.
That's because here you got to be ready to find somebody in a throat at any minute
I totally agree with you , thats so funny and true.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
My experience with pilots on RV appliances was that the pilot builds up crud around the orifice hole from gas residue.
Saved myself time by taking the pilot assembly out, blowing brake cleaner through the orifice with air compressor and then reassembling.
Brake cleaner would break down the residue and not leave a film or grease behind.
Moly does such a good job guarding the truck while you work!
You do great work, its great seeing someone doing the work and doing it right and not ripping folks off.
Good job. As a Gas Co residential/commercial tech, my first step when I saw a weak and lazy pilot flame was to just tap the pilot assembly with a screwdriver to knock out the dust, usually restored full and strong burning flame to the pilot. Then use the hose to blow out any soot caused by the lazy flame. A tap would have probably taken care of that without you having to adjust the pilot flow to account for a slight restriction in the orifice. I have run into situations where someone tried to adjust the pilot flow without cleaning out the restriction in the pilot and after tapping out the restriction, now the pilot was over-gassed and blowing. I would then readjust the pilot back to a normal flow to impinge on the t-couple. I would cut a short piece of 1/4" copper or aluminum tubing and stick it in the end of your blow hose. The tip of the tubing should be bent slightly to get into the pilot hood. I put in a short piece of 1/4" acrylic pipe as the mouth piece in the other end of the hose, instead of putting the nasty rubber hose in my mouth. I would 'fix' inop fireplace gas logs and wall furnaces that used PG9's with a sooty and lazy pilot flame with one tap. Pilot flame became strong, waited for a a moment for the thermopile to heat up and 10 seconds later, gas log fires right up. After a quick cleaning and a safety check, in and out in less than 10 minutes.
You sound like you work for Socal.
@@tkreuchi Retired in 2019 from SoCalGas. Ended my career as a System Protection Specialist(cathodic protection).
@@sanseiryu lol I knew it. I was an IST just retired in October. What does that say about us watching videos about lighting pilots. Happy New Year my friend
@@tkreuchi Enjoy your retirement. Happy New Year to you as well!
You guys are ringing all my bells with the comments regarding Socal. I started my career as a serviceman back in 71. Retired as a CP tech specialist in Northern region in 2018. 🙂
4 years May 12th 2021 since I have smoked a cigarette. Big tobacco doesn't get my money nor my life any longer. Great job on the furnace Steve.
DOnt you just love it when you have every part on the van 😂
I'm glad you didn't try and sell them a new unit. As soon as you walked in there. That would of been 80 percent of techs out here. They would pulled the bad heat exchanger card without removing the panels on the furnace
the furnace was made in 1986!
@@macking104 so?
I loved working on the old furnaces ya don’t have to pull the tubes to change a part! Just spin off, spin on, done! Awesome.
The old valve was a slow open valve. You needed to wait longer for the gas to bleed down from the diaphragm allowing the valve to lift. You can hear the bleed valve click when power applied.
I was wondering if there was more to this
Great job! don't you just hate it one thing leads to another to another and you have to explain it to the customer not really your problem but had to be done to get fixed
That is a cool idea having file cabinets in the truck to keep parts in. I never thought of that one!
Personally, I would check transformer voltage output (24v) with output wires REMOVED. Bcuz... a dead short anywhere on the furnace 24v system can give you a zero-voltage reading at the transformer. You can suspect a bad transformer by merely touching it. A "dead" transformer many times can be either VERY warm (short circuit on the output, as mentioned) or plumb-cold-- open transformer. While ur removing the 4" jct box cover to replace the transformer you could then verify your incoming 115v power supply without having to remove the furnace power supply toggle switch. Save you a step and a little time. It is unusual that you would have 2 inoperative components but it does happen. I'm glad to see you orientated the new gas valve so a person can work on it. I have a downflow furnace and the installer didn't bother to orientate the gas valve from upside down. The valve works but obviously it is a pain to make any adjustments or take readings.
Not to break balls of any worker but plumbers, and HVAC technicians are not electricians or more so, control systems technicians. They can do the job obviously, but sometimes electrical systems can have elusive problems that require a deeper understanding of what's going on.
Your description of how to check the control transformer is fundamental and should be understood. May I add, the same approach should be used when troubleshooting DC controls as a short circuit in the output of modern power supplies will activate "crow-bar" protection driving the output voltage to zero without blowing fuses etc. I've seen more than one time people hunting for a replacement PS only to be stunned after changing and the problem reemerges.
For what it's worth, I've worked over 50 years in industrial controls mostly in power houses, water treatment , and manufacturing plants as a control systems/instrument technician with an ISA certification. I was also an aircraft electrician in the Navy. I currently teach motor control/PLC's/automation at a tech school in Florida.
I've seen some weird shit go down that had us scratching our heads for a good long while...
Good call Scott.
@@johntrauger68 So how do you fix varible speed boards, inverters and modulated gas valves? It is easy having experience and just add that to your skill set via a class or TH-cam. A lot easier having background already! Obviously you don't need this but the industry is going to change rapidly. Environmentalism and $$$
@@SovereignTroll
With good documentation most things can be repaired if one knows circuit analysis techniques and parts are available. That's best case. Otherwise, an understanding of drives and the operation of valves can develop a strategy of where to meter under changing system conditions. Realizing the big picture is helpful.
Best of luck.
@@johntrauger68 I particularly like the big picture part. Good comment.
@@johntrauger68 LOL
There will always be trollers who Always speaker of their experience and what they would have done.
Yet, they always say " I don't mean to offense or blah blah
…Lots of gray pipe dope on those gas valve fittings! Good man! Some people use yellow gas Teflon tape and they should not use it on iron fittings. This guy knows what he’s doing!
Gas valve companies say not to use any type of Teflon tape on lines or valves
Caught myself a couple times replacing all these parts and then finding a cracked heat exchanger. Kind off leaning towards inspecting the exchanger first. Thanks again for all the informative videos.
I was thinking about the same thing when he started to work on replacing the gas valve: it would suck if the heat exchanger was cracked.
Me 62. Been an automotive tech since 18. 1980 . thanx so much for your help. thanx so much for your help. thanx so much for your help. I subscribed and like because you took the time to share your learning and wisdom. I am over 62 ,,,, Still live and breathe in Alaska.,,,,, again .. I did learn much from your time. ,,,, Thank 4 ur time. No need to reply ,,,, I don’t…. !
" If Anything is Gunna Kill ya it's gunna be Those Cigarettes " Lmmfao
@@throttlebottle5906 Lol i Think your Right lmmfao..
@@throttlebottle5906 old crow lmao
@@throttlebottle5906 She may at that. I read a medical article about two KY men who drank a bottle of bourbon/day and kept a "chaw" of tobacco in their mouths and lived to be over 100! Dr. said that clean air and water may have been a factor.
@@craigharding475 probably the stress less living
@@j.a.7721 Stress will definitely kill...Research says 3 drinks a week is healthier than: "Tea-totaling". I noted that "Light" Vodka on the label. "Light" beers and liquors only means that they have less calories due to less alcohol content (and more water). It is a gimmick so that some folks can fool themselves that they are going to lose weight. Those people will just drink more quantity to compensate...or just take longer on their journey to "buzz town".
I used to disconnect the pilot line from the combination calve and attach CO2 cylinder to blow out the dirt. It worked 90 % of the time. Still replaced the thermocouple as preventative maintenance. Never had a callback after that.
nice to see that there are still honest and capable techs out there.
I agree.
Anybody who films as he works, you can bet is honest ... With the incredible exception
of some cops1!😤😤😤
That $20 thermostat is my go to. It's basically an off / on box. Good repair.
I’ve upgraded to the 70 series emerson/white rodgers digital non programable. Worth the extra $10-15.
I'm in the trade, 25 yrs. Love watching Steven. Learned a few things too
Furnace fixed and free health advice. Now that is service! Miss Molly probably has the most reliable HVAC of any dog in Massachusetts.
My Dad's best friend had emphysema, but continued to smoke, until the day he died!! I quit smoking at age of 21 and now 55. I've cleaned the windows in our house as kids as chore and there was tar stained windows from my Dad's smoking. That's what a smokers lungs look like, after years of smoking.
You are right! It is bad for inside automobiles, too. Degrades adhesives... (ever see the fabric falling down from the ceilings of older cars)? And also accumulates on electronic parts causing them to overheat. Not many autos come with cigarette lighters any more!
@@craigharding475 I've seen that many times. That's why I've quit smoking. Plus, smoking has become less of a social lubricant. I have only 1 family member, that still smokes. Because, we all use to smoke.
@@buffydog21 Good for you, Daniel! It takes a lot of character to kick the habit, and that is admirable. I reasoned that if smokers don`t care enough about themselves to stop, they won`t care about me or you sitting next to them all day. I am old enough to remember when there were doctors who actually were in ads saying that smoking was good for you! Ever hear the term "coffin nails"?
I started laughing when I saw you put the CO detector in her cigarette smoke.
And then it beeped and lit up like a xmas tree with red DANGER lights LOL!!!!
I learned a long time ago if you have a blown transformer there is always a reason for it, I always try to put a in line fuse on the the low voltage to if it doesn’t already have one. That way your not changing transformers more than once.
Today I learned in this type of work “Brand new parts” = “new to you”
Hahaha love it, thank you for doing honest hard work and not raking these folks over the coals. Wish more guys out there still had integrity like this.
14:24 Molly looks like she’s about to drive off without you! 😂
BOING BOING
I could not work with a customer next to me, either complaining what the costs will be or that he/she thinks you are doing the work wrong. It's crazy. You are one in a million! Thanks for sharing your repair experiences.
I used to give them more information than they could process and most times they would walk away and leave me alone.
I used to keep telling them to go upstairs and man the thermostat . A couple trips up and down and backup usually soled that problem. 😊
This episode of The Shit Show is called, "I'm not Bitching" Nice work Steven, thanks for posting!
I think I heard her talking on the Cigarette ad comercials.the vodka bottle was the eye catcher steve..Next level .
ha ha didnt see the bottle
14:15 Kimnoff light. Nothing but the best for that gal.
That guy on the phone. This channel is amazing. Yea well I need it to roto till lol
Steve says, yeah I got one of those too. lol
I live near state college. Which state?
Watching this is like reading a Stephen King novel with all kinds of interesting characters and personalities lol...
Id rather have a new furnace with this build quality over most of the modern furnaces built today. Straight forward, and easy to service.
My dad was a heavy smoker. I never took it up, myself. Our air filters were always brown.
Great job, excellent video. “I’m not gunna last but I want the furnace to last.” She’s a realist all right. You can’t make that up.
The anti smoking public service message was priceless. Way to go Steve...!
If that air filter was upstairs where she is it would have been a different story.
Lmao 🤣 🤣🤣🤣 I love this guy ! The part when he put the Co2 detector on the cigarette 🚬
Telling her to quit smoking😂😂😂🚬🚬🚬🚬
@@jchambers2586 I was dying 🤣🤣🤣😂😂
@@alexvega7527 she is 82 years old and still smoking.. God has blessed her.
when it comes to automotive, i am an expert. most learning from hands on. .. ,, i can tell your wisdom is from hands on. thanx so much for sharing your time.
A proper service would include disassembly of the pilot and cleaning, and replacement of the thermocouple. I never use a can of air to clean the pilot. I use brushes to clean the orifice and the housing. The pilot should sound like a torch when done. Lazy pilots will follow the airflow from the burners and pull away from the thermocouple, which leads to no heat.
Exactly! Why spend the time doing the lazy blow thru, pilot is still filthy! Simple turn of the limit, prove hi voltage.
I love your accent with your brute honestly it puts a different dynamic on customer relations 🤣
Greetings from Nova Scotia. Really appreciate all you do Steve. You’re an honest man doing one hell of a job….and yes I love the comedy.
78 years old--she's gonna out live us all!! Good job der Steve - Hey I got a pto on my 318 too. I had a chance to buy the 322 with a 3 cylinder diesel but stupid me I bought the 318.
My furnace is about the same age. Transformer > thermostat > > gas valve. Themostatic high limit switch in the heat chamber >relay > motor. The valve is the most expensive and finicky part, the limit switch is the least commonly thought about part mot commonly mis-adjusted and the hardest to find a replacement for. My limit switch contacts were stuck open. Luckily I was able to fix the switch. was .
Lady: "I got my two shots". Steve: "Maybe you need three".
A stupid shot?
Buahah
This guy's accent makes me *want* him to work on my plumbing and HVAC. Dude just sounds like he's gonna get the job done, regardless of what it takes. I'd feed this man, just because. lol
Miss Molly seems like a great 🐕 usually those small dogs have a lot of bark
Customer “ I had my two shots by the way “ Steve “ really maybe you need three “
😂
She didn't pay gas bill! Pilot is running gas left in line! Sell her a furnace! For safety
Made me laugh suddenly. Woke the baby up 🤣😂
I would never do business with this guy...... "How much money do you want to spend?" "I will think about it"
i mean, if you're bad at negotiating, just say so
Well its an honest question, if it can be fixed, they can spend less, if they have the money and want new, they get new, he won’t know if he doesn’t ask, even with the junk customers sometimes provide him with this guy doesn’t sell people new stuff unless they absolutely need it!!
Steve’s truck is like a magicians hat, pulls out Transformers, thermocouple, rabbits, and doggies, you name it his got it.!
I live in Alaska and the only time people talk this is when guns are drawn, this guy is hilarious!
Not only are you quick to figure what you need to do to fix the problem, you always have what you need. Very efficient .
Awesome video ! " I'm 78 years old... I'm not going to last forever - but I want the furnace to last." I love it ! :)
Awesome diagnostics. Im not even in the field but always love learning about this stuff and listening to people talk to themselves. Glad I subscribed a while back; one of my new favorite channels.
Steve I’ve been in the field 28 years, I appreciate you humor and these vids. We all have our ways of doing things and you do good work man. It’s a different world where you are, you tell people “get that shit out of my way so I’m can work” 😂👍🏼
The way people on the east coast talk to each other in almost an ass hole like tone is humorous.
“Do u want me to show u again the level of ur smoking?, no I didn’t even want to see it the first time u showed me”!!
Pro analysis and repair, nice diagnosis on the lady's carbon monoxide intake.
The part about the C0 from the cigarette is interesting. I wear a C0 monitor for my job as well and keep track of the levels while I work in homes. I'm going to be on the lookout for that next time. Makes sense. Thanks for teaching me a thing!
Good Job 👏 on reviving her furnace ✌️
I don't know how i got here but i enjoyed the last 37 min lol and this is also why i call in a furnace guy every fall and the same guy in the spring for AC,
Love this guy. He Tell's it like it is. No questions asked. One solid dude.
I strive to be like this man, I have alot to learn about this field! So far I love it
“ honey, I’m 78 and I’m not going to last forever, but I want the furnace to last”. Bless her heart! Lol!
Everything was checked except the important thing: a gas leak at all the new connections.
Future revenue 😂
Don’t smoke but have three shots! Good job on getting that thing running Steve. It ain’t easy being cheesy!
Poor old lady. She was lucky you came along. She’s lucky she got you instead of someone trying to push her to buy a new one. You made sure it was running properly so I’m sure she’ll be happy for a while. Can kick the can down the road a few years. That’s how ya build a good reputation. Nice work Steve
You like the cigarette smoke "yes I do" the greatest line right there
"Good enough for this naybahood". Love this guy. Always makes me smile.
Was just running through, saw you blog. Just had to see what you found out with the furnace. Then got fascinated with your accent. Ended up watching it all the way through. Then just had to subscribe. Stay safe out there. Keep doing what you are good at. Can't wait to see more. Bye
Nothin like a well organized parts drawer. 😉
Nice analysis and repair as always. I had no idea a cigarette or two would skew the the CO level in the room that much, good info!
@@justwondering4342 lol
Great video. Very funny dialog at the end with the customer. Seemed like a simple enough diagnosis, strange how the other two companies couldn't figure it out. As always, you da man Steve.
Exactly how I wound up with a free Cadillac Coup de ville back in the 80s, a friend had it in the lot at his business and needed it to go, TWO mechanics couldnt get it running, he told me if I could get get it running it was mine, so I bought a new coil and condensor, put them in and it fired right up, it was probably the coil, I figured it had 3/4 tank of gas and gas at the carb, so the only thing left really as to a no spark/no start cause was the coil and condensor
When he said the transformer is bad... who thought he would say I have one in the truck? Hello...lol
when checking voltage, in order to verify 120v, always check hot to neutral.
homeowner over there chain smoking throwing off your CO readings while you're combustion testing so that you dont have to condemn that old beast!
Even funnier was that Steve was warning her about the cigarette smoke. The not funny part is that cigarette smoking has killed plenty of my relatives.
Miss Molly: "did you bring me some ham"?
My mom's got end stage COPD and it ain't no joke. If you smoke, don't quit. Just let it get ya.
Usually by the time the vehicle is in for service. ,,, there are multiple situations causing multiple problem conditions. Diagnostic is required. Good job. I need to fix this, and that and retest. Ugg! . but the end results make it worth it.
Yankee Doodle went to town riding on a pony stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni😂😂😂
If that guy runs into trouble installing the PTO on his tractor, he can call Ivan over at Pine Hollow Auto Diagnostics to get it working. If Ivan can rewire a Genie boom lift that was hacked up by many "attempted" repairs, I think he can get a PTO installed and working on a John Deere.
Another channel I watch all the time & enjoy 👍
I'm wondering how he got the massachusetts guy for a pto parts. I delivered oil to a guy that had a old Ford tractor. Probably from the 50s. May he rest in peace. But he didn't do any internet stuff to get it going. I told him to ask his kids for help. Long story short. When he passed away i meet his son. And he told me that they did try to get it working again. But it was hard to find parts on the internet.
.....Indeed! You have a heart of gold, and nerves of steel! great fix and great video.
I think two other guys tried to sell a furnace already. They didn’t want to fix an old furnace.
“Lemme put my man-ometer on there”😂. Love this guy
Glade too see him check it for gas leaks lol
Hey man you are a decent person fixing that ladys furnace you have alot of folk praying for you.
This guy is like the AvE of HVAC and plumbing
I think there is more smoke coming out of her lungs then the chimney. I paint and reglaze tubs so I get me share of shit shows as well. Never a dull moment.
You know you’re in trouble when they come in with the tablet.
Question her " you got gas in house" after you light the pilot... lol
the phone call during the repair was like something out of the Jerky Boys lol
Daaaaaaamn i haven't even thought about hte jerky boys in decades lmao so great!
love it when Steve lays it to the customer telling them how it is !!! Everybody want shits done for free!! and you're suppose to know what's exactly wrong after checking it out for 5 minutes!!
Yeah, they have no idea what it takes to repair stuff, and all want it done for free or cheap. Most think you are trying to rip them off, when you find more than one thing that needs to be replaced. 🙄
That was a crusty one Steve, great job. 👍👍
The way that customer sounded after smoking for so long. Makes me glad that I quit smoking 41 years ago.
I Stopped almost 26 years ago bro,Still got Copd😭
Im glad i never smoked and im 30.
@@killerdeamonking that is great to hear. Too much other crap in the air.
@@garyoconnordbaairrepair7775 Nahh i just see no point in waisting money on smoking, I dont drink much either, its nice to have one every once in awile but not as much as many do.
@@killerdeamonking Same here. Smoking is a big waste of money. I last bought a pack at $.55. Now I saw a young man plop down over $20.00 for 2 packs of smokes. And I also rarely drink, but when I do it is a pointa na Guinness.
She says I just had 2 shots and Steve says looks like you need 3... lol.