@@Alegrus375 Nah. They just need to change the color of the Wizard hat in their logo to bright Christmas red and put a white ball at the tip of it. perfect.png
@@titansteelful a “chop shop” is usually a normal looking business, specifically a automobile shop that takes stolen cars and dismantle them and sell the parts on the black market. They “chop” the cars up
20:20 Imagine being so bitter and jealous that you don't want a free exotic car show in your town. I'm always looking out for cool cars anytime I'm near a big city.
i think if you try to get someone arrested on the pretense of a personal bias that person should face legal repercussions. it's not just putting people through the motions because sometimes innocent people have to pay lots of defensive legal fees or worse.
Every time I see a cool exotic car, I look in amazement and admire it, people who are so jealous of the cars that they call the cops on you, they should be arrested
I use to manage a large garage many years ago. My strangest story is when a customer came the shop and stated she was not going pay for any repairs and we needed to go to her house and fix her car at her house for free. I told the customer we did not have the ability to work on a mobile basis let alone for free. She left and and a little later I get a call from the local police. She had called police wanting to get me arrested for not coming to her house and fixing her car. The police were laughing when they called and had told her no laws were broken.
We had a customer that came in everyday at 11 am. He ordered a hamburger meal and then would take his medicine and leave. Then one day he came in at 12:30, he ate and then just sat there with his hand around his cup. Not moving. He died at our tables. He came in every day for 3 years. You get so used to things and when they go away, you miss them.
We got a bunch of shipments for a previous tenant at one place I worked. The first few shipments we told them where to find the other company but when it kept happening I decided to just start refusing the shipments. I figured if the company stops getting the stuff they order maybe they'll fix their shipping address. It worked. I only had to refuse 3 shipments and that was the end of it.
I had one like that as a co worker. When I was brand new to my last job, I needed to get a 4x4 quick fast and in a hurry due to the winter weather, and moving up to ND from TX, and having only a small economy car. When this karen realized that I now had two cars, she lost it, shouting to the entire room that she would never have more than one car, and that I had some nerve to do so. LOL I'd love to tell her than we now have 7 cars and 3 motorcycles. :)
The Lincoln owner probable knew absolutely nothing about cars and thought a Town Car was a the beez neez of automotive luxury and sophisticated engineering.
Actually, I'm betting that the Lincoln was her late husbands last car or the last car he bought for her and this is one of the last connections to him.
Ford does some goofy stuff at times, so I understand her concerns firsthand. Like on my 97 Expedition 5.4L V8, removing the fuel rail to access the coils and spark plugs. That Lincoln 4.6L V8 has the exact same setup. I can do wondrous things on a Wankel, but the Expedition's coils and plugs are one thing I just go "nope" because of the lack of good access to do the job quickly and easily without swearing in several languages. Due Diligence is a good thing.
@@Land-of-reason That's what I thought. Not only does Amazon use ridiculously large boxes, they use no protection for the contents. I ordered a carbon fibre fishing pole from them. It arrived in an enormous box with no bubble wrap or packing. It was smashed to pieces. They replaced it without question, but when I suggested that they use more appropriate packaging, I was told that was their standard sporting goods box. Amazingly, the replacement arrived in one piece.
@@laurieharper1526 Here in the UK we have had lots of complaints about Amazon packaging. The environmentalists are always complaining. They have a point.
_"I don't care! I don't want to see those cars in my city. They piss me off!"_ *Sorry, but you can't always get it **_your way,_** DEBBIE!* Great video, Wiiiizard!👍
I couldn't help thinking of Clint Eastwood's movie "Gran Torino". It's a generational thing with some who think domestic is the only option and everything else is bad.Same thing with the Lincoln woman. There was a time Lincoln was the best. But that hasn't been so since the 1970s.
I know a guy whose Dad has a Town Car and he'd probably question your ability to work on his pride and joy even if he was standing next to a McLaren F1 in your shop!
My dad was a mechanic before he was a teacher and also has some funny stories : a stickshift car got stuck in reverse and the owner drove it 10 miles backwards to the shop... lol , besides i work in a hospital and i also can write a book myself
" drove it 10 miles backwards to the shop... lol , besides i work in a hospital and i also can write a book myself " So that backwards part is a Freudian slip on you part? .. . ..
The Mr. Snoopy story reminded me of the time my car had to spend some time in a dealership service department, and the official loaner was already out, so they threw a plate on one of the used cars on the lot and marked it down as an "extended test drive". On the way home I needed the registration, and in hunting for it discovered that the dealer's detailers had left all of the previous owners' paperwork in the glove compartment. Old registrations, insurance cards, their lease documents (with information about their incomes), the works. (Sam and Clara, if you're reading this, don't worry. I shredded all your docs for you. By the way, you live in a very nice neighborhood, but I'm worried that Sam might be overextending slightly. Careful with those limited-mileage leases, they'll get you every time.)
yeah I mean if you wired it with wire with 15 amp house wire and that line has say a 40 amp fuse I can see that causing a fire in the car eventually simple
Amazon used to send everything this way - in giant moving boxes. So if someone ordered a bag of chips, it really was: "All that and a bag of chips." (Ask me how I know...) No joke, back then I think they were also trying to avoid stuff getting stolen at the big Bermuda triangle locations of the USPS.
The vibrations in a moving motor vehicle can bend and unbend solid house wire ultimately causing a break which is concealed within the the thick insulation and thus very hard to diagnose. Twisted copper strand wire normally used in vehicles will resist vibration breakage. Tinned twisted copper strand wire will resist vibration and corrosion on boats.
@@Cheepchipsable I was briefly in their world. It's a normal onion layered group. The casual fan who buys the one dream car. Next the guy who goes to car show and does a little classic auto cross. Then there are the collectors. no mater the $$ level of the car they are brand loyal like a Raider fan. This is their whole life. Their cars is all they know or want to talk about. I'd like to think I'm a car geek, but these guys creeped me out.
When the car wizard was reading from that old book it reminded me of this sad story. In the UK back in about 1929 my grandfather was a mechanic for a very rich man who owned two cars. He lived in an apartment above the rich man's garage with his wife and three kids. Then he died, I don't know how. So my grandmother became a widow and homeless. In those days there was no social security or whatever you call it. Out of desperation she married her deceased husband's brother. He was a 40 y.o. bachelor and a sea captain. All that my mother would say about him was that he was very strict. It's almost like a tale from Dickens, go straight to the poorhouse. So for all you mechanics out there, just be thankful for what you've got.
wiring a car with one type of wire not knowing what load that line needs if it needs 40 amp and your using 15 amp line that's asking for a fire to happen right there
In those days, women still didn't have the right to inherit their deceased husband's property. Even if he had a will that left real property to her, in some states, she couldn't own it!
Love your vids. I wasn't sure at first because your so....chill. Unlike others where they are so hyped. But then working on high end cars, you'd have to be... chill. Love this fireside story! Keep up three great work!
I just love the look of that golden book of ancient automotive wisdom. Also, it's cool how the color of the flame in that fireplace changes with each take.
I had a 300zx which had a valve cover that lacked some bolts and it was sealed up with caulk. I was a teenager at the time and didn't even try taking the cover off to clean it.
How could anyone not like the humble and sweet WEEEEZARD, Seriously. Also I couldnt imagine the WEEEEZARD ever getting angry with anyone, he's such a 🧸
Wizard, it made me happy that one of your stories revolves around an interesting bird 😄 it’s a silly little thing but stuff like that sticks with ya. Never hurts to notice the little things in life
Today we'll be taking the cat off this Prius and then we'll get onto taking the airbags out of this Accord...right after this from Debbie's bail bonds.
TBH, a "transparent" TH-cam channel would be the perfect cover for a chop shop. Keep up the great content, you and Hoovie are in the middle of some of the best car content on YT.
Having a shop that has a lot of high end business is actually GOOD for a town. I live 2 miles down the street from a Rolls/Lotus/Mercedes dealer. That lady has no idea that having Lamborghinis and Ferraris drive down your street every day leaves quite a positive impression about your neighborhood. Good Lord she needs to get a life.
You would be amazed at how many times I've popped a hood and seen extension cords for wiring, speaker wire used for power wire, milk jugs for coolant overflows, etc... people do some wild things.
Hmm I've heard some of these stories multiple times now but through different crazy story videos..shorter videos are ok! I love watching these. Thank you!
That fire side chat was awesome. You can’t please everyone. And apparently you don’t have to go out of your way to piss the neighbors off either. Merry Christmas Mr and Mrs Wizard. Happy and prosperous New Year
That "timer' in your book is handling the negative side of the coil circuits. Separate coils similar to the modern COP system. Neat setup, has a roller that makes the contacts directly off the front of the cam.
Well Wizard, if you park Hoovies new (to him) Maybach outside your place the chop shop aspect might come back into play.I want to say that you strike me as a really good guy, very calm and level headed. The way you dealt with the transposed fluid change on the SLS AMG was 100% class. I think Hoovie saw the light on that one. Without a guy like you to work on these treasures he finds, he'd be done before he got started. I really enjoy your channel. Thanks
"Chop Shop Woman" sounds jealous. Maybe she should move to a worse part of town? And that O-Ring guy can't have been paying shipping, or it'd have been sent in a 3"x5" Jiffy Bag!
Some people move to the fringes of town to have a peaceful life. Very annoying when the city starts to spread and the peace and quiet you sought gets trampled upon.
Lol !! Good stuff Mr. and Mrs. Wizard !! In my old job of Fire and Flood Restoration, I got to see inside all kinds of peoples lives, unfortunately usually at really bad times . Saw some crazy stuff at that job.
I've seen model t's with 4 separate ignition coils in big wooden boxes that buzz when you turn the ignition on. I think that's what that excerpt was talking about. Sometimes they're next to the engine and sometimes they're under the dash. Depends on the year I believe.
My 6 week old too. Lock Picking Lawyer is another perfect channel for that. Check it out. Exact same cadence, volume and soothing intro/outro for every video. Mesmerizing.
Wizard, you are one of coolest and calmest mechanics I have ever seen no matter the situation. I really like the highly informative and instructional videos. Merry Christmas to you and Mrs.Wizard.
Dude, thanks for making this, I love the stories of things that this that goes on. I wish I had some great stories. The best I got is a lady that complained once and I felt kind of happy she left a shitty review that was very vague. Now people can see I'm not perfect I recon.
I once had the city get mad at 4 cars being parked in my 6 car driveway, gave me a ticket for derelict vehicles when they were all running and registered. Said neighbors complained about having to see "so many cars". My fence grew three sizes that day...
In the 1990s, I bought a few rough but running 1980s cars (mostly Japanese cars and pickups) to use as personal transportation winter beaters, then got bored of them and sold them, and got another one. Then I bought a Ford Pinto to restore (nostalgia for my first car). I had it parked in the garage. One bitter neighbor across the street in my working class/middle class neighborhood didn't like that (he preferred brand new GM cars) and called the city bylaw on me saying I was running an automotive repair shop, body shop and car dealership from home. I showed him the registration to my fairly new Ford Escort in the driveway and to the Ford Pinto in the garage, both registered in my name, and had been for a while. He said "sorry to have bothered you" and left, lol!
The owner of a shop I worked at bought a '98 BMW M3 with a blown engine for CHEAP. Of course, we had tried to turn the engine over with a breaker bar before we even started pulling the motor, and it was locked up good and tight. We were to remove and replace the engine with another one he had sitting in the corner of the shop. A fellow mechanic started disassembling stuff to pull the blown motor, and noticed the A/C compressor drive bearing looked melted. He cut the belt, started the car and it ran flawlessly. The compressor had locked up and wouldn't allow the engine to budge one inch. We put a new compressor on the car, and the owner sold it, making thousands on it. My buddy got a nice bonus for that piece of detective work.
Spy Bird and the lady with the Lincoln Town Car had me in tears!!!! 😂🤣😂🤣😂😅😂 I hope Spy Bird is living his happy bird life somewhere else confusing people and bringing them joy and if not RIP Spy Bird you will be missed!
Actually, I'm betting that the Lincoln was her late husbands last car or the last car he bought for her and this is one of the last connections to him.
Just proves your business is just extremely unique and niche. Your circumstances and abilities are just right for the caliber of business you have and people aren’t used to that!
Wouldn't the Romex end up breaking where it goes in the door at the hinges? Constantly bending it back & forth I literally laughed out loud on that one 🤣🤣🤣
LMAO, you run possibly the most legit shop I've ever seen or heard of and the locals are convinced you're running a chop shop. Not directly related but close enough...many years ago I did high end home theater systems. I showed up to the customers house around 8am and introduced myself, fairly large home and lots to get done. They showed me around and I asked questions about the details of what the wanted done...how high do you want the TV mounted, where do you want the equipment located, boring stuff. We get to the master bedroom and the guy answers my questions and says "there's a bong and some pot in the bathroom...feel free to take a hit or two". I awkwardly thanked him for the offer. Later I looked and he was not kidding...loaded bong under the sink. I smoked at the time, but decided to pass on that occasion. Funniest and most weird interaction I've ever had with a client.
I had a woman scream at me while I was sitting at a traffic light while I was driving one of my client's Rolls-Royce Phantoms. She was mad because I was a "rich asshole". I was just sitting at the light, windows down but didn't have the radio on or anything. It was a stock Phantom right from the dealer, I was picking it up for a client. I'm guessing that's what the last woman's problem was, some people just hate success and wealth which is so sad. Maybe if they put half the effort into bettering their lives as they do complaining about others they could succeed 🤔
Anyone that has ever worked in retail (or any job dealing with the public, for that matter) can 100% relate with these crazy stories. It makes you wonder how some people survive acting the way that they do.
Yeah! Thanks for the videos! Your stories are amazing! :D Im sorry to see people being so redundant and letting jealousy control their lives and try to ruin others lives. Little kindergarden kids never grew up for sure. I like beauty and awesome stuff, and frankly it doesn't bother me that i can look at other peoples stuff and be happy for them and be glad for whats mine too!?!
As a truck driver is very common for a business to have multiple companies operating out of one address .with only the primary business listed on the sign.
Hey Mr. Wizard I only discovered you the past year but I gotta say you are a very skilled mechanic I'd be confident having you do work on any car or truck. But you have the same name as my buddy's dad we called him the Wizard too because I was a diesel mechanic but worked on my own gas cars but if I ever got stumped I would call my Wizard and he always knew how to fix it so easily and he was always right!! He passed away and I miss him and his mechanical wizardry.. so thanks for being just like him
Gather around the fireplace children, the Christmas Wizard has some stories to tell.
Yup
Anyone else notice that for every story the color of the flame is different? Freaky.
Needs a Santa costume.
@@Alegrus375 Nah. They just need to change the color of the Wizard hat in their logo to bright Christmas red and put a white ball at the tip of it. perfect.png
Shut up
its an inverse chop shop.
hoovie brings a half broken car in an gets a it back with even more parts than it came.
I was thinking the exact same thing.
They come in as hoopties, and come out serviceable automobiles
People have never seen a Ferrari or Lamborghini in humble Kansas and go crazy from their ignorance.
Best way to fence parts..
The 6 dislikes are the locals that still think he is running a chop shop.
Can you please explain what a chop shop is. Thank you, and why is it illegal
@@titansteelful it's the place where car thieves bring their cars to be dismembered and sold for parts.
@@titansteelful a “chop shop” is usually a normal looking business, specifically a automobile shop that takes stolen cars and dismantle them and sell the parts on the black market. They “chop” the cars up
"You're cutting them up and selling the pizzas" :p
😂👍
"And then this crazy customer brings me a Maybach that looked like it had been attacked by a giant can opener..."
Queue VinWiki intro.
Severely underappreciated comment!
Hahaha
20:20 Imagine being so bitter and jealous that you don't want a free exotic car show in your town. I'm always looking out for cool cars anytime I'm near a big city.
More and more people are developing the "Karen" attitude. Entitlement knows no bounds.
i think if you try to get someone arrested on the pretense of a personal bias that person should face legal repercussions. it's not just putting people through the motions because sometimes innocent people have to pay lots of defensive legal fees or worse.
Plot twist, It's Mrs. Wizard calling. She just hates those exotic cars keeping him away from home all the time with their foreign problems. lol
This is the premise behind the KAREN law drafted earlier this year- look it up!
Every time I see a cool exotic car, I look in amazement and admire it, people who are so jealous of the cars that they call the cops on you, they should be arrested
I use to manage a large garage many years ago. My strangest story is when a customer came the shop and stated she was not going pay for any repairs and we needed to go to her house and fix her car at her house for free. I told the customer we did not have the ability to work on a mobile basis let alone for free. She left and and a little later I get a call from the local police. She had called police wanting to get me arrested for not coming to her house and fixing her car. The police were laughing when they called and had told her no laws were broken.
What the h*ll is wrong with some people haha
She has to be on something to come to a conclusion like that lol. The cops called you with this just to give you something to laugh about too 😂
The cops should have visited her house. She would probably have answered the door with a crack pipe in her mouth.
@@letsdothis9063 Crazy, Karen alert!
Idk, maybe I'm racist.. but I pictured this lady as chinese. was she?
We had a customer that came in everyday at 11 am. He ordered a hamburger meal and then would take his medicine and leave. Then one day he came in at 12:30, he ate and then just sat there with his hand around his cup. Not moving. He died at our tables. He came in every day for 3 years. You get so used to things and when they go away, you miss them.
Interesting auto shop story...but whatever
@@kylebutler7142you sound like the lady complaining about the supposed chop shop
I remember Car Wizard cutting holes into Hoovie's Lambo.
Totally chop shop.
That's what came to mind for me too.
a-holes??
@@hondodh lol
"No, sir, we're not going to arrest the Car Wizard. Even if he _did_ publicly sodomize that Lamborghini."
@@hondodh Fixed, sir
We got a bunch of shipments for a previous tenant at one place I worked. The first few shipments we told them where to find the other company but when it kept happening I decided to just start refusing the shipments. I figured if the company stops getting the stuff they order maybe they'll fix their shipping address. It worked. I only had to refuse 3 shipments and that was the end of it.
Jeez that last one was just, ... Wow. Some people just can’t withstand things outside the usual
I had one like that as a co worker. When I was brand new to my last job, I needed to get a 4x4 quick fast and in a hurry due to the winter weather, and moving up to ND from TX, and having only a small economy car. When this karen realized that I now had two cars, she lost it, shouting to the entire room that she would never have more than one car, and that I had some nerve to do so. LOL I'd love to tell her than we now have 7 cars and 3 motorcycles. :)
Typical Kansas 😂. I lives there for 22 years.
He is in Newton, KS, population 19,000. It is an unusual place to see so many exotic cars.
Its not even that, they just can't handle envy, a very basic feeling we all have.
Watching how Hoovie’s Murcielago was fixed there was surely some chopping of the carbon fiber tub so...
The Lincoln owner probable knew absolutely nothing about cars and thought a Town Car was a the beez neez of automotive luxury and sophisticated engineering.
i mean it is, but not for the reasons she was thinking lmao
Actually, I'm betting that the Lincoln was her late husbands last car or the last car he bought for her and this is one of the last connections to him.
Ford does some goofy stuff at times, so I understand her concerns firsthand. Like on my 97 Expedition 5.4L V8, removing the fuel rail to access the coils and spark plugs. That Lincoln 4.6L V8 has the exact same setup. I can do wondrous things on a Wankel, but the Expedition's coils and plugs are one thing I just go "nope" because of the lack of good access to do the job quickly and easily without swearing in several languages. Due Diligence is a good thing.
When Weezard was talking about the exotics she could see, she probably thought they were go carts - which they kind of are.
Most likely she had been burned by a bad mechanic before. I had that problem with a late 80s oldsmobile I owned just a few years ago so I can relate.
My therapist: For the last time SPY BIRD ISN'T REAL!
Spy Bird: 👀
Don't tell your therapist about the squirrels that look in my kitchen window!
What!!!🤔😳😳😳
isnt there some meme going around that birds are not real
I think the "o-ring in a large box" situation came from someone saying "Who orders just one o-ring?" and deciding to have fun with it. I approve.
Probably from Amazon.
Had to be that.
@@Land-of-reason That's what I thought. Not only does Amazon use ridiculously large boxes, they use no protection for the contents. I ordered a carbon fibre fishing pole from them. It arrived in an enormous box with no bubble wrap or packing. It was smashed to pieces. They replaced it without question, but when I suggested that they use more appropriate packaging, I was told that was their standard sporting goods box. Amazingly, the replacement arrived in one piece.
@@laurieharper1526
Here in the UK we have had lots of complaints about Amazon packaging. The environmentalists are always complaining.
They have a point.
@@Land-of-reason They do indeed. I'm in the UK, too. I don't order from Amazon these days.
_"I don't care! I don't want to see those cars in my city. They piss me off!"_
*Sorry, but you can't always get it **_your way,_** DEBBIE!*
Great video, Wiiiizard!👍
That is a "Karen" attitude if there ever was one.
I thought it was Karen???
@@miketeeveedub5779 Agree. Karen. Not a Debbie.
That is so Karen!
I hate that witch!
And who doesn't?
@@xoxo2008oxox How do you know Karen isn't her _middle name?_ 🤣
Next up: Hoovie's neighbors are calling the cops in his town saying that he's hiding cars for drug dealers serving prison terms.
Don't give the auto-haters any ideas please.
They're insider traders.
I'm sure he's bought a car or two from them ...
It does make more sense
Plot twist: Hoovie owns El Chapo's McLaren F1 and Ed doesn't know about it.
" I dont want to see those types of cars in my city because im jealous" is what that lady really meant.
I couldn't help thinking of Clint Eastwood's movie "Gran Torino". It's a generational thing with some who think domestic is the only option and everything else is bad.Same thing with the Lincoln woman. There was a time Lincoln was the best. But that hasn't been so since the 1970s.
@@davidpick1076 there was never a time Lincoln was the best because there was always Cadillac 😂
Hey Wizard, can we hear a story about the most broken vehicle you had Roll in while you were a mechanic for the Army?
I'd personally say it was probably a Heritage M60 or Bradley. Those things are going on 40 year old at this point.
Couldn't possibly beat the break rate on our 60K loaders.
🤣😂🤣😂🤣
That would be when Specialist Hoover brought his newly-purchased DUKW by to get checked out.
That would be an Abrams tank fitted with Range Rover running gear.
I really like your “fireside chats” - it’s like having a beer with a couple friends and listening to tall tales... Thanks for this!
Totally agree, it is really nice
The chats are real, the fire is fake.
Need pipe ..slippers and smoking jacket for fireside chats
Wizard forgot to mention the customer with a compulsive buying disorder.
No, we don't talk about THAT guy 🤣
Yep. He’s mental
I know a guy whose Dad has a Town Car and he'd probably question your ability to work on his pride and joy even if he was standing next to a McLaren F1 in your shop!
Not surprising considering how many hack mechanics are out there that can't be trusted to work on a rusted out '89 Cavalier.
I'm betting that the Lincoln was her late husbands last car or the last car he bought for her and this is one of the last connections to him.
As a truck driver, we get this alot. Sometimes its a blind shipment or items are received on behalf of other companies
Just because the is is no sign for a business, doesn't mean the might not be other businesses operating out of there, or they rent storage space.
@@Cheepchipsable yup that too
My dad was a mechanic before he was a teacher and also has some funny stories : a stickshift car got stuck in reverse and the owner drove it 10 miles backwards to the shop... lol , besides i work in a hospital and i also can write a book myself
" drove it 10 miles backwards to the shop... lol , besides i work in a hospital and i also can write a book myself " So that backwards part is a Freudian slip on you part? .. . ..
Hospital stories are crazy. I love hearing my uncle talk about what all he sees in the ER.
The Mr. Snoopy story reminded me of the time my car had to spend some time in a dealership service department, and the official loaner was already out, so they threw a plate on one of the used cars on the lot and marked it down as an "extended test drive". On the way home I needed the registration, and in hunting for it discovered that the dealer's detailers had left all of the previous owners' paperwork in the glove compartment. Old registrations, insurance cards, their lease documents (with information about their incomes), the works.
(Sam and Clara, if you're reading this, don't worry. I shredded all your docs for you. By the way, you live in a very nice neighborhood, but I'm worried that Sam might be overextending slightly. Careful with those limited-mileage leases, they'll get you every time.)
The Chop Shop & the House Wiring are the BEST stories ever!
yeah I mean if you wired it with wire with 15 amp house wire and that line has say a 40 amp fuse I can see that causing a fire in the car eventually simple
IKR. If you're going to rewire your car, use lamp-cord. at least that stuff is flexible.
When Wizard gets old, he'll make an excellent Santa Claus
No Timmy, you don't want that toy, it's not built well, I've repaired hundreds of them, I'll get you this toy instead.
@@chrisschultz6129 dont buy this buy that lol
The Wizard will never get old, just wiser and more patient.
Santa Claus wants to be more like the Wizard, children.
Merry Christmas and a Happy new year to the Wizard, his family, and all of his subscribers.🎁🎁🎁🎁
And the Wizard's crew!
@@maxcactus7 Goes without saying, Cheers!
I'd like to think the local sheriff actually calls him "Car Wizard" instead of his real name lol
About the O-Ring in a big box:
Shipping companies lose big boxes less than they do really small ones. Wizard did say he had to special order it.
Amazon used to send everything this way - in giant moving boxes. So if someone ordered a bag of chips, it really was: "All that and a bag of chips." (Ask me how I know...) No joke, back then I think they were also trying to avoid stuff getting stolen at the big Bermuda triangle locations of the USPS.
I've seen the house wires in cars quite a few times before. I too refuse to work on them.
Some of us call those cars "tweaker specials".
The vibrations in a moving motor vehicle can bend and unbend solid house wire ultimately causing a break which is concealed within the the thick insulation and thus very hard to diagnose. Twisted copper strand wire normally used in vehicles will resist vibration breakage. Tinned twisted copper strand wire will resist vibration and corrosion on boats.
I once used an extension cord to wire an amp on a old truck I had...
Back in the good ol days.
"I DON'T WANT TO SEE THOSE CARS!" is missing the "because I can't own one" at the end...
but that's none of my business...
She's clearly racist, She caught part of an episode of West Cost Customs.
Who in their right mind would want to own one - they are over rated. expensive junk for the most part.
@@Cheepchipsable I was briefly in their world. It's a normal onion layered group. The casual fan who buys the one dream car. Next the guy who goes to car show and does a little classic auto cross. Then there are the collectors. no mater the $$ level of the car they are brand loyal like a Raider fan. This is their whole life. Their cars is all they know or want to talk about. I'd like to think I'm a car geek, but these guys creeped me out.
@@Cheepchipsable someone who’s not boring...
When the car wizard was reading from that old book it reminded me of this sad story. In the UK back in about 1929 my grandfather was a mechanic for a very rich man who owned two cars. He lived in an apartment above the rich man's garage with his wife and three kids. Then he died, I don't know how. So my grandmother became a widow and homeless. In those days there was no social security or whatever you call it. Out of desperation she married her deceased husband's brother. He was a 40 y.o. bachelor and a sea captain. All that my mother would say about him was that he was very strict.
It's almost like a tale from Dickens, go straight to the poorhouse. So for all you mechanics out there, just be thankful for what you've got.
wiring a car with one type of wire not knowing what load that line needs if it needs 40 amp and your using 15 amp line that's asking for a fire to happen right there
@@raven4k998 Electrical disaster waiting to happen.
@@arricammarques1955 just glad it's not my car🤣
In those days, women still didn't have the right to inherit their deceased husband's property. Even if he had a will that left real property to her, in some states, she couldn't own it!
@@raven4k998 I'm not sure how you jumped from becoming homeless to electrical problems. Care to explain?.
Wizard is like the Bob Ross of mechanics.
Love your vids. I wasn't sure at first because your so....chill. Unlike others where they are so hyped. But then working on high end cars, you'd have to be... chill. Love this fireside story! Keep up three great work!
19:20 Hoovie is going to get the Car Wizard investigated LOL
So glad you brought your stories series back, it's one of my favorites.
I just love the look of that golden book of ancient automotive wisdom.
Also, it's cool how the color of the flame in that fireplace changes with each take.
Man your neighbors got it all wrong everytown needs a honest shop to fix cars. They should be totally stoked to have you in the business community.
seems that every place in the world had some weirdos its the same here in Europe
When you find household electrical and plumbing parts in a car, you know you're in for a good time.
Pulled a bumper skin and found a crash bar had been replaced with some welded up fence posts.
Found a VW Golf in the junkyard where a steel coolant pipe had been replaced with copper pipe and elbows and it was actually a good fix.
I had a 300zx which had a valve cover that lacked some bolts and it was sealed up with caulk. I was a teenager at the time and didn't even try taking the cover off to clean it.
I saw a car with a corrugated steel hood. All sharp edges. Not as bad as garbage bag side windows or riding on four donut spares.
How could anyone not like the humble and sweet WEEEEZARD, Seriously. Also I couldnt imagine the WEEEEZARD ever getting angry with anyone, he's such a 🧸
Wizard, it made me happy that one of your stories revolves around an interesting bird 😄 it’s a silly little thing but stuff like that sticks with ya. Never hurts to notice the little things in life
Welcome back to the wizards chop shop today we have this awesome 90s wrangler
Today we'll be taking the cat off this Prius and then we'll get onto taking the airbags out of this Accord...right after this from Debbie's bail bonds.
TBH, a "transparent" TH-cam channel would be the perfect cover for a chop shop. Keep up the great content, you and Hoovie are in the middle of some of the best car content on YT.
Having a shop that has a lot of high end business is actually GOOD for a town. I live 2 miles down the street from a Rolls/Lotus/Mercedes dealer. That lady has no idea that having Lamborghinis and Ferraris drive down your street every day leaves quite a positive impression about your neighborhood. Good Lord she needs to get a life.
The insurance guy story was hilarious, glad you were able to get the coverage in the end!
Perfect for watching over my lunch hour. You rock, man.
I’m literally on lunch right now as well lol
You would be amazed at how many times I've popped a hood and seen extension cords for wiring, speaker wire used for power wire, milk jugs for coolant overflows, etc... people do some wild things.
Milk jugs for coolant overflows? That's crazy! Langer's orange juice bottles are way sturdier. ;)
I know what you mean. Aluminum foil wrapped and zip-tied around a brake fluid reservoir where the cap should be made me scratch my head.
@@RToddRothrauff Keeps the smaller rocks out.
Hmm I've heard some of these stories multiple times now but through different crazy story videos..shorter videos are ok! I love watching these. Thank you!
That fire side chat was awesome. You can’t please everyone. And apparently you don’t have to go out of your way to piss the neighbors off either. Merry Christmas Mr and Mrs Wizard. Happy and prosperous New Year
I love the n64 shirt! 💪vigilante was a favorite of mine.
Spy Bird - Doesn't get better than that for me. Ha ha ha.
That "timer' in your book is handling the negative side of the coil circuits. Separate coils similar to the modern COP system. Neat setup, has a roller that makes the contacts directly off the front of the cam.
Well Wizard, if you park Hoovies new (to him) Maybach outside your place the chop shop aspect might come back into play.I want to say that you strike me as a really good guy, very calm and level headed. The way you dealt with the transposed fluid change on the SLS AMG was 100% class. I think Hoovie saw the light on that one. Without a guy like you to work on these treasures he finds, he'd be done before he got started. I really enjoy your channel. Thanks
Ahhh yes, a fireside chat with the Wizard!
"Chop Shop Woman" sounds jealous. Maybe she should move to a worse part of town? And that O-Ring guy can't have been paying shipping, or it'd have been sent in a 3"x5" Jiffy Bag!
The lives of certain members of the general public seem to be even more miserable and dire than any Biblical description of Hell and perdition.
Oh she is for sure. Why else would it piss her off?
Probably hasn't had a good **** in over a decade
Yeah, sounds like those people were secretly hoping Omega Engineering was a chopshop. It would add a bit of excitement to their drab lives.
Some people move to the fringes of town to have a peaceful life. Very annoying when the city starts to spread and the peace and quiet you sought gets trampled upon.
Lol !! Good stuff Mr. and Mrs. Wizard !! In my old job of Fire and Flood Restoration, I got to see inside all kinds of peoples lives, unfortunately usually at really bad times . Saw some crazy stuff at that job.
I just love these stories and it goes to show you just how crazy this world has gotten. Thanks for sharing.
I've seen model t's with 4 separate ignition coils in big wooden boxes that buzz when you turn the ignition on. I think that's what that excerpt was talking about. Sometimes they're next to the engine and sometimes they're under the dash. Depends on the year I believe.
I remember you reading this book from a winter preparation video. Glad to see this content!
This is like something straight out of Vinwiki. I always enjoy stories from the Car Wizard.
Thank you Car Wizard for this group of stories. I love the tree and the fireplace! You have a great way of telling your stories.
Damn, RIP Spy bird.
Even before he revealed it was a bird, I was totally thinking it was going to be a bird.
Probably,the camera lens was shining in the birds nest at that particular time of the day...
My 4 year old starts her naps listening to Wizard's voice. True story.
My 6 week old too. Lock Picking Lawyer is another perfect channel for that. Check it out. Exact same cadence, volume and soothing intro/outro for every video. Mesmerizing.
I agree with wizard & lock picking lawyer voice. Listen to bigclivedotcom. Very soothing voice...
Love the stories. Can't wait for the next one. Great job Mr & Mrs Wizard.
Wizard, you are one of coolest and calmest mechanics I have ever seen no matter the situation. I really like the highly informative and instructional videos. Merry Christmas to you and Mrs.Wizard.
Dude, thanks for making this, I love the stories of things that this that goes on. I wish I had some great stories. The best I got is a lady that complained once and I felt kind of happy she left a shitty review that was very vague. Now people can see I'm not perfect I recon.
I once had the city get mad at 4 cars being parked in my 6 car driveway, gave me a ticket for derelict vehicles when they were all running and registered. Said neighbors complained about having to see "so many cars". My fence grew three sizes that day...
In the 1990s, I bought a few rough but running 1980s cars (mostly Japanese cars and pickups) to use as personal transportation winter beaters, then got bored of them and sold them, and got another one. Then I bought a Ford Pinto to restore (nostalgia for my first car). I had it parked in the garage. One bitter neighbor across the street in my working class/middle class neighborhood didn't like that (he preferred brand new GM cars) and called the city bylaw on me saying I was running an automotive repair shop, body shop and car dealership from home. I showed him the registration to my fairly new Ford Escort in the driveway and to the Ford Pinto in the garage, both registered in my name, and had been for a while. He said "sorry to have bothered you" and left, lol!
The owner of a shop I worked at bought a '98 BMW M3 with a blown engine for CHEAP. Of course, we had tried to turn the engine over with a breaker bar before we even started pulling the motor, and it was locked up good and tight. We were to remove and replace the engine with another one he had sitting in the corner of the shop. A fellow mechanic started disassembling stuff to pull the blown motor, and noticed the A/C compressor drive bearing looked melted. He cut the belt, started the car and it ran flawlessly. The compressor had locked up and wouldn't allow the engine to budge one inch.
We put a new compressor on the car, and the owner sold it, making thousands on it. My buddy got a nice bonus for that piece of detective work.
Spy Bird and the lady with the Lincoln Town Car had me in tears!!!! 😂🤣😂🤣😂😅😂
I hope Spy Bird is living his happy bird life somewhere else confusing people and bringing them joy and if not RIP Spy Bird you will be missed!
Actually, I'm betting that the Lincoln was her late husbands last car or the last car he bought for her and this is one of the last connections to him.
Car and Mrs. Wizard are so awesome, so glad I found your channel (thanks hoovie lol)
Your secret is out you and hoovie are chopping it up it all makes perfect sense now lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, but for videos they play the footage in reverse
I'm sorry I couldn't stop laughing 😂😂😂, plus his way to tell the stories.
Just proves your business is just extremely unique and niche. Your circumstances and abilities are just right for the caliber of business you have and people aren’t used to that!
Love the channel Wizard
I love how half the cars he mentioned in this stories were probably Tyler's.
I always love inside the business stories. I have so many crazy, funny stories from my decades in business.
That was awesome Mr & Mrs car wizard.
Really enjoyed the stories especially the copper wire wagon 👌
The fire keeps changing colors~
Great video!
" I really laid into him" sorry.. but I'm having a difficult time imagining Car Wizard in an angry mood. :P
“Welcome to the Wizards.... fire place... office, or whatever you want to call it” 😂😂😂😂 no shits given. This why we love the Wizard.
Anyone else notice the fireplace is set to a different color for each story? One of those subtle things, just to mess with you a bit. I like it.
Well, sounds like the insurance agent knows his exotic cars.
i see that shirt and all i hear is: MOOOOORTAAAAAAL KOOOOOMBAAAAAAT
That's quite an interesting association for a console that wasn't particularly famous for Mortal Combat :P
Fight!
Mortal kombat was SEGA
The o ring story has me dying 😂😂 has to be some kind of joke who packs a single o ring a box 📦 lol
OMG! That O-ring story is off the hook! Absolutely INSANE!
The last story regarding the lady: KAREN.
My name is Patrice, thank you very much
BREAKING THE LAW...BREAKIN THE LAW...
Wouldn't the Romex end up breaking where it goes in the door at the hinges? Constantly bending it back & forth
I literally laughed out loud on that one 🤣🤣🤣
LMAO, you run possibly the most legit shop I've ever seen or heard of and the locals are convinced you're running a chop shop.
Not directly related but close enough...many years ago I did high end home theater systems. I showed up to the customers house around 8am and introduced myself, fairly large home and lots to get done.
They showed me around and I asked questions about the details of what the wanted done...how high do you want the TV mounted, where do you want the equipment located, boring stuff.
We get to the master bedroom and the guy answers my questions and says "there's a bong and some pot in the bathroom...feel free to take a hit or two". I awkwardly thanked him for the offer.
Later I looked and he was not kidding...loaded bong under the sink. I smoked at the time, but decided to pass on that occasion.
Funniest and most weird interaction I've ever had with a client.
Wiz, I wished you would have ended every story with: "In the end.. we all played Dungeons & Dragons, then we went to Applebees."
I had a woman scream at me while I was sitting at a traffic light while I was driving one of my client's Rolls-Royce Phantoms. She was mad because I was a "rich asshole". I was just sitting at the light, windows down but didn't have the radio on or anything. It was a stock Phantom right from the dealer, I was picking it up for a client. I'm guessing that's what the last woman's problem was, some people just hate success and wealth which is so sad. Maybe if they put half the effort into bettering their lives as they do complaining about others they could succeed 🤔
@Bill Jonston That would have been great! 🤣🤣
Anyone that has ever worked in retail (or any job dealing with the public, for that matter) can 100% relate with these crazy stories. It makes you wonder how some people survive acting the way that they do.
I can safely say after working retail I'm surprised people don't have more throat punch-related injuries.
@@stephenreed3381 Seriously!!
Yeah! Thanks for the videos! Your stories are amazing! :D Im sorry to see people being so redundant and letting jealousy control their lives and try to ruin others lives. Little kindergarden kids never grew up for sure. I like beauty and awesome stuff, and frankly it doesn't bother me that i can look at other peoples stuff and be happy for them and be glad for whats mine too!?!
Then there's one time a customer brings me a door from a Latvian chop shop for his Maybach.
Wizard, you’re going to make one hell of a good old man!
As a truck driver is very common for a business to have multiple companies operating out of one address .with only the primary business listed on the sign.
we need some more of these wizard! especially around this time of year!
Would love to hear about any stories from when you were working in aviation! Does speed tape really fix everything?
Yes. And bailing wire. But only if properly secured by bubble gum
We've arrived. He just said "from the 1900s" like it was a long time ago. LMAO
Good lord!! Car wizard is hurting feelings LEFT AND RIGHT!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hey Mr. Wizard I only discovered you the past year but I gotta say you are a very skilled mechanic I'd be confident having you do work on any car or truck. But you have the same name as my buddy's dad we called him the Wizard too because I was a diesel mechanic but worked on my own gas cars but if I ever got stumped I would call my Wizard and he always knew how to fix it so easily and he was always right!! He passed away and I miss him and his mechanical wizardry.. so thanks for being just like him