Hey Wes! Just wondering why you don't have a Patreon account? Sure I'm not the only one to get at least a couple bucks worth of entertainment each month from the time you very generously share with us, and would be glad to show my appreciation.
I know farm trucks take a beating...but this takes the cake for a piece of crap on wheels. I admire your courage at even wanting to take a look at it. Plus you got it running. Well done sir.
Yeah, i though my brother's Toyota was bad. It hasn't been legal for almost 10 years now, it's beat to shit, not... so much rusty, but really broken. But this is somehow worse... :))
I was going to say .. I have an 06 with the 6.0, club cab LT. I got it really, really cheap. This thing has spent some portion of its life off the ground. I've got it pretty well fixed up, with an engine ready for a rebuild. Sad to see stuff abused and neglected so badly. That seat is comically bad. Mine had a tear, which I had redone, but nothing like that!
The oil pressure sensor on my Silverado cracked. I didn't realize it until I was driving at 70+mph and noticed a gray haze behind me! (Oil dripping onto exhaust pipe.) Let's just say everything from the bell housing to the rear bumper is now VERY well lubricated.
Have you ever seen when someone hooks up the wrong polarity on completely dead batteries when attempting to jumpstart? Blows just about all the ecm fuses instantly. Seeing it has new batteries that could be the culprit.
I did that. In my case it was because I had to join two sets of cables to reach and just wasn't paying good attention. Got away with just a blown fusible link and accessory fuse on my 01 Saturn and nothing wrong on the 89 Cadillac jumping me. I've seen people switch the cables if it doesn't start the first time though.
Funny story. I had one of those one time and it would shut off randomly going down the road. It was blowing fuse every time on a essential circuit. We worked on it until after dark and ironically the darkness helped us find the problem! A wire in the main wire loom was shorting out and the only way we found the short was by seeing the tiny spark in the darkness.
By the way his workmanship on the truck looked and care the truck is in I can only imagine the looks of the trailer and the wiring of it. They were probably troubleshooting truck wiring and should have been looking at the trailer. Who ever owns the truck can probably tear up a anvil in a cotton field.
This. Trailer wiring is some of the sketchiest hacked up wiring we see in the automotive field. Like every type of connector/ splice you SHOULDN'T DO. Wire nuts even. They have no business in any automotive application, period. Scotch taps, bare twisted connections, etc. The type of stuff that'll make any sane person lose their mind just looking at...
@@markwheeler202 A lot of farmers I have known over the years kept an old, beat up truck for use in the fields. Between ruts in the ground, God knows what else under hay or whatever and general abuse caused by farm work they don't want to beat up their $60K new truck for those jobs so they keep an old, beat up truck for that use. Many also go out in the back 160 and cut wood to heat their houses in the winter and use their old, beat up truck for that (I myself have banged up a couple of trucks over the years hauling firewood out of the woods, so has my father -- I know I am glad that part of my life is over now that I live near town and have natural gas service to my house).
This reminds me of my dad. He bought a truck but never checked if the air conditioning worked. Then when it got hot he was complaining about it not working . I went over opened the fuse box and sure enough the previous owner had taken the fuse for the compressed out. It was just laying there. Never could figure out why it was removed in the first place.. It still works great 9 years later.
Maybe they didn’t want it to run when they had the car on defrost only thing I could think of, my jeep runs a/c with the face and feet vents on wish it wouldn’t
As soon as you opened the door I immediately notice we're in the presence of a very fine car connoisseur! I take a guess the blown fuse comes from the fine interior job. I'd be careful putting all these fuses back in...
I met a guy whos method of diagnosis was a jumper wire and when he got done formulating a diagnosis, it resulted in multiple failed components and a handful of blown fuses and about 40% success rate. It is refreshing to watch your cautious Scientific method of diagnosing. Keep up the good work and teaching !
A cheap multimeter is very valuable for jobs like this one. I don't work on cars anymore but I do still diagnose malfunctioning electrical devices around the house, I actually keep 3-4 cheap multimeters around the house, you have to buy better leads for them but even with that I have less than $15 wrapped up in each multimeter.
I have just come to the conclusion that when you don’t have your lovely assistant present you need a remote controlled winch at the back of the shop to pull these vehicles in
Always love the blown fuse. Working for a landscape company a machine died, told the crew leader to change a the fuel pump fuse , told me it was OK. Drive out to take a look, swap fuse machine starts right up, lost an hour driving back and forth.
The only guy who knows as much about wiring diagrams and electrical circuits is Mr O at South Main. You guys are freaking masters of figuring out electrical stuff that makes my eyes glaze over and gives me a headache. Great work Wes. Best Regards
I'm glad you k ow how to do electrical, Wes. Stuff like this makes me want to curl up in the corner in the fetal position sucking my thumb rocking back and forth crying....great vid!
Loving this channel more and more. Just a thorough, skilled mechanic and the random jobs that pass through his garage. No BS, no pretensions and plenty of lols. Excellent content all round.
The seat switch hanging out can cause some interesting head scratching. We have an 07 Chevy that from time to time would have a dead battery. Turns out the seat switch would get activated when the door was shut.
Good video. Many people in the US have been priced out of the used and new pick-up truck market, and that's part of the reason we see so many trucks getting repaired that are in pretty bad condition. I have customers still making payments on trucks that aren't much better than this one. Actually this 2004 truck isn't all that bad compared to some others.
If people refuse to educate themselves (I.e. stop buying twinkies and McMansions), they will have to learn the hard way. Very dark future on the horizon, I give it 3 years tops before the collapse.
Maybe , tyranny appears to be punishment and attempt at correction for abusing liberties . The great reset that Jefferson describes in the Declaration of Independence appears to be the answer to tyranny . Unfortunately tyrants only get worse one coil at a time . Evilution ?
Wes, got to admire a guy that has that can do never give up attitude. Some things leave you stumped but non the less come out running at your hands. Love the fact that you tackle and fix almost anything thrown at you. Keep up the good work.
It reminds me when I was a young boy, I would take things apart to see what makes it tick. Wouldn't necessarily go back the same way, but it cured my curiosity. When the truck did fire up, smooth as silk. I feel sorry for the truck.
I remember doing the same. Taking things apart to see what makes it tick. As you say, many times, they never got back together. Now a days, it has to go back together. I still love to understand how stuff works.
@Paul Fellows Nowadays they call that child abuse! I am not going to be the one to say never spank your kid (although it is a felony in my state) but if it hurts the kid to sit down afterwards the parent needs to go to jail!
I have no idea why I enjoy Wes's videos so much. Sat here in the UK, with almost no personal automotive/mechanic knowledge watching someone work upon vehicles that are largely alien to me. It's great stuff though. Maybe the insane laughter when the fuse kicked in... Stuff like that. Keep working, Wes. You sometimes seem puzzled as to how your content is so popular, but it is, even though some of your visitors are as puzzled as you.
Ditto. I’m familiar with a screwdriver and that’s about it. But it frankly gives me the courage to change my air filter, oil, fuses…terribly minor stuff. Watching also makes me want tools I’ll probably never use. I buy his shirts because I want to support people like Wes.
Echo that comment. He works on zero cars I have interest in. But I like Wes and the fact that he never cuts corners, has a calming voice and a good laugh!
I had a 04 f-250 with the 5.4 Triton motor. Sat in a trailer park 4 years. Put a battery in it, checked all the fuses, fluids, made sure the motor was free, etc. Wouldn't crank with the key. One day I decided to jump the stater with a wire. It started just fine. Did that twice I believe, then the key worked after that.
I hope you and the family had a great Thanksgiving! I am thankful that you take the extra time to film some of your work. May you all be happy, healthy, and prosperous in the future.
The pre-2017 Duramax doesn't have a lift pump or boost pump -- no electrical fuel pump at all. They only have a single mechanical pump in the valley at the front of the motor. Also, it's far more plausible that the issue was indeed from some shade-tree "fixing" for the trailer harness, then it just went completely pear-shaped because the owner didn't check the basics.
Seen it many times, you are spot on. probably something in the trailer wiring, then they went to their local big box auto parts store, for a "free check engine light" diagnosis, or something like that. Wound up buying half the store off the counterperson's "expert opinions", and popped half a dozen fuses trying to put it all in the truck.
When you spoke of batteries,I was reminded of two instances where things were just not what seemed.First was a brand new battery that had the posts marked wrong.NEG was marked POS. POS was marked NEG. Second was a new battery that had a dead cell.We tried to recover the battery but no joy.
little unsolicited advice "pro" tip start putting fender covers on all three sides of the vehicle to protect the paint and yeah i know it's not a gem but it will keep your tools from falling into the abyss all three sides and some times the cowl for nuts bolts parts every time because you know how that works if you just do the area where your working it always happens you find your self working where you thought you never would be it's just what i do i use old long towels that are out of circulation in my house and use them for the vehicles washing drying spill something inside fender cover etc...
Common problem in my area for blown fuses on these truck is mice under the under hood fuse box. Don’t know why but they love it under there. What a poor truck though what a piece! And yeah they only started putting electric fuel pumps in duramaxes starting in 2017.
Hey Wes...that is a duramax...does not have a fuel pump it is a cp3 drawing vacuum. Also the module you were talking about on the fan shroud is the Transmission Control Module.
Had a similar problem with a Gmc. The charge wire for the Battery wire was shorted to the trailer brake wire at the back of the 7 wire rear plug in for the trailer connector . hope that makes since. The computer did not send voltage to the trailer unless the battery until the voltage in the battery in the truck, had regained it after start voltage. It took a GM tech about two days to find that problem in 1996. Good stuff keep up the content. Have A Great day !
Good job Wes. You are very motivating with your knowledge of automobiles combined with your diagnostic skills and persistence. . A pleasure to watch. Thanks! This duramax is a cadillac compered to my ranch D350!
This reminds me of a truck that came into our shop. All I can remember is that it was a lifted GMC (I think) crew cab with a poorly done Escalade front end swap, I think he painted the housing on the inside of the headlight to red. The front bumper was missing. The whole truck was very poorly rattlecanned black, with the original paint visible in the light and some of the paint was missing. It was in a weird state because it was falling apart but it also had work put into it. The interior wasn't as dissasembled or as left to the elements like the truck in this video but it was rattlecanned black and gold and it looked horrible. It looked like he didn't even use tape, he probably just sprayed it by hand. All the interior lights were also red.
I "rattlecanned" an old pickup I had about 25 years ago after drinking several mixed drinks. I didn't take a wire brush to the rust that was on it but the paint job actually lasted several years and only cost me about $10 in paint (it would be closer to $30 today). I don't know if it saved me any more rust on the truck but it did look a little better.
I am not even a professional mechanic and I agree with that statement wholeheartedly! I probably know more than many of the shade tree "mechanics" around today but I don't know jack shit about vehicles compared to Wes!
We have a couple "mechanics" at my shop who don't really understand electrical well. I've watched them pull fuses from equipment and swap them to another port, after about 2 hours of them doing stuff like that they either give up and put it back on the line or if it won't start come and ask for help. When I saw that blown fuse and you changed it and it started I immediately thought the guy pulled it out tried it, didn't think it blew and put it back.
The fuse thing reminds me of my retired mom who lives a state away from me. Had some local parts changers try to "fix" her driver's side electric window on her Honda. They threw a new regulator at it, it still didn't work, left her door card all disjointed, and charged her $290. When I got to it the first thing I checked was for a blown fuse and guess what?!? The Honda fuse block even provides an area populated with spare fuses! Needless to say the window was working, door card properly installed, and she was good to go after three minutes of my time. She was living with that non working window for a year, she was not amused.
This is like when I took apart my brake pedal switch to clean it, only to find out that the fuse blew. I wasn’t very happy that I spent an hour looking for an issue, only to have it be the fuse.
As you mentioned late ninetys chevy there's a wire in the headlight switch area that feeds ignition. When the switch fails it can blow the fuse and truck will spin over and not start.
Glad to see you got it running and you came to the correct conclusion that a Duramax of the early vintage up to at least 2007 doesn't have an electric lift pump. The CP3 injection pump has the job of drawing fuel from the tank through the fuel filter and then pressurizing the fuel rails. There is a hand pump and a bleeder screw on top of the fuel filter housing to draw fuel from the tank, fill the filter, and pressurize the suction side of the fuel system after you've changed the filter.
Watch Wes Work This might help in the future, if you get a Duramax in that loses fuel prime overnight or even in an hour or so while in a store shopping, it's usually the o rings in the hand priming pump have gone bad. GM wants to sell you the whole filter head and pump assembly for some big dollars instead of just a seal kit, which they don't service as far as I know. You can usually diagnose this problem by priming the fuel system back up and it runs fine until it's parked for a period of time, then it may lose prime or it may not. Then as time passes it gets worse until it happens every time it's turned off. There are a couple of companies that sell seal kits to rebuild them for somewhere around $20.00. The kits I put in my Dad's and my filter heads have far outlasted the factory o rings so far. Hope you have a good rest of your day sir, I enjoy watching you work!
@@sirsweetness8332 I don’t remember which diesel site I got them from, it’s just a google search away. NAPA shows up as one source for them, Merchant Automotive in Michigan is another. Just do your homework and try to find a kit with VITON o rings in it. Amazon has multiple kits if you shop with them. Edit: I would trust the $20.00 seal kit from Merchant Automotive, I have their transfer case anti pump rub kit and it was a seamless repair when I got the pump rub issue and needed a rear case half and the cure to prevent it from happening again. I have a 2007 LBZ truck like you. Be sure and verify the to rubber fuel lines connected to the filter head aren’t deteriorated and cracked while you’re there. Cracked hoses can cause air leaks and loss of prime while it’s shut off and parked a few hours or maybe even less. My dads 2003 would lose prime in an hour or so while in a store somewhere. That o ring kit fixed his right up, as it did mine a year or so later.
3:15 a 20 Amp fuse is pretty big to have blown... 😲 my guess is a very worn ignition switch and funky trailer wiring teamed up to blow the fuse; starters , like fuel pumps, work until they don't... and a guy is left thinking.. "huh...thats weird.."
Your videos are the first i search for when I get in you tube. Keep up the great work. Just know that sometimes your videos are an encouragement to others and a light when some have had a hard day.
Your knowledge in car electrics is truely outstanding. If you don't find what's wrong, nobody will. Someone who obviously does not have your knowledge heavily messed up the whole system while he tried to make it run. The overall state of the truck is pretty sad too. It's a shame because it's not even that rusty and could easily go through a couple more saltseasons if it was maintained better.
I am in the trucking industry too many repairs are $300 or $500 replace a fuse or "missing fuse" . Even the OEMs started adding torques bits or something to "lock" the fuses away from the driver. Doesn't stop them.
I remember my dad trying to jumpstart a car with a set of jumpercables he had... turned out that the black & red clamps were reversed on one end. Back to KMart those went and who knows how long they'd been in the truck awaiting their first use.
Love your sense of humor and humility. Also, your sense of restraint at what is a very rough vehicle that has been used, let's say, poorly. That said, a few hours of work and some new parts would be nice for the poor beast. Certainly beats 70K for a new truck.
Excellent video Wes :) also like Fuse tray organizer you have and used one for small 2 prong fuses from 5 amp to 30 amps plus small tester come with for use on 2 to 3 prong fuses small to bigger size to plus puller on too! Also only thing can say -Ground black pig tail memories ground on fender of 2 batteries for each is corrosion needs clean up or trailer hook up wire need fix or ground fixing up or rewired too plus owner did put cap keep dirty prongs and trailer too too!
the winters in your area are really hard on vehicles with the salt & general decay.those farm trucks arent that old for being in such bad shape.many appear to be one repair away from being giant paperweights.id be half afraid to touch them in fear of half the truck falling apart by closing the drivers door too hard.but they pay the bills just like any other repair.thanks for helping the farmers.they have a tough job with constantly shrinking profit margins.
Gotta love mechanic TH-cam channels. SMA: “visual inspection, don’t wiggle or touch anything because it might fix it self up” WWW: “Visual inspection and wiggle stuff around, see if it blows the fuse” lol thanks for your videos Wes. Also thanks to Eric.
He also could have robbed peter to pay Paul and used the 20 A fuse during a quick swap to see if a 20A would work on trailer circuit, blew it stuck it back and forgot he blew it.
i just dealt with something very similar on a 97 silverado. previous owners cut out the fuel pump relay/fuel pump fuse and spliced in another outside of the fuse box, but also the ignition/turn signal switch was messed up. turns out whoever installed the trailer brake module used the add a connector deal with the tin/aluminum strip that crimped down on the wire... corroded and broke the wire eventually so it wouldnt start. and the main hot wire for the ign switch ended up being loose ( someone else soldered on but it broke off from the connection). weird shit people do.
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Hey Wes! Just wondering why you don't have a Patreon account? Sure I'm not the only one to get at least a couple bucks worth of entertainment each month from the time you very generously share with us, and would be glad to show my appreciation.
That current loop kit is genius.... Why didn't I think of that?
oooh are those affiliate links? I've already bought a bunch of stuff because of you; might as well profit from it!
I'd like to know what those green flashlights are....
@@MrAmorti he has talked about that in previous videos, I think a Q&A he did with his wife in the last year or so.
I know farm trucks take a beating...but this takes the cake for a piece of crap on wheels. I admire your courage at even wanting to take a look at it. Plus you got it running. Well done sir.
Yeah, i though my brother's Toyota was bad. It hasn't been legal for almost 10 years now, it's beat to shit, not... so much rusty, but really broken. But this is somehow worse... :))
you have to take the customers you get.
@@lostintime8651 Sad, but true, in his situation. Word of mouth can be nasty.
Worked on quite a few oil field rigs that this doesnt even compare to.. but as far as compared to your average vehicle, yeah, she's pooched
It's not *that* bad - besides, he fixes stuff for a living - you expect him to get brand new shiny stuff in the door heheh - in the rust belt no less.
The treachery some people can inflict on a vehicle is truly amazing, and then they open the hood.......
I was going to say .. I have an 06 with the 6.0, club cab LT. I got it really, really cheap. This thing has spent some portion of its life off the ground. I've got it pretty well fixed up, with an engine ready for a rebuild. Sad to see stuff abused and neglected so badly. That seat is comically bad. Mine had a tear, which I had redone, but nothing like that!
That new automatic u-joint lubrication system is right impressive. Interesting aftermarket accessory.
The oil pressure sensor on my Silverado cracked. I didn't realize it until I was driving at 70+mph and noticed a gray haze behind me! (Oil dripping onto exhaust pipe.)
Let's just say everything from the bell housing to the rear bumper is now VERY well lubricated.
@@Cautionary_Tale_Harris that’s rust preventative if you live where they throw steel dissolver on the roads because people can’t drive in snow
Looks much better than the UJ washing system my disco comes factory with (AC drain goes straight onto the front prop shaft double cardan joint)
Have you ever seen when someone hooks up the wrong polarity on completely dead batteries when attempting to jumpstart? Blows just about all the ecm fuses instantly. Seeing it has new batteries that could be the culprit.
Seen this a few times… on some of the later model Japanese vehicles it really messes them up….how people accomplish this always a great question
I did that. In my case it was because I had to join two sets of cables to reach and just wasn't paying good attention. Got away with just a blown fusible link and accessory fuse on my 01 Saturn and nothing wrong on the 89 Cadillac jumping me.
I've seen people switch the cables if it doesn't start the first time though.
If ecm made acording to standarts norting happens.
Zactly
And that's why I NEVER jumpstart anyone's car with my car.
Funny story. I had one of those one time and it would shut off randomly going down the road. It was blowing fuse every time on a essential circuit. We worked on it until after dark and ironically the darkness helped us find the problem! A wire in the main wire loom was shorting out and the only way we found the short was by seeing the tiny spark in the darkness.
I've seen mice get under the fuse box and chew on wires cause majer corrosion problems from pee and poop just saying, have a good one
By the way his workmanship on the truck looked and care the truck is in I can only imagine the looks of the trailer and the wiring of it. They were probably troubleshooting truck wiring and should have been looking at the trailer. Who ever owns the truck can probably tear up a anvil in a cotton field.
"Tear up an anvil in a cotton field." I used to know someone like that. 🤣🤣🤣
@@bluegrallis I had a neighbor like that, he was funny to watch, get so mad at a tractor and plow, he’d be in tears
In his defense, trailer wiring is generally pretty terrible right out of the factory!
This. Trailer wiring is some of the sketchiest hacked up wiring we see in the automotive field. Like every type of connector/ splice you SHOULDN'T DO. Wire nuts even. They have no business in any automotive application, period. Scotch taps, bare twisted connections, etc. The type of stuff that'll make any sane person lose their mind just looking at...
I need to rewire my trailer since my brakes havent worked in over a year
This is the true meaning of farm truck. Just keep driving until the wheels fall off. Thanks Wes for sharing. Have a great day!
I'm from California. It's not a farm truck unless it has a cow decal on the side.
Ball joints are getting close to releasing a wheel! LoL 🤣😆
@@dans_Learning_Curve And the ABS wire trapped between them brake line clip and the rim doesn't mean any good, too...
:-D
Most farmers take care of their equipment. This owner looks to have been a serial abuser.
@@markwheeler202 A lot of farmers I have known over the years kept an old, beat up truck for use in the fields. Between ruts in the ground, God knows what else under hay or whatever and general abuse caused by farm work they don't want to beat up their $60K new truck for those jobs so they keep an old, beat up truck for that use. Many also go out in the back 160 and cut wood to heat their houses in the winter and use their old, beat up truck for that (I myself have banged up a couple of trucks over the years hauling firewood out of the woods, so has my father -- I know I am glad that part of my life is over now that I live near town and have natural gas service to my house).
This reminds me of my dad. He bought a truck but never checked if the air conditioning worked. Then when it got hot he was complaining about it not working . I went over opened the fuse box and sure enough the previous owner had taken the fuse for the compressed out. It was just laying there. Never could figure out why it was removed in the first place.. It still works great 9 years later.
Maybe they didn’t want it to run when they had the car on defrost only thing I could think of, my jeep runs a/c with the face and feet vents on wish it wouldn’t
That laugh when it starts. Pure happiness and i feel it in my heart.
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Amen!
Dropping you light followed by "really" at 12:19 made this video for me. Story of my life right there.
As soon as you opened the door I immediately notice we're in the presence of a very fine car connoisseur! I take a guess the blown fuse comes from the fine interior job. I'd be careful putting all these fuses back in...
No way that rig would spend a night in my shop powered up.
My theory is he was pulling and swapping fuses and accidentally stuck a blown one back in that hole.
I met a guy whos method of diagnosis was a jumper wire and when he got done formulating a diagnosis, it resulted in multiple failed components and a handful of blown fuses and about 40% success rate. It is refreshing to watch your cautious Scientific method of diagnosing. Keep up the good work and teaching !
A cheap multimeter is very valuable for jobs like this one. I don't work on cars anymore but I do still diagnose malfunctioning electrical devices around the house, I actually keep 3-4 cheap multimeters around the house, you have to buy better leads for them but even with that I have less than $15 wrapped up in each multimeter.
Wes pumping out content like no other at the moment. I like it!
I have just come to the conclusion that when you don’t have your lovely assistant present you need a remote controlled winch at the back of the shop to pull these vehicles in
Thats a Great Idea Wes Should see this
@Jambo I was thinking snatch blocks too, I agree an A frame would probably be a lot simpler.
Sure- a couple D loops mounted to the floor either side of the doorway and the snatch blocks would work well.
Snatch Blocks? Remote controlled Wench...Ahem, Winch? Lovely Assistant cannot be replaced by these devices. She is a classy driver. (Math Class).
@Jambo That's the idea. The winch location would be front and center of the lift.
Always love the blown fuse. Working for a landscape company a machine died, told the crew leader to change a the fuel pump fuse , told me it was OK. Drive out to take a look, swap fuse machine starts right up, lost an hour driving back and forth.
@Jambo I think you commented on the wrong comment...lol
That laugh at 6:00 sums up the easiness/silliness/relief of the situation when all it was is a simple fuse. Well done sir.
The only guy who knows as much about wiring diagrams and electrical circuits is Mr O at South Main. You guys are freaking masters of figuring out electrical stuff that makes my eyes glaze over and gives me a headache. Great work Wes. Best Regards
I’d say Pine Hollow Auto Diag is in the running for sure
@@gtemnykh Ivan is a little too quick to jump to conclusions sometimes. Eric O is the cat's meow.
@@thebigmacd PHAD tackles trickier diagnostics work on average (IMO). Eric, perhaps smartly, knows to avoid the Euro sleds.
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Thank you. I’ll check his tube out.
"Keith DeFazio parking lot diagnostics"... Guaranteed success! 😎👌
He makes it look so easy!
I miss Keith! Good diagnostician. We learned so much from him.
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Been there too many times where the customer has removed or put a blown fuse in a crucial spot. Thanks Wes!!
I'm glad you k ow how to do electrical, Wes. Stuff like this makes me want to curl up in the corner in the fetal position sucking my thumb rocking back and forth crying....great vid!
Do you need a pillow and blankie ?
@@stevewhyte8476 and my binkie!
@@jogden6632 HA ! HA !
Loving this channel more and more. Just a thorough, skilled mechanic and the random jobs that pass through his garage. No BS, no pretensions and plenty of lols. Excellent content all round.
The seat switch hanging out can cause some interesting head scratching. We have an 07 Chevy that from time to time would have a dead battery. Turns out the seat switch would get activated when the door was shut.
Good video.
Many people in the US have been priced out of the used and new pick-up truck market, and that's part of the reason we see so many trucks getting repaired that are in pretty bad condition. I have customers still making payments on trucks that aren't much better than this one.
Actually this 2004 truck isn't all that bad compared to some others.
If people refuse to educate themselves (I.e. stop buying twinkies and McMansions), they will have to learn the hard way. Very dark future on the horizon, I give it 3 years tops before the collapse.
Maybe , tyranny appears to be punishment and attempt at correction for abusing liberties . The great reset that Jefferson describes in the Declaration of Independence appears to be the answer to tyranny . Unfortunately tyrants only get worse one coil at a time . Evilution ?
It's by design
Awfully brave putting all those other fuses back in. I half expected smoke to just start rolling out of the entire harness.
Wes, got to admire a guy that has that can do never give up attitude. Some things leave you stumped but non the less come out running at your hands. Love the fact that you tackle and fix almost anything thrown at you. Keep up the good work.
Two in consecutive days you are spoiling us
I love the master fuse kit. I will put this on my wish list. Wes I can’t tell you enough how grateful I am for sharing the good stuff with us.
It reminds me when I was a young boy, I would take things apart to see what makes it tick. Wouldn't necessarily go back the same way, but it cured my curiosity. When the truck did fire up, smooth as silk. I feel sorry for the truck.
I remember doing the same. Taking things apart to see what makes it tick. As you say, many times, they never got back together. Now a days, it has to go back together. I still love to understand how stuff works.
@Paul Fellows Nowadays they call that child abuse! I am not going to be the one to say never spank your kid (although it is a felony in my state) but if it hurts the kid to sit down afterwards the parent needs to go to jail!
We - yes sir I have your truck fixed, the tow truck just dropped it off 10 minutes ago, "yeah it was a fuse" .
Lot of people in the comments never patched an old vehicle together. 😂 You got it running Wes. You did good.
2004 is older? Most shops are still teaching on 90's cars lol
That is one primo truck, you get all the jewels
I have no idea why I enjoy Wes's videos so much. Sat here in the UK, with almost no personal automotive/mechanic knowledge watching someone work upon vehicles that are largely alien to me.
It's great stuff though. Maybe the insane laughter when the fuse kicked in... Stuff like that.
Keep working, Wes. You sometimes seem puzzled as to how your content is so popular, but it is, even though some of your visitors are as puzzled as you.
Ditto. I’m familiar with a screwdriver and that’s about it. But it frankly gives me the courage to change my air filter, oil, fuses…terribly minor stuff. Watching also makes me want tools I’ll probably never use. I buy his shirts because I want to support people like Wes.
Echo that comment. He works on zero cars I have interest in. But I like Wes and the fact that he never cuts corners, has a calming voice and a good laugh!
Maybe you should try Mr. Carlson's Lab? I enjoy that and I know zilch about old radios and stuff like that.
I had a 04 f-250 with the 5.4 Triton motor. Sat in a trailer park 4 years. Put a battery in it, checked all the fuses, fluids, made sure the motor was free, etc. Wouldn't crank with the key. One day I decided to jump the stater with a wire. It started just fine. Did that twice I believe, then the key worked after that.
I hope you and the family had a great Thanksgiving! I am thankful that you take the extra time to film some of your work. May you all be happy, healthy, and prosperous in the future.
Well said @Eric Helmer
That fuse kit is nice. I have a plethora of little boxes and kits throughout that is annoying.
Dang, when did a 2004 become an 'older' GM?!....I done got old!
I had to ask when a 1950 and 1960 became "older". It happens.
You laughing when it started was the best!!
Sounded like Mustie1
@@JimsNBHomestead yep!
Or Matt at Diesel Creek!
I was waiting for "IT'S ALIVE"!!! after the miniacle laugh...
This is my story…started with a wire…ended with an expensive experience. Lol
Not that rusty on the bottom.
Another winner! Always interesting seeing the problems simple or complicated being solved.
The pre-2017 Duramax doesn't have a lift pump or boost pump -- no electrical fuel pump at all. They only have a single mechanical pump in the valley at the front of the motor. Also, it's far more plausible that the issue was indeed from some shade-tree "fixing" for the trailer harness, then it just went completely pear-shaped because the owner didn't check the basics.
Seen it many times, you are spot on. probably something in the trailer wiring, then they went to their local big box auto parts store, for a "free check engine light" diagnosis, or something like that. Wound up buying half the store off the counterperson's "expert opinions", and popped half a dozen fuses trying to put it all in the truck.
When you spoke of batteries,I was reminded of two instances where things were just not what seemed.First was a brand new battery that had the posts marked wrong.NEG was marked POS. POS was marked NEG. Second was a new battery that had a dead cell.We tried to recover the battery but no joy.
It's a win since you walked away from that disaster. I was yelling at the screen "Don't touch it !!!" At least it's running. For now.
little unsolicited advice "pro" tip start putting fender covers on all three sides of the vehicle to protect the paint and yeah i know it's not a gem but it will keep your tools from falling into the abyss all three sides and some times the cowl for nuts bolts parts every time because you know how that works if you just do the area where your working it always happens you find your self working where you thought you never would be it's just what i do i use old long towels that are out of circulation in my house and use them for the vehicles washing drying spill something inside fender cover etc...
Common problem in my area for blown fuses on these truck is mice under the under hood fuse box. Don’t know why but they love it under there.
What a poor truck though what a piece!
And yeah they only started putting electric fuel pumps in duramaxes starting in 2017.
Hey Wes...that is a duramax...does not have a fuel pump it is a cp3 drawing vacuum. Also the module you were talking about on the fan shroud is the Transmission Control Module.
Yes, but the ECM is right below it.
Once he finds out it was just a fuse, he's going to sell everything and become Amish.
Had a similar problem with a Gmc. The charge wire for the Battery wire was shorted to the trailer brake wire at the back of the 7 wire rear plug in for the trailer connector . hope that makes since. The computer did not send voltage to the trailer unless the battery until the voltage in the battery in the truck, had regained it after start voltage. It took a GM tech about two days to find that problem in 1996. Good stuff keep up the content. Have A Great day !
The interiors of those chevys back then always fell apart. They were nice when new.
I will definitely have time to finish my coffee watching this one. Thanks Wes.
Im gonna take my Dmax to Wes! As soon as i get it out of the pond..
I've become accustomed to the horrific salt damage that rolls into your shop - isn't that thing in really, REALLY good shape for a 2004?
The frame is in an amazing shape for an Iowa farm truck. But most likely a southern truck before it made it there.
Good job Wes. You are very motivating with your knowledge of automobiles combined with your diagnostic skills and persistence. . A pleasure to watch. Thanks!
This duramax is a cadillac compered to my ranch D350!
This reminds me of a truck that came into our shop. All I can remember is that it was a lifted GMC (I think) crew cab with a poorly done Escalade front end swap, I think he painted the housing on the inside of the headlight to red. The front bumper was missing. The whole truck was very poorly rattlecanned black, with the original paint visible in the light and some of the paint was missing. It was in a weird state because it was falling apart but it also had work put into it. The interior wasn't as dissasembled or as left to the elements like the truck in this video but it was rattlecanned black and gold and it looked horrible. It looked like he didn't even use tape, he probably just sprayed it by hand. All the interior lights were also red.
I "rattlecanned" an old pickup I had about 25 years ago after drinking several mixed drinks. I didn't take a wire brush to the rust that was on it but the paint job actually lasted several years and only cost me about $10 in paint (it would be closer to $30 today). I don't know if it saved me any more rust on the truck but it did look a little better.
You should be honored that you were chosen for the drop off by tow truck driver/owner
Big fan of your style and how you go through your videos sir. Respect.
My electrical engineer dad will LOVE this one! Way to go Wes!
Always an interesting watch. Thanks for posting.🇬🇧
Wiring fixes are the hardest to fix and you had a jewel 💎 and yes she is old and tired.
If it comes back, try removing the fuse box. GM seems to have manufactured the perfect mouse house. I bet I've fixed 25 of them.
No mouse damage. I checked.
I like that little jumper circuit device you have for testing current draw through a fuse. Neat little device.
The parts canon goes BOOM!!!
PUP, missing in action?
Once again Wes figures something out by going back to the basics.
Apart from the few elec gremlins it looks like a good truck, compared to some of the rusted death traps that seem to come your way 👍
Wes has the patience of a saint.
Nice work Wes
happy thanks giving from UK, thanks for the 3 videos really nice to have a good block of videos. thanks
Probably a mechanic's worst nightmare is to work behind somebody who "knew a little", then; went ahead and tried to affect a "repair".
effect ?
@@12345NoNamesLeft Affect is a verb, effect a noun.
I am not even a professional mechanic and I agree with that statement wholeheartedly! I probably know more than many of the shade tree "mechanics" around today but I don't know jack shit about vehicles compared to Wes!
We have a couple "mechanics" at my shop who don't really understand electrical well. I've watched them pull fuses from equipment and swap them to another port, after about 2 hours of them doing stuff like that they either give up and put it back on the line or if it won't start come and ask for help. When I saw that blown fuse and you changed it and it started I immediately thought the guy pulled it out tried it, didn't think it blew and put it back.
The fuse thing reminds me of my retired mom who lives a state away from me. Had some local parts changers try to "fix" her driver's side electric window on her Honda. They threw a new regulator at it, it still didn't work, left her door card all disjointed, and charged her $290.
When I got to it the first thing I checked was for a blown fuse and guess what?!? The Honda fuse block even provides an area populated with spare fuses! Needless to say the window was working, door card properly installed, and she was good to go after three minutes of my time.
She was living with that non working window for a year, she was not amused.
Shut up
A concourse example if I have ever seen one🤣. You are really knocking out these videos this week sir
This is like when I took apart my brake pedal switch to clean it, only to find out that the fuse blew. I wasn’t very happy that I spent an hour looking for an issue, only to have it be the fuse.
As you mentioned late ninetys chevy there's a wire in the headlight switch area that feeds ignition. When the switch fails it can blow the fuse and truck will spin over and not start.
That's one rough Sierra.
Glad to see you got it running and you came to the correct conclusion that a Duramax of the early vintage up to at least 2007 doesn't have an electric lift pump. The CP3 injection pump has the job of drawing fuel from the tank through the fuel filter and then pressurizing the fuel rails.
There is a hand pump and a bleeder screw on top of the fuel filter housing to draw fuel from the tank, fill the filter, and pressurize the suction side of the fuel system after you've changed the filter.
I'm not a Duramax expert by any means.
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This might help in the future, if you get a Duramax in that loses fuel prime overnight or even in an hour or so while in a store shopping, it's usually the o rings in the hand priming pump have gone bad. GM wants to sell you the whole filter head and pump assembly for some big dollars instead of just a seal kit, which they don't service as far as I know. You can usually diagnose this problem by priming the fuel system back up and it runs fine until it's parked for a period of time, then it may lose prime or it may not. Then as time passes it gets worse until it happens every time it's turned off.
There are a couple of companies that sell seal kits to rebuild them for somewhere around $20.00. The kits I put in my Dad's and my filter heads have far outlasted the factory o rings so far.
Hope you have a good rest of your day sir, I enjoy watching you work!
@@ralfie8801
I have a 2006 Duramax and I need this o-ring kit.
Who sells them? Link?
@@sirsweetness8332
I don’t remember which diesel site I got them from, it’s just a google search away. NAPA shows up as one source for them, Merchant Automotive in Michigan is another. Just do your homework and try to find a kit with VITON o rings in it. Amazon has multiple kits if you shop with them.
Edit: I would trust the $20.00 seal kit from Merchant Automotive, I have their transfer case anti pump rub kit and it was a seamless repair when I got the pump rub issue and needed a rear case half and the cure to prevent it from happening again. I have a 2007 LBZ truck like you.
Be sure and verify the to rubber fuel lines connected to the filter head aren’t deteriorated and cracked while you’re there. Cracked hoses can cause air leaks and loss of prime while it’s shut off and parked a few hours or maybe even less. My dads 2003 would lose prime in an hour or so while in a store somewhere. That o ring kit fixed his right up, as it did mine a year or so later.
Laughed like crazy after he threw the new fuse in it and it started right up.
3:15 a 20 Amp fuse is pretty big to have blown... 😲 my guess is a very worn ignition switch and funky trailer wiring teamed up to blow the fuse; starters , like fuel pumps, work until they don't... and a guy is left thinking.. "huh...thats weird.."
Wes, I like all your video's...including this one. Keep them coming, long, short, I'm interested and always learn something.
Your videos are the first i search for when I get in you tube. Keep up the great work. Just know that sometimes your videos are an encouragement to others and a light when some have had a hard day.
Wes I really love watching your videos, thanks for such great content!
Trying to find why fuses keep blowing sometimes can be a pain and a headache most likely a Short to Ground @Watch Wes Work
Your knowledge in car electrics is truely outstanding. If you don't find what's wrong, nobody will.
Someone who obviously does not have your knowledge heavily messed up the whole system while he tried to make it run. The overall state of the truck is pretty sad too. It's a shame because it's not even that rusty and could easily go through a couple more saltseasons if it was maintained better.
I am in the trucking industry too many repairs are $300 or $500 replace a fuse or "missing fuse" . Even the OEMs started adding torques bits or something to "lock" the fuses away from the driver. Doesn't stop them.
Maybe tried jump-starting it with the cables backwards?
I remember my dad trying to jumpstart a car with a set of jumpercables he had... turned out that the black & red clamps were reversed on one end. Back to KMart those went and who knows how long they'd been in the truck awaiting their first use.
@@Le_Comte_de_Monte_Felin Damn that sucks!
Love your sense of humor and humility. Also, your sense of restraint at what is a very rough vehicle that has been used, let's say, poorly. That said, a few hours of work and some new parts would be nice for the poor beast. Certainly beats 70K for a new truck.
When other people have been at it its like trying to figure out a jigsaw puzzle, great video Wes
With 3 pieces missing.
A jigsaw puzzle without all the pieces
@@joetrippi1603 ain't that the truth
Excellent video Wes :) also like Fuse tray organizer you have and used one for small 2 prong fuses from 5 amp to 30 amps plus small tester come with for use on 2 to 3 prong fuses small to bigger size to plus puller on too! Also only thing can say -Ground black pig tail memories ground on fender of 2 batteries for each is corrosion needs clean up or trailer hook up wire need fix or ground fixing up or rewired too plus owner did put cap keep dirty prongs and trailer too too!
Wes i am sure the customer is happy you fixed his truck
the winters in your area are really hard on vehicles with the salt & general decay.those farm trucks arent that old for being in such bad shape.many appear to be one repair away from being giant paperweights.id be half afraid to touch them in fear of half the truck falling apart by closing the drivers door too hard.but they pay the bills just like any other repair.thanks for helping the farmers.they have a tough job with constantly shrinking profit margins.
Gotta love mechanic TH-cam channels.
SMA: “visual inspection, don’t wiggle or touch anything because it might fix it self up”
WWW: “Visual inspection and wiggle stuff around, see if it blows the fuse”
lol thanks for your videos Wes.
Also thanks to Eric.
Great job, good diagnostics, pity he didn’t come to you earlier!👍🇮🇪
He also could have robbed peter to pay Paul and used the 20 A fuse during a quick swap to see if a 20A would work on trailer circuit, blew it stuck it back and forgot he blew it.
i just dealt with something very similar on a 97 silverado. previous owners cut out the fuel pump relay/fuel pump fuse and spliced in another outside of the fuse box, but also the ignition/turn signal switch was messed up. turns out whoever installed the trailer brake module used the add a connector deal with the tin/aluminum strip that crimped down on the wire... corroded and broke the wire eventually so it wouldnt start. and the main hot wire for the ign switch ended up being loose ( someone else soldered on but it broke off from the connection). weird shit people do.
How could one neglect a top-notch Duramax truck like that?!
hi Chris here from UK. Wes you are a magican.You bring the dead back to life. Well done.
What's in my console?.... Fuses! lol
Wierd they had the same brand as he’s promoting
Greatest video that is the way my diagnosis goes. Thanks