Some people watch videos at increased speed when they feel they're presented too slow, those guys who don't like talkin' can try out the mute button imo.
Wes, please keep up the commentary. This is what makes your channel great, the humor and your talent as a teacher. I like your wildlife footage too, keep up the good work.
It took me a long time to figure out the value of "paid for" but I finally got it. So I sold my leased car and bought an older one that I could pay cash for then every month I saved the amount I was previously paying monthly. Before long I had enough to buy a nice car for cash.
This truck is like an artifact to a simpler time of the 'bare bones, no nonsense truck', in regard to the plainness, the spartan interior, no headliner, etc. Nowadays all trucks are luxury cars that drive like cars and nearly all of them are 4-door crew cabs.
Your truck is like most vehicles owned by mechanics, the last one that gets proper attention. The way you talk while working on stuff is much like I do when I'm working with my kids. The best way for others to learn is to explain what you are doing and why you do it a certain way. Just subscribed because your videos make sense to me and I might just learn something along the way. Keep up the great work.
Totally agree. In my 25 years of turning wrenches, being tied down in someone else's shop all day, I never wanted to touch my own shit. Just go home, eat some dinner and relax. I am sad to say I neglected a lot of stuff on my vehicles because I burned myself out with everyone else's junk all day. Lol so true
If you are noticing that your heater is only putting out air in the defrost mode it is because the white vacuum line near the passenger side hood hinge on your truck is disintegrated. Replace that rotted line with regular rubber vacuum hose. Cut it back into the loom so you can connect to an area of white line that has been shielded from UV exposure. The other side of the line goes to the actuator on top of the heater box. Great videos and I appreciate the fact that you film the humility you experience instead of hiding it like in the DT466E oil pickup tube bolts that were "missing". Keep it up! Also noted that you have the old tailgate in your scrap bin. Those aluminum trim panels on the tailgates are worth a few bucks to others if you toss it up on craigslist.
talk too much? Eff that! I don't really work on most of what you show, I am an engineer and do little actual work, yet I watch every episode and always learn something. Thanks!
10:15 - Some people watch videos at higher speed cause' they feel they're too slow. Those guys complaining about commentary can try out the mute button.
It’s nice to be able to have an outside supplier for parts conveniently “close by”. When I had an equipment service business, they required me to warehouse $10k of their parts in-house for each manufacturer supplier. It was very ery expensive and they took up a lot of space in my shop.
17:07 that resistor-looking part is a thermal fuse. They go open over a certain temperature. I have replaced them in waffle makers and such. They're 10 for $1 on eBay or AliExpress from chinese sellers :)
We refer to your SOS as "the hospital"... parts go there that are sick but if they sit there long enough then they become healthy and perfectly fine to reinstall.
" hey pup is Timmy in the well " LMAO been saying that for years, people look at me like I'm from Mars, keep talking and ignore the thumbs down, if they ever did anything and make a video of it they might not be so quick to hit the thumbs down, the floor and the seat are the only thing that would make me want a newer truck, and the lack of a/c too, great job keeping up with the maintenance
Hey, wes. I know where there is a 7.3 IDI with a real nice body that has a bad engine that runs but maybe a bent rod. I suspect it has a bad injector that caused a hydro lock. 1991 model right along Interstate 70. One thousand dollars buys it. I could not believe how solid it is.
Hi Wes your subtle sense of humour constant dialogue and expertise are great keep it up young man. You your wife and son what a great team....never forget you have dedicated fans all over the world.
Nick Jarman Hey Wes, I enjoy your narrations, I'm a recently retired mechanic- industrial and automotive. A lot of younger guys that are interested in learning and fixing their own stuff appreciate that someone can explain why and how to troubleshoot equitment and problems. Keep on keeping on !!
I'm one of those younger guys working on a 92 f150 I just bought. ;D Between. RU-vid, forums and the Heinz manual I haven't come across something I couldn't do myself.
@@alexrollini Just picked up a 7.3 like Wes, a bit newer. All the knowledge I have is from watching these videos when they came out. Now I'm able to come back, look at them in more detail learning everything I can about this motor. Helping a lot on diag. :>
For those who don't know exactly what you are doing, your narration is most helpful. I don't not like doing car repair, but enjoy watch and understanding what a professional is doing. It is also a great way to learn enough about the repair to help prevent those mechanics whom are not professionals from taking advantage of those of us who are not professional mechanics. Thank you for your narrations.
Wes, I greatly enjoy all of your videos and have learned a great deal of indispensable information from them. Please keep it up just the way they are. Many thanks and take care!
Hi from South Africa. Please carry on with commenting. Silent movies went out of fashion 100 years ago! :-) The goody that went open in the fan resistor is a temperature fuse. Used in kettles, irons, tumble driers, cookers, hair driers etc. They cost about $0.50 and the temperature it fuses at is usually printed on the side. You can just jump it. They are usually placed by manufacturers to force failure and then replacement. We are not supposed to keep stuff working remember! Throw away society! Thanks for the great videos.
My two cents is that you keep the OBS. You like it enough to keep fixing small things here and there, and there’s nothing terminally wrong with it. Seems to suit your needs while being a little rough around the edges, but I think that’s the epitome of a “good ole work truck”
Those people saying "Not to talk" probably like Charlie Chaplin movies...I for one, really enjoy your content and find it not only entertaining but also educational... keep up the v good work!!
I like what you have to say. It's how I learn. Between you, mustie and Andrew camarata, I am a better human at fixing, repair and saving. Many thanks for your time and sometimes a laugh.
Sounds a bit like my '68 GMC! I love videos like this. Even if it's not something I'll likely work on in the future, I've always found it entertaining watching and learning how things are repaired. Knowledge is power! Keep up the great work, and thanks!
Keep talking. There's only one (okay, two) guys on YT that really pull off the no talking bit, and the stuff they do is very... contemplative. Mr. Chickadee, and Primitive Technology. Love your channel Wes.
I wouldn't watch without your commentary, I don't know much beyond the basics, so knowing what is going on and the learning experience which makes it interesting. For what it's worth, I think you also pitch it at the right level, neither dumbing down nor overcomplicating. Please continue doing the exact same thing. It's good that you ask though.
I know this is years down the line and you've probably been told this a thousand times by now. But the "resistor" that was open circuit is a "thermal fuse", basically it's a piece of solder in a metal container, if it gets too hot, it melts and sends you off to buy a new gizmo. It isn't involved in the speed control of the motor, it's just there to get you to spend money. Bridge it out, it'll work fine. They put them in everything now, the hope being that you'll throw whatever they're in away and buy a new one. Oh, and by the way, please keep talking :)
Oh man! watching under there on the spring hanger was painful! I can sure identify with "slowly falling apart" too! Back in the 50's in high school I worked summers in the GMC dealership and they saved the rusty, dirty school buses for me just they could laugh at my struggles...it was wonderful!! Love your videos, please stay safe and keep them coming.
I have a few criteria when choosing a RU-vidr. Conversation ability is high on that list. Add your dry sense of humor and giving back to the idiots who complain and I really enjoy the channel. Plus living most of my life in the Deep South looking at the amount of rust y’all have to put up with makes for great entertainment. Keep it up.
You talking and explaining what you do, makes the videos much more enjoyable in my opinion. It's easier to enjoy the content and learn from the creator with explanations and demonstrations. Helps the viewer feel involved I think. You have a fantastic way of expressing methods and some of the science behind stuff. After binge watching 90% of your videos so far, I am very happy I found this channel. Keep on keepin' on sir :)
Loving your channel. I like the way you work around problems and willing to learn on a constant basis. I had a garage many years ago so very familiar watching for me. 👍
If you plan to keep it, consider cleaning the underside with a hot water pressure washer, then after it dries, spraying the whole thing with creeping anti rust fluid/vax. It works even if the car is old, and has started to rust. Raising the car at an angle, then drilling holes at strategic locations, and spaying it up the holes, so it creeps along the beams is also beneficial. Heck even old motor oil, and some solvent works if you are on a budget, but it is pretty messy. I used a product called Dinitrol ML, under my car, it worked great.
