2005 Duramax, loose bolts and other components destroy an engine 

Dave please please please keep doing videos like this. Make them longer.

Sadly, lots of shops out there are not competent nor honest. You’re the exception. Nice work, Dave.

Lying to a mechanic is wild. We will find out.

I grew up with Dave’s boys and his family nothing but amazing people. They know motors❤️❤️

It's so nice to hear a vehicle repair facility that really cares about customer service. Honesty goes a long way with me, and that's where I'll go to have my vehicle serviced. Even if it costs more. That's called "piece of mind".

Dave, Been Diagnosing and repairing vehicles for 47 years. Couldnt agree more.

Hooked after the first video. Knowledge , humility, not afraid to tell people what needs to be done the right way. Your empathy is backed by morals and standards , a lot of which people lack in all industries.

Always nice to tell your customers "This steering pump replacement is a 4hr job that you will on;y need to pay 1.5 on because we are there." Always nice when the customer hears that big money difference and will usually be more tempted to take advantage of it. Good Sales Advisor Training Note

This is quickly becoming my favorite mechanical RU-vid channel. Very well filmed / edited together and Dave’s shop looks like a place I’d happily bring any of my vehicles

Love seeing Dave go over the work with the new guy. Shows how thorough and knowledgeable he is. Love the content! Wish I could pull a motor in less than 7 hours!

One of the main things I deal with is customers not telling the whole truth...but as we disassemble you can always see what the previous shop has done or no maintenance whatever. Be honest as a customer and shop and always try to find the best solution for everyone. Thanks for the awesome video Dave and Team!

being in the business i really enjoy the customer phone calls. i feel like i learn something every time.i see you cut a part out. id like to hear that part where you give them the bad news and how you displayed that to the customer and such! (when possible of course)

My small soul delights, in your channel, such a refreshing course, this gentleman and his staff truly love thier jobs!!

Our 2010 Jeep needed AC work. After pulling the dash, they found a bat in the evaporator, but they recommended changing the heater core while it was open and to change the blend door gasket. I appreciated the foresight and honesty.

Many many shops will just fake things, say it needs to be replaced. Customers are so gun shy. Dave we love you and think you do the good works. It's hard to find the pepper in the fly poop. You can only suggest to do what you would do on your own gear. It's so tough to encourage them to do the same. I'm DIY just about anything and it's refreshing to hear the simple answers to the problems. Do what you can when it's all apart and don't cry later if you didn't do it and it fails. I encourage just about all the preventative as you won't cry as much if it fails.

I really appreciate the interactions with the customers, within these videos. Whether they are good or bad.

I just had a snowmobile repaired. It cost twice as much as the original estimate ( That was a Loose estimate so no harm ) I wanted it done right. It’s older machine 2004 . I bought it used from a friend , looks showroom condition and very low miles. So I have more in the machine than I should but I plan to keep it forever. Point is things came up and it was the time to do it , most importantly I he wanted to do it right and I wanted it done right. I am simply grateful for a very high quality shop.

I love the way you explain to the customers the truth about bad their vehicles are when you guys pull out a motor! It's always better to be transparent and let the customers know the situation and they will maje de decision about how much they love their vehicle! God bless you Dave and your great guys up there working with you too 🙏🏾 I love to wath your videos guys and learn more about trucks, motors and transmissions. Oscar here from Jalapa Guatemala 🤙🏾

There are more honest shops out there than dishonest ones. Unfortunately the bad ones ruin it for everyone. It’s refreshing to see people like you who care about the quality of the work. Thanks Dave

Don't lie to GOD, attorney, doctor, therapist, nor your mechanic!

The ram air intake callout 😂

Love that convo with the customer those conversations will not only lead to more understanding and trust but he will remember you for life calling him and actually wanting to know the full story because a lot of shops don’t care they just remove the junk and replace it not try to prevent of find the cause excellent work as always

I just spent the last year rebuilding my parents first company truck. It’s a 2001 Ford 7.3 and I absolutely love the truck. I’ve never pulled apart an engine in my life and am always looking to push myself and try new things so I went and tore the engine down to the bare block, resealed and replaced everything I could to build it back up to continue to be the reliable work horse it always has been. Seeing work done like this on that motor makes me sad. I may have never done significant engine work in my life but I made sure to look up every torque spec, RU-vid video, service data I could possibly find on how to properly do the work I needed to do. I missed things here and there and exposed some problems I didn’t see at first but over time I fixed all of those issues and any problem I created I took money from my own pocket to fix it. I want to take pride in my work that I do and to do it right the first time and if I don’t, make sure I make it right in any way I can. Everyone will make mistakes, I’m only 25 and I have definitely made mistakes but I’ve learned so much from those mistakes so in the future I can do the best I possibly can. When I finish my current company projects I plan to do my biggest project yet, an actual cab off engine and body swap with some beat up trucks to make one really good work truck for myself to use. I have big plans and videos like these from you guys gives me the confidence to really push myself and just see what I can do, keep learning and keep helping anyone I can. Actions always speak louder than words and I sure have thought about just giving it all up and going back to some 9-5 but I’ve stuck it through and kept at it. Cheers Dave and crew!

Your passion for this shows! The attention to detail and communication to the customer is how it’s done.

Love ur videos, I have an lbz, the best duramax before all the smog junk was added, still stock with 365000 on it, just had the head gaskets replaced, man that was a cost, but worth every penny. The shop recommended studding the heads instead of bolts, and I approved, while in there they recommended a few other items as well , I also approved those. A shop in Fontana ca. the only shop that is allowed to work on my truck. Just like ur shop I trust what they say. My truck is a 3500 HD dually with the Allison trans. Great truck. They rebuild injectors in-house, that is the biggest part of their business. Great place. Trusting ur mechanics is everything

You cannot deny Dave's passion.

Dave, you’re the only one on my account that has the bell lit up! Editing, customer service, skill, and crew are top notch! 👍🏻 I’m glad yall started doing videos!

Love an honest shop with integrity.

Dave really knows his shit. The mechanics working under him are very lucky you get a tutorial in every conversation. Most Boss's I have worked for could not do my job much less know all the watch outs on things I'm working on.

Dave is a good man been a decent mechanic for 45 years I definitely could work in his shop he is very professional treats his help like professionals which we deserve to be treated like professionals because we all deserve to be patted on the back instead of punched in the gut like most employers do and then they don't pay us Dave is a good man have a nice day

Dave love your honesty and the way you stand behind your product and work. Please do more video’s like this it helps us discern if we’re being taken by a bad mechanic, I had one try and do me wrong once and I walked out about a month later I found where he sabotage my blinker’s by bending the blades over on the blinker relay unit replugged it in and moved the blinker unit over and tried to hide it but I finally found out what he did. He wanted $400 dollars to repair the blinkers and told me the steering column had to be broken down to repair blinkers I walked out on him and two months later he was out of business plus he keep telling me how honest he was over and over I had a creepy feeling about him. Thanks for your video’s.

"Whovever you are, youre out there dude don't do stuff like this."😂

As a Duramax owner, who just completed the difficult job of fixing or, the Y-Bridge not being seated is a common issue. Under boost the double o-ring seals don’t hold up, especially with mileage and blow by they get oil soaked and don’t seal tight and spit out the intake under boost.

I wish every mechanic was this transparent. Amazing shop and crew, Dave. Keep putting out these awesome videos. They are very motivating.

these tear down and diagnostic videos are freaking awesome. absolutely love them

My new favorite channel. Can’t get enough!

Communication and honesty with your mechanic is a absolutely crucial..

Think y’all get a lot of recognition because of your visibility on here. Makes us common folk feel good about what we can see coming out of your shop/team

this video format was so good, love when you called the customer

Hey Dave, I have been to a couple of different shops before and my shop now will send me a video and show me what's wrong, what they recommend and the service manager will give me a call. It's send via text and let's me see what's wrong. I actually really like it. Makes me feel apart of the process. Anyways, great video! You have my trust!

If I ever need a motor rebuilt I am driving it to your shop to have your guys do the work.

Everything they do there is just perfect. I know thats not possible, but Dave gets it as close as possible. Amazing work building those engines and testing so thoroughly. These guys are so efficient.

I feel like Gulf Coast Auto And Truck in League City, TX is a shop like yours. No, I don’t work there. But I’ve had second opinions from them and they always do me good, so I only go there now. Sometimes the honesty from them is brutal, but they are straight up and honest. I won’t take my rig anywhere else. Good shops are out there, just like Dave’s. Fine a good one and stick with them.

I could watch these videos all day every day . When someone asks me what my dream job would be it would no doubt be working at daves shop with the boys !

As an older diesel pick up owner, I wished we had more shops like you like your shop around. I live here in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and there are no shops like yours here in New Mexico here in Albuquerque unfortunately I have one small shop that I take my truck to work on it, but they aren’t happy about working on Chevrolet six fives every time I go in there they tell me I need to move up to the newer model Chevrolet ones that use the DEF and have all the small equipment on it and I’m not going to change my 1997 Chevrolet C 3500 with the P 400 that I put in it to change out the original engine when it came from the factory, my truck had no smog equipment at all from factory back in the day. Nothing at all the P400 that I put in it. to replace the old 6.5 diesel because the P4 hundred is brand new versus the other ones that were just factory remand so I went the other way instead of getting the factory man and the other one was actually cheaper than factory, but anyway, the shops here don’t like working on them for some reason, don’t know why but they just don’t but I wish you guys were here in Albuquerque like watching you guys work on RU-vid keep up the good work. Tell Dave to have fun down in Mexico fishing. I love fishing out in San Diego California. It’s fun down there as well. Good luck.

Ur also 1000% right about telling ur mechanic everything. After my cp3 conversion the truck was destroyed trans temps went through the roof it built boost going down hill without vgt brake on ate fuel like it was going out of business no torque at all towing but not towing had tons of power etc. long story short shop that did conversion cut corners didn’t tune it right changed sensor output voltages to manipulate and hide engine codes so dash didn’t light up like a Christmas tree etc… went back to original shop 6 times over 2 months never fixed it. Went to another shop after a screaming match with owner of first shop. Second shop couldn’t figure it out. Third shop found the issue of changing sensor output voltages with efi live to cover up engine codes and had it all fixed in 15 minutes with a simple and proper 2014 lml duramax deleted tune and trans tune

Great content. Love how honest you are and how you communicate to customers. This is how all shops should be, but sadly most arent

dave did the old switch-a-roo at the end! haha.. great video! your fishing trip is much deserved after that awesome call with your customer!!

I've got an 06 2500hd lbz. Gotta love the gmt800 platform especially the dmax.

If I wasn’t my own diesel mechanic this is the only guy I would trust in the entire country. Great videos brotha keep making them I would love to watch rebuilds and engine failures and swaps.

That SIM machine is so cool. A good diagnostic tool too!

...and the K&N filter went back in, I see.

Dave's keenness is going to catch that Aftermarket Air Intake is back installed when he gets back from fishing!

Great channel! Keep showing the next generation how to run a successful shop.hard work, honesty,use the best equipment,hire the best people.enjoy the business that you provide! Thanks dave auto

If I worked - had a boss like Dave.. What a damn blessing that would've been. Amazing guy, amazing crew.

Love your videos. Please don't fall into the trap of trying to generate contrived tension by putting your repairs under time constraints and fake deadlines. Can't wait for more!

Plot Twist: the guy who worked on the engine was the guy who designed the 6.0 power stroke 🤮🤮🤮

I see you used all ARP fasteners. That's a plus!

I had the tip of an injector split and come off into the cylinder on my 7.3 in 2008. Fortunately it didn't run long but it did a number on the top of the piston and left some marks in the head and the valves. I tore apart and checked the valves to make sure they were sealing and put a new piston in it. 120,000 mi later, It's still running strong. I would suspect that it's possible that you had an injector issue considering he said he just replaced the injectors.

music volume 👇

This customer is fortunate to have taken his truck to your facility. Even if he spends 15k. that truck new is 100k and has all the bad headache systems that cost so much to maintain.

Quite a team you got there Dave, the key to success is great people.

It's good to know that there are honest, reputable mechanics out there like Dave! Thank you!

The customer gets all this work done and they don’t want to replace a motor mount? It appears that you still have the air intake system Dave wanted thrown out.

Always an Outstanding video and presentation.

Dave, you are absolutely an asset to our profession. Cool, calm, and NO foul language. I have been trying to repair cars for the last 35 years. And since watching your videos, i learned a lot. Huge Thanks for these videos. I am from Pompano Beach, Florida.

Dave, you have got to be the most humble and genuine person i can think of good day sir

"The Guy who had the truck before me paid a guy to rebuild the engine" "Did he get paid in Meth?"

Tip of injector that was just changed

Please, more start to finished builds, we want it all

Dave, my name is David and I like your management style. Talking to each worker in the morning.

Wish we had a shop like yours in Reno. Love your straight Forward honesty !!!

This video is one of the best so far. Very cool content to see an entire job done from start to finish in one video

Man this Dave character is the real deal. You can just tell by the way he carriers himself that he ain't no bullshiter and has been around the block a few times. You can just tell when a guy knows his stuff. And you can tell he surrounds himself with the best employees that you can get. Alot of shop owners can learn thing er two from this dude.

Sitting here watching the longer video of an engine rebuild and a mystery plot sneaks in. Gotta love it. All the little things that Dave drops along the way like the aftermarket air intake fiasco are breadcrumbs to the solution. Well done.

My new favorite channel on RU-vid!

Awesome episode. You should do more on the phone content. This whole episode was informative & exciting,showed the different sides of the business (mechanic/service writer), just a great all-around episode 👍

Dave, I’m in the construction business but I love the way you run your business!

That thing sounds pretty sweet boys. Dave your son poured the coal to a new motor while you were fishing. Guess that must be break in procedure. Im one of the few GM fans still around so good to see one saved from a total hacker.

This is the first time i see mechanics enjoying their job. Must be a nice shop with good people.

Likely the tip of the old injector. Would be good to see what that set looked like when they came out.

That is why I stick with my mechanic. He is very communicative and recommends when things need it and when things do not. A very honest shop owner.

There's just something sexy about watching an engine being built properly... Both of my Grandfathers were mechanics, so I got to see how it should be done. Dave and his crew know how to do it right, and they do it beautifully.

Man wish ever shop had a dave, maybe id still be a ASE tech

Love how you show the mechanical work and customer interaction people don't get to see both usually

Beauty Duramax. Favourite year, cab configuration and year. So nice

Pleased to see a great job done, Worked with the design engineers for the duramax engine 24 years ago, doing extreme winter testing Extreme cold -30c at oil pan. Was a great time...cheers and keep at it..

I find it interesting that Dave still enjoys working on motors. Most of the long time mechanics I know get burnt out and some even turned nasty. Dave seems to be very well adjusted, which is nice but somewhat rate.

seriously my new favorite channel on RU-vid!

I like how Dave calms down before giving bad news to a customer. I get how a professional mechanic gets frustrated with bad work, but showing frustration to a customer doesn't help.

Nice to see such care taken. A pleasure to watch.

It’s a lot of work but Thanks for taking the time to video this Dave, love this content. These are the processes we been waiting for, Excellent content!

Some fantastic content - really appreciate you guys taking the time to document it!

GR8 vídeo clip.

Idaho turns out some good boys! I'm sure the owner isn't happy about the last shop!

Love watching your videos Dave, keep up the good work!!!

amazing shop, and even more amazing, a customer willing to let the shop do its job. he ended up with a great truck. sucks that it took a bit of cash to do so, but its all worth it after a job like this

I love this more of a start to finish build. I wish it was a little more detailed and it could be spread or a couple videos just so you don’t have a one 2 hour video. I love this stuff

This is awesome! Please keep this style of vids coming! I love it!

I once pulled off the heads on a chevy 307... i found jimmy hoffa...😅 thanks for your good work dave!