Austin, I just have to say how surprised I was when you said in one of your recent videos that you are attending counseling. When I watch your content, it puts me in such a calm I would think that you would be the one counseling. God bless you
I cant help but think about water heaters blowing roofs apart when I see one. I grew up watching Mythbusters like a lot of kids from the late 90s and early 2000s... Still amazes me the power those things can handle.
Austin, you should check around to see if you have a local starter/alternator rebuild shop. There's actually two local to me, and I only deal with one of them. He is the sole proprietor and does good work, with high quality parts, at reasonable prices. He usually charges me about $80 to rebuild a starter. If you do have a local guy like mine, you'll be money ahead, and supporting local business. Win/win, IMO. Your OEM starter is better quality than whatever discount replacement you might find. Alternatively, and my preferred option, is to buy an OEM replacement, or OEM quality replacement, and have my local guy rebuild the original. Then I have a spare for when it needs to be replaced again, and minimal downtime. Also learned the hard way to make sure I have the correct tools in my vehicle. I felt pretty foolish having a spare starter in my jeep when the original died, and I did not have the right ratchet/socket combo to change it. LOL No need to install the starter to see if it works. Use jumper cables. Clamp the negative to the starter body. Clamp positive on the large stud. Use a jumper wire, I'd recommend 10 gauge, between the positive and one of the small wire terminals. You may have to try both. You'll know when you touch the right one. The bendix will kick out and it will spin like crazy. Since you've already got the machine off where it's easy to work on, you might as well pull off the alternator and check the length of the brushes. They're usually easy to replace, newer ones come as an assembly. Often, the only thing wrong when an alternator quits is the brushes being too worn. $10-$15 for brushes versus whatever a replacement costs.
Thats a solid rolly cart, if i could recommend 1 thing ive learned for future cart builds, having 1 rigid wheel and 3 swivel wheels makes it a bit easier to push heavy stuff in a straight line and still be able to have great maneuverability. Thanks for the videos man
You’re right Austin, you can never have too many shop tables in a small shop, I have built several of them, when it gets crowded in the shop they get rolled outdoors. I’ve got some small ones with all swivel casters and some bigger tables with two non-swivel casters on one end and two swivels on the other end, this setup works good for when pushing heavy stuff in and out of the shop. I use the swivel casters with the brakes on them, so I can lock them down so they don’t roll over my toes or my barn cats with something heavy on them.
Austin Good afternoon I know it is to late but if you make a short pigtail on the starter so you can use either starter and not have to cut and change your connector if you have to change starter again JB
Looking good around there Austin, thanks for sharing. Do get another starter for your welder and keep it handy just incase. Stay safe and keep up the good work and videos. Fred
Enjoyed the video brother. I learned many years ago to always have a few extra parts on hand for things because you never know when you are going to need them. Have a good Ester and we will see you in the next video.
Hello Mr Austin i have to say u have the best welding content on youtube every time i have a problem or want to learn u have been very helpful thank you sir. I am currently on my 3rd year on pipe welding course from Malta. Love the videos God bless you sir
I have an old tote with the top cut out that I put all my “ prepared steel “ in, anything under 3 feet long is what my local scrap yard calls “ prepared steel “, and it’s worth more than the unprepared steel, long steel. For viewers who don’t know, always separate your types of metal, and you’ll get the best price, and make sure it’s clean, no plastic or rubber or wood attached.
Nice job. But I think it’s easier to roll 50 pounds of tool to the 1000 pound welder than vise versa. You still have some of the best content. Learn something everyday
good to see a new video up Austin , been following you for several years now from back in the pipe line welding days when you had the fithwheel camper out east on a job , think those days will ever return and have you been offered any more work in that field ?
Just food for thought. Do you have a starter alternate repair shop nearby? If so you might want to get an estimate on letting them rebuild your starter and if you think there’s something wrong with your other starter let them test for you. The reason I suggest this is that if the armature and the fields aren’t bad rebuilding a starter and or alternators is much cheaper than replacing them. We have a shop need by and I have them do all my starters and alternators and they work and last just as long as purchasing new ones. I’ve used there services for over 30 years and we often tease each other about who’s retiring first.
I would have a spare handy anyway. The quality of things now days is subject to speculation. especially automotive electric components such as starters.
@@warrenjones744The OEM parts are usually pretty good. I have a really good local starter/alternator guy that I take my stuff to. His prices are reasonable and he uses quality parts versus the cheap chinesium stuff when doing rebuilds. Check around, you might have a local guy too.
@@zombieresponder Right you are! Our local starter and alternator guy retired and sold his business. Fortunately it was purchased and moved to a new location by a competent guy. But in general the automotive aftermarket is not what it once was in quality. And yes you have to go OEM for the good stuff most days. Cheers
Hello Austin, I enjoy your channel. I do alot of watching not enough commenting haha i spent 8 awesome years in Purcell and honestly believe Oklahoma is heaven on earth. Anyways, was just wondering if you have any state stickers in your store? Thank you
Im sure you already know this but for those watching your suppose to cross the chains when hooking up to the trailer so they catch and spread the load. I bought an old horse trailer that apparently needed a new hitch and the guy did a great job rewiring the brakes they worked but he didn't hook up the breakaway to the battery oops "all this to say" ask me how I know how important it is to spread the load on the chains even on an empty trailer, because if I didnt cross em I would have lost the hole darn thing you also dont weld chains on ask me how I know that from that experience lol. Side not you can weld something that the chain permanently slides in but not the chain itself!
I speak from experience. You should not leave your core until the new part is on and working properly. I have run into problems where the new parts look good but won't bolt up or work properly. Now the old parts are gone and can't be properly compared or measured.
