30 years ago when I had my old van and there were you pick yards near me (all closed down now) last few trips I was pulling parts from vehicle in much better shape than the truck it was going in. Now that I'm older I miss the yards but don't run my vehicles out that far any more before replacing.
I live in southern IL now but in my younger years I worked as an auto tech back in Oswego NY ! Had a truck come in that folded in half like an accordion that was a truck truly done !
I would like to say that that is one of the cleanest part yards that I have seen. Most of the ones around here are mud pits with scrap metal strewn about.
Yeah hate it when I work on anything and the wires don’t match the wiring diagram. Just worked on a electric furnace and basically had to go through and change a lot of wires around so the elements would get 220 volts. Of course the homeowner didn’t know who messed with it.
The HVAC man replaced the control board in my boiler; I discovered he had installed a "revision 2" board with new features like support for an outdoor temp sensor to tell it how hard to fire. The original wiring harness was missing several wires required for the new features, and a new harness was hundreds of dollars... but a friend had the same boiler, installed incorrectly, failed and removed, sitting in his basement. I de-pinned a fistful of wires out of his harness and put them in mine, each wire labeled on both ends with the color it SHOULD be in that pin position. Hopefully it'll make sense to the next guy.
That's how they look in PA too. My O6 looked brand new when I junked it in 2019. The frame looked like it was soaked in acid. Sold it to a guy that had a frame from a TX truck he was building up.
Love when you take us to Wilberts. What a cool yard, not a mud hole. Won’t be long and that Chevy will be in Willberts fleet.. Another great video and your skill is non surpassing. I still say YOUR THE BEST. Aaron from Canada. The best RU-vid show on .
Back before fuel injection I never used manifold gaskets only had to squirt a bit of oil down the carby intake for a couple of days & they would carbon up no leak (leaded fuel also helped).
Great finish Eric .I really enjoy it when you describe what your looking for when graphing on your scan tool.adds an educational aspect to the video .as always thank you!
Another fine job by the Master (Technician). If we only had more techs like you Eric. If we put joy-sticks on the scan tools we might get more young people into the industry! 😉
I recall when 02 sensors started to appear in the 70’s that we learned that a VTVM (vacuum tube volt meter) had to be used to check the sensor outputs. This was before OBD was mature enough to help with reading the parameters. The impedance of the ubiquitous meters of the time just loaded the sensor circuits too much. The latest digital VOM have much higher impedance and now are more useful for troubleshooting without loading the circuit and chasing your tail. I sure if you un pin the ECM side and the o2 sensor you could measure the resistance and or voltage induced by a salt/dirt/water bridge. I’m really surprised how much NY just beats the snot out of those trucks.. Great video.
I just love the U PULL IT place !!!! So clean and all the vehicles are off the ground for easy access. And the prices are REASONABLE !!!! Some parts yards are priced like EVERY part is GOLD PLATED !!!! Clean gravel ground to lay on and a list of where the vehicles are !!!! What more could you ask for !!!! And 99% of the time Eric has success !!!! Gotta love that !!!!!!
You are not a used car salesman, you are a really good car mechanic that goes the extra mile to find the problem. SO!!!!!!!!!!!!! please know we believe you on 99% of everything. The one percent might have to do with Ne-ma??? Hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas and a prosperous new year. Love is what makes the world go around.
Eric, you and Ivan from Pine Hollow Diagnostics are the best RU-vid channels on the internet. P.S. Have a great Christmas and New Year. Dave in Guernsey, Channel Islands.
Well done SMA. As usual you have exceeded all of our expectations with your diagnosis. I hate throwing parts at repairs hoping to fix the problem. Diagnose, assess, repair and validate. Your customers and viewers love you for it. Thanks and Merry Christmas.
I recently bought my late uncle's truck, and since it had been sitting for a few months, a mouse had chewed through the wires right at the MAF sensor. $160 at the dealer, so a trip to a pull and pay and $5 later, I was in business. Love going to pull and pay junkyards.
Judging by the fuel trim #'s after the wiring repair and new O2's you improved the fuel control 1000%. I was always taught to fix exhaust leaks pre O2 before diagnosing any fuel delivery problems. Those manifolds could be an issue along with the EGR plate you mentioned even though the O2's were working after new ones installed. The response time of the O2 signal to your scanner could be slower because of the leak. Regardless, FANTASTIC video Eric. Wishing you, your family and viewer's a MERRY CHRISTMAS..Looking forward to more video's from you bud.
@@mph5896 Funny thing was the CEL wasn't even on on that truck. Just the airbag light, and low fuel alarm, from broken gas guage (sending unit/wire problem probably).
Eric suggested in the last video that this truck shouldn't even be on the road due to rot so I don't think it will be long for this world, unless the owner sells it to Illinois for Wes to suffer trying to fix it.
I love how you worry about everyone’s opinion you know more than 90% of the mechanics in your field much less the armchair mechanics thanks for sharing
What a great place, wilberts…we have similar but not this organized. How the hell do you put up with the salt… I run pickups to 10 plus years. At that timeframe nearly zero rust. Colorado and Texas. Great video..always a pleasure
Have to say, as a driveway mechanic like myself....your videos are both informative and entertaining! And as a side note, you rock the Mathews cap...I to am a Mathews fan..."Switchback solo cam"! Keep all the videos coming, I look forward to all of them!
Nice tidy repair Eric. I'm with you on the wire color change, it's a non-issue, besides you can see the hump where the butt connectors are, so the repair is obvious. Merry Christmas everyone!🎄🤙
I just had the same issue with our Oldsmobile throwing it in to a lean mode and it was a vaccum line on top of the throttle body and the plenum duct gasket was bad. So I changed every gasket on it and now it runs like a top with 400,000 miles on it
Nice work Eric .definitely a rusty truck ,you almost have to be a detective to know what to look for when vehicle are that old.. hope you and Mrs O have a wonderful Christmas holiday…
Thanks for the bonus- "Just in case you didn't believe me footage", but you know what..... I'm pretty sure most of use believed you! You are the man, where other shops and dealers being their problems to, for you to solve, when they can't! Why on earth wouldn't we believe you! Hey Eric.... You, Mrs O. And the family, and everyone at South Main Auto, have a Wonderful Joyous Christmas and Great New Year! Later! J Pol.
A leaking manifold will allow air in as well as exhaust out. This air will be read by the O2 sensor as a lean condition, and no matter how much it richens the fuel trims, that lean condition will persist...even though the actual combustion is very rich.
Hi Eric..hope you and mrs.O Have a merry Christmas and a more prosperous new year.. Looking forward to another year of great repairs.. cheer's 🍻🍻🍻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
The last time I had one of these I pulled the air filter and it was just a big mouse Condo. They had chewed through the filter and the sensor was a mess, vehicle sat a lot and the critters had moved in. Cleaned it all up including the sensor and all the codes went away. Now I cut mesh and put it over the air intake when I change the air filter in vehicles that don’t run every day. Thanks for sharing the whole process!
For what its worth from a non-mechanic, the best low lint cleaning pad I use are coffee filters. They are super cheap and great at removing grease/grime from an electrical part when using high % isopropyl alcohol. Q-tips tend to leave strands of cotton everywhere, even on a flat and smooth surface, but especially something like the MAF sensor.
Did you buy a "newer" Tundra? As a fellow 2014 Tundra owner coming up on 200K miles, I love when I see mechanics that work on all brands and don't want to have to work on their own vehicles, so they go out and buy a Tundra to play it safe 😃
He discussed it when he got it, basically he just picked it because he didn't see many come through but also understood they just weren't all that common to begin with so he wanted something different.
