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.
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...
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
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.
@@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).
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...
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.
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!
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.
Fuse box cover off Bunches of missing fuses Inside fuse box cover off Main fusible link cover on front of block open Disconnected wire connector hanging down by left front wheel All column shields off, wires everywhere Door controller loose, who knows what the wires on the switches can touch Seat controller loose, next to assorted seat frame rails Center console covers loose Wire harnesses sagging out here and there It kinda makes me wonder if this guy has ever just fooled around with the wiring in his truck, maybe not really knowing what he is doing. Maybe he has been poking around with a screwdriver to test for voltage, and maybe popped a fuse now and then.
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 ?
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.
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
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.
Can’t be all winners? Hey you got it starting and running again so that’s a winner in my book. This truck must be from Florida! Judging from the interior the owner kept his pet alligator in the truck!
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'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!
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
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.
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.
Head scratcher for sure… but like some others have committed it was a POS when it arrived. You were brave to even take it on. I’ve seen many messes like that not turn out so good. I would say that truck was coming up on it’s last few days anyway 🤣🤣
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!
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...
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!
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.
Sitting here this morning watching SMA and I am thinking "boy, he sure does get the biggest piles of junk", then WWW shows up and says "hold my beer!!".
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.
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.
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.."
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.
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.
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.
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.
You have to wonder what has been done. Why did the fuse blow. They should not unless something shorted/overpowered. It is running now. See what happens. If it comes back, it’s not your fault.
It may just be that in his frustration and confusion he accidentally just put a blown fuse back in for the ECM B feed, given he had a bunch just laying there, might have picked the wrong one without realizing. Also that ECM 1 fuse might be for the gas version, like for the ignition coil drivers or something like that. Did you check if you printed a digram for the diesel or for a gasser ?
Come on, guy...Put a few bolts in here & there tidy it up a bit before you send it to someone's shop. I'd be embarrassed to send it to you like that, Wes.
