CUSTOMER LIED TO OUR FACES; WE FOUND OUT THE HARD WAY-NIGHTMARE JOB!!! | Life of Mobile Mechanic 

Greetings from Scotland! Oh yeah, seen a few of these in my time! I've removed gearboxes where the bellhousing was full of clutch lining, like shredded wheat! 3 possibilities - 1, fair wear and tear (IF it had a huge mileage!) 2, clutch thrust bearing stuck on it's guide tube (unlikely in a fairly new car) OR simply clutch riding, causing clutch slip and a LOT of heat (like the pressure plate is cracked due to massive heat!) and I would stake my big toe - THAT caused all this damage for sure! Advise the customer to buy an automatic! 😂 You often see people sitting on a slight uphill at traffic lights are too lazy to apply handbrake so just sit slipping the clutch until light changes - SO, SO bad for the clutch!!! Use the foot brake or better still apply handbrake, it's FREE! *(Over 50 years as a fully main dealer qualified vehicle Technician)*

You didn’t call her a liar, her clutch called her a liar.

32 years as a vehicle tech who has done 100's of clutches and i have never seen a clutch so mullered as that! 😂

Guys I appreciate the fact you show mistakes and are humble in admitting said mistakes sign of great mechanics.

pinkze he say " anyone who can take all that apart, fix it, put it all back together without any bolts spare has skill, hats off and respect guys, great to watch 👍💯🎉🎊"

As an asian automotive/airline mechanic of 42 years, I commend you guys, most young people these days are not motivated or mechanically inclined like yourselves. Both of you remind me of my buddy and myself doing side hustles when not working in the garage some 30 years ago. We had the occasional lousy customers, and few jobs that we thought we bit off a little more than we can chew, but we persevered and became even better mechanics. It's so great to have a good, knowledgeable partner/team...good luck to you guys! Liked and subbed.

Hats off to you guys for doing this on the driveway. It’s one thing doing this in the shop, but to do it on the ground is next level. Good job!

Fellas, that is fine, fine work. Unbelievable amount of very skilled labour required for that clutch. Great job, carried out responsibly with great care and (almost unbelievably) with humour. 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The owner. Needs to seriously consider an Auto. If not it's going to be another expensive fix. Cheers Guy's. See you in the next one. 👍👍

It's always good to include the stupid problems and dumb mistakes - the stuff every person makes at some point and then curses themselves out. It keeps it raw, real and honest IMO. Great job

One tip for you fella's! Get a cupcake baking tray or something. So you can keep the bolts and such organized. Especially when you do this stuff on 'dirty driveways' ;)

Had a Ford 1/2 pickup towed in once. Customer said he was driving alone and it just quit going. The disc lining was just a pile if dust and debris in the bell housing. He said when it stopped on the side of the road that there was fire under the truck. That was the rubber boot on the clutch lever burning off from the heat of the flywheel. The flywheel was blue and the crankshaft flange and transmission input had some blueing also. This was about 1985 when the OEMs had added overdrive to a 3 spd trans for economy. Previous vehicles the owner had, he would shift into high gear at 80 KPH, so he was doing that with this truck. The low RPM with a 400CID engine would hammer the input shaft bearing in the transmission. When I called the Ford dealer to get a new input bearing, seal and gasket with the clutch assembly and pilot bearing, they knew whose truck I was working on. They had replaced the input bearing 4 times previously. The owner did not want to pay the core deposit on the clutch. A couple of weeks later he came in and was annoyed he was not getting it back. A few days later he was in again wanting the burned clutch to take to an insurance adjuster. He had talked the person into the idea the fire (of the boot) burning off had burned the clutch out. When he left we had a good laugh at that concept.

Well done lads I had a garage for over 50 years and your honesty is tops,We're all learning all the time.

Great team work lads. Everyone should have a reliable team like you two to work on their vehicle. It's good to do a good job. You sleep easy and the customer sleeps easy.

The good thing about you guys is you dont edit and hide the mistakes you did. You put all that in the videos which is very good for all us DIYers to learn from your hard work and experience. Appreciate you guys.

Hey there, RU-vid led me to your video on the Mini, great job showing exactly how mechanic jobs go in the real world start to finish, you pair work well together, good commentary, and camera work, keep up the great work. 👍😊🇦🇺

One key point on a clutch with organic facings, like this one. As the temperature increases the friction coefficient is reduced, the higher the temperature gets the less able the facing is to recover the original fruction coefficient, basically it's a spiral of decline, heat is your enemy. I used to be M.D. of a Luk factory.

After both of you having close calls on being blinded I'm glad to see you both wearing protective eyewear. 👍Look after yourselves guys.

That’s why I love all the old “pre sensor cars” broken clutch, remove, replace then drive away (in most cases).

Excellent to see hard work and not giving up, take pride in your work and charge accordingly!!!!!

Great job bros. Keep going and more customers i wish for you ..

Well done lads 2 hard workers & problem solvers

I admire your good attitudes, perseverance and refusal to despair with frustrating jobs like this. Good learning experience for you and for us!

You’re videos are so good you’re fault finding and work is beyond good

We had a 1996 Ford Fiesta, the clutch was never changed, it had done 160,000 miles when it got scrapped and the original clutch was still going strong.

Well done guys you really know your stuff…! Love watching your videos and seeing what it takes to fix problems…’ great channel ❤

Well done guys , perseverance always pays off.

Great pair of guys, he'll of a characters, I would trust more than the local garages around where I am. Keep up the good work and making us laugh.

Much prefer this style video. Great job boys

Great video. I have seen and heard drivers who ride or overuse the clutch, as you have described. Some people learn through their pockets. Well done on fixing the car.

Excellent video. And i really appreciate the way you're not effing and blinding all the way through it as many do! Have just replaced the alternator on a Cooper s i know just how hard these cars can be to work on. Nice job!

Hope you maintain this quality of work , you deserve to succeed. Well done .👍

Why do people still clutch ride? Back in the early eighties when I first started driving there was no auto hold/brake on any of the cars so on a hill I used to slip the clutch waiting for the traffic to pass, but not for very long. Also, I used to use the clutch to slow the car down when approaching the roundabout. Despite all that I have never destroyed a clutch. This is something else.

Fucking hell 17 reg, 56k miles and like that. Jesus

Two talented and hard working young men making a living by doing tremendous work. Nice one boys.

Enjoyed your program very much. It’s nice to watch and hear such a detailed tear down and re-build. Great work guys!

Just found your channel. And what a great find it is the honesty is amazing which i personally find refreshing. If it wasn't filmed said customers would think you guy's were telling porkies. Keep up the brilliant content lad's

Definitely like the highs and lows of a job start to finish the glitches are a learning curve and life’s full of them 👍🏼

Thanks for this video. Very interesting to see the whole job done, and with the problem solving bits too.

Lovely video! You guys so genuine. Good luck! Will be looking for more videos from you!

The only clutches I've ever seen more trashed than this have all been taken out with malice and not negligence, like with burnouts and such. Impressive.

that must have been an insane amount of clutch riding to do that!

Brilliant work men! Step by step until every little obstacle is conquered.

You work so well together, great workmanship !

It's possible the customer isn't actually lying about riding the clutch, if the clutch was starting to slip and the customer continued to drive the car the clutch would get extremely hot, probably more so than riding the clutch, I've seen ring gears fall off the flywheel due to the heat generated by a slipping clutch (they tend to be an interference fit and are heated to get them on the flywheel (or the flywheel is chilled) once they return to normal temperature they won't come apart(without heating) outcome is the same excess heat causing further damage

There's an easy remedy for the owner to avoid this in the future. Trade the manual car in for one with an automatic. Easy, peasy and done.

Another great video. I love how you demystify the workings of a car.

not a mechanic just find what you do interesting and they way you present it keeps me entertained so thanks :)

Gentlemen please get something stacked under the car as an emergency back up, perhaps a couple of old wheels and tyres, in case it falls of the stands.

Dem a clutch rider !!!!! 😂😂😂

Honest channel with some serious guys loving there job and doing the best for the customer - thanks for the videos!! You got my sub!

You get my vote. Great job done, and great to see in so much detail just what goes into the repair. Thumbs up guys.

Honestly nothing ever seems to be an issue with these two, superb mechanics

What a state that clutch is in. Just a thought, as you get bigger it might be wise to think about the banter in your videos. Just thinking it might not be a good look if a customer was to watch the video in some cases. I’m sure most wouldn’t have a problem with it, but not everyone 😅

Great attitude and commitment to service.

Brilliant to watch I’m no mechanic. But it’s great to see experts working so well. I personally will take my care and motorbikes to the expert s like you

Who in their right mind would buy a Mini? You were lucky with the Weather! 👍

Ladies....don't ride the clutch.

Always remember..You are the mechanics..Let customers know..#1 Diagnostic Fee #2 Quote further Diagnostic fee for disassembly #3 Clutch/Gearbox/Sensors Full Quotes in writing #4 Advise Customer afterwards..Trade in for Auto Trans Vehicle.....

Great video content. Love the fact you show mistakes and admitting said mistakes helps others to hopefully not make them.

Lying the act of deception, hope you charged him the proper money to fix it. I do not like Liars. Nothing worse than a Liar. You two in my opinion are very honest.

Clutch has been granny graped.

Excellent job, guys. A matter of severe clutch riding including never letting go of it. Never seen such a wear down.

Hi guys I didn't realise how much agro the the clutch on the mini. You really have done a great job. You mentioned the book time is 7 hours. It sounds like quite an expensive job. Very impressed how you solve problems. Well done to both for your perseverance. Brian

Didn’t realise you were professional I thought you was a cowboy firm

I think you're being harsh calling her a liar. I'd never say that about a customer. Think about it.

Nice that you show us the problems and how yo fix. Also you seem to be enjoying the work

Hi guys cracking video very hard work on you two keep the videos coming great stuff 👍

Your customer should buy an automatic. Job well done guys. Thanks for your honesty in showing all the issues involved. Keep up the good work.

IN 1977 AT 17 YEARS OLD,I BUILT A 68 CHEVELLE SS396 with the square port racing heads etc.... an old race mechanic helped me put it together. i purchased a (zoom) brand off the shelf clutch. first time i drove it to town i had to be dragged home on the back of a wrecker. seems that when the clutch pedal was to the floor, there was still some friction , and then as i was going down the road in 4th gear and it would get sideways, that clutch just didnt have enough grip. yanked that garbage out and installed the one the previous owner had built by a clutch guy (Duglas Zahn, Arkansas brake and cutch) . previous owner quit building the car because of a divorce, but was an engineer and traded the entire factory engine for a set of square port racing heads with 3 springs to each valve. we also modified the throw on the clutch arm to increase.its movement. this new clutch was much stiffer and made my leg shake to keep it depressed, but it never failed like the ONE NIGHT STAND CLUTCH DID! by the way, im married to steffy, im NOT a girl!!lol youtube buffering lots of the videos i watch now, some wont even play more than 2 minutes and thats it!

Brilliant job . Well done guys.

Great work guys. Fantastic perseverance

This is why I’m seeing soo many BMW minis for sale at very cheap prices. Great work guys 👍🏻

I'm so glad my father taught me from an early age working on cars I've done a few clutch changes and never seen anything that bad

Wow , great job the both of you have great patience, looking forward to the next video.👍

good job guys, loving the content!

Class video boys, think she was too embarrassed to admit she was clutch riding 😂

excellent work lads huge respect pro pro work

2 good honest mechanics

Easy! Well done boys that was some serious work

Hi Lucy nice to meet you in the Roman restaurant me and my wife was talking to you saying we had never seen you before in Benidorm, I did not realise what work and camera work you put into each video, hope to see you again it was nice to see ourselves on the video ,keep up the good work take care Allan and Noreen from Doncaster

Amazing job, fair play lads

Another top job gentlemen! 👍

Very amusing and informative. Well done lads...

Well done chaps, like your honesty.

Nice vids mates! Keep it coming!

A VERY GOOD & enjoyable video 👏👏👏 great how much work you showed as well.

This is great lads. Great banter 😆👌

Think you two guys are gonna have your own TV show one day... Love you vid, was going to get a Mini and you were very informative.. Great work...

Yes guys you are a great team.

good job guys! nice documented

Good video. Great mechanics. 💯

Great vid guys

Mobile mechanics are a different breed. Having to do stuff like this on a driveway or roadside! I wouldn't like to do that job in my workshop.

Well done 😂 you both with patience and determination consistently knowing what you both were doing with confidence, amen gentlemen and Godbless🙏

Ha ha "just wafer thin" 😯 like watching your finds... Keep them coming 🤣

Well done guys, 1st class.

Man that clutch was literaly toast! Glad I found y'alls channel. You guys are a trip man!😅

Respect to basically what is working on the street guys well-done on what is a disaster of a car anyway.

This type of video is better, working on ome car, detailed fix, better than jumping from one to the other