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So Autozone sells the blinker fluid? My blinkers are looking low!?!🙄😜🤯😂🤣

I literally LOL’d 🤣🤣🤣

NAPA also sells Blinker fluid!!!! It's right next to the brake fluid!!! Don't run low!!!!

On a MANUAL transmission with the stick in neutral. It was a legitimate question and I'm still curious as to how the gearbox would burn up without any gears being engaged.

@UCqAVFGKYZkolc48iI58bBNQ there is zero chance of it on a manual in this case the tow truck driver is a dumb a$$

A driver is as far as he will go.

Then he knows NOTHING.

Annoying when that happens By the way, your content is great

Tell him to sign a 100% liability release and you tow it his way

As a flat bed tow in portland i deal with people like this all the time. I also only explain it once and also telling them i here to do the job not them. Lol. Stay safe!

@@micah5441 Let them sign a 100% damage liability release and do it their way, they will learn fast :)

My dad owns a tow truck company

He probably told a barber how to do it that way...

Ya and him wearing his mask

Oh you have me rolling 🤣🤣 youve got that right.

@@ronk9830 are u his brother?

And the mask

And mask

agreed

Define Short distance. Vehicle Recovery Specialists are what they do.

@@mikeholubek4419 Appearantly not, because they were talking about pumps not pumping. There's no pump.

@@mikeholubek4419 less than 500 miles in this truck.

sry about my english and for not knowing the correct terms in it. What heppens is that the gear it self is what makes the oil go to the places that it needs to be. When in neutral with no engine power, the gears are stoped in the gearbox ( no oil flow), just it center( synchronizerand and shaft parts ---- in a free style translation lol, dont know if the name are the "same"---- ) would move not being lubricated. Its problaby ok to do so, but i wouldn't recomend go on a highway like that. ( as i would not recomend put the car in neutral to save gas on a long hill ) there is no such a thing as a engine pumping oil to the transmission by a pump ( it would spin the gears on the gearbox and therefore creatthe oil flow) , when u say things like that, people can think that are scamed, i can understend why the client felt like that . The bus that he showed the photo was problably in gear and in that case you would for shure lose a motor, dont know about the fire though....

Probably because he wants to be a smart@@@.

People that are actually smart wouldn’t look to make their money in the towing industry. Lols

Customer is a Daren a male Karen lmao

@@nwbklr tell that to the owner of a tow company.

@Adam Speck so they were towing that genesis when that happened? Because I was referring to towing a manual while out of gear. You're in the same church but different pew my friend. And that's the issue with these kids. No care for more experience. And before you say "you never specified towing" why would you disconnect the driveshaft to drive it?

Just because you ain't seen it doesn't mean it won't happen..

@@SWAZDUDE just what? . they literally told you they had to tow it from the front..

@@Run187 so, just because you haven't seen a live T-rex walk out of Walmart, doesn't mean it hasn't happened? Sit down son. I've been towing vehicles since before you were spankin it to the latest issue of Mad magazine.

In order for a manual transmission to "explode", it would have to be towed IN gear. If it is out of gear, it won't happen. I have towed hundreds of manual transmission vehicles out of gear and the transmission doesn't even get warm.

The problem is that he lied, there is not a 'engine oil pump to the transmission ". He was whrite about disconect the shaft but his explanation whas a little off what could make the driver fell like he was being scammed ...

THANK YOU !

I have been a mechanic for 40 years I was waiting to see if someone else new the facts good for you James you move to the top of the class

I highly doubt anyone up there would use an automatic truck. Dude just wanted to turn a hour job into six hours

@@Dan-et2gj lol it doesnt take 6 hours to take out the driveline

@@kccasem1330 when your pay is hourly yes it does noob

Now that's a comprehensive and accurate comment!

why TF do they even exist....lol.

anymore anyway.

Yeah, the driver shouldn't have gotten his panties in a twist over nothing.

The customer was correct though

Lubrication in a manual transmission occurs when the input shaft spins the cluster. When flat-towing, the engine is not running and the input shaft does not spin. However, the rotating rear wheels will spin the mainshaft, even with the transmission in neutral. This will cause damage to the transmission. It’s not immediate drop out like he mentioned unless you have very low oil or close to none he has no way of knowing how long the truck sat essential your grinding it it more and more the effect being minimal if your lubrication is good. Short distance should be fine but if your going long distance avoid the possible bill fixing and pay the extra it was literally like 2 something rather then paying to fix a truck 😂

@@B00STED.B Sounds good, but in fact a lot of 2wd manual transmission vehicles are towed 4 wheels down behind motorhomes all the time without a driveline disconnect. So saying manual transmissions (like they all are the same) would be incorrect no matter how technical your explanation sounded.

@@ezkieler850 let me break it down since didn’t read it properly, I clearly said at the end that it the effect is minimal if your vehicle is properly lubricated and that the engine dropping out like he said is not happening. I don’t know where in my comment you read anything about me saying you can’t do it.😐😂

@@ezkieler850 vehicles towed behind a motorhome have been motified to be flat towed

Incorrect!

You are incorrect. The diff turns the OUTPUT shaft, NOT the INPUT shaft! You may have gotten lucky but being a mechanic for 31 years now, you're wrong Broski. I PROMISE you that!

I think the customer is right on this one as well... .. Ive never heard of it in my life...except from these few nuts on this chanel that claim to be so called mechanics.

Can't fit that big truck on a flatbed though

Seriously that's a no brainer.

Yes but not for towing baha

@@lindaedwards2342 wait until you have a torn frame rail, bent a-arm, scraped front end or a j-hook through an axle boot, you won’t be so, “I demand a flatbed.” Those who think the flatbed is so much safer are those who have never been in the towing industry. The new wreckers are far safer.

Whoa down boy, I'mma an odds kinda woman who would prefer a flatbed tow. That is my prerogative.

Omg, I had the same thought! Dude could barely walk..... waddling about with his huge self.

there is none on this truck though.

Newer Eatons have them

They you have never seen a high performance vehicle.

@@blondblue1949 that truck is far from a performance vehicle.....

Could literally go on Google and search which manual vehicles have a driveline pump tho.

I'm not a mechanic... but he said it would heat up the gear box ?

​@@illumination101 Yes, but what he describes, is valid for a automatic gearbox. The reason is that a automatic is lubed by a pump pulled by the engine. With no lube, the box will overheat. With a manual gearbox, there is no pump, it is splash lubed. The temperature will be the same if towed as if the car was driven.

Quite now! Grownups are talking.

No he wasn't. You know how people be.

Gumbo Holly What do you mean he was incorrect about? And it wasn’t live TV.

@@xaj1543 he wasn’t wrong but he wasn’t right. And don’t take the live tele to serious. Just me typing, like it’s “live” . You’ll be okay

@@kolorzjerk Well you have proved something, that is perhaps the most inane, nonsensical comment I have seen for quite a while.

Shut up, pipsqueak!

@@kgrkid Probably like a 15yr old calling a 35yr old lady a Pipsqueak... lmao

Big trucks the shaft still spins

@@seanseaver3840 it doesn't matter. It would have been just fine. In fact the majority of towers would never have even considered dropping a drive line. The customer was right and should have called another company.

A big truck manual transmission still spins in neutral

@@nephilly87 the gear box is not going to explode by switching the vehicle into neutral. There is absolutely no reason to disconnect the drive line here. The customer is right, more importantly the tow truck driver knows they're tight. They're just tagging on extra charges for no reason.

@@MatsThyWit you have no clue about towing big trucks I never seen anyone tow any medium duty truck or larger from the front without taking the driveshaft or the axles out do you usually tow cars ?

@@nephilly87 I work in the car parts industry and provide business to tow truck operators on a regular basis up to and including assisting them on site when actively towing vehicles. This tow truck driver was lying.

@@Plank-cn1we he was right tho? How would he know nothing about cars/big trucks but be correct lmao. You sound stupid and the tow driver is immature for saying he would knock someone out over something that didn't need to be done

Not the point its a Hazzard to the Drivers

The customer was definitely right this time too

@@jet183 sure lets trust fishing 123. Since he must have more towing experience, then people who’s job it is.

😂😂😂😂😂

No customer is NOT always right

@@jet183

with all due respect it’s your job to listen to how they want their hair done isn’t it

@@SlammingNoobs22 fact !!

People just seat in your chair and say cut my hair anyway you want

The male version of a Karen is a Ken

@@baller9real thanks Karen

but the customer is right, there's no pump in a manual trans. Would have been fine towing it in neutral

The driver was the one who was about to have a temper tantrum over being questioned, not the customer.

You are the Karen Cresy

And the tow company will tack on a 100 to 200 dollar additional fee for doing something entirely unnecessary. It's not the time it takes that the customer is worried about.

Driving a manual.

The customer said he wasn't a mechanic and stated his opinion which sounded pretty close to what you just articulated. It seems like the only one who didn't know what he was talking about was the tow truck driver.

So your saying the driveshaft doesn’t spin in neutral on a commercial truck???

The customer was correct though 😂😂😂 he was questioning why they were doing something that didn’t need to be done, because he is going to be charged more for the extra work. What was he supposed to do?

Was thinking the same

Try going up to their face and saying that, boy!

Than we don't tow the truck. Bye 😎

Do you own a vehicle??? Automatic cars have a neutral gear as well...

Watch one teardown video of where an automatic transmission's oil pump is and it will all make sense. It'll also explain why you can't push start a car with an automatic in the same way you can with a manual transmission car. That said, this truck didn't have an automatic, so yeah.