Neil Koch was on his way to buy us lunch. Instead he towed me a broken RV. @digdrivediy Send us a postcard: Watch Wes Work P.O. Box 106 Fulton, IL 61252 Send us an email: mail@watchweswork.com
The nuclear level sarcasm coupled is just perfect, dealing with used parts guys reading a diff eq book. I love it, this was basically a short form Coen brothers film. More, please.
I have a couple questions.: Why would a parts guy be reading a differential equations book? Is it because the parts guy always thinks he knows better than you do?
This is the best independent film that I have seen in years. Dramatis personae and thespianism of a calibre reserved only for the greats. Seamless transitions between stage, and practical locations. A genuine story of life. Classic filmmaking. If not a winner, then a Cannes nominee at its very least.
Wes, these last few Videos have been awesome, love the humor you are throwing in, you have gone way over the heads of most Channels to give the Audience a reason to make you our Priority #1 to view...
And Hollywood thinks I care that they went on strike and the cable companies wonder why I won’t sign a contract. This is the real deal here. Thanks for another awesome video.
@@mbrick that’s actually what I had in mind for what this is better than. Recall the lower 4 are blocked in by the cv joints on the Subaru and require a swivel and an extension.
Now that the NO motorhome policy has been broken, when will we see another snowplow video? Excellent job! Appreciate the content and commentary with humor!
Thank You Wes for helping out Neil and his Family, even though it was a RV. Loved the Comedy bits, made this a Great video. Best Wishes to You and your Wife!
4 minutes in and just respect wes for being like yhe rest of us...working on our backs in tight spots wrenching. I hope one day hmthis channel grows to a point he doesn't have to one day, but today I feel a bit proud he's just like the rest of us lol
I laughed my butt off on this! - Wes, you are not just a great mechanic, your films become real art! We all admire you how much work you spend on creating this - thank you so much!
After watching your video i went over to Neil's channel to see his take, afterwards i had to come back here and say that i knew you were a good guy Wes but this was really an awesome gesture for you to ease their stress and allow them to carry on with their vacation. Thumbs up 👍 bro.
As a Mechanic in St.Louis , I feel a correction is in order They are about 1/4 mile North of East St.Louis's city limit. The way you can tell is the gunfire doesn't start until after sunset.
East St. Louis was my dad’s hometown. When he left to join the Air Force, his family moved to Washington Park. If you didn’t address mail to my grandparents at Washington Park, you got yelled at. So, I’m guessing Jimbo’s is in Washington Park. 😬
Fun Fact: Those first year gas 4R100s had a fatal flaw where if you got off than on the gas during a 1-2 shift around 4,000 rpm - the mechanical diode would detonate every time with a 100% success rate. Ford quickly reverted back to the older sprag design on gas 4r100s. They left the mechanical diode in the diesel trucks for a while longer, because they figured "they never will get to 4000 rpm, so it's fine". It wasn't fine. Quality is Job 1 I guess.
It's actually a pretty damn good transmission for the era. I can hold a lot more power than the manual equivalents. I also figured if you are replacing on for an RV, you may as well get a built one. They aren't that expensive at all.
Hey every once in a while you just need to let the customers do the R&D work. Always found it funny when I worked in their dealer we got hammered on "Fix it right the first time" when they were busy with "Build it right the fourth time".
Thank you Wes for helping out Neil. You’ve earned a new subscriber, in Tokyo. Scrolling through your catalog, looks like I’ve landed on content gold. Thanks for making the world a better place.
Yes, that is exactly what it’s like to be a mechanic in the south. Most shops don’t even own a torch, and your lucky to find one exhaust shop in a county, because they last the life of the vehicle. BTW that opening sequence was fire !!
Can confirm, our shop has a torch but we hardly ever use it. We pretty much use it exclusively to take out exhaust bolts that are about to break, no rust at all.
Recently been binge-watching your channel Wes. Every single video - even the ones 2 or 3 years old were very entertaining. The intro was great, so keep on making the vids with the dry humour and all the wits. It's been highly apprciated.
Wes I love your sense of humor as a retired auto mechanic your humor so fits into life and your videos just keep getting better and better I do understand your frustration 😂
Thank You for Taking care of Neil Koch and his wonderful and patient Wife as well as the 2 best kids ever I really think if the rest if the kids in USA were like Ella and Evie we would be a better country.
I'm an aircraft mechanic, car mechanic, and farm machinery mechanic and I live in Texas. Yup, rust is not a thing here and about the only thing one needs a torch is for those pesky exhaust overhauls/replacements but other than that is so nice. The summer heat can be and is a thing but I'll take that over those long frozen, salt-ridden, frigid winters any day for sure and NO RUST!!!! Love your vids Wes, please keep them coming and also have been subscribed to Neil's channel for quite some time. Great job!!!
On your test drive, and you did the ole hole shot I was expecting the fuel tank to implode because of the rate of fuel consumption. Don’t do business with Jimbo, you’ll give the guy a heart attack with all the stress from reaching for inspection sheet and parts list. 😊I’m betting Neil appreciated the help and was more than willing to dive in to help. Thanks for the tag along video sir, this was a fun one, for me anyway.
Really enjoy what you are doing with the videos. The bed music and comedy bits are a lot of fun. The efforts around editing and general filming are also noted. Hope u r having fun. Thank you for all of it.
I felt the anxiety in my shoulder blades when you said motorhome! Just recently a buddy of mine bought a huge cabin cruiser with an inboard Cummins and asked me to work on it for him... I laughed so hard at him he wasn't sure how to take it annnnd i said no, non, nein, nope, nah-uh, nodda, not gonna do it... I worked on pleasure craft and also offshore fishing boats at the wharf every night during lobster and tuna season after having worked at the dealership all day and every wekend for almost a decade on the side and there's no amount of money that could get me back in the engine bay of a boat. Now, that being said, you bring me your well maintained Mercury outboard or Honda outbaord and you might catch me in a good mood, but if you bring me something beat to snot and a dogs breakfast, you may as well just keep on truckin' right past my driveway.
Neil even lives in northern Indiana so it's impressive how little rust there is under that thing! Wonder where they got it from. Good on you for breaking the rules and helping out Neil get his family back on the road for vacation! 👍🏻
Now this IS a good buddy to have! I still think you got the better end of the deal rebuilding the transmission. I couldn’t imagine going cross country in a JK with 3 ladies….haha
😂 “rules and boundaries”…”apparently I wouldn’t know.” I was dying. I’ve been in these shoes before, and totally understand. Every time I finish with “never again”.
just started watching,already bringing back painful memories of wrenching at a heavy truck shop for 16 years.They're the place these RV's go to get worked on-
I can appreciate your pain. I flew with a guy who used to be a mechanic in a truck shop and he would rebuild a gearbox where the gears would almost change by themselves but introduce it to the driver and it would reduce him to tears. He was a good mechanic and an even better airline pilot.
As a kid my friends and I lived at the wrecking yard. You could get small block chevys for $150-200 trannys for $80-120 and if it didnt fit the bill you could exchange it within 30days. We bought allot of engines, trannys, difs etc. When your in school with limited funds the wrecking yard was king.
Very interesting, funny but very true story!! BTW in my younger days I was an electronic technician thanks to 4 years in the USAF! One of my job titles at one employer (Washington Area Mass Transit Administration 77-80) was Mechanic (Bus drivers union) even though I worked on the subway maintaining the CCTV, PA system, 24 ch PCM terminal, transfer machines, radio system, telephones etc. The checks cleared so no problem what you call me.
I was around in C-6 and E4OD days...plenty of motor homes. In reality they are the easiest things to remove/install transmissions. I'd say an hour max to remove. No exchange units then. You just fixed 'em no matter how many parts were needed,. I knew and still know all the part numbers of the time by memory. 7902's to 7A089s.... Did an awful lot of those things. Sometime even would get a tip from the motorhome customer...not often though. 1989 E4OD school: Ford instructor: "Good thing you're at this class fellas because we've not seen any of these make it over 30K miles." We were welding snap rings and all sorts of dumb fixes to keep the E4ODs rolling. Cases from Ford were $90...no doubt to save on warranty cost. Pieces of crap until about '94 when they got a little better.
I was already a couple of bourbons in before I watched this but man this is your best! Camera improvement, funny situations and great to see Mrs in on all the fun🤣
Not to be "that guy," but I'm impressed Wes had a book on Differential Equations, even if just a prop! Does he have even more talents of which we are unaware?
@@WatchWesWork Yeah, they don't just give those sheepskins out for free... Degreed ChE, licensed ME here...my copies are a bit *older* than yours though...
thanx for the laughs!!! i once bought a ten year old florida truck with a blown motor 188,000 miles and no rust. when i broke the bell housing bolts loose and pulled them the rest of the way out with my fingers i paused and contemplated life outside the rust belt. i was able to remove and reuse u bolts!!!! wtf.
Watching Wes Work has taught me to stay calm when things go to $*#!. It has been a while since I cursed or threw a wrench into the next county. Thanks Wes.
