It’s Much Worse Than I Even Imagined - Our Mechanic Can’t Believe What a POS I Bought! 

Honest mechanics like Toby are at a premium. Always nice to hear a mechanic tell you what is real bad and what can wait just ahead. Those types deserve customers business because you know they aren't out to screw the customer. Honesty is refreshing every so often.

Toby is an asset, bring that dude on full time if you can afford it.

Aren’t the oil leaks just the built in automatic rust prevention system? 🤣

If there’s a poll, put me down for “more Toby on TFL”. Great presentation and examples makes the technical easy to follow. Especially when partnered with Tommy. Great job!!

This new little series makes me feel like a kid again waiting for Saturday morning cartoons. Love TFL lol great job guys

Love Toby. He deserves a show or a full segment on TFL. He doesn't sugar coat anything. Very professional and direct in his diagnostics. Impressive volume of knowledge of what a vehicle needs to wor. He understands whether a part needs replacement or needs monitoring. Great mechanic with a personal real world touch.

Love the mechanic,he should get more screen time,for serious!! Hopefully he has his own RU-vid channel I’d watch him diagnose stuff for sure.

Ummm, you bought $2500 trucks in 2021. He should believe anything. If you drove them to the shop, you won.

Kids, Always get your used car fully inspected BEFORE you buy it.

I really enjoy watching a mechanic inspect old used trucks. This could seriously be a series into itself. Just find old used trucks and suvs for sale and inspect all the issues. I would watch and like every episode :)

That Jeep looks like someone drove from their garage to work and back for 20 years, very nice

I don't know if I can wait a week between videos, Netflix has spoiled me. This is binge worthy content!

Gotta love Toby. He sounds like Kripky from Big Bang theory and has a great sense of humor. And how did I know the Ford was gonna be the junker?!

That bracket on the blazer is a factory part. It is used on the ZR2 for a steering stabilizer. He didn’t check the rear wheel bearings correctly. The blazer has a C-clip rear axle so it will have axial/in and out play.

Hahaha never a good sign when the mechanic asks if u have stock in Exxon mobile lmao 😂😂

That Jeep with the 4.7 is a bomb waiting to go off, should have found one with the 4.0 straight 6. The blazer has a very common issue of the oil cooler lines leaking. The blazer will outlast the other two by a long shot.

Andre must have known how bad his mazda/ford was, because he was nowhere to be seen😂

I’ve been enjoying your channel since Andre was speaking only Russian, and testing break temperatures. You guys are fantastic, and I LOVE these types of series. Between BIG GREEN, RUSTY BOY, less expensive purchase options, and honest real world comparisons places you at the top of the automotive channels out there. Keep up the videos and thanks for what you do.

I love buying affordable 4x4s and fixing them up. My problem is I keep them when all fixed up and move onto the next one. Do your homework and you can get good stuff for 2500 or less even in today's market place.

As always, Toby’s royalty.

Love this series, feature German auto and Toby more, he would be a great addition like Paul is for driving Toby would be good for the "hardware" aspect of tfl.

Toby (the mechanic) could easily carry his own channel!

That bracket on the frame is original. It wasn’t added. A steering damper is attached there and goes to the steering linkage.

As a ASE Master Mechanic I'm especially fond of the 1/2 tube of Red RTV used to seal the 'crack' between the bell housing and the bottom of the oil pan there.

That welded on bracket looks like a steering stabilizer mount. Also, you can't judge any of these vehicles on the quality of the tires.

As a 17 year old kid who dailys a 97 chevy blazer that is beat to hell I am super excited to see the test on this cause I know it's gonna do good. Mine has been beat off road and on road and still runs great. The late 90 and early 2000 blazers and s10s are indestructible and thats from a die hard ford guy

the smear of red RTV at the bottom of the bell housing is pretty funny. Plus that's a c-clip rear axle, so that 's not how you check the bearing. The tire/wheel/axleshaft will have a bit of axial play, even when new.

As someone that lives in the rust belt it amazes me what some people consider rusty. It also amazes me how clean those underbodies are.

The mechanic is AWESOME 👏👏👏! Wish he lived near me 👍

Man I love when Toby is on the channel. He’s a cool dude. Knows his stuff too!!

My family bought a 1998 chevy suburban k1500 LT with 84k miles for $3500 8 years ago. Now, prices are getting up there, even for the higher mileage ones. So far, it has 124k miles and is sitting in our front driveway. If only used car prices were cheaper...

my prediction, the jeep trans will fail. the mazdas front auto locking hubs will fail to work when 4x4 is really needed. the chevy will blow an oil cooler line pumping all the engine oil out.

More Toby! He is such an easy to follow and entertaining mechanic. Very professional. Toby, if you don’t have a RU-vid channel, then create one! If I ever bring my truck to Colorado I’m gonna go visit TFL and Toby, and buy them all a round of beers. Great content gentlemen.

I love the Nathan and Tommy banter I love hearing them go back-and-forth it's always funny and Tommy had a little too big of a smile on his face while he was tearing the Ranger apart😂😂 love these guys always funny

As someone who lives in Ohio.... seeing how these clean vehicles can be referred to as rusty, is insane. Honestly. Our vehicles look like that if you test drive them in the winter 🤣

See that's why I love Nathan he always takes the cheapest approach Mechanic: Your cars gonna be in the scrapyard soon if not correctly repaired Nathan: Tires and a nice wash will do the trick

Thank you for staying on youtube and doing shows like these!!!!!!!!!

What. A. Tease. LMAO Toby has his work cut out for him.

This is great content. Every used car should be inspected like this before purchase. TFL Sunday morning content rocks!

So Nathan is Captain Hazelwood (Exxon Valdez). Toby is able to so succinctly diagnose and prescribe, awesome to watch...

The person who owned the mazda just drove it into the ground and never maintained it.

Tommy and I are on the exact same wave length in our car minds. I’m rooting for the Jeep. This content is GOLD! Love you guys.

If you drive old cars, a good mechanic is worth his weight in gold.

Loving the series guys! I owned a ford ranger 98, I turned into a light wheeler/daily with 31x10.5 inch mud tires, bilstein shocks, locking front hubs (rugged ridge is the only brand that makes them for the ranger), off road bumpers front and rear, frame welded rock rails under the doors, a bumper mounted swing out tire carrier, and a yukon grizzly locker to finish it off. I live in the pnw, and kept up with many many jeeps and toyotas. I went through 2 sets of oem hubs after destroying the factory ones offroad. I highly suggest these from rugged ridge, they cost less than $200 usd. Cant wait for the next video!

I love these "cheap " car challenges... makes me want to do one with my buddies again

Jeep was the best because it was somewhat expensive new and previous owner spent money on maintaining it. Blazer not so much and the Mazda was el cheapo that saw no basically no maintenance

"come on Jeep!" Said everyone whose ever driven a Jeep

Hahaha fantastic! There’s always something with a older used machine Not bad units actually ! Very typical stuff. Can’t wait for the next segment!

Please keep making series like this! It's really a highlight to my week!

The bracket on the s10 Control arm mount is factory… my 96 also had it. It’s where the steering stabilizer mounted on the zr2s!

I tried learning to drive stick in a 2001 Ford Ranger. While going over a speed bump in a business park the rear view mirror fell off and hit my hand (on the shifter at the time). I was so startled that I pulled my hand off the shifter, and the knob fell off. Ford build quality at its finest.

"might as well ride on a horse" LOL That's awesome. I like your technician. He reminds me of my journeyman when I was an apprentice.

I feel like I just got an intensive course in what to look for in a used car from Toby. Great stuff guys.

As a licenced Tech for over 30 yrs with GM Toby did what we normally call a regular quick visual inspection or 50pt inspection. It's a quick once over that a Tech would perform if someone was thinking of possibly purchasing a old beater for winter or something most certainly not a full DOT safety. He would have to be a pretty good Tech to work on German cars they are highly engineered and have very close tolerances and strict service intervals. I know my dad is also a retired mechanic with 50 years fixing Porsche Audi VW and any vehicle that would come in for service-repairs.

Really enjoying this series, good job guys!👍

Best automotive series on internet right now. I really appreciate you guys getting regular people’s cars on regular people’s budget 👍👍👍

This series reminds me of the good days watching top gear usa challenges. Please keep doing more of these.

The coolant hose “splice” on the Mazda near the firewall is actually a vacuum operated valve for the coolant to flow to the heater core when you put on the heat, They usually take a crap so you just put a double male connector on there

Jeep for the win! Tommy did great on that WJ! I have one myself that just turned 238K 4.7L limited with the 242 HD T-case. They are great vehicles if you maintain and take care of them.

What a great series, TFL is the king!

The techs way of talking makes me giggle. He's incredibly smart and love his sense of humor.

Your mechanic is such a wholesome guy reminds me of Ralphie from Mafia in the nicest way. Sure he has a bit of a accent but knows his stuff

Aaaauuggghhhhhh!!! Can’t wait to see what the deficiencies are!! Hahaha Now that I have seen the video, it’s not as bad as I thought. I was very worried about the Mazda (Ford) when Andre bought it,,,,,,,, and I’m generally a Ford guy! The Jeep, no surprises. I did the heater core in one though. You take the dash out to get there!! In the dealership my buddy was quoted over $2,000 CAD to replace the core, by the time we were done, we both wished he had spent the money!! Haha. What a PIA! That Blazer will fail you somewhere,,,,,,,. They looked decent and drove quite well. A few guys had ZR2 blazers like Nathan wanted and they were capable, but fragile. This is a good series though. Routine maintenance and getting the issues fixed when they generally should be is why that Jeep is pretty decent. The clean transmission oil is a give away kinda. Did that to sell it and do so right after changing it so it doesn’t smell burnt. They cleared the codes on the transmission and then they returned from Tommy driving it home. They will be back, I’m sure! Haha. It’s not the worst though,,,,, even the TFL team had learned when they got the black Dodge!!! I think Nathan and Andre were a bit too blinded when they found a running example of what they wanted, especially Andre,,,, haha. Tommy was pretty analytical and got his purchase. It pays to not be too emotional when you go to look at a vehicle,,,,, I know from experience!! Andre, Nathan,,,,, I can definitely sympathize!! I have been blinded up front by getting what I wanted and not looking close enough. Fortunately I restore the older vehicles I buy but it always means much more work!! Haha. Great series TFL!! Now if you would release each of the already edited videos one per day the rest of this week,,,,,,,,,,,???

You guys have a sort of top gear vibe ,without all the extra camera work, editing and cheesy comedy. Your blend of personalities make it work, and inform at the same time

Really enjoyed this video - watching a professional mechanic inspect these vehicles. Thank you

14:00 I had a 2006 with the 4.7L, same problem with a leaking t-stat housing.

I really like watching vehicles being brought back to life. I am a terrible mechanic and it is good to watch an honest mechanic at work.

This is awesome, what a commodity to have someone like Toby available to TFL.

“I don’t know who drove this (the Mazda) here, but God bless them.” - Toby Add this to the “words I don’t want my mechanic to say” list!

FLT is almost to 1M subs.! Awesomeness to all. 👍🙏☘️

Toby, I seem to like him. He's got a very light hearted personalty. He's got some quirks and mannerisms that makes him pretty unique. I think he'd make a good addition to the show as a regular.

Oh my gosh I love these guys! Can't wait!!!

Headmaster issues on rangers is normally a 2.3 and 3.0 issue the 4.0 has a timing chain issue

I'm loving this series, Toby is great.

First time seeing a Toby review. Really impressed with how thorough and detailed he was. Good job!

The ball on the hood is the vacuum source for the dash vents. Unplug it and they won't switch over just blow out the bottom or the top only

PSA: Get yourself a couple turkey basters from the dollar store, use one to pull the brake fluid from your reservoir, and the other the power steering fluid. Change the fluid out every oil change, only costs a few extra dollars.

Dude knows what he’s talking about. Good to have a mechanic who will tell you how it is like he does.

Poor little B4000. It made Mazda a little ching-ching in its heyday, but now, it just needs to retire; it's job is complete. The Jeep was a real shocker, too! Awesome video! Go forth with pride, and be kind to rabbits! 🐰!

"It's got nice welds" -proceeds to show two little caterpillars that hardly touch the bracket.

Blazer fan here... that bracket is supposed to be under there it's for a steering damper... Pretty solid inspection though 👍

Toby is the kind of mechanic that everyone needs for their vehicle. He will do well in life doing honest work for folks.

Toby freaking rocks guys, please put him on more!

I had a 96 Mazda with the 4.0 with the factory off-road pack and a 5 speed! I LOVED LOVED LOVED IT here in Western Washington State for the mountains!

Sheesh --- I learn so much more from this channel and content than anything on the telly.... Keep up the great work! FYI - I bought a EcoDiesel Gladiator from our friends at Johnson in Brighton. So far, so good. 👍

Love your new mechanic! I have a guy like him. Everbody needs "a guy". Professional but not over the top with threats of a flaming death. More please.

I swapped my electronic 4x4 for manual hubs. Best investment for my old Ranger a few years back.

Great vid👍TFL, noooooo come on Team Nathan, anything like Holden Commodore not bad for price but still worth fixing but Mazda??? Maybe car wreckers or farm truck. Tommy in the real world would you replace transmission or keep driving until gave up? Enjoying series, can’t wait until next vid👍

Not as much gloom & doom as some make it out to be. They all have a lot of miles & years, yet they all drove in under their own power. And all the issues are fixable.

I'm Speechless..Wonderfull Entertainment. GREAT SHOW..all I can say is Keep Them Comming.

Toby is a GOAT in the making! I love this series!!

just a heads up on the ford ranger 4.0L V6 that is the OHV engine which is a hell of a lot more robust than the SOHC engine , there is a stroker kit for the 4.0L OHV engine , still worth every penny he spent on it , even though it does require a engine rebuild, i would not hesitate to purchase it

I love Toby! He is so knowledgeable about so many cars. Great video, thanks!

I bought from a friend 1 year and 3 months ago a 1995 Toyota Tacoma 4x4, V6, manual 5 speed, power everything and even cruise control, tires are 31 1050 R15 brand new. Two-door and has been parked in a garage it's whole life and for the two biggies, and only had 86000 original miles and I paid $3,500. So now I park it in my garage and as of today she has 91,000 miles. I have never seen a 95 Toyota Tacoma this clean she is definitely a beauty!

Lol. Being from the Midwest and listening to them talk about rust issues on what we consider "rust free" cars, is hilarious.

What would be cool to see is doing this type of thing with used diesel pickups. I know it would likely be a bit down the road because it would be a bit more expensive. But do an ike gauntlet, and different work truck type challenges.

Looking forward to the next video.

Toby is a car wizard. He's making observations I would've never even thought about.

God damn, these things are so clean for 2500 bucks. Up here in Canada 2500 will get you a rust bucket. Hell I put fresh shocks on my ranger in the fall and by the spring they were covered in surface rust.

I had a 94 Ranger. The ball joints take a beating and fail often. Same as the power steering system. This brought me down memory lane lol