As any parent knows, we all have those nights where our kids challenge us. Congrats on powering through and getting it done. (I found that coffee was my best friend during those moments. I was still cranky, but a wide awake cranky 😂)
FINALLY !! A Clickbait title that had me laughing 😂 instead of worrying. Your sense of humor adds A Lot to watching your Expert communication of the work. Thanks.
Getting ever closer to the 500k subs, keep it up Ray. I still don't know how you keep up with where all the fasteners go when you have a job this big. No matter how organized you may be, it seems like a multiple day job encourages forgetfulness lol.
Its a skill. When we mechanics enjoy our tasks, we love and care for everything we work on. Many fasteners we remember, some it comes down to a system and placement order as we dissassemble. Also... Its on video, so rewatching the work helps us know where the right bolt goes...
Ray, Watching you tighten up the torsion bars reminded me of when I worked in an auto salvage yard in the early 70s. When things got slow we would get a junk Chrysler going and tighten up the torsion bars as much as we could to get the best ground clearance in the front. Then we would race through the yard. Lots of fun when you are 18.
Phew Ray this has been a great series, you are one heck of a great mechanic. It's too bad I don't live in Florida you would be the number one guy to go to.
Hey Ray, that has been a great series. There was a ton of stuff wrong with that truck. It was a very daunting job and the truck seemed to fight you every step of the way. It seemed a bit more cooperative when you were putting it back together. Great job Ray. Cheers!
These types of videos are fine with me, it's interesting to see how things get fixed and very informative. I know it's rough sometimes with young kids, worrying about them when they get sick and trying to get enough sleep at night. It gets easier when they hit 5+ yrs old so just try to get catch up on the sleep when you can for now.
I get unreasonably excited when that intro rolls.. like it's just an auto repair video... but you make my morning(afternoon working nights) routine fun and informative. You have helped me with confidence and information in repairing my own car.
Buddy I’m right there with you!! I’m running on 37 hours no sleep!! I have 2year old and a 9 month old both not feeling well, to be polite!!! The grumpiness is inevitable!!! But breathe and this too shall pass as they say!!
Hi Ray! Just to let you know, I don’t mind the loud noises, in fact, I kinda like them. I usually get into the shop pretty early. Then I put on one of your videos, turn it up a bit, then go get a cup of coffee. After a while, the shop manager wanders in. Hearing all the ruckus usually puts a smile on his face. Thanks for all the videos!
I love steering, alignment, wheel / tire road force install and balancing and suspension work....I guess I am weird! I hope this guy appreciates all the work you did to make the truck go no leaking down the road! This is has been a very enjoyable series Ray, outstanding learns!
I thoroughly enjoyed this series as I did all the same stuff to my son's 01 Frontier last year with exception of the rear main. It's definitely a major project.
Welcome to the grumpy old man club. I joined that club a while ago. I am blaming the over-active solar flares and EMF at the moment for the recent flare up of my grumpy old man activity
One very valuable lesson I've learned from watching Ray's videos is to understand that jobs will frequently fight you all of the way. The trick is to resist the temptation to let frustration rule you because it can cloud your judgement and make you sloppy. Instead, accept the frustration, laugh at it, and move on.
Been a few months saw I saw that US federal debt counter... oh dear... Hope little one gets well soon. and don''t worry too much about being a grumpy old man, I doubt you'll be as grumpy as me... I'm killing it. Time for another bottle of wine and a cigar to try to cheer myself up... got to spanner my own bike tomorrow too... new caliper seals for the front braking system to install. fek 8C tomorrow...I'm still gonna be grumpy tomorrow. At least I don't have to do anything if I don't want to. One advantage of being retired. As for your cameraman and lighting... still much better than mine. Been biking since '79 well before we had mobile phones, so we had to fix the older bikes that broke down more often in the rain at 2 AM, and as I started making my website back in 1998 the photography and video stuff we had was expensive just for 200x500 pixel stills.... it's hard to keep up with the tech especially when youtube gives me "age restrictions" for little things like using a home made clutch splitting tool or a vintage bike show where there is no swearing, not nudity and I wasn't even smoking a ciggie let alone a spliff or cigar! These days I don't care, I'll smoke with my stogie in my mouth P.S. I saw about 3 years ago that the US finally paid all the debt off for the war... meaning your civil war, not any of the ones after that, but it is a start
Ray, it sucks sometimes being a parent but you mostly have great times with the kid units as well. I'm sure you know this BUT the good news is now that you are your own boss, you CAN go back home and go back to bed. In your other job you wouldn't have been able to do that. REST WELL, bud.
Oh, man, I loved this. I never had the full lift and trans-jack luxury, but I had many late nights, where lying on the floor, in a puddle of coolant, struggling with the wrong tool was preferable to crawling out to get the right one. I fully sympathise. You amaze me, finding the energy to record all this, edit it all together and post it for our entertainment. I was always pooped when I finished work, so eating and sleeping were all I was fit for. Nowadays I only do that level of vehicular work on friends and family vehicles, so those sort of nights are history, for me. But I’m still a slogger, just on boats and mostly the electrical systems, so heavy equipment is usually not required, but late nights certainly are. I’m injured at the moment, so living vicariously, through your videos. Thanks for being there .
Not to speak for everyone else but I like these videos I especially like the longer videos. I'm not a mech but I do enjoy learning and just watching it's kinda relaxing the only thing missing is the shop smell which I love. My Uncle owned a shop called Mr. Transmission here in Santa Fe NM and I loved going there and I miss the smell, shops just have that certain smell if you know you know...
I know the smell. I did auto body and frame repair for 46 years. I still find myself visiting a body shop (just to smell it all) getting quotes for body repairs that will never get done. I am medically unable to do my own repairs anymore. All those years wrecked my body.
People who fight a lot of corrosion in their area are suggesting leaving slack in the cotter pin so after it is bent to hold, it can slide around in the hole.
Gee Ray, when a grumpy day strikes me, I spend time cleaning and organizing all my tools on the cart that stays 2 steps away so I don't have to go extra steps during the day to fetch them !
Feels good finishing a longass job, just finished putting together a far too new Toyota Land Cruiser at work after replacing the balance shaft assembly on it. What a chore of a job! Also tempted to start my own business, tidying up after and yelling at the apprentices is getting really old
I am so glad I'm not the only one that gets that looming feeling of death. And then sometimes after you send it off with a customer you still have that feeling in your gut. Like did I do this? Did I do that even though you went through the checklist like a thousand times?
Damn it Ray I wish I lived closer to y’all. It would be an honor just to come out and help you free of charge. Days like this you and Wife Unit could use the help. Clean up shop, run errands etc. It would just be cool AF to meet y’all.🙂
Watching your video after having a 'Monday' myself working second shift, aircraft work in the rain & northeast cold where everything fought against us. And the jet is still broke hard, with snow in the forcast 🥶
Always enjoy watching you work how you explain what your doing as you disassemble and reassemble what your working on keep doing what you do thanks again ray
I had a Nissan V6 4x4 pick up truck once. It had gas mileage of a full size Ford. Front end alignment lasted only till you touched a parking curb with either tire. Besides that it was a pretty blue truck. I learned never to buy imports, never to buy new trucks and never to buy extended warranty.
Hey, Ray. It's okay -- we've all had days like your day in this video. It's cool, brother. It's called "life," Little Units, and sometimes, the two don't get along -- which is why the Little Units have you, Dad Unit, to deal with things. And sometimes, we all go without sleep. I mean, I'm a chronic insomniac, so the "no sleeping" is part of my world, lol.
As a father I feel this video in my soul got two myself a 4 year old and another that's a month old. Get some sleep brother I know how I felt on those days where you felt like crud from getting 15 to maybe 30 minutes of sleep and just feeling like nothing goes right I was working rotating shifts (sometimes forced doubles) and when I worked nights I averaged in that week like 3 hours in 7 days of sleep I hated life at that time.. So what I'm saying is get some rest ray you need it man.
As is par for the course, your attention to detail is spot on, I’m always learning, especially that there is a tool for every job, If ever need or are willing to take on an apprentice, feel free to holler, I know quite a bit, well enough to get me into trouble, but I’m always willing and wanting to learn!👍🇺🇸
13:27 Pro-tip: This is where Neodymium magnets out of old hard drives from old computers come in REALLY handy! Once you've fed the bolts in from the top, you drop the magnet down in over top of it, and it holds it in place until the nut is threaded. I have saved myself COUNTLESS headaches doing it this way, it's usually not that hard to find a place selling old/junk HDD's to tear down. If not, finding one is just an Amazon click away.
I use several around my house. Toss one on the fridge with a clip super glued on it, leave yourself notes, warning, "do not" try to remove note quickly.
I don't want to worry you Ray, but at your age you can't even begin to imagine what us old guys are grumpy about. It's not the major things that young guys expect to happen. It's the endless, what initially seem minor irritations, that happen day after day after day.
Ray whatever you do has the knack of educating & entertaining in equal measure. I like the series format but it doesn't seem to suit the instant gratification often preferred. Always do what makes you happy first & hopefully it will make others happy too. Fight the Al Gore Rhythm....... 😜
You need to get a sofa/day bed in the office area. On a day like this take a 15-20 minute (timed) Power Nap). It will help you thru days like this, there is no shame in getting older and needing a bit more sleep. Rock on Ray!
I am sorry your daughter was not feeling good! I hope she is better! I have been through that with my 4 daughters and some of my grandchildren! But I had to laugh when you busted out in song wishing you were hung over! Great job on the work you did on this Nissan!
All the stress that you went through with how the factory build their cars with using endless different sized bolts that is not necessary. Is the reason I love building race cars and working on them. Every thing I do I do so I can fix it fast and easy. I felt your stress because in my 74 years I have been there many many times. God bless and keep up these outstanding videos.
I can assure you Ray that the grumps unfortunately get more frequent with age but think about it as having seen it all before, explained it all before and answering the same questions as before. Keep up your amazing work and don't worry about being a bit tetchy from time to time. Your family loves you and your subscribers fully respect your experience and efforts.
Wow I would be cranky with that car too. You have put so much work into it I hope the owner appreciates it and pays you extra. Remember family is one of the glass balls that we juggle if you drop that one it will break, work is a rubber ball. Keep safe and well. 😊
That little deadblow you used to tappy-tap the steering bits is the cutest thing I've ever seen. Did you hold it with a towel so it would be clean to go back into Wife Unit's jewelry box? 😁 All BS aside, that was a bear of a project. Nice job.
Thats one happy Nissan. It was sick and leaking it's fluids and wondering all over the road like a good night out at the bar. Now with Rainman Ray's help it's back on the straight and narrow, no more leaking and ready to explore the vast Frontier again. Whether it's family matters or you have been up for hours you just push threw to get the job done. I surprised I didn't hear the Rodeo Song playing in the background. Content warning ( make sure the kids are not around when you listen to it ) 😊
Battles of attrition are far worse with no sleep, and far worse yet the older you get..Once you hit 35, you've peaked and are on your way down the other side of the bell curve...If your lucky it ends with your kids taking care of you, full circle...
Looking at some American car repair content is always intriguing. I just wonder how many cars won't pass mandatory inspection here in Sweden. This one would definetly be a notice at least on rust. Not far away for being disqualified for public road use until fixed. The logic behind strict inspection here is that you don't just risk your own life with a bad vehicle. Edit: Speaking of no sleep because of kids. I've got co-workers who have 2-3 kids. I don't even get mad when those guys are half dead and get less done at work. They told me about the average hours they get to sleep some weeks and damn... The fact that they even function enough to get to work sometimes surprises me.
Labor, parts, and time guide is customary for writing an estimate. Changes that occur can adjust the actual. The shop tries to get it completed faster with tools and ingenuity. Hopefully, a profit results so they can pay their costs and labor. If profit occurs they can re-invest in improving their place of business. When labor becomes excessive the shop may lose their profit trying to meet their estimate. They don't discuss much with it except with the person who is paying his or her bill. Everybody may have an opinion but they're not doing the work or paying the bill. Mind over matter
@@dannylinc6247 I am really curious if this truck is worth spending so many shop hours on it, if I was doing the job myself maybe but just a timing belt change is around $700 to $900.
