Mechanic Reacts to "Customer States" Nightmares 2 

I like Joe! Bring him back!!! some people say his humor is dull, but I think it contrast the humor in the show very well. Seems like a very intelligent guy. Plus he had me dying when he said “you think my mom is a terrible person” would love to see him back on.

You can tell Joe and Angelina are teachers; they have such a clear way of explaining things. Paul and Sandro are your mechanic buddies that will come over and help you rebuild your engine in your driveway. I’d listen to a car based podcast with the four of them. They could be the new “Car Talk.”

Joe & James is giving me real "Teacher and Class Clown sparring" vibes and I'm here for it.

That wiring flex was pretty gold. If you can name a car by the connector on the headlight is hilarious😅

holy crap the guy asking james if he hated the police had me dying

Joe and Sandro should both break down something together as new video idea lmao

3:49 the mythical blinker fluid on its way to the headlight, this mechanic really found it.

The soldering comment IS SPOT ON! Rally teams have experimented with soldering and determined they were inferior connections mainly due to the rigidity it creates in the harness thus causing fractures in the non soldered wires adjacent to the solder joint.

Really glad you brought a wiring guy, so many mechanics don't have that insight

Oh wait, was the liquid coming out of the headlight the blinker fluid?

Joe is such a good mechanic because he fixes his own car everyday🤣🤣🤣

Joe is on fire. The split muffler is without a doubt from engine backfire. It takes a explosive amount of pressure to do that and a clog is just going to dull the engine’s ability to create large pressure

Joe's a treat - bring him back! Paul is also wonderful

Y'all, I like Joe. He's a calm and an intelligent person. Bring him back more :) #joedonut

He is so right about the solder thing, anything with this much vibration will break solder over time. That's why good mechanics never use solder in a car..........

I could tell instantly that Joe was a teacher by the jokes he was saying. Please have him back!

i like Joe. he fits in well with the Donut guys.

5:33 cue a montage of Jobey soldering literally every wire splice he ever spliced on Money Pit and High/Lo.

The custom security system with the blinker reminds me of when I put switches to my coils in my car. Switches under the dash, and a switch to the battery. Race car stuff, not uncommon. I loved challenging my friends to figure out how to start my car. But before the switches were installed I had to disconnect the coil packs and battery under the hood. I left the keys in the ignition all the time. I figured if anyone could start it, they needed the car more than me.

Pretty good... I got one for you, customer purchased a new 18' ski boat, came back to complain about a lack of performance. When we made it out to the boat ramp they were launching the boat... He stopped got out and disconnected the trailer from his truck(not the boat from the trailer). I was amazed as he pulled the boat around to the fuel dock with the trailer still strapped on underneath the boat.

13:12 it's amazing how many people think that the spare tire on the back is just a decorative thing on a car. 💀💀

Dana Carvey is a great actor, so much range! 😂

The comments from any of the vids on this channel are always so wholesome! Joe’s absolutely a keeper, keep him in the mix with Paul, Sandro and Angelina!

Ford master technician here, great video 👍 that wheel bearing of fortune noise is the 4 wheel drive actuator that engages splines on the cv axle to spline on the wheel hub. They are held in by spring pressure to engage 4x4 and released when vacuum is applied, leaks in the vacuum system cause them to stay partially applied in 2 wheel drive until the splines are destroyed and that terrible noise occurs.

I like Joe. He's a dry wit, and snappy, too. His delivery of "the technical term for that is 'broken,'" just killed me.

Joe is definitely a keeper. And it's always good to see Paul!

The Comment Section Warning killed me 😂

I had a car where if the antifreeze was low, the emergency lock system for the seatbelts would activate. The systems were not related in any way. But when my seatbelt would lock up, I knew to fill up the coolant reservoir.

Glad to see Paul back on. Joe was great, hope to see him again soon!

the exhaust pro did a better job than some exhaust shops!

Guy is right about solder joints, I was diagnosing a Kawasaki starter button, I traced the 'broken' wire to a factory solder joint buried in the loom that had failed. I also know a professor who says never to wrap wires together when soldering them, put them side by side as wrapping them first will cause mechanical failure of the joint.

Both of these mechanics are awesome. Great spread of knowledge and humor between the four mechanics in these vids.

Probably my favorite duo so far. Love these two guys! Sandro is the GOAT but these two have very complimentary personalities.

Nice to see Donut actively recruiting personalities again.

more of this please! people love showing this stuff but they never explain how it probably happened for those of us who are lacking the knowledge! very insightful!

The spare tire one made me think about the time my mom was pannicking over the phone because the windows would not go back up. Brought the car to me and 3 seconds later the problem was fixed 😂 She locked them, probably by clicking to lock button by mistake 😂 She was not feeling so bright hahaha

Little known fact: all of the CRVs with the "missing" spare tire have a card table that comes out of the back. The mechanic in the clip lifts it up briefly. Check it out!

Shout out to Dana Carvey for learning to be a mechanic just to act in this video

Here to say Joe you are 1000% right. Don't saulder your cars! Crimp connections work just fine, are way faster, and make a better connection! Wiring in cars have such tiny wires sauldering jobs usually result in burnt wires and failed connections.

I've not seen Joe before he seems nice, a clear thinker and a professional.

Two words... Customer, stated.

Love the new guy with the glasses! Hilarious and smart.

I love these videos and it never ceases to amaze me the way people treat vehicles.

2:58 Ive had a car come in which used to be a former police force vehicle of some kind. The "switch" to allow the car to start was a hidden button you push down with your foot under the floor carpet. that was a fun day. The customer left without telling us and he had to come back to show us.

Loving the content and the older guy. He's funny

Every time we get someone from Riverside City College, they're so knowledgeable i want to take classes just to listen to them talk shop.

I work in wire harness manufacturing, so stuff Joe says about wiring is spot on.

As someone who works on a wiring harness factory I can guarantee, every single wire on a harness is a full length wire. If we need to have several wires spliced together for a harness design we would either resistance went it (for ground wires) on a Daihatsu harness or splice the wire together and put a metal clip on it before covering everything with epoxy and tape. Of course all of this is done mechanically using a machine specifically designed for the task. For lower voltage lines where multiple wires on low voltage lines, we use something we call a JC connector which is essentially a connector cap with pins inside it that bridges specific wires. Installation of this JC connectors are done during circuit testing to make sure that only the right wires are bridge. Different JC connectors have different pin patterns and in case the wrong JC connector was used, the circuit checker system would detect this the moment the pins inside the JC connector and the wire terminal inside the harness connector met and would trigger a short circuit warning. This would then cause the entire harness to be rejected and send back to QC for inspection.

Joe is a great additon, definitely bring him back again!

The muffler was definitely a backfire.. My GTO may or may not have experienced the same thing

These don't get old. I literally watched every video. Keep em coming! #Donut and crew FTW

Gotta have Joe back again. He's the best.

9:55 I have to agree that the muffler exploded. Many moons ago, a boss of mine was showing off as we were driving down a mountain range in his F350 truck. He was doing the 'switch it off pump a gutful of fuel and switch her back on again' trick. That muffler looks very similar to the F350 after a particularly extended fuel pumping...

Joe was great , definitely one of my favorites. maybe because reminds me a lot of my former auto tech teacher . great at explaining and funny ass hell , love that sense of humor

Fantastic job Joe! On a side note that LS motor was just well seasoned and ready for all the boost.

I have been building cars my entire life and Joe is the most accurate mechanic you guys have had on the show thus far

Bring Joe back for more. He fits.

Yeah, I’ve come close to that “hiding in plain sight” stuff. A lot goes right past me on the first few viewings so I’ve learned to wait out most problems a bit to save on wear and tear to my ego and give myself time to riddle it out first. Recent example: my car, a 2022 Hyundai Tucson, not restarting automatically when I take my foot off the gas. Bear in mind that my last car was a 2009 Camry so I’m getting used to a lot of new toys even in my base model car (anything fancier than a base model and I’d be a lost cause). I managed to find the button I had accidentally hit so I was spared that embarrassment. I did, however, need help setting the remote to two click unlock… apparently the settings screen I needed arbitrarily opens behind the steering wheel, not on that big fancy screen in the middle of the car. And I was focused on the main screen, so… yeah. They were very polite about it when I asked at a maintenance appointment, credit to them for that, lol. I also had a couple of appliances shut off and was gonna call an electrician in the morning but fortunately, given four hours for brain reset, I went out and flipped the circuit back on. But that’s not a car thing of course. See, some of us aren’t stupid… our brains just like to take the scenic route.

The one at 8:50 Wonder if it was a manual, I actually know of some people back in the 70s-90s who would rent things like U-hauls and they'd cut the ignition going down hill to engine break the truck. Not a huge issue normally. Not good for vehicles not made for it like a rig, but its a thing. Buuuut they'd also hold down the gas peddle on the older carbureted trucks, and it'd fill the muffler with fuel fumes. Flip the spark back on and BOOM! You have a much less quiet rented truck with a very similar looking muffler. Tended to split the weld or unfold the seam.

Joe nailed it about the solder. It increases the chance of wires Bret as it makes the wire brittle and breaks when repeatedly flexed.

YESSSS 👏🏻 “customer states” tickets are my favorite!! So glad y’all chose to do another video full of them!

Aside from the main donut channel of course, this is by far my favorite type of car content to watch!! Nowadays we all love to read comments and see what other peoples opinions and reactions are so this is just that but with a more genuine face to face environment and I love it. The donut crew do so well riffing with their guests various personalities to where these videos are not only hilarious and entertaining but informative and really interesting, keep pumping these videos out!!! 🔥

This channel Doesn't miss. Love all the guests.

5:10 Automotive wire harness design engineer here: There are reasons we don't solder most connections (some are soldered from the factory), but to make a long explanation short, they're mostly related to cost, and the quality of modern crimping machines and crimp dies. When I work on my own car, I don't have a $10,000 crimping die for each terminal, and a $250,000 crimper at home, I solder and heat shrink everything. I also use a $300 soldering iron. A lot of people are just REALLY bad at soldering.

Damn bro, it’s Joe’s first video and my man’s already being roasted for liking ford 😂

I like Joe, also, the wheel bearing of fortune I can tell you from experience was a failure of the cv shaft disconnect collar actuator. Ford in 07 (if memory serves?) Went to that from the conventional center axle disconnect to a system that used an external spline on the hub assembly, a similar spline on the face of the cv joint, and a vacuum and spring actuated collar that locks the two. If there's a vacuum failure, it fails in the locked position, but if the spring fails, it leaves the collar partially engaged, making that clicking noise. The abs tone ring on these are actually internal to the bearing, so odds are against it ever making a noise you would hear.

You can always tell how much these two know much respect to them🤝

I love the entire cast on the channel. Keep all of them

3:47 Hey look! Headlight fluid! 😁

Joe is a wonderful addition. Can't wait to see more

I got to say, I love you all’s videos. The F150 wheel bearing of fortune sounded a lot like the 4x4 IWE (Integrated Wheel End) not engaging/disengaging all the way.

Joe provides the diy hacks as well as the proper solution. That's what I'm here for. Bring Joe Back!

Fun fact The cargo floor that the guy lifted in the last clip is actually a picnic table you can pull out of the CRV

Never thought someone would actually replace their headlight fluid, lol

He is right about the soldering comment. I have been doing electrical on vehicles for around 20 years and I try not to solder unless absolutely necessary. Even service information usually tells you to install a butt splice when repairing circuits

Paul sounds like J.K. Simmons and I love it

No lie, that exhaust video is impressive. Hands down, we have all thought of it. Getting all the angles and clamps to make a whole exhaust.

Joe knows his shit! He seems like the go-to diagnostics guy of his shop for sure.

I like how chilled shouty alcoholic guy is on these types of videos.

I live in the south and during pollen season those rear wipers are super helpful. I like both guys! My Uncle that's a mechanic has a personally that's a mix of them both. lol

Joe is an awesome addition to the group

I like Joe! He brings a sort of James May vibe to the Donut guys

Finally, I get another mechanic that shares my opinion on soldering wires in a car, I have never soldered wires together ever in my 20 plus years as a mechanic, and have never had that joint fail, or even corrode. People argue with me about the joint pulling apart, but guess what? when you have the right length of wire joined with the right twist, and joined with heat shrink, then the car isn't going to pull the wire apart either.

Love all the guest, Joe is a stand out for his dry humor and intelligence great cast

I'm from Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 in the UK and I love watching your videos, such great content.

Joe cracks me up! Good to see Paul back too!

My grandfather was a mechanic and he has a story of a school teacher in an equally as comedic oversight. She thought she was trapped in her Buick by the seatbelt so she climbed out. He stepped over and hit the release button, instant fix 😂

Joes one of the first people I’ve heard say avoid soldering wiring, finally! Replace or repair it properly!

Man Joe and Paul are such intelligent mechanics.

joe is probably right about that muffler. i blew up a muffler in spectacular fashioning when my car backfired whole setting ignition timing..

My first car had way worse sludge than that - taking the valve cover off left a perfect imprint of the rockers inside it! Previous owner was my granddad who didn't think oil ever needed changing...

Love joe. Great sense of humor!!

3:48 They overfilled the blinker fluid.

These guys are great. You folks have picked up a cool crew on mechanic stuff

Should you bring Joe back? Heck yes! Variety is great and Joe really brings something new to the channel. Paul is always great - I'm always pleased to see him back. Then you have Sandro and Angelina who are legends in their own workshops. We lucked out getting to hear from any of them - having all four is dynamite! Thanks !

I worked in 2 seperate semi trailer manufacturing plants and we did alot of solderong mainly because alot of our wiring was very custom making it extremely expensive to design and manufacture specific harnesses. I at least always made certain that my soldered joints were not in an area where the wire would be required to flex and were always sealed as best as possible. I also made sure the tensile strength of the joint would be similar to the actual wire. If you have to solder on your vehicle, use those guidelines. Dont put a solder joint in a area where the wire is required to flex and make sure it is sealed as best as possible. Also dont solder if you dont know how

I like the auto teacher! Great attitude!

Joe is good! Have him on more!!

12:56 - Ah yes, the second generation CR-V! I recognized that right away. I never did get any used out of that picnic table. But I only had the car for a couple of years.

Joe was great, really liked his back and forth with James. Also I died at the spare tire video.