We've added a new member to the DriveTribe team, and thankfully he is mechanically trained to sort out all of our broken cars. Welcome Maxwell to the team!
Thought the same, then realised Edd's got better things to do than be a mechanic for a youtube channel. Like no offense to DT or any car tuber. Edd China is Edd China
I know exactly what happened with the MG; the car saw a proper mechanic walk up, got all excited and decide to fix itself so it could hear the words every car wants to hear from a mechanic "Nice car, sorted little thing." instead of having to put up with only Mike and his precious Halfords set. Max seems like a great addition to the team; knows his stuff and seems pretty confident on camera. Looking forward to seeing more of him. Just don't put up with any of Mike's antics!!
I'm just confused as to why something like this didn't happen sooner. It seems like they've done a decent amount of work on a few of these cars and I never saw videos about them so either they haven't come out yet or they didn't film it. Seems like they should film everything given the nature of the channel.
I like him, GG Drivetribe, you've picked up a really good guy, not too many people could jump in like this and swim rather than struggle or sink with the camera in their face
Mr. Maxwell Millz, Welcome to the show. I really hope you enjoy working with the boys and how they seem to be able to break things that well shouldn't have lol. We all know your boss and they say he is nice enough, hehehe. Looking forward to your vids. Love watch mechs that know what they are doing.
Anything that fixes itself can break itself. I'd want to verify that the old idle air control valve was funky before calling it done and then having a breakdown halfway to a destination.
I have an MGF, it's not fixed it's simply waiting until exactly the moment when you really really need to use it before breaking again, it's an MGF they do that.
Love having you on board Maxwell!! Having owned a 159 and Brera 2.4, it’s so nice to watch a bit of practical advice on things that almost always need doing!
I appreciate this! With such a large amount of channels simply buying bangers, adding BC racing coil overs and a new exhaust its a great additional to actually watch some mechanical work.
Put the ignition on position II, fully press and depress the accelerator 5 times, you will hear various clicking noises, then start it, see if that works lol (For the MGF Idling issue)
Maxwell fits in great I think! If I may offer a suggestion: get a little more technical. For example, a quick rundown of what a MAF and MAP sensor do, would probably teach a lot of people something new. Maxwell has a great way of explaining things, so I don't think many people will zone out. For those interested: A MAF, or Mass Air Flow, is a fan in the intake runner. It gets spun up by the airflow and tells the computer (or ECU) its speed. The ECU decides how much fuel to inject and what to set the timing to based on that value. Depending on the system, this is done up to 500 times a second (or 500 Hertz). This has been replaced by the MAP in almost all modern vehicles. The Brera has both for some reason. The big downside is that it is in the path of the intake air flow, disrupting it, and it is a big, fragile unit. The upside is that it measures the true amount of air going into the engine, in real time, all the time. A MAP, or Manifold Air Pressure, is a sensor that measures the pressure inside the manifold. The ECU uses this value in the same way it does the MAF data, but with different calculations. Most often, the engine uses one sensor to measure outside air pressure at start up (it opens the throttle all the way to equalise pressure) and stores that value as a base number. It then uses the same sensor to measure the manifold pressure and relates that to the base value to determine how much fuel to inject. The big downside is that it can't deal with big elevation changes as the base value doesn't change but the air pressure outside does (high end cars sometimes have two sensors, so they don't have this issue. MAP's are expensive). The upside is that it is a very small sensor and easily fits on any engine, and you don't have to design the intake around a MAF.
Nice vid Max, look forward to watching you grow and settle and get comfortable in the new role. I can see a good few laughs; and some great banter in the future!
I'm gonna be honest, I absolutely love that thing. Completely impractical in every possible way, but so much fun. Boss won't let me borrow it tho, because its 150k in this country 😂
Had the exact same issue years ago on my MG ZS after replacing the intake manifold. I thought the gasket had a leak but no, just needed to reset the TPS 😂 Completely agree, this would’ve fixed the issue straight away
Diesel additives in the petrol tank 🤓 Nit-picks aside (we all do similar) - great to see the tribe expanding and hopefully more videos working on the projects \o/
Volkswagen uses those same clips. I used to use a small pair of side cutters to squeeze it then twist and they'd release. Putting them back on was just as easy, same cutters to squeeze together then push the lock down with your finger. VW probably wanted $100 for the "official" tool.
