My flood 599 is proving IMPOSSIBLE to rebuild 

Who's excited for Car Trek 5?

It's videos like these which make me glad I live in a state like Arizona where I could register a washing machine for highway use and it might take an afternoon.

You need to change the seat foam and seat sensor. Water damage affects the foam, which causes the OCS to set an undetermined classification which the Airbag control modules doesn't like ant it will set an AWL. That's why you get the intermittent light.

Ed Bolian can make even a boring state inspection sound exciting.

That Car Trek trailer looks like it’s going to be the best one yet

"I need a VERY durable condom and a lot of zip ties". Not the kind of movie I was expecting apparently.

“Today does not suck” I want that kind of realization in my life

The production and content quality for Car Trek looks awesome.

The mclaren f1 segment will be the most watched cartrek episode guaranteed.

The only way Ed is gonna be able to afford a private jet is if it has the same ownership history as Malaysian Air Flight 103

Have you checked the wiring going from under the seat? In the pics it looks like that wiring was under water and the resistance of the wiring could have changed with corrosion. Since the weight sensors have been replaced I would replace the harness from under the seat to the module and I bet your issue clears up. The other option is placing a resistor in line with the sensor and tricking the car into thinking there is always a passenger.

Car trek out here looking way better (both content and production quality wise) then 99% of Netflix 😂 Can't wait!

I've been using the Ed technique for years. My favorite is a late model, but high mile vehicle. Just bought a 2009 CVO Electra glide, HD. Adjusted for inflation, this was a $45000 motorcycle. Got it with delivery included for $10700. The catch? It's got 100000 miles. Good. All highway miles and it runs perfectly. Wont depreciate either.

that Car Trek trailer KILLED it. can't wait. "I need an oversized condom and some zip ties." still love the 599. she's a keeper.

I don't think Tyler has the strength to force that key into a neck lmao

Last time I was this early Ed was averaging triple digits in a heavily depreciated AMG! 😂

I had the pleasure of riding in this car on the way to lunch with Ed one day and I feel cooler for simply being in it. It’s a beautiful car that makes fantastic sounds when Ed drives it the way it was intended. Thanks Ed!

Car Trek 5 is going to be the most insane thing RU-vid has ever seen. Can't wait

Glad to hear you got the title sorted on the 599. I can't wait for the next Car Trek! They are such fun series.

I can say the people at auto tempest who look after their Instagram page are fantastic extreamly helpful and super friendly, even though I'm over the pond they sill helped with my question then with general interactions on the Instagram platform. For what it's worth I will happily keep interacting even though I unfortunately can't use their services where I live. So a fantastic sponsor for a series that in my opinion is equally if not a little better than the uk top gear specials, way better than the grand tour and this series wipes its feet on American top gear, genuine friends all sharing their toys and having a fantastic time, I am hooked and follow all the guys on their personal RU-vid channels I would encourage all who care to read this to do the same they are brilliant fun and even educational

Looks like the best season yet! Freddy looked like a very disappointed Stig.

Wow love the story at the facility to pass inspection. Incredible you got the light to go off! Reminds me of when I had a car sold and the buyer was picking it up in a few days. Of course the starter began acting up and left me stranded. I picked the buyer up as they had travelled on the ferry to Vancouver Island and didn’t want to turn the car off. I let it run while I waited for the buyer just to avoid getting stranded. It was likely worn starter contacts but I did not want to risk it not starting again. We went to directly to an insurance location so that it only had to start once for them. I watched nervously as he started the car and left.

"..there were a lot of racists jokes..." If that didn't spark everyone's interest after hearing it.. ha.

Great story Ed, glad you were lucky and able to get the car inspected in the end. I replaced the driver’s seat in my Hyundai Santa Fe with one from a Mercedes S-Class, so I have a permanent airbag light on my dash now but it’s totally worth it.👌

Sounds like you need the patented NPR Car Talk black tape to put over the airbag light

That trailer was so well made, I’m excited

I love car trek I'm so glad you guys are keeping the series going it really does remind me of the good old days on Top Gear the fact that you guys are truly friends plays a big part in it you guys all work great together and I love to see the contact I hope to see a season 10

Always love Car Trek. All of the folks associated with it are great no matter what insanity you get up to.

I would love to meet Ed and the Person that trusts him enough to drive their 20ish million dollar McLaren F1.

this is PEAK prancing horse. these things, and especially the electrics have a will all their own. I once drove an automatic 400 back from a car show for 2 hours. it had just had 30k spent on the Bosch Kjet injection system and all the electricals. Ran like a top for the whole 2 hours. all the lights were on, radio on, the heater on, pulled good shifted good everything was awesome. we get to the dealer where the car was for sale, I park it to assist my coworker in putting away some of the other cars then walk back. get in the 400, turn the key: Nada. not a whisper. all the interior lights were on so we had charge, but for the rest there was silence. being midnight, not having any tools on hand and it starting to rain, we just left the car there and headed on home. we arrive the next day to diagnose the issue: slip in the key twist and it instantly fires. the only explanation I can think of is that the car was upset to be put away after being driven, but changed its mind after a cold wet night outside...

Car Trek boys living the dream!!! Can't wait, always a treat. Keep em coming!!!

The production and quality is just brilliant for a min I thought it was a movie 👍😱👏😎💯great job guys

Cant wait to see you drive your LP640 on this season, shit is gonna be sick

The ONE thing Michigan does right - you can register ANYTHING with a VIN as long as it's insured.

In Texas you don't even need doors to pass a rebuild inspection.

Even in the trailer you can see the evolution of CarTrek! Awesome guys keep it up!!. Getting better and better!

Alright! I am getting a sense of chemistry and a whiff of the early seasons of Top Gear UK. Keep it up guys!

Can't wait for next Car Trek, you three together are just amazing .. great entertainment .. thank you 👍

I just want to tell you guys that I support all of you equally. I just watch more of Hoovie's videos. You're ok too Ed. Waiting patiently for Car Trek 5.

Tyler's 456 is in the sweet spot. Not so old as to be uncomfortable and not new enough to have these headaches.

This is going to be the best car trek yet I bet! Can’t wait

you guys are getting better! this is gonna be great :)

Don’t know how you landed the drive of 022 Ed, but what a coup. Can’t wait! You need to do a story on it too.

0:31 Shmee's GT500 from the pickup day.

Nice! I needed some vinwiki after a 16hr shift Btw: I have actually wired a 555 timer circuit to an error light so that it doesn't illuminate after 20 seconds. When connected to a code reader the fault it still there, but no light! One of the many reasons I quit working at the used car dealer!

The state: “Antique cars without airbags or seatbelts: no problem” Also the state: “cars with airbag lights on: no bueno”

2011 my Suzuki motorcycle was flooded (enough to breach the carbs but not the instrument cluster approx 36") in storage in fresh water for 6 hours. Bike was not insured at the time as I recently got it and am a mechanic. When the water receded to 24 inches I backed my pickup to the door and got it out and immediately drained a few gallons of water from the engine refilled with 2 gallons of WD40 but did not crank it. Drained, cleaned and replaced all the fluids and got the bike to run within 24 hours of the flood. The fuel system and carbs were the biggest challenge. Blew air through the wiring connections and fired it up. Nice puff of smoke. 1. Ran it for 1 minute with fresh fluids and filters and drained green color mess. 2. Ran it again with fresh oil for 5 minutes and drained cleaner. ...By the 5th oil change and 30 minutes of running it was good. Oil change #6 was after 100 mile shake down and it was fine. Then oil change #7 and never worried again. Then replaced the harness with a clean oem Ebay harness, took virtually everything apart and cleaned every crevice (very little moisture was left suspension bearings seals did their job regardless). Also repacked the muffler. Spent a couple hundred bucks on it all and took a weekend and several evenings. 30k miles still runs like a champ and compression is what it should be. Bike hasn't even stalled. Not one issue since. I think the experience would have be drastically different if it was under water for longer or in a salt water flood. The storage facility's insurance wanted to total the bike but they saw my effort and were fair with me. They gave me $1500 for "lost motorcycle parts" and I agreed to not sue them for damages. I did not have time to worry about properly torquing the oil drain bolt so it later stripped as I was frantically working when getting it back together. Still runs and no issues or worries.

"I'm coming on your inside". Something I want no man to say to me...ever.

Love the trailer! Laughed out loud twice during it!

The transition to the auto tempest ad was smooth lol.

Hey Ed, have you checked the connectors for corrosion, and you may want to see if you can reseat any cables between the main computer and the seat sensor

Hi from New Zealand I'm 52 ,had cars since a baby ,seen it go from carbs, points,dizzy,pushrods,etc to electronic everything,I was a Toyota/Lexus,Ford Holden Tech, Iv got a BF barra and a Nissan C33 Laural 25 DET usual mods, link ECU, no weird computers that won't talk to a laptop no airbag or abs from the factory, its scary,ECU and scans throws wrong codes , the gearbox gets rebuilt, shit its the ECU pack on a Ford Mondeo, change every black box,get keys match good to go, and that was the auto gearbox tech that figured it out ,he goes the box i pulled out was 3000 km and perfect .

I had similar situation with my bmw e65 side airbag and I changed connectors on wiring harness. It had corrosion inside of them and was changing resistance of the circuit.

Love love love. Can't wait for 5th series

Ed I nominate you as mankind’s representative when the aliens rock up. No fear, judgment or preconceptions forthcoming from yourself, just an inquisitive ‘did you guys travel here in that? Awesome, can I have a go?’

Car Trek has Become my new addiction lol. Mind you i just discovered it last month.

That car trek trailer looking GOOOD

Turning that car on and is not quiet. Must have been an interesting day at inspection. Haha

Is there a way of using plastic tie wraps or some other method of compressing the weight sensor that wouldn't be visible?

Wait..... Ed actually USED some of those tools in his garage-mahal?!? Now that is news! 😁

The car God's finally gave you a break in that moment. Great story as always!

Thanks to channels like this I know what auto tempest is.

You really are the next great « top gear » trio sincerely can’t wait to watch next car trek

I have restored a few flood cars. What I used to do was resistance test the wiring. Corrosion often causes the resistance increases

“I need a very durable condom and zip ties” lmao I can’t imagine what that lady was thinking

First time I've watched your channel looking forward to the madness of car trekn👍

Man, Car Trek 5 will be AWESOME

"Each state will have some form of inspection requirement." -Ed "Hold my beer." -Oklahoma

“Sorry mam I can’t loan you $100” *rolls up window of Ferrari 599*

I know this car... when i saw it in car trek and ed said it had a flood title, i thought to myself it looked exactly like one i had seen, in person, at a flood rebuilder dealership in PA. Then he showed the screenshot of it in front of that dealership. What a small world!

Ahhhhh the joys of ownership of a salvage vehicle

Passenger weight sensor replaced?.. Sound like the issue I had with a Lancer. The way to fix it is to do a weight sensor relearn (use a snap on solus pro to do a relearn [which is just add 66 lbs, remove the weight, and it back, and do the hokey pokey ie follow the onscreen instructions]). You can also use the scanner to actively monitor the weight sensor, so you can tell if your sensors are misplaced or out of spec.. So to all the Lancer/Evo folks with after market seats and srs light, use the weight sensors and do a relearn. Bump if you can, I'm almost willing to bet the dealer didn't do a relearn (cause I know the Mitsubishi dealer couldn't figure this out).

Sounds like the yearly car saftey inspections in sweden. A friend used kapton tape and copper tape to add a connection from the fuel warning light to the ABS light so it would pass inspection.

I too am battling an Airbag light for the last few months on a super exotic 2004 ford explorer.

If you like that airbag light adventure, I see so many more fun mysterious electronic gremlins in your future as the owner of this fine flooded vehicle. It should keep providing content to tarvish long after you sell it to him😀

I guess there’s no way to put a bad bulb in its place? Lol thanks for the videos, cheers! Still waiting for an easy venue to watch the car trek series

sounds like me trying to pass emissions with no cats here in VA lol

Love the shots at Russel Brasstown!

When I started watching you three, I was impressed by Ed, was bemused by Tyler, and disliked Freddy. Now, I simply love all three of you (and Jared). As great as you all are individually, the sum of you all equates to something simply phenomenal. Thanks for your channel(s), especially this one for introducing me to so many positive elements of car culture.

I’m gonna need to know how fast you guys were going in the F1, so I can use that as precedent next time I get pulled over on A1A

Have been using it looking for a GT350, title info video helped me avoid a car also. Thanks Ed, and crew.

I once got a car passed through a NC State Inspection with an issue (later fixed, O2 Sensor) that cause the check engine light to stay on. If I disconnected then reconnected the battery, the light would be off for 10 minutes. That was all the time I needed.

Getting a little grimy on hiding that air bag light Ed..... LOL

Tyler didn’t even hold the door for you when you were MAX 3 steps behind. How rude

Seeing 3 people in an F1 makes me very happy

I was just wondering how the car can be "very safe" with the passenger airbag system intermittently lighting up as faulty? Is the weight sensors disabeling the system when there is a passenger there?

The exterior/interior color combo on this Ferrari is perfect!!

Vinwiki just puts me in the right mood

I love hearing about Ed wrenching on his own cars, considering how in Car Trek he either refuses outright or fails trying.

I did find my 2005 Mercedes Benz SL65 AMG on AutoTempest

I spent about 4 hrs at that place last summer getting a truck inspected. The people and conversations are WILD!

Throw a heavy bookbag in the passenger seat when it gets inspected, works every time

I can't wait to see the car track Christmas edition I think that was one of my favorites so far that series was hilarious

Glad You got It Legal, Great Looking Car.......I Would Love it like you do.....tall guys and Ferrari's Don't Normally Fit But This 599 is the Exception, My 5'5" Brother Owns a Very Nice Ferrari but I Don't fit in it comfortably being 6'2".........599s are Awesome Looking and I Would Love One If I Had The Extra Money to Have One. GOD BLESS Your 599

Boi Ed must make a flood fleet. Right?

i love hoovies energy in the next season

have you tried using simple resistors on all connectors ^^

I'd have pulled the seat and checked the connector for corrosion, cleaned up and or replaced as necessary, also checking for shorts to ground, opens etc.... after making sure the system was depowered and safe. Could you see where the waterline was on the back of the door cards? Was the airbag computer above or below that line?

Car Trek gives me top gear vibes. Can't wait to watch!

From my experience working at various dealerships, the weight sensors have to be calibrated after service on them.