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It’s great to see real mechanics and not parts changers, as a 77 year old working on cars before I had drivers license, your channel is better than any show on TV. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

I can’t get enough of this channel!!!’

Dave is the best. I have an 18 year old son that has been apprenticing at a GM dealer for over a year in a work program while maintaining a 3.9 GPA and will graduate in a few months. They will pay him a great wage while training him and getting him certified. I have taught him since he was young to value himself while being the hardest worker in the room.

Dave, you and I are from a different time when people were taught to take pride in their work. I think the biggest problem with mechanics/Shops today is too many of them want to overbill "book hours" for a job and then under deliver on the results. Just do good work and bill realistically for the work done and you'll do fine. Also, I think dealerships are to blame for people's mistrust in mechanics. They've forgotten the value of customer satisfaction for loyalty.

This guy is like the Dr. House of engines. “That’s it! Gimme somethin tough “

You’re relationship with your sons is awesome I see so many fathers and sons that can’t work together nicely and that’s painful to watch so I really appreciate how you guys work together

Dave, I like your philosophy of life. Thank you for sharing your perspective.

For all those suffering from addiction, know that there is hope.

I love Dave's balance between bitter disappointment & satisfaction 😊

Diesel trucks should come with an exhaust gas temp gage from the factory.

I just found your channel not long ago and I have to compliment you on the way you make a point to speak to your front line employees on a regular basis. I see so many similarities in how I used to manage. I call it MBWA, management by walking around. So often managers, directors, VP's, and owners, get locked behind a desk until one day they look up and ask what the hell happened? I've always been a firm believer that going to the front line is the best way to know what's hurting or helping your people and your business. Build good relationships with your people and they will be the first to tell you when something is wrong, and when there is a problem they can often give you the solution on the spot because they have had their hands all over it. It's so much better than finding out on your own when it's too late. Teaching them to work the problem instead of guessing is solid gold. It builds confidence and improves quality. Keep the faith, Dave. You're in good hands.

Appreciate you Dave and your work and life ethics

You guys are good people, God bless.

NEW- Never Ever worked!!! lolll words from my teacher. i'll never forget

I swear, Dave just blows my mind every time I see him on here. This is what a real human being is all about. To say he's a man to be aspired to is the understatement of all time.

Dave and family, thanks for another good video. The Lord does provide! I started a new job as the head mechanic at a lawnmower shop that has a back log. The four Cs are on the job. Y'all have a blessed weekend.

Dave is what a real leader and a man looks like, great to see.

Man this show is so well done. I really love seeing how Dave appreciates his guys gives them props. I know it sounds like a given but man that goes so far!

Nice to hear you talking about EGT's Dave. A boost and EGT gauge will give you two of the best pieces of information about your engine. As a Toyota Landcruiser turbo diesel owner in Australia, I'm often driving on mountain roads in high ambient temperatures which sometimes means I drive according to my gauges simply to protect the health of my engine. Prolonged and excessively high EGT's are death for a diesel engine.

I've never worked in a shop as a professional, but I've lived around it in many aspects, enough to know when things are proper and correct. Mainly how the guys talk about what there doing to these autos. High quality shops all sound the same, everyone always just states the facts, no fluff, no dancing around any description They always own what they do, and have confidence in their hypothesis they developed from their experience. It's so obvious your guys are top notch and take pride at being top tier in their jobs. Congratulations on building a team that's as talatened as yours are. Superior ENVIROMENT, superior talent and superior effort, all from superior management by superior people. I sure hope your mentoring as many of your guys you can. Congratulations on a most exceptional opposition you have there.

The exhaust temperature sensor sounds like a great idea. Great Content 👍🏻🇺🇲

This guy is so likable.

Yes!!!! A Dave Auto Center video!!!!

100 engines in stock is epic!

Your channel isn’t reality TV,,,, it’s reality machine shop engineering!! I feel at home when I’m watching it. I love the subtle comedy thrown in for good measure!! 👍🔧👍🔧

It was GREAT JOY FOR ME to see that Dave is a JP fan. God Bless you Dave......and God bless your fam and your business. Roy, So Cal.

More I watch more I love your style. Not afraid to tell your boys you love them and talk about faith. I cannot tell you how much I admire your work, ethic and bravery.. I absolutely drive my technicians insane with “oh it doesn’t need that yet” love your OCD with quality. You are a true professional and focus on the customers best interest not just money but your quality is exactly what I wish every tech had. Bless u brother

Around 1964 dad bought at auction from the sheriff department a four door cornet(I’m guessing) that car had a “Haul Butt” motor. Thought it was so cool it had spotlights on the doors no other dad’s car had them! 1968 he bought a Dodge Cornet 500 that bad boy would haul the mail!!! I’m 68 now and remember all the cool cars dad had. 69 charger r/t 70 Mach 1 428 cobra jet shaker hood AMX 390hp then as we for older he got into family cars Mark 3 Mark 4 Torino LTD Scout Bronco Ram Charger f250 crew cab highboy . Wow childhood memories,! 😂

That polara is my favorite car.. had one bout 25 years ago... building a '62 plymouth now :)

Great to see the boss care about his people by actually talking to them. Corporate America has completely lost its way these days. 👍🇺🇸

I really enjoy watching a shop with professionals acting like professionals. Thank you for sharing and wish you were closer to me; I'd give you my business.

That white Chevy ss on the lift looks clean

My work ethic was to out work everybody on the job and it never failed me and it might sound crazy to out work everybody on that job and it never failed so go to work !

This Guy might be far away from me but spiritually we are both "Fix it Guys" and are in the same place on a spirit level. I have found success the hard way by hard work and spirituality.

Don't know if i have said this on a video before but I love who much you guys itemize and document the vehicle and how much you communicate with your customers. I have never gone to a mechanic that was this thorough and didn't do things that were unnecessary.

Learn so much even at 62 years old Love the Channel !!!

I wish I could of had someone like Dave to of tought me wow what a guy

I love these guys!!!!!

Dave you Definitely the man Brother, I can't get enough of your video's and I Love your professionalism man I wish every shop was Ran like you Run your shop, there is just way to many half Ass want a be mechanics out there just straight Ripping people off and I have been the victim of quite a fee of them myself and have spent thousands of dollars on Diesal engine Repair only fir it to Blow up because of negligence on Building the engine, I Love what you do and how you treat people, keep up the exallant work Brother.

I'm so impressed , Thankyou guys

Fun banter with the boss is something so overlooked in a good relationship between employer and employee. When that tech said he was half way into the front of that engine for a fuel filter because it was easier, I laughed my ass off.

Dave’s a great guy. I had kinda the opposite experience with training myself. My boss would not talk to me so I didn’t talk to him, he wouldn’t listen to my ideas and would never work with me to solve issues. I was bitter towards him which really brought me down, although I loved the job, he was training me for something I didn’t want to be. After 10 years of working for him, he retired. My new boss is amazing, we have everything in common, he listens to every word I say and we solve issues immediately. Sometimes it’s hard to train yourself when someone is dragging you down and there’s nothing you can do about it, because they are your boss.

I had a '65 Polara.. 318 V8 . I loved that car. Drove it 10 years. The steering wheel spun like butter.😊

SINCE I HAPPENED ON THIS CHANNEL,,,I'VE BEEN FIXATED WITH THE WORK AND PROFESSIONALISM OF DAVE,,THE OWNER,,AND WHAT'S A PLUS,,HIS SON'S WORK WITH THEIR FATHER WITH GREAT KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORK PERFORMED!!!!! GREAT INFORMATION!!!!!!

Thanks Dave and everyone, another great show

Amen Dave. God bless you and your family.

Preach brother preach. Don't apologize for your faith because it is who you are and why everybody watches you.

Thanks... entertaining and educational

Dave I love the content and I'm excited to hear about your new engine project. I'm the father of three kids middle class guy I hope you can price these engines for people other than rich folks. I know you're in the business of making money but I hope you realize the people digesting your content are people that aren't rich. I know you're going to have a great product and of course you can price it as you see fit but keep us little guys in mind.

I have a 1997 Toyota hilux ln 106 every mechanic love's this thing . I've owned it for 25yrs and I love it too.

God Bless You!

Had my son working with me at my golf cart shop and we fought like cats and dogs so much that it was like Orange County choppers. the wife said we should film it for RU-vid. It’s tough because I’m a stickler for perfection in my repairs. Tried explaining to my son there’s a reason why our customers come here and it’s because we do it right the first time and don’t rip off the customer

Dave is amazing. I would love to work for a guy like that. He is genuine and loves is team. Way to be a light!!!

Thank you Dave for sharing!

What an awesome boss,human being, father an excellent example of what we should aspire to,Dave u Rock dude,loving your work an content from the UK 👏🙏👍💪

Faith in action, love for God & your son!

I love old cars.

I am a mechanic and a fabricator at one of the big three I work at a proving grounds we do crash testing have been in the Business my whole life I like it even after 25 plus years but it’s changing quickly not sure I like the changes but what I have learned if you fix something you do it 100% love your videos I could work for Dave seems to be a really nice guy and cares about his employees you don’t find that much anymore

Thanks Dave for the walk through and seeing the different work stations and the problems at each one.

I'm glad I got the 3.7 in my Ford Transit.

Awesome

Gotta Love the "An ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure" mentality!

We need people like him in England

Thank you Dave .

I don’t normally comment on any posts but what a lovely dad and a lovely person

Awesome crew, nice to see you enjoy your vocation & business (& people )

Thank's you inspire me to be better

Blessings to you all

awww Father and son. hugs

Big fan of the shop walk and talk….as a boss, how do you develop the best workforce…uhhh just like this….I’m glad he doesn’t show disciplining people but I’m sure he’s excellent at that too…also…this shows that Dave’s can’t franchise all over the country because of the hands on care of a competent owner BUT it is repeatable…just watch and learn from this channel….and by all means follow and do it kinda like here…I think the secret sauce is this social media presence and good video clips….show the customer that they are thoroughly competent and that they aren’t gouging us but giving high quality work at a justifiably reasonable cost…plus it’s great accountability and entertainment…accountatainmemt if you will….lol…

God bless you Dave, and company!🙏👌

Always enjoy the Friday videos.

When I saw the Mini Logo on the engine cover and heard him say "Anytime you have to do anything on one of these, the front clip has to come off, except an oil change" I felt that as a mini owner, just to simply change the oil filter you have to remove the turbo intake hose and move the coolant reservoir out of the way then work arouns 2 or 3 radiator hoses just to get to the filter cap! Needless to say, he summed it up perfectly, most work on the engine for those cars is alot easier if you pull the front end off.

Interesting this swell of Utah based professional gaining social acknowledgement. Not for poppy vodeos but honest honorable human actions. Ive met many Utah mormons over the years and if reg Utah ppl are 1/2 as humble n nice as those ppl where.... we should all be such

Simply the best🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Love your Friday videos great information 👍

Jessa is a cutie pie! Love the work yall do ❤

The best and the beast kind of soft an relaxing work on friday

Could there be a better youtube Channel with better people. I THINK NOT! Way to go guys

Love ya too Dave shabbat shalom

When a place has slogans and motivational phrases on the wall, you know it's an awesome place to work.

They use carpeted wheel well liners on a lot of turbo or supercharged vehicles, anything thats fairly new anyways. Like 3.5 ecoboost, 6.7 powerstrokes, 6.7 Cummins and a lot of other vehicles.

Great video as usual, y'all have a blessed weekend 😊

Dave you’re the man!! I would love to have a boss like you 🤷‍♂️

So real, so good, love this channel. 😊

It's nice too see mechanics happy and much appreciated. Looks like a great running place Dave

Love this series, Dave! Keep em coming. You have a great crew!

Enjoyed your video sir. Your sons are great. Your place looks awesome thanks to our Heavenly Father

Wise words. David love it everyday. You're training yourself wise words.

One of the best fleet mechanics I worked with had all his vehicles fitted with pyrometers and the drivers drove to the EGT including gear changes. All servicing was scheduled by oil sampling. He had a history of every vehicle in the fleet and he knew when something needed doing from the oil samples. Field breakdowns were practically unheard of and management stopped complaining about the cost of sampling once they realised how much they were saving on not having downtime or blow ups.

One of a few shops that can actually fix a broken vehicle without replacing the vehicle. A lot of part replacement / fitters out there.

One hell of a boss

Side note. Pyrometer to watch exhaust temps. I drove a dump truck when I was 19. Mack stump puller. 300plus. That's what I was told. I don't know what 300 plus was referring to. It had a pyrometer. You had to keep an eye on it. 1500 degree, down shift. Start cooling right then. I'm just saying.

I solved all my carrier bearing with a one piece drive shaft for East Texas Dodge drive shafts 72” and 5 “ diameter and life is so good now with out that junk carrier bearing and not had to look at for over 6 yrs !!

This is the best channel on RU-vid

best mechanic channel I've seen,I would have a vehicle shipped to you just to know it was done right. Love the Palara, My dad had one just like it in 1968 when I was in high school.

I’m obsessed.

That’s a great point that you make about training ourselves. The saying goes that practice makes perfect is not exactly right, practice makes permanent, so make sure you’re training the right way. Have a coach or a mentor that you can get advice from. Caring for your employees the way that you do is a great way to build a family, not only will it create a great environment, but without even realising it your employees will become mentors to other people

Check out the grid heater issue with the 6.7 ram. Banks sells a remedy for that, destroys tons of these engines, as well as a great monitoring system with the datamonster. Good peace of mind for for when you wind up rebuilding or replacing someone’s engine, the gauge pods have temps you can set alarms for any data point threshold you set,

Dave’s a good boss