THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD STOP FIXING YOUR OWN CAR.

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Well, where do I start? I've said this plenty of times; I encourage owners to fix their cars as long as they are confident that they are doing it correctly. If you are not sure on what you're doing, you should be doing research, or be supervised by a professional.
On this video, we fitted a customer provided steering rack on an Iveco Daily Maxi- fairly straightforward this job as there is nothing in the way of taking the rack out. We then moved on to a Mercedes Benz C180 to fit a wheel bearing and the most shocking, scary job of them all, fitting a coil spring. This job went relatively well but there is always a little something that gets in the way. THE MOST HORRENDOUS job of them all, 2010 Audi Q3 in for a Parking Brake Diagnostic. Customer stated that his electronic parking brake stopped working due to failed control module (Correctly Diagnosed by the AA). We then later found that there is something very very very dangerous on the repair that was done by the customer. THIS ONE REALLY SURPRISED/SCARED US! Finally, we fixed a crank/cam correlation code on a 2011 Audi A3 2.0 TDI.
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@xxl531 6 месяцев назад

I was expecting a blob of coppergrease in the button also😂

@WallsOfAbaddon 6 месяцев назад

Surprised the copper grease didnt short out all the pins between each other lol

@TheOitzu 4 месяца назад

Better put some into the button, just to be sure.

@fatblokes_ferguson 6 месяцев назад

I would not class myself as a car mechanic, I had very little money when I bought my first car/van it was a mk 3 escort, this was in 1990, showing my age. But I always I did any repairs on all my cars from ford to mercs to bmw. My last was a ml320. Because of my ill health I no longer drive. The hardest job I ever did was a c220 estate starter, it was a struggle so was done with the use of about 4feet of extensions on my socket which was a bugger because it was snowing. But never the less I did every job myself. Great stuff guys

@fuzzybobbles 6 месяцев назад

I fix my own car because I refuse to play $90 an hour to someone slightly more skilled than a basic trainee on $20 an hour and then have the cheek to double the price on parts they buy compared to what I can buy them for at retail price, and they buy them cheaper at trade prices.

@themarvelousvlog 6 месяцев назад

Not the right way to use trade pricing in my opinion. I’d feel like a scammer otherwise 😅

@paguliukas 6 месяцев назад

And then u buy emgine for 5k 😂

@BondoV2 6 месяцев назад

if you have the skill and knowledge or at least willing to learn i don't see a problem with it

@jimstartup2729 6 месяцев назад

I lost count of the number of times garages did either a shoddy job and didn't tighten bolts properly so things fell off on the way home, or tried to rip me off on some parts that didn't need replacing (Refused to show me the old part too- never tell them it's super urgent if you can avoid it, they see the desperation and know your are more likely to Just pay the extra cost and leave). If you find a good garage then use them when you can, with any big job, but it is worth getting handy as best as you can, but still.. peeps have got to know their limits, a lot of jobs need special tools and experience to do properly. Some Technical knowledge and ability is necessary even with fluid changes and wheel changes.

@Cheepchipsable 6 месяцев назад

Plenty of guides on the web for simple tasks. I do wonder what possessed him to use copper grease.

@olliebodman9771 6 месяцев назад

Such knowledgeable guys Wish I had someone like you around here in Gloucester, keep the videos coming very good to watch

@themarvelousvlog 6 месяцев назад

Thank you good sir! 🫡

@steve8039 3 месяца назад

I also fix my own cars as I really don't trust the dealer network of most all the main car brands. I do have a local independent who I trust though. If only all garages had the work ethic of your guys, the world would be a better place. Great work.

@hojo9115 6 месяцев назад

That copper grease cracked me up😂

@marktucker208 4 месяца назад

Bro i was sick at fixing my own car, the oil leaks kept it rust free and the broken door lock saved me time having to unlock it

@mingiasi 4 месяца назад

people dont know this: you dont turn lock-to-lock and hold it there for more than 3 seconds. old racks WILL leak from end seals or completely blow them out.

@thomaspeterson8969 6 месяцев назад

15:40 I've seen some stupid things in my years in the motor trade but never in my life would I have thought of copper greasing the plug on a module or ECU😭😂🤣

@bobsteel2654 6 месяцев назад

😂

@AI-Records24 6 месяцев назад

That is wildddddd😂😂if in doubt grease it out

@robsmith7430 6 месяцев назад

Top notch video as always A bit shocked at the Audi handbrake button going like that but I suppose if you keep your car clean that shouldn’t happen

@sqwidink1 4 месяца назад

Fizzy drink spillage!

@jamest7037 4 месяца назад

You guys crack me up! Loving the videos, keep them coming!

@themarvelousvlog 4 месяца назад

More to come for sure 😁

@trekshogun 6 месяцев назад

Great video guys,had the same limp modes scenario on a 2.0tdi seat altea,turned out to be turbo coked up,once stripped and cleaned all good !

@jjmmjj9999 6 месяцев назад

ol' mr muscle oven cleaner in the exhaust side of the turbo fixed mine

@seangreenwood8331 6 месяцев назад

really wish i had someone like you where i live,ive resorted to fixing my own vehicles due to the times ive been ripped off by local garages

@1881Gordon 4 месяца назад

You guys are good. Really enjoy watching your quality content.... Subscribed!

@themarvelousvlog 4 месяца назад

Thank you! More to come 😁

@weldingjunkie 4 месяца назад

Just measure with a caliper and you can get distance

@leeverink32 6 месяцев назад

being scared of that spring is good keeps you alive.

@petermoore-x1h 6 месяцев назад

I would have thought that copper grease was conducive, surprised that the module was okay

@AJB1 6 месяцев назад

I don't think it's actually conductive. I guess the copper particles are separated by thin layers of insulating grease.

@scoobywrximpreza5948 6 месяцев назад

I do love a bit of copper slip 😂

@anwarshahata8861 6 месяцев назад

Hello mate, well done your work is honest and of a high quality, i wish you all the success, i have 2 questions, witch autel you use and does it include scope? And what data web you use for technical information and wiring diagram? Many thanks and all the best

@andyw8009 3 месяца назад

LOL, I don't trust any so called "mechanics", I have been failed so many times. I service my own car and having no issues at all. It is so much easier to do it yourself nowadays. It is not 1980 where there is no access to any help.

@lynjames4306 6 месяцев назад

Excellent work 😊 Top Lads ❤

@stephenscott6553 6 месяцев назад

Great work guys. However, I've never seen some of the vehicle's interiors and trim in a disgusting state.

@oliknow 4 месяца назад

I should stop fixing my car cause others aren't skilled enough? nopp, not gonna happen

@ronniewilson6597 6 месяцев назад

What was the reason the copper grease was in the module. Who put it there.🤦‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️

@leeverink32 6 месяцев назад

well im sorry but i do fix my own car. Yes i use a shop manual to do it and still get it cheked but vjobs i can do myself i do myself.

@user-2uf2kr2c 4 месяца назад

Hello, with all due respect i totally disagree with the title of this vid. I fix most of the things on my own car, my wife's car and peoples cars. I only go to the garage when it's too much hassle, or it is not permitted to do on the side of the road. The cars are in better shape, cause i know what's done to them instead of having to rely on a story that might not be true. Just fixed a mechanical handbrake in ten minutes whereas the owner has been going to a garage that has "fixed" the handbrake over and over again and charged for it. They had overtightened the handbrake cable. But i agree that you got to have some technical "talent", common sense or background cause watching youtube videos only can get you in trouble also. Furthermore I don't know how anyone in their right mind smears conductive copper grease on contacts(electronic handbrake-module) shorting them. I don't know what vid they watched🤣🤣🤣 And if i do a steering rack i put plastic bags of the hoses, duct-tape ém and tie them up as high as possible, to avoid the whole oil-mess. 👊

@bored-old-man 6 месяцев назад

Conductive copper grease? WTF! Who did that? WHY??? 🙄

@elloco855 4 месяца назад

Oh happy days !!

@14bernabe 5 месяцев назад

Smell smoke inside my car, can you help please

@Ewhurstlane 6 месяцев назад

Aren’t electronic handbrakes just a total pain in the arse!

@themarvelousvlog 6 месяцев назад

Good for 90 year olds, bad for 30 year old mechanics who needs to sort them on the floor when they fail 😂

@davideyres955 6 месяцев назад

Can’t stand so of the modern shit they put on cars these days. If your not strong enough to pull an hand break on you shouldn’t be driving. How are you supposed to lock the back wheels up in an emergency, like snow, to rotate the car. Pointless tech that’s more to go wrong.

@anxiety.n6482 6 месяцев назад

Stick shift Audi Q5???

@kristoffscuba5466 6 месяцев назад

I thought the guy filling the engine oil without first draining it was the best home mechanic stupid thing id ever seen. Copper greasing the module pins is up there too though.

@simonoem606 6 месяцев назад

that took a lot of brake cleaner i bet

@DFC-d5m 4 месяца назад

do you travel to birmingham

@themarvelousvlog 4 месяца назад

Job dependant really. How can we help?

@meguinness1116 6 месяцев назад

How far out of London do you go for a job? Ta

@jordandavis5857 6 месяцев назад

Electric handbrakes are one of the worst inventions in my opinion border line dangerous

@richmondvand147 3 месяца назад

what? lol I've seen more physical handbrake fails than eletronic ones. even seen one that got wrapped around a shifter cause it was so friggen saggy.

@daihatsudave6332 6 месяцев назад

Im a mobile mechanic and to relax i get excited to watch a mobile mechanic..... top videos . Respect from the shropshire countryside

@themarvelousvlog 6 месяцев назад

Film it mate and get on the wagon! 😂 I like watching other mechs too- I learn a lot from them

@daihatsudave6332 6 месяцев назад

@@themarvelousvlog no mechanic knows everything . All learn from each other . Im building an 1989 diahatsu fourtrak 4x4 pickup mech van. Once i do that for christmas i might . Camera shy lol

@themarvelousvlog 6 месяцев назад

I was also camera shy but you get used to it 😂

@daihatsudave6332 6 месяцев назад

@@themarvelousvlog used to being a celebrity he he. Maybe a future video on a rainy day how ypur finding youtube and if its affected your bussiness and types of commenters and cammeras you use . That sort of thing woukd be interesting

@themarvelousvlog 6 месяцев назад

Good idea that!

@liammcadam3791 6 месяцев назад

They weren't shy with using the old cooper grease 🤣🤣

@mbak7801 6 месяцев назад

Electronic handbrakes are such a brain dead idea. Take something simple and generally reliable and replace it with something over complicated and less useful. Just not clever at all.

@olie3146 6 месяцев назад

Get yourself a metal guard around that spring tensioner, trust me holding it with your hand won't do anything other than probably take your fingers off..... From someone that had a spring come out

@themarvelousvlog 6 месяцев назад

Adds adrenaline to the job 😂 Definitely will be investing on though; saying that, we have a chain in the van to hold it 😂

@olie3146 6 месяцев назад

@@themarvelousvlog adrenaline and potentially blood 😂 not something I want either of when messing around with springs lol

@khalidacosta7133 6 месяцев назад

I replaced a bicycle spring on the suspension forks... forgot to release the pre-load pressure, cap pinged off the spring with such force, it went through a light fitting glass, then dented the metal backing.... that is a pushbike meant to hold 80kg. Now imagine what happens on a car designed to hold a tonne!

@olie3146 6 месяцев назад

@@khalidacosta7133 I can tell you, I had crappy spring tensioners that came off, the tensioner went sideways and went through 10mm ply board and the spring embbeded itself in the metal roof 😂

@khalidacosta7133 6 месяцев назад

@@olie3146 Sounds about right... nothing scares me more than pressure 🤣🤣

@BlameTheLag 6 месяцев назад

i discovered you 2 days ago and ive binged constantly

@themarvelousvlog 6 месяцев назад

Thank you! Well appreciate that

@afitzsimons 6 месяцев назад

When I first started to maintain my cars my uncle told me to put the wheels under the sills.

@paguliukas 6 месяцев назад

Best advice

@cypeman8037 6 месяцев назад

How would you drive it with the wheels under the sills? surely they need to be attached to the vehicle.

@flippingcarsrepairs 6 месяцев назад

I always do that 👍

@afitzsimons 6 месяцев назад

@@cypeman8037 Whilst performing maintenance?

@jonathanmarkreed1616 6 месяцев назад

Please don't have your head above the spring when releasing the spring

@themarvelousvlog 6 месяцев назад

Always gotta remember that

@downtowngames4631 6 месяцев назад

@@themarvelousvlogI think we have all heard that one horror story of the geezer who got his jaw taken off scary stuff 😂

@ggj666 6 месяцев назад

Well the copper grease made sure the module came apart easy :-)

@m60kaf 6 месяцев назад

Have you ever bluetooth deactivated the EPB and wathced the car rolling away, ask me how I know

@themarvelousvlog 6 месяцев назад

😂😂😂 I feel like asking for a tragic answer 😂

@Big-Timbo 6 месяцев назад

Great work as usual lads, thanks for coming round! Glad no one got impailed by a coil spring 😂

@themarvelousvlog 6 месяцев назад

We showed you the video right? 😂

@Big-Timbo 6 месяцев назад

@@themarvelousvlogtold me about it yeah haha, not sure I want to watch it honestly 😵

@tyzer492 6 месяцев назад

I nearly spat my dinner out when i see that copper grease 😂

@zackenter6436 6 месяцев назад

Im mobile too, most of my work is fixing other peoples mistakes/cheap parts, recently pulled a clutch out that was fitted backwards lol

@themarvelousvlog 6 месяцев назад

‘Bitting too low’, ‘not going in gear’ 😂😂😂

@zackenter6436 6 месяцев назад

@@themarvelousvlog this one actually because it was backwards the strings had been clashing with the flywheel bolts and the gave up 🤣

@froggy8301 6 месяцев назад

I've admired your diagnostic skills and the manor in which you approach each job, I hope your channel goes a long way and look forward to further videos. I just had to hit the subscribe! 👍

@andythomas7931 4 месяца назад

Nice one guys it's great to watch Professionals with integrity ply their trade having fun at the same time.

@madpumma 4 месяца назад

Great contents lads, both of you remind me of a couple of mates from back in the 1970s young and gifted

@therealchayd 6 месяцев назад

I'm not a mechanic, but I've done a few trackrod ends and found a set of cheap digital calipers to measure the threads to the locknut saves you a few min of squinting at screw threads if anything. Also useful for other automotive measuring tasks. Good choice of music with the spring compressor 🤣

@davidcook2076 4 месяца назад

Just discovered your RU-vid channel, Great job guys . Keep up the great work

@sptvids 6 месяцев назад

Good work, love the "conductive" copper grease in the module connector 🤣

@xxxstanstillxxx 6 месяцев назад

Two nice polite young guys who are very experienced in what they do. Keep it up lads, love your videos.

@themarvelousvlog 6 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@paulchartley 4 месяца назад

I know that you use copper grease on the handbrake assembly but I never thought that anyone would be dumb enough to use it on the controller unit connector. Maybe they didn't know that copper conducts electricity.

@TheMattElton 3 месяца назад

I only found your channel the other day. I notice you are seem to be generally speaking to those youngsters who have been in the trade for a short while. This is a clever angle. However, maybe you could start educating your audience that a shock absorber is and always has been the spring and the damper has always been the oily bit. It’s slang like “google it” to say shocks etc when talking about the damper. Problem is it’s industry wide. With reference the copper slip on the PCM pins, say why it’s bad. I am certain younger people learning are listening to you. DIY is essential up to a point so educate your subscribers. Do your thing!

@eoinosullivan2636 6 месяцев назад

Another informative video. When you installed the wheel bearing on the Mercedes, you skipped the run-out adjustment with a dial indicator. If you do another bearing, can you show this key step please, as it's a critical piece - folks may just assume you pop the split lock nut on, tighten and it's done. Thanks.

@HowToSaveMoneyOnCarRepairs 4 месяца назад

Yes well, just go with what their Mechanic or RAC Man says..! Unless you are going to Buy The Car from them and do it up yourself...! 🤔🤔😇😇👍👍

@TrailVapor 6 месяцев назад

I (DIY) fix cars better than any mechanic I've ever known including full diagnosis of Ford recall 17s09. There are always exceptions.

@richmondvand147 3 месяца назад

Fixing your own car is fine, IF you're mostly competent. Did my pcv valve and carbon scraping for my 3.0 V6 TSFI supercharged engine - learned a bunch doing it and had a video to follow should I loose my way.

@DuckMurphy 6 месяцев назад

That's German car design for you, everything has to be done in a specific order, remove parts A thru G to get to part F, no skipping steps. Take the entire engine splash guard off to get to a roll bar linkage, that uses 18mm, m20 torx and m6 spline triple square...Why not 19mm and hex?

@TrailVapor 6 месяцев назад

only a mechanic knows that copper ease will likely short out an electric control unit. Why would a DIYer think to use copper ease on something that doesn't need lubrication?

@01jeddie 3 месяца назад

Love your skill & knowledge keep up the great work 💯% so many crooks & cow boys out there 😡👊 just a quick question 🧐 what nationality are you & john ?

@untrainedprofessionals2374 4 месяца назад

Like I say to a mate who is a sparky. "I don't pay for labor. I pay you for your knowledge" I have been working on cars and bikes for a long time as home fixer. learned a lot over the years but I am well aware of where my limit is and that's where my local bloke comes in. Mostly because some jobs just shit me and paying them to swear at it is worth every cent. And gives me a laugh. Trust is a mechanics biggest asset and I have seen quite a few total thieves.

@sonnyd198 4 месяца назад

that copper grease looked extremely freshly applied! diy or not I don't understand why anybody would deliberately do that!? more people need to learn how to do basic jobs and service jobs themselves, but obviously you still need to know exactly what you are doing and that you have all the right tools, etc.. before you start dismantling anything

@emmanueldecastillo 6 месяцев назад

my car showing engine light on dash board and also check exaust syatem, my mechanic cant solve the problem. any idea or help? my car by the way is renault koleos 4x4 2008! im from rainhill liverpool.any contact number?

@burningsoul1365 6 месяцев назад

great work again lads

@stephenflowerday4038 6 месяцев назад

Great video's chaps, I used to be in the trade as a youf, probably should've stayed in it tbh. Never really found a job that i've been as passionate about.

@Yhyujss 6 месяцев назад

The other day I wanted to change my discs and pads and bleed the brakes I got quoted £720 for the discs and pads and £65 for bleeding the brakes and that was the general price every were I looked so I brought the discs and pads for £400 and bleeding kit for £10 and done the job myself for nearly half the price so that why people do there own work and if you take in to your local dealership if say a bulb needs to be replaced or some sensor they will get for £5 and charge you £50 for it absolute disgusting

@EricaFiore 6 месяцев назад

One ten mm nut destroyed my VW golf 2L. Someone left ten mm nut lose, lost water through leak. Over heated cracked engine. Heat sensor was also faulty, seriously bad work.

@timjackson1904 6 месяцев назад

That copper grease made me laugh, I would have been rolling around on the drive!!!

@xxwookey 6 месяцев назад

Was was the gunk in the switch? I couldn't quite see. And who the hell fills their connectors with copperlube? That's just bizarre.

@staggtastic9951 6 месяцев назад

Hi. I live in Worthing and need a mechanic to do a timing belt on my 1998 Fiat Coupé 20 valve turbo. Could you give me a price please.

@judechopper 4 месяца назад

Bullcrap if you own a Audi, I own 2009 c30 with 400hp, no one is working on my rocket but ME!

@donaldlee6760 4 месяца назад

Great video however what is the timestamp that discusses fixing one's own car? I spent a few minutes scrolling but could not find that discussion.

@georgelekkos2766 6 месяцев назад

why u have ur hand between the compressed spring?.... u wanna give me PTSD? XD 10.41

@rthompson938 2 месяца назад

Sorry I have been working on my own vehicles for 40 yrs that way I know the job gets done properly.

@Bread_45 6 месяцев назад

How the hell did that copper mine get put in there?! Like seriously did he read something about dielectric grease around the edge of connectors and misinterpret? Did he think it needed anti seize? Enough copper in there to pay for a new module 😂

@markaldus239 23 дня назад

I cant fix my car it needs a head gasket my garage want £800 to repair it am in Maldon

@maxkendal5152 4 месяца назад

Bit concerned about removing the copper grease. Did the module start squeaking after?

@thewaywardgrape3838 4 месяца назад

I'm guessing that the 'inclination sensor' is to do with the hill-hold assist. Perhaps the park brake issue is causing the car to think it's on a hill and won't release the brake.

@kenter2505 5 месяцев назад

I’m aircraft engineer and do my own car as well lost trust on some dodgy garage not saying all but on my own experience are you from Philippines mate

@jordang9784 6 месяцев назад

Who the hell thinks ah ill just stick some copper grease for on my electrics, i wouldn't be surprised if it was in the door locks 😂

@jeffcharleverin4522 6 месяцев назад

Should make a video on the van setup & tools

@MyScotty7 6 месяцев назад

Love your channel,im a diy mechanic so ice learnt alot from watching you 2. Keep the growing matey!

@chrisb2443 6 месяцев назад

After watching I’m happy to report I will continue to fix my own cars because I’m not that dumb! What an idiotic thing to do. Jeez.

@themarvelousvlog 6 месяцев назад

It’s absolutely crazy, ain’t it?

@efficy8615 4 месяца назад

This cars wont go away, they have throttle body, strange when unexpected guys works

@Exoamylase 6 месяцев назад

Holy copper grease!😁

@themarvelousvlog 6 месяцев назад

I couldn’t believe it!

@curtisj2165 18 дней назад

I think whoever used that copper grease meant to use dialectic grease

@JariRantasalmi-dj9gk 6 месяцев назад

Newer put your fingers like that when pushing spring.look dangerous.

@zachw4394 3 месяца назад

Been repairing cars most of my life no formal education. It's not rocket science.

@Parknest 6 месяцев назад

That copper grease was a bit excessive. Is the stuff condctive? The front springs on the W204 Merc are a pig of a job to change. I had to get my mechanic to do the spring swap on my 2009 C200 once I'd got the struts off. As Ivan of Pine Hollow Auto Diagnostics would say, the parking brake repair on the Audi was a No Parts Required (NPR) repair.

@MrLense 6 месяцев назад

who tf puts copper grease anywhere near electrics?

@chuckelbrothers 6 месяцев назад

You young lads are inspiring keep up the good work

@grahameroberts8109 6 месяцев назад

You guys are very skilled and entertaining at the same time. I love the banter and your constant smiles and jibes. E.g. “It’s gone stiff and I need you to hold it”. I now realise you’re in pommy land not Oz. Cheers. 😱🙈🙏🦘

@themarvelousvlog 6 месяцев назад

We’d love to live in Oz. Much better weather just not too keep about the snakes 😂😂😂

@grahameroberts8109 6 месяцев назад

Don’t worry about snakes. The 88 year old mechanic retired this year and his workshop, hoist etc is empty now. It’s in Tingha NSW.. 880 people in the village but 17000 in Inverell 25 kms away. Come out on a visa holiday and check things out. Cheers

@bikerguy3339 5 месяцев назад

Should have put a bag over the hydraulic pipe and taped it in place. Saves oil dripping on you

@mattystephenson6586 3 месяца назад

Just watched you do amg strut do not do not put fingers inside spring like you did

@robaustin245 4 месяца назад

Shit title mate. Let's see you plug in your scanner in a Triumph, MG, Healey, pre 88 Merc, BMW or Porsche or any other manufacturer. See how you get on fixing a problem boy.

@themarvelousvlog 4 месяца назад

I’m pretty sure they’re much easier to work with but you do you mate. Thank you for the comment 🙂‍↔️