Engineers rarely get to make decisions by themselves, management is almost always involved, it's a corporate mindset problem not just an engineering problem.
People that watch RU-vid should automatically know to hit the like button. How does Warren have 20k Views and only 2.4k likes. That is disgraceful and disrespectful.
This guy is truly amazing. The stuff he takes apart AND puts back together is very impressive. Think of it, he does it all, tractors,trucks, engines, transmissions, powershifts etc. His customers truly don't know how good they have it.
I feel for ya! 50 years of wrenching on cranes and most other heavy equipment glad I'm retired. I had a few repairs that I just couldn't do as was too big at 6'4"...in those instances I'd call in a friend that was a dwarf mechanic that worked for Nettleton Heavy Haulers. He was about 4' tall and would scurry into places that I couldn't access. Good times back then!
Completely understand, as I was a bigger mechanic with pretty big hands that many times got crammed into tight spaces, and paying for it now in my late 60s.
This Warren is a martyr. Guys like him are what keep the rural economy going and the bedrock of agriculture. It's a pity most common people don't understand or appreciate what a crazy skill set this man actually has. The designer of this tractor and lots of others should be made repair them so they make accessibility a fundamental criteria for service technicians to work on. Great video
Warren. I use to be those on the fat side.😂 Till I lost 100# for the good of myself. anyway Im 69 still working. I've been a mechanic for over 35 yrs now. Never taken my vehicle to a shop. I work at a auto parts store. An old guy comes to the store goes up to the younger guys and wants a simple ignition coil. The kid at the counter asks him...yr..make.. model. Engine size..the old guy tells him. I just need a 12 volt coil. The kid is mystified..so he tells him.. I don't have it..I tell the young man. We have the parts. I do a quick simple search for a Ford coil. Find the part. The old guy thanks me and says. You must be a mechanic and know vehicles or farm equipment. He shakes my hand and he says it again. I've been to 3 different places and everyone is telling me the same crap. We don't have it. You immediately know what I need and I can get my vehicle running today. Same situation..but it's a coil for a 6v system. I watch again. Same thing. We don't have it. I walk to help. Find the guys parts and this guy is an older guy than me. Auto parts stores sell parts period. They hire young people or people who have no idea what they are selling just to sell parts. Many times I get returns because it doesn't fit. On the receipt it tells you what they ordered. I repeat is your vehicle such and such? It's either yes or no. Mind you also the customer doesn't know what vehicle they are driving too. Yup... they point to the door and say.its out there. I tell them. Get your registration and we can find out what your driving. I get the registration and tell them. The reply is..O I know that. 😂 Instead of arguing. I try to find what they need. Again...they don't know what it's called. Or the husband sends the wife and she has no clue. I get calls from women and asking for parts. The woman does not when I start asking questions. But I hear the man on the phone telling her what I need. So I ask to speak with him instead. 😂😂 Anyway I'll stop bitching. 😂 God bless Warren
Glad your back on ,gonna watch this……………………by the way,how did the DD15 deal work out? Never seen you before be so undecided with your work,you know you like that challenge,hope you found that problem,tell us you did?
Thanks for the video Warren, engineers and designer's are really something that's for sure. Take care of yourself and family and be Blessed and Josie and other dogs 🐶.
My god, Warren, you are one hard worker. Not just the mechanical side, but the business side, and then the RU-vid side. I hope you're being fairly compensated.
I always thought an engineer should work as a mechanic in their chosen field for a few years before designing something. Seems excessive to need a crane to replace a DEF Sensor. Why they could not design the tank with an access panel in the cab to change out the DEF Tank Sensor is beyond reason. It’s not just farm equipment. It is all equipment. Thanks for sharing your time and experience, Warren. I appreciate your Videos a bunch.
What if we let engineers design products without the EPA constantly changing requirements and marketing / management people completely without any say in the design?
Great video Warren it's interesting how engineers design some of this equipment. That's supposed to be serviceable. Glad you were able to figure out away to fix this Challenger. Thanks for sharing Warren.
Well, I dont know about a "runt" Warren. Your a badass to me. I know my 240 lb. ass with bad knees would NOT have been very succesful in this situation...For sure! Take care sir. Todd Konoske the retired trucker.
Hope you’re having a better day than you were the other day and I hope you found someone that had the information you needed to get the engine running on the truck that was having fuel issues a lot of the comments were saying injectors stuck or air locked and there was only one or two that gave a way to force bleed them the rest said you would have to replace them thanks for sharing buddy love watching wish I had a 1/10 of your mechanic skills and knowledge
Thanks for the share Warren. I know i don't interject much or often, but i used to install aftermarket factory A/C. We used to use inline splices on those hoses. we had a product called " lube and seal" the fittings were ribbed and we'd work those fittings in then had these heavy duty clamps to seal them up. I know that replacing the whole line is probably the best idea, but some times those inline splice fittings come in handy. just puttin my 2 cents in.... it's ok if ya call me a moron in the next video.... :-)
Great video Warren as always and don't feel bad I use to move and get into tight places when I was a younger man many moons ago LOL. As far as engineers go I have worked with some really good ones and I have worked with some that hade there heads up there ass spent may years in Automotive manufacturing and at times it just blew my mind what some of these guys where thinking. Hope you got the information on that DD15 you was working on with the fuel issue. Once again great video be Blessed.
What a PITA that job is. I think the engineers planned on the tractor never needing to be fixed so no one would ever have to get to any of those lines or do anything to them.. 🤣. Nice work as usual
My word, that is one lot of work just to change a sensor, the problem I think with the engineers designing this equipment is that they have little to no field experience. My own thinking is that people developing/ designing these machines today need to have at least 2 years of field service work experience to really understand and realize what some of the problems are when servicing equipment, I really think it would help out a lot, but, just my thoughts anyway. Thanks for the tag along sir, enjoying probably more than you are. 😬🥴🙄😊
man... I shudder to think what the next generation of machine will entail... looks like a service writers wet dream on that equipment.. Cost of ownership sure looks like a gouge the whole way through... way to wrench W! Love watching ya get these issues solved! Cheers
How could anyone sign off a design where cab removal was necessary to get to an Adblue tank sensor. I did wonder if you were joking. Thank you very much for the video as ever Warren, much appreciated.
Made me laugh Warren, that stuff about being a little skinny guy ! I’m on the bigger side, but that’s not it, it’s just that at work I always wanted to be taller, or shorter or have longer arms or something. It’s very rare you’re exactly the right size for what you’re doing, and you won’t be doing it often !
Thanks for Sharing Warren. Hope to see an update on the DD15 soon. Don't be to hard on yourself. We all go through the same thing when wrenching. So much is out of our control and idiots whom never held a wrench, sitting Infront of computers designing this equipment now, don't help. Pup looking Great. Check your email Tom
That one mount bolt is a good candidate for a Tone P150 torque multiplier to get in there and make it easy to loosen. Kind of spendy though, but a good tool to own.
Warren you are amazing, anyone who works on equipment all day like I do can really appreciate what you do. So many different talents from rebuilding engines to metal fabrication to hydraulic repair, I would never attempt some of the stuff you do, you are the man and Josie's the girl. Parts have become a real bitch.
They should make it a prerequisite to graduation for these "engineers", to work on fixing equipment, for at least a year, before they graduate, to give them a better appreciation of what the people who have to fix their creations, have to go through. Maybe then, things might have a chance to improve. I feel your frustration Warren, as i'm of the old school work ethic as well. Too few of us left in this day and age.
It is frustrating. Long retired now, so working on my vintage car is a joy. A few spanners , grease gun and all is fixed. Nothing much is hidden at all.
Yep ! Hear ya! I am 63 gave the finger to them at 60. Started full time working oil rig at 15 so 45 years non stop working. old man do it all! was the “hey buddy” to all from before 15. Took VW bug motor out apart put back, with help from a teacher and a mentor. At 12 ( 1971) …. So what I am saying is the knowledge I have with ability… will not be available! My nick name as 16 (note: was moved out and on my own at 15 when started full time work ! )Because if my skill to repair / fix et. I was needed! So I could do little wrong unless got stupid!!! So now at 63… the world as it has become …. Feel bad for my grand kids… but I will shooting defense, when kicking in my door but as for rest??? we are doomed …. My entertainment is people like yourself! Good luck!!!! do what you have too and rest when ya can!!
There's one thing I wouldn't do Warran is get under that cat. That's why we have a pit for big fuckers like me. I have a 60ince chest and I'm 6 ft tall. You know talking about us big fellas.
Note to self, never buy a Challenger.....although I liked that one you put the front idler bearings in that had a C18 in it. Holy grail engine for me. Also, Id take some of that potted meat if you got any extree. You need to listen to the original leroy mercer, Eddie's auto, C&C salvage. That Roy D Mercer just copied his material years later.
Hello, I spoke to my friend about Freightliner issue and he is saying it’s burned contacts and possibly ecu problem , they burn somehow, hope it helps, good luck.
So you're telling me you've gotta take the cab off to save the environment😂 Over here in NZ there would be zero 2nd thoughts about deleting that shit. At least it's keeping food on your table Warren 👍
Some engineers have no experience with cars, trucks, and tractors. Why do we hire engineering school graduates who have no discernable skills repairing these machines. Engineers used to both proficient in fixing and designing things.
Hey Warren, wow that was a lot of work for only getting half done! Hope the rest goes back together easier but rarely does. Those engineers must have some government experience! lol Thanks much for sharing your video with us.
If they published test specs, they'd be really out of pocket on parts. Must be thousands of people daily that buy parts blindly and still suffer the same defect when it's installed.
The "book" answer is a requirement to conduct a Maintainability demonstration. This is to be done during the Test & Evaluation phase and performed on a new prototype design. The demonstration is to verify maintenance tasks, task times, and sequences. Often, prior design choices "during the concept phase" of the early product design limit later design additions or changes. Unfortunately, the experience necessary to schedule and conduct an actual physical maintainability demonstration is lacking. Or can be limited in scope by the project manager to obvious preventative maintenance (PM) tasks. Problems with missing or mismatched maintenance information in manuals is due to lack of "Integrated Support Planning".
Challengers were the biggest pile IMO so many different companies engineering different parts of the tractors there’s a reason cat ditched the whole damn thing
As soon as the direction given to the engineers involves making these things serviceable things will get better. That engineering degree doesn't mean anything without something to apply it to. I'd try to figure out if I could cut an access hole. That's what the engineers should have designed!😊
When things go horrible for you, who is an actual maestro with working on equipment it makes me feel better when my chit doesn't go as smoothly as I'd like. I thought I was always the only one that had weeks like this. I'm glad either I joined your club or you joined mine.
Fairplay to you warren they dont make things easy for you id buy the old trackersany day , these new ones they are just a money pit , when they go wrong , censor
FWIW a larger hose will flow more than a smaller one, even if they both go a fitting the size of the smaller hose. Easiest example is an impact will hit harder, and spin faster when you use a 1/2" hose instead of a 3/8", even though the input to the impact is 1/4" pipe, and you use the same quick connects
I feel Warrens pain that floor mat probably weighs at least 80 pounds. And the seats are a night mare to remove when you cannot air them up. I was called out to a Case STX 440 Quad because the ac blower was not working. The seat the compressor would not work I finally pulled the seat cushion and I connected a schrader valve to an air line and raised the seat. Then when I got the seat raised the compressor worked I found a bad connection in the seat wiring harness. But I don`t think any engineer should design anything until they have worked as a mechanic for at least 2 years. That should part of their college education.
Nice of the programmers to stop the lower limit of their temperature sensor below absolute zero by only 108 degrees. Upper limit is actually the melting point of the Nylon tank 325 Degrees.
Ugh, what a fuckin nightmare man.. thankfully,all of the rigs around here are older..don't have to worry about where they hid the fuckin Def tank. except one,but anyway...see ya later..👍👍👊
