For anyone that needs the joke explained to them the washer fluid reservoir is completely accessible without removing anything at all, he bolted the washer reservoir fill funnel onto the intercooler inlet as a joke
the amount of dumbassery inflicted on the Modern Technician by the Automotive Engineers has only been growing, since the 1980's. GM called it Interdependence of Systems. This may be nonsense, but it is happening. I turned wrenches as a Pro, for a couple of decades and have worked on Vehicles since I was 15. I am in my 60's now.
@@markgreiser464 I've always liked cars since I was child. Thinking about going to school for auto mechanic. Would you say it's worth it. I understand doing what you love can make what some call a job not a job for you, and I mostly want to learn how to fix on cars more so I can fix/modify my own car. So is it something you would advise someone to get into?! Thank you so much in advance for your reply.
@@xaysleek4686 , the Industry is changing very quickly and the powers that be, literally want us all to ride Trains and Busses and live in 15-minute Cities. I am not sure I can accurately answer the question. I was literally pondering this question today.
@@xaysleek4686to answer your question- absolutely not. It's not worth it. I used to be just like you when I was younger, loved working on cars it was like doing a large puzzle when parts broke/ diag. was needed... After years in the industry I can confidently say if you like working on cars, DO NOT ruin it by making it your profession. At the end of the back breaking day I don't even want to look at a car. Not to mention the ideology of flat rate/ tier pay plans (tiers basically meaning you are worth more as a tech at 50 hours produced than 40 hours, even if certain things are out of your control i.e. work load, customers declining work). My advice would be to find a job you're content with that makes good money and work on your own stuff on your time. Hell do side jobs if you want, but don't kill yourself in this industry to make some fat cat fatter.
Actually it's all the overhead, micro managing, and be criticized by people who've never changed a tire, their own oil, or even got dirt beneath their finger nails. and I've been in this industry for over 20 years... and I'm not proud of it anymore because of how undone this industry has become.....
I’m really impressed with automotive engineers. They are doing their best to make expensive throwaway vehicles. When a part costs 50 but 2k in labor to replace it…
I started working on cars in 1967. It was fun but, I looked at the 50 and 60 year old guys that I worked with and saw that they were miserable. I decided to go to college and be an engineer. I worked as an engineer for 40 years and retired. I always had car repair as a hobby to save and generate extra money. I looked at a new truck. New engines blowing in under 5000 miles and the $70, 000 price convinced me to fix up my 85 C-10. Good Luck, Rick
I wasted a year of my life in school just to get in the field and immediately realize I'd starve having to compete with 9 other mechanics for book time. These guys wouldn't help a new guy either as I'm competition to them. This was way before RU-vid and people that help a new guy learn. I'll never go back.
@gardenstatePR hey I recently left that shop after only 2 weeks I have another interview at another shop… the last one I made a mistake by taking it cause the pay was extremely low… I’m going to firm with my bottom dollar at this next shop and give wrenching professionally a shot… I’m still so confused if I’m going to like it or not everyone says stay out of this trade… but at the same time I do see ppl doing well in this… although def is physically demanding just not sure what I should do !
you would think they would like to have an older vehicle in because parts are cheaper and they're simpler to work on. I get the risk of further breaking of small bits because of age, but come on.
the problem with the older stuff is EVERYTHING is now aftermarket Chinese junk and you will replace the same part 3 times before one will work more than a week.
@VTX Hobbies nope. Most cars that old everything is rusty and crusty. It's a nightmare to find parts. It's a nightmare to find good repair data. More often than not there's more than 1 thing wrong with it, and the customer will think *you* caused the other problems after you fix the 1 thing they complained about. Old cars are *not* worth the hassle.
You break that plastic tab pulling it off and you go to reinstall and somehow that one tab was doing all of the work keeping the piece centered and installed correctly
@@Ronnietapanga aerosol Window Cleaner and a microfiber cloth in your backseat or storage/glove compartment always works wonders and cleans the entire front glass!!
Exactly what % should you be paid? Labour rates reaching $200, mechanics make 30% of that where I live, puts them over $120,000.00 per year, that's at 40 hr . per week, and flat rate can be well above that.
It's a joke, but my last pickup required removal of the air filter box to change a headlight. The previous generation of the same make of truck had two pins you could pull without tools that released the headlight assembly so you could pull it right out the front to access the bulbs. A routine fix went from under five minutes to 30. Plus, in cold weather wrestling with plastic connectors and clips can get expensive.
I hope that was sarcasm 😕 😅. Usually, you do remove the washer fluid and radiator reservoirs. As well as the radiator. Now, if you need to remove the windshield wipers, that might be something! I know guys that start with removing the radiator and work their way back, to replace the clutch! LMAO 😅 🤣 😅
Vehicles are made to get them out ASAP. That is all they care about. Working on them is an after thought and they don’t care how hard it is. As long as production moves fast…
Here is what I have always found frustrating and confusing - there is this whole narrative of "we can't find people to work on cars at our (s)tealership" - AND YET - the dealers in my area have now gone to $ 149 per labor hour ( some even more ) just to look at your car. And they are paying the techs probably on average $ 20-35 for that ACTUAL labor hour - THEN using "book time' to fraudulently jack up the actual labor rate for the job that they charge the customer for - refusing customer brought in ( new ) parts so they can then mark up the parts THEY procure by 400% or more - and are INCREDIBLY profitable. AND YET - they "cannot find techs". Absurd. It's pure greed. They could easily pay their techs $ 50 an hour and do just fine.
It's like the 2016 Hyundai Elantra, where the starter is locate in a cavity that is underneath the intake manifold, next to the engine, on top of the transmission, and the only gap is blocked by the front bumper, the fans, and the radiator. The easiest way to get to the starter without an engine hoist, is to remove the intake manifold. That's an intimidating task for even the mechanically inclined if they haven't done it before, and it's still ridiculous for a part that needs to be changed every couple of years. For those who don't know the context of why this is ridiculous in older models, the starter was located on the bottom of the engine, and on some models, you didn't even need a jack to change it. It was a three blot, swap and you're done.
@@smileychess it varies and some last longer than others. but generally yes. they get warn out over time, especially if you stop and start a lot. if you haven't needed to change one, you've been lucky...
40 this year and can't stand being near any modern diesel as the designs are specifically made so that it has to go back to the dealer and most places don't want to do that and think just cause your a small shop that they will sneak shit by
2014 honda accord. Had to lift engine 6-7 inches just to take oil pan off. had to remove all 5 engine mounts, the battery, air filter cabinet, ecu , fuse box , ac compressor, engine belt and disconnet the radiator hoses. FOR A FREAKIN OIL PAN REPLACEMENT
@@TEVIDEOS yea. Some were telling me it’ll be easy to get the pan off if I dropped the subframe . I ain’t touching anything that has to do with the frame lol. It wasn’t my car. It was my sisters . So I didn’t want to mess her car up
"Dislodge the outlet" Wait. Are you sure that's on the list, not to remove the whole intercooler? That's a plastic and aluminum intercooler. Those are a pain in the ass to get to seal again. There's a rubber o-ring, and you have to press the tank into the seal with a lot of pressure..... the whole time you're bending down the tabs. Most radiator shops won't touch it. If it leaks, they just replace it. Too much WORK replacing the tanks.
That's exactly right! And the early to mid oughts I tried to become an auto mechanic with just a shade tree education no schooling and stuff. I quickly did the math of at that time probably some $10,000 needing to be investing in tools and probably another $5,000 in the cabinets the house the tools all all working for minimum wage: it just did not make any economic sense. Investing and all that equipment and cost and not even being in business for yourself. So I scrounge around a few years doing landscaping and shoveling snow and then I took that $15,000 and started my own trucking company and have not looked back since.
Not to mention, being an automotive technician destroys your back, hands, and elbows over time. Not to mention, a lot of fluids used in automobiles cause cancer. You get only a certain amount of time to complete a service or repair, or you lose time and pay. You also have to invest in hundreds if not thousands of dollars in tools. Technicians have to constantly go to school and undergo testing just to keep up with new designs and technology. Hence why I finally quit and went to restoring classic cars and building racing cars. More pay with far less strenuous work!
They worked for 30 Years fixing it where the consumers couldn't work on it, now they have fixed it to the point the techs can't work on them either. Real smart
As a service engineer who had to strip down a machine and replace parts that from Start to finish could take two - three hours, I can relate to that. There are good service guys out there who can do this kind of work but MANY guys that can be great on a computer but totally useless when it comes to any kind of hands on work like working on cars e.t.c.
There is no such thing as a service engineer bud. That's just a title they gave you to mask the fact they are grossly underpaying you. You are a technician, or a mechanic. Don't be fooled.
I already know why because schools cost to much. The labor pay rates are cheap for entry level techs outta tech school $20.00 an hour or $20.00 flat rate is all these independent mom and, pop shops an dealerships are paying. You can make the same pay rate or more in the stock room of Walmart overnight without the physical, mental, and, hazardous environmental demands of working in a fast paced micro management tracking your productivity in their auto/truck repair shop because in the end all these auto/truck repair shops care about is their numbers going up 😅😂😅 Beware of the pay scale and, word phrases used by employer auto repair shop recruiters; "upto" or $15.00 - $40.00 hourly pay or $35,000.00 - $150,000.00 annual salary or $15.00 an hour/+ commission pay or depending upon mechanic's experience 😂😅😂
That's why older cars are the way to go. They are so much easier to do self repairs and self maintenance on. When I say older I mean 99-2010. After 2010 you would need NASA enginners to work on your car because of all the stuff you gotta tear apart to fix one thing.
YES: it’s GREED! You have (3) Classes of People & Cars: (A) Female, Elderly (B) Educated & Lazy and Lastly (C) Independent & Cheap! They Got Corner The Market. They Aren’t Happy having the people Who Can’t or Don’t Want to do it. They Want The Money From Those Who CAN!
Was a line mechanic back in the 80's. There was a certain chevy that to change the sparkplugs you had to raise the car, remove the front wheels, remove the inner fender wells to access the plugs.
Fhs didn't you think that it might take much less time to leave the car in the lot, disconnect the feed line from the pump, fill a bag with washer fluid, attach bag to feed line, and let her drip in. This is why there are no true technicians anymore. Shzeezh!
New cars are ridiculous, you need to remove the whole front for anything, remember when we could change the blinker fluid by just removing the blinker? Good old days.
That all!? To change the flasher fluid in mine, I’ve got to remove the engine and gearbox as a unit, angle grind a square section out of the firewall, push the heater core to the left, add fluid, weld up hole again* and put it all back together. *I actually put a hinge and lock on the square I cut out, so I don’t need to cut it again in the future# #I’ve just discovered a way to make the flashers work without fluid, so I will save about 12 hours of labour on my next service! 👍
This guy did good with this one! He had me really believing it for a hot second because a lot of insane things have been done under the auspice is of sound engineering. Just like the genius who thought it would be a good idea to mount the battery for a 2004 Dodge Stratus underneath the car. You need to change your battery you’re jacking it up pulling off the left front tire, pulling off a dust shield and then manhandling the battery out and back in
Even though this one's a joke, in a 2012 Malibu you DO have to unbolt the front bumper, loosen about 12 bolts, remove the upper rad support trim, inner mud guard & finesse the headlight assembly out of the fender to get at the back of it to change out the bulb.
