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91 thoughts on “Failure friday! ruined transmission and more!”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars J Bussey says:

    Ray. Look at the bright side.. at least it's transmission fluid purge and not a worn, cracked and duct taped septic pump hose. Which in that case guaranteed to close out the feeling and smelling like cr@p.

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Chris Bentley Walking and Rambling says:

    It's never a wasted unproductive day for us. Nice collection Ray.

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jonathan S says:

    Why is the rpm guage so low on rpms while driving?

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Nikita Mckeever says:

    I feel your pain 🤦‍♂️ , I was shattered and checked the generator oil level that powers my caravan whilst it was running and I was wearing my Jim jams . Removed the level plug and got covered from head to foot in hot oil 😵‍💫 . Not happy , my good lady could not contain her delight in seeing me looking like a dipstick . Not my greatest day 😂

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars ShadeTree says:

    Have a FANTASTIC weekend, stay safe Brother

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Dave Santistevan says:

    You mentioned having a S-10 blazer. My dad had a 1989 S-10. It's in immaculate condition and had Edelbrock headers and other upgrades. I want to upload photos to show but don't know how. Anyone please help.

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Nucken Futz says:

    47 days ago my 2013 Chrysler 300C with 105K miles blew its trans. It's still dead – on a lift at the Chrysler dealer.

    In case someone else is in a similar situation, Chrysler/ZF transmissions are a nightmare to deal with. Many trans shops won't touch the ZF 8 speed. Dealers can only touch a few parts on them. New transmissions aren't available. First repair estimate guess was $2,100. New fluid/filter/pan/valve body. Failed repair. New transmission estimate was $6,400. Unavailable with no ETA. They finally recommended what I originally wanted – replace the transmission entirely. $2,200. Still waiting.

    Asked them about a seemingly minor electrical issue with my fuse box. $3,000. New wire harness required as it's hard wired to the rear fuse box. Have to rip out all of my interior.

    FYI Chrysler's recommended service interval for the transmission (100,000/Lifetime) is nonsense. ZF recommends service at 50,000.

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Michael Smith says:

    I'm sure that OEM seal in the trans is better than the Autozone one that went in there.

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Trevor B says:

    Us both Ray…Got my 84 Blazer with a small block in high school…Still have it

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars stanley koziol says:

    sounds like a stem left in the tire
    and the leaf springs are a bit floppy

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars James says:

    Curious to know if and when the trans fluid was changed that it could be the wrong fluid that was used???

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Gabriel Garcia says:

    Hey Ray set a timer when you do some of these jobs please. Really enjoy the videos

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Diana Goodrich says:

    Hello! I worried when the camera "saw" one of the tranny fluid tubes start disconnecting from the pump. I'm sorry you did not spot that too to avoid the mess.

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Shmeh Fleh says:

    That thing gets the same MPG as my Jeep.

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars James Reynolds says:

    What do car manufacturers have against dip sticks for auto transmissions? A classic example of fixing something that is not broke. What am I missing? What problem does this process solve? Somewhere somehow I'm thinking this saves them a nickel.

  16. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Don W says:

    On that S10…hope the guy got squared away…tires not good…I've got a bad vibe at fwy speeds on my 99 Rav4 FWD…I'm guessing its a hub as it squeaks and i feel the vibe at my feet and legs not at the steering wheel.
    As for that trans fluid…if that were mine i would get super creative and make a dipstick tube for it…that crap you went through is for the birds!! Nobody needs an oil bath🙂 Another great video…thanks as always Ray…your efforts are always appreciated by me:-)

  17. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Justin Cass says:

    I just started working on cars mostly cause my uncle.owns his own shop an blessed me….but I've learned more from watching your videos then anything.
    Appreciate 🙏 your sharing of knowledge!

  18. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ian Dominic Ouano says:

    I can smell the brake clean through my phone screen, i love it! 😂

  19. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Noname79 says:

    Did the customer say to use fram or is that the normal band y’all use there ? Ive heard bad things about them

  20. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Gorse Almighty says:

    You really need to tone down the audio on the seatbelt tone alarm. Much too loud and annoying. I turned down the volume twice and the third time I was about ready to call it and just skip.

  21. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars DezNuTs says:

    Bet they charged for lowering the exhaust too

  22. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars DezNuTs says:

    Dealer ship don't even replace that seal

  23. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Tall Guy says:

    Ray, when you had the transmission pan and filter out of the vehicle you could have checked to see if the bolts in the value body are tight and torqued to spec? Quick and easy job.

  24. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Greg Betts says:

    i always hated "piece work " hourly best now days . so many custemers in the past i delt with were ripped of by money graber , replacemet mechanics…

  25. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars David Jung says:

    When you drained it from the standpipe you said 2.5 quarts came out. So would'nt filling it to the top of the standpipe be 2.5 qaurts shy?? I know the pop up said spec was 3.2 or whatever. Just seems off somehow, was it over filled??

  26. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Chano Leyva says:

    If I have even learned anything from rays videos it’s never by a gm car. 👎🏻💩

  27. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ryan Engle says:

    Watching the Video. Ray shows off his transpump fluid thingy. Man that lower tube looks hella SUS. I would be amazed if it stays on. After the 1st few pumps, How is it holding on!@.
    Cut to Ray after he made a huge mess lol.

  28. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars William Young says:

    Hey ray I need to ask you a question vip

  29. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Fred Beaan says:

    Fyi,….if your going to a mechanic DO NOT clear any codes!

  30. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Bob Carry says:

    As you started pumping fluid into the trans I said that hose is going to come off, it is half way off now. Guess you didn't hear me. Thanks for sharing.

  31. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mike Boring says:

    It was neat to see a transmission with a drain plug. All of the ones I've seen and worked on had to have most of the pan bolts removed and then the pan allowed to tilt down and drain the fluid.

  32. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars webslingercj says:

    I seen thr hose crooked on the pump. I said something, but don't think you heard me ray..

  33. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars James Carver says:

    Ray, how many cans of Brake Clean do you go through in an average week? Changing filter and fluid while on my back with the truck 2 feet above me is a lot more exciting on my 2003 S-10!😀

  34. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Stanley Mcfalls The Southern Comedian says:

    Dam yea two cans of brake cleaner 😂😂😂😂

  35. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars R.T. Rakubio says:

    In california breaks, signals and brains are optional equipment.

  36. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mike Edwards says:

    How come you took out 2-1/2 qts of fluid over the top of the stand pipe, but you only put in to the top of the pipe?

  37. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars tom ashton says:

    either shave the tire or replace it (replace it )

  38. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ray Owens says:

    Ray, I need the name of that parts cleaner you use. I"ma go buy stock in that company,

  39. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jason Knox says:

    Trans fluid on your junk, huh? Giggity…

  40. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars tom ashton says:

    Some S-10,s have a two piece drive shaft and the center wobbles on that rubber crap

  41. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jeff Brown says:

    Is the tach working?

  42. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Malcolm Irving says:

    How come you didn't clean out the pan?

  43. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars James Tone says:

    At least it has a trans fluid indicator (dip stick)

  44. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Kellie Grase says:

    Everyone search “F165” channel. He explains multiple times about dropping the pan and changing the filter. Great mechanic he is.

  45. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars spelunkerd says:

    Did you find what was causing the grinding while braking? Maybe take the tire off and have a look at the rotor, wheel bearing and brake hardware?

  46. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mr. Tall-man says:

    You mean the Typhoon Blazer? Friend had just the 4.3 Vortec in his Blazer and we raced one on the Hwy (circa 1999….). It was quick.

  47. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Lincoln King says:

    The leaf spring on that Chevy is fked

  48. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Les Reeves says:

    We used to have a 20ltr drum with a pump & hose attached to it every time you pushed the plunger down it put 1ltr of fluid in the transmision all you needed to know how much the transmission held & pump the required amount in by counting the times the plunger was depressed easy no mess.

  49. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Thomas Brock says:

    You said the transmission fluid smelled ok but did it taste alright, because you didnt say?

  50. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Markus Williams says:

    “Did you know that wherever you go, there you are?”
    I bust out laughing 😂😂😂😂

  51. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Oscar Leon says:

    Got to get yourself a squeegee pump also known as Randolph or peristaltic pump. All you got to worry about is making sure you got the tubing routed the right way and you're good to go!

  52. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jacob Godfrey says:

    I've done that d7de at Napa said red oil huh I new it was problematic

  53. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Vern Lemasters says:

    I don’t understand. If it drains to the proper level at the stand pipe. You drained out over 2 quarts. Was it over full? Thanks

  54. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jacob Godfrey says:

    I love it here still a shade tree mechanic but I love thus stuff

  55. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars fred Oropesa says:

    Thank you for sharing all your videos your knowledge your Your techniques and most of all your honesty I very much enjoy watching your videos and listening to all the click jokes

  56. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Austin Farley says:

    Thanks for the vids Ray! Decided I have the confidence (along with assistive help from my roommate that actually works on cars for a living) to give my wheel bearings a replacement on a 95 nissan pickup.

  57. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Viking 2121 says:

    My uncle with his 09 GMC sierra, that thing man, had a code for the fuel pump control module that lives above the spare tire, the thing fine still, but the replacement part was like 2 months out, we I let him use my Micro Mechanic to reset the computer so he could use the 4wd, any light the comes on, it disables 4wd, it so dumb, o2 sensor, no 4wd and no remote start, come on GM. Sometimes you have to live with the check engine light for a while, no reason to disable 4wd because a o2 sensor is going bad..

  58. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Hola! KECOG says:

    Is it just me, or is that engine making noises that it definitely shouldn't? /Rattling and grinding

  59. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Andres Quiñónez Ramirez says:

    When you now the motor and transmission are trying to divorce because they are not happy anymore together

  60. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars ChristopherLionRoars says:

    Always put on neck brace before testing transmission.

  61. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Edgar Prothero says:

    Don't buy Consumer Cellular goods or services!

  62. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Judi H. says:

    The drain plug on that last truck wasn't even in the lowest part of the pan! Now I see you didn't drain from actual plug.

  63. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mike Morris says:

    Good ol jasper junk

  64. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Robert Rawson says:

    Damn! I got that DOO DEE DOO DEE DOO in my brain and can't get it out.

  65. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Rosemarie Rubano says:

    Dude…hope you have a better Monday .

  66. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Frank Wilson says:

    Squirting brake clean, hand pump, leaking tranny.

    I've got to clear my history again?!!!

  67. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mike Williams says:

    I had the check engine light come on when out of town on a Sunday. I swung by a local parts place and had them scan it. It was just a heated O2 sensor failing to heat. Once the exhaust temperature is up to normal the sensor can work properly, just not with a cold engine. Maybe I was polluting a bit extra on startup. I elected to clear the code for the drive home in case something else went wrong I'd want to know it. Once I got home I had my mechanic replace the sensor.

  68. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Rustycar says:

    Love the background music!

  69. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Gayle Woods says:

    Why not just remove the stand pipe plug first then fill the tyranny until it runs out the standpipe?

  70. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Leonard Pearce says:

    You could have just sprayed those shorts with brake clean. You would have been moving faster after that!

  71. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Big Hair Small Motivation says:

    did peter leave his tablet in a car?

  72. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars RacermonGaming says:

    with the code clearing i did it once without repair since the code was something that could be intermittent, the CEL kept coming back and disappearing before it stayed on, assuming based on the codes, a harness or clip was yanked on and has sketchy connections now

  73. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars harry walker says:

    i have a special place in my back yard for s10,s..200 ft deep hole..nah, there all good, just prefer 4x4rs..older the better..

  74. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Eric N says:

    That S10 has some very special non OEM fog/driving lights. They may have been taken from a 57 Chevy Bel-Air or from JC Whitney. 😂

  75. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars cutehumor says:

    where is the money shot??

  76. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars djkulp1 says:

    Ray …if you need a shower, there is better stuff to use than tranny fluid … just being helpful 🤣

  77. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Derek Marshall says:

    Crappy Cooper tires. Shocker.

  78. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mark Wilson says:

    Cadillac trans oil was not good. Needed a service

  79. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars auxmike says:

    Who pays for all the brake clean he wastes?

  80. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars My Playlist says:

    Flywheel problem

  81. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Darrin Thomas says:

    Where are you at. I would definitely use you if you are near Dallas

  82. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Clearanceman2 says:

    Most of those plastic straw things require overflow at a specific trans temp. Whoever thought of this was a jerk to send people back to the dealer instead of just having a dipstick. When I do it at home I measure what comes out and put that much back in. That will do. If you have to, you can measure the temp with an infared thermometer but you are supposed to use a scanner.

  83. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Some__Jerk says:

    Dual wield shiny spray

  84. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Greg Hughes says:

    Lol. Always 2 can it to clean it. 2 directions and done with leftovers. Nice bro.

  85. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mike Dodane says:

    Why not leave the plug out and stop when it leaks?

  86. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars browndaddy says:

    Sorry about the bad day!

  87. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Shade Darkenmoon says:

    Hi Ray, i have a question for ya. When dealing with an oil change, which would you say is more important. Getting the oil change by the date or by the mileage? I never make the mileage by the date recommended.

  88. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Bruce Larsen says:

    You should leave the plug off the standpipe that way when you are filling the tranny you will know when the transmission is at the correct level.

  89. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars scrappin big says:

    Happy Friday Ray , thanks for not stopping with the first owner refuses repairs and you ended up having another short and then you found one that could be completed making for a better video !

  90. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars ARednecksLife says:

    Not your day Ray.
    You could have got pulled over in a customers car, has that ever happened??

  91. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars big chungus says:

    How does the music in your shop go from Lil Troy to Hank Williams JR lol

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