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95 thoughts on “Lost every time! shortcut fails! 2005 lexus rx330”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Fubarnow says:

    At Yer Age you might need Help lifting a Rachet

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Declan O Shaughnessy says:

    Best wishes Ray from Declan in Galway Ireland nice few pieces of work on the Lexus enjoy the Heineken 🙋🙋👍👍🍺🍺🍺

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Cody Garner says:

    He forgot the green subscribe button

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Craig Kam says:

    Excellent channel. Love your approach to the job. I really like your sayings on the T shirts. I'm a bit funny in that I only like writing on the backs. Any chance on getting a custom one made? I'm probably a bit funny in other areas too. But let's not talk about that.

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Proclaimor says:

    If anyone thinks your hands are dirty, just say you were stacking charcoal in the grill. They are fake dirty. We know you guys were grilling it up for labor day.

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Proclaimor says:

    Teach a man to make fish and grits and he’ll never have to work a day in his life. What a racket! Buy fish, buy grits, mix them together and sell them. It’s like running a peanut butter and jelly sandwich restaurant, except the choice is not grape or strawberry jelly but rather fish or shrimp. Darn $12 shrimp and grits! It’s highway robbery.

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars k. roy says:

    that was a lot of crap just for a radiator!

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Michael says:

    ultra low profile tools are awesome. I've had too many jobs that required them.

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mike Hutcheson says:

    did you reattach the trans lines under the car?

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Topher D says:

    I was screaming at you the entire time to lift that vehicle first.. you have to remove the cover, the two bolts you were after, and the lines/brackets/screws anyway.

    And using non factory coolant is likely what has caused their cooling system problems in the first place btw. Mixing coolants even though “they’re the same” is not best practice. I would argue a majority of cooling system issues are caused by 1) not changing it enough and 2) mixing coolants. But since this thing only had water when it came in.. who cares? Certainly not the customer.

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Rubbishcop says:

    Worm drive hose clamp gravity.

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Celydus says:

    Older but much wiser

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Chuck Davidson says:

    How-do-you-remember-where-all-the-screws-go???

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars R Evert says:

    Might I suggest the metric sledge? 6 lbs or the equivalent in killergrahams! At the very least the unit releases tons (metric) of pent up frustration associated with engineer types!

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Rob Incog says:

    You did the removal and installs skillfully. If I didn't put cardboard between the condenser and radiator I would have punctured one or both 🙂

  16. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Troy Allen says:

    Maybe Ray had a few Heinekens before work instead after work. He said he had plenty of sleep no coffee makes me wonder.

  17. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Robert Peters says:

    Woah, when the flashlight fell, my heart sank thinking your parts tray was going to flip!!!

  18. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Artiken says:

    If you give a man a match, he will be warm for a while.
    If you light the man on fire, he will be warm for the rest of his life.
    My kid comes home from high school. "Dad, I just heard this brand new song by this band called Aerosmith. Dude looks like a lady." I go to my cassette box, grab "big ones". Shows my kid the cassette, ask them to read the song list and copyright date. "Dad. There is music on that thing? Holly Crap. 1979. That tape is older than I am." I put the tape in the JVC, stereo rack cassette player, just to prove that the cassette's were a real thing and that they sound good. Of course I turned the volume up to 11. The 14 inch woofer in the 4ft tall speakers, beat the hell out of their 3 inch speakers of their portable radio/cd player. lol. Kids loved it. Then I told them that they could NEVER do that to MY stereo. (without my permission) :~)

  19. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars DeadEyeDave says:

    It's OK Ray, I bet I'm older than your Dad.

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

    I don't know why this bothers me so much but can the shop please buy a hose nozzle for the washing station?!?! The finger method only works so well.

  21. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Kevin Felty says:

    Good job ray.

  22. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars David Smyth says:

    I have a set of the profile sockets, love them especially when working on stuff that has a long cord!!!

  23. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Wallace says:

    great effort! u really know what to do!

  24. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Kevin Felty says:

    I was gonna say that but?

  25. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars VeritableChris says:

    Lexus and Mercedes, always end well despite the trouble yet always still so expensive to fix.

  26. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jared Palmer says:

    Glad to hear you like the same beer as me Ray! Cheers 🍻

  27. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Sliding Scales says:

    I love the videos! Keep 'em coming!

    You were asking about audio quality in another video – Can you go back to the old mic please? This new one is better and picks up all the high frequencies from the fans and stuff, and I prefer the other mic.

  28. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars SSG25URet says:

    Your not old Ray, it’s seasoned and experienced. Wise to the younglings at your work. 😂

  29. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Salty Creole says:

    I'm 65. It doesn't get any better after 45. The bright side is if you live long enough, you get wiser about the stupid crap you dare not do anymore, Some call that maturity. I call it crap. Just saying.

  30. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars molotovEOD says:

    After looking at the length of your phalanges, I’m glad you’re a mechanic and not a proctologist!

  31. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars dave lento says:

    Hump day Heineken 🤙🍺🍻

  32. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Michael Pressman says:

    By the way when Ray was making fun of the noises co-workers were making by going wah wah wah wah wah it sounded like the adults in Charlie Brown hey have a good day thank you Ray bye

  33. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Michael Pressman says:

    I hate to say it's not you it's the way the engineers to put design the vehicle to go together at the factory and have no concern whatsoever for the people that have to work on it or service it and as far as you know you saying that oh it didn't go as planned hey yours got to have a plan a a plan b and a plan c and I usually pull out enough tools to cover all basis and make sure have all parts cuz I hate stopping in the middle of a job hunting around and the other thing is you got to look at it this way I like getting jobs done and I do them in a timely manner or did them in a timely manner but you're not going to die if you don't have the job today the world's not going to come to an end people put false priorities and stuff that doesn't really mean anything and being in the maintenance and service industry myself I got that kind of pressure from people and I'd say I'll get it done when I'm done I'll do the best I can now turn around and leave I will take care of you have a good day bye

  34. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Shivom Maharaj says:

    If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime

  35. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars PossibleDecoy says:

    How do you tell when the thermostat opened?

  36. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars John Stauffer says:

    "we gotta make sure the camshafts are in time" admit it ray you just wanted to get on it lol

  37. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars John Stauffer says:

    this channel isn't just working on cars, it's a complete experience. tho you should do more grenaded engines 😀

  38. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars blautens says:

    I owned this same car for 13 years and there are so many obstacles in some of the common repairs, it really turned me off of Toyota vehicles.

  39. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Richard Smith says:

    no no no the saying is give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day take the fish and tell him he's lucky to be alive and he'll figger out how to have a fish for you to take tomorrow

  40. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars fred414141 says:

    …. anyways, give a man a fish, he has a fish,
    teach a man to fish, and he'll sit in the boat all day drinking beer.

  41. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mad Mike says:

    I would have forgotten where 90% of those bolts went and/or knocked the bolt tray down inside the engine bay. Good job bud 👍

  42. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Anthony Freeman says:

    Goodbye Ray.

  43. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Roderick Harvey Jr says:

    Age and treachery will often overcome youth and skill, Rainman.

  44. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Shade Tree Mech says:

    You forgot to put back that 10mm bolt that you had to lift the car and get under in front.

  45. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Radio Rescue says:

    Ray if you're old than I'm accent! I was out of college when you graduated high school!! Great job! Can't believe that radiator doesn't have plastic tanks.

  46. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars B-MAN says:

    another great video…..yes… 6.4 Hemi…..love em…. better with stick.

  47. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars George A says:

    I'm happy I don't own this car! Can't believe all those wires and hoses are necessary.

  48. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Zepplin76 says:

    You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him fish.

  49. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Bruce Morris says:

    Little JB weld will fix that right up😂

  50. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Zepplin76 says:

    2022 is the year Soylent Green is set..

  51. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Zepplin76 says:

    2022 is the year Soylent Green is set..

  52. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Darren says:

    Says "The Ray" I love it!😊I live in Canada Vancouver I never realized we DO call it antifreeze wow What on earth is that strange music? that's playing as you pour in your "coolant" hehe

  53. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jean Meslier says:

    I used to like amber beers. I can't have any alcohol at all. A friend left a can of 0.0 Heineken. So that is now my 'beer'' of choice. Besides Walmart witt deliver it.

    I read "1984" in the mid 1950s. It was terrifying.

  54. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ray Shutsa says:

    Thanks for the info on how the proper way to diagnose and repair things.

  55. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Greg Adams says:

    reply: How old is your mom?

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

    Did you turn on the heater so it's core could fill a lot of people forget this & wonder why the car still overheats.

  57. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars joenissan says:

    You make everything look so easy. I’d be fn this and fn that! Great work. You’re one talented guy.

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

    Hello!
    Ray, when you "remove more than you need to remove", you often actually needed to remove whatever it was. Which reassures those of us common people that worrying about loss of time is often wasted worry and not necessarily wasted time.
    Thank you!

    Note: The phone is always asking/demanding "ans-WER-me". __

  59. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Job38 Four says:

    Now I wait for the power steering pump bracket to fall off, yeah that top bolt didn't get clicked in last thrilling episode. But most everything else checked out cept I didn't hear the horns, you got the steering wheel dirty with your dirty hands and I didn't feel the AC come on………

  60. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Gary Holt says:

    You didn't show us you're putting those hoses back on the bottom of the frame

  61. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Leon Sun says:

    One of the amazing things of this car is that the dash is not cracked.

  62. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars trekOCLVone says:

    Great 2-part series! Thanks for sharing.

  63. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Tom Mac——— says:

    I'll never understand customers who do not clean their engine compartment before service.

  64. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars theeddorian says:

    Being older than someone's dad isn't so bad. Wait until you're older than someone's grandfather.

  65. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Roger Watts says:

    A Robin Williams line keeps coming to me when I see particular elements of your work. And I quote: "Oh shit, gravity works!"

  66. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars con fuse says:

    The saying: Terry Pratchett — 'Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.'

  67. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Kenneth Schilling says:

    Ray you should tell those guys at work that pick on you about your age tell them you will be my age some day and someone younger then them are going to say the same thing to you so it will go full circle.

  68. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Daniel Barrett says:

    I need a beer after watching this and I don't even drink! 🤣

  69. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars robert cook jr says:

    With age comes wisdom!!

  70. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars dbrown4bbl says:

    Most days you move with an appreciable economy of motion. Most days.

  71. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars charles white says:

    NAPA PROLink says Waterpump 5.1 hrs Radiator 2.6 hrs

  72. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Hola! rusin jeff says:

    Ray you never told us if you fastened the cooler lines underneath the car when you took the two bolts out to move them out of the way so you could get the bolt when you lifted the car up in the air

  73. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mr Ed says:

    It’s been nagging at me for months, but it suddenly clicked when yo pondered if you were talking to yourself or to us: it’s what I saw for decades with the best surgeons, talking through each step of each case to keep themselves organized and to reach the staff. We learned so much from those excellent docs.

  74. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Gerry Keffer says:

    Where can I send you stuff, I need an address..

  75. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Timmy V says:

    No no no, it’s wifi 6 and wifi 7 that screws with magnets. 5G just influences your thoughts towards complacency 😉

  76. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Chris Langstaff says:

    Nice repair grandpa 😛

  77. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Craig Downey says:

    Hey Ray, if you give a man a fish he eats for a day. If you teach him to fish he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day!

  78. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Austen J says:

    I am so thrilled to see that natural, excess hand and arm hair length is not a deterrent to handling combustion engines. Jeez. I expected someone to say, "Right turn, Clive" at any point.

  79. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Restless says:

    Great job! especially for an old guy

  80. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Paublus Americanus AMERICANUS says:

    Ray I can remember the year ya'll were born like yesterday. Youngun.

  81. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars HUBBABUBBA DOOPYDOOP says:

    You came so close a couple times-
    I thought for sure you were going to hit that precariously placed
    parts tray, sending fasteners flying into the Abyss of Never Never Land.

  82. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars D brandon says:

    Love the wash station…. In California your shop would get shut down for that

  83. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Peter Garofolo says:

    Another winner Ray. 👍 👍 👍

  84. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars zoltan liszkai says:

    It is ok for a valve to hit a piston but not ok for the piston to hit a valve

  85. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Anatolie says:

    Have you ever had tools stolen at work? By customers or coworkers?

  86. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Matti Ranta says:

    No bad feelings, but you could get some noise cancelation next? 🤔

  87. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Module 79L says:

    That was one heck of a ray-diator job! 😆

  88. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Fjord Driver says:

    Teach a man to fish and he will spend too much money at Cabelas.

  89. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Phương Ma says:

    OK RainMan Moses demand Open Sesame😂😂😂 strong gravity

  90. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars bruce pickess says:

    The gravity is strong today Ray, may the force not be against you, Earth's mass conspires against you, beware the gravitons. !!!!!!!!😬😬😬😬

  91. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars trebornesregrot says:

    A small air tube inserted in the bottom of the purge funnel would speed up that process immensely .

  92. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars DirtySouthDog says:

    Ray is making it hard to watch old to new videos

  93. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Froggy 01 says:

    I learned the hard way ruining a couple of new pumps that starting them dry is a bad idea…

    I’d have found a bleed screw and made sure that coolant had found its way into the block first before starting the new water pump.

    The rate the coolant went in when you started it told me it wasn’t aiding the rate of fill and the pump was turning dry.

    It ruins the seal…

  94. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars David Wright says:

    And remember, if he can do it, you can do it.

  95. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Brian Hougaard Baldersbæk says:

    If you ever find yourself in a situation where you'd be in dire need of physical rehab, just start working again. Becaue with all these positions, pulls & pushes and everything you'd be pretty much covered. No need to waste any time elsewhere.

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