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49 thoughts on “Customer states: antifreeze is made of sludge! jacked up jimmy. no! it s not lifted!”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Camouflage Peacock says:

    I'm so glad I worked for the phone company. Your job would have killed me!

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Doug Kelley says:

    That 4.3 manifold is no easy task. Requires lot of disassembly

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars 1soupasaurus says:

    My 2000 Jeep Cherokee 4.0L I6 had the same muddy antifreeze. I pulled all the hoses, flushed everything I could, replaced that little coil of wire in the lower radiator hose, changed the water pump and thermostat and 2 months later it was right back to muddy sludge. It was my first vehicle, so I wasn't too concerned, it was a good start and served me well until the seat mounts failed due to the rust from salt that is liberally applied to Wisconsin roads.

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Tom Kennedy says:

    First video in new shop, no "doododlydooo" yet

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jim Burgess says:

    I saw this video and immediately went to my local shop and had my system flushed. Thanks, Ray. Preventative maintenance is key

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jay Baker says:

    Not sure but seems there are much more commercial than before. It’s to the point that I may just quit watching

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars matt sez says:

    ** special socket **…………vice grips

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars NTH Welding says:

    I have done that clearancing mod to every 4.3. Gm could've made a clearance gole for that.

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Offbrandthor says:

    I know a lot of mechanics and they do not take care of they’re cars lmaoo

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars purtis99 says:

    Dang that dude must have realllllly loved that truck

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars jim patnode says:

    Where's the link to part 2?

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars sand 007 says:

    If a year 2000 is a dinosaur what does it make a 1984, 1985 & 1991?

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars grassroot011 says:

    Horrible batch of parts to have to remove just because someone didn't maintain the vehicle properly. Man, too bad.

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Bill Chessell says:

    Since you are refraining from singing the telephone chime I have a suggestion. Please. I want to see you working and when the telephone rings you cut up to a corner of the garage to a barbershop quartet who does a four part harmony. A fitting end to a missed tradition…

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars randy beard says:

    Those Older Elongated GM Air Cond. Compressors were some of the Best Made of any vehicle manufacturer….

  16. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars RibbonKyle says:

    Only calls for 3 and a half hours.! BS I hate the labor guide sometimes. Does not include pulling your brains out!

  17. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars RibbonKyle says:

    No Rex cool is the best invention. When it hits your skin and eats it away after 150k. You know it’s doing it’s job. That’s t-Rex Gatorade!

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

    I really appreciate the extra time it must take you to do these jobs one handed by making sure we can see what your doing. Also the commentary is helpful to follow along, including your "tadotados" and your "clicks"…..

  19. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Stan S says:

    Mark the position of the rotor on the distributor housing. Timing is the angle of the rotor in relation to the cap [not its relation to the engine]. Marking the housing in relation to the engine [firewall] is correct.

  20. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Love Of Christ says:

    I cannot find part two or part three Ray where can I find it?

  21. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars J Delgado says:

    what happened to part 2 & 3? where are the links? I must know!

  22. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Les Rocheuses says:

    Nifty hose pliers. I've ordered a pair.

  23. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Steve Keate says:

    Is there a second part to this that we can watch you cleaning out the sludge and replacing the thermostat?

  24. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Michael Tutty says:

    Great video, Ray. Lots of details to remember. Glad I never had to do any of that nonsense. The closest it ever got was ripping out the 2bbl intake and VV carb on an 87 Grand Marquis that was a factory 351 car. The Edelbrock Performer intake and square bore carb went in slick as a whistle.

  25. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mike Ridgway says:

    Was going to buy a pair of hose clamp pliers for an upcoming at-home job anyway, but saw that you got a piece of the sale price if I used your link to do it, so killed two birds with one stone.

  26. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars william pierce says:

    Try using some brake clean on hoses. Also works great on inside of hoses after pick installed.

  27. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Destiny says:

    It's so odd watching your not dealership videos then watching your dealership videos and knowing the difference in how you acted in each type, then watching a video of after you moved to the not dealership job and the videos being the same as at the dealership. No "doo doo doo" when the phone rings, hardly any talking, text overlay, and voice overs (which are usually strangely monotone for you). I'm freaking out lol I like how you got so outgoing and goofy at your not dealership job.

  28. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars ZoahPorre says:

    wheres the other part? 🙁

  29. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars LVLouisCyphre says:

    What do you think GM stands for? General Mess.

  30. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars PT Bruiser says:

    WD-40 is your friend when dealing with stuck hoses, Makes them very easy to remove with little chance on breaking the fittings

  31. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Seafarer Bones says:

    It’s GM vehicle; known purveyor of low quality/ fast depreciating vehicles. Seriously.

  32. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Paul Conetta says:

    You put that wingnut on the grille under the passenger side wiper.

  33. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars David P says:

    Still waiting on part two. Perhaps to dirty for youtube?

  34. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars CAYMAN987 says:

    Seems like gm owners let pm go until the vehicle is dead

  35. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Robert Destefano says:

    i bet that notch was cut in the bracket at 1130 at night in a driveway with beer involved

  36. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Henri Tringle says:

    I can pull shit apart but how you remember how everything goes back together if amazing

  37. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Roe Irvine says:

    LOL my ute is a 1981 FJ45 Toyota ….. fuel thirsty but can't be stopped even when everyday is over 100F in desert Australia
    and you call a 2001 model car old….

  38. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Masso1973 says:

    I wouldn’t know what to do without my hose clamp pliers, you’re right Ray

  39. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Alexander Copeland says:

    Sorry, just had to skim over this video. I have done so many of these that it's not fun anymore and hard to watch anyone else do them. To be honest that was the best intake gasket I have seen, most/all of the gasket was intact.

  40. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Dustin says:

    Owned one of these I bought with 200k on the clock and the thing would not die, I changed the shocks, fuel pump and brakes and put new tires on it and oil and it was pretty bullet proof especially since I didn't do much maintenance after that except oil changes. Sold it 3 years later for what I paid for it was one of my favorite winter beaters, horrible milage same as a suburban with 2 fewer cylinders also changed the spider injection system that was an interesting design 🥴

  41. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Herminio Aponte says:

    Its amazing all that plastic in the engine

  42. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars scratch says:

    How does this happen tho

  43. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jon Clark says:

    Those spider injectors are tough.

  44. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Bowhunters says:

    I wonder why the owner didn't have you to do a power flush on the coolant system? There are some chemicals that garages use that are very strong. Dirty nasty filthy engine!

  45. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Andrew Donohue says:

    i always changed the dexcool out for yellow "universal" type. the 4.3 was a decent engine but it sucked almost as much gas as an actual 350 it was based upon…. would i buy one with almost $4 per gallon binflation gasoline? NOPE

  46. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars TheDaily Prepper says:

    Ahhhhh. Nooooo. Use channel locks to twist the hose on the heater core. It works every time.

  47. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jay DeGelder says:

    I've got a problem, I've got pieces of plastic that went into my engine. To make a long story short , can someone tell me how to flush them out???? Please !!!! They're in my water pump and my coolant part of engine. I need help !!

  48. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Brian Evans says:

    I already have the hose clamp pliers . Best thing invented since sliced bread

  49. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Reid Solberg says:

    Dexcool has this amazing ability to indicate when somebody really, really doesn't care about vehicle maintenance. It goes from perfectly fine coolant to corrosive gasket eating scourge long after it really should have been replaced, then when really really neglected, the coolant along with everything it's consumed starts turning into this primordial ooze like soupy Play-Doh. If you leave it for long enough, I suspect it becomes self aware.

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