The Evolution of Car Maintenance and Repair

Over the years, car maintenance and repair have undergone significant changes. One notable change is the decrease in mileage that cars are used for. Many owners, such as my wife who was once a teacher, used to put around 4,500 miles on her car per year, but now she puts about 1,500 miles on it. This decrease in mileage is largely due to the fact that many people are flying and then renting a car instead of using their own vehicle for transportation.

This shift has also led to changes in how cars are maintained and repaired. For example, some car heaters can be expensive to replace, with prices ranging from $1,000 to over $2,000. However, it's not always necessary to replace the entire heater system. In some cases, simply bypassing the heater core by cutting off the hoses and replacing them with a simple kit can be a cost-effective solution.

One common issue that car owners may face is a faulty fuel pump or clogged fuel filter. If the fuel pump is malfunctioning, it may not be able to pump fuel into the engine. In this case, the owner will need to take the line off near the tank and blow on it to see if it's clogged. If the filter is clogged, it may be necessary to replace it entirely.

Another issue that car owners may encounter is a dirty or worn-out transmission fluid in their standard transmission. According to Jason Vado, changing the transmission fluid every 50-80,000 miles can help prevent dirt and grime from building up and causing problems with the transmission. However, this is not as critical for automatic transmissions, which have oil pumps that pump the fluid through various parts of the transmission.

In some cases, car owners may encounter minor dents or scratches on their vehicle's paint. If the dent is small and the paint is still intact, it may be possible to leave it alone. However, in some cases, professional services like paintless dent removal can be used to remove dents without damaging the paint.

Experience and Expertise

One of the most valuable assets for car owners is experience and expertise. For example, David Nutt has a wealth of knowledge when it comes to fixing cars, including his own 1982 Bronco, which had a faulty fuel pump that was causing problems with getting fuel into the carburetor. By following simple steps such as checking the fuel pump and replacing the filter, Nutt was able to fix the problem without needing professional assistance.

Similarly, Jason Vado has experience with various car repairs, including transmission fluid changes. His knowledge and expertise can be invaluable for car owners who are looking to maintain their vehicle's health and prevent costly repairs down the road.

Innovative Solutions

One innovative solution that is becoming increasingly popular is paintless dent removal. This service uses specialized tools and techniques to remove dents from a car's paint without damaging it. According to Scotty, this process can be time-consuming but effective, and can save car owners money compared to traditional dent repair methods.

Overall, the evolution of car maintenance and repair has led to new solutions and technologies that can help car owners keep their vehicles in good condition. Whether it's changing transmission fluid or using paintless dent removal services, there are many ways to maintain a car without breaking the bank or damaging its value.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enrun up your engine bill here so Scotty what's the best brand of sparkplug generally the one that they came with him the factory engineers designed it so like if you take Toyota most of the Toyota strum with Nippon Denso spark plugs so you were use the same one with the same number the same eight range you want to keep it the same because they were designed for that that's just all those things are don't go by this magic be us that oh these special spark plugs you get more horsepower or better guess my god line of baloney all they do is make sparks to fire to gasoline and the ones that are AM are designed the best the only advantage of using a modern spark plug in an older car is the modern Iridium spark plugs merely last longer the Iridium does not corrode from the electrical firing from all the gasoline burning I've seen iridium plugs that had two hundred thousand miles near the original ones in the vehicle is still running okay so if you wanted to switch to iridium plugs and it didn't come with iridium if they make R idioms for your design go ahead that's perfectly fine but generally the best plugs are the ones that the car came with Aaron it all says I got a towaway GMC Envoy Denali five point three two hundred forty five thousand miles sure they disabled my act a fuel manager to prevent a stock lifter yeah you might as well know I'm amazed that it hasn't broken yet those active fuel management things broke all the time in a 2008 if it's still working I would advise going to the system to disable the stupid thing and it will last longer because eventually it's gonna break and then you're not gonna be happy I had a lot of my customers do it they didn't like the way they drove that way so they just disconnected at all anyway so with that kind of mileage you're kind of flirting with dynamite with the original system still there I would disable it if I were you friend it sparks this how do you maximize the life of a CVT transmission all right those constantly variable transmission is a very complex inside I owned one I don't but if I did I would change the transmission fluid in it every 40,000 miles the fluid isn't that expensive you can learn how to do it by empty one drain plug measuring how much comes out tightening the drain plug then opening the side where you fill it up and fill it up with the same exact amount of fluid that came out measure it's a scientific experiment and of course baby unlike any automatic transmission don't try to stake off as fast as you can always be slamming on the breaks and slamming on a guest drive normally and then you know it's gonna maximize the life of any transmission but especially a CVT one which are very very complicated and the other thing is I mean once a while have your battery an alternator chapter because all those CVT transmissions have a ton of electronic controls and if you're electoral system isn't up to snuff then the solenoids might not work right and making sure we're out faster so you know it's good idea once every year to have your battery and alternator tested if you don't trust mechanics there's stuff you can buy on Amazon or Ebay for about 60 bucks that do a good job checking batteries and alternators yourself who knows you could have a little business on the side working on cars if you want to buy a little equipment well think Ajoke says how do you troubleshoot that tire pressure monitoring system all these cars nowadays by law they have to have a tire pressure monitoring system and almost all of them each tire inside the valve stem where you add the air there's a little broadcast station and it tells your computer how much pressure is in each car and when they get off a certain amount it puts a warning on and then you gotta add air as they age guess what the stinkin batteries go out there just batteries eventually they run out of power right they're not solar-powered they're not magic they have batteries you gotta go to a guy like me who has a tire pressure monitoring computer scanner and I get it out and I just go to each wheel and it Chuck's them I push a button it sends a signal it's supposed to receive something back if it sends a signal doesn't receive anything back you know that one's bad then you gotta take the tire off then you gotta take the tire apart then you gotta put a new assembly in to cost like 100 bucks then you gotta put the tire back on rebalance it the way you go it's a pain in the butt but without one of those machines can you got to have a fancy machine like that that's why a lot of people like tell them when they break cuz they all break eventually the batteries go dead and they don't work anymore all you gotta do ignore him get a air gauge pressure and measure your tire pressure once every month or something like that and look at and see if the gone flat rather than spend a whole bunch of money fixing a stupid system when it breaks a bunch of black Scottie what do you think of opal are they reliable alright first guy rad was an opal opal cadet a GM in part because the GM actually owned opal for a long time they bought in the 1930s I've even recently they sold them but they owned them and they sold them in Europe mainly if you live in the United States forget buying an Opel the parts are hard to get their expensive nobody knows how to work on them but if you live in Europe people on a ball town when I was in England people were all driving around an Opel - sold a bunch of opals and they sold a lot man and people don't fix some of the parts we're cheap enough to buy so there's nothing wrong with it but in the United States you'd be kind of foolhardy by a little cream 22 so Scottie got a 98 Grand Marquis 270,000 miles recently when I drop her noise coming from the rear differential well I thought the differentials wearing out then but before you throw a bunch of money into that Jack get up and grab the driveshaft sometimes the rear driveshaft universal joint will make a noise and it sounds like it's coming from their rear end and that's easy to test would eject up in air you grab it the driveshaft and twist it and if you see it going clunker clunk and you see the u-joint moving you just need a new joint now if that's not in odds are you're gonna need a rebuilt rear end now you could drain the fluid out and if it's all dark and dirty with your probably has put new fluid in am i quiet down a little but eventually you would need the rear end rebuilt that's an awful old car it costs a lot of money to do it right I don't know if you'd even want to spend that kind of money in a car like that dear since the Sony miles do you put on your car in a year well not much anymore I never did all that much here in Houston because I wrote tests people's cars all the time when I'm done working on them but sometimes you got a road test them for a long time so I use them to run out my errands doing whatever I'm doing now our strange society we live in when I fly places on business or holidays visiting the grandkids whatever it's actually cheaper for me to over to the Houston Airport than it is to drive there pay for the parking for a week and then drive back it's cheaper to do an older truck I don't even drive to the airport anymore I think on my car last year I'd put nine hundred miles on it my wife is retired from being a teacher she used to put like 4,500 miles a year on her car and now she puts like about 1500 on her car so because whenever we travel we flying and we rent a car we don't use our own cars where have the time drive thousands of miles we just fly and then rent a car and drive the rest well a lot of Zeus's my heat of course shoots out coolant if you got a heater court that shooting cool enough to replace it on some cars can be over a thousand dollar job taking an old - apart painting a quasi your taxes it doesn't get that called so bypassing there's a very simple thing you go under the hood and you'll see if there's - eater hose one going in each side to the firewalk you just cut those hoses go to a place like autozone they saw the heater hose splice kit piece of plastic with clamps you put them together and clamp them together that bypasses the heater core and it can't leak anymore cuz there's nothing going through it of course you will no longer have any eat in the car either so if you live up north you're probably gonna want to fix the heater if you do have one of those heater cores it's gonna cost you a thousand something bucks you could get one of these little under - heaters that you can just take those two hoses and connect them to that and use that rather than spending a thousand something dollars changing the - system that can be a real pain David Nutt ski says 1982 Bronco isn't getting fuel to the carburetor all right it's old as the hell first look at the fuel pump it's a mechanical fuel pump see if it's not working all you gotta do is see if fuel is going to it take the one line off the fuel is going to it and then you crank the engine the nothing's being pumped out the fuel pumps bad who realized that all blog dump in the tank the tank has a sump and in the end is a sock it's a sock filter and they'll often rust and clog up and then they won't flow through so if that's clogged up you could take the line off near the tank and blow in it if you can't blow and it doesn't bubble out the tank Dan it's clogged you have to take it all apart and replace all these piece I did one recently and that's why I have good experience with it cuz it did the same thing kind of Thomas me for a while but then I just thought I got my big ear press you're gonna push the nine and it wouldn't blow through and I knew it was clogged and I'd take it all apart buy a new some percent because it was all rusted up frayed Joyce milic says I got an old seven Colorado five-speed manual transmission roll over 130,000 miles I'm daddy no previous owner change the fluid should I change it yeah standard transmission fluid you want to change it maybe every 50 to 80,000 miles it's not all that important but you don't want dirt and grime building up they're not like automatic transmissions automatic transmissions have oil pumps they pump the fluid they go through certain pieces it's a real rigmarole with computer controls and electronic things opening with little tiny holes a standard transmission just test gears in it and it's splash lubrication the gears on the bottom pick the oil up splash it all around it drips on it splashes around so you can't hurt anything by changing the fluid isn't gonna ruin anything you change the fluid on a dirty automatic transmission if it's really old sometimes they'll start slipping but a standard doesn't work that way so go ahead and change them Jason as Vado says I got a dent in my car and the paint is still intact should I leave it if you don't mind a dent go right ahead depend on the size of the dent there are guys out there they're called paintless dent removal and these guys are pros I didn't have a video on the type paintless dent removal Scotty you see the whole video the guy doing my wife's car it took him two hours so he went in there his little tools and hitting smash didn't smash and he was done the paint was fine and if that was gone don't try it yourself cuz I tried once it's almost impossible to do unless you have the patience of Job he sat there for two hours hammering and pushing and shoving but there is paintless dent removal but if you don't want to pay for that just leave it alone the paint's okay it's not gonna rust so if you never want to miss another one of my new car repair videos remember to ring that Bell\n"