In the days before I started wearing trifocals full time, I found safety glasses with near vision magnifiers that saved the day. Suddenly there was daily motivation to have those safety glasses on. Since they only affect the visual field when looking down, you can wear them regularly even when not working close. Plastic, cheap, sold in well stocked automotive hardware stores. They last about a year, until they get pitted by hot metal shrapnel thrown off the grinder. Or search the term "safety glasses with readers". The magnification for most guys is usually 1.5-2.0 diopters, but if you're like me and want a giant view, up to about 3.0 is available with no prescription. I routinely use magnifying lenses for welding and cutting torches as well. Cheater lenses are a game changer for welding.

@SouthMainAuto

Жыл бұрын

Great advice 👍🏼 Thanks!

@jimjoyce4514

Жыл бұрын

I use these

@hommie789

Жыл бұрын

I refused to get bifocals or trifocals and in my head I am not old enough so I went for the progressives and now I can say I can see and I do not have old man glasses, even though I am old as balls.

@HouseCallAutoRepair

Жыл бұрын

Imagine soldering in a jumper over blown trace while working with a strong magnifier in one hand and the soldering iron in another hand, and the wire that you're putting in with another hand, and the solder roll in another hand.... And still not being able to see what you're doing!

@LesReeves

Жыл бұрын

@@hommie789 Only use magnifiers to read (had cateracts removed ) ages ago now 65.

Hey Mr. O.....quit fighting it. I gave up the fight at around 45. When I slipped those new glasses on for the first time I didn't realize how much I wasn't seeing. Night vision was improved greatly. I went from 20/15 to friggin blind in a matter of 2 years.

@SouthMainAuto

Жыл бұрын

Oh I know I just need to get to the eye DR's sometime soon because it is going quick haha

@thomasfletcher760

Жыл бұрын

Sorry , couldn't read your comment very well ( 57 year old eye bulbs 🧐 )

@joepanico6480

Жыл бұрын

My first exposure regarding presbyopia was an article in Fine Scale Modeler magazine. If you're like me you now have glasses to drive/read/function (progressive lens), glasses to see closer (fix the car) and yet another set of glasses to see closest.

@kennethstaszak9990

Жыл бұрын

When I first got glasses I looked out of the window at the doctor's office I said Wow there are individual leaves on that tree!

@JohnRodriguesPhotographer

Жыл бұрын

Been wearing glasses since 1965, can't wear contacts. See a doctor get quality glasses. All of which need UV protection. They are an annoyance at times, but can save your bacon unexpectedly.

I was a Toyota dealer technician for 34 years and replacing the spiral cable was way simpler than this on all models and took way less time to do the same job. I retired 6 years ago and watch this channel to remind me how glad I am to be out of this trade.

@aaronkoivu

Жыл бұрын

Try doing a 2006 Chrysler 300/Magnum hidden set screw that holds the clockspring steering angle sensor turn signal and covers. First time doing one you will have half your toolbox on the passenger seat 😂

@s.j.5850

Жыл бұрын

Kind of a thankless industry. Shops pushing profits over quality, the cost of tools, automotive engineers finding more creative ways to design the same parts, customers wanting cheap repairs but can't fix anything themselves...

@SteelheadTed

Жыл бұрын

Or you actually miss it a little…

Love that 160 MPH speedo in that Rogue. Dream big!

@wallyg4445

Жыл бұрын

Lol, you'll never get to go that fast because the CVT transmission will go before you get that close!

@gregjohnson2073

Жыл бұрын

Maybe when you push it off a cliff

@rawcado

Жыл бұрын

@@wallyg4445 Unless you drop it out of the back of a C-130 Herc, and even then it will only hit 120mph because that's the max TERMINAL VELOCITY of anything in normal - close to surface level atmospheric pressure - because of wind drag, etc.

@TortureBot

Жыл бұрын

​@rawcado I wonder how I got that 1984 Ford Crown Victoria retired police car to peg 140 that time in 1990 then?

I love the reference to the Mike Rowe "Safety Third"

Hey Mr O, take it from an Optometrist, eyes are like cars - as they get older things don’t work as well or at all(your near focus!) and replacement parts aren’t usually available. But the alternative is dying young so motor on! Thank you for your great videos and wit! Cheers from rainy California.

@shadetreemech290

Жыл бұрын

I made an eye appointment today. I'm not getting any younger.

@tomtheplummer7322

Жыл бұрын

I used to have a photographic memory. But with my advancing years, it tends to be out of focus and low on film, plus Kodak and Fuji quit producing it for my model 🤷‍♂️😏

Working on the airbag is like being a bomb diffuser to me.

Best part of the show is the banter with Mrs. O. Thanks for including it.

In the early air bag days, I used to work on steering columns from out side the car until I had the airbag out and sitting on the bench. Some one came to the dealership and demonstrated how high the bag assembly went if it was bag side down. Don't want that hitting you anywhere.

@tomtheplummer7322

Жыл бұрын

I like watching idiots put em under some plywood and detonate them and ride the rectum rocket 🚀 boom 😆

“It’s almost the weekend” “…It’s Tuesday” Love it 😂😂

@chuckgrenci6404

Жыл бұрын

I got a good chuckle out of that one too. Get well Vanessa. 😷

When I was growing up the clockspring had one wire, for the horn

My eyesight started going in my forties. First in one eye and then both. I think it just reaches a threshold where you can detect it. Next time you're in a store that sells reading glasses, try them on and look at a package with small print on it to see if it makes it clearer.

Hey Eric, I find myself doing a lot more work by feel rather than sight. I guess that's part of being 72 and counting! So glad you brought up the bathroom stall thing. Talk about controversy. Love your banter. Thanks for Sharing!

@harveyloveall7066

Жыл бұрын

I'm 71 so I know what you mean.

As a craftsman in another field, I completely appreciate your mastery of yours. Kudos from one E to another

I imagine the relearn is comparing the front wheel speed sensors to the steering angle to calibrate it. Great video love the chat with Mrs O

I like the Mr and Mrs. O Show. You guys are hilarious. Would love to be able to work with my wife. Not many guys would probably say that, but it’s great to see another couple that enjoy being together.

That's hilarious. I always wonder about the one way fasteners in toilet stalls. Glad I'm not alone!

@tomtheplummer7322

Жыл бұрын

Don’t need a one-way unscrew driver, cuz the stall wall is probably already ripped off the walls or will be, with some tile work and new concrete anchors 🤷‍♂️😏

Big 2.5 lol. I love hearing your vehicle descriptions. Im old, so big motors are typically V-8 or larger. :)

My eyes have gotten better as I cruised into my sixties because my ocular pressure and cataracts are correcting my cornea as a side affect. As for the car, I like the gauge package... Simple and right side up.

You did an excellent job fixing the car we need more people like you in this world Great job👍

Another fantastic display of craftsmanship.

Another great repair video for all of us and yes it does help to see, keep up the good work Mr O

Thank you Eric for sharing your knowledge and indept experience. I always enjoy your videos.

always a pleasure to watch you work thanks

Who needs an Airbag, when ya got a Rosary on the Rear view mirror? Nice work!

Hope Mrs O. Feels better!! Good job as always!!!

Hi Eric. Greetings from Australia. Just did the same job on an identical Nissan assembly. Clockspring had a bad circuit. The "clockspring" is actually a strip of flexible printed circuit using copper tracks. Being a cheapskate, I disassembled the clockspring and located the fault. As there were no other steering wheel controls in this car, there were lots of spare tracks so I just bridged across to use a spare pair of tracks for each wire to the airbag (only a 1 connector bag). Should last the life of the car now! I regretted not videoing the clockspring disassembly as it was a bitch to put back together but is now working fine. Concerning airbags, as you suggested there is a bit of hype around these. They are pretty robust. There are warnings about testing with an ohmmeter. I can tell you that you will not get enough energy from a digital meter to fire the bag (7 years working at an explosives test range!!) The real elephant in the room is static electricity which no one says much about!

Always nice to hear Mrs. O.

ERIC O YOU ARE THE MAN, THIS IS EXACTLY WHY I WORKED ON HEAVY EQUIPMENT, AND GLAD IM RETIRED NOW. THAT IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF WHAT I DON'T MISS. GREAT JOB AND ALWAYS ENJOY YOUR PRESENTATION.

it is good that your wife is your best friend as well as your wife. that is getting rare.

Thanks for the videos. Always entertaining. Stay safe out there.

Nice job Eric. I like your confidence.

Thank you! Hope you enjoy your week off!

It’s wonderful to see Mr. and Mrs. O work together. I wish my wife and I could work our jobs together.

Enjoyed the video as always . Your persistence and applied logic to overcome adversity are admirable . The humor and guest appearance by Mrs O are the icing on the cake . Eric, Greetings from the fringe of civilization up in northern Canada, you international celebrity / KZread sensation you .

This reminds me of the Rubics cube. Looks like you passed the test.

weeze wants that special tool!! all tense here studying the process lol great stuff!!

Hi eric o ur videos r awesome thanks I learn alot from them keep them coming sir

Maestro of electronics.

It’s interesting listening to the conversation about snow on cars falling off, ice on the roads etc. I live in an area where we never have snow anytime of the year. So I sympathise with you folk. Cheers from Australia. 🇦🇺

@richardbambenek2601

Жыл бұрын

Growing up in Minnesota that sheet of ice flying off the hood and hitting the windshield is a heart stopper

I've been stuck in front of a computer most of my professional life, and I finally needed glasses about ten years ago. Your videos are always a great spectacle 😁! Thanks as always, Eric!

@tomtheplummer7322

Жыл бұрын

😏🤫🤭😉👍🏻

Great video Eric thank you for providing me my evening entertainment. Get well soon you two!

Another good one! Keep up the good work, Eric. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Peg Hole Slot Shaft Nut. It’s Eric O’ After Dark.🎉🎉🎉

Love watching your videos. I have learned a lot of tricks from you. I have also bought a lot of tools because of you! LOL! But as a KZreadr myself, I appreciate the work you put into making videos!

It's funny Eric, putting something back together always takes longer than taking something apart. Good job.

That was a fantastic job getting those connections apart and back together. AND NO PARTS LEFT OVER!!!. I could never be a mechanic. I would be pulling the sledge out. Thanks for the video.

This video was very good and educational. thanks Eric

Hi Eric . Time consuming job & nicely finished. Talking about roof snow and I cam out a heated loading dock with 53’ trailer forgetting there’s 4” of ice on the roof made a right turn the ice came off & blocked three lanes of traffic. Not a good day . 😊

Yanked that steering wheel off like a BOSS BALLER !! It's not a Silverado steering column video, but it'll do. Thanks for all the educational videos Mr. & Mrs. O.. God bless the O. family.

Bless EXCELLENT VIDEO 😊 from many angles. Must admit I love that Gulf hat. It brings back high memory working days. Thanks 😊. FYI: The Mrs. deserves a day off 😉

Always luv it when you spend 15-30 min trying to figure out something like a couple of connectors and all the other "complicated stuff" takes seconds....

Ready for some competition between you and Mrs O! Plus some good cooking videos!

Excellent video as usual covering a tedious repair.. 33:47

My wife had the same thing replaced on her 2013 rogue nice repair Mr. O

Thanks for the edumucation on the clock spring replacement.. Nice..Now to get some coffee in my SMA mug..

Hey like your gulf hat i remeber those gas stations around in florida throygh the mid 70's you and mrs. O have a great day God bless

They always throw dang safety torx screws in there... classic Nissan lol Great Video Eric

Thanks for dropping the Whatsup Wednesday video Eric O. Always good to see ya.

Mrs O cracks me up “I knew you left ‘cos you weren’t there” 😀

I love the quote on the toilet stall screws ! It's like Why !! Not like there a Highly prized item!! To steal ! Screws maybe! LOL

Eric keeps us in the old corral. 😄

New auto repair word of the day "snuggle"

It's a real thrill when six inches of ice blows off the top of the semi in front of you in Arkansas, and it's sunny!

I think I'm most impressed that a Nissan Rogue has 160 on the speedo!

@johnhpalmer6098

Жыл бұрын

I have a buddy with an '11 Nissan Frontier with well over that I think. Yes, it's the automatic/CV tranny. So far so good as far as I know. He bought it used several years ago and it's been good to him.

@juanrodriguez-ry6yt

Жыл бұрын

plenty of Rogues at the junk yard here in Florida [ it's not the heat]

@andrewkennedy9704

Жыл бұрын

Both of you misunderstood. He means the mph on the speedo. As in it can go 160mph.

@TortureBot

Жыл бұрын

​@@andrewkennedy9704yes he did misunderstand. I can say that my wife's 2011 Rogue with a CVT has managed to get to 175,000 miles, but the Transmissions been acting funny for probably over 50,000 miles. It jerks and stutters a lot of the times but then other days it won't do it at all. Very strange. The transmission is very whiny these days though.

Great video. Between care care and diesel tech, Ron, all three are my go-to for great learning because I always learn something even if I've been doing this all my life. Thank Eric

@tomtheplummer7322

Жыл бұрын

RIP Diesel Tech Ron. 🙏🏻. Man it’s been a long time since his passing. Tragic accident that morning...gone way too soon.

@sandybarnes887

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget Ivan

I like step-by-step explanation workmanship God bless and Godspeed brother amen

Shitters full! No problem,I have a T30 tamper proof!😊

Nice work Mr O.

Mrs O exited to a safe area when you were replacing the airbag module. I don't blame her in the slightest.

Being able to see, yup, you don't realize how freaking important it is until you can't do it. I struggle with reflective surfaces. Silver screw heads and the like, really screw me up. Can't do a thing without my glasses lol. Getting older is such great fun :)

Eric bringin the guns.

Great educational video. I have a extera and would like more repair classes . I hope I done have to do the air bag repair you are doing .tough on my titanium knee. 2001 had it since new. Done it all. Since I retired. From the Fire service..thanks

Nice job Eric

Eric really enjoy your videos.

I noticed a couple Video's ago that you keep your door remote on the brim off your cap. All the yrs of going in and out of my shop I never did that. Now it's part of my day when I'm working in my shop. LOL

Funny this came up. My nephew bought an older Chevy truck and it has a recall on the passenger side air bag. Hopefully recall is still good. Nice job. 👍👍👍

I like that Gulf oil cap. I grew up in the shadows of their refinery in Port Arthur Texas.

Nice job Sir, thanks for sharing.

This is a good one Eric. Give Vanessa our love. We all appreciate her appearances in your videos, or maybe it's her videos. Maybe you're the guest. Anyways that was a good one.

I did this exact job on my wife’s 08 Rogue 3 months ago. Fairly simple job. Except I had to buy tamper torxs and received an incorrect clock spring the first attempt.

@TortureBot

Жыл бұрын

Was everything identical to his experience here? I'm about to have to do it to my wife's 2011 Rogue because her horn and cruise stopped working and I suspect this is the culprit.

@FatdaddysGarage

Жыл бұрын

@@TortureBot I believe so. Not much to it. Just don’t remove the holding tab on the new clock spring until you are ready to assemble. Disconnect the battery first.

@TortureBot

Жыл бұрын

@@FatdaddysGarage Thanks. Wondering if a fancy scan tool is required to do the recalibration of the steering sensor.

Another great video Eric! We mechanics appreciate your patience and finesse it takes to make these types of repairs. That piggyback connector would have been broken by others I’m sure. I love not getting those “ehh, I wouldn’t have done it that way” moments when watching your videos (like I get when watching some other guys channels) 😅

@Cheepchipsable

Жыл бұрын

As long as it works it doesn't rally matter. I think a lot of mechanics are hobbled by working for people who push them to do things faster all the time, or want to pay a pittance for a job. As the owner you know you will be paying for any damage in the end so there is more incentive to take care.

Thanks for posting Eric! Dave

I needed that on a dodge caliber I had. it was just as easy for my mechanic as well

Had my eyes flapped and zapped in 1995. Best $4400.00 dollars spent on myself. You can get them both done for $1600. Now close up work 1.0 correction needed through dollar general $2.00 glasses. You gotta' cut back somewhere.

I hope you had a nice vacation!

Brother I like your retro golf hat! It’s awesome!

Hey Mr.O they got some pretty sweet prescription bifocal safety glasses. I got some myself out in the shop.

Don't know if anybody else commented on connectors, but gray 1st then yellow just the opposite of removal. Lol excellent job as always, keep up the awesome work you do that teaches us the less knowledgeable on the subjects you video on.

Great video on replacing steering sensor! When you do work I know that is done right the first time ! David U.

Eric, I really enjoy your videos, and I love hearing the banter with your wife. Self-tapping screws are usually used to assemble plastic parts, and there is a limited number of times these parts can be reassembled. When reassembling these parts, I've learned to insert the screw into the hole, push on the screw while turning it to the left until I feel the screw thread drop into the thread in the plastic, and then tighten to the right. Doing this reuses the original threads instead of cutting a new one. I understand that most of the time, you will likely be the last person to work on that area of a car, but adopting this practice will enable a greater number of times a plastic part can be reassembled. Actually, I do this with most threaded fasteners, and I find that it helps prevent cross-threading. Thanks again for all of your videos.

Hope the whole family is feeling better.

Loving the Gulf hat. Wish I was able to keep a few of mine around, but just wore them out.......

Great sound effects 👍

We learn as we go along, re-assembly is always a challenge for us older folk.

I like that Nissan put registration marks on the steering wheels and shafts. Vintage Land Rovers don’t have registration marks on their steering wheels. “you die the whole family falls apart, I die you get a new husband“ yeah that’s pretty much how it goes universally.

this video is awesome..!! the family jibs are hilarious!! "I knew ya wuz gone b/c ya weren't there!!"

well shot as always

It's almost the weekend "it's Tuesday" hahahahaha. Such a beautiful area you live in!

Thanks Eric. Good video. And you're right bout everybody having a right to their opinions. But some's is better informed an interesting than others. Hope to keep hearin your's.