when the blower stop on one of my cars , I hit or kick it to test, if it works I then ignore until it stops working then hit it again or hit some good bumps. It normally finally dies when it is below 0 and all the parts stores are closed.

@henryrollins9177

3 жыл бұрын

Ha! Same here...😀✌🏾

@aserta

3 жыл бұрын

Now that's engineering. :)

I spotted the problem immediately. The volume control was set to low for Pearl Jam. Turn it up loud and all is good

@WatchWesWork

3 жыл бұрын

Hmm. That is a major issue!

@martintaylor984

3 жыл бұрын

Major issue with that also!!

@Chr.U.Cas1622

3 жыл бұрын

👍👌👏 Uhm... that seems pretty comprehensive. 😁😁 Best regards luck and health.

@eformance

3 жыл бұрын

Jeremy's spoken...can't find a better man...Even flow...don't call me daughter...

@Megabob777

3 жыл бұрын

@@eformance Garden is my personal favorite

The intro was enough, but I stayed til the end!

Wes you are becoming one of my favorite mechanic KZreadrs, because you are very thorough and have a subtle sense of humor

Some reason I thought it was Sunday when I saw your video, Always excited to see new videos in the morning and drinking my coffee.

I think you were more than fair in diagnosing and repairing the blower motor. If they are un happy remind them that there are Chevy dealers everywhere.

Thanks for the video Wes, it's nice to see you do a repair and not have to fight with parts that are entombed in rust.

Mustie picked the wheel up, he’s doing a 2 hour vlog on it! 👍

@simonilett998

3 жыл бұрын

@Chris Hall Bahaha...that's too funny..but too true😂👍

@WatchWesWork

3 жыл бұрын

Oh cool!

@dans_Learning_Curve

3 жыл бұрын

#mustie1

@TheChristeepher

3 жыл бұрын

@@WatchWesWork he can’t find the points

@petercolquhoun2086

3 жыл бұрын

But no 30 minute carb rebuild!

Boy she was all shined up for thanksgiving!

Thank you for continuing these videos Wes. Especially in this season of "isolation" this year.

@WatchWesWork

3 жыл бұрын

You bet!

Thank you for talking billing protocol. It's hard to find that healthy place of fair pay/not gouging/not underpaying yourself. I've been in business for myself for six years (residential remodeling) and still struggle with proper pricing. Keep up the great work and happy holidays!

it's been quite a while since u had an easy fix video, keep the videos coming, I really enjoy watching them

Hi Wes. I like your test light and leads idea. especially with the pill bottle lens.. I have one similar to yours but i used a 1157 bulb for its ruggedness. ps. I like how you explain yourself and drawing out circuits to explain to your viewers how components work.

Damn Wes, you got yourself a beauty there! Nice score

Easy fix, but how many people that didn’t go through the diag process just try and change a motor when it was a bad control module. I always appreciate the diagnostic process.

@dans_Learning_Curve

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, don't be a parts changer! #ScannerDanner

Glad to see you get an easy one once in a while!

Hi Wes, well here is another one telling you ,,,Mrs Wes looking awesome.Thanks for the videos by the way.

As a customer, never worked on vehicles except my own DIY, I think the way you charged it out was perfectly fair.

Happy Thanksgiving Wes and family

@WatchWesWork

3 жыл бұрын

Same to you!

@lostintime8651

3 жыл бұрын

@@WatchWesWork up yours!! wait! oh, you meant that in a good way. lol

Hi Wes'. I think it was likely brushes stuck. You taking it out would free them. I hated jobs like that. Many years ago, I worked in a Mazda dealership. Loved it. I got sent on all their courses, and loved working on them, as it usually kept me busy and away from the humdrum garage jobs. I really hated taking out dashes and plastic panels. You are so much more laid back though than I was then. I used to get frazzled with jobs like that, and I kinda think the boss new it. Possibly why I got left alone lol. Great video and the two birds looked great too.

Happy Thanksgiving luv your videos

Sometimes (rarely) a brush can get hung up in a brush holder during a motor's life as the spring feeds it forward into the commutator. With the amount of wear on both the commutator & brushes, that might have been the case here, and handling the motor can release the brush. Glad to see you get to work on one job that isn't a rust battle!

@dans_Learning_Curve

3 жыл бұрын

Just what I wrote! Well, kinda! Well written!

@alex4alexn

3 жыл бұрын

just replace the blower on my audi, some style, spin to lock in place and two wires leading to a resistor pack...it started acting up and would work when i would reach down and hit it with a hammer...would work a couple days and then fail again...worked long enough to get a new part

After years in a rotating electrical shop my guess, heavy on the guess, would be a stuck brush that came loose as you moved the motor during its removal. a very careful inspection may reveal a few tiny burn or arc marks on the armature, but then those may have been polished off when you ran it after removal. At any rate its a win, take it.

Merry thanksgiving to you and to your lovely family bro 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@WatchWesWork

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

The problem with it was that it’s a GM. In all the years, they have yet to figure out electronics, door handles, or rear fender wells. I had an 08 Tahoe and it was a boat anchor. I’ll never own another GM. Love your videos, Wes. Happy Holidays from KY!

Happy Thanksgiving sir. Looks like you get to have all the fun blower motors you finding Wheels in the field

@WatchWesWork

3 жыл бұрын

You got that right!

That Tahoe ain't that old. Amazing that it would need a blower motor already, but who knows. The fact that the motor was such an easy "plug & play & twist", might be an indicator of their life span... Mrs. Wes is beautiful with or without the make-up... Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. Thank you.

I hope you and yours had a Happy Thanksgiving! That is much easier than changing the blower motor on my 1994 Tahoe. Looks like GM has improved things a bit.

Your defiantly a wise man! Keep-em-happy.

@bent.cyclist

3 жыл бұрын

"Defiantly" or "definitely"?

Glad to see you get an easy one! Another fine video, thanks for sharing.

Pretty straight forward repair for you compared to some of the jobs you get. Everybody deserves a easy one now and then. Enjoy your turkey. I will probably be eating Thanksgiving turkey for a week. Best to you and your family.

Thanks! Had to replace blower motor and the resistor. Your video helped!

Happy Thanksgiving! Thanks for the great videos.

Turkey was a good case to use the PicoScope!. Mrs Wes smiling at her cooking prowess. Have a great thanksgiving to those who celebrate it, northern hemisphere only methinks. Great vlog Wes, thanks for sharing. Best regards from the UK. John.

@WatchWesWork

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Definitely a lucky man! Enjoy your weekend.

Happy thanksgiving to you and the family

Happy Thanksgiving Wes & Family!

@WatchWesWork

3 жыл бұрын

Same to you!

Interesting education and Mr. Wes is a lucky fella

Happy thanksgiving! Nice work.

Happy thanksgiving to you all from this side of the pond. GM actually did a good job with that blower motor. Makes a change not to have to destroy the dash in an attempt to get to it! Maybe it was just a bad connection, those block connections sometimes need a jiggle! Great viewing as always! Happy thanksgiving!

Enjoyed this video bro. All the very best and safe travels

Perfect Intro. Hope you had a happy Thanksgiving.

@WatchWesWork

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! You too!

Mrs Wes on "wine detail" cracked me up. No crusty rust in this one. You got lucky!

Good job Wes - who knows why the motor failed. Your charge for that job sounds perfectly reasonable to me. Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends - stay safe and healthy (from the home of the blower motor manufacturer).

I still don't get people who give thumbs down.... Hope you had a great thanksgiving, excellent as always.

@WatchWesWork

3 жыл бұрын

You can't please everyone.

You two crack me up. Lol. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.

hope you guys had a wonderful Thanksgiving thanks for the great content keep up the good work!!!!!

@WatchWesWork

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! You too!

Happy Thanksgiving! You are one luck fella for sure. I hope u enjoyed the family time.

Thanks Wes. Happy Thanksgiving

Happy thanksgiving guys turky looks awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!

@WatchWesWork

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I smartly left everything else to the Mrs...

Your minimun shop rates sound just fine. Cant be too bad, people keep dropping broken stuff off for you to wave your wand over. Keep up the excellent work. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.

@WatchWesWork

3 жыл бұрын

Very true!

Wine detail seems like the obvious place to be on a "Day Off" this year! 😎 I think my brother was driving a Bronco when one of his wheels fell off. He was pulling a boat that may have been a bit too heavy, which may have helped save the rig from a head on by allowing him to still steer with only one wheel and a brake rotor. The "freed" wheel also missed the 'head on' by several feet.

Good customer relations job. Keep it cheap or no labor charge. Liked the vid. thanks.👍

happy thanksgiving wes and family

Wes you lucky bastard. That's a beautiful....... turkey 😅😅 Happy Thanksgiving Wes Family!!

I wonder if one of the motor brushes got stuck, and then released during the swap.

@Wulferious

3 жыл бұрын

I have the exact same issue with a lot of DC motors. Brushes get stuck in the brush holders, especially when worn half-way. A little working back and forth with carbon crunchies falling everywhere, and suddenly it is as good as new.

@mattx3020

3 жыл бұрын

especially the way the one side was half mooned out where the other side had more even wear tells me the spring was fucky

@christianmoore7046

3 жыл бұрын

I had a Kirby classic vacuum cleaner that had a stuck carbon brush and it was a real pain in the ass to get it free.

@IBWatchinUrVids

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, my first move on any electrical motor is to bang on it, rotate it, sometimes they last years longer. Fuel pumps included.

@aserta

3 жыл бұрын

Quite possible. One of the reasons i like to take my brushes before installing them and cutting a shallow groove in the four sides. Easy to do and it doesn't affect the function, but they don't get stuck anymore.

You'll take it away from GM when you need to replace the "fan speed module" on that thing. She's right you know, you are lucky. Best regards from Indiana.

You got lucky with the easy access to the blower motor, I've seen them stuck under the dash, between the heater core and the firewall, a whole day's work getting it out and in... :-( Happy Thx-Giving! :-D

The best things about the day after Thanksgiving are turkey hash for breakfast and turkey sammiches for lunch!

@williamfindspeople4341

3 жыл бұрын

Eat leftovers until it starts tasting like the onions stored in the refrigerator lol

@wes11bravo

3 жыл бұрын

Unless the dogs from over at the Bumpus house steal the whole turkey off the table and you're forced to get Chinese food...

@WatchWesWork

3 жыл бұрын

Yes sir!

@hoser2020

3 жыл бұрын

How abot some turkey soup?

The Florida pool pump motor repair guy approved ! that was good info

Great video...I just spent

Happy Thanksgiving Wes and family! Great video. I have twice been sitting at a light and had a wheel go past me from the other direction. It is as surreal as it is funny. In hindsight, I should have followed them but I'm sure I had something to do.

@WatchWesWork

3 жыл бұрын

Jeez. I've seen many cars on the side of the road minus a wheel, but never seen it happen.

@rgmoore

3 жыл бұрын

@@WatchWesWork One other event I recall. The wife and I were headed east on i64 approaching the HRBT when of course traffic stopped because no one knows how to drive through a tunnel. We were on the bridge in a bend and a wheel past us on the left, hit the bridge side and bounced over into the Chesapeake bay. I said "that's awesome" and the wife asked why. I said its awesome that whatever let loose the wheel is behind us. Cheers!

Lol at the turkey at the beginning 🤣 definitely looking good Making me hungry @Watch Wes Work

Bearing resistance too high, module detects too much amp draw and goes into failsafe.

@lostintime8651

3 жыл бұрын

i still think it was the muffler bearing

@EngineeringVignettes

3 жыл бұрын

@@lostintime8651 - I thought it was the squirrels... no, wait, wrong channel.

@flir67man84

3 жыл бұрын

Yes that makes since

She's one lucky gal. "if the woman doesn't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy."

Happy Late Thanksgiving from Michigan!!! Good looking turkey!! . . . . Rog

Happy thanksgiving to you and the family take care enjoyed the video and yes you are a lucky man and make a great family 👍👍🔧🔧🔧🍻🍻🍷🍷

Warranty control module simulates failed parts and detects when you have renewed them.

Mrs Wes is so cool. And Mr Wes, don’t let the muggles get you down.

I used to have a 2001 Yukon. Removing and reinstalling that kick panel was the bane of my existence. The recessed screw in the middle was near impossible to line back up.

Hearing about that tire coming off reminded me of riding ith my brother and a couple friends to school one morning. Luckily we were going slower maybe 35-40 when my brother said 'Look there's a tire going up the road and he slowed down where there the left front started to sink when we realized it was his car. Of course, no jack, but me & the 2 friends lifted the car up as he put the tire back on with 3 nuts stolen from the other wheels. It was pretty funny even back then. Thanks for sharing.

A friend at the dealership says it's the brushes they where told just replace it. The new part is better than oem.

Happy turkey day to you and the family Wes

For a moment there, I thought Mrs. Wes meant she was on 'whine' detail ;)

@mrswes

3 жыл бұрын

If the shoe fits!!

@crazyfvck

3 жыл бұрын

@@mrswes True :)

Good Morning Wes and happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. I have given up on this "organic differential fluid" issue and just did plain 80/90. Nobody from Freightliner, Thomas,or Meiritor could give me an answer.

@WatchWesWork

3 жыл бұрын

I think you'll be just fine with that.

I always bill a minimum of an hour to diagnose a problem. As a rule I will typically unplug whatever it is and plug it back in. Amazing how often that "fixes" the problem. Thanks Wes. Hope you ate too much turkey and got a good nap in.

@WatchWesWork

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. I did try that, but I guess the issue could have been at the other end of the pigtail.

Another interesting and instructional video. Always good to see Mrs. Wes. She is simply gorgeous. And she’s right, you are one lucky fellow. (Never, ever, disagree with a beautiful woman.) I really enjoy your videos. I think of them as Andrew Camarata done right. Hope you and the family had a great Thanksgiving.

Just now got a chance to watch this video. The brushes looked quite worn to me. Don't know. Regardless, Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

Thank you Wes nice video

Wish all Blower motors were that easy most the time the aftermarket Blower motors ya have to cut the Oem Wiring and splice then in because most car companies don't give ya a removable pig tail on both ends now that is sweet Nice work GM @Watch Wes Work

Cool to see you test the old motor. I think I have the same DSO, ha ha.

@WatchWesWork

3 жыл бұрын

Those Rigol scopes are great.

Enjoyed watching take care

@WatchWesWork

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Wes, I'd have to agree with your billing method on this one. Like you said, it's not really a money maker anyways! I'm going to bet your price still beats out any other reputable shop in 100 mile radius! As far as thoughts on the cause of the original fan not running in the vehicle... I'd be willing to bet it has something to do with the blower motor processor. Just a guess though. Keep up the awesome content and I hope you and your family had a happy Thanksgiving. Dan @6-4_Fab Glen Rock, PA

Could be a of the kind that the soldered-component TV sets had. Fine for a few years and then trouble. Tapping can start-stop things. My version was in a FORD car where the solder was present on both sides of the contact pin but not between. One old TV set could be helped by vacuum cleaning the circuit boards among the valves, for which the access is electrically very dangerous. A TV viewer had quick results by stamping hard on the wooden floor. That TV also showed an interference pattern when the oil-firing was not working properly. Then there was the dish-washer ...... {UK English]

The wonders of electrical components?? until the next one Wes :)

Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!

@WatchWesWork

3 жыл бұрын

I did!

00:13, you two are such an adorable couple.

Happy Thanksgiving Wes and the gang! from the UK fens. I enjoy your videos, you are a cool, calm and professional guy that has a sound knowledge of just about all of it! Stay safe and stuff youselves and pup with turkey and all the trimmings!

I just knew there was going to be a squirrel pulled out... haha

I didn't know Huffelpuffs were so wild. Maybe I should look for one myself.

@WatchWesWork

3 жыл бұрын

They aren't normally...

Happy Thanksgiving, nice 5C collet set. Heh. One hour minimum in my shop, including any diagnostics. I usually won't charge for a ballpark dx and quote though, only if the job hits the shop. Never did much automotive stuff though, mostly heavy machinery and industrial.

Hey Wes, Happy Thanksgiving to y'all 👍 It's a shame if you have to go by book times bro, but for a straight forward job like this, understandable you can't charge a great deal. Diag time should be a min 1/2hr-1hr or more depending on the diag, and always try to charge something for your 'parts person hat' (however that be) it still costs you time, fuel etc. Also don't forget a little from each job should try to cover some of Tim Taylor's cost (you know who I mean) it can take quite a few jobs to recover those outlays, and it all comes out of your pocket over the years. Also, for any GM vehicle repair nowadays..(even though it's not your customer's fault)....Double labour charge, and you'll still be cheaper than the dealer... It's to make up a little for stupid, difficult to work on, cheap junk..hopefully your customer still comes back, but with a Toyota instead..lol😂

You are a lucky feller, so am I goin on 38 years for me

dang turkey looks good!

Let's see if we can launch this across the shop... voice of experience talking there. For context, the 4 of us spent 5 minutes on our hands and knees today locating a spring that "pinged", after the tech disassembling the thing (a current clamp) said: "I just know I'm going to lose this spring" (in jest), followed by a soft twang and "I can't believe I just did that." (there was a lot more tension on it than he thought) I found it... and I wasn't even wearing my glasses. Level: expert. 😛

Loved the "extra" wheel and tire.

I had the same issue on my rav4 I toolkit it in the tech ( high priced mechanic wrench bending knuckle buster). gave it a what and sent me home 2 yers ago and it's been fine since!

Just age dry on lube in motor also Canada motor will last long time and I know company sell them too manufacturer they are to deal with! Excellent Video and Happy Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend to everyone!

Bosch. Now we know why it quit working...Sounds like a fair charge out. Cool story about the wheel.

I've had the similar problem with that on my or 6 Colorado and my buddies and my dad's 2005 ford f150 On all of ours it was the blower motor resistor now that may of been Built-in to that or 6 taho But more commonly than not it usually is the blower motor resistor Those blower motor resistor is usually reside right next to the blower motor in the duct work The moving air helps keep the resistor cool