The wrench knock killed me 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@abdul-kabiralegbe5660

Жыл бұрын

That was borderline mean what he did, LOL.

I just started a couple months ago at a Toyota as an entry level tech and it’s the best job I’ve ever had, working in a dealer and the people u meet is amazing. I’ve always watched you ever since I wanted to become a tech and hopefully I can be up to your level one day. Keep it up bro

@LetsDriftMedia

2 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome bro!

@Unkn0wnGrac3

2 жыл бұрын

What do I need to do to become a Toyota tech? I’m interested 💯

@Jordanjuggin

2 жыл бұрын

dawg I have a 2000 camry that has a popping noise seemingly coming from the steering column, it happens when i turn the wheel and hit about 80% of full lock under load, ive tried to grease up the ujoints because people have said thats what it could be but I have no idea, my steering also feels sloppy but also too heavy at times, please help, there's also a clicking when i brake and super low speeds

@Cornflakes691

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jordanjuggin do you really think you're going to get an answer here?

@ImMIRADOR

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cornflakes691 This guy thinks he's going to get his car fixed in KZread comments lmao

That shop is so big!! Also I love how you explain the things you’re doing and how we need to be thorough and that it’s not always going to be a gas cap

Love your videos Nick ! I work at Subaru as a Tech and watching a lot of your videos helped gain a lot of knowledge!

Yo! Hope the new place lets you record content, pays better and makes you happy. Auto industry is definitely hurting with these crazy warranty times and lack of appreciation for techs. Nonetheless, tool boxes got wheels for a reason! Good luck brotha! Side note: that vacuum hose didn’t set a lean code because the leak was before the MAF sensor, so that air is actually being metered by the MAF. It would set the code if it was after the MAF though. 👍

I just wanna say this was definitely interesting to watch. I was considering working for a dealer before I got a job at Airpro diagnostics. Thank you for making this video though man, great content and great job explaining and what you did

As I semi- retired mechanic I enjoyed your video, just came across it as I was looking at while mechanic are leaving the shops, I subscribed because I interested in what’s your next move. I would suggest mechanic as a side hustle, while you follow your passion and dreams as the next chapter in your life, you can always do mechanic work, heck it’s Covid proof, I suggest by cars yourself and flip them. Best of life ahead

This is the realest day-in-life I saw on the internet! Bravo to your channel!

Such a good video and explanation of everything, love it man

First time here gotta say this video is awesome man! Thanks for giving us this small intro, goes a long ways. 👍

The resurface break tool is so cool. Thanks for the video!

Thanks brother nick for a day in a life as a toyota tech

honest work! Need more like you!

Love this kinda video bro! More of this bro thank you

Yoo started watching your vids recently, its really cool seeing the techs perspective. I started doing Dispatch at my local Toyota. Gotta deal with the techs and advisors and best of all... the gravy haha.

I was just in the service center for the recall, nd here I thought Toyota removed and replaced the entire third brake light 🤣 ..awesome to see this vid !

@---rg1gb

2 жыл бұрын

As always....the minimum work possible

@nashbone7987

2 жыл бұрын

I fixed my third brake light myself literally like 2-3 weeks before the recall lol

11 years mechanic from Africa and I still hate how these foremen and managers rush us I love taking my time to do the job and be extra sure

Why am I just now finding your channel. Keep it up man I love the content

Stumbled across your channel here. I am a Toyota master tech, but am located in Canada. Been there about 8 years and prior to that had 10 years at Ford and a couple years at independent shops.

Thanks for this video I’m currently in school studying Automative and I’m checking out Automative videos and you just got my follow💯👍🏾 keep up the good work love it I could learn a lot from you lol

@LetsDriftMedia

2 жыл бұрын

🤘

Hi Nick, i just love this whole thing you doing. I have loved it since childhood but circumstances made it difficult for me to pursue it. I really want to be one. I love this profession.

Digging these videos. Shows the problem and solution

@LetsDriftMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Wish Toyota let me film more when I was there.

When I worked at a Toyota dealership I always had to annotate the floor mats. That shit is just dangerous and seeing how other people are with their cars astonished me

I remember when I started working for KIA, I started when I was 17 and I am 22 now! I never really thought I was smart, but when I started working with cars I realised that I was better at putting two and two together than I thought, so I started working really hard and I have been at it for a few years now, I really enjoy the job, the pay is not the best, but I find it very fun and sometimes challenging (in a good way).

@jarrodgreenfield7972

2 жыл бұрын

As you grow throughout your tech journey the pay gets better you just gotta go after it, love seeing the younger guys enjoying the grind of turning wrenches man keep at it you sound like a great guy, I hope the best for you man!! #OneTechToAnother

@jumb0shr1mp6

2 жыл бұрын

Did u start as a lube tech? Are u on the line yet? With your certifications u will make more money.

@ng6950

2 жыл бұрын

Do you have any certifications or did you start out of high school ?

@EdgarMendezz

Жыл бұрын

what’s a lube tech? Also for experienced technician’s, what if any were the reasons you guys quit the job? Payment wise or??

I was a Harley-Davidson technician for four years and loved it! Got paid $10/hr but didn’t do it for the money….BUT…damn I could afford to buy even HarborFreight tools!

I start school Aug 23, 2022 at my local Technical college. Love the vid.

Just bought a 2010 Sequoi hope you have some vids on them,or plan to show some of the repairs they need.Love the channel bro

Left Toyota dealership in October. Went to work for the city as a mechanic. Best move I ever made. Every holiday off . Major holidays I get the day before plus that day paid. No more working through lunch and staying late to catch up on work.

I’m leaving my auto tech career to go to college and get a physics degree. Being a tech for a decade completely and utterly killed my passion for cars, and I worked for Mercedes Benz and Ferrari. You’d think it would be great at the top…..you would think.

@GanjaNinja

2 ай бұрын

Hey man.

Just came acorss your videos. Waiting on my background check and everything to come back for toyota. Going from a quick lube shop to entry level tech at a toyota dealership. Your videos have been very insightful.

@LetsDriftMedia

Ай бұрын

Welcome on in, Good luck man.

Great video i like the layout first u explain symptoms then u show us fix

Thanks for doing another Toyota video

I just got hired as a lube tech at our Toyota dealership first day is in like 10 days and I’m pumped, I’m a Toyota guy but only work on 1st and 2nd gen 4Runner’s and pickups so its partially nerve racking jumping up to the newer years

Left my tech job, I’ll tell you what I don’t miss is the bullshit recalls and the checking frames for perforation and spraying them.

Great Video! I stayed the whole day!

Great video! Makes me miss the shop life.

Cool video. Thanks for sharing. Yeah, I love being an amateur mechanic (frustrating tho it may often be), but I could never do it professionally. I hate unnecessary time pressure.

That wrench tapping was perfect timing with that motor lol

Was waiting for another day in the life of!

thank you for making this video !

Love these vids

Yoooo. I just found your videos after the seeing the UTI upload. Crazy that you're in the High Desert!! I live there, and get my Tacoma's oil/filters from Valley High Toyota. Haha. Maybe I'll see you around somewhere up here one day. 🤟

you got me with the engine knock hahaha

And now do this 5/6 days a week for 40 or 50 years and you're all set..what fun !

I bet people that dont know anything about this line of work and dont do this for a living are watching this and thinking "this stuff doesnt look that hard. Why did they need to go to school for it? Why all the training? Why does it take so long for my car to be finished if he works this quickly? Blah, blah, blah." From a tech, worst part of this job is people. I enjoy the job. I find it relaxing when left alone. Throw people and their feelings in the mix and it all turns to shit. Dont mind me, just a rant. Great video dude 👍

I start at a Toyota dealership in 2 weeks, definitely exited

excited!!

Hi I see all your videos love them !!! Great work.... With Few honest Mechanics Like you and CARE CARE NUT GUY us normal guys can diagnose our vehicle problems even before taking it to a mechanic... Thanks for all the Wisdom you share... I have a question sorry to put it in comments I don't know if it'll get to you.. I have lexus IS 350 AWD since winter started here in DUBAI I'm getting poorer gas mileage from 29.1 to 27 mostly highway driving 51miles to and back form work..

@jrdiaz1022

2 жыл бұрын

Normal for fuel mileage to go down in winter time, it’s due to the blend that’s used for the gas. I don’t know how weather is in Dubai. But when it’s colder everything is harder on your car. So it’s normal for fuel mileage to go down in the winter

I love this video!

Hey man hope things go good for you. I worked for 13 years at a dealer and just got fed up with it for the same reasons you left. You get to that point where your at the top off on the shops pay scale and dealers don't want to pay. Also like you say dealers don't really offer benefits for your retirement.With a family you have to take all that Into account .

@christophermunoz2568

Жыл бұрын

They don't have at least a 401k where they match at least 3% contribution?

Smoke test on the evap leak is a savior

Ay yo this premier is dope

Just purchased a 2019 certified pre owned Tundra from a Toyota dealership in Lancaster, CA. Drove it back to AZ.

I think you made the right decision in switching over to trucking !

You missed the part where you have to run time, print out a bunch of bullshit, document everything, do a ton of paperwork, and then write a dumb ass story for your warranty and recall work. Dealer warranty is seriously the worse.

@Gypsy197

2 жыл бұрын

Warranty tag, warranty stamp on Repair Order, return warranty parts, run enough flat time for warranty and recall work, perform HealthCheck, print out Diag Report, take photos, upload photos, print out photos, wait for approval, call TAS..... lol

@LetsDriftMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Toyota documentation and time running is not that bad trust me BMW requires so much more when it comes to times and CCRs

@james5274

2 жыл бұрын

@@LetsDriftMedia I'm an Infiniti tech and Nissan is in the toilet so they are going crazy with auditing the dealerships warranty stuff for any excuse not to pay the claims, so we have to cross all the t's and dot all the i's with every single thing they require and the requirements keep getting crazier and crazier bro. I hate the dealership game but they do pay

@jrdiaz1022

2 жыл бұрын

It’s really not that bad at all, lol.

@darkpharaoh666

16 күн бұрын

Yeah, also when you took dumps

Watching this on my day off is making feel like I’m at work lmao

New to your channel. I really love the video contents since it involves Toyota vehicles.

It's cool that the group is pretty chill. We went to coffee to get away from the dicks, but ya go to chill. It's hard to find a chill shop.

Hey Nick I'm taking a course on auto shop at my community College. I am a violin teacher for children. I just got covid-19 today, I got free classes so that's cool. I just wanted to learn not even go into the trade though. Thank you for all your advice on here. God bless you!

@LetsDriftMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Thats awesome man, Even if you are not turning this into a profession automotive knowledge is a good skill to learn for personal use.

@jamesboone3678

2 жыл бұрын

@@LetsDriftMedia it is pretty cool. They said they need people so bad in this type of work the school was willing to pay for the classes for me. I guess because they lose a lot of money from there contracts with the dealers in town. Plus my cousin is the general manager of Audi and Lexus in my city. I don't think he would ever hire me but maybe in the future if I wanted to try it.

@RubMySchmeat

2 жыл бұрын

It’s good to know for your projects cars 👀

9:36 - I actually agree, that cover kit does look better. A quality change on a recall, whaddyaknow.

Bro the wrench prank just made me piss myself 😂😂😂

Good luck at your new place man. I also recently got out of the dealership world. Best thing I could’ve done

@talhatariq6420

2 жыл бұрын

really? why is that?

@Kazuma.-

2 жыл бұрын

@@talhatariq6420 warranty work really sucks. You also just in general aren't paid as well for your skills.

@talhatariq6420

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kazuma.- so what would you suggest doing instead?

I loved when your friend blowed air and smiled

Just started watching your videos............I used to live in Hesperia, I moved in 2019. I have a 2017 Tacoma and have been to the dealer in Victorville.

Tomorrow is my first day as a mechanic, im so excited im supposed to be sleeping but i cant rn lmao

@StrongerThanBigfoot

8 ай бұрын

You still a mechanic 7 months later?

Dude I love the wrench knocking 😹😹😹

Those rotors are going to do the same thing in a little while. Once the metal has different hardnesses, machining them flat again isn't going to last long. Could have replaced them faster than cutting them and been done before lunch.

@smithsfan425

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah but would the customer pay the price difference? Probably

@rschreck876

2 жыл бұрын

They looked warped at the end of the time lapse.

@LetsDriftMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Yea but what customer is going to want to pay 2 hours of labor plus cost of rotors vs just 2hrs labor to get by.

@MrBuzzsaw118911

2 жыл бұрын

@@LetsDriftMedia We charge 1.5 for rotors at my Toyota, 2 if we're replacing the pads as well

@danpowers5532

2 жыл бұрын

Nissan is 1 hour for discs and pads , customer can buy a brake service which is also a hour , we don't use that machine we just change the parts

That warranty game on those lower control arms. Classic. Lol. Must of learned it from the OGs.

@neilfreytag9166

Жыл бұрын

Same thing I thought. All good until warranty calls you parts back for inspection

“that guy that drives into someone’s toolbox” shit LOL!!!

i make service appointments at toyota! 20ta02 and 21td03 on those recalls lol? enjoyed your video!!

love the job

Cool video bro. Oh the sweet dealer life. Quick question…I just did a 3” lift on my tundra stage 5 icon. Any problems that you know may arise from it. I wonder if I need to re-gear. My mpg dropped to like 10.5 and I can feel those heavy 35” tires during acceleration. I’m a dealer tech too but not Toyota.

Yea this made me wanna push towards a auto tech

I'm at uni and work part time in a supermarket to fund my cars and life, but one of the van technicians is ex toyota, ex ford etc. and he said in the early 00s he left toyota because he got too bored as they were too reliable and all he was doing all day was doing oil changes and routine maintenance 😂 id imagine the story was quite different in ford....

Great Video

I love the thinkdiag code reader I bought for my 2012 Corolla s

@LetsDriftMedia

2 жыл бұрын

How has that been working out? I like that tool but my little pocket tool pulls codes much faster is all.

@jeremyanthony9300

2 жыл бұрын

@@LetsDriftMedia it takes a while because of the wifi and Bluetooth, but it's good. What is the one you have now? Send me the link. Does it pull tpms codes? Lmk.

Good diagnostic on the defective bulb sir

I like this dude👍

Love your day in the life video s.. what do you use to run the evaporator test? TechStream? Can you do a video on that?

Boy better pull out them airpods before safety come n’ getcha! Jk great content man, working at the dealers was fun

Similar days to yours especially with the Sienna low beam issue. Except with me, the customers usually forget to turn it to "Auto" or turn it on in general. At that point I laugh because I ask myself "do I charge? or not?" I still do because you're dammed if you do and dammed if you don't so just do it.

You know what they say about the alignment “set the toe and let it go”

@LetsDriftMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Facts

No joke thats the cleanest shop floor i have ever seen.

@LetsDriftMedia

2 жыл бұрын

You shoulda seen BMWs floor

Really dope content my guy! Any chance you can incorporate what typical going rates or charges are for some of the jobs? Keep up the hustle!

@ezzymtz2989

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t he is gonna be able to do that ! Specially since it’s not a personal shop ! He would probably get fired if he did

@LetsDriftMedia

2 жыл бұрын

I did do that in my original day in the life but realized it was a bad idea, since customers can see these videos and are going to start questioning why they are paying 2 hrs labor for a brake job when we can complete it in 30 mins. Also I quit Toyota so wont be making anymore of these videos there.

@webguy943

2 жыл бұрын

@@LetsDriftMedia revealing the scam that stealerships do to customers? Oops. 🤣

@LetsDriftMedia

2 жыл бұрын

@@webguy943 not really a scam but hey I don’t make the rules

@Suerte_Pepe

2 жыл бұрын

@@webguy943 not a scam , just like a foot race can’t get mad at the guy next to you because he finished quicker even though the couch says everyone needs to finish in a set time to pass. Every job has a set wrench time if you get good at it you can complete it faster. Not a scam it’s called skill/ experience and lots of money in great tools to get it done faster.

it's like sound "rod knock" 😁

Dang the shirts you guys wear almost look like the ones we get as Toyota forklift technicians 👍

Awesome to see you at your job!! Quick question if you don’t mind.. 2017 Camry..2.5L.. when I fill up my fuel tank I can sometimes hear a sloshing of gas sound when I come to a stop. Like you can hear the fuel in the tank. Am I in danger of blowing up or is it a normal condition? Thank you for all you do!

@Kazuma.-

2 жыл бұрын

No you're not in any danger. It's not a problem. It's a pretty normal condition as there aren't any baffles in the tank to mitigate sloshing. Most customers I just recommend turning on some music buy there's really nothing we can do.

@LetsDriftMedia

2 жыл бұрын

What Carl said you are fine. Unless you smell excessive fuel or have a leak under your car don’t worry.

that spider would bug me if it was my car lol

Funny: "oh shit!...almost burned the car up while video recording myself!" I love your videos btw; it's very entertaining via informative & educational. 👌 👍

Yoooo I have the same spider in my drivers side tail light!

Notification gang ✊🏽

@LetsDriftMedia

2 жыл бұрын

YAYA

Hes gonna miss frenching with you guys.😆

That was a cool vid!!!

Wow that camry fuel pump engineers actually helping mechanics for once

Worked at dealership and private shop for years got into fleet at the county and never looked back more money and better benefits brought back memories watching this hahahah new sub here 🤙 aloha doing a 3.4 swap in my 92 runner any good sites for wiring diagrams?

@LetsDriftMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Nice I just did the same lol fingers crossed I never have to work at a dealer again.

Awesome videos man. Subbed! I have a question. I own a 2015 tundra with 136,000 miles. My local dealer is saying I have a cam tower leak and a valve cover leak, then offered to buy my truck. They quoted me $5k to fix this supposed leak. Is this a common issue that you’ve seen?

@LetsDriftMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I have seen/repaired a few leaking cam tower seals. I would pressure wash it and recheck, to be sure .sometimes its just the valve covers leaking then dripping down the cam towers. But sometimes its both.

Yoooo I have the same spider in my drivers side tail light in my 2017 Tundra.

I recomend NiteEye fanless LED bulbs.

You gotta start making more videos men best I ever seen

I miss you nick