Daughter growing up so fast! She’s now shy in front the camera but she had no cares a few years ago! Count the years you have with her at this age brother they are precious ❤

@outdoorsforachange

4 ай бұрын

100% . We have five daughters and two granddaughters. Once they move out you see them once every two weeks tops. Unless they still use your washer and dryer. Then you see them 2x a week. We have a daughter named Lena too.

im a big advocate of learning how to work on your own car within reason especially now with cost and all

@J.sh_CDN

4 ай бұрын

KZread has do much info now too, everything from oil changes to removing engines

I love watching you tinker. My late husband could fix about anything. Feels like there’s a man around the house again. 😂

KZread is a wealth of information one of the meny reasons I love your channel.

I love your channel... Don't understand how anyone can dislike your videos. Kinda pisses me off to be honest. Love to your fam and Don.

@ModernSelfReliance

4 ай бұрын

Haters gonna hate.

@Spaceman1968

4 ай бұрын

@@ModernSelfReliancelove the channel too! I wish I could borrow you for a weekend to fix things around the house!!

@elsie9649

4 ай бұрын

​@@Spaceman1968I would just love to build stuff in the woods with Kevin's family.. must be fun.

@comedianmattrossey

4 ай бұрын

@@ModernSelfReliance I think 'haters' is a little to general, Adult Children, 'I think', is more representative of them?

@cmosphoto1

4 ай бұрын

​@@Spaceman1968that would be a mildly interesting video... Where are you located (city)

Hello to you and Lena. She is providing one of the most important parts of organizing- putting things back after use! Just wanted to say thank you for a memory. My friend Doug showed me the torch trick to loosen bolts about 20 years ago. I’ve missed him a lot since he passed away.

Thank you for the update on Don x I know nothing about cars, so everything was like double Dutch to me lol. That was some trailer!!!

Thanks, for the Don update!!!😊🎉❤ Good projects today. Good start to the new year.

This is modern self-reliance all right.

Loving the new content. Not that I didn't like the old. I like to see how you problem solve and make things. Keep it up.

Good morning Kevin sorry to hear about the car have been there done that but more importantly Rachel is okay ,bad bearings can make you go deaf, and I found someone other than a car repair place to put new ones in for cost of parts and a small fee. I hope Don continues to get better.

It’s always nice seeing Lena. Hanging out with her Dad learning new things. Really glad to hear that Don is doing better. Thanks for taking us along on your adventures Kevin. It’s five below and 40 mile winds where I live.

Thx for the update on Don. It's nice to know he's still alive and kick'n. The tractor dent fix was the best of the vid. 😂 Thx for doing this, filming every bit of it and sharing it with us. 👍👍👍👍👍

Love your show, don't stop.

in 1957 my father had me brush drain oil on our wooden manure spreader after each use.

A nice cornucopia of chores , looks like a day around my house (minus the heated floor and the timber milling). Next thing you know you will be changing timing belts.

Great to hear that Don is doing great Kevin.

Glad to hear that Don doing well.

That's a big beautiful trailer the black diamond plate with the wood Inlet

Work gloves for Christmas. Reality when your dad is an epic maker and doer. 😂

Hey Kev, try a Plunger for a toilet. A rubber hammer in side also works. No shoe marker tools.

DIY Solar Heater Wall (NO SOLAR PANELS needed!) The Homesteading RD

Kevin asking “why” as automotive components fail to come apart is the universal automotive experience.

Always fun to watch someone replace a hub assembly for the first time. I've done a few hundred, but have not tried the firewood tool yet.

This was not your typical video and yet I still enjoyed it! That just goes to show ya that the value of your content stems from you as an individual rather than a specific genre of entertainment. 👏👏👏👏

@ModernSelfReliance

4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Good morning sir. Thank you for the vid. Have a great weekend

Glad to hear Dawn is on the mend.

@SJC49

4 ай бұрын

Don

I had to laugh at myself. It’s time to go to bed and I thought why am I watching a video on you changing stuff on your car but the further you went trying to find that clunk the more I wanted to know what it was also. I love your channel and I love love your daughters, beautiful red hair and probably blue eyes like yours, but I couldn’t see them. She’s gonna be a stunner when she gets older because she already is. Glad Dan is getting better. I had triple bypass two years ago and I’m doing great so he just needs to take it easy and he will get there.

Prayers for Don😊

Next time use a rubber hammer for the dent. Thanks for taking care of Don. You have a great family. I always learn something new from your show. Thanks for hanging in there. from Kentucky

Every time you change the oil and do a tune-up get yourself a grease gun put grease in that noise check your body mounts where the body connects to like an axle there's usually a rubber boot

Hey Kevin, HAPPY NEW YEAR to YOU and YOUR FAMILY. I hope your wife is ok after the accident. I was going to ask you how Don was doing but you gave us an update and I'm happy to hear he's recovering well. Hopefully he can come, not to work, but maybe to boss you around for a change, maybe once a month? I will say, without Don in the videos, there's a missing part in the videos. Don, if you are checking the posts people leave here, I miss Ya in the video's, but please take care of yourself and get better. It really would be nice to be able to see you back again, even if you aren't doing all the work so Kevin take take credit for it, Hahahaha! Health is the most important thing in life. Man I still can't believe you're 72, I think that's what Kevin said a few videos back, you look nowhere near that. Great video Kevin. I'm not much of a car repair person myself, but seeing how simple the bearings were, that's definitely something I could do, I would just need the interest to do so. Maybe with the way the economy and the costs of things is going I might become more interested and learn when I have a vehicle of my own to work on. Having a vehicle in Toronto is definitely something I need. Thanks for a new video. Hope to see a new one again soon. Take care and Keep Safe and Inspiring, Matt - Toronto, Canada

That sir, looks like anything but good as new...lol 😂😅 It may have worked if the hood were not creased, but it's hard to pull a dent like that without drilling or beating. Love what you're doing ❤️

@ModernSelfReliance

4 ай бұрын

Might be better than new!!!! Got speed dimples like a golf ball.

@russellwatters5891

4 ай бұрын

@@ModernSelfReliance Your tasks should be made easier and quicker now...lol

Your daughter is so adorable.

Don't go away pal!

Oof new vehicle prices hurt...... hoping my wife and my cars both survive a few more years. Probably the only good deal on a car now is to get a broken project car. I'd recommend getting a whole parts if there is a lot to fix. Back when I was a wee 18 year old, my dad and I bought two civics. One had a blown engine after the owner let run our of engine oil, and the one had been t boned. Between the two, we pieced together one working vehicle, sold a couple extra parts, kept the other rims for winter tires, kept the front seats to make garage chairs, and then took the rest to the crusher for a couple bucks

Don’t forget to change the bushings on the stabilizer bar, literally a 2 piece’s of rubber. Usually located under the engine or near the power steering rack. Then I get to the end of the video lol

Happy to hear Don is getting along, best to you and your family

I did the same thing when changing my rear brakes the first time. Did the front ones just fine, but when I got to the rear ones I couldn't figure out why the calipers weren't coming off until I had that "ah-ha" moment. Haven't changed a bearing before, but much more confident now.

we miss you Don rooting for your return buddy, idea for a cool build maybe a ice ring smother like you see at the hockey games but obviously small scale maybe something like a small push mower design

Enjoying as always. Lena is growing up quickly and she is a beautiful girl! Best wishes always to Don. 😍🇨🇦

Really enjoyed the content never disappointed have a good weekend and stay safe Jimmy from North Attleboro Massachusetts

Respect to Don!! And you Kevin..

i love you video's helping the average joe see they can do anything at home with a little research and practice

Diesel is not jet fuel. Jet fuel is lighter. And thanks for the up date on Don! We care about him.

Good morning from Minnesota USA! Great episode!

Glad to hear everyone is doing well. As a heavy mechanic try your best to find one or two auto parts stores to deal with.and I still think you need a set of ramps/skids that feed onto the sawmill.

Your a busy man. Thanks for the update on Don. Excellent video

Something to note on a SX4. Check the fuel filler. That is the tube between the gas tank and the filling hole. It is known to rust out. That is how my SX4 died. Couldn't get a replacement.

Your vids are great, love a little update on how everything's getting on around the place and random little tasks you need to do. When I was young I would always watch my dad or grandad doing stuff in the garage or around the garden! I would 'try to help' but I was most content just watching what they were doing really. And I have to say I'm pretty savvy with DIY compared to some blokes I know honestly. I'm a woman that isn't scared to fix or figure out a problem haha 😂 and very eager to see how you do the underfloor heating, I've researched a bit how to do it myself one day...when I actually own a home to do it in haha

@ModernSelfReliance

4 ай бұрын

I should probably do a V-log on my infloor setup.

Ur videos motivate me and like u I try to nvr throw anything away. Love ur ideas and methods. I learn a lot. Thank u

I’m about to fix up a trailer. Great tip on the pallet wood. Glad you weren’t hurt in the accident. Great projects here🐸🍺🔪🔥

This was a great video a little of everything… glad to hear don is healing..❤

Dents add character!

Good job Kevin all fix. Thank for update on Don.

Good video enjoyed it. Good job on your car! Glad to hear that Don is doing well! The trailer looked good like the finish you did to the bed! You definitely stay busy! I always learn something from watching your videos!

Sending my love for all of your videos. Miss Don.

Kevin: You are neither Karen Carpenter or Bing Crosby. You are such a gobber. Can’t believe you’ve never done wheel bearings. Happy New Year! Boy they build the foreign cars differently. Yes you are right when you buy the tools and factor them in it costs alot. Great video.

Poor don😮 miss him

MOOG is actually a prety decent brand that is used in many four wheel drives and is built to last ! I use many of that brand of parts for lifted trucks and have very little issues as they are prety solid parts made for high wear situations .

Thanks for the video!

Missed you. Your daughter is getting big💝🙏🕯

Cool video!

Great video Kevin , good to hear Don is doing well , strange look from my wife when i laughed at your handbrake faux pas .

The sway bar wears out as well as the bushings just replace the. Bar and the bushings and yes. There are 2 bushings.

You are a riot keep us in stitcheswe love watching all that you do ever thought of comedy take care happy all worked out ❤😂

Check the upper strut bearings

It's almost always sway bar links and bushings for clunking. The other parts never really get unweighted so they have to be really gone before they produce a clunk.

@ModernSelfReliance

4 ай бұрын

Sway bar bushing was definitely the clunk.

😅😂😅... I loved this one!!! I think I might have liked to see you do the actual replacemnt on the last piece you put on...(love to learn things abt cars), but, a fun video, nonetheless... please send Don my Love!!!

@ModernSelfReliance

4 ай бұрын

I ended up adding a cut up linesman rubber glove as a stop gap measure while I ordered the part.

I have done a great amount of bodywork on many autos , including show cars and you should just be able to push the dent out from the back side , sometimes you can just use a rubber mallet and tap around the outside edges of the dent to pop it out or you can use a heat gun to warm up the outside edges and set some dry ice on the top and it sometimes pops out .

@ModernSelfReliance

4 ай бұрын

I think if the dent wasn't rounded.. think a 10" diameter pipe falling from 8' onto the hood... It would have been easier to pop out if it didn't have a contour. I'll try your method next time.

The old way to check for lifters instead of a stethoscope take a piece of wood that square and long put it on top of the lifter covers put your ear against the end of the stick you can hear what lifter is collapsed that's the old way of doing things I was doing Automotive work in the early 90s late 80s I'm old school

Also - wishing Don the best

Nice work Kevin ❤

What temperatur did the office get to? 15 degrees of more maybe?

Great stuff! A toilet plunger works great on dents...cheers from Vancouver Island

Thank you my friend

Morning dudes Nice post, message for Chris, take a look at "keeping it wild " see how easy it is ta do a survival challenge down this side of this globe [ or on the edge of this flat earth] if that's your belief, would love ta get ya down for a hunt ( just about everything is up for a shot )

That sway bar is so your body don't roll when you around a corner you need to replace when you go into a curve really fast you know how the body leans out the sway bar keeps the body from doing that it'll affect the performance of your driving if you don't replace

Sway bar links usually are the clunk noises you hear or sway bar bushings

I was hoping for a front bearing, you should do a front bearing, they're more fun!

@ModernSelfReliance

4 ай бұрын

Are they... Hopefully I don't have to do one...

The knock is probably a rubber bushing on a tie rod. Yup you found it.

@ModernSelfReliance

4 ай бұрын

Sway bar bushing... Was to actual knock

@tglackin2411

4 ай бұрын

@@ModernSelfReliance yes. I commented too soon. Deeper knocks come from frame bushings. Had one of those once. Those are a real pain 😢.

Cheers fam

When you heat it up the sway bar link on the strut you probably melted the bushing inside the sway bar link

Awesome.

Ok, so, you might already know these suggestions and as far as the dent, it depends on the metal/material. Using boiling water on fenders, etc. is helping with popping out dents. As far as anything wrong with any car; going to the specific vehicle’s and especially mechanics’ forums helps to find Unusual and common problems. That bushel causing a knock may be common to that car. How to best address it is likely offered on these forums. And there are sites, an I would not be surprised to learn you already know this - there are web sites that tell you what commonly goes wrong with each vehicle.

If it happens on turning......... could be ball joints? Ahhhh! Made my comment too early. I'm a backyard mechanic that worked on older vehicles

Happy New Year

Sway bar bushings dry out and cause clunking for sure

Could have tried to heat up the dent with water as hot as you could have got it. Then using a piece of ply wood slightly smaller than the same size and shape of the dent, push or I would pull (wratchet straps) it out with opposing force.

That’s all good stuff Kevin…BUT.. What about a overnight in the cube or the sugar shack in this holy hell cold….just a suggestion….AND how did Canada get “Pogos” out of a hotdog covered in cornmeal??? Corn dog…🤔

I've seen videos on youtube that a toilet plunger works.. Mind you; a hammer and a stick worked too :)

I would love to see more video on your new rock crusher minus the blue rocks.

@ModernSelfReliance

4 ай бұрын

All the rocks are under the snow currently... Spring time we be rockin'

Really missed you last week. And down here in TN where alot of off roading and Commercial Vehicles are made or repaired we think MOOG is Excellent about 10× better than OEM.

@GlockMan70

4 ай бұрын

I use to own a towing company down here around Knoxville,TN doing AAA and other personal customers. Enjoy this time with your daughter I let building my company run away with me and missed alot of her important times and events. I am finally earning back her trust and she's 23 but we have been working on things for 8 years approximately.

Looks like Kubota's using some pretty impressive paint these days.

Hot Glue comes right off with rubbing alcohol.

Sway bar bushins can be a pain in the but to do on your back

I did a video on changing a wheel bearing had to hammer the crap out of it

@ModernSelfReliance

4 ай бұрын

That's the next step... Then... It becomes liquid. ;-)

Did you remember to pack grease into the new bearings?

@ModernSelfReliance

4 ай бұрын

It's a sealed bearing.

A good trick is to isopropyl alcool to remove Hotglue, it's like magic!

Always entertaining to watch, although I do miss your building creations 😢 At the end, was wondering why you didn’t use a plunger for that dent? Anyways, thank you for my Saturday morning entertainment 😊

@ModernSelfReliance

4 ай бұрын

I figured I need something a little more.. done the plunger in the past.

@zara-ly2927

4 ай бұрын

@@ModernSelfReliance well it was definitely entertaining and good to know there are different options (even tho that one seemed like a flop 😂🤣). Don’t know unless you try 😉

@feelingold2995

4 ай бұрын

@@zara-ly2927 I could see him gluing the plunger and never being able to get it off..🤣🤣

@zara-ly2927

4 ай бұрын

@@feelingold2995 omg lmao 😂🤣

@J.sh_CDN

4 ай бұрын

​@ModernSelfReliance currently watching, haven't got to the dent yet, but pouring boiling water might even pop it out.