The best mechanic on you tube,and he is not afraid to show it all,thanks Eric.

My Grandma taught me to swap out the valve body first to find out if the valve body in the rebuilt transmission was the culprit before doing an r and r of the transmission. That sage advise from my Grandma saved me many hours of unneeded labor.

an 1hr long SMA video YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

I think I speak for most of us that we could watch your videos all day so keep swapping parts and bringing us along lol!!

Hannah in every SMA video from now on! Who's with me!

At 2:55 when you popped the shift linkage off, the move reminded me of a 'near miss' experience when I made a mistake that could have cost me my life. I'll share that experience here for people who stop by, even though it has nothing to do with how you did it. 25 years ago I was under an old Chev Suburban changing the transmission fluid, with the car driven up onto roll-on stands. While taking the pan off I accidentally bumped that shift control. I felt the whole vehicle lurch and I suddenly realized that I had shifted it into neutral. Fortunately I had blocked the tires, and I also had the emergency brake on. So the car shifted but it didn't roll down the stands while I was underneath. I carried on the day normally but it was hard to focus, realizing what might have happened.

@mph5896

6 жыл бұрын

Dang, nice work on pre safety measures. I refuse to use those drive on ramps. Way to many variables to cause catastrophic failure/injury. A guy I work with, his cousin just had a truck roll off a set and crushed him. Last I heard he was unconsious in ICU on a ventilator.

@spelunkerd

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I eventually got rid of those ramps. They would slide forward when I was driving up, and I was always worried about driving off the end of one of them if I didn't line the wheels up accurately. I brought the story up so that others will think about it before making a similar mistake. KZread is great, but a big part of auto mechanics are the mistakes that many of us don't like to talk about.

@for2utube

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I sheared off knuckle skin cranking on shift linkage. Lots of grease got mixed in with skin and blood. The knuckle healed with a lot of grease still inside. Can still see the black stuff in there today.

@allanbrogdon7453

5 жыл бұрын

Thats why you chock the wheels .

@eddiecruz2613

5 жыл бұрын

Guess u are lucky to still be here to talk about today or would of been goodbye jack

"Your losing money on so you thought to bring us along". Your sense of humor kills me making me laugh out loud. Now my wife thinks I've lost it.

@NotHarry-er3wg

6 жыл бұрын

Me too wyattoneable.. I giggle and laugh out loud like a darn fool... or teenage girl . Whatareyagonnado.. Or cry like a big baby.. 8::?) I hate this channel.... 8( my wife thought I lost it years ago NOW SHE KNOWS... not good, (8@

@wyattoneable

6 жыл бұрын

He's a natural. I don't watch automotive channels on TV anymore. It's all here without the commercials.

@mattbanter3658

3 жыл бұрын

@@wyattoneable but

Thank you without your step by step process I couldn't have done my transaction. Thank you

Cleaning out the trans cooler lines, now that's the right way to do it. Professional SMA stuff

I love the step-by-step style of your videos, great job and patience. I felt that statement near the end of the video when you said, “it’s always something!”

It is bad I have done a 4x4 version of this transmission on a Cadillac escalade (twice like Eric), and still learned a few things and enjoyed watching the videos.

I love how you show us the full length process of what you do, a lot of places show repair videos where they just say like "loosen these bolts take this down and you are done" and they skip right past it and you have no idea that they where using a torch and fighting with them for 45mins :) That's also a reason why my videos are so long when I make them from my cars, I figure give ppl the real inside scoop on how long it will take them. Keep up the good work, love the videos!

I have a 2003 Chevrolet suburban 1500 it needs a new transmission I ordered the transmission for truck I told the owner make sure it works before I pay for it well he doesn't care he shipped it to my house and the guy's who bought it just left it outside I did not know it was there so I hadn't shipped to the dealership to put it in they said that when you go in Third gear squirting I say did you check to find out why he said no. I texted the guy who sold me the transmission and he gave me full refund because I have to another transmission you do a great job 👍😎 keep up the great work you do you are very nice guy and smart worker. Stay safe 👍

Mr. O! I get more out of your video's than you know. When something happens you are not aware of the "WOAH" kills me! I enjoy all you do and since I have a Hometown in New York I and my wife are going to come visit. I figured I could give my wife the CC and send her on and have fun helping and learning with you. You are the best and keep up the good work!

Great job as usual best mechanic on KZread

Most people that don't do this everyday thinks wam bam thank you mamm, they don't see little things that hold up a job.. hopefully not all people that watch your videos are mechanics then they can understand better, thanks Dr. O.

@edwardmartinez199

6 жыл бұрын

Steve's Auto N Truck's We are not I love watching the good doctor to as I am an MD but do my own work on my truck as well as for friends and family. I also help out a auto repair shop on my days off.

As usual they have taken a relatively straight forward simple job and “advanced”it to the next day!!!! Thanks for sharing another outstanding show Hunter O 🍦🥓🍻🍨🍔🍺cheers

Thank you very much for what you do and taking the time to share. It's alot of extra work to do these videos.

Will he forget the dipstick tube? Will he be able to hook up the cooler lines or will there be an ATF colostomy bag hanging from the passenger mirror? Will the trans last more than 30 miles this time?? ...Stay tuned for the next exiting episode!

@Carlitosway211

5 жыл бұрын

*exciting

@digi3218

3 жыл бұрын

Lol colostomy bag

I love watching a true master at his craft. And being always in good humor and true to form. Please keep up the little lessons in real life.

Oh man! Am i glad i found this, once i saw who posted it i knew id be able to tackle this on my own👍 thanks brother

Now with 60fps it's like we're inside the shop with you Eric, I am hoping for some break cleaner action in this video! Keep up the good work!

Its the small things, plus the end of the day! Ruins your whole rest of your days following! The small crap just makes your day a whole lot longer! Great video eric! Cant wait to see part 2!

Salute for showing us this thanks

no WUW tonight so I re-watched this gem. Hope you're feeling better!

I love how 'old school' Eric O. this video is.

I feel you, Eric. Reman jobs can really blow but we/all both now that it shouldn't if its done right. I swear when you were doing the job I could smell the metallic burnt transmission fluid smell, it's so distinct. Even when its not around it sticks with you. :)

I just watched your rant video from Feb 17 on junk remanufactured parts last night. Looks like you are still fighting the man.

@throttlebottle5906

6 жыл бұрын

sometimes I wonder if "all" the remanufacture companies are owned by the big car makers, seeing they'd love to allow garbage to be produced so they can sell new cars when people get fed up ( cough) problem being, some of us figure things out and run maces up their backends over it. :))

@Joseph1NJ

6 жыл бұрын

The problem, if you look at the big picture, is the concentration of ownership, they're all large corporations today. Faceless, indifferent, impersonal money making machines. You can't blame a corporation the same way you would a person or a small businesses, because they're all just employees, get your check and punch out. We're partially to blame because we as consumers shop there to save a buck.

@dalandser562

6 жыл бұрын

Fighting the re-man!

@NotHarry-er3wg

6 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately you are 100% correct Joseph1NJ . We get real caught up in quick cheap and pretty, but we are not in high school anymore 8) Just like that old saying "You can put lipstick on a Pig but it it still a pig. Just because it looks amazing does not mean it is going to work correctly or long.

@jh1025

4 жыл бұрын

i agree. New parts are for the birds. Even they don't like them.

Great work Eric, felt I was standing right besides you, didn’t know I spent one hour on this video

My motto is "It doesn't do any good to get upset over things you have no control of". That being said, If I spent hours replacing a transmission that only lasted 30mi. and didn't get my time reimbursed, I would be steaming, but still understanding, because you knew the terms before doing the job... Eric, I commend you on your attitude with this situation. True example of my motto..

Brilliant video again Eric O 👍🏻

Remanufactured transmission, fails after 30 miles!!!! Someone at the transmission remanning plant must’ve been hung over, from drinking the previous night, and did a horrible job of rebuilding it. I would’ve been questioning myself on the install, but I can see you’re 100% confident that you installed it correctly Dr. O; and you have far more experience, than I do. 👍🏻

I like the sound of the good old compressor pumping bad air

Nice video Mr. O! I actually get to do this when I start my next semester in January. Hopefully things go as easily for me as they did for you lol.

Thanks for the video. Got the transmission out. Now on to Part II.

30 miles on a reman trans from advance auto? must be a record for longest driven reman trans from advance.

@kamdaddypurp3341

6 жыл бұрын

LEX Maximaguy87 I got a laugh out of that

@edwardmartinez199

6 жыл бұрын

mgee63 I take it you have not done well with there parts or service.

@parochial2356

5 жыл бұрын

Advance has been improving their quality control. Soon, the remans will go at least 100 miles before failing.

oh wow Hannah's back. my Christmas Hannah. make sure Eric gives you a big fat bonus this Christmas cuz you deserve it.

I was a R&R Transmission guy I loved it

Always heard that when you get old , the memory is one of the first things to go . :-) Best to you and your family , :-) Wyr God bless

they always come apart easy the 2nd to 10th time around :))

Wow mechanics have issues we wouldn’t know unless we seen it. I can imagine jobs being difficult enough without having to deal with differences in known parts. Still a great job explaining thank you!

Eric just had to tell you I found that mobile guy and I left him a comment .not that you out of anyone needs to be defended but I couldn't just sit there and see the b.s. these two were talking as I am also a proffesional tech . We have your back and anyone else we need to have a great day😊😊😊

I have completely sworn off Advance Auto as a source of parts. 98% of the time, you're better off grabbing the part from the junkyard - and that really sucks! Too bad there isn't a NAPA closer to you - although they're not immune either, they have a better average ... From Advance, I've had misboxed brake calipers, misboxed U-joints, water pumps, front end components - you name it, they've screwed it up at least once, sometimes more! Last set of calipers, they forgot to run threads for the banjo bolts!! SUPER frustrating, especially when you're expecting an easy job and schedule things accordingly. GRRR!!! 21st Century life! I feel your pain, man! Before I found your channel, I seriously thought it was just me!

Thanks for showing how it done Eric like ur videos

This is why I went to monster trans best trans I have bought still going strong.

You need the small magnetic snap on led light, God’s gift to transmission jobs

Classic old video from the archives

@SouthMainAuto

6 жыл бұрын

Some TBF (THROW BACK FRIDAY)

That 60p looks great!

Sorry about the frustration with the cooling lines, Eric. But watching you do that job on a lift and remembering the misery I went through changing a Shift 1-2 solenoid in my Avalanche up on jack stands while laying on my DIY back brought back painful memories. The pan can't be dropped on a 4wd unless you remove the y-pipe, and reinstalling that y-pipe by yourself while on your back is pure misery. Can't wait to watch you do it on a lift in Part 2.

2 wd drive in up state ny! wow...looks like the old girl could use some tires....it is december after all! pressure test port leaking, trans lasts 30 miles and new one has different quick connect fittings....sounds like today's re-manufacturing world! great video eric!

Normally your videos bring back pretty good memories. This one reminded me of those many times that simple shit can ruin your day. :(

Look at the bright side. As long as they make GMs, you will never go hungry !

Watching this at work. Man is it slow today. Very rare around here. I’ll be lucky to make 3 hours today.

Wow!, you must have worked for a transmission shop before you started working on cars. Great job my friend. I'm glad I was a BMET and worked for a Hospital repairing Medical Equipment for a living. I could have never handled that type work. God Bless you my friend. (Mac)

Merry Christmas (season) Mr. O! Hopefully the snow isn't too bad this year haha!

I just did a power steering pump twice because napa sold the customer a defective reman... the joys of doing something over when it's not your fault...but I'll take the PS pump over a trans 😂😂. Good job Eric 👍

Venom and Harbor Freights' 7mil are my choice for rubbers. This video WAS Superrrrrrrrb!

When I was in tech school, me and another student rebuilt a Chevy th350 transmission. The owner picked it up on Friday, brought it back on Monday, complaining it quit. We noticed the tail housing was cracked, and when we tore it apart, we found the output shaft twisted like a rotini noodle. The guy admitted he and his buddy got drunk and floored it in reverse to about fifty, slammed it into drive, and floored it again....huh, theres your problem, lady...🤔😒🙄

@bairfamilyfarm1336

6 жыл бұрын

dave1135 I thought it would wreck the clutch packs or torque converter before it would twist a tailshaft. It would make me mad to see someone trash something less than a week after I rebuilt it.

@dave1135

6 жыл бұрын

zappy bear it wrecked the entire transmission, we had to get another trans and go thru it. He said he was going about fifty in reverse, although I think it was probably closer to thirty. He was still rolling at that speed when he shifted from reverse to drive then put the gas pedal to the floor. That was a huge shock to the drive line. This was in 1989, and the car was a early 70's Chevy Nova with a 350 v8.

@dave1135

6 жыл бұрын

zappy bear at the tech school I went to, people could have work done for free, just paid for parts. He goofed, and tried to blame us. But it was obvious what had happened and that it was no fault of ours. He got another trans and a overhaul kit and we did it again. Gave us another trans to gain experience on. We didn't want to use any parts from his original trans due to the amount of damage we found to the internals. It wasn't worth using them and hoping they would not fail

@throttlebottle5906

6 жыл бұрын

lol, I used to do that in a pontiac T1000 "chevette clone" with it full of high school friends. it did nice one wheel peels and made lots of noise, one day it went "BANG" I thought it spit the driveshaft, universal, tranny parts. when I noticed every gear position was neutral, turned out the spider gears were shrapnel. yanked a used set from junkyard rear end and I was back in business. the tow bill cost more I abused it for another year then totaled it out "chevette vs chevette" :))

@smms1276

5 жыл бұрын

Yupp The best results come after the drunkness, lol 👍 👍

They only pay half rate because since you just did the job you should be able to do it twice as fast this time. :-)

@SouthMainAuto

6 жыл бұрын

haha or they pay so much out they had to put a cap on it?

@edwardmartinez199

6 жыл бұрын

South Main Auto Repair It's was there fault but they can't pay every shops rate just the lowest in general.

Love 2wheel drivers so simple

You love Advance Auto! Haha. The put it in Friday & it stopped by Saturday tickled me

"..this is a 4L60..." WELL THERES YOUR PROBLEM LADY!

@daleguentzel2260

2 жыл бұрын

I got a 4L60E and 3-4 clutch is toasted 😅😅😅

@fsu3784

2 жыл бұрын

I got a 4l60e sitting on my bench for about 3 months. Gonna see if anyone wants it lol

@daleguentzel2260

2 жыл бұрын

@@fsu3784 anything wrong with it 😂😂😂

@fsu3784

2 жыл бұрын

@@daleguentzel2260 besides missing torque converter and shift linkage nothing at all. Has about 60,000 miles on it. I planned to put it in a Chevy van but the person that set it up told me the wrong engine. Turns out it was a 6.0 liter that takes 4l80. Should’ve known better than to not look for myself !

@daleguentzel2260

2 жыл бұрын

@@fsu3784 yeah I have the 5.3 LM7 engine in my 2000 1500 Chevy extended cab and the only thing is wrong is the tranny need to be rebuild so I can have 3-4 gears but rn money is tight so it just park in my yard

Great video thanks my friend keep up the great work see you in the next video. I have a thought of where they get there reman from. I have seen some good stuff and more bad from the place I'm thinking of. I believe they do engines to. Love your videos keep up the great work my friend

Boy, you were pretty calm about that whole deal. Me, I'd have been really pissed. But I guess it's not quite so bad having the use of a lift. 98% of the trans. swaps I did, being a shade tree guy, were from jack stands in the bushes. I certainly wouldn't have been happy at all! Thanks for the video, and hats off to your patients. Gotta add, I could never use those rubber gloves, made my hands just sweat like hell, it was almost like a couldn't breath, messed up for sure..and some more, what is it with rebuild shops? I've experienced the same shit! Supposedly rebuilt and craps out in a day. What a racket!

Really waiting to see the second part

21:48 I felt that...I felt it in my soul!

I wish you were closer to my area I would put you to work Love the content keep it coming

very informative video .. thanks

That transmission must of had the 30/30 warranty, 30 minutes or 30 hours. Got to love aftermarket stuff. This is what I absolutely hated when I was a tech., defective parts, wrong parts. All of which causes more lost time and none of which is my fault.

@edwardmartinez199

6 жыл бұрын

jdtractor man I would have liked to see what failed in that trans.

Outstanding video quality !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Man that sucks! Tomorrow will be better! Great Video ANYWAY!

Those midknight gloves are great for the fire/ems world. Durable for what we use them for but I agree with you in regards to auto repair they aren't great at all. I've grabbed a few extra pairs from the station when I have to do brakes or any vehicle repair at home and they last about 10 minutes before I'm changing them.

I had one of those shift linkages come off in my driveway as I was parking. As I started up the stairs, watched it roll across the street and hit the fire hydrant.

@nateg2701

4 жыл бұрын

Man what happened after that?

Eric, I'm jealous. I never get a pickup transmission job that doesn't come with some ridiculous cobblefuct "custom" dual exhaust and some evidence that somebody challenged the notion that you can't and shouldn't booger weld the pipe to the frame or the driveshaft or the leaf spring. I once saw a rear cat flange with broken studs reconnected to the next pipe with C clamps. I get so deep into working around and or fixing these things, I forget I'm there to change a transmission.

Mr O, I can't get over the rust. Scary

Now is the time that assembly lube really shows the benefit, cheers

should try the tiger paw gloves i think they're called, they are orange and have grips on the whole gloves, i get them from matco but they rip so much less because they're thicker and the grips are nice when you're greasy or oily

You know it’s an older video when he’s still using the air tools. I’ve almost bought that 3/8 impact from harbor freight because I see you use it so much!

Brining back memories, dealing with lights, pulling a trani out,

That's possibly the cleanest gearbox Eric's ever had to pull.

I wished you lived in Alabama You would be my mechanic enjoy your videos a lot

Yeah me and myself I like the Viper gloves from Menards they don't rip you can use them a couple different times but you know I guess it's to each his own good video brother

Hanna's back. COOL!

Damn you, Eric. I'm supposed to be writing an essay!!

I have the light duty small cab 8 foot box 07 "Work Truck" that recently rolled over the 100K mark , no problems other than one emission code in the 10 years . Rarely ever overloaded , mostly 700 pound motorcycles and son drove it to work for a few years . Recently did a trans flush , new filter and new pan with a drain plug . Those Silverados were LIGHT DUTY , if you did a lot of hauling and had it overloaded etc. etc. , the trany could go early on . I think carcomplaints.com has mine (07) listed as "BEWARE OF THE CLUNKER" LOL . By the way bought new with a bunch of discounts for 15K out the door , same truck is still selling for as much as 8K around here . TheReaper!

The connections on the side of the transmission for the cooling tubes were tapped for A.N. HARDWARE. Jeffrey Blair Blair's Auto Electric and 1 A Electric. You put on some really good videos.

That was some nasty trans fluid coming from those cooler lines for only about 30 miles of driving! Thats why its so important to flush those lines. Almost looked like tons of clutch material was coming out after the fluid stoped flowing... Great vid!

Saludos desde chile siguiendote

Their is a guy on here than goes to junkyard and pulls these 4l60e in 15 minutes or less his name is junk man A... I love the videos Eric O...

The staff in my lab love MidKnight gloves. Of course, working a lab bench is nothing like replacing a transmission.

Wow, what a bummer. I normally say thanks for taking us along but I feel guilty that you took extra time to video this for us! So, thanks I think!

Ooouuuufff....No money in this one...No doubt Missis Eric O' was at home making dinner.......Great video...funny how things go quicker when you've been there before...

Lucky you, all bolts and nuts are easy to go. It will take less time this second time LOL

i feel for ya man, i don't feel so bad now !!! lol good luck.

You should had this one out a couple of months ago I had to pull a trans out of a 2000 Chey truck and had a heck of a time. Not on a lift but on my back on the floor. What a pain in every part of the body.

You have a lot of energy thank goodness that you have a lift

A lot easier than the trans I r&r this week. 1938 Packard Super 8. 68 separate nuts and bolts to get it out.

Nice job

Harbor Freight's 5000 Lumen, 4 ft. LED light is $20, and the very best work light ever. Attach a couple of globe light style spring clips to the housing. Very versatile.

You never know what will go wrong or what parts will be wrong - that's life as a mechanic