I seem to remember swearing A LOT more changing out a transmission...........perhaps it was just me... Great video Eric!

When I had my shop (25 years ago) this "unit rebuilder" stuff was the bane of our existence. Valve guides installed with chatter guns. Transaxles 'rebuilt' with re-used synchro rings. Sir you have my sympathy and respect.

This has to be the best auto mechanic channel ever!! Eric your amazing at demonstrating and talking through all your repairs. Awesome mechanic/ technician/ wizard/ magician!!! The whole crew and the shop ethics are outstanding!!

The time you spend to give us such precise views is very much appreciated. 👀

Excellent information 👍 Sir! Always wanted to know how to do a transmission swap process. Thank you for all the hard work you put in your community!

What separates this man from everybody else. He keeps it real!

Just tell it like it is Eric ,not all jobs go smoothly I enjoy your videos Eric 66years old from Perth Australia

Thank you very much, you saved me some money by showing me how to do it, thanks for taking the time to make this videos, you're awesome!!

Eric you are a very decent and honest respectable person. Not many people in the world like you anymore. You run a good honest respectable business. Some days just suck. Enjoyed the video enjoy all your videos Feel better

Years ago at the gm dealership I worked at, our local Napa store sold reman engines done by a company called gopher motors...😐😒🤔 I kid you not! We had a ford areostar brought in for a new engine (why do people bring other makes of cars to dealerships? Its like going to a vet when you're sick) anyway, these SUCKED to change engines in, engine #1 had 0 oil pressure at startup. Ok, tear it apart, again...engine #2 had rod knock..#3 blown head gasket at start. #4 was the charm... Some good came of this, by engine #4, we could change it like a NASCAR pit crew.

@mikemaccracken3112

6 жыл бұрын

I also worked for GM and I never took in anything we didn't sell. My techs were primadonas lol. I used to be the used car tech and would work on anything. Times have definitely change and I got to the point where I didn't want to listen to the guys bitch about off brand vehicle repairs so I retired.

@christopherdw7994

4 жыл бұрын

@@mikemaccracken3112 I agree. Its all basic shit.

@1337penguinman

3 жыл бұрын

I really think shops should write into the estimates/invoices that they will charge for labor/fluids/etc. if the reman part fails. Don't want to risk it? Buy a new one.

@billmonroe8826

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikemaccracken3112 Most of them that bitch are one's that are too lazy to learn how "off brand" vehicles work. I use to work on everything also. Albeit now, it is getting a little more difficult because of the electronics

I needed this video last summer when I swapped out my 4L60E

When your dealing with Turkeys Eric its hard to soar with Eagles. Good luck brother been there done that. Thank you for all you do.

its funny to watch Eric's video over time and watch the slowly and agonizing decomposition of his jeep hat lol

@robroberts1473

6 жыл бұрын

videos that is.

Good work Eric! You make a hard job look easy.

Eric I love talking to the customer service dept. that has a unique way of saying "chuck your farley" I feel the pain.

Eric I watched both these vids. I did this with my Truck on jack stands. It was a Bear. Yep that Y-Pipe was a pain I looked at it scratching my head. Finally removed the crossmember, and still had to finagle it out. Being in my Dads garage I was at the point of no return. I heated the exhaust manifolds with Mapp gas, and quenched with PB. Luckily my trusty Harbor Freight impact took the bolts out. I had atrans jack from a failed attempt at a trans removal when I was younger, from one of those traveling tool sales, lol. It worked, it mounts to a floor jack. I just popped those e-clips off the cooler lines with a pick. Eric you are extremely right about the dipstick Tube, I put the trans first and had to figure out how to get it in after. Also broke the exhaust flange bolts, exactly as you stated they were like wheel studs. I’m glad that’s all I broke. Well I also broke a little of the mounting flange, where the t-case mounts to the trans. It’s been in for 12k Miles so I’m lucky mine didn’t Crap out. I bought it used from a truck that was in an accident with a cow. The guys Dad had a trans shop and had rebuilt it, it had about 30k on it. So he says. Also before I changed my trans the trans cable, the ears broke from that cable, like you stated. I ordered a replacement. I’m kind of proud of myself. Not too shabby for a garage mechanic.

I guess that first unit must have missed the 'Blessing of the Transmissions'. Great videos! Thank you. Paul

That abs on my 98 k1500 couldn't fix even at chevy garage they claimed rust did it again and one time forgot to tighten caliper mount bolts. I got tired of the rolling thru stop signs and have had the fuse out for several years. another good video Eric.

Fingers crossed! Great Video! I know very little about automatics, learn a little as time went on, but stayed away from the internals! One tech in our shop was a GM dealer tech, fixed a trans in our shop using the old trans and rebuilt to get it to fit AND WORK in the truck. It's still running! Hopefully this one in the video is too! Worse one I saw was in a brand new Ford truck with a dead trans. I got under the vehicle, and saw a Ford REMAN sticker on the trans! That went over like a lead balloon! It finally got a new trans WITH a great warranty from Ford! Go figure!

Must look after yourself Mr o . Your the best you and family the best mentor . anyone could ever have . King of the castle 😎

Been there Eric.Some rebuilt manufacture are good and some are bad.Worked in fleet and i know what are you are talking about.Keep up the good work.Like the way you worked.

My uncles 04 Caddy engine blew at 55K, I live in WA and he is in AZ. I got on the internet and called a few local shops in AZ and talked to them, One shop was very familiar with Northstar problems and if the engine was a total they only replaced with Jaspar engines. Had the car towed to that shop and when they started it, the engine put a rod threw the block. New Jaspar engine installed (yes it was spendy) but runs better than new. Your comments on other rebuilders makes me feel better about the choice we made.

So,, if I ever need an engine or transmission or transfer case, Jasper is the first place to look. Nice tip!

@SouthMainAuto

6 жыл бұрын

I have had good luck with them honestly and any time I had a warranty issue it was no BS.

@adamtrombino106

6 жыл бұрын

Well, I'm glad you have had good luck with Jasper. I sure haven't. Sure, they warranty the devil out their products, so long as you're willing to to do it over and over again.. It took me 3 trannys in a 02 Cherokee sport 4.0 to get 1 that worked for over 3 months..( the OE had over 210k on it) I have lots of horror stories about Jasper..

Well done Eric, I hope that transmission lasts for your customer. That's got to be really frustrating. Great video!!

Great job my friend been watching you for around 4 month i learn so match with your expertise .great and lovely familly .god bless you and kids to.i am also in ny queens.keep up the good work.

When I lived in Milwaukee, I used to drive past ETE!! haha! People seemed to think they were good.... I guess anyone could have a bad one.... Hope it works out. Great video!!! I personally love your "nuts & bolts" videos. I learn so much.... Mostly, I learn that someday, somehow, someway, I need to get a hoist.... Haha! Kidding. I also was amused by your comments, as always.... a couple of my friends are real techs, at big outfits... they all say the exact same thing you did. It's hard to sell to a paying customer, but, if it's YOUR car or truck, and you're planning on keeping it, just do the Jasper, it's light years better, and their warranty is gold plated....

great video . love your work ethic and attitude. wish your shop was closer

Oh how this reminds me of days past when I would have to pull and rebuild the turbo 350 in my 76 blazer that I wheeled the crap out of. Had it down pretty good to where I could pull the tranny and T case and rebuild in a weekend in my driveway. I’m so happy I don’t have to do that anymore. Advance auto parts inspected by hose B. Hahahahahahahaha I know a lot of folks won’t get it but if you are or have been in involved in auto parts or repairs you will. Thanks again Hunter O I mean Dr.O for sharing another fantastic show and your knowledge of everything “advanced” 🥓🍻🍦🥓🍻cheers mate.

This is why I always take my transmissions to a transmission shop that has a good reputation locally. They will tear it down and inspect every part and back it with a warranty. Costs me more but never had a problem.

I truly like Jasper engines transmissions transfer cases all their products to me are top-notch I have them in my service truck we also have them in my wife’s Jeep they’ve always worked out excellent no special reason to blow their horn but they are from Indiana and I enjoy taking care of the Hoosiers that live around me. So I’m with you Eric when you say you like the Jasper stuff.

Another great fix Eric O 👍🏻🇬🇧

Awesome mechanic!! Good attitude!😎

Good info as I'll need this when I do my Trailblazer.

ETE is one of the venders we used for remans when our trans builder gets backed up. They were pretty good usually. They screwed us around thanksgiving by taking a week and a half to ship a trans that they said would be next day. Now we only use transstar.

Sad thing is I bet the same amount of knowledge and expertise went into rebuilding the first transmission that went into answering your simple fitting question.

@OtisFlint

6 жыл бұрын

and the second trans...

Great job Eric.

I've binge watched loads of the SMA channel since I discovered it a few weeks ago and this is the first time I've seen you really pissed off...

Definitely a non-Krown chevy. Thanks for the nice long vids!

Nice work! Keep on rocking brother

Good final fix mr O...

Years ago I tried one of these crate (different manufacturers) transmission and had headaches like this , all for the sake of a few hundred extra $$ in my pocket instead of local rebuilder , hard lesson learned, Im retired mechanic now but Terry , nearly 70 still best guy to deal with in London Ontario

I've been through the reman runaround a few times. I will take a good junk yard transmission any day over a reman. I seen Jasper stuff fail too, but it normally last quite a bit longer that 30 miles. Hope you got to feeling better. When I feel it comming on I take Airborne. It's a immune system booster. That normally kicks it.

I changed out a transmission on a '65 Malibu by myself in a driveway in the early' 70s. I picked up a used transmission out of the salvage yard and it had an aluminum casing. The car had a cast iron casing and when I took the transmission out I about died trying to get it off my chest - never will forget it.

@markquigley1890

6 жыл бұрын

Alan B been there, cast iron 4 speed 67 Camaro

@josephgalarneau7177

5 жыл бұрын

Mark, Lol, same thing only in the winter, in a snow bank.

Nice job Eric

Classic SMA! That driveshaft looks like it was recovered from the Titanic.

Another awesome video. -- I don't know about what I'm gonna talk about here so feel free to buck slap meh ... but I think there is so much truth in how much some small shops or maybe even any size shop for that matter, depending on how much honor the shop's powers to be have, to eat the costs for items not covered by warranty with respect to any "fully covered fix from beginning to out the door, cuz it's done right" warranty work. -- Suxors to say the least. I kinda think the lack of full warranty coverage tends to help breed those bad shops. They should cover completely whatever they sell. They know what consumables would be needed to complete the work. Those items are not the customers nor are they the repair shops fault. There should be limitations of course but consumables need to be covered. It's a sad day that they don't. -- Perhaps those bad shops feel that they need, or want or don't even mind sliding into the dark arena of making money by hook or crook or when they feel the need or want to make up the losses from the other jobs" from innocent and fearful customer type folks just trying to find an honest automotive repair shop. -- Hey by the way, You know you're in the big league when you sell your really great books on advanced technical web sites.... Engine Performance Diagnostics by ScannerDanner on AES Wave Automotive Diagnostic Tool's web site. ;) rock-n-roll baby - rock-n-roll

Well done sir! Hope that sickness pass you by!

Excellent work perfect job

Hope you're feeling better bruddah

Engine - Transmission - Exchange. Did know they were nationwide ! I am also from Milwaukee, WI.

Great video hey Eric I bought the 1/2 in drive impact gun from Habor tool freight it worked awesome just figured I let you know God bless and merry Christmas to you and your family

The cost you eat for the customer is paid back in good will and trust. That guy will keep coming back to you because you made good. He'll trust you to do the right thing in the future.

@Cheepchipsable

5 жыл бұрын

The customer doesn't remember, or think about that. All they remember is the transmission you installed failed.

@weldingjunkie

4 жыл бұрын

@@Cheepchipsable exactly, however sometimes no choice

Glad the second time was the charm ... and not the 3rd or 4th time! This reminds me of a guy back in high school that was dating this girl I knew - he was a few years older, already had his license for a few years . He'd take us all around joyriding in his Buick Regal. On every straight section of road, he'd accelerate to 45MPH, then jack the thing into reverse HAHAHAHAA! Reverse drop city! Would lay epic patches with lots of smoke. Nice "jay hooks" as we call 'em in MA. I laughed hysterically the entire time. Was alot of fun to watch someone else destroy their equipment. He did 5 or 6 drops like that with us. I couldn't believe it didn't blow right then and there. Talked to him 3 months later, "Hey man, where's the Regal?" "Ahh, the tranny blew." HAHAHAAHA! You don't say? :D Got my new shop built! Added on to my barn. Reason I mention this is my buddy (he does this for a living) used Zip board for the walls and roof sheathing. Thanks to you, it's now known as ZIPPITY-ZAP board, HAHAHA! I couldn't stop saying that every sheet we nailed up. :D Should have my lift installed in a month or 2 - CAN'T WAIT! Should save my tools from being thrown, and my voice from high-volume obscenities. :)

Eric oooo. Your the man!!

I am first, now I have to get some coffee and watch part one. Today is going to be great.

Sure wish Mr. O and family would move to Florida. I would be willing to drive or (get towed in) to anywhere in the state to have him do all of my mechanical & maintenance work on my vehicles.

Gotta love reman junk early in the morning!

Hi Eric, You might have run into a pipe thread taper issue. There is the NPT Straight thread and an NPT taper thread. It has caught me a few times on different things. Usually factory tech support people know nothing about thread taper so they don't have a clue about it. Love your videos.

@snapvine4754

6 жыл бұрын

Good point - I don't work in the auto industry but in the industrial machinery world and we see this a lot. An NPT thread has much more taper than a British taper (BSPT) - Also there are two types of straight thread we use - straight thread will an o-ring is common worldwide and are called by a variety of names. There is also the notorious BSPP - British parallel pipe thread - hate those bastids - liquid sealants are the only thing that works with them.

Have your vitamin D checked. I had been getting sick a few times per year until I had it tested and started taking Vitamin D daily. I haven't been sick in about 5 years now.. I was quite lucky that I had a buddy who owned an AMMCO TRANSMISSION and he would haul in any car/truck for me and do the job with warranty and I still made a few bucks on the job. Never had an issue, but if I had I would simply call them and they would take care of it.. They also made sure I was well stocked with Whiskey come X-mas time.. ;)

I have a jasper engine in my 1992 dodge dakota.It is great.It is 19 years old and it runs grreat, no burning and no leaking. I have a total of 321000 miles on it. About 200000 on the jasper.

loved the test ride , you live in a great area ……………………...

dropping that tranie today ,putting a rebuilt one in. Hope I have better luck than you on the first one. You got me a little worried ! haha. hope the second one works better for all involved.

There’s a different looking hole in the flex plate. If you start with the hole with the one that looks like square first almost, you can tighten it down and the other two holes will be lined up already. Saves a few. Free tip Friday on Saturday. Most newer flex plates have that square looking hole.

@jamesg7022

6 жыл бұрын

Supersexymodz the oblong hole is usually marked with a pink bingo dabber from factory. Saves 5-10 mins for sure. :). Plus I missed the removal but if you install a bolt the size of the torque converter bolts and push it back into the pump housing it keeps from getting stuck on the pilot.. especially on the 6t40s.

Moral of the story: keep filming it's good for u

Remember veiwers if he can do it you may not want the headache of doing it but always fun to watch someone else lol

@turner0224

3 жыл бұрын

If he can do it , I can watch ha ha

A good trick when trying to install nut on a socket especially with a long extension i add a little grease in the socket so the nut stay in the socket.

Very critical advice. If it blows chunks on the railroad tracks just leave it there and walk home.

Nothin' like transmission work to test your reach and flexibility! Gotta love the ol' one-finger blind nut threading maneuver! :D

@SouthMainAuto

6 жыл бұрын

while doing a classic reach around

@michaelburrows9219

6 жыл бұрын

My old man would always say "Do you work good in the dark?" when trying to thread a blind nut/bolt. LOL

Good video, I've had no issues with Jasper products over the last 25yrs. Never heard of ete

Precision transmission in Amarillo, all they do and they do it well, fix many of the OEM short comings on every one they do.

Sad thing about those rebuild shops is like some of the mechanic shops. I once worked in a shop with a guy who rebuilt transmissions. The stories he told me about guys only replacing what needs to be and keeping the rest of the kits (bushings, bands,clutches etc.)for other cars yet charging them all for a complete rebuild. Nothing surprises me.

And "not being shady" makes it that much more difficult WISDOM earned

You are so right in saying that techs almost have to specialize in certain areas these days, the technology is so complicated. When I worked at the dealership we had to do any repair though on account it was just me and one other tech. What won't kill me will only make me smarter I guess. The ETE reman company should reimburse you for all of your expense though, it's not your fault they send out a crap product. I feel your pain though in saying the customer always wants the cheapest repair, although for longevity purposes it may not be the best. I would say to them, I can get you a GM reman unit or a used (low mileage) transmission from a salvage yard. I don't have hardly any faith in the aftermarket stuff, whether it be an engine or wiper blade.

Nice one. Hope that we never see a video shorter than 30 minutes again... ☺

Hope you keep having good luck with jasper, hasn't been the case here recently. Reminds me of Airtex fuel pumps, used to be rock solid, can't buy them anymore though.

Just to share a story - I have rebuilt Powerglides and Turbohydramatics many many years ago, but watching videos of current transmissions being rebuilt gives me an ice cream headache. I had my Escape tranny rebuilt by a shop with the best reputation in Litchfield CT. Paid a lot - was very happy with the work and the result (and the warranty) 3 months later it started acting up and Jeff honored the warranty and took it all apart - claimed he got a bad part (old design) from his supplier and had to eat 9 hours of labor. I asked him if he got any satisfaction from his supplier - "Yeah - I got a new part". I found ETE through a racing connection and thought the paid labor warranty might make this company attractive, even to a transmission shop. Eric did not seem to be happy with their tech support, but do they stand behind their warranty?

I noticed the dislikes. I suspect these dislikers don't work on cars that are routinely subjected to salt. Where I live in Oregon, a Honda can last for 20 years easily. My 2004 Accord has only been driven in the snow a dozen times or so, and never on a salted road. It's still rust-free. You do what is necessary to keep the car on the road, not preserve it for decades. I build computers (I did spend three years rebuilding engines and 18 years as a machinist). In my experience, engines that have been overheated to the point of failure, are goners. And today, computer parts are MUCH worse than even 15 years ago, and warranties are pure make-believe. If an electronic part fails, the buyer eats the loss.

I did the 4L60E in my 93 Chevy... Now those transmissions, you better have a plan with that dipstick tube. First one I did, it took me longer to put the dipstick tube in than it did to put the transmission in... trans had shifting issues, so for round 2 it was much easier... Around 2 hours total, but with the first round it took me around 3 hours... Its not bad really... the 4L60E was a electronic version of the 700R4, which was all weak transmissions to begin with... In my opinion, the best automatic transmission ever made was the 350 and 400 turbos... I had a 78 Chevy, and I couldnt kill it... Burn outs, hauled over 7000 pounds a lot... Couldnt hurt the old beast...

@rightlanehog3151

6 жыл бұрын

Has GM made a reliable automatic since the Turbo Hydra-Matic 400 went out of production?

@randy1ization

5 жыл бұрын

yes but 60 mph interstates and 3 speeds are out of fashion nowdays

@randy1ization

5 жыл бұрын

if all of thre updates are put in, heavy duty cage, 5 pinion sprag,, rebuilt valve body, rebuilt pump, borg warner clutch packs, shift kit, aluminium servos instead of plastic,, new harness in trans, new shift solenoids,, they will last. trouble is most shops dont really rebuild them, they replace half of the kit, and hope for the best/

I'm with you, give her the juice straight away. If it's gonna break, it's gonna break!

Wow I live in Milwaukee Wisconsin and I’m down the street from that place

An oldie but goodie woop

Always make sure that the correct dipstick is in the transmission. I have found people breaking the dipstick and running to the scrap yard to get a replacement and picking the wrong one. They run the transmission with the wrong fluid level because the dipstick is the wrong length.

If those threaded all the way in they need "O" rings like you said. Did it state on the package they were NPT on quick disconnects. I had to make custom fittings for my zo6 vette when I added after market radiator in it, which they sent barbed fittings and I wanted to stay with the factory quick diconnects.

Just found out I need 2 of the cats replaced AND tge tranny. Yah me! Good thing I work for a parts company.

Good video

If ever had to do an automatic transmission, I always put gages on 'em to test drive so I could tell if the things were gonna go wonky. Been a long, long time, but I still got my AT gage set! ... Somewhere. ;)

Another great video. What was the white (?) goop you used to dope the threads on the trans line disconnects?

eres el mejor buen trabajo desde P.R

great job...

Bad rebuilds seems to be the norm no matter what part of the country you're in. That sounds like the worst warranty I've ever heard of, sounds like a complete rip-off. That 's funny, the trans. co. being in WI. That's where I am and that's where I've had shoddy trans. work from too. Think it was A-1 in Madison area. Thanks for the video. Just watched this for a second time and I've got to say you are an extremely patient man. Tell you what, I'll be pissed as hell and throw stuff for you, how's that? ....lol.

Eric .I bought a transfer case from this supplier, and first one was junk.2500 miles later, had to warranty it.4 wheel drive on the unit never worked from when it was originally installed. So they sent me a defective unit the very 1st 1. I argued with the company and explain to them that the 1st unit was defective upon being installed. That for high was not engaging. However they sent a replacement unit, my mechanic install the unit , you're right they only paid $50 per hour and it was 3.3 hours that I was reimbursed. I had to jump through it seems like several holes to get my reimbursement from this company. I submitted all the forms and proper paperwork and receipts in it took close to 3 months to get my reimbursement of hounding them every 2 weeks. I will never again by a remanned transfer case or motor or tranny from this company . I submitted receipts for Transfer case fluid and the gasket, they did reimburse me for 3.3 hours of labor the fluid and the gasket. my mechanic was nice enough to charge me the same rate to install it as he did the 1st time , did not charge me to diagnose it however it did tie up his lift for like almost a week. It took them 4 days from the time the phone call was placed to get the remain replacment unit to us. You're right the price on the unit was substantially cheaper than any other remain company in it came with a 3 year unlimited mileage warranty. I purchased the unit through rock auto and they are a supplier for rock auto. No fault of rock auto .Eric o..thanks for the great video,and being a awesome,mechanic, farther,husband,person...god bless...peace

@throttlebottle5906

6 жыл бұрын

I sometimes wonder if they are not just "lipstick on pig" fluid flushed/painter pulls. never rebuilt nor tested, just cleaned and shipped lol.

I have a Jasper reman trans in the old ford I drive, 400K no problems

My 2002 GMC Sierra 1500 has 250,000 + miles on the engine and transmission and has never been opened up, still running good. Engine gets oil and filter changed with Castro’s GTX every 5000 miles and trans serviced every 50,000 miles, never had it flushed, should do that soon but have a hard time trusting a shop to do it right and thorough.

Boy howdy , I sure noticed that the drive shaft was sure crusty when Eric was putting it back in place.

I'm glad I have straight drive. Bill

I thought this looked like an old video: "The snow is almost melted". Here in Maine today, we're getting the first snow of the year.

@timothybarney7257

6 жыл бұрын

I'm about 200-220 miles ESE of Eric O in the Hudson Valley and we just got our first accumulation today as well. I was on the western edge of the storm rolling up the east coast and maybe have 2 inches total (forecast was dusting to 3 inches max).

Why I rebuild my own Transmissions. Order up a Sonnax rebuild kit with the updated parts. Install new Converter. Never had one come back on me. As some of these are real pain to take out....

Muy buen video saludos desde chile

Your a good egg there Charle Brown

it is that winter wonderland that makes you sick an the rust