The american dream right here. High quality family owned buisness with a culture out of this world. Keep the videos coming!

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

Appreciate that! We have, and continue to work hard on a culture that is inspiring, professional, healthy, and fun. So your comment means a lot 😃

@c-dog3578

2 ай бұрын

@@DavesAutoCenterCenterville I'm a service manager over seeing a 16 bay repair facility specializing in over the road hazmat chemical tankers in the Chicago land. You lead by example, visualize and pull out the best in people. I see it in all of your videos, you are hands down the best channel on the internet. God bless your team and I look forward to all of the videos to come.

Denzel Washington once said when you are at your peak the devil always tries to take you out. Glad your still here. The internet is a better place when your around friend.

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for reaching out with kind words. Much appreciated. I'm sure your friends feel the same about you

That extra special truth about that clamp separates your channel and as you mentioned your not criticizing keeps up moral. Love that approach!

Wow! 96 vehicles in for repairs. That is amazing. You come in and greet all your employees. The mutual respect can be seen. It is no wonder why you have sooooo much work! They way you treat your employees and customers is second to none. If only all owners were like you!

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

Dave ...really awesome how you interact with your employees, encouragement is much appreciated and makes them feel as part of the team !

Got out of the auto repair industry 15 years ago. I was an ASE Master Certified Auto Technician and watching your show reminds me of one of the things really miss about it. It’s the other guys in the shop over the years that I worked with. Mechanics are a special breed. Different ages and races but there is something unique about the type of guys that are in that line of work.

We came in for advice and cool engines... but stayed for the love of this team.

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! We are fortunate to have a great team 👍

Fun Fridays at Dave's are awesome! You know all your staff is giving you 100%

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

Yes they are!

Bead rolling every end of those tubes where they join a rubber coupler and hose clamp is a must. And I’m sure you know with the Firebird getting the fuel injection…..grounds, grounds, grounds….cant stress the importance of good, solid, clean grounds. Done many of these carb to FI swaps and trouble shooting for other people, and 99% of the time it’s a ground issue or RF noise.

man, id dream to work in a shop with snacks... ha-ha, but seriously I'd love to work under your wing and knowledge of cars its absolutely amazing how you can tell what's wrong just based off the condition of a part. nice to hear you have an apprenticeship at your shop!

I really like how you respect the crew that works for you! I’m a retired aerospace engineer and this video reminded me how much I liked working with my flight test crew. Respected each one of my test crew!

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

Love to hear that! It's great to be part of a team !

@robertmaybeth3434

2 ай бұрын

yes concur, I've worked in many auto shops, most of them as civil servant as tech for fleet vehicles for a large west coast city. Maybe the best thing about the mechanics there is the vetting process does exclude most of the real incompetents and malicious idiots, you seem to run into all the time in auto shops especially as a customer. But Dave's shop is on another level, the collective knowledge in this shop always has a solution for every problem and knows how to fix it right.

@johngrasso7452

2 ай бұрын

That port engine sounded a bit wonkie!!!!

I just hope you had a Blast on vacation. You deserve it . Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Very much respected

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

Thank you, I will

That socket to remove rusted bolt is called a turbo socket here in Canada 😂 I used them a lot on my rusted wrx 🤣

Dave I'm so glad I'm retired. I work on the off road and over the road Detroit Diesel and Allison transmissions at a full service diesel shop. I retired about 3 years after they started regulating emissions so bad. They caused the industry to build all this complicated EGR systems that just caused more problems. And on the automotive side like y'all do it's like holy crap! What a nightmare

i cant believe that near miss from the swordfish.. So relieved that your ok. Nice to see that you had a good time and enjoyed yourself. You really do a great job, always so informative and never afraid to put your own sense into every situation your shop is going through. Would wish you guys luck... But you dont need it. Your one sharp fella and have a great staff

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

Appreciate the kind words and especially the recognition of our crew. Have an awesome weekend 👍

Dave, You've quickly become one of my favorite automotive YT channels. I've been a Dealer tech with CDJR for many years now. If you guys ever get a chance to rebuild one of these 3.0s I, and many others would love to see it. Thanks for the videos and all you do.

Wish my shop owner came around and was as friendly as you Dave. You've built a great shop and atmosphere well done.

Dave brings out the best from his crew - real leader and teacher!

Dave, I can’t believe what happened on your trip! Glad you’re okay!

Definitely a Steve Irwin type of moment. Something you do year after year after year and then one fine day something either takes you out or comes close to it. I was fishing around Windy Point on Lake Roosevelt here in Arizona one cold and rainy Sunday and was the only person on the point. There was one boat about 50 yards out casting the shad schools for crappie. Then suddenly the shelf of rock that I was fishing from broke loose crashing the 50 or so feet into the lake. The block was about the size of a large school bus or simply a massive chunk of sand stone. I felt being air borne for a brief moment and then came the being sucked under feeling. It all happened in the blink of an eye. The wave shot out perpendicular to the shore swamping the fishing boat. After I popped back up the people in the boat had cleared water out of the bilge by removing the transom plug and motoring forward with the 5 hp trolling motor. They came over to me to help me out but I was already heading into the cliff. ALL four of us could easily have perished and it was that close. When it's your time, it's your time. I am glad Dave was okay.

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

Wow! Great share, thanks

Dave is great. I wish he wouldn’t shit on dealer ship techs but that’s the industry for ya. We aren’t a machine shop, but I promise you we send many heads out to be machined. As the tech we don’t have a lot of pull all we can do is say what’s wrong and what’s needed. I’ve seen Dave time and time again shit on us dealer techs, and I dont disagree, we hire people who are unqualified to work at target expecting them to fix 100k vehicles. Let’s start covering the real issues in the industry, instead of highlighting your own success. Again I love Dave I love the shop and I’d quit yesterday to go work there. However this shop is rare.

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

Appreciate the feedback. I don't want to come across as putting dealership techs down in anyway. Apologies for this 👍

I’ve also run transmission fluid in place of oil in a motor with stuck lifters (idle only) and it’s worked well , great videos man

One of my new favorite YT channels. It's the best feeling when I get a new upload notification

Watching all your videos confirms the reason why im still driving around my squarebody chevy for the past 30yrs

Dave I’m a mb tech that only works on those sprinters. Those 3.0s are easy for me. Glow plug breaking is common. Mercedes makes a whole kit that’s pretty fool proof for extracting them. As far as the exhaust leak. ALOT of people mess that clamp up on the elbow coming off the turbo. A lot of people bend the bracket on the transmission and leave the top bolt out of the dpf that connects the dpf to another bracket on the back of the head by the egr cooler. This essentially always creates an exhaust leak at the clamp or even sometimes puts stress on that elbow and breaks studs or the metal gasket in the turbo. 9/10 when we’re doing repeat repairs on these it’s because it’s already been apart.

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the experienced feedback!

Looks like you had a lot of fun, and very well deserved.!!!

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

Appreciate that! It was a lot of fun, but a little too long. I was ready to get back home and to work.👍

Great channel! Love the information and so well done. Sure seem to hear a lot of 6.7 powerstrokes in

Good working tools are just as valuable as great employees. We need to look after both. Love the walk around video

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

You said that well 👍

Welcome back, I'm glad your OK and you had some unwind time.

Respect, respect, respect…for the trade, for the vehicles, for the staff, for the customers = great success

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

Right on

Great show as usual ! . Nothing beats a fishing trip ! 🎣🐟 well deserved Dave ! 😎

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

Fish On friends!

I'm from Michigan and use Hapco for noisy lifters. Pour some in, let it run till quiet and then change oil. It's magic

Glad you're still here. ain't nothing but God bro. God is good. We got to keep on ratcheting

Beautiful!! Enjoy, I love me some fishin , good times 👍

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

The best

All repair shops should use your videos to show how to run a business and shop.

I hope we get to see some content from the new machinery soon, crank welder and grinding is always amazing to watch,,,, glad your fishing trip was a relaxing time, now back to see the crew and make some happy customers, take care to all

Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude ! I left my heart........... in Panamaaaaaaaaaa. You are definitely killing me

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

Right?!🐠🐟

I just want to say auto body technicians don't get enough love. You know they also make a little bit less money depending on the job and compared to a mechanic of equal skill... Also, they play around with more chemicals Tend to get sick more often... RiP to my late body man Farther love you pops thanks for watching over me and the boys..

Awesome video Dave , keep them coming! You and your team are an inspiration to us all!!

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much

These guys are my kind of people !

Ohhhhh suuuuurreee yess the rich white guy returning from his fishing trip. How exquisite!

Always learn something from you, Dave! Thanks

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

Thanks Dave, love your channel. Lots of love from the UK

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

Great job Dave. Very interesting and informative. True professional.

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Dirty Dave straight up FISTING dat MARLIN in da thumbnail!!!

Dave congratulations on the marlin, I lived in Florida for 15 years had to go to many people for me. I have a mechanical engineering background I am retired now but I really enjoy your channel. You are very fortunate to have such a great crew, I am very impressed. Your customers should appreciate your shops dedication to their craft.. you got to know when to move, billfish they will kill you if they can. I live in Virginia it seems like every shop I know of is out to charge as much as they can get away with. I had a bad water pump on a 3.8 dodge engine, they wanted a thousand dollars to replace it. I know that you have to make a profit to pay the bills, but I changed it for around a hundred dollars. It's time for these shops to get real.

I wish you good luck and great fishing 🎣🦦😊👍🤞😃

Absolutely love watching this channel and Dave and all the great folks working here. Makes me wanna up sticks, move to Utah and come work for you. Glad to see you're okay after that Marlin had a go! 😮

Awesome shop. You are a fantastic boss, Dave.

“Ive done 3 6.7’s in the last 3 days.” “6.7 cummins or Powerstroke?” “Powerstroke” I laughed. Gotta love Ford for keeping our mechanics busy.

Just Awesome

Born and raised there in the Canal Zone. Went down to Pinas bay. Spent 10 days down there. I was 15. Great time and great place to grow up. Spent a lot of time on and under the water of both oceans. Miss the spearfishing and free diving. Been enjoying the vids.

Love Dave's MBWA (Management By Wandering Around) philosophy.

Good to see you relaxing sir! 🙏🏾✨️

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

Thank you kindly

I love watching these! Your shop is amazing. Keep the videos coming!

I’m on my second year as a shop owner & I’m so thankful I ran across your videos Your advice is very wise, I love how you talk about the 4 c I also have some videos, I’m really into performing accurate diagnosis & I really care about my customers job being done correctly Im growing really fast & starting to hire Keep up the invaluable advice

Work hard .. Play Hard...Great stuff..👌

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

Thanks ✌️

Four C’s !!!! Love that 👍🏾

I’m glad you enjoyed your stay in my country Dave, i am a big fan of you and your work and that was a close one with that fish 😅

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

Well deserved vacation Mr. Dave! I'm glad that you visited my country, I'm from Panama. Very hot weather all year round , but the Pacific ocean and the Atlantic ocean are breathtaking.

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

Beautiful country! You're very fortunate

Love it!

Fun Friday!!! 🎉❤

Moving from the Keys to the Utah Rockies is quite the scenery change. Both beautiful places and love going to both of them.

Need to get gale banks on your discovery episode. Would be Legendary

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

Would love to do an episode with Gale Banks for sure !!

Seems like the best boss to have 👍👍

You can’t find a shop these days that will let you under their lift Always loved taking a look back in the day

Yes im first love you dave your are the greatest mechanic on KZread you rock and to learn your a fisherman as well make you that much more awesome ❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

Fish on brother!

Huge shop 96 cars you are working on wow

Such a great channel, I wish you all the best:.. Adam, from England

Use max-mileage fuel borne catalyst to prevent soot from being created in the first place!

Boa pescaria.bom trabalho gosto de ver a oficina e mesmo um hospital de carros.bom fim de semana

Awesome brother I love fishing salmon etc

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

Salmon fishing sounds great! I don't know too much about salmon fishing👍

Happy your okay! Great videos! Thank you!

Love these! So cool!

God bless you, Dave. Glad that Marlon didn’t take your head off.

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

Me too

I wanted to hear more about your near death fish story. Plus your shop and crew looks top notch.

Hola 👋 señor Dave!!! This was a great video and with 100 vehicles in the shop I know you gonna have a lot of material for more episodes for your tv show 👋😃👋Saludos!!! Y’all have a great weekend 👋😃👋

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

Thanks, you have a great weekend as well 😃

@munozinni

2 ай бұрын

@@DavesAutoCenterCenterville Gracias señor Dave!!! For taking some of your busy time to reply to my comment…I’m going to watch it again but this time on the Tv in HD I want to see every detail I love how the engines get a deep clean and the heads are so clean and shiny outstanding work you do in your shop…Saludos!!! And Y’all have a great weekend and enjoy with the family 👋😃👋

That's a bucket list place for me

Nice Dave 😮

Im from Panamá, and I didnt know this place existed 😂 looks really fun 😁

Nice fish and nice tan Dave

I sure wished your shop was close to me. I’ve always done all my own work , service and repair s but I’ve got to the age that makes the work awful hard on me and I just don’t trust people and shops and the prices are so dam high like every thing in life now. The truck I have now was bought new and the truck before this one I bought new and both Dodge 1992 5 speed manual single cab long bed 4x4 and the one I have now is a 05 4 door long bed dullay 4x4 with 6 speed manual and both have been great trucks. Your a great guy that I can trust and hope you had a great time fishing !!

GREAT TO HEAR YOUR BACK

Get involved with all your machines. Get all the service books and read people!

As for your fishing, I hear that Lodge you went to is Thee place for great Billfishing. And Dave, you caught some nice ones.

You guys are very busy out there. Thanks for video always looking forward for new videos be safe have fun.👍

Great stuff as always 👏🙏

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙌

Special crew of guys and a gal!

Glad you had a great time fishing Dave and made it back safe due to your close call! Did you happen to get your hands into the motor of the boat you were on???ha ha

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

😂. Always try and check out the marine motor 👍

Garage? Closer to an automobile factory!

Go Dave!!

Seeing that intake clogged up really makes you wonder how much better for the environment modern emissions control is if at the end of the day: A.) more energy (and chemicals) are used to clean out stuff that used to just go out the tailpipe. B.) the greater consumption of engines due to the lack of maintenance causing catastrophic failures.

I am a mechanic for one of the big three at the proving grounds plus do some side hustle can’t believe people don’t want to do basic maintenance on their veh or tractor lawn mower I own a John Deere tractor over 20 years old perfect condition it just takes a little time I love just working in my shop it’s not work to me great channel your shop is very nice

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

Good to hear from you!

Hi Dave - if you’re looking for Engine/Automotive machinists you might want to get in touch with The School of Automotive Machinists in Houston, TX. One of the only schools in the country specializing in engine machining and design. They sometimes have great grads looking for positions. (I went there 2008-2010).

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

Gatta appreciate this tour of the shop dave😂

Bros back! Looks like it was a blast man glad you’re safe. Never know the dangers in the water. 🙏🏾

@DavesAutoCenterCenterville

2 ай бұрын

True words! Thanks for watching our channel 👍

Nice glad you had a good time.

Look at that Bertram parade!

Enjoy! Thanks for sharing

CORRECTION, DAVE! Partially. 9:35 in you mention that truck may have half the power... that might be true. But math is deceiving, and a 2" exhaust actually moves 4x the volume of a 1" exhaust at the same pressure. So, this exhaust has been running at significantly higher pressures than it would if there was no plugging up... causing a 75% air flow restriction. That's just from a half inch of buildup on all sides. This kind of restriction causes a myriad of issues most people already know about, but also causes excess exhaust manifold heat, and cats themselves can overheat without enough airflow. Plus, it breaks down your oil faster, overheats easier, and works the motor harder under such backpressure. (Edit was my spelling)