"and a big box on the back............................that you can p00p in" Classic Wes. I love it !

@jjason1974

Жыл бұрын

Freat job

@todmatthew5824

Жыл бұрын

😂

@jamessprague5653

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely love watching Wess.

@JShep-yu3ki

Жыл бұрын

That was a crappy joke!

@deannaphillips3461

Жыл бұрын

​@@JShep-yu3ki yup lol😂😂😂😂

Frankly, I can't imagine anyone else opening that ECM and finding and repairing those capacitors. You never cease to amaze me Wes. Outstanding job!

@skelafeti

Жыл бұрын

my thoughts exactly. 99.8% would replace the board when it really was a simple fix.

@coreybabcock2023

Жыл бұрын

He is a awesome person for figuring these things out

@ernieb2982

Жыл бұрын

This reminds me of Mitsubishi driveability diagnostics: step 1, remove and inspect ECM and Tcm for failed caps. Please keep up the good work.

@MattExzy

Жыл бұрын

It's lucky the electrolytic fluid itself didn't ruin the board traces. Surprisingly few caps on there - I suppose the engineers at the time thought they were a possible weak point. My mind boggles however at how many 30-odd year vehicles there are out there, and the caps are just waiting to wreak havoc.

@dougr.6734

Жыл бұрын

I don't know of anyone that has a "bolt bin" of every imaginable capacitor to repair boards with. Lol

That is hugely impressive. A car mechanic who not only knows what a capacitor is, but can find one of the right value and voltage rating from his bits and pieces drawers. Respect!!!

@MrSleepProductionsInc

Жыл бұрын

He is more than a car mechanic. Check out his early video’s.

Awesome job Wes! But you were about three years too late to help me out. I had the same situation about 3 years ago in my 95 E350 cube van with same exact drivetrain and identical symptoms. I unfortunately did not have any fancy diagnostic tools to help me pinpoint the problem. I spent many days trouble shooting and replacing various "bad" components... basically chasing the first few things you had thought it was... I love your little sketches, lists and flow charts. It ran better every time I "fixed" something but idle was still horrible. After talking to everyone I knew about what it could be and relentless internet searching, I figured maybe the computer was bad. After seeing that it was not even available anymore and for some outrageous price I could send it out for rebuilding, I decided to open it up and found the leaking capacitors. No stores close to me on the North Carolina shore sell capacitors anymore(where is radio shack when you need them?) but after a search on ebay I found a guy selling the three caps as a kit. Replaced all three and ran better than when I bought it 20 years ago! The best part of this story is that during my internet search I ran across your youtube channel because of that old E350 based flatbed you were working on. I have watched every video you have produced since. I really appreciate all the information you have put out there for everyone. I also have that disease where if its broken and I cant figure it out, it bugs me so much that I spend way more time and money than it is worth to fix it... but I am happy... I think? Broke but happy. Oh well, I never liked paying bills anyways...

@ottoneidlinger4938

Жыл бұрын

I’m glad you took the time to tell us about this experience. It’s the figuring out why, that make people like you and Wes great. Never give up.

@electrickal1

Жыл бұрын

Thats the spirit guys!! FixNshare, that way we get a warm feeling and keep hold of our hard earned a little longer fellas. 5*

@KevTech1

Жыл бұрын

ah, Radio Shack. My first stop on payday. Back then I was single and didn't have to sneak new stuff in the house. Once your married, the wife notices new things, like 4 floor standing speaker towers or another vcr stacked up. lol ☺

@ChristianRaymondFilms

5 ай бұрын

Wow dude awesome dialogue. I have the same issues with my E350 Cube Van. I will look Into the capacitors, thank you for the insights and information.

"...when I figure it out it makes me happy, but it typically doesn't make me money." I genuinely hope that your customers appreciate you Wes, I'd pay triple to live near enough to have you as my go to mechanic! Great diagnostic process, explanation, video, humour and outtro and it made sense to me. Thank you Wes 👍🏻.

@scottfranson4215

Жыл бұрын

Ya , I have paid triple,when I knew the mechanic was like Wes. They’ll stay a little long but when they know .they should be rewarded what’s happened to this Great America. I would think he was raised like this.

As a electronics engineer facilty assistant who repaired the school's lab equipment, I approve of your printed circuit board repair. I would add heat to free the legs rather than cold working them free but no big deal. Always enjoy. Stay broke, stay happy!

@ccmoos

Жыл бұрын

Repairing that is fantastic, even electronics pros can screw something like that up

@bobbyt2657

Жыл бұрын

IF it works .. it works ... and that's the main thing !!

@gorak9000

Жыл бұрын

It's amazing how many problems come down to 3 (or 10 to 20) old electrolytic caps! Love the component level repair!

@M.TTT.

Жыл бұрын

Add heat with a heat gun?

@JustinVodden

Жыл бұрын

Hey there hive minde. Can anyone explain or point me in the direction of understanding what "open loop" and "closed loop" are. Wes has probably explained it in another video

Videos like this are exactly why we watch, Wes. Watching you solve a difficult problem, and then do the repairs that nobody else would do is so awesome!

@peter-pg5yc

Жыл бұрын

with his humor..

I’m a parts swapper and you sir are a mechanic. The detail you go into on these obscure fixes is unreal🙏🏻

Best part of this channel is watching your problem solving skills in action. I really enjoy seeing you sketch things out, make notes, and talk your way through it 👍

9:09 "I have to figure it out". This is exactly why I watch your channel Wes! There are dozens of car repair channels out there, but this one is where you actually LEARN stuff. Thanks again for the excellent content.

Having been working on EEC-IV Fords for half my life, I was saying to the screen many times "bad caps in the EEC" You did a great job of troubleshooting this problem though as well as the repair. Also, for Ford stuff of this era, look up "TMoss Porting" if you haven't already. He's got a lot of documents on his site about the Ford EEC controls of this era and how they work written by some very knowledgeable people.

@trialsted

11 ай бұрын

Great source of information, thanks!

@BobTheBreaker9

4 ай бұрын

Is it really that common of a problem?? I have fired the parts cannon on my truck with issues like this...now I'm thinking it couldn't hurt to look in the computer

Just when I thought I’d seen everything about fixing impossible problems this channel pops up virtually out of nowhere. Wow, Wes is a true genius that has the human touch and attitude that we desperately need in our quest to solve our baffling vehicle problems that no one wants to tackle. Or hardly lessen to us. I had an undiagnosed starting issue that took 5 years to find someone who could diagnose and solve it! The cost was high but worth it to me as I wanted to keep an older but beloved vehicle.

Wes, you got big ones! Not 1 in a 100 techs would mess with a PCM board. Good Job! I have some experience with early automotive electronic controls and it was almost never the PCM/ECM. It sure was this time. Thanks for sharing. You and South Main Auto are the only ones I see making drawings or consulting schematics. Keep it cup!

@keithrimmer3

Жыл бұрын

And pine hollow

@billmalec

Жыл бұрын

You beat me to it

@dave1135

Жыл бұрын

Back then, the circuit boards in the ECMs were reliable, unless it had a cracked trace or the board warping and contacting the case, we found these by doing a "tap test". Nowadays, most caps over 10 years old are failing, it's not just ECMs, but anything using them. Old home PCs are especially prone to it, I've had several I've had to recap

Several years ago we had a guy show up at my shop in an old Chevrolet conversion camper. He was living in it and the engine blew up. He was stranded and no one else would work on it. We ended up replacing the engine with him living inside the van. He would just wander off during the day and then we pushed the van back outside at night and he'd sleep in the parking lot. Interesting experience. Probably not One I would repeat.

@Rein_Ciarfella

Жыл бұрын

My step van conversion died on me on A1A in Ponte Vedra. Had it towed back to Jax Beach, got a job pumping gas at a Gulf station and the owner fixed it while I lived in it. Great experience. 👍🔧

@josephking6515

Жыл бұрын

@@Rein_Ciarfella What a nice work commute you had. 😁👍

WES, 37years workin in the electronics field, got paid by the hour.didnt really have time to delve into "fixing the problem" like you do, just plug and play equipment. Dude !!!! Your tenacity to go all in?.... Ain't no one else who would Give a SH ! π ! Thanks for sharing your abilities to help others! You Da Man!

OBD1 Fards...this video brought me back to a dark place and gave me the willies...

Wes, your dedication and desire to help are commendable.

As the old saying goes "If it flies, floats or f***s, rent it"

@thomas316

Жыл бұрын

You do WHAT to RVs?!!

@WatchWesWork

Жыл бұрын

Well it's a land yacht so...

@ligurian728

Жыл бұрын

@@WatchWesWork I added "or is formal, rent it"

Guy came to fix the big computer, he checks it out for 5 minutes, opens his briefcase, takes out a small hammer, hits the computer, all is working ok. Customer asked him how much? guy says !1000.00, customer says you were only here 5 minutes and hit it once with the hammer. guy says $1.00 to hit it with the hammer, $999 to know where to hit it.. Knowledge is worth a lot. Big repair companies would bill for the whole time it took, probably at $150 per hour. Having a technician one can go to who will actually fix the problem is rare in this day and age. Keep up the good work. Charge enough your skill is worth it.

Wes. Your diagnostic skills are from out of this world. You amaze me every time you find the problem in the most unlikely places. Some super heroes don't wear capes.

Board-level repairs are always the most satisfying! Nicely done Wes!

Wes, the reason you didn't refuse to work on this RV and stuck with it is that you, like me and many others, have an obsessive compulsion to problem solve. We see, or hear, about a problem and our brain goes into problem solving mode, and we won't stop until we've either fixed it or broken it completely...🤣🤣 Basically you are one of the good ones that doesn't let a problem beat you and chases the knowledge/satisfaction of the fix for that personal endorphine/dopamine rush, rather than for gratitude or financial reward. Excellent work as always Wes, keep it up. ❤❤

I'm quite possibly the world's worst mechanic but really enjoy your videos. Your calm demeanor and ability to continue thinking through the problem until you solve it is refreshing.

"Pays to be a hoarder" is something I say every time I use that one fastener or odd piece I've kept in the garage for like 10 years lol. Mountains of crap in storage because you never know when you might just need something obscure.

You're a dedicated wrench head Wes. Not many would take it as a personal challenge to track down as obscure malfunction and put it right. Fine bit of work.

I bought that exact setup in 2015 and had the same issue. 40000 miles. You could overcome the bucking and coughing by running the ac but gas milage suffered. I finally pulled computer and discovered the blown capacitors. $10 in parts and the thing never missed another beat. It was still an absolute pig to drive but great for our family travels. The best part was when I sold it in 2021 for $5k more than I paid for it! A rare win in the rv world. Keep it real Wes! Cheers

After watching this one I sure wish I could take our 2002 CR V with 409,000 Km for repairs that would inject new life into it. No one I’ve seen could match your incredible diagnostic ability and remarkable persistence. That’s why your shop is surrounded by vehicles of all types waiting patiently to be given a new lease on life!!! And amazingly you remain good natured about everything!!!

Wes, Great work! That RV looks like it's in nice shape, worth getting it right for the owner. I have a lot of older vehicles that no one will fix for me, no matter what I pay, so I appreciate what you did there. As a mechanic for 57yrs starting in 1965 and having worked in emissions fuel economy and drivability at GM for 36 concurrent, 1979-2016, I know the difficulties wading through the logic of engine controls for 1994. That year was a transition period from pre 1993 thru 1996 for that wt class. Engineers manipulated engine controls with fancy software to stay just under the emiss std w/ out adding more parts. That makes the control just crazy. But I'll bet that Ford 460 V8 is a nice combo for that class C E-350 RV, at about 12,000Lbs. And yes all high profile vehicles are a bear in windy conditions, you have to slow down. One time I went and hid behind a tall bldg while a tornado passed about a half a mile away! It was hairy. When it passed, trees were down, power poles were snapped off and I had no electricity for a week when I got home. Thank you for posting and making the guy's RV run nice again. ben/ michigan

@davidconner-shover51

Жыл бұрын

I have a '99 E350 cutaway with a shuttle bus conversion, I've found it difficult to find anyone to work on it, even to change the plugs

Good video!! A tip for you that might help with the soldering, you should be able to remove the conformal coating with either isopropyl alcohol or acetone. If you use a UV flashlight you'll see where the coating is (it will glow under the UV) Keep up the great work!!!

@josephking6515

Жыл бұрын

Nice tip. Thank you. 👍👍

@ianmorris8534

Жыл бұрын

Acetone might be good for removal of the conformal coating, but can also soften the pcb (on certain pcb formulations) and cause swelling, leading to delamination , and the breaking of via's on multi-layer boards. It can also cause the degradation or dissolvement of other components such as smd's, thru-hole capacitor covers, led's, lcd's, etc.

@sativafourtwentie

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip! Didn’t know about the blacklight

Wes this is why I love to watch your channel. At one time in my life I was a great trouble shooter because I understood how everything in a vehicle was supposed to work. In these days I can’t understand why or how they manage to make these engines run. So we have now raised a generation of parts changers in stead of trouble shooters. But not Wes he will dig and prod until he finds something that doesn’t look right and fix it. Great video thanks.

@DieselRamcharger

Жыл бұрын

It just takes smarter people to fix them now. The world moves forward. Keep up or get left behind. Nothing new there.

I have no issue with your pronunciation of solder, being from the UK, it's exactly how we would pronounce it. Very informative video as always, cheers wes

Next time you get a ‘94 F350 plow truck with the same symptoms just think how much time you will save and money you will make repairing it in 45 minutes and STILL not know how or why!😊 Wes, I wish you lived in the Atlanta area, NO one else would work on my car! My mechanic of 40 years recently retired and I don’t know what I will do for a new mechanic. Too many “parts cannons” out there in my area and shop labor rates are currently $150/hour. My impression of you, from watching your videos, is you are a honest, hard working and trustworthy man, with a more colorful vocabulary than you display in your videos.😊

Yes, I am glad to see Max was able to take time out of his busy day to make an appearance! It makes me happy seeing people diagnose and repair electronic side of things. Generally an easy fix once you are comfortable soldering circuit boards.

I had to laugh when you went past the "road closed" sign. The last time i did that, a less than understanding sheriffs deputy asked me if i was confused on what "road closed" meant... 🤦‍♂️🤣

@WatchWesWork

Жыл бұрын

We waited until he went the other way...

As a normal DIY individual, this is absolutely insane. Insanely great work and learned some things about how 02 sensors worked.

You just saved that RV from the boneyard. Who else is soldering caps in a 90's stone age ecu? Nice work

As an electronics technician by trade for twenty years, that Hakko is an excellent solder sucker. I have the same unit and it has worked for over a decade. It is even possible to replace the pump diaprams when they get all gunked up with flux fumes. Nice repair Wes, professional job! I would have done the exact same thing. That is one fancy stand!

@JackHudler

Жыл бұрын

Yes it is. I will never go back to impact solder suckers. Destroyed too many pads with those things.

@M.TTT.

Жыл бұрын

Oh man, they're expensive though! Guess I'll stick to the cheap spring-loaded suckers lol

Wes it's good to exercise your brain that's why people bring you the types of vehicles they do because they know you won't give up like most mechanics would. Love your determination to find the problems

I owned a '94 E350 motorhome. Had it a couple years and it started surging and doing stupid stuff. I confirmed a lot of stuff, determined that it wasn't actually misfiring. I searched the forums online for days, just trying to get another angle of what could be the issue. I found a post with pictures of the inside of the ECU, showing damaged capacitors. I removed my ECU, inspected and found all three damaged capacitors. I don't have the skilled to replace them so I ordered a 'rebuilt' ECU. Installed it and it did the same thing. The rebuilt ECU had 'don't tamper' tape on it, I carefully removed the screwed, not to damage the tape, and discovered the same damage to all three capacitors. I contacted the company, asked them if they replaced them. They advised to send it back and they would inspect. Pretty sure I received a different ECU, this time it was super taped, no way to examine the inside without damaging the tape. Installed the ECU and it ran perfect. I sold it shortly afterwards. Good job Wes!!!

That's sick, not many mechanics will mess with a ECM & solder in some new Caps like that. The difference between a back yard mechanic & a tradesmen is diagnostic skill. Much respect for the highly skilled tradesman.

Congrats Wes, there's not 1 in a hundred guys that could figure that one out.

Good job. These are the most satisfying repairs once you’ve found the problem.

The first time I have heard an American person pronounce the word solder without a silent “L” and a terrific job fixing the problem.

One of the few people still willing to do diag work on old OBD1 systems. Great work sir.

As these vehicles age this seems to be becoming more of a problem with the caps inside. Another KZreadr I watch has posted about 2 or 3 of these, all with bad caps, some so bad its eaten the traces on the board. Good on you Wes for finding it and gettng that rig back on the road.

@MichaelSteeves

Жыл бұрын

For high-reliability applications, they recommend replacing electrolytic capacitors every 10 years. I have zero surprise that this was the issue.

@robpeters5204

Жыл бұрын

@@MichaelSteeves most ppl don’t keep a vehicle for more than 3-5 hrs. This should have been set out to pasture many moons ago. Lol!

@giggiddy

Жыл бұрын

​@@robpeters5204And that's why most Americans are in debt up to their eyeballs. Maybe they should pay for and keep their cars instead of leasing (renting). Still cheaper to maintain a paid off vehicle than buy a new one like the dealers/banks want you to.

This customer was just lucky to bring this to you. Your background in electronics saved the day for sure. Great video!

Wes I can’t tell you the recent occasions in the U.K. when I’ve had garages not help with relatively minor stuff they just didn’t want to do and announced to my friends “where’s our version of Wes or Rainman Ray”? It’s admirable your knowledge and sheer determination that something can be found and potentially fixed.

Most shops would touch an RV ... NO SHOPS would repair a circuit board! Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦

Excellent diagnostic skills. You never cease to amaze me. I feel bad for all those impacted by the river flooding. Thanks for sharing.

My wife really enjoyed the sparkle pencil pointer in your diagrammatic explanation. 🤣

My Ford E350 Rv is having almost exact same problem and failing smog. This was a big help. You don't need to apologize. I haven't run into many mechanics that would actually try and repair a board instead of just charging the customer for a new one weather he needed it or not. That's integrity and tenacity on your part.

Your customer is lucky to have found you as you say no one else would want to work on that good job

Wes, we love to watch you solve problems, great video. The very best part of your video is you teaching you boy to be a boy along with other kids in the flooded areas! Keep showing how to have fun, enjoy the advantages of living in rural areas and just being a kid.

@WatchWesWork

Жыл бұрын

Those were my nephews.

My brain boggles at some of your repairs. The diagnosis is heavy enough but then you start working on PCBs. Super impressed. Way beyond my abilities. Thank you.

@WastelandWanderer1216

Жыл бұрын

Hell at this point and going into the future you're not only gonna need Mechanical Training but also Computer Science learning. Completely screws over shade tree mechanics like myself 😅😅😅😅

Hallelujah! “SoLder” - spread the word and thank you on behalf of all of us on the other side of the Atlantic.

Thank you for working on the RV. I too have an older 460 RV that is tough to find someone to work on. I am very grateful when I find a good mechanic that’s willing to tackle it. Watching you figure out the cause of the problem is very entertaining and educational. Good work!

classic Wes detective work. good to see trademark pencil sketches making a come back- love that!

@gs1100ed

Жыл бұрын

Wes is quite the artist! Impressive!

A real pleasure watching a good mechanic get to the root of the problem. Well done Wes.

I'll say it again, your customers are extremely fortunate to have you. NO one else would have the knowledge or skills to do this repair.

Right when you showed the info from the scan tool I said to myself "it's probably the PCM". I've had a bunch of old Ford trucks and one of them ran me in circles worse than this and it ended up being a bad PCM. Your channel brings back some of the excitement I used to have when I first started out as a mechanic.

Your tenacity and determination is what separates the mechanics/diagnosticians from the parts changers/clock watchers.

I should be at church, but I’m watching Wes work. Thanks Wes.

Great video! That strange difference in the reference voltage you measured may have been affected by the faulty electrolytic cap. Your DVOM reacts relatively slowly and measured 5.0XX volts while your scan tool may have been reading noise pulses that the cap would have normally smoothed over, thus the 6.0++ reading. At any rate, the faulty filter cap caused it. I noticed you wisely chose the replacement cap with the higher voltage, but I would suspect the 50V cap would have been just fine as there is no voltage higher than battery voltage inside the PCM frame, (Maybe 14 to 15 volts when charging?) Chances are the 63V caps were a supply chain issue when the computer was built. Anything over double the nominal supply voltage would have been just fine.

Nicely done Wes. A real pleasure watching a true professional.

Hats off to you sir, love your attitude on solving problems, wished there were more shops as dedicated to the profession of solving problems and not just changing parts. Thanks for the tag along vid Wes.

@fuckjewtube69

Жыл бұрын

Theres lots of people out there its that people dont wanna pay

Wes you’re so much like a friend of mine. He’s got an identical working garage as we all say in the old days a one-man band get a problem that somebody else can’t fix and he won’t leave alone until he gets to the bottom of it no matter how long it would take and then he finishes up really losing money in one way but he will pursue it until he gets to the bottom of it and get it done. Well done to you and good luck. Keep up the good work you do

After 4 months of chasing this same problem on my 1995 e350 7.5l, replacing all ignition components and more. I finally pulled out the pcm after watching this video, and boom. Same exact capacitor had failed. Now to find someone who can fix it! Thanks for ending my wild goose chase! Cheers

Oh for a simple spring, vacuum tube and choke cable. Those where the days my friend. Nice piece of logical thinking and a solution.

That drawing of a big block motor and an 02 sensor was magnificent, and appeared to be in scale!

This is why I watch this channel. Your tenacity is something else. I always learn something new and appreciate all the videos.

Maybe not so much money but that smile after fixing and smiling customers on the door is good and the happy customers bring more customers and money .

Wes I really love how you stayed with it and found/ fix the issue. I would never have guessed it was the PCM. I stopped working on Ford E series after I learned the hard way/ lost $$, that I didn't have the knowledge or resources to dig very far, and that they are just too cramped for a big guy 😂. Love the vids and knowledge you share. Keep em coming plz 😁

Absolutely love the component-level fix, your background of multiple disciplines pays off again

When the symptoms are so bizarre and make absolutely no sense, it's either a dodgy ground somewhere, or ECU problem. That seems to be roughly what it comes down to :)

@WatchWesWork

Жыл бұрын

Pretty much.

It being an RV has nothing to do with the problem. I was pretty sure it would't be the O2 and was guessing ECU pretty early on. I love that you opened it and found and fixed the problem, very cool. I broke those mechanic's rules long ago, I own and work on boats and RVs. I'm also in violation of the other mechanic's rule; I have several old ugly vehicles like I'm supposed to, BUT they all run properly 🤣

9:00 it took me 4 month to install an evaporator and a condenser in my house. I'm a full time truck driver/youtuber and I was working on it weekends. People didn't understand why I didn't just pay an a/c tech $10,000 to do the work. It's working now and I feel good knowing I did it.

"Chevy Racing" sticker on a 90s era Ford van motorhome. Fantastic.

@thomas316

Жыл бұрын

To quote another channel: "There's your problem lady!" No wonder it's unhappy.

I’ve always loved your designs. Helps me understand better. Wes maybe you should be teaching at a tech college??

@WatchWesWork

Жыл бұрын

This is a better platform IMO.

Thank you for making this video. My brother and I have been chasing a problem just like the one you fixed for over a year in a 1995 Ford econoline e350 club wagon. We did not repair the thing, just went to the parts house and purchased a rebuilt one. It now runs great. Never would of found that without your video. Thank you.

I have worked in the electronics industry for over 40 years and must say this fix was very impressive! Good work

That little engine doodle was so good lol

Well done Wes. Don’t spend a lot of time trying to figure out all the complicated communications in these rigs, just take the WIN and proceed to the next job. 👍

Ah classic 90s EECIV. Brings back memories!

It was very nice of Mrs. Wes to give you one of the reject pencils from her classroom. I'm sure Mrs. Wes appreciates the fine quality of Ticonderoga pencils and refuses to have her nice pencil sharpeners destroyed by the sparkle pencils!!

I'm impressed with your skill level. Great to see there are still craftsman working in the automotive repair field.

Many shops give up too quickly. They are profit and time driven, not customer satisfaction and actually fixing the issue focused. I like to go the extra mile myself for my customers. In the end, the personal gratification and happy customer often offset the lower profits and additional time spent on the repair. Additionally, the referrals continue to come in like crazy. Another great repair Wes.

It's neighbour Smith says we're not the smartest kids on the Block Johnny but we ate quitters that's why I love watching you Wes take care of man

WOW...I just dropped my newly ourchased 1984 ford 460 rv, mechanic said it seems to be running rich, started to search about this, found you and must say I'm totally impressed how you care!! More mechanics like you are needed!!

Hey Wes, that was most impressive and you even had the capacitors in stock! Using higher voltage is ok, we all do that. VREF = Voltage Reference, something for it to compare against to make its calculations. If you accidently have a "track delete" you can use the capacitor leads as a track. Yeah, that was good thanks for showing.

@davidconner-shover51

Жыл бұрын

Vref of 5 volts is actually the power supply voltage to every chip in there. those are power supply filter caps to keep the voltage stable across load changes, the mad thing is, once over 5.5V with much of that, it can possibly fry the electronics. Going a bit heavy on the uF is generally ok in most circuits These days, one could pay a bit more for tantalum caps in those ranges, they don't have that pesky electrolytic leakage/drying out issue.

This actually hit close to home for me, I've got a 1992 bmw 325i out here that does the same thing, runs rough, guzzles fuel and won't go into closed loop. I think I'm gonna have a look see in the ecu before I throw any more money at it. Thanks for the video Wes, always a pleasure learning something from you.

Wow at how full the Mississippi River is almost flooding over that shorter bridge

Your Pronunciation is Perfect!😊 You found the problem and fixed it and you feel good. It doesn’t matter if you done understand ancient ford RV weirdness. You diagnosis pointed you to the problem, no parts cannon required.🎉 Those one hour mechanics just have money to keep them warm. Well done mate! Take a gold star out of petty cash.

Wes, first of all the intro about a big wooden box you can poop in had me laughing harder than I’m willing to admit. I, too, share a large amount of joy in finding these odd problems. I think by saying they don’t make you money you’re selling yourself short. I used to feel bad about charging for all my time dinking around trying to figure stuff out and I would inevitably give the customer a break on the bill. Then at some point someone said “you’re the only person around here that can figure this out” and it clicked. Charge full rate and whatever time it takes you, you will make money.

I was an electronics bench tech for about 18 years and I see no issues with your soldering. Gotta love an ECU that was actually somewhat serviceable too! Nice one!

We pay a lot of money for an average mecanic in a expensive building. Would pay that amount any time of the day for a legend like Wes. Very impressive 👌

Wow! I’ve never seen even the best mechanic I’ve ever been to actually do electronics work on a vehicle’s computer. If they came to the same conclusion you did, computer “failure”, they would just replace the whole thing, not get into the nitty gritty of electronics repair. This is above and beyond work. If the owner is serious about keeping this on the road, the Banks Stinger package with the stainless headers would take care of the cracked exhaust manifolds and allow the rig to breathe better and he’d get a few more HP out of it. Kills a lot of birds with one stone.

This is why shops like yours exist Wes. A simple ~50c (if that) part was all that was needed. Take it almost anywhere else and they would've unloaded the parts cannon and threw their hands up. Plus you show us on youtube, giving us important lessons. Between you and Eric O, I've learned how to look at things differently.

It’s not that you don’t like making money it’s that you like actually helping customers and that the nitch, but being from only a few towns over I can tell you we need more mechanics like you in our area !

I absolutely love this guy’s humor. Great drawings and explanations.

see... I wish I had a mechanic like Wes, you know he's not f'ing you around and he's a straight shooter.