One of the best machinest I knew said penatrating oil just gave a man the courage to pull harder on the wrench. perhaps if it has time to soak it may help

@SouthMainAuto

Жыл бұрын

There's never been a true statement said.

@ForfeMac

Жыл бұрын

I just use it because it smells nice 😄

@dans_Learning_Curve

Жыл бұрын

​@@SouthMainAutoonce a bolt turns a bit, then oil, water, or whatever has a fighting chance!!

@mph5896

Жыл бұрын

I swear, Mouse Milk actually works. 🤣

@rick980

Жыл бұрын

@@ForfeMac hilarious my wife likes the smell of a good old rod burning rich and the smell of car paint and Bondo

That technical difficulties cut away gets me every time 😂

@AaronBelknap

Жыл бұрын

He was saying things like golly, gosh darn it etc.!

Double-duty as a fireman. You should ask Mrs. O for a raise!😂😂

Puts out laundromat fire, knows the fire department is hanging out next door, proceeds to get the torch out for all repairs. Just giving you a hard time. 😂

@Servant927

Жыл бұрын

They were at lunch didn’t you hear the siren. Great save Mr. O!!!!

@leftyo9589

Жыл бұрын

some times ya just need to know how long its gonna take them to show up to your fire!!

@CrimeVid

11 ай бұрын

That’s the second time you’ve had to put the laundromat out ! well it might be more, but that’s what I remember. The guy needs to pay you a retainer !

@CrimeVid

11 ай бұрын

Acid brush, for brushing on bakers fluid or other acid flux before soldering. Tinsmith work etc.

@queensapphire7717

4 ай бұрын

Spray it !

"Technical difficulties Please standby" OH wow priceless! All I heard was "Mother of pearl" LOL!

Eric O. My hero! Always doing the right thing, even putting out an occasional fire next door. Great video!!! Made my day again! 👍🏻👍🏻

@halbud

Жыл бұрын

my eyes got all wet when Eric O. Got that award for saving Avoca from disaster !

U-joints, fluid film, torches, drill, an actual torque wrench, medical procedure discussion, and fire fighting in the same video! You set the bar kinda high in this video Mr. O. How are you going to top this? Speedy recovery and thanks for saving the laundry mat!

@brucehobbs1734

Жыл бұрын

He did with pecker tracks!

This man will always remain a legend. Putting out fires and juggling a torch.

In this epic episode Eric uses the old torch wrench and ball peen hammer to finesse an old u-joint off and a new one back on. As he is doing this, he has to drop everything and fight a fire at the unattended laundromat next door! A little later he fills us in on a hen fight across the street. Then he let's us know he had to get his head examined which resulted in some white matter removal two days before this!!! All in all, great video. Might be time to bring the dog back into the office though. Stay safe.

@Vincent_Sullivan

Жыл бұрын

And the phone never stopped ringing with KZreadrs calling...

What an episode! solid mechanical repair, Eric saves the town from a massive fire, and we see the after effects of Eric having half his skull removed to change a sensor!

Think of a blast furnace. Super hot fire used to take rust and melt the iron right out of it. At the bottom pure liquid iron comes out of that fiery furnace. But this means that an enormous amount of energy is locked into that iron. This energy can be released the same way the energy locked in wood, coal, gasoline, acetylene, or anything else that will burn. In every case the material combines with oxygen in the air to release energy. That is why this car, all of its visible parts, including this U-joint are covered with rust, which is iron oxide. At 26.26 Eric O is combining oxygen and acetylene and burning them to create a hot flame. Then he presses the valve and adds more oxygen to the flame, but all the acetylene is gone, so the oxygen becomes extremely hot, and instantly combines with the hot iron to from rust, iron oxide, reversing the blast furnace process. I am a chemist and thinking about this is a joy to me.

@SouthMainAuto

Жыл бұрын

And that folks is why we can't use just compressed air 👍🏼

"Acid Brush" was the name given to the things due to the fact that the original use was to apply flux (Acid Core) to pipes for soldering. The things are extremely handy and have evolved into universal usage. But that's the story - Acid Flux Brush!! Another great video Eric... You're the iron man of the YT auto genre!

@paulmoir4452

Жыл бұрын

I tried to use one with some somewhat modest 90% nitric acid. That was a mistake!

@throttlebottle5906

Жыл бұрын

@@paulmoir4452 whoosh vapor cloud of goo and metal sludge? ** I'll add plumbing flux is very mildly acidic, usually in the low percentage range around 20%, but it varies per flux type usage, it's mainly "petroleum jelly". years ago they used different chemical blends to do the work or breaking up oxidation and protecting it from re-oxidizing before the solder would flow.

@phillipfritz7014

Жыл бұрын

Also used by old tinsmiths (sheet metal workers) in applying acid paste flux used to solder sheet metal joints together…a very useful tool still used today

@wssides

Жыл бұрын

@@phillipfritz7014 And mechanics in small towns who soldered radiators and heater cores. (likely in radiator shops in larger centers also)

@leebarnes655

Жыл бұрын

Mainly muratic acid in various strengths was your flux on brass radiators and it works an instant treat. Combined with the torch used to take the tanks off/on with was the reason for the gross package of cheap acid brushes for sale at better parts stores for some half century of time long past now. It was also your engine cleaner where you pour it right into the coolant replaced now with water and warm it up to flush/eat up the rust flakes as well. Right in the radiator too depending on the belief that the same flaked off rust is blocking some tubes there. All purpose hydrochloric acid was on the shelf often under many different hats. I have an old bottle with permatex as the brand, orange is the color of the fluid, engine flush is what it's called, let her cook for a half hour with no thermostat in it and flush well with water. They didn't have water cooled aluminum engines in those days so it was safe enough. Nice hat they gave you, I had a fire and the fire boys gave me a five hundred dollar check just for incidentals within two days. I wasn't going to be able to cover the bills until I saw that check. What a blessed relief. My angst level settled down from a full rolling boil to a months vacation attitude, I thanked them in the local paper for all they did for me that day. And very much appreciated to this day.

Instead of leaving a comment, I think I'll just call and leave a message.

You and Andy are hilarious! He needs to drop by more often. This video had it all!!!

I thank you for putting out the fire. I was a volunteer firemen for years. I had a cist cut out on my spine. They did not stich it up. It had to be packed with gauze every day. It was torture pulling it out every day. It slowly grew together. It's only skin that covers it. It was pressing on my spine and causing pain and numbness in my arm or I would not had it done. The pictures I have are not for squeamish people. It was a hole to the bone. Take care Mr. Eric O.

Who else holds their breath and squints when Eric uses the whizzy wheel!!

@flagmichael

Жыл бұрын

Never too far away for safety squints.

@chiluco2000

Жыл бұрын

More concerned when he uses the torch!

@mitchwood6609

Жыл бұрын

Lol. Thought about it

@pplusbthrust

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, when you hear a pause it's just him taking a breath.

Fun fact: The name "acid brush" comes from the original use of these brushes to apply acid flux (a cleaner) to pipes in preparation for soldering. And the name just stuck

Congrats on the Firefighting award!

Your a real hero for doing that saved his business and yours

Laughed my ass off when you nearly dropped that shaft on your sore foot

I think you should autograph that piece of thread and give it to the customer. YOU'RE A STAR. LOL

Always impressive to see sharp bits drilling.

@cyrusmoser1090

Жыл бұрын

I agree! I've spent thousands of dollars on drill bits. I've got mac and Snap-on bits that are really good. That said I used my apprentices matco hyper step drill bits and wow there really nice! We work in a paper mill and only have a mac dealer that comes weekly so warranting out damaged / broken tools have to go through mail mostly. I've thought about getting the astro pneumatic drill bits. I believe there the exact same as the matco hyper step and 1/4 the price

@safffff1000

Жыл бұрын

Carbide?

@andries4561

Жыл бұрын

These are drill bits with steps on the tip, i have them. They're fking amazing

@safffff1000

Жыл бұрын

@@andries4561 Whats the name of them?

@c.e.anderson558

Жыл бұрын

Try a Drill Doctor. Not so easy to sharpen on smaller bits though. 1/4" and up does a decent job.

Eric, you deserve the key to the town!!

Your comment at 35:30 had me rolling. “That’s called guiding it in. It’s a pretty clutch move.” 😂😂😂

Eric, your truly KZreads finest offering. Keep it going man.

Mr. O love how you always make us feel like we are close friends and participating in the repair. Only thing missing is the potbelly stove, pot of coffee, Mrs. O’s fresh coffee cake. Thank you. 👍

I gotta stop watching your fabulous videos! My Christmas list of new Toys to buy keeps getting longer and longer 😂.

My 2¢ worth: I remember being victim to all the smoke from the guys burning the entire front wheel bearing off Dodge Intrepids. Or burning a shock absorber off. Sometimes they used a blow gun to clear away all the brake dust from a backing plate too. They filled the entire shop with grease, rubber, oil smoke and brake dust. They used a solvent suction gun on the brake bleeders sometimes making a cloud of brake fluid. What a mess. I hated all that Black stuff in my nose after a days work. And the smell! That was a 9 bay shop, and it stunk so bad everywhere! I prefer to use the tried and true, ballpeen, air chisel, bearing separator and 20ton bottle jack. If that didn't do it, I sent it down to Napa. They had a 50 ton 2 stage press. Only the GM U-joints that had that plastic nylon needed heat. Heat if needed, but quench with water befor things get out of control smoke wise. I used to heat and quench w/ motor oil to reuse old rear axle Nuts & U-Bolts by heating the nuts and immersing them in motor oil but not much smoke. Heat the outside of the bearing housing just enough to expand the thread hole, then quench with water to preserve the speed sensor. I never cut a U-joint out like that. Thank you for thinking about the next guy who's going to be in there when you put your Fluid Film on, but wheel bearing grease will be there long after FF is gone. And last: I agree with pz6316, if you don't heat and quench with oil, your penetratin ol ain't gonna do nuthun. Patience and practice saves the parts. ben/ michigan

By going the extra distance on the caliper bracket and clips, also the fluid film, I can see why I've seen so many comments on what a good mechanic you are. It was a great job. Hero...lol

@andries4561

Жыл бұрын

Its nice to do for sure, whenever I do a job where the brakes are apart I clean and lube them. Its a perfect moment to service them!

Mr O 🧑‍🚒🚒a man with a lot of talents

The fire siren sounding at noon says "small-town America" to me.

Firefighter Eric, our hero.

Thanks for Wrangling out a couple of U joints! You are always able to put out the many frustration fires that roll in and now a real fire.

Well we have an American Hero! He puts fires out! Works on rusty vehicles! And makes awesome day in the life videos! Raining here in ChiRaq, NASCAR looks like it will be canceled! Guess I will watch SMA

Thanks for sharing bro. Reminds me of the time I ran a tree limb in the top of my head. Came in the house and told the wife I may have to go to the ER. I was given the nickname zipperhead after that. 😂

I think they're called acid brushes because they would be used to brush flux (acidic) onto copper plumbing fittings before soldering

good job taking care of yourself Eric, because all your friends here on the you tubes are expecting another 10 years of wonderful SMA videos. thanks Eric!!!

That alarm around 3 minutes almost made me jump out of bed just now watching this in the dark before bed. Thought this double wide was about to go sailing in a nader.

Lunch siren went off. that means put your tools down and go eat lunch in our little town.

Eric, you did your good deed for the day! There needs to be more people like you to make this world a better place. Have a great Sunday, my friend👍

OK well that was an exciting day at the shop for you, an annoying snapped bolt then a fireman and then fighting angry neighbours. Thanks Eric enjoyed seeing VIC out doing his thing. But for us brake clean inhalers sadly none on show. Keep Safe Keep Strong 🦘🦘🦘🦘💖💖

Only advice i can suggest is make sure you get the right parts first before cutting!

Man, some of the comments coming from the KZread masters are absolutely asinine! Thank you, Eric, for all of these educational videos!

"Acid brush" plumbers use them to apply acid flux for pipe soldering

@chuckgrenci6404

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was going to reply till I saw your post. 👍

Eric, I was laughing hysterically while you were telling the story of the fire, it reminded me of the Seinfeld episode where Kramer took over the bus and was still making all the stops. Another great video! I hope your clientele understand the absolute attention to detail you give their vehicles. Most shops don't worry about cleaning rust, fluid film, silicon grease, torque specs etc great job! Where else can you get great repair videos and a funny sitcom at the same time, South Main Auto thats where!!

Eric O is a hero!

My wife put out a mulch fire at chic fa la and she was given a fireman’s helmet also lol

Wow!! In over 50 years of repairing vehicles I have never torched out a universal cross!! At 68 I am still learning!! A little heat is ok by me but a full melt event I have never done! Hahaha!! This should be the flames and fire episode!! 🔥 Glad ya saved the town too!! Good job on the Jeep and the Laundry!! Happy 4th to Y'all!! Cheers, Rick P/S.......Acid brushes were originally from plumbing......used to apply solder Flux to pipe joints. My grandpa had a brush stuck in his tin can of Flux always ready for any copper pipe repair! 😊

@pplusbthrust

Жыл бұрын

Nice to hear from an old guy still learning. I'm 82 & same thing, we used a vice or a press or even a hammer in a pinch.

That rust up there is crazy.

@chrisschmidt146

Жыл бұрын

I live in this area and rust is a daily issue for the Mechanics as well as the Shade Tree mechanics like myself. It’s NOT fun, but you learn how to deal with it or you send it off to a mechanic like this!

@andylucas8262

Жыл бұрын

As far as I'm concerned that was a rust free vehicle. I only wished mine looked that good.

I work on a college campus, we have probably 10 fire runs every year due to overloaded washers and dryers. Having never done a single load of laundry, these kids try to stuff every piece of laundry into a washer to the point where the lid won't close. Burnt belts are the result. When he was saying "give it a little tippy tap" I was thinking of Bob Ross and the Joy of Painting.

Putting out a fire at the laundromat next door and then right back to the Jeep U-Joint job... nice work Eric!

You sir are an artist with a vic! Love the new helmet! Small town 'Merica is where its at!

I love the fact that because you had it apart, you took care of and cleaned/lubed the brakes. Seriously.

Your mic sounds great! The birds and passing traffic are relaxing.

Never a dull moment at SMA good job saving the laundry mat and your building mainly after the church melted your siding before. That's why small towns take care of there residents not like big cities. Great job your the man Eric

I am glad that your sense of smell came back after the RONA!

surprised you could see the laundry mat smoke thru the Canada fire smoke

Aaahh-HAA! You finally went to the KROIL! I love that stuff.

i am old mechanic i so glad to be out it . i hate new cars so much . watching you have use so many sockets for just to get axle out . use be simple in days not just one job you dealing with mountable parts removal. salute you still into it.

I just did one of those newer Jeeps a few weeks back. Both inner seals were leaking. 64k on a 2016. Way to go Jeep🤣

Great video Eric! Glad to see you in action on that axle repair! Love to see the torch come out! 😁 Kudos for being a good citizen and helping out your neighbor and the local VFD! 😁 That suture line will fade to nothing over time. No worries! All the best to you & Mrs.O. Thanks again!

Junior Fireman now! Wow. Add another accomplishment to the resume. Wait ‘til I tell Rainman!

It's great that the fire department appreciates what you did

you are a good neighbor Mr O!! you probably saved that guys business!!

Doc did a nice job with that; I had a few of these removed, the last couple removed last year, and he shaved about a quarter of my hair off! Had one removed from my chest as well, fully awake, and that sound and pressure as he was cutting parts of my body away are not for the faint of heart.

An American Hero. Well done Eric O.

Congratulations Junior fireman Eric O for putting out the laundromat fire 🔥🚒

You made my day putting out a vid today! Hope you heal up good, and hope you have an awesome 4th!

Shows what a good guy you are. Sadly not everyone would put out the neighbors fire. Good job! Stoked to see you Vic that u-joint, my man😅

@R_Forde

Жыл бұрын

It still bogles my mind that not everyone would help out their neighbors.

Great job, Eric, responding to the fire while at work. Avoca Fire Dept. should sign you up. You'd think a laundromat would have a fire extinguisher around.

Firemen Eric to the rescue and a new hat to make it official. Another great video. Thank you.

Hey Eric. Great channel. I did this job a couple of hundred times in the dealer I worked at up here in canada. I would leave the hub attached and after removing the bolts , would wedge a socket between the axle tube and u joint yolk , start the truck and use the steering to push it out. Then remove the u joint clips , put it in the vise and hit the yoke with a sledge to remove the joint. But many different ways to skin a cat. I definitely gain alot watching you especially with the diagnostic stuff. Much respect from the land of rust up north !

Eric O, not the hero they wanted, but the hero they needed. good lookin out

Eric O’…I thought you were going to get Avoca Hero of the Year award! Maybe later if nothing bigger happens. Mrs. O’ is a real trooper! I can’t even watch Pimple Popper.

Telling us you had your head examined tells a lot about why you do utube 😂 I jest of course. Well done on fireman of the day. Thanks for taking the time to share.

@SouthMainAuto

Жыл бұрын

😅

and remember viewers' if i can put a fire out next door so can you thanks Eric for another great vid'

A day in the life of a humble mechanic.

Interesting, out of all the years I twisted wrenches I have never seen a u-joint cut out with a torch. I have used a torch to get the u-joint out but that is because GM used that nylon (at least i believe it was nylon) to retain the joint in place. It was easier to melt it than push the joint without doing that.

So I was a plumber for over 1/2 century and went to the trouble to learn why they are "acid" brushes. In the early days the flux plumbers used in soldering operations was an "acid" flux hence the name.

Master mechanic, amateur firefighter and full time life coach!! The life of us blue collar workers

Happy 4th of July everybody!

Greetings from Tulsa Oklahoma !!!

Just because you can do it does't mean I can do it. love your channel.

Wow, not only do you fix cars 100% the correct way, you are also putting out fires before they destroy the building. You have to be a hero to your community. Great job as always!!

U and Ray is the way I start my day! keep up the good work. any 20 min job is 1 broken bolt from being a day long project.

Perfect timing on this video Eric! I have to this on my wife’s wrangler. Thanks!

@albertshimelonis2009

Жыл бұрын

Do yourself a favor and replace your hub bearings at the same time.

🎵Smoke from the dryer, fire in the sky...🎸

@SouthMainAuto

Жыл бұрын

From the band: Deep People Clothes

Only you can take a broken bolt that needs to be torched out and say "Turned out good, the job went well without much difficulty" You are amazing in the things that you do and I love watching and learning tips and tricks that help me with being an industrial mechanic. At the end of the day its all just nuts bolts and the occasional broken bolt nightmare. Thanks so much Eric for making us laugh as we learn.

I have that lump in my knee from years of kneeling on hard floors installing baseboards and other carpentry items, I need to get it done and hope they can just numb it like yours as I don’t want anesthesia. Glad yours was taken care of and you’re fine. Nice video as always and nice to see Andy stop by, you guys are so entertaining when you’re together.

@ShainAndrews

Жыл бұрын

Has nothing to do with kneeling. You should get it checked. Normally nothing to be worried about. No reason for the additional risk of anesthesia most of the time. Again... you should get it checked out.

@cpzmelbs

Жыл бұрын

Ill have your anaesthesia if you don't want it!

Yes,SMA video on Sunday morning!! Have a safe holiday!!!

Congrats on your promotion to chief fire putter outer!

You make what could have been a disaster for some into an almost normal process. You are the man if I were a woman I would want to make my stiff UJoints floppy!

Eric, i believe you are the best automechanic out there your teaching lessons are the best. Thank you for saving the laundromat it would be catastrophic. You did your good deed to the owner and the town. The repair was done first class. Great video take care, thanks 😊

What a day! A firefighter and a mechanic nice, glad you showed the tip about hammering on the u-joint knuckle lots of folks make that mistake. Have a great day South Main Auto.

He’s the Charlie Daniels of the torch and wrench 🎼

Hi, Mr. O. Thanks for sharing the U-Joint repair. I had never seen that. I thought you did everything as well as could be done and still had some issues come up, which you handled with your usual aplomb. It is cool that you could be a fireman when you grow up if you wanna be. That's nice. Thanks for sharing! Stay Healthy!

One of those days, old Victor wins the day, word of advice, after being a welder for over 35 years and seen a few torch backfires by doing the old restart from the molten slag, it’s always quick but it’s also dangerous to a certain point. I also noticed you don’t have flashback arrestors between the torch and hoses, might want to invest in a couple, cheap insurance.

I had a bunionectomy on my right foot, The anesthesia technician was freaking out because I was up on my elbows watching the Doc chop away on my foot. LOL

Marking the rotor orientation - now that’s attention to detail! 😁😎 A lot of folks just slap’em back on any ole way. Most of the time that’s probably just fine but if the rotors and pads have miles on them this is really a good idea.

@shannonharris

Жыл бұрын

Haven't watched yet, so idk exactly what he did, but ik what you mean, when I wrenched... I used a piece of chalk to mark the rotor and a stud to realign it the same.

@benjamincresswell3713

Жыл бұрын

@@shannonharris Did you notice Eric did not mark the yokes? He just slapped them back together. Truth be known, the rotor can have some lateral runout. That's the beauty of the sliding caliper! When you get a pulsating pedal or steering wheel, it's caused by high spots on the rotor, where the rotor is thicker in one spot than another. Not the rotor wobbling. ben/ michigan

As always, an interesting and informative video! Best wishes for a speedy recovery from your surgery... 🙂