That lady sounds like she's about 4 xanax bars into dreamland when she answered that door

@ch-ir8ld

5 ай бұрын

she gone

@03mm24

5 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@DoubleG7793

5 ай бұрын

Yeah real strange

@enlighten2seven605

4 ай бұрын

Faded

@pepeshadilay

4 ай бұрын

Living off welfare ....black baby daddy no where to be found

She kept the door cracked like Dexter was at the door! Lol

That lady’s boutta overdose lol

Why does she have the door cracked like you're a criminal??

@mikem5475

5 ай бұрын

Major red flag. Would've found a reason to not work for her

@jefferyepperson2055

5 ай бұрын

Her house is probably dirty

@lv999iam

5 ай бұрын

trying to keep her pets inside

@ShowMeWhatINeedToKnow

5 ай бұрын

@@lv999iam oh yeah

@ducati135

5 ай бұрын

Probably has a dog - still a little awkward.

Nice work, being a mobile mechanic I’m sure has its pros and cons but coming to someone’s home is a huge deal for folks that don’t have time or simply don’t want to have to deal with going to a garage. I’m very impressed with your capabilities and service, you seem to be very honest and that’s everything to me👍

A lot of times I cover all possible common issues with the customer in the initial communication and let them know further issues could be present and a lot of times you wont know until you get into the job. That way you cover your butt and avoid any surprises to the customer. No one is perfect but we quickly learn communication is key in this industry! Good work brother.

@tommystevens7456

5 ай бұрын

Do you have any videos working on a bmw I have on that I just put a thermostat on I did Bleed it but not I keep getting a cat converter code that keeps popping up and my computer says one possible cause could be an over temp

@subzeromjc

5 ай бұрын

@@tommystevens7456 You are doomed.

@veeembee

5 ай бұрын

@@tommystevens7456 cooling systems on bmws suck u should prob just do a overhaul of it

Nice job. It's of great men to admit their mistakes. Kudos.

I always wanted to be a mobile mechanic. But man, it's really hard specially here in South America when in every corner you get robbed without a flinch... Great job Man 👍🏻

I've watched a couple of your videos and you seem like such an honest, transparent dude. You being honest and upfront about not checking the other side or if the caliper was seized and owning up to that on KZread of all places earned you a sub. It's so refreshing to see the service you provide with all the shade tree mechanics out there.

1:45 "Alright, so I'm well aware this is a chrome socket"

Your a hell of a mobile mechanic, I’d say 95% of the mechanics in my area (Cincinnati) that aren’t working out of shop are morons and just trying to get peoples money. For you too admit you didn’t catch the caliper issue and replace out of your pocket makes you a good man and excellent mechanic. Keep up the good work and good things will come.

@michaeljohnston5053

5 ай бұрын

Yeah he’s a damn good mechanic and he can talk to people like this chick is weird bro definitely got social anxiety 😅

@BellefontePerson

4 ай бұрын

​@@michaeljohnston5053You call someone weird for having social anxiety and post a laughing icon? People like you are the problem in this world. Look in the mirror if you want to see weird.

@Timewave-Zer0

4 ай бұрын

@@michaeljohnston5053yep. Same lady scared to death to open her door but wants all guns banned 😂😂

@akamiddlechild

4 ай бұрын

And a gun, MaGiCaLlY makes social anxiety go away? Sounds like other problems if your too scared to walk around without packing. I'm not for or against guns, but being responsible with them is pretty big.

@obeseperson

Ай бұрын

@@Timewave-Zer0wouldn’t that make sense though She’s scared of getting shot or something right

That rust is nothing compared to my F150 frame from the salt of Minnesota😂

Never blame yourself. It’s all part of it. Don’t screw yourself out money. If she had taken it to a shop it would have been 10 times what you charged. I just replace 4 motor mounts and both cv joints on my sons car for about $600 or so. The shop wanted $1500 per cv joint part not included and it was $400 for each motor mount. That’s why I don’t go to any shop I do everything myself. But you are a blessing to a lot of people. 👍🏻

@chrisstromberg6527

5 ай бұрын

It's called integrity. He showed his mistake, cost him maybe $300, but he will get that amount 100x's in return from future customers. You see how that works!?

@Carlitosway211

4 ай бұрын

@@chrisstromberg6527 That's not how it works. Been there done that. That's not his fault that caliper is locked up. He absolutely should not have eaten the cost of that. At most give it to her at his cost but he definitely shouldn't have eaten it. I've been in the same situation plenty of times and those people still are customers that have spent 1000s with me over the years.

@moosejrcustoms5292

19 күн бұрын

​@Carlitosway211 I could see eating the labor or maybe 50% of it since he was already into it as a good grace gesture. . But the part itself should have been payed for by the customer %100 for sure.

Watch out for the HOA. they will put a stop to that.

@willc5512

5 ай бұрын

I guess if youre buying in an hoa (thugs) area then u arent the "type" of car owner they want. They like polished 3 yr old Lexus & Benzes.😂

Dude as a mobile marine mechanic you shouldn't be so hard on yourself about not realizing the calipers were bad. If you was in a shop setting im sure you would have checked.But in a parking lot its not practical to complety tear down a vehicle to diagnose. then having to leave for parts with it in that condition. Keep on kicking ass man its a relief to see another fellow mechanic always put the customer first.

why is that woman attempting so hard to not come outside and to block any view of the inside of her apartment wtf lmfao

@Alphebetize

5 ай бұрын

Most people don't want the inside of their homes posted to thousands online.

@myrolas1822

4 ай бұрын

also had a dog that was trying to get out between her legs

@ChrisConley1

4 ай бұрын

Probably a slob

@th3SyLvEsTeR

4 ай бұрын

inside of her house probably looks like the inside of her car.

@gorilla_with_jetpack4102

3 ай бұрын

It's probably cold

Definitely happens to the best of us, always stay open and honest with people and you will achieve great success!

I always use a c clamp and press the caliper in on the vehicle and all to make sure no pins are frozen or caliper. But yes...I've been there before too..we get in a rush...but a real man admits when he was wrong. Respect.

@23Butanedione

4 ай бұрын

That's a bad idea these days considering the pistons need to be rotated

Good job bro. Just found this vid while I was scrolling. It good that your seeing and learning from you (minor) mistakes. What’s even better is you’re sharing your new knowledge and building your technical community. Good job, keep it up. Hello from Australia 🇦🇺

When you said it was sticking I assumed bad caliper or slide pins so I was wondering when you were pricing pads lol…it happens though, especially when trying to save someone money

@willc5512

5 ай бұрын

And some of the stuff you'll encounter in the field will be absolute piles of rusty 💩! In Pennsylvania we have a rather rigorous inspection that includes brakes & undercarriage + cat conv & obd scan. But the cars that come in from ohio have all that going on. Ppl go over thre chasing a deal & come back with a car that has to be junked😂

Her car is filthy. She dont open her door all the way meaning her house is ever worse. Your content is always good bro. Stay safe.

You also have to watch for collapsed rubber lines on the caliper. If the bleeder won't come loose I break the line loose. If caliper pushes in its the line. I know Matt knows that but maybe help a viewer. Believe me I have been in your shoes. The many trips are a pain. O'Reillys are great people to deal with.

@nickyeary4960

5 ай бұрын

I’d have to agree. IMO it’s the rubber line where it meets the hard line mounted to the body, you can see the clip rusted normally pinching that exact spot

@kramnoslaw4474

5 ай бұрын

I've had to do that a couple times when the bleeder screw was on boogered up. Or somebody used vice grips instead of a ten millimeter socket.

you are a badass mechanic man God bless you

Everyone gets in a hurry. Much respect.

Good honest work!! Btw the ole stuck caliper has gotten me before too 🤣👍

You're an awesome guy and a full-on professional. I wish you were in my area. I wish you a million followers and much success.👍

Refreshing to see that you admitted your fault and did not pass on the extra cost to the customer. Hope they appreciate your honesty. This should benefit your reputation and help build the business.

I was going to get an older, cheap vehicle to help keep mileage off my year old car. After watching your videos, I’ll just stick to one car. You are a great mechanic and keep the videos coming!

Good job admitting your mistake. Always check the hoses and calipers! I drive OLD ass cars tho so that's a go to. Again, stand up job accepting responsibility for not being as thorough as you could have.

Thats the life of the mobile mechanic, I feel that struggle. You did everything right aside from not checking both sides, but even then if you visually checked both sides you wouldnt have known the caliper is siezed. In my shop the first thing we do during a brake job is push that piston in after everything has been torn down. You could have spent the time to clean everything and the last thing you did was push that piston in. That would have sucked. You handled it well. lesson learned.

Salute to you mate I wish there's was alot more people like you dude most mechanics they have a bad name for being dodgy and overcharging people and saying something is wrong but nothing is wrong and collects a extra 200 for nothing and theres Soo many people out there who dnt have the skills to diagnose there own car and believe the mechanic as if he was the car god and he will get me on the road.

as a mechanic myself, i feel your shame. everybody makes a mistake, its what you do to fix the mistake is what matters, being honest is always the best. you can have a hundred cars where you diagnose the same thing, where its always nothing special. but the one time you skip a step in the diagnosis its always something else! i dont know how this happens but it gets me every damn time!

Caliber - Caliper. 🤣

Not that my opinion is worth much, if anything, but I have gotten into the habit of replacing the brake hose when a caliper fails. The reason behind this is that, because I refuse to not completely know why something fails, I have always captured the brake fluid in a clean container and about 85% of the time a caliper has failed, I have had rubber chunks or powder in the fluid. Followed up by removing the piston on the first 30 or so I replace and found piles of rubber jammed in behind the piston, causing it to stick. Does that mean it is always the hose? Absolutely not. Is it worth it to replace the hose while you are there? 100%, every time. Even at an additional 50-100 dollars, it is worth it to not have another caliper needing to be replaced next month and have a customer satisfied with my work and continue to call me when anything goes wrong. Might not be right for everyone, but it is right for me!

You're a good man. I hope you didn't eat the expense of the calipers.

Forget it about the brakes I hope you tell the lady about the frame

@markgalgano8649

22 күн бұрын

Weld on a proper patch, paint it & should last 5 yrs. 👍

Don't short yourself brotha. Make her pay for the bad parts and if you feel like it's absolutly your fault discount the labor a little bit or just waive the 2nd trip charge if you do trip charge but you should get paid to do them calipers

Of coarse. If there dragging its probably frozen caliper. But it happens to the best of us. Keep the good work up and keep rockin

You have great character holding yourself accountable

i wish i had as good of an ear as you so i could tell if i had a rod knock or not 😂 love the vids

@Indicafatbud

5 ай бұрын

the good news is, you know by now. XD

I was honestly waiting for you to address the fact that you said they felt like they were sticking while you were looking at them and when you said just brake and rotors I was like awe man ya done goofed lol

My cousins mom had that rust go to the shock on her escape. Same gen. The shock took the whole mount and everything

Agree with your assessment. Failed diagnosis. Good on you for not charging. Caliper, slides, pins, hoses. Check it all then move forward with repair costs.

Gosh I wish you were near me in Texas!

Man, don't be so hard on yourself. Most shops or jobs are close to a parts store and doesn't require the hassle of you have. Most people wouldn't have discovered the bad calipers assembly of the new parts exactly as you did.

I highly dislike dishonest mechanics therefore i highly respect and appreciate honest mechanics. Keep up the good honest work bro.👍

@willc5512

5 ай бұрын

What about a mechanic that got "mad" I supplied my own strut, had it overnited to his shop & the threw the strut & bent the mount for the brakeline. Then zip tied the rubber part of the brake hose to the side of the strut thats going up & down in traffic! I hit the brakes hard & my pedal went to the floor. Thats when I pulled the wheel & saw what he did. He raced competition class on the weekend so he was fully aware of what he did. It wasnt a mistake.!🤬

Daria has really let herself go.😂

Anytime a car is driven in a rust belt, Change the rubber flex hoses. The crimp rusts up and creates a one way valve effect. Burn up a new set of brakes. I learned the hard way.

Funny you say that about rust spot in the wheel well. My friend had that exact same vehicle and his did rust there, it punched right into the vehicle you could see it wile he drove. I seen that once, never rode in it again 😂

I coulda told you those calipers where probably seized and I’m an apprentice, a good way to check quickly if the piston and slides are good is take a pry bar to the piston while its still bolted together and pry it back. Also learning from my shop using channel locks to see if the piston is seized is better cause the techs have seen pistons move with those clamps but still have the vehicle come back with a seized caliper. Also if you doing one do both its a necessity

I've never broken a chrome socket on an impact and I have the biggest one snap on makes

@Joe-vf8ux

5 ай бұрын

It’s not so much about breaking the socket, wearing out the anvil on your impact screwed up the hog ring on the end.

Next time bring a big C clamp and compress the calipers before removing anything to check if they're stuck.

You're awesome giving people breaks. Raybesto pads and two new rotors $108 and a rear caliper $37 minus shipping. That's for DIY mechanics that don't mind waiting a week for parts.

I got neighbors above me that stomp all night and day. So when I’m ready to change the tires from winter to summer. My impact is making lots of noise at 7am ;)

Wish I could ride with you and learn to fix cars! I just recently got into car repairs

Living in some of that tax payer affordable housing 😂😂

In the uk our cars have to have a inspection by law to make sure theyre safe. Like seatbelts brakes and so on...also severe RUST! / corrosion on parts like subframe.. that car would be a instant fail its not safe at all. If somone rams it from behind it could crumple and hurt rear passengers

@rogerlong8306

Ай бұрын

Totally agree. Actually I think it's irresponsible for any mechanic to help this car back onto the road unless the rust issues are resolved.

Structural rust. Im so glad i live in an area that surface rust is the worst we see

@codybertram6122

5 ай бұрын

I live in the rust belt and it blows my mind the amount of people that buy really nice vehicles only for them to rust out in 5-10years. Be glad you don’t have to just cut everything apart with a torch and angle grinder.

@T6Tarek

5 ай бұрын

@codybertram6122 I had a buddy move from New York he was trying to trade his 2007 Nissan frontier in on a new truck. Body looked straight visually no rust besides rear bumper. He told me no dealerships would take it. I told him to let me check it out I might buy it if it's cheap enough. Holy shit I couldn't believe the undercarriage. Control arms had were just about Bluetooth. I told him as a friend this isn't safe get out of it asap. Mind blowing compared to what we see. Even at the coast the rust is Nothing like the areas that salt and brine roads

@codybertram6122

5 ай бұрын

@@T6Tarek yup they salt and brine here in Iowa and it isn’t the worst state but it sucks seeing 10year old trucks with the wheel wells bubbling already. I’ve seen cars so rusted that the frame was starting to buckle and the car would bottom out and belly rub over bumps lol

"Imagine if the rust came up here". That's how my Escape died. Pothole, shock let go and punched a hole then dug into the tire. You could see the hybrid battery from the outside. These Escapes love to rot.

Love the discipline but too hard on yourself! Shit happens, you a pro!

When brakes are binding as much as you can feel it during ride still after few km driving it's almost always a stuck caliper (on the front most times, on the back hard to feel when driving. For them I usually use infrared thermometer if they not heat too much.). But still You did a great job to be honest with customer and trying avoiding unnecessary things. From what I see on websites car parts for sale, especialy most new OEM are crazy cheap in US compared to my country in Europe (Poland). Many times half price or even less. Recently I checked some Ford engine and it was $2500 in US and in Poland like $6500+ And also in my country it's mostly illegal to work on your car on the street unfortunatelly You can get fine from city police if someone snitch you.

Looks like the same woman that had the buick and thought it had a blown headgasket but wasnt! LOL!😏

Oh my, an Oklahoma Lad. Good job man. I'll make sure to call you if I ever have some problems

Back in the day I jacked up a 83 cutlass. The jack goes into the rear bumper to work. I jacked it up until I noticed just the rear was coming up. Bye bye car.

Yea, when the pads are written all the way down like that, yikes! I had one where the piston popped all the way out. And instead of buying a new caliper, customer wanted me push it back in (which is not as easy as it sounds 🧐) 🤷🏽‍♂️ But, lesson learned; good job 👍🏽

Face like gum powder.RUN ! Hahaha

You're an Awesome mechanic , ever think about moving to a better location? You got the skills.

those for escapes are notorious for rotting out where the top of the rear struts mount.

the second car i ever bought was a ford focus and it had a 2ft hole under the spare tire in the trunk i didnt see til i bought it then i drove it with the frame rusted out for about 5 years until the front suspension finally rusted through while I was driving😭. car ownership in the north sucks

@03056932

4 ай бұрын

Fluid film

Nice Jack stands 😊

Should’ve known it was possible caliper when driving around the car realizing it was getting stuck. 😅

"Alright so heres the deal" should be a shirt!

Frozen / leaking calipers are always a possibility. That's just brake jobs. I always tell people I could find other issues once I do a full teardown because of the rust and corrosion issues. That vehicle is not safe even after the brakes are done.

mass respect uploading this and admitting your mistake

Blink twice if you’re being held against your will…

220 to 140 dahaaam u win man!

Me personally that thing isn’t worth putting money into at all you should of notified her the frame is gone

@willc5512

5 ай бұрын

We dont get to tell other people (who may be struggling) how to spend their money. 🤑. Unless we work their job or collect their govt benefits.

Why is she acting scared at the door? What the heck.

@BridgeDweller

5 ай бұрын

Druuuuuuugs

@king_tut.

4 ай бұрын

​@@BridgeDweller dooooogs

i was so supriced you didnt chek the pistons after you said it feels like its sticking during the test drive

At that moment, he knew he 🎉 up lol

Hoping you start making longer length videos soon!

Hey, love your videos I find it easier when pulling drum brakes off to pull them from top and bottom instead of side to side that way you don't get caught on the shoes

The car whisperer!

I'm sure all of us DYIers have stories to tell.

Fire starter under hood😮🔥

These prices you quote! Wtf! No where near that here in Seattle metro. I’m moving!!!!

As a New England technician, i have learned to exercise calipers before quoting the job. This is what usually happens when i assume.

Yo I would’ve left right after she couldn’t even open the door and come out to tell you what’s been going on with HER car. She looks like a winner

Enjoying the videos. Would be nicer if in landscape format.

Good job bro

superfund cleanup site rust can be a issue i always use a c clamp s i can push from the edge on piston instead of middle ,got to rock em sometimes good solid video worth a like and a sub too

I think the fact you pas on your discount totally makes up for the stuff up mate

I would have walked from that and told her to take it to a shop.

I had to pay for the mistakes they made at the Honda dealership. I went for a overheating issue, they said it was the thermostat, but it turned out to be another sensor because of the fan. So I had to pay for the new thermostat, coolant change, sensor 1, sensor 2 and another coolant change on the same freaking day within 3 hours.

I got a check engine light on my 97 ranger it's running lean I think my injectors need cleaned do you travel to Fenton area????

Respect for owning up to your mistakes, my thing is if you tell the customer that you will start on the job and its possible there might be more issues along the way you would've covered your ass. Also i hope you didnt pay for the calipers just ate the labor. Props

you're a good person

Good dude!

basically a new car lol

Its a tough call. You could have retracted the calipers with a flathead like you said and that probably would have been ideal but then you would also need to get in and pump the brakes afterwards to reseat the pads every time you do diagnosis because otherwise you risk the customer getting in the vehicle and rolling the car through the neighbors house if the repair isn't done the same day for whatever reason. 😆😆