 Hey yo, what's happening guys? so Today We're gonna be doing a little offbeat here Going live on a Saturday. I know weird not used to going live on a Saturday We'll see how many people are actually up at this time. It is Oh, it's noon Eastern time. We'll see how many people come here at the shop doing a little video Just kind of see what everybody's got going on today You ever have one of those things where you're in and you're doing like a video or you got a job going on and You just get like halfway through it. You're just you know what I am not feeling today Well, that is today. That is definitely definitely today Nick bake, what's up, buddy? What's happening guys Cali Autotech in here? 110 soldier Brian Stefco Justin Smith Mr. EFT salty master. What's up guys? Everyday fleek tech. What's up guys? What have you worked on in the shop today? So today? I've just been doing my truck I Cleaned it. I did some stuff here in the shop I had to do some inventory things kind of looking around and seeing what stuff we had in the shop need to order and whatnot and Kind of got some stuff going on. I've got a Liberty behind me that I've got the This is the way at the front end apart on that one doing some work on Everything on that one. It's getting pretty much rebuilt, but just was touching up the front end on that one Jim jrc. Hey, what's up, buddy? That no is doing a video. So I was doing a video and It's it's gonna come out this week. I'll get it done eventually and It just got halfway through it and I was just like, you know what I'm just not feeling it today, you know, I'm just The juices aren't flowing all right. So I'm just like, you know what? I got to take a break step back for a while and you know, kind of get back at maybe this afternoon Board No, I'm not really that bored Just yeah, I'd rather not sit at home. I I'm not one for sitting around all the time. It's not all that fun Hey from the UK. What's up, man? So this week has been a fun one to say the least we've we've been we've been pretty busy I know there's a lot of guys That are going on right now that are without jobs. They're Hurting for hours for the ones that are flat rate and all but here at our shop. Thankfully, we have been pretty Pretty darn busy and this week has been no different than that We go through See how many hours I ended up I ended up with just just right at 50 hours this week So that turned out pretty decent for the week. I think Yeah, it is just kind of one of those blood. It's just kind of wanting to hang out, you know Usually I hang out on Saturday or Sunday evenings and I didn't get to it last week and you know I just wanted to hang out with you guys see what's up But yeah, it's then another funny thing how many times you had it I also since I got bored I cleaned my truck this morning took it over to the detail bay They're not all that busy got it all detailed up cleaned up got the wheels all nice and shine Every everything all the interior all swept all the leather all clean And then I get a call from my mom and I can't say no to her, you know my mom She's like hey if I bring my car over can I trade it and can I borrow your truck to go pick up Something that I bought over at Lowe's or Home Depot, you know one of those big box stores. I think she bought something She's like can I borrow your truck to go to it? I'm just like Clean the truck for the weekend. You're gonna be nice shiny clean done Yep, mommy's got to use it So I'm like, yeah, I can't say no to her so she's gonna come use the truck and I'm gonna get her 300 and which actually works out pretty good because I got started like I said on that video and I really need to throw in an aspect of a vehicle into it and hers would be the perfect one She's got a Chrysler 300 it needs some services So I uh, I'm gonna bring that in I'm gonna put it into the next video Kind of leading into some talk on warranty services. So that ought to be a really good one Needing a good set of SAE offset wrenches Let me see since I am sitting here at the box Uh, are you looking for uh, ratcheting wrenches because these ones are cat's pajamas SP ratcheting wrenches got their quad drive with the little indents down inside of there The ratcheting mechanism sits very flush. So it's not catching anything 72 teeth Very nice I don't use them that often, but that's just because SAE standard ones. So, um I don't use them that often but the other thing that's really cool about these is the sets are Very cost effective. So these are only like I want to say like 180 200 bucks something like that So this is a really really good set to be able to have Double box ones. I have those but the mountain style ones, um Matt co-branded of course, but I've got him in metric. I don't have him in SAE Can you show the new snap on cordless impact? Yeah, I've got that one sitting there Oh Sorry loud beat There's the snap one big bad impact I got a lot of flak on the last video on this one for throwing that into The list of the top five tools that you should buy on the tool truck And I made the statement that this one does better than the milwaukee and boy guys got all bent out of shape on that one And I'm gonna I'm gonna stick behind what I said in my experience When I've got bolts that won't come off won't come apart big frame bolts. I First thought it off. I always use my milwaukee or my sp mid torque impact If that doesn't get it then I like stepping it up one by one just to you know for testing purposes So I got um the milwaukee big impact. I've got it down here too I step up to it and if it doesn't do it 90 of the time. This is the one that will do it Yeah Yeah, I've got the milwaukee one Back here. So there's the milwaukee one with the one key on it So I got that one and I use that one, but I'm telling you I don't know if it's just because this one's a little bit older It's not older. It's you know, the the most recent model generation. It's only about a year year and a half old I always keep a good battery in it, but I'm telling you guys the snap on one gets off what that milwaukee one can't So I just Just my two cents on it. I can't I can only say what I use Mr. Dow in the house. What's up guys? If you guys haven't checked out, we got a couple of sweet youtube channels in here junk from work Justin Dow everyday fleet tech all these guys jrc 54. They've always got some pretty good awesome youtube channels even mr. Callie auto tech He's got a pretty good youtube channel too. He's just kind of starting things out We'll add him a blue wrench to this He's always in here Kids in your fancy electric half inch drive stuff. Yeah, I air tools. I just It's too much hassle here in the shop to get the air tools out and it doesn't do what these do Yes, I don't prefer to have these all the time and that's why I carry around the mid torque half inch because this one weighs Half as much as this one does This one does about 600 foot pounds. This one does like 1200 foot pounds. Well advertised as I don't think it does that But that one weighs like eight and a half pounds and this one weighs like Four and three quarter almost five pounds. So like three or four pounds less So if you're cranking stuff out and around all day, I like to have that one Now I do still have one air tool that's readily available and that's this one and that's just because It works it works awesome since I got the brute I don't use it as much but I do still have this one kind of readily available because There are still techs in the shop that uh, don't have three eighths ones readily available So they like to try to borrow mine. So there it sits for them Oh, the stubby m12's dude They are by far the most used tool and as a matter of fact, it's I think mine's over in my cart The stubby three eighths m12 That is my most used tool that I have pretty much in my arsenal that one is always in my cart Always sitting in the place where I can get to the easiest because That thing's killer 250 foot pounds and comparative even to the half inch drive mid torque Yeah Lots different there All of those tools Yeah, I guess the the air stuff is quiet, you know quiet But I don't really care about that because most of the day I have my AirPods in my headset. So I drown everything out anyways He's gonna go broke this weekend Yes, Edwin, uh, I would in my part of the profession around here the air tools are just going out of style. Um It's it's a lot of the things of preference But it depends a lot on what you do if you do a job that is quite repetitive And you're not moving around a whole lot. You're in the same general area Then air tools are still viable use in the shop But if you are out moving around jumping from bay to bay, you know, I've go from over there We've got a 30k rack. We've got an alignment rack there I've got two bays in here plus a third 18k Two post rack right behind me. So I'm between those four or five bays all the day all day. So electric is the only way I do stuff What am I gonna spend my stimulus check on well I Well, I was wrenching on the dermax. It's actually Back right there. I cleaned it up It does need something done to it, but I'm waiting on a park for it to do a video on that also I think I'll be spending my stimulus check on What I already spent my money on I'll just you know pay that off and be done I just bought a new bed. That's kind of a weird thing to talk about But I did just purchase a new mattress first time I've ever bought a bed mattress whatever online without testing it out or anything So Kind of crazy picked that up been sleeping on it for two nights. It's pretty freaking awesome. I love it Yeah, EFT. Yeah, Chad We we've got a line set every Two or three bays. So it's not always The easiest thing to get to especially there's no airlines over at those big racks There's no drop-down airlines or anything that are really accessible to those So using air on those isn't that great the alignment rack. We have that hunter Alignment rack and it actually has the airlines built onto it for the wheels and tires. So No, really necessary thing for tools. That is Thanks, Justin. I actually That's the other bummer thing. I don't even have the side by side this weekend I haven't done any posts or anything on it yet but Yesterday day before Thursday. I took it over to Um, I did a video with ironclad tint Uh, a couple months back on tint for my buddy's truck for his headlight So it actually went over to him to have the full wrap job done So the side by side is getting wrapped right now and It's gonna be a totally different machine when I get it back. I probably won't get it back for about two weeks There's a guy who says this is about cleanliness. I hate airlines running everywhere. Yes, I definitely agree with that one What's a good bet my wife is stuck on the temporary exile So, uh, mr. Dow, I did a lot of research on finding a mattress that would work Best for me and my wife We have very different sleep positions also. So that was a little bit different there But I ended up going with a company called helix Uh, they've got a big questionnaire on their website for you guys to fill out It's like 10 15 different questions and it'll match you with one of their 20 different mattresses that they have They have a huge selection and they put stuff together and they build it based on what you're looking for so I went to that website called helix and did that and ended up ordering a mattress from them I slept on it for two nights now And I love it Yeah, the rap pipe. I am super excited about the rap and that is primarily because The guy who's doing the rap his name is chris over at ironclad tent and if you're not following him He's got an instagram page where he does a lot of raps and tent job tints and everything like that over on instagram but um He's so excited about doing this rap job on this specific vehicle that His creativity level is like nine notches above mine I'm I like coming up with ideas and everything but a creative design aspect I find it hard to you know get out of the out of the gate on designing something like he can And the stuff that he has going on in his head is just nuts So the rap that he's got planned and the little intricacies and everything that he's got going with it I am so stoked on what he's going to come up with He's going to have a rendering here probably mid next week before he actually prints in order orders the rap and prints it and everything And then it'll be about two weeks before I get it back But the amount of stuff that he's able to do with wraps is pretty awesome. So I'm super excited about that All right, Justin. Cool deal. Yeah, I got to get that monster. Dude. I use the drink monsters every day Literally every single day. I would have a monster asked captain. I that was my thing But as of the last like six eight months or so Uh, it started messing with me dude. It started giving me like heart palpitations and I'm just like You know what? I I'm not doing that anymore. So for me 90 of the time I'm drinking water Yep Every day fleet tech Now I've got to say that I'm going to be slightly biased on that one I hate working on fords fords require the most special tools Out of any of the other manufacturers. So that's why I don't prefer working on them The new rams their interiors are unmatched By anyone the new ram 1500s. You cannot beat the interior on those the functionality of it Um Not not even like the really high end ones, but even the baseline ones They are so comfortable and the back seat has so much room in the new uh body style rams You can't beat them if I was going to get a new truck It would definitely be a ram and you guys know me I don't really care between manufacturers other than I just don't prefer forward I drive a new Chevy if I could but I drive a Chevy every day But those new rams they are They are right on point. They are pretty easy to work on the Motor sets pretty far back into the things and it is not as cramped and crammed as you know, you would think to work on Chad you seem kind of like the guy who would keep something for a while So if you're gonna be it's gonna be something that you're gonna keep for a while and you know thinking about working on You know five years down the road Super easy vehicle to work on No, I do not know exactly what the wrap design will look like. I am putting it into his hands Uh, obviously the build is kind of cosponsored with sp tools. So it will be Uh sp tools that will be on it with rust belt mechanic mixed into it Orange and blue and it's gonna it's gonna turn out pretty awesome. I have no clue what the End product is even kind of come close to look like yet But once he gets me renderings, I will put some of those up on instagram I will make sure to get some of those 300 000 or more before you get anything. Yep. See that's that's what I like to see guys who keep their stuff Long enough to actually, you know get the use out of it. You know exactly what's gonna happen in that truck or that car and Working on it is like second nature. If you really have to You know what to do on it I do every once in a while eric will watch other youtube mechanics. Um I don't get to watch youtube nearly as much as I would like to I Have family. I've got you know this job. I'm the shop form here. I've got a million other things I'm doing so they find it hard. I usually am on youtube for maybe 45 minutes to an hour a day. So whatever comes within that time frame is what I get into on it How are the hemmys for reliability now? Um, so the early ones, uh, they didn't really have a lot of issues Unless you were doing a lot of idle time If you had a lot of hot soak idle time That's when you would have issues with the rollers On the lifters and the rollers would end up locking up which would end up wiping out a cam which in Most terms for mechanics. It's not that hard of a fix on a hemmy I can pull the heads on a hemmy which I actually have one right over there We can take a field trip if you want to Yep field trip time. We're going over to the bench Where I've got all these hemmy parts So this is a truck. I've got an o4 ram and I've got one of the heads pulled lifters right there and This one was a weird one So it ended up having some issues in with the oiling on the top end And you can see the tips Of your push rods Ended up getting worn off. So that's the end that it's supposed to look like That's what ended up happening. So ended up having some oiling issues the Rockers in the little cups right there It wore those pretty darn good And this was one of the first ones that I had that did not have any of these Rollers on these rockers that were wiped out had a pretty good tip tick tap to it The top of the valves also See if I can get on one of these are Pretty darn worn it had it had not a lot of lubrication to the top end of it So we had some tipping and tapping. So it's probably going to end up getting New valves maybe a new head depending on what the warranty company wants to do, which is another video that I'm going to do because Waiting on warranty companies Pretty much sucks I hate warrant waiting on warranty companies and this one is taking forever to deal with So I'm having to wait quite a few weeks on even them getting back with me. Sorry to set this up So, yeah, there's the uh one hand me project. I took a funny thing is I took that one apart like Two weeks ago And there it still sits no parts are ordered nothing because The warranty company hasn't got back to us on it So just a waiting game 58 Malibu and a gto judge. That's awesome Heck, yeah, hey, there's captain ron stopped in just got back over to check the comments He needed you to pick up a slot machine in inglewood I can do that man. Seriously if you end up picking up one I can pick it up. I'm not gonna say I'm gonna bring it all the way to chicago area or not, but I'll I'll pick it up Because actually that's where uh my my can am is at right now the uh the shop that's getting the wrap is in inglewood, ohio So I've actually got to stop back by over there in about two weeks Pick it up and test it out. I know captain ron would love to test out some sweet pinball machines or slot machines. Yeah Heck, yeah My phone is blowing up My mom's coming by in a little while to borrow my truck. So I don't know about that one I've got to get into the zone Auto zone. See you later mick bake. Thanks for stopping in Just doing some hangout time here in the shop today cleaned up the truck doing some videos Got kind of hung up on a video. So decided to do just see what's going on with everyone else in here They had some great machines. Hmm Sweet Yeah, wear your mask The masks around here Is not a huge prevalence I guess this isn't really that much of a big hot spot Comparative to some of the bigger cities and stuff So we don't see a whole lot. I mean I went into home depot Last weekend and probably out of seeing 50 people in and around there. There was maybe two people that had masks on So, yeah I'll tell you one thing that was awesome. I forgot to bring up. I should have done some instagram posts over it I took the uh side by side over to the shop to get the wrap done Took it in the new trailer first time. I uh took something in it for any, you know extended amount of time It's about a 35 40 mile drive or anything like that And do that trailer and that truck it pulls freaking amazing I never would say that How much difference it is towing between having my first turbo set up on the truck the one big single to having The compound Turbos from hsp on it right now. It made a huge huge different with towing It it tows so much better right now Ooh grilling out today. Now, that's awesome. At least it's warm enough there to do it. We were Ohio was you know, kind of a pain in the butt this week She's like, all right. Here's 70 degrees and then the next day. All right. Now. It's 30 degrees and today we wake up and we had a frost morning So it was 29 degrees this morning at 6 30 in the morning. It's freaking cold. It's freaking stupid. I hate it If I tell you what chad, I'll just I'll just switch your spots. You can come up here and work I'll just switch you right out. You can come up here to Iowa and work and I'll come down there Down into the dirty south and I'll work down there Yeah, Wisconsin. Yeah, that's even worse That definitely is that's even worse to be able to to be up there Now, Wisconsin's a nice area. Don't get me wrong, but If you go in the wrong direction, man, my body would be like twitching. I am not a cold weather person I do not like it at all. I if it was up to me I would not live in the state of Ohio My wife and family and everything are here and she will not move For anything, but if it were up to me, I would not live in Ohio Hey, Callie. Thanks for stopping in buddy. I appreciate it Yep, you have an awesome weekend 20 degrees and flag staff. Yep Sunny and 65 degrees. See, that's all right. That's awesome But that's another reason that I'm glad that I took the side-by-side over to the wrap shop for this week and this next week because You know, it's going to be crappy weather here for the next week and a half two weeks So might as well have all that crap done at that time Got to work on another ram over there. It's a four seven What's my opinion on someone getting certified even if they don't work for a dealership Work on heavy equipment mostly the thought of continuing education intrigues me So I always say this Furthering your knowledge and education is never a bad idea. It is always a good thing Especially if you have even the inkling in your mind that you may not stay at the employer shop Industry, whatever you're in forever. If you ever plan on, you know, maybe doing something else doing something bigger better Having more certifications will always help you out. They look great on a resume. I know Yeah Guys always tell the you know, scream at me I'd rather have so much experience rather over the pieces of paper, but Dude, tell you what for an employer if you see all those certifications on a On a resume It stands out a lot more and it shows that a guy has a lot more drive to go and get those Certifications rather than, you know, just being They're in the industry and working away without being certified to, you know, maybe do some better things See you Dara night shift man I can't do the night shift thing Chad. I I I used to work night shift when I before I worked in the automotive industry I worked in the security industry and I worked night shift then I can't do it Yep, I can't do it. Oh about loss. You're there This thing set up a little better Yeah, I am not a night shift person. You know, if if anything My my body's like an old man When the sun goes down my body starts getting tired and I go to bed at like 10 10 30 Very easily and in fact do most nights and I am done out but 6 o'clock 5 30 in the morning every single day Up an atom right in awake. I can't sleep any longer than that Making a bunch of hot wings and watching Netflix I will have to say that I've eaten more popcorn now I enjoyed popcorn at night and the kids are all about that one. So I've eaten more of that Work on heavy equipment. Yeah I don't have work experience in mechanics, but I have common sense and do exact specs all the time for work While on my own vehicles. Yeah, like I said, it's always better Trying to get in the mechanic field. Oh, I see the other question now Yeah, I mean ask captain run is never too late to get into something that you enjoy doing Ron is 36 37 Something like that and he got into the automotive field at that age It's not too late. You can do it and you can still do a good job and you can still make Living out of it. I'm not going to say it's not going to be hard totally switching and going to The bottom of the totem pole at whatever job you're going to go to but if you can if you have the ability to stick it out, then yeah Ron's an old man. Yeah Yeah, I mean there's a lot of employers especially right now I that's one of the things where you're probably going to have to wait until this whole corona pandemic Is done because right now the hiring on pretty much anybody in mechanics wise unless you have a massive fleet company has Pretty much ceased come to a halt. Nobody's hiring unless your fleet maintenance like everyday fleet tech They are definitely hiring But fleet maintenance is about the only thing that is actually keeping mechanics and actually growing at this point right now Yeah, I guess that's that file You can see that Yeah, right now a lot of mechanics and a lot of employers are just they're so Dispatched right now from the marketplace that it's hard for them to even you know, think about hiring people right now Yeah, I mean that is one of those things that you are going to stop start at the bottom of the totem pole Having some mechanical experience will definitely help For getting into the door somewhere But you are going to do tires and you are going to do oil changes and It's going to have to take you about two years To work up from the low man on the totem pole position doesn't matter what you're going to start where you're going to go You're going to have two years of a hard time and then after that it's going to grow pretty quickly Yeah, everyday fleet tech hiring and getting overtime because he don't work flat rate I hate front rate If you couldn't tell everyday fleet tech does not like the flat rate system He thinks it's a big old dinosaur in it and it's dead Which I can agree with but I enjoy working my flat rate still in this area Hey, that's a good thing for you started your own business, especially in your low 30s. Hopefully you're putting money back Being able to save up more and more. That's awesome seeing guys like you being able to start their own business at all He lives in the dirty south time is it 1240 The Atlanta area So what are you guys up to today? You guys gonna be working on anything or is everybody just Doing what jrc is doing Making popcorn for the second time today. He's on what by this time. He's probably on his second nap now Or just about ready to lay down for a second nap Sitting on my butt. Yes There it is I don't plan on doing a whole lot today I really want to get the one single video done that I had uh, I started doing which I'm going to be swapping my truck out with my Mom's car to be able to finish that video So I want to get that done and aside from that Maybe clean some stuff up around the house and other than that do a whole lot of nothing I'm okay with doing nothing around right now Just gets doing what are you guys doing over there? Huh, what are you guys doing in your truck? Can't find the right tool I own some tools What are you looking for 22 millimeter Impact Kids these days he's looking for he's not looking for sheep Gary you need some tools Gotcha Thanks Turns out all right you shine it every once in a while Of course, I get it all All detailed out and everything and then my mom calls and says hey Can I borrow your truck? Like fine, whatever It's just fresh detail for you, but okay Yeah, you need tools I got tools That's right I have a couple of tecton Ratchets at the house that I used before But as far as a lot of their other stuff just I don't know Preference on it. I haven't used it enough to really you know go through anything else and using a lot of tecton tools You need anything Gary? Okay It'd be all right, man. You want to use an impact? I got three of them. I literally do Here Your choice Three impacts there to you Seven eighths or a 22 Here use the right tools See you later Justin. Thanks for stopping in buddy Oh, yeah, it's still pretty chilly here kind of sucks now for um for this video that I have started today I'm I'm not wanting to get into a whole lot of manufacturer stuff, but it might get a little sketchy on Whether Mopar is going to call me out for saying how crappy their warranty times are but I'm going to be doing a video on warranty for the big manufacturers and how shitty technicians are getting screwed over But yeah, that'll be a good one. Yeah, I got three still biggie. What do you want? Top three everyday tools number one would have to be the Milwaukee stubby impact That's that one number two would have to be the snap on three eighths brute 72 foot-pounds it works great and then We'll say Just because I'm a light hoe my uh Stream light stinger switchblade You get that turned the right way. That's my favorite light It's still considered a tool right Love that thing Exactly a warranty times. That is my biggest hang up of flat rate um The biggest thing that kind of sparked wanting to do the video on the warranty times of this This last thursday. I had a customer come through ends up. They were Chrysler corporate and what I did not know was Chrysler corporate For their warranty times on oil changes maintenance pretty much anything lower line They have their own time system. I'm like wait, so you've got standard book time Then you've got warranty time Then you've got Chrysler corporate warranty time So not only do they cut it down to warranty they cut it below warranty time to do Chrysler corporate maintenance Really, that's what you're going to do to your employees. I get it, you know Charge in less to the Chrysler corporate employees because they are corporate But why don't they take on the discount for that? No, we're going to pass it down the discount down onto the technician So to do an oil change a tire rotation And to do a full inspection sheet that has to be done Absolutely has to if you don't they will ding the shit out of The the dealership and you will get major negative scores. You have to fill out this whole sheet You get paid five tenths half an hour To do that And that's on a ram 1500 So I'm like great. Yeah. Yep. You get paid five tenths to do that I just think it was just a bunch of crap So I that one pissed me off pretty bad on Friday. I'm like, you know what I'm making a video about that Yep, that switch blade is pretty freaking awesome I like that chad time you get it when you get it and you're gonna like it. How do you like it? He'd like me now Uh, they are Zephyl. They they have to be in some circumstances I want to see the mother trucker who can put a turbo in a Cummins like newer body style 1617 18 whatever it might be in 3.2 hours because that's what it pays to do a turbo in a Cummins 3 hours just over 3 I I want to see the mother trucker that can do it because I have not met one single person Ever who has done it by the warranty Different their way and made that book time never seen it I want to see how they're able to do that and I I hear all the time. Oh, you can request a time study You know, that's how you get past these things rather than just making videos on it I'm like, you know how many requests for time studies that I've put in to Chrysler corporate before How many times have I seen those actual times get changed from warranty times? Yeah, no Yeah, exactly four to four and a half hours is the best time. And that's that's what I'm doing Especially by the time you get that freaking motor mount off because there ain't no way That you can get that lower drain tube off Correctly correctly at least now. I know those shortcuts to that one Without taking that crap loose Hey, no way No way in a heartbeat What do I carry every day? It's in my truck, but I carry a walter pk380 is my daily carry Yeah, exactly heavy wrench. I was just going back through and reading these There should be a lower charge especially for Chrysler employees But why are you taking the discount out on The technicians? Why are you not just taking that on as a company? What do I carry tools not gun? In my pocket, I always carry my flashlight my pocket pry bar and Pen that's what I carry on me I don't have them on today because I'm not official Workout working gear here to 4.6 in your system. Yeah. And now that's not warranty time 4.6 hours is You know book time now. That's okay. Yes SP tool review request Double ring long wrench 15 degree SAE offset. Let me pull this part number here because I was actually looking into these and I had not done a review because This is my computers here Okay I had not done a review on those yet, but was uh looking into it and I have seen those wrenches To be able to give you an idea on it Yeah, those are the ones So Chad those wrenches are very nice Uh in the way that if you're looking at the picture of those wrenches, which I guess I can show them to you for you guys You've got the double ring long wrench 15 degree offset You can see here you see the shoulders that they have on here They have very little bevel to them and they grip really really well on those Uh a lot of the guys and they kind of complain about the box end because the box portion of the handle on these Is not quite as rounded as a lot of guys are used to for wrenches So there's that to it, but these don't have much of a bevel to them So these are really really nice for working on accessory drive items Alternators serpentine belts things in the front of the engine in which you don't really have Um, you know that much room to work on. They're really great for that one I don't got no mask in here. Ain't nobody else close to me Uh effective Justin. Uh, yes, we are being pretty Effective here this last week. I was able to turn right around just under 50 hours. So Pretty good there. Thankfully we do have one technician that is laid off in the shop here But aside from that the other three of us technicians the full-time flat rate technicians were able to Keep up and make hours So I have not used the gear wrench equivalent in those new level auto I I I can't give my opinion on that one because I have not used the gear wrench equivalent on that one unfortunately Worker toolbox stores now There is one toolbox store that I want to be able to bring you guys and that is the one guy unfortunately who is laid off It's in the way of my truck, but over and over there um, the guy who's working over there has had the same toolbox for going on 25 or 27 years now Somewhere around them. He's uh 61 years old and he's had the same toolbox for like 25 26 Years And I'd like to do a toolbox store on that one to bring you guys better yet That set was zero degree offset. Let me bring that one up Yeah, Chad. Those are the those are pretty much the same design They just don't have the you know the bent the 15 15 degree offset What I like about most about those wrenches is like I said that shoulder To them how that sticks out that wrenches a little bit wider um, I would I would compare them because I've seen those wrenches while I was at the tool show sp had those at their booth Kind of like these mountain wrenches If this were to not be a ratcheting mechanism This is the same width and these are the uh, the mountain style wrenches, but obviously branded matco It's a lot like these in the same size wise But see how this has this bevel down in here The ones from sp will not have that much of a bevel So it will get more grip further down onto whatever fastener that you're putting these onto so Just saying that's that's what those wrenches are a lot like Yeah, I've I've had gear wrench ratchets and ratchet wrenches before and you know, they're okay They're not bad It's up seven one six auto So the only brushless tools out right now through snap on is the half inch impact Which that one is a lot better than the old monster lithium Uh setups on those that one is a lot better and then um the only other brushless one that they have out right now is on the Oh Is on the polisher Grinder and I this one is not the brushless one But if you go over to jim's jrc 54s channel, he did review on the brushless one I have not picked one up yet because I I just can't justify it yet. This one still works great for me and for what I do So I can't justify getting rid of that one yet just for that reason But yeah, they're supposed to be come out with more of the brushless items Um, they do have that that drill. I think Yeah, they have a drill too that's supposed to be brushless and I've not gotten to try that one out either I do like my mac co ratchet. I'll have to give you guys Is That one that is my favorite ratchet. I got the black and red edition That mac co ratchet is probably one of my favorite ratchets that I have The locking mechanism on this one is way way better Then the snap on one the snap on one just pisses me off to no end I wish this was a little bit better the switching mechanism It just seems like it's a little rough around the edges for it But not bad at all But the actual profile the the head on this thing is lower profile than any other ratchets that are out right now They these work amazing Definitely What do you use for three eighths electric impacts? Impacts three eighths. I use a stubby From milwaki that is the go-to and then the electric ratchet my favorite and go-to is the snap on Um The brute the newest version with 72 foot pounds Amazing I love this tool. I know a lot of people bitching complain that this one is just too slow Rpm wise, but it's got the torque. It's able to get in where I need it to and compared to Milwaukee ones. They've got the market pretty much on a lot of the impacts for everything But as far as the electric ratchets go You still can't beat the snap on ones They're still the best on the market right now Edwin, yeah, I there's a lot of the stuff milwaki that I recommend Um, I like to use the best ones that are out there and I will not tell you any different to that one As far as the stubby stuff The best ones on the market right now. Definitely milwaki As far as the mid torque half inch impacts I did the review on the sp one milwaki was in Very close second, but this the milwakis did have the better warranty So the sp one I love it's at my house right now though. I was using it on the side by side And then as far as the big impacts It's very close between the milwaki and the snap on but the snap on one does Do more impact does do a better job at getting the tough stuff off But a lot of people don't think that it's worth the massive cost difference, which I would agree with I bought this one. I probably wouldn't have bought this one if it wasn't for youtube to do the reviews and everything on because $1,000 is a shit ton of money to spend on a freaking impact. I probably would have not ever done it, but I wanted to do it for you guys. So that's why I ended up getting that one What do you use to take off the caliper anchor bolts? Well, I like to use this one if the Stubby is able to do it 250 foot-pounds a lot of the time that is able to get off what is needed There if not, then we're getting out just standard big half inch ratchets Thanks james All right, let's see go back through some of these questions Have you tried out the new mayhew dominator pry bars? um You know, I have not I've seen them. They remind me a lot. I want to say Were they really close to the mac design? Design of the mac tools pry bars The mayhew uh pry bars were pretty freaking awesome They remind me a lot of what their original design of what mac and sp's pry bars look like a lot too Honest answer. Do you actually torque stuff or do you Just do tight. Oh, no, we torque things here Lug nuts are a 100 percent of the time if you are caught or any of the technicians are caught not torquing lug nuts That is immediately written up Over on the wall. Let's see if we can point it out here. I might have to turn it just a little bit Over on the wall right here. You see torque wrenches on the wall We've got another set on the other side of the shop That the shop gives the technicians preset pre-calibrated torque wrenches 100 120 140 foot-pound torque wrenches for these lug nuts if those are not used those specifically They get written up So if we don't see a technician using those you get a write-up. So we torque Everything here absolutely everything and I've got my torque wrenches Sitting here ready to go my three eighths and half inch ones. I use those all the time Is the one key system worth it on the m18? Uh, I personally think it is for younger technicians Technicians who aren't as well versed in using a lot of the electric tools Because you are able to set the different torque ranges rpm ranges. They're very Very interchangeable very easy to set and everything. I don't have that they're using that right now But they still are not a guaranteed torque reading A lot of the guys they think that having that one and setting it to a torque level Will give you a guaranteed like if I put it at this setting it will give me a guaranteed 100 foot-pounds every time That is not the case the newest one with the extended anvil The technology in that one gets the closest to getting the correct torque readings But is still not guaranteed because you're not using any pressure sensors You're still using a calculation between rpm And the amount of times that are impacted before every time it hits So I can't say that the one key is going to get you that exact torque reading every time If that's what you were hoping that it would do, but it gets it pretty darn close So my milwaukey one that I have the number one setting I forget the exact rpms and what are readings and you know what that I may do that one Um a video on that one to show you guys exactly what my torque setting readings on my one key are set to And they get pretty darn close. So my lowest rpm reading on that one Goes to and gets lug nuts that are 19 or 22 millimeter right at about 90 foot-pounds So I'm still able to get a little bit of movement on a torque wrench Before it actually clicks which I like to get it, you know, at least some movement So I know it clicks to to what I need it to We had a guy and not torque the wheels down after a tire rotation service Came off completely now that's bad news and we actually had a um a wheel Set come off of a vehicle once before here We had a younger guy that torqued a wheel down on a lifted rocky ridge Wrangler and a wheel came off going down the interstate And as bad news He he didn't get fired, but we'll just say he was In the shitlocker for a good few weeks and got written up and Yeah, it was bad bad news. It is not a joking matter by any means Is there any unusual unexpected tools that I couldn't live without now I would have to say Since we were all talking about wrenches the I know I have the matco version of these wrenches But the long mountain style wrenches that have this extended shoulder and are reversible ratcheting These are one of the biggest life-saving sets of ratchet wrenches Or wrenches that I even own period these things are absolutely amazing to have Um, I never thought I would use them nearly as much as I thought I would when I purchased these to do testing on But I find myself using these so much more often. They get into great areas When will toolbox widget come out with their socket organizer? So I am very glad that you asked about that joseph because Tentatively that was supposed to happen in april. I can say this now because he posted Posted the things about the socket organizers on his instagram account jonathan, which is the ceo of toolbox widget He's a great guy and I actually talked to him this last week I needed to get some of the toolbox widgets for my home toolbox because All the sp tools wrenches that I have at home. They're all in the foam Trays that take off just a crap load of room. So I'll be doing some posts on that one We're on the swab out all the foam inserts and the foam trays over to the toolbox widgets But anyways the toolbox widgets are coming out with two different items coming up they're coming out with the socket organization system and some um pliers organization And those are going to be coming out and thankfully or I'd say hopefully in june Ish because of what's happened with the corona virus They're unable to get supplies needed for manufacturing them So they have been delayed quite a bit on what they originally thought they were going to be able to debut on april 1st I was hoping that they would be able to get them out on april 1st But I talked to him this last week and he said it's probably looking like june now Maybe late may hoping for but we'll have to see that one You have caliper bolts even torqued a factory come out after a job In tight standard probably should get new bolts. Uh, the other thing is f il um for our newer vehicles Chrysler is put out and a couple of other people or manufacturers have put out that you have to use um certain Torque either torque spec or you have to use Uh thread locker on the caliper mounting bolts That is just a recommendation especially if you're putting things back together that are still under the factory warranty You better be reusing that stuff and putting them to the correct amount because if they find out later afterwards you didn't That's that's bad news Uh, would you suggest working in a dealership even with warranty time over working in a private shop? so the things that I like about the the um dealerships over the private shop The elison I only have My area to go off of I live in Ohio So I don't have the huge dealerships or the bigger areas to to compare to around here Independent shops do not get the volume of work the dealerships do There's a lot a lot of independent shops around here But the volume that they do is just not there They may pay pretty decent especially if they're a very reputable shop But they are not doing the volume like we're doing so if you are working flat rate system Around here the dealership is able to offer a lot more hours and a lot more opportunity of things to work on in that way plus I like The fact of the dealership that I don't have to work on Every car made under the sun. I probably work on 80 percent 80 to 90 percent Chrysler Things working in a Chrysler dealership. So I know the general lineup of things that I'm working on Yes, I do still work on things that are not Chrysler. You know, I drive a freaking Duramax But and I know about quite a bunch of them But primarily the portion of work that I do is With uh Chrysler vehicles. So that's nice to be able to have that one About to start doing a UCI. Heck, yeah, that's actually what is right there behind me That's uh a Liberty that I was doing an 09 Liberty Or UCI that end up dude, this thing's getting totally rebuilt. I don't have the repair order here, but I ended up quoting It needed all four calipers the slides brackets and everything. We're all seized up. It needed four calipers um, it needed It needed an axle on the left front But it was so rusted up that oh you can see it. I've got it sitting right here Right there on the ground it needed an axle But the axle and the axle nut were so badly rusted up that The axle nut would not come off the axle nut is just a giant pile of rust So it won't come off no way So I had to replace the spindle the hub the backing plate the axle All together All one piece they had to pay for all of that all because Let it in the rust belt, you know, you go to start taking one thing apart and everything else breaks Yeah, trust me. I tried a lot of that And it seems most youtubers of mopar are missing any GM mechanics on YouTube Uh GM mechanics, uh, there is 410 auto tech. He is a GM certified mechanic up in New jersey area. I think he's pretty good. He does a really good job at what he does I actually have him on speed dial for some of these newer GM products that do come through here I had um an issue on a traverse I think a couple of weeks back with a steering rack and I little did I know that a lot of those Traverses if you need a steering rack, you have to put a steering rack control module on at the exact same time And it has to be programmed. So Did not know that one and the aftermarket ones evidently you cannot put on there. They don't work So he was able to help me through that one Carlyle tools are pretty decent. I have heard really good things about those I have not personally used them so I cannot give a You know raving great review for them, but the guys that I know of I do trust and they do like the tools Rust certified technician. That's right. I'm gonna have to make one of those badges rust belt certified. Is that is that a thing? Liquid wrench certified Mopar special tool number two big freaking hammer. That's one of my favorite things You get a big old bad boy Wilton out here show that rust. What's up? 16 inch Four and a half pound That the hammer is all business right there if I got to get that thing out Stuff's breaking It's not if it's not coming apart that will make it come apart Are the tool trucks still visiting your shop? Um, yes and no They are not coming to the shop the tool trucks themselves aren't because they are a pretty much Big old cesspool of mechanics touching everything So they are not bringing the actual tool trucks to the shop our tool truck operators are running specialty deals through their facebook pages And they are running things out from their personal vehicles to shops twice a week Two runs they'll make through their their whole line of shops and take out what guys need If you end up breaking any tools or anything like that, they're bringing out what we have broken or done in that regard I live in Ohio in the rust belt How bad is a tool bill my tool bill? Uh, I don't have much of a tool bill right now. Uh, I think on snap on I owe 200 No, not even that hundred and thirty dollars. I my snap on bill is really low and my matco bill. I just bought I was nice. I bought a pair of sunglasses off him. So I think my matco bill is at like 175 bucks on there. So I don't have much of a tool bill right now Yeah, that I should I should get ahold of him Southmane, he's a really cool guy Yep, he's a really cool guy. He used to stop in at live streams a lot Rust belt certified patch him and he's got the hook up to all the fluid film Group I might get with him see if I can get the hook up on that fluid film that he uses Yeah rust sucks Now Nathan, uh, that's another thing that we are going to be putting out the announcement to today Um, that I don't know if the tool heads Uh crates are going to be coming back out Right now with the whole uncertainty and we're not able to get Uh deliveries from what we can shipping services for not essential goods are going down Horendously we have suspended Uh tool heads crates indefinitely at this point and for the guys who have extended Amounts on there, you know, if they purchase three six or you know, 12 months worth of them We're actually going to be giving some uh refunds out for that one because we don't want to just hold onto your money or anything like that We're going to be shooting refunds out Hopefully in the next week or so for the guys who still have Extended subscriptions to that service. I feel bad about that one, but I just We can't get things out on time We can't get the right things that we want to be able to put into these crates It's it's a hard time for anybody on that end. So we're we're going to be closing shop right now Just for for the at least for the moment. I'm not sure if we're going to be bringing it back, but we'll have to see The box paid off. Yeah Yeah, my box is paid off the one that I traded in on this box It it was already paid off and so I only ended up crewing if you guys watch watch the video that I did the last one on Before the toolbox store, but on why I chose the epic toolbox It was already paid off. Anyways, I don't like having a lot of tool debt or anything JC smith in the house. What's up, man If you guys like big truck builds lots of crazy frame cutting and stuff go go and check his Channel out JC Smith projects. He's a really cool guy also He should have the rust belt certified patch because he does all his work here in the rust belt of Ohio too Joseph, um, they they've already revealed The idea of their socket organizer coming out um Like I said, if you go and look at the toolbox widgets instagram page, they did he did put a post out on that Uh, but they are not unveiling totally And opening it up for ordering yet until they have The amount of numbers to be able to meet what people actually are wanting on them So that's why I say you probably won't be able to order any of them until probably may or june I am doing it really good, man So far at least Yeah, I saw you chopping on that frame Oh, some of those big frame jobs those kill me. That's freaking awesome. You're like, you know what? What they built this truck for I just don't like that I think it would be a lot cooler with this on that But that means we're gonna have to totally cut this part of the frame off and we're gonna have to put the new rear end here and here That's really cool. I like the projects that he does I was stupid and sprayed the rubberized undercoating on my truck a while back any ideas on removable um Yeah You're gonna have to get um a needle scaler And lots of aircraft paint thinner if you're still able to get a hold of that one Um, it depends on if you can get under it to scrape it. That's a possibility For that one video idea capri versus sp performance quality and warranty process Now that's another one. I have not Used capri tools very much. I've heard good things and good reviews off of them, but that's just we don't have a What's the tool truck that carries capri tools? um, I don't know I thought there was one of the tool trucks that carry capri stuff But none of the tool trucks that we have around here carry capri tools regularly. So I might have to look into that one Uh warranty process. I showed what the warranty process was on sp I broke their, um wrench Is there 19? Yeah, like a 19 millimeter ratchet wrench on a sunday And I had The new one in my possession on thursday So for being an online tool company only Oh, okay. Okay. So if they are an online tool company only Yeah, I don't see why I couldn't do one of those. Maybe I get some capri stuff and I'll see what's up with that and uh You know use it see what we like about it Yep, sweet. I had to send in my half inch milwaki impact again for service Man that sucks Oh, hell, yeah, you sent it on on monday and you got it back on thursday Because that's awesome I so a lot of people have been asking me about the warranty process and everything on milwaki And to be honest on that one I haven't had to use it. I just I haven't had to so I've never had to send one of my electric tools in my half inch, uh One key milwaki that I have forgot I've had it for a year and a half been using the crap out of it And I've never had a failure point yet and I was using it literally every single day being the crap out of it So thankfully I I have not had to have any warranty on that one What are you doing? I'm totally messing stuff up 120 Yeah, there's the the torque wrench on the wall right over there Okay Yeah, put those to 144 pounds Vices are rebadged china ones Okay So if I were to do I'm gonna I'm gonna write this down notes wise here if I was to do some reviews on capri tools, which is On another online tool company. What kind of capri tools would you prefer to see tested or tried? Go ahead and put those in the comments and I'll write them some of them down See what kind of comparisons I can do Call up customer service 33 millimeter lug nuts Yeah, they once you start getting above like those 27 millimeter ones That's getting up there for those impacts Especially if you're using them and you're railing on that tool for lug nuts all the time That's a lot for even those impacts Allen bit sockets Writing this down Allen bit sockets Wrenches Sockets we do some of that we do some of that good stuff Yeah, I have not used any capri tools Uh personally, so that'll be an interesting one Or you're off and for you all at a time Dude, you are not kidding jc james That the cost of those one inch ones They are pretty astronomical But they are not nearly as astronomical as the snap one ones If you guys have seen what snap one is going to come out with for their one inch impacts Holy crap In what planet do you think that somebody would be willing to pay eight to ten thousand dollars? For a half inch impact or for a one inch impact dude No, what are you going to use something that gets up to their biggest baddest one? They're they're going to come out with and it's supposed to run up to 3100 foot pounds What do you need a 3100 foot pound impact for bridges? And if you're putting bridges together you think they're buying automotive tools from snap on They aren't going to sell any of them. It's just yeah Yeah See jc, I wish you could try out the snap on brushless one because it really does work It works better than my milwaukee one key does It it just does in my opinion and I all you haters can you know say whatever about it? But in my experience it works better than my milwaukee half inch one key I'm not saying that it's justified for the price of that one By any means, you know the price is outrageously more expensive, but it does work better in my opinion Uh, I bought a set of capri torx bits because I wanted a single full set. They weren't very expensive, but I used my 12 Maybe a couple of times and they survived cool I heard you know, I know they're trying to get into the the big industrial stuff right now, but It's just one of those things where Once your company is known for something. It's hard to branch into another market kind of I guess compare it to Um harbor freight, you know with their icon stuff trying to bust into the professional market. They're just They weren't marketed for it. They weren't meant for it. They aren't known for it It's hard to break into a market like that if that's not the kind of company that you are or you know Pretend to be it would be like Day woo trying to make a 350 thousand dollar hypercar or a million dollar hypercar It might outperform the you know the biggest and best bugatti But you know what it's still made by You know day woo And you can't compare that the name is what it is what the companies are meant and made for doing It's hard to get out of that market once you're used to that one Uh, we are technically not open on saturdays, but I came in here to do some shop foreman stuff To get some stuff ready in the shop and to do some inventory things clean my truck do a video That kind of stuff, but technically not working on customer cars. No Yeah, the the icons they are too expensive and I don't like the fact that They don't always offer Across the board their lifetime warranty for anybody and everybody who has those tools Yeah, exactly jc you put lipstick on a pig it's still big That's exactly right Is that file it's hard to compete, you know to break into markets If you're already undercutting the market with other brands that are within your realm That's why I don't I don't get why they tried to do that one That was a really cool build jc. It was cool seeing you uh have the heads and everything off of that one Reminded me of pulling the cab and everything off of my truck at that was a fun build I actually enjoyed working on that engine compared to A lot of the other dodge stuff that i've been working on in here every single day I don't know just I guess a change of pace You work on one thing or a set of things for so often That it's really nice to get just a change of pace and work on something different in the shop get something Totally new in to be able to experience There's only so many pacificas that I can see in a day and not go fucking bananas Go to school to be on the part storage I like the sonic tools. I have tried Tang tools and some other tools. I like the sonic tools the best I've seen the sonic tools their sockets and stuff But I have not done a lot of work with a lot of their other things Although my wife is texting me. She's like dude. Where are you at? Sorry my bad in the dog house Thanks for the donation every day fleet tech. I appreciate that one. I definitely appreciate that one Well on on that note my wife is calling and I do need to Get back home and get some other stuff done This has been a nice little something different little stream here with you guys I appreciate all the input that you guys have put and I will be looking into The capri stuff I've written down the different things that I'm going to be trying to get To do some things for that one. So Cool deal. I appreciate you guys stopping in today It's been real. It's been awesome And as always you guys stay awesome