 Hey guys, what's happening? We're gonna try to do a little bit of shop time live here on a Saturday While we wait on the captain run to get done with his work He's working away in the background. Isn't that right captain Ron? Yep, that's right So yeah, we'll wait for some people to roll in here see if you guys are working or not this weekend Maybe maybe not Pull some chat up on my screen here so I can see what you guys are possibly saying Maybe Jeremy Russell. What's up, buddy? Good see you in here today So we decided to come in get some work done on a Saturday Catch up with some junk here at work that we've been getting kind of through. There's the captain Everybody say hi. It's been a while since we've seen old captain. Yeah He's been he's been a hermit hiding away in this little layer Yeah happens I'm quarantining. He's he's self-quarantine. I'm self distancing is what I'm doing That's your version of socially distancing. I something like that. I guess Just just getting these recalls done 0.1 I get for 110 three calls all 37 of them we have on our lot to do right now It is it is some pretty much crap captain Salty in the house every day fleet tech. What's up, buddy? Grimm's auto service But yeah, we got a bunch of recalls that just came out not too long ago on our lot and we Boy, we're trying to get through them It's a lot the amount of recalls that has come out right now. It's just been absolutely insane They come out with so many recalls Just for the smallest thing literally this recall is because your wiper arm May have a point of failure and could cause you to lose vision for half of a second because this wiper arm Nut the retaining nut is not torque to a proper torque spec So you literally go out to all these trucks and you have to what's the hey walked away I was gonna ask what the torque spec on one is I want to say it's like 1015 foot-pounds run. What's the torque spec on that wiper arm? Help 90 degree turn You have to put a 90 degree turn on the wiper arm Holding nut and you get paid 1 10th for going down the line of trucks that we haven't just got 90 degrees 90 degrees Done it takes longer to print out the repair order and actually write everything up than it does to actually do the recall it takes so much more time to do the To do all the BS stuff with it DC, what's up, buddy? Thanks for stopping in today Oh, that's right, so they're even too tall for the captain to reach because they're Rocky Ridge lifted ones. They're lifted six and a half seven inches so you can't even reach the wiper arms That sucks, so you still only get paid the one-tenth even though you have to physically drive them in Yeah, it is the American equivalent to good and tight. Yep Mm-hmm. Yeah, it's kind of a stupid recall It is beyond stupid But you know half the stuff that we do today was you know pretty stupid for sure all the stuff we did today was pretty stupid Yeah, had to work on a conversion van again. You got to take them over and show So Mark the tool heads crate is no more we had to shut down the tool heads crate We could not get these the backing and we could not get things shipped out in a good enough time For everybody it was just becoming more of a pain to be able to get things shipped out Things were getting later and later and we didn't want to you know upset any more customers for that one And we just couldn't keep up on getting good enough tool prices on things to put into those great So we just ended up having to shut it down the COVID stuff just totally killed the economy And we had no orders coming in people, you know not having the extra expenditure each month It is what it is Yeah But anyways, the other thing I wanted to get to today was we are starting in on Some new testing for a scan tool. I got a hold of texas Which is really big in the highway heavy-duty diesel off highway machinery and Motorcycle market for their scan tools. Well, they're cracking into the US market on the automotive side of things So they got a hold of me and I got sent a new Texa unit. So we've got this one going on right here. We've got the texa IDC 5 We're gonna be testing and they are supposedly breaking into being able to work on just standard automobiles and everything So we're gonna try our luck and see what it does. I've got some really good I guess perspective stuff to be able to use for this one They are one of the very few scan tools and companies that say that they are going to be able to get into the security gateway module on On Chrysler vehicles and for you guys who work on newer vehicles, you know, that is a pretty huge thing It's pretty awesome texa literally breaking in Yeah, so they get into the security gateway module they have an understanding with Chrysler On that so you're they're able to actually tap in and use bi-directional Functions on the scan tool. I'm testing it out on a bunch of other stuff I got the Duramax there in the background was seeing if it would do Injector coating and stuff. It does go into that one on the heavy-duty truck side of things So I can't really put in that it was a 2006 Silverado, but I put in it's a 2006 light-duty on the highway truck side of things And it gets into injector coating and stuff, which is really freaking cool because even the snap-on scan tool Does not do that our Zeus does not do injector coating on on the Duramax That's why we've got a tech to here in the shop an old tech to be able to do the injectors and injector coating on the earlier vehicles DRB 3 stuff. Yes, it does get in and does do a lot of those things I haven't gotten in to testing on a lot of the bi-directional functions On that yet to see how full the list of functionality is on it But it does connect in on to those I connected into a 2003 Ram and it was able to get in and it was able to look at the codes and Do the little tests and stuff, but I didn't get into a whole lot of the bi-directional function on it So that'll be something else. We kind of got to get into What's up, Jamie glad to see you guys in here So it's gonna be something that's really cool because this is pretty much one of the first scan tools To the market that is gonna be able to they say to be able to get into just about anything that has Diagnostics so marine is able to do boat stuff motorcycles. They are huge in on motorcycles even has built-in and wiring diagrams all kinds of diagnostic Functions for that one. Sorry Yeah, the the graphics for the wiring diagrams one that you have a vehicle that it will work with the wiring diagrams Works awesome, and they just came out with a really big update on it to this Thursday or Friday, so I just updated it and am kind of getting it on it Cody's auto diagnostics. What's up, buddy? Did I hear it was your birthday today Cody? For some reason I thought I that I saw on Facebook that it was yours today if it is happy birthday bud Happy birthday. I actually got that one right Future aftermarket support looking like on that one. So this one what is really cool about this one is it is 100% us base customer support on that one. They're out of Alabama So their support team you call into it. It's not an overseas call-in or anything like that They are out of Alabama So you call in for any kind of support it does work like that They told me the hardware on that one the warranty is gonna be a year on the hardware, but their failure rate of hardware was like 1% of the total units that ever go out. So their hardware is pretty sturdy They have a couple of different options on the tablets that you actually get their windows-based tablets Price point it depends on what the functionality that you want it to do. So here's the other thing that it has for it Because I'm gonna do testing on multiple platforms be it heavy-duty truck maybe some off-highway things like Cummins and Caterpillar stuff we might be looking at that one. It also is able to do diagnostics on side-by-sides and motorcycles So we've got that one. So because of that one you do have to have this version of their txts box So this is the box with different cables, of course that it you're able to get with it That is able to connect between all of their different platforms and everything now If you just wanted to do automotive they've got a little dongle that has come out They it reminds me kind of like the Chrysler ones. It kind of looks like that one It just is a dongle. So if you only wanted to do automotive Be OBD2 stuff, then it's they've got that one right there Yeah, that is a micro pod 2 so I don't they they just showed me it to me in picture and this is what it looked like So I was just having you know that one for kind of comparison So if you just want automotive then it does have the smaller adapter to it So if you just want automotive you just want the That side of it I want to say it was like 49.95 and then updates wise it is I Want to say hold on let me look at my phone And phones right there can't look at my phone on that one. I want to say it was like 495 something like that for updates Don't quote me on that one. I don't 100% remember But you are able to have the updates and you don't have to do it like snap on where if you miss two updates You have to pay for the updates in between You just update to what it is and it updates to the newest point whenever you do get the update and every time You do get the update you get the up you pay for 12 months worth of updates So you get the updates for the next calendar year that you actually purchased it for so for instance If they come out with a new update on these every two months or so you have the next 12 months worth of updates For free on that one Using a tablet with a pico scope the other cool thing. I want to see if I can be able to maybe find some of the accessories for this So these are these scan tools tablets and the actual scanner things. They're actually made in Italy The Italians are actually the ones who made the software and they come out with these So they're the the creators of that now over overseas. They are they do have a bunch of different I guess connectivity things for this one like they have different scopes and different Battery testing things that you can connect to the unit and all I I don't know That's not offered in the US market as of yet But I'm gonna see if I can get my hands on one possibly because I know you guys Absolutely love your scoping and everything worth of that one So we'll have to I'll have to see if I can get my hands on that portion of it Go back through some questions Yes, Cody this so they say this one can get through the Chrysler SGW module and use the bidirectional functions on that one I connected it to a 2019 RAM Pro master and it was working pretty good Even though those are just a newer platform. Those don't have SGWs though I have not tested it myself personally yet on a security gateway module vehicle But they say that it does have the availability to do that one. You just have to get a token key I guess for that one you can pay for that token key, which I guess gives you a temporary SID that will be valid for whatever portion of time that you get that token for so You're you would be able to work on pretty much in from my understanding at least you would be able to work on pretty much Anything that has a security gateway module for Chrysler for that amount of time doesn't matter How many vehicles it's not just one vehicle over that amount of time It's however many vehicles you hook up to the scan tool over that amount of time So that's pretty cool that it's gonna be able to do that one At least I hope it will they say it will I've just kind of unboxing and opening it Getting to the first little bits of it. Yep does key programming does tire pressure sensor Monitor programming Not actually to the sensor not that style not does a program the sensors but program sensor IDs to the cars So it does program keys Chrysler is making it extremely hard for people to work on their own vehicles after the whole debacle of 2016 2016 I think it was where they had such a horrible time with People being able to hack into their vehicles Through the radio and be able to control a lot of electronics things Chrysler has gone on the side of severe security when it comes to a lot of their electronics and scan tools So they have Those kind of there and they run these new security gateway modules to be able to combat that one But in turn it has made it very very hard for any kind of scan tools or aftermarket scan tools to be able to connect to the Chrysler vehicles It's all right you can ask as many questions as you want to buddy and I'm sorry I can't answer all of them yet because I haven't done full testing on this one. I've only had it for about a week I just kind of wanted to introduce it to you and show you guys what I was going to be working with Probably going to be putting some photos and different things up Maybe some short clips and videos on Instagram over the next couple of weeks So that'll be pretty sweet to be able to see so if you guys aren't kind of there with my Instagram make sure you subscribe to the Instagram channel Oh, yeah scan tools right now. They are pretty ridiculous Barry Everson it is the texas unit Texa IDC 5 So I've got their Midline tablet that comes with it as well as their txts unit This one is the one that it's going to be able to connect to Automotive highway diesel off highway diesel like Cummins Caterpillar Any kind of heavy-duty machinery that has those kind of driveline and diagnostic systems Motorcycle side-by-side this will connect to my can-am So doing some testing out for that one as well as this a lot on the automotive side for them Because they are new into the automotive sector here Only negatives that I have for this one so far is and they explained it to me and I'll explain it probably in a Video you have to have this little dongle here Which is a little key flash drive you have to have that plugged in for the tool to work because It I guess they're their security function on the software So you they are not able to get hacked software-wise is why they have to have that one Cody they definitely definitely do Harley so Cutting edge on a motor solutions, which is one of the suppliers for this one I actually did a video on the differences of what this can do to Harleys versus the snap on P P 1,000 Is that the motorcycle one? I don't have much experience in that one But they did a comparison and I guess this one blew it out of the water I don't have any thing in that one, but this one was supposed to do that definitely Let's see say you won't mess with the Zurich. No, I have not I want to try that one I want to see what they're kind of like and what they're able to do It looks like just another launch base platform though. So kind of You know set aside on that one Yeah, we'll see Yeah, the P 1000s they're they're pretty pricey also and that's just for motorcycle stuff And from my understanding the motorcycle software on these texas units are really really advanced. They have some really nice Programming and availability for wiring diagrams Use on these they you can highlight them You can see the actual function in the power flow of the circuit on their wiring diagrams. They're really extensive Captain Ron back in here. Did you get all your recalls done? Nope. So we're going to still cranking away I mean, I got all the I got all the I got a little point one was done, but sweet Now I'm working on radio updates What happens to I don't know you tell the people you know what it is Like you got 50 people watch them Come on They don't want to hear me speak in this program the TCCM on a Silverado I don't know about programming Well, it doesn't a lot of do a lot of programming I don't think but does a lot of the bi-directional function and I know for a fact that it got in on mine to the Injector programming through the highway side of the scan tool instead of clicking on The car and passenger vehicle I just went to the highway truck side of it and just picked a you know cab chassis from like 0607 And it was able to get in for injector coding which our snap on Zeus doesn't even do so that's really cool to see that one Now wiring diagrams it's it comes with everything, but it's spotty to what vehicles are caught up on it yet They are very Yes full on their Highway Deasols your big trucks packers Cummins Volvo Zuzu they've got a lot of that stuff definitely and a lot of the motorcycle stuff Cars they have a lot of Euro things so surprisingly enough Comparing wise to like the snap on and other units that we have here in the US They are really far behind on the Euro things and they're really up to date on the the domestic stuff this one is a little bit on the different side this one is Very very advanced on the Euro things Audi's BMWs Volvos they're very advanced Audi's definitely have wiring diagrams BMWs I've seen pretty much everyone that I've seen on there in the demo unit connected does have their active wiring diagrams So that was really cool to see But I like I hooked it to a 2014 Impala and it did not have wiring diagrams for that one or anything yet So like I said, it's gonna be kind of an evolving thing to see what I Can test on that and I will be putting a whole lot of info into their Programming team and say hey, this won't do this. Hey this may or may not do that one And we're gonna see how fast they update on their scan tool unit I said it's gonna be some pretty fun testing with this one I'm very excited just like I said because it's able to connect to just just about anything that I can connect it to Captain Ron trying to grow a beard That's funny. Oh your HP tuners. Well that one that one is custom tuning ECUs and that is not what this this one is for Diagnostics shop use. This isn't custom tuning or anything like that one. I Am very much excited about seeing what it can do so far like I said, it's been Pretty decent It's been a little spotty on some of the domestic things But then there's been some stuff that I hooked up to I'm like wow, I didn't know that it could do this You know stuff that the snap-on scanner doesn't do this week I'll be getting it in on putting it onto my My 17 charger, which is a security gateway module car So we'll be seeing what it can do on that one very first off. In fact, I'll probably take this home And I'll do some testing on it and I'll see what kind of connectivity that we have to it see in about the The SIDs and the tokens and see in how easily it works and how much bi-directional function that it has Compared to like our factory scan tool if it's gonna have a full list of what it's gonna be able to do from Ease and force monitor tests small evap leak tests and everything for it So we got a we got to see what it's gonna be able to be connected to You have to go to dealership to your airbag recall performed. Yes, you do. It doesn't matter What maker model you have you have to take it to that maker model? Dealership to be able to get any kind of recall done They don't reimburse or allow any other kind of independent shops to be able to do recalls outside of their brand McBake in the house. What is up McBake? Good to see a bud Get McBake added in here Cody needs to be a moderator too Definitely up in this one Yeah, I'm gonna be interested plug it into some trucks. I plugged it into What was the other one I plugged it into I plugged it into a 2010 Ram 5,500 and was able to do like key programming And everything for that one. So that was kind of cool to see obviously We had the codes and everything to program But it was actually able to do the function there. So that was kind of cool to see Innova main why I use is the Innova 5610 Funny enough, I am doing testing also Only move some stuff around here Just a second Hey, look what I got sitting right there and in a va 5610 Which I'm also doing some Testing for the market on that one also. So that's kind of nifty It's cool to see that you guys were talking about that one. So I'm looking in on that one also In the market for one that can replace your vocom to for Mac and Volvo Well, then this one is looking like it's gonna be right up your alley because this This Texas unit is like from what I heard top of the line when it comes to highway diesels for Volvo Mac Everything like that. I like said, I personally don't have any You know experience it on that but from the guys that I know that have used this unit on those They swear by it and they absolutely say that it's one of the best ones on the market So pretty sweet to see that if the software is anything the same Then we're gonna have to see I think that the the unit is gonna be really nice I do like the difference in software it's a little bit more like a PC connection that it is a I Guess what our standard scan tools are used to looking like I think our standard scan tools there They've got the the different Boy, I can't word very well on this one. They've got the different splits of all the the screens and you've got your Diagnostic of each individual module selectable So this one goes in about it a little bit different and I'll get more into depth on that one, but it's a lot more PC based on connecting and getting in through and navigating through the modules. I Doubt that it will be able to pull Chrysler pin codes Because of the fact that the ones that do pull Chrysler pin codes are not Supposed to be able to pull Chrysler pin codes and I know that Texas is keeping everything all on the straight line So everything that their scan tool can do it's not any of this, you know Mumbo jumbo launch software That kind of hacks into whatever system to be able to do things that the manufacturer doesn't want it to be able to do So I know that Texas does not do any kind of the sketchy kind of Backdoor programming stuff like a lot of other ones do so I don't know that it'll be able to pull pin codes I kind of doubt it I Cummins insight is for Cummins vehicles obviously is the best just like you know the Micropod and Y-Tech to for Chrysler. You can't beat that one the factory scan tool for those things is Pretty freaking awesome The launch 431 I've not looked into that one. I think Justin Dow did I've not seen that one look through it a whole lot yet One thing like this Yeah, Justin it does do a pretty good job so far. I've only had that one For going on a week and a half now I want to put that one through a couple of weeks of testing before I do any kind of review on that one also I've connected it to about three or four vehicles So we'll see, you know, what kind of a connectivity that it has on that one. I Was pretty impressed by the first couple of vehicles that I connected it to 17 and a diesel class in high school is wondering if I get a job as a diesel mechanic at 17 Ben, I don't know why you couldn't at 17. We have two trainees that are working here not right now due to the COVID whatever crap, but we do have two Juniors in high school that are going into their senior year who are in a training program Here at the dealership. So I don't see why you couldn't if they run that kind of a program at whatever dealerships or shops I'm sure they could Tell you what guys it has been a long week I don't know about you, but this whole COVID crap is getting getting long-winded and some of the stuff that we've got to be able to do here at the dealership is Ah cumbersome We've got a lot of vehicles that have come in where we have quoted things to people When the whole crisis kind of started so we did a lot of quotes and now that people got their stimulus checks They're coming back and getting things fixed. So we have got a Huge inundated amount of vehicles now to work on with a bunch of really big crap to kind of fill in and fit in the the lines on it The worst part is getting parts right now I think is the worst thing that we're running into issues with we have quoted things to them prior to the whole COVID thing happening and now that they're wanting things done. We're having a problem getting a lot of the parts So that kind of sucks that we're waiting longer on parts Especially when we have certain vehicles like I have this ram I tore the head off of that one three weeks ago waited on Aftermarket warranty company waited on something else waited on the customer the warranty company denied his claim And now we're waiting on parts, which are probably going to be another five to seven days out. So really really sucks Why do you enjoy working at dealership and not to work at a different style shop? Robert Stevens, I guess the Best or easiest way that I could answer that one is the dealership that I work at I have been very happy with being able to Do the things that I have done and being able to get to the training amount that I have This dealership that I work at they were behind me a hundred and ten percent of the way They paid for all of my training all my extra training that I wanted to go do they paid for all of My certifications that I went to go get even went and you know L1 certified and went and did a bunch of extra classes The dealership paid for that one. So they are definitely all about getting me trained and being able to work on pretty much anything that comes in the door. So They've been a good proponent they they do well pay here and they keep their amount of technicians Down compared to the work that they have so each of the technicians that work here We are not over staffed and we aren't you know Killing in each other and cutting each other's throat for hours anymore. No, that's not how we work We like each of the techs to have a very prosperous amount of hours, so Excuse me, so this last week was bad week It was it was really bad up until through Friday and stuff, but I still even on a bad week I ended up with 42.1 hours and I'd say that's okay. I'd say that's pretty good on a bad week Cody said you guys are feeling it with the aftermarket parts also. Yeah, we're definitely feeling that one You look for flash drive. Well, go make one. My mind's not working Hold on hidden flash drive Gracious mm-hmm got to make flash drives for the radio updates on these newer vehicles another Thing to say about Chrysler's security gateway system for you aftermarket guys who don't know about it If you're doing any kind of programming you cannot program Radios or anything like that through our Chrysler scan tool through the white tech system You can put a base program into a radio, but you cannot update any of the software through that one you have to get a separate flash drive and Program it directly into the car put the file to it They don't allow connectivity in through the radio because that one is able to connect outside of the car They don't want that thing to mesh into the rest of the vehicle. What's up, Jerry? Good to see you, man Yeah guys cut any hours of text we did cut one technician in the beginning of it the older guy in The corner he he ended up getting Layed off the very first week that we went into this one But aside from that we've kept our other three full-time technicians and we've kept us Pretty busy throughout the entire process here the second weekend was a little bit rough But this week it's gotten to the point now where I think we might be bringing that technician back So he's been out for three and a half weeks now So if it was my vote on things it would be likely to be bringing him back But I guess we'll see on that one It wasn't because he's old or anything like that and I know he needs a job too But it was a seniority he was the last one in to be hired here at the dealership he came in after captain Ron even and He was also the least certified out of the rest of us on top of that So I got recently got a timing light from a person who never used it Now you're trying to learn how to use the timing light. I got a timing light sitting in here But I haven't had to use it for Probably four years three or four years I remember we had an old Dakota come in and I had to get it out while back. That was a fun one So you need to tech authority subscription on Y-Tech in order to do a little flash drive Or we can't do radio at all in the aftermarket. I don't even think you can get it through tech authority It is through our Chrysler. You connect system Exclusively, which is on Chrysler's online servers I have not seen anywhere to where you can get updates Unless they are sent to a customer based in for a recall so I Guess we kind of have to look into the future on that one. I'm not really sure but as of right now You're not seeing the availability to do any kind of radio software updates For anything outside of a dealership right now Security get with module and newer. So that's like 2017 and newer You can't do any kind of you connect radio navigation. You can't do any of those updates Without having a flash drive Programmed in So that kind of sucks Do you think that for market parts gap thing will go back to normal? I hope so and we are pretty much We're at the mercy of the delivery systems a lot of the actual Manufacturers didn't have that much of a furlough or a break in the production of parts Some of them did don't get me wrong. Some of them definitely did but it's the delivery systems a lot of companies cut their deliveries a lot from hub units For instance here at the dealership. We are used to getting a parts delivery five or six days a week So we would put an order before 3 p.m. It would show up at 7 or so a.m. The next morning But that has been dropped down to two Sometimes three Deliveries a week now on Chrysler specific parts. So that's even dealerships We're not able to get parts except for maybe every other day Throughout the week. So we when we order things there's gonna be a delay As well as the deliveries between our PDC's main hubs They only happen once or twice a week too. So if it's not in stock at our PDC which would be Cleveland from where I'm at or Detroit and We we look at a much longer delay like five to seven days on parts if it's not in that PDC Same for Renault's Yeah, I would imagine MTM pretty much the same exact thing that you get in a lot of the Programming and stuff from Fiat Engineers so I would imagine it would be pretty close to the same Yep, you have to have a flash drive to be able to Program the radios telematics gateway units whatever that might be For Chrysler vehicles with security gateway modules and newer Captain Ron still doing some recalls in the background Well Rocky Ridge lifted gladiator Well, he's over there getting a program for the gladiator Our gladiators they are Almost overplayed in the market right now They're all right car and I gave you guys my uh, my two cents on the gladiator when I did the Uh kind of video introduction from a mechanics view on the gladiator. It's okay It's a wrangler with a bed It works Good thing about working from I would take it over a wrangler. Yeah, they're actually usable Dealer ships here all are closed. The only independence Are open so only aftermarket parts available. Oh That is weird in our area The dealerships a lot of them are are open. There's only one or two Dealer ships around here that actually close down all the way Not a whole lot. What issues are radios having a lot a lot of radio issues Screens going black just fuzzy Looks like, you know, the old school ants running down your screen. They have that the radio is freezing up Losing your heated seat functions Bluetooth connectivity dropping out There is a lot of radio issues probably One out of every three vehicles that comes in that is still under warranty Has some kind of a complaint of a warranty Radio issue along with you know oil change or what other, you know, whatever in mileage warranty issues that they have on those vehicles So we have a ton of radio warranty claims right now a lot Wife told you i'm not social distancing you're too quiet. You got to be more quiet Yeah, oh trust me chrysler dealership we have a lot of problems with radios Yeah, a lot of the cars Especially fiat wise the old 200s the fiat 500s and stuff. They're all make it made in to luka mexico I'm picking out what dealership to apply for you recommend going to the company You like your company to see it has the most issues for example forward to be a good one It depends on what you like working on There's a lot of guys who have preferences on what they like to see and what they like to work on It really depends on the preference I would rather work though for a dealership who cares for their employees And pays more attention to that rather than paying attention to the kind of work or What manufacturer you're working for if you work for a dealership That takes care of you gives you, you know good time on Vacation decent, you know better pay better hours Better flat rate time That's what I would rather see rather than what kind of cars I'm working on Cars are cars it stuff on bolts. It all comes out. It was put together once it can come apart again The bluetooth module wetner charger. Yeah, that's true. So daniel Also, those have a hands-free module and hfm So usually on those what I tell people if they're out of the Dealership or out of your warranty on vehicles that have hands-free modules Find the fuse for the hands-free module a lot of the time It has gone dumb dead or whatever and you unhook the take out the fuse that feeds the hfm hands-free module This is especially on chargers and journeys Dodge journeys are bad for it. The hands-free module goes dumb. You unhook the fuse reconnect it in it resets it All of a sudden the hands-free module and all your bluetooth stuff starts working again So just a little fyi on that one hourly fleet jobs Everyday fleet tech you got all that salt in his mouth. No, I I see it a lot. There's a lot of dealerships that may Not take care of their employees nearly as much. There's a much greater We get chance for the dealership employees to be just another number in the system and I can I can see that one, but If I was out looking I would look at smaller more rural dealerships Uh ones that aren't big city and overpopulated areas that Getting mass loads of just warranty inundation. I wouldn't want to see a dealership like that one I worked for one for seven seven and a half months in the middle of my career and Got out of that one pretty darn quickly. I went in Uh ended up being a heavy line technician And if anybody knows heavy line And warranty work under the flat rate system Does not equal very much money at all It was the the worst seven months of working on cars that I've ever had It really really sucks How does management feel built me filming at work? Um, I don't film while I'm on the clock I'm not on the clock right now captain ron is I'm just kind of in here Giving moral support. I was working earlier. So as long as I'm not on the clock They really don't mind for that one. I don't do a whole lot of filming as you guys know On vehicles that are in the shop. I know a lot of you guys would like to see me do more actual fixing of vehicles diagnosis Things which I really want to get into which is why I bought that uh, kind of HEPA junk 2004 caddy lack srx to be able to show you guys some of the diagnostics and the actual fixing prop Fixing videos that I'm going to be seeing doing on that one The only real in-shot video that I was permitted Access to do was when I did the cylinder heads and stuff on that $100,000 track hawk, which that was pretty cool too Yes, it does cody the the logic for the bluetooth is in the hands-free module and it just It loses connection with the telematics gateway module So when it loses connection, it just goes off bus and since it doesn't see bus connection It pretty much goes into a hibernating state Uh, it doesn't work. It still shuts off and turns on doesn't, you know, have any kind of draws or anything like that But does go into a dumb state and it just needs unhooked. Let it sit unhooked For your typical 5 to 10 seconds and hook the hands-free module power back up. It comes up back up working Heavy line 6o work couldn't imagine warranty there Oh, yeah Yeah, I get it cody. Yeah, I I don't I don't like stepping on toes, especially My boss and when I'm here at work I just I work at a lot faster pace and for any of you guys who have done videos or done youtube stuff You know for a fact that so if I was to do a video on Where we're still in her head of that track on it probably took me an hour and a half to two hours Longer to do that video and do that job Then it would have been for me to just plug away without taking any video Documenting doing any kind of descriptions and explanations during it. It takes so much extra time to create videos While you are actually doing the fixes or the diagnostics as well It takes so much longer to do video processes in with a lot of The fixing of vehicles Do they treat all the customers the same also? Going to be a big thing with what kind of a dealership you work at That's another reason why I like my dealership and I stayed here the service manager is very Customer oriented, but he will not throw his technicians under the bus Not ever never and if it wasn't their actual fault, he will never throw one under the bus He will never tell a customer that oh, you know the technician working that day wasn't all there So we've let that one go just to kind of get him off of his shoulder. No, he does not do that one He stands up for his technicians when they're right He also tells the customers When yes, your vehicle does have an issue and if one of the techs may not be able to figure it out But we're going to pass it on to the technician that has better of qualification and configure things out more We've seen that one done also You got a dodge green caravan four liter and nobody will do the rear motor mount Nobody wants to do a motor mount on a four liter. I mean, it's a little sucky, but it's It's not that bad for money like you're paying money and they still turn away That's hard to hard to comprehend right now Oh, yeah All these videos they take a long time to do and I wish I'm hoping in the future that I can get a A shop of my own. I don't plan on working at the dealership forever I know it's kind of cool having a voice for the people of All the guys and the technicians who are working for the man working under the dealership life Getting my input and my insight on this entire Industry and my life in the industry That's one of the things that I love conveying to you guys and how I'm able to work through it And get through my day-to-day life and my day-to-day jobs and the kind of tools and The dealership and the shop practices that I'm seeing But at the same time I'd like to have my own place and I'd like to have my own Shop to be able to do a lot of the projects that I really want to do more over To working for somebody so hopefully we'll see here in the near future Who knows I might get a random sponsor out of nowhere and it just says hey We will go ahead and build you a shop at that point. You will know You will see this place anymore And I have myself a fancy new shop and I'll be able to do all those On vehicle videos that I would really love to do Much work involved drop the k-frame. It's not that much to drop the frame on those You should start a fleet maintenance shop by all of that about that fleet life, man Maintenance man in the house. What's up, buddy? Good to see you man. Been a while You ever had issues on your own personal vehicle was like, yeah, I'm just gonna pay someone else to take care of it Actually I have and I am um There's stuff that I can do and I definitely have done before but at the same time I'm trying to help somebody else out. So if you guys remember a while a while back, uh, Brandon He used to be my um graduate technician, uh, right after captain ron He was in the shop going to school going to training and then last summer he ended up leaving the shop to go work Uh at another diesel repair shop And really nice shop and everything they do a really good job And they're they're a little bit more on the slow side right now So he is actually going to be doing a little bit of work on the duramax for me just little stupid stuff like one of my, uh, Injector seals is, uh, kind of Developed a small compression leak. So he's just going to clean the seal up put a new, uh brass washer In on that one and also doing some trading for a five inch exhaust because, uh If you guys had kept up on the duramax build, it's got a four inch exhaust and it's just not quite enough I want to go five inch exhaust on it Maybe be a little bit annoying to everybody, but you know what that's what I want. That's what I'm going to get So they're going to look into that one And mtm I totally get you on that one There has been a couple of times where I'm like wow, I know That this is going to be an awesome video I'm really looking forward to doing this one and you get halfway through and I don't know you just run into problems Uh, like you run into a bunch of rust you have to end up cutting this off Torching this thing and by the time that you're into this job that was supposed to take an hour or two Then all of a sudden you're like three and a half hours in and the part's still not out You're trying to move the camera in weird angles and you just end up taking the camera and throwing it across the freaking shop But man, that would it sucks sometimes when you run into problems when you're working and trying to do videos I'll see on my duramax just and I I did a lot of videos and I took I took the cab off and I had it sitting on that rack right there for a whole month Kind of made my boss a little bit more on the upset side But he was very cool and he allowed me to do that whole video series here in the shop Had my duramax on that lift pulled the cab did the whole top engine build turbos Injectors the whole nine yards. So it was nice of them to do that one. But in certain Times like right now where we're just trying to get work done Um, I'm not having time to actually work on a lot of stuff with myself Max I would love to be a shop owner and there's no way that I would be able to own a shop And not get in on the wrenching. There's no way that that would happen I I wouldn't be able to not work on the vehicles in the shop and seeing um It's not that I don't trust anyone else. There's just I don't know. It's one of those things where I trust myself and I trust my work A lot more than I trust other people So I would have a hard time letting some of that go But I would try my damn hardest to uh, you know get technicians in To be able to work that I actually trust and Wouldn't want a second guess opinions on because I know I I absolutely hate it when people second guess My diagnosis or my opinions on vehicles I absolutely hate that one My duramax joey is a 2006 is an lbz model Um, yeah to do everything outside in wisconsin Well, if you ever need a diesel shop to go to in wisconsin, I got some buddies up there at ryan's diesel service They are some pretty awesome dudes and they do an absolutely amazing job with anything Diesel especially on the duramax side of stuff. So if you ever run into a wrench, um, you know, they do some really great work over there I yeah, I robert. I wouldn't be able to have a shop and not get out and get involved and get working Uh with things it's kind of like One of the other reasons I enjoy the shop foreman portion of working here in the shop Because I like helping technicians Better themselves and not just doing stuff for them But at the same time I like seeing them better themselves and doing better in diagnostic work Like hey, you know, this thing's misfiring. For instance, yesterday captain ron. He had a um, a 2.4 liter multi air engine Uh in a Cherokee came in with some misfire issues Fowled out spark plugs had some running concerns Um, we ended up those 2.4 the multi air specifically you have to go at those For a different kind of diagnostic process Because they use so much outside Uh electronics oil pressure and everything to be able to open valves And being able to get each cylinder to work properly So you kind of have to go at it different and I I enjoy showing him on how you go through that diagnostic process on even those Some of the vehicles that we don't see come into the shot very often But ones that I've maybe had my ass handed to me before you always have uh those Bad circumstances in which, you know, you weren't used to diagnosing something It takes you three times as long to diagnose And then you get your butt handed to you, but you don't remember or you don't forget What happened on those vehicles that you got, uh, your butt handed to you So I like being able to pass down that experience and information Oh, well, thanks for stopping in max good to see you in here today newest models in o8 caliber, huh? Yeah, you get newer than that one They get pretty advanced they get into your next generation controllers and um the new can bus ways It gets pretty advanced after 2008 calibers are just glorified pt cruisers with all those were We still work on quite a few of them, but yeah Well, that's uh, that's been what's going in the shop here are coming up on an hour here Just kind of wanted to uh get to that point wanted to be able to hang out with you guys today I know a lot of you guys like hanging out on saturdays as to uh Possibly compared to the sunday evening ones. If you guys have any say on that one Do you guys like these uh saturday hangouts as compared to like the sunday evening ones? Or do you like the sunday evening ones better? Is it better to uh, you know, kind of get in and hang out on the sunday evening hangouts? Uh, I like getting as much participation and as much uh people in on the conversation as possible So if there's some things to where uh, you think sundays are better than you know, kind of kind of great to see that one So, uh, if you catch this one after it goes live leave that one down in the comments So I kind of know on that one Also, like I said, you know since we were kind of introducing the texas the idc five stuff that we're going to be Um, you know getting into a bunch on the channel here coming up If you guys have stuff that you want tested or uh questions about these units right here Then leave those in the comments as well. And I want to put make sure to get all of your guys's input Questions comments anything uh, so I can put in through testing for when I do Full videos on this one later. I'll likely have a bunch of you know, little intermittent videos here and there Either on youtube or on instagram on how these things On how this system is working from texas Just to keep kind of keep you guys updated on that one But we're gonna we're gonna get in through that one. So if you guys have any other input input Please leave that one in the comments afterwards also so I can go back to That one and see them a lot easier You like the sunday ones, Nate? and de ferne's Gotcha Leaky injectors just carving up everything looks like it worked Put up and clean everything Oh, that sucks. Yep leaky uh injectors on a Cherokee I will be doing a video on the end of the one as well, Justin That'll probably be coming up here in about Two weeks or so. I want to get more testing in on that one before I do a full video there So yeah, just keep up with that one. Um, also the side by side is getting its wrap done right now Over in Englewood, Ohio. So really cool That one's gonna be an awesome unit Probably gonna be picking it up next weekend And I really hope the weather breaks around here because I got to get out of the shop and doing all this extra work on the weekends I want to get out and do some fun some off-roading and stuff So if you guys like to see those kind of videos too, hopefully those will be coming up in the next couple of weeks Also, I just Need to need to get that out need to get that thing rocking and rolling Love to see Some more content on that one. I did a video on the exhaust before I sent it there, but I didn't finish it So I still have to do a video on the custom uh exhaust that I did for it. So More videos coming up on that one. I know this week. I didn't have a whole lot of Set videos that came out or anything like that, but at the same time busy at work Life happens. It is what it is All right, guys. Well, looks like we're gonna be heading out now Uh need to get back home get some honey do list stuff done. Uh, it was nice hanging out chatting with you guys today I appreciate everyone tuning in And I guess we will catch you guys later. You guys have a good weekend. Take it easy