We’ve all had those days where if feels like everything you touch breaks or goes wrong one way or another right? I hate those days ๐ The good thing is they don’t come along that often. In this video I thought I’d show you how to bang out a set of rear shocks on the back of a Nissan Altima and then rust happened….. ughhh gotta love salty NY.
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poor mr o
Lol , love you two guys together ๐
Why donโt people wash their fโing cars. Itโs not that hard and can extend its life.
But, always like your honesty.
Helps people learn a lot.
And we all have days like that
Well the real reason everyone watches is
Mrs. O
Perfect comparison for the rust belt. Rusty blob 1 and rusty blob 2 ๐
Great video dude thank you oh just saying that your wife is hot you are a lucky man????
UR wife is beautiful ,
Yeap… Even forest can too fell in love with a woman
Nice You got best support there ๐ great job as always ๐
WHY YOU DONT GREASE THE NUT AND BOLT SO NEXT TIME EASY FOR TAKE OFF ,PUT ALL THE BOLTS BACK DRY MAKES NO SENSE
Keep up the good work Eric!!!
"i'm having my man period"……Classic. We all deserve a moment, don't we….
Mrs. O………Oh la la
Drilling โฆ. Makes my teeth hurt hearing thatโฆ
I hate days like this. When it seems nothing can go right I just wish I had your patience lol
"Looks like an easy one" Famous final words.
I wondered why you were taking the shock back off, like "maybe he didn't like how the nuts went back on? snapped another stud?" Then I saw the cap and burst out laughing.
I just love it when I button something up, turn around, and see a part on the ground that went on about ten fasteners and three parts ago. At that point you just take a short walk and refill the coffee cup, and try very very hard not to even think about throwing something.
You need some lady time. That's all. LOL
I feel ya man!! You have a good Mrs. to support ya through it. Enjoy your channel.
I don't know why Eric doesn't have an Oscar on his shelf. I think Mrs. O could use some acting lessons, though. ๐
What a horrible design. I hate engineers. Lol
If I didn't have bad days , I would have No Days !!!
Gold on Motherโs Day lol, not bad
I never second guess your work Eric, and I'm watching, thinking "surely he's going to use penetrating fluid on those nuts"………. I feel for you buddy, I've had many days like that. You conquered though, and Mrs O is always going to make things better ๐
Eric what do you recommend nowadays Iโve purchased aftermarket shocks and they suck complete garbage should I go back to OEM actually purchase from Honda l๐ค๐ค๐ค
I know you work on rust buckets all the time but I wouldn't touch a vehicle in the salt belt with that kind of mileage. I would tell the owner that it could cost much more than the car is worth if rust related issues come up. That car with 279k has no value whatsoever.
Things happen Eric. We all have good days and bad days. I have days myself where it seems like everything I touch breaks but it is what it is. btw I picked up one of the Astro lights that you did the short review on, and man you weren't kidding, its an incredible piece of illumination engineering that's also awesome to use around the house. I never knew they existed until I saw your review. You have brightened my life.
Nothing better than a careing wife at the end of a rough day ๐
A couple of beers, and a BJ should fix that day.
I plan to harvest my old compressor from the refrigerator. Has anyone tried to shut close the lines with the help of hand held hydraulic crimp tool before cutting the lines. Is it going to work? I don't have a proper evac system.
When I have a bad day, I think of this short story (titled below) and count my blessings.
Author Margot Zemach
"It Could Always Be Worse" (A Yiddish Folktale) New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1996
NISSAN = No Intelligent Service Station Accepts Nissans.
Just say, NO. lol…
And don't forget:
KIA = Kills Innocent Americans
GM = Getta Mechanic
Ford = Found On Road Dead
FIAT = Fix It Again Tony
Dodge = Drips Oil Drips Grease Everywhere
Jeep = Just Everything Everywhere Pisses
Wasn't rocket science. …(Nut'n blew up). Interesting.
Wonder what the mower guy would say about what life is like living next to SMA — this guy has an air impact that sounds like a jackhammer. lol
I canโt believe you use that torque wrench as a hammer.๐
Mrs.O is a Champ!
Mr. O,
I do not miss living in Western NY back in 1994 – 1997 when I went to college at Suny Geneseo and got my Biotech AAS at Monroe Community College in Henrietta, NY.
Worked Part time for Whaley Stock farm (Genesee brewery folks) in Scottsville, Finger Lakes racetrack as a groom and 2 years as a yard dog for Chase-Pitkin.
I remember pulling my 1990 f150 5 spd transmission to replace the eccentric slave cylinder on that Mazda tranny in November out in the front yard. Those tools were almost frozen working on that sheet of plywood.
Loved the area and the hills, valleys, lakes and farms out the Lavonia, NY area.
Just remember my personal note to me to never get sick and tired at the same time when making decisions, which usually came out poor with me without talking to a good friend…it will pass.
Nissan and Ford are the rust buckets in the car world. Working in the rust belt for over 25 years your best friend is the hot knife/wrench, Eric got bit by the Nissan shock
You sound very convincing IF I CAN DO IT YOU CAN DO IT listen mister your worst days are 100% better than mine YOUR TOPS IN MY BOOK I learn a lot from you even when things go BONKERS… THANKS 101 POINTS… HANDS DOWN
Mama said there would be days like this!
You should ALWAYS spray a RIV nut with Fluid Film and seal both sides from salt water/rust.
Going to sound like a bad country song but it's just been that way here, too. Freezer started leaking, had to pull that apart and clean the drain even though it's a "serviceable by technician only" then my little one said there's water dripping from the A/C vent upstairs – LITERALLY THE SAME DAY so I crawl my ass up in the 800 degree south-georgia attic to find the PVC drain for the condensation has just… broke. cracked at the corner, so I fix that and then two days later one of our dogs died.
So just …. emotional.
Man period classic
Rainman Ray woulda snapped that nut off. Get over it. Mrs O is the queen wife. "What's REALLY wrong? NOTHING!" Great woman right there. Better keep her LOL.
I would think in the rust belt that snapped of bolts and nuts would be a daily event. JS
How did the owner decide she needed shocks? Rather than the service it needed.
I get it from Ericโs perspective- just do what youโre asked to but this thing canโt be more than a year or two from the crusher?