- “Think we’re gonna start this car up” - “There’s no oil in it ..” Caden deserves a second gold star 😂

I love that tech. “Why’s this Jack here?” Tech: “So the car doesn’t flip when we pull the transmission”. “Let’s start start the car up.” Tech:”there’s no oil in it.”

"What the hell is this stand doing here?".... (tech-Its so the car doesnt come off the lift...). "I wanna start it up...lets start it up.... (tech-"Theres no oil in it."..) 2 saves in 2 minutes. Lol. Cmon dave....😂😂😂

I’ve never binged watch a Car Shop channel like this before like i’m watching a tv show. Dave has a GREAT personality and a genuinely good heart and it shows

A quick search of the forums tells me many other folks have smashed in the oil gallery plug on their hollow crank LS motors trying variations on the bread trick. Respect to the customer being happy to talk candidly about the mistake!

Dave strikes me as the kind of guy that would need you to stay late and work overtime to finish an important job but when he finds out it’s your daughter or son’s birthday and he stays to finish it himself and send you on your way to be with your family

Smart thinking by the tech with the support under the front of the car. Can never be too sure.

Bread trick definitely works. All over the internet and in the brains of home mechanics everywhere

Ive been binging these videos and i just found out this shop is 20 minutes from me 🙌😭😭

Smart man. Knew when to stop.

2:25 I do appreciate the customer service Dave has goes as far as to let the customer explain something he himself already knows plenty about but still listens like it’s something new and interesting

The whole world needs alot more people like you and your family.

I NEVER EVER knew that those cranks were plugged at the rear….WOW I’m 54yo and just learned something new…..

There is nothing like having a boss/owner helping their employees in a way of teaching and doing their jobs and helping the customers.

Let’s give a toast for the outstanding team work!

As an Agricultural mechanic I always tell my customers that while we are in there we should change components that could fail. This includes seals, o’rings and some bearings. I tell them that everything inside there is the same age as each other, and if one component has failed the others are not far away from doing the same. Another great job !

When the bore scope comes out, u know Doctor Dave is about to operate! 😅

I learned the "Bread Trick" from my Grandpa some 60+ yrs ago; always worked great back in the day on the old motors; cars, trucks, tractors, etc. Dave, you forgot to suggest to the customer to replace the Slave Cylinder while it was easily accessible, as per your earlier suggestion (to save him a gob of money later). Great video, especially when your Tech got the 2 Gild Stars for Safety !

I noticed that front jack the moment it showed the car on the lift, and thought to myself, " Well at least the mechanic is doing it the right and safe way." So I was really surprised when you said " What is this doing here? " That really was a great save from a major catastrophe! Along with the " It doesn't have any oil in it." When you wanted to start the engine!

I used bread 4 months ago on my son's 240SX pilot bushing. Worked surprisingly well.

I started using the 4 C's. Used them today to diagnose the AC on an older Buick. It definitely seemed to simplify my usual process of diag and repair. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

You saved that man a shit ton of money.

Hello Dave, this freeze plug was put in place due to the hole drilled into the main cap bulkheads. This hole was drilled thru the crankshaft to equalize crankcase pressure between the main bearing web bulkheads. This was done to all the mains on this Gen III engine in this LS1 Vette. And yes it will cause an horrendous leak if let out. This hole is drilled all the way thru the crank except at the very front main.

give that tech a quarter raise for having a functioning noodle.

Dave, Rainman Ray, and The Car Care Nut are national treasures! We need more honest automotive people in this country!

You gotta love Dave and these video’s, but if I was a tech in his shop and he decided to shoot a video on a car I was working on I think I’d have to go straight to the basement and just sit there in the dark for a good hour when I got home. First he tries to lower the jack holding the car, then he wants to start the engine without oil in it, then jump the starter with a screwdriver 😂 must be like tornado moving thru the shop, hang on!

Did this back in 2009 on my 2003 Z06 in my buddy’s garage on jackstands. I definitely replaced the throw out bearing, pilot bearing and slave cylinder. When you have the transmission off, also a good time to swap out the exhaust. I ended up replacing the stock bolts with ARP hardware and installed a remote clutch bleeder and eliminated the 1-4 skip shift. It was a long day of work. I also ended up getting rid of 2 of the 4 cats with long tube headers.

Your like a surgeon Dave. Working on that old corvette. Enjoy watching from Australia 🇦🇺

All I know is it’s going to this guy some “dough” to get this fixed 😂😂😂

One of your best videos! Very interesting when you tackle things other than diesel trucks. Also, you display your breadth of automotive knowledge which is astounding. Thank you!

The status call to the customer is a very good thing to do. Most shops won't do that.

Dave's knowledge is legendary but also his noises he makes are legendary! Love ya Dave and Team! :)

In the old days we used to drive out pilot bearings using grease (hydraulically) but no plug in crank back then.

WOW! That was really wild! Great job to you and your team of great workers.

Call the parts Dept. at the dealer to see if they show anything regarding the back end of the crank, or if they can advise on any service bulletins or knowledgeable service Tech who could advise regarding the crank having a "hollow" end. My $0.02 anyway. Never mind..... you just pulled the plug out !!!!! Well Done.

Just wanted to say thank you Dave you and your crew and family are the glue! Love from 814 laurel highlands!

I like watching Dave at work getting his hands on and greasy and teaching the young technicians a thing or two. I do have an issue though with the safety of his employee in this video. I do not see any safety glasses or bump caps! I supervised (retired from) a City equipment repair shop and those two items where a mandatory requirement when working under any equipment or vehicle. Also steel toed shoes. Even Dave should have a wrap around safety glasses or the type that you can wear over your regular glasses. It doesn't take much to get a life changing eye injury. Keep up the good work Dave. I really enjoy your videos. Happy Trails 🥃

I'm confident the problem will be fixed correctly!! Go Dave and crew!!!

Always get excited seeing a new video posted, Thanks Dave and the Team!!!

lol “ old man noises” glad to see I’m not the only one to make them” I’ve learned in my 65 years on this big blue marble I don’t know shite. Great contact Dave and crew. Keep up all your great work. You would be my go to mechanics but you are to far away. Have a blessed day.

I never knew there was a hollow crankshaft! I've done a lot of clutches back in the day. Wow, you learn something new all the time on this new stuff!!

Wow, like you Dave, I learned something from this video. I've worked on Chevy's all my life. I'm now 78 and haven't worked on an LS series engine. I didn't know the crank was hollow on that series. I'm still learning.

Dave’s is the kind business owner I hope to be for real in the trenches with his workers helping teaching and everything in between every shop owner should be like him

The right tool is critical in any trade! 😲

there is just way too much info on the net to be making huge blunders like this, thanks for another great info vid!

I pulled the motor on a 2007ish Z06. When putting front suspension together, to push it outside. I lifted up and almost flipped the car over backwards, without that engine weight in the front. Good job

Bread trick is blowing up the internet. Nice video thank you!

If you guys would hire me i would move out there. i spent time in tech school did really well got multiple certificates, got out went to a CDJR dealership for a couple years and just havent been able to get the push as a technician that i need. its a super dying breed here in ohio im trying my hardest to learn. yall are the best i watch your stuff everyday. im not gonna give up though. ill be a great tech one day

Always an educational and entertaining video. Thank you Dave.

Thanks Dave, lifesaver as always.

That customer got lucky! Great job 👏 👍

You and your team are absolutely amazing!! Very thorough

Dave the surgeon with long needle nose pliers!! Glad the patient is gonna live! Great save guys!

Well now you know. Way back in the 80's when I was doing clutchs on our high school cars,my Pontiac TA, my froiend's Chevelle, & El Camino's all the old school stuff, we had a tap that we screwed into the bearing attacked it to a slide hammer and out the pilot came. Easy peasy nice and easy.

❤ the thumbnail. That boy's learning from the best😊

I’ve been a dealership tech for a few years, but started in a late model gm performance shop where I learned a lot. 1) Caden good shit putting the pole jack there, notorious accident that happens with vettes with the weight distribution. They flip off lifts all the time. 2) I really respect Dave for being out in the shop. Not only for getting hands on as the boss, but also being there to show those still learning the right way to do things 3) I’ve done many clutch jobs on all the gm cars almost and I agree, always replace slave cylinder entirely as a unit while you’re there. I was smh at the amount of grease on that input shaft, I’ve seen cars not move for 20 min while in gear bc it’s working through grease. And snap on makes a hammer-able seal puller that works great on pilot bearings as well as its original purpose, and will save your crank lol.

He shoulda used reduced calorie wheat bread! Every body knows that!! Love your channel.

Great video Dave and a shout out to your Tech 🎉🎉🎉

The old mechanic is never to old to learn! You really need to get your fingers dirty some times to get to the bottom of things!

Dave great work on getting to the bottom of the issue and moving the clutch around sounds like Tim the tool man. Take and and God bless you and team.

Bread?!? I’ve always used bearing grease and a socket with extension to remove pilot bearings. Works like a charm! The tech I apprenticed under showed me that one years ago.

What a fascinating channel. I have to admit, I am hooked.

I love your video's Brother! Your a no bs shop owner who is honest with your customers and im sorry to say, but that's VERY hard to find nowadays. Like I posted before, I would be happy to send my mother or my daughter or anybody I loved to see you to have Automotive work done. Good Luck Brother Dave with your upcoming Hollywood Adventure!👍

Dave is the MAN!

Hey we all try something a little crazy to get our equipment operational! Sometimes we gotta bring in the pros. Love the videos!

DAVE PLEASE SHOW US THE RESULTS WERE SO CURIOUS STOP BLUE BALLING US

Never heard of bread. Ive used grease to remove a pilot bushing many times, hydrolic preasure works like a charm

Bread trick works great!! Way better and cleaner then the grease trick!! Pack bread in hole, get a punch,or bolt that will fit through the center of bearing and hit, put in more bread continue!!

he's mixing f1 racing sounds in, I LIKE. nice video.

Good job Kaiden. !! Way to pay attention to details..

Tech was in point kudos to you brother

Man I wish I could work there just 1 day ... I know I'll learn so much

Dave, excellent video. I learned a few things about doing a clutch today.

old Allis Chalmers tractors used a cork in the end of the crankshaft that was known to come out on occasion.Those engines only ran 5-8 lbs. of oil pressure so normally the cork was sufficient

I would like to add more “C’s” C ontinue the video C omplete the repair C rank it up I love this channel and the knowledge Dave shares Being left in limbo is aggravating I need to see the finished product

Theres a 24.5 mm gun-hole drilled through the middle of all mains except the first one. This hole was drilled all the way through from the rear so there is a soft plug at the rear of the crank that, if not installed, will cause a horrendous oil leak in the rear

I've used the bread method. Works good

10:58 Dave: “you know what I think we’re just going to start this car up 10:59 Caden: “it has no oil in it” 😂😂😂😂

Did the same thing on a trans-am. Luckily plug did not go very deep. Replacement was just like a standard freeze plug. I didn't use bread, I did the grease trick

Great video, thank you for sharing with us, I enjoy it.

More excellent engineering from the guys that created the Vega and Chevette.

I replaced the massive dual mass flywheel and clutch in my CTSV with a Corvette LS7 Clutch and flywheel. Used the bread as well to get that pilot bearing swapped out. Worked fine.

That is so much nicer than ramps…(and I thought I wanted a 1973 Corvette…sheesh), nice job Dave (and team)!

Appreciate your effort to share this

I have used the grease many times ,it works.

I’m just starting this video. Way back in 1976ish, I needed to remove the 4-speed Muncie out of my 1969 Corvette. The rear cross member was wended in on manual shift C3 Corvettes. Lifts in home garages were unheard of then. I R&Red the trans with 4 jackstands myself. Lying on my back on the concrete garage floor. I was about 35 years old at the time, just a DIY mechanic wannabe.

I definitely learned a lot from this video

Wow Dave you got a lot of subscribers a lot of thumbs up there's a lot of people that watch you brother thank you for what you do by teaching us how to be a better mechanic God bless in Jesus name amen

I had the exact same thing happen to me with my 2002 trans am. Down to the guy at the auto parts store telling me to use bread and grease instead of the actual bearing puller. Long story short; I pounded about 2 loafs of bread into my motor before i realized what i had done 😅 ended up having to drop the k member, drop the oil pan and unbolt the windage tray to get all the bread out of it. Turned an already hard job into a harder one.

right tool for the job is always the key.

Its there to stop oil from splashing out! Had the same situation with my LS2 GTO a few months ago! My bearing was seized so bad it had to be broken apart. While i was doing that, i cracked the plug loose and broke it at the same time. Thankfully it didnt fall in and we were able to just pull it out and replace with a new one and some rtv. Scary moment for sure

The bread trick actually works pretty good and almost works every time… Laugh if you want but I've done it and it works.

Great video. Remember when that generation of Vette came out. Hollow crank. All about the weight, Balsa wood in the floors.

Dave us old people shouldn’t be pushing that hard on things 😂😂😂😂 love the content ❤❤

You’re telling me the place that rents tools couldn’t rent a pilot bearing puller? I’ve used the grease and socket trick before with great success, but a puller always works better. Quite frankly I would not have known to not use hydraulic pressure to get that pilot bearing out, either. I would’ve been in the same boat as the customer. You never know until you know and there’s only two ways to learn; nail it the first time, or screw it up until you get it right.

Definitely replace slave cylinder and install a remote bleeder. Also inspect torque tube and rebuild if needed. That’s a job you surely do not want to revisit in a year or ten!

I can testify that the bread trick works on a Honda Civic 1.8 pilot bearing. I’ve done it twice and enjoyed the moment both times.

Dave, you hire good people. I got used to running rings around my Service Manager. That said, none of them had the skill to know the difference in ferrous metals.

Bread trick can work ive done it and seen it done with grease too but apparently gotta be careful to look for cranks with caps

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