Another Normal Day At The Shop

Another Normal Day At The Shop - Part I

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7 жыл бұрын

Back by popular demand it is another day at the shop with Eric, Vanessa and Hannah at SMA. Come along as we see what goes on in the day to day routine in the SMA shop!
Be sure and check out the all new "Outdoor w/ Eric O. Channel" too! / @therealerico
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@saxdogg69 7 жыл бұрын

These day at the shop vids are some of my favs.

@rider9195 7 жыл бұрын

Nothing better than coming home to a new SMA video!

@Longtrailside 7 жыл бұрын

If Astro keeps the great customer service that they have they will have life long customers. I know that i will seriously consider there products the next time i'm in the market for a replacement tool. Great video Eric O cant wait for part 2.

@SouthMainAuto 7 жыл бұрын

Great people to deal with!

@Longtrailside 7 жыл бұрын

It shows in how they handled the repair, Hope the post op surgery goes well,and the stitches dont rip out :) The part where they sent the pics in the video was classic! Had me laughing. Thx for doing what you do and helping people learn a few things and get a few laughs while watching. Take care to you and yours.

@gavinfornoff2582 7 жыл бұрын

The brake clearer sound effect I could listen to all day lol

@Mebob2001 7 жыл бұрын

as you saw with the canyon buddy how everything was silicone, all the newer cars and trucks are basically all silicone as gaskets now a day. i find using the remover cslled "the stripper" made by lawson or something along those lines and a small wire brush and it works amazing, but that scraper u have looked amaqzing

@davidmillan8023 5 жыл бұрын

I live in Michigan, and I would drive 6 hours 45 minutes just to have you service my Mustang.

@nickj6275 5 жыл бұрын

David Millan same here lmao

@dushk0 4 жыл бұрын

Why, though? If he can do it, you can do it! :-D

@tronghungdao251 4 жыл бұрын

Good Idea

@davidoickle1778 4 жыл бұрын

Dušan Barlík Ha Ha . . . . . most of us know we can't do it, so why kid ourselves.

@dennisd1408 4 жыл бұрын

I live in Oklahoma how about next Tuesday 1030 for an oil change and complete brake. You do have a Starbucks in that town?

@whatisayz250f 7 жыл бұрын

Love watching your channel ten thumbs up

@rhkips 7 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, that letter to and from Astro was great! It's good to see a company that not only stands behind their products, but does so with a sense of humor! I'm sold! :D

@SouthMainAuto 7 жыл бұрын

They are the best!

@wyrtwister4260 7 жыл бұрын

We have owned more than one Chevy Luminas with the 3.1l V-6 . I have the same thing , replacing water pump . God bless Wyr

@vr66luke 7 жыл бұрын

The entertainment value of these episodes is through the roof. Good job, keep them coming!

@StephenWebbAylmerQuebec 7 жыл бұрын

lol The letters were so funny. I love the day in the shop videos.

@joetiller1031 7 жыл бұрын

Great video Eric, you do good work wish we had a shop around here like yours.

@feeneysmechanical6215 7 жыл бұрын

Pretty warm down there. It became humid up here.

@davidoverstreet0246 7 жыл бұрын

Just found your channel yesterday, seven years ago I lost my driving ability as well as my career because of my eye sight. Watching your channel is like being in the shop again something I miss being in Thank you for producing the videos

@mitchprag3642 6 жыл бұрын

hey Eric 0.why did u not scan the green buick.when u did the water pump.u ck.the rear control armm...

@ozzstars_cars 7 жыл бұрын

The air wrench letter and response was funny. No more lost sleep now that your baby is back

@SouthMainAuto 7 жыл бұрын

Yes sir! It is my little buddy.

@thomaspetersen6495 7 жыл бұрын

That sound like an idea, but also line a hell of a lot of work. A sticker is the smart and easy shortcut :-)

@capnskiddies 7 жыл бұрын

I had one of those Little Tykes Summer Cars. Most reliable car I ever owned.

@chrismaplethorpe6781 3 жыл бұрын

Bet won't have to worry about the money light coming on or needing brake jobs

@johndeeretractorguy.9855 3 жыл бұрын

I bet.

@yyz125 3 жыл бұрын

Caster was always wacky

@cedrichuber48 7 жыл бұрын

I use the Tectyle Protective Products Valvoline Underbody coating in my blazer on the frame and on parts that need covering. It holds really well.

@blockbertus 7 жыл бұрын

Eric, I cannot express how much I love watching your videos and how much I appriciate that you take your time in filming and explaining all these things. Thank you!

@TheOlah 7 жыл бұрын

You really should take a look into getting fluid film by the gallon and get a air sprayer off their site. Also get the wheel well fluid film they have its super thick and good for areas that would normally wash off quicker with regular fluid film.

@cruisinthru3916 7 жыл бұрын

Good advice on the caliper replacement for chevys. Supercheap and saves trouble. Good stuff again Eric!

@SouthMainAuto 7 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@CubasAutomotive 6 жыл бұрын

Hahaha! Those letters to and from Astro were AWESOME! I enjoy the comical personality you naturally have and spread on those you encounter! God bless you sir! Stay positive!

@Joshoptimus 7 жыл бұрын

can't hardly wait to see what's for lunch

@SouthMainAuto 7 жыл бұрын

LOL Prolly salad!

@stevecegulls3570 7 жыл бұрын

Great Shop Video of a Daily Work

@twinsonic65 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Eric, I was drinking water when you squeezed the bottle of gear lube and the resulting loud and long flutterblast and you sounded off in relief - I almost shot water all over my desktop. : O Thanks for making my day!!!

@motorcyclesandridingfree2899 7 жыл бұрын

Them Letters are hilarious awesome for them to have a good sense of humor. Great Job Eric

@jonfreeman4095 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for making me smile on a gloomy Saturday!

@matthewbailey3102 7 жыл бұрын

I like these! keep them up! Have a good day and god bless :)

@62ejo 6 жыл бұрын

That spring looks like the ones in ball pens...lol

@rsage_ 7 жыл бұрын

"Hi, my name is Eric and I'm addicted to ice cream." Good for you, man. The first step is recognizing the addiction.

@SouthMainAuto 7 жыл бұрын

All my extra change goes to the local ice cream store

@Blazer02LS 7 жыл бұрын

Man you need to get hooked up, Ice cream truck actually comes out to my place.....

@SouthMainAuto 7 жыл бұрын

***** Oh man I would be dead by 40

@GettinJunkDone 7 жыл бұрын

Another entertaining video. Great job.

@SouthMainAuto 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Joe

@normansmith7806 7 жыл бұрын

Looks like a good day !

@CHIBA280CRV 7 жыл бұрын

That has to be one of the best jobs to have. Especially if it's a successful business like yours . Work on cars and use all the great toy tools ! Got to love it. Looking forward to your next video , thank you for sharing.

@BoostedMoose517 7 жыл бұрын

Love the letter you wrote to astro for the tool repair, And also loved the returned letter hahaha, Had me rolling in my chair. Thats a good company when they send a letter like that back to ya.. Really shows they care about you. Also gotta love those gravy mornings!

@SouthMainAuto 7 жыл бұрын

They are a wonderful company to deal with for sure!

@TheDaf95xf 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Eric O 😄 Great video again 👍🏻 So glad you got your baby back lol 😆 So much enjoyment watching your show 😁🇬🇧

@ericcorse 7 жыл бұрын

Glad you got junior back and its always the beans. Enjoyed the Astro back and forth.

@SouthMainAuto 7 жыл бұрын

Haha yeah they are a good company!

@stevenmchenry9276 6 жыл бұрын

Eric you have your shop exactly how I would want mine to be. Maybe if I keep praying & dreaming I can get there with the skills & every thing.

@Bossworth 7 жыл бұрын

//need to make daily "another day at the shop" series; one hour each episode. Would pay a monthly subscription just for that.

@Badgertronix 7 жыл бұрын

Good to see your little fella is back up and running.

@SouthMainAuto 7 жыл бұрын

Hey I got a sticker in the mail today that looks just like yours!

@Badgertronix 7 жыл бұрын

A limited edition, highly sought after, too cool for school Badgertronix sticker? Nice!

@SouthMainAuto 7 жыл бұрын

Badgertronix If I could have read your address u would have got a sweet 15+hp increasing SMA sticker in return! Email it to me!

@Badgertronix 7 жыл бұрын

+South Main Auto Repair already got one! PO Box 82, Sefton 7445, New Zealand for anyone else who wants to trade stickers

@Kona5.0 7 жыл бұрын

I just had to say.. the inner kid in me came out and I never laughed as hard at 26:38 !! I guess the gear oil 'bottle farts' make a diff service worth it considering the smell and mess you have to put up with dealing with gear oil. On a more serious note, you are an inspiration to me from one tech to another. Its so enjoyable to watch another technician that is so professional, respectable and humorous as well. You have a subscriber for life (although ive been watching your videos for awhile now.) I wish you nothing but the best!

@ronaldcach2779 7 жыл бұрын

These videos of another day at SMA are great, I hope you can do more of them. THANKS FRIEND

@SIGINT007 5 жыл бұрын

30 seconds in and all I see are two Hondoo Ridgelines...at a small shop in a tiny town.

@frdradio 7 жыл бұрын

It surprises me that you go right from reverse to drive in those cars in the parking lot without coming to a stop in between. Good vid.

@CrazyPetez 5 жыл бұрын

Love your interaction with Mrs.O and your cute little child, Trinity, as well as all your talk and repair stuff.

@danielvaldezaguirre 7 жыл бұрын

awwww yeah the good stuff!

@AstroTools 7 жыл бұрын

To pull back the curtain a bit fellow SMA fans, Eric's beloved tool is what I call the 1128 V2. Uses a new design/technology that we sold most of last year and implements some cool new internals to make them take a beating and keep going. Unfortunately, since then we've been handing some patent claim issues on this tool. This means I can no long sell them how we want to, and I'm working so that we can at least take care of warranty customers - which we initially weren't able to do for Eric. The facts are we want to make better tools, and if bureaucracy gets in our way of making it right we'd rather just move on to the next thing. The 1128's that are on the market now I'd estimate being 90-95% v2's if you can find them for sale, then the tool will retire until the landscape changes :( - Astro Head of Product Beans

@SouthMainAuto 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the update and keep us posted!

@Blazer02LS 7 жыл бұрын

Wondered why they are "off the shelf" was all set to order one once I saw how SMAs was holding up... Oh well.....

@SouthMainAuto 7 жыл бұрын

***** Keep checking, they are working on it....

@richardcooke9948 8 ай бұрын

I am always happily surprised when you open the garage door and it’s not snowing outside.🤪

@airdrop1670 5 жыл бұрын

Years ago when I was in the Air Force I tried using dieletric grease on paper gaskets in our water pumps in the steam plant . The grease would keep gasket from sticking and repel water plus make take downs much easier later .

@wyattoneable 7 жыл бұрын

Well that was fun. A water pump that was easy to access, no part numbers in the bottom of the differential, the return of a family member (Astro) and some good one liners along the way. I told my wife I was going to come up there for a week on my next vacation and help out around there, but it looks like you got everything covered! (ha ha) She shot that idea down by the way. :(

@Darjan_Spasojevic 3 ай бұрын

People @ Astro Tools are awesome! Eric is pretty gnarly himself.

@johnkinnane547 7 жыл бұрын

G'day Eric really like these day in the life videos shows how you could become nuts with the pressure! Anyway thanks for the videos John

@SouthMainAuto 7 жыл бұрын

This was a slow day :)

@LFTDoffroad 7 жыл бұрын

Love the jeep on your countertop.

@SouthMainAuto 7 жыл бұрын

Dollar store :)

@garlinwillingham7011 7 жыл бұрын

Glad you got your little darlin back from Astro. Cool letter from you and from them. I never fill out warranty cards or read directions....till it's broke...it's unamerican.

@Jay-xb6nc 7 жыл бұрын

You are the BEST, Eric!!! Thanks for all your enjoyable videos. Jay

@SouthMainAuto 7 жыл бұрын

Hey Jay! Thanks for supporting what we do!

@toshtwentythree195 7 жыл бұрын

What a great video, brake clean and an astro mini all in one segment....What more could i ask for

@kiddbrother3 6 жыл бұрын

every day a new adventure !!

@buffsheeri 5 жыл бұрын

loving that gear oil in da morn. ...he he

@genegeneish 4 жыл бұрын

Seeing the Lee tires sign brings back memories. They were made in conshohocken pa.

@SmittySmithsonite 7 жыл бұрын

I had my speakers cranked when you emptied that gear oil container. My wife came running in here thinking I had a major accident .... :D Eric - you ever use LPS-3? Stuff is friggin AWESOME. It's like Cosmoline, but dries much faster & thicker. They claim it lasts 2 years (not in an outdoor environment though). I was introduced to it in the coal burning world. We use it on our stoves and boilers in the off-season. Works great! Stuff is a little spendy however. I buy it by the 5 gallon drum, and dump it in the Sure-Shot. Way cheaper than the aerosol cans in the long run.

@AM-021 7 жыл бұрын

Love the letter to Astro. Love both channels, thanks for taking the time and effort to make these videos!

@jrichards3766 5 жыл бұрын

I had such a terrible day today but the letter about the ratchet made me smile. Thank you Eric O

@charleshovermale382 7 жыл бұрын

Very enjoyable, thank you.

@srdporter 7 жыл бұрын

loved it, loved it, loved it!! keep 'em coming Mr O! Fantastic mail to and from Astro. Great to see a sense of humour!!

@chugly11 7 жыл бұрын

I love these day in the shop life type vids. I will always upvote for more!

@eddiemartinez265 7 жыл бұрын

Me to i like this video a little bit of everything should do more of this along with the big time stuff remind's me me of work when i am the monkey in the shop.

@shahsmerdis 7 жыл бұрын

Same! Up vote up vote! not too much brake clean lately.

@comingundone27 7 жыл бұрын

Right with you! Done tons of intakes at our shop and tons of the lower control bushings.

@michaelwatson1428 7 жыл бұрын

That was great!! Nice Nova!!

@alexkieffer6380 5 жыл бұрын

I killed over laughing at 26:40 because I have done that before.

@boissons999 7 жыл бұрын

Letters are so much more special than emails. Great video Eric. Hi from Montreal.

@laohantun7404 7 жыл бұрын

Great day mate, thank you for the lovely day start.

@SouthMainAuto 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@cherokeethunder6000 4 жыл бұрын

Eric, I like how you keep your shop very tidy & clean! 👍🏻👏🏻

@warrenfromga9945 7 жыл бұрын

I love this type of video. Always a bonus when Mrs. O and the kids make it on camera. Need an update on the garden. Take care.

@mr.nobody9630 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for bringing us alone for a normal day at the SMA Shop. I really enjoy this video a lot. A +

@mariofollowerofjesus8068 5 жыл бұрын

Eric O so nice to see s honest mechanic for a change All the best

@lichin11 6 жыл бұрын

EricTheCarGuy lead me to your channel. I love the car work you do and tune out your political views (I just care about vehicle repairs, everything else is just extraneous noise). You have a great channel and family!

@feeneysmechanical6215 7 жыл бұрын

two buildings up here got hit with lightening

@SouthMainAuto 7 жыл бұрын

Wish we had lightning. That would mean we had rain

@ronweddle7748 4 жыл бұрын

this is very good to know there is nice people out there doing good work

@robertredmond77 4 жыл бұрын

Astro is AWESOME. And the letters put the icing on the cake haha

@bluelightguy1 7 жыл бұрын

great video as always, thank you

@TitanFallDeath666420 6 жыл бұрын

Eric you an Mrs O are awesome i only wished that i would of found your channel sooner buddy! You have helped this backyard mechanic out alot with your diagnoses and comments. Keep up the great work my friend stay dirty =)

@a.n.d362 7 жыл бұрын

great vid, looking forward to part 2. cheers mate

@edgeofvamp 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you thank you thank you, finally someone that works on vehicles for a living and does not like dexcool crap. Converted my suburban over to standard green the first week i got it(all gaskets included). My truck runs 10 degrees cooler on average and after the coolant flush(chemical cleaner) it put out 15 degrees more heat from the heater and dropped down the running temp another 5-10 degrees in the engine. I swapped for 2 reasons, bad experiences to dexcool doing weird things and availability when you blow a radiator hose on the side of the interstate.

@sonorin3 5 жыл бұрын

I Love watching your show and also learning alot more thank you

@Jpilgrim30 7 жыл бұрын

I have a husky too. Never had another dog with a bigger personality.

@ItsAlwaysRusty 7 жыл бұрын

I Really enjoy the Day in the shop videos. Some of the best you do.. Hopefully the owner will repair the control arm bushings soon. They were a mess. Take Care.

@raubertra 6 жыл бұрын

How long will Trinity's cart be in the shop. Did she blow out the posi unit again.

@keithkrajewski5473 7 жыл бұрын

This was really cool to see. What a nice lifestyle to be able to help people in your community out, fix things, make some money, and still just be a few yards away from your family all day. Thank you for posting this.

@SouthMainAuto 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Keith