A vote for kindness Johnny shows for his friend. Sometimes you bend the rules for a good friend.Johnny you are a class guy and one fine mechanic as well...

I tell my wife this all the time. Who cares if buying the right tool makes it cost as much as taking it to the shop? The point is I will have it for the next time that will never happen. Except for multiple sizes of triple-squares.

It’s refreshing to see a professional, using the correct tools and accomplishing the job quickly and easily!

Tools don’t cost money, they save money!

Thank you for stepping up for a vet!

When I worked at a BMW dealership about 15 years ago (not a tech) I had a 1988 BMW 735i. Had a lot of clunking in the back and our Master Tech looked at it and he said it need the rear "beer can" bushings. I guess they didn't do a lot of them because he didn't have the special tool required to change them. He sent me to NAPA to get a section of threaded bar, some heavy duty nuts, and appropriately sized washers, and made basically the same tool to get those bushings removed. Worked great.

I started my own mobile oil change business (synthetic) a month ago. I had a day in the first week with 5 oil changes. No impact either or oil filter wrenches that fit on the back of the filters. After that day struggling to remove drain pan bolts with a ratchet and a band type oil filter wrench I went and got some decent ish off of Amazon next day. Now my life is so much easier.

You know you're in trouble when your tool(diagnostic app on phone) keeps running advertisements for new car dealers along with an error message "This pile of junk is already a year old! What's wrong with you? Buy a new one!" Just kidding. Thanks for another great video Jonny!x

Jonny using a 2 foot ratchet "yeah they went in no force at all" :D

Total Respect! Thank you and everyone else that will help out a veteran. We need many more like you! 👍👍

A real professional will use the correct tools to fix it properly and on time 👏👏👏 Go ninja gooo 😎

Car Ninja is time for you to take us around so we can know your team and see any updates in your shop

Got the same set . Worth the money cause time is money in this profession Ninja!

You forgot to say “Kobe” after nailing that trash can shot lol

"...no big deal, its super easy..." lol - best bmw repair quote ever

"Ow, my f'ing finger.". Yup, that about sums up working on any german car. TY Johnny :)

9:50 I was waiting for him to say, "KOBE"

Love this simple videos, straight to the point.

100% agree with this one. work smarter not harder

Funny seeing a domestic car in the shop. Most mechanics LOVE working on those and never want to see a European car. Jonny is the exact opposite. :)

Great video Mr. Ninja and team. Thank you for the tips!

Johnny working on old American cars is like a carpenter digging a hole.

Hey Ninja love the content! Keep up the great work!

you guys messed up. oh well, learn from the mistake and move on. We'll said Jonny live and learn. thanks for the great videos and keep up the great work. 👍

Ever since doing steering and suspension work on an old Blazer that was passed on to me many years ago I now rust-proof every car I own so the same type of jobs will be easier when the time comes.

Always good to see you helping others even if it's a Buick. My mechanic wouldn't even touch my chevy he was strictly vw audi he didn't even do bmw.

Ninja needs to wear eye protection when he is working under those cars. I just had detached retina surgery and you don't realize how valuable eyesight is until you don't have it.

Great video Thank you

large bushings always have the potential to be a gigantic pita.

When I worked at the dealership we used to "joke" that BMW is a special tool company that also makes cars...

Nice old Oldsmobile. Jonny is a great friend

I was hearing you on the leaky pump and thinking they got a scrap unit or someone didnt run coolant for a while. If the old girl springs a heater core leak then my moneys on cheap coolant or water for a while :-) I found that it you take that shortcut it will bite you hard on many ways.

Jonny is an awesome mecha.nic, thanks for sharing 👍.

I agree, the right tool is always great but a lot of BMW tools are so incredibly high in cost.

I hope Jonny isn't suffering from bushing removal PTSD

While I fully agree with the special tools being essential - many of them are both eye-wateringly expensive & easy to make in an average shed/hobby level machinists shop for pennies on the dollar

Yeah that customer definitely got scammed. Whoever replaced the water pump before either didn’t change it at all, or put an old used one on there.

Genuine water pumps last long. Customer was definitely scammed prior.

thx guys

I thought video quality looked like garbage and then i clicked and saw *'1080p premium '* KZfaq being youtube 720p is the new 1080p if youre unwilling to pay for premium.

i have a similar if not identical tool to get the front suspension bushings out of a r53 mini. worth every cent.

well done! that camber in the rear is doing a number on those tires.

Nice work ninja

Those rear bushings remind me painfully of the rear trailing arm bushings on my Volvo 850. Those are a nightmare even with the special tool. And the tool broke on the first side. Lots of love taps with the hammer and fire needed haha

Those special tools are not cheap but that’s what makes the difference between a hack and pro.

I've used a tool like that to replace the bushings in a upper control arm.

Aw shucks... We got the 'I do cars' thermostat toss, but were cheated out of the waterpump toss....

I can see how the c-clamp style bushing tool would be a complete pain on those jobs. looking at the basics of how those tools are constructed, those of us on ramen noodle budgets could probably construct something similar out of some pipe, flat stock, bolts, washers, and a welder.

Right tool's but also the right man 🤟🔥❣️

I bought a steward water pump for my e39..hope it will last ..i know a guy who still has it in the car after 9 years

Jonny, you need a t-shirt that has your quote ‘SUPER EASY’ on it.. 😂 keep up the great work. Peace out..

How many of us have made tools? My last one was a steering wheel puller for my '65 Corvair so I could fix the turn signal, fix, not replace!

Ninja is awesome helping a vet 👍even though it’s not a BMW

Alls you have to do is take out the entire engine, don’t worry it’s super easy

Jonny, do you have a procedure for checking the timing system condition on the VW)Audi 2.0TFSI?

At 11:25 would that have been a silicone lubricant Jonny sprayed on the water pump not sure if I've seen him do that before.

Ninja did you know you were in the sun on line, working on a Mini that the owner had been told was in need of a new Super charger. They said Car Expert The Car Ninja, Johnny says it is the Alternator Tension bracket loose.

you could have easily billed some new cv boots. They looked nasty.

Do they make those in poly? BTW, I am impressed. You are the Bossman and you still wrench hard.

Guys used to laugh at me for buying the right tools. Until they saw how much faster I got jobs done with them.

Love your videos. If you every get a Megane RS for work and you want any advice let me know.

But but...in Africa and Cuba and even my neighbors poverty can force you to use what you got! If there is anything I enjoy it's a good tool!

Jonny , please consider opening a second shop that handles Asian imports.

Hey @carninja. That looked very smooth. But seeing the kit for that tool, I'm thinking need quite a healthy pro budget to support. Any hints on a non-ghetto way to do without big tool spend?

I'm a stickler for saying right tool for right job.

Not having that shallow 32mm and 36mm socket to remove some oil filter housings can kill you 😅😅😅

11:25 Silicone spray?

CAR ninja,wat Dow you spray on the waterpomp? Hvl.

Another GREAT video ?

I don't see how that water pump could possibly be old. The part of the shaft that protrudes through the pulley should surface rust at a year or two old. The part supplier could have just let a dud slip by. As far as using the right tool, I couldn't agree more. I recently finished up walnut blasting my 328 diesel N47. I sent away for a Shop Vac attachment from England that's 3D printed and has one wand hole shared between both intake ports. This made manipulating the wand a bitch, particularly close to the firewall. It was wasteful of shells and didn't clean all surfaces to the desired matte finish. The BMW special tools take the two different shapes of swirl ports for each intake valve and make a separate tool for each. The wand hole is centered on each attachment so you have full freedom of wand movement when doing each port. Each attachment is like $75 though, so you have to just gulp and pay the money. Since I'll have to blow the carbon off again in a few years, I'll get the attachments for future servicing -- maybe rent them out to other diesel owners around me.

I spent 9 hours doing 2 rear suspension bushings on a sienna when i was a dealer tech....i feel the pain

Safety glasses

If you don’t have the tool burn them out with map gas I’ve dine like 30 full subframes now lol 😂 he’s not wrong though pressing them back in is a b!tch I always remove the who,e rear end and do the subframe bushes and the spherical on the hub too

What's the service charge for that service?

And if not use a grinder.

Hopefully Tyler will be able to sell the BMW for a little more than he paid for it.

Still don’t know why there is an absence of gloves…

Live and learn not to go forward with the decision/thinking of a messed up person like Tyler Hoovie if you feel this is not right. Just go on with your gut Johny (Car Ninja)and don’t do anityng you don’t wana do.

Nice fender cover, kind of a dead give away your a German specialist. I live with a human one 😅

We need a . it’s super easy shirt

Mac tools should be paying you royalties every tyme your tool boxesxare shown with the large Mac logo

Sharing the mileage of the vehicles in which you are working, would be great….

Jonny, if you are ever in Sydney Australia I want to take you out for dinner. Love to hear your tales.

150000miles and pretty tired?😂 I Haven't seen a bmw with so low kilometers in 10 years🙈

Chinese parts are shipped with a fail by date….the only reason to use them is to get by cheaply when you are selling the car.

Buddy. You really have to start wearing eye protection and gloves.

Ninja is a handsome little fella

Gonna throw your back out lifting like that. Get help next time.

always see you on hoovies. love what you do!!!!! in NYC we have a saying "Albanian? mercedes Benz and all german cars"