I mean is he even a non car guy anymore as he probably knows more then most people who say they are car guys

And then *click*

We all do lol 😂😂

@@connorsherry6376 actually true.

Yeah and then I think if he can then so can I and then never attempt it cause it looks hard as shit

Finally someone who isn't a butthurt melt

@@Me-zo8yc that actually sounds like a disgusting sandwich, but I think I catch your drift. Thanks! Ethan acts like I did as a kid whenever my dad was trying to teach me something difficult that I wanted to quit when it got hard….. only to grow up and really appreciate it.

In England that's called banter ;)

@@Me-zo8yc Yeah pretty much how it goes around a group of friends. Just banter; if he didn't like it he wouldn't work with them or be their friend!

@@Interknetz I hope he gets a "bullying raise" after each video in this series, he deserves it 😂

He COULD. But he honestly doesn't give a shit.

CT:bullies ethan ethan: **giorno's theme intensifies**

"It's just big Mechano, isn't it?" He totally gets it now

Sorry for a dumb question but in the video they didn't use a tool to align the clutch so that its in the center. Is it necessary to use the align tool on BMWs or not?

To be fair it is a rear drive car, which is easier than a fwd clutch change, from experience my 2006 Golf gti clutch was a pig, I’d feel bad for Ethan if he’d purchased a fwd in the first place and had to do the clutch.

a clutch isnt a big job at all. swapping an engine is a big job.

​@@deadsteezytv8552that all depends of your experience level...don't make judgements based on your experience

I feel like peer-pressuring Ethan into using a dangerous power tool he doesn't want to use isn't the best example to be setting 😅

It's even worse him with him not knowing what sort of clutch he's getting himself in to😂

Yes and we're all here for it, easily one of the more entertaining series on here.

Isn't this every episode haha love you ethan haha

eh cant even lift without curving his spine ,jesus it makes me feel ill

Yeah, Honestly I hope he did invoice some hours. 😂

They probabaly gave out the clutch for free as well...

I loved his face when Alex said he'd be there all day...

nice pfp

@@tamber5977 Thanks. Thomas Radstrom in the Focus, great times.

I agree. Some of this isn't very funny. It's one thing taking the piss a bit but he could have hurt himself doing that and that's not the first time I've seen them effectively make him do something dangerous. It gets old pretty quickly. I want to see people having a laugh and some fun not seeing people being a bit of a wanker to a nice bloke.

I've got to agree with you. I'm a mechanic, and i've done jobs like changing a clutch many many times. It was always agreed that lifting or lowering a gearbox (or other heavy parts) was done by 2 mechanics together. I was never patient enough to wait for a collegue to come and help, and in the end i ruined my back, standing like Ethan does in the video i can't really lift anything anymore. I just can't.

Yea, i join to you on that. Person who does not have back pain will never appreciated that

@@destructionnl8165 same here mate, even tho i was the apprentice of my garage, they never made me lift gearboxes or subframes or anything like that on my own. It was always a 2 man job because of everything you just said. Making Ethan do it 3 times on his own isn't safe

@@rotary_turbo99 Exactly. I never meant to ruin my back, but in the end i did because i was to impatient and maybe a bit stubborn. Seeing Alex bully Ethan, it makes me laugh. It really does. But yes, if you lift heavy things the wrong way and do it too much, you can cause a lot of damage to your back. I learned that the hard way, i gues.

I was like oh god lol

That and the regular trainers, he should've had steel toe capped boots on

It’s super light he’s at little risk and was acting like he was struggling

@@user-white007 You'd be surprised how little it takes. NEVER lift with your back. A Getrag 250 is 30kg according to the internet, which is enough to cause a back injury.

@@johannkuhn5685 Yep, hurt my back lifting a similar weight. The main issue was I was picking it up off a bench that was around chest height, so to get the lift needed I stupidly arched my back, instant pain. Fortunately it was purely muscle strain and I rested it and went to a physio to recover as I really didn’t want a chronic problem.

messages sent in via e-smale?

they killed off the podcast I think no new ep for a month now

@@Amir.253 oh wow you’re right! Probably being able to film again has taken a precedence

@@Amir.253 they said it was taking a break, but I hope it makes a return

@@jamesgillespie9000 it's been a month I don't think it's coming back they said theyll come back if people want them

Well technically true, every hydro-Citroën can drive on 3 wheels only

Pretty much :S The lifting with his back twice part was legitimately dangerous.

Poor Ethan, I really start to feel bad for him

Francis Waters eh not really they usually only weigh 220 pound. An avg male should be able to deadlift 220 pound without much trouble.

@@Cooladj it's more about your technique than the weight of the thing

Francis Waters has correct but u aren't going to sustain major damage from deadlifting 220 wrong twice. I had deadlift 500 for rep do 8. And even when you're doing it right it still put more stain on ur back than 220 wrong. Now if he was doing this for reps and sets, there would be more of a problem

It's a BMW, they'd just think the seat is broken ☺

@@ApothecaryTerry lmao that's brilliant. It's a crime this is a comment on a comment and more people won't see it. Bravo you funny bastard

Yes as the cock thing is related to never using turn signals . Don’t worry just drive till plastic water pump or crank bearings turn to corn flakes.

@@georgel3657 Why thank you sir ☺

Sounds appropriate for a BMW 🙂.

he bought a convertible pt cruiser for the 5000 car challenge...

@@Ericbuyslunch This just confirms it

@@DanieleCapellini looool

Some are just bot's or Stfu's disliking for no reason, to maintain a like and dislike ratio.

@@johndavidson3424 stfu’s? Tf are they You are aware stfu stands for shut the f*ck up

They must have had the phone upside down the whole time.

because the whole channel is cringe, the dislike button is kinda invalid as people who dont watch it dont come here to just dislike it. For me personally its the same crap over and over so i dont watch it .

@@MrSupermugen alright. I love the channel, but Hey, your opinion is your opinion

I've seen people more willing for death row

No he needs a massive turbo. For the first second it will have less power. Then the lag will end

@@dmystermillion2351 Make it a 2jz swapped plus that massive turbo you suggested and let Ethan drag race it against Alex&Phil =D

@@dmystermillion2351 You sir have just described Bisimoto 1000hp Honda Odyssey in a nutshell

m50 swap

If I can strip a subaru to bare shell and rebuild it again then anyone can!!!

Have you every heard of the words head and gasket xD

@@jakearmstrong2973 isnt said gasket on the tarmac behind the car regularly? 😂

Im guessing he and alex were roomates and it all spireld down from there

I think he started with being hired as a camera man

His brother knows the car throttle founder and he met Alex when they started working together for the company.

manual gearbox swap

@@farfog Nah that'd be a right fuck about on the insurance, just tidy the paint work up n buy a fezza body kid for it 😂

why not an awd one

Fwd is not that bad, except on only one part. If the lower balljoint is riveted instead of bolted.

@@MsLoneWolf4 i changed a clutch once on some SUV but couldent remove the wheel since the anti theft socket thing(what ever you call it in english) wasent in the car noone could find it atleast...and couldent reach the owner to ask about it...that was annoying alittle :D

@@Raynes646 oh those locking lugnuts. Forgot about those as they are treated as antichrist here. I bought a car with failed clutch slaved after the previous owner had replaced the clutch. The disc was installed backwards.

@@MsLoneWolf4 insurance companies require those anti theft nuts/bolts so alot of cars have em here

welding diffs is never a good solution unless you wanna drift lol

I know, I just figured it's an excuse to watch Ethan weld something. Then as a consequence he'd get to learn drifting....not a whole lot of comedic downsides there that I can see.

It's a BMW. It'll need one soon enough.

@@wanderinggentile or a new wiring loom because BMW

@@luissera1296 BMW=Broke Man Walking.

@@wanderinggentile alternatively BMW = having to borrow your friends Lexus

Let's find out in the next episode: "bullying Ethan for 48 straight hours"

Yeah I'm started to actually get worried with that.

I winced when Alex was raising the jack to screw with Ethan. The way Ethan had to arch his back to get the extra height is very similar to how I pulled a muscle in my back. A bit of cocking around is fine but you really don’t want to cripple your mates. Edit: Also refitting the tyre, was it too hard to drop the hoist by a foot or two to make the working height a little better?

@@sw96 yeah the tire was brutal too almost worst really as he had to sustain the wheel and tire at full extension above his head.

@@sw96 My thoughts exactly.

One must earn the privilege of cordless equipment

It's a public workshop yeah? Cheap sawzall, trans jack etc makes sense

Do you know how often you have to charge the battery on a corded or air tool? Exactly

@@turbo_brian I used to work at a dealership doing mainly servicing with a few repair jobs per day.. got myself some cheap little 12V cordless tools (early gen lithium from 2010, not as good as today's stuff) and I'd only need to change the battery every like 2nd day so it was quite convenient. They topped out at 120Nm too (90ft/lb) so were very unlikely to damage anything.. just crack bolts by hand and then rattle them off, then rattle back up and torque by hand

@@turbo_brian have you ever used the modern ones? They last for ages, not to mention you’ll always have a battery or two on standby.

He replaced the clutch with guidance... So I think he can replace the brake bulb too

This.

@@anderskisen1375 i know how frustrating cars can be. If you are trying to get into it. It is nicer when people decide to be helpful and not push you until you make wrong decisions. Should never make someone lift with their back either, thats so dangerous

@@tmitche36 Yep! Its supposed to be fun, if its not fun. Why do it as a hobby? I would rather watch Ethan be happy and proud that he accomplished something. Instead of miserable and borderline bullied...

@@tmitche36 and when he was putting the wheel back on. So much easier and safer to just lower the car a bit so he doesn’t need to lift it like that. Or even sometimes I have it really close to the ground and I sit down and use my knees as like a stool for the wheel. Saves my back

@@crusegaming3305 man there is a thing called working hight and i think its like your head hight or something

Can I ask, what would be a more appropriate clutch? Like what type of clutch?

@@Four-S So for the car they're driving - BMW M44 engine, road use with the occasional track time, and maybe a bit more power by the time they're done with BDS: An sprung organic clutch with a lighter flywheel will make a massive improvement to performance. The organic material allows a bit of slip so you can drive in traffic, the lower mass will allow for an actual measurable increase in acceleration (f=ma, if you reduce m but keep f the same then the acceleration will improve) and on that car it will be perceivable well into 3rd gear. By going to a solid flywheel and sprung clutch you've also increased reliability in a track scenario. If you want to get really specific, racehead.com.au sell a kit designed to fit an M20 clutch to an M42/4 engine. It's good upt to about 350hp, and then after that you can select a different clutch. You get an increase in NVH with the extra performance, but its still useable and won't affect reliability. The DMF is still in place, and having a button clutch like that will start to tear up all the rubber dampers every time he changes gear since there will be no slip. That flywheel will start banging and carrying on in a few thousand kms from that let alone the fact it was already old.