I hope the customer knows that you are one of the few guys in the world that has the knowledge, skills, patience, troubleshooting skills and genuine caring for the customer that helped him out of a really bad situation. Amazing job Wes.

Your a good guy for taking the time to help this guy out from being completely taken advantage of.

I’ll bet you spent a “little” more time on this than what you charged the customer because you’re a good man AND a good mechanic.

we need more honest mechanics like Wes!

I suspect there were in excess of 2 "normal" hours in diagnosing and repairing all this. Thank you for helping this guy out.

Customer is damn lucky he's got you in his court well done sir...cheers!

As an electrician the phrase “at that point the wire becomes the fuse” was spot on ! I’m probably going to borrow that phrase. Thanks Wes, that was an awesome repair. That kid could’ve been driving down the road and that thing could’ve lit up on him, what if he had some little ones in a car seat in the back. I hope Facebook flipper meets Karma some day soon~

As someone who has owned several 1998-2004 S10s, Blazers and Sonoma, I can say a few things with confidence. Most of those years had a sensor on the dash for automatic headlights. You can bypass it by pressing the round button under the light switch three times and you'll hear a chime. The oblong button under the light switch you turned on, turns on the fog/driving lights integrated into the headlight /signal light assembly. Those years engines had a spider injection system under the upper intake manifold, not throttle body injection. The early models used a mechanical pressure pulsed poppit valve in each intake runner (CSFI) and those went bad and leaked fuel often. I think in 2000 they switched to electrical opening poppit valves (MPFI), but it is still a single central injector with a fuel "spider" to each poppit. You can upgrade the older mechanical ones with the later model electrical ones. Nice work Wes, thanks for bringing us along.

I continue to be amazed at your troubleshooting capabilities. Having spent 40+ years troubleshooting industrial equipment, cars and trucks you're as good as anyone I've ever worked with. Nice job of bringing this one back to life.

I feel like if I paid a shop for 2 hours worth of work, they wouldn't do any of this extensive diagnosis. I'd be lucky if they diagnosed even one of the issues in that time. Good work, Wes.

Back when we were camping, at one point we were thinking of a used Airstream and I came across the phrase, "beware the polished turd", which is pretty self explanatory. I think your customer has a polished turd, poor guy. Well done, Wes! Good idea to counsel the customer not to park it in the garage (or near anything else flammable)

Wes, I felt sick for this customer! Some people (the seller) has no conscience, obviously. Thought it was bad until you got into the wiring! Yikes! All the best to the customer. Thanks for helping him as much as you could Wes!

Well done Wes for helping a customer who was caught with a bad purchase that's awesome of you.

Wes as a retired mechanic of some 48 years, I got say I absolutely love your dry wit and the sarcasm.. the only thing missing is the fog of blue air that usually in my case accompanied my commentary about a customer’s pile that had been deposited in my work area.. you bring a big smile on this old mans face every time you post a video.. just glad I never resided in the rust belt.. you hit the proverbial nail on the head about BUYER BEWARE, and that goes for wherever you live..

I made it as far as the compression fittings on the brake line. And I remember back to watching a "Rev Up Your Engines" video with Scotty K. saying his usual nonsense and saying compression fittings are 100% okay for brake lines. Compression fittings are NOT designed to be used on brake lines PERIOD! And now back to our video already in progress.....Special shout out to everyone's favorite arm waving mechanic!! Scotty K.! (I'm sure he's right about 80% of the time. But that other 20% can be a disaster....Just in my opinion...)

I know many “mechanics” that wouldn’t of even touched this Blazer. Excellent diagnosis & repair. I hope the customer appreciates your efforts getting this beat up vehicle running again.

Any troubleshooter worth his gold never stops his wheels churning. "I went home and thought about it" is the sign of a man who will not let something, no matter how bad the situation, get in his way. In addition, the odds were this kid would likely have not found someone to do everything you did, as well. Great job. Liked and subscribed.

that laugh from Wes when he finds the smoking gun gets me everytime. 😂The amount of time & effort you put in to help that young person who got in a little over their head was very generous.

You are an amazing person Wes. What you did on this Blazer is beyond anything any other mechanic would attempt. Most would throw the car into the junk yard. Thanks for showing us your patiences and amazing troubleshooting skills. Keep up the good work.

I have to admire your troubleshooting and repair skills. Instead of "well, it needs a whole new harness for $4800 plus labor" you got it where it works and won't cause more damage as long as someone else doesn't put in bigger and bigger fuses again if there is a problem. Also impressed with your skills of retaping and looming it back up afterwards. Most people would throw a few zip ties on there and call it a day.

I am truly impressed every time to diagnose an electrical problem. Most mechanics I have known would have just have struggled and given up. Nice Job.

The Earl Scheib reference had me laughing out loud. Your sense of humor is second to none.

My door striker has the same cracking. It was caused by a shop removing the striker when they were making body repairs. The inner side of the striker is a plate with anchor nuts. When they removed the bolts, the inner plate fell and instead of retrieving it, they just put nuts on the back. Without the back plate, all the stress is concentrated in one spot.

This brings me back to my late brother and his car flipping bs experiences/victim. He went through 3 Craigslist/FaceBook cars, couldn't spend enough on a decent car, only repairs, but each were always in the shop more than not. It got to the point I told him to borrow my car for however long he needs (he worked nights, I had college during the day, so it worked out). I feel for this young man.

Man the fact that you still went deeper into it after seeing all those wires just shows your confident knowledgeable and willing to take on that task that anyone else would just say nope send it off to the crusher.

Wes, you are a master diagnostician. This video brings back memories of my first car buying experience as a kid paying handsomely for a car that had been put through the wringer. Thank you for helping this kid. The world needs more good people like yourself.

For some reason, those Blazers / Jimmys are notorious for corroded connectors at the 4x4 module, like in this video. My mechanic who used to work for a GM dealership put transmission fluid on those connectors after cleaning them and the 4x4 started working again. You did great work with everything and saved this truck from the crusher for sure. 👍

Dude you have a ton of patience and are extremely knowledgeable. I really enjoyed watching you diagnose and fix these issues. Most would’ve given up in the very beginning; hence the 25 amp fuse 😀 nicely done sir

You’re amazing, Wes! You have so much knowledge and patience. Even with a “wreck” like this, you remain so respectful to the customer and their situation. Great Work!

Whenever there's an edit and the scene changes, and the first thing you hear is Wes chuckling, you KNOW things just got real. Can't help but feel bad for the guy that bought this mess, but I hope he knows how lucky he is to even know Wes and have access to his patience and skills.

Hey dude I'm a diesel mechanic in the navy. We just get told to go fix these types of headaches without the option to say no. I sure would love to, so knowing that you said YES, and damn sure undercharged the customer for the extra work, makes you the man! I haven't stopped watching your videos since I found them this week. Keep on!

Oh dear what a mess that Blazer is. I feel sorry for the young man that purchased the vehicle from a crook. Thank you for helping the young man out. I imagine you have made a friend for life. You are the Mr. Rodgers of mechanics for sure. Fabulous diagnosis and repair. Dang you are good man. Thanks for the video.

Thanks Wes for spending well over the 2 hours troubleshooting and saving a victim from the sharks. Hopefully he will be back for the engine and brake issues. At least his car will not burn down to the ground while he is driving it. You are a great, honest man!

1st rule of buying a "new" car. Always take someone with you who isn't excited about buying a "New" car and doesn't wear Rose Coloured Glasses.

You’re the man Wes, thank you for all you do to help individuals in need

Wes your a credit to REAL mechanics. I know you spent way more time on that car than the 2 hours the customer could afford. I also know you did it because your a good human being and would have done it even if you didn't have a You Tube channel and this job was useful as content.

Master diagnostician! Your patience and persistence is absolutely invaluable. The way that you took care of the customer was most admirable too.

Looks like you went over the 2 hours by a lot! Good for you Wes you're the man! Great diagnosis & repair!

I used to be terrible at electrical diagnostics and problems, didn’t have the patience for it but as soon as I bought my 89 suburban that was constantly shorting out the radio and horn I kinda found out it’s kinda fun to discover the short and fix it for some reason, also just having a test light and a 5 dollar multimeter, even if you really just know how to check for ohms can solve a lot of issues

Thank you for helping out that young lad. This is definitely one of your best diagnosis, problem solving fix videos.

You did so much more than 2 hours of diag. Good on you. I really hope the customer appreciates it. I get the feeling he will.

I feel bad for the kid who bought that thing. Good thing for him he brought it to you. Nice job Wes.

A+ job chasing that wiring problem. Alot of shops wont even talk about doing the work...

soon as you showed that compression fitting i thought... "did scotty mess with this?" then i saw all the meltage of the wires and was like... well.... possibly. maybe he flips cars to compensate his time lol you have the patience of an oak tree messing with that old blazer man. keep up the great work. world needs more honest mechanics like you.

Welding the latch back in place for the door is something I've done more than once. They only take so many cycles and when you run old tired stuff you run into this. Having a worn-out and repaired striker is probably a sign that the vehicle had a lot of short trips or had a high-duty cycle life. The last one I fixed was on an ex postal carrier vehicle. Chore trucks get it hard too. Hinges get worn things don't line up anymore and more stress on the striker. I have a family member that is always the last owner of any given vehicle. When he is done with them, it's because both my brother and I have said no more.

I get so mad when car sellers misrepresent what they sell. There is a used car dealership a couple towns east of me that routinely sells shoddy cars for far too much. Every time a person buys from them and brings it to where I work the car needs at least as much in repairs as the purchase price. I get buyer beware, but I also think a used car dealer should be at least somewhat honest.

All I can say is good work man. Yeah I have chased a couple wiring issues like that myself. I'm 61 now and really don't care to do stuff like that anymore ( unless I absolutely have to) because of the contortions you have to get into and my eyesight isn't what it used to be. I'm glad there are guys like you still out there to carry on.

I daily drive a '97 Blazer that i bought new. It has about 429,000 original miles. You never buy a 20 year old vehicle unless you know the history and have the ability to at least mostly work on it yourself. A lot of people call it being nickle and dimed to death, when the little repairs come up but I assure you, it is much cheaper than a $200, $300 or $600 car payment. Not to mention the insurance you have to carry on it.

This is a great lesson on having a pre purchase inspection done. If the seller won’t agree then walk to the next deal. One hour of a mechanics time can save you hundreds if not thousands of $$s great video Wes. 👍

When I grow up I wanna be Wes

A good human being Wes, we need more like you

Great job on an advanced diagnosis, given the limits! "Looks OK from a distance, but on closer inspection...." The theme on this one, even the painted rust looked OK from a distance!

A repair shop took me for $600 in 1971, ( when I was a young apprentice making $35 week). An experience that convinced me to do all my own mechanical work. For most of my life I have, I learnt to do it all including engine rebuilds. Cars have become more complex over time so these days the mechanic gets the job. I still do oil changes and such, and know enough not to get shafted. I admire your ethics and skill Wes, you are a fine example for us all. And I thank KZfaq for the opportunity to see them.

I feel for this young man. I hope things work out well for him. You did a superb job on this one, Wes. A++, brother.

"Do what you can in 2 hours." Turns out he can do 24+ hours of diagnostics and repairs in 2 hours.

You're a special breed, I almost gave up just watching, but then I figured if you can deal with this mess, the least I can do is finish watching. Nice work.

This is definitely good content it takes a good mechanic with good patients to know how to fix this and deal with it properly and with the customer.

It’s so refreshing to see a mechanic that knows something about auto electric, and electric in general. When the problem is electrical in nature, most techs just give your the blank stare.

This job took an insane amount of patience, you're likely one of the only mechanics nationwide that has the technical expertise and willingness to do this out of the kindness of your heart. Most would throw their hands up and say "Welp, my two hours are up." You helped this young guy who got completely screwed, and I'm sure this isn't the first time you've given free labor for those who are in a tight spot. What a NIGHTMARE dealing with that wiring, bro, holy smokes. Literally. You're definitely one of a kind, dude!

I once bought a motorcycle that had a bad stater.The seller knew I was a broke college kid abd he knew there was a problem but told me all was good. To fix the problem on my $0 budget I went to a motor rewinding company and asked them if it was possible for me to rewind the stater by hand. They told me if I was willing to do that they were willing to give me the insulated wire for the project.I unwound the stater lobe by lobe and made a diagram showing how it all came apart and then rewound it with new wires. The new stater worked perfectly for 5 years and I eventually sold the bike. Watching this video reminded me of that get'er done mindset.

At the intro I thought, “that’s a nice looking blazer”. Then I saw the rust and thought, “ ok that looks like every blazer here”. But the booger welded door striker brought it to the next level.

Another lesson to get a PPI done, but sounds like its a kid that just wanted to buy a car. Well done Wes, you're a man of integrity and compassion.

When I saw that burned wiring harness, I figured the end was near. Moved my mouse and still saw lots of time left in the video. Never imagined you'd end up where you did. Really nice work!

My understanding is that you took some bad comments on this. If that’s true, you don’t deserve that. Your patience here is incredible

My hat's off to you, Wes. Your client was very fortunate to engage an experienced and knowledgeable, and conscientious mechanic to deal with his problem.

This is my favorite kind of content. Logical sleuthing, wiring diagrams and going the extra mile to help someone out.

Wiring expertise second to none. Great job

As an owner of the EXACT same vehicle (Trail Blazer package) I'm a little bit happier with mine being in slightly better structural shape! Although I did have to replace the transmission on mine when I bought it and it could use a drivers front door panel. If this guy ever decides to scrap his blazer I'd love to have his door panels! The driver seat and all plastics would be nice too! I would like to add for the headlights and taillights being on, I think they are supposed to always be on while the vehicle is on as mine is the same way. Pressing the Dome Override button a few times allows manual light control using the dial and pressing it twice more turns the lights back on.. Not sure if this is something from the factory or not but I just leave the lights alone and haven't had any issues with them.

Above and beyond Wes! And honestly, I expected nothing less. Cleaning corroded connectors ... I have had decent results using Oxy-Acet tip cleaners "gently" to get into some of those smaller ones. Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦

You gotta feel for the guy that bought this, we have all been there. For me I got taken to school by a shop that “convinced” me that leaking axle seals = full axle rebuild. I still have no idea if all those parts and labor were actually completed and the axle was overhauled or if they slapped new seals on and sent it out the door but they got a few grand out of me. Haven’t been to a shop since, and do all of the work myself (save alignments) If I don’t know how to do it then the shop manual and the internet are my guide and I’ll figure it out. Too many shady shops and people out there who take advantage of others. Except Wes of course. 😃

Holy crap. I can’t believe you diagnosed, located and fixed the vehicle. I could have sworn it was ready for the crusher.

You are one of the best at diagnosing problems and fault finding. I wish I had someone like you nearby. Well done Wes.👍

I bought a 1999 dodge 2500 with the Cummins, the gentleman I bought it from had all these receipts from “shops” who had done work on the truck, after about a year of driving it I realized I had been f$!%ed over. Everything he had receipts for went wrong, I was only 19 at the time and had little experience with vehicles especially diesels, I learned to do a VERY close inspection before buying something. Awesome you’re helping a kid out as I didn’t have that luxury and the truck drained my finances and left me feeling upset and cheated. Awesome work Wes !

I don't know whether to consider you a genius or someone who just likes pain and suffering. Job well done either way!

I never understood that thought process of" put a bigger fuse in to fix the problem". I have come across that several times and have never seen that fix the issue lol. Those airboxes are a royal pain in the rear end for sure. Awesome job!!

I don't understand electronics at all. I enjoy watching you explain what you're doing to fix the problems and diagnose what happened to get there in the 1st place. I'll keep watching!

Nobody else would have spent the time to fix this. I know alot of mechanics and I cant think of one. A handful of them wouldn't and couldn't of even figured it out. Your the guy. Be proud of that. I hope your compensated well for your efforts.

The 4 wheel drive systems on this year Blazer is really complicated. It has the electric shift motor in the transfer case, and there's a vacuum actuator under the battery tray that works a cable system that engages the front axle. The door strikers are known for tearing away from the door jamb also. My 01 Blazer had the same problem.

A good honest mechanic is worth every penny , thanks

Nice job Wes...I never knew those connectors come apart like that. I felt sad when after that cleaning work that it didn't help. But you found the melted wires, then the burned wires under the hood. ..and repaired them! Nice bit of detective work...I admire guys who can apply solid deductive reasoning.

Oh What A Treat For Our Snowy Sunday Morning, Appreciate You Having us Along

You are truly an amazing man and technician for even looking at this vehicle letting alone trying to do any repairs, especially electrical on this machine. If there was ever a time to purchase a bicycle instead of a car, this is it!

Your ability to diagnose electrical issues always blows me away.

I bought an Acura integra in 2007, that was listed on eBay. Car was a theft recovery. Instead of replacing the harness that the thieves cut through to steal the original engine, they just spliced it back together with dozens of butt connectors. That car taught me how to do automotive wiring. As a result I’m not scared to mess with it. And I still have the car.

Wes is truly the wire whisperer. When I lay eyes on modern harnesses with all thise tiny wires, my blood pressure skyrockets.

You're a good man Wes, doing what you could for the guy that bought it, Lord knows a lot of shops 1 wouldn't have touched it or 2 taken him to the cleaners and not really fixed anything

I am blown away at your professionalism.

Rare to see such a knowledgeable tech with patience and determination to troubleshoot a mess like that and fix it! You are a good man. 🙂👍

Well I guess they all cant be winners, your a good guy Wes I know you don't work for free but you atleast feel for people and try to give them an honest evaluation

About 4 years ago, when I was a bit younger, and much more mechanically inept, I bought a 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix. The thing ran like garbage and I knew it, but I also thought I knew why. I was wrong, I was completely clueless and it took me 4 months to get this thing to run right consistently. It needed O2 sensors, I put 2 MAF Sensors in it because the first OEM replacement I got was for a naturally aspirated car, and mine was supercharged and didn't like that sensor, it needed a coil pack (which is what I'd initially figured out when looking at the car), and all of the wires were dried out and falling apart from the desert heat, and I replaced all the transmission fluid and the filter in my driveway, and I did a fuel pump through the crappy little access panel that GM gives you too. So I took a $1200 car, spent about $800 catching up on deferred maintenance on this car that I was beginning to piece together the story that it had sat a VERY long time in one place, and that past caught up to me after 6 months of fairly reliable service. It caught on fire from a wire in the dash harness being chewed through by field mice. I got the fire put out before any severe damage occurred to the car, but my ability to trust the thing had been holed, I patched up the harness where it had burnt and got rid of it, I told the guy about it and he didn't seem to believe me and took off in it. I wonder if he made it where he was going, quite frequently

Dude...there's some damn good mechanics out there, and many on KZfaq, and I count you among the best. Thanks for the content.

4:45 You mention an issue with the CEL not illuminating when you first brought the vehicle in and looked for it. I’ve learned after years of working emissions testing this particular quirk, with Chevy in particular. If you’re running the engine and turn the switch to ‘key off/engine off’, then immediately attempt to turn the ‘key on/engine off’ to observe the CEL for functionality, it won’t illuminate. Remove the key for about 10 seconds or so, reinsert and attempt ‘key on/engine off’, it’ll work normally. This applies even if the CEL is currently commanded on while ‘key on/engine running’. If you turn the ‘key off/engine off’ and don’t remove the key and turn the switch back to ‘key on/engine off’, it won’t illuminate for the bulb check, but once you crank it back to ‘key on/engine running’, it’ll illuminate. Weird, I know.. only seems to be Chevy/GM makes between roughly 1996-2006. Edit - I learned this the hard way, mind you. Covert Auditors tried this little trick on me once to check if I was paying attention during my visual inspections and tamper checks. They purposely left the key in the ignition once I pulled them in, and I failed them for a non-functioning bulb. A few weeks later, I get the news about this violation. I was educated about this very same thing, and now always remove the key and let it sit on the seat before my visual checks. Hope it helps someone one day!

Yup, my heart sank the moment when you showed us the melted wires knowing the amount surrounding them in the bundle and where they ran. I'm glad it worked out.

I am a qualified construction electrician and fault-finding vehicle electrics scare me. This was amazing to watch, nice job.

Absolutely correct on the air filter cover. I have an ‘02 s10 blazer since new. Every time I change the air filter I just shake my head. As I just turned 260k miles I’ve changed it a quite a few times. They worked hard on making that a pain in the a _ _.

Awesome diagnostic skills Wes! People should always Bring an OBD reader when buying. I just exposed a seller who simply removed the bulb for the Check Engine light.

Absolutely AWESOME job Wes, your diagnostic skills and your attention to detail, is second to none. I just wish there was someone around here locally to me with your work ethic!, I HATE electrical problems.

Really awesome video, Wes. You're the kind of mechanic everyone wishes they had. You always find the root issue and refuse to throw parts at it or hack something together.

Your narration as you go along diagnosing the problem is funny!!

Awesome job Wes! You did way more than you had to on this one and helped out a kid in need.