She’s right, I wish her the best in the future. I went through a similar experience as she did. I retired, went to automotive school, graduated and no one was willing to hire me due to my age. So I build a garage and worked for myself. I wish her luck and to remind her to remember……people talk behind your back because you’re in front……..

Only halfway through the video and can already tell she's ahead of the crowd and a has great attitude.

What a pleasant young lady, Lovely manner and superb attitude. Also well done for you in supporting her. She will go a long way.

Congrats to Athena and I'm sure she will succeed in her career with her professional and teachable attitude. It sucks when someone else's ego is a hurdle you have to overcome but we are confident in her abilities and we here in the comment section are rooting for her.

Congratulations on your graduation, Athena. I've seen you working with Matt, and I've seen the enthusiasm you bring to learning and growing your skills. You have the right attitude and the desire to excel at this. You've got this, girl! So proud of you!

Athena, you have an excellent attitude for this field and a desire to do automotive work. I've been an auto technician since 1987 and a shop owner since 2022. You have my deepest respect. There are a lot of "jerks" in this business, please don't let that hold you back. My advice to you, continue to learn! This industry is constantly changing. Learn as much as you can on diagnosing drivability/computer related issues. Matt is an excellent mentor to work with. ScannerDanner is another excellent teacher to learn from. This is a challenging industry but it is a very rewarding one as well. Don't think of it as just fixing cars, think of it as helping other people fix there vehicle problems. Athena, you have my best wishes for your success!

The girls done well now what she needs is a place to grow and learn I very much that she will find and fit in to a decent shop soon good luck young lady.

Slow clap for Athena! Keep her coming back! She knows her stuff.

Congratulations, Athena!

This video went by sooo fast! She's quite competent and really challenges the stereotype of women not wanting to get their hands dirty. She's a dynamo.👍👍

I love her attitude and as always love her teacher :)

Jerks is too mild a term, for those types. I am super glad Athena stuck with it. In workplaces that I liked, where certain people are less than welcoming, I’ve always adapted the Sun Tzu adage. “If you wait by the river long enough, you will see your enemy float by.” May good fortune find Athena. And may her future coworkers be ever welcoming.

One tip I picked up from another channel, when you're done with the current measurement, ALWAYS move your meter leads back to the voltage position. That habit will keep you from blowing fuses.

A tale as old as time. Good on Athena for her positive attitude which should give her plenty of time to excel in her field. She was extremely competent in her diag

She is so amazing and fortunate to also have met a great guy like you, Matt. Splendid right there!!

Wow! I loved this concept.....the industry is short on techs entering the field. I enjoyed this from start to end.

I would love it if Athena became a permanent part of the channel!

Thank you Matt for mentoring Athena and give her a chance to show her work. I’m a female and started to worked on car the last few years bc I lost respect for many mechanics that rip me off over the years. I learned to fix, replace and do all the maintenance on my car and enjoy doing it with pride. I’ve done jobs that dealerships and mechanics wants to charged me thousands of dollars for a fraction of the price and feel amazing that I no longer being scammed and treated like a dumb woman that doesn’t know anything about cars. Athena should inspire girls how to fix and take care of the cars bc women needed to arm themselves with knowledge so we can take care of our car and not becoming a victim of scams. Wish you luck and don’t let anyone put you down, prove them wrong by being a badass!

Congratulations to Athena! All young techs go through the "initiation" process when they enter a shop. The guys will tend to joke around with apprentices. When other techs hide tools on you to slow you up and make you look bad then that is harassment and is uncalled for.

I remember when I was in tech school, we had quit a few woman in our classes (people graduated every 3weeks/started every 3 weeks). I chewed out a lot of my fellow students because of their views on it. I remember one time some of the guys were complaining about one of the girls was 'unknowledgeable'. I said, none of us are knowledgeable, thats why we're here at a school to learn.

Congratulations Athena and so sorry that you were treated so badly by co-workers. It's safe to say that's not a good place to take a car so maybe it's a blessing in disguise?

As a mechanic for a good few years it is nice to see a woman take a trade in a male dominant trade. We need a change in this industry the young need a good place to work

Congratulations Athena on your graduation. Great job on the diagnosis.

Congratulations Athena on graduating

What a terrific attitude even through her challenges! in my opinion she would be an asset to any auto repair shop. Id wish her luck but she doesnt need it. Great attitude and very professional...🎉🎉🎉🎉

I've graduated from an automotive tech school myself and from my experience, the night classes general have people who could be labelled worse than "Jerks". Night classes are also for the best people who have a busy schedule but are bettering themselves, like Athena, so it feels like 2 separate poles of people rather than a spectrum of attitude. I wish Athena the best of luck, knowing of the challenges in the field that she's already described in probably the kindest way. I plan to open a shop in the future myself to help the community and offer the best in-field education possible with all being welcomed. I hope to be able to educated and let people like Athena learn and grow to do the best they can do.

Athena has definitely paid attention in school. Has a positive attitude. That would be tough with hearing loss, but she pushed through. Good for her, and good luck to her! The output shaft seal job on the Edge - pass, haha.

Thanks Bernie and Ms Vikki. ,🙂

Nice video. Congratulations to Athena, and much success!

Congratulations Athena, i only hope for more techs like you because looks like your already passing a lot of tech up in your abilities and leaving them in your dust, you remind me of a friend and she passes all the other people i have ever seen in her abilities and if she doesn't know something all i have to do is explain it once and she has it and me and my man brain is dumbfounded that she can learn so fast and run circles around the men. Keep up the good work Athena and God bless

Great stuff Matt. My faith in the younger generation has , to say it nicely been wearing a little thin as of late But every once in a while a little light shines through, and I would say Athena is one of those stars. My hats off to Her and to You Matt. This was inspiring to say the least. 👍👍🇺🇸

Great job Athena! Now that you no longer work there you should report the conduct of that shop to the labor board. My wife had a similar situation at a place she worked. They did go in and straighten things out at her former job. all the other women there were very thankful. It will not benefit you, but hopefully it will change the attitude of the bosses.

Do your thang girl!! Lookin good!

Nice episode, need more of these. Thanks!

I’m happy for Athena hope she does well in her future endeavors great diagnosis she did well I was bullied in my tech class and you know what I proved them wrong and I got a intern job with the school I went and got paid to teach the class on how to do a brake change

Good for her!! Keep on trucking and don't let anybody get you down.

Athena you have a positive attitude and I think you will do very well in the field. I definitely had experiences like you and that didn't stop me from succeeding. Very good work and I wish you the best.

I went to ACC back in the late 80s. Saddened to hear how Athena's been treated. I'd be happy to take a car to her shop.

Great video Matt. Athena, you keep doing you girl. You’re amazing and I hope to see more videos of you.

Congratulations to her! She will do well I’m sure.

Such an uplifting video; Athena is a breath of fresh air! (Not quite sure what that says about Matt's usual content.) 😂 Wishing you every success in your auto career, Athena!

Best wishes for the future Athena.

Awesome job Athena! And thanks for talking about your experiences...fellas, are you listening?

We need Athena more in the videos her work is up to par

good job! and good luck in the field! Just an DIY here, so I know the trade is a life long learning process. My first warning is that it is tempting to get the best of the best tools. The only tools that last forever are the ones you store between your ears. You are in good hands with Matt. He has the ethics and solid grasp of the basics (and obviously the advanced stuff too, but one step at a time.) Keep on smiling, keep on working, and keep the naysayers in the rearview mirror.

I’m glad you’re finding your way Athena, it’s inspiring to see you and hear about your experiences, but it is also less than inspiring in some aspects -rather intimating-! But I’m glad you’re sticking with it and figuring out how to navigate around the ridiculous things that happen to women in the automotive field! If I could start again in my twenties knowing what I know now, I would have gone to school for it💪

Keep up the good work Athena!

Good video Matt Congratulations Athena

Now I know how to check my battery, Athena thank you so much.

Matt, how old is this video? That new battery has a date of 10/23 for manufacture. That PTU (transfer case) in the Edge, there is a little more to that than just popping in a new seal. I know from experience. The short version, replace the transfer case. The long version, that fluid inside is black from the discharge I can see. There is no drain plug to drain/fill in that particular model. You can drill a hole and tap it with an npt plug in the bottom to drain/replace the fluid, but there is a good chance that fluid turned into mud. Just replacing the seal may be time wasted due to a total transfer case failure in the near future. To replace the seal, you do not have to split the case. Take a slide hammer puller (its like a large version of a pilot bearing puller) and slam the plastic retainer out. There are then 2 seals, one that holds trans fluid in and one that holds the transfer case fluid in. In that vehicles case, the fluid is black so the transfer case seal is leaking. If it was the trans seal, you would get trans fluid leaking. You replace both seals at the same time using a few specialty tools.

You go Girl . 👏 I would hire you any day . One tip baby girl , wear gloves 😊

She did a very good job. 👏💪💯👍

Congratulations Athena, don't let the jerks get you down. Hopefully you will find an open a d accepting place very soon. It's so sad that you even have to worry about such things.... Real men (and women) don't have to be little others to boost their ego.

I'd love to teach her how to build automatic Transmissions great money plus your mostly on the bench i think she'd love it. Great diagnosing thanks keep us posted on her out come if you can.

I think I was the viewer that pointed out the "no crank, no start" redundancy. It's the same thing with "hot water heater". It's just a water heater. Why would you be heating hot water? Congrats to Athena! It's appalling that she had to go through harassment. She's a bright young lady that seems genuinely excited and happy to be doing what she's doing. I see her as nothing but an asset to the profession! I wish her the best!

Good job 👏

Thanks for sharing.

wish her well and I think she will do fine in a job. I trained alot of people at work and she is OK

Good luck Athena! I’m a female mechanic, but more of what Matt does as a DIY from my garage. I actually never wanted to work in the field because I have a great daily job and I love working on cars so much I didn’t want to start hating it from doing it as a regular job. The mechanic field can definitely use more technicians like you though (why I started working on cars in the first place) and I wish you the best of luck on the front lines!

Outstanding!

Such a great video, I'm so amazed that I dont even know where to start. Let's start with message to Matt. Thank you so much for making this video, this is the best video besides series "typical weekend in garage if I was not filming". So informative and motivating. Please do more like this! Let's continue with with Athena. Dear Athena, I loved your attitude and passion, please keep it! It will always help you to overcome any type of obstacles at work (even in life!) Please consider creating automotive content. Wishing all he best! For everyone with no experience who decides to change the battery, just because you've just seen even girl can do that. Please be aware, that she wasnt here to teach you how to do it (even she would be a great teacher) She was here to do the job. (hoping we will see the teaching series soon!) With no experience you'll became welder/special FX character, if you dont disconnect negative lead on chassis end like she did. (but didnt mention) good day everyone!!!

👍 for Athena amazing attitude & approach in a few years she’ll be a master mechanic & a great teacher. Hats off for Chrysler mounting the battery in the wheel well. Easy access. Not.

Bravo for that girl - diagnostic technician, indeed.

Athena is a lovely girl, the garage i use has a girl mechanic shes been there for 25 years i think and is held in the highest regard by other garages and by me. Best wishes for the future.

The fact that she had to go through two kinds of the worst people is tough. Some hating her for no reason the others using her to show inclusivity. In my class we have only two out of thirty students female we treat them no different

As a male who got to work on cars from a very early age i like to see and work with women who have learned the field so well , as an older male who also has an age and field related hearing loss, i need help with rattles and squeaks also! Good diag and i never understand the lack of battery hold downs i have seen including used cars that the dealer can’t understand why i insist on a stable mount for the car batteries. Keep up your dedication to the automotive repairs!

somehow the videos are always timely and relevant to something i got going on😂

That was nice of you to show her skills in your video. I also hope that more female get into the auto profession.

Good luck

Those Chryslers will do some weird things with the instrument cluster with dead batteries and I have also see it with loose battery cables. I had one person that changed out the instrument cluster and all it was, was a loose battery connection.

Great job Athena! Thanks Matt for promoting her with this video. She's good at applying some of what she learned in tech school. There's something I noticed with the meter readings with the new battery at the end of the video. The voltage when first connected was 12.4V and at the end of video was less than 12.1 and falling as the camera stopped. Is there an explanation for this? Was it due to editing? I believe the key was turned off.

I suppose if you have a car that's starting but not cranking, then you don't need a mechanic, you need an exorcist.

As a professional, ms Athena has a great future ahead of her. That place she talked about and that “hazing” is bullshit. Wouldn’t be allowed at my shop by either my boss, manager or us, the techs. Keep working and learning young lady! I do have ONE critique: on Chrysler products: when the alternator is producing excess AC ripple, it will cause the instrument cluster to be stupid. So the only other thing that could have been done is checking the AC ripple of the alternator. Otherwise good stuff

Good luck Athina

Just saw a video on royalty auto service KZfaq channel where they used a tool where you places sensors on the area you want and it detects frequency of noises. Would be great for her. Keep your head up Charles Barkley says when you're successful half the people gonna hate you. Athena has a great attitude and great knowledge!! Learn something new everyday and welcome to the 2%ers!!

good luck Athena

Great video! She is going to do very well as a technician. I have a question. The car with the bad battery. Was it really a bad battery or was the problem do to corrosion?

What a lovely intelligent lady. Sad to hear how some people treat one another. By watching the way see works and her work ethic I’m sure she worth 10 times more than the dickheads that we’re giving her a hard time.

I am so excited for this girl. It is a challenge to perform under a pair of judging eyes. 😂 I usually don’t use multimeter, I just grab a battery tester (Kingbolen BM580) and it shows me the voltage drop, internal resistance, and ripple test which is more assuring. And I do that before disconnecting cables and looking for parasitic drain.

I liked that she used disheveled the correct way... "Ray" used it once and I was like ???? I can tell you that my experience being 6'4" has not always worked out so well... Now in my 70's, getting on the ground is for someone else..

Diagnostic question: I'm wondering if the old battery is still good and if the low power readings were due to the corrosion on the post-terminal. The disadvantage of the wheel well battery is quick testing is done indirectly without direct access to the posts. Curious if you later confirmed the old battery out of the vehicle with a battery analyzer (or equivalent? Agree with you the lack of battery clamp is high suspect for cause of accelerated corrosion (vibrations loosening terminal) and dead battery (vibration plate/joint damage) if it's dead? It's also been cold the last week in Denver which could support the terminal connection cause, hypothesizing cold metal distorts more as it heats from the starting amps and therefore why it unexpectedly started for you in your warmer garage. Good to hear real life testimony of battery issue causing "possession" symptoms. Any knowledge on how mechanistically this happens? Does the vibration in the bad connection introduce exogenous voltage ripple which the ECUs are interpreting as intentional pulses in they PWM protocol, perhaps?

Great to have another person on. I know anecdotally from my various work environments that Athena's story is highly unusual. I have seen no such anti female behavior like she was describing. Especially not comments about appearance which is a very well known no go area in the workplace. I'm impressed that her hearing loss is not appearing to be a major professional setback.

Sounds like she needs to start her own shop and have female mechanics. Also if I still lived in denver and knew her and heard about that I'd be whooping some @$$. But all that aside congratulations and I think its cool that a female is into wrenching and learning about cars and she did a good job and she will do great she has passion amd excitement. Good job girl 👍

Joking and teasing is normal But messing with your livelihood means war I have an electrician that runs away when he sees me

Bring her along and fine tune the skills needed with the oscilloscope diagnostics, this is future in automotive, most and many dealerships can't do it, she knows how to do brakes and check for leaks efficiently. Again her choice on the direction she goes. Love this video good job Schrodingers Box.

I am a female viewer, I hate working on cars but I love cars. I mostly know what I know out of necessity. I understand what its like trying to make it in a trade as a woman, I tried unsuccessfully to get an apprenticeship to become an electrician.

Matt and Athena: - It looks to me like Athena has pretty good presence on camera, and seems quite "take charge" of the diagnosis process. It could be a good idea to shoot an ongoing series of videos with her running the procedure, or with her narrating and explaining Matt doing the procedure. This would build up a bit of a portfolio of videos that potential employers could look to for some confidence that her work quality and style would be an asset to them. Along with those videos bringing more value to your channel. Might even build up a YT career for her, and the heck with employers!

Good Athena

Oh and funny story. I worked with a guy that had a Chrysler 300M. He said he was late to work because he had a bad battery and had to have AutoZone put one in. He didn't know I worked on cars. I said AutoZone won't put one of those in. He was like, "yeah they put in batteries for free." I was like "not yours, because it is inside the wheel well and you have to jack it up, take the tire off, and remove the inner wheel well to get to it." He whispered "Shut up TOM" at me, because our boss was standing there.

Ya kno.... I'm so into John 13:34: "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another"

Wow❤

What if it doesn't crank but will bump start?

I had a coworker at my old job who was a male nurse, and he got harassed by female coworkers for years on end.

WAIT How do we know starter is good? Not drawing too much amps??

Athena should start her own KZfaq channel. I'd be watching all of her...videos.

Your girlfriend loves it😂

How can we help Athena?

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What makes me disappointed in this industry is no body is willing to give you a chance except very few and rearly good owners to grow through experience wise.In reverse they blame you for your luck and in efficiency with degratory and foul languages.

Sounds like they were threatened by her. Ill hire her right now in California, we need more female technicians!