Wes at the parts store: “Hey, I need a AC hose ” Parts store clerk: “Best I can do is a random pump take it or leave it”

The fact that you have connections with a body shop and are willing to suggest that avenue, is great! Like the Nissan; rather then give up, you merely stated that the frame needed to be straightened. You're an honest man Wes and a top shelf mechanic. Your videos make my day. Stay well.

That is a DEF pump for either the baby duramax or the 1.7 diesel that came in some of those cars. At times they were hard to get, I bet someone is waiting for that part somewhere in the country lol!

Wow. Whoever "repaired" that after the front end collision is straight up a scam artist

Wow what a bad job the other folks did on this car. But you immediately saw the problems and knew what needed to be done to complete a proper repair. Fantastic job as usual. Thanks for the videos.

as a 35 year tech, I had to laugh when you said "does anybody even Know what it is".. the parts situation is unbelievable. we will be lucky in another year if any of our cars are running.

That must be an fun phone call to your customer

A mid-week Wes video?!? Fantastic! Congrats on 200k subs good sir!

Hey Wes, I am a retired W. WI deputy who got comfy early working with WSP MV inspectors who do everything from truck inforcement to dealer complaints. Before I retired, IL dealers near the border used to buy reams of blank WI used car window inspection sheets and advertise that their cars were inspected up to WI state standards. I got a WI dealer's licence put onto double-secret probation when they sold a kid a POC Camaro off their lot premises but with the sticker still attached. He drove it 14 miles and the LF A-frame detached at about 40 MPH. I worked the accident and called my fav inspector who issued 3 grand in citations and did a 2 year audit of the dealer. Word got around and the next year the local dealer's association withheld their fifty dollar gratuity to the Policeman's benefit-all my fault. 😂😂😂😂😂

Your assessment of GM quality control issues vs shoddy repairs is very amusing to me.

Dude I haul cars into and out of salvage auctions. I dont think I will ever buy a used car again without taking at least half a day inspecting it

That's absolutely appalling, a good demonstration of the value of independent vehicle inspections pre-sale.

'Somebody's been here before' great fix Wes! Previous bodyshop not up to Vehcors standards ...

Always fascinating to me how an experienced table operator can can put right an otherwise ruined unibody

This is a vehcor special, he loves working on vehicles where people have been there before. Just think if manufactures started testing vehicles in the colder climates, how things could be different. They sure wouldn’t be pushing for more Electric Cars.

Sure would like to know the back story on the body work. Fly by night at the very best! Max was so disgusted he refused to move!

Some of those crushed frame parts should have been in "THE PILE" in Chicago. We all know who didn't do the original repair on that vehicle.

I used to work in GM Parts Department. I can't tell you how many times I sold the right part number for something, only to have a completely different part in the box.

"...a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma." Cogent assessment, indeed.

Wow, I bet the owner was shocked and extremely pissed off with the person or company they got it from.

My son is a Technician at a Chevy Dealership and he said its common knowledge that Chevy/GM is overconfident with the use of plastic components instead of steel.

That green paint is Gorgeous from a distance

I could hear Scott’s “somebody’s been hear before!” When you said the radiator had been pushed back. Nice work Wes and your bodywork gnomes did a great job too.

Wes would be proud of me. I put permatex brake parts grease on my new brakes. Would never have done that if I hadn't watched him work.

That's the classic "i'll just take the insurance money and fix it myself." Then have a buddy paint it.

It's amazing what we have seen lately in our shop from the the used car market. Sketchy body work, substandard parts, missing hardware...It's as if some people no longer have any pride in their work or products. Makes me sad.

What a mess! Good job sorting it all out for the lady Wes. It's good the car wasn't totaled, as that would have been an expensive lesson for her. Good work.

Imagine the damage (to car and folks inside) if that car had taken another hit to that messed up front end…

So what did the CarFax report say? I'm betting not a word! Great job on the repairs. I hate to see people abuse the system like this and take advantage of the others. You said it right "buyer beware"

Well from ac to body shop work. Definitely didn't see that coming. Thanks Wes for sharing and your so right ,Buyer beware. . Have a great Day👋

What shoddy workmanship. Whoever put on that foam piece with masking tape should be FIRED! That calls for a Duct Tape repair.

"The Bermuda Triangle of auto repair" LOL. Too funny. Great video.

If Wes is posting on a Wednesday you know it's going to be a "special" episode 🤣

I think she ought to go after the person that put it back together together and give them the bill. Really like watching your videos!

I wonder what the title says. Sure looks like it was "totaled" before. Great repairs by the body shop and yourself.

“Bermuda Triangle of auto repairs” is an understatement. More like “Ripleys Believe it or not”.

Like your video from Thailand.

We as mechanics get to see more than our fair share of crappy body work/repair. Body man had used entire roll of electrical tape on wiring then hung the new rt ft fender over the mess. I fixed his CEL and driveability problems by removing the inner fender, the tape, and splicing several cut wires caused by the wreck.Body shop owner brought me the car. That's just one of many....Rainy day no run F 150 had the cracked windshield replaced, then it leaked water into left front kick panel, filled ECM with water. I could go on......

lol Bermuda triangle of auto repair ... white knuckle towing ,you come up with some great sayings ... funny stuff .. ..great vid!!!

Thanks for an extra mid-week update. Between you and Eric O I'm not getting a whole lot accomplished. I'd love to know the back story on this vehicle. I'm going to guess this has a clean title. It was wrecked with no insurance. It was repossessed, sent through the dealer auction as-is, slapped together, and sent on to an unsuspecting victim.

A fun pastime I like to do is spotting body shop repairs that come through my service bay. Amazing what some vehicle owners are ok with getting back from the body shop cause it can be pretty obvious.

Nice job Wes.

It's bad enough that modern autos need to be half disassembled to accomplish what should've been a reasonably easy task. It gets much worse when you find all that plastic is covering nasty secrets that even the current owner didn't know about.

I like how you did the video. The pace of it fits very well with my brain: small, clear statements, good dynamic images (not too messy not too steady), good lighting, cuts and transitions at the right time. Enjoyed.

It’s crazy what some shops will allow out the door with no regard for quality control

Good show Wes. The average person would not pick out those signs of poor body work, but after you point them out we can ALL see them.

I can't figure out how I missed this one. Ooh, I was suffering a summer cold after spending 2 days at the VA hospital for appointments.. Nothing new there. Anyways, watching Wes repair a AFUBAR like this one really made a nice Saturday night surprise.

Bermuda triangle of automotive repair... I like that! 🤣

1000 to 1 odds it had some Chicago body shop work done.

Yous sarcasm and humor is hilarious!!!

You must have an exceptional body shop to be able to get the necessary parts to mount the radiator properly that quickly. Good job having them fix all the body damage, that is incredible if the owner “paid” someone to fix the obvious crash damage. Beyond shoddy work.

Looks like new says the salesperson . Ouch, serious bodging done, good to see the customer had it repaired correctly 👍. Thanks for sharing

Omg Wes .. cant believe a body shop would do crap work like that! How the hell do they sleep at night....the masking tape ???? Good Grief! .Glad you found a body shop to do things right....Thanks again for great videos and your honest work ethics.

As a retired GM tech and have been in similar parts situation, the parts department should have caught the error in the packaging knowing that the hose that size doesn't come in a box that small. But like all automotive engineers, they don't care because they don't have to work on it.

Ya know what 11 min videos mean? More family time for Wes and the family. Well done Sir. As always, all the best to everyone. Chef Scott 👩‍🍳

Masking tape? No, no, no, that's a universal fastener...um all the upscale body shops are using that now, yeh that's right. I can see why they did not want to bring the car back to the people who "fixed" their car to address the AC leak. Great video Wes thumbs up.

Somebody was stoned when that box was packed.

Mirando este video y anteriores del canal en el 2024 , envidiando la tranquilidad de ese taller para trabajar

Now THAT is just plain *sad!* 😑 It's amazing how soo many body shops take advantage of people by not fixing what's unseen. There is a body shop close to me that does the same kind of "repairs." How they are still in business to this day is a mystery to me. I'm glad you and the body shop could still get the customer back on the road. Take care 🔧

Hose+frame work=fixed AC! PERFECT!

In the KZfaq dreamworld this would have been a perfect Watch Wes Work/Vehcor collaboration.

WOW!! what a mess! I'd bet that was an insurance repair!! (they didn't want to fix it right) Glad you had recorded the disassemble of the front end! that way the customer had proof that you didn't do anything wrong!! At least the customer has a "Fixed Right" Vehicle!! Thanks for sharing the video!!

As expected, repaired properly. I imagine it would have been possible to continue along the same trajectory and bend some new lines so they wouldn’t rub, etc., however you really can’t guarantee that sort of work (or have any desire to associate your shop with that sort of thing). In this case the customer apparently had the means to fix it properly, but I feel bad for those who don’t and would have been in a real bind here.

Hello, I'd like to add something to the whole 1234-yf thing. I'm an apprentice in my 2nd year at a ford dealership in germany. We also have such a "Robinair" machine, but a different model. Ours is able to inject oil, the uv-dye and a special non conductive oil you need for vehicles with high voltage a/c compressors, which are in ev's and some hybrid vehicles. So yea, I don't know how it is for you in the usa but we have such machines over here. And yea, the whole put in pull out deal is normal, I once asked someone at our shop and got the answer it is supposed to get a charge which is more precise in terms of actual refrigerant charged into the system. Oh and, yea. Our Robinair machine recently made a bang noise and was dead. A tech replaced the inbuilt power supply and the logicboard, hope it doesnt happen to you. Anyways, keep up the good work. Greetings from Germany ~Marek

Wes, what I love about your channel: one project vehicle, define the problem, gather the parts and explain the repair process. Thank you. You and Eric O are the best at this format. Best Regards

That's not some "gizmo", it's a Red Licorice Tape Monster. A promotional item from the 80s. It helped sell a lot of candy to kids. Quite collectible.

At the shop where I work, we got the exact same 1234 machine. Let me tell you a story about it...When we got it, I was tasked with filling the internal tank. As you well know, that 1234 gas is insanely expensive, I believe it was 800 bucks Canadian for a 10 pound bottle. Well, I started up the process and went to do something else while it filled. Then I heard a hissing sound a while later, the bottle was almost empty. I opened up the brand spanking new machine only to discover they had shipped it with a completely loosened fitting inside it, the entire 10 pounds of precious 1234 had disappeared in the atmosphere. Needless to say, my boss was NOT happy....they ended up refunding us, but it took a whole lot of persuading and ultimately a lawyer threat to get them to do it. Like Wes says, new doesn't mean good...

Related to the f700 video that had some wiring comments. An Everett based plane builder does not allow twisting of the conductors. A unit measurement is assigned to each size of wire. Same for the splices/terminals.(think area). You can jam as many conductors as you like, as long as the minimum and maximum area units are maintained. Hope that helps you sleep better. Great videos. Thank you.

Very nice, I always like to watch an honest, competent mechanic at work. Thanks!

Wes " ill put it back together and send to the body shop, Me... get this piece of chit outta here....next.. Wes is the man with the patience of Job

I Lost it at "if you came here for good new... You came to the wrong place!" haha that was good

Every time I watch one of your new car horror stories, I am so happy that I am still driving my 2000 Yukon.

Yeah I worked in a body shop many years and wow Yeah one would never leave our shop in that shape. Must have been a back yard job.

The 2019 Chev Equinox must be cursed. Mine has been hit in the front twice "Parking lot Hit & Runs". The first was a lower bumper cover and fog lights. The second was everything in this video, along with a new Grill, AC Condensor, Rad, Active shutters, and something with the turbo, long story short the itemized bill was ten pages long. It was $14K for the bodyshop, 5 Months in the shop, and another $5K for a rental, all covered by Insurance. A week after I got the vehicle back, I was sitting stopped in traffic and my vehicle was low speed rear ended by a distracted driver.

7:08 I look forward to the video where you remove those absolutely obnoxious fender flares from the Silverado.

Chevy Equinox will put your boy through college.

They could have at least great stuff foamed that bumper support! 🤣. Fancy upgrade on the AC machine Wes! 👍😁

On my sisters car the crash bar was pushed and collapsed the crush tube piece. Never knew till an air duct fell out of place when someone backed into her and broke the fog light. I knew the car was hit but the carfax was clean. Didn’t know it was a owner repair and not insurance. They got it looking good and sold it.

I can just hear the guy's that ripped her off . "Ah , Just cover it up with cheap new parts , She will never know !" Great job Wess you now only found the problems you fixed them And sent it out to have the body done right .. Nice job

So yeah that's a DEF pump, somebody screwed up in inventory or the part gets put in the wrong box, working at a GM dealership for over 5 years, I've seen many times before Sorry for whoever owns that vehicle, that is so messed up on so many levels, thank goodness Wes is there to save the day, that vehicle needs someone who cares, great work Wes! PS that ac machine is a pain the rear 😡

3:13 Had this happen to me once. Was doing an aftertreatment update on a neighboring shops service truck (still haven't figured out why the Komatsu dealer techs couldn't do the work on their own service truck 🤷‍♂) ; was supposed to get an updated wire harness for it. Cummins sent me a box with the correct part number on the label and all that; inside the box was a set of piston rings.

Bravo Wes for your expertise ! It is deplorable to see garages that work in this way (...) Thank goodness you stepped in and were able to to see this carnage !... I think that in the future this customer will know where to turn to have his car repaired ;-) (video a bit short, too bad...) JC

Great job there Wes.

To bad you had to waste all that time on but you probably gained a customer with your honesty. Good job.

Thanks for the video, always enjoy watching!

Great snooping! Enjoyed watching! Thanks.

Another first class video. Thanks for taking the time and trouble.👍

Yep ac work and the Bermuda Triangle go hand in hand. I have been working on my RV’s basement unit and want to put the motor home into the Bermuda Triangle. I feel like they started with the ac unit and built a motor home around it. 🤬🤬

I have never turned down a job in my shop. This one I would have said "sorry not today son"!

Watch Wes Wisely Walk aWay!

Well done, Wes. I am sure the customer has peace of mind after the discovery of the shoddy repair, and quality re-repair.

Love all your videos and the odd mid week ones are super!

Another great show Wes, congrats on 200k. I suspect it will grow much more in the coming months.

I've just noticed ,You've broken the 200K mark . Congratulations 🍻

Vehcor would be salivating to redo this one. Somebody's been here!

Great job! Keep up the great work!

Really enjoy your humor and the technical expertise

Thanks for the videos Wes!

"Haamm, thats not gonna work!..." epick komment. Ceep up the good work, Wes.. been following you for some years now really enjoying the channel.. stay safe, greetings from Norway

Excellent video Wes :) one mark of list to repairs on also glad all work out for you and costumer!