Nowadays: Backup cameras, heated seats, power windows, mirror de-frosters, CD players, GPS, rear window de-froster, power mirrors, and air conditioners have even further complicated the electrical work.

Sounds like he was more of a coward to me!

@@colemancalgary5260 Takes one to know one. Only a cowardly piece of shit hiding in the internet would call a ww2 combat vet that went through hell and back a coward you're probably a bottom dwelling shit bird civilian too that never ever served a day in the military!

Yes thank you!

The money ain’t there because credit has been too cheap for long. People buy new cars and instead of getting repairs. This diverts work away from mechanics. Things will change soon with higher interest rates.

Lol

This is not the mechanics fault. Most parts are too complicated to fix or its much cheaper for the customer (you) having parts exchanged rather than paying for several hours of work. If something is faster to change than fix, its better to change it.

Very very true!

You sound stupid as fuck. What part needs swapped if you can't diagnose?

@@joshbarth9469 My experience is that many shops don't diagnose to any degree, they just keep swapping parts that may be at fault until they finally replace the defective one. The owner of the car has to pay for all the unneccessary labor and parts.

I believe scotty’s era would’ve been the 70s

OAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

machining really isn't even done much with auto repair today an engine will last the life of the car if taken care of properly or if one does blow up its cheaper to swap in a used engine from a smashed up car than it is to have an engine rebuilt. Most of the work machine shops do now a days is for hot rods, classic restorations, or race cars.

Film was made in 1940 Automotive machinists were very busy in the next few years after you couldn't get a new car or tires etc .

They did----starters, generators, carburetors, etc.

Yeah, that's why cars weighed four tons and got five miles to the gallon at 120 horsepower. Thankfully we have composite parts nowadays that outlast metal, weigh a fraction of what cast iron or steel weighs and help cars get 400hp and up with stellar fuel mileage. But keep rebuilding that carburetor if it makes you feel better; my plastic injectors never need maintenance.

@@RockandrollNegro Cars back then were generally lighter than modern cars, sometimes a lot lighter. Composite parts do not outlast metal at all lol. They just figured out that many of the parts don't need to be metal. Give them a couple of decades and many of the invocations and technologies developed in ww2 were passed down to the automotive industry and they started making massive gains in power. The only thing modern cars have over old, is safety and reliability(to a point). A modern car is a lot more likely to start, and needs much less tuning and babying. With those older cars, the average joe could pick up a socket set, wrenches and service manual and have his car fixed within the afternoon. With modern cars, if anything attached to a sensor brakes, you need a thousand dollar scan tool just to get started.

I would give anything to be able to go back to THAT time!! I was a Service Tech from 1977-1997... Possibly the WORST period in U.S. built cars...

Not worth the paper they're printed on.

A Toolbag it’s not the wrench it’s the wrencher. My dad was a mechanic for twenty years and he used craftsman and sk tools

I know a lot of mechanics who use craftsman they also make less and are more prone to injuries compared to someone who uses snap on tools

Coleman Calgary never seen or heard that. Frankly I like older craftsman tools all mine have held up just fine and I don’t see the need in paying big bucks for a snap on tool that will do the same job as my USA made craftsman

@@colemancalgary5260 New guys are more prone to injury due to their inexperience or the nature of their work. Has nothing to do with the tools. The mechanic who can afford a big shiny box full of Snap On generally doesn't get stuck with the shit work that new guys get stuck with because they've been around long enough to not have to break their backs any longer.

@@rickygarrett8695 he sucks

It was both. Many of the dealerships worked off flat rate estimates but independents were usually parts plus hourly labor Even flat rate shops had to charge additional hourly labor if the job was more difficult that shown in the flat rate book. Really, nothing much has changed since then in terms of shop charges. What changed is the simplicity of how cars were built. Almost every part of a car could either be cheaply replaced or was able to be repaired in the shop. For example, it was rare to actually replace a whole generator unless it had some kind of physical damage like from a collision Everything from the generator case to the windings could be rebuilt in the shop or from some inexpensive parts kept in stock. When I was a helper in the early 60's, I don't remember us replacing a whole generation with a new one. Now, if the right error shows up, you alternator gets trashed and is replaced with a new one. The days of the shade tree mechanic are just about gone.

And spoke English

Back when the United States wasn't circumcised.

In other words, back before liberalism become the disease it is today.

No the mechanics we have now have far more tools and technology to do our job. Back in the day they had far less cars on the road so they had time to do all the machining. Theres alot of shops now we call them machine shops if u wamt transmission re built u go to a transmission shop if u want an alignment u go to a tire shop if u want paint u go to a body shop if u want classic restoration u go to a restoration shop if u want upholstry u go to an upholstry shop. If u want computer programming u go tl a tuner shop if want a windshield or window tinting u go to a glass shop if u want a stereo or radio u go to a audio shop. imaging trying to fit all those tools and equipment into a single shop. That would be one big ass shop!!!! Nd the stuff listed is only a few things i mean if u wanted emissions checked or inspected u would go to a smog shop. Thats alot of stuff to know i mean alot pf equipment alot of tools alot of knowledge is required to do this stuff. Basic tools can u get u far but some tools u absolutely need of u want to be efficient in getting the job done in a timely manner nd the diagnostics tools can only do so much i mean we need the internet nd sometines even the internet dont got information. Like wiring schematics or voltage references nd parts testing procedures. At the shop i work in we got all data mitchell pro demand chilton haynes everything for information the funny thing os when theres a 2019 car coming into the shop cus its out of warranty cus someone voided warranty nd we gotta figure out shit with no information.

Sounds nothing like Gary Cooper. Did you just pick a random old movie star out of the air? "This sounds like Lair Cregar to me."

And the cars were only worth a few dollars so they would be scrapped on a scale if the repair was over $15 dollars.

Lots and lots of mechanics wore white, and it was still really common even through the 1960s.

they're still out there

Most I know can...

EETechs i know zero that machine parts

You won’t find a good machinist period that can produce most parts on modern cars