Absolutely BRILLIANT! Thanks for sharing!!

It's about Value

That story about knowing charging for knowledge is older than the automobile. The earliest story I know of was with Charles Steinmetz identifying a fault at a power plant in the late 19th century.

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You got it.

And in 2023 it's still one of the most important and usefull tool for the gasoline combustion engines!!!

Yup ! Still need a vacuum guage to set hi and low jets on a carb. You also use them to set your pre-load on the waste gate actuator on a turbo, in a round about way.

Yep, but too bad cannot connect it into windshield wiper hose fitting anymore ;)

​@@TheSimoc 😂😂

I'm buying the '52 Chevy that my grandfather bought new. If I remember correctly, the vacuum wipers stop when you go up a hill.

amen brother !!!

That's right because no matter what no computer knows how to give you real time ,unless it's a clock , but,,, seriously it takes an actual Guage w/ pressure and vacuum ,something you have to do separately .

They HAD TO BE serviceable, servicing was required so often! Ah, the good old days.

that just means people after '42 drank coolant and acid so often that the idea of labelling those warnings onto cars evolved into a "there's no way around labelling those to the cars"

At one time in the history of internal combustion engines, before glycol based coolants were created, alcohol/water mix was your antifreeze. Trouble was that the boiling point of alcohol is way lower than water and created inherent problems as you can imagine. I'm sure it was wood (methanol) alcohol that was used and that could kill you, thus the warning.

My Dad used to say “It’s hell getting old, but it sure beats the alternative!” Now I am saying it.

The previous scan tool. You had to know how to read it. I still use it for carbureted engines.

A perfect diagnosis method was explained very well , in the olden days.... Wow with , Key points to B noted is - ignition, compression & carburation Then the power was stabilized as per optimal need of the vehicle movement ... Very informative vedio by them to re-gain the engine power ....

Back in '69, the "speed shop" where I had work done used a vacuum gauge to adjust "racing HYDRAULIC lifters" on a '68 Mustang that I was having "souped up".

My truck is a points and carb engine cant fix perfection!

​@@Victorsvolkswagens🙏🤠👍

a camel man would never

Oo, man. That sounds like a prank!

O god, that is something you are unlikly to find easily. Sounds more like sabotage to me

I had something like that too. I bought Maserati 4.24. when testdriving in the neighbourhood it drove okay. I bought the car. On the way home the car would not go beyond 80km/h. Are the turbo's broken? The next day i took it to a Alfa and Maserati garage. They cleaned all the fuel tubes and injectors and changed the fuel filter. Your car is now okay. 25 km further it stopped totally. The garage dude came and towed me back. He gave me an other car ti get home. The days later: a call. We found the problem: i showed up and the showed me what they found. They left it on the ground: al kind of dirt and salt. A lot. They changed out the gasoline tank for free and now it drives as it should be. Indeed can the gas cap be opened by anyone from the outside with a screwdriver. So, someone did that in the car when it was still from the previous owner. I have a foto from the found salt. Regards from the Netherlands

​@@gerhard6105 у меня были похожие проблемы с машиной. Купил фургон у мужчины, у которого как оказалось, были проблемы в бизнесе и со своими работниками. Кто то ему насыпал сахар в бензобак. Так же обнаружил, что машина не едет и не тянет. Всë проверил - всë работает, жужит и крутится. Снял бензобак - там сахар. Пришлось мне промывать бензобак и все топливопроводы. После этого машина заработала как надо.

Fort Leonard Wood is located near St. Roberts, MO about 150 miles NE of Joplin.

​@@sarider6294 now maybe, have you checked to see if they moved location?

@@spazemfathemcazemmeleggymi272 I grew up 12 miles from FLW and my grandfather worked to build it during the depression. It hasn’t moved.

Ft. LostInTheWoods. I was stationed there

I trained there last year as a motor transport operator.

Who doesn't want to have a programming degree and OEM tools to do a 5 minute job? It's just modern engineering efficiency obviously!

Its actually easier now, the onboard computer using the sensors seamlessly performs all of adjustments shown in this video. If there are any issues, it will show you via a scan tool and the appropriate PID.

@@PremiumFuelOnly for those willing to spend several thousand euros every couple of years to upgrade the software.

@@MsRustynuts Nah, it's all free and out there. Just need to know where to look

Thats right without the modern trash and high costs...

Mine was a 65 Fairlane 500 Good Times !!

I had a 64 galaxy 500..I'd fill her up with oil and check the gas lol .sure miss it

When Ford was great!

It's a good thing it was SO SIMPLE to work on because those engines had to worked on ALL the time! Try to imagine that 352ci engine running with the SAME spark plugs for 100Kmiles, or not needing a valve job at 200Kmiles or not needing a COMPLETE overhaul at 60Kmiles, and on.......! There is a reason why the warranty was only good for 12mo/12000miles back then!

you still can use vacuum gages and compression testers

Left out "feeler gauges", grease guns and a "Sun Machine" (for you wealthier guys).

no software yet to tell me what the reason is why cil#4 is low on compression

@@lt.lasereyez8891 It was clearly covered in the film, nothing has changed : do a wet / dry compression test to discern the problem . -Nate

@@VWNate1 hence my comment, this hasn't changed in a 100 years

Cool

Back in the day, being a good mechanic meant understanding the "mechanical" operation of an engine. Today, you have to be an "electronic tech" in addition to being a mechanic!

and I just DIY it last week....its great mechanical Engine Scanner

And some people used to do the tuning by the feel of engines running, and adjust the timing etc one of my uncle does that on old school engines back in my country as they still have alot off good old cars there from 70s 80s 90s so on.

Even if you changed points every other month?

@@stvargas69 if you set your gap correctly, changed or tested the condenser and kept dirt and moisture out of the distributor they would work as intended and be reliable. They'll never be as good as their electronic counterparts though.

@@PorkyHontas points are way better than the junk old Ford dura spark ignition! Tho GM HEI was the best.

The cars they were training them to work on weren't old yet. The carbs were less than 5 years old nice and shiny :D Carburetors are very reliable until they get old or sit a long time. Or somebody thinks they need a Holley double pumper instead of the stock carburetor

That might have meant that other stuff used to happen way more oftem, that nowadays is unlikly to happen. Bolts getting lose is something you come across in documentation of the era suprisingly oftem. It was a big enough concern to use left handed threads on the left wheelnuts and other places for example, something that is unheard for many decades now.

@@crazy031089 Carby is always the very last thing to check, not the first . Moist older engines will have tight valves followed by poor timing and you cannot possibly adjust the carby unless those are dead nuts first . Surprised they showed a spark plug gap gauge but didn't mention it's proper usage . Most older engines will run noticeably better if you run a slightly wider plug gap . Contact points should be set using wire gauges . -Nate

@@BlazingBlakesGaming Replacing a 4barrel that has vacuum "secondaries" with a double pumper does wonder for acceleration off the line. I ran Holley 4 barrel double pumpers in Boss 302 and Boss351 Mustangs instead of the stock set up, they were just as reliable! The only BAD thing was watching the gas gauge drop EVERYTIME you kicked in the secondaries!lol

There is a book called : G506 FULL MAITINECE GUIDE 1945 Look it up

in line 6 cylinder engines are bullet proof!

@@fidelcatsro6948 Stronger but not really bullet proof . This engine didn't have pressurized rod bearings, good search "Target Lubrication" for some eye opening info . They'll handle anything *except* high RPM's . -Nate

@@VWNate1 🤔i see

Today seems the complete opposite. 'Annual service oil change' is an opportunity to 'find fault', point out a rusty brake disk or excuse to do unnecessary shoddy repair work that makes more problem s later on. And diagnosis is now the opposite, even with a scan tool they'll just replace whatever is unscrewable mentioned on the screen, instead of finding out what's wrong first they'll replace every single component one-by-one until the customer stops coming back.

Cool video , do you think Eric O . Has seen it !

You praise men who fought Nazis in WW2 and then have a neo Nazi country's flag at the end of your comment?

@@spazemfathemcazemmeleggymi272 heah you say something about my father an ill tear off your face!!!🖕

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I have both.

I still got one points file used to be $2 now they're 15

Yes of course . points files are a special typ ~ they're "Burnishing" cut . I've been saving Dwell / Tachometers and dynamic timing lights from trash piles for decades, I teach those who want to learn how to use them, very few old vehicle owners care until it doesn't start or stops suddenly . My Metropolitan Nash Club has Tech Sessions to do and teach these things in the film . -Nate

You’re actually right

@@wb3161 NO ~ there should be NO VACUUM SIGNAL AT IDLE . -Nate

@@VWNate1 depends on how the setup is. Many have no vacuum at idle and receive after the throttle cracks but many have full vacuum below the throttle plate and will retard on acceleration and advance as load comes off engine as speed levels out. The idea is remove the vacuum line to be positive your seeing base timing. I’ve been working on cars as a career since 1981 and still doing it today in 2023

@@wb3161 Thank you Sir ! . So far I've only run into the full vacuum at idle and bleeds off as you accelerate in older Mercedes 117 engines, kinda threw me for a loop but once I understood it I was able to power tune it . I'm a retired Journeyman Mechanic began in the early 1960's I love learning, please keep sharing our knowledge . -Nate

@@VWNate1 you are very welcome

Not really! A cheap scan tool and SOME knowledge (thanks to YT) and you can fix a LOT of problems! Stop being so pessimistic!

Some.of heater cores on newer Gm you have to take front doors off, dash ,seats,steering column and tie bar. Then evacuate ac and remove hvac case. I do miss some older stuff. But pre old 2 or even old 1 can be challenging. I would have loved to see this video in the early nineties when I started. It would have been a cliff notes of pre fuel injection diagnosis.

@@theclickband1 the last carbs were a pain to diagnose eletricly steered soilenoids galore, I was glad when ecu controlled injection became the norm, that and obd standard, fuck im old

Yeah check the fuel mapping

Silly rabbit the obd2 won't work on 6v.

they havent invented transistors yet back then..

BUT, the future is ELECTRIFICATION!

@@TheOzthewiz AWESOME 🤠🤘

I keep a matchbook and a set of points in my old car just in case.

Or distributor caps either.

reminds me of my pesky 72' datsun 1200 ...once the mechanic replaced the points with a used electronic ignition module from Honda all my ignition problems went away!

That's one thing I'm glad I don't have to deal with anymore.

If you had a Holley carb, you could adjust both front and rear "float levels" on the side of the road with just a common blade screwdriver and an open end wrench, WITHOUT removing the carburetor!

Heatriser and egr are not the same actually

@@wb3161 he was making a joke about the cracked heat riser

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