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It's time for the Scotty Kilmer channel.
I've been working on cars for the last forty five years.
And for most of those years, I've worked all by myself.
So to day I'm going to show you how you can work on your own vehicle just like I do.
It's not as bad as you might think.
To start out with, I don't have a lift, I use a jack and jack stands, they work perfectly
fine.
A good set doesn't cost all that much, and hey, without having a lift, you don't get
as big of a gut when you get older from being lazy.
Now maybe you don't like getting your hands dirty, but I got news for you, I don't like
it either.
So I use these gloves all the time.
That way I can be a car doctor and not have to worry about cuts on my hands or oil getting
all over them.
Or you might think, hey I'm not strong enough to work on cars.
Well if you think these scrawny arms of mine are strong, you got another thing coming,
I use air tools all the time.
You might be surprised to find out how inexpensive air compressors and power tools are these
days.
For two or three hundred dollars, you can get new air compressors and air tools.
And if you buy used, you can get a whole much more a lot cheaper.
And it's not like your only going to use these tools on cars, heck, I use my air tools for
fixing stuff on the house all the time too, comes in real handy.
Matter of fact, I used this air saw to carve my pumpkin this Halloween, worked really good
and didn't take much time, surprised my wife.
And I know lots of you are thinking, cars are all complex computerized these days, how
can I figure any of that out.
Well as the saying goes, fight fire with fire, there's plenty of scan computers out there,
that range anywhere from thirty to a couple hundred bucks that do all kinds of analytics
on modern cars.
You just plug them into the data port.
And as you can see, there's all kinds of different data that you can get, it goes on and on and
on.
It will tell you what it means if your check engine light's on.
And it can even record live data, you can make a movie that shows you what's going on
if you have a problem.
You take the vehicle for a drive, when the problem occurs, this records it, then you
can play it back and look at the data and see if there's any problems anywhere.
But then you might say, I don't know what any of that stuff means.
Well, your watching this on the internet, so go on the net.
Just Google, scotty kilmer channel.
And up it comes, hey over nineteen million people have watched me so far.
Lets say the scan tool says you have a code p0130, well you can search the channel here
my typing it on, then clicking on it.
It's called replacing a bad oxygen sensor on your car, and it shows you what that code
means, and how you can fix it.
Or maybe your confused about changing brakes pads, well just type that in and watch some
of those videos.
Two of them popped up that time and in three minutes, you can learn a whole bunch.
So even though your working on your car all by yourself, you can get a hand from me just
by clicking on the internet.
And it's safer that way too, you don't have to deal with any of my personal idiosyncrasies,
you can just take my knowledge and run with it.
And you might think, I cant do everything by myself, I need somebody to help me.
Well a lot of times you don't.
Bleed brakes and do all kinds of stuff if you have the right tools like this steering
wheel holder and pedal depressor.
I paid a whopping thirty one dollars online for this tool and you can use it for all kinds
of stuff.
You can stick it against the seat and then you tighten the nut, push the brake pedal
down so you can bleed brakes all by yourself.
It takes orders and it doesn't talk back at all, unlike some people I know.
So if your like me and you want a job done right, why not do it all by yourself, like
I do.
And remember, if you've got any questions, just visit the scotty kilmer channel.