Mechanics React to More Awful Tiktok Repair Hacks

Do an episode where Sandro showcases his own hacks in the shop and the boys judge em. That’d be great.

Sandro in the thumbnail it’s instant 👍🏼

Nolan acting like a high school boy working on a project with his crush 😂

STEPH'S SMILE IS CONTAGIOUS!

Everybody else: "WTF?!?!?!" Sandro: "I've done that"

I remember when Sandro used to apologize for cursing now he just lets it rip lmao 😂

On heavy diesels with massive oil filters this hack is great 5:50 It makes the filter so much lighter and easier to control it and get it out from under the truck

Loving the addition of Tony. Cool to have someone who knows the science behind some of these weird things means. Keep it up RMS

You used a terry/microfiber towel with the carb cleaner. The hack used a paper towel, which had more contact on the surface, and didn't have any nap to reach into the stamped lettering as much as your towel did. Just a thought.

You’ve found some proper legends in Sandro, Angelina and now Steph. They could have this channel all to themselves.

The hole to drain the filter, not something I would do on small filters, but as a heavy diesel mechanic, definitely worth while on filters on 85L V16 engines. A lot of the filters have drain plugs on them to save you having to do this. The vacuum also is a good trick for small engines, basically a home-made transducer, another tool I use regularly to swap out hoses and such without draining 1000's of litres of oil from a hydraulic tank. (Again, sometimes come built in on the machines). Greay video, Steph is a good addition to the Sandro, Angelina stars! 👍🏻

Hydroponics are also used to grow lettuce and tomatoes indoors ;) When I was in college studying biology, there was a lab fully dedicated to studying hydroponics (it was in France, near Paris in 2009-2013) and refining the technique. I was friends with someone studying and working in this lab, he once brought tomatoes that were grown there after making sure they were ok to be eaten. These were among the tastiest, most perfect tomatoes I've ever eaten. I now live in southern France where homegrown tomatoes are known to be fabulous, these hydroponics grown tomatoes are still among the best I've ever had. For those wondering what hydroponics are, it's a way to grow almost any kind of plants out of the ground, on a fiber substrate soaked in water and nutrients. And yes it's also used to grow "aromatics". Actually, "aromatics" growth shares a lot with tomatoes...

Sandro on the thumbnail, I click. Brother knows what he’s talking about

The punch a hole in the filter to drain it first is an amazing trick for diesel engines. They tend to have enormous filters and a bunch of oil in the filter. So you end up with way less mess in the pit or driveway. I've done it for decades on diesels and particularly annoying and messy filters.

My dad wasn't around to teach me these things. I learn from YouTube and am proud of it. Self taught

I know 9:16 is an ad for the podcast, but I want to share my VG reliability story! I bought an 85 300ZX with 240,000 miles for $300 ($1 per Z) sort of running, sort of driving. It had no power until basically redline. Turns out that half of the cylinders had severe loss of compression (30-70 PSI on starter crank) due to bad piston rings AND someone took out an intake valve, ground it down to the size of the exhaust valves for some reason, and slapped it back in. The cams were also severely out of time, every sensor was bad, loose wires disconnected all over the engine bay, and it had no vacuum. Despite all of that, it ran like a champ! I even had it running with only 3 spark plug wires attached.

As a Car mechanic I feel like Sandro is the only one thats 100% honest about his experiences. So relatable

Homeboy picked that transmission up like it was Styrofoam

Sandro makes a good point about tutorials. even surgeons look through instructions before going through a procedure. no shame in a quick refresher

For that first hack, I had a much more extreme version, I was trying to drill some mounting holes on the engine cradle, and only had wood drill bits and an old single speed drill, after the first half of the holes, I discovered that I could lower the CAR onto the drill (braced on pavement), and exert as much force as I wanted without tiring myself,