MECHANICS TECH, TOOLS & TOYS
‘In this video, I show how I replaced the idle air control valve on a Ford Focus 2004 2.0 litre engine. This fault can show up with NO engine management light on the dash and the fault mostly occurs when slowing down at traffic lights where it will cut out […]
‘In this video, I show a step by step guide on how to replace a damaged ABS reluctor ring and remove the rear driveshaft in a BMW E90. This is the second time I have worked on the ABS in this vehicle. I fitted a speed sensor in a previous […]
On this week’s episode of Grease the Wheels, Uncle Jimmy takes aim and touches a few hot ones off at the customers! There are a lot of things that we wish customers knew, but one of the first ones that comes to mind is that manners are not optional. If […]
‘A Volvo 2014 S60 with central locking, electric windows and folding wing mirrors not functioning. In this video I go through the steps on sourcing the fault and fixing the problem.’
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On this week’s episode of Grease the Wheels, we actually explore several paradigm shifts that are all happening in the automotive industry at the same time. First off, and probably the one that we are most happy about, salesmen are going extinct. Seriously, the internet is the most brutally efficient […]
‘In this video I go through the step by step process of diagnosing and fixing an engine management light warning fault in a Ford Focus. The fault was related to the Exhaust Gas Recirculation valve (EGR) Flow. I detail the signs of a bad EGR valve.’
On this week’s Grease the Wheels, Uncle Jimmy reimagines some popular games to be more on brand with technicians and people who fix things for a living. There’s probably a good 2/3rds of you reading this right now who are playing “Trash Jenga” (we want to see who has the […]
Although we generally don’t do mobile repairs anymore, we were recently called out to attend to a 2016 Ford Transit van that had suffered a catastrophic rear wheel bearing failure while traveling at 80km/h. Now, you’ll agree that rear wheel bearing failures are rare on these vehicles, but in this […]
‘In this video, we’re going to be doing a diagnose when driving type of video. I’m going to be showing you what’s involved in trying to diagnose and pinpoint a problem down as you are doing the test drive in a vehicle.’
