Challenging Dodge Charger: Part #3
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Date: 2021-03-27
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Dan
My son has a 2008 Dodge Charger that we did the 2. 7L to 3. 5L swap in. Well I have to agree with Eric O. on these cars. They're a huge pile of steaming poo. I went to jack the car up to do the brakes. I used the frame rail as that's supposed to be a structural part of the car. Well guess what? It started to buckle and push up into the floor. I had to use the crossmember for a jack point. I then informed my son, if you ever get in an accident this car is going to disintegrate around you. Dodge and Chrysler cars do not like Michigan and the salt we use here in the winter. But again I have a 2000 Toyota Camry that has very, very little rust, maybe just a smidge of rust on the passenger door. But for a 21 year old Michigan car I am impressed by Toyotas manufacturing process and the materials that were used in said car.
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My son has a 2008 Dodge Charger that we did the 2. 7L to 3. 5L swap in. Well I have to agree with Eric O. on these cars. They're a huge pile of steaming poo. I went to jack the car up to do the brakes. I used the frame rail as that's supposed to be a structural part of the car. Well guess what? It started to buckle and push up into the floor. I had to use the crossmember for a jack point. I then informed my son, if you ever get in an accident this car is going to disintegrate around you. Dodge and Chrysler cars do not like Michigan and the salt we use here in the winter. But again I have a 2000 Toyota Camry that has very, very little rust, maybe just a smidge of rust on the passenger door. But for a 21 year old Michigan car I am impressed by Toyotas manufacturing process and the materials that were used in said car.
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Rice
Eric, was seeing how rusty that car WAS. Needed fluid film or crown. O own a 19 prius that I JST had fluid filmed. I TOOK all the shields down/ installn a cat shield, ALL in my driveway. Im almost done but thnx for motivating me this am. Im in my late 60's, took auto shop in HS, went to GM school, but didnt pursue bc I got hired at a factory. U have SO much patience, living in PA, we're like u on rust. I lube the shit out of things/coat all parts I can. Things I CAN'T do, I have a family shop who wrks like YOU! That car, u fix one thing, who knows WHAT will go next. And the wrong PART? U have my utmost sympathy! Ppl dont know, u REALLY wrk for ur money, not like some cake job in the sunbelts.
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Eric, was seeing how rusty that car WAS. Needed fluid film or crown. O own a 19 prius that I JST had fluid filmed. I TOOK all the shields down/ installn a cat shield, ALL in my driveway. Im almost done but thnx for motivating me this am. Im in my late 60's, took auto shop in HS, went to GM school, but didnt pursue bc I got hired at a factory. U have SO much patience, living in PA, we're like u on rust. I lube the shit out of things/coat all parts I can. Things I CAN'T do, I have a family shop who wrks like YOU! That car, u fix one thing, who knows WHAT will go next. And the wrong PART? U have my utmost sympathy! Ppl dont know, u REALLY wrk for ur money, not like some cake job in the sunbelts.
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autos
I grew up in NW Wisconsin. They use salt in the winter. I live in the UP of Michigan for 16 years now. They use salt in the winter. Never have I see a vehicle (except some GM products) that rusted, that crusted in my life. Crusty is what really blows me away. I've see Ford, Dodge, Chevy, GMC, Toyota pickups with the bed rusted out and the front fenders rusted out but the cab (rusty) is still attached properly and the suspension and frame parts are rusty but not rotting away crusted.
Who the heck thinks it is a good idea to salt brine roads in the summer. They need to be taught a good lesson in economics and chemistry.
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I grew up in NW Wisconsin. They use salt in the winter. I live in the UP of Michigan for 16 years now. They use salt in the winter. Never have I see a vehicle (except some GM products) that rusted, that crusted in my life. Crusty is what really blows me away. I've see Ford, Dodge, Chevy, GMC, Toyota pickups with the bed rusted out and the front fenders rusted out but the cab (rusty) is still attached properly and the suspension and frame parts are rusty but not rotting away crusted.
Who the heck thinks it is a good idea to salt brine roads in the summer. They need to be taught a good lesson in economics and chemistry.
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Jim
As a driver of a 1999 Ranger in CT, this video brings out many emotional responses. It makes me run to buy a case of Fluid Film. It makes me feel really bad for the professonal mechanics i occasionally take it to, and makes me really appreciate them. It makes me hate the new more agressive salts they put down in the winter. It scares me to death that eventually i will be the only one willing to work on it, for good reason. It makes me sad that eventually i will have to just scrap it. Must be a good video!
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As a driver of a 1999 Ranger in CT, this video brings out many emotional responses. It makes me run to buy a case of Fluid Film. It makes me feel really bad for the professonal mechanics i occasionally take it to, and makes me really appreciate them. It makes me hate the new more agressive salts they put down in the winter. It scares me to death that eventually i will be the only one willing to work on it, for good reason. It makes me sad that eventually i will have to just scrap it. Must be a good video!
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Poohbear
Shocked that the cutting touch wasn t he primary tool! Incredible that the bolts holding the diff actually came off by hand, I think you scared the rust right out of her! Can you check the gas and fill up the diff! You guys probably ever put salt on your food there s so much laying around!
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Shocked that the cutting touch wasn t he primary tool! Incredible that the bolts holding the diff actually came off by hand, I think you scared the rust right out of her! Can you check the gas and fill up the diff! You guys probably ever put salt on your food there s so much laying around!
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DaddyBeanDaddyBean
So sorry for the redo. Scumbags is an appropriate word choice. Personally, I don't think I could have put that rear diff back in with such an obvious leak, but you're just doing the job you were hired to do, no more no less, so that's ok.
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So sorry for the redo. Scumbags is an appropriate word choice. Personally, I don't think I could have put that rear diff back in with such an obvious leak, but you're just doing the job you were hired to do, no more no less, so that's ok.
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Hawk
Every time you pounded, thwacked and persuaded parts on that beast I kept expecting parts to just rain down out of it. Poor car should have been driven out into a field and had a bullet put in it's ECU. Good guys like you keep crap cars rolling.
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Every time you pounded, thwacked and persuaded parts on that beast I kept expecting parts to just rain down out of it. Poor car should have been driven out into a field and had a bullet put in it's ECU. Good guys like you keep crap cars rolling.
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Jeff
Salt capital of the world honor would go to Newfoundland Canada. Surrounded by salt water even the air is salty, combine that with road salt and sand and you have corrosion on top of corrosion. Vehicles do not last long here. Great job Mr. O!
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Salt capital of the world honor would go to Newfoundland Canada. Surrounded by salt water even the air is salty, combine that with road salt and sand and you have corrosion on top of corrosion. Vehicles do not last long here. Great job Mr. O!
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leo
You must have some Midwest (GOOD OLE BOY ) in you cause ninety percent of mechanic's would have not touch it with a TEN FOOT POLE I hope the owner appreciates it as much as us shade trees do. THANKS for letting us watch.
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You must have some Midwest (GOOD OLE BOY ) in you cause ninety percent of mechanic's would have not touch it with a TEN FOOT POLE I hope the owner appreciates it as much as us shade trees do. THANKS for letting us watch.
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Belux
We do it nice we do it twice. I used to have a mechanic who told me the same. Guess how long that one worked for me. And we rarely get wrong pieces so it had nothing to do with that.
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We do it nice we do it twice. I used to have a mechanic who told me the same. Guess how long that one worked for me. And we rarely get wrong pieces so it had nothing to do with that.
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