r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • 14h ago

Wait a damn minute! Bad time for a how-to YouTube video.

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u/DrDipstick89 13h ago

Same as a mechanic. To help with those very particular spots

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u/mavrick116 12h ago

I did the same as a mechanic, and one thing to consider is that someone trained in the field can usually spot bullshit. Sometimes id have to look around for a while and differentiate crazy shit from actual useful information.

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u/killuminati-savage 9h ago

Did their non-conventional methods work in the end usually even if you knew there was a more proper way to do the task? Honestly curious, I don't know shit about engines but wish I did.

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u/iLoveFARTINGatWORK 1h ago

Not a mechanic but was tasked with changing a truck tire at work once. I YouTubed it to make sure I didn’t fuck it up. I had only owned cars up to this point and had never changed a pickup truck tire. Just wanted info on jack points. Boss comes out, thinks I’m playing on my phone and fires me on the spot. I show him the video, as it’s playing. He stands his ground.

The Pikachu face that he had when the EPA showed up a week later to talk about the oil he was dumping down the drains was epic. Fuck you, Gerald.

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u/PaintHeffer 12h ago

“Hey guys, Chris Fix here”

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u/wbgraphic 12h ago

My son-in-law is a mechanic.

I have YouTube Premium thanks to him. 😄

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u/Fragrant-Inside221 12h ago

Sometimes the factory instructions say you have to remove half the car to get this one bolt and someone has a trick workaround to get the bolt without doing all that.

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u/DrDipstick89 10h ago

Exactly!

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u/parkerm1408 12h ago

Same as a chef. If I havent done something in awhile ill check out refreshers.

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u/SnicketySneme 11h ago

Mechanic is probably the most needed youtube video profession. Every single brand does something weird with nearly every component in how they wire or fit, and even each brand changes model to model, year to year within models.

If you didn't have youtube, you'd need a literal fucking 5000 square foot library of field guides. My dad has a 1965 Comet, Fairlane, and Falcon Shop Manual. Literally bigger than most textbooks, and only covers one year, and you're lucky it covers 3 different models. Most might only cover 1-2 models now if they made those books.

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u/RobinWilliamsArmFuzz 9h ago

Also a mechanic. I work for a dealership that only has a handful of models. So most vehicles I work on I’m familiar with, but I’m always reviewing repair instructions(that are consistently changing/updated), service bulletins, forums and even Facebook groups to see if I can improve or if someone has some insight that I can implement. Any vehicle or job I haven’t worked on before or am unfamiliar with, I always look on YouTube so I can get a visual or an idea of what I’m getting into. It would be silly to not utilize all the tools and information available to assess how to move forward. Nobody should fully rely on memory alone if you don’t have to.

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u/enwongeegeefor 2h ago

I'm just a shadetree...but with the advent of youtube automotive repairs became much easier to deal with.

So like, one of the issues with bad information on youtube is the TYPE of person passing along that bad information. People who break their back for a living tend to NOT make shit up about the work they do and how it is done.

I can't count how many times I've gone to fix a friend's vehicle for a specific problem and have been able to find a youtube video showing exactly what broke, why it broke, where it is, how to get it out and how to put it back in. Maybe there's a stupid retaining clip you need to know about, maybe there's a bolt you need to be VERY careful to not get away from you, maybe there's a little trick to popping this hose off...and I don't think I've gotten bad information a single time from a auto repair video.

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u/Particular-Match-311 12h ago

same as a druggist