Hey Scotty!
I am a longtime subscriber to your YouTube channel(s), and thank you for the knowledge, insight, tech tips, and engaging humor over the years!
Although I am not a mechanic, I take to heart the knowledge my father forced upon me in my youth. I used to curse him when he’d send me outside in 115F degree summer SoCal desert heat to replace the brake shoes on the family’s 1967 Chevy Sportvan Deluxe. Not easy for a 10 year old. Dad would slide open the kitchen window, bark out the steps I needed to complete, slide it back shut, and enjoy the air conditioning. I recall cursing him under my breath, yet I (mostly quietly) complied -- lest I face the wrath of a Korean Conflict Marine Corps Veteran.
In my adult life, I quickly flipped to being eternally grateful for my dad’s wisdom and teachings. I am in my 60s now, and Dad is long gone from this earth. Yet, I perform almost all of my own maintenance and repairs on my 3 vehicles – all of which are not from this century. Friends and family members routinely trade in perfectly good vehicles for newer “look-at-me!” goodies (enjoying perpetual car payments and MUCH higher registration fees), yet my older machines are far more reliable and were easily upgradable to some newer tech. I have a 1992 Ford Mustang GT Convertible, with about 44k on the clock. It is an occasional long drive fun weekend toy. I also have a 1995 Toyota pre-Tacoma pickup, with the venerable 22RE engine and automatic transmission. Very rarely does it need anything beyond basic routine maintenance, and has about 235k miles on the odometer. My newest ride and daily driver is 22 years old – a 1999 Nissan Maxima SE-Limited, in the rare Crimson Blaze red color. I bought it 6+ years ago for $100 (and 173k miles) from a nation auction chain, dropped a few bucks into it to replace a slashed gas tank and leather upholstery, polished it up, and it also rarely needs anything beyond routine maintenance. It now has surpassed 237k miles, and still burns no oil between changes. In all of my 3 vehicles, fluids and filters are kept up and/or replaced per a “harsh environment” schedule, and never is anything unusual.
When I bought the Maxima, it had a decent rear main oil seal leak. I took your advice and tried the AT-205 re-sealer. It worked! It is now part of every oil change.
Keep up the good work, Scotty! Never lose your sense of humor, and thank you for the years of advice and such. Take care!
Mark
Indio, CA
Well thanks a lot I'm here to help everyone the real American Way not the BS the politicians throw out while they steal everyone's money for their friends
Hi, it's really refreshing to hear a simple, genuine story on vehicle maintenance. I am 77 y/o and can relate to your experience with your Dad. Regards, Robert (Australia)
Thanks for telling us your uplifting life story. Bask in the glow of success while you can because sooner than you think, no amount of AT-205 is going to stop the leak.
