Shop Wants $12,915 in Repairs! Can This Vehicle Be Saved?

Honestly working on a car and saving money is one of the best feelings ever.

I've found the easiest way to remove a convertor is to park it outside. Helpful "mechanics" roam around performing this service for free all the time! To avoid impacting your ability to get to work the next day, many repairs are performed at night. As a bonus, you get a performance exhaust with zero backpressure!

Anyone can turn a wrench. The difference between a bad mechanic and good mechanic is in the diagnostic. Thank you for showing how a problem should be verified before firing the parts cannon.

Wait up, there’s a crack in the engine block so you got a 3d printer and made a fitting, grabbed a bolt just that right size, cut it down, used an angle grinder to make notches for the o rings, jb weld and it worked?! That’s a genius hillbilly repair if I’ve ever seen one. Incredible!

Crack in engine block? JB Weld has entered the chat! I did all of this on my CRV and saved thousands. Honda's are very easy to work on and unless ran without oil or something really off the wall are about as bullet proof as you can get. Only difference is everything replaced (ball joints, arms etc) have grease fittings. Change the oil, grease the car and look at it. Same on my F150

I just want to say, that these kinds of jobs are a lot of fun if you get a couple friends over to help. Everyone learns, and everyone can work together on each other's projects. Some of my favorite memories with my friends is stuff exactly like this!

I bought my 06 Odyssey in similar shape for $2k. I spent roughly ~$2k on power steering lines & pump, coolant flush, timing belt, axles, alternator etc. Starting it up for the first time and seeing all the warning lights gone was one of the best feelings ever, not to mention having saved $3-4k of labor! Two thumbs for promoting automotive DIY work!

Suggested video: Best manual FLUID EXTRACTOR PUMP, either small ones that can be used for differential or transfer case fluid change as an example, or the large ones 2.5 gallon capacity for engine / transmission oil / radiator coolant change.

Project Farm is about to get 20,000 emails of people asking if he can repair their cars. 🤣

It's a honda so definitely have enough 10mm sockets around!😂😂😂

Smashing the like button before I watch the video because I know project farm will never let us down!

I was a master certified tech from 1977 until I retired in 2015, and the only time I take a vehicle in for a repair is when it is under warranty, and only then if it is fairly major because I just hate having other people work on my vehicles. That being said, I am VERY IMPRESSED with the work that you do Todd. On top of that, I do not purchase anything without first checking your reviews. Thank you so much for what you do!!

You know someone is a pro when they make stuff look easy lol I love the humble " Im not a mechanic", sir you indeed are one

Another example of how sometimes it can make more sense to keep an old car and fix it rather than just replace it. This channel is so good. Thanks.

Amazing work, as always! You didn't just save a lot of money, you also cleaned everything you touched to prevent future problems. I don't think a busy repair shop would do more than using the shop vac and a wire brush just to remove the very worst dirt... Edit: Encouraging people to do their own repairs is not just about saving money. It will also prevent cars from getting scrapped because a shop repair would be too expensive 💖

Myself and friends always did these repairs out of necessity. Most of us couldn’t afford to pay someone, so we had to try and get the job done. Completion of Each repair was a victory and allowed me to keep driving. 20 years ago it was much more difficult to do these repairs because information was difficult to find. Parts and tools were limited. Times are much different and I encourage all young car owners to do these small repairs. Thanks to Project Farm for sharing this information and hopefully motivating someone to help themselves. This is a fantastic public service video for all car owners.

This is why i keep coming back.

I’d like to see something similar to these videos for home maintenance. I loved the checklist from your previous video.

I have often said, if you can't work on your vehicle, you don't own it, it owns you! Great video!

I gotta comment quickly again so you’ll see this but PLEASE keep up the car related content!! Always love watching!