Welding Broken Frame and TLC on Chevy C30 Wrecker - NNKH
In this video we give the 1988 Chevy C30 Wrecker tow truck some more TLC. Sloppy shifter fix, power steering pump, weld the broken frame and more.
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I have a Chevy pickup truck it's from the past
Thank you wery much for your content, explain, your exellent work! But welding frame, for me, wan not so good. It needs to be welded from bouth sides, i understand that it was too hard, and will be a planty of work. This is a place with a much more load than we can imagine, couse of weight not only truck and car behind, but the road trash too - holes and hard hills.
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Hey chris im an mot inspector over here in the uk just watched jens vid on the honda fix and was wondering what kind of inspections you guys have over there in the good ole US of A?
No one can accuse this guy of being lazy. Knowledgeable, crafty, thrifty, and sensible. Wish him all the success he deserves.
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I'll second that. For a young guy, he has an amazing amount of mechanical and electrical knowledge of vehicles. His interactions with Jen and Gus, is a joy to see. He is a good man and l wish him all the best for the future.
Absolutely....
This has turned out to be my favorite automotive channel. Thanks!
Me too 💪
Me 3 😁
theres a new queen in town ...long live Jen
Great channel
Mine too! I have an ‘89 R3500 GMC flatbed diesel…
I could watch you work for hours straight! Loving your content, the passion you put in what you do and the way you're able to share it with your spectators. Definetly the best channel if you're into this type of stuff! Greetings from Italy!
Thanks so much for the kind words Lorenzo in I greatly appreciate you checking the videos out. Much love from the USA
I completely agree
@@NoNonsenseKnowHow that oil filter mount you need is like 12 bucks brand new I would get a original gm part if possible I had and engine hurt when one of the after market filter mounts cracked on me I only use the GM performance parts ones now with no issues
@@NoNonsenseKnowHow put your logo on the tow truck instead of dubals...NNKNH...
@@NoNonsenseKnowHow after the welding did you paint with anticorrsive paint?
My dad was a heavy equipment mechanic and he had me learn how to fix things by letting me try and figure problems out on my own. When I just couldn’t figure it out he would show me how to fix it. I am not a mechanic by any means but I love to work on different projects here and there and this channel has reignited my interest. Thanks for the great videos man!
Keep the wrecker videos coming, I like to see you breath new life into her. Brings back memories when my dad had a towing service, Stan's Service out of Detroit. Thanks
My name is Don I'm from Chicago I love your videos you getting that tow truck right very nice job on that weld and frame have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
I love it as well the will start videos are cool but putting some cash into the ride making it usable is so cool and way better.
The wrecker has been one of my favorite rescues. A workhorse that needed some serious help. Great progress and really interesting to see the repair priorities change as the project comes along. Also, no one ever forgets the vehicle they learn to drive stick on, cheers to Jen. Thanks for another well done, informative video...top notch content.
Yep. Mine was a '71 Volkswagon Westphalia camper van my grandparents bought new. Had to double clutch early and often. . .lol. It was early 90's when I was learning with it.
You Tubing many years Chris....YOUR channel is the only one I ever considered joining and DID !! You remind me of my 'mixed martial mechanicking' of my old days. Keep it up and more importantly, keep it real !! Real people look forward to it buddy.
Can't thank you enough for that aqua pig! I try to keep things real and really do enjoy fixing this old junk. Hopefully more awesome stuff to come. Thanks so much for tuning in and being part of the channel
Chris I’m a retired certified welder with 40 years experience in all metals and I don’t see anything wrong with your repairs , putting the scab stiffener plates with strengthen just fine brother and I’m here to enjoy your videos! Nothing criticize your methods of fabrication or repairs, the video critics need to take it easy on you buddy! lol 😂 Only thing I’ve learned welding one big rig broken frames years ago I welded everything with 7018 stick rods! Looks great brother, thanks for sharing my friend! Always sending prayers for you,Jen and Gus! Stay safe, warm and healthy y’all!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻🤙🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Kirk from Lake Charles Louisiana! Oh prayers for Turbo too!🙏🏻
Awesome, thanks Kirk and great to hear that you approve the repair! Hopefully it holds up good
You're a guy like me who has learned how to do more with less. I salute you sir You"re the type of guy like me who has learned to do more with less. I salute you Sir!
Always up for some more wrecker repair video, I laughed my ass off when you were playing with the dog in the house swinging him back and forth with the blanket, I used to do the same thing with my dog and he loved it! Very cool memories 😎
Absolutely well-rounded videos, with a nice touch of personal fun with Gus
holly cow, glad you pay attention to that cracked frame b/c that plate was 100% hiding it.
I truly believe that this truck needed you as much as you needed it....I hope she puts some work in for you .....after you saved her life.....wood blocks wrapped in yoga mat are your best friend with a sling..them things tend to go hard on vehicles
From burns to cuts, broken bones and pulled muscles, the generations coming up have no clue what hard work is all about. Thanks for showing how to get it done.
Ain't that the truth! We can't even find anybody wanting to learn!
@@unsafe_at_any_speed Yep. True my friend
As a mechanic of 40 years enjoy your channel. Great skills and attitude of getting the job done.Good to see some people still out there that can fix things in a society of throw away and buy again.
Yes please I am transfixed watching you fix things so I will watch what you do, Love the way your cat loves the dog.
Working in the rain, getting a ton of work done, prudence. Good job dude.
Looking forward to Jen's second lesson in the newly fixed Wrecker. Should be much easier now. Great video, Chris. 👍🎿🍺⛄
I have this gut feeling that there are big things coming for Chris and co. in the form of sponsors and such.
I hate to say it but I watched Jen’s video before this one. She’s amazing
Thank you for your time, keep the videos coming mate. Have to see what the girl is doing on her show.
Absolutely loving watching you bring back this ol wrecker. Keep it up.
I'm absolutely loving the wrecker series and it seems like something you could really use in your line of work that should pay for itself over time.
First time watcher here , I've worked my whole life in truck and trailer shops, I think you did a fine job on this , next time it'll probably be going to the scrap yard .
Those kind of repairs are the most satisfying.
I know I'd like to see more with this rig. It's great watching you tackle problems you run into and you're ability to capture how you work through them is awesome. Maybe this rig will turn into an income generator for you. It looks like Turbo really loves Gus at the end, that's sweet. Thanks for another great one!
You need to add Diesel Creek to your list of must watch channels. Matt is the bomb. Also FarmCraft101, that guy is like you, he does a lot of metal work as well as wood work but a lot of mechanical work as well. I can't get enough of you guy's.
+Also Pakistani Truck......
That frame fix was sweet ! Truly a Jack of all trades I love to see the resourcefulness. Exactly how my dad and me are
Taking a break from replacing coils and plugs on my F350 and watching a little NNKH hell's ya
These are my favourite videos, little jobs like these, fixing issues here and there, it's strangely soothing to watch ❤️
Good morning Chris and Jen and of course thumbs UP!!👍
Don't forget Gus ‼️‼️
@@explosivebody1260 what about Turbo!
Thank you Chris Jen, Turbo, and of course Gus!!
I always appreciated your abilities. But my respect increased substantially after hearing Hank Sr !!
Really enjoying the series on the wrecker, Chris - more, please!
Absolutely love your video's Chris... you make it "real". You provide great inspiration to those of us who don't mind getting dirty and love to learn..hands on. Keep up the great work.
I bought an old wrecker back in 83 first week had to replace clutch , yes good memories repairing yes part 7 lol 👍
Im new to this guys channel,This guy is a beast rain or shine cold or Hot he is working on something.Nothing holding this cat back........................................................................Fort Worth,Tx
I enjoy watching your work on the wrecker. Very handy thing to have!
Man I hope we get membership to the point where you can move and have at least a 2 car garage ! Working outside is extra challenging so hats off to you for what you do. I see a lot of my past in the things you do, in regards to doing whatever it takes to keep shit running...LOL TIMBO !
You have so much energy Chris and great skills. Wish I had a tool kit like yours 😁. Love that you brought the wrecker back to life. Cheers. Geoff. England
Always like watching your videos. You work hard and smart. That will carry you far. Lots of talent. Skills. Signed a old retired carpenter superintendent. In. Sc.
Thank you for no "nails on the chalkboard" with this video! Great video Chris! Merry Christmas to Jen, Gus, Turbo and you!
I always love the feeling of fixing the little things that, while not important, are annoying. Like the ashtray.
I rémové those disgusting ashtrays
I dont know anything about tow trucks or even want to know about them, BUT your video's are so informative and entertaining I find myself watching all your videos. I wanna thank you for going I to detail to teach while you show us what your doing. I think now I wanna go buy a cheap welder and just practice welding things now. Lol As I scroll through KZhead, whenever I see you posted something new, I grab something to eat and drink and get comfortable to enjoy another video
Cant thank you enough for checking out all the videos man. And awesome to hear that you find them informative. Definitely grab a welder! Good move for sure
Great video, and Thank You !! for including Gus. I love the little guy.
I love these tow trucks videos man! This has too be my favorite series!
I love that your giving this old rig some attention great job!
May be the most satisfying video of your channel so far. These weldings !
I like watching your channel because I feel like I'm one of the only people left who still uses air tools over battery powered. Good to know there's others out there.
Battery tools are great but man are they a pricey investment. I absolutely love my Milwaukee M12 cordless ratchet and Milwaukee 1/2-in impact. But to get every tool they sell I would go bankrupt. Now if they sent them to me that would be another story lol. I do like air tools though.
@NoNonsenseKnowHow back when I started wrenching in the early 90's, what cordless tools there were had no umpf and were giant and heavy. I never grew out of that mentality I guess.
Great work as always Chris! Keeping the past alive!
Awesome work. You are super resourceful Chris and use what you can find. It’s the kind of fab I like.
Sir you have my admiration. You repair things and not afraid of work.
Ambitious hard working dude.
Very cool to see your problem solving skills. I learned a lot watching this.
Request- When you move to a shop, can you do a video on the move, like a full in depth video. I have a feeling there is so much packed into that little shop that it will be jaw dropping to see it all start coming out.
I don't know I feel like that would add so much stress to and already stressful thing. Lol
Wobble pops and NNKH and VGG is the best of the week
everybody needs a tow truck like that
Absolutely love your videos, not being a mechanic myself your explanations are spot on and makes it easy to follow along.. keep up the great work! Pet Gus for us! Hope y’all have a Merry Christmas!
yes love to see more on the tow truck ,,thanks
People that dont live where we do will never understand the struggle with rust 🙁
Love your videos man I drove Tow Truck for 38 years and i miss it now at age 62
Chris Your video content is top shelf. You are so knowledgeable, calm, cool, and collected (at least i far as what's edited) 😆. Seriously, though, keep the videos coming and the awesome work. Hi Gus 👋!
This was a great video. I really enjoy your commentary as you restore this wrecker to a strong and usefull work-horse!
Thanks Harold
@@NoNonsenseKnowHow I too just wanted to say: and I don't comment on channels much, but I just have to tell you how much I'm enjoying all the hard work you're putting into your content! I truly enjoy watching your thought processes, it helps me a lot with my old junk! I've learned so much! I also deeply appreciate your attention to our interest in your content format. It's been extra work for you I'm sure but it's been great and appreciated! I love getting exactly what I want to see with more available if I choose to at some time down the road. But this has been awesome! I'm still only subscribed to your channel but that may change, your wife is a very talented person and musician, and I'm always glad to see families including their WHOLE family working together as as you can tell by my thumbnail: LOVE the pup shots which you keep to a very fun, reasonable distraction. Sorry for rambling, but I just wanted you to know I see the hard work and appreciate it. Loving the whole format of this and the last couple video more than I can say. I think you've really found a niche here on YT over the other guys just trying to find gimmicks to just make $$$ (nothing wrong with making $$$, I just hate to see the pure pursuit of it consume people's content). I really feel like you have great knowledge to offer, and deeply appreciate it. Thanks.
I first found your video on the CAT 977, Loved every second of it then I hit your channel and found everything else. Amazing stuff man, you and my dad have a lot in common, he is a Mercedes and BMW mechanic with his own shop. He has many toys just like you, many cars, two boats, two motorcycles, snowmobiles, and a side by side just like yours. Please keep doing what your doing man, its great. Dad is not a computer guy but I plan to share your videos with him next time I visit.
Really enjoy watching your channel. Your shop set up and equipment makes me jealous! Keep up the great content I learn something new in each one.
Chris, Keep up the good work. Always interesting and informative.
Reference your almost under your breath comment from Jenn’s home repair video (lol) - I never thought about what it’s like for you in your specific situation regarding all these vehicles... you are not a restoration guy so no slow roll. Not a turn and burn like a flipper channel. Not purchasing personal vehicles with unlimited budget. Not a numbers matching historical guy nor a resto mod guy... I could hear your tongue in cheek saying not to buy junk otherwise you will be stuck on every little thing. But it’s your channel brother! And it’s awesome and hopefully paying good bills! Who knows, if not for the wrecker Jenn would have missed publishing great video and you would have been elbow deep in sewer pipe part 2.
Glad to see you giving new life to so many old vehicles. Keep up the good work.
Chris i gotta hand it to ya….not only are you a badass mechanic…your’e an awesome welder too….big up’s on that fix bro…wished you and Jen lived down here in New Zealand i’d be steering a lot of well paid work your way…Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year for you both and Gus & Turbo
Very effective repair on that frame. The rest of that truck will wear out before your repair will rust/fail.
Great job and it is interesting to watch you work. Others who do these type of video are boring. They tend to talk to much about unrelated things, and or show too much of the laborious stuff in real time. Thanks
Thanks Richard and I appreciate the feedback as well. I try to keep things fast paced for the most part. I know what you're saying about keeping too much in. I figure if I myself have a hard time watching it while I'm editing it then I need to speed it up. Of course I have a pretty short attention span so it comes naturally
I had a 1952 Chevrolet wrecker back in the seventies when I ran a full-service gas station. You are bringing back a lot of good memories as I made a lot of money with the old truck. I had a Tulsa oil field pto wench on it. It could literally pull a stump out of the ground. Thank goodness it was a virtually rust-free Texas truck. One evening I sanded the whole cab down and painted it with a brush using the best enamel paint and brush I could find, it turned out great you had to look for brush marks. Green bottom and white top to match my Shamrock gas station colors. I traded it for a chopper later on and regretted it for a long time. I love watching you work on your tow truck, I like the way you fix things, make it work no frills. That's the way I always tried to maintain/repair stuff too. I was never afraid to use or put a scratch on my vehicles.
Nice repair work. Gus is one of the cool kids and don't even know it. 😁
Looking forward to more videos on the wrecker.
I’m Digging Every Damned Vidja Chris, wreckers Need Savin Too Brother. Absolutely going to Check out Jen’s Video, She’s going to Kill It I’m Sure. Appreciate you having us along, I’ll catch you on the next one. Keep It Safe Out There Sir
can't wait to see jen drive the tow truck!!!!!!!!!!! she'll have to learn all over again !!!
More 88 Square body wrecker stuff! That is awesome Man Chris thats an awesome rig you have there fella! I am wishing you and Jen and Gus and Turbo a very merry christmas! Keep up the awesome work!
First video I've ever seen of you was the Gran Torino vlog, since then I'm hooked lol, could watch for hours. Love the channel, love your work and passion for what you do, Jenn and Gus make the perfect complement for the variety of the channel, it's a balance of "mechanic educational stuff", vlogging, and just a guy having fun living his best life. Even learned a few tricks myself just from watching your videos and listening to your tips and advice. I really wish you the best man, Merry Christmas and greetings from Argentina
Your assortment of misc parts never ceases to amaze me.
Hallo Chris. i most say. you are the best✊. i really enjoy watching your videos, Merry Christmas to You-Jen-Gusmann🤗.Turbo, and the chickens😊, Love from Denmark⛄
Keep them coming brother! Enjoy very much 👍👍
Great work ! Satisfying and educational at the same time 👍
Thanks swagman
I just watched Finnegan's Garage and I seen him unbox a KnowNonsenseKnowHow coffee mug! I have been a follower of both channels for some time and I really love both!!!! Keep putting out videos because y'all make my life a little more enjoyable!!!!
wow--what a super team; Mr & Mrs "FIX IT". Great stuff,; please keep them coming😃
Love the content!!!! Keep posting!!!
Keep the wrecker repairs coming! Great video.
An enjoyable "Fix-it, make it better" video.... something everyone needs to know .
well done young man well done I got to sub , because a young man doing old school repairs are priceless now a days .
Pretty nice repair Chris, obviously somebody just threw that crap together and probably did more damage trying to fix it. Like to wish you and Jen a very merry Christmas and a far better New Year. Many blessings guys!
It would be interesting to see a frame diagram of the C30 Wrecker in your video. This truck has a lot of utility!
Road salt is the worst! Repaired my frame multiple times. Finally it broke behind the cab 1973 F350. Luckily I found a frame from Colorado that had factory paint on it yet! Love the channel!!!!
Yes the tow truck yes the tow truck Thank you for sharing I appreciate you I appreciate
That frame repair and shifter fix were incredible! You my friend are fearless! Those formed box pieces might be holders for the stinger spoons when they're not in use?
Yeah that could be. They're pretty light duty though
Nice job fixing the tow truck cracked frame.For what it’s worth and just an observation,i noticed there were heavy rubber mounts missing between the frame and mounting brackets.May not make a difference but probably put less stress on your welds.You bolstered them up pretty well that they’ll last.Just thought I’d mention i saw them missing.Looking forward to watching next video.Thanks and Happy Holidays!!!
The perfect sign of happiness in home, is when dogs and cats are good friends ( 38:36 ); thanks for this lesson on broken frame, we need to do something similar, at the chevrolet suburban `89 broken frame. Saludos
It's nice to see someone use there many talents on a daily basis. Not just cranking out videos of washing dirty cars then to part them and do nothing with them. NEW SUBSCRIBER
Love watching you work. I think you should order some custom NNKH mudflaps for the wrecker. That'd be awesome. Keep up the good work. Have a Merry Christmas!
Thanks for checking the video out! And great idea!
The bushings in the wheel lifts are a common wear item. You should be able to get kits to completely re-bush the lift and make it good as new.
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There’s so much potential to make money with that old beast. NoNonsense Towing and Repair…3rd channel for towing recoveries… As hard as you work the sky is the limit.
I'm a squarebody junkie so keep the vids coming 🙂