How To's For Your Boat, Home, and Auto
Welcome to Pro Wrenching! I'm a mechanic who has experience repairing everything from old farm equipment to autos/trucks/boats to locomotives. I live in an old house and I drive old cars and have old boats- a lifetime of stuff to repair. I'll show you how you can repair your things, too! Follow me as I fix the boats and cars and rv's and throw in some travel as well!
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Misfire Fixed! How to Replace a Coil Pack on a 2001 F-250, 5.4L
This 2001 F-250 truck had a misfire. I'll show you how I replaced the spark plug and coil pack .
My RV Has A Flat! Fixing the Flat on a 2021 Keystone Cougar Half Ton 22RBS RV
This 2021 Keystone Cougar Half Ton 22RBS travel trailer has a flat tire. I'll show you how I removed the tire. Click My RV Has a Flat! for the full video.
The batteries were just replaced in this Tracker bass boat and now it won't start. Click Why Won't This Boat Start? for the full video.
I'm installing a new propeller & hub kit on my Mercury 135 HP. I'll show you how I did it. Click New Propeller & Hub Kit for the full video.
No Start- Problem Fixed! How To Find An Open Circuit in a Wire Harness
In this video, I will show you how I used my wire tracing tool to find an open circuit in the power harness to the ECM on an International truck. This truck would crank but not start. I found the problem was no power to the engine ECM.
I'm installing an Alpha One, Gen One sterndrive on a Mercruiser 260/Chevy 350 engine. This is on Big Blue- my 1984 Ranger 395-V I/o (inboard/outboard). The sterndrive combines inboard power with outboard drive. The sterndrive sits outside the hull. I've been doing a lot of restoration work on this boat and this is a continuation of that.
How to replace a Minn Kota trolling motor shaft
Last time I was on the lake, I crashed my old trolling motor into some rocks and bent it. I'll show you how I repair the bent trolling motor shaft using a brush and armature kit.
How to install a tachometer and tachometer harness on a Mercury 135HP BlackMax motor.
24v trolling motor plug install. The plug on my trolling motor was worn out and brittle from years of use. I'll show you how to wire up a new one.
Boat repair how-tos to keep your boat going on the water. The videos feature my 1985 Ranger 330-V bass boat and my 1984 Ranger 395 i/0 bass boat.
My 1984 Ranger i/o has a Mercruiser 260/Chevy 350 engine. I recently bought this boat and it needed a lot of work.
Repairs to a Mercury BlackMax engine
Changing the tire on a lifted Chevy 2500 truck. Walkaround of a Rockwood pop up camper RV
Tour some of the prettiest lakes and rivers in Texas! See what I see in video captured from a ride on my Ranger bass boat.
Ol' Red is a 1985 Ranger 330-V bass boat that I recently bought online to use in the kids' school fishing tournaments. It has a Minn Kota trolling motor that needed some tender loving care. These videos show the repair of the trolling motor. These are budget friendly repairs to keep your trolling motor running and keep you on the water!
I'm installing a new bellows on this 1984 Ranger 395-V I/o (inboard/outboard) bass boat, otherwise known as Big Blue. The engine is a Mercruiser 260/Chevy 350. This is for a Mercruiser Alpha1, Gen 1 stern drive. Bellows are flexible gaskets that seal the water out of a stern drive and allow the pass through of the drive shaft, exhaust and shift cables through the transom.
I finally got Big Blue back into her natural habitat! Big Blue is a 1984 Ranger 395-V I/0 (inboard/outboard) bass boat with a Mercruiser 260/Chevy 350 engine. I have been doing a lot of work on her lately and was happy to get her back on the lake today!
I'll show you how to refill the oil in the lower unit of a Mercruiser Alpha 1, Gen 1 stern drive. This is on my Mercruiser 260/Chevy 350 engine. It belongs on Big Blue, my 1984 Ranger 395 I/o (inboard/outboard) bass boat. This is a rare bass boat that I recently bought online and have been fixing up.
Pat has a new RV. He's taking us on a tour of his 2021 Keystone Cougar Half Ton 22RBS RV. This is a nice sized camper that's lightweight and pullable by a half ton pickup. It's the perfect couple's travel trailer. Pat likes that there are two recliners in place of a dinette in this model. There's also a residential (not RV sized!) 60 X 80 king bed. Other great features include: aluminum frame, special waterproof floorings, lots of windows, arched ceiling, 12Vfridge, sealed underbelly, warrantied for full time living, zero to 110 degree HVAC, best in class sized water storage, 30 lb propane tanks, 300 lb capacity receiver built into back bumper. Who's ready to travel?!
I'm installing trim limit/sender switches on a Mercruiser 260/Chevy 350 stern drive on my Ranger 395-V I/o bass boat. A trim limit switch is a safety device which keeps the driver from over-trimming the drive. The trim sender switch is used to send a signal to the trim gauge as a visual cue to what your trim is set at.
