No way Aaron is back!!! Let’s get him on hi low fr!!

"Hey Subaru, open the tailgate." "I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave."

I feel like Aaron would be a good mentor to work for. He's got that "we don't cut corners; cut corners cost lives" mentality and I dig it.

That guy with the Hell Cat Wagon is a BADASS Project, he has done a lot to that car and had the bodywork done to perfection.😲

As someone who lives in Alaska, oil pan heaters are very common. Its called winterization. Very necessary when the weather can get to -50°. Wait till you see our parking lots that have outlets at every space. A lot of tourists think alaskan vehicles are electric when they see em all plugged in 😂

HOLY SHIT AARON IS BACK WORKING WITH DONUT! I haven't seen him since High/Low.

AARON IS BACK!!! Legit one of my favorite guys from donut. Legit real ass dude he carried low Z and legit this guy knows his stuff man!!

dropping aaron from hi-low was criminal. dude should have his own segment on donut like building a drift car from stock, wouldve been so dope.

first clip - Junkyard Dave, he nailed it, his Charger Magnum Hellcat runs and runs good! No shortcuts, no fire, no issues at all

Ah, memories. Once when I was destitute and homeless, someone gave me a free Volvo if I could get it to start. Which was not the biggest problem, it was just the transmission interlock, I bypassed it and it started right up. The biggest problem was that it had been rear ended which destroyed all the lights. It also killed the headlights somehow, no idea why. I affixed trailer lights to the bumper, went to wire them in, and discovered that someone had snipped that entire part of the wiring harness off. No idea why. Anyway, I'm homeless, got $20 to my name, very limited tools, no multimeter. So, I wire them all to toggle switches that I mounted in a piece of cardboard and taped to the dash. Got fancy and had a three-way toggle with a blinker relay for turn signals. I had to screw a giant button to the brake pedal to get those lights working. Did this all in an Autozone parking lot, I might add. Lived in that thing for like 6 months and put 10,000 miles on it.

Bring Aaron back for hi-low and more real mechanics stuff. He's a top bloke, and he knows what he's talking about, and he's entertaining to watch

love to see Aaron back. he's one of the main reasons why I got an fd rx7

1:29 thats what happens when you dont have enough blinker fluid, it overheats

Aaron always has me rolling when he starts rambling in his situation stories. He's the one homie that can start a full on conversation about something else and have you forgetting what you asked him about.

6:00 That custom done heater is probably someone who lives in a northern environment where it gets below -20C/-4F. Many cars in Canada are bought with heater blocks installed from the factory so cars can be started when it gets really cold. That homemade one thought looks sketchy AF.

Aaron has a great personality and down to earth way of explaining the black magic of automobile electrical systems.

In my aviation mechanic days, I was the primary focal for doing wiring/electrical jobs. 1. Nobody else had the patience/or enough understanding to go through a wiring diagram that sometimes stretched through 13 pages of 11x17in paper. 2. Nobody wanted to touch it, being afraid to short something out or get zapped. it was quite satisfying in the end, when you're updating an older small airplane with more modern avionics, and you end up with a ton of dead wires that you cleared out, left over from several previous avionics changes.

When I lived in Alaska we had to put heat pads for the oil, heat blankets for the battery , heat plugs for the block and radiator to keep it from freezing. We'd have to plug it in when we parked.

12:40 As an Australian that looks like an (80s) E series Ford Falcon. Just a guess, but the steering wheel n dash look familiar. Could also just be a Brat. I'm more of a Holden guy though. Also was funny hearing "it's right hand rive man" at .25 speed.

I really appreciate having someone truly knowledgeable to listen to. Sandro is up there too but Aaron is a true master of his craft. He’s the type of man I would want as a friend

Sooo glad to see Aaron Parker back 🎉🎉🎉

Yeah bring Aaron’s back more. He’s great on camera and knows his stuff.

Loved watching Aaron go all out on Netflix's Hyperdrive competition in his sick RX7. Good to see him on Donut, what a great dude! If there is ever another Hyperdrive competition, I hope they have him back on it.

My dad was a mechanic when he was young, and he said one time, when he was doing work on a car, he had someone helping him who put a wrench on the battery. Thing was right across the posts. He said by the time he noticed it, the wrench was turning orange. Bloody terrifying. Battery almost blew up.

I love Angie and Sandro, but seeing Aaron back make my absolute week! Please make him a regular again!

so happy to see Aaron again!! hope he continues to pop back in, or maybe even join in on the next hi/low

Aaron and Nolan the ultimate duo back together

@6:43 that is an oil pan heater. Used on vehicles, yes to heat up the oil via the heater on the outside of that pan. Also used in cold weather climates, like Alaska. Found on every car as well as transmission, and block heaters. For battery its either a heater or trickle charger. Its called winterization.

13:00 that a ford xf Ute and people have been tapping into the wiring system since they was only 5 years old 😂

"Get yourself a cat." Bro I have a cat and left the garage open the other day. A tiny mouse got in the house and my cat was just chilling with the mouse. No attempt at catching it whatsoever.

First off the very first video is Junkyard Dave who took a Hellcat and put a Magnum hatch on it. He didn't do a front clip of a charger, he did it the hard way, magnum hatch on a charger. . He carbon fibered a roof, converted it to all wheel drive, 3D printed material and CAD designed parts he needed and painted the car and is working on a custom dash. He's not haphazard and currently has the car running. Know your source material and check out his build first.

Dude kept it 100 the whole time. Bring him back please! Best one I’ve seen

Awesome to see Aaron back on Donut. I know he's a super busy dude, but he's so chill and informative and makes a great presenter.

The Subaru lift gate was more than likely the gas strut worn out. I had another vehicle that would do the same thing with an automatic lift gate. It’s designed to lift the gate then let the gas strut hold it in the upper position. I changed my struts and it worked fine.

Dude is smart and knows his stuff. He even said oil "Galley" instead of "Gallery". I'd like to see more videos with him.

AARON! Glad to see theres no bad blood between them after High/Low

"Not Sandro" is also awesome. Best Wishes, DOC

Nice to see Aaron around Donut still. Wish he comes back to Hilow, if the series happens again!

As an auto-electrician myself, I tip my hat to the man the legend Aaron

7:24 Props to the editor, that's some nice screen work. Most people will never notice it. Nolans arm even goes over Aaron's arm seamlessly.

When I saw Aaron in the thumbnail I was so happy. Miss him on the channel

One of my worst wiring nightmares brought a car that had a turbo model engine put in a base model, to only realise there was 6 harnesses spliced together inlc two separate main fuse boxes - after spending way to much time to get things working, i worked out i could of brought the body/engine harness from the later model and would of only needed to change about 4 plugs to make it work correctly (obviously who of had to take interior out and body panels off but would of been so much quicker)

So, the magnum with a hellcat. That guy was in progress when you pulled up a clip. He could have had a very detailed home-drawn schematic he was using for that spaghetti mess he had. He mentioned he was preparing to loom it after he got everything routed. (not how I would do it, but if it worked for him, I can't fault it) Also, he mentioned that he "tacked in" a steering shaft, this is very common to do just to get something to your dino appointment. It isn't permanent, but He needed it to hold together just for one dino session and then, once returned home, he'd final weld it. I love seeing the usual butchery, but, in that case, I'd say hold judgement until you see the finished product. It may be MUCH nicer than you think since you were seeing it mid-process.

So nice to see Aaron again!

Props to keeping a straight face doing the RAID promo!

Imma claim responsibility for Aaron's return, after all, i did comment that i missed him in the throwback/comments video

Dude, I'm a diesel pickup tech in a rural area, and we see those rat chewed wires ALL the time. Lotta fun tracing those things...

I have seen some wiring nightmares in my time. The worst was a sound system install. I had a friend who had a sound system installed by a “professional”. They routed the power wires for the amps under the car to the frame rails and drilled a hole in the floor. The amps were zip screwed into the floor board above the gas tank and one went through the tank. They cut the harness to the stock amplifier and programmed the DSP wrong. The sound system company ended up refunding him and giving him a full new set of speakers just to keep him from suing them.

Oil heaters are very useful in northern winters

One thing I learned from working as a mechanic, Wurth has a great lubricant called HHS 5000, and what one of the senior mechanics said, mice absolutely detest it for some reason. So if you have a rodent problem, just spray it here and there to make them stay away

I love these guys man. Nolan, Aaron, Angelina and Sandro, they've built a good team up here. About the cars... yeah, electronics are very tricky, we got a car at home, doesn't start and we've looked and looked for the problem, spark plugs, fuses, battery, distributor, ECU, car still didn't run, only cranks.

The way all joy left aarons face at 0:28 was priceless 😂

I have a similar oil pan heater for Alaskan winters. A little cleaner looking that in this video, but helps with engine startup at -30°(f).

Aaron finaly!! very knowledgable and fun personility, hope we see more of him.

Aaron!! Great to see you back with Donut again mate!... I really hope this means they've finished filming season 2 of Overdrive. Although I know nobody will be allowed to talk about it. But good God I still want more of that show.

7:40....pretty normal for canada...block heater pre-heats the coolant...oil pan pre-heater heats the oil...third one is either for a battery heater or an interior heater

AARON! damn great seeing you back with the donut fam

Nice to see Aaron’s back. Glad there’s no bad blood

AARRROOOOOOOONNN!!!! DUDEEE WE MISS YOU! Glad to see you back! hope to see you more involved with the donut team!

Saw 1 second of video and immediately knew what's happening. Aaron is amazing.

Please keep Aaron, Sandro and Angelina as permanent hosts on Real Mechanic Stuff !!

AWESOME to see Aaron again, LOVE THY DONUT.

yall have good chemistry yall seem like yall get along mb like good friends im glad you have people to care with in your lives keep up being good folks

Great to see Aaron!! And just so you guys know, that one vid with the heater pad on the oil pan that all was actually a pretty standard winterization setup for cars in frozen climates. I live in Fairbanks Alaska and you’d be absolutely screwed in the winter when we hit -40F if you don’t have those installed. Typically includes a block heater, oil pan pad heater, battery pad heater or battery trickle charger, and sometimes a transmission pan pad heater. Without em any vehicle, especially diesels and any small car newer than 2010 usually, will not start due to cold and if you’re lucky enough to get it started, just like you mentioned about oil on the high performance use, there’s metal on metal contact and you’re trying to move cold molasses to the top of the engine thru a straw.

Great to see Aaron back 👍🏻

Heck yeah! Aaron!!! Good to see him back.

I'm glad that you get people on here that admit, "I've done that... but I learned something"

Junkyard Dave! I've been following that build for a LONG time. Don't let those clips fool you. He is doing it right!

Great video guys much love from Africa specifically Kenya 🤗

maaan i didn't know how much i missed Aaron

More of this please, love electrical stuff and good to see Aaron back

HELL YEAH LOVE TO SEE MR. PARKER BACK

Major props for the NiN shoutout 🤟🏻🤟🏻

Dog it’s been years and now your going to sneak Aaron in and not address it

Yessss ... plz plz get Aaron back in the Donut videos ... miss his rad skillz on da builds and his dope rides ... peace and love all keep it rad stay safe safe build on l8z famz and keep having fun

the ute is a xf ford falcon ute from aus the wiring is always munted here we add and remove stuff regularly try having spotlights and hitting a kangaroo then changing it all new every time we cut switch fuse and done

Awesome to see Aaron back!

AARON WELCOME BACK WE LOVE YOU

Thank God Aaron is back bro, he is a breath of fresh air. I can't believe donut fired him years ago, literally the biggest mistake they've made imo

Back in the 1990s, I self-installed a Crutchfield car alarm out of yearning to protect and safeguard my '91 Geo Prizm with a sweet (based on my revenue stream at the time) Alpine CD / tape adapter deck. I got more than a few notes from my neighbors because I had unwisely decided not to install the ground wire on some static piece of the car's chassis, but rather took this stranded wire and stuck it under my driver's side seat. Just why ignore electrical, brothas.

PLEASE MORE AARON!!!

AYOOO AARON IS BACK

I loved Aaron's explanations! You really went into detail, but I could understand as a lay person. When infotainment is at its best.

The Subaru with the rage closing back hatch" 'It's Maximum Overdrive all over again!'.

No Sandro but I'll still watch this 😂

Entire server room in a smaller more difficult place

No matter what the reason of your departure from hi low, we're really glad to see you back Aaron. Hope to see you back on donut with their new project cars too. Edit: and see hi and low car again and see their difference since you go.

Aaron seems like such a chill dude. Great episode!

31 seconds ago is crazy

How tf did they manage to get Lewis Hamilton on the show

Super informative and entertaining! Your reactions add so much insight into the complex world of automotive electrics. Great job!

That red car with all the switches wired into the fuse box. That was a Ford Falcon ute from Australia, an older one from the 90s. I can tell by the window shape and the lines on the 1/4 panel. They were very boxy cars.

Aaron is the coolest dude on the planet. Love vids with him, loved him in hyperdrive, would watch his stuff all day

You guys doing Dave dirty. That Magnum build has been going on for years and I cant wait to see it finished

No one ever: "Just get a light to work, somewhere in the car..." Spaghetti electrical: "Got ONE!"

The video with the heating pad on the oil is a winterized vehicle from Alaska. It gets -60-70f in the winter. To prevent freezing you have a heating pad under your battery, on your oil pan, and usually on your transmission. You plug your vehicle in when you park to keep these warm and prevent catastrophic failure due to the cold.

The liftgate issue is actually really common on a lot of vehicles. The struts are meant to hold the trunk open, and the motor turns off at the top. Gets to the top and motor turns off, struts have failed trunk slams shut

I randomly thought "What's Aaron up to?" 2 days ago and then you drop this video! Good to see you back man!

It's nice coming from an electronics background and now working on heavy equipment. Everyone is so scared of electrical issues and they're usually pretty simple. There are some pretty in depth circuits on a lot of these machines but nothing like component level troubleshooting circuit boards. Always thought it was funny how some of these really great mechanics cower in the face of a simple harness issue. But I always say, everyone is good at something.

The energy doing the ad read is laudable