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When you car goes thump in the night, or day, probably need to replace the shock strut mount. In this video we do just that.
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Okay guys, today we're going to show you how to replace the upper stroke mount for a shock absorber on the front of a Volvo
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This will work on the S60, S70, maybe a few other ones
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They're pretty much, I did a station wagon back in the 80s and it was the same method
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So this just holds the shock, the upper part of the shock in. But if you're going down the road and you're hearing thump, thump, thump, it's probably this
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I don't see what's wrong with it. It's just. Yeah, so it moves in and out like this
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And that causes that thumping you'll hear. So this one's bad. You'll see as we replace it when we contrast this one to the new one, how much more bueno it is
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So y'all stay tuned and we'll get right into this. You keep wiping the Jeep
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No, you're sweating on everything. The whole floor. Okay, we didn't have to move the exhaust
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We didn't have to jack up. We didn't have to do anything. Look at that
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Okay, guys. So when you're installing this kit, First thing you have to do is take off the tire and
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To do said take off tire Might make sure that his tire tool fit fits and
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His jack works. That's the first thing the jack point for this factory Volvo jack is right here
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and Also, there's another jack point right back here. This basically picks up the whole side of the car. So this does fit lug nut right there
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And this you use to prop these little caps. They go over the lug nuts to get in your way. They're
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annoying. Maybe throw these away and just use them, but they're not pretty so I
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guess that's why they're on there. These aren't pretty either. Brian, you need to wash your car. And then the tire falls off. We're good, the tire is off. But the tools on this we're
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going to need, just start with this tool. This tool is needed right here along with
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the Star 45. For these, you need a size 13. It fits right here. You're not going to take
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these off. I did loosen these up while I was on here, but don't take them off until you
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have the spring shock assembly out because you're going to have to compress that spring
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before you take them off or all hill is going to break loose. Hands are filthy. Now down
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here the things you're going to tick off is you have these two bolts there's one down here and one
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up here and this wrench fits on one side this is a 7 8 but it's probably like a 24 and then
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I use the impact socket on this side and broke it loose with a breaker bar
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and right here this bolt right here is an 18. We don't have an 18 inch wrench but we do have a
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big ass crescent wrench and the little star you have to hold is a 40 for that star and that's
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pretty much all the tools you need so I'm gonna let my son take off this far
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Okay so the first thing he's gonna take off is the bar for the sway bar and you'll see
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he's holding the one size side with the presser which is an 18
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There you are. Yay that's off. did you actually? yeah yeah alright I'm going inside
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ok you had to change the stuff because I swear yeah we gotta pick this up
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pick it up? yeah the suspension ok now with the jacked up
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we can remove remove that bind on that and this break yeah breaking it is there a screw for it
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Brian no it just slides out It'll wiggle it. It's coming out
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You don't want to break your brake line? No, not really. It'll be fun
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There you go. Okay, so that's removed. All right. Now you have a few more bolts
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I can take the tension off this. Now he's taking off. The bolt is extinct and it's a little bit too long
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That would take the bottom one off. There we go
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That is all off. Now we need a mallet. Mallet. Okay, so it's taking out these bolts down here
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You can probably put the impact on it and screw it. Yeah. There's not enough room for the impact to go back
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Yeah, it did! Yeah! Stop sweating on me! Okay. So he took out the top one
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Golly, Dad. So he... So he... So he took out the top one
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You can probably put the impact with just the sake on there. Yep, it's disconnected
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Okay now take the top screws off Sure alright I take the mold back on I loosen this one
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Okay, it's off. Oops, you don't want to grab that. Okay. Is that beating up your car
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I'm trying not to rip out these cables. The brake lines and stuff
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Yeah, the brake lines. Okay, now he's using the spring tensioner to tension down on these things
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Does this rubber gasket need to go? That rubber gasket looks pretty worn
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That's what your spring goes in. in yeah we don't need that okay okay how's the top turn yeah get a little bit
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more on the other side you knew you were going to use a wrench yeah that's what
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they told me all right uh do we have any like clamps to hold the shocks down
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let's go spring right no it's not okay for this we're using the 45 star and
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That hurt. What? That hurt. Don't do that. And a 7.8
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I don't think so. I should have put this on the drill. There you go
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That's smart. Wait. Do I reuse you reuse this this thing yeah this comes off this and slides into it oh
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You're probably gonna need a hammer Yeah Nope
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This reused yeah, yeah, that's reused so is that bad? It doesn't look that bad
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All right moves like that And this one doesn't move okay, yeah, it was bad okay, so now you have to put it back together
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The spring sets in a shock
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You see this right here? This is where this sprinkle ends. So it has to go all the way around this way
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and hit right here. It's right down there. I see it. It's not in the spring
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I took this thing off. Is it good
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I'm good. It sort of fell there. I did. So this has to go a little bit
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That has to go around. I don't know. I'm just going to do this. Yeah
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There you go. That's in the right location. This is what people don't like to do in this. Mm-hmm
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Yeah, you're following over there. Is that in the right location? I don't know
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I've got to figure that out. No, Brian, make this end right here
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Right here. See where it ends right here? Yeah. That goes right here
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It goes on that spring right there. Like that? Yeah. Okay. How about this one fell
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I didn't put a screw on there. You probably have to tighten the screw some more
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Yeah, I got to tighten it. You can really compress that coal
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I hope that rubber is coming out back here
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I see it. There you go. Just in place, and put it back
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Looks like it's spun. There. So you got the end in? Yep
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And it's good? No, not yet. It's all compressed, all lopsided, that's why. Mm-hmm
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It's not compressed lopsided. You just have to put that in the right spot
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You put it in that groove? spring is in the right spot but then when I tighten it I can't I can't tighten
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that with a nut on it I have to spin the nut. What do you mean? Like when I'm
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putting this on I can't do it how I did like last time. No you what you do is put
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this piece on right here. Are you sure this is the right way? Yeah that's the right way
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It goes like that And then put your washer on And then your nut and then instead of using the impact
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use the hold it with the star and use the wrench to tighten up
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oh instead of doing it the other way yes because you're you're because what you're doing is you're
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You're paying, you're sandwiching it. Because you already have the lock nut in there
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It's a sandwich you got. There it goes. That's good. No, a little bit more
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You only put a little bit of... I know. You got that on the wrong way
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There you go. Okay, that's good. okay now do you want to take off your spring slowly
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you sure that's tight enough now you want to loosen your springs up slowly
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I got it you feel good about your job hey no
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I did it at the bottom first okay yeah you came right through here
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right here don't stretch that brake line too far is this able to stretch out
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No. Well, that moves out a little bit. Would it break? It may fall out of the transmission
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Oh, we don't want that. Or the differential. Yeah, we don't want that. Golly
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You want me to do it? I got a few screws
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You're going to get my finger. And that's why it turns. Hang on, man
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Hang on, Dad. I'm trying to find this one. Okay, now, hold on, hold on, push
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I'll push. Okay. Oh, it did. It's backwards. Well, it spins. Oh, it did
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Yeah. All right. Okay. Well, all right. Just get it slightly on, and then we'll go twist it
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Yeah, I got it. I only have one screw in it. Tap
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All right. Okay. Okay, I got two. Oh, okay
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Hang on. Okay. Is the car in gear
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Yeah, it's in gear. Okay. Hey, Dad, is the thing supposed to push him like that
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What? Yeah. Yeah, it's supposed to push him like that. that's why you push it right there and put the screws in I put the bottom one
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in first needs to compress no it needs to here we did okay so do this push this
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back then you pull it it pull it down and it turns like that and then you get
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the screw and that's it that's all you do I've replaced these before on a station bag yeah it sucked
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Now you have to put it on the... Yeah, this thing? Yes
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We got to lift it up. Yeah, a lot. Right there. Yeah, it's good. It's on
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And it fell out again. Put the screw on. Stop stepping on everything
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That's why you have to wear shoes Yeah I told you to wear shoes
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That's how you almost broke your toe That's how you almost broke my toe
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You broke my toe I said the bricks are coming out Yeah you dropped a brick on my toe
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Tighten it up Brian before you lower that down Alright it's a 40 and you need the wrench
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I don't know why we didn't use this last time oh this
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did I? you used it last time no I was using a ratchet
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Okay now you're right to tighten that a little bit by hand
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We'll tighten everything up once we get the jack out of the way. Yeah
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Okay so now he's tightening up a little bit. Get a little torque on him
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What's wrench is it? It's the one you have. How is it slipping up
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Oh that's loose on that. It's loose enough? Yeah it's pretty loose. Hehehehe
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At least these are plastic bumpers How about this one
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That one's a little bit smaller. We just did it impact tight
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Yeah, we just tightened it with the star screw and the wrench
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make sure it's just tight just a regular wrench regular wrench not the impact
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not the impact and did you put your broken arm back in place yeah i did okay
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Is it this way to tighten? The other way. So push
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Yeah, it's on there pretty tight. Okay. Now you need to tighten the top
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The top? Yeah, up here. This one? No. Which one? Up here, in the engine bay
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Oh, yeah. Oh, shoot, I was loosening
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Sorry, I'm going to go back and check the other one. No, because you were not turning the bolt, you were turning the bolt
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I got it. Okay. When using the jack, you don't have to lay on the ground. You can actually sit
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Huh. You don't even reach. The weird thing about this jack is that it jacks up the whole side of the car
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So keep your body out from under it when you're jacking. You might want to remove your hand from the jack. Yeah
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Yeah, wait. it's a lot Brian I do like the Volvo jack though it's pretty cool and you can
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change both tires so you can rotate your tires right now yeah which looks like
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you need to rotate your tires. Yeah. I'll do this later. Okay
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So after you got your upper strut chop mount replaced and you're all good
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you're ready. And what better place to go? That's too short. Okay
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You've got to say a little bit more. Okay. Okay, so the hardest part about this job is probably breaking the bolts loose
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and getting the shock with your spring. Two days. Well, not 24 hours
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It wasn't two days. It was probably three hours total. Right. But, you know, you have to work around here
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Yes. So about three hours is what it took for us because to break loose the bolts and all that stuff
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Because I pre-broke loose the bolts, also the camera moving around. And then when we did the video, I had our son do it and it was all broken loose
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He could just take it apart. It was all nice. Right. So did that
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And probably You could probably get this done an hour and a half
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Two hours But the knocking noise Gone So instant gone And after you're satisfied
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That your ride is running good And you're able to use your car
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And y'all please take care. Bye. Bye, guys. Y'all stay tuned. Bye
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Ow. Wow. Hmm. Ow! Shit! Ah, man! Why do you keep on dropping? Dad, where's shoes
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Okay, so the tools you'll need. Do I have all my tools
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I'm missing this tool. This tool. I didn't need the hammer, Brian
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Oh, okay. Let me go put it all back up. Ok. So you won't shave
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