WATCH THE VIDEONissan / VIDEO
HANDS-ON FROM NEWFOUNDLAND
REAL REPAIRS.
REAL GARAGE.
YOUR NEXT FIX.
Cars break. We figure things out.
DIY repairs, diagnostics, and budget projects with Melvin—one job at a time.
BUILT ON EXPERIENCE.SHARED SO YOU CAN LEARN.
THE GUY BEHIND THE WRENCHHey, I’m Melvin.Welcome to my corner of the garage ↗
DIY REPAIRS✦DIAGNOSTICS✦BUDGET PROJECTS✦HONEST FOLLOW-UPS✦NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA
WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON?
Start with the symptom.
Find a video, read the notes, and make a plan.
START WITH YOUR VEHICLE
Find your corner
of the garage.
Go straight to the videos and notes for your project.
All vehicle collections ↗FROM THE CHANNEL
Under the hood.
On the record.
Real jobs, useful lessons, and updates after the tools are put away.
All videos ↗
THE PROJECT FILE / NISSAN MURANO
A Marketplace buy.
A few questions.
Let’s find out.
A Nissan Murano, an unknown story, and the question every budget-project buyer asks: what have I got myself into?
Follow Melvin’s actual channel video. A project from the Southsideboystyle channel.
Watch the Murano story ↗THE GARAGE NOTEBOOK
Watch it. Read it.
Go in prepared.
Companion notes that make the next step clearer. Start with the symptom, understand the limits, then make a plan.
All repair notes ↗01↗02↗03↗
CVT DIAGNOSTIC NOTES / 3 min read
Nissan CVT judder: what P17F0 and P17F1 can tell you.
A companion to Melvin’s Nissan CVT video, with a symptom checklist and the model limits of Nissan bulletin NTB17-039Q.
TRANSMISSION FLUID NOTES / 3 min read
Checking 62TE fluid? Use transmission temperature and the correct chart.
Important reading alongside the shorter Grand Caravan fluid-check video: use actual transmission-fluid temperature, measured fluid height and the correct application chart.
DIAGNOSTIC NOTES / 6 min read
Chevy Impala: a temporary reset is not a permanent repair.
A companion to the 2009–2013 Impala video: what to record, why a quiet warning light is not proof of a repair, and how to make the next diagnostic step useful.
DID IT STAY FIXED?
The follow-up matters.
Go beyond the day of the repair. Watch the later updates. →
YOUR NEXT PROJECT
Keep a repair notebook.
Save the symptoms, checks, costs and what happened afterward. →
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NO FANCY DEALERSHIP WORKSHOP.
Just a guy who likes figuring things out.
I’m Melvin, the creator behind Southsideboystyle. This is where I share automotive DIY, the things I learn, and the projects that keep me busy. I’m a hands-on creator, not a licensed mechanic.
A little more about me ↗