1 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 1: Ron Anien. Look, it's your vehicle, maintain it the way 2 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:11,640 Speaker 1: you want. But something drives people to continue to look 3 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 1: for another repair shop, or a different repair shop, or 4 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:18,239 Speaker 1: their next mechanic. Something makes you want to do that. Well, 5 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:24,279 Speaker 1: you got her day star, never stand down seek he 6 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 1: forgot all about the library like you told her own 7 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: man down and the radio last and go using just 8 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: as passage. It's you have. It takes until the car doctor. 9 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 1: I remember when payphones dot of the landscape and you 10 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 1: would get the certain parts of town and the payphone. 11 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:51,200 Speaker 1: The booth was ransacked, the receiver was gone, the phone 12 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 1: book was ripped in half, the door was half off 13 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 1: the thing because of vandalism. And what are they gonna 14 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 1: do to prevent vandalism on electric vehicle charging stations? But 15 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 1: we don't need to worry about that, so let's get 16 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 1: that figured out. Welcome to the radio home of Ron 17 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:07,479 Speaker 1: and an Ian, the car Doctors. This is where car 18 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 1: owners the world overturned to for their definitive opinion on 19 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: automotive repair. If your mechanics giving you a busy signal, 20 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: pick up the phone and call in. The garage doors 21 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 1: are open, but I am here to take your call 22 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 1: at eight five five five, and now he running, Hey, 23 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:32,320 Speaker 1: how is your week? Well, let's see, um mine ended, Um, 24 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:35,679 Speaker 1: yesterday is it over you? Uh? It was. It was 25 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 1: a crazy week in the shop. Lots of tires, lots 26 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 1: of odd ball problems, um, lots of you getting ready 27 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:43,759 Speaker 1: to go away from a real day weekend and um 28 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:46,199 Speaker 1: you know that kind of stuff, and uh, just just 29 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 1: just crazy busy. So a lot of goofy things, a 30 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 1: lot of parts issues. Parts issues are really starting to 31 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 1: hammer home. Um, we've got all kinds of things that 32 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 1: we can't get parts for. Well, we've got some things 33 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 1: that we got parts for that are no good that 34 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 1: we had to return and get back new parts. Uh. Um, 35 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: I've got at that. It's starting to feel like a 36 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 1: member of the family. Because the first set of ac 37 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 1: hostes I got, um, one of them had a damaged 38 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 1: and the threads on the end of the hose were bad. 39 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 1: Um it's a long story and just you know, it 40 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,080 Speaker 1: took forever to get a second line. Um. You know, 41 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 1: I'm starting to feel like this car is growing trees 42 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 1: the roots at the shop. It's gonna be like a 43 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:21,799 Speaker 1: tree and trying to get it out of here. So 44 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 1: you know that was there, and um, we've noticed the 45 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 1: price of everything is through the roof. I don't know 46 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 1: if you're seeing that, but you know, talk to your 47 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 1: mechanic about it. It's it's probably not them. It's it's 48 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 1: likely the price of parts. We've seen break rotors, for example, 49 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 1: jump thirty in the past four or five months. It's 50 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 1: crazy numbers. Uh, you know, big numbers. You know. It's 51 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 1: it's I can see it now, you know. I I 52 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 1: said to my wife just this morning, Um, I was 53 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: looking at the grocery bill and uh, you know, I 54 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:53,080 Speaker 1: think she went to the supermarket and came out with 55 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 1: you know, fourteen items. It was dollars, you know, crazy 56 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:00,679 Speaker 1: stuff like that. Well, it's happening in order repair to UM, 57 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 1: so price of everything is going up, so you know, 58 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: you may want to consider maybe that's why. And I 59 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:07,360 Speaker 1: thought about this, as crazy as it sounds, are people 60 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: repairing their cars now rather than later because they're anticipating, um, 61 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 1: they're anticipating that prices are only gonna go up and 62 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: what's availability going to be? So just just just be 63 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 1: just be mindful and a were UM. I think some 64 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:23,119 Speaker 1: of the bigger jobs this week one included we did 65 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:26,519 Speaker 1: uh four run flat tires? Um, which I had a 66 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 1: question for him. I have to actually ask him or 67 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:31,240 Speaker 1: I've got to talk to somebody. At Toyota, we had 68 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 1: a two thousand eleven Toyota Sienna with run flat tires 69 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 1: on it. You know, there's no spare And when I 70 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 1: went looking for the wheel lock key, and I never 71 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 1: I didn't think about this until after the car left. 72 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 1: It just didn't dawn on me. I went looking for 73 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 1: the wheel lock key and it's stored in the back 74 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: right rear corner of the vehicle, right next to the jack. 75 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 1: And I said, why would they give you a jack 76 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: to lift the vehicle to change the flat when there's 77 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: no spare tire? I never noticed that before. What's the 78 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: logic there? Um, if you've got no spare, then why 79 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 1: don't you just wait for the service got to show up. 80 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: Why would you add the price of a jack and 81 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 1: the weight of a jack to every vehicle that's never 82 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: gonna be using. It wasn't vehicles eleven years old. The 83 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 1: jacks still wrapped with the original Develko strap tucked away 84 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:17,919 Speaker 1: in the corner. It's got dust on it hasn't been touched. 85 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 1: It's I understand that I have to talk to somebody 86 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 1: at Toyota. I've got somebody in mind. Anyway, let's the 87 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 1: phone number is eight five five zero zero. That's the 88 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 1: car doctor's number here. Let's so let's go to Michael 89 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 1: in Texas. See what's going on Econoline. Michael, Welcome to 90 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 1: the car doctors or how can I help? Well? Who 91 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 1: are about? I've had it for about six years and 92 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:44,720 Speaker 1: um mob periodically a couple of times a year. Once 93 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:48,720 Speaker 1: a year it starts banging in second gear and I 94 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:51,720 Speaker 1: thought maybe it might have an increase in idol it's 95 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: causing it. I don't know. It goes away after I 96 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:57,719 Speaker 1: don't know, a week or two and it goes away. 97 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 1: I gave you I don't get to for automatic transmissions. 98 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: I don't advise that myself, right, Um, not a damage. 99 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 1: A lot of miles on it, Michael, anyways, a lot 100 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 1: of mine about two seventy. I mean I could, I 101 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 1: could take quite often. And I've never changed automated transmission 102 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: fluid and I'm not really big on that one. Yeah, 103 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 1: once they get a couple and a good idea, I mean, 104 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 1: I could tell you the way we would diagnose that 105 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 1: that has an electronic pressure control solenoid UM and if 106 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 1: we were if we were looking at it in the shop, 107 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 1: there's an EPC the control shift point UM. What we 108 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 1: would do is we look at it on a scan 109 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:44,840 Speaker 1: tool and we also hook a digital voult homemeter up 110 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 1: to the uh UM. There's a there's a white yellow 111 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:49,480 Speaker 1: I believe it's a white yellow or a white wire 112 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:53,680 Speaker 1: um on the trans connector Pennel leven. Pennel leven, if 113 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 1: I remember right, and we're looking for a voltage signal 114 00:05:57,360 --> 00:05:59,840 Speaker 1: and a pressure reading on a scan tool, and they 115 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: have the match. We typically saw ten to twenty p 116 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: s i at idle and you get a voltage reading 117 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 1: of around nine vaults. And when you're driving, the more 118 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 1: you accelerate, the higher the pressure goes. At at wide 119 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 1: open throttle, that pressure will go up to about a 120 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 1: hundred ps i and the voltage goes too close to 121 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 1: battery voltage eleven eleven and a half vaults. If if 122 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 1: both of those match, if the pressure command and the 123 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 1: voltage on the solinoid are correct, but then the shift 124 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 1: is still harsh. The problem is internal in the trans. 125 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 1: Why it's intermittent, I couldn't tell you that until I 126 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 1: took it apart, you know, to look at what's Warner 127 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:38,280 Speaker 1: wearing or stock or sticky or dirty fluid or sentiment 128 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 1: or um, you know that type of thing. So you know, 129 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:44,719 Speaker 1: if it's only there every couple of you know, if 130 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:47,280 Speaker 1: it's there one week out of the year. Um. At 131 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 1: this point, it's either you're either gonna have somebody do 132 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,919 Speaker 1: what I said, diagnose it or look for an exploratory 133 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 1: open the trans up to see what's there. But you're 134 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:58,839 Speaker 1: probably headed towards a trans uh you know, so just 135 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:03,280 Speaker 1: just be just be a lot huh say again, any 136 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:10,240 Speaker 1: possibility it could be, UM, seventy rpm increase. I don't 137 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 1: see why it would. You know, if if you're saying 138 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 1: because if the idol speed is slightly higher that it's 139 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 1: causing a shift point problem, well can you lower the art? 140 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 1: Can you lower the rpm? To find out? I don't 141 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 1: see why it would. I won't say it can't be, 142 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 1: but you have to give me a reason. Uh, you know, 143 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: it's it's I can't understand why why it would be 144 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 1: doing that, but I thought maybe it might be an 145 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 1: increase in idol. Well, just periodically coming on, has the 146 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 1: idol has the idol gone up, or you're saying you 147 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 1: noticed that when the idol goes up, that's when the 148 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:45,559 Speaker 1: that's when the hars shift point occurs. No, I can't 149 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 1: say wrong that I noticed in that at all. I'm 150 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: just taking it for granted that that could be a 151 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 1: a problem there. But I don't know. I can say 152 00:07:55,960 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 1: it happens once a year, twice a year, well, last 153 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 1: for about a week and she goes away. I thank 154 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 1: you for your It must it must be that maybe 155 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 1: that child. I don't, I don't know. Listen, listen, uh 156 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 1: you know, you know, Michael, it could be the EPC. 157 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 1: It's a solimoid. It could be acting up, it could 158 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 1: be intermittent. It actually could be a fault unto itself. 159 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 1: But uh um, you know that's like I said, you 160 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 1: have to diagnose an approach it at that point when 161 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 1: it's in failure mode. Good luck to you, kid. I'll 162 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:29,120 Speaker 1: do what you gotta do, and we're here if you 163 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 1: need more. Let's go over to Bruce in Tennessee andiney 164 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 1: Toyota pick up and see what's going on here. Bruce. 165 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 1: Welcome to the car, doctor, sir, How can I help? Well, 166 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 1: I've got this pick up and hearded it from my 167 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:48,959 Speaker 1: uh father in law. It's had issues with electronics for 168 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 1: the last maybe eight or ten years. The first thing 169 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:56,679 Speaker 1: was the jail I should go on by themselves kill 170 00:08:56,720 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 1: the battery. So the solution for that was to get 171 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:02,079 Speaker 1: a battery cut off switch in, so when you turn 172 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 1: the thing off, you disconnect the battery. That probably went 173 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:08,840 Speaker 1: away all by itself, believe it or not. Um and 174 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:11,360 Speaker 1: I know things don't work like that, but um it did. 175 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:17,439 Speaker 1: So then um it started not no lights at all, 176 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 1: No no parking lights at all. So my solution to 177 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:24,320 Speaker 1: that was to find the right lead and just jump 178 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:25,839 Speaker 1: a hot lead in so that when I turned the 179 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 1: key on, the parking lights came on, no problem. The 180 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:33,679 Speaker 1: next thing that quit was the overdrive. And this is 181 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:35,440 Speaker 1: one of these things where you gotta push button on 182 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 1: the stock on the column for the turn signal switch. Yeah, 183 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:43,440 Speaker 1: so I did the same thing. I found the hot 184 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:48,960 Speaker 1: wire to the UM to the automatic transmission overdrive and 185 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 1: so that then now that turned on when you turn 186 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:53,440 Speaker 1: the key on, and you know, the truck rend find 187 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: it didn't care. Then the other day and leaving the dunk, 188 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:00,440 Speaker 1: I turned right and it died and I can't find 189 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 1: what's wrong. So UM, I can make the fuel pump run, 190 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:11,080 Speaker 1: so I think that's working. I can't, for the life 191 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 1: of me, without really carrying into the engine, find where 192 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 1: the fuel line comes into the injector rack. Uh. But 193 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 1: the other thing is is that there's a UM you know, 194 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 1: a multi pin connector at the base of the coil. 195 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 1: And I turned, I took that apart and took the ignition, 196 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 1: turn the adgnition switch on, put my voltmeter on there, 197 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:39,960 Speaker 1: and none of those leads are hot, which makes me 198 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:43,640 Speaker 1: think that we're not getting juiced to the coil. Okay, 199 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 1: let me let me jump in here a minute, Bruce, 200 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:48,559 Speaker 1: you think this vehicle and I'm gonna ask you this question, 201 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 1: and then I'm gonna go away for a break and 202 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:52,720 Speaker 1: then I'll come back. Yeah, if you were to look 203 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:55,720 Speaker 1: at this vehicle electrically, has this vehicle had a hard life? 204 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 1: You know, you look at some vehicles and you go, yeah, 205 00:10:57,480 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: everybody's kind of poked around and touched this and touch that, 206 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 1: you know, added this and added that, And is this 207 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:05,320 Speaker 1: one of those vehicles? Was it in a harsh environment 208 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:07,960 Speaker 1: when your father in law had it? Um, not so much. 209 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 1: I mean it's he uh, group plants and whatnot and 210 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 1: use the truck to, you know, carry flowers around fairy 211 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 1: cases and sell them. No, it wasn't abused. It wasn't 212 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:23,480 Speaker 1: all right, Sit tight, let me pull over, take a pause. 213 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:25,440 Speaker 1: I got some ideas for you. We'll talk about him 214 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:26,960 Speaker 1: on the other side. You don't go away. I'm running 215 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:28,680 Speaker 1: any of the car doctor. We'll be back right after 216 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: this when you get keep Ron's number hand eight five 217 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:51,320 Speaker 1: five five six zero nine zero zero for when you 218 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:54,680 Speaker 1: really need advice on your car. Here's Rob. Let's go 219 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:58,200 Speaker 1: back to Bruce. Bruce Tennessee, you're there, sir, right. Let's 220 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:00,560 Speaker 1: let's talk about the light issue, right. I want to 221 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 1: start there, all right, because I think I think I 222 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 1: want to address that. If I remember right under the 223 00:12:07,679 --> 00:12:09,840 Speaker 1: seat and I didn't ask, is this a four cylinder 224 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:13,720 Speaker 1: or six? It's a four total? All right? Under the 225 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 1: under the seat, I'm trying to remember ninety under the seat, 226 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 1: there's a gray connector if I recall, and the wiring, 227 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 1: the wiring for the lights goes through that connector. Have 228 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:27,160 Speaker 1: you seen that? Have you poked at that? Have you 229 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:31,480 Speaker 1: looked at that? That's where I picked up the lead right, okay, 230 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:34,400 Speaker 1: that that is now running the tail lights when I 231 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 1: turned the ignition on, all right, and and you've you've 232 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:41,880 Speaker 1: there's no corrosion there, there's no signs of moisture damage. No, 233 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 1: it looks new, okay, because you know, sometimes you know, 234 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,320 Speaker 1: depending up That's why I asked about environment. Sometimes, depending 235 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 1: upon environment, you get in a vehicle. You've got snow 236 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:51,680 Speaker 1: on your boots and you know, so much water and 237 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 1: slop and it just washes back into the connector and 238 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 1: it makes a mess over it over time. Buddy. The 239 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 1: thing I'm wondering, Um, you know, I have gotten this 240 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 1: deep yet, But my son thinks that because this is 241 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:08,160 Speaker 1: a farm truck in alast mostly you know, it's out 242 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:11,080 Speaker 1: of the weather. But in a barn um that you know, 243 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 1: I got mice behind the dash chewing on wires or something, 244 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 1: and that's my next place. That's that's another reason I 245 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 1: asked about environment, and you could you could, So what's 246 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 1: up under the dash as far as relays and stuff 247 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:26,080 Speaker 1: is concerned. You know, Um, I don't believe there's a 248 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 1: lot of stuff up top of the dash. But in 249 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 1: the left kick panel is the main junction box. If 250 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 1: I recall correctly. So you have to pull that junction 251 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 1: box down and look behind there, and and and see 252 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:40,440 Speaker 1: what's going on, see what's nibbling away at things. And 253 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:46,559 Speaker 1: I've been in there. I actually changed out a relay. Uh. 254 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 1: But it's let me. Let me ask you this, Bruce, 255 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:54,440 Speaker 1: give a wiring diagram for this truck. Okay, all right, 256 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:56,679 Speaker 1: do you Is it good enough for what you're doing, 257 00:13:56,720 --> 00:13:58,480 Speaker 1: because I'll be glad to go into the library and 258 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 1: send you something if you need it. Well, it's not yet. Okay, 259 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:06,600 Speaker 1: it's you know, I've got a manual for this truck, 260 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 1: but it's for several different models. You know how they 261 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:12,840 Speaker 1: do that? Um. And then I got a local guy, 262 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:17,240 Speaker 1: a mechanic, printed out a schematic for me. But um, 263 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 1: it's not laid out in such a way that you 264 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 1: can place things you find in the schematic in the 265 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 1: car in the truck. It's like, okay, yeah, there's a relay, 266 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:30,160 Speaker 1: but it doesn't tell me physically where it lives in 267 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:32,720 Speaker 1: the vehicle. So it's really no oil. Well, and I've 268 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 1: and I've got to tell you it's it's a testimony 269 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 1: to how well service information has gotten in the past 270 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:43,320 Speaker 1: thirty years. Uh, you know, that that they now can 271 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 1: pinpoint exactly individual components where they are and what they do. 272 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 1: So but you know, listen, critters and cars would explain it, 273 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 1: would explain it. It would explain a lot about what 274 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:57,720 Speaker 1: you're going through. I would do a very thorough look over. 275 00:14:57,800 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 1: I look in the left kick panel, the right kick panel. 276 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 1: I'd be all over this truck looking for wiring. You know, 277 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 1: maybe take part of the dish, go up underneath the 278 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 1: glove box. Do you see signs? Animals tend to stay low, 279 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 1: you know, they're they're lazy. They're gonna stay close to 280 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:15,840 Speaker 1: the ground as they can um. And then what's external. 281 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 1: I'd be looking at the back of the engine, ferny, 282 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 1: ground leads, anything that came off for the PCM, you know, 283 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:24,240 Speaker 1: just to see what's fired or what's gonna you know 284 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:26,880 Speaker 1: what what needs to be fired, would need a power 285 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:28,920 Speaker 1: in the ground, etcetera. That kind of a thing. But 286 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:31,320 Speaker 1: if you think you've got an animal intrusion problem, you've 287 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:33,440 Speaker 1: got to take this one step. You'll see where they've 288 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:36,960 Speaker 1: nibbled here and nibbled there, and uh, you know, and 289 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 1: and and and go from there. Did you have a 290 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:40,560 Speaker 1: second question, Bruce, because the clock is gonna grab us 291 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 1: if if well, yeah quickly. I also have another truck. 292 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 1: It's not on the road. We just use it here 293 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:50,400 Speaker 1: on the front on the grounds. Um. But it's a 294 00:15:50,480 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 1: Chevy Ce ten um and I've you know, I buy 295 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 1: my parts for this thing from Summit because I trust 296 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 1: him when the prices are good. Um. So I have 297 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 1: replaced the distributor, uh, the ignition wires, the plugs, and 298 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 1: the carburetor, set the valves, set the timing, and it'll 299 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 1: kind of start, but it won't keep starting, no power. 300 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 1: So I know I'm getting enough addition to exactly, you know, 301 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:25,960 Speaker 1: to burn a little gas. But I mean it'll back 302 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 1: fire through the carburetor sometimes and then backfire and then 303 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:33,040 Speaker 1: a little and then so you're saying it's a start 304 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 1: and a die kind of a problem. Yeah, okay, So 305 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 1: let's let's do this. Let's cover the basics. You've got 306 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 1: a pink wire leading up this as an h EI 307 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 1: distributor V eight. Okay, So you've got a pink wire 308 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 1: with a white connector that comes into the one side 309 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 1: of the distributor. That's the feed from the ignition switch. Right, Okay, Um, 310 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 1: can we put a test light or side marker ball 311 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 1: there or a voultmeter of some type so that when 312 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 1: it when it when it dies, do you have voltage? 313 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:04,359 Speaker 1: Is the bulb still lit? I like a bulb in 314 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:06,399 Speaker 1: this scenario because there's there's a lot, there's a lot 315 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:09,120 Speaker 1: going on. If the bulb is lit, brother, it's it's 316 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:13,920 Speaker 1: it's not loss of signal to it. And then it's yeah, absolutely, 317 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 1: And let's let's you know, let's put a spark tester 318 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:19,720 Speaker 1: on one of the plug wires, all right, and then 319 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:23,480 Speaker 1: let's set up a remote start switch, remote starter switch 320 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 1: so that you can just hit the button and crank 321 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:27,639 Speaker 1: it from under the hood when it goes into this 322 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:31,080 Speaker 1: no start if the key is on, the bulb is lit, 323 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:34,240 Speaker 1: and you've and you can crank it and you've got spark, 324 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 1: spark is out of the equation. Now move on the 325 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:42,200 Speaker 1: fuel or mechanical timing for some reason. Yeah, the fuel 326 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:45,119 Speaker 1: you know, I can just connect the fuel line and 327 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:49,760 Speaker 1: crank it over right right, Well, the carburetor and the 328 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 1: carburetor is brand new. So fuel sample, you took a 329 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:59,199 Speaker 1: fuel sample fuels clean? Yeah, okay, so then you know, 330 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:02,919 Speaker 1: was this gonna part for some reason? Not really? No, 331 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 1: I mean years ago. You know, I did a valve job, 332 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:09,200 Speaker 1: but it's run for ten years since. Then set yourself 333 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 1: up like I said, do this because the clock's gonna 334 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 1: take us. Brother, Set yourself up like I said. If 335 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:17,320 Speaker 1: all that passes, think about ignition or mechanical timing, verify 336 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:19,440 Speaker 1: that and then call me back next week and I'll 337 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 1: be glad to continue the conversation. Um as the clock 338 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:23,800 Speaker 1: going to take us in this segment. Hey, coming up next, 339 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 1: Uncle Steve. Time and tide waits for no man, here's 340 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:27,600 Speaker 1: the guy that you just want to stick around and 341 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:30,639 Speaker 1: listen to enjoy the interview. I'll be back afterwards. See you. 342 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:00,679 Speaker 1: Welcome back to the car doctor on an in here. 343 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:04,119 Speaker 1: You know, this next segment really doesn't have a lot 344 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:08,080 Speaker 1: to do with cars. It's Memorial Day weekend and when 345 00:19:08,119 --> 00:19:11,680 Speaker 1: we can, as we're allowed, we try to sneak out 346 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:13,880 Speaker 1: and talk to Uncle Steve, Stephen and Nanny and he's 347 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 1: my uncle. Um it's always a pleasure to talk to him. 348 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 1: I don't get to talk to him as much during 349 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:20,080 Speaker 1: the course of the year, so this is a different 350 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:22,480 Speaker 1: kind of a long distance phone call. And it's always 351 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:24,440 Speaker 1: fun to have Uncle Steve here in ninety one years 352 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:27,679 Speaker 1: young as we talk to him about Memorial Day, World 353 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:31,520 Speaker 1: War two, and um things maybe not so car related, 354 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:34,160 Speaker 1: Uncle Steve, welcome back, Welcome to the car doctor, sir, 355 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 1: We love you. How are you doing all right? Um? 356 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 1: Here we are Memorial Is it? Well? You know, blame 357 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 1: that on mom. Mom says ninety one, So I'm ninety 358 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:49,280 Speaker 1: and a half. Actually, now, is that what it is? Well, 359 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:51,040 Speaker 1: let me ask you this. At ninety and a half 360 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:53,600 Speaker 1: or ninety one, if they called you up when you 361 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:56,680 Speaker 1: could fit in the plane, would you go, oh, sure, 362 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 1: I flew in an eight six last year. Were you 363 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:05,440 Speaker 1: flying or just taking the rod? But I was sitting 364 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:08,240 Speaker 1: in the backseat and I flew it for a while. Yeah, 365 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:12,760 Speaker 1: don't tell anybody, right, Well, well I had a stuck 366 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:18,040 Speaker 1: there in front, so it's okay, You're okay. It was legal? Yeah, right, Um, 367 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:20,080 Speaker 1: but you know, ninety and a half or not. You 368 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:24,359 Speaker 1: were nineteen when you enlisted when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, 369 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:27,200 Speaker 1: and you knew what you had to do. And we've 370 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 1: talked about it here on the show, and you know, 371 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:32,760 Speaker 1: we've talked about some of the other things with regards 372 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:36,479 Speaker 1: to the story that you had written Ramrod to Munster. 373 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:38,840 Speaker 1: Can you can you just hit the high points for 374 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:42,560 Speaker 1: the listeners real quick? Well, that was my first message, 375 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:47,640 Speaker 1: and uh we were escorting the obambas to Munster and 376 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:53,720 Speaker 1: escorting bombers is called Ramrod missions. So on the way, 377 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 1: I was flying over Holland on the helly gold Land 378 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:04,800 Speaker 1: actually and see German west point for anti aircraft gunners, 379 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:08,960 Speaker 1: and I got hit by one anti aircraft gun and 380 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:12,119 Speaker 1: I was hitting a supercharge of the aircraft and I 381 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:18,880 Speaker 1: uh uh flew my airplane losing airplane uh, losing oil 382 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:22,720 Speaker 1: for about forty five minutes until I finally had a 383 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:26,960 Speaker 1: bailout over the North Sea. And at that time there 384 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 1: was girl warnings over the North was seventy five winds 385 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:38,840 Speaker 1: and uh ten ft waves and so but I bailed 386 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:41,680 Speaker 1: out and it was in a water for an hour 387 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:45,120 Speaker 1: and a half and I was rescued by a British 388 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:52,240 Speaker 1: Air Sea Rescue flying boat and hum I got back 389 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:57,240 Speaker 1: naturally and I flew sixty missions after that. Did you 390 00:21:57,320 --> 00:21:59,679 Speaker 1: hesitate going up the second time? Uncle Stephen from what 391 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,680 Speaker 1: whim not? Remember they offered you a couple of days 392 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:04,600 Speaker 1: off leave up in London. You said, heck no, I 393 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 1: want to go, that's right. I uh, I went the 394 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:15,000 Speaker 1: very nice mission that they flew, so uh no, I 395 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 1: uh I. I was afraid when I flew, but as 396 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 1: a fair my fear was not of getting killed, but 397 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 1: I was afraid I screw up. I mean, that's this 398 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:31,440 Speaker 1: is what every pilot did. I mean, you you had 399 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 1: to respect what the enemy had to offer. But h 400 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:39,359 Speaker 1: we knew we were better than them, so there was 401 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 1: no big aggrevation on that bart when we were we 402 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 1: had men who were uh on leave on D Day 403 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:54,720 Speaker 1: and they rushed back to fry one of them. Three 404 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:58,120 Speaker 1: we flew three missions on D Day and these men 405 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 1: who were on leaving London rush got put back of 406 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:03,720 Speaker 1: food the last mission of the day, just to be 407 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 1: able to do it. Yeah, when you were up in 408 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:09,480 Speaker 1: the air and you you soil pressures dropping and you 409 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:12,720 Speaker 1: were at I forget the number twenty five thousand feet 410 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:15,760 Speaker 1: thirty thousand feet, how did you happen to have the 411 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:20,800 Speaker 1: clarity of mind to rock the plane to splash oil 412 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 1: up on the engine as it was losing oil pressure. 413 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:27,159 Speaker 1: I mean, what just what came over you? Well? Once 414 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 1: once you I was hit, I mean I wasn't uh 415 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:38,200 Speaker 1: you know, uh, disoriented or anything. I knew what was happening. 416 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:40,520 Speaker 1: I knew that I was loosing. I was trying to 417 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:45,080 Speaker 1: figure out what was wrong, and uh, I figured I 418 00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 1: was hit by in a supercharger, which meant that at 419 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 1: lower out of tours, I might have enough power to 420 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:56,119 Speaker 1: maintain flight, which I did. When I got down to 421 00:23:56,200 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 1: seven thousand feet my air my aircraft, I had enough 422 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:05,880 Speaker 1: foul to sustain flight. Was but I was losing oil 423 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:09,360 Speaker 1: and in order to cool the engine, I figured, does 424 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:12,399 Speaker 1: that all that oil is in the stump of the engine, 425 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:17,080 Speaker 1: you know, So I just took the flane violently, the 426 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 1: splashed the oil from the stump up on the cylinder 427 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:24,639 Speaker 1: the walls. The m E two sixty two, Uncle Steve, 428 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:28,080 Speaker 1: one of the German jets, the German jet. Yeah, you were, 429 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:30,719 Speaker 1: you were you You shot down a German jet in 430 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:35,080 Speaker 1: combat and that was that was really unprecedented then in 431 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 1: terms of you know, the differences between the planes. The 432 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:41,520 Speaker 1: Mt two sixty two was obviously faster, but you figured 433 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:43,239 Speaker 1: it out. I mean, how did you take you know, 434 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 1: what mechanical advantage do you think the P fifty one 435 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:47,679 Speaker 1: had over the two sixty two that enabled you to 436 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:49,959 Speaker 1: do that or you know, are you gonna sit here 437 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 1: and tell me it was just a lucky shot. The 438 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:56,359 Speaker 1: thing is run that both the P fifty one and 439 00:24:56,440 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 1: the M six at six too were limited to the 440 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:03,479 Speaker 1: top speed by the speedest sound. We had not broken 441 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:08,479 Speaker 1: the sound barrier at that time, so the fastest they 442 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:11,720 Speaker 1: could fly was about six hundred miles an hour, which 443 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,679 Speaker 1: is the fastest that we could if we could, but 444 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:17,840 Speaker 1: we didn't have the power. The P fifty one flew 445 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 1: four hundred seventy five an hour top speed, straight and level, 446 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:26,080 Speaker 1: and so when the dive we could fly five hour. 447 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:29,879 Speaker 1: In fact, the aircraft was a red line not to 448 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:34,200 Speaker 1: fire the guns at that speed. So even though they 449 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:39,360 Speaker 1: had a speed advantage, we had a maneuver very advantage. 450 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:43,439 Speaker 1: The three fifty one was a highly maneuver aircraft and 451 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:47,200 Speaker 1: we could out maneuver the ft the Emmy two six, 452 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:53,200 Speaker 1: so that was our advantage over them. D D time 453 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:56,960 Speaker 1: you were shot down over Stuttgart, can you talk about 454 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:01,120 Speaker 1: that real quick? I mean what was what was? There 455 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 1: was a tank bangle battle going on at the ground 456 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:10,400 Speaker 1: and we were uh supporting our ground tanks and uh 457 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:14,760 Speaker 1: I was hit by American tank. I think and my 458 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:18,879 Speaker 1: in the corborator and I lost power and I crashed 459 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 1: landed in the deserted field, and there were German were 460 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:27,840 Speaker 1: marched on the other side of the field. And I 461 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:31,439 Speaker 1: had ran off into the woods after I set my 462 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:35,600 Speaker 1: airplane on fire, and uh I shot a fire flare 463 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:38,439 Speaker 1: into the cockpit and I ran off into the woods 464 00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:44,120 Speaker 1: and I heard hid behind some bushes and uh I 465 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:48,679 Speaker 1: was able to evade capture and I uh woke up. 466 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:53,000 Speaker 1: I actually I fell asleep in the shrubbery and I 467 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:56,359 Speaker 1: woke up when it was dark, and uh I walked 468 00:26:56,400 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 1: in the dark towards American lines and was able to 469 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:05,479 Speaker 1: evade capture. You know Stuttgard isn't exactly around the corner 470 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:07,800 Speaker 1: from American lines, Uncle Steve, I mean it had to 471 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:12,360 Speaker 1: be a hundred miles now, well, I don't know exactly 472 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:15,320 Speaker 1: recall of the distance, but yeah, it was. It took 473 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:18,439 Speaker 1: me three days, three nights, and you hit out by 474 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 1: day and traveled at night. Yeah. I woke up one 475 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:26,120 Speaker 1: morning in uh in a field that I was sleeping 476 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:31,760 Speaker 1: in and I could hear some uh French being spoken, 477 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:35,400 Speaker 1: and I stood up and there was a French farmer 478 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:40,480 Speaker 1: to talk to, H talking to a American soldier and 479 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 1: I raised my hands and I said, uh, just for 480 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:50,480 Speaker 1: the American And I was taken to uh the Paris 481 00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:55,359 Speaker 1: which was headquarters at the time, and UH I was 482 00:27:55,440 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 1: interrogated because at that time there were Herman uh Americans 483 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:07,440 Speaker 1: speak English speaking Germans that we're posing as American soldiers 484 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:13,320 Speaker 1: and their their their job was to try to assassinate H. 485 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:17,639 Speaker 1: Dwight Eisenhower, who is a general at the time. Right, 486 00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:20,040 Speaker 1: Uncle Steve, stay put, We're gonna put you into a 487 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:22,399 Speaker 1: second segment, if that's all right. I know, I know 488 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:24,400 Speaker 1: we promised you only one, but we gotta hold you over. 489 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:26,399 Speaker 1: It's it's just too much fun talking to you and 490 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:29,400 Speaker 1: it's just too interesting. Um stay where you are. Montoni 491 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:31,199 Speaker 1: and the car Doctor will be back right after this. 492 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 1: Welcome back Nan and the car Doctor here with Uncle 493 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:45,480 Speaker 1: Steven Aye and Stephen Nanian, First Lieutenant Steven Ninian, three 494 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:48,240 Speaker 1: thirty ninth Fighter Group, the five oh five fire to Group, 495 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:50,160 Speaker 1: the eighth Air Force World War tune is we always 496 00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:52,040 Speaker 1: we try to get ahold of Uncle Stephen Memorial Day 497 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:54,160 Speaker 1: and talk to him about some of the things that 498 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:56,360 Speaker 1: happened during the course of the war. Not really automotive 499 00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:59,640 Speaker 1: mechanical related, but just just a fun time. Uncle Steve. 500 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,440 Speaker 1: How are you? You're You're still there, sir, I'm still there. 501 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:07,680 Speaker 1: You know. I can't imagine walking three days home from Stuttgard, 502 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:12,000 Speaker 1: Germany at night, but I guess that was the time, right. 503 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:15,200 Speaker 1: You did what you had to do to survive, and 504 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:24,600 Speaker 1: it just never became right. Yeah, I'm sure, Um, I'm sure. 505 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:27,480 Speaker 1: Although you know you say it now like it's so nonchalant, 506 00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:30,680 Speaker 1: but back then, to walk out of Stuttguard, Germany back 507 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:34,959 Speaker 1: to French lines is no is no simple task. The 508 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:38,880 Speaker 1: the the final flight. And I love this story when 509 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:42,120 Speaker 1: you tell it, if I remember it correctly, the day 510 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:46,760 Speaker 1: and everybody was grounded, but you still went up, didn't you. Yes, 511 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:51,760 Speaker 1: and we registered, everybody was grounded. We were able to 512 00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:56,600 Speaker 1: fry training missions and so forth over England itself, but 513 00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:58,520 Speaker 1: you were just you just wanted to go for one 514 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:00,720 Speaker 1: last ride in that plane before they sent you home. 515 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:04,520 Speaker 1: That's true. And do you do you remember anything specifically 516 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:08,960 Speaker 1: about it? Oh? Yeah, well, uh. I was scheduled to 517 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:14,280 Speaker 1: leave the base about twelve o'clock noon to catch fly 518 00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:18,200 Speaker 1: up to Scotland to catch a boat back for the 519 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:21,520 Speaker 1: United States. And so when I got up about six 520 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:24,520 Speaker 1: o'clock in the morning, and after well, we all woke 521 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:28,600 Speaker 1: up that early, and uh, I spoke to the commanding officer, 522 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:31,640 Speaker 1: my squadron commander, and I said, so, I'd like to 523 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:36,520 Speaker 1: take the airplane up for one last time with your permission, 524 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:39,920 Speaker 1: and he said, sure, go ahead, he said, but just 525 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:43,160 Speaker 1: don't fool around. He says, I don't one any problems, 526 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:47,560 Speaker 1: you know. And my wingman, Tom Marvel, he said, I'd 527 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:50,320 Speaker 1: like to fly with him. So we both took off 528 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:56,200 Speaker 1: and we flew. I had never flown over Paris, France, 529 00:30:56,600 --> 00:31:01,080 Speaker 1: because Paris was an open city. So we flew to France. 530 00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:04,680 Speaker 1: And when I got over Paris, I flew along with 531 00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:10,160 Speaker 1: Shanza say, with my wingman, flying my wing about fifty 532 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:13,120 Speaker 1: ft off the ground, and all the people were waving 533 00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:17,280 Speaker 1: at us, and we were just smiling and laughing and uh. 534 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:20,400 Speaker 1: And then we turned at the end of the shans 535 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:24,160 Speaker 1: Elise as the poll the shioh and I made a 536 00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:27,640 Speaker 1: left turn and there's the Eiffel Tower. We headed towards 537 00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:32,360 Speaker 1: the Eiffel Tower buzz dot and then flew back to London. Now, 538 00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:36,160 Speaker 1: during the war, you can fly over London because of 539 00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:40,160 Speaker 1: the barrage balloons. But on V Day that barrage balloons 540 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:44,600 Speaker 1: were down. So we flew over to file the square 541 00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:50,280 Speaker 1: very low and spiraled upwards over Lord Nelson's statue and 542 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:53,360 Speaker 1: climbed up the twenty thousand feet, came back, and we 543 00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:57,320 Speaker 1: came back and landed where we landed by commanding officers. 544 00:31:57,720 --> 00:32:01,960 Speaker 1: Jeep came roaring up to my airplane and he jumped 545 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:04,320 Speaker 1: out and he said, what the hell you've been doing? 546 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:07,240 Speaker 1: I said, what's the matter, sir? He says, the phone 547 00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:10,560 Speaker 1: has been ringing off the hook about these red and 548 00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:16,320 Speaker 1: white check and nose uh P forty seven buzzing all 549 00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:20,360 Speaker 1: over France and England. And I said that wasn't nice. 550 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:23,680 Speaker 1: I said, were fly fifty one? He says, Bologney. He said, 551 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:29,400 Speaker 1: you could? You know that those civilians don't know a 552 00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:32,240 Speaker 1: P fifty one from a P forty seven. But still 553 00:32:32,760 --> 00:32:35,400 Speaker 1: I went to this, I eight six and you're going 554 00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:38,239 Speaker 1: to Scotland. So that was it, and that was it. Hey, 555 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:41,240 Speaker 1: real quick, uncle Steve Um, you know you name the 556 00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:44,000 Speaker 1: plane baby mine? Thirty seconds or less? Had you come 557 00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:49,040 Speaker 1: up with that name? Uh? The Walt Disney's motion picture? 558 00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:51,480 Speaker 1: Uh no, no, no, no, I don't want that for 559 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,760 Speaker 1: bo in it and he and that picture that that 560 00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:58,000 Speaker 1: was the famous song, and that song used to go 561 00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:00,280 Speaker 1: running through my head when I was flying have away 562 00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:02,640 Speaker 1: to Uncle Steve. That's the that's the family version. Wasn't 563 00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:04,560 Speaker 1: there a story about when the girls and the bars 564 00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:06,960 Speaker 1: in London would ask you, did you name your plane 565 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:09,760 Speaker 1: after me? And what did you tell them? That's right, 566 00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:12,920 Speaker 1: I'd say I name a baby and they looked at 567 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:15,479 Speaker 1: me and they all come on, I think I got 568 00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:18,640 Speaker 1: a picture of my airplane and they believed it and 569 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:21,880 Speaker 1: said it was baby mine. Uncle. Uncle Steve is always 570 00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:23,640 Speaker 1: it's a pleasure to talk to I'm looking forward to 571 00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:26,080 Speaker 1: seeing you in June. And um, we've got to go 572 00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:28,040 Speaker 1: right now. I really want to say thanks for taking 573 00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:29,600 Speaker 1: the time, and um, it's just a whole lot of 574 00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:31,960 Speaker 1: fun to talk to you. I loved one thing. Sure. 575 00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:34,560 Speaker 1: I just want to thank all these people in the 576 00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:38,800 Speaker 1: service for protective us and giving us the freedom that 577 00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:42,520 Speaker 1: we judge and were our prayers are with all these people. 578 00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:45,240 Speaker 1: Thank you, Thank you, Uncle Steve. We'll see you soon. 579 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:47,520 Speaker 1: I'm running any in the car. Doctor We're back right 580 00:33:47,520 --> 00:34:11,600 Speaker 1: after this. Every every well, it wasn't that refreshing. I 581 00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:13,279 Speaker 1: realized that was a little bit off the beaten path 582 00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:16,880 Speaker 1: of what the car doctor usually does. We would we 583 00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:18,680 Speaker 1: thought you guys would like to hear that, and uh, 584 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:20,839 Speaker 1: we're glad to air that for you every week, every 585 00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:24,080 Speaker 1: every year, I mean this week, and do it that way. Um, 586 00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:26,399 Speaker 1: I will say this, I will follow up on this though. 587 00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:28,239 Speaker 1: You know, every time I listen to Uncle Steve, I 588 00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:31,120 Speaker 1: hear a little different story. There's a little variation. Um, 589 00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:34,000 Speaker 1: it's a memory of childhood. The end of that story 590 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:37,080 Speaker 1: when they flew to Paris that day, Uh, that was 591 00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:39,960 Speaker 1: the story of you know, and these are two nine 592 00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:43,359 Speaker 1: twenty year old kids and p fifty ones, right, and 593 00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:45,879 Speaker 1: the end of that story is, g do you think 594 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:48,239 Speaker 1: we could fly under the Eiffel Tower? I don't know 595 00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:50,120 Speaker 1: what's the wingspan? And they thought about it and thought 596 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:52,759 Speaker 1: about Uncle Steve said, I think I could fit. And 597 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:55,680 Speaker 1: that's when he supposedly he didn't just buzz the Eiffel Tower, 598 00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:59,840 Speaker 1: he flew under it. And UM, that's now. I always 599 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,799 Speaker 1: at that story was a bunch of bologney. Right. But 600 00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:06,399 Speaker 1: years later we were at a local French bakery here 601 00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:09,359 Speaker 1: in North Jersey and my mom was with us. We 602 00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:11,840 Speaker 1: were buying Christmas cheesecake, and she was telling the story 603 00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:14,440 Speaker 1: about the French and her brother in law did this 604 00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:15,920 Speaker 1: and that, and da da, da da, and that's the way. 605 00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:18,799 Speaker 1: Mom was right, like all moms are. And she told 606 00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:21,160 Speaker 1: the story about flying under the Eiffel Tower. And the 607 00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:23,920 Speaker 1: owner of the bakery was listening, and he came over 608 00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:26,000 Speaker 1: and he said, one moment and he brought out of 609 00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:28,720 Speaker 1: his father this short little you know, short little older 610 00:35:28,719 --> 00:35:30,759 Speaker 1: French gentleman, and he relaid the story to my mother 611 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:32,319 Speaker 1: about he was a boy on the banks of the 612 00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:35,400 Speaker 1: river in Paris, and I remember seeing these two silver 613 00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:38,600 Speaker 1: American warplanes and how one flew under the Eiffel Tower. 614 00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:41,640 Speaker 1: I don't know, it's awful, incidental. You just wondered, did 615 00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:44,080 Speaker 1: it really happen? Until next week, Until the next time. 616 00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:46,040 Speaker 1: I'm mornin Adian the car doctor, happy to be here 617 00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:50,120 Speaker 1: and proud to serve, reminding you good mechanics aren't expensive, 618 00:35:50,239 --> 00:36:01,439 Speaker 1: they're priceless. See you seven