1 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 1: Up, buddy, guniss ron Anian, clearing codes isn't the answer. 2 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:10,080 Speaker 1: And then if you do choose to clear codes, you 3 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:13,160 Speaker 1: should consider paying the mechanic because their time is valuable. 4 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 1: Leave it up to the mechanic to say no, it's okay, 5 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 1: the car Doctor. Does it change with temperature? Is it 6 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:25,239 Speaker 1: just as loud cold as it is warm? 7 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:26,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, it didn't see the changeing. 8 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 1: Okay, take the belt off, let's start. 9 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:32,559 Speaker 3: Welcome to the radio home of ron Ananian, the Car Doctor. 10 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:35,519 Speaker 1: Since nineteen ninety one. This is where car. 11 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 3: Owners the world overturned to for their definitive opinion on 12 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 3: automotive repair. If your mechanics giving you a busy signal, 13 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 3: pick up the phone and call in. 14 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 1: The garage doors are open, but I am here to 15 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:50,520 Speaker 1: take your calls at eight five five five six ninety 16 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:53,480 Speaker 1: nine hundred and now pee. 17 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 4: Running. 18 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: Hey, let's not waste any time. Let's get right into it. 19 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 1: Let's go to Mork and Virginia ninety eight one and 20 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: some cooling system and heating problems. 21 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:03,319 Speaker 5: Mark. 22 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 1: Welcome to the card Doctor, Sir, How can I help? 23 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 2: Uh? Yeah, I got I bought this truck, got a 24 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:12,959 Speaker 2: good deal. It's not like a main vehicle or anything anyway, 25 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 2: one hundred and one hundred and three thousand miles. Uh, 26 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:20,559 Speaker 2: it's just it's just never been an issue. I haven't 27 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 2: put a lot of miles on anyway. Yeah, it's what 28 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:26,320 Speaker 2: engine is it? Mark, It's it's the small V eight four? 29 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 2: Is this four six? 30 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:30,040 Speaker 1: Yeah? The four six okay, yeah, four. 31 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 2: Six automatic, four wheel drive, you know. And I had 32 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 2: a little problem and he probably did too. It had 33 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 2: hadn't been driven in quite a while. I mean the 34 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 2: gas wasn't sour or nothing. But anyways, uh uh. I 35 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 2: tried to mess with it, said for a while, putting 36 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 2: flushed it, uh you know, commercial flush stuff and drain it. Anyway, 37 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 2: finally figured it out and it started leaking a little 38 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 2: bit to heater core. So I had my mechanic change 39 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 2: of heater core in it. Took it on a drive 40 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 2: to uh A Hunt Club, about two hour ride, and 41 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 2: I noticed about an hour hour and a half into 42 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 2: the ride, I looked, just having to look down the dash, 43 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:09,680 Speaker 2: and ship was right on up there around the edge 44 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:13,080 Speaker 2: just where it turns red hot right, and I watch, 45 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:15,079 Speaker 2: I almost pulled. I was getting ready to pull over, 46 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 2: and they dropped right back down well in the process 47 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 2: of flushing and everything. The heater core. We had change 48 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:24,640 Speaker 2: the thumber staff, which I do hvac and refrigeration. I know, 49 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:27,840 Speaker 2: you know, that doesn't mean it's good. Anyways, made it 50 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 2: up there and made it back, you know, and it 51 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 2: did it just a little bit coming back. It's not continuous. 52 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,359 Speaker 2: So I get back and you know, Parker taking a mechanic. 53 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 2: You know, maybe it's just of course, you know where 54 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:41,920 Speaker 2: we say, maybe it's just the sensor, the you know, 55 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 2: the idiot, the electronic gaugees, and that it's a I had. 56 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 2: I had my mechanic put a mechanical gauge on it 57 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:51,959 Speaker 2: and put it down there on the dash when God 58 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,080 Speaker 2: had droven up down the road right there, right as 59 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 2: I left it for the same thing. It's just the right, 60 00:02:57,360 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 2: perfect right where the Thomber staff. I think it's got 61 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 2: a one ninety because I told him to change that 62 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 2: again one ninety thermostatics say right there, right there. All 63 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 2: of a sudden he goes right on up. And I 64 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 2: mean this time he was sitting. Probably it wasn't terrible. 65 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 2: Like I said about two twenty five. You know, I 66 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 2: didn't run it long. So here we go, you know, 67 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 2: what did he do next? He checked it. He's pretty good, 68 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 2: he's been doing a long time. Anyway, he checked it 69 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 2: off the I guess the water for CO two, you know, 70 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 2: thinking maybe got a head gas or crackhead something. Anyways, 71 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 2: that there's no sign of that. So since then, I mean, 72 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 2: we put a oh my gosh, radiator water pump. And 73 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 2: the last time I talked to him, it's been I 74 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 2: think he's getting tired of it. But last time I 75 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 2: talked to him, it's been probably a month ago, and 76 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 2: he's acts like he doesn't know and I don't understand 77 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 2: these systems. Anyway, They've got that radiator, but then they 78 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:01,960 Speaker 2: got the hank off to the side. So let me 79 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 2: ask let me just don't have a cap on it. 80 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: Let me let me ask you a question mark. So 81 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 1: it still runs hot. You've put a pile of parts 82 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 1: in it. What testing has he done? I understand he 83 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 1: checked he you know, he did a CO two test 84 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 1: looking for combustion or compression issues. You know, do we 85 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 1: have a do we have a do we have the 86 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:19,240 Speaker 1: cooling system superheating? 87 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 6: Right? 88 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,040 Speaker 1: So one of the things that was common on those 89 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 1: and I know you're gonna tell me. He put a 90 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:27,719 Speaker 1: water pump in it. Uh before asking that question? Was 91 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:30,280 Speaker 1: the cooling system rusty? Was it really dirty? 92 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 2: Oh? My god, it was poor. It was. It was 93 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:37,280 Speaker 2: you know, I take care of myself. I've got you know, 94 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 2: not a lot of vehicles, but you know, company vehicles stuff. 95 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:44,039 Speaker 2: It was. It was horrible. Honestly, I don't know. Could 96 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 2: it ever been flushed? And it was just literally it was. 97 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 2: It was bad. I flushed it, built it, blushed it, 98 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 2: built it, I don't know, three or four times trying 99 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:54,040 Speaker 2: to get it to heat, and I finally gave up 100 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:57,479 Speaker 2: and the heater core was it was just did. 101 00:04:57,279 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 1: It Did it ever get to the point where you 102 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: could you know, process clean water out of it? 103 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 2: You know, I'm not like thoughtless. Plane still had like 104 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:11,359 Speaker 2: a tea stain, you know, just a hair of a 105 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:12,359 Speaker 2: tea stain, right, but. 106 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 5: Better? 107 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, yeah. No, I worked on it now time 108 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 2: we me and my guys, A couple of guys, A 109 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 2: couple of slow days. No, dude, I hooked up water 110 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 2: hose to it and fluss it out. I mean I 111 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 2: worked on a little bit. 112 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 1: So my my first question, because you've hit all the 113 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:30,599 Speaker 1: You've hit all the things that I would normally look 114 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:34,719 Speaker 1: at but you know, I would want to know do 115 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:39,039 Speaker 1: I have good flow? So that four six if you 116 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 1: look at it, there's two heater hoses. Yeah, one of 117 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: them is an outlet. One of them is an inlet. 118 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: One of those hoses. If you take it off and 119 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 1: put it in a bucket and start the truck up, 120 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 1: you're going to get really a really healthy stream of 121 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 1: water right out of the out of that hose. And 122 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 1: I just want to know do I have a good flow? 123 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:04,360 Speaker 1: If I don't have a good flow? You know, are 124 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:06,799 Speaker 1: you lucky enough to have a bad new water pump? 125 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 1: That the impeller? 126 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, And it's crazy because it'll it'll do just fine. 127 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 2: You're sitting there looking at the gauge. Then all of 128 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 2: a sudden it'll it'll start creeping up to that you 129 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 2: know that hasa and it might stay there mintitude and 130 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 2: it shoots down like just like this therm mistake just 131 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 2: you know, been replaced twice. It just dropped right back down. 132 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:26,359 Speaker 1: Right, does it? 133 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 5: You know? 134 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: Is it is it like a a bad impeller here 135 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 1: you're an air conditioning guy, right, is it Is it 136 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 1: like that bad fan on the armature shaft coming out 137 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 1: of that central scene right right, good right new means 138 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 1: never ever worked in my world. So I've got I've 139 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 1: got in yours too, So I've got to come up 140 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: with a way to test it. So I want to 141 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:49,839 Speaker 1: know do I have flow? 142 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:51,279 Speaker 2: Okay? 143 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:55,119 Speaker 1: Do I have flow? And then are we missing any 144 00:06:55,200 --> 00:07:00,159 Speaker 1: of the undercarriage pieces? And by that, I mean, you know, 145 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:03,280 Speaker 1: I'm going on the assumption, which is a dangerous word 146 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: in real life and on family radio, but I'm going 147 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 1: on the assumption that we have the correct radiator in it, 148 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 1: the correct size radiator in it that you you know, 149 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 1: you don't necessarily match what you took out, but you know, 150 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: if they looked it up by application and it was 151 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 1: a clear cut listing, you know, if it's a three row, 152 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 1: it's a three row. If it's a two row, it's 153 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 1: a two row radiator, and so on. You know, And 154 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 1: once I get past the radiator issue, you know, there's 155 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 1: not much left. It's thermostat, engine, radiator, water pump, there's generally, 156 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 1: So then I start to look where else is this 157 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 1: and I start to think about do I have Am 158 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:39,040 Speaker 1: I missing any of the lower spoilers or anything that 159 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 1: directs and dives air over the radiator, and that kind 160 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 1: of matches with the description that it sounds like when 161 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 1: you're getting along on speed you're out on the road 162 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 1: for an hour fifty five sixty sixty five miles an hour. 163 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, and I mean it goes up you go, whoa, well, 164 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 2: look at air right, and I mean it drops right 165 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 2: back down. Was like just like this armers open and went, ah, 166 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 2: I'm jacked to what it looks like. 167 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 1: I'm trying to remember ninety eight mechanical fin or electrical 168 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 1: cooling fan. 169 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 2: Ah, it's mechanical, Okay, it is that all. 170 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 1: Right, because I always think about electric cooling fans when 171 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 1: I get this kind of a problem. I've had more 172 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 1: than a few cars in my lifetime where oh the 173 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 1: car was in an accident ten years ago or ten 174 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:23,239 Speaker 1: months ago, rather, I'm sorry, and it's been overheating ever since, 175 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:26,760 Speaker 1: and somehow it got wired backwards. The fan spins the 176 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 1: wrong way. 177 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 2: So I, well, I'm gonna check that out, man. And 178 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 2: you say, one of the hoses going to the heater core, 179 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:37,320 Speaker 2: whether it's engines warm or cold. If I if I 180 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 2: take that loose and cut that on, then I should 181 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 2: have a good flow. 182 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:41,319 Speaker 1: You gotta have a good flow. 183 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 2: And what is what does that mean? That's kind of 184 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:47,719 Speaker 2: a relative term. You mean it'll splash, It'll get it 185 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:48,440 Speaker 2: out pretty quick. 186 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:49,959 Speaker 1: Yeah, it'll splash out of the bucket. 187 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:51,319 Speaker 2: Okay. 188 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:54,439 Speaker 1: You know, now watch where that hose comes from, because 189 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 1: if it's on the back side of the thermostat, then 190 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:58,440 Speaker 1: the stat's got to be open because the pump's got 191 00:08:58,480 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 1: to get to it. But if it's on the front 192 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 1: side of it, I recall, I'm trying to remember what 193 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 1: ninety eight looks like, so I'll figure that out, all right, 194 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 1: But it's gotta have flow. One of those hoses has 195 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:10,679 Speaker 1: to have flow. If it doesn't have flow, and you know, 196 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 1: maybe this thing is so rusted and rotted internally that 197 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: there's a restriction inside the block. 198 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:20,080 Speaker 2: That's what he's starting to wander. You know, we're worth, 199 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 2: but that's what he's He's good. He's been doing a 200 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 2: long time. Yeah, you know, when he is clogged up 201 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 2: somewhere right. 202 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:29,280 Speaker 1: We're looking for something odd because we've covered the bases. 203 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 1: You know, there's a reason why you got it for 204 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 1: a bargain. 205 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:33,840 Speaker 6: You know. 206 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:37,200 Speaker 2: Well it wasn't that reason though. My man was hurting 207 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:38,560 Speaker 2: for some money. But it's all good. 208 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 1: I get you, Yeah, I get. 209 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:41,959 Speaker 2: You sometimes deal any good. 210 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 1: Right, that's that's the point. Mark, you're a good guy. 211 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 1: I appreciate what you do. You'll be well, Yes, sir, Yes, sir. 212 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 1: Eight five five five six zero nine nine zero zero. 213 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:52,679 Speaker 1: Running nady of the car doctor. I'll be back right 214 00:09:52,720 --> 00:10:10,200 Speaker 1: after this. Don't go anywhere. Ride it on the wall 215 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:12,319 Speaker 1: so you don't forget to call for car advice. 216 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 5: Done right. 217 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 1: Eight five five five six zero nine nine zero zero. 218 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:19,960 Speaker 1: Now back to Ron. Let's get going with the phones again. 219 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:22,200 Speaker 1: Eight five five five six zero nine nine zero zero 220 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 1: is the phone number again? Eight five five five six 221 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 1: zero nine nine zero zero. Let's go over to Joel 222 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 1: and Maine ninety four Lexus. Joel, you're on with the 223 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 1: car doctor. How can help her? 224 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 6: I'm good to say hello Jay a long time listener. 225 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:35,440 Speaker 6: I quite enjoy it. 226 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:35,840 Speaker 1: Thank you, sir. 227 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 6: So my son who should be listening on the radio 228 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:43,640 Speaker 6: in his mother's car right now. Okay, he bought for 229 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 6: his first car. He bought a cult car. He bought 230 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 6: a nineteen ninety four Lexus LS four hundred. 231 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:49,600 Speaker 1: Nice car. 232 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 6: Yeah, and it's a beast, no doubt. The problem I 233 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:56,440 Speaker 6: have with this car and let me qualify by saying, 234 00:10:56,559 --> 00:10:59,080 Speaker 6: I'm not a mechanic. I'm a father who loves this son. 235 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:01,680 Speaker 6: So you know I don't have all of the abilities. 236 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 6: A lot of your listeners zoo. 237 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:05,680 Speaker 1: So appropriate on Father's Day weekend, Such a great way 238 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:07,199 Speaker 1: to put it. Chill love. 239 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:11,320 Speaker 6: I do appreciate that. So I so when he bought 240 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:14,040 Speaker 6: the car, we trailed it at home, drove it around 241 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 6: a little bit. You know, thought I had a couple 242 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:19,160 Speaker 6: had a vacuumleek whatever, it didn't. We changed the fuel 243 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 6: filter and the thing ran like it was brand news. 244 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:25,200 Speaker 6: So why we went thrilled? Now with the car has 245 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:28,000 Speaker 6: a soft pedal, So I said, okay, well we got 246 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 6: to bleed the brakes. Well we were the first time 247 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 6: we bleed the brakes, I said, where's the fluid going. 248 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 6: Fluid's going somewhere. Come to find out there was a 249 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 6: pinhole in one of the pistons on the driver's side 250 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:45,160 Speaker 6: front because it's a dual piston caliber big count. Yeah. 251 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:47,719 Speaker 6: So we took care of that, and then I did 252 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:51,080 Speaker 6: a rebuild kid on both sides, you know, new new 253 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:53,560 Speaker 6: uh you know, I'm talking about the full rebuilt kit. 254 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 6: Then we went to bleed the brakes again and we 255 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:00,040 Speaker 6: never got a heart firm pedal. Then I talked a 256 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:02,719 Speaker 6: couple of friends of mine that are mechanics, and they're like, well, 257 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 6: if you tried the gravity bleed. We tried the gravity 258 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:08,199 Speaker 6: bleed and we never got the proper flow. I mean 259 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:11,840 Speaker 6: it was like one drip for ten seconds on the 260 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 6: drive on the passenger retire bled it. I mean, my 261 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 6: son and I must have led the brakes on that car, 262 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:23,720 Speaker 6: honest to God, probably fifteen times together. And the latest 263 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:29,199 Speaker 6: thought process that somebody mentioned to me was bleed the ABS. Now, 264 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 6: as you know, this is an ODB one, so I 265 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:35,839 Speaker 6: can't force the ABS to do anything it doesn't want 266 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:38,760 Speaker 6: to do in terms of opening whatever valve it needs 267 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 6: to open, you know, piss in or what have you. 268 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 6: There is a bleeder valve on the top of the ABS, 269 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:47,719 Speaker 6: but I'm not getting anything out of that. And I 270 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 6: feel bad for my son who bought this car. I'm 271 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:55,040 Speaker 6: the dad trying to make it work, and I'm just 272 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 6: without answers and trying to, you know, save a couple bucks. 273 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 6: Number one number to my son and I learned the 274 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 6: car together, which is real. We have fun doing it. 275 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:07,199 Speaker 6: And number three, I I you know, he's had the 276 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 6: car now for a year and he can't drive it. 277 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 1: Okay. Did this car have traction controlled deano Joel? 278 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:14,040 Speaker 6: Yes, sir, it does, okay. 279 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:18,560 Speaker 1: And this car also has a it's not a traditional breakbooster. 280 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 1: This has the the hydro boost with the accumulator ball, 281 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:24,079 Speaker 1: the hydraulic pump setup. 282 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:28,440 Speaker 6: I believe so. And one of the things that I 283 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 6: didn't mention that I also did is I changed out 284 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:33,160 Speaker 6: the mass of cylinder and I did bleed it on 285 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:35,360 Speaker 6: the bench before I put it back in the car. 286 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:40,440 Speaker 1: Okay. So there are some specific bleed procedures and you 287 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:44,000 Speaker 1: want to start with, depending upon how bad that leak was. 288 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:48,560 Speaker 1: Did it Did the bleed start from the master? All right? 289 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:48,719 Speaker 6: No? 290 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 2: No, no, right, I'm sorry. Go ahead. 291 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 1: Well, I was going to say, did did the master 292 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 1: run draw at any point? Do you think? No? 293 00:13:56,679 --> 00:13:58,559 Speaker 6: I know I didn't, all right, But you. 294 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 1: Still have to bleed from the master. Have you bled 295 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:04,079 Speaker 1: from the master down to the calipers. 296 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:07,840 Speaker 6: With the master with the new master in the car? 297 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:11,520 Speaker 1: Yes, at some point, whether the new masters in the car, 298 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 1: even with the old master? All right? Did you ever 299 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 1: did you ever start to bleed from the master down? 300 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:22,120 Speaker 1: My point where I'm going with this is break it 301 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 1: down at the individual components. If the master is working properly, 302 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 1: you should be able to crack the lines and have 303 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 1: good flow. Agreed, Yes, sir, did you ever verify that? 304 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 6: No, the process I went through and if I'm going 305 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 6: out of over here, forgive me, I apologize. 306 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 1: No, it's okay, You're doing great. 307 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 6: What we would do is we would, you know, obviously, 308 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 6: make sure that the fluids are the right level and 309 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:52,480 Speaker 6: the master. I'd start passenger passenger rear, driver rear, driver front, 310 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 6: passenger front because that's right under the issued me. Passenger front, 311 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 6: then driver front last, and but I never cracked the 312 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:04,280 Speaker 6: uh the nipple that's on the ABS unit itself. 313 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 1: Right well before we go there, why don't we bleed 314 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 1: it at the master? Can I can I do this? 315 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 1: Can I make this easy for you? 316 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 6: Please? I'm feeling like a failure of a father. 317 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:26,160 Speaker 1: Great dad. Listen, this is you know what I'm proud of. 318 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:29,520 Speaker 1: You're doing a great job. Send me an email Ron 319 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 1: at cardoctorshow dot com say hey, you know this is 320 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 1: this is Joel from Maine. Send me the VIN of 321 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:40,040 Speaker 1: the vehicle, the seventeen digit vin. Yes, sir, I'm going 322 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 1: to plug it into All Data when I get to 323 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 1: the shop on Monday, and I am going to find 324 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 1: you the factory bleed procedure and let's and I'm going 325 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 1: to email it to you. Let's see how much of 326 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 1: this you can do. 327 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:54,880 Speaker 6: All right, let me get that email one more time. 328 00:15:55,280 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 1: It's Ron at cardoctorshow dot com, Yo dot com. 329 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:03,880 Speaker 6: You know you're awesome. 330 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 1: Easy and easy enough, dude, and listen, if you're working 331 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 1: on this car on a regular basis, and I'm happy 332 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:13,400 Speaker 1: to send you the bleed procedure. But I think I 333 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:16,080 Speaker 1: think for less than fifty bucks a year, you can 334 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 1: go out to All Data all that at diy dot 335 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 1: com and get us and get a full subscription and 336 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:24,680 Speaker 1: you'll get the same factory information every other mechanic gets 337 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 1: for that vehicle at your fingertips. 338 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 6: Yes, that's awesome. I really appreciate your help. 339 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:30,520 Speaker 1: They're very welcome. 340 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:30,960 Speaker 6: You do that. 341 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 1: You do that and I'll send you what I got 342 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:36,920 Speaker 1: Joel excellent, Thank you, sir, You're welcome. It's important, right, 343 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 1: you know, we're and you gotta love a guy like that. 344 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:43,520 Speaker 1: I can't I can't talk about that enough to take 345 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:46,760 Speaker 1: the time to make an impact on his son, to 346 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:48,880 Speaker 1: help him with a car like that. I think that's 347 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:52,400 Speaker 1: you know what, that's he's that guy's word cleaver of 348 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 1: this generation. Uh, you know, And I say that kind 349 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 1: of kiddingly, but it's the truth. You know, where is 350 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 1: America gone? I just have to kind of take a 351 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:02,800 Speaker 1: reflection here. I was watching Leave It to Beaver the 352 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:05,919 Speaker 1: other day, Yeah, because I'm old, and Ward had Wally 353 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:09,159 Speaker 1: and Beaver in the boat and they were fishing, and 354 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:12,160 Speaker 1: Ward's trying to reminisce with his kids about the things 355 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:13,920 Speaker 1: we did when he did when he was a kid 356 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 1: with his father and how we spent lazy days fishing, 357 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:20,199 Speaker 1: and Beaver goes, but that didn't you go to school? 358 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:22,639 Speaker 1: And you know, and Wally's like, but da didn't you 359 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 1: go to football practice? And like they couldn't understand the connection. 360 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:28,520 Speaker 1: And I understand how it's a generational thing and it's 361 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:31,159 Speaker 1: probably like that here and Joel's trying to close that 362 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 1: gap with his son. So I think that's a great thing. 363 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 1: But you send me, you send me an email request, Joel, 364 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 1: and I will be glad to send you a you know, 365 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:41,359 Speaker 1: the information I can from, you know, all data and 366 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:44,399 Speaker 1: keep that in mind, right, I believe it's all data 367 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 1: DIY dot com and all that at DIY dot com, 368 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:51,119 Speaker 1: and that will get you to the subscription screen and 369 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:53,359 Speaker 1: you can you can you know, probably a great last 370 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:56,600 Speaker 1: minute Father's Day gift for everybody that that will get 371 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:58,720 Speaker 1: you information because you can't fix cars with that information 372 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 1: and you've got a fin of things in sequential, sequential process. 373 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:06,520 Speaker 1: Now the other side of that is depending upon well, 374 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:09,280 Speaker 1: what we find as a result of bleeding. And I'll 375 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:11,919 Speaker 1: tell Joel this in the email when I get it, 376 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:14,600 Speaker 1: is we could have another component failure, we could have 377 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:17,159 Speaker 1: something else that's acting up. We could have an ABS 378 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 1: controller issue. But let's let's get all the year out 379 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:22,480 Speaker 1: of the system first and see what that does. So 380 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:24,640 Speaker 1: we'll kind of work our way up to it from there. 381 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:27,360 Speaker 1: Eight five five five six zero nine nine zero zero. 382 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:28,800 Speaker 1: I'll run an ending in the car doctor. I'll be 383 00:18:28,840 --> 00:19:05,960 Speaker 1: back right after this. Eight by five five six zero 384 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:09,000 Speaker 1: nine nine zero zero. Eight by five five six zero 385 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 1: nine nine zero zero is the card doctor, twenty four 386 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:13,040 Speaker 1: to seven phone number. Give us a call, leave a message. 387 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:15,399 Speaker 1: We're on the year Live Saturdays two to four pm 388 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:18,920 Speaker 1: Eastern Time. Again eight by five five, six zero nine 389 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 1: nine zero zero. Let's go to Joseph in Nevada, Nevada, Nevada. 390 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 1: Haven't said in Nevada in a one. I got to 391 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:27,679 Speaker 1: make sure I say it right. Don't anybody yell at me. 392 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:30,239 Speaker 1: How are you Joseph? How can I help you? 393 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:31,400 Speaker 5: Hi? 394 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:35,840 Speaker 4: Hi? Ron? Hey? I got to tell you. I've got 395 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:43,080 Speaker 4: a two thousand and one Ford Mustang. It's black, it's 396 00:19:43,119 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 4: a V six't it's all black. I bought a brand 397 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:51,640 Speaker 4: new and six years ago I had a stroke on 398 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:55,679 Speaker 4: my right side. I learned how to walk again, but 399 00:19:55,840 --> 00:20:00,199 Speaker 4: I can't use my right arm at all. And I 400 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:04,440 Speaker 4: had this car in the garage since two thousand and four. 401 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:08,720 Speaker 4: It only has about thirty six thousand and seven hundred 402 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 4: miles on it, and I got to tell you I 403 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 4: can't drive it the way it is right. So had 404 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:22,760 Speaker 4: I had a toad to a regular good mechanic that 405 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:28,520 Speaker 4: is real good. He's got the car running. And now 406 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:31,879 Speaker 4: it's at the point where I've got to send it 407 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 4: off to a transmission shop. And so what they want 408 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:42,000 Speaker 4: to do is they want it has a board Warner 409 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:47,880 Speaker 4: T five transmission in it, which I had since it 410 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:52,360 Speaker 4: was new. So I know this transmission is like brand new, 411 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:57,480 Speaker 4: it's it's good for you know, many more miles. But anyway, 412 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:03,439 Speaker 4: they want to put a rebuilt Ford transmission in it 413 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 4: the shopdown in Las Vegas, and it's going to be 414 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:15,440 Speaker 4: an automatic. And I'm just wondering, is do you think 415 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:22,800 Speaker 4: that's a good idea and any ideas and maybe selling 416 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:27,040 Speaker 4: the board warn of T five because I noticed they're 417 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:31,920 Speaker 4: going for about thirteen hundred and fourteen hundred dollars on 418 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:37,880 Speaker 4: EBA online and you know that kind of thing. And 419 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:41,360 Speaker 4: will it be a good repair is the question? 420 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:44,000 Speaker 1: And that's the first question that came to I gotta 421 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:45,679 Speaker 1: tell you, Jose, the first question that came to my 422 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:48,159 Speaker 1: mind is will it be a good repair? How are 423 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 1: they going to tie an automatic transmission? Which in two 424 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:56,280 Speaker 1: thousand and one, that car from the factory would have 425 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:59,440 Speaker 1: had that transmission tied into the engine controller. There would 426 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:04,119 Speaker 1: have been some sort of automatic transmission controls via the 427 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:07,679 Speaker 1: PCM via a trans control module to help perform shift 428 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:10,560 Speaker 1: point and to match it to rpm of the engine 429 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:13,800 Speaker 1: so that it operated correctly in state and a mission 430 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:16,399 Speaker 1: compliance and performance and all those other good things. 431 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:23,880 Speaker 4: Okay, this transmission shop that I'm considering down in Las Vegas. 432 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 4: He claims it will be five thousand dollars to swap 433 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:33,480 Speaker 4: out the transmissions and it'll be a good repair. And 434 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:40,640 Speaker 4: he claims that the harness and everything that's necessary to 435 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:45,359 Speaker 4: hook it up. And I told him, I said, the 436 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:51,160 Speaker 4: mechanic reports to me that everything's working, traction control works, 437 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 4: everything works after all these years, so you know, But 438 00:22:56,720 --> 00:23:00,679 Speaker 4: he claims that he's got a harness and that you know, 439 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:05,480 Speaker 4: he works on one hundred thousand dollars cars and it'll 440 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 4: it'll be perfect. 441 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:08,879 Speaker 1: Get that in writing? 442 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:12,639 Speaker 4: Okay, Yeah, you know. 443 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 1: Listen, every guy, every guy that tells me he's worked 444 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 1: one hundred thousand dollar cars, and that's the reason why 445 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:20,120 Speaker 1: working on the twenty thousand dollar car will be perfect. 446 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:23,640 Speaker 1: I always get nervous. I don't I don't need I don't. 447 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 1: I don't need to be impressed by what you work on, 448 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:28,520 Speaker 1: telling me if that's going to fix my car. But 449 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:32,359 Speaker 1: my questions, and then what would the gear ratio have 450 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 1: been in the rear end for an automatic version of 451 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:39,000 Speaker 1: that Mustang versus what's in there for the manual trans 452 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:41,880 Speaker 1: Will it have proper acceleration as anybody thought of that 453 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:45,959 Speaker 1: because I'd almost be willing to bet it's a different 454 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:50,240 Speaker 1: gear ratio. Okay, I would want to know that as well. 455 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:56,199 Speaker 4: Those are two very good points, the rear, the rear 456 00:23:56,359 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 4: gear ratio and what was the other point? Again? 457 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:03,560 Speaker 1: You know, will he put that in writing? 458 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:06,960 Speaker 4: Yeah, put it in writing, yeah. 459 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 1: Because we want that to work. You know, if he's 460 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 1: got a donor car, if he's got a No. One 461 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:14,639 Speaker 1: B six version of this vehicle where he's getting a 462 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 1: wiring harness, body, computers and he's just going to transfer 463 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 1: everything over, yeah, absolutely that'll work. He's doing he's doing 464 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:25,439 Speaker 1: a donor swap. I understand that, but I need to 465 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:28,320 Speaker 1: know that. And then as all the harnesses are they 466 00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:33,120 Speaker 1: going to be touched back back into proper position. This 467 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 1: is a big task. I'm more inclined to tell you, Joseph, 468 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:38,480 Speaker 1: sell the car as is. The car is worth more 469 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 1: money as it sits, and go buy something that fits 470 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:43,720 Speaker 1: more of what you want to drive. 471 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:48,360 Speaker 4: What do you think that car is worth? It's black, 472 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:52,240 Speaker 4: it's all black. It's in perfect shape because I had 473 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:54,560 Speaker 4: it in the garage all these years. 474 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:58,320 Speaker 1: And I mean, I hate to sound like a jerk, Joseph, 475 00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:00,919 Speaker 1: but it's worth whatever somebody wants to get you for it, brother, 476 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:03,720 Speaker 1: I'd have to because I can tell you it's worth 477 00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:06,000 Speaker 1: ten thousand dollars. But if the market says it's worth 478 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:10,040 Speaker 1: twenty because it's it's a rare color code combination that 479 00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:12,959 Speaker 1: I'm not aware of, that's a tough question to answer. 480 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:16,200 Speaker 1: You could go to KBB dot com, which is Kelly 481 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:21,359 Speaker 1: Bluebook KBB dot com and just get a ballpark. But 482 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:23,600 Speaker 1: anytime I. 483 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:26,600 Speaker 4: Did that already, brown it came up as like thirty 484 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 4: nine dollars. 485 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,720 Speaker 1: Right, Well, and there's the other side of this argument. 486 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:34,640 Speaker 1: Why are you going to put five thousand dollars into 487 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:36,919 Speaker 1: a car that's worth four That might be a dicey 488 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:40,800 Speaker 1: repair at best, because because the other thing you got 489 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:43,160 Speaker 1: to look at and hear me out. All right, let's 490 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:45,560 Speaker 1: say he puts that repair in. Let's say it's five grand, 491 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,520 Speaker 1: and that car is dead nuts on the money, just 492 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:51,320 Speaker 1: like the way it came out of the factory. It's 493 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:53,640 Speaker 1: still a twenty three year old car that you're gonna 494 00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:55,439 Speaker 1: have difficulty getting quality parts for. 495 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:03,320 Speaker 4: Well, the problem is is that you know I own it, 496 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:08,240 Speaker 4: and you know the new ones are like forty five 497 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:10,720 Speaker 4: thousand dollars. Sure, for the same thing. 498 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 1: Right, I understand. I understand that, But we're starting to 499 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:18,400 Speaker 1: we're starting to compare oranges to apples. The first problem 500 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:21,440 Speaker 1: is how accurate? What's the quality control of the repair? 501 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:23,560 Speaker 1: Have you ever used this trans shop before? 502 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:27,640 Speaker 4: No? I haven't, but they've been recommended to me by 503 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:31,200 Speaker 4: two other mechanics that are very good. 504 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:33,800 Speaker 1: Will he put it in writing? Will he put it 505 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:35,760 Speaker 1: in writing and guarantee you that this car is going 506 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 1: to operate properly? If he does, I have no problem 507 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:41,320 Speaker 1: with it. If not. If not, then I think we're 508 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:42,160 Speaker 1: taking a gamble. 509 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:48,800 Speaker 4: All right, So the so the rear gear ratio and 510 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,440 Speaker 4: get this repair and writing. 511 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:53,600 Speaker 1: Right, get this repair and writing stating what's going to 512 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,720 Speaker 1: be done, and you know, are these I'm assuming this 513 00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:59,639 Speaker 1: is a used wiring harness? Is he prepared to change 514 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:02,840 Speaker 1: any modules and electronics that need to be changed and 515 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:06,879 Speaker 1: updated and matched? And this is a big task. This 516 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:10,200 Speaker 1: isn't This isn't changing a transmission on a pre computer car. 517 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:15,320 Speaker 1: This is changing a computerized car and changes everything. 518 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 4: He claims that it'll be perfect. He says, oh, you know, 519 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:25,640 Speaker 4: but I'm gonna take this hard, and I'm gonna I'm 520 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 4: gonna make notes on what you told me. 521 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:31,000 Speaker 1: I think you're better off replacing it. But let's see 522 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:34,040 Speaker 1: what happens. You'll be well, Joseph, and let us let 523 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:36,280 Speaker 1: us know what happens. You're welcome, sir, Ay five five 524 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:38,640 Speaker 1: five six zero nine nine zero zero. We're back right 525 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:55,040 Speaker 1: after this. And let's go over and talk to Oh. 526 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:56,840 Speaker 1: Let's go to Connecticut. We haven't been there yet today. 527 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 1: Let's go talk to George. George, welcome to the car. Doctor, sir, 528 00:27:59,240 --> 00:27:59,800 Speaker 1: how can I help? 529 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:03,200 Speaker 5: Thank you for taking my call, ron if I found 530 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:05,440 Speaker 5: it a little funny. I just had an oral surgery. 531 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:08,119 Speaker 1: Oh, I'm sorry, but you know your sound fun Go ahead. 532 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:13,639 Speaker 5: Thanks. My mother has a twenty ten Volvo x C sixty. Okay, 533 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:18,160 Speaker 5: And what's happening is after a huge rainstorm, I keep 534 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:24,560 Speaker 5: on finding water behind you know, the passenger seat. And 535 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:26,399 Speaker 5: what I hear is when you whenever you turn on 536 00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:30,200 Speaker 5: let's say, to the frost or air conditioning or climate control, 537 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:33,879 Speaker 5: you'll hear almost like a gurgling of water. You know 538 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 5: that it's it's that pillar. We're deventive between the front 539 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:41,880 Speaker 5: seat and the back seat and the passenger side. So 540 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:46,680 Speaker 5: so far this car had the AC compressor replaced last 541 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:48,720 Speaker 5: year and it's still having this issue. 542 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:53,040 Speaker 1: So when you run the air conditioning, does it does 543 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:55,080 Speaker 1: it drain water outside the vehicle? 544 00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:56,920 Speaker 6: Yes? 545 00:28:57,120 --> 00:29:01,360 Speaker 1: Okay? And the front carpet you're at absolutely certain is 546 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:02,080 Speaker 1: bone dry? 547 00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:06,280 Speaker 5: Yes? What was happening before? And this was like a 548 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:09,160 Speaker 5: year and a half prior, I guess these Volvos were 549 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:13,680 Speaker 5: prone to having bad wind shield seals, right, So before 550 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:15,920 Speaker 5: it was the front and the rear. So I got that, 551 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:19,920 Speaker 5: you know, the windshield sealed and that never had a 552 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:21,480 Speaker 5: problem with the front carpet again. 553 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:24,880 Speaker 1: Okay, so it had a front water leak, but now 554 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:29,040 Speaker 1: it's only the back correct, all right? Now they also 555 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:32,800 Speaker 1: had a problem with the sunroof. Are you aware of that? 556 00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:34,040 Speaker 4: No? 557 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:38,480 Speaker 1: Okay, there's a reference bulletin from Volvo Thomas Jefferson TJ 558 00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:42,360 Speaker 1: twenty nine, six eighteen that talks about the sunroof leaking 559 00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:44,760 Speaker 1: under high water pressure. You said in heavy. 560 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:48,760 Speaker 5: Rain, yes, and then you and then you only hear 561 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:53,520 Speaker 5: like I said, it's like a continuous slashing around that 562 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:55,880 Speaker 5: you hear when you're driving around after a heavy rain. 563 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:57,240 Speaker 5: Between those two doors. 564 00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:01,280 Speaker 1: So oh, between the doors of the in the. 565 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:06,280 Speaker 5: B pillar, Yes, the on the right side from the 566 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:10,000 Speaker 5: you know, the front and rear door, right where the 567 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 5: vents are, where the vent is okay, going towards the 568 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:14,200 Speaker 5: back seaton. 569 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:16,880 Speaker 1: You know, it sounds like you've got a clogged body 570 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:21,640 Speaker 1: drain or a sunroof drain problem. Okay, And that's where 571 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:23,400 Speaker 1: I would be looking. But I would also take a 572 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:25,600 Speaker 1: look at that bulletin to see if it's applicable. I 573 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:28,320 Speaker 1: know they changed some seals on the sunroofs on those. 574 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:31,080 Speaker 1: That bulletin came out after that car was about five 575 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:33,600 Speaker 1: years old. I think it's day at twenty fourteen or 576 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:37,120 Speaker 1: twenty fifteen. This is the twenty ten you said, correct, Yeah, 577 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:39,720 Speaker 1: this it came out about five years four years later, 578 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:42,680 Speaker 1: four or five years later after the fact, and they 579 00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:46,280 Speaker 1: talked about changing seals on in and around the sunroof itself. 580 00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:51,040 Speaker 1: I wonder if, for giggles, if we covered the seams 581 00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:53,120 Speaker 1: of the sunroof with something and left it out in 582 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:54,880 Speaker 1: the rain, would it's still leaked. But I'm trying to 583 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:56,840 Speaker 1: think of what I could cover it with that wouldn't 584 00:30:56,880 --> 00:31:00,920 Speaker 1: hurt the paints. As part of my test, you know, 585 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:02,800 Speaker 1: we could do the and it's ugly and it would 586 00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:04,920 Speaker 1: hurt the paint. You know, you think to yourself, can 587 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:07,200 Speaker 1: you put duct tape around it? Just as a momentary 588 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:09,720 Speaker 1: But is there something else? Is there a sheen of 589 00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:12,000 Speaker 1: plastic we could cover it with. It wouldn't hurt when 590 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:14,880 Speaker 1: we wanted to take it off. Because does that if 591 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:17,960 Speaker 1: we covered the sunroof and protected that, does that keep 592 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:19,040 Speaker 1: the leak from happening? 593 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:20,480 Speaker 5: Right? 594 00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:22,520 Speaker 1: And if it does, at least we know the source 595 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:24,320 Speaker 1: and then we can go and attack it from there. 596 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:27,240 Speaker 1: But it would be a simple enough test if we 597 00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:31,120 Speaker 1: opened up the sunroof and started pouring water into the 598 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:35,080 Speaker 1: gutter or the channel of the sunroof, does it go 599 00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:37,720 Speaker 1: down the drain? And does it go down the drain 600 00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:40,800 Speaker 1: and leave a gurgle? It's all sunroofs strain the same. 601 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:43,720 Speaker 1: I don't care how who are what the manufacturer of 602 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:45,880 Speaker 1: the vehicle is. They all gurgle when they're going. Well, 603 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:47,920 Speaker 1: they want to go down and you want to see 604 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,600 Speaker 1: that whirlpool effect. It's got to move fast. If it doesn't, 605 00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:53,160 Speaker 1: there's a clog and a restriction somewhere, and when it 606 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:55,920 Speaker 1: gets overloaded and overwhelmed, the water's going to come out 607 00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:56,680 Speaker 1: where it wants to. 608 00:31:58,240 --> 00:31:59,560 Speaker 5: Makes sense, all right? 609 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:02,560 Speaker 1: So let's look at that, and that's that's something you 610 00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:05,280 Speaker 1: could actually do yourself. Just get a step ladder, stand 611 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:07,840 Speaker 1: next to the car, open the sun roof and take 612 00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:10,600 Speaker 1: a paper cup and make it into a sharp point 613 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:12,800 Speaker 1: and just start pouring water and see where does the 614 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:15,800 Speaker 1: water come out. And if the carpet is dry at 615 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:17,840 Speaker 1: that point or you know how wet it is, does 616 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:19,880 Speaker 1: it get wetter from doing that? At least then you're 617 00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:20,600 Speaker 1: onto something. 618 00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:23,920 Speaker 5: Okay, that'll definitely put me in the right way to 619 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:26,160 Speaker 5: look when I talk to my mechanic. And can I 620 00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:28,720 Speaker 5: add another comment, I give you a compliment real quick 621 00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:30,160 Speaker 5: when you talk about fleshes. 622 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:32,080 Speaker 4: Go ahead, okay. 623 00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:35,080 Speaker 5: So I also have a two thousand and seven BMW. 624 00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:38,400 Speaker 5: I took it to the dealer for an airbag recall. 625 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:40,400 Speaker 5: While it was there, they told me I should have 626 00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:43,920 Speaker 5: the power steering flushed. Now, I never had a German car, 627 00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:46,400 Speaker 5: so I thought the steering was heavy because of being 628 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:49,240 Speaker 5: a German car. You know what a difference that made 629 00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:52,880 Speaker 5: When they actually flushed the power steering fluid then change 630 00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:57,719 Speaker 5: the filtering a reservoir, It's like it's like night and day. Now, 631 00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:00,640 Speaker 5: just like you always say, German, German wouldn't believe it. 632 00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:02,800 Speaker 1: German cars are a little different. We always treat them 633 00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:05,080 Speaker 1: a little differently. I gotta run, I gotta run, George, 634 00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:08,000 Speaker 1: I'm up against the I really appreciate you here, very 635 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:10,520 Speaker 1: welcome and feel better. Thank you for calling. I'm run 636 00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:12,480 Speaker 1: an any in the car. Doctor. We're back right after this. 637 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:21,120 Speaker 3: Why this car is automatic, it's systematic, it's. 638 00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:23,200 Speaker 1: Dramatic. 639 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:26,000 Speaker 4: What's breezed? 640 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:26,640 Speaker 6: Lightning? 641 00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:30,880 Speaker 4: Some four? 642 00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:34,960 Speaker 5: All right? 643 00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:37,160 Speaker 1: Let me let me get this one done real quick. 644 00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:40,760 Speaker 1: This is an email comes to us from Matt Leechtenberg. 645 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:44,080 Speaker 1: He is the technology education teacher at Mount Iron Buele 646 00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:46,880 Speaker 1: High School in Mount Iron, Minnesota. I believe that is 647 00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:48,560 Speaker 1: Matt Rights and hey, Ron, I was listening to the 648 00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:51,800 Speaker 1: Saturday Show May thirty. First, you talked about testing for 649 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:54,800 Speaker 1: Spark under real world engine conditions versus just testing the 650 00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:56,600 Speaker 1: plug out of the engine. You mentioned there were Spark 651 00:33:56,640 --> 00:34:00,040 Speaker 1: testers out there that could approximate combustion chamber pressures on 652 00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:02,320 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty psi. Some of these may also indicate 653 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:05,640 Speaker 1: approximate vultues that the ignition system was producing. And going 654 00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:08,000 Speaker 1: around for such a tester, having found one, could you 655 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:09,600 Speaker 1: point me in the right direction be a great tool 656 00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:12,040 Speaker 1: to have in the shop. Thanks Matt. I learn a 657 00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:14,640 Speaker 1: lot from your show. Matt. Yeah, go out. You know 658 00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:17,680 Speaker 1: Matt Go makes one. I see Thexton makes one. It's 659 00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:20,920 Speaker 1: if you want the Matt. I'm sorry, Matt go makes one. 660 00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:22,759 Speaker 1: I believe the part number is Tea is in Tom 661 00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:25,560 Speaker 1: seventy one, two forty. I've seen that number out there. 662 00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:29,560 Speaker 1: If you just go Google search spark testers, you will 663 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:31,759 Speaker 1: see it. It's just a thin, black, thin piece of 664 00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:36,120 Speaker 1: black plastic. It's got some graduated numbers on it, thirty 665 00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:39,239 Speaker 1: thousand volts, twenty thousand volts and so on. And you 666 00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:42,520 Speaker 1: unscrew the one end and you widen the gap. The 667 00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:45,480 Speaker 1: wider the gap that the harder is for the spark 668 00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:47,839 Speaker 1: to jump. It doesn't tell you, hey, this is good 669 00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:49,920 Speaker 1: for one hundred and seventy psi, this is good for 670 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:52,640 Speaker 1: you know, one hundred and fifty psi and so on. 671 00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:55,920 Speaker 1: But the idea is, if the ignition system you're testing 672 00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:58,360 Speaker 1: on your particular car, you know the spec the speck is, 673 00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:01,879 Speaker 1: it's got to produce hold the fifty thousand vaults. Set 674 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:04,120 Speaker 1: that tester to fifty thousand vaults. If that's one hundred 675 00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:06,840 Speaker 1: and fifty psi engine. Then you've got a rough approximation. 676 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:09,640 Speaker 1: It has to jump the gap because the idea is 677 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:13,880 Speaker 1: it's harder to jump a bigger gap in atmosphere. I'm sorry, 678 00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:16,359 Speaker 1: it's duplicating the amount of pressure it takes the jump 679 00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:21,000 Speaker 1: spark in atmosphere versus higher pressure in the cylinder. Just 680 00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:23,320 Speaker 1: google it, Matt. I appreciate the letter, and I appreciate 681 00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:24,920 Speaker 1: what you're doing with the young folks. I'm on a 682 00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:26,879 Speaker 1: nanny in the car doctor until the next time. Good 683 00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:40,480 Speaker 1: mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless. See you