1 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:23,440 Speaker 1: So silver Bell on streets seta can't bring Me. 2 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 2: Comes on, Ron Ananian. 3 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 3: If every mechanic refused to work on a broken car 4 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:35,599 Speaker 3: that was put in front of them and somebody else 5 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 3: had tried to fix, you'd have an awful big pile 6 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 3: of broken cars laying around somewhere because there's an awful 7 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:43,240 Speaker 3: lot of di wires that aren't properly fixing vehicles that 8 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 3: get into this situation that Car Doctor, Do you think. 9 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 4: There'll come a time Ron where they're going to push 10 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:52,319 Speaker 4: the California They're going to push the ego cars off 11 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 4: the vote, that's what they're going. 12 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that's I think that's where they're headed 13 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 3: because I do watch California for that basis, because unfortunately, 14 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 3: what happens in California seems to leak its way across 15 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 3: the rest of the country. 16 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:07,120 Speaker 2: Welcome to the radio home of Ronananium, the Car Doctor. 17 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 2: Since nineteen ninety one, this is where car owners the 18 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 2: world overturned to for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. 19 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:18,120 Speaker 2: If your mechanics giving you a busy signal, pick up 20 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 2: the phone and call in. The garage doors are open. 21 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 3: But I am here to take your calls at eight 22 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:25,960 Speaker 3: five five five, six ninety nine hundred. 23 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 1: And now he. 24 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 3: Running, how was your week? Right? Well, mine was busy 25 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 3: fixing cars. I hope your week was just as good 26 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 3: as mine. We we were just slammed to the gills. 27 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 3: I think everybody realizes, you know, they're getting ready for 28 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 3: Christmas week, New Year's week, and you know a little 29 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 3: bit into the year, fun stuff. And you could tell 30 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 3: though that people are still spending big money on cars, 31 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 3: and still we put we put big money in a 32 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 3: lot of older vehicles this week. And I think it's 33 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 3: you know, doing part because you know the price of 34 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 3: new vehicles, not saying you shouldn't buy one, but just 35 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 3: you know, is it in your budget? And it just 36 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 3: cars are made so well today they can go on 37 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 3: for a long time. We had a we had a 38 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:12,639 Speaker 3: twenty fourteen Subaru UH forester out back forrester. I think 39 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 3: it was needed a passenger side rear wheel bearing, you know. 40 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 3: And I guess you could sort of say that this 41 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 3: conversation is about the uh oh. The uh oh to 42 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 3: a mechanic. It's sort of like the same thing as 43 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 3: the pregnant pause. You know, you go uh uh, you know, 44 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:35,520 Speaker 3: now what we had to put a wheelbaring in this, 45 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,359 Speaker 3: in this twenty fourteen suber and actually the customer said, 46 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 3: you know, it's got higher mileage on Actually it was 47 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:42,360 Speaker 3: low mileage. I'm sorry, this is the low mileage one. 48 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 3: But it had lower mileage on it. But it was, 49 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:47,360 Speaker 3: you know, eleven going on twelve years old, because it 50 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 3: was an early fourteen car. And she said, you know, 51 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:52,079 Speaker 3: if you do the right side, do the left side too. 52 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 3: And I said, yeah, that kind of makes sense because 53 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 3: we were also doing back breaks, and if you're doing 54 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:59,119 Speaker 3: back breaks on one of these, you're you're you're kind 55 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 3: of halfway to doing the wheel bearing anyway, so you 56 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 3: know you might as well. It's it's only a matter 57 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 3: of time. I think the problem with the subarus is 58 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 3: the amount of rust, all right, because they get they 59 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 3: get really good and rusty, you know, the undercarriage and such, 60 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 3: and that's just no far reach. I mean, the way 61 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 3: the roads are salted and treated and processed for snow 62 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 3: in any part of the country where they have it, 63 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:31,679 Speaker 3: it's maddening. But you know, you take them as they come. 64 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 3: So I started doing the right rear wheel bearing. Now 65 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 3: there's a couple of ways you can do this. There's 66 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 3: a bunch of tools in the market. I'm not fond 67 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 3: of them. My concern is that these tools push against 68 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 3: There's a press tool out there. There's a couple of 69 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 3: them that will go in and latch onto the bearing 70 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 3: assembly and then press on the center of the axle, 71 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 3: which I don't like because it pushes against the pinion 72 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 3: pin in the diff and I've seen somewhere they're so 73 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 3: bad rusted. They will they will snap, they will break, 74 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 3: and I always wonder about that. My method is that 75 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 3: I will heat gently, heat the outside of the knuckle 76 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 3: the casing, and after a short period of time, I 77 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 3: will put bolts in from the outside and drive it 78 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 3: out that way. I find that that usually works, so 79 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 3: except in this case, it didn't work. Nothing worked. I 80 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 3: never had one do this to me where you know, 81 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 3: heat didn't work, pressing didn't work. I don't think the 82 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:32,599 Speaker 3: tool would have worked. That everybody raves about that they 83 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:34,279 Speaker 3: say works. I think it was one of those cars. 84 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:37,479 Speaker 3: And that's when you look at it and go uh oh. 85 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 3: When the two pushbolts were stuck in the housing and 86 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,559 Speaker 3: I couldn't get them out, but I had just gotten 87 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:46,559 Speaker 3: it to move a little bit off the backing plate. 88 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 3: I was able to take the saws all and cut 89 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 3: the two bolts clean. And then at that point I 90 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:55,040 Speaker 3: was able to let everything cool down. And finally, and 91 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:57,479 Speaker 3: that's the trick. You've got to get a little bit 92 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:00,359 Speaker 3: of a gap between the bearing, the backing pl and 93 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:04,040 Speaker 3: the knuckle, all right, because otherwise penetrating whale can't get 94 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:06,160 Speaker 3: in there. Once I got that little bit of a gap, 95 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 3: not much about an eighth of an inch, I was 96 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 3: able to take some PB blaster shoot it in there 97 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 3: right and let it soak, which I did, and Yeah, 98 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:19,480 Speaker 3: came back about twenty minutes later, hit it again, went 99 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 3: back to work on the other car in Bay three, 100 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 3: and you know, came back within forty five minutes and 101 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:28,039 Speaker 3: I was able to chisel the bearing out it. It 102 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 3: just broke down the rust enough to do that. But 103 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 3: you know, it's the uh oh moment. And then the 104 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:35,919 Speaker 3: other thing I always you know, you hate to it, 105 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 3: you get into it, but this is what some of 106 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:41,120 Speaker 3: these jobs lead you to. You quote one number, you say, yeah, 107 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 3: this is going to be a couple of three thousand 108 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:44,799 Speaker 3: dollars whatever it is, because it's going to be bearings 109 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 3: and brakes and a bunch of other things. And then 110 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 3: all of a sudden, you see that tiny little pinhole 111 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 3: in the axle that's been spraying grease for a while 112 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:53,480 Speaker 3: in the boot. So now you've got to do a 113 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 3: right side ax Well, the customers of the mind, if 114 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 3: you're doing the right, you want to do the left. 115 00:05:57,440 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 3: So now you're doing a left side bearing a left 116 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 3: side act. All of a sudden, the job's gone up considerably. 117 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 3: Is it worth it? 118 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 4: Yeah? 119 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 3: I think so, you know, I think so. I'll tell 120 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:09,719 Speaker 3: you what. 121 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 1: In the end. 122 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:15,039 Speaker 3: You know, Jan got a card. It's quiet like a 123 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 3: tomb inside this car. Now that bearing was so loud 124 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 3: and noisy. You know, four tires were bearings, two axles breakoverhaul, 125 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 3: the car'll probably go another fifty thousand miles and then 126 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 3: some And maybe that's okay. You know, I tell you 127 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:31,360 Speaker 3: these stories because that was my week. But you know, 128 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 3: maybe that's okay. We did backing plates with it, you know, 129 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 3: which is you know, it's funny, right, I've never done 130 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,520 Speaker 3: backing plates whenever, well I can't say never, but usually 131 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 3: I never have to do backing plates, and I do 132 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 3: super rewheel bearings. But for that right side bearing. It 133 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 3: was just it was welded by rust. It just wouldn't 134 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 3: come apart to that bearing assembly. And when I called 135 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 3: the dealer they have dozens of them in stock. I'm thinking, 136 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 3: you know what, maybe that's the way to do it. 137 00:06:57,400 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 3: It would be quicker not having to separate the bearing 138 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 3: from the backing. But yeah, it's it's cars are funny, 139 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 3: Russ does. Russ does some some strange things to them, 140 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 3: you know, in terms of in terms of making it 141 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 3: more difficult to work on. So but uh, yeah, it's 142 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 3: it's tough stuff. So hey, coming up at the bottom 143 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 3: of the hour, No, not the bottom of the hour, 144 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 3: around at the end of this hour. You know, this 145 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 3: is Christmas week, right, Christmas is the middle of the 146 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 3: week this year. We're looking forward to it. We're gonna 147 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:32,239 Speaker 3: work Monday Tuesday, We're gonna do pizza at the shop 148 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 3: on Tuesday, and then we're gonna be off Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 149 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 3: which I'll have to be because I'm actually I'm out 150 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 3: of here Tuesday afternoon. I've got to get north to 151 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 3: help Santa get the sleigh ridy. I'm actually doing a 152 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 3: zoom call with them about three hours from now to 153 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 3: show the elves where to put the anti drone device 154 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 3: so we can get to New Jersey and New York 155 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 3: and stuff. But you know, just just just busy week, 156 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 3: just busy stuff. So I'm down around the end of 157 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 3: the hour, which is where I was going with this, 158 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 3: is we're gonna have the Night Before Christmas. I know 159 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 3: you guys look forward to that every year. I enjoyed 160 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 3: doing that. You know I did that. You know, I'll 161 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 3: never forget a good thirty some odd years ago. I 162 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 3: don't want to remember. It was so long ago, a 163 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 3: good couple of years ago. We were at a trade 164 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 3: show dinner meeting and somebody we needed to it's a 165 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 3: long story, long story, shortest. We needed to entertain the troops, 166 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 3: so to speak, because the actual speaker was late and 167 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:32,960 Speaker 3: showing up. So you know, I wrote that on the 168 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 3: back of a bathroom paper towel, you know, the Night 169 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:40,000 Speaker 3: before Christmas, and we put it to that, and myself 170 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 3: and a dear friend of mine who's gone now, Richie Johnson, 171 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 3: we did that in Unison at a trade show meeting 172 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 3: here in New Jersey. So a little bit of history 173 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 3: of where the Night Before Christmas came from, and ever 174 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 3: since then, We've made it part of the show and 175 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:54,200 Speaker 3: I get to sit and think about Richie and tear 176 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 3: up a little bit and enjoy the enjoy the season. 177 00:08:56,640 --> 00:09:00,560 Speaker 3: It's the holidays. So anyway, let's pull over to a pause. 178 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:02,960 Speaker 3: Eight five five five six zero nine nine zero zero. 179 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 3: I should point out eight five five five six zero 180 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:07,719 Speaker 3: nine nine zero zero is the card Doctor's twenty four 181 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 3: to seven number. Very important. Eight five five five six 182 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 3: zero nine nine zero zero. 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If we're taking a weekend off for 192 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:40,120 Speaker 3: some reason, and you know, you never know when you're 193 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:41,480 Speaker 3: gonna get a call and say, hey, you want to 194 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:42,840 Speaker 3: talk about this, We'll put you up on air and 195 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:45,679 Speaker 3: make it into a call. So always keep that number handy. 196 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:48,319 Speaker 3: Eight five five five six zero nine nine zero zero. 197 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 3: I'm running ending the card doctor. Let me pull over 198 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:52,079 Speaker 3: and take a pause. I'll be back right after this. 199 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:00,320 Speaker 2: He drives that way. But when it it comes to 200 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 2: fixing cars, Ron has car advice done right. 201 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 3: Eight five to five five six zero nine to nine 202 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 3: zero zero. Here's Ron. Let's do some emails. Or actually 203 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 3: this is a social media post. This comes to us 204 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 3: from Don, who writes in hey Ron, We've got a 205 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 3: new twenty twenty four Chevy Equinox. It's been great, except 206 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:21,679 Speaker 3: for the entertainment center. The thing that is most frustrating. 207 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:24,320 Speaker 3: That thing is the most frustrating thing ever. It does 208 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 3: not have a CD player. You know, isn't it funny? 209 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 4: Right? 210 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:29,120 Speaker 3: A lot of vehicles don't have CD players anymore. It's 211 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:32,840 Speaker 3: getting to be the impossible to get option. And so 212 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 3: we loaded a thumb drive with all our CDs that 213 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 3: we had ripped to the computer. Then we found out 214 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 3: that it would not play the WMA format. So I 215 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 3: spent weeks transferring everything to the MP three format. Then 216 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 3: when you are driving by yourself, the USB will only 217 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 3: play by way of voice recognition. It does not let 218 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 3: you manually browse anything. I don't think that's the fault 219 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:54,199 Speaker 3: of the equinox though. I just think, honestly, I think 220 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 3: you're using it incorrectly. I don't think they make it 221 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 3: so that it can index a thumb I've seen this 222 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 3: before that that's a problem. He then goes on to 223 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 3: say the problem with voice recognition is it never gets 224 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 3: anything right after about a dozen times it's saying I'm sorry, 225 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:12,439 Speaker 3: I didn't understand you. You just give up. You can 226 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 3: manually do everything else. You can change radio stations or 227 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:16,959 Speaker 3: the Serio six M station, but it does not let 228 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:20,480 Speaker 3: you manually browse the USB thumb drive. Yeah, Like I said, 229 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 3: I think what I would do is, because everything plays 230 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:25,679 Speaker 3: through your phone, do and I would look to see, 231 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 3: you know, can you make a music collection using Amazon 232 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 3: Music or Google Music on your phone and then just 233 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:34,719 Speaker 3: get it to pick from that? And I wonder if 234 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 3: it would voice search that because your phone is likely 235 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:41,840 Speaker 3: an accepted device, because your phone will likely pair with 236 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 3: that infotainment system, all right, and you know, then will 237 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:49,280 Speaker 3: it search accordingly in that? You know, I've had success. 238 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:50,920 Speaker 3: I can do that in my wife's car, she's got 239 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 3: Alexis GX four sixty, and it will search my It 240 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:57,199 Speaker 3: will search my phone as far as well. Actually, no, 241 00:11:57,240 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 3: I take that back. It won't search my phone, but 242 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:01,520 Speaker 3: it will let me screw all through to the next song, 243 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:04,920 Speaker 3: the next song, the next song. So, you know, I 244 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 3: think the way you're using and I understand how you 245 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:09,480 Speaker 3: want to use it, I don't think it's possible, and 246 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 3: I think because it's not designed to do that, you know, 247 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 3: But I get it. I get the frustration. No CD player, 248 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:17,560 Speaker 3: What do you do? They should they put I think 249 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:20,160 Speaker 3: they should have CD players, but they don't. You know, 250 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:22,960 Speaker 3: which is you know? Try that though? Or I wonder 251 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,360 Speaker 3: what would happen if you loaded everything onto Google Drive 252 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 3: and then you can manually make playlists from that. I 253 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:32,040 Speaker 3: wonder if that would work also, So, but I think 254 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:34,199 Speaker 3: everything's going to come through your phone. Everything is headed 255 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 3: to your phone anyway. So I'm just you know, get 256 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:39,200 Speaker 3: used to the idea. It's the future. This comes to us. 257 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 3: This is actually a caller. She hasn't gotten an are yet. Hey, Ron, 258 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 3: it's Kathy. I have a twenty fifteen legacy Subaru. It's 259 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 3: got three hundred and fourteen thousand miles on it. I've 260 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 3: kept it up and I'm sorry now because they tell 261 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 3: me I need a new catalytic converter, or the dealer 262 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 3: wants five thousand dollars, some guy wants three thousand dollars. 263 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 3: Then I found an anthemarket parts dealer in Carol, Iowa 264 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 3: who can do it for about one thousand. Put all 265 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 3: the lights were on one day later, and the next 266 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 3: day they went off, and then they came back on 267 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:06,040 Speaker 3: again like the service engine. Soon now they're off again. 268 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:07,760 Speaker 3: I don't know what's going on, if I should replace 269 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 3: it or what. But when I when the lights are on, 270 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:12,680 Speaker 3: I can't use my cruise control. Well, yeah, and a 271 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 3: lot of the Japanese cars do that that. You know, 272 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:21,559 Speaker 3: it's it's it's it's a lot of the Japanese cars 273 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 3: do that that They will disable crews and some of 274 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:26,960 Speaker 3: the other accessory function because the vehicle isn't in peak 275 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 3: operating condition because when the check engine lights on, which 276 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:31,720 Speaker 3: it would be if a catalytic converter was having a failure, 277 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:35,400 Speaker 3: if the check engine light was on, then their concern 278 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:39,319 Speaker 3: is the vehicle working too hard under limited power, and 279 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:42,600 Speaker 3: they won't allow crews to operate. Now back to whose 280 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 3: cat would I put on this? You know, this is 281 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:48,199 Speaker 3: a question of I think this is a question of 282 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:53,719 Speaker 3: what if, Kathy, if if you put any form of 283 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 3: a catalytic converter on this vehicle and it suffers a 284 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 3: cataclysmic failure engine or transmission, would you fix it? Is 285 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 3: body and good enough shape to justify it? If the 286 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:06,839 Speaker 3: answer is yes, I'd probably put the manufacturer's CAT back 287 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 3: on it. I know it's a lot of money, but 288 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:11,760 Speaker 3: if you look at catalytic converters side by side, the 289 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 3: factory cat is twenty four inches long, The aftermarket cat 290 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:18,480 Speaker 3: is twenty inches long, the aftermarket after market CAT is 291 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 3: fifteen inches long. They get shorter and they get smaller, 292 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 3: and I think the only thing you can, you know, 293 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:26,120 Speaker 3: justify in your head is you've got to have that. 294 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 3: That that you got to compromise. How long are you 295 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:31,480 Speaker 3: going to drive the car? And what sort of return 296 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:35,000 Speaker 3: on your dollars do you want to get? The manufacturer's 297 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:38,480 Speaker 3: cat lasted three hundred thousand miles. It's pretty good, right, 298 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:41,160 Speaker 3: you know, you don't need to go another three hundred thousand. 299 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:43,680 Speaker 3: But WILL a good quality we'll call it WILL, a 300 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 3: first line aftermarket catalytic converter last you know, one hundred 301 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 3: thousand miles. You know, to get this car to four 302 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 3: to fifty. To get this car to four hundred and 303 00:14:55,440 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 3: fifteen thousand miles would be quite a trick. Now, the 304 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 3: issue is too that if you use a dirt cheap cat, 305 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 3: and there's a lot of dirt cheap cats out there, 306 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 3: will it actually work and do the job it's supposed to. 307 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:15,840 Speaker 3: It's an older engine, there's I'm sure some imbalances in 308 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 3: the fuel system in terms of how it how it operates, 309 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:21,600 Speaker 3: and what it's supposed to do. So you're making that 310 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 3: after market cat work just a little bit harder. You know, 311 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:30,200 Speaker 3: there's no there's no mystery to catalytic converters in my mind, 312 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 3: all right, you know, I understand how they work, and 313 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:36,200 Speaker 3: it's in terms of getting them to solve the problem 314 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 3: out of the box. That factory cat works the best. 315 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:43,000 Speaker 3: It can swallow a lot of junk, and I'm not 316 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 3: suggesting you allow it to, but it's it's it's more 317 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 3: forgiving than the aftermarket stuff. But it has its place. 318 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 3: Right If the aftermarket cat is half the price of 319 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:55,400 Speaker 3: the manufacturer's cat, there's there's an answer right there in 320 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:59,560 Speaker 3: terms of what you're what you're gonna do, because maybe 321 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:02,080 Speaker 3: you don't want want to, you know, make that major 322 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 3: of an investment, you know, and it brings me back 323 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:08,680 Speaker 3: to my first comment about what if. I also think 324 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 3: that you should be talking to your regular mechanic whoever's 325 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 3: been servicing the car up to this point, because with 326 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 3: this kind of mileage on it, you know, there's going 327 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 3: to be other extenuating circumstances, and you want to deal 328 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:22,600 Speaker 3: with a guy that you've had good success with. You know, 329 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:25,600 Speaker 3: if you were going to a doctor and it was 330 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 3: heart surgery, would you change doctors in midstream because the 331 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 3: next doctor down the list was newer but maybe cheaper 332 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:35,720 Speaker 3: or maybe just cheaper. I don't think you would. It 333 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 3: doesn't make any sense, and I wouldn't do that. I 334 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 3: wouldn't do the same thing with a car. You know, 335 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 3: you've had a relationship with this guy. It sounds like 336 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 3: he's been doing a lot of the maintenance, and I 337 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 3: think that counts for something, and I think that's where 338 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 3: you're going to get the most bang for the buck, 339 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 3: you know, in terms of in terms of keeping that 340 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:57,160 Speaker 3: car on the road twenty fifteen, three hundred and fourteen 341 00:16:57,240 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 3: thousand miles. You know, as an a side, you say 342 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 3: you've done a lot of maintenance. I would look through 343 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 3: the maintenance records. You know, has it had head gaskets, 344 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:08,679 Speaker 3: has it had good cooling system maintenance? What does the 345 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 3: undercarriage suspension look like? Because it's not this problem, This 346 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:17,160 Speaker 3: problem is repairable. You know, it's a question of whose 347 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:18,920 Speaker 3: part do you want to put on it. I'd probably 348 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 3: go somewhere between manufacturer and the cheapest guy in the aftermarket. 349 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:24,320 Speaker 3: You know, it's like the rules in house construction, get 350 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 3: three estimates, pick the guy in the middle. But I 351 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:29,160 Speaker 3: think it's also a question of do you just want 352 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:31,960 Speaker 3: to take this money and put it towards a different 353 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 3: vehicle altogether, something newer, with less miles on it, because 354 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:39,199 Speaker 3: the mileage here is extraordinary, over three hundred thousand, And 355 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:44,400 Speaker 3: I think that becomes a concern for you know, what else, 356 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 3: what else could fail? You know, that old subject about 357 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 3: rotating electrical comes to mind. Starters, alternators, you know, back 358 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:53,120 Speaker 3: in the day, we'd always worry about water pumps past 359 00:17:53,119 --> 00:17:57,359 Speaker 3: a certain point. So, you know, I get it. And 360 00:17:57,400 --> 00:17:59,080 Speaker 3: then the last thing I want to put in your 361 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:01,479 Speaker 3: head is, depending upon where you're driving, if you're out 362 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:03,680 Speaker 3: in remote parts of Iowa, if you're on quiet back 363 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:08,160 Speaker 3: roads late at night. You know, maybe having a newer 364 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:10,119 Speaker 3: car with less miles on it is more peace of 365 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:13,000 Speaker 3: mind for you as well as well as any family members, 366 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 3: because anything can go wrong with the vehicle. It's it's 367 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:19,679 Speaker 3: a matter of odds, the odds, and you know, just 368 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:22,359 Speaker 3: trying to do your due diligence. So I hope that 369 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 3: made sense. And if you need more information, Kathy, you 370 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:26,960 Speaker 3: know where to find me. Eighty five five five six 371 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:29,600 Speaker 3: zero nine nine zero zero. I'm on anady in the car. Doctor. 372 00:18:29,640 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 3: We're back right after this. Let's answer or some emails. 373 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:03,720 Speaker 3: Let's get some quiet time together. You and I. Hey Ron, 374 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:07,080 Speaker 3: as an avionics mechanic, I appreciate your methodical approach to troubleshooting. 375 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:08,919 Speaker 3: I also enjoy the shows when you're talking about your 376 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:11,600 Speaker 3: dad and his experience as an aircraft mechanic, and I 377 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:13,240 Speaker 3: kind of help that one day my son will speak 378 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 3: as fondly about me as you have about your dad. 379 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:17,119 Speaker 3: You know, it's funny the older you get, you have 380 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:19,960 Speaker 3: more memories about your parents. And you know, I was 381 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:23,400 Speaker 3: fortunate that in the early years I had my dad 382 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:25,640 Speaker 3: for the short time that I did, but the influence 383 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:28,280 Speaker 3: that he left on me and you know about fixing cars, 384 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 3: and there isn't a day that goes by that I somehow, 385 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 3: you know, either I'm pulling a wrench out of my 386 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:35,959 Speaker 3: out of my toolbox at the shop that is from 387 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:39,480 Speaker 3: the forties, from you know, his time working lead mechanic 388 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:43,919 Speaker 3: American Airlines, or you know, just just thinking about some 389 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:45,560 Speaker 3: of the advice he gave me when I was a 390 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:48,080 Speaker 3: little kid that still applies to this day. You know, 391 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:50,160 Speaker 3: it's weird you hold a wrench in your hands and 392 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:52,679 Speaker 3: they're all big wrenches, the big wrenches as I call them. 393 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:54,960 Speaker 3: You know, anytime we get a you know we're working 394 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:57,080 Speaker 3: on something huge and the wrench size is over an 395 00:19:57,119 --> 00:20:00,240 Speaker 3: inch and a half or you know, any anything like 396 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:03,840 Speaker 3: twenty five millimeters and up. If it's a newer vehicle, 397 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:06,639 Speaker 3: I say to myself, Gee, is this the rent that 398 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:08,760 Speaker 3: worked on FDR's airplane? Because it could have he was 399 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 3: in charge of he was in charge of maintenance on 400 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:15,160 Speaker 3: the President's plane. Anyway, Jeff Wright continues, Anyway, my daughter's 401 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:17,320 Speaker 3: two thousand and four Jeep Liberty had a rebuilt transmission 402 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 3: installed at one hundred and thirty five thousand miles four 403 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:21,919 Speaker 3: years ago. I checked the fluid twice a year when 404 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:23,800 Speaker 3: I serviced the car, and it's normal. This past year 405 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 3: I checked it. It was a dark purple color. It didn't 406 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:28,760 Speaker 3: smell burnt. The transmission seemed to be working fine. It 407 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:30,359 Speaker 3: now has thirty two thousand miles on it. So I 408 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 3: dropped the pan, changed the filter, and cleaned the magnet. 409 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 3: It had about an eighth of inch of paste on it. 410 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 3: After filling and driving it, the fluid didn't look much better. 411 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:40,919 Speaker 3: I'd entrain the torque inverter, which you can't. You'd have 412 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:44,159 Speaker 3: to do a specific procedure of flesh out through the 413 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:46,440 Speaker 3: cooler line, et cetera. I suctioned out about a gallon, 414 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:48,920 Speaker 3: replaced it, and the color improved slightly. Repeated the sequence 415 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 3: again and it didn't really improve. I sent in for 416 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:54,200 Speaker 3: fluid analysis and it came back in for high and embraces. 417 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:57,679 Speaker 3: Fast forward six months, six thousand miles, sent in another example, 418 00:20:57,720 --> 00:20:59,919 Speaker 3: same results, just lower amounts. My question is work at 419 00:20:59,920 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 3: the embrace the material enter in limited knowledge of automatic transmissions, 420 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:08,200 Speaker 3: and these suggestions appreciated. Jeff in the luth Minnesota. Uh, 421 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:11,400 Speaker 3: you know what, Jeff, and for everybody else out there, 422 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:16,320 Speaker 3: you know those those answers are not good all right, 423 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 3: because generally embraces or material in the trans fluid. It's 424 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:23,919 Speaker 3: either the clutch material of the transmission itself, meaning the 425 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:27,800 Speaker 3: trans is coming apart, or and I would bet more 426 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 3: money on this that it's the tor converter itself. The 427 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:33,720 Speaker 3: tor converter has a lock up function where they mechanically 428 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:38,879 Speaker 3: locked the converter. Think of two house fans and you 429 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:41,320 Speaker 3: turn and they're they're they're they're in front of each other, 430 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:43,560 Speaker 3: and you turn on the first fan, fan A, fan B. 431 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:46,639 Speaker 3: You turn on fan A. You do not turn on 432 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:51,840 Speaker 3: fan B, but Fan A runs and the wind from 433 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 3: fan A drives fan B. That's a torque converter, all right. 434 00:21:57,160 --> 00:22:02,160 Speaker 3: You've got, you know, an object under propulsion fan blades. 435 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:07,440 Speaker 3: In this case, instead of fluid being the medium by 436 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 3: which we drive the second fan or the second set 437 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:13,879 Speaker 3: of splines, we're using air. But that's basically how a 438 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:16,479 Speaker 3: torque inverter works. Now, in order to make a modern 439 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:22,400 Speaker 3: vehicle most efficient, they will, through various methods, mechanically lock 440 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:26,440 Speaker 3: the outer spline to the innerspline direct lock of the converter. 441 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:31,080 Speaker 3: That takes use of a pressure plate and some clutch material, 442 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:34,440 Speaker 3: all right. That clutch material will wear out over time, 443 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:37,959 Speaker 3: and then it tears through the transmission and it causes 444 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:41,679 Speaker 3: nothing but havoc. It just creates a horrible time. It 445 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:44,600 Speaker 3: creates a tough time, and I'm willing to bet that's 446 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:50,080 Speaker 3: what you're seeing. So what I would do is, I would, 447 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:54,280 Speaker 3: you know, keep changing the fluid, all right, stay on 448 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:58,959 Speaker 3: top of it, because automatic transmissions react to particulate and 449 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 3: contamination and it's never good. So you know, I just 450 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 3: keep changing the fluid overheated, you know, I would look. 451 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 3: I looked in your case, but I would keep an 452 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 3: eye out just in case three four, five, six months 453 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:14,520 Speaker 3: from now they do something. You know, there's generally more 454 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 3: more updates and reflashes for computers, for transmissions in the 455 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:20,760 Speaker 3: way that they operate for the manufacturer than I think 456 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:24,359 Speaker 3: anything else, truthfully, and I would keep that in mind. 457 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,679 Speaker 3: Do they see do you see a reflash for this? 458 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:29,280 Speaker 3: I don't think there's anything out there. I look the 459 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:32,880 Speaker 3: other day when I got this email, so I didn't 460 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 3: see anything. So but just be aware. But heat fluid 461 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 3: are the two main causes what causes a transmission to 462 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:42,440 Speaker 3: break down, So just keep changing it. Just very very important. 463 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:45,640 Speaker 3: All right, kiddo, And thanks for the kind words about dad. Yeah, 464 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:49,960 Speaker 3: you know what good stuff. You know what. I'm proud 465 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:51,800 Speaker 3: that my dad was a mechanic and that I got 466 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:54,560 Speaker 3: I got the bug from him. This comes to us 467 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:58,680 Speaker 3: from a longtime listener in Lacrosse, Wisconsin. We leve Ourkia. 468 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:00,960 Speaker 3: But one thing is it as this annoying little steering 469 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:04,320 Speaker 3: wheel squeak in the steering column behind the steering wheel 470 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:07,560 Speaker 3: when it's cold, the thing squeaks summer not at all, 471 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 3: goes away with the interior when it's warm. So I 472 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:11,240 Speaker 3: guess I mean to turn the heat on. So much 473 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 3: for electronics and the wheel buttons. Thinking to take to 474 00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:15,760 Speaker 3: the dealer, but wondering if there's a simple fix like 475 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:17,920 Speaker 3: silicon spray, or if they have to pull it apart. 476 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 3: Kind of sounds like a slight chalkboard squeak, much more faint, 477 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 3: or like a squeak while washing windows. Thanks DJ DJ. 478 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:32,280 Speaker 3: Probably what's going on here is inside inside the steering 479 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:34,520 Speaker 3: wheel or at the bottom of the steering wheel where 480 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 3: it meets the column, there's a copper contact ring. There's 481 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:39,760 Speaker 3: some type of a contact ring that's going to be 482 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:43,639 Speaker 3: there with a brush writing against it, a copper brush 483 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 3: or a brass brush, whatever the material is to maintain connectivity. 484 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:50,040 Speaker 3: And it's dry, and it's going to be a case 485 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:52,800 Speaker 3: of pulling the steering wheel, putting a drop of dielectric 486 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:55,439 Speaker 3: grease on that, and putting it back together. And I 487 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:57,439 Speaker 3: bet you the noise goes away. If that's what it is, 488 00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:59,440 Speaker 3: that'll do it. We see this as a common problem, 489 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:02,200 Speaker 3: and yes, do change from hot to cold in the shop. 490 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:06,240 Speaker 3: It's not completely uncommon, you know, but yeah, and it's annoying. 491 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:08,919 Speaker 3: Is the best way I can describe what happens is 492 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:14,919 Speaker 3: the brush contact is chattering or bouncing off that that 493 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:19,120 Speaker 3: copper track ring and it and you put a drop 494 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 3: of dielectric grease on it and it just lubricates it 495 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 3: the least little bit and it works well. So you know, 496 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 3: to get it into your mechanic, I'm sure they'll know 497 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 3: what what it is that they have to do. Let's 498 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:31,800 Speaker 3: pull over and take the pause. I'm ronning Andy in 499 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 3: the car doctor eight five five five six zero nine 500 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:50,280 Speaker 3: nine zero zero. We're back right after this, and away 501 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:54,040 Speaker 3: we go. Let's uh, let's go to Diana in Florida. Diana, welcome, 502 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:54,600 Speaker 3: How can I. 503 00:25:54,560 --> 00:26:01,040 Speaker 4: Help hi car? Doctor? Have a similar question? Then about 504 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:02,120 Speaker 4: an older vehicle? 505 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:02,800 Speaker 1: Uh? 506 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:09,480 Speaker 4: Then, well maintained ninety seven Plymouth Voyager three point three 507 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:10,480 Speaker 4: lead minivan. 508 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:14,040 Speaker 1: Okay, uh the uh. 509 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:17,080 Speaker 4: Done quite a bit of work on it here and there. 510 00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:19,160 Speaker 4: But you know, if it needed something, I kept it up, 511 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:23,320 Speaker 4: so did regular maintenance. You know, it all changes, all that. 512 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:31,320 Speaker 4: And now I was steering pumps, sleeking. Say it's not 513 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:37,119 Speaker 4: the hoses, Say it's the front seal. Uh, but it 514 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:40,720 Speaker 4: was kind of the price was a shock. Is at 515 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:44,160 Speaker 4: eight hundred bucks? Okay? How many? 516 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:46,160 Speaker 3: How many? How many miles are on this Diana? 517 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:51,960 Speaker 4: Oh? Okay? Yeah, two hundred and eighty five thousand? 518 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:54,040 Speaker 3: Okay, And you want to do what you want to? 519 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:54,920 Speaker 3: Just replace the seal? 520 00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 4: Well, I didn't know. Everyone says it's just place for Pompton. 521 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:05,560 Speaker 3: Right, me too, I don't know, me too. Let's let's 522 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:08,199 Speaker 3: let's let's look at it. Let's look at it like this. Okay, 523 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 3: So let's say this car is junk. It's you're not 524 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:16,399 Speaker 3: going to fix it. What are you gonna what are 525 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:17,040 Speaker 3: you gonna go buy? 526 00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:19,239 Speaker 1: Well? 527 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 4: I don't want to do that, right right, Yeah, the 528 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:26,320 Speaker 4: car's been well maintained, it's not overly engineered. I like 529 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 4: simple things, right. 530 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:31,600 Speaker 3: Well, and so there's your answer, right, So what is 531 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:33,800 Speaker 3: it about the eight hundred dollars that bothers you? The 532 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:36,159 Speaker 3: price of the part, the price of the labor, the 533 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:38,080 Speaker 3: repair in general. Have you been putting a lot of 534 00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:39,840 Speaker 3: money in the car of late or it this one 535 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:41,000 Speaker 3: just rubs you the wrong way? 536 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:49,880 Speaker 4: Well, uh, I would say, because I'm older, I'm used 537 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 4: to lower repair costs, and it's always a shock, it seems. 538 00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:59,960 Speaker 4: What for that it needs to be thirty dollars? 539 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:02,639 Speaker 3: Well, I don't I don't know if I ever remember 540 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:05,399 Speaker 3: paristereing comsts being thirty five dollars. But I understand. Listen, 541 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:07,440 Speaker 3: I had a call in the shop two weeks ago. 542 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:10,600 Speaker 3: The person calls up and she wants me to work 543 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:13,479 Speaker 3: on her Row seven Honda, and we talked to labor eight. 544 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:16,800 Speaker 3: And labor rates in North Jersey are very expensive. You know, 545 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:19,200 Speaker 3: labor eight in North Jersey's one hundred seventy five dollars 546 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:22,719 Speaker 3: an hour. And that might be a shock, but you know, 547 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:25,280 Speaker 3: come to New Jersey. See what property taxes costs, see 548 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:27,880 Speaker 3: what insurance costs, See what taxes are It's the cost 549 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:30,680 Speaker 3: of doing business. So anyway, my point is it's regional, 550 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:35,880 Speaker 3: it's reflective of where you're at. So you know, her 551 00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:37,800 Speaker 3: comment was, well, I think the labor rate should be 552 00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:43,640 Speaker 3: fifty dollars an hour. Yeah, it's ridiculous, right, And I said, listen, 553 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:45,120 Speaker 3: you get when you get out of your time machine 554 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:47,080 Speaker 3: and come back from nineteen fifty five the minute how 555 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:48,920 Speaker 3: your trip was. Of course she hung up on me, 556 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:53,400 Speaker 3: you know, but it's it's the truth. It's it's it's reality. 557 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:55,920 Speaker 3: You know, there's a lot of sticker shock in auder repair, 558 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:59,440 Speaker 3: and I get that. But what I think you've got 559 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:01,640 Speaker 3: to look at just my two cents, because I'm assuming 560 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:06,200 Speaker 3: you called for my two cents worth, is that it's cheaper. 561 00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:09,480 Speaker 3: Whatever it is, it's cheaper than a new vehicle. You know, 562 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:14,720 Speaker 3: this vehicle. You like this vehicle. Right. My big, my 563 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:18,320 Speaker 3: big concern would be how much of the power steering 564 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 3: system are they replacing. There's a pump, there's two hoses in. 565 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:26,880 Speaker 4: A rack and okay, you know everything but the rack. 566 00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:31,000 Speaker 4: I replaced that rack about three years ago, okay. And 567 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:34,080 Speaker 4: one guy told me it was leaking. The next guy said, no, 568 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:37,400 Speaker 4: it's not leaking. Uh, And the next guy said it 569 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:42,520 Speaker 4: wasn't leaking. Right now, I'm saying it's not leaking because 570 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:45,200 Speaker 4: I don't see any thoughts there only at that one, 571 00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:46,040 Speaker 4: you know, drip. 572 00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:47,920 Speaker 3: Right, Let me ask you this question, how come you 573 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,880 Speaker 3: got so how come you have so many mechanics? How 574 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:53,880 Speaker 3: come there's so many people giving you giving you opinions? 575 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:54,640 Speaker 3: And looks. 576 00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:58,920 Speaker 4: Well, he used to have a good mechanic, but he 577 00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:03,400 Speaker 4: kind of got pushed out of the business. Lets mechanics 578 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:07,560 Speaker 4: quit during the COVID virus, right, and so it was 579 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:12,360 Speaker 4: then I tried to find another one. And and right 580 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:15,520 Speaker 4: now I happen to kind of be in two places 581 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:18,760 Speaker 4: because of a move I'm trying to make. And so 582 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:21,640 Speaker 4: I don't really know the mechanics, you know. So I said, 583 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:23,880 Speaker 4: well I better get a second opinion, like you ud 584 00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:29,200 Speaker 4: a doctor. Yeah, sure, yeah, so that's why. And I 585 00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:35,320 Speaker 4: had the two opinions. The prices ranged from like seven 586 00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:39,320 Speaker 4: to fifty quest to nine hundred. Okay, but on power 587 00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:43,680 Speaker 4: steering with the two hoses, and so let me ask. 588 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:45,240 Speaker 3: It, Let me, let me, let me ask you this question. 589 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:47,920 Speaker 3: Let me let me make a comment. This way more 590 00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:50,760 Speaker 3: important or just as important as the power steering pump 591 00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:55,680 Speaker 3: you're driving a twenty semi twenty five year old vehicle, 592 00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:58,960 Speaker 3: twenty six year old vehicle, and it's got almost it's 593 00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:01,720 Speaker 3: got almost three hundred found miles on it. This is 594 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:04,440 Speaker 3: a prime example of a vehicle that needs somebody to 595 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:08,040 Speaker 3: you know, little TLC. This is the kind of vehicle. 596 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:12,280 Speaker 3: As a mechanic, I don't I can't necessarily charge for 597 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:14,800 Speaker 3: everything I do because there's always a nip and a 598 00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:17,400 Speaker 3: tuck and a touch and a top up and something 599 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:19,760 Speaker 3: you're going to tighten and stay on, you know, because 600 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:22,640 Speaker 3: it becomes a mechanic's pride to keep this vehicle going 601 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:25,680 Speaker 3: to a degree, there's a sense of that. It's not 602 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:30,440 Speaker 3: like a newer vehicle. So my point is as important 603 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:33,760 Speaker 3: as keeping it repaired, is you need a good mechanic. 604 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:36,960 Speaker 3: You almost need somebody. This is a great repair to 605 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,280 Speaker 3: start with. You don't want to find out the hard 606 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:41,480 Speaker 3: way that the guy, regardless of what it was eight 607 00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:44,320 Speaker 3: hundred or eighteen hundred. You want to make sure the 608 00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:48,200 Speaker 3: guy working on it a stands behind their work, they 609 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:50,840 Speaker 3: do a good job. If there is a problem, and 610 00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:52,640 Speaker 3: if there's a problem, it's likely going to be with 611 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:54,720 Speaker 3: the part because the vehicle is so old where's the 612 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:57,680 Speaker 3: new part coming from? And you know you want to 613 00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:00,520 Speaker 3: make sure they can stand up for it. So I 614 00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:03,160 Speaker 3: think I would be cautious jumping into this until you 615 00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:06,760 Speaker 3: decide who's gonna be the mechanic and who's gonna work 616 00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:08,600 Speaker 3: on the car on a regular basis. I think that 617 00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:12,920 Speaker 3: is more important than doing this. I don't want to 618 00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:16,520 Speaker 3: say piecemeal, but you know the other guy's gone, I 619 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:18,840 Speaker 3: get it. It happens every day in this country. It 620 00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:21,360 Speaker 3: happens every day in this business. Got to find another 621 00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:25,560 Speaker 3: mechanic that's more important right now, I think, than something 622 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:30,560 Speaker 3: that's dripping. My other concern is, you know, have you 623 00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:34,960 Speaker 3: asked anybody, and this is the key language, right, will 624 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:37,680 Speaker 3: this fix my leak? Because you don't want anybody coming 625 00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:39,760 Speaker 3: back and saying, well, we thought it was the paristering pump, 626 00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:42,360 Speaker 3: but it's really a rack. Because they're changing the rack. 627 00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:44,720 Speaker 3: I'm sorry they're changing the pump and the two lines 628 00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:47,280 Speaker 3: just because you don't see a leak from the rack. 629 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:51,120 Speaker 3: Make sure they looked at the bellows, the rubber seals, 630 00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:53,280 Speaker 3: the rubber bellows that are over the end of it, 631 00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:58,560 Speaker 3: all right, that sometimes they'll fill with fluid. I would 632 00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:01,800 Speaker 3: almost put a little pinhole in If they can't determine 633 00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:05,080 Speaker 3: for sure, you know, depending upon where this rat came from, 634 00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:07,400 Speaker 3: this might also be a cause or a source of 635 00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:09,720 Speaker 3: the leak as well. You got some homework to do, kiddo, 636 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:12,440 Speaker 3: do that and you know, by all means, give me 637 00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:14,400 Speaker 3: a call back if you need more. I appreciate the call, 638 00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:17,200 Speaker 3: and good luck to you and Merry Christmas. Hey coming 639 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:20,960 Speaker 3: up next. You know a long term car doctor tradition. 640 00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:23,960 Speaker 3: We've been doing the night before Christmas the better part 641 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:25,720 Speaker 3: of thirty years, some of it before I was even 642 00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:28,040 Speaker 3: on radio way back in the day. And that's longer 643 00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:30,480 Speaker 3: than thirty years ago. So that just goes to show 644 00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:31,240 Speaker 3: you how long ago. 645 00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:31,840 Speaker 4: This was. 646 00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:34,320 Speaker 3: The night before Christmas is something I threw together real 647 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:36,480 Speaker 3: quick at the last minute. I hope you enjoy it. 648 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:42,640 Speaker 3: It's a yearly tradition from my house to yours. Merry Christmas. 649 00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:48,360 Speaker 3: Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the dark, 650 00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:51,320 Speaker 3: not a car was still broken. All the plugs had 651 00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:55,000 Speaker 3: their spark, the wrenches were stashed all snug in their boxes. Well, 652 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:58,520 Speaker 3: me by myself was having Christmas party leftovers, some bagels 653 00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:01,640 Speaker 3: and loses out from the lot. There rose such a clatter. 654 00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:04,040 Speaker 3: I sprang to my feet and yelled, hey, what's the 655 00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:07,800 Speaker 3: matter now? What to my bloodshot, tired eyes should appear? 656 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:12,320 Speaker 3: But some crazy old guy one sleigh with reindeer. I winced, 657 00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:14,640 Speaker 3: and I cried, Oh great, just one more. I'd rather 658 00:34:14,680 --> 00:34:16,640 Speaker 3: sit back and have a cup of tea and some smores. 659 00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:19,399 Speaker 3: He approached the front door with a smile so bright. 660 00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:22,640 Speaker 3: I quickly unlocked it and turned back on the office light. 661 00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:25,480 Speaker 3: Excuse me, kind sir, but I'm having some trouble. The 662 00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:28,400 Speaker 3: left runner on my sleigh has started to wobble. The 663 00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:30,360 Speaker 3: balance is wrong and it pulls to the right. The 664 00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:33,680 Speaker 3: reindeer working too hard this cold night. I have so 665 00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:35,759 Speaker 3: much to do and no time left to do it. 666 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:38,319 Speaker 3: Do you think that you could well please get right 667 00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:41,239 Speaker 3: to it without saying a word. I went to work 668 00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:43,680 Speaker 3: right away. Too bad the alignment machine had no specks 669 00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:47,120 Speaker 3: for a sleigh. Meanwhile, the reindeer were prancing around that 670 00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:50,440 Speaker 3: rootolph in common. What a couple of clowns. In a 671 00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:53,720 Speaker 3: matter of moments from time one point two, the runner 672 00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:56,359 Speaker 3: was straight and the alignment done too. I helped him 673 00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:58,880 Speaker 3: bloat up all the presents but one. He left it 674 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:00,120 Speaker 3: to pay me for cash. 675 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:00,920 Speaker 1: He had none. 676 00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:03,560 Speaker 3: I hope it's from Snap on a half inch drive 677 00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:06,719 Speaker 3: air gun. He started the sleigh by merely calling their 678 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:10,239 Speaker 3: names a dasher and dancer, Donna and Blitzen. Get up 679 00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:13,560 Speaker 3: off your butts, Rudolph comment and fix him. It started 680 00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:15,680 Speaker 3: to idle and float in the air. Then Rudolph lit 681 00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:18,839 Speaker 3: up the sky with his nose extraordinary, and I heard 682 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:21,759 Speaker 3: him exclaim this could have been quite a mess. The 683 00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:27,200 Speaker 3: car doctor rings true. These mechanics aren't expensive, they're really priceless. 684 00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:47,880 Speaker 4: And may Chris Lessus be