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Speaker 1: that take this show on podcast, Where do I start today?

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Speaker 1: It goes back about three weeks this story, maybe it's

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Speaker 1: a month now. Carpenter Bob blew up his truck. Well

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Speaker 1: he didn't blow it up, but the engine blew up.

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Speaker 1: Engine failed. This four leader Uh, single lever dual lever

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Speaker 1: Bob needs a motor two or fifty thousand miles. You

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Speaker 1: a carpenter's work truck, and uh, you know, there's some

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Speaker 1: And it looked like it looked like a well I

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Speaker 1: sold listings. Looked at sold listings, forward Rangers, and lo

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Speaker 1: We wanted to report it to somebody. We thought, you know,

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Speaker 1: And we looked at we looked at Craigslist and down

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Speaker 1: but you know it'll probably lead to nowhere. Um, you

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Speaker 1: some of the things we found, and um, you know,

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Speaker 1: but listen, I get it, you know what. You give

426
00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:43,000
Speaker 1: me a lot of confidence, you know. Um, you know

427
00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:45,399
Speaker 1: he talked about copywriters the other day, and you know,

428
00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:48,040
Speaker 1: you call around all these shots, pay boys or whatever.

429
00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:50,520
Speaker 1: No one knows this stuff, no, no one. No. It's

430
00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:52,919
Speaker 1: like it's you know what's you know what's but you

431
00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:54,960
Speaker 1: know what's wrong? Hope, And let me just take a

432
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Speaker 1: second here. So I have a friend, Tim, and I've

433
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Speaker 1: talked about Tim. Tim works in the local Nissan dealer,

434
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Speaker 1: and Tim's like the automotive stud up there. You know,

435
00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:05,040
Speaker 1: it's it's if you've got a Nissan issue, Tim's the

436
00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:07,920
Speaker 1: master tech up there. He's the guy. He's the guru. Um,

437
00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,520
Speaker 1: he's so much the guru that you know. And the

438
00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:13,920
Speaker 1: industry is changing. There's there's not a lot of late

439
00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:15,760
Speaker 1: there hasn't been a lot for Tim to do. He's

440
00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:19,400
Speaker 1: he's been, you know, he's he's he's the transmission overhaul guy.

441
00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:22,159
Speaker 1: He's the engine overhaul guy, the engine swap guy, that

442
00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:24,400
Speaker 1: kind of thing. Um. You know what, as Tim says,

443
00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:26,280
Speaker 1: he goes the cars generally don't break. He goes if

444
00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:28,800
Speaker 1: if it's something catastrophic, then they see it. Other than that,

445
00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:31,280
Speaker 1: you know, services down. It's not what it used to be.

446
00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:35,200
Speaker 1: Long story short. Tim is restoring or in the process

447
00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:39,320
Speaker 1: of restoring, for the Boss A sixty three split window Corvette,

448
00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:44,679
Speaker 1: a real a real small block Chevy fuel injected split

449
00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:48,440
Speaker 1: window vet. It's something like one of four hundred made

450
00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:50,920
Speaker 1: with these particular options. It's got you know, it's got

451
00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:54,680
Speaker 1: this radio and um, this steering system. It's a it's

452
00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:58,800
Speaker 1: a real rare bird. So so you can imagine Tim's

453
00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:01,960
Speaker 1: got a two lips in the shop and on one lift,

454
00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:05,639
Speaker 1: he's got this frame that he restored everything, you know,

455
00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:08,880
Speaker 1: every nutbolt, washer clip, pit, schmip and everything in between,

456
00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:11,240
Speaker 1: down to the empt detail to the point where he's

457
00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:13,320
Speaker 1: making crayon markings on the frame. The way the car

458
00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:15,840
Speaker 1: came off the assembly line just perfect. It's just it's

459
00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:17,920
Speaker 1: like a work of arts. It's it's ready for amusing.

460
00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:21,320
Speaker 1: You know, restored engine, you know, fresh fuel injection system

461
00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:24,239
Speaker 1: sitting up on top. That's all been Dino tuned. You know,

462
00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:26,399
Speaker 1: it was eight grand just for the fuel injection. The

463
00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,320
Speaker 1: boss said, yeah, here's the car, get get it. I

464
00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:31,879
Speaker 1: got a quarter million dollars into the sixty three Corvette.

465
00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:34,160
Speaker 1: This thing is a work of art and they don't

466
00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:37,720
Speaker 1: even have the body on it yet. Right. So the

467
00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:41,679
Speaker 1: point I'm making is the young kids are across the

468
00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:43,720
Speaker 1: way from Tim in the in the in the oil

469
00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:47,960
Speaker 1: change aisle, the lube Express kids all right, And every

470
00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:50,679
Speaker 1: time I go up there, it just reminds me of

471
00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:52,760
Speaker 1: the Cats and Jammer kids. Right, They're all sitting there

472
00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:54,720
Speaker 1: on their cell phones, looking at this, looking at that,

473
00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:57,800
Speaker 1: they're goofing off. They're not you know what I said, Tim,

474
00:23:57,840 --> 00:23:59,879
Speaker 1: how come? I mean these guys are in their twenty

475
00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:02,119
Speaker 1: they're learning the business. When I was in my twenties,

476
00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:04,840
Speaker 1: I dogged my boss from the moment I came in,

477
00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:06,679
Speaker 1: and I came in early on my time, and I

478
00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,639
Speaker 1: stayed late on my time. I dogged him every step

479
00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:11,200
Speaker 1: of the way, to the point that he threw me out.

480
00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:13,880
Speaker 1: All right, how does this work? How does that work?

481
00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:16,600
Speaker 1: What is this for? What is that for? There's there's

482
00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:20,560
Speaker 1: no interest anymore. And and you know what, I don't

483
00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:22,280
Speaker 1: know if I don't know, if I don't know if

484
00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:24,560
Speaker 1: my industry is the cause of that. I don't know

485
00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:26,840
Speaker 1: if the guys that are out there with forty years

486
00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:29,600
Speaker 1: experience or just too you know, quote unquote prideful to

487
00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:31,679
Speaker 1: talk to the young kids like they think it's a

488
00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:33,600
Speaker 1: waste of time. I talked to a young kid, I'd

489
00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:36,320
Speaker 1: show a young kid what's going on, because that that

490
00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:38,400
Speaker 1: young kid is the next to me, is the next

491
00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:41,199
Speaker 1: kid that's gonna pick the next car. And that's what

492
00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:44,600
Speaker 1: they don't understand. Um, you know, the reason kids don't

493
00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:47,919
Speaker 1: know about carburetors because nobody ever sat down and explained

494
00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:50,359
Speaker 1: it to them without burying them in a book. And

495
00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:53,120
Speaker 1: under all this technical information, you gotta make teaching fun

496
00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:55,480
Speaker 1: and that's part of what the Car Doctor is all about.

497
00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:58,600
Speaker 1: So I just kind of brought it back full circle. Um,

498
00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:01,240
Speaker 1: but yeah, I get it. I get it. Brother. Hey, listen,

499
00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:02,879
Speaker 1: you hang in there. You need something, you email me

500
00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:05,159
Speaker 1: Ron at Car Doctor show dot com and thanks for

501
00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:09,960
Speaker 1: being part of the group. All right, you take good care. Um. Yeah, hey,

502
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:11,840
Speaker 1: you know they listen. The guy is smart enough to

503
00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:13,280
Speaker 1: read a book and then go put a Tommy belt

504
00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:15,639
Speaker 1: on a Kia. He could be a mechanic. But like

505
00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:17,480
Speaker 1: I always say, to be a mechanic today, you gotta

506
00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:19,280
Speaker 1: be smart enough to go and realize that if you

507
00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:20,720
Speaker 1: can do this, you gotta go do something else. It

508
00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:23,040
Speaker 1: would just make life a whole lot easier. Let's um,

509
00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:24,560
Speaker 1: let me do a quick piece of email and then

510
00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:26,280
Speaker 1: we're gonna we got Ruth on the phone, you know,

511
00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:28,399
Speaker 1: let's let's go to Ruth after the break. All right,

512
00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:30,600
Speaker 1: let's Ruth. I'm coming for you. Just give me one second.

513
00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:32,360
Speaker 1: Let me just knock go with this, Ron, I got

514
00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:34,879
Speaker 1: a twelve oh this is about Ruth. Hey like that.

515
00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:36,280
Speaker 1: I got Ruth's email in front of me, Then I'm

516
00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:37,840
Speaker 1: not gonna read it. Let me pull over and get

517
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Speaker 1: the plause done. When we come back, we're gonna go

518
00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:41,479
Speaker 1: to Ruth and talk to her better rep four. I'm

519
00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:43,399
Speaker 1: Ron and Ay and the car Doctor. We'll return right

520
00:25:43,440 --> 00:26:19,439
Speaker 1: after this. Welcome back. Why don't you need the car

521
00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:23,480
Speaker 1: doctor here at zero zero More information at car doctor

522
00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:25,640
Speaker 1: show dot com. Let's get over and talk to Ruth

523
00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:28,159
Speaker 1: and Wilton, Maine. Ruth, welcome to the Car Doctor. How

524
00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:31,680
Speaker 1: can I help? Well? I have a two thousand twelve

525
00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:37,800
Speaker 1: RAP four Toyota rav four uh. I have its service

526
00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:42,280
Speaker 1: regularly at the dealership. It got eighty six thousand miles.

527
00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:48,359
Speaker 1: And I live out in a country out here in Maine,

528
00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:54,399
Speaker 1: and my kids are a little bit aunty about maybe

529
00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:59,439
Speaker 1: I should think about swapping. Um never have had a

530
00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:02,800
Speaker 1: bit of but with this, with this vehicle, I love it.

531
00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:09,160
Speaker 1: But at what point should I consider slopping? I think,

532
00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:11,840
Speaker 1: you know, and and we've got to sort of attack

533
00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:14,600
Speaker 1: it from my perspective, my my, my perspective on this

534
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,680
Speaker 1: is this new car rold. You know, when we're talking

535
00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:20,440
Speaker 1: about reliability, a new car gets a flat tire and

536
00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:22,400
Speaker 1: leaves your stranded just as fast as an old one.

537
00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:25,320
Speaker 1: And you know, if we're talking in terms of the

538
00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:27,040
Speaker 1: car breaking down, we've got to think about it from

539
00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:29,960
Speaker 1: all perspective. It may not be a mechanical or electrical

540
00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,680
Speaker 1: failure of the vehicle. It could be something as as

541
00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:34,520
Speaker 1: simple as just getting a flat and how would you

542
00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:37,280
Speaker 1: deal with it and already prepared to deal with it, um,

543
00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:39,520
Speaker 1: you know, living out, living out away from the city

544
00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:42,200
Speaker 1: in the woods and main. So that's just something to

545
00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:45,720
Speaker 1: ponder and be aware of throwing money at it and saying, oh,

546
00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:47,399
Speaker 1: let me just go buy a new car may or

547
00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:51,199
Speaker 1: may not resolve it. And that's my point. So you know,

548
00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:53,320
Speaker 1: I think the first thing you have to do before

549
00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:56,119
Speaker 1: you decide to get rid of this one, because you know,

550
00:27:56,200 --> 00:28:00,440
Speaker 1: you find one that works, you know the cars are applicated.

551
00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:02,840
Speaker 1: You found one that's that's been assembled right, that all

552
00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:05,040
Speaker 1: the parts are working. That it hasn't you know, left

553
00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:07,120
Speaker 1: you stranded or given you any fits in the five

554
00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:09,160
Speaker 1: or six years that you've owned it. It is kind

555
00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:10,520
Speaker 1: of hard to get rid of it, at least for

556
00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:13,280
Speaker 1: the time being. It's it's young, it's it doesn't even

557
00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:16,560
Speaker 1: have ninety tho miles on it yet. So the first

558
00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:19,800
Speaker 1: question I would be asking myself and asking you is

559
00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:21,639
Speaker 1: have you gone to the dealer and sat in a

560
00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:27,320
Speaker 1: new one? Well? I have, but you know, it's it's

561
00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:32,680
Speaker 1: like an old pair of sneakers. It's pretty comfortable. Um,

562
00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:38,120
Speaker 1: I don't feel nervous driving it. I used to be

563
00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:41,080
Speaker 1: in a job where I put on a lot of miles.

564
00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:44,040
Speaker 1: I don't anymore. I can look out the window and say, oh,

565
00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:48,160
Speaker 1: it's snowing, I'm going to stay home today and so

566
00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:52,160
Speaker 1: And like I said, never once have I had trouble

567
00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:55,840
Speaker 1: with it? Right? Well, and that's and that's that's that's

568
00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:59,520
Speaker 1: an okay barometer. I wouldn't I wouldn't count on that

569
00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:03,160
Speaker 1: because electronics, everything has a finite life. The real question

570
00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:05,920
Speaker 1: is that the overall reliability of the of the vehicle,

571
00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:09,760
Speaker 1: and you know the pattern failure records of other raps.

572
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:11,680
Speaker 1: For us, it's pretty good. It's a pretty good vehicle.

573
00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:14,080
Speaker 1: It doesn't have a lot of you know, things don't

574
00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:16,440
Speaker 1: just blow up. I mean, anything could happened, right, Lightning

575
00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:19,120
Speaker 1: can strike anywhere, but it's it's it's it's pretty rare

576
00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:23,160
Speaker 1: when it does it's not that common. So the other

577
00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:25,520
Speaker 1: question becomes, are you still taking it to the dealer?

578
00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:28,920
Speaker 1: Are they still doing the service? Do you like the dealer,

579
00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:32,360
Speaker 1: do you have faith in them, you have a relationship

580
00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:36,720
Speaker 1: with them? I you know, I I'd probably stick my

581
00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:39,520
Speaker 1: two cents in this pot and saying the most important

582
00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:43,880
Speaker 1: thing here is that you're comfortable. You're the driver, and

583
00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:48,680
Speaker 1: you know, putting you in a new car doesn't guarantee

584
00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:51,600
Speaker 1: you no problems. If I'm saying that correct, is that

585
00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:56,680
Speaker 1: English right? It doesn't. It doesn't guarantee you not having

586
00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:59,800
Speaker 1: a problem. You know. I always say, if new cars

587
00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:03,520
Speaker 1: were so infallible, dealerships wouldn't have service departments. And I've

588
00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:07,040
Speaker 1: never seen one without one, so you know there's always

589
00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:10,560
Speaker 1: issues there. Uh, you know I would I would hang

590
00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:12,520
Speaker 1: onto this if you're comfortable in it. If you sat

591
00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:14,760
Speaker 1: in a new car and you don't like anything about it,

592
00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:17,840
Speaker 1: I think the best plan going forward would be to

593
00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:19,479
Speaker 1: talk about, you know, what are you gonna do if

594
00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:20,800
Speaker 1: you get a flat tire and you're out in the

595
00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:23,120
Speaker 1: middle of the woods. Do you have triple A? Does

596
00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:26,560
Speaker 1: your cell phone work from the house? You know anywhere

597
00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:28,680
Speaker 1: along the route that you would take to get into

598
00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:31,760
Speaker 1: into the city. Um. And if the answer to all

599
00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:33,560
Speaker 1: that is yes, and you get yourself triple A or

600
00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:36,840
Speaker 1: some kind of roadside assistance, ruth, you can get a

601
00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:39,400
Speaker 1: flat in anything. It doesn't matter the age, you know,

602
00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:42,000
Speaker 1: nails and screws and sticks and rocks, no no limit,

603
00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:43,920
Speaker 1: and they don't care how old or young the vehicle is.

604
00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:49,680
Speaker 1: And that's really the bottom line. Okay, all right, yeah,

605
00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:52,840
Speaker 1: I you know, not to deprive anybody of And again

606
00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:55,600
Speaker 1: you know I don't want to. I get it. Your

607
00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:58,600
Speaker 1: two sons want you to, you know, get a new vehicle. Um,

608
00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:01,720
Speaker 1: But I also think you know, it's it's a point

609
00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:05,240
Speaker 1: of practicality. What makes you comfortable at this point in

610
00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:08,640
Speaker 1: the game, all right, what's gonna make you comfortable? Now?

611
00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:11,640
Speaker 1: A year from now, you may call me back and say, hey,

612
00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:13,680
Speaker 1: ron I I got rid of the rap four. I

613
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:17,880
Speaker 1: just I fell in love with this whatever. This this

614
00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:21,520
Speaker 1: new rap four, this new Honda Pilot, this new FOURD Escape.

615
00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:25,000
Speaker 1: All right, it floats my boat. And that's okay, um,

616
00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:27,200
Speaker 1: But you know, for now, just to take the pressure off.

617
00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:29,800
Speaker 1: If you like this car, and this car is mechanically sound,

618
00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:33,240
Speaker 1: you're maintaining it there's no reason to get rid of

619
00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:37,080
Speaker 1: it based on mileage. Because let me ask the question

620
00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:40,440
Speaker 1: this way. If if two weeks from now you decided

621
00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:42,480
Speaker 1: to keep this in, two weeks from now, the transmission

622
00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:44,880
Speaker 1: failed and it was four thousand dollars to put a

623
00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:49,160
Speaker 1: transmission in it, would you put a transmission in it? Ruth? Okay,

624
00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:53,120
Speaker 1: then problem solved, all right, And and and that's and

625
00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:55,840
Speaker 1: that's really what it's all about. Um. You know you've

626
00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:59,080
Speaker 1: you've made that mental commitment. There's a few things mechanics

627
00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:03,280
Speaker 1: can't fix, um, And one of them is the mechanics

628
00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:06,760
Speaker 1: can't fix. And a car can't fix what the vehicle

629
00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:10,520
Speaker 1: owner is comfortable with or doing. And if you're comfortable

630
00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:12,960
Speaker 1: with this car and you like the way that it operates,

631
00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:15,600
Speaker 1: then this is the car for you for the time being.

632
00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:18,680
Speaker 1: Just take some precautions should you get a flat, should

633
00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:21,320
Speaker 1: the car leave you disabled, that you're not out in

634
00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:24,560
Speaker 1: the cold, that you're not somewhere on a dark road. Uh,

635
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Speaker 1: you know that it's reasonable precautions. And again, getting stuck

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Speaker 1: doesn't know age or mileage on a car, There is

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Speaker 1: no limit there. It can happen regardless, but you know it,

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Speaker 1: just take some precautions, and I think everybody will be

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Speaker 1: happier for it. Good luck to you, Ruth and Um.

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Speaker 1: If your sons want to talk to me, you know

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Speaker 1: where to find me. A five five zero zero. I

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Speaker 1: hope I haven't created an argument in that family. I'm

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Speaker 1: running any in the car, doctor, I'll be back right

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Speaker 1: after this. Nice come on, get out of the way, move,

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Speaker 1: I gotta get in there. Ron will be back after

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Speaker 1: his trip to the little mechanics room. Check us out

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Speaker 1: on Facebook. Ron and any in the car Doctor Bold,

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Speaker 1: Welcome back of the car doctor, winding it down this hour.

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Speaker 1: Let's go over to talk to Allen in Kansas. Allen,

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Speaker 1: welcome aboard, sir. How can I help? Yes, So I

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Speaker 1: have a two thousand two toward Rangers three leaders V

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Speaker 1: six two hundred and twenty thousand miles on it Just broken, yeah,

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Speaker 1: just broken in brother, keep going. About six months ago

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Speaker 1: it started acting up during modern acceleration. It would cut

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Speaker 1: out of three thousand, thirty five hundred if you kept

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00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:58,720
Speaker 1: your foot in it long enough. Pretty soon mane to

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Speaker 1: run on up to five thou and go through the

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00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:04,000
Speaker 1: years and run perfect. And it just keeps getting worse

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00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:08,240
Speaker 1: doing it more often re checked with scanner tool. No codes,

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Speaker 1: no storage codes. We've run fuel fracture tasks, an issue,

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Speaker 1: plugs everything. Okay, don't you haven't done to a local

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Speaker 1: board dealer to put it on your Yeah, let's it's

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00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:27,040
Speaker 1: it's the the rpm range. Listen. Normally, I'm about show

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Speaker 1: me what's right on a car like that, and that

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Speaker 1: way you'll figure out what's wrong to start to prove

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Speaker 1: the things that are right that it can't be. But

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Speaker 1: in this case, I'm gonna jump the gun a little bit.

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Speaker 1: With that understanding between us that I am jumping the

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Speaker 1: gun because you said three thousand rpm. That is the

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Speaker 1: textbook failure point, textbook failure point for this engine. For

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00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:52,680
Speaker 1: a camp position synchronizer. Camp position synchronizer sits in the

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Speaker 1: hole where the distributor would have been a million years ago,

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Speaker 1: and it does just what a job implies. It is

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Speaker 1: a camp synchronizer sensor. It tells the computer where the

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Speaker 1: CAM is in relation to the crank so that it

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Speaker 1: can make the terminations for fuel and spark. And you

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Speaker 1: know it's a synchronizer. It gives it engine performance information.

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Speaker 1: All right. Um, what you can do is find the

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Speaker 1: CAM synchronizer and unplug it. See see if the problem

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Speaker 1: goes away. If the problem goes away, then we're gonna

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Speaker 1: talk about scoping the cam synchronizer. Chances are it's bad,

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Speaker 1: but we'll scope it and test it just for the

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Speaker 1: sake of testing something before we start throwing parts at it.

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Speaker 1: And you know, in that case, if it has to

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Speaker 1: be replaced, there are some specific procedures that if you ever,

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Speaker 1: if you ever, have you ever done any work like

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Speaker 1: replace a distributor or anything, alan if that's the case,

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00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:47,280
Speaker 1: then if that's the case, then understand it's like setting

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Speaker 1: up timing of a distributor. That cam synchronizer has to

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Speaker 1: be synchronized. It has to be indexed to the engine.

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Speaker 1: It's a very it's not terrible, but it's a little

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Speaker 1: bit of an elaborate procedure. You want to get it

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Speaker 1: right the first time. Some special tools involved. Some times

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Speaker 1: there's ways around it. But try and plugging the camp synchronizer.

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Speaker 1: If the problem goes away, start looking at that hardcore

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Speaker 1: and I would be willing to bet that's where your

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Speaker 1: problem is. And if not, coming back next week, I'm

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Speaker 1: rotting nading the car doctor. The mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless,