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Speaker 1: the car doctor. You put a tire with their into

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Speaker 1: what we'll fix it. Boy, This isn't hard and you'll

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Speaker 1: get paid to do this. Welcome to the radio home

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Speaker 1: of Ron and Anian the Car Doctor. Since this is

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Speaker 1: where car owners the world overturned to where their definitive

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Speaker 1: opinion on automotive repair. If here mechanics giving you a

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Speaker 1: busy signal, pick up the phone and call in. The

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Speaker 1: on inswer down Ron Andy in the car doctor here

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Speaker 1: at your service. Five five five zero zero zero. That's

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Speaker 1: to get your car question answered by me Ron and

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Speaker 1: Ainey in the Car Doctor. More information about this radio

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Speaker 1: that might be, wherever you want it to go. I

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Speaker 1: guess I have to start this week's show by saying

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Speaker 1: it like this, and she'll understand it when she hears

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Speaker 1: her name. Janet, this one's for you. Two thousand and eight.

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Speaker 1: Four tourists came into the shop this week at are

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Speaker 1: at various speeds, at thirty, at forty, at fifty, at sixty.

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Speaker 1: It just didn't run right. It ran bad on Monday.

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Speaker 1: That's what her notes said, because there was only a

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Speaker 1: So I looked at it on Thursday. No more check

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Speaker 1: The blower motor controller the number one failure on this

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Speaker 1: Janet said, Well, I just like bringing it in all

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Speaker 1: better person you surely get something to think about ronan

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Speaker 1: great mom. I've seen her with her kids. She's one

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Speaker 1: F H? How is your week? Um? My week was good?

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Speaker 1: X Hey, welcome back, Ron eating in the car doctor.

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Speaker 1: You know, we've been talking a lot lately about spark

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Speaker 1: us today. Matt, welcome back, sir, Thanks glad to be here. UM.

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Speaker 1: Better performance for bark plug, Matt, you know, what are

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Speaker 1: I think there's a number of things at play. UM.

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Speaker 1: better performance from the beginning to the end of the

428
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Speaker 1: plugs life, so it's it's really just consistent throughout the

429
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Speaker 1: life of the plug. For those of you just tuning

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Speaker 1: in on Ronan any in the Car Doctor where we've

431
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Speaker 1: got Matt Eaton from Denzil, he's a product manager. We're

432
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Speaker 1: talking spark plugs today. Matt, what about the you know,

433
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Speaker 1: there's there's gotta be a value proposition here. I mean,

434
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Speaker 1: when it comes time to change your plugs, if you're

435
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Speaker 1: if you don't have a ridiums is it a good idea?

436
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Speaker 1: Is is it a good value to upgrade to a

437
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Speaker 1: ridium plugs? Yeah? Actually, I usually explain it kind of

438
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Speaker 1: like this. You know, even if you don't care about,

439
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Speaker 1: you know, increasing your horsepower torque um, the gas savings

440
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Speaker 1: alone covers the additional cost over the conventional plug, So

441
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Speaker 1: you're you're gonna get three to four better fuel economy

442
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Speaker 1: on average, and you know we've seen over eight percent

443
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Speaker 1: on some vehicles, um, so there could be a very

444
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Speaker 1: significant savings. And this savings extends, you know, over the

445
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Speaker 1: entire hundred thousand mile length of the plug, and that

446
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Speaker 1: it really adds up now, I know on some of

447
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Speaker 1: the Denso plugs, and I think the iridiums in particular,

448
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Speaker 1: there's something special about the threads that they're not that

449
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Speaker 1: helps for removal or am I remembering something incorrectly. Well,

450
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Speaker 1: they come pre lubricated from the factory. That's what. Yeah,

451
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Speaker 1: that's what it is, so you know, for that person,

452
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Speaker 1: that's And I'm not one to let spark plugs go

453
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Speaker 1: to the limit. If they say a hundred and twenty,

454
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Speaker 1: I say change them in a hundred. If they say

455
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Speaker 1: a hundred, I say change them inile because those original

456
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Speaker 1: plugs obviously they're not dense so or they may not

457
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Speaker 1: be den so there might be an issue with removal.

458
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Speaker 1: So it's better to get them out and get in

459
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Speaker 1: something like a denso with a with a loup thread

460
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Speaker 1: which will aid and removal the next hundred thousand miles.

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Speaker 1: Fair statement, Yes, absolutely fair. Hey Matt listen, I want

462
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Speaker 1: to thank you for taking the time today. You've cleared

463
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Speaker 1: up a lot of the mystery. You know, the listeners

464
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Speaker 1: have been writing in with a lot of these questions,

465
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Speaker 1: and that's where I'm getting my questions from for you today. Um,

466
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Speaker 1: is there a place the listeners can go for more

467
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Speaker 1: information somewhere on the web? Yeah, Denzo t T dot

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Speaker 1: com and uh, of course we're available at many of

469
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Speaker 1: the major retailers, so their websites are also good sources

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Speaker 1: of information. And also I believe that they go to

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Speaker 1: dens O t T dot com. Um, there's a tech

472
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Speaker 1: support isn't there a tech support buttoner tab there somewhere

473
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Speaker 1: they can if they have questions, they can call up

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Speaker 1: an answer or send an email or something. Gotcha, gotcha?

475
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Speaker 1: All right? Hey, Matt as always, sir, a great pleasure,

476
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Speaker 1: and we want to thank you for taking time and

477
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Speaker 1: thank you are You're very welcome. You take good care,

478
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Speaker 1: Martin any and the car Doctor. We'll be right after

479
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Speaker 1: this taking draft. Welcome back. Once again. I want to

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Speaker 1: thank Matt Eaton and the folks over a dense so

481
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Speaker 1: for taking the time to stop by it today and

482
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Speaker 1: talk to us about spark plugs. Always a pleasure and

483
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Speaker 1: we appreciate their products and efforts out in the shop

484
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Speaker 1: then so it makes a great product. Absolutely, Let's get

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Speaker 1: over back to the busy phone lines at zero nine

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Speaker 1: zero zero, Walt in Hawaii. Walter, you're out with the

487
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Speaker 1: car doctor, sir. How can I help? Yeah? Hi, I

488
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Speaker 1: received a gift of the two thousand three got van

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Speaker 1: or Chrysler Van. I guess it is ok and it's

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Speaker 1: been sitting for six months. It was only started once

491
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Speaker 1: during that period of time and moved about thirty ft.

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Speaker 1: And I'm kind of a two part question. One is

493
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Speaker 1: what should I do before I started? And the other

494
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Speaker 1: one would be what should I do after I get it?

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Speaker 1: Let me ask you this, well, what you know, how

496
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Speaker 1: old is the oil change in the car? If you look,

497
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Speaker 1: is there a sticker does it? Does it give you

498
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Speaker 1: any indication of when it was changed last? Yes, it

499
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Speaker 1: was changed about seven months ago. Okay, then you know,

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Speaker 1: and it's been started once maybe in the last three

501
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Speaker 1: months out of the sixth that it sound well with

502
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Speaker 1: four months it was started and it ran for maybe

503
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Speaker 1: I don't know, five or six minutes. You know. The

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Speaker 1: biggest thing, the biggest issue we're gonna have is number one, gasoline.

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Speaker 1: Gasoline tends to lose its pop after they tell us

506
00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:53,040
Speaker 1: now forty five to sixty days, gasoline tends to lose

507
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Speaker 1: its fizzle. So it'll still work and it should start

508
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Speaker 1: the car, but it's not going to run as well.

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Speaker 1: So you know, that's something to be mindful of. How

510
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Speaker 1: full of a tank of fuel? Is it right now?

511
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Speaker 1: It looks like three quarters of a tank. Okay, so

512
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Speaker 1: you've got a little bit to do to to run

513
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Speaker 1: it and and get it squared away and cleaned out.

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Speaker 1: That's number one. Number two. I would be concerned about

515
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Speaker 1: breaks and break rotors. Uh, Let's face it, you're you're

516
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Speaker 1: always near the water in Hawaii, and um, you know

517
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Speaker 1: it's it's depending upon where it was parked and what

518
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Speaker 1: the environment is. I'm sure there's some rust issues with

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Speaker 1: the break rotors and probably the break drums. So you know,

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Speaker 1: you can't judge that until after you drive it. And

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Speaker 1: I would tell you, you know, first thing you've got

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Speaker 1: to do is take it for a ride. And once

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Speaker 1: you get it started, and how do the brakes feel.

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Speaker 1: There's probably gonna be some crunching going on and you

525
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Speaker 1: know a little bit of a roughness to the pedal

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Speaker 1: and a little bit of a pulsation to the pedal,

527
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Speaker 1: and you have to see how things smooth out. You

528
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Speaker 1: may end up having to resurface you know, rotors or

529
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Speaker 1: replacing rotors and you know, changing break drums and things

530
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Speaker 1: like that. But you can't you can't that determinations after

531
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Speaker 1: you get it started as far as just starting at Walter,

532
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Speaker 1: you know, three or four months since its last start

533
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Speaker 1: isn't that long. You know. You can do this one

534
00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:15,840
Speaker 1: of two ways. You could disable something so that it

535
00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:19,160
Speaker 1: would just crank and not start. Maybe find a way

536
00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:21,479
Speaker 1: maybe find the fuel pump fuse and disable it and

537
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Speaker 1: crank it and just let it run. Ntil builds up

538
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Speaker 1: oil pressure. Truthfully, I just started at this point in stage.

539
00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:32,440
Speaker 1: I would just start it and let it warm up completely,

540
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Speaker 1: obviously making sure coolant level is good before you start it, uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, and then once you're done, once you get

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Speaker 1: it to run, I would change all the fluids as

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Speaker 1: far as engine oil, and then look through the rest

544
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Speaker 1: of the history when it was coolant done last, when

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Speaker 1: was trans done last. The biggest danger here is condensation

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00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:54,080
Speaker 1: and moisture from sitting, So that's our that's our number

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Speaker 1: one concern in Hawaii. I don't know how much humidity

548
00:30:56,720 --> 00:31:00,000
Speaker 1: you've got um is compared to the rest of the country.

549
00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,200
Speaker 1: I mean, probably a fair amount being surrounded by water.

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Speaker 1: But you know, it's just you've got to consider environment

551
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Speaker 1: on where it was stored. I don't know exactly where

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Speaker 1: it is in Hawaii. Isn't you know, an inner part

553
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Speaker 1: of the city or in a parking garager. Is it

554
00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:14,240
Speaker 1: out on the beach somewhere? Um? You know, so that's

555
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:17,200
Speaker 1: just something to consider actually out in the country. Okay,

556
00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:23,760
Speaker 1: then all the better, don't think about right yeah, right, right, right?

557
00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:26,160
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I know, I I see it, you know,

558
00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:28,160
Speaker 1: I see it when I you know, see pictures of Hawaii.

559
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:31,840
Speaker 1: It's not all standing beaches and and everything else. Um.

560
00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:33,960
Speaker 1: So I'm just concerned about fluids. Do you have any

561
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:39,360
Speaker 1: service history on the car? Only? The only history I

562
00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:44,560
Speaker 1: have is being told that it was well maintained. Okay,

563
00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:47,560
Speaker 1: Well yeah, and you know, you know, you know, wal

564
00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:49,040
Speaker 1: you know how many times a week I hear that?

565
00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:52,680
Speaker 1: And you wonder what's the what's the definition of well maintained? Um?

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Speaker 1: You know, so what's everybody's what's everybody's perspective. There's a

567
00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:58,720
Speaker 1: couple of things I would do, just you know, let's

568
00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:00,640
Speaker 1: baseline it and take care of it. How many miles

569
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Speaker 1: are on it? Right? So this is a real low mileage.

570
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Speaker 1: This is a This is a thirteen year old Chrysler

571
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Speaker 1: minivan with a two four dual overhead cam motor. This

572
00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:13,520
Speaker 1: is the Mitsu motor um if memory serves me correct,

573
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Speaker 1: And what I would be doing is I would be

574
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Speaker 1: thinking about, Okay, it's mine, how am I going to

575
00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:22,640
Speaker 1: maintain it? All right? A couple of things. I would

576
00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:27,680
Speaker 1: do a carbon cleaning, alright, easiest way is get out

577
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Speaker 1: the fuel pro Complete dot com fuel pro Complete dot

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Speaker 1: Com and see how they do it with the Motormatic

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Speaker 1: fuel pro Complete fuel System Cleaner. And I would do

580
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Speaker 1: a fuel system cleaning to this and yep, that's it.

581
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:44,480
Speaker 1: That that is clearly easily a do it yourself project,

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Speaker 1: all right, And I would probably I would. I would

583
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Speaker 1: probably get that kit and do it, you know I would.

584
00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:53,120
Speaker 1: I would use the fuel additive before I started, because

585
00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:55,320
Speaker 1: it will help with the fuel that's in the tank.

586
00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:57,840
Speaker 1: I would do a fuel pro Complete dot Com. Then

587
00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:00,200
Speaker 1: I would run down to my local Oreilly Oto parts,

588
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:03,360
Speaker 1: grab myself a Wicks soil filter, a Wiks air filter,

589
00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:06,479
Speaker 1: get some pens oil synthetic while I'm down there, make

590
00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:08,320
Speaker 1: an oil change out of it, put an air filter

591
00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:10,360
Speaker 1: in it. Now you've baselined it, you kind of know

592
00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:13,760
Speaker 1: where you're at. Change the trans fluid, maybe do a

593
00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:16,400
Speaker 1: break fluid flush. Then you can do your break inspection

594
00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:20,800
Speaker 1: check the tires, check them for dry rot, check tire pressure.

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Speaker 1: You want to set those, but the number one most

596
00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:26,719
Speaker 1: important thing is get it to run. Let it stabilize

597
00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:29,320
Speaker 1: for a good eight to ten minutes. Bring its temperature up,

598
00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:32,200
Speaker 1: shut it off. Check cooling level once it cools down,

599
00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:34,240
Speaker 1: check your oil level, Take it for a ride, how

600
00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:36,440
Speaker 1: to the brakes feel, and go from there, Walt. If

601
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Speaker 1: you need more information, send me an email Ron at

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Speaker 1: Car Doctor Show dot com. And if you ever want

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Speaker 1: And I thought I would answer it here on air,

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00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:47,399
Speaker 1: because everybody's probably bringing out their collectible car right now

642
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:49,000
Speaker 1: this time, and you're at least starting to think about it.

643
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:51,439
Speaker 1: We've got about two months to go. But you want

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00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:54,319
Speaker 1: to be sure. You want to think about, um, you know,

645
00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:57,920
Speaker 1: stated value. You want to think about what kind of coverage.

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Speaker 1: You want to think about somebody that's you know, you

647
00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:03,200
Speaker 1: don't want to have a problem when that collector car

648
00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:06,680
Speaker 1: has an issue, whether it be something that it breaks

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Speaker 1: down on the road and you need road service to

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00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:11,719
Speaker 1: get picked up, or whether it gets scratched in the

651
00:36:11,719 --> 00:36:14,320
Speaker 1: garage because a broom falls off the peg board and

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Speaker 1: the garage and you know, oops, uh. You want somebody

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Speaker 1: that's gonna give the car complete coverage. And and one

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00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:22,120
Speaker 1: last thing I said to the person, I'll say it

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Speaker 1: to each and every one of you, is if you've

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00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:27,319
Speaker 1: got a collectible car and you're looking to take care

657
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:29,960
Speaker 1: of it, don't wait till the car is done. You know,

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Speaker 1: once you start that restoration you could be a year away.

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00:36:33,239 --> 00:36:36,120
Speaker 1: That car still has some value. Trust me, a sixty

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00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:39,799
Speaker 1: eight Camaro in restoration is worth quite a bit of

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00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:41,440
Speaker 1: money depending upon what you're doing to it. So you

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Speaker 1: want to get out to grundy dot com read more

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Speaker 1: about collectible car insurance and take care of your rode

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Speaker 1: so we can take care of you. Not the sound cliche? Hey,

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Speaker 1: that about does it for this hour. I'm mo ating

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Speaker 1: in the car doctor, reminding you the mechanics aren't expensive,

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Speaker 1: they're priceless. Seven