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Speaker 1: Ronan, I learned three things this week, patients, perseverance and determination,

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Speaker 1: and I think it's something that you just have to

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Speaker 1: apply to life, like applying at the fixing cars the

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Speaker 1: Car Doctor, when we talk about the quality of a

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Speaker 1: product that's only as good as the engineering that went

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Speaker 1: in it, and how well are they making it. They're

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Speaker 1: being told to make it like this. They make it

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Speaker 1: the next one like this. They make it like that.

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Speaker 1: And that's the way it works. Today. Welcome to the

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Speaker 1: radio home of ron and Anian the Car Doctor, since

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Speaker 1: this is where car owners the world overturn to for

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Speaker 1: their definitive opinion on automotive repair. If your mechanics giving

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Speaker 1: you a busy signal, pick up the phone and call

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Speaker 1: in the garage orders are open, but I am here

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Speaker 1: to take your calls. At eight and now he is running,

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Speaker 1: you know, I almost through this article out. We were

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Speaker 1: talking about at last our previous show about the cost

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Speaker 1: difference between electric and gas vehicles and how it came

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Speaker 1: down to four cents per mile, And and is that

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Speaker 1: all this is about four cents per mile? I thought

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Speaker 1: it was about clean air. I really thought that was

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Speaker 1: the you know, because I can't come up with another

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Speaker 1: reason why we're leaning or rushing towards, in my opinion,

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Speaker 1: electric vehicles. Uh, you know, I get it. I see

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Speaker 1: that there's going to be, you know, a need for it.

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Speaker 1: I think there's a need for it now. I think

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Speaker 1: some vehicles should be electric powered. I said that all along.

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Speaker 1: I just don't know if you're ready for electric vehicles

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Speaker 1: for the masses. Um. The article that I'm talking about

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Speaker 1: is up on the Hill dot com, and it's funny.

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Speaker 1: Their last line says it all boils down to maintenance,

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Speaker 1: as if there's gonna be maintenance in an electric vehicle,

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Speaker 1: which there won't be. Well, they'll be software updates. And

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Speaker 1: you know, I just somewhere, do you ever feel like

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Speaker 1: you're watching an Indiana Jones movie? Right? And I keep

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Speaker 1: thinking about I keep thinking about Indiana Jones Raiders of

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Speaker 1: it's just something else the government hit from us. And

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Speaker 1: you know, you just wonder, right, is there something about

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Speaker 1: technology they're just not telling us yet. I you know,

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Speaker 1: it gets me going on my black helicopter conspiracy stuff.

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Speaker 1: I just wonder because there's gotta be smarter guys than

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Speaker 1: me working on this, and they must know something I

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Speaker 1: don't know because from my seat here at street level,

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Speaker 1: as I like to think of it, you know that

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Speaker 1: the way current gas line gasoline cars are not being fixed,

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Speaker 1: the way current gasoline car technology is being not being embraced,

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Speaker 1: I don't know how you're gonna have enough repair shops

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Speaker 1: to fix the electric vehicles. And you know, nobody's talking

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Speaker 1: about the societal impact the you know again, you know,

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Speaker 1: just just add up the numbers, do the math folks

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Speaker 1: think about it. The corner the corner garage is gone

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Speaker 1: and not so much of an inconvenience for you, which

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Speaker 1: it will be. There won't be anybody to put air

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Speaker 1: self inflating, but there won't be. You know that corner

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Speaker 1: repair shop doesn't buy insurance, lunches, uniforms, tools from the

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Speaker 1: snap on guy software technology. Uh, you know, taxes on

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Speaker 1: the building. I mean the whole thing changes. Everything changes.

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Speaker 1: but in any event, just just that article bugs me.

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Speaker 1: I don't think we're looking at this from a practical point.

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Speaker 1: I think if they came out and said, hey, here's

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Speaker 1: in terms of air pollution. All right, I think I've

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Speaker 1: we live in a country with a vaccine, and you know, listen,

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Speaker 1: Michigan sixty seven Corvette three seven Chuck. Welcome aboard, sir,

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Speaker 1: How can I help? Hello? Thanks taking my call. You're welcome. UM,

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Speaker 1: I have a highly carburetor on this call of that,

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Speaker 1: uh I rebuilt to carburetor twice and it's still doing

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Speaker 1: is the reason why you rebuilt the carburetor. You rebuilt

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Speaker 1: I rebuilt it because it was doing that. It was

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Speaker 1: In the voting, I started pretty after that. Um, so

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Speaker 1: we'll call them stupid questions. I get to ask stupid questions.

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Speaker 1: All right, chuck, um, you've got you've got the float

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Speaker 1: took the sight. Well, they recommend it when I rebuilt

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Speaker 1: jetz doesn't. I did that, but it doesn't see in

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Speaker 1: the manner where you put the flow the gas leaking

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Speaker 1: too high. Now you've got to find out why. Listen,

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Speaker 1: there's there's only one of a few reasons why fuel

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Speaker 1: right it doesn't. In sixty seven they didn't. They didn't

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Speaker 1: There's no there's no booster effect taking causing fuel discharge

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Speaker 1: Yeah I tried. I mean I turned it almost all

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Speaker 1: the way to the right. Okay, it just doesn't doesn't stop.

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Speaker 1: Now have you have you take go ahead. There's corrosion

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Speaker 1: where the float not to float. But it's possible, and sure,

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Speaker 1: yeah it's possible. It's possible that it's the wrong needle um.

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Speaker 1: It's there's a there's a lot of possibilities, but you've

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Speaker 1: ability to push it off the seat like that. Fuel

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Speaker 1: might go up to seven. But the needle and seats

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Speaker 1: Why don't you swamp it and see what happens. If

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Speaker 1: the problem now goes to the front, you know you've

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Speaker 1: got a bad needle or see. Okay, all right, but

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Speaker 1: both both new well and I put new ones when

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Speaker 1: you know, not if the problem, if the problem stays

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Speaker 1: I had the car for fifty years, okay, and then

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Speaker 1: like somebody could put could have put the wrong gaskets

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Speaker 1: You've got to be able to adjust that down. You've

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Speaker 1: to be able to turn the float adjustment. Does the

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Speaker 1: the needle itself. Does that raise the float? Lower the float?

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Speaker 1: Does it look like you're making a difference. If not,

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Speaker 1: perhaps the problems in the casting of the carburetor, perhaps

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Speaker 1: the problems in that needle. Think about how here's what

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Speaker 1: ever have it where the toilet just continuously runs? All right?

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Speaker 1: And you what do you do? You take the little

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Speaker 1: I mean, listen, I'm sure they're don't. Don't take this wrong, Frank,

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Speaker 1: want the risk of having that lock up at highway speed?

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00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:19,480
Speaker 1: If it dangerous, I've never I've never seen it, Stevie.

426
00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:23,399
Speaker 1: If it's making you uncomfortable, all right, If it's making

427
00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:26,399
Speaker 1: you uncomfortable, although it reduces your safety because A B

428
00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:30,440
Speaker 1: S won't work, But you know, here's the tradeoff, does it?

429
00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:33,760
Speaker 1: You know? Is this worth doing? Unplugged one of the

430
00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:37,600
Speaker 1: A B S sensors disconnected on the inside of the Fenderwell,

431
00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:40,359
Speaker 1: all right, the light will come on, it'll set a

432
00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:43,879
Speaker 1: code and the problem will go away. The problem should

433
00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:46,679
Speaker 1: go away, all right, because it's going to see as

434
00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:48,480
Speaker 1: a fault. It's going to see that it's no longer

435
00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:51,119
Speaker 1: reading proper signal, and the A B S will no

436
00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:55,399
Speaker 1: longer operate. The obvious danger is. The obvious danger is

437
00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:58,840
Speaker 1: if you need an A BS to happen, it's it's

438
00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:02,560
Speaker 1: not gonna work, right. So I say that as a

439
00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:06,720
Speaker 1: precautionary stop gap measure. My answer is, listen, I grew

440
00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:09,280
Speaker 1: up on non A B S vehicles. I think I

441
00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,480
Speaker 1: kind of know how to drive, even though I don't

442
00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:13,720
Speaker 1: want to say that's a blanket statement all the time.

443
00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:15,920
Speaker 1: I do like A B S. But if I'm in

444
00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:18,200
Speaker 1: a jam where I've got a vehicle that's a little

445
00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:22,040
Speaker 1: squirrely down low, because my danger is in my mind,

446
00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:24,359
Speaker 1: the danger is you're in traffic trying to get to

447
00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:26,679
Speaker 1: Maine and you're creeping along at six seven miles an

448
00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:28,439
Speaker 1: hour and the guy in front of you stop short.

449
00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:32,240
Speaker 1: If you have that, if you have that non A

450
00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:34,879
Speaker 1: B S A B S event, and the pedal drops

451
00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:37,920
Speaker 1: away and all of a sudden you can't stop. Now

452
00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:39,600
Speaker 1: you hit the guy. I don't know which is I

453
00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:42,320
Speaker 1: don't know which is the bigger trade off, so I

454
00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:44,960
Speaker 1: say that as a temporary measure. Don't leave the vehicle

455
00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:48,600
Speaker 1: like that, all right? Sure do you? Uh? I can't

456
00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:53,520
Speaker 1: believe how much uh price drop Timptin hubs with the

457
00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:57,320
Speaker 1: whole bearing assembly has come down through the years. That's

458
00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:59,560
Speaker 1: what I'm gonna go at this time. Would you recommend

459
00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:02,040
Speaker 1: U Timpkin of the move or are they about the same?

460
00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:04,720
Speaker 1: They're about the same Tempkin move. You know, you may

461
00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:06,679
Speaker 1: want to you may want to price shop at you know,

462
00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:08,960
Speaker 1: you're you're up in New Hampshire. Go out to o'rileyoto

463
00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:11,240
Speaker 1: dot com and see what they've got and they'll ship

464
00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:13,160
Speaker 1: it right to your door. And if I'm not mistaken,

465
00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:15,920
Speaker 1: the last time I looked anything over thirty five bucks,

466
00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:18,600
Speaker 1: O'Riley oto parcels ship for free. So it'll show up.

467
00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:20,760
Speaker 1: It'll show up in a couple of days and uh,

468
00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:22,159
Speaker 1: you know, yeah, they've got it all. You know, if

469
00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:23,840
Speaker 1: if you're looking for something and you want to do

470
00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:25,720
Speaker 1: it online and you don't have a local store by you,

471
00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:28,359
Speaker 1: O'Reilly ooto dot com is the place to be, all right, kiddo,

472
00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:31,960
Speaker 1: You're very welcome. Good luck, ont have a good fourth

473
00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:34,040
Speaker 1: I'm running any of the car doctor. Let's pull over

474
00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:35,520
Speaker 1: and take a pause for the cause we'll be back

475
00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:56,240
Speaker 1: right after this. Don't go away. Yeah, welcome back. Wanting

476
00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:58,360
Speaker 1: any of the car doctor cruising along this hour. Let's

477
00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:00,480
Speaker 1: get over to Mike in Michigan with going on with

478
00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:02,680
Speaker 1: the SOHO six trail blazer. Mike, what kind of problems

479
00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:05,639
Speaker 1: you got? I'm at your servicer. Hey, Ron, thanks for

480
00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:08,000
Speaker 1: taking calls on a holiday weekend. I know't you're dedicated.

481
00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:11,239
Speaker 1: We have a two thousand six trailblazer. It's got two

482
00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:13,480
Speaker 1: hundred and sixty thousand miles on it, and last week

483
00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:16,400
Speaker 1: the battery stop charging. We had the battery lights come

484
00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:19,280
Speaker 1: on and then also in the driver information center it

485
00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:22,040
Speaker 1: said battery not charging. So my first thought went to

486
00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:25,080
Speaker 1: the alternator. We took the alternator out, took it to

487
00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:28,560
Speaker 1: our local O'Reilly's. They tested it three times, and all

488
00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:31,439
Speaker 1: three times in a role it tested good. Um, so

489
00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:33,440
Speaker 1: I was kind of heartbroken. At that point, I thought

490
00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:35,840
Speaker 1: we might have an easy fix. Um, we do have

491
00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:39,080
Speaker 1: twelve volts to the main lug going to the alternator

492
00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:42,080
Speaker 1: from the battery. So I'm guessing this accusable link or

493
00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:44,800
Speaker 1: if there is a fews in that line is Okay,

494
00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:47,000
Speaker 1: So I'm I guess I'm at a loss. I I

495
00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:50,680
Speaker 1: read on the internet that the alternator needs a charge

496
00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:53,720
Speaker 1: signal in order to put out power, and it could

497
00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:56,720
Speaker 1: be a problem with the PCM. But I guess I'd

498
00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:58,679
Speaker 1: like any opinion you have on that. Okay, do you

499
00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:01,760
Speaker 1: have a voltmeter? Do you want a d M? Okay? So,

500
00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:05,680
Speaker 1: the small red wire at the alternator, all right, there's

501
00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:10,520
Speaker 1: a small red wire at the alternator the yes, the

502
00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:14,120
Speaker 1: harness that plumped into it, not the main brain red wire, right, correct,

503
00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:17,320
Speaker 1: all right? With the engine running, that small red wire

504
00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:22,520
Speaker 1: should have five to twelve volts, all right. If that's zero,

505
00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:28,239
Speaker 1: all right, disconnect the alternator and watch the voltage. So

506
00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:31,520
Speaker 1: in other words, in other words, you've you've got, you've

507
00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:35,720
Speaker 1: got zero vaults. Unplugged the alternator and continue to monitor

508
00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:39,840
Speaker 1: the voltage on that small red wire. If the voltage

509
00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:43,080
Speaker 1: goes up into the five to twelve vault range, make

510
00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:45,160
Speaker 1: sure the alternator's got a good ground and you've got

511
00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:47,040
Speaker 1: twelve volts of the heavy red wire, which you're which

512
00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:50,520
Speaker 1: you already said you did. Yes, with the engine off,

513
00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:52,720
Speaker 1: of course, and the alternator completely out of the car,

514
00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:54,840
Speaker 1: with the battery hooked up. We have twelve volts to

515
00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:57,560
Speaker 1: the big red wire. Okay, so we're gonna we're gonna

516
00:27:57,560 --> 00:27:59,600
Speaker 1: do this with the you know, engine running in the car,

517
00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:03,880
Speaker 1: all right. If the voltage unplugged on that small red

518
00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:05,840
Speaker 1: wire all of a sudden jumps up into the five

519
00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:09,159
Speaker 1: to twelve voult range and you've got a good ground

520
00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:11,320
Speaker 1: to the alternator. Case, so you also want to check

521
00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:14,320
Speaker 1: negative battery cable. Make sure you've got good clean connection

522
00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:18,399
Speaker 1: and grounds at both ends. That's usually the sign that

523
00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:22,320
Speaker 1: the alternator itself is defective. The key is, the key

524
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:24,840
Speaker 1: is having voltage on that red wire. If you've got

525
00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:26,960
Speaker 1: voltage on that red wire. Now, if I'm plugging it

526
00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:30,360
Speaker 1: and you still don't have voltage on that wire, then

527
00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:32,280
Speaker 1: you've got a problem that's gonna lead you back to

528
00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:36,679
Speaker 1: the PCM. Not common does happen, you know? Are you

529
00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:39,080
Speaker 1: are you parked out in the suburbs? I mean, could

530
00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:41,640
Speaker 1: we have animal intrusion anywhere in this vehicle? Something chew

531
00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:45,400
Speaker 1: through the wiring harness? Well, we're in the country, but

532
00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:47,520
Speaker 1: I don't know. This vehica has been so well maintained.

533
00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:49,600
Speaker 1: I don't We don't have really any mice. I mean

534
00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:51,880
Speaker 1: there's been no evidence of any kind of room in

535
00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:54,840
Speaker 1: the car under the hood or anywhere else. So you're

536
00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:58,040
Speaker 1: saying to with the engine running and this the harness

537
00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:00,680
Speaker 1: plugged into the alternator, maybe cut back a little bit

538
00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:06,200
Speaker 1: of the the insulation on that red wire instead of

539
00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:09,920
Speaker 1: cutting back um uh do you so you ever see

540
00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:11,960
Speaker 1: a tea pin? Do you know what a tea pin is?

541
00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:14,280
Speaker 1: You'll find him in a sewing shop. It's a little

542
00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:16,560
Speaker 1: it's a little metal pin with it. It's got a

543
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:19,840
Speaker 1: tea on the top. If um, you know wife, girlfriends,

544
00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:22,520
Speaker 1: significant other, if she shows, they've always got it in

545
00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:25,000
Speaker 1: the sewing kit. All right, it's it's a tea pin

546
00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:28,800
Speaker 1: used to stitch, right, yeah, a teapin. Alright, just just

547
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:31,160
Speaker 1: use the tea pin. It makes a great do it

548
00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:34,600
Speaker 1: yourself back probe alright, find the wire you want to pierce,

549
00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:38,200
Speaker 1: and just you know, pierce the wire nice and easy,

550
00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:40,560
Speaker 1: and then take your alligator clip. And obviously you're gonna

551
00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:43,720
Speaker 1: be careful that nothing grounds, because we're we're leaving exposed voltage,

552
00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:46,000
Speaker 1: you know, sticking straight up in the air. We don't

553
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,080
Speaker 1: want to rub against body, ground or anything and create

554
00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:50,720
Speaker 1: a whole another problem. All right, and just tap into that.

555
00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:55,600
Speaker 1: All right. Now, The reason I like that versus the

556
00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:58,880
Speaker 1: probe on the meter is you'll see that the diameter

557
00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:02,400
Speaker 1: of the probe is generally smaller than the diameter of

558
00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:05,360
Speaker 1: the electrical meter probe, and it's easier to hook the

559
00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:08,920
Speaker 1: wire to that, secure it to that, start the vehicle

560
00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:10,520
Speaker 1: and stand there and look at your readings and trying

561
00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:11,760
Speaker 1: to hold it on the wire and make sure you've

562
00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:14,160
Speaker 1: got a good connection and start the vehicle at the

563
00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:17,360
Speaker 1: same time. It's a little difficult working by yourself. Okay, yeah,

564
00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:20,440
Speaker 1: that makes perfect sense. Are you suggesting then that perhaps

565
00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:23,520
Speaker 1: this alternator could still be bad even with the Oriley

566
00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:26,440
Speaker 1: autoparts set? Yep, yeah, it's you know, listen, nothing against

567
00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:28,480
Speaker 1: Oriley outoparts. You know, I think the world of them,

568
00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:32,200
Speaker 1: but I'm not convinced that every test is accurate out

569
00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:34,440
Speaker 1: of the vehicle. I want to check it in the environment.

570
00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:37,120
Speaker 1: All right, Okay, I'll do that, and just one more

571
00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:39,120
Speaker 1: real quick if you have them a second time. If

572
00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:41,560
Speaker 1: if we do need a PCM, which you say is rare,

573
00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:43,840
Speaker 1: and I hope we don't. Um. I see on the

574
00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:47,040
Speaker 1: internet you can send certain companies of vin number and

575
00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:50,920
Speaker 1: they can send you a preprogrammed PCM for fairly cheap.

576
00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:52,960
Speaker 1: Is that is that an okay way to go? Or

577
00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:56,080
Speaker 1: that it's it's done all it's done all day long.

578
00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:59,840
Speaker 1: The only cautionary tale I would tell you is je

579
00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:03,520
Speaker 1: be aware, all right, you know, read the reviews for

580
00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:05,480
Speaker 1: everybody that they've got for some of these companies, some

581
00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:08,520
Speaker 1: of these companies that your horror shows their fronts. You know,

582
00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:12,080
Speaker 1: the beautification of the website doesn't necessarily indicate the quality

583
00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:14,640
Speaker 1: of the of the of the product they're putting out.

584
00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:17,560
Speaker 1: But I've seen some horror stories where absolute junk is

585
00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:20,800
Speaker 1: going out via the mail. Now, you know, if you've

586
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:23,400
Speaker 1: got a local shop and they can flash it in

587
00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:26,840
Speaker 1: house and it's a couple of extra bucks, you know,

588
00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:30,240
Speaker 1: flashing is something that maybe you want the shop to do.

589
00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:32,440
Speaker 1: At least you've got a course of action in the

590
00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:35,800
Speaker 1: event that there's a problem, and just just just just

591
00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:38,920
Speaker 1: be mindful of that. And then last thing before your run,

592
00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:41,320
Speaker 1: when you take that t pin out of the harness,

593
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:46,280
Speaker 1: clear clear nail polish. Just put a drop of clear

594
00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:48,320
Speaker 1: nail polish on the harness where you made the whole

595
00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:52,440
Speaker 1: and it insulates it perfect. You want to you want

596
00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:55,680
Speaker 1: to put some kind of insulating material in there so

597
00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:58,360
Speaker 1: that you don't allow moisture to get in that it

598
00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:02,640
Speaker 1: will corrode the harness. Later on on the line, all right, okay, hey,

599
00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:05,280
Speaker 1: great information. I appreciate your time. You're very welcome. Mike.

600
00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:06,800
Speaker 1: You let me know what happens. I'm here for you,

601
00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:09,720
Speaker 1: all right, sir, Take good care, have a good fourth.

602
00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:11,320
Speaker 1: I'm run any in the car doctor, we are back

603
00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:22,960
Speaker 1: right after this. He's gone, probably me, Ron and Ainty

604
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:24,520
Speaker 1: in the car doctor. How are you today? Tom? We

605
00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:26,840
Speaker 1: didn't talk, you know, we haven't talked all day today,

606
00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:30,120
Speaker 1: the whole show, just briefly. Yeah. Um, how did I do?

607
00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:32,960
Speaker 1: Was it? Was? I? Okay? Today? You were fine? Yeah?

608
00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:35,280
Speaker 1: I UM. I wanted to tell the listeners. You know,

609
00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:37,480
Speaker 1: it's so exciting. What is Ron Reidon is off time?

610
00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:39,880
Speaker 1: You know, my leisure time, and I don't. I don't

611
00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:41,680
Speaker 1: get much of it. Yesterday, by the way, yesterday was

612
00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:43,520
Speaker 1: first Friday, so I was off. Can you actually talk

613
00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:45,360
Speaker 1: about that on the air? Yeah, I ken, It's it's

614
00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:49,000
Speaker 1: legal in most states. Um, but yesterday was first Friday

615
00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:50,640
Speaker 1: of the month, and we we closed the shop on

616
00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:52,760
Speaker 1: the first Friday, so Ron gets some mental health time,

617
00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:55,760
Speaker 1: and I actually scared my family. I disappeared for three

618
00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:58,760
Speaker 1: and a half hours yesterday afternoon because I took a

619
00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:01,240
Speaker 1: nap and nobody knew where I was. In the last

620
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:03,640
Speaker 1: place they would think the look is laying down upstairs,

621
00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:06,440
Speaker 1: you know, closing my eyes and sleeping. So you say

622
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:08,040
Speaker 1: they all went out and partied, Well, they were just

623
00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:09,760
Speaker 1: wondering where I was. They were about ready to report

624
00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:12,680
Speaker 1: me missing. I walked downstairs at six thirties. Dinner was

625
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:14,520
Speaker 1: on the stove, and I was like wow, and they're like, wow,

626
00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:16,400
Speaker 1: where were you. I was taking a nap. Nobody could

627
00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:18,520
Speaker 1: believe it. Haven't taken a nap in forty years. But

628
00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:22,240
Speaker 1: in any event, when I fell asleep in bed reading

629
00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:24,600
Speaker 1: this an introduction to o b D two and it's

630
00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:27,280
Speaker 1: kind of exciting stuff. And it talks about o b

631
00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:29,640
Speaker 1: D two emissions and where it comes from and system

632
00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:32,760
Speaker 1: monitors and how they work. Um, it's something I stumbled

633
00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:35,400
Speaker 1: across and all data I didn't realize. Now, I know

634
00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:38,040
Speaker 1: all that has a lot of information specific to the vehicle.

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Speaker 1: Unfortunately there's math involved in order to repair I always

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Speaker 1: think of that movie Hidden Figures, All right. Everybody see

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Speaker 1: If you understand the basics, you can fix anything. Until

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