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Speaker 1: Ron An Indian, battery's got a standing voltage of twelve

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Speaker 1: as I'm watching it on the meter, I'm going, Okay,

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Speaker 1: what do you want to be? Oh yeah, the car Doctor.

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Speaker 2: Well, here are what we ended up finding out.

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Speaker 1: We find out my friend that barbed the.

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Speaker 2: Car jumped his wife's car, and he hooked up the

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Speaker 2: jumper gave.

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Speaker 1: Us the wrong way.

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Speaker 3: Oh boy, and we assume deep ride the computer.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to the radio home of ron An Aanian, the

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Speaker 2: Car Doctor. Since nineteen ninety one, this is where car

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Speaker 2: owners the world overturned to for their definitive opinion on

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Speaker 2: automotive repair. If your mechanics giving you a busy signal, pick.

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Speaker 1: Up the phone and call in. The garage doors are open,

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Speaker 1: but I am here to take your calls at eight

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Speaker 1: five five five six ninety nine hundred and now peers running.

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Speaker 1: Larry came to me a couple of weeks ago, and

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Speaker 1: Larry's a longtime customer. At the shop, and we really

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Speaker 1: like Larry. He's funny and he's he's on point on

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Speaker 1: repair to the point of why you do what you

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Speaker 1: and Larry's older. I've got to preface this. Okay, Larry's

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Speaker 1: butt here. You know, there's always a when they just

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Speaker 1: I went, oh, no, I don't know why it's with

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Speaker 1: you Vokeswagon people. You're all nuts. Danny's the same way.

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Speaker 1: But Larry was just like, oh, this Volkswagon is so

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Needless to say, he bought the Volkswagon. I'm not

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Speaker 1: sure what prompted it. It wasn't money, it wasn't it

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Speaker 1: Volkswagon's up forcill. Yep, it's just you know, he's into

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Speaker 1: my other story. See Volkswagen stories. Volkswagens just generate stories.

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Speaker 1: It's just so. Larry's car showed up at the shop

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Speaker 1: But they didn't have a lot of Larry's harness tucked

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Speaker 1: They went on with tension, but if you wiggled them,

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Speaker 1: out the wiring diagram for a sixty seven Volkswagen Beetle

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Speaker 1: many pages it takes for a Volkswagen wiring diagram nineteen

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Speaker 1: sixty seven? No, Tom too, It actually took two pages

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Speaker 1: I was telling Tom this before I went on air today.

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Speaker 1: new favorite TV show, The Rockford Files. I never saw it.

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Speaker 1: Holy caw. You look at the variety of cars and

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Speaker 1: Rockford Files. And that was California back in the seventies, right.

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Speaker 1: But just a look down memory lane, just a look

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Speaker 1: got his horn. Beep beep. You know, he had so

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Speaker 1: much fun blowing the horn pulling out of the parking lot.

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Speaker 1: He's so excited. I never saw a sixty eight year

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Speaker 1: old guy drinking eat beep, beep beep. He's just thrilled.

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Speaker 1: It's like, you know, it's like a kid at Christmas

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Speaker 1: driving his Volkswagon Beetle. And I'm thinking, I don't know,

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Speaker 1: sixty three Corvette's got to be way cooler. But what

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Speaker 1: is probably the biggest deal of this whole conversation, is

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Speaker 1: that old cars give us memories, and that's what makes

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Speaker 1: time period that these older cars came from. There was

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Speaker 1: that they want to do it after two years and

427
00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:10,840
Speaker 1: forty six thousand miles, is there a problem? Did the

428
00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:13,480
Speaker 1: coolant strip come back and show acidity? And if it

429
00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:18,439
Speaker 1: is acidic, why and is that problem under warranty? The

430
00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:21,639
Speaker 1: whole thing sounds fishy. Dave, All right, I'm gonna be

431
00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:24,000
Speaker 1: honest with you. It just it just doesn't make sense

432
00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:27,480
Speaker 1: unless they can tell me that. You know, they know

433
00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:32,919
Speaker 1: in Chicago for whatever reason. You know, because of the

434
00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:37,040
Speaker 1: environment the vehicle is operated in, because environment always plays

435
00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:41,000
Speaker 1: a role in how often a vehicle gets maintained or

436
00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,920
Speaker 1: how a vehicle gets maintained. Let me correct myself, how

437
00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:50,080
Speaker 1: a vehicle gets maintained. So I think that unless they

438
00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:53,560
Speaker 1: can support this, I think your friend's getting served the

439
00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:57,320
Speaker 1: bolooney sandwich at a dollar fifty nine pounds, and you know,

440
00:22:57,359 --> 00:22:59,479
Speaker 1: I hope he enjoys the lunch because it doesn't make

441
00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:04,120
Speaker 1: any sense. I would opt for sixty thousand. But if

442
00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:07,000
Speaker 1: they're doing so many miles, you know, and if they're

443
00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,120
Speaker 1: going to get the sixty thousand next year, that's three

444
00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:12,600
Speaker 1: years and sixty thousand miles. I don't think the cool

445
00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:14,440
Speaker 1: has been in there long enough to get contaminated or

446
00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:17,440
Speaker 1: beat up again. I would I would revert to pH

447
00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:19,960
Speaker 1: testing using a cool and dipstrip, which is what we

448
00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:21,320
Speaker 1: do all the time in the shop when we have

449
00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:25,520
Speaker 1: our debts. You know, that one just doesn't make any

450
00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:28,040
Speaker 1: sense to me, buddy, So I would be cautious because

451
00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:30,000
Speaker 1: you might be spending money you don't need to spend

452
00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:33,240
Speaker 1: right now. Another one. Hey, Ron, I'm thinking of buying

453
00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:35,920
Speaker 1: a twenty twenty two to twenty twenty three Honda CRV.

454
00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:40,520
Speaker 1: We did the recall or they did the recall? Oh?

455
00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:43,840
Speaker 1: Did the recall? I'm sorry, I'm reading this wrong. Did

456
00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:47,840
Speaker 1: the recall fix the steering sticky steering issue or was

457
00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:50,159
Speaker 1: it just smoke? Are there other issues with this vehicle?

458
00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:56,920
Speaker 1: I think the sticky steering issue is fixed, and I've

459
00:23:56,920 --> 00:23:59,239
Speaker 1: seen some good results with it. As far as what

460
00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:03,680
Speaker 1: Honda's saying, Tom's riding me Blooney's ten ninety nine pounds.

461
00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:06,440
Speaker 1: You know, you're probably right, Tom as I was expecting

462
00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:08,439
Speaker 1: that as I was saying that I'm saying, and I've

463
00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:10,120
Speaker 1: been telling that story that way for a long time.

464
00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:11,639
Speaker 1: It shows you how long I've been on radio. So

465
00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:13,800
Speaker 1: let's go with ten dollars. Look up, it's a local

466
00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:16,639
Speaker 1: grocery store. It's ten ninety nine pounds. Well, you know,

467
00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:19,520
Speaker 1: I'm thinking of the tariffs, right, that's the tariff price.

468
00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:23,800
Speaker 1: I'm pre tariff. So let's let's see what it goes to. Now,

469
00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:27,560
Speaker 1: fourteen dollars a pound for boloni? Yeah, yeah, I don't know.

470
00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:29,760
Speaker 1: We're getting served a lot of Bolognia. I think sometimes

471
00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:32,440
Speaker 1: I'm thinking of buying a twenty two Honda. Back to this.

472
00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:35,040
Speaker 1: Thanks for all of your advice, Bob. You know what, Bob,

473
00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:38,800
Speaker 1: I think there's not a lot else that I know

474
00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:41,480
Speaker 1: about with that CRV. They're pretty good cars, all right,

475
00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:44,720
Speaker 1: All kidding around the side, Let's go back to I

476
00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:46,879
Speaker 1: think Hand is a decent car company. I don't think

477
00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:49,240
Speaker 1: it's the car company it was ten years ago. I

478
00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:51,119
Speaker 1: don't think any car company is the company it was

479
00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:53,359
Speaker 1: ten years ago, because I think they were making better

480
00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:57,200
Speaker 1: cars in some areas and some aspects ten years ago.

481
00:24:57,400 --> 00:25:00,439
Speaker 1: And you know that things have changed a lot in

482
00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:04,320
Speaker 1: the last ten years. And you know, I think that

483
00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:07,040
Speaker 1: the electronics have complicated things. I think the degree of

484
00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:09,960
Speaker 1: electronics has made cars. You know, it's funny. I open

485
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:13,320
Speaker 1: the show talking about more mechanical types of vehicles, and

486
00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:16,959
Speaker 1: I think the electronics have made cars less mechanical. And

487
00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:20,639
Speaker 1: I think that less mechanical approach is affecting the quality

488
00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:24,280
Speaker 1: of the cars because there's there's so much you know,

489
00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:28,200
Speaker 1: the circumference of problems grows, the diameter of problems increases

490
00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:31,720
Speaker 1: with it, and it just becomes more and more difficult

491
00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:35,760
Speaker 1: to fix. I think whatever you buy, all right, whether

492
00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:38,520
Speaker 1: it be that Honda CRV or whether it be something else,

493
00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:42,040
Speaker 1: I would be more concerned. Can your mechanic, if you've

494
00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:44,800
Speaker 1: got an independent mechanic and independent shop, can he deal

495
00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,159
Speaker 1: with it? Or do you like the dealership that you

496
00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:48,880
Speaker 1: buy it from, are they going to deal with it?

497
00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:52,840
Speaker 1: What's their service department's rating? And by all means, because

498
00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:56,400
Speaker 1: of the electronics on that car, I would look into

499
00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:59,439
Speaker 1: and consider putting a service policy on it and develop

500
00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:02,240
Speaker 1: a relationship with that dealership because I think I think

501
00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:04,520
Speaker 1: the most important part about fixing a car today is

502
00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:09,359
Speaker 1: always has been the relationship. And you know, I think

503
00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:12,359
Speaker 1: that a repair shop, whether it says Honda or Bob's

504
00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:16,240
Speaker 1: Garage over the doorway, relishes that relationship if they're smart

505
00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:19,199
Speaker 1: and they maintain that customer and take care of that

506
00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:23,320
Speaker 1: customer and do what they're supposed to do, because you know,

507
00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:25,879
Speaker 1: it's it's about the relationship in business today as it

508
00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,560
Speaker 1: was yesterday and we'll be in the future. So just

509
00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:30,840
Speaker 1: just my two cents, buy it. If you like it, Bob,

510
00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:33,040
Speaker 1: just make sure the place that you're taking it to

511
00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:36,520
Speaker 1: get fixed can fix it, and you know, be aware.

512
00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:40,000
Speaker 1: So eight five five five six zero nine nine zero

513
00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:42,360
Speaker 1: zero eight five five five six zero nine nine zero

514
00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:44,960
Speaker 1: zero runnnading the car doctor. I'm back right after this?

515
00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:02,240
Speaker 1: Look back, aren't the car doctor? Let's go over to

516
00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:04,360
Speaker 1: Mike and Delaware. Mike, Welcome to the card doctor. Sir,

517
00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:04,960
Speaker 1: how can I help?

518
00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:09,520
Speaker 3: Hey? You going runs? Mike? I got a question. I'm

519
00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:13,320
Speaker 3: kind of like doing some upkeep on my ninety two

520
00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:17,560
Speaker 3: Ford Ranger, and I'm going to change the well it's

521
00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:21,280
Speaker 3: never been replaced fuel injection. And then while I got

522
00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:25,639
Speaker 3: the top intake plantum or in upper intake. All the

523
00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:28,000
Speaker 3: question is the reason why I hadn't taken off because

524
00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:31,639
Speaker 3: you couldn't get to the right bank. Uh, spark plug?

525
00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:35,520
Speaker 3: Why did they make eight eight spark slugs for four?

526
00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:40,719
Speaker 1: Yes? Was that? Well? They they you know, the issue

527
00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:45,360
Speaker 1: there is they couldn't achieve emissions firing one plug per

528
00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:48,960
Speaker 1: cylinder once, so they didn't. They didn't.

529
00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:49,440
Speaker 3: They didn't.

530
00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:52,959
Speaker 1: They didn't have the technology for multi strike ignition like

531
00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,680
Speaker 1: they developed later on. Because if you noticed, that twin

532
00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:58,840
Speaker 1: plug per cylinder routine went away after a while because

533
00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:02,680
Speaker 1: they developed better ignition systems and you know, they could

534
00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:06,560
Speaker 1: they could move the technology inside the ignition module and

535
00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:10,800
Speaker 1: the computer and make it with electronics. So a twin

536
00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:16,280
Speaker 1: plug per cylinder set up will be more complete in

537
00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:21,040
Speaker 1: combustion and therefore put less pollutant out the tailpipe. So

538
00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:25,840
Speaker 1: you know, following I think somewhere around ninety four ninety

539
00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:28,920
Speaker 1: five that was gone by OBD two, that was gone

540
00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:32,000
Speaker 1: and that shows you the advancements in technology. But it

541
00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:34,760
Speaker 1: was all about emissions, Mike, That's what they were chasing,

542
00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:39,360
Speaker 1: you know, that's what they were chasing. So as always

543
00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:40,640
Speaker 1: that they're always chasing.

544
00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:40,880
Speaker 3: Game.

545
00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:41,360
Speaker 1: Yeah.

546
00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:45,400
Speaker 3: Yeah, you bring back memories and you're a big inter.

547
00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:48,200
Speaker 3: You show you or your friend Bonum folkswagon.

548
00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:52,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, it's that's go ahead.

549
00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:58,840
Speaker 3: Got another question on this ranger. I know to OBD one,

550
00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:01,280
Speaker 3: all I got is a code reader. It pulls up

551
00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:06,840
Speaker 3: the codes. Does the check engine light when you just

552
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:09,320
Speaker 3: turn the ignition on and it's supposed to come on?

553
00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:14,280
Speaker 1: Yes, in bulb in bulb check Absolutely you turn that.

554
00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:14,720
Speaker 3: Yeah.

555
00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:18,239
Speaker 1: If the vehicle's been sitting off any length of time, uh,

556
00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:20,960
Speaker 1: you know, and typically longer than thirty seconds, turn the key,

557
00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:23,520
Speaker 1: just cycle the key, but don't crank it. You should

558
00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:25,640
Speaker 1: see the check engine light as well as other check

559
00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:27,960
Speaker 1: engine as well as other dishboard lights come on. We

560
00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:31,600
Speaker 1: call that bulb check all right, Oh okay, so.

561
00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:35,440
Speaker 3: You know, like say the check engine, what did come on?

562
00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:35,880
Speaker 1: Then?

563
00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:38,040
Speaker 3: I don't even use the truck on the weekend. It's

564
00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:43,000
Speaker 3: it's my beat truck right now, right, And I noticed

565
00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:46,000
Speaker 3: I don't know if the ball went out on the

566
00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:49,520
Speaker 3: check engine lights instrument panel or what.

567
00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:51,200
Speaker 1: Well does the light ever come on at all?

568
00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:52,680
Speaker 3: Now?

569
00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:53,960
Speaker 1: Uh? It sounds like that.

570
00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:57,920
Speaker 3: And I got to take it through inspection in Delaware. Yeah, well,

571
00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:00,360
Speaker 3: good thing they don't have to plug it in. I'll

572
00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:03,400
Speaker 3: get on that year. It's a sniffer test.

573
00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:06,000
Speaker 1: Right yeah, right, Well, it may you know, if there's

574
00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:09,360
Speaker 1: something wrong with it. Let's let me say it like this,

575
00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:13,000
Speaker 1: that the check engine light is monitoring the emissions and

576
00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:16,960
Speaker 1: it's it's doing what it's supposed to do. So there

577
00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:19,280
Speaker 1: may be a problem in the truck that the dash

578
00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:21,200
Speaker 1: light would be on. You just don't know it because

579
00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:25,280
Speaker 1: the bulb is burnt out or it's missing. So you know,

580
00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:28,040
Speaker 1: I would run through keon engine off, keon engine running,

581
00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:31,240
Speaker 1: and continuous memory fault codes the old style forward tests,

582
00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:34,040
Speaker 1: and look to see does the system have any faults

583
00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:36,640
Speaker 1: in it. If the system has faults in it, then

584
00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:38,160
Speaker 1: at least you know what you're dealing with. If the

585
00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:40,880
Speaker 1: system doesn't have faults in it, it might behoove you to,

586
00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:43,640
Speaker 1: you know, pull the dash panel out, put a bulb in,

587
00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:45,880
Speaker 1: because I don't remember it being I think it's I

588
00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:49,560
Speaker 1: think it's a one ninety four bulb if I remember, right, Oh, okay,

589
00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:51,640
Speaker 1: you know, I don't think I don't think it's anything fancy.

590
00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:54,560
Speaker 1: And then you can at least have the indicator working

591
00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:58,400
Speaker 1: like supposed to, you know, in Jersey, in New Jersey,

592
00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:00,080
Speaker 1: as I think most states. If this was an O

593
00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:02,880
Speaker 1: B D two vehicle, if we cycle the key on,

594
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,760
Speaker 1: we have to see a check engine light that's bulb test.

595
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:09,000
Speaker 1: Otherwise that vehicle would fail inspection. So just be aware

596
00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:09,840
Speaker 1: of that before you go.

597
00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:13,360
Speaker 3: All right, yeah, I'm well, I'll listen to you every

598
00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:17,640
Speaker 3: every Saturday, mambe talking about the hubid ones you snap

599
00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:18,960
Speaker 3: on you calling it the.

600
00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:22,640
Speaker 1: Brick, the brick yep yep ye, which those you know, Mike,

601
00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:26,480
Speaker 1: those are those are available on you know, those are

602
00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:30,080
Speaker 1: available up on eBay and other places that you could

603
00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:32,280
Speaker 1: buy one of those and they'd be a great tool.

604
00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:34,320
Speaker 1: For that truck. Just make sure you get the ford

605
00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:38,680
Speaker 1: Eke adapters for it. They'll be shaped like that diagnostic

606
00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:40,680
Speaker 1: plug you have out under the out under the hood,

607
00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:43,800
Speaker 1: and you know that's a great tool for that vehicle.

608
00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:46,000
Speaker 1: And you can read. You can get those relatively cheap.

609
00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:49,000
Speaker 1: You can read data stream as well as trouble codes.

610
00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:51,440
Speaker 1: You know, if that's going to be something you're going

611
00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:53,600
Speaker 1: to be hanging on to for a while. So appreciate

612
00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:55,280
Speaker 1: the call, Mike. Always a pleasure to talk to you.

613
00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:57,320
Speaker 1: I'm running eni in the car. Doctor. I'm back right

614
00:31:57,360 --> 00:32:12,400
Speaker 1: after this, and here we are as we kind of

615
00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:15,200
Speaker 1: wind down this hour. Just one last thought for Mike

616
00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:18,280
Speaker 1: and Delaware. Mike, if you're still listening, you know we're

617
00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:20,680
Speaker 1: talking about your ninety two Ranger and you're getting it

618
00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:23,000
Speaker 1: ready for inspection in Delaware and they're going to do

619
00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:25,640
Speaker 1: a sniffer test. You may want to do this. You

620
00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:28,160
Speaker 1: may want to go out to CRC Industries dot com

621
00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:33,280
Speaker 1: take a look at CRCs Guaranteed to Pass a Missions

622
00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:36,160
Speaker 1: System cleaner. It comes in a twelve ounce bottle. It

623
00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:41,800
Speaker 1: is a very high solvent solution detergent cleaner for cleaning

624
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:45,360
Speaker 1: older fuel systems. Works on newer ones too, But it's

625
00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:49,080
Speaker 1: what it strives to do is clean up catalytic converters,

626
00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:52,160
Speaker 1: carbon deposits and fuel deposits in the system. But it

627
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:56,720
Speaker 1: will help to clean up older catalytic converters and restore

628
00:32:56,800 --> 00:33:00,400
Speaker 1: them to a better operating condition. You know, Mike, concern

629
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:02,760
Speaker 1: with your truck is you don't have a check engine

630
00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:05,120
Speaker 1: light coming on, So are there fault codes in it?

631
00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:07,560
Speaker 1: As I pointed out during our call, So you know,

632
00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:11,760
Speaker 1: that becomes the priority. But if you can't, you know,

633
00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:13,760
Speaker 1: get the bulb to work, and if it doesn't matter

634
00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:16,520
Speaker 1: at this point and you don't have fault codes, but

635
00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:20,120
Speaker 1: you're just counting on the vehicle to pass on its own,

636
00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:22,240
Speaker 1: and I suspect there's a problem, which is why you

637
00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:27,080
Speaker 1: were changing the fuel injectors. Consider using CRC Guaranteed to

638
00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:30,240
Speaker 1: pass emission systems. They do offer money back guarantees. You've

639
00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:31,840
Speaker 1: got to use it, I think three or four times.

640
00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:33,520
Speaker 1: I forget what the footnote said, but you can find

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Speaker 1: it on their website CRC Industries dot com. And perhaps

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Speaker 1: that'll be a better way for you to go in

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Speaker 1: terms of getting through inspection. And you know, I can

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00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:44,640
Speaker 1: drive that ninety two Ranger a little bit longer. You know,

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Speaker 1: it's hard right that we drive older cars and we're

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Speaker 1: trying to get them through because the next thing he's

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Speaker 1: going to run into, Mike is going to run into.

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Speaker 1: To be clear, is what parts are available for that

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Speaker 1: ninety two, ninety two, two thousand and two, twenty twelve,

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Speaker 1: two thousand. We thirty ago, you know, we're thirty years ago,

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Speaker 1: you know, thirty three years ago. You know, there's probably

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Speaker 1: not a lot of quality parts left for a vehicle

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Speaker 1: that age. And the fact is to replace that little,

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Speaker 1: you know, small pickup truck, which, in all fairness, I've

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Speaker 1: got to tell you the Ranger. I still have my

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Speaker 1: eighty seven. What do I have? I have a ninety

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Speaker 1: seven Ranger. I'm sorry, my ninety seven Ranger. It's a

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Speaker 1: cute little truck. And you know, even the small trucks

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Speaker 1: of today are one and a half times the size

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Speaker 1: of that. So I kind of just I don't want

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Speaker 1: to get rid of it. Oh my god, have I

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Speaker 1: become a Volkswagen owner? Is Is it that bad? I

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Speaker 1: just I love it beyond the side of what it is.

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Speaker 1: Maybe I should fix the crooked bumper up front. The

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Speaker 1: bumper is bent on the Ranger. But that's another story

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Speaker 1: for another day on how that happened. So, Mike, if

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Speaker 1: you're out there, I wish you the best with your

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Speaker 1: ninety two Ranger and I hope you continue to enjoy it. Wow,

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Speaker 1: I think a Volkswagen owner. Oh my god, I'm not

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Speaker 1: an ady in the car doctor. I know that. I'm

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Speaker 1: here to remind you one more time. Like always, good

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Speaker 1: mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless. Let's see you, m