1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: Ron Andanian, and then I realized Hondas are two D 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 1: and twelve. When I do an idol learn on a Honda, 3 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:08,799 Speaker 1: I see temperatures up to two and twelve degree before 4 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 1: the fan comes on. I felt like Maxwell Smart missed 5 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: it by that much, right, the car Doctor, when you 6 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:19,600 Speaker 1: installed the upgraded or the revised you know, harness all 7 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 1: of the upgrade whatever it was, Um, did you do 8 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 1: any changes? Did you go back and look at the 9 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 1: grounds themselves? See, I'm thinking you've got a ground issue again. 10 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:37,519 Speaker 1: Welcome to the radio home of ron and Nian the 11 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 1: Car Doctor. Since this is where car owners the world 12 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:46,599 Speaker 1: overturned to for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. If 13 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 1: your mechanics giving you a busy signal, pick up the 14 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 1: phone and call in. The garage doors are open, but 15 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 1: I am here to take your calls at eight five 16 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 1: five six and now in all the years that we 17 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 1: have known each other, has there been any time that 18 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 1: I have have it given you pause or reason to 19 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:09,759 Speaker 1: suspect my sound running? Hey, it's time to start your 20 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 1: engines along and welcome Ronini in the Car Doctor here 21 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: at five five five six zero nine zero zero, here 22 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:16,960 Speaker 1: to take your calls and answer your questions, taking no 23 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:19,399 Speaker 1: prisoners as we march on down the road of fixed 24 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 1: cars everywhere for all of you out there that are 25 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:24,959 Speaker 1: driving or otherwise trying to drive and to operate a 26 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 1: motor vehicle in today's technology climate on Rondini in the 27 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 1: Car Doctor. You can find more information about us at 28 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:32,959 Speaker 1: Car Doctor show dot com, as well as the ability 29 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: to podcast or live stream the show if we're not 30 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: on a live affiliate in your neighborhood or an affiliate 31 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 1: in your neighborhood. And um, I look across the glass 32 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:44,680 Speaker 1: and I see the uh number one compadre here. Um. 33 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 1: Mr Ray, good, good afternoon, Mr Ray. How are you today? Yeah, 34 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: in the morning, it's good a day already. Let's see 35 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: what went wrong today? Um, And we're gonna step behind 36 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 1: the scenes for a minute, folks. We want to tell 37 00:01:57,040 --> 00:01:59,559 Speaker 1: you what goes on to produce a national radio show. Okay. 38 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 1: So I got to the studio early and I noticed 39 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: the phones were down and we got him working. You 40 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 1: can't call in eight nine zero. They're working. I'm sure 41 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 1: they're working. And I noticed a strange smell in the 42 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 1: control room and it wasn't me, and it wasn't me, Um, 43 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 1: and it wasn't Tom, and um, it was something Burt, 44 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: and we went, oh boy, and I unplugged the phones 45 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: and I called Tom, who was on his way into 46 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 1: the bank because one of his family's credit cards had 47 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:33,799 Speaker 1: been fraudulent lee acquired and he was on the way 48 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 1: into the bank to acquire for the fight for that. 49 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 1: And I got to inform, Hey, you better bring a 50 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:40,239 Speaker 1: power supply down to the studio because I think we 51 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:43,079 Speaker 1: fried something last night. And since not we didn't have one, 52 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:44,920 Speaker 1: I happened to happen that I happen to have a 53 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:47,800 Speaker 1: phone system at the house, so um, you know, brought 54 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 1: it along and swap a phone system in, and um, 55 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: we got that much done, and we thought we were 56 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 1: out of the woods. And then we found out we 57 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 1: wanted to log into the email server for the show 58 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 1: today and we're operating on backup for at because the 59 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 1: email server, the computer that that's on that computer decided 60 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 1: not to respond to remote access. And here we are, 61 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 1: We're going to do a radio show. And then the 62 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:11,399 Speaker 1: very first thing that happened when I got the phone 63 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:15,959 Speaker 1: system installed was a telemarket or called from China and no, no, no, no, 64 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,080 Speaker 1: that that was on my cell phone after this was 65 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: on the actual main phone line, and I said, okay, 66 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 1: it's a great time to answer it, in a great 67 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 1: time to test it. So I picked it up and 68 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 1: I said he started with the cause. I said, dude, 69 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:28,960 Speaker 1: you're calling your national radio shows control room, and he's 70 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 1: that's okay, we're calling everybody, and then basically he got 71 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 1: told where to go. So it is a car show, 72 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: so going somewhere is really part of the equation. But 73 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 1: in any event, we're here to talk about your car 74 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 1: and whatever sort of problems it is you might be having. 75 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: I think we're doing a giveaway, doing a giveaway today, 76 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 1: tom Um, No nonsense. I think we're doing a Wicks 77 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: giveaway today right in thirty nine Ford Coupe. He's not 78 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: supposed to know about that because I have the Wiks 79 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 1: car over here and you're not getting it. Well I 80 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 1: am getting it because listen every time we try to 81 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 1: give one of these away. Thank god, Tony's not here today. Um, 82 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 1: I wish he was here today because then you wouldn't 83 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: be able to get it at all. Tony was here, 84 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 1: I was thinking he was the one that stole it. 85 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 1: But um, this is the customized one eighteen scale thirty 86 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 1: nine Ford Coup hot Rod. It is the only customized 87 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 1: thirty nine Ford Coup hot Rot on the market as 88 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:16,479 Speaker 1: a replica of the ultimate American car with period black paint, 89 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:20,160 Speaker 1: custom cream red scalps in each vendor, color coordinated red interior, 90 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 1: period full moon disks, and the white wall tires. Min 91 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:26,119 Speaker 1: his nineteen nine plate at his courtesy of the folks 92 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: at Wicks Wicks Filters dot com. If you want to 93 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,720 Speaker 1: read more about it, let's kick the garage doors open 94 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 1: right away. I'll do that a little later on this 95 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 1: hour or next door. Two hours of Car Doctor and 96 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:36,160 Speaker 1: yet to go. We are beginning our first hour for 97 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 1: those of you taking the taking the show. We appreciate that. 98 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:41,679 Speaker 1: And um let's go and talk to Debbie and Virginia. 99 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 1: Some questions about a TPMs like, Debbie, welcome to the 100 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 1: Car Doctor. How can I help? I have rap Toyota 101 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:55,159 Speaker 1: RAP four And the tire sensor light came on, alright, 102 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: and my husband checked the tires. He put some air 103 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: one them with a little loud. He put it air 104 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:03,360 Speaker 1: in the tire and the tire sensor light went out. 105 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:06,720 Speaker 1: A few days later it came back on, He's checked 106 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:09,479 Speaker 1: the tires. The tires are fine. The light will not 107 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:13,239 Speaker 1: go out. He says that the light really means nothing. 108 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:16,920 Speaker 1: Just ignore it. I can't ignore it. I want it gone, 109 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 1: but I don't know how to do that. Um, you 110 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 1: want the light gun of your husband gone? You want 111 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 1: the light gun, not the husband. I'll keepm okay. Um, 112 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 1: you have a Toyota and chances are you have a 113 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 1: did he checked the spare? No, you did not check 114 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 1: the spare And chances are the spare tire on that 115 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:42,799 Speaker 1: Toyota has a sensor in it and that's low as well. 116 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 1: All right, Yeah, this is a tire place today, and 117 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 1: they said that it probably needs to be flashed and 118 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 1: to bring it in and they would put it on 119 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 1: their their computers and see what was needed. Too complicated. 120 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: Let's go with simple forest. Let's go. This is a 121 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 1: rap four. Yeah, this is the one. The spare tire 122 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:09,920 Speaker 1: sits behind the back back door. Right. There's um that 123 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 1: that hard clam shell cover that sits over the tire 124 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 1: and it's sort of a pain in the butt to 125 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:17,799 Speaker 1: get off. Yeah, let's that's yeah, that's it. So let's 126 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 1: let's let's take that off and I bet you dollars 127 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: to donuts that that spare tire is low on air 128 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:26,599 Speaker 1: and whatever the door placard says that the door placard 129 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: says thirty three, I would probably I would probably over 130 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 1: inflate that tire. Well, I would normally over inflate tires 131 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:35,040 Speaker 1: this time of year by a couple of pounds because 132 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:36,920 Speaker 1: it's only gonna get colder in the coming months, and 133 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:40,520 Speaker 1: especially in Virginia right winter's coming, and as the cold 134 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 1: weather comes, the pressure is gonna drop. But I would 135 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:46,719 Speaker 1: over inflate that spare of good three four pounds because frankly, 136 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:49,760 Speaker 1: nobody ever remembers to check it. And um, you know, 137 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:53,160 Speaker 1: and I bet you the light goes out, Okay, so 138 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 1: over inflate three to four pounds and that will take 139 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 1: care of the light. Yeah, if if if the spare 140 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:00,559 Speaker 1: is low, read the spare, um bet, and the spare 141 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 1: is probably gonna come in around twenty seven pounds. Um, 142 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 1: that would probably be approximately where it is. And you 143 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:11,040 Speaker 1: know you'll find after after you're done, just drive it 144 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 1: and either out of light, make go out even before 145 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:14,760 Speaker 1: you leave the house, before you leave the driveway. Um. 146 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 1: But yet toyotas have and I like it right, Toyotas 147 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 1: have a five censor system. I think everybody should have 148 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 1: a five censor system. Um. You know where I don't 149 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:26,680 Speaker 1: think everybody should have a spare tire to check is 150 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 1: the cars that come in that have all the laundry, 151 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 1: the fertilizer, the tools and everything in the trunk or 152 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 1: on top of where the spirit tire is located. Kind 153 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: of makes me wonder how people are gonna check the 154 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 1: tire when they get the flat anyway, But you you 155 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 1: you get the point of it. So, but that's where 156 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 1: you want to be, all right, Darlin, thank you so much. 157 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 1: You're very welcome. Good luck to have a good day. 158 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 1: Thank you YouTube. But by let's get over and talk 159 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 1: to Pete in Delaware, Mercury and I'm sorry grand Mark 160 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 1: and Dutch caravan. I want to talk about batteries. Pete, 161 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 1: welcome to the car doctor. How can I help sir? 162 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 1: The original you know they're both one was brought in 163 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 1: two thousand nine in October to Mercury, last production model 164 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 1: because I wanted the large trunk for taking uh. I 165 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 1: needed a big trunk Tony Soprano three body trunk to 166 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 1: take my scooter around. I had trouble walking. I'm I've 167 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 1: had since hip operation. And the other one is a 168 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 1: two thousand and ten which we bought in January of 169 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: two thousand and ten and left over Dodge Caravan, and 170 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 1: I am still the original batteries on both of those. 171 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:38,240 Speaker 1: The Dodgers got about thirty thousand miles, the Mercury about 172 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 1: sixty thousand miles. And my question is are these vehicles 173 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 1: how and the and the Mercury is an unlimited edition. 174 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:50,200 Speaker 1: They eliminated the good, better, best, and that year you 175 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: took it with everything, and since I wanted that particular 176 00:08:54,880 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 1: large vehicle, uh I you know, eat what mom fixes 177 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 1: when it's the only one available. So uh so anyway, 178 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:09,960 Speaker 1: it's the unlimited edition. And uh, you know, my question 179 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:15,080 Speaker 1: is are they are late enough models or you know, 180 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 1: old enough models so that I don't have to worry 181 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:24,000 Speaker 1: about saving memories or programs if and when, you know, 182 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 1: I decided to replace the batteries. Well, you know, let's 183 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:30,840 Speaker 1: let's let's let's talk about that a second. It's they're 184 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 1: they're both eight year old vehicles, a nine year old, 185 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:41,640 Speaker 1: n year old vehicles? Um, how much longer are you gonna? Wait? Well, 186 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 1: I you know I in the Mercury. I have the 187 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 1: I have one of those charger units I sent Gaby. 188 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 1: I guess he was worried about it. And you know, 189 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 1: I've charge it every month and so far. You know, hey, 190 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:57,360 Speaker 1: you know, I'm one of those guys who keeps vehicles 191 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 1: as long as I have reasonable ex actation from getting 192 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 1: to a two b and backed again. You know, I'm 193 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:06,000 Speaker 1: not I'm not the first one to abandon the old, 194 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:08,640 Speaker 1: are the first to accept the new. But you know, 195 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:11,680 Speaker 1: and I heard that the new batteries are smaller and 196 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 1: less durable than the old batteries. Well, I think in 197 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 1: newer cars because of the amount of electronics put on them. 198 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:20,719 Speaker 1: I think a lot of the newer cars and their 199 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 1: batteries have a tougher time keeping up. It's one of 200 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 1: the reasons why. And this is a lot of the 201 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:28,440 Speaker 1: conversation about absorbing glass mat a g M batteries, the 202 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 1: buzzword you hear all the time. Everything's going to a 203 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 1: GM battery and the technology that's involved in that. And 204 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:37,560 Speaker 1: you know, my concern is you've got cars that are 205 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 1: eight and nine years old, and you've got the original batteries, 206 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: and the batteries are only rated for five years, and 207 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 1: I'm back to my original question, how much longer are 208 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 1: you gonna wait? Well, you know, I've take it in 209 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:51,320 Speaker 1: for regular services and they tell me that, uh you 210 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:54,520 Speaker 1: know that the bat you know, the the amberage or 211 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:57,080 Speaker 1: whatever in the measure of how good your battery is. 212 00:10:57,440 --> 00:10:59,840 Speaker 1: They said, it's you know, it's it's still not for 213 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:03,720 Speaker 1: the goal that uh you know that they're they're you know, 214 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 1: still doing their job. See, And I gotta tell you, 215 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:10,559 Speaker 1: I I'm a there's a lot of things i'll i'll, 216 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 1: I have leeway on, but a battery. Somebody brings me 217 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:16,840 Speaker 1: a battery in the shop and the batteries rated for 218 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 1: five years, and we're in the sixth year or longer. 219 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:20,720 Speaker 1: And they say, test the battery, And I say, what's 220 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:22,839 Speaker 1: the point because I can tell you it's I can 221 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:25,560 Speaker 1: tell you it's good today, but you know it's it's 222 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:29,079 Speaker 1: past its expiration date. Would you drink milk? Would you 223 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 1: drink milk past it's expiration d you're you know, But 224 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:37,200 Speaker 1: as long as I get the test, it says the 225 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:39,680 Speaker 1: milk is still good, you know, uh you know the 226 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:42,720 Speaker 1: expiration that's the sound date that you got on your milk. 227 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:47,080 Speaker 1: So but but let me finished. Assuming I want to 228 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 1: replace the batteries, can you something, Can I go to 229 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 1: like auto zone or someplace where they'll replace the batteries, 230 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 1: or does my vehicle require where they basically offload the 231 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:02,559 Speaker 1: brain of the car and keep it in a separate 232 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 1: box while they replaced the battery so it's not to 233 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:09,560 Speaker 1: disrupt the barriers settings? Or are my cars, you know, 234 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 1: being eight and nine years old, that they don't have 235 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 1: that problem and I can just drop in a battery. Well, 236 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 1: let me clear up, Let me clear up some misinformation here. 237 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:20,600 Speaker 1: There There is no such thing as off floating the 238 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:23,680 Speaker 1: brain to a separate box. What you're talking about is 239 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:26,400 Speaker 1: using a battery backup or a battery saver, And all 240 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 1: that's doing is all a memory saver is doing is 241 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:33,640 Speaker 1: plugging into the underneath the dish computer connect port and 242 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 1: providing alternate battery power so that the vehicle computers don't 243 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 1: drain down and lose memory while the battery is disconnected. 244 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 1: That being said, my first question would be when was, 245 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 1: if ever, the last time the throttle bodies on either 246 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:53,880 Speaker 1: car were cleaned. And that's a question for you, Pete, 247 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:56,440 Speaker 1: in the sense that when were the throttle bodies cleaned. 248 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 1: If the throttle bodies have never been cleaned and they're 249 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:02,680 Speaker 1: very dirty, you're gonna disconnect the battery without a memory saver. 250 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:06,959 Speaker 1: One of the first most often critical found spects that 251 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 1: the computer no longer knows what's what is throttle body position. 252 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:13,600 Speaker 1: They just don't know where they are in that stage 253 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 1: of the game. So it becomes a case of, yeah, 254 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 1: the throttle body's got to be cleaning, and the idle 255 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:21,240 Speaker 1: speed has to be learned. Look, it's never a good 256 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 1: idea on a latent model vehicle to replace a battery 257 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 1: without using a memory saver. You might be able to 258 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 1: get away with it, you might not. There's generally relearn 259 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 1: involved where you've got to drive the vehicle specific way, 260 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:37,040 Speaker 1: a specific procedure. But I'm gonna go back to my 261 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:39,719 Speaker 1: original comment. I know you're trying to get life out 262 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 1: of it, but eight nine year old batteries, it's not 263 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:45,080 Speaker 1: gonna happen at a convenient time, And if you don't 264 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 1: plan to do it sooner, it's gonna happen later at 265 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:51,839 Speaker 1: probably a very critical time when you depend or to 266 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:54,959 Speaker 1: really need that car in order to get yourself somewhere. 267 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 1: You might farm. More information about a GM batteries at 268 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:00,080 Speaker 1: auto batteries dot com and consider switching to one of 269 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:02,480 Speaker 1: those if you're a very low mileage and very a 270 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:04,680 Speaker 1: low driven. I'm Ronan in the car Doctor will be 271 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:15,280 Speaker 1: back right after this. Whether it's a little red Corvette 272 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 1: or you go, you've come to the right place to 273 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 1: get that car fixed. Ronan in the Car Doctor five 274 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 1: five zero zero zero, Now back to ron Yeah, listen, 275 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 1: I don't want to harp on it, but you know, 276 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:31,280 Speaker 1: for Pete and Delaware and for anybody else, eight nine 277 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 1: years on a battery is just too long. And you've 278 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 1: got a figure at best going into winter that that 279 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 1: battery is likely to fail the first cold snap, and 280 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 1: you and three million other Americans are all gonna into 281 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:47,560 Speaker 1: the battery the same day at the same time. And 282 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 1: I know it sounds like it's it's probably a strain 283 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:52,160 Speaker 1: on the budget to do two batteries at once, but 284 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:54,479 Speaker 1: you're gonna have to do it under very bad conditions. 285 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:57,480 Speaker 1: So planning ahead, you know, prevents the problem. And I 286 00:14:57,560 --> 00:14:59,840 Speaker 1: just I can't stress it enough. It can be a 287 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,240 Speaker 1: life and death situation. Let's go over and talk to 288 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 1: Sanso and Florida oh five Ford free star and some 289 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 1: transmission issues and so welcome to the car doctor. How 290 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:13,000 Speaker 1: can I help? Yes, good afternoon, Yes, yes, yeah, I 291 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 1: got this um two toes and five Ford a free star, right, 292 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 1: okay it was it was, you know, pretty good. But 293 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 1: you know it's about two something that was mailed on it. 294 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 1: But it was pretty good, you know, but seems happily 295 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 1: you know. I start like, I mean, you stopped and 296 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 1: um you pressed the girls to go, you know, and 297 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:39,600 Speaker 1: it's it starts like something someone like the transmission sleeping 298 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 1: like it's something like that. Okay, that's something like, yeah, 299 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 1: you're doing something like that. You know, we didn't do 300 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 1: any checking on it. Still don't about you know, getting 301 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 1: some time it really and and you know, if you're 302 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:55,400 Speaker 1: going to move up, you know, and you know kind 303 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:58,280 Speaker 1: of starts you know, slow and slow and you know 304 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 1: make that nice. Is there a thump or any sort 305 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 1: of a clunk and a thump that goes along with that? 306 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:07,680 Speaker 1: Sand So could this be a bad broken or twisted 307 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:14,160 Speaker 1: trans or engine mount? Well? I so stick um the 308 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:19,680 Speaker 1: trying the engine mode. You know that maybe one of 309 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 1: them are right. And then the other question I've got 310 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:25,880 Speaker 1: is is there are there any dashboard warning lights on? 311 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 1: Is the check engine light on the dashboard? Yeah? Yeah, 312 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 1: I got it like that, you know, but yeah I do. 313 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 1: And any idea what fault codes are related there? Did 314 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:42,200 Speaker 1: you have to do you have fault codes? And did 315 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 1: just scan it? Did somebody scan this? No? No, we 316 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:48,200 Speaker 1: didn't know. I didn't do any scanning on it. Okay, 317 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 1: And then let me ask you this, before the trans 318 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:54,840 Speaker 1: started slipping, before the trans started slipping, was the check 319 00:16:54,920 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 1: engine light on prior? Yes? Okay. So here's the problem, 320 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:02,560 Speaker 1: all right, And I get it. It's an older car, 321 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:05,639 Speaker 1: it's got a lot of miles on it, and you know, 322 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:07,679 Speaker 1: you're just trying to be cautious on what you spend 323 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 1: on it. So the check engine light has been on 324 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 1: for whatever length of time, five months, six months, a year, 325 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 1: two years, whatever, It had a couple of trouble codes. 326 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:18,879 Speaker 1: They weren't worth fixing. You weren't able to fix it, 327 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:21,680 Speaker 1: you know whatever. We've all been there. It happens many 328 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 1: two years, you know, right, So, but here's here's the problem. 329 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:32,439 Speaker 1: Now it's got another problem, and it's serious enough to 330 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:34,679 Speaker 1: bring the vehicle to the point where, yeah, maybe the 331 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:39,399 Speaker 1: trans is slipping, but you won't know mechanically if the 332 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:43,399 Speaker 1: trans is slipping or failing because you don't know what 333 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:46,480 Speaker 1: the codes are because the light's been on, so you know. Yeah, 334 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:49,399 Speaker 1: it's listen. Let's let's start at the beginning before you 335 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:52,480 Speaker 1: spend any money on the car. Let's get it scanned. 336 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:54,920 Speaker 1: Let them to look at all the fold codes, try 337 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 1: and get an overall vehicle evaluation, because if it does 338 00:17:57,640 --> 00:17:59,679 Speaker 1: need a trans that can be well over three thousand 339 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:02,160 Speaker 1: dollar US. Let's figure out what the vehicle really needs 340 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:05,160 Speaker 1: before we do it and spend any extra money. Get 341 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 1: it scanned first. I appreciate the call. I'm ranting any 342 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 1: in the car doctor coming right back after this. When 343 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:20,200 Speaker 1: the family car needs some fixing, there's only two things 344 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:23,040 Speaker 1: that really matter, getting the right part and getting some 345 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:25,920 Speaker 1: good advice. It's a pretty safe bet that, with over 346 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 1: a million parts in stock, pet Boys has the right 347 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:32,159 Speaker 1: part right now. The pet Boys pros are extensively trained 348 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 1: to find the right part for just about any car truck. 349 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:38,440 Speaker 1: Better yet, these pros can also handle the entire installation 350 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:41,359 Speaker 1: or service needed. It's always good to have options and 351 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 1: know the pep Boys pros have it covered. Either way. Hey, 352 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 1: welcome back, Ran the Car Doctor. We are happy to 353 00:18:56,600 --> 00:19:01,560 Speaker 1: be here for you A zero and that music is 354 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:03,960 Speaker 1: sort of our special way of saying hello and thanks 355 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:05,720 Speaker 1: for having us to the nice folks over at w 356 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:08,640 Speaker 1: c TC Radio fourteen fifty a m and New Brunswick. 357 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:11,119 Speaker 1: They owned Central New Jersey on the airwaves there, and 358 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:12,919 Speaker 1: that we're happy to be part of their family and 359 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:16,040 Speaker 1: uh continue to add to our affiliate base. Welcome New Jersey. 360 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:18,720 Speaker 1: We're here Ronald Eating and the Car Doctor and company. 361 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 1: UM rough week at the shop, it was well, it 362 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 1: was kind of a strange week. We had a Danny's 363 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:26,480 Speaker 1: grandmother anyone of my mechanics is his grandma stopped by 364 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:28,680 Speaker 1: and she said, you know, I've got this funny little 365 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:31,720 Speaker 1: ticking noise in my Toyota my Raft four that's a 366 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:33,720 Speaker 1: ninety nine raft for it's twenty years old. And we 367 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:35,320 Speaker 1: go out and we listen and yeah, it's got this. 368 00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 1: When you step on the gas, you hear kind of 369 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:40,199 Speaker 1: like a baseball card and a bicycle spoke, sort of 370 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:43,520 Speaker 1: a sound burnt. And you know the first reaction is 371 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:45,760 Speaker 1: kittting around. Hey, grandma stopped laying on the gas so hard. 372 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 1: You're not the little old lady from Pasadena just layoff 373 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:52,200 Speaker 1: the gas pedal stop drag racing and on second look 374 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:55,800 Speaker 1: you could and second sound because I'm trying to diagnose it. 375 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:59,920 Speaker 1: You know, it's down low, it's it's it's down into 376 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:04,439 Speaker 1: the timing cover area where the timing belt sits. And 377 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:07,639 Speaker 1: I look at the cover and Danny reds it up. 378 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 1: He sits in the car and rens it up, and 379 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 1: I'm watching and listening and looking. Did I just see 380 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 1: the cover mover? Is that? Is that an optical illusion? 381 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:20,679 Speaker 1: Why am I not seeing it correctly? He does it 382 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:23,160 Speaker 1: again and I see, you know, it looks like the 383 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:28,600 Speaker 1: walls of the cover are flexing. Mhmm. Naturally, Dot had 384 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:30,520 Speaker 1: to leave the car. We we convinced her that she 385 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:31,840 Speaker 1: had to leave the car. We didn't want to run 386 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:33,360 Speaker 1: up the New York straight through where she lives two 387 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 1: hours away. She was down in the area to see 388 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:39,199 Speaker 1: family and we we wanted to leave the car. She 389 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:41,360 Speaker 1: left the car and, um, you know, trying to take 390 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:43,720 Speaker 1: the front of the motor apart. There's there's something going 391 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:48,160 Speaker 1: on here. Lucky me, you know, it was my turn 392 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:50,480 Speaker 1: in the barrel. And as I took apart this twenty 393 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:53,800 Speaker 1: year old Toyota that I think Toyota in there. I'm 394 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:55,800 Speaker 1: not sure what they were thinking, but they decided to 395 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:58,720 Speaker 1: hang everything under the hood. The cruise control was in 396 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 1: the way, this power snaring was in the way, the 397 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:03,639 Speaker 1: air conditioning lines were in the way. Everything was in 398 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 1: the way just to get to the timing belt area 399 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:09,160 Speaker 1: and the cover. And when I got the cover off, 400 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:14,480 Speaker 1: the timing belt was so loose that it looked like 401 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:18,560 Speaker 1: it had been slapping the inside of the plastic cover, 402 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 1: and it wore away the plastic cover to the point 403 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:23,240 Speaker 1: that when she would step on the gas, the cover 404 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:27,600 Speaker 1: would swell right and just like a balloon wall right 405 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:30,159 Speaker 1: and it would just and you're you're just looking at it, 406 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 1: going holy cow. So, needless to say, I had to 407 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 1: put a timing cover and a belt on the car, 408 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 1: along with the water pump, the idler, the tensioner. But 409 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:41,440 Speaker 1: that was just, you know, that was just one of 410 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 1: the cars at the shop this week. The other one 411 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:45,840 Speaker 1: that was a real you know, kind of what were 412 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:49,560 Speaker 1: they thinking point of view, and not that Toyota was 413 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:53,359 Speaker 1: was customer came in with jeep wrangler hunting thirty something 414 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:56,880 Speaker 1: thousand miles on it. It needed a pair of oxygen 415 00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 1: sensors downstream, the ones after the cat right that most 416 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:03,320 Speaker 1: cars have. For some cars have six. Now what was 417 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:08,720 Speaker 1: Chrysler thinking? They put the oxygen sensors down at the 418 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 1: bottom of the cat on these wranglers V six wrangler 419 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:17,240 Speaker 1: and they angle the censor in so it's pointed towards 420 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 1: the engine in the transmission. Listen, I want to inform 421 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 1: the engineers in case they're listening. If you're if you 422 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:24,920 Speaker 1: move it an inch and a half around the outside 423 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:27,000 Speaker 1: of the cat, it will be pointed out and be 424 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,680 Speaker 1: a lot easier to get to, all right, But they're 425 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:32,080 Speaker 1: pointed in now at a hundred and thirty thousand something 426 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:34,919 Speaker 1: miles when you know, it's not unusual for oxygen censers 427 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:37,359 Speaker 1: to go bed. What usually happens to things here in 428 00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:38,840 Speaker 1: New Jersey when you want to work on at six 429 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 1: years and a thirty thousand miles later, we have this 430 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:46,080 Speaker 1: phenomena called winter, all right, And in winter they use 431 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:49,359 Speaker 1: this stuff to melt what now ice and snow called 432 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 1: chemical and the chemical gets on all the car parts 433 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:55,040 Speaker 1: and it makes it really nice and rusty. So that 434 00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:57,280 Speaker 1: oh two centser that's pointed the wrong way, that you 435 00:22:57,320 --> 00:22:59,760 Speaker 1: can't really see it. To work on it, now you 436 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 1: need to apply heat. Of course, I've come to the 437 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:04,920 Speaker 1: conclusion that Chrysler is thinking, Hey, if we can get 438 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:07,400 Speaker 1: people to burn up most of our cars will definitely 439 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 1: it will help for vehicle sales the next time around. 440 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:12,400 Speaker 1: So I had to sit there using a mirror, which 441 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:14,439 Speaker 1: is kind of neat. Right, you're standing there with the 442 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:17,440 Speaker 1: torch and you're taking the bigger shop mirror and you're 443 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 1: holding it down by the O two. It's like working 444 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:22,000 Speaker 1: like a dental technician, right, you're using a mirror to 445 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 1: clean teeth, but using a mirror to heat the O 446 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,199 Speaker 1: two center without melting the wiring harness that runs right 447 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 1: next to it and damage and the one side where 448 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:32,960 Speaker 1: the fuel line was. Oh boy, wasn't that exciting. Um 449 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:36,200 Speaker 1: I'm here, folks, I made it, uh, you know, and 450 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:38,080 Speaker 1: Danny standing there with the bottle of water, the fire 451 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:42,160 Speaker 1: extinguisher and the Bible and um, you know, just get 452 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:43,680 Speaker 1: him warm enough and we heat up the O two 453 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:46,040 Speaker 1: and and and out they come. But you're you're going, like, 454 00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:48,480 Speaker 1: what are they thinking? Did they? Did they ever think 455 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:50,680 Speaker 1: you're gonna have to take this apart and work on it? 456 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:54,159 Speaker 1: I guess the answer is no. But it needed to 457 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:55,919 Speaker 1: O two and we had to put spark plugs in 458 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:58,400 Speaker 1: it because the customer decided that he wouldn't change spark 459 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 1: plugs until the engine stopped running or until it turned 460 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 1: on a check engine light, whichever came first. To turn 461 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:07,359 Speaker 1: on a check engine light. It had a misfire on 462 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:10,879 Speaker 1: cylinder too. We started pulling the coils. I'm sorry the 463 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:13,200 Speaker 1: spark plugs out of the easy side. How many people 464 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:15,040 Speaker 1: have ever done spark plugs on a V six jeep 465 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:18,960 Speaker 1: show hands, No, not many. And in order to do 466 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:20,960 Speaker 1: the ones on the passenger side, they're pretty easy. You 467 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:23,040 Speaker 1: just you know, three coils come out, the plugs come out, 468 00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 1: no problem. In order to do the ones on the 469 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:28,119 Speaker 1: driver's side. See what I think is I think there 470 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:31,119 Speaker 1: were two engineers that designed spark plug access on jeeps. 471 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:34,520 Speaker 1: The first guy had had the common sense and you know, 472 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 1: he was just interested in me being able to repair 473 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:40,080 Speaker 1: the vehicle. The guy that designed spark plug access on 474 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:43,480 Speaker 1: the driver's side, he was the same nut that did 475 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 1: the location of the two censors. Because to take to 476 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:50,280 Speaker 1: take the to take the spark plugs, that to take 477 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:52,880 Speaker 1: the spark plugs out of I'm getting excited just thinking 478 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 1: about it again. To take the spark plugs out of 479 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 1: the driver's side, you had to take the upper half 480 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:01,639 Speaker 1: of the intake. Manifold off. Yeah, oh boy, there's a 481 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:05,119 Speaker 1: good time, right and everything is plastic and nuts and 482 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:07,119 Speaker 1: bolts and you're going, boy, I hope all this stuff 483 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:12,560 Speaker 1: goes back together. Um. I wonder if you know what 484 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:14,720 Speaker 1: they were thinking. But that was the week at the shop. 485 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:18,080 Speaker 1: It almost felt like a full full moon week. Um. 486 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:19,879 Speaker 1: And then the one fellow. The last story of the 487 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:21,879 Speaker 1: week is has to be the fellow that came in 488 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:24,600 Speaker 1: that didn't speak English, which I got nothing against that, 489 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:26,560 Speaker 1: but just he didn't speak English and he wanted to 490 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:29,960 Speaker 1: have this very lengthy one on one conversation Friday afternoon 491 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:33,800 Speaker 1: at three thirty about what I put his own parts? 492 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 1: He what did he buy? I think he bought four 493 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:38,520 Speaker 1: new structs for the car and he wanted me to 494 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:40,240 Speaker 1: put them in and I had to explain to him 495 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:43,320 Speaker 1: how I can't do that from the liability perspective, and 496 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 1: he didn't. I don't think he had a clue. I 497 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:46,639 Speaker 1: think he's still standing there waiting to hear my answer, 498 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:48,440 Speaker 1: because I don't think I understood what I was saying. 499 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:51,320 Speaker 1: It was definitely a you know, the timing belt, moving 500 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:53,960 Speaker 1: the spark plugs, the whole thing. So it was. It 501 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:55,920 Speaker 1: was a crazy week at the shop. Let me tell you. 502 00:25:56,359 --> 00:25:58,840 Speaker 1: Keep in mind this hour, beginning to giving away a 503 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:01,320 Speaker 1: Wicks diecast car of the alreading on Ford, I think 504 00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaker 1: Tom is done playing with it, but the courtesy of 505 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:05,960 Speaker 1: the nice folks over at looks filters dot Com, Tom, 506 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:07,840 Speaker 1: you had a colm not giving it up yet. Well, 507 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,320 Speaker 1: but you know those people who designed cars like that, 508 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:14,000 Speaker 1: I'm thoroughly convinced they don't have to work on one. No, 509 00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:17,359 Speaker 1: they don't. They really don't. And it's it's just insane, 510 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:20,120 Speaker 1: you know. You sit there and you say And then 511 00:26:20,119 --> 00:26:21,840 Speaker 1: I said to myself, and what if I can't get 512 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:24,360 Speaker 1: the oxygen sensor out of the cat in the position 513 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:27,160 Speaker 1: it's in, I have to take the cat down. Well, 514 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 1: once again, what do we have in New Jersey snow? 515 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:31,959 Speaker 1: What do snow generate chemical on the ground? What does 516 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:34,880 Speaker 1: that chemical do it us? I looked at the exhaust studs. 517 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:38,800 Speaker 1: Oh my god, um, I think that's a nut. I 518 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:41,240 Speaker 1: think that's a bolt. I mean, they're so badly weathered 519 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 1: that it's it's an indiscernible shape. So, you know, sometimes 520 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:49,720 Speaker 1: I think we're all going to be leasing cars in 521 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 1: the future, or just just buying for five years and 522 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:56,200 Speaker 1: throwing them away because they're just not designed to be repaired. 523 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:58,320 Speaker 1: I think sometimes I think there's a lot in that. Well. 524 00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:00,080 Speaker 1: As soon as they started three D printing car as, 525 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:01,880 Speaker 1: it won't be your problem anymore. You're just throwing away 526 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:04,080 Speaker 1: in print a new one. I had dinner last night 527 00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:07,640 Speaker 1: with what was Chris Amiko Capital Motor Car Leasing out 528 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 1: of us. He's in Central New Jersey. So we're gonna 529 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:11,280 Speaker 1: get Chris on the show. He's gonna talk to us 530 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:13,679 Speaker 1: about leasing leasing cars and and and and the purpose 531 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:16,399 Speaker 1: of it. And but you know, I sat and listened 532 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 1: to him about what it costs and residual value and 533 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:22,720 Speaker 1: why leasing pays off better than buying sometimes and what 534 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:25,160 Speaker 1: you know, it's just a refreshing different point of view. 535 00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:27,679 Speaker 1: And obviously this man makes his living from leasing, but 536 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:30,040 Speaker 1: he's got it. He's got it very well thought out, 537 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 1: he explains it very well. And you know what, to 538 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:36,879 Speaker 1: a degree, after a week of fixing, the insanity of 539 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:39,560 Speaker 1: what the car becomes after five or six years, you 540 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:41,800 Speaker 1: know what, throw it away by another one or LEAs 541 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:45,119 Speaker 1: another one. I it just it, just it almost. It's 542 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 1: almost starting to make sense. Tom, I must be getting 543 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:49,680 Speaker 1: close to retirement, but not yet. Eight five five five 544 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:53,240 Speaker 1: six zero zero. I'm running any of the car Doctor. 545 00:27:53,240 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 1: I'll be back right after this. Hey, welcome back on 546 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:10,840 Speaker 1: any car Doctor eight by five by six zero. I 547 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:12,840 Speaker 1: was reading an article this week in motor Rag motor 548 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:15,480 Speaker 1: age magazine the trades as I like to call it, 549 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:19,240 Speaker 1: gentlemen by the name of Dave. Dave mccholt's m A 550 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:21,280 Speaker 1: C H C O l Z is a contribute editor 551 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:23,480 Speaker 1: to Motor Rage, and I've got it in front of me, 552 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:25,359 Speaker 1: and I just wanted to see if I can convey 553 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:28,159 Speaker 1: this to you, because it makes some great points about 554 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:30,800 Speaker 1: what we normally see here, what you might normally see 555 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:33,679 Speaker 1: as a very simple subject. Right, how many people think, oh, 556 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:35,600 Speaker 1: I need to get tires on my car. It's just 557 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:37,480 Speaker 1: so simple. Let me just pop down and get them done. 558 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:40,480 Speaker 1: Dave starts and he talks about undercar service diagnostics and 559 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:43,560 Speaker 1: repair become more complex with advancements and vehicle weight reduction. 560 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:46,720 Speaker 1: Vehicle weight reduction, right, did you hear that technicians will 561 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:48,680 Speaker 1: we need to wear of industry standard equipment and best 562 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:51,440 Speaker 1: practices in order to correctly perform these services. He then 563 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:53,440 Speaker 1: goes on to talk about various and different things that 564 00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:55,680 Speaker 1: I can get the paper to turn. Here always happens 565 00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:59,240 Speaker 1: live on air. This is the real folks Um tire mounting. 566 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:01,160 Speaker 1: And I thought this was a great because I've just 567 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:04,280 Speaker 1: run into this. We just purchased a new wheel balancer 568 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:07,400 Speaker 1: in the shop. It's the second down in the Hunter line, 569 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:10,720 Speaker 1: the Hunter. Forget what it is, what the model number is, 570 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:13,400 Speaker 1: but it's got a it's it's got weight placement and 571 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:16,560 Speaker 1: laser guided this and that. It won't launch missiles yet. 572 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:19,680 Speaker 1: That's the that's the model aftermine. But um still at 573 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:22,240 Speaker 1: nine grand it was. It's a it's a big wheel balancer. 574 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:24,880 Speaker 1: And Dave goes on to talk about and he said, 575 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 1: an order to make wheel assemblies lighter. Are you ready 576 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:32,320 Speaker 1: for this? In order to make wheel assemblies lighter? Tom, 577 00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:34,000 Speaker 1: what what sort of material would you put into a 578 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:37,360 Speaker 1: wheel on a vehicle if you wanted to make it lighter? Plastic? 579 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:43,000 Speaker 1: Oh boy, Many manufacturers have moved to plastic cladded wheels 580 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:47,200 Speaker 1: to decrease overall wheel assembly weight. So wait a minute, now, 581 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:51,840 Speaker 1: so we're gonna make We're gonna take Wait a minute, 582 00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:54,640 Speaker 1: I started reading this, and I'm going you're telling me 583 00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:58,080 Speaker 1: we're gonna make plastic wheels, So you're gonna make the 584 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:02,600 Speaker 1: wheel wait less than the tire. Well yeah, but that 585 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:04,520 Speaker 1: isn't even the point. The point is in order to 586 00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:08,680 Speaker 1: make the wheel lighter, we're gonna start adding plastic components 587 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:11,920 Speaker 1: to the wheel, so it'll be a combination of plastic 588 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:15,120 Speaker 1: and metal. I'm taking this as that's gonna work really well. 589 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:17,120 Speaker 1: Where I go. We're thirty below zero in the winter. 590 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:21,200 Speaker 1: I wheel designs have also added expense, with some European 591 00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:23,760 Speaker 1: varieties priced over two thousand dollars a piece. What this 592 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:26,480 Speaker 1: means is that the old center clamp tire machine is 593 00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:28,760 Speaker 1: ready for the scrap pile or sailor donation to a 594 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:33,760 Speaker 1: restoration shop. So now everybody's gonna have to go out 595 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:35,520 Speaker 1: and buy all new tire machines. I just bought the 596 00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:38,160 Speaker 1: wheel balance or the tire machine I did three years ago. 597 00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:42,040 Speaker 1: That was ten grand. Uh. You know, it's just I'm 598 00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:45,640 Speaker 1: thinking about it as a shop owner, right, twenty dollars 599 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:48,760 Speaker 1: two pieces of equipment, not you know, state of the art, 600 00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:50,640 Speaker 1: but not top of the line because the level of 601 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:53,320 Speaker 1: vehicles that we see on a regular basis. You know, 602 00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:58,080 Speaker 1: you can spend fifty thou dollars on on on tire 603 00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:00,800 Speaker 1: and wheel balancers, you know, one of the each. Does 604 00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:03,200 Speaker 1: this mean you're going to need to one for the 605 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,400 Speaker 1: plastic wheels and one for the regular Well no, because 606 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:08,840 Speaker 1: the plaistic wheel tire machine will do the steel wheel 607 00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:13,719 Speaker 1: as well. Thank God for that. But you know the 608 00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:15,880 Speaker 1: days of it's like somebody will walk in and say 609 00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:17,720 Speaker 1: how much the mountain balance at tire and you tell 610 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:19,520 Speaker 1: them twenty five bucks and they look at you like 611 00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:22,200 Speaker 1: you're crazy. Uh you know, well I remember it was 612 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:24,400 Speaker 1: six dollars. Yeah, listen, I remember when getting across the 613 00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:26,760 Speaker 1: GW Bridge. What's the cheapest toll you remember on the 614 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:31,640 Speaker 1: GW Bridge toomb I think five? I remember five bucks. Yeah, 615 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:34,000 Speaker 1: it sounds about raid. I remember five bucks. I don't 616 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:37,400 Speaker 1: remember less than that. I also remember cents on the 617 00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:40,080 Speaker 1: Garden State Parkway. Yeah, I remember that quarters right, you 618 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:42,280 Speaker 1: would you would use your quarters and then throw them 619 00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:46,160 Speaker 1: into the basket on the side. Hope went in the basket, right. 620 00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:48,400 Speaker 1: And then when they put McDonald's on the Garden State Parkway. 621 00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:50,200 Speaker 1: Then you sort of didn't use the quarter for that. 622 00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:52,200 Speaker 1: Then you went and pot the cheeseburger that was a 623 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:55,840 Speaker 1: whole another that was college that was forty years ago. Um. 624 00:31:55,920 --> 00:32:00,840 Speaker 1: But yeah, I tied. Technology is changing and it's just 625 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:02,800 Speaker 1: one of the things that's changing about the car. So 626 00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:05,080 Speaker 1: look at your wheels if they look like they're not 627 00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:07,480 Speaker 1: rusting after seven years in New Jersey and all the 628 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:09,040 Speaker 1: chemical they put on the road with snow, and I 629 00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:11,320 Speaker 1: know we've beat up that this hour. Really well, probably 630 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:13,120 Speaker 1: they're made out of plastic if it's a late model 631 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:16,280 Speaker 1: something or other. And um, maybe just every repair shop 632 00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:19,280 Speaker 1: can't do tires anymore. It's it's really gonna be an 633 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:23,600 Speaker 1: interesting run from here on until the next fifteen years 634 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:26,200 Speaker 1: are gonna be really exciting in the world of automobiles. 635 00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:30,120 Speaker 1: Of course I'll be retired by then or something worse 636 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:35,640 Speaker 1: or something better. Um. In any event, zero nine zero zero, UM, 637 00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:37,960 Speaker 1: I should say. Also, wait, I just wanted to point 638 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,400 Speaker 1: out let me turn the page one more time. Great article, 639 00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:41,440 Speaker 1: like I see if I can find a way I 640 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:45,760 Speaker 1: get permission to reprint this. Um, we should call up Tom. 641 00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:47,320 Speaker 1: I want you to get ahold of this guy. He's 642 00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:50,720 Speaker 1: an instructor. Dave is an instructor for Toyota, Honda and 643 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:54,840 Speaker 1: General Automotive programs Suffolk County Community College in Selden, New York. 644 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:57,760 Speaker 1: He's an a s c Tech and an L one technician. Um, 645 00:32:57,840 --> 00:32:59,280 Speaker 1: he would be an interesting guy to talk to. I'm 646 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:00,560 Speaker 1: gonna shoot him in the mail and see if we 647 00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:02,400 Speaker 1: can get him on the show talking about some of 648 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:03,800 Speaker 1: the things, because then he goes on in the article 649 00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:07,560 Speaker 1: to talk about noise, vibration, harshness. Uh, they're using scopes 650 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:11,640 Speaker 1: to diagnose noise and vibration and some of the things 651 00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:14,959 Speaker 1: that are coming about because of technology and the changes 652 00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:16,880 Speaker 1: in the way in which we approached cars. So some 653 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:20,800 Speaker 1: good stuff. Nine zero running nay of the car Doctor 654 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:22,840 Speaker 1: and company will be back right after this to wrap 655 00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:33,520 Speaker 1: it up. Don't go away looking back on an end 656 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:37,880 Speaker 1: car Doctors. We Um, we want to Yeah, we want 657 00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:39,640 Speaker 1: to Okay, I know what we want to do. Um. 658 00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:41,440 Speaker 1: We want to finish out and close out this hour 659 00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:46,920 Speaker 1: with a couple of points of mentioned common sense. You know, 660 00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:49,240 Speaker 1: we've had more than a few instances in the last 661 00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:51,360 Speaker 1: couple of months, and it seems like it's getting to 662 00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:54,560 Speaker 1: be more and more that we're not thinking enough about 663 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:57,600 Speaker 1: vehicle maintenance basics. You know what, I get it. We 664 00:33:57,680 --> 00:34:00,560 Speaker 1: all think what we're driving as a rocket ship, and 665 00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:02,400 Speaker 1: you know, it'll take us from here to the moon. 666 00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:05,720 Speaker 1: The fact is they give rockets maintenance from time to 667 00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:07,920 Speaker 1: time too. And we've got to start to look at that. 668 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:10,960 Speaker 1: Winter is coming to the vast majority of the United States. 669 00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:14,359 Speaker 1: And if you're overseas, I'm sure there's harsh, harsh weather 670 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:17,960 Speaker 1: wherever you are. Um. You know what, take a minute, Uh, 671 00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:21,480 Speaker 1: simple things. Air the tires. Look at the wiper blades. 672 00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:24,120 Speaker 1: Are the wiper blades folded over? Uh? You know, are 673 00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:26,160 Speaker 1: they torn? When was the last time? And think about it, 674 00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:28,360 Speaker 1: the last time it rains? Could you see? You know 675 00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:30,279 Speaker 1: I'm guilty of it. I do the same thing, you 676 00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:32,239 Speaker 1: know what. The little shop truck I've been driving for 677 00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:34,680 Speaker 1: the last two weeks because I'm trying to fix everything 678 00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:36,600 Speaker 1: else that I own. UM, and I'm trying to put 679 00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:39,759 Speaker 1: the plow truck together for winter, which isn't ready yet. UM. 680 00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:42,120 Speaker 1: The shop truck I'm driving, I've got to clean the 681 00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:45,040 Speaker 1: glass sometimes, just cleaning the glass. I noticed last night 682 00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:48,680 Speaker 1: how dirty the windows were. You know, we're going into 683 00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:53,279 Speaker 1: the harsh weather time of year, and you can't wait 684 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:56,480 Speaker 1: till the last minute because weather is very unforgiving. Uh. 685 00:34:56,520 --> 00:34:58,920 Speaker 1: You know, it's an experience that once you experience it, 686 00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:02,680 Speaker 1: you understand it. So just take five minutes, just just 687 00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:05,080 Speaker 1: a note of caution, just to finish the show on 688 00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:06,880 Speaker 1: a little bit of a serious note that you know 689 00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:10,120 Speaker 1: it can become um tough weather conditions out there in 690 00:35:10,120 --> 00:35:11,960 Speaker 1: the next couple of three or four months until we 691 00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:14,320 Speaker 1: see springtime. Because yeah, unfortunately somebody has to tell you 692 00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:17,080 Speaker 1: bad weather is coming. Let's be ready for it. Let's 693 00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:19,600 Speaker 1: make plans. Let's make sure the vehicle is as good 694 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:21,879 Speaker 1: as shape as they possibly can be, and that way 695 00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:23,600 Speaker 1: we can get together each and every week like we 696 00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:26,160 Speaker 1: do now and have some fun talking about cars. I'm 697 00:35:26,239 --> 00:35:29,400 Speaker 1: Ronanading in the Car Doctor. The mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless.