1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:03,120 Speaker 1: Ron an Adian. They took about artificial intelligence is going 2 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 1: to repair cars, but I've started to think, based on 3 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:08,400 Speaker 1: what I'm seeing of late, that artificial intelligence is already 4 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:10,320 Speaker 1: repairing the cars because they're not doing a very good job, 5 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:12,600 Speaker 1: and it can't be real intelligence. It's definitely got to 6 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:28,480 Speaker 1: be made up. The Car Doctor. Good morning, Randy Hill. 7 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:31,480 Speaker 1: After you it's one or the other listening. It's it's 8 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:33,919 Speaker 1: morning after evening. I answered the phone at all time, 9 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:34,839 Speaker 1: twelve hours of the day. 10 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:37,879 Speaker 2: Welcome to the radio home of ron an Inian, the 11 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 2: Car Doctor. Since nineteen ninety one, this is where car 12 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:45,159 Speaker 2: owners the world overturned to for their definitive opinion on 13 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 2: automotive repair. If your mechanics giving you a busy signal, 14 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:50,880 Speaker 2: pick up the phone and call in. 15 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 1: The garage doors are open, but I am here to 16 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 1: take your calls at eight five five five six ninety 17 00:00:56,680 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 1: nine hundred and now he ys running. Hey, welcome everybody, 18 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 1: and thanks for getting together with us this weekend. I 19 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:08,320 Speaker 1: want to make a first of all, I want I 20 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:10,759 Speaker 1: want to start off here right as we are correctly. 21 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 1: You know this is not happy Memorial Day. You know 22 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:16,319 Speaker 1: I speak an honor of Uncle Stephen and all the 23 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:18,399 Speaker 1: veterans and all those that have gone before us, because 24 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 1: I just want to remind everybody this is not about 25 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: happy Memorial Day. It's not about barbecues and sales and 26 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 1: all the rest of the things that go on this weekend. 27 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 1: This is a solemn day. This is a this is 28 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 1: an observational day for those that made the sacrifice for 29 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: us to be here to have our day. You know, 30 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 1: it's that picture that goes around the internet about our 31 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 1: day at the beach is because of their day at 32 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 1: the beach, and it shows the kids of other generations 33 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 1: storming the shores in Vietnam, Korea and all the other 34 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 1: places that we've you know, gone and you know, Iraq 35 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 1: and so forth. So don't don't don't say happy Memorial Day, please, 36 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 1: I beg of you. It's it's it's a solemn day 37 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: of observation. So that being said, this is the car 38 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 1: doctor believe in a nine eight five five five six 39 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 1: zero nine nine zero zeros the oh number. We've actually 40 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: got Uncle Steve with us today. He's going to make 41 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 1: an appearance from the Great Beyond. As some of you 42 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 1: may know, Uncle Steve was my uncle, my father's brother 43 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 1: flew sixty three combat missions in the Second World War. 44 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 1: I he fifty one pilot out of foul Mire, England, 45 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 1: three thirty ninth Fighter Group. And he has been he 46 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 1: had been on the show more than a few times, 47 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 1: and he always had some great insight. We've gone back 48 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: in the archives and I think we actually found an 49 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 1: interview that aired originally in twenty thirteen, so we have 50 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 1: not heard it in ten years, and it should be 51 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 1: a goodie. Tom tells me. It runs long, like Uncle 52 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 1: Steve always would. I can never get him to understand 53 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:41,919 Speaker 1: cues and timing. But he didn't care. But then again, 54 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:43,920 Speaker 1: it was uncle Steve. You didn't care either, right, You 55 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 1: just you were happy to have him, and he was. 56 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 1: He was pretty hot on this one. Yeah, very funny. Yeah, 57 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:52,679 Speaker 1: he's well, you know, Uncle Steve was a funny kind 58 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 1: of guy. He you know, he always spoke his mind. 59 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 1: He and he was of that generation, right they And 60 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: you know, it's funny. The older I get and the 61 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:02,359 Speaker 1: more I look at the way of the world in 62 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:04,280 Speaker 1: the twenties and the thirties and the things led up 63 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: to the Second World War. And not to diminish any 64 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:09,079 Speaker 1: of the wars we've been in my God, they're all horrible, right, 65 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 1: but you look at what those kids went through at 66 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:14,959 Speaker 1: such a tender age, like even the kids today. It's 67 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 1: just it's amazing some of the things that you hear 68 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 1: about and they come out about and they talk about, 69 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 1: and we're just honored to have him and you know, 70 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 1: to have him be part of us as we continue. 71 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 1: Little did I know that, you know after he was 72 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:32,079 Speaker 1: gone he passed three years ago. Now was he lived 73 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: to the ripe old age of ninety five, you know, 74 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 1: he would still be with us by a digital means. 75 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 1: So we look forward to that in the second hour 76 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 1: starting this hour, by the way, this hour or the 77 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: second hour going to be given away a book Triumph Cars. 78 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: The first hundred years I've been reading this book. It's excellent. 79 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 1: It's got some really great color pictures and as a 80 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 1: matter of fact, it took me back to my roots. 81 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 1: Starting at page one hundred, they talk about the spitfire 82 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 1: and the GT six cars. I don't know if you 83 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 1: remember this, but the GT six was dubbed the Jaguar lookalike. 84 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 1: Jaguar all right, the Jaguar lookalike and Dirty Ernie had 85 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 1: a GT six plus. Now we called him Dirty Ernie, 86 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 1: not because he used bad words, although occasionally one would 87 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 1: slip out, but mostly because Ernie was always working on 88 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 1: his Triumph, which I guess was that's how you knew 89 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:22,719 Speaker 1: Ernie's Triumph was running. He was always working on it, 90 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:25,839 Speaker 1: side of the road, in his mother's garage, in front 91 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 1: of my house. It was just always. But one day 92 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:30,039 Speaker 1: we sort of got it sorted out. And there's a 93 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:33,360 Speaker 1: really great story about Dirty Ernie and some unsuspected young 94 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:36,839 Speaker 1: car mechanic from Mahwa High School that we ended up 95 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 1: going down to the Mawa Flats one hundred and thirty eight 96 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: miles an hour, and I think that's when Ernie got 97 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:42,160 Speaker 1: his first ticket and the cop said, how'd you get 98 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:43,720 Speaker 1: out to go so fast? And he pointed his finger 99 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 1: at me, and I went, whoops. But I learned a 100 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:48,719 Speaker 1: lot about carburetors that day. It was kind of fun. 101 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 1: So I think in honor of Ernie, I'm going to 102 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:53,039 Speaker 1: probably send him a copy of this book. But we 103 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:54,600 Speaker 1: want to send you a copy of this book too, 104 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 1: So if you've got a car question or a problem, listen. 105 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: If you if you own a Triumph and you're a 106 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 1: fan and officionado, this book is for you. It's got 107 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:04,479 Speaker 1: full color pictures giving the history of Triumph the last 108 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 1: hundred years, and it's really well documented and put together. 109 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 1: So we're looking forward to doing that this hour or 110 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 1: next hour, whichever the case might be. Like I said, 111 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:16,720 Speaker 1: uncle Steve is around. I've got some commentary, interesting stories 112 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:20,600 Speaker 1: about electric vehicles that are in the news this week. 113 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 1: And you know, it's just the insanity continues. And I 114 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 1: say it like that because I you know, listen, you 115 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 1: don't want me get political, and I'm trying not to. 116 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 1: I just keep looking at it, going where are we headed? 117 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 1: But that's neither here nor there. We had twenty twelve 118 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 1: Dodge Durango came into the shop this week that we 119 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 1: service the air conditioning on on Monday. You know, it's 120 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: difficult when you get an older high mileage vehicle. It 121 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 1: was twenty twelve, so it's you know, eleven years old, 122 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 1: and it had one hundred and thirty one thousand miles 123 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:52,039 Speaker 1: on it, and it had a laundry list. It had 124 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:54,039 Speaker 1: been in once before and here's the second time it 125 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:55,160 Speaker 1: came in, and it had a little bit of a 126 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:57,279 Speaker 1: laundry list of things that it needed that weren't getting 127 00:05:57,279 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 1: done because of dollars. And I understand that budget's a budget, 128 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 1: and it's funny when you have to fix the car. 129 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: And I won't say I fixed the owner, but you know, 130 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 1: I guess the bigger part of this job is to 131 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 1: educate people. It's to explain to them, you know, what 132 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 1: happens and why service the air conditioning change the oil 133 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: which was four months and two thousand miles overdue, and 134 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:21,599 Speaker 1: sent the car on its way. The car did not 135 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:24,279 Speaker 1: get home. It got seven miles from the shop and 136 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:28,480 Speaker 1: the water pump exploded and he was upset. And I 137 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: get it. I get he's upset. You know, it's not 138 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 1: fun right to have to deal with a tow and 139 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 1: rush hour traffic and I get all that. So here 140 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:40,040 Speaker 1: we are in our second or this is actually our 141 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 1: third date, he and I. We worked on it. We've 142 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 1: worked for him two times before, and we're just getting 143 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 1: to know each other and what to expect. And I 144 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:48,919 Speaker 1: always say that because part of the job of a 145 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:51,160 Speaker 1: good repair shop and a good mechanic, we're supposed to 146 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 1: manage expectations, right, We're supposed to, you know, here's what 147 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 1: you can expect, Here's what's going to happen. All right, 148 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 1: here's what you can reasonably see as an out come, 149 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 1: because everybody's got different perspectives and different comprehensions. And you know, 150 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:08,039 Speaker 1: my father used to do it this way, and my 151 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: mom used to tell me about that, and it's it's interesting. 152 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 1: I'll go out to I'll go out to a barbecue 153 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 1: or two this weekend, I'm sure, and I'll just sit 154 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 1: back and if they don't know me, I'll just listen 155 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 1: because everybody always starts talking about cars, and I just 156 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 1: kind of nod and smile and hear all the perspective. 157 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 1: Most of it's wrong, and you know, do what I do. 158 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,960 Speaker 1: But with Vaughan, the water pump blew up, and after 159 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 1: I would say a couple of tense moments, I finally 160 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:39,240 Speaker 1: got him to understand that putting refrigerant into a vehicle 161 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 1: will not cause a water pump to fail, unless the 162 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 1: water pump was going to fail on its own anyway. 163 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:48,280 Speaker 1: You know, there's a thing called time coincidence. You know, 164 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 1: I'll never forget. It's got to be twenty five or 165 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 1: thirty years ago. We had a customer come into the 166 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 1: shop and he was a semi regular, and I was 167 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 1: surprised at the outcome. But one day the car came 168 00:07:57,920 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 1: in for an oil change. It was a hot day 169 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:01,239 Speaker 1: in July. I put the driver's window down. The window 170 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 1: fell into the door, and he said, what'd you do 171 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 1: to my car? Well, I didn't do anything. I put 172 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 1: the window down, you know, And I always go back 173 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 1: to this in my mind, and I always I think 174 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:11,240 Speaker 1: I've mentioned this to you guys before that you know, 175 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 1: what do you do? You know, it's the next person 176 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 1: that hits the button's the next person that puts the 177 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 1: window down. It's the next person that pulls on the 178 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 1: door handle that you know, to open the door on 179 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 1: a cold day, and the plastic handle cracks and comes 180 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 1: off in your hand. And it happens. It happens in 181 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 1: hundreds of different ways. When I hire mechanics, one of 182 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 1: the things I always tell them is never fool around 183 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:33,719 Speaker 1: in and around or buy a customer's car for a 184 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:36,559 Speaker 1: variety of reasons. Number one, it's stupid. Number two, I 185 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:38,560 Speaker 1: don't want aybody get and hurt. Number three, I don't 186 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:40,199 Speaker 1: want to damage anything. We don't want to hurt the 187 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 1: customer's car. We don't want to We don't want to 188 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: give you know, coincidence, the opportunity to rear its head 189 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 1: and create a problem. Put a water pump in Vaughan's car. 190 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 1: We use the Chrysler Owi pump because on certain cars 191 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 1: I will only do OI. And we used a Chrysler 192 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 1: Owi pump on this vehicle and solve the problem. And 193 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:01,960 Speaker 1: I noticed when the old and came off, it was newer. 194 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:06,599 Speaker 1: It was not the original pump. And I waited for 195 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 1: him to show up, and we kind of went over 196 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:11,840 Speaker 1: it at the bench, and he was very rational and 197 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:15,120 Speaker 1: he kind of came back to you know, he understood 198 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:18,200 Speaker 1: why what happened happened, and he got it. He said, yeah, 199 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:21,559 Speaker 1: I understand there's no connection here. He made that contact. 200 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 1: He took the old water pump with him. He wanted 201 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:26,199 Speaker 1: to convince his wife, and I understand her position too. 202 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 1: You know what it's hard. You don't know this repair shop. 203 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 1: You don't know who we are, what we do. You 204 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 1: don't know the extremities we go to. You just see 205 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 1: you took your car in for this and then that happened. 206 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 1: You know, we hear those stories all the time, and 207 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 1: you wonder are any of them true? 208 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 3: Is it? 209 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 1: I'm sure some of them aren't sure. I'm sure there 210 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:43,040 Speaker 1: is carelessness, But you can't make a connection between a 211 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 1: water pump bearing failing and adding refrigerman to a vehicle 212 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 1: unless you want to really go out on a limb 213 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:50,680 Speaker 1: and say, well, the fact that now the AC compressor 214 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:53,720 Speaker 1: was turning on and running it it put added load 215 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:57,600 Speaker 1: on the water pump bearing. Yeah, but it should handle that, right. 216 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:01,600 Speaker 1: It's not like we modified the ad pressor to work 217 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 1: harder or change the way that it operates. That it 218 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:06,720 Speaker 1: shouldn't have any effect on that no bearing, no pun 219 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:12,360 Speaker 1: intended on waterpump operation. But I guess the point is 220 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 1: it's a question for you how well do you know 221 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:20,320 Speaker 1: your mechanic, How well do you trust your mechanic? How 222 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:22,440 Speaker 1: well do you react? 223 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 2: You know? 224 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 1: Or how badly do you react? You know what happens 225 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 1: and when? If you got a story I want to 226 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 1: hear it, you can give us a call here at 227 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 1: eight five five five six zero nine nine zero zero, 228 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:34,479 Speaker 1: or you know, drop us a line ron at cardoctorshow 229 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 1: dot com and we'll be glad to share with everybody 230 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:38,960 Speaker 1: up here on air with your permission. But you know, 231 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 1: it's it's a tough spot, right, It's you know, we 232 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:45,760 Speaker 1: all seem to want second opinions, or we see a 233 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:48,079 Speaker 1: lot of us seem to go to places in all 234 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:50,679 Speaker 1: walks of life, whether it's a mechanic or a restaurant, 235 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:53,560 Speaker 1: or a lawyer, a doctor, an Indian chief, whatever the 236 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 1: case might be. You know, yeah, I wasn't really happy, 237 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 1: but I keep going back because I know them. Yeah, 238 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 1: you know what, demand the best, the best, That's what 239 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:02,840 Speaker 1: I always say. And if you're not happy, move on. 240 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 1: But you know, there's stories out there and we're just 241 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:06,960 Speaker 1: curious to get him out on air because you know 242 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 1: what these situations and here's why I'm telling you. This 243 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 1: happened to everybody you know, and it's it's just going 244 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 1: to happen. It's part of the business. There's just going 245 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:18,840 Speaker 1: to always be that scenario. There's always going to be 246 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 1: that window that falls into the door for the next 247 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 1: guy that touches the button and puts the window down. 248 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:24,839 Speaker 1: There's always going to be that water pump that fails 249 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:27,319 Speaker 1: at random. And by the way, we found out the 250 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:29,960 Speaker 1: water pump was two years old, and we believe it 251 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,040 Speaker 1: to be of a cheaper quality. And that's a great 252 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 1: deal reason, a great deal of the reason why the 253 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 1: pump failed so fast Because the Durangos just seemed to 254 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 1: eat water pumps. They seem to be a big problem 255 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:42,559 Speaker 1: for those vehicles. So anyway, height five five five six 256 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 1: zero nine nine zero zero. Here to take your calls 257 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:46,439 Speaker 1: and answer your questions. I am Ron and Ende and 258 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: the car doctor, and I'll be back right after. 259 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:56,840 Speaker 4: This vehicle not taking you where you want to go, 260 00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:59,440 Speaker 4: Well call Ron. He's the expert at making your vehicle 261 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 4: take you where you need it. Eight five five five 262 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 4: six zero nine nine zero zero. And now back to Ron. 263 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 1: You know, I'm sitting here and I'm reading Triumph Cars 264 00:12:07,679 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 1: one hundred years and I turned to the page that 265 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 1: says t R four A. You know, Triumph may have 266 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 1: been responsible for creating a generation of mechanics all by themselves. 267 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 1: When I think about those cars, because they were they 268 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:23,560 Speaker 1: were repaired often usually on the side of the road. 269 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:26,080 Speaker 1: So just you know, and I love Triumphs. I think 270 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:27,680 Speaker 1: they were great. They were really neat little cars for 271 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:30,560 Speaker 1: kids in high school. They were neat that you learned 272 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 1: an awful lot. But boy, the reliability factor was something 273 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:36,559 Speaker 1: that left a lot to be desired. We're giving away 274 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 1: a used book, No it's not a used book, but 275 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:41,000 Speaker 1: it's a book of thumbing through it. It's a used book. 276 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 1: Oh no, we're going to send them a fresh copy. 277 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:45,040 Speaker 1: Oh no, this this copy is actually gonna go to 278 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 1: Dirty Arnie. This is my press copy. Tom, I'm actually 279 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 1: gonna send this to Dirty Ernie, and I'm gonna address 280 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:52,200 Speaker 1: it to him as such. Cool and highlight the page 281 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 1: about the GT six Plus and the GT six Plus. 282 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 1: They made a lot of GT six is all right? 283 00:12:57,360 --> 00:12:58,959 Speaker 1: So there was a GT six and then there was 284 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 1: a plus and the plus the race version or a 285 00:13:01,559 --> 00:13:04,720 Speaker 1: modified version of Triumph with special carburetors for the street. 286 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 1: And I can still remember some high school hijinks with 287 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:10,440 Speaker 1: Ernie and the Ernie and the Triumph finding out how 288 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 1: you can slide around corners. Did you know it's seventy 289 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 1: five miles an hour. That's where the tires break loose 290 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:16,199 Speaker 1: and you can kind of slide around corners, make it 291 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 1: a right angle turn. And a whole other conversation not 292 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 1: for here, not within the reach of children. Let's go 293 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 1: over to the phones as I get out of this, 294 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 1: Let's go over and talk to Sammy from York PA 295 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:28,960 Speaker 1: on one. Sammy, welcome to the car. Doctor, sir, how 296 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:34,240 Speaker 1: can yeah, the tales of sordid youth, right, so exactly, so, 297 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:36,080 Speaker 1: how can I help you today? Kid? How's the how's 298 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 1: your power steering issue? 299 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 5: It is back to normal now with your your guidance 300 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:45,440 Speaker 5: and what to look for. Walk me to the autow 301 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 5: off dilemma I had with them? Not able to explain 302 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:53,000 Speaker 5: what I was buying? Right, and you filled me in 303 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 5: on that and be able to get in there and 304 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:57,839 Speaker 5: talk to the car, talk to everything except in the 305 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:01,000 Speaker 5: power steering module, which she said, yeah it is. It's 306 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:04,320 Speaker 5: going to be in your communication line. So we tracked 307 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 5: the wiring harness down and we found found one place 308 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 5: where the white or the yellow with black stripe black 309 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 5: trace was just chomped straight through. 310 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 1: Yep. 311 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:17,840 Speaker 5: Yeah, And able to repair that and then hooked up 312 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 5: again and wouldn't talk. So we looked again, looked again, 313 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 5: looked again. Wow, look at that. It's chewed all the 314 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 5: way back here too. So we animals ordered an. 315 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 1: Animals seem to like that wiring. It's it's kind of neat. 316 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 5: They based covering the have one there or whatever it is. 317 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 1: You know, I was thinking about it. It's funny. I 318 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:41,640 Speaker 1: was thinking this week, I was thinking about your car, 319 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:44,640 Speaker 1: wondering how you made out, because I was we had 320 00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:47,920 Speaker 1: a vehicle come in that had some wiring chomping issues too, 321 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 1: because I said, I bet you Sam's going to find 322 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 1: some wires that were chomped through. And what we did 323 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:54,480 Speaker 1: with that car is what you should do with yours. 324 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:58,240 Speaker 1: We have some New Hampshire oil undercoating spray, so it's 325 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 1: in an aerosol can, so it's it's quick to use. 326 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:01,400 Speaker 6: You know. 327 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 1: It's for those spot jobs where you don't want to 328 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 1: do the whole car. You don't have to do the 329 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 1: whole vehicle. It's it's, you know, like a stand of 330 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 1: the size of a can of paint. But New Hampshire 331 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 1: Oil undercoating makes makes something called mouse out all right, 332 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:16,160 Speaker 1: So it's their rust inhibiting oil. It's their protective oil 333 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 1: with a with a predatory scent is what they call it. 334 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,040 Speaker 1: But basically it just has a smell to it that 335 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 1: drives predators away. And you could actually spray that in 336 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:29,200 Speaker 1: and around the chassis, in and around because the problem 337 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 1: is that module hangs low right, it's under the car, right, yeah, 338 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 1: So every time you see a square running under the car, 339 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,280 Speaker 1: you wonder. Yeah, they are they gonna you know, oh look, 340 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 1: here's a snack before I get back to the tree. 341 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:44,680 Speaker 1: So you know that would that would work for you too. 342 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:47,320 Speaker 1: You'd find more in for it New Hampshore Oil undercoating 343 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 1: dot com, but our NH Oil undercoding dot com. 344 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 5: That was my other question I was going to ask you, 345 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:55,080 Speaker 5: is if you had another we were going to get 346 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:58,360 Speaker 5: that road hon that road and tape. We couldn't get 347 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 5: it delivered in time for I only really got the 348 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:05,880 Speaker 5: got the connector, I think was Wednesday the Dodge the 349 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 5: Dodge dealer here could get it. And then Friday was 350 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 5: Friday evening we put it in yep, And that was 351 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:13,520 Speaker 5: the whole whole job in itself, just getting the because 352 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 5: it comes with six wires, uh three orange, free white, 353 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 5: different different thickness as a wire of different diameters. 354 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:21,240 Speaker 1: Isn't that great? 355 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 5: I guess? I guess that plugs you. Yeah, well you. 356 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 1: I don't understand why if they make the plug for 357 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 1: that application, why it doesn't have the correct gauge wire. 358 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 1: It makes no sense to me. And I see that 359 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 1: all the time, I really do. It's it's funny Chrysler 360 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 1: seems to be the worst at it in that whenever 361 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:42,680 Speaker 1: you order the connector, usually what happens is we will, 362 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 1: you know, we will just solder in a section and 363 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 1: reuse the Chrysler connector if the connector is good. Only 364 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 1: because we're at that point now with Chrysler's where you know, 365 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 1: we'll see them. It'll it'll call for a fourteen gauge 366 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:56,000 Speaker 1: wire and they'll sell us the connector with a twenty 367 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:57,680 Speaker 1: gauge wire in it. You know what good is that? 368 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 5: Yeah? You know these were twenty and it was chewed 369 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 5: so far back to the connector. I tried soldering it, 370 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 5: and it's it was just too close. I couldn't get 371 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:08,480 Speaker 5: a good grip on it. 372 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:13,560 Speaker 1: Which, right, No, I get it. I understand. 373 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 5: Mice are pretty tough around here. 374 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:19,120 Speaker 1: I don't know, Well, they're hungry monks, they're hungry. Listen, 375 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:21,920 Speaker 1: everybody's hungry. The economy is tough right now, right, nobody 376 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 1: can afford to eat. Uh So, But yeah, I would 377 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:28,200 Speaker 1: I would put some kind of protective coating under that, 378 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:31,639 Speaker 1: just because you know, if the car is sitting outside, 379 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:35,440 Speaker 1: even if it's in a garage, right, you know, it's 380 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:37,600 Speaker 1: it's it's just going to continue to happen in the future. 381 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:39,760 Speaker 1: That seems to be a common problem with those vehicles. 382 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:41,960 Speaker 1: And I think it's because the module hangs low and 383 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 1: the wiring hangs low. 384 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:47,720 Speaker 5: And you know, it's just funny. My daughter has a 385 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:52,719 Speaker 5: twenty ten Explore any Bauer and we had emissions problems 386 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:55,560 Speaker 5: on that and I found one above the gas tank 387 00:17:55,840 --> 00:18:01,480 Speaker 5: road and chewed through the bent tube, right, So you know, 388 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:03,400 Speaker 5: sign up having to repair that earlier. 389 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:06,399 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's animals are hungry. They sure have changed their 390 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 1: reading habits. Then again, maybe they knows, maybe they know 391 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:10,120 Speaker 1: that some of the food we eat today really isn't 392 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 1: great for us anyway, So Sam, I appreciate the call, sir, 393 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:15,800 Speaker 1: and I appreciate you getting back to us. Good look 394 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:18,560 Speaker 1: in the future, and remember check out anych oil undercoding 395 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 1: dot com. You're looking for mouse out in the aerosol spray. 396 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:23,399 Speaker 1: Easy to apply. I'm ronning any in the car doctor. 397 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 1: I'll be back right after this. Welcome back. Let's get 398 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:53,240 Speaker 1: over to line two and talk to the colonel down 399 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 1: there in Delaware ninety four Ford two point fifty. Welcome 400 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 1: to the show, sir, How can I help? 401 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:04,399 Speaker 6: Yeah, bro, that's for HD two fifty Okay, yeah, okay. 402 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:08,639 Speaker 6: Bought it brand new back in ninety five, had it 403 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:12,200 Speaker 6: built for tour. Two months after I got it hard 404 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 6: decided to ask Scoop but if once I resided from 405 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 6: the military by then, so I could not ride it 406 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:18,640 Speaker 6: hard and push it hard to the things never worked. 407 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:21,720 Speaker 6: Bottom line, it's really just been been around the around 408 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:24,160 Speaker 6: the town car to the supermarkets and stuff like that. 409 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 6: So there's no strain on a one hundred three thousand 410 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:29,120 Speaker 6: miles on it. One driver me and my wife when 411 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:32,960 Speaker 6: she paves. Anyways, started getting a little bit of a 412 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 6: whiplash on the steering about a year ago of ninety 413 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:41,000 Speaker 6: nine thousand on it at the time. Have a mechanic, 414 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:44,240 Speaker 6: local mechanic, retired forward mechanic thirty something years in the 415 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:46,920 Speaker 6: local Ford dealership, built his own place. So I had 416 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:49,680 Speaker 6: him go ahead, among other things and do what he 417 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:52,200 Speaker 6: did with his magic. And I know there's a last 418 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:56,560 Speaker 6: adjusting screw with a locknut on top of the steering box. Now, 419 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:59,640 Speaker 6: my steering box is the standard Ford model. I think 420 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:02,439 Speaker 6: if a three bolt cap right, and the only the 421 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:05,359 Speaker 6: only other one they offer is that big heavy duty 422 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:07,840 Speaker 6: job for the ambulances and the r v's and whatever. 423 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 6: But I've got the standard one. 424 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:14,720 Speaker 1: Online, okay, And what does this exactly do, sir? Is it? 425 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:17,640 Speaker 1: Is it that it binds it, the steering wheel doesn't return, 426 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:20,480 Speaker 1: it clunks, it makes noise. What what's what are the 427 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:21,640 Speaker 1: actual symptoms? 428 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:24,480 Speaker 6: It's the only symptom I got is going back and 429 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 6: forth trying to keep a straight line. When I first 430 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:28,920 Speaker 6: had the truck, because I've had it since brand news 431 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:33,560 Speaker 6: since ninety five, steer it straight line, maybe correct quarter 432 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:35,000 Speaker 6: of an inch this way and maybe one hundred and 433 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:37,200 Speaker 6: fifty two hundred yards up the road quarter an inch back. 434 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:40,800 Speaker 6: But now she's all over the road, and sometimes she'll 435 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 6: get a whip going on it because of the looseness 436 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:45,680 Speaker 6: up front there, and you sort of have to hit 437 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:47,879 Speaker 6: the brakes and sort of bring her back into in 438 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:50,480 Speaker 6: the line like you do a mayor or a horror 439 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:52,720 Speaker 6: stallion going bringing the reins. 440 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:53,320 Speaker 1: Gotcha. 441 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:56,200 Speaker 6: So the mechanic, the mechanic ron did go ahead and 442 00:20:56,240 --> 00:21:00,720 Speaker 6: put about a quarter of a turn clockwise and then 443 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 6: lock the nut down again. Because as you know, the 444 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:06,200 Speaker 6: other steering box, the heavy duty one, has a counterclockwise 445 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:09,480 Speaker 6: last screw on the top of it counterclockwise threads. But 446 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:12,080 Speaker 6: this thing has got the straight the straight with clockwise. 447 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:14,400 Speaker 6: He put a quard of turn on and it did 448 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:17,679 Speaker 6: not seem to help it any Now there is no crunching, 449 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:22,879 Speaker 6: no snapping, no popping, noise, no nothing, no verbals, no harmonics, nothing. 450 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:26,000 Speaker 6: All I've had is this back and forth wandering all 451 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:27,600 Speaker 6: over the road to the point where the wife will 452 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:29,159 Speaker 6: not drive it now because it kind of scares are 453 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 6: a little bit, and I understand that, but I'm getting 454 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:33,280 Speaker 6: a little concerned. I'm kind of big and ugly, so 455 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:34,880 Speaker 6: I fight in the way most problems, but I can't 456 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 6: get this one to go away, So I don't want 457 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:38,359 Speaker 6: to start overtightening on it. 458 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:41,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, no, I get you. So what you're talking about 459 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:44,439 Speaker 1: is you're talking about a sector shift adjustment. That's what 460 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 1: that is. And if you can imagine, there's a worm gear, 461 00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:51,160 Speaker 1: which is a cylindrical style gear, and then the sector 462 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 1: is actually the gear that changes direction. It changes the 463 00:21:56,359 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 1: direction of your force to steer the vehicle from horizontal 464 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 1: to right. So so when you turn that screw, you're 465 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:09,359 Speaker 1: actually pushing the sector into the worm gear more right. 466 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:12,240 Speaker 1: The problem is, what if that's not where the where 467 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:15,880 Speaker 1: or the problem exists, So let me let me, let 468 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:17,200 Speaker 1: me say it like this, and I'm not going to 469 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 1: pull punches because you know, I want to get to 470 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 1: the I want to get to the bottom of it. 471 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:22,600 Speaker 1: I can't go back thirty years and say, well, this 472 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:24,960 Speaker 1: is what it was when it was new, all right. 473 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:28,800 Speaker 1: My memory is most of those trucks steered fairly well, 474 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:32,360 Speaker 1: all right, they weren't. They weren't terrible out of the factory. 475 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:34,200 Speaker 1: There were ways to make them better, but they weren't 476 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:35,159 Speaker 1: terrible to begin with. 477 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:38,720 Speaker 6: So you know, my second one, this was my second one, 478 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:41,480 Speaker 6: in all honesty, I had an eighty six that she 479 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:42,200 Speaker 6: was a hot rod. 480 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 1: Yeah well yeah, and you know so. So my first 481 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:47,040 Speaker 1: thing is I want to make sure that we're not 482 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:50,000 Speaker 1: too tight on the box that we've created damage. Because 483 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 1: the gears in there are fairly soft. You can actually 484 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:56,399 Speaker 1: dent them, all right, and create a and create a 485 00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:00,080 Speaker 1: you know, an impression, so to speak, and they'll at 486 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:01,960 Speaker 1: least little bit of a dent in the gear will 487 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: magnify out in terms of sloppiness and the steering, and 488 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:07,960 Speaker 1: you're always over compensating. So you've got to consider that, 489 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:11,159 Speaker 1: all right. And there is an actual torque spec and 490 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:15,840 Speaker 1: a pole procedure, which can be accomplished using a fish 491 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 1: scale all right, applied to the Pittman to measure you know, 492 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:22,080 Speaker 1: torsional loads. So it's not difficult to do if you 493 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:23,399 Speaker 1: want to go through that, unless you want to go 494 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:26,639 Speaker 1: back to the field method. There is a company out there. 495 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:30,360 Speaker 1: I can't think of their name. It's read something red Phoenix, 496 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:34,560 Speaker 1: red River. They rebuilt steering boxes for all the truckers 497 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:37,879 Speaker 1: and everybody seems to love them. I haven't used them personally. 498 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:40,160 Speaker 1: I had a friend to it. I had a friend 499 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 1: use them for his dodge and he was very happy. 500 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:44,919 Speaker 1: And he's about as fussy as it gets. He's the 501 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:47,919 Speaker 1: Felix Unger of steering boxes, so he you know, if 502 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 1: anybody was going to be a fusspot, Mike would have been. 503 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:51,960 Speaker 1: And Mike was very happy with how that came out. 504 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 1: I'm sure you could google them and find find them 505 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:58,040 Speaker 1: to you know, if you wanted to get a rebuilt boxer, 506 00:23:58,119 --> 00:24:04,080 Speaker 1: get this box, rebuilt steering well, no, listen, I get it. 507 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:08,399 Speaker 1: Steering box, steering box aside, what causes a vehicle? What 508 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:12,160 Speaker 1: causes us to overcompensate? I want to tell you that 509 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:15,640 Speaker 1: that particular generation f two fifty. I don't think that's 510 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 1: the case with you, but I want to mention it 511 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:20,640 Speaker 1: had a lot of upper steering column problems, all right. 512 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:25,360 Speaker 1: The the the the column itself had failures the steering 513 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:27,879 Speaker 1: shaft coming off the wheel. If it was a tilt 514 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 1: column would would bind and over and cause you to oversteer. 515 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 1: They would also have problems with the lower shaft. This 516 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,639 Speaker 1: is a twin ibeam front suspension. Correct, What GVW is 517 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:41,920 Speaker 1: this truck? Yeah? Okay, right, so you know, we've got 518 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 1: to consider steering column, we've got to consider box. And 519 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:47,520 Speaker 1: I'm sure he's done this, but I just want to 520 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 1: make sure we don't over you know, we don't want 521 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:53,320 Speaker 1: to miss a step. You know. Has he disconnected tyrod 522 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:55,359 Speaker 1: ends and you know, up in the air and just 523 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:58,920 Speaker 1: rotated the wheels side to side just to see is 524 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 1: there any sort of rotational drag and the ball joints themselves? 525 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:03,640 Speaker 1: All right? 526 00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:07,680 Speaker 6: Yeah, well prior to this, prior to this, he had 527 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 6: literally replaced all my huge on my joints. Okay, because 528 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 6: that's that forward mess where they put the lifetime lubricated 529 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 6: joint ball joints on you. If you put a lifetime. 530 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 1: Join right, so then I depending upon how he did that. 531 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 1: I'm not picking on anybody, but I've learned this from experience. 532 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:28,560 Speaker 1: If you don't press those right going into the beam, 533 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:32,600 Speaker 1: you know, they should move freely, all right. I've had 534 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:35,679 Speaker 1: situations where not pressed correctly, or they go in a 535 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:39,160 Speaker 1: little bit of an angle, they will pinch and they 536 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 1: will have load on them and they will bind and 537 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:43,640 Speaker 1: you will be fighting against that. So I come back 538 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:46,080 Speaker 1: to my original statement, can you move that? Can you 539 00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:48,119 Speaker 1: move the ball joints side to side in the smooth 540 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:50,040 Speaker 1: rotational manner? All right? 541 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:53,399 Speaker 6: I did have I did have some flashing going on 542 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:55,399 Speaker 6: prior to the fix, because that's what got me on 543 00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:57,000 Speaker 6: the front end of the truck in the first place. 544 00:25:57,359 --> 00:25:58,480 Speaker 6: I asked them to take a look at that, and 545 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:01,960 Speaker 6: that's what he found. That both tie rode ends, the 546 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:05,200 Speaker 6: both of all joints, the sealed ones. I should say on, uh, 547 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:07,280 Speaker 6: we're not we're not doing well. 548 00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:09,520 Speaker 1: Okay, So so we want to look at that. We 549 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:12,040 Speaker 1: want to look at the lower steering shift that where 550 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:15,040 Speaker 1: the you joint is, where the coupling is is it 551 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:17,080 Speaker 1: is it rusted or corroded? I mean, I'm sure it's 552 00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:20,320 Speaker 1: been replaced I'm guessing, but you know I don't want 553 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:23,879 Speaker 1: to leave anything out, all right. And then the last 554 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 1: thing for the front end. If you were to dry 555 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:29,560 Speaker 1: steer this in the parking lot or dry steer it 556 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:31,480 Speaker 1: on a drive on rack, this is where a drive 557 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:34,760 Speaker 1: on rack would come in handy, Do we see anything moving, 558 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,040 Speaker 1: particularly the bushings on the inside of the I beams, 559 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:42,119 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, the cross beams, all right, do we You 560 00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:45,480 Speaker 1: know I've seen the rubber bushings wrought out and create 561 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:48,239 Speaker 1: all sorts of you know, competentory maneuvers that you have 562 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:50,280 Speaker 1: to well, let's adjust it here, and we can't get 563 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:52,560 Speaker 1: this to come out of it, you know. Just that's 564 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 1: part of a front end check on those vehicles, all right, 565 00:26:56,720 --> 00:27:00,200 Speaker 1: A little bit yep, yep, yep. And then what what 566 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:03,919 Speaker 1: what's the alignment? Do you have a print out of 567 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:08,439 Speaker 1: the alignment? Where's castor I would pay particular? Is it 568 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:09,560 Speaker 1: is cast or inspec? 569 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:13,119 Speaker 6: Yep? I had it done added Ford Garage with the 570 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 6: Ford certified the fun end machine. 571 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:16,919 Speaker 1: Okay, so it was. 572 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 6: It wasn't something that Mommy Pops, which is nothing wrong 573 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:21,960 Speaker 6: with momm and Pop worked on in mom and Pop. 574 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:25,360 Speaker 6: But I wanted to stay with Ford because the dealership 575 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:26,919 Speaker 6: I bought it from is right within about a mile 576 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:28,600 Speaker 6: and a half of me. So I've always gone back 577 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:31,600 Speaker 6: there except this recently when I had this cellar. 578 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:35,480 Speaker 1: Every time, but you saw the print out, the print 579 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:38,520 Speaker 1: out said spec is this. It's well within spec. So 580 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:41,000 Speaker 1: you've got a green You've got a green in report 581 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:44,199 Speaker 1: in your hand. Yeah, okay. Then the last thing I'm 582 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:45,840 Speaker 1: going to tell you to look at as goofy as 583 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:51,080 Speaker 1: this sounds, is body mounts, uh cab not cab and 584 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:54,280 Speaker 1: box mounts. And also look at the look at the 585 00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:58,080 Speaker 1: rear leaf springs. Is there anything odd about them? All right? 586 00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:01,200 Speaker 1: A bad a bad leaf bring in the rear of 587 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:04,600 Speaker 1: a truck will cause that vehicle to overdrive the front end. 588 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:07,920 Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, all right, it did. I had him put 589 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:09,960 Speaker 6: heavy duties on the back when I had it built 590 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:11,600 Speaker 6: up the fort I had him put heavy duties on 591 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:14,000 Speaker 6: and I've been under there since then because we had 592 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,240 Speaker 6: a severe squeaking problem when it was first built and 593 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:19,160 Speaker 6: and it ended up being fixed with a good heavy 594 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:21,160 Speaker 6: spray of silicon and all the rubbers, so that took 595 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:23,360 Speaker 6: that problem away. But it has been inspected to had 596 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:25,720 Speaker 6: hands on it and there's no no problem back. 597 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:29,120 Speaker 1: Okay. Then I've got to think it's between the boxes 598 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:32,760 Speaker 1: over adjusted, or it's something with the front ball joints 599 00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:35,320 Speaker 1: causing you to play excess force. Is there a steering 600 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:40,360 Speaker 1: damper on this vehicle? No, okay, then it's nuts and bolts. Brother, 601 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:43,360 Speaker 1: it's it's somewhere between the conversation. You and I just. 602 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:48,000 Speaker 6: Had always wish it would be easy, don't we. 603 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:51,360 Speaker 1: You gotta go back over the steps. That's the best 604 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:54,440 Speaker 1: dancer I got, Colonel, all right, gotta gotta go back 605 00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:57,080 Speaker 1: over the steps because somebody missed something somewhere. And I'm 606 00:28:57,120 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 1: betting it's the box is over adjusted as part of it. 607 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:01,480 Speaker 1: And I'm betting the ball joints are too tight, and 608 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:04,360 Speaker 1: that's the other part. So but consider everything I said, 609 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:05,840 Speaker 1: and by all means, give us a call. Let us 610 00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:08,080 Speaker 1: know what fixes it. Eight five five five six zero 611 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:10,480 Speaker 1: nine nine zero zero. The car Doctor's back right after this. 612 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:24,080 Speaker 1: Welcome back, name of the card doctor. Let's get over 613 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:26,440 Speaker 1: to Let's go to Virginia. Talk to Jake. Jake Hey 614 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:31,440 Speaker 1: making out with your one raft for what's the story, Doctor. 615 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:34,160 Speaker 3: Ron de Carlogy, Doctor Rona Carlo. 616 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:35,920 Speaker 1: Ron, Is that you yes, sir, sure is. 617 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:40,440 Speaker 3: Just just being a wise guy. Yes, all right, making 618 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:43,880 Speaker 3: out making out really will. After I talked to you, 619 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:48,040 Speaker 3: I had a number of issues that one had made 620 00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:52,280 Speaker 3: a number of repairs to the dealer and it would 621 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:56,520 Speaker 3: not pass. I am for omissions. I found out the 622 00:29:56,560 --> 00:30:00,000 Speaker 3: problem and it's one that you've talked about afterwards. All 623 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:03,720 Speaker 3: always use original parts. It's okay to say, Dan so, 624 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:07,480 Speaker 3: Uh that solved the problem. 625 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:10,320 Speaker 1: Yeah what what what what were what? What was it? 626 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:11,560 Speaker 1: The air fuel sensors or. 627 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:13,280 Speaker 2: Yeah? 628 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:16,720 Speaker 3: What I did is I tried to, you know, go 629 00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:20,400 Speaker 3: go the low money route and uh replace them with 630 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:26,440 Speaker 3: some Chinese knockoffs. They have sensors, no two sensors, and 631 00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:30,720 Speaker 3: they weren't they weren't registering. Once I put the dentis 632 00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:34,040 Speaker 3: in everything, everything was on target. 633 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:39,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's it's really amazing. It's it's I I I 634 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:42,440 Speaker 1: cringe anytime I hear of of you know, well, I 635 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:46,360 Speaker 1: bought my parts on Amazon. You know there's no there's 636 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:50,080 Speaker 1: no accountability on Amazon in that sense. All right, it's 637 00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:52,520 Speaker 1: you know, I tell this story again and again. We 638 00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:55,560 Speaker 1: we continue to go to class and different things, and 639 00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:57,600 Speaker 1: one of the ones we attended a few years back. 640 00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:00,480 Speaker 1: It still rings true today that you know, the conversation 641 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:03,400 Speaker 1: with the parts houses when you purchase a part like 642 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:06,880 Speaker 1: a denso that's you know, distributed here in the States 643 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:09,920 Speaker 1: by normal means it. You know, when when the park 644 00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:12,600 Speaker 1: goes bad, you've got some recourse. When the park goes bed. 645 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:14,360 Speaker 1: With the Amazon piece, well, you've got to send it 646 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:18,840 Speaker 1: back if it came from China, and if imagine if 647 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:21,040 Speaker 1: there was a lawsuit issue, all right, if it was 648 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:22,960 Speaker 1: a break part and you had to you know what 649 00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:24,320 Speaker 1: you can do. You're gonna go find the guy in 650 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:27,440 Speaker 1: China and sue him. You know, it's a it's an issue. 651 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:29,920 Speaker 1: It's you're you're right, you get what you paid for, right, 652 00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:33,239 Speaker 1: you went rock bottom, but now you understand and uh, 653 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:34,800 Speaker 1: you know, I'm sorry you had to go through that. 654 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:39,200 Speaker 3: But it's running well now well yeah, oh, it's running 655 00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:40,880 Speaker 3: runs like a new car and has one hundred and 656 00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:43,680 Speaker 3: thirty five thousand miles on it. Right, made in Japan, 657 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:45,000 Speaker 3: which is a good sign. Yep. 658 00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:47,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, the Jay, the Jet well isn't. All the toyotas 659 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:50,400 Speaker 1: are good, but the Jay, the j series toyotas, the 660 00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:53,200 Speaker 1: Japanese made toyotas were just you know a notch above. 661 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:57,120 Speaker 1: They really were so good stuff. Hey, listen, stay on 662 00:31:57,160 --> 00:31:58,880 Speaker 1: the phone. Tom gave me the thumbs up. We're gonna 663 00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:00,440 Speaker 1: be sending out Tryumph. 664 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:02,400 Speaker 3: Go ahead, real quick, could I say one more thanks? 665 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:03,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, real quick. 666 00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:06,760 Speaker 3: I just wanted to salute all the numbers of the 667 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:11,400 Speaker 3: military for Memorial Day, especially want to salute the ones 668 00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:14,880 Speaker 3: people think about the war dogs. Four thousand war dogs 669 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:18,240 Speaker 3: were left in Vietnam. Two hundred war dogs were left 670 00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:27,160 Speaker 3: in Afghanistan, saluting First Sergeant Perry Money, Frank Merreck, and 671 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:33,800 Speaker 3: Captain William Putney war dog handlers. They did, they saved 672 00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:34,800 Speaker 3: a lot of hoaks. 673 00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:38,160 Speaker 1: Well, listen, we appreciate that sentiment, Jake, We really do, 674 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:41,360 Speaker 1: We really do. Listen, stay on the line. Tom and 675 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:44,240 Speaker 1: I decided we're sending you out Triumph Cars one hundred years. 676 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:46,840 Speaker 1: Stay on the line, let Tom get your information. We'll 677 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:49,320 Speaker 1: be sending that out to you. And we're happy to 678 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:51,560 Speaker 1: happy to have you part of the Car Doctor family. 679 00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:54,040 Speaker 1: And thanks for thanks for being here today. Triumph Cars 680 00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:55,680 Speaker 1: one hundred years. It's on your way to you, Jake, 681 00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:57,360 Speaker 1: and you have a good rest of the weekend. I'm 682 00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:59,120 Speaker 1: on an aiding in the Car Doctor we're back right 683 00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:17,600 Speaker 1: after this. Welcome back Ronning the Card Doctor. A quick 684 00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:21,560 Speaker 1: piece of email from Lorenzo ron longtime listener to your podcasts. 685 00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:23,000 Speaker 1: And by the way, yeah, we should point out this 686 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:27,200 Speaker 1: radio show is on podcasts. After it's done broadcasting around America. 687 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:30,280 Speaker 1: It goes out to the podcast indicator. You'll find it 688 00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:32,160 Speaker 1: at iHeart dot com as well as many others. But 689 00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:34,120 Speaker 1: you can just Google search ron on Adian podcast and 690 00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:36,040 Speaker 1: it comes up, and you know, aid yourself to the 691 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:38,000 Speaker 1: podcast stream and the Card Doctor is always with you 692 00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:41,080 Speaker 1: or wherever you go. Anyway, long time listening to your podcast. 693 00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:43,800 Speaker 1: Wife's twenty one buick envision with eight thousand miles through 694 00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:45,560 Speaker 1: a check engine light the other day connected to my 695 00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:48,160 Speaker 1: twenty plus year old in Nova code reader, which was 696 00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:49,880 Speaker 1: a good one back then with live data and got 697 00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:51,959 Speaker 1: the code P eighteen e nine. The next day when 698 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:53,320 Speaker 1: we set out to take the car to the dealer, 699 00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:55,400 Speaker 1: check engine light was out, but took the dealer anyway, 700 00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:56,720 Speaker 1: gave service right of the code and he said it 701 00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:59,320 Speaker 1: could be a brand specific thing. I told him Iova 702 00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:01,520 Speaker 1: did ask the carbrand was, but he said that you 703 00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:04,760 Speaker 1: generally can't go by a diagnostic tool as old as mine. 704 00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:06,520 Speaker 1: I don't agree with that. If you were going in 705 00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:09,799 Speaker 1: on OBD two, Lorenzo, then that it shouldn't matter that 706 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:12,279 Speaker 1: should pick it up as a straightaway as long as 707 00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:14,960 Speaker 1: it's been even if there was a software update, it 708 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:17,960 Speaker 1: would have to have a software update to communicate, which 709 00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:19,480 Speaker 1: it did, so I would have to say that the 710 00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:22,160 Speaker 1: tool is capable and accurate. He asked if any liquid 711 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:24,239 Speaker 1: had been spilled on the button shifter and said that 712 00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:25,640 Speaker 1: we should wait to see if the life pops up 713 00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:27,719 Speaker 1: a second time. Bottom line, is it time for a 714 00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:29,759 Speaker 1: new code reader? And keeping under three hundred dollars? What 715 00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:32,279 Speaker 1: do you recommend? You know, we got to stop looking 716 00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:34,279 Speaker 1: at dollars, Lorenzo. Here's what I want you to do. 717 00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:38,200 Speaker 1: Get out to launch TECHUSA dot com. All right, you know, 718 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:40,640 Speaker 1: spend five hundred dollars. You might spend a little bit more. 719 00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:43,680 Speaker 1: They've got some really great handheld scan tools for under 720 00:34:43,680 --> 00:34:45,759 Speaker 1: one thousand bucks. You know, you got to stop with 721 00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:47,640 Speaker 1: the three hundred dollars for a scan tool. You know, 722 00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:49,440 Speaker 1: maybe that worked twenty years ago, but look at what 723 00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:52,400 Speaker 1: you're working on now, and at least with some of 724 00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:56,040 Speaker 1: the better quality do it yourself scan tools that are 725 00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:58,839 Speaker 1: out there today, especially like what's available from Launch Launch 726 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:02,160 Speaker 1: techusa dot com. You're gonna be able to upgrade software 727 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:04,160 Speaker 1: and hang on to it for at least under twenty 728 00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:06,600 Speaker 1: if not longer. With the way cars are going, they're 729 00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:09,040 Speaker 1: only gonna change. You need something that's gonna grow with 730 00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:11,720 Speaker 1: you as best as it possibly can. Watch tech usa 731 00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:14,360 Speaker 1: dot com. I appreciate the letter. I'm ronnin Ady and 732 00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:15,840 Speaker 1: the car Doctor. Thanks for being here un till the 733 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:25,160 Speaker 1: next time. Good mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless.