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Speaker 1: Ron and Nannian. It was that kind of a week.

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Speaker 1: I was doing a lot of things upside down and backwards,

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Speaker 1: which I'm sure a lot of you can relate to,

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Speaker 1: because sometimes it seems that's how your week goes, right

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Speaker 1: the car Doctor. Most mechanics tell me the O b

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Speaker 1: D one system work work looking well, it wasn't. It

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Speaker 1: wasn't as high tech as the O b D two.

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Speaker 1: But you know what, I can't sit on my rear

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Speaker 1: end and say, well, it's not O b D two.

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Speaker 1: I can't diagnose it. I'm a mechanic. That's what I'm

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Speaker 1: supposed to do. Welcome to the radio home of Ron

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Speaker 1: and Anian the Car Doctor, since this is where car

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Speaker 1: owners the world overturned to for their definitive opinion on

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Speaker 1: automotive repair. If your mechanics giving you a busy signal,

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Speaker 1: pick up the phone and call in the garage to

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Speaker 1: orders are open. But I am here to take your

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Speaker 1: call at eight five five six and now he running. Hey,

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Speaker 1: we've got another busy hour of Car Doctor and for

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Speaker 1: you today is we're gonna talk about a lot of

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Speaker 1: different things. We've got Harsh Gobin of launched launch Tech

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Speaker 1: hour to talk about batteries and testing batteries and some

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Speaker 1: of the changes in that technology. We've got the phones,

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Speaker 1: rolled it up and backed up, and right now I

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Speaker 1: that happened in the shop this week. It was an

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Speaker 1: interesting commentary, and I just want to bring up one point.

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Speaker 1: So we looked at a car. We you know, the

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Speaker 1: car was way overdue for its oil change, and I'm

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Speaker 1: not sure why. I think, well, I know why the

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Speaker 1: husband's in trouble with the wife, because Maggie kept telling Paul,

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Speaker 1: bringing in, bringing and bring it in, and you know,

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Speaker 1: he didn't. And it finally came in about five and

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Speaker 1: a half, almost six months overdue. And I did the

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Speaker 1: oil change. I did this one myself, and when I

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Speaker 1: looked at it, I did my usual due diligence, walked

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Speaker 1: around and kicked the tires, put up in the air,

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Speaker 1: wiggled everything, and did my usual look at everything. And

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Speaker 1: or bed. The two uppers the rubber boots are split,

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Speaker 1: and the one lower on the right side. You know,

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Speaker 1: when I wiggled the wheel, it's not supposed to go clunk,

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Speaker 1: and then it needs tires, right, it needs at least

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Speaker 1: two tires, and I probably recommend four plus an alignment,

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Speaker 1: because now the car is unsafe. The two tires are

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Speaker 1: worn down to the tread bars, and we're going into winter,

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Speaker 1: and it's just not gonna be a great time to

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Speaker 1: And when I explained all this to the customer, her

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Speaker 1: till after I pay property taxes. And I understand that,

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Speaker 1: you know what, if you don't have it, you don't

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Speaker 1: have it. But by the same token, do you have it?

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Speaker 1: All right? It's it's not, you know. And the point

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Speaker 1: I'm trying to make is it's a safety thing, all right.

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Speaker 1: We all as human beings, we all have the ability

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Speaker 1: to find it somewhere. We We've got the ability to

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Speaker 1: dig money out of the couch cushions when we absolutely

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Speaker 1: have to bald tires and bad ball joints, When the

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Speaker 1: moment you go digging in the couch cushions. That's the

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Speaker 1: moment when you go out on the credit card for

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Speaker 1: more than thirty days if you have to, because you've

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Speaker 1: got to keep the car safe. I'm gonna close it here.

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Speaker 1: Story is not that much longer than that, and to

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Speaker 1: you're putting away a hundred a hundred and fifty two

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Speaker 1: the car, you know, on the water heater, on whatever,

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Speaker 1: something breaks around the house. You've got to have an oh. Fund.

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Speaker 1: leave it there. So because safety knows no limit, there's

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Speaker 1: car doctor, sir, How can I help? How you doing? Run?

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Speaker 1: You have me a little concern about your daughter's transmission.

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Speaker 1: But I just well, when it is at two down

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Speaker 1: does it have a transmission filter? And now i'm the

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Speaker 1: But regardless, there's no filter that gets changed as part

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Speaker 1: straighten out your lifestyle. Okay, I'm gonna say I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: say it like that, all right. You know you want

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Speaker 1: you change it, it's already too late, right, the damage,

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Speaker 1: did mom make chicken soup? Okay? Did you ever? Do

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Speaker 1: same thing with trans fluid. It wears out. Now you

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Speaker 1: can't put there's no editors you can put in transfluency.

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Speaker 1: causing damage somewhere else. So well, it's like, say it

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Speaker 1: runs fine and stuff. But you know, I thought, you know,

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Speaker 1: he changed it, and he's written down like eighty town.

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Speaker 1: I know you say sixty town. But should I go ahead?

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Speaker 1: And do you like the system where they flushed the transmission,

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Speaker 1: like to use the word exchange exchange is softer, alright,

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Speaker 1: an adjustment. All right, Uh, you know it's a little softer.

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Speaker 1: I like to let the fluid do the work. Listen.

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Speaker 1: Automatic transmission fluid, by definition and by design, is generally

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Speaker 1: to break all that particulate off inside the trans and

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Speaker 1: where's it gonna go. It's gonna start the clark orifice

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Speaker 1: fail from fluid change. But it happens. Um, I still

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Speaker 1: think it's something worthwhile. I still think it's something you

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Speaker 1: But if I'm really dealing with a dirty fluid, dirty

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Speaker 1: what does that transmission to have a filter or doesn't

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Speaker 1: I believe there's an internal screen, but it's not something

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Speaker 1: only gonna change it if you pull the trans out

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Speaker 1: and split the case, all right, So it's not something

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Speaker 1: trans out, so it kind of doesn't need it. No,

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Speaker 1: I got another question. I'll let you go and appreciate

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Speaker 1: get get it changed again, what what do I ask

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Speaker 1: them to put forward transmission fluid back in it? Or

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Speaker 1: how would you say? You say, I'm your customers say run,

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Speaker 1: I need transmission fluid. Hey, Mike, I need you. I

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Speaker 1: need you to change the trans fluid on my own

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Speaker 1: nine escape. Can you tell me? Can you tell me

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Speaker 1: I need fluid that meets the manufacturer specification, all right.

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Speaker 1: And the reason I say manufacturer only because every once

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Speaker 1: said we'll sell you a half a million transmissions. Uh

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Speaker 1: With the addition of the additional modules, there's more demand

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Speaker 1: How do you test a battery today? Well, believe it

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Speaker 1: key to the run position and walk away and and

427
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Speaker 1: you you can watch where the voltage is after after

428
00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:06,080
Speaker 1: five or ten minutes, right, yeah, And actually that is

429
00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:10,280
Speaker 1: a very accurate um um methodology to test the battery. UM.

430
00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:15,800
Speaker 1: The you're basically simulating the conditions of driving and running

431
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Speaker 1: and putting a load on the battery. So gives you

432
00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:22,560
Speaker 1: a real world scenario. So you know, we had carbon pile,

433
00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:25,919
Speaker 1: We've got the idea of voltmeter and loading it and

434
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Speaker 1: then watching voltage and then I don't know, it seems

435
00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:33,000
Speaker 1: like fifteen years ago or so the industry just kind

436
00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,320
Speaker 1: of got away from the carbon pile load idea. We

437
00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:40,960
Speaker 1: just went to other methods mechanical or mathematical algorithms and

438
00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:46,919
Speaker 1: and so forth. How come the carbon pilot tester was

439
00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:49,159
Speaker 1: not too dependable, used to break down a lot and

440
00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:52,040
Speaker 1: shops used to invest a lot of money into carbon

441
00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:56,000
Speaker 1: and piload tester um unit, so it was very expensive

442
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Speaker 1: to repair and and also didn't have that the major

443
00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:04,480
Speaker 1: crucial element of a print out that you basically deliver,

444
00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:07,440
Speaker 1: deliver that results to the customers, you know, to give

445
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Speaker 1: them an idea of their battery. So that was one

446
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Speaker 1: of the reasons. And I feel the shift has gone

447
00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:16,159
Speaker 1: towards the conducting testing and the different devices of different

448
00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:22,280
Speaker 1: portable devices due to convenience, UM, portability and expandability. You know,

449
00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:26,240
Speaker 1: you mentioned portability and expandability. Talk about the bs T

450
00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,640
Speaker 1: three sixty, the new tool from launch. You know why

451
00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:31,439
Speaker 1: you know, first of all, why did you create the

452
00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:33,760
Speaker 1: clamp that clamp method, because that's what it is. It's

453
00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:35,960
Speaker 1: it's really kind of amazing. We use it in the

454
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Speaker 1: shop and it's just it's it's two battery clamps with

455
00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:42,919
Speaker 1: a cable and it works. Um, I think it's magic.

456
00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,240
Speaker 1: So talk about that for a second, because that's a

457
00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:49,480
Speaker 1: completely new idea for battery testing that's working absolutely, and

458
00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:53,239
Speaker 1: it's an evolution of the conducting testers that have been

459
00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:56,080
Speaker 1: around the last decade. So basically what we did there

460
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Speaker 1: is that we decided to just magnify the clamps and

461
00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:05,159
Speaker 1: just have positive and a negative clamp um. The reason

462
00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:09,200
Speaker 1: is everything sinks up. Back to the technology, everything sinks

463
00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:12,439
Speaker 1: up for the average consumer today with an application. Everyone

464
00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:15,840
Speaker 1: has a phone, most technicians have scan tool. So we

465
00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:20,320
Speaker 1: decided to to get away from the conductions test testing

466
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Speaker 1: device with the screen and the sprinter and everything, and

467
00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:25,840
Speaker 1: we just think it up with the technology apps such

468
00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:30,560
Speaker 1: as the Launch Exported scan tool or iPhone or androids

469
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Speaker 1: app application and then they're just using their Windows computer

470
00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:38,119
Speaker 1: whatever they're using as a printer or display screen and

471
00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:40,399
Speaker 1: it yet it's it's because it works really well and

472
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Speaker 1: the print out is nice. You know, the report so

473
00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:44,960
Speaker 1: much information. You know, you can you can choose Battery

474
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Speaker 1: Council Institute and a bunch of other standards on how

475
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Speaker 1: you want to rate the battery uh to see you know,

476
00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:52,399
Speaker 1: if it doesn't have good you know, is it a

477
00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:54,560
Speaker 1: good battery you're not UM, But then some of the

478
00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:56,760
Speaker 1: other information that it's providing down in there, and then

479
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Speaker 1: it gets into did I see And I haven't done

480
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Speaker 1: it yet because the tool is new to us, but

481
00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:05,720
Speaker 1: did I see that it does start testing too? Is

482
00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:09,119
Speaker 1: that on there as well? Yes? Correct? One step further

483
00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:13,320
Speaker 1: after the initial battery test UM with the crank of

484
00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:17,040
Speaker 1: the vehicle, you can get a starter and UM charging

485
00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:22,200
Speaker 1: system tests, alternator tests and then did use the health

486
00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:24,560
Speaker 1: all status of those other two components in the vehicle,

487
00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:26,919
Speaker 1: the starter and the alternator right right, and it does

488
00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:30,200
Speaker 1: an alternator test as well. And then I was you know,

489
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Speaker 1: I was impressed. I mean, we used it on our

490
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Speaker 1: our launch scan tool, but you know, then I was

491
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Speaker 1: impressed because then there's an app that it goes right

492
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Speaker 1: on my droid phone, So you know, I don't need

493
00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,920
Speaker 1: I don't need a scantel necessarily to use it, absolutely,

494
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Speaker 1: and that opens up the whole demographic. This tool is

495
00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:50,560
Speaker 1: not only for professional technician. UM. While it suffices for

496
00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:54,720
Speaker 1: professional technician in the shop setting, it's also easy. It's

497
00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:57,280
Speaker 1: easy to use for the average consumer, the average car owner.

498
00:25:57,359 --> 00:25:59,520
Speaker 1: They could have it in the club box right right.

499
00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:05,080
Speaker 1: Battery charting system tests anytime they want, and it's relatively inexpensive,

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Speaker 1: I believe. Correct. We're running about dollars retail really through

501
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Speaker 1: one of our various distributors. You know, I look at

502
00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:16,920
Speaker 1: the technology that's there, and I would have bet dollars

503
00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:22,080
Speaker 1: to donuts it was a three tool. Um. Well, you know, yeah,

504
00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:25,040
Speaker 1: it really that really does because it's it's really amazing

505
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Speaker 1: what that tool does for a hundred bucks. Um. I

506
00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:30,879
Speaker 1: gotta tell you, as a shop owner, the nicest part,

507
00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:32,879
Speaker 1: there's a lot of nice things about it, but one

508
00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:35,680
Speaker 1: of the nicest parts is the fact that the print

509
00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:37,159
Speaker 1: out and you get to hand the customer, you know,

510
00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:39,240
Speaker 1: that piece of paper and go, hey, your battery was bad,

511
00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:42,000
Speaker 1: you know, and here's the reason why, and the print

512
00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:44,760
Speaker 1: out shows you that. So well, you know, listen, we're

513
00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:47,480
Speaker 1: in that age, right, We're in that age where everybody wants, uh,

514
00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:50,080
Speaker 1: they want information. We're in the information age obviously, and

515
00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:54,320
Speaker 1: testing the battery is now gotten uh into this century.

516
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Speaker 1: So that's one thing, um that I think distinguishes us

517
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Speaker 1: here at Launch to launch um product development and product

518
00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:06,600
Speaker 1: teams is we're also always looking to add value for

519
00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:09,000
Speaker 1: for the d I Y segment. And the average consumer.

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00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:12,119
Speaker 1: You know product yeah, as you just mentioned, is the

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Speaker 1: free information age, and you know we need it and

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00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:17,760
Speaker 1: we needed to tip of our hands right exactly. So well,

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Speaker 1: I think everybody, I think everybody can understand that, and uh,

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00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:23,520
Speaker 1: you know it's it's it's everybody. Everybody will get a

525
00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:26,520
Speaker 1: battery tester, harrass work and the listeners find more information.

526
00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:29,440
Speaker 1: The clock is gonna grab us real quick. You can

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Speaker 1: find more information at www dot launch tech USA dot com.

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Speaker 1: Cool beans, horresh, we'll talk again, babe. Thanks, thanks for

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Speaker 1: coming on the show today. You're very welcome to You're

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Speaker 1: welcome rondating the Car Doctor. I'll be back right after this.

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538
00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:18,120
Speaker 1: Patrick Illinois up next four teen camera in a soft

539
00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:22,480
Speaker 1: break pedal, Patrick, what's going on here? Describe it? Um

540
00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:27,439
Speaker 1: So when I pushed on my brakes. Uh, the pedal

541
00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:29,000
Speaker 1: doesn't go all the way to the floor, but it

542
00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:34,880
Speaker 1: does a good distance. And when I drive my wife's accord, man,

543
00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:37,520
Speaker 1: you barely touched that brake pedal and you can tell

544
00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:40,800
Speaker 1: the brakes are hitting. Um. I had my brakes done

545
00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:44,560
Speaker 1: by a mechanic about a year ago, and I really didn't,

546
00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:48,720
Speaker 1: you know, think anything of it. To me, It's just normal. Um.

547
00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:51,760
Speaker 1: But when my wife drives that, she's like, I'm scared

548
00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:53,680
Speaker 1: to drive your car because I feel like I can

549
00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:56,360
Speaker 1: we hit something. And I didn't know. You know, do

550
00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:58,800
Speaker 1: they the brakes need to be bled maybe they didn't

551
00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:04,280
Speaker 1: bleed them, or um, the fluid is at the max level. Um,

552
00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:06,560
Speaker 1: I don't know what else to check on. All right,

553
00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:09,320
Speaker 1: so let's let's talk about this. Are you the original

554
00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:13,000
Speaker 1: owner on the car? Yes, I am, okay, So when

555
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,520
Speaker 1: you first got the car, where the brake satisfactory? They

556
00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:21,600
Speaker 1: worked okay? Yeah? Different, different, different than they do now, yes,

557
00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:25,040
Speaker 1: I would say different. And then what did this mechanic

558
00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:30,800
Speaker 1: do a year ago? Pads and rotors, pads, rotors, calibers, calibers,

559
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:35,520
Speaker 1: calipers also okay, and since and since then, it just

560
00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:43,280
Speaker 1: doesn't feel right. Um, yeah, it's a little soft. Yeah, definitely. Okay.

561
00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:47,720
Speaker 1: And have you taken it back to him? Um? I

562
00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:51,360
Speaker 1: have not. I didn't think anything of it until you know,

563
00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:55,440
Speaker 1: my wife said something about it last week. Um, you know,

564
00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:58,320
Speaker 1: and so I probably need to take it back and

565
00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:01,840
Speaker 1: talk to him. But I didn't really. I drive a

566
00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:07,480
Speaker 1: lot of highway miles, so I don't notice. I didn't notice. Hey, listen,

567
00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:11,640
Speaker 1: don't don't feel bad for not noticing. All right, you noticed, now, okay,

568
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:16,600
Speaker 1: don't don't beat yourself up. Never apologize, right, Um, you know,

569
00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:18,880
Speaker 1: as as Gibbs says, right, it's a sign of weakness.

570
00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:20,360
Speaker 1: I don't know if I agree with that, but I

571
00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:23,280
Speaker 1: get it. I don't I understand what he's saying. Uh,

572
00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:25,600
Speaker 1: you know, listen, take it back. It could be it

573
00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:28,040
Speaker 1: could be a defective new caliper. It could be the

574
00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:31,440
Speaker 1: systems not bled properly. All right, now, now some of

575
00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:34,719
Speaker 1: this could be. And here's here's like my biggest nightmare

576
00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:37,640
Speaker 1: when I do breaks is I get the car that

577
00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:42,680
Speaker 1: had a seized rear brake caliper, all right, and it

578
00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:44,800
Speaker 1: was seized in such a way that it just allowed

579
00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:47,520
Speaker 1: it to apply the break, but it didn't really retract

580
00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:51,520
Speaker 1: like it should. And you know it's funny as a

581
00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:54,400
Speaker 1: caliper starts to bind and see sometimes it tends to

582
00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:56,880
Speaker 1: give the car a better brake pedal than it normally

583
00:30:56,960 --> 00:30:59,680
Speaker 1: has because it drags the break a little bit and

584
00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:02,720
Speaker 1: it's it's like right there on the rotor. And then

585
00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:05,360
Speaker 1: you give them four new calipers or two new calipers

586
00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:07,440
Speaker 1: and pads and you bleed everything and the pedals just

587
00:31:07,560 --> 00:31:09,800
Speaker 1: a little softer because now it's got a little bit

588
00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:13,640
Speaker 1: of gift to it. You know, it's it's the real number.

589
00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:15,440
Speaker 1: Is is it like it was when it was new?

590
00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:18,040
Speaker 1: Or is it worse? And that's really what we're shooting

591
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:25,720
Speaker 1: for here. So UM, I replaced the pads and rotors myself,

592
00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:30,120
Speaker 1: um a couple of times before I had them do it.

593
00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:32,200
Speaker 1: And the reason I took it in to have someone

594
00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:36,440
Speaker 1: do it is, uh, they were the rotors were warping,

595
00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:41,400
Speaker 1: um and I'd get a heavy vibration and I decide,

596
00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:44,320
Speaker 1: you know what, I'm gonna have a professional look at

597
00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:46,880
Speaker 1: it because what I'm doing is not working. Yeah. Well

598
00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:48,120
Speaker 1: and it could have it could have all It could

599
00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:50,360
Speaker 1: have also been the brand of rotor you're putting on there.

600
00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:52,480
Speaker 1: How many miles are on this kar Patrick, real quick.

601
00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:56,720
Speaker 1: You know the other thing, the other issue we could

602
00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:58,520
Speaker 1: have here is because the clock is gonna grab me.

603
00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:01,200
Speaker 1: Let me just say this. Let go through bleed the system.

604
00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:03,840
Speaker 1: Look at the calipers, everything dry, everything as it appears.

605
00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:07,400
Speaker 1: Is there anywhere is there anywhere in the pivot linkage

606
00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:10,840
Speaker 1: of the brake pedal assembly itself? Is there something wrong

607
00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:14,080
Speaker 1: with the linkage going into the booster such that there's slop,

608
00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:17,040
Speaker 1: you know, there's playing the linkage and as you step

609
00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:20,160
Speaker 1: on the pedal, it takes that extra you know, eighth

610
00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:22,080
Speaker 1: of an inch for it to make contact with the

611
00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:25,280
Speaker 1: back of the booster and apply the brakes. Listen, let's

612
00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:27,520
Speaker 1: start with the basics. Let him go back over what

613
00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:29,840
Speaker 1: he did and his shop worths assault is obligated to

614
00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:31,880
Speaker 1: do that, and he should. If you have any questions,

615
00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:33,560
Speaker 1: If you still don't have it solved the way you want,

616
00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:35,480
Speaker 1: call me back next week. I'm here for you, all right,

617
00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:39,680
Speaker 1: But get him looked at. Yeah, stay on, stay on

618
00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:41,200
Speaker 1: the phone. Let me pull over and take this pause.

619
00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:42,800
Speaker 1: We'll finish it up when we come back. I'm running

620
00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:44,680
Speaker 1: any of the car. Doctor will return right after this.

621
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:57,440
Speaker 1: Welcome back, running in the car. Doctor here bringing it home.

622
00:32:57,520 --> 00:32:59,480
Speaker 1: Let's go back to Patrick and Illinois. Patrick, you had

623
00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:03,320
Speaker 1: a question real quick bib Yes, uh, when I pulled

624
00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:06,280
Speaker 1: into a parking lot or hit a bump, a good

625
00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:09,400
Speaker 1: size bump. It's very charring. I didn't know how long

626
00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:18,040
Speaker 1: struts laughted If I should look at replacing my struts? Miles? Yes, simple, well, well,

627
00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:20,640
Speaker 1: simple test. Let's give it the knee test still works,

628
00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:23,280
Speaker 1: you know, go out, go out, take your knee bounce

629
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:24,920
Speaker 1: the front of the car bounced, the back of the car.

630
00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:27,600
Speaker 1: Does the car bounce you know, wildly? Does it? You

631
00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:30,120
Speaker 1: know it'll go up and down once twice, you know?

632
00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:32,040
Speaker 1: Or is it just does just sit there and keep

633
00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:36,600
Speaker 1: on rocking? You know if it keeps on rockingly, well

634
00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:40,440
Speaker 1: then it's not struts, you know, it's it's you know,

635
00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:42,360
Speaker 1: I would look at them. Are they leaking? Do they

636
00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:45,120
Speaker 1: look damaged? Or the springs? Okay? You know the other

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Speaker 1: thing it could be you could have an issue if

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Speaker 1: you've got is it nois or is it a sensation? Sensation?

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Speaker 1: You could have a bad lower control arm. Alright. The

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Speaker 1: lower control arms are notorious on those, especially the rear

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Speaker 1: bushing fail and they'll cause all sorts of you know,

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Speaker 1: it's it's like you'll hit the bump and the steering

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Speaker 1: wheel feels like it's gonna rip out of your hand.

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Speaker 1: Uh you know if it's yeah, it's it could be

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Speaker 1: oh boy, um, you know, and it's it's a it's

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Speaker 1: a bad Yeah, I know, it's it's funny how I

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Speaker 1: do that right? Um, you know, it's just it's bad.

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Speaker 1: Lower control arms usually. Just take a look at it now,

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Speaker 1: don't don't be be ready for the price, because if

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Speaker 1: it's the one I'm thinking of, the motor mounts have

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Speaker 1: to get pulled out in order to do the control

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Speaker 1: arm bolts, and um, it's every bit. It's yeah, it's

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Speaker 1: a little bit of work and a little bit of

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Speaker 1: finagling in order to get him out. We just did

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Speaker 1: a sit yesterday on an older camera that took every

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Speaker 1: bit a half a day between two guys, and one

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Speaker 1: day it took a couple of four or five hours.

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Speaker 1: So um, you know, once one side, now obviously that

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Speaker 1: was an older car. Two of the bolts were seized

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Speaker 1: and um, you know it took getting out the Gigantic

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Speaker 1: whereas we say, the gigundes snap on breaker bar and uh,

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Speaker 1: as two guys pulled on it, I never saw a

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Speaker 1: breaker bar actually moved twenty five degrees before it finally

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Speaker 1: broke the bolt loose. But now I know why I

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Speaker 1: have paid the price for snap On, because their hand

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Speaker 1: tools sure do take a beat. And so good luck yit. Patrick.

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Speaker 1: Let me know if you need more. Until the next time.

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Speaker 1: I want to remind each and every one of you

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Speaker 1: that I appreciate you being here. I'm running any in

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Speaker 1: the car, doctor, thanks for stopping by until that next time.

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