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Speaker 1: New means never ever worked. Now new means never ever worked.

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Speaker 1: And maybe it's not the right part because maybe somebody

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Speaker 1: the way that it was both the function man live.

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Speaker 1: This is a five speed manual trans or a five

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Speaker 1: speed automatic. Gary, Well, if you're putting it in any

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the radio home of ron and Nian the

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Speaker 1: Car Doctor, since this is where car owners the world

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Speaker 1: overturned to for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. If

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Speaker 1: your mechanics giving you a busy signal, pick up the

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Speaker 1: phone and call in the garage to orders are open,

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

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Speaker 1: five five and now he running. Hey, hey, hey, Ronny

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Speaker 1: in the car doct here here cooking along and ready

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Speaker 1: to go this hour six nine nine zero zero, here

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Speaker 1: to talk to you about your car problem. Whatever it

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Speaker 1: is you've got going on, a couple of great stories

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Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about this week. I've got the answer

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Speaker 1: to the why our spendometer is allowed to go up

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Speaker 1: it's an answer that really makes sense. We're gonna talk

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Speaker 1: also gonna talk about the missing extension quarter. I heard

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Speaker 1: having our usual car talk and JB was telling me

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Speaker 1: Grand Cherokee Diesel and why it wouldn't start this week

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Speaker 1: and the bitter cold, and um, it's a it's a

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Speaker 1: real shocker as to why, because it was the case

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Speaker 1: of the missing part. We're gonna talk about that, but

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Speaker 1: Let's go over and talk to Bill Brighton Michigan two

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Speaker 1: thousand two, Pontiac Grand Prix. Bill, Welcome back to the

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Speaker 1: Car Doctor, sir. Before we start, how cold is it

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Speaker 1: in Michigan today? As afraid you'd ask ron. It was

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Speaker 1: about five below when I get up this morning. We're

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Speaker 1: all the way up to eleven degrees at the moment.

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Speaker 1: Now is that windshill? Bill? Or is that? Oh? No, no,

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Speaker 1: we we got the fifteen windshill? Hello, jeez? Anybody going

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Speaker 1: and we're hanging out. Yeah, I can imagine. So what's

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Speaker 1: No superchargerd on the vehicle hundred thousand in this particular

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Speaker 1: motor code? Is a P one three six two crank

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Speaker 1: physition censor stuff? I thought that was ignition control module? Um,

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Speaker 1: have you done to it so far? Let's I wanted

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Speaker 1: to get your expertise before I dive in stainless as possible?

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Speaker 1: Are you getting a thirteen sixty one? No? I'm not,

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Speaker 1: And that's what bothered me. As they're supposed to come

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Speaker 1: together when you have a short Dan, let me ask

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Speaker 1: you this, Bill, have you well? Okay, let's do this

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Speaker 1: Let's let's start at the beginning. This can be a

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Speaker 1: You know, just because just because one hasn't set a

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Speaker 1: come back. No, I have not run. I've been so

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Speaker 1: see how we do here, right, And you've got my

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Speaker 1: email if you need me, right you know, ron ronnet

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Speaker 1: to Jerry in New Hampshire with some questions about han

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Speaker 1: to fit. Jerry, welcome. You're on with the car doctor.

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Speaker 1: How can I help run? I've got a remote saturn

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Speaker 1: me what what? What? What? Wayne? And Jerry? What's that

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Speaker 1: you bought this car used and you remote starter in it? Right?

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Speaker 1: there's a secondary battery to crank the starter. Well, they'll

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Speaker 1: turn over, okay, but it won't stop. I'll press the button,

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Speaker 1: key were in the ignition Jerry, Just so I understand that, right,

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Speaker 1: then I'm gonna think, do I have a security fault

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Speaker 1: that it won't allow the injectors to turn on? And

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Speaker 1: why do I have the security fault? Did? Is there

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Speaker 1: Did the programming change now normally it'll start and then

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Speaker 1: in the ignition. So unfortunately, you've really got to get

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Speaker 1: dashboard on the driver's side. There's gotta be an add

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Speaker 1: then google that. Now, maybe the installers not in business anymore,

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Speaker 1: any problems because my next question is how cold is

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Speaker 1: and what manufacturer. If the manufacturers around I guarantee you

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Speaker 1: It gives us all something to do. Tom, not so much? Yeah, Tom,

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Speaker 1: So how come a spedometer is allowed or designed to

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Speaker 1: their software called mode six. All right, you've heard me

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Speaker 1: talk about it before. I know you're I know, we've

427
00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:27,159
Speaker 1: made you a regular listener to the show, and we

428
00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:31,439
Speaker 1: appreciate that Mode six is. I think of it as

429
00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:36,159
Speaker 1: the assembly language that the machine uses to determine, you know,

430
00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:39,520
Speaker 1: where it stands. A computer always has to be testing.

431
00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:41,560
Speaker 1: It doesn't have the ability like a human being to

432
00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:45,480
Speaker 1: see or think, or touch or feel or smell. So

433
00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:50,080
Speaker 1: Mode six is where it does it's testing and contained

434
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Speaker 1: within Mode six there are tids and sids test I

435
00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:57,719
Speaker 1: D S component I D S and tids and sids

436
00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:01,879
Speaker 1: make up the various tests that the computer does in

437
00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:06,480
Speaker 1: the Mode six software section to determine which component is

438
00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:11,159
Speaker 1: working and how well is it working. So you can

439
00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:15,959
Speaker 1: actually get an engine to misfire and buck and break up,

440
00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:20,640
Speaker 1: for example. And it may be, depending upon the parameters

441
00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:24,000
Speaker 1: by which the software is written, that it may not

442
00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:27,480
Speaker 1: store a code to the point to turn the check

443
00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:30,920
Speaker 1: engine light on, but I'll be there. In mode six,

444
00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,159
Speaker 1: you can actually with a proper scanner, you can actually

445
00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:36,440
Speaker 1: read Mode six pass fail pass pass pass fail, fail fail,

446
00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:40,240
Speaker 1: that kind of thing when it when a computer runs

447
00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:45,480
Speaker 1: its monitor or self test for each individual system, it

448
00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:48,880
Speaker 1: then decides, okay, you know what I'm watching for missfire.

449
00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:51,960
Speaker 1: I'm watching for missfire. I'm watching for missfire. I saw

450
00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:53,960
Speaker 1: it skip, I saw it skip, I saw it skip.

451
00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:57,600
Speaker 1: Whatever it's software says, whatever the parameters are, and how

452
00:24:58,000 --> 00:24:59,840
Speaker 1: hard it's got to look, and how many times it

453
00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:04,600
Speaker 1: is that repetitive test when it hits that ceiling bang,

454
00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:08,359
Speaker 1: check engine lights on and stores a hard code. So

455
00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,400
Speaker 1: in your case, it may not have turned the light

456
00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:15,280
Speaker 1: on full time yet because it hasn't occurred with enough frequency.

457
00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:18,800
Speaker 1: But there's gonna be if you saw the light blink,

458
00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:22,960
Speaker 1: there'll be something in history as a pending fault. I'm sorry,

459
00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:26,000
Speaker 1: there'll be something in history, or there'll be something pending

460
00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:30,560
Speaker 1: as a fault, or there'll be something in mode six

461
00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:33,800
Speaker 1: on the other side of the screen, so to speak.

462
00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:36,640
Speaker 1: And that's what you want to look at. So, yeah,

463
00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:38,399
Speaker 1: you're gonna need a scant. Will take a look at that,

464
00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:40,080
Speaker 1: and then we'll kind of go from there. Now. I

465
00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:42,320
Speaker 1: know you did spark plugs. We talked about this a

466
00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:44,480
Speaker 1: couple of months back. I know you put plugs in this.

467
00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:52,480
Speaker 1: Did you happen to change the coil boots or the coils? Okay?

468
00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:54,359
Speaker 1: And I don't think you were having a problem. Was

469
00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:58,960
Speaker 1: more maintenance at that point, right right, Okay, So I'm

470
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Speaker 1: not saying every time you do plugs, just automatically do

471
00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:04,160
Speaker 1: coils and boots unless it's a very high mileage vehicle,

472
00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:08,040
Speaker 1: and I don't think yours is, is it? Yeah, that's

473
00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:10,320
Speaker 1: not a lot. That's not a lot. But you know,

474
00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:12,119
Speaker 1: I will tell you this, if you've had a lot

475
00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:14,639
Speaker 1: of rain. If you've had a lot of moisture in

476
00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:17,760
Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks when the problem started, pay

477
00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:20,399
Speaker 1: attention to the back to cylinders on the ford pick

478
00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:24,000
Speaker 1: them up trucks. I see issues with water drain off

479
00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:27,520
Speaker 1: the cowl and it will leak down onto the intake manifold,

480
00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:30,240
Speaker 1: it gets past that weather seal where the hood meets

481
00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:33,080
Speaker 1: the back of the cow and water will drip down

482
00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:35,080
Speaker 1: onto the intake and then work its way into the

483
00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:38,119
Speaker 1: spark plug wells. You'll find a misfire. You'll pull the

484
00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:40,800
Speaker 1: boot out, it's soaked with water, blow the water out

485
00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:44,159
Speaker 1: and the problem goes away. Just something to be aware of.

486
00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:45,679
Speaker 1: But yeah, get a scan tool and then we'll talk

487
00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:48,280
Speaker 1: about it after you get a code. Right on, right on.

488
00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:50,359
Speaker 1: But I appreciate that. But like I said, just just

489
00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:54,080
Speaker 1: you know, make sure run point when this action is occurring.

490
00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:57,239
Speaker 1: Like I said, it's almost like a red limited chip

491
00:26:57,359 --> 00:27:00,600
Speaker 1: in a race car. When it hits, it's every other

492
00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:04,879
Speaker 1: children and that life continually flashes during that occasion, right,

493
00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:10,520
Speaker 1: because ourring right, because that's that's the point at which

494
00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:14,480
Speaker 1: the misfires occurring. Then when the misfire occurs, the engine

495
00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:16,840
Speaker 1: starts to shut down because it's trying to prevent damage

496
00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:20,159
Speaker 1: to the catalytic converter. Okay, so that closing run, what

497
00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:22,400
Speaker 1: would you recommend I get for a scan tool? Take

498
00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:24,640
Speaker 1: a look at the c r P one nine. What's

499
00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:28,679
Speaker 1: my budget, Chucky? How much money do I have to spend? Okay,

500
00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:32,560
Speaker 1: take a look at the new Launch tool. Gosh, I

501
00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:35,560
Speaker 1: can't remember the I can't remember the model number. I'll

502
00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:37,640
Speaker 1: look up the model number. We'll talk about it either

503
00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:40,320
Speaker 1: later this hour or next hour, or if you send

504
00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:42,639
Speaker 1: me an email, I'll send you information. But Launch just

505
00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:46,960
Speaker 1: came out with a droid based version of their scan tools.

506
00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:49,080
Speaker 1: It's the latest and greatest. I think it's got a

507
00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:51,920
Speaker 1: street price in the eight nine dollar range, and it's

508
00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:54,520
Speaker 1: an awful lot of tool for the money. Um, you know,

509
00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:56,560
Speaker 1: if we didn't want to go that high, either the

510
00:27:56,680 --> 00:28:01,320
Speaker 1: CRP one or the one twenty three. But I don't know.

511
00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:04,280
Speaker 1: The Mode six capability is as good as some of

512
00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:09,159
Speaker 1: their higher end models. I like their stuff. Uh. You know,

513
00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:14,680
Speaker 1: if you can find an older o TC Genesis on eBay,

514
00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:18,080
Speaker 1: there's some great Mode six capability there. Because I think

515
00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:22,520
Speaker 1: to go buy a Genesis for as a do it yourselfer,

516
00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:24,720
Speaker 1: I think you're gonna find street price in the thirty

517
00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:28,399
Speaker 1: thousand dollar range, and I think that's just overkill. I

518
00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:30,920
Speaker 1: think a thousand bucks or less is probably where you

519
00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,800
Speaker 1: want to be for a do it yourselfer. Um, you know,

520
00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:36,440
Speaker 1: so between those two, those are the first two that

521
00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:38,480
Speaker 1: come to mind. And don't be afraid to take a

522
00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:40,480
Speaker 1: look at eBay and send me an email and say, hey, Ron,

523
00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:41,520
Speaker 1: what do you think of this? What do you think

524
00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:44,440
Speaker 1: of that? Because you know you'll find a repair shop.

525
00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:47,200
Speaker 1: A good repair shop is always upgrading their tools, and

526
00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:49,960
Speaker 1: sometimes they get rid of their older stuff and sometimes

527
00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:51,880
Speaker 1: there's still a lot of life left and older tools

528
00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:53,680
Speaker 1: that will do a lot of things for a weekend

529
00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:57,479
Speaker 1: warrior that are a professional shop just can't use anymore.

530
00:28:57,520 --> 00:29:00,520
Speaker 1: They need something latest and greatest. And I safe enough

531
00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:02,080
Speaker 1: to go to like an auto zone and throw the

532
00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:03,920
Speaker 1: guy ten bucks and put the computer on it and

533
00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:05,960
Speaker 1: see what it reads. Yeah you could, but you know what,

534
00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:07,680
Speaker 1: you're the kind of guy You're not gonna be happy

535
00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:10,880
Speaker 1: with that. You're gonna want to scantl I know how

536
00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:13,840
Speaker 1: you are from our conversation. All right, brother, Well, thank

537
00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:15,240
Speaker 1: you so much for taking the car Rod, you have

538
00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:17,960
Speaker 1: the greatest show. I tell you your spot on everything

539
00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,400
Speaker 1: you tell me. Thanks Chuck, we appreciate it. And and

540
00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:22,720
Speaker 1: good luck to you down there and you sailor everybody

541
00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:24,760
Speaker 1: in Texas. Waite car doctor get down there. One day

542
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:26,600
Speaker 1: we'll go see if we can do a hundred twenty

543
00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:29,800
Speaker 1: on the highway. Probably not for long. So let's wander

544
00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:33,040
Speaker 1: over and talk to Eric and Sebago main and some

545
00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:37,239
Speaker 1: questions about oh yeah, oh no, okay, I'm sorry. I apologize. Eric.

546
00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:39,800
Speaker 1: I'll tell you what state put. I didn't catch the clock. Um,

547
00:29:40,120 --> 00:30:11,120
Speaker 1: we'll be back right after this. Quick, quick, let's get

548
00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:13,000
Speaker 1: back on Eric, because I can see Tom's dancing in

549
00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:14,960
Speaker 1: the studio. Hi, Ron and any of the car doctor.

550
00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:18,320
Speaker 1: Let's keep this show uh at a family value level.

551
00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:21,120
Speaker 1: Eric from Tobago may and Eric, are you there, sir?

552
00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:23,320
Speaker 1: I apologize for that. I got caught up in the moment.

553
00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:25,959
Speaker 1: How can I help you? I am looking to get

554
00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:31,200
Speaker 1: an older Volvo x C seventy beat around more or

555
00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:35,520
Speaker 1: less looking at maybe oh two to five and what

556
00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:37,840
Speaker 1: they seem to have is a hundred and fifty two

557
00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:40,240
Speaker 1: hundred and seventy thousand miles. And I hear good things

558
00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:43,120
Speaker 1: about him. I've never had a car. I've always had trucks.

559
00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:45,960
Speaker 1: But except for lately the price of fuel, you know

560
00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:50,800
Speaker 1: what that's doing. But um, any reason why you would

561
00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:55,720
Speaker 1: singularly pick out a Volvo that your that your range

562
00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:58,440
Speaker 1: and models and so forth THEREK. I like the way

563
00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:02,440
Speaker 1: they look. I think they're handsome cars. And uh that's

564
00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:05,440
Speaker 1: not a very smart thing maybe to do. But I

565
00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:08,000
Speaker 1: have a good things about them. And I just wondered

566
00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:10,920
Speaker 1: what you know you've seen in the shop. And I've

567
00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:14,200
Speaker 1: heard issues off about the oil drive distribution can be

568
00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:18,560
Speaker 1: a problem in eve one Volvo. Volvo as a car

569
00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:23,720
Speaker 1: line is is a great car line if you have

570
00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:27,280
Speaker 1: the checkbook to go with it. All right, Um, I

571
00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:29,880
Speaker 1: was saying, I was saying to the boys when your

572
00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:33,240
Speaker 1: call came up on the screen during the break. You know,

573
00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:35,640
Speaker 1: we've got a customer with an oh three x C

574
00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:39,160
Speaker 1: seventy wagon and Reye had the car since new. We've

575
00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:42,720
Speaker 1: worked on it since new. And if the average car

576
00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:46,680
Speaker 1: after it's three years old is twelve hundred a year,

577
00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:50,680
Speaker 1: this car has grown to three grand thirty a year

578
00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:55,080
Speaker 1: in the last four years. It's it's just been a fortune. Uh,

579
00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:59,280
Speaker 1: you know, coil springs, rear shocks. We just had a

580
00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:02,440
Speaker 1: recent issue fuel pump. We've had problems with a B S.

581
00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:05,120
Speaker 1: We've had problems with the evap Matter of fact, the

582
00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:08,040
Speaker 1: one that just put it over the edge was the

583
00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:12,920
Speaker 1: evaporative emission fault that requires half the exhaust system to

584
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,760
Speaker 1: be pulled down for it to be replaced. And it's

585
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:18,080
Speaker 1: a thousand dollar repair and at a hundred thousand miles,

586
00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:19,680
Speaker 1: are just gonna get rid of the car because they're

587
00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:22,000
Speaker 1: just done. They're just tired of dealing with the expense.

588
00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:25,760
Speaker 1: Uh you know, safe car. Yeah, things built like a tank,

589
00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:29,440
Speaker 1: but it comes at a price. And and I don't know,

590
00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:32,040
Speaker 1: you know, I'm not trying to discredit the car line.

591
00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:34,440
Speaker 1: I think, yeah, you know what, you hit the nail

592
00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:36,480
Speaker 1: on the head. You like the car, look you think

593
00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:38,320
Speaker 1: you think it's a sharp looking car. You know what

594
00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:40,920
Speaker 1: always buy something you like is when it breaks, you

595
00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:45,560
Speaker 1: don't mind fixing it. It's just you know, um, you

596
00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:48,040
Speaker 1: gotta have the checkbook to go with it. Buying a

597
00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:50,440
Speaker 1: lot of them have you know, the front struts down

598
00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:53,400
Speaker 1: and the front bearings and stuff. I guess are they

599
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:56,960
Speaker 1: non serviceful bearings? Like everybody's gone to Uh. Yeah, and

600
00:32:57,080 --> 00:33:00,840
Speaker 1: you know everything is modular and everything just gets very expensive. Now.

601
00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:03,960
Speaker 1: By the same token, the other issue with Volvo is

602
00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:07,960
Speaker 1: that as you get into the emission control systems and

603
00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:11,600
Speaker 1: the onboard computers you've got, you've got to have dealer

604
00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:14,400
Speaker 1: level capability. You've got to have a very very very

605
00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:18,160
Speaker 1: good aftermarket scan tool, or you've got to have dealer

606
00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:20,320
Speaker 1: level tool in order to deal with that car, and

607
00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:23,400
Speaker 1: it gets to be pricey. So, you know, the first

608
00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:26,560
Speaker 1: half of the conversation is are there any issues. Yeah,

609
00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:29,680
Speaker 1: it's typical stuff, it's high mileage, it's older cars. Uh,

610
00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:32,080
Speaker 1: you know, is it worth it? Yeah, it's it's worth

611
00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:36,000
Speaker 1: it if you've got the checkbook. And from that perspective,

612
00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:38,040
Speaker 1: if you're looking for a down and dirty, four thousand

613
00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:40,320
Speaker 1: dollar beat or something to drive when you don't want

614
00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:42,200
Speaker 1: to drive the truck, or or you know, something you

615
00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:44,440
Speaker 1: want to go out to dinner in other than the truck,

616
00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:48,280
Speaker 1: you know what, start looking at an older Toyota, Honda

617
00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:51,040
Speaker 1: for GM, something along those lines. Let me know what

618
00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:52,600
Speaker 1: you fall in love with there, and then give me

619
00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:55,120
Speaker 1: a call back. I appreciate the call. Eric. I'm Ronanindy

620
00:33:55,160 --> 00:34:12,640
Speaker 1: in the car Doctor we're back right after this sn

621
00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:18,239
Speaker 1: real lad yellow Landy, time to stand out on it.

622
00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:28,239
Speaker 1: Welcome back on a nading of the car. Doctor. Let's

623
00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:30,720
Speaker 1: real quick sneak and one more Boris Ramsey, New Jersey.

624
00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:34,600
Speaker 1: Boris Irn, I've got a minute and a half. What's up? Yeah,

625
00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:39,280
Speaker 1: I have at Okay, what kind of vehicle is this, Boris?

626
00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:47,480
Speaker 1: It's a range miles just broken in. Listen to the

627
00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:50,040
Speaker 1: shop trucks at ninety seven Ranger V six five speed

628
00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:54,640
Speaker 1: uh West philometer stuck like in mid range. Yes, okay,

629
00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:58,799
Speaker 1: it's it's not a it's it's not that it needs

630
00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:01,640
Speaker 1: a new speed. Oh it may I doubt it. Um,

631
00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:04,240
Speaker 1: what you've got to do is have the cluster pulled

632
00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:08,440
Speaker 1: and taken to a spenometer cluster repair facility. Now you're

633
00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:10,800
Speaker 1: in Ramsey, New Jersey. I can tell you you're fortunate.

634
00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:14,920
Speaker 1: There's a place in Elmwood Park, New Jersey, Eastern Electronics.

635
00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:18,160
Speaker 1: They're out on the web at Eastern Electronics dot Us.

636
00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:21,520
Speaker 1: The gentleman's name is THEO. He's been there for years

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Speaker 1: and years and years. We use him at the shop.

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Speaker 1: He works very well. Um. He repaired the spendometer in

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Speaker 1: the shop Ranger two years ago for pretty much the

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Speaker 1: same problem. Um, it was a couple of bucks, it

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Speaker 1: wasn't terrible, and it didn't require the unit to be

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Speaker 1: you know, completely replaced. He was able to repair it.

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Speaker 1: So I would tell you to, uh, you know, get

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Speaker 1: the cluster pulled, give him a call, and um, you

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Speaker 1: know you can kind of go from there. Uh. If

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Speaker 1: you get out to the web, go out the Eastern

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Speaker 1: Electronics dot us, you will see that he has an

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Speaker 1: eight hundred phone number. Thanks. I appreciate the call. Boris boy.

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Speaker 1: This hour kind of flew by. Hey, what about the

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Speaker 1: diesel g with them wouldn't start and what was the

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Speaker 1: missing part? I'm gonna have to tell you about that

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Speaker 1: in another hour. I'll tell you about that in the

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Speaker 1: next hour, because there's another hour the car doctor is

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Speaker 1: still to come. Until then, I'm ronin ay in the

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Speaker 1: car doctor, reminding you the mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless.

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