1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,600 Speaker 1: Ron and Nanian. The real thrill of working on that 2 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:04,880 Speaker 1: cars when you get to do a timing belt, Oh boy, 3 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 1: it's it's like a religious experience because you're talking to 4 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:22,960 Speaker 1: God a whole lot. Oh God. Oh that stand Ron Andanian. 5 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:24,560 Speaker 1: You know, if we were standing at the counter at 6 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:26,440 Speaker 1: the shop, I would tell you, let's cover the basics 7 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: from a safety concern, because I'm always worried about something broken, hanging, 8 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: falling off. Don't think of it his work. The whole 9 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:36,000 Speaker 1: point is just to enjoy yourself. Welcome to the radio 10 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 1: home of Ron and Aanian the Car Doctor, since this 11 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 1: is where car owners the world overturned to for their 12 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 1: definitive opinion on automotive repair. If your mechanics giving you 13 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 1: a busy signal, pick up the phone and call in 14 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: the garage doors are open, but I am here to 15 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 1: take your call at eight five and now, drunken stupid 16 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:06,839 Speaker 1: is no way to go through lifestyle running. Hey, it's 17 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:08,960 Speaker 1: time to start your engines along and welcome Ron and 18 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:10,680 Speaker 1: any and the Car Doctor here at a five five 19 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 1: five zero nine zero zero, here to take your calls 20 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: and answer your questions. Five five five zero nine zero zero. 21 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:19,119 Speaker 1: Run any of the car Doctor at your service. More 22 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:21,959 Speaker 1: information about this radio show, Car Doctor Show dot com. 23 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 1: If you need me during the week Ron at Car 24 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:26,399 Speaker 1: Doctor Show dot com and in between. If you want 25 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:28,399 Speaker 1: a podcast or listen back to something that you might 26 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:30,759 Speaker 1: have heard on this show, or you're a continuous podcast 27 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 1: thank you can get out the Car Doctor Show dot 28 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: com and squeeze on over through the podcast tab. You'll 29 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 1: find yourself at speaker dot com or just download it 30 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 1: onto your phone and your smartphone. I can't tell you 31 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 1: how many people I showed during the course of the week. 32 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:42,960 Speaker 1: They say, Hey, how can I hear the show? I'm 33 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: out on the road all the time. I'm listening in 34 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 1: my car, but I you know, it's not the time 35 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 1: when the show was on. Uh. You know, every every 36 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 1: phone or just about every phone either has a podcast 37 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 1: app or the ability to take a podcast app. Just 38 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 1: download the podcast app, look for Ron and any and 39 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: out on the podcast list and click subscribe and all 40 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: I don't know where up the I don't know how 41 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: many shows are out there, three or four dred something 42 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: like that, and the past log they keep up to 43 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 1: that point. So um, you can just take the Car 44 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 1: Doctor with you wherever you want to. Go. Aren't you excited? Um? 45 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 1: I don't know where to start today, so I should 46 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: point out to a couple of things going on. We're 47 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: doing a couple of giveaways. Um today, this hour or 48 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:19,920 Speaker 1: next hour, we're gonna be giving away a twenty five 49 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: dollar Rayota parts giveaway. Um. You know, simply the fact 50 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 1: that you can go down to a Rayota Parts. It's 51 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:27,840 Speaker 1: a great place for dad. Take that to a Rayleyota parts. 52 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 1: That's what you wanta do? You want to take dad 53 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: to a rally oota parts for for Father's Day. That's 54 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: next weekend and or the upcoming weekend, and we'll be 55 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 1: sending that out to a lucky winner. Uh this hour 56 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 1: or next hour, I have de sign it, which it's 57 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 1: up to Tom and Mikey over there in the control room. 58 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: And we've got a book to give away. Mike, you 59 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 1: show pick up the copy of the that's it. I 60 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: forgot that. I'm sorry. Um, oh that's right from Dr 61 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 1: Richard McCann. You know, I love Dr McCann. He's he's 62 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: a funny guy. He we converse all the time across 63 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:58,920 Speaker 1: the pond. As he says, Uh, Dr Richard McCann has 64 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 1: continuing adventure Classic car Adventures. Um, all sorts of you know, 65 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 1: funny idealistic conversations about you know, uh, all about Mikey 66 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: moved that page. There you go. What's that say? Anglia 67 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 1: is Bentley's Bugatti's Bugatti is a Bugatti or Bugatti Bugatti 68 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 1: bugt you know Bugatti. Yeah, there you go. Okay, I 69 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:20,639 Speaker 1: want to make sure I get the annunciation right. Um 70 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 1: and Cortinas. So just all kinds of stuff like that. Man, 71 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:26,079 Speaker 1: I should include my niece Casey in that book. Uh, 72 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:27,799 Speaker 1: you know, before the show, we were just we're a 73 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 1: little bit of a panic. My niece Casey ended up 74 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: with through through a friend of a friend. She's going 75 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: to a wedding out in Pennsylvania, so they gave her 76 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 1: a two thousand and eleven Maserati uh grand Tarismo to 77 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 1: go in. Right, figure, we'll send the kid out in 78 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 1: the style. Well, right now it's in her driveway. She's 79 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: got the key stuck in the ignition. The battery went dead. 80 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 1: They can't open the trunk because it's an electric trunk lock, 81 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 1: and in order to get to the battery, the batteries 82 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: in the trunk, the trunk lock won't work because the 83 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: battery is dead and the key stuck in the ignitionency 84 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 1: you can't use the k And she called uncle Any 85 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: in a panic, and I said, I gotta go, kid, 86 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 1: I'm thirty seconds to air. We'll talk about this in 87 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 1: two hours. So wait a minute. This is a high 88 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 1: end car do with an electric trunk lock and they 89 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 1: put the battery in the trunk. What part of this 90 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 1: don't you understand? Who designed this thing? The Italians? You 91 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,839 Speaker 1: know it's listen, Um, you know nothing against Italians, but 92 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 1: I'm just saying it's Maserati. Who do you think on it? 93 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 1: It's it's but every everything is. That's the way it is. 94 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:28,040 Speaker 1: It's a high end car. They never break, all right, 95 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 1: or so they say. But um, yeah, I guess you're 96 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 1: ready for that kind of aggravation. But aggravation, aggravation comes 97 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: and all makes and models of cars, right, and you 98 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 1: know we we've got to think of it like that. Um. 99 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 1: I don't know where to start this hour. I've got 100 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:45,239 Speaker 1: I've got two cars on my mind from the shop 101 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:48,840 Speaker 1: this week. One's a two thousand nine Toyota Cameray. That 102 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 1: the alternator was just an exercise and stupidity to replace 103 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 1: when you had to take half the car apart, or 104 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 1: do we want to talk about let's talk about the 105 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:03,159 Speaker 1: two thousand Ford E one ff van the plumbers truck 106 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 1: all right, with a hundred and thirty five thousand miles 107 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 1: on it and a testimony to what Ford is building 108 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 1: or and continues to build. Right, original water pump dred 109 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,840 Speaker 1: thousand miles, nineteen years old. That's great. Not so great 110 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 1: for the guy that's got to finally change it, which 111 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 1: I drew the straw. So my ribs are all kind 112 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:25,719 Speaker 1: of beat up this week because you're leaning over the 113 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 1: radiator and the water pump is down underneath, and it's 114 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 1: it's a little bit of a bear to get to 115 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:32,599 Speaker 1: and did I tell you it's nineteen years old, and 116 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:35,280 Speaker 1: it's a little bit stuffed in there on this little 117 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:37,919 Speaker 1: four point two leader V six and everything's kind of 118 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 1: rusty and crunchy, and you know, easy enough to get 119 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 1: to it, but getting it out is an art form 120 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 1: because well, here's what happened. You know, you take off 121 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 1: the air cleaner duck, the intake duck, the shroud comes 122 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:53,840 Speaker 1: out and now you're looking at the pump and there's 123 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 1: a metal tube that comes into the top of the 124 00:05:56,720 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: water pump, and they call it a heat or tube assembly, 125 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:02,600 Speaker 1: all right, and this is where the heater hoses come in. 126 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: It splits off and it branches off. There's there's there's 127 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:08,359 Speaker 1: three nipples that this tube feeds, all coming out of 128 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 1: the water pump. And I'm looking at it. I'm saying, 129 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 1: you know, nineteen years old, and it won't come out. 130 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 1: I finally undid all three hoses in the back clamp. 131 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 1: Oh MoMA me what a what A? What a clamp 132 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 1: that was to get off because it wasn't facing the 133 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 1: direction that I wanted to, primarily because the person that 134 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 1: worked on it before us must have had the I'm 135 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 1: thinking they had the intake manifold off and they never 136 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 1: thought that somebody would position it in the right spot 137 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 1: should ever have to come back up again. You know 138 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 1: that's important, right, You work on a car, you gotta 139 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 1: think about you gotta think about the next guy, and 140 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 1: you gotta think about that next guy might be you. 141 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:47,359 Speaker 1: And they just had poor clamp positioning, you know, So 142 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:49,920 Speaker 1: making taking it apart this trip was just that much 143 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 1: more difficult. So I get all the clamps off, and 144 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:56,839 Speaker 1: what I ended up doing was I I the bottom 145 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 1: bolts going in for the pump. We're all frozen the 146 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:02,159 Speaker 1: steel bolts or frozen in the aluminum housing. A very 147 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:04,919 Speaker 1: little bit of heat, and you know, I hit it 148 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:07,720 Speaker 1: with my inductor, which is that electric cattle prod looking 149 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 1: device that heats up the mine. I just touched the 150 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 1: jest a little bit, just enough to kind of wake 151 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 1: the steal up, and sure enough I was able to 152 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: get the pump out. Now I've got to get the 153 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 1: tube separated from the pump. The metal tube pushes in 154 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 1: with a with a it's held in with a little 155 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 1: ten millimeter bolt or six millimeter thread, ten millimeter head, 156 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 1: and you know, the steel is now frozen itself to 157 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 1: the aluminum. And I finally got it apart. Lots of 158 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: heat and wiggle and jiggle and you know, trying to 159 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 1: get it to look around. But then I decided, as 160 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 1: I'm looking at it like I wanted to make this 161 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 1: job even more complicated. I said, you know, the worst 162 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 1: part about doing this job is not doing it the 163 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 1: first time, but doing it the second time, because you 164 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 1: don't want to do this job the second time, and 165 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:56,239 Speaker 1: it really becomes a bear. Naturally, A motorcraft water pumping 166 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 1: into this a p W for twelve if I remember right, 167 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 1: and that was wonderful. You take it out, it's there. 168 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 1: It's it's just just everything good about Motorcraft in their parts, 169 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 1: just just you know, they always do the right thing. 170 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 1: But you gotta look for this tube. Where you're gonna 171 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 1: find this tube? And it was a question of and 172 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: a matter of you know, it's it's late on Friday 173 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 1: and you're trying to get the car out the door. 174 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 1: The plumber needs the truck for a Saturday job and 175 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 1: you've got to go. So you've got to explain what 176 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 1: it is. And you know, I kept looking it up, 177 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:31,480 Speaker 1: as you know, the water pump metal tube or the 178 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 1: or the or the heater host tube or the and 179 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 1: that isn't what they call that. The actual technical name 180 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 1: was heater tube assembly. And where I found it I 181 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 1: went to where I always go. You hear me talking 182 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 1: about it, Ford parts dot com. They had an exploded 183 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 1: view of the parts breakdown and I could see the 184 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 1: picture of what it is that I wanted and I want, Yeah, 185 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:52,839 Speaker 1: I need that, and then I was able to search 186 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:55,839 Speaker 1: and reference it. Ford didn't have it available, no local 187 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 1: dealer had it available, but it was available through Motorcraft 188 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 1: and it's able to find then on the motorcraft catalog 189 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: and I was able to order from my motorcraft supplier 190 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 1: and that just makes the job go that much easier. 191 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:08,440 Speaker 1: And we put all back together, and you know, while 192 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 1: there we were the catch was okay, and sometimes you 193 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:16,679 Speaker 1: just get bit you're you're you know, it's it's the 194 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 1: devil's in the details. I always say, I put it together. 195 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 1: The water pump doesn't leak, But wouldn't you know, right 196 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:26,079 Speaker 1: because and he didn't want to do the lower radi 197 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:27,440 Speaker 1: He didn't want to do any of the hoses because 198 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:29,200 Speaker 1: normally I would do hoses. He didn't want to do 199 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:31,240 Speaker 1: hoses because he had had them done by a prior 200 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 1: shop about three or four years ago. So I left 201 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:35,760 Speaker 1: the hoses alone. Why don't you know there's a drip 202 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 1: off the lower radiator hose or the clamp because you know, 203 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 1: I'm I'm using the factory clamp and it just didn't 204 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:46,440 Speaker 1: quite pinch the the the the output surface of the 205 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 1: water pump flange. So I ended up having to take 206 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 1: the hose off. And I looked it was a big 207 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 1: chunk of calcium on the old pump. I I you know, 208 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 1: I'm not going to clean out the hose. I again 209 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 1: out the Motorcraft dot com and looked up the part 210 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 1: and I was able to get you know, lower, I 211 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:02,960 Speaker 1: did up around lower radiator hoses. I'm not fooling around 212 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: with this twice. Uh And it just it just made 213 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 1: a nicer sandwich. And the key comes back to whether 214 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:11,720 Speaker 1: it's Motorcraft or or or something else. The point of 215 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:14,319 Speaker 1: this story isn't the degree of difficulty. I mean it is, 216 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:18,080 Speaker 1: but it's also about you want to install confidence. You 217 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:20,600 Speaker 1: don't want to have to do the job twice. And 218 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 1: and that's where repair shops, you know, either make the 219 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:27,240 Speaker 1: mistake or they get caught short and they have an issue. 220 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 1: I can't express it enough. You know, there's enough choices 221 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:33,439 Speaker 1: out there when it comes to parts that you can 222 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 1: make an intelligent choice and buy something that you know works. 223 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 1: And that's really the key in all of this. Because 224 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 1: Jeff's out there today, he's using his van, he's happy, 225 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 1: he's kind of rolling along and and doing what he's 226 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:47,440 Speaker 1: got to do. And um, you know he's there partly 227 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:50,480 Speaker 1: because of Motorcraft, and UM, I gotta get a tip 228 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 1: of the hat. They did a great job of of 229 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 1: of distributing parts and um, you know, doing what they 230 00:10:55,679 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 1: had to do. And by the way, let me point 231 00:10:57,400 --> 00:10:59,960 Speaker 1: out this this we're gonna we're gonna dedicate this segment 232 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,000 Speaker 1: of the show because of that. We're gonna dedicate this 233 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 1: segment of the show. The folks over at Motocraft. Remember, 234 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:08,040 Speaker 1: Motocraft Parts are recommended by Ford. They offer high quality 235 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 1: vehicle specific applications for all Ford Motor Ford Motorate Lincoln vehicles. 236 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:16,280 Speaker 1: They've done it for the past five decades. Motorcraft Parts 237 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:19,679 Speaker 1: offer O E approved specifications and performance for all Ford 238 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 1: and Lincoln repairs. You can find more information at motocraft 239 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:25,599 Speaker 1: dot com. And they'll save your bacon. They save the 240 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:28,000 Speaker 1: car doctors bacon yesterday. They can do it for you too. 241 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 1: I'm Ron Ay in the car Doctor. I'll be back 242 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:39,640 Speaker 1: right after this. That's right. If you call and we're 243 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 1: not live, you can leave a message and we'll call 244 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 1: you back to get you on the air with Ron 245 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 1: five zero nine nine zero zero. Speaking of Ron here 246 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:51,520 Speaker 1: he is. Let's go over and talk to Donna in 247 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 1: Maine with the Ford Edge. Donna, how may I help 248 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 1: you today? Hi, thank you for taking my call. Um. 249 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:02,560 Speaker 1: I had been in the habit of checking my oil 250 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:07,360 Speaker 1: entire pressure on my car. Um, but I've gotten a 251 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:09,640 Speaker 1: little lazy, and I was thinking, you know, I got 252 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 1: those lights, they'll just turn on if I need to 253 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 1: do something, but that they really are they really accurate? 254 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 1: Can I trust the lights, you know, to tell me 255 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:23,200 Speaker 1: when their pressure is low and also to tell me 256 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:26,000 Speaker 1: when I need to change my oil because it's a 257 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 1: bit um just changing it every thousand months, but the 258 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:35,079 Speaker 1: owner's manuals just going to the light turns on. So yeah, 259 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 1: you know, I mean, how how often do you change 260 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:42,080 Speaker 1: your oil? Down? Fine, I'm doing I'm doing about five 261 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 1: thousand miles, so maybe a little more like I let 262 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 1: it go last time because I'm like, I'm waiting for 263 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 1: the light and you know, but like you know, just 264 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:54,080 Speaker 1: on the oil, and the oil is most important, but 265 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:56,760 Speaker 1: also on the tire pressure. Can I trust those lights 266 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:59,000 Speaker 1: and just do wait for them to come on and 267 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:02,719 Speaker 1: then go well, yeah, I mean, listen that light. The 268 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 1: tire pressure monitoring light isn't meant as a safety check 269 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:10,560 Speaker 1: for does the car have enough It isn't. It isn't 270 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:13,480 Speaker 1: does a car have enough pressure in the tires. It's 271 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:15,960 Speaker 1: you know, it's a warning when one tire is low 272 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:18,440 Speaker 1: in comparison to the others and then out of range 273 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:21,679 Speaker 1: of the speck of whatever the door Placard says. So 274 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 1: one of the things that checking tire pressure does beyond 275 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 1: you know, the tires all have whatever it is, thirty 276 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 1: three thirty pounds of air and in whatever spec is. 277 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:33,559 Speaker 1: But it also gives you, you know, two seconds to 278 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:35,600 Speaker 1: you know, look the tire over, how does the tire look? 279 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 1: How's the where factor? Is there anything sticking out of 280 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:40,440 Speaker 1: a tire that you know, no sensor in the world 281 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 1: is going to tell you that until it physically leaks 282 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 1: and creates an issue. And you know, in particular, if 283 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 1: you're taking a trip and you're going somewhere I you know, 284 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:53,080 Speaker 1: I think that looking at tires on a regular basis, 285 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:55,080 Speaker 1: you have to do it every week once a month 286 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 1: is generally recommended. Just you know, take a walk around 287 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:00,240 Speaker 1: the car. By the same token, take a walk around 288 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 1: the car, spend two minutes a month check hire pressure 289 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 1: and check all the exterior bulbs, because chances are your 290 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 1: car doesn't have a device on it that's gonna tell 291 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 1: you when I when a when a bulb is out 292 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 1: and you won't find out until you get pulled over, 293 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 1: and then it might be a ticket, you know, and 294 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 1: that's no fun. Um as as as far as oil changes, listen, 295 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 1: you're you're talking to the wrong guy. If you think 296 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you that, I'm not saying you are, 297 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 1: but I think I'm gonna say, hey, you know, um 298 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:27,120 Speaker 1: counting the lights to tell you what's good or bad? Um? 299 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:29,120 Speaker 1: You know what? You know what they call those lights? Right? 300 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:32,160 Speaker 1: And by no me, Yeah, I'm not saying you're that 301 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 1: all right, but you know, the the the idiot lights. 302 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 1: It really should be Okay, you know this is this 303 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 1: is this is telling you that in about two seconds 304 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 1: the car is gonna stop because the engine ceased. You know, 305 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 1: this is the this is the this is the failure. 306 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:50,200 Speaker 1: All right. Uh. You know nothing, nothing causes preventative maintenance 307 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 1: to work better than taking preventative maintenance and just you know, 308 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 1: sticking your head under the hood because you never know 309 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 1: what you're gonna find. You know, I worked on a 310 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 1: what the heck was it this week? I think it 311 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 1: was a Oh, I remember what it was. I've got 312 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 1: I've still got a couple of Saturns. Remember Saturn, the 313 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 1: people's car coming you know, it's gonna change the industry. 314 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:09,560 Speaker 1: Which it did. It change the industry, made everybody buy 315 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:12,680 Speaker 1: something else. But you know, I've still got a customer 316 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:15,040 Speaker 1: two out there that have older Saturns, and this one fella, 317 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 1: his daughter's driving it and it leaves. It's gone from 318 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 1: the house for six to eight months at a clip. 319 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:21,720 Speaker 1: And every time it comes back, I always do an 320 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 1: over overdue, way overdue oil change. And this week I 321 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 1: i it came in and I did the oil change, 322 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 1: and I lifted the hood and there was a giant 323 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 1: mouse nest under the hood, and you know, part of 324 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 1: the wiring harness was chewed up, and they were starting that. 325 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 1: You know, the critters were starting to get into the 326 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 1: car and go all over the place. And you know 327 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 1: that's what I mean, you know, walking around the car, 328 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 1: it's it's you find things that you won't find if 329 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 1: you're counting on the light. And you know, yeah, unfortunately 330 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 1: it's And listen, I commend you. I think I think 331 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:52,600 Speaker 1: that's uh. I think that's a really great thing that 332 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:54,920 Speaker 1: you're doing. You know what I'm gonna do for you, Donna, 333 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 1: I'm gonna sit tight listen to this. Here. Are you 334 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 1: a car person. I bet you're a car person, right, Um, 335 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 1: yea so doctor Dr McCann, Richard McCann from England. He's 336 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 1: been he authored, he's authored a few books. He's a 337 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:10,960 Speaker 1: real fun guy to talk to. I'm reading the chapter 338 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:14,360 Speaker 1: on corvettes. He's talking about himself. He's twelve years old 339 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 1: walking down a road in England. It's it's he's a 340 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:19,040 Speaker 1: mile into a six mile walk home and some fellows 341 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 1: shows up in England driving a brand new Chevrolet Corvette. 342 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:23,720 Speaker 1: Now how often did that happen here in the stage, 343 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:26,320 Speaker 1: But you can imagine this happening over in England, right, 344 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 1: And he goes on. He goes on to talk about 345 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:31,040 Speaker 1: the sensation and hitting the pedal and away they went, 346 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 1: and the sound of the beach boys in the convertible 347 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 1: top and all that, all that that experience was to 348 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 1: a twelve year old and how it helped mold him 349 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:39,920 Speaker 1: into a complete card nut. Right, and here he is, 350 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 1: so many years later. We're gonna sound you out a 351 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 1: copy of this book from Dr McCann, Classic Car Adventure. 352 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 1: So if you stay on the line, Tom, we get 353 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:48,800 Speaker 1: your information and um you know what, read it, enjoy it, 354 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 1: give it to your friends, it's a great copy. It's 355 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:53,400 Speaker 1: available up on Amazon. I think you'll appreciate it. You're 356 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 1: a car person. Even non car people would appreciate it. 357 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 1: But it's just, you know what, luck of the draw, 358 00:16:57,520 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 1: you happen to hit me just right today. So you 359 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 1: do that, and you're very welcome. Stand the line, Tom, 360 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:05,800 Speaker 1: I'll get your information. Uh. You know, cars are an experience, 361 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 1: and that's that's you know, it's it's there's always that 362 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:14,399 Speaker 1: little bit of a turn on that everybody instantly goes back. 363 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:18,399 Speaker 1: Nobody has walked into the shop and said, wow, is 364 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 1: that a two thousand nine camera? You know, No, it 365 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 1: just doesn't happen. But every time I sneak over into 366 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:26,760 Speaker 1: Third Bay and I'm working on the Monte Carlo, I'll 367 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:30,400 Speaker 1: tell you what it's. It's every week. My mom had 368 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:32,359 Speaker 1: one of those. Wow. I remember my mom used to 369 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:34,040 Speaker 1: take me to the supermarket on Saturday. We went and 370 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 1: her Monty Carlo. It was a big deal because the 371 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:38,480 Speaker 1: Monte Carlo was so special. My dad had a Monte Carlo, 372 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 1: or my dad gave me his Monte Carlo, and that 373 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:44,760 Speaker 1: was my high school car. And you know, that just 374 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:48,000 Speaker 1: doesn't happen with modern stuff. And that's why books like 375 00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:51,360 Speaker 1: Dr McCann Classic Car Adventures are so important. That's why 376 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:54,879 Speaker 1: classic cars are so important. And it's that love that 377 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 1: we have for the automobile, that that you're just never 378 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:01,200 Speaker 1: gonna see anything replaced. It's just it's just a grand 379 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 1: and glorious time. We're in the waning days of it. 380 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,400 Speaker 1: I agree. You know, it might be five years, ten years, 381 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 1: twenty years, but you're gonna see it change a whole lot, uh, 382 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:11,920 Speaker 1: you know, in the next in the next half a century. 383 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,560 Speaker 1: So just enjoy it while you can. I'm runingading in 384 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 1: the car. Doctor. We'll be back right after this. Zo 385 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 1: zero talk to you then? How do I have to 386 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:38,119 Speaker 1: talk now? I like this plays a little bit. You know, 387 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:40,679 Speaker 1: it's getting me in shape. I'm getting ready to dance. Um, 388 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:43,240 Speaker 1: I'm getting in shape. Mikey, I'm gonna lose the I'm 389 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:44,760 Speaker 1: gonna I'm gonna you know, That's why I'm I'm going 390 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:46,560 Speaker 1: to the gym now that I tell you that. Yeah, 391 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:49,400 Speaker 1: I'm doing cross fit. The cross fit for two years 392 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:52,560 Speaker 1: I got I got hurt the first time. I went, Um, well, 393 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:54,440 Speaker 1: you know what, you gotta stay in shape working on cars, 394 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:55,879 Speaker 1: right even at this age at this age of a 395 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:58,240 Speaker 1: hundred and twelve. Uh, you know it's Um, I hurt 396 00:18:58,280 --> 00:18:59,800 Speaker 1: my foot the first time, and then the second time 397 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,639 Speaker 1: with the other foot, and then I waited to go 398 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:03,959 Speaker 1: back and now and back again. Um and a lot 399 00:19:04,040 --> 00:19:05,560 Speaker 1: of it's just you know, the age thing. But you 400 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:08,359 Speaker 1: gotta really you know, physical shape. Working on cars is 401 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:11,480 Speaker 1: a hard thing and a lot of what I do. Um, 402 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:13,480 Speaker 1: it's funny because I learned that. You know, when you 403 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:16,280 Speaker 1: squat to pick up a twenty inch tire, your arms 404 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:17,960 Speaker 1: are out like this and you bend at the knees 405 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:20,120 Speaker 1: and you go, you go up, you go down. It's 406 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:23,000 Speaker 1: just like doing cross fit. So uh you know, it's 407 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 1: just I can dance like that too. So I can. 408 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:27,360 Speaker 1: I'll go, I'll go back to the house. I'll get 409 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:30,159 Speaker 1: my white you know what was it? It was? It 410 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:32,320 Speaker 1: was a leisure suit that you're too young, you don't 411 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:35,080 Speaker 1: remember this. Wasn't it a white leisure suit? As Tom? 412 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 1: He probably still has his uhum so, But anyway, but 413 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:41,719 Speaker 1: cross fit bys in Midland Park. That's where the car 414 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:44,560 Speaker 1: Doctor hangs out. Let's go talk to Fred and North Carolina. Fred, 415 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:46,160 Speaker 1: Welcome to the car Doctor, sir, How can I help. 416 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:50,880 Speaker 1: Thanks for taking my call. Welcome. What's going on. I've 417 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:55,120 Speaker 1: been listening to your podcast for quite a little while now, 418 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:59,080 Speaker 1: trying to catch up to current events. But I've listened 419 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:05,120 Speaker 1: yesterday to a comment you made in sixteen about purchasing 420 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:11,080 Speaker 1: O E M parts from an online unnamed discount i'd 421 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:17,160 Speaker 1: say discount parts place. And I have been religiously buying 422 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:21,600 Speaker 1: UM Motorcraft parts for my two thousand Lincoln town Car, 423 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:24,320 Speaker 1: which now has two hundred nine thousand miles on it, 424 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:29,480 Speaker 1: and mopar parts for my nineteen two thousand nine Dodge 425 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:33,440 Speaker 1: Grand Caravan, my wife's car UM that only has forty 426 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 1: five thousand on it. But UM, I think you said 427 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 1: something about perhaps these UH stores online have not necessarily 428 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 1: the top level parts that o EM carries like at 429 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:50,560 Speaker 1: the dealership, and I've never heard that before, So I 430 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 1: just wanted to hear more about that, because you kind 431 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 1: of dashed my hopes of being able to get getting 432 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 1: O E M parts UH for maybe a little less 433 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 1: price online. I think you have to be careful buying 434 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 1: parts O E or otherwise online, all right, UM, I've 435 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:11,359 Speaker 1: seen documented cases, I've been involved in a few where 436 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:14,719 Speaker 1: you think you're buying one of one of my local 437 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,800 Speaker 1: large parts suppliers. You think you're buying it was a 438 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 1: General Motors power power window motor, and it was in 439 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:26,200 Speaker 1: it was in a quote unquote GM parts box, and 440 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:28,159 Speaker 1: when you got it, you pulled it out and it 441 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 1: looked just like the aftermarket version. And after a little 442 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 1: bit of research, what happened was the parts house very 443 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:41,680 Speaker 1: deceptively went to China, had the label printed to look 444 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:46,480 Speaker 1: similar to but not exactly like, and it was it was. 445 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 1: It was. It wasn't a counterfeit part. It was it 446 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:50,439 Speaker 1: was to me because it wasn't an O E g 447 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 1: M part, and it just you know, it's just something 448 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 1: that's that's of concern. Now. I also see there are 449 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:02,399 Speaker 1: other sources non on O either are selling O E 450 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 1: parts or claiming to sell O E parts, and they 451 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:08,439 Speaker 1: sell them at a considerable discount. And I sit there 452 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:10,480 Speaker 1: and I say, how can that be? All right? Listen, 453 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:12,840 Speaker 1: dollars or dollars, right, it still has to add up 454 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 1: if if they're selling a fifty dollar part for five bucks, 455 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:19,240 Speaker 1: how can they do that? And that's that's probably a 456 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:21,360 Speaker 1: pretty fair example because some of the discounts I see 457 00:22:21,359 --> 00:22:25,159 Speaker 1: are so Steep and Mike have I haven't seen that 458 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:28,680 Speaker 1: kind of a discount, so that the red flag didn't 459 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 1: rise in my case. But yeah, well, you know, I've 460 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:36,399 Speaker 1: seen fifty dollar parts selling for ten. I see that. 461 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:38,879 Speaker 1: I see that a lot, and I sit there and 462 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:40,760 Speaker 1: I say to myself, you know, how can that be? 463 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:46,760 Speaker 1: Are these factory seconds? And you know, I think there's 464 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 1: probably you know, product overrun that they you know, they 465 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:51,639 Speaker 1: have to get rid of. They get their first fifty 466 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 1: thousand when the stamping mold works, they take the first 467 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 1: fifty thousand pieces, fine, they bang out another ten thousand 468 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:00,720 Speaker 1: or you know, maybe in between the fifth thousand run, 469 00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 1: they get ten thousands that aren't exactly right, and they 470 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:05,960 Speaker 1: you know, send those out as seconds. I you know, 471 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:10,920 Speaker 1: I think the key fred comes back to that. If 472 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:14,440 Speaker 1: you're buying parts, and you know, particularly you know, oh 473 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:16,879 Speaker 1: E parts, it's you know, you got to look for 474 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:20,360 Speaker 1: licensed by all right, if they if somebody says they're 475 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:24,200 Speaker 1: licensed by motorcraft for example, all right, we'll use your example. 476 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:26,640 Speaker 1: If someone says they're a licensed by motocraft or they're 477 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 1: an authorized motocraft distributor. Yeah, you gotta believe that's you know, 478 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,480 Speaker 1: that's that's the real deal. And as long as the 479 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:36,879 Speaker 1: company is based here in the States and it's authorized 480 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:39,640 Speaker 1: or licensed by Motorcraft or Ford or whoever the case 481 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:43,600 Speaker 1: might be, you're getting real stuff. And I'm comfortable there. 482 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 1: But if they can't provide me with that guarantee, and 483 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:53,800 Speaker 1: if they're offshore, do you ever see anybody in China? Fred? Uh? Yeah, 484 00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:57,280 Speaker 1: you know, it's it's it's you know how difficult that is. Uh, 485 00:23:57,320 --> 00:23:59,479 Speaker 1: you know, I forget how many different dialects alone there 486 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 1: are in the count tree of China that you've got 487 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:04,360 Speaker 1: to find somebody to talk to, and it's it's it's 488 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:07,440 Speaker 1: just about darn near impossible. So I think the O 489 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 1: E parts are there that you can do it online. 490 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:12,600 Speaker 1: And I think, you know, depending upon what part of 491 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:16,360 Speaker 1: the country you're in, you're you're gonna find that. You know, 492 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,159 Speaker 1: it's it's probably it makes a lot of sense in 493 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:21,600 Speaker 1: a lot of cases. Somebody said to me the other 494 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 1: day we were having a conversation about Oh, I know 495 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:25,960 Speaker 1: what it was. JJ. My friend j J from RPM 496 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,639 Speaker 1: hop Bumpers called me yesterday. Calls me yesterday at four thirty, 497 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:30,560 Speaker 1: like I got time for this, right, four thirty on 498 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:32,880 Speaker 1: a Friday, we're trying to get cars out. It calls 499 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:34,359 Speaker 1: me up and I'll always answer that I answered the 500 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:36,560 Speaker 1: phone for anybody I don't care, and I figured somebody's 501 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:38,199 Speaker 1: in trouble. It's four thirty, let me talk to me, 502 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:42,160 Speaker 1: he says. Ron, if you knew what you knew now, 503 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:44,320 Speaker 1: would you still get into the business at this point 504 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 1: in your life to do it for another twenty years? 505 00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:49,119 Speaker 1: And I'm like, at four thirty on a Friday, JJ 506 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:51,680 Speaker 1: like we really got time for this? He says. Well, 507 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:54,160 Speaker 1: the question becomes, do you think there's gonna be enough 508 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:57,240 Speaker 1: of the industry around in in in five years or 509 00:24:57,240 --> 00:25:00,320 Speaker 1: ten years, because everybody's gonna be have a have a 510 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:02,639 Speaker 1: subscription for a car. And I've been reading about that. 511 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:06,160 Speaker 1: If you've seen the conversations about that, you're gonna subscribe 512 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:08,480 Speaker 1: to a car. You're not gonna buy a car, You're 513 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:11,040 Speaker 1: not gonna lease a car. You're gonna subscribe. You're gonna 514 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:14,399 Speaker 1: have a car subscription like a magazine subscription, and just 515 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:18,399 Speaker 1: throw the car away completely, just totally disposable. You know, 516 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:21,520 Speaker 1: it's like taking copies of Newsweek magazine for five years 517 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 1: and then the next subscription shows up. And I said, 518 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:27,720 Speaker 1: you know, part of the problem and part of the 519 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 1: reason that they talk about this happening is the complexity 520 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:38,400 Speaker 1: of the vehicle and the ability to manufacture exact quality 521 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:42,760 Speaker 1: parts to keep the vehicle going. It's an issue. And 522 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:45,399 Speaker 1: I said, I don't know that I'm gonna see the 523 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 1: aftermarket or you know, anything other than OI parts go away. 524 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:51,119 Speaker 1: But I think it stresses the need the newer the 525 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:54,560 Speaker 1: car fourteen, fifteen, sixteen model, you're, seventeen, model you're in, 526 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 1: so on. It stresses the need for o E spect 527 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:01,399 Speaker 1: or o E parts because it's it's it's there's a 528 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:03,639 Speaker 1: lot of engineering that go into the car parts today, 529 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 1: the different metals, the different you know, electronic technology that 530 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:11,080 Speaker 1: it's you know, you're you're you're doing it the right way. Fred, 531 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:13,200 Speaker 1: You're you're you're sourcing the best. And I commend you 532 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:15,800 Speaker 1: for it. Well, I will do some more checking at 533 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:19,440 Speaker 1: the place I've been behind. But um, and thank you. Ron. 534 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:21,320 Speaker 1: I want to tell you what, you know, what really 535 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:24,840 Speaker 1: attracted me to your podcast. It's your class, your passion 536 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:30,960 Speaker 1: for classic rock. You know, listen, I'm an old school guy, 537 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:35,720 Speaker 1: you know, yeah, I you know, it's it's well, I 538 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:39,760 Speaker 1: you know. I was telling somebody this yesterday too, and 539 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:41,720 Speaker 1: it always comes back to cars, and they said, what 540 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 1: is it about your money, Carl. You know, I've got 541 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,920 Speaker 1: a seventy two Monte Carlo that I went to college, 542 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:47,840 Speaker 1: and it's not the exact same car, but it's like 543 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:50,119 Speaker 1: that car, same color, combination, everything, And I said, you know, 544 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:52,639 Speaker 1: it's the memories of and it's it's just it was 545 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:55,920 Speaker 1: just it was cooler, simpler times. Man. You went out 546 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:58,440 Speaker 1: on Friday night, you went out for an ice creamer. Well, 547 00:26:58,440 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 1: back in the day, we're probably going out for beer. 548 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:03,560 Speaker 1: But you know, it was just it was just simpler times, 549 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:07,600 Speaker 1: and everything wasn't so complicated. Cars weren't so complicated. Times 550 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:10,440 Speaker 1: weren't so complicated, and the rock and roll made sense. 551 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:13,320 Speaker 1: You could listen to music and understand it. And I 552 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,359 Speaker 1: try to respect everything. Fred, do you ever listened to 553 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:18,880 Speaker 1: modern day what they call modern day rock and roll? 554 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:22,880 Speaker 1: Does it make any sense to you? Uh? No, No, 555 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:26,119 Speaker 1: I don't listen to it much. Yeah, it's it's so 556 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:28,359 Speaker 1: I don't know. I you know what, you gotta give 557 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:30,280 Speaker 1: John Lennon credit. A lot of the things he said 558 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:33,720 Speaker 1: forty fifty years ago still makes sense today. Um and 559 00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:35,520 Speaker 1: some of the classic rock from that here in the 560 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 1: sixties and the seventies still makes sense today. So hey, Fred, 561 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:41,440 Speaker 1: I enjoyed the conversation. Thanks for thanks for being part 562 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:43,640 Speaker 1: of the Car Doctor Famous. You're very welcome. You take 563 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:47,680 Speaker 1: good care FO zero running the Car Doctor coming back 564 00:27:47,840 --> 00:28:01,040 Speaker 1: right after this second hang Welcome back on at the 565 00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:03,920 Speaker 1: end of the Car to Doctor rate five five zero zero. 566 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:07,239 Speaker 1: I want to talk to you about Well, you can 567 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:10,119 Speaker 1: learn a lot. I can learn a lot, and I 568 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:13,679 Speaker 1: tend to learn a lot about the thought process the 569 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:18,680 Speaker 1: motoring public goes through by listening and you know, you're 570 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:22,560 Speaker 1: you're having breakfast with friends, and you know, you're you're 571 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:26,560 Speaker 1: out to dinner, You're at a social situation, and it's interesting. 572 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:30,360 Speaker 1: So many people say, well, I go to this mechanic 573 00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:33,640 Speaker 1: because and I don't even initiate the conversation. Good lord. 574 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:35,160 Speaker 1: I don't even tell people what I do or who 575 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:37,080 Speaker 1: I am, or I I don't want to know. You know, 576 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:39,240 Speaker 1: people ask me, what do you do for a living? 577 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:42,360 Speaker 1: I tell him A sign painter. You know, it's it's 578 00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:44,520 Speaker 1: I just I just you know, I just don't want 579 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:46,160 Speaker 1: to get into it because as soon as they find 580 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:48,200 Speaker 1: out I'm a mechanic, and God help me if they 581 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:49,920 Speaker 1: find out what I do on the weekend. I mean, 582 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:53,080 Speaker 1: that's just the questions just start coming in. It's just 583 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:58,479 Speaker 1: you know, um, it's just unbelievable. But a lot of 584 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:00,680 Speaker 1: people lately, I hear them say, will I go to 585 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:07,320 Speaker 1: this mechanic because he gives me a good price on parts, 586 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:14,800 Speaker 1: or he gives me a cheap oil change, or he'll 587 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:19,280 Speaker 1: do the job cheap. I'm hearing less people talk about 588 00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:23,680 Speaker 1: he does the job right, or he'll do the job, 589 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:28,200 Speaker 1: he'll diagnose it first. Actually heard somebody the other day say, well, 590 00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:30,160 Speaker 1: I stopped going to that mechanic because he was trying 591 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:32,520 Speaker 1: to fix a problem with my car with a check 592 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:36,360 Speaker 1: engine light. And after the seventh time of him changing parts, 593 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:39,040 Speaker 1: I said, you know, maybe there's gotta be a better way, 594 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:43,320 Speaker 1: and maybe I should pay for a diagnosis. And like this, 595 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:46,360 Speaker 1: I was just about to you know, my hand over 596 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:49,520 Speaker 1: my mouth, like are you kidding me? Like, now we're 597 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:52,560 Speaker 1: gonna think about diagnosing it. The parts shotgun went off 598 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:54,280 Speaker 1: under the hood and there's so many shiny parts you 599 00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:57,200 Speaker 1: need sunglasses to keep yourself from going blind. And now 600 00:29:57,280 --> 00:30:02,400 Speaker 1: you want to start a diagnosis. Cars are not getting simpler, 601 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:05,720 Speaker 1: They're they're they're they're getting more and more complicated. There 602 00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:10,160 Speaker 1: the computer involvement, the proliferation, the amount of electronics, all 603 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:13,320 Speaker 1: the crazy gadgets and gizmos that everybody is demanding be 604 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:18,080 Speaker 1: put on cars and placed into cars. Is really the 605 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:21,280 Speaker 1: amount of technology that's under the hood today. It's staggering. 606 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:24,160 Speaker 1: It wears you out. I mean, I gotta tell you 607 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:26,480 Speaker 1: working on cars from that perspective, it wears you out. 608 00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:28,880 Speaker 1: You jump from one system to the next, and by 609 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:30,200 Speaker 1: the end of the day, by the end of the week, 610 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:32,240 Speaker 1: you're just like, I want something simple to work on. 611 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 1: You know, you want to work on a wheelbarrel? All right, 612 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:37,400 Speaker 1: two handles, two handles, one tire, a couple of bearings 613 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:39,400 Speaker 1: and you're done. There's not much, you know, no scan 614 00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:43,520 Speaker 1: tool needed. But I want to just take a minute 615 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:47,040 Speaker 1: if I can, to encourage you to maybe stop looking 616 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:50,600 Speaker 1: at price so much, and you know, put it on 617 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:55,840 Speaker 1: a couple other factors. Look at how far does it go? 618 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:57,600 Speaker 1: How far does the car go? Is it a hundred 619 00:30:57,640 --> 00:30:59,200 Speaker 1: thousand miles and you're getting rid of it? Or do 620 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:00,720 Speaker 1: you get the two ins with thousand miles on a 621 00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:04,800 Speaker 1: regular basis with the car. Do you find that it's 622 00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:09,280 Speaker 1: fixed right the first time? Do you find that you're 623 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:14,200 Speaker 1: treated correctly and with respect? And it's it's interesting, right 624 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:18,080 Speaker 1: if you if you listen to women all right talk 625 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:22,479 Speaker 1: about car repair, They talk about going into the repair 626 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:26,680 Speaker 1: facility and how aware they are. I just had this 627 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:30,720 Speaker 1: conversation with someone this morning, how aware they are of 628 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:35,000 Speaker 1: how the men in the facility treat them, look at them, 629 00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:38,280 Speaker 1: and receive them. Because a woman always has to be 630 00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:40,880 Speaker 1: aware of her surroundings. And I never really thought about that. 631 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:45,440 Speaker 1: Um that that's an interesting perspective and that's part of 632 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:50,320 Speaker 1: it too. But yet someone that same person was telling 633 00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:53,200 Speaker 1: me that it's about price, so I kind of you know, 634 00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:55,680 Speaker 1: I'm trying to weigh it out in my head. Um, 635 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:57,840 Speaker 1: so just just think about it. Just be aware that, 636 00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,520 Speaker 1: you know, it's not always about price, it's about accuracy. 637 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:03,240 Speaker 1: There's a lot of factors that that that that come 638 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:06,760 Speaker 1: into um, you know, repairing a car. And the next 639 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:08,640 Speaker 1: time you say, well, I go to this guy because 640 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:11,480 Speaker 1: he's cheap. I go to this mechanic because he's cheap. 641 00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:15,880 Speaker 1: I want you to insert the word doctor. All right, 642 00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:18,040 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go to this doctor because he's the cheapest, 643 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:20,800 Speaker 1: all right. And I'm gonna go to this doctor because 644 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:22,240 Speaker 1: he's gonna give me a deal on the on the 645 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:24,160 Speaker 1: on the gall bladder operation. And I'm gonna go to 646 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:27,160 Speaker 1: this doctor because he's gonna set my leg for free 647 00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:29,640 Speaker 1: when I break its skiing, because he did the last 648 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:33,880 Speaker 1: three repairs at full price. And you know, you think 649 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:36,880 Speaker 1: about it, there's quite a comparison there, because a mechanic 650 00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:39,560 Speaker 1: really holds your life in his hands, because if he 651 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:45,960 Speaker 1: does something cheap wrong, incorrectly, quickly, inaccurately, you're gonna need 652 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:50,200 Speaker 1: the doctor anyway. Zero the car doctor is coming back 653 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:57,240 Speaker 1: right after this. Welcome back. Why aren't eating the car doctor? 654 00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:59,560 Speaker 1: You know, Mikey, if you keep eating like that, you're 655 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:01,920 Speaker 1: gonna have to want me down a cross fit. Let 656 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:03,400 Speaker 1: me know where it is. I'm gonna have to join 657 00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:06,200 Speaker 1: you soon. Yeah, CrossFit pis in Midland Park would have 658 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:09,240 Speaker 1: so come on down the first the first set of 659 00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:12,440 Speaker 1: barbells around me. Should I act like I don't know you? Um? Yeah, 660 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:13,920 Speaker 1: pretend you don't know me and you don't know what 661 00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:16,160 Speaker 1: I do because it's a secret. And you can bring 662 00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:18,320 Speaker 1: Tom because we need a couple of more thumbells down there. 663 00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:21,520 Speaker 1: That was pretty good. No, I love Tom. I gotta 664 00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:23,720 Speaker 1: stop picking on Tom this week because payback is gonna 665 00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:27,040 Speaker 1: be tough. Um. I always wandering towards the microphone, you 666 00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:29,640 Speaker 1: forget I know which button to push to shut you off. Well, 667 00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:32,480 Speaker 1: I know that it could sound like not Molly kitt 668 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:34,720 Speaker 1: and he didn't do that. Um. But yeah, Mikey, it's 669 00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:37,280 Speaker 1: that's good. How was your lunch today? By the way, 670 00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:40,160 Speaker 1: it was good. It's really good Italian stallion that I 671 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:42,240 Speaker 1: got you. I have to make sure I was running 672 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:43,880 Speaker 1: on E before I could take any of it. Yeah, 673 00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:45,760 Speaker 1: that was a big That was a big sandwich. Oh 674 00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:48,400 Speaker 1: as quick piece of email. Hey, Ron, would you recommend 675 00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:50,880 Speaker 1: replacing the cluster for my two thousand five ukn x 676 00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:53,720 Speaker 1: L Denali with a purchase through o'riley's or send it 677 00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:55,920 Speaker 1: out to a nationwide repair shop? There are many online. 678 00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:57,200 Speaker 1: Maybe you know a place I could send to two 679 00:33:57,200 --> 00:34:00,520 Speaker 1: for repair of Thanks as always, Frank from Pennsylvania. Frank 680 00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:03,600 Speaker 1: if O'Reilly's. If O'Reilly's Auto Parts can do an exchange 681 00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:05,640 Speaker 1: for that cluster or repair it, I would go with 682 00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:10,359 Speaker 1: o'riley's simply because you know their their name, all right, 683 00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:12,560 Speaker 1: and it's it's it's we want to deal with people 684 00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:14,360 Speaker 1: that we know who we're dealing with. Okay, we're not 685 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:17,600 Speaker 1: looking for bargain prices on auto repair. We're looking for quality, 686 00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:20,680 Speaker 1: because that's what it's all about. The price you pay 687 00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:24,960 Speaker 1: for something the first time, long long evaporates from memory 688 00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:26,400 Speaker 1: when you have to go and do it a second 689 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:27,920 Speaker 1: time and a third time. So if you can pay it, 690 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,400 Speaker 1: if you pay a little bit more, but you're getting quality, 691 00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:31,880 Speaker 1: you know what, that's where you want to go. And 692 00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:34,600 Speaker 1: if you've got a relationship with your local Oriley Auto Parts, 693 00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:37,000 Speaker 1: by all means um, I would encourage you to do that. 694 00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:43,080 Speaker 1: Individual independent rebuilders are getting fewer and further between. They're 695 00:34:43,160 --> 00:34:45,480 Speaker 1: they're really starting to evaporate and disappear at a very 696 00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:48,560 Speaker 1: fast pace. By the way, that two thousand five cluster, 697 00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:51,960 Speaker 1: the problem with those was the little servo motors on 698 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:55,840 Speaker 1: the back of the gauge cluster for the individual individual gauges. 699 00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:59,560 Speaker 1: So if o'riley's got a remanufactured unit available, by all 700 00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:01,319 Speaker 1: means that and do it and you get a good 701 00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:03,080 Speaker 1: warranty with it too, I'm sure you can find more 702 00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:06,040 Speaker 1: information about it at orillioto dot com. I'm Ron Anadi 703 00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:08,560 Speaker 1: in the car doctor, reminding you of the mechanics aren't expensive, 704 00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:15,160 Speaker 1: they're priceless.