1 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:05,760 Speaker 1: Ron Anium should be told. I kind of cringe a 2 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:08,959 Speaker 1: little bit of rental car purchase programs. Sometimes they're great, 3 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 1: and you know it's then again I think about the 4 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 1: stories of how I see everybody drive a rental car. 5 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: How do you drive a rental car? Come on, let's 6 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 1: face it, who's gentle on them? Right, the car doctor. 7 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 2: They changed the high pressure fuel sensor right, sent me 8 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:31,480 Speaker 2: on my way, and in seventy miles the light came 9 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 2: out again. 10 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:32,239 Speaker 3: Right. 11 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 1: I don't see a relation between a high pressure fuel 12 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:36,520 Speaker 1: sensor and a P zero four twenty or four thirty. 13 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:40,240 Speaker 4: Welcome to the radio home of ron Ananian, the Car Doctor. 14 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:43,640 Speaker 4: Since nineteen ninety one, this is where car owners the 15 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:47,960 Speaker 4: world overturned to for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. 16 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 4: If your mechanics giving you a busy signal, pick up. 17 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:52,600 Speaker 5: The phone and call in. 18 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 1: The garage doors are open, but I am here to 19 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: take your call. At eight five five five six ninety 20 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 1: nine hundred and now. 21 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 4: Running well. 22 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 1: The big exciting news is that the Volkswagen thing has done. 23 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 1: We finished the thing this week and it's back to 24 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:16,119 Speaker 1: the customer. He's out driving it around. He's just he's happy. Boy, 25 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:18,319 Speaker 1: is he happy we took it on a final road test. Dan, 26 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:19,680 Speaker 1: he had to take it on a final road test 27 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 1: on Monday. I think it was it just And if 28 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 1: you haven't been following along, we've been putting disc brakes 29 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 1: on a nineteen seventy four Volkswagen thing, a pink thing. 30 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 1: It's pink, it's the Barberie car. And literally we're putting 31 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 1: thousands of dollars worth of work breaks, mostly into a 32 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: car that won't go more than forty miles an hour. 33 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 1: And I keep thinking about this, the irony of all this, 34 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: But I'm slowly talking to the owner into I said, 35 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: let's let's get a Porscha engine for it, so we can, 36 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: you know, maybe make it go a little faster. But 37 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 1: that's maybe that's coming next year. But it's staggering to 38 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: me because now, because of the brakes, we had to 39 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: take the fourteen inch wheels off of it and put 40 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 1: fifteen inch chrome reverse with polished chrome center caps on it. 41 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:09,519 Speaker 1: So it actually looks it actually looks pretty cool. It's 42 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:12,079 Speaker 1: really kind of a neat looking vehicle. But you've got 43 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 1: to imagine Danny took it out at three o'clock on 44 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:16,639 Speaker 1: Monday for the final road test, right around the time, 45 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 1: you know, the high school was getting out, the kids 46 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: were getting out, and he came back and he told 47 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 1: me the story about how these three high school girls 48 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: stopped him and you know, can we take a picture 49 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 1: of your thing, and made him take a picture of 50 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 1: you know, they took a picture of themselves standing next 51 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 1: to the Volkswagon like they were just so excited. I 52 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: don't know. Maybe muscle cars are out, maybe maybe Barbie 53 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 1: cars are in. I'm not sure. It's the price of 54 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:42,919 Speaker 1: that HEMI coud is going to coming down anytime soon. 55 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 1: I can wait. I'll buy one. I'll give you a 56 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 1: five hundred bucks for it, buddy. I want to talk 57 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:50,919 Speaker 1: about obsolete parts a little bit. We ran into this 58 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 1: more than once lately, and I think it's becoming a 59 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 1: thing not to make a paradox out of this. We 60 00:02:56,919 --> 00:03:00,360 Speaker 1: had a O three Honda Civic in the shop this week. 61 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: Nice car, Oh three Civic. I know, it's twenty one 62 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 1: going on twenty two years old, eighty thousand miles on it, 63 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:09,520 Speaker 1: but a clean, eighty thousand mile car, really clean, and 64 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 1: the customer complaint was the airbag light was on, and 65 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:15,399 Speaker 1: we diagnosed that it had a code twenty one DASH one, 66 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:18,679 Speaker 1: which is a seat belt buckle. That's the gazinta, that's 67 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:21,359 Speaker 1: the piece that the seat belt clips into on the 68 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: driver's seat. The seat belt buckle was reporting open and 69 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 1: the air bag normally there's about two homes of resistance 70 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:31,360 Speaker 1: there and the air bag system saw open circuits. So 71 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:33,679 Speaker 1: it now turns on a light, sets a fault code. 72 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 1: And the key piece of information here is that with 73 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 1: an air bag light on, what happens the air bag 74 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: system won't work in the event of an accident. The 75 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 1: air bag system won't light up, won't work because the 76 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: light's lit up. So diagnose it, go to fix it. 77 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 1: Call up Honda. No part available. Driver's seatbelt buckle is 78 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 1: none around and they told me it's been on back 79 00:03:58,040 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 1: order quite a long time, to the point that they 80 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 1: think it's going to go obsolete. We actually found one. 81 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: It's about two and a half hours away in Philadelphia 82 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 1: at a dealership down there, Burns Honda and Marlton, New Jersey, 83 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: just outside of Philly. But you know, it's two and 84 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 1: a half hours now, it's two and a half hours back. 85 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 1: It's a five hour round trip. They can't ship it 86 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: because it's an air bag part, and for some reason 87 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 1: they can't ship well, I guess because of the explosive 88 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 1: nature of the device, right, which makes me wonder how 89 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:27,279 Speaker 1: they get it to the dealerships in the first place. 90 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 1: Do they What do the dealers do? Do They have 91 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 1: one plane that's got all airbag parts on it and 92 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 1: the guy takes out a lot of life insurance and 93 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:35,040 Speaker 1: flies it around. I'm not sure how that works, Like, 94 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 1: what's the whole what's the concern? What's the danger? If 95 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 1: it's dangerous once, isn't it gonna be dangerous all the time? 96 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:44,720 Speaker 1: But regardless, so the customer, and I'm coming to a 97 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:48,039 Speaker 1: point here, if you'll allow me, the customer decided not 98 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 1: to fix it because it's too much bothered, which I 99 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: could talk for two hours about that. The danger is 100 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 1: the implication. You know, when they design a vehicle and 101 00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 1: they make it with air bags and a seat belt system, 102 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: the two are designed to work together. It's not one 103 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 1: or the other, which is why they make you buckle 104 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 1: your seatbelt and while you're driving to be safe. It's 105 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 1: and they're aware, the customers aware that the seatbelt, the 106 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:15,279 Speaker 1: air bag system won't work with the seatbelt broken like 107 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 1: that where the turns on the line. It got me 108 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 1: to thinking, there's two things, two points I want to 109 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 1: make here, Two questions I have on the back of 110 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:29,200 Speaker 1: my mind. Number one, she's paying insurance for a vehicle 111 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: that has an air bag system, but it doesn't operate, 112 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 1: It doesn't work right, and it won't work now through 113 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 1: no fault of her own hand to the manufacturer has 114 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 1: obsoleted the part. You know, has technology pushed car companies 115 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:49,679 Speaker 1: to the point of not being able to keep parts 116 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 1: on the shelf as long as they used to? You know, 117 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 1: the cars last longer, oh three, Honda Civic. How many 118 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:58,359 Speaker 1: there's a lot of you know, early two thousand Civics 119 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:00,600 Speaker 1: out there still running around. I'm sure they were great cars, 120 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:04,479 Speaker 1: very reliable. Have we gotten to the point where the 121 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 1: vehicle is so good it obsoletes itself by virtue of 122 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:11,359 Speaker 1: no parts? Because what do you do with that? You know, 123 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:14,360 Speaker 1: if you're the insurance company, do you sit there and say, well, 124 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:15,919 Speaker 1: you know, you can't get parts of this now the 125 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 1: air bag doesn't work, So we're going to take away 126 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 1: the deduction for the air bag that we're giving you. 127 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 1: The incentive is the is the consumer safe in that 128 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:30,479 Speaker 1: vehicle in the event of a crash. You see in 129 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: New Jersey, and before you start writing in and emailing 130 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:34,039 Speaker 1: me and tell me, well, Ron, they'll take care of 131 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: that at state inspection. Not in New Jersey, the unsafest 132 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 1: state in the country. In New Jersey, the only light 133 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 1: they care about is the check engine light. If the 134 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 1: airbag light is on, that's up to you to fix. 135 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,040 Speaker 1: That's and to my knowledge, and I'd be interested to 136 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:51,719 Speaker 1: hear from law enforcement, there's no statute on the books 137 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:54,599 Speaker 1: in New Jersey that requires a ticket if they pull 138 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 1: you over with an airbag light on, So you know, 139 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 1: you're now allowed to driving an unsafe vehicle. The other 140 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:06,279 Speaker 1: question I've got, the other thing bubbling around in my brain, 141 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 1: is is it fair on the vehicle owner. You know, 142 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 1: this is somebody's livelihood. They drive this car. This is 143 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 1: what they use to get groceries, this is what they 144 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 1: use to go to work, this is what they use 145 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 1: to drive their family around in. Is it fair that 146 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:25,239 Speaker 1: that part is obsolete on a You know, the system 147 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 1: was mandated by the federal government and by the manu 148 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:31,120 Speaker 1: so the manufacturer complied. But now they're taking that away. 149 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 1: They're saying Hey, we don't make this part anymore. You're 150 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: driving an unsafe vehicle. Car's got to come off the road. 151 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 1: Does that happen? Would that happen? Could that happen? A 152 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 1: lot of scenarios here that we just think of as yeah, airbeg, 153 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 1: lights on, don't worry about it. You know, my brain 154 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 1: works like that. I don't know why it does that. 155 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 1: I look at I look at it from all sides. 156 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 1: We had an O eight Jeep Grand Cherokee. I can 157 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 1: make this not about safety right now. We've got an 158 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 1: eight Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT eight. If you don't know 159 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 1: what that is, that's like the Corvette of jeeps, all right, 160 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 1: independent rear suspension, fancy, super fast, six point one liter engine. 161 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 1: The thing's a rocket ship. And Stevie loves this truck. 162 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 1: Stevie absolutely this is Stevie's fifty five Chevy all day long. 163 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 1: He absolutely adores his vehicle. And we've kept it in 164 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 1: great shape. He's allowed us to do what we need 165 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 1: to do to maintain it. Well, we're now waiting for 166 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 1: a drive shaft. He needs a drive shift. The rear joint. 167 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 1: The front joint's not much better, but the rear joint 168 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 1: smoked and it needs a drive shift. You can't buy 169 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: you joints for that. You have to replace the shaft. 170 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 1: So we started out. I think we talked about this 171 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,040 Speaker 1: last week. I mentioned it that we ordered a drive 172 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:39,719 Speaker 1: shaft for it, right from Chrysler, right from Jeep two 173 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:42,720 Speaker 1: grand twenty two hundred dollars or something later, and it 174 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:44,200 Speaker 1: was supposed to be there was supposed to be twenty 175 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 1: five of them at the Ohio depot. I called Thursday 176 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:50,319 Speaker 1: this week, Oh gee, the part's not there. All of 177 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:52,440 Speaker 1: a sudden, they lost the twenty five. I don't know, 178 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:54,120 Speaker 1: maybe because I announced it on air, maybe there's a 179 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:58,320 Speaker 1: mad rush. I doubt it, but I've still got no 180 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 1: drive shaft for Stevie's Jeep. Now, I started, you know, 181 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 1: Google searching it, and a couple of places came up. 182 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:08,440 Speaker 1: North Carolina came up, someplace called the drive Shafts Shop. I've, 183 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:11,559 Speaker 1: you know, down in North Carolina, someplace somebody told me 184 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:13,679 Speaker 1: about someplace down in Florida. So there's places out there 185 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 1: that will make a shaft. I'd like to see what 186 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:18,760 Speaker 1: it looks like because this is a collapsible shaft, so 187 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 1: I'm sure what they're going to send me is something 188 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 1: with a collapsible yoke and still not cheap. Still fourteen 189 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:26,720 Speaker 1: fifteen hundred dollars plus shipping, so it'll be every bit 190 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 1: of two grand. So it's not about saving money, but 191 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:30,560 Speaker 1: it's it's the extreme that you have to go to. 192 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 1: I guess you got to look at what you're buying, 193 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:41,079 Speaker 1: what you're driving. That technology is great until you can't 194 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 1: buy that technology anymore, until you can't buy parts for 195 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:46,719 Speaker 1: that anymore, you know. I thought it was silly. A 196 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 1: couple of years back, we had somebody that was replacing 197 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 1: the shocks on there at the time five or six 198 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:56,680 Speaker 1: year old Jeep Grand Cherokee, another Jeep situation, and from 199 00:09:56,720 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 1: the factory it had some specially tuned suspension system. It 200 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:04,560 Speaker 1: had red shock absorbers on it, and at the time 201 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 1: of replacement, Jeep Chrysler being what they are, can't get 202 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 1: those anymore. So all the money you spent on that 203 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 1: specially tuned suspension, you can't buy the components for it anymore. 204 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 1: Just a mere six years later, and I said, then, 205 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:22,080 Speaker 1: what I'll say now, is it worth the hype? Is 206 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:24,959 Speaker 1: it worth buying the special suspension? Is it worth buying 207 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:28,440 Speaker 1: the SRT eight is it? But then again, is it 208 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:31,200 Speaker 1: worth buying the three Honda Civic, the Plain Jane grocery 209 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 1: getter because after time goes on, parts aren't going to 210 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:37,560 Speaker 1: be available for that either. No, I don't know what 211 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:39,679 Speaker 1: the ruling is, because I know somebody's out there thinking, well, 212 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:42,000 Speaker 1: ron seven years is the limit? Well, seven years used 213 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:43,960 Speaker 1: to be the limit, and I don't you know, I've 214 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 1: never seen that in writing anywhere. I've never seen that 215 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 1: in my career of fifty plus years, anybody ever said, Hey, 216 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 1: it's seven years, that's all the manufacturers have to keep 217 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 1: parts for it, there's no obligation. Then, before I leave 218 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:58,319 Speaker 1: it for this segment, I want you to think about, 219 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:00,600 Speaker 1: so what happens with the computer chips? What happens with 220 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:03,920 Speaker 1: all the fancy onboard computers that are in vehicles today 221 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:06,120 Speaker 1: and all those cars that you're spending hundreds of thousands 222 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 1: of dollars on, And where will those cars be in eight, nine, 223 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:12,439 Speaker 1: ten years when we're looking for computer parts and not 224 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:16,200 Speaker 1: just gas engine cars either, anything will with wheels on 225 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:18,760 Speaker 1: it on the road that's running a computer part. Where 226 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:22,240 Speaker 1: will those parts be and will they be available after 227 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 1: that magical seven year number that's not written down anywhere 228 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 1: as an obligation by the vehicle manufacturer. Has technology pushed 229 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:32,600 Speaker 1: car companies to the point of not being able to 230 00:11:32,679 --> 00:11:36,600 Speaker 1: keep parts on the shelf by sheer numbers of parts 231 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 1: and the vastness of what they're trying to cover. Think 232 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 1: about it. I'm not an Indian. I'll be back right 233 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:42,960 Speaker 1: after this. 234 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 5: Don't go away, no, God, that's right. 235 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 6: If you call and we're not live, you can leave 236 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 6: a message and we'll call you back to get you 237 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:01,679 Speaker 6: on the air with Ron five five six zero nine 238 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:02,760 Speaker 6: nine zero zero. 239 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 5: Speaking of Ron grey. 240 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:07,200 Speaker 1: Is Hey, thanks Tom. Let's get over to Larry up 241 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:09,360 Speaker 1: in Maine and let's see what's going on here. 242 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:09,680 Speaker 2: Larry. 243 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 1: Welcome to the card office, sir. How can I help? 244 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:16,199 Speaker 2: Yeah, I really appreciate return to my call. You're one 245 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 2: of the few people to keep your word, but I 246 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:22,439 Speaker 2: appreciate it. I'm calling for a friend of mine. 247 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:23,439 Speaker 1: Yes, she had. 248 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:27,520 Speaker 2: She has an O seven g FLOREDO. She had it 249 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:33,760 Speaker 2: in the shop and what it was doing. It would run, okay, 250 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:36,679 Speaker 2: go down the road. It sometimes it would hiccup or 251 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:40,240 Speaker 2: sometimes you would shut right off. So she had this 252 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:42,880 Speaker 2: person to work on it. They changed the can sensor 253 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 2: the crank sensor, the oil sensor, and all the connectors 254 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:52,200 Speaker 2: to these components. They did it. They had it on 255 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:58,720 Speaker 2: a scan tool. But apparently, uh, basically, I think they're 256 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 2: just shotgunning it and they really don't have a good 257 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:03,120 Speaker 2: idea what's going on. Yeah, any we had to get 258 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 2: the call back. 259 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 1: I gotta tell you, Larry, it sounds like they're shotgunning 260 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 1: it too. So let's let's let's just let's preface the 261 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 1: conversation here. A scan tool is a is a good device, 262 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:20,080 Speaker 1: but it's an intermediate tool. It gathers information. You can 263 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:23,960 Speaker 1: use it to troubleshoot most of what's going on under 264 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 1: the hood. But you know, something like this, if we're 265 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:28,199 Speaker 1: starting to think we were losing a cam signal or 266 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 1: a crank signal, a scan tool is never going to 267 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 1: be fast enough to capture that glitch, that failure. If 268 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 1: they're just looking at a scan tool and saying, well, 269 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:43,079 Speaker 1: we've got a cam or crank sensor fault and let's 270 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:46,520 Speaker 1: just throw a couple of sensors at it, because it's 271 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:50,880 Speaker 1: easier to throw parts and actually diagnose something. Okay, so 272 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:55,840 Speaker 1: you know, obviously it's still doing it. I would be curious. 273 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:57,320 Speaker 1: You know, you live in you live in the state 274 00:13:57,360 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 1: of Maine. You guys have this stuff called snow. You 275 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 1: ever see snow in You ever see corrosion? Right? Yeah, 276 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:08,840 Speaker 1: it's been known to happen. You know, is the crank 277 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 1: signal disappearing because of corrosion and the harness and the 278 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 1: connector at a ground junction? Did anybody you know, like, 279 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 1: why why are they changing cam and crank sensors? Because 280 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 1: they looked it up on identifics, and identifics said, these 281 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 1: are the two most common failures. Let's change those, because 282 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:27,640 Speaker 1: that's right, I have to say. 283 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:30,560 Speaker 2: So, I didn't work on it, right, another guy did, 284 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 2: And I'm just I told her I'd give you guys 285 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 2: a call that maybe. 286 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:39,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, how often does this happen? Can it 287 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 1: be duplicated? 288 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 3: Oh? 289 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:46,240 Speaker 2: Uh, it can. It can happen. Oh, you can run 290 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 2: it for an hour, you can run it for three 291 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 2: or four hours. 292 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:52,040 Speaker 1: Okay, And when it stalls, what does she do when 293 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:53,920 Speaker 1: it stalls? What does she do to get it restarted? 294 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 3: Well? 295 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 2: And I asked her that today. And I asked her 296 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 2: when it stalls, does your dashlights come on? Your allinator 297 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 2: and oil and stuff? Like that, and she said yeah, 298 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:08,840 Speaker 2: she said, she just shut the key off and start 299 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:09,760 Speaker 2: it right back up again. 300 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:14,280 Speaker 1: Okay, so we could be looking for we're looking. Let's 301 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:16,800 Speaker 1: let's be clear, we're looking for a needle in a haystack. 302 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:20,280 Speaker 1: All right. I'm not gonna I'm not going to sugarcoat it. 303 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:23,760 Speaker 1: But what i'd like, what what I would like to 304 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:27,760 Speaker 1: do is can we put a fuel pressure gauge on this? 305 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 1: I don't think it's fuel pressure related unless the description 306 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:35,040 Speaker 1: isn't what's actually happening. You know, when it dies, does 307 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 1: it does it die clean? And you can ask her this, 308 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:40,240 Speaker 1: does it die clean like somebody turned the key off? 309 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 1: Or does it wheeze and stutter like it's starving for fuel? 310 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:49,800 Speaker 2: Uh, normally it'll shut right off. Just think it might 311 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:50,520 Speaker 2: be electrical. 312 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 1: Okay, Okay, so it's like an electrical circuit. 313 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 2: She said the other day, it would like hiccup and 314 00:15:59,000 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 2: it will catch it. 315 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 1: So, okay, I still want to put a fuel pressure 316 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 1: gauge on it. It's easy enough, fuel pressure, fuel pressure 317 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:11,200 Speaker 1: gauge and duct tape it to the windshield. All I've 318 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:13,360 Speaker 1: got to do is see that vehicle stall once and 319 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:16,280 Speaker 1: fuel pressure's rock solid. Boom, the gauge comes off off, 320 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 1: it's out of the picture. I've eliminated it. You know. 321 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 1: One of the mistakes everybody makes, and I see this 322 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 1: all the time, is they start to chase. They start 323 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 1: looking for what's bad, start looking for what's good, and 324 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:33,080 Speaker 1: I guarantee you you will find what's bad, all right. 325 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:37,080 Speaker 1: Sometimes it is a process of elimination. You know, let's 326 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 1: make the assumption dangerous word on radio or even in 327 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:44,480 Speaker 1: a public conversation that they scan this for codes and 328 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:48,880 Speaker 1: found none, or did they scan this for codes? And 329 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:52,280 Speaker 1: that's important? And are they looking in the right places? 330 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 1: Are they only focusing on the engine for example? And 331 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 1: you can mention this to your friend that this vehicle 332 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:02,400 Speaker 1: should have in a mobilizer system. It's called SKIM all right, 333 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 1: Sentry key immobilizer, which is Chrysler's version of anti theft 334 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:10,479 Speaker 1: for that year jeep. If this does this have an 335 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 1: immobilizer fault code. Trust me, if that vehicle thinks it's 336 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:17,360 Speaker 1: being stolen because it picks up an incorrect code from 337 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:20,480 Speaker 1: the key and the and the tumbler, it's gonna shut 338 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:24,680 Speaker 1: that vehicle down like nobody's business. If there's if there's 339 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 1: a if there's a break in the wiring harness connection 340 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:30,640 Speaker 1: from the key on down to the skim module over 341 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:33,199 Speaker 1: to the PCM, it's gonna shut this vehicle down like 342 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 1: nobody's business. But it'll have a fault code, all right. 343 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:41,359 Speaker 1: How would the mechanic not know this is the mechanic 344 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:43,800 Speaker 1: only it? Well, hey, I'm gonna tell you. Is the 345 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:46,680 Speaker 1: mechanic only scanning using n O B D two scan 346 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:51,919 Speaker 1: tool which is very generic emission control information? Or is 347 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 1: he doing year make model scan to be specific? So 348 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 1: got to go back to these guys. What them to change? 349 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:05,119 Speaker 1: What they changed? What's their position? Have they considered power 350 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 1: grounds and in general overall harness health based on the 351 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:10,440 Speaker 1: age of the vehicle in the state that it's traveling. 352 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:12,679 Speaker 1: And they got some testing to do and get back 353 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:14,120 Speaker 1: to me. Let me know what the results are. I'm 354 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:16,159 Speaker 1: running any in the card doctor. We're cruising back right 355 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:46,240 Speaker 1: after this. Don't go away. Hey, hey, welcome back running 356 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:48,160 Speaker 1: in the car doctor. I just got a real quick 357 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:50,720 Speaker 1: shout out to my buddy Stevie from Bywise Auto Parks 358 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 1: locally here in New Jersey. Steve, you called me on Monday, Tom, 359 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:55,639 Speaker 1: You'll like this. He called me on Monday, he informed 360 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:58,240 Speaker 1: me he's been listening to the podcast for a while now, 361 00:18:58,240 --> 00:18:59,600 Speaker 1: and he says, you know you have a radio good 362 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 1: you have it's good enough for radio, and you could 363 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:05,560 Speaker 1: be nationally syndicated. I said, Stevie, I have been for 364 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:07,639 Speaker 1: you know, thirty something years. I said, where do you 365 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 1: think the calls from Arkansas and California come from? 366 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:13,439 Speaker 5: You know, I would partially agree with him, because I 367 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:15,000 Speaker 5: think you have a great face for radio. 368 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:16,680 Speaker 1: I have a great face for radio, but the voice 369 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 1: is with the best part. And so to Stevie, I 370 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:22,400 Speaker 1: love you to death, bro, and I appreciate the comments 371 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:24,720 Speaker 1: and compliments and thanks for listening and tuning in and 372 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:27,760 Speaker 1: doing everything you can. Stevie helps me quite a bit 373 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 1: during the week. And it's just funny, right when people 374 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 1: just all of a sudden go, hey, you know you've 375 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:36,399 Speaker 1: got the voice made for radio. Yeah, I know. So next, anyway, 376 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 1: let's get over to Brian's all the way down there 377 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:41,120 Speaker 1: in Philadelphia, and he's got some comments and questions. Seventeen 378 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:43,400 Speaker 1: Ford Fusion. Yes, sir, how can I help today? Brian? 379 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:43,960 Speaker 1: Welcome back? 380 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:45,520 Speaker 3: Thank you, Ron. 381 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:46,600 Speaker 5: How you doing I'm doing good? 382 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:47,199 Speaker 1: What's going on? 383 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:52,439 Speaker 6: Diffusion? I know there's an issue. I know with lug nuts. 384 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:55,320 Speaker 6: There's an issue where the lug nuts you really can't 385 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:58,040 Speaker 6: get them off anymore enough. I think it's a swell 386 00:19:58,280 --> 00:19:59,120 Speaker 6: or something like that. 387 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:01,239 Speaker 2: Yep, this was. 388 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:04,399 Speaker 6: It was one of the guy who who took a 389 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:06,640 Speaker 6: nail out of my tire. He saw it. I had 390 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 6: to go to the dealer for I had a recall 391 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:12,159 Speaker 6: something with the front break calibers. The dealer mentioned it 392 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:15,200 Speaker 6: to me and they had to replace the lug nuts 393 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:19,080 Speaker 6: to just get the tires off. It wasn't a cheap thing. 394 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:22,880 Speaker 6: It was probably like one hundred bucks. But my mechanic 395 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 6: when I went in for inspection, he didn't have to 396 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:27,919 Speaker 6: take the tires off and he told me, look to 397 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 6: replace them. Get them on eBay so you don't have 398 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:32,640 Speaker 6: to pay that much, bring them in and we'll do it. 399 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,880 Speaker 6: Any thoughts on this because the dealer said they don't 400 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 6: know much about this problem. When I did at Google search, 401 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:41,960 Speaker 6: they said this is a common issue on at least 402 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:43,720 Speaker 6: that year of diffusion the. 403 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:50,639 Speaker 1: Capped lug nut. Across multiple years forward, GM Jeep across 404 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:52,800 Speaker 1: a lot of a lot of vehicle car lines the 405 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:55,480 Speaker 1: capped lug nut where they take a stainless steel cap 406 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:57,800 Speaker 1: or a chromed cap and they put it over the 407 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:01,959 Speaker 1: actual lug. Is a problem the dealer is not aware 408 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:03,680 Speaker 1: or you were you know, you were talking. I don't 409 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:05,239 Speaker 1: know if you were talking to the checkout girl at 410 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:08,760 Speaker 1: the register or the service rider, you. 411 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:10,200 Speaker 6: Know, talking to the service writer. 412 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:13,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, and how they how they couldn't be aware of it? 413 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:14,840 Speaker 1: Is you should go back and ask them is this 414 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 1: their first day on the jump. So what happens is, 415 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 1: over time on capped lugnuts, like I said, across multiple 416 00:21:21,359 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 1: vehicle manufacturers, the use of impact guns just eventually rattles 417 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:29,840 Speaker 1: the capped portion of the nut apart. It just starts 418 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 1: to shake and rattle, and then what happens is moisture 419 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,640 Speaker 1: gets up in there. You drive it through inclement weather, 420 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:38,159 Speaker 1: moisture gets up in there, and then it freezes, and 421 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 1: over time that freeze becomes ice and something freezes, it 422 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:43,480 Speaker 1: expands and it starts to push against the lug. And 423 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:45,160 Speaker 1: you know, after a couple of four or five years 424 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:47,840 Speaker 1: of that, all of a sudden, the capped lug nut 425 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:51,239 Speaker 1: it's just starting to rattle around. It's loose, and now 426 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:53,840 Speaker 1: it starts to swell because it rusts underneath. Now that 427 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 1: nineteen millimeter or twenty one millimeter socket no longer fits it, 428 00:21:57,880 --> 00:21:59,199 Speaker 1: and you have to hammer it to get it on. 429 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:01,640 Speaker 1: You got to hammer it to get it off. They 430 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:06,639 Speaker 1: actually the industry actually makes sockets a half a point higher. 431 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:08,720 Speaker 1: I have nineteen and a half, I have twenty one 432 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:12,440 Speaker 1: and a half millimeter sockets, and so on, varying sizes 433 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:15,359 Speaker 1: all the way up, starting at around eighteen up to 434 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:19,960 Speaker 1: twenty two. Just because of this problem, truth be told, 435 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 1: we won't let somebody out of the shop with a 436 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:24,600 Speaker 1: swelled lug nut. At least we have to tell them. 437 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 1: We feel obligated because what everybody has to understand is, 438 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:30,640 Speaker 1: as you're aware of by now, you know you're stuck 439 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:33,119 Speaker 1: on the side of the road trying to change a flat. Listen, 440 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:35,400 Speaker 1: my first obligation is to make sure you're safe out 441 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:37,000 Speaker 1: on the road. You get a flat, you can't stand 442 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:38,639 Speaker 1: on the side of the road to change it because 443 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:41,080 Speaker 1: you can't get your nineteen millimeters lug wrench onto your 444 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:45,600 Speaker 1: nineteen millimeter socket because it's swollen. It's too big. So 445 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:48,719 Speaker 1: you know this is this is a much bigger problem 446 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:50,760 Speaker 1: than anybody really talks about. I think This is a 447 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:54,080 Speaker 1: matter of safety, all right, you know, stuck on the 448 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 1: side of the road. How can the average citizen change 449 00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:59,480 Speaker 1: a flat tire. It's a problem. Now where do you 450 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:01,080 Speaker 1: get where do you get replacements? 451 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 6: You know? 452 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:06,119 Speaker 1: Well, you know the eBay comment is interesting. Where's it 453 00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:08,840 Speaker 1: gonna come? Where does that eBay lugnut come from? Is 454 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:10,320 Speaker 1: it still a cat lugnut? 455 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:11,200 Speaker 2: Yeah? 456 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:13,800 Speaker 6: They said, I met Amazon. Actually I'd had the same 457 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 6: mechanic for many years. I mean, I go so far 458 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:18,560 Speaker 6: back to this mechanic. He was a text co station 459 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,880 Speaker 6: and textcost night in around right, and they just said 460 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:24,280 Speaker 6: they don't want me to spend all the money, you know, 461 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:26,200 Speaker 6: And I said, you know, and I trust him and 462 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:28,440 Speaker 6: all that. But as you said, you know, where is 463 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:31,760 Speaker 6: it coming from? What's what's the quality? That That was 464 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:33,639 Speaker 6: my concern, you know, as you said, where is it 465 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:34,240 Speaker 6: coming from? 466 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:34,640 Speaker 5: Right? 467 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:37,320 Speaker 6: Is it a good quality lug nut? You know? You know, 468 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:40,399 Speaker 6: I'd rather pay more, you know, and just just have 469 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 6: a good quality thing. 470 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:44,800 Speaker 1: As long as you can get. If I have my choice, 471 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:47,040 Speaker 1: I don't care. And I've seen I've seen the solid 472 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:51,159 Speaker 1: lug nuts cost more, Brian, you know, I would go 473 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:54,560 Speaker 1: look at Dorman check out their website Dorman Products dot com. 474 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:57,920 Speaker 1: See if Dorman makes a solid lugnut, because they've started 475 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 1: to make solid lugnuts for a lot of these vehicles, 476 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:04,040 Speaker 1: and that's our number one source. And at least dormans 477 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:06,480 Speaker 1: the name that we can trust. We know they've been around, 478 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:09,240 Speaker 1: they're going to be around. If there's an issue, which 479 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 1: there rarely is, we can go back and say, hey, 480 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 1: you know whatever. But I'd rather deal with my local 481 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:17,600 Speaker 1: guy or my national local guy rather than Amazon, just 482 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 1: for that reason, to buy more capped lug nuts. Where 483 00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 1: are they coming from? I'd rather go back to Ford 484 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 1: and buy Ford if that's all I have the choice of. 485 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 1: You know, if Dorman doesn't make a replacement. 486 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:32,040 Speaker 6: And it'll cost me more, I mean, it'll cost me 487 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:33,359 Speaker 6: more at the dealer. But you know, I had a 488 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 6: recall they had to get, you know, they brought me. 489 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:36,680 Speaker 6: I had to get the wheels had to come off 490 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 6: for a recall. 491 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 1: Right, right, Well, you may find you may find Dorman 492 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 1: only makes capped lug nuts, and they might be cheaper. 493 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:45,480 Speaker 1: So they do make cap, they do make solid. If 494 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 1: they make solid, I would pay whatever it is and 495 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:50,200 Speaker 1: get a solid lugnut for it, and keep in mind 496 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:52,240 Speaker 1: you don't want to start just in case somebody suggests 497 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:54,760 Speaker 1: this to you. Because everybody's an expert out there. You know, 498 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,560 Speaker 1: you've got to watch and see. Not all lugnuts are 499 00:24:57,560 --> 00:25:01,120 Speaker 1: the same. Just because it threads on that chamfer has 500 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:03,119 Speaker 1: to be at the right angle so it secures the 501 00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:05,879 Speaker 1: wheel against its chamfer. I've seen lugnuts that are chamfered 502 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:08,960 Speaker 1: at forty five degrees. Somebody puts onto a chamfer that's 503 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,840 Speaker 1: thirty degrees and then we have issues where they're either 504 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 1: overtightening them and stressing the studs, or they don't sit 505 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:17,640 Speaker 1: securely on the wheel and the wheel has mount issues 506 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:20,760 Speaker 1: and we get into a hole. Michigasa's mom would say, So, 507 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:24,680 Speaker 1: lucknuts are such a small thing. They're just so critical, 508 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:26,960 Speaker 1: you know, they're that what's that expression for want of 509 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 1: a kingdom, you know, for want of a nail. The 510 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:32,280 Speaker 1: kingdom was lost because the horse shoe fell off the horse. Uh, 511 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:33,960 Speaker 1: there's a story about that somewhere. 512 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:36,639 Speaker 6: So you were going to say, mechanic, he was just so, 513 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:39,120 Speaker 6: he was just so. He was just so concerned about 514 00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 6: me saving money. That was his recommendation. But look, I'd 515 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:44,120 Speaker 6: rather pay more and know I'm getting something good, right, 516 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:46,320 Speaker 6: and I think that's I don't want to go yeah 517 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:48,000 Speaker 6: and have it not last. 518 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:51,120 Speaker 1: You know, I get that too. I you know what, 519 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:54,080 Speaker 1: it's a hard thing. Sometimes you get emotionally attached to 520 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 1: customers and that means you've got a great mechanic. And listen, 521 00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:58,480 Speaker 1: I do the same thing. But I also have to 522 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:01,480 Speaker 1: remember my job is there coming to You're going to 523 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:05,159 Speaker 1: your mechanic because he's been your mechanic for so long, 524 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 1: and that's a rare relationship to have, and it's important 525 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:12,360 Speaker 1: relationship to have. And you know, I always tell everybody, 526 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:14,359 Speaker 1: why do you come to me? You come to me 527 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 1: not just for my skill and my knowledge, but you 528 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:18,639 Speaker 1: come to me because if I was a chef, I 529 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:20,359 Speaker 1: know what led us and tomatoes to pick out to 530 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:22,760 Speaker 1: give you a salad that won't give you indigestion. And 531 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:25,560 Speaker 1: that's part of being a good mechanic. So tell him, 532 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:27,879 Speaker 1: I trust your opinion, get me what you think is best, 533 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 1: and we'll go from there. 534 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:31,919 Speaker 6: I mean, my mechanics in his eighties. I mean he's, 535 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:34,520 Speaker 6: like I said, he's been around, you know, right, And 536 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:37,600 Speaker 6: because you know what, I'm less concerned about saving the 537 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:39,439 Speaker 6: money than getting the quality, right. 538 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:42,040 Speaker 1: I get it, I get it. So, but yeah, take 539 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:44,000 Speaker 1: a look at that point, take a look at take 540 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:45,680 Speaker 1: a look at the dormant stuff, and go back and 541 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 1: tell him what would he use if it was his 542 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:50,479 Speaker 1: and maintain that relationship because it sounds like you got 543 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:52,680 Speaker 1: a good one as always, buddy, I appreciate the call. 544 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:54,640 Speaker 1: I'm running any in the car doctor. We're coming back 545 00:26:54,800 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 1: right after this. Let's go over and talk to Bob. 546 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 1: Welcome back, by the way, Ronnie and the car doctor 547 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:21,400 Speaker 1: in Connecticut. Well, actually, Ronin Aian is not in Connecticut. 548 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:24,679 Speaker 1: Ronin Inian's on the radio, but Bob's in Connecticut with 549 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:27,240 Speaker 1: his own nine Cadillac. Bob, welcome sir. How can I help? 550 00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:32,399 Speaker 3: All right? Yeah, I have an O nine Cadillac. It 551 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:41,399 Speaker 3: has auxiliary water pump that actually stays on after the 552 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:43,879 Speaker 3: car has been running for a while, so it doesn't 553 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:48,439 Speaker 3: overheat while it's sitting there. And I can't seem to 554 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:54,359 Speaker 3: get a hold of a replacement. I have an order 555 00:27:54,600 --> 00:28:00,679 Speaker 3: that had been in for probably since last July on 556 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:04,240 Speaker 3: the part, and I'm getting nowhere with GM. They're not 557 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 3: really telling me exactly why they don't have the part, 558 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 3: other than they don't have the part and they don't 559 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:12,119 Speaker 3: know when it's coming in. 560 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:15,639 Speaker 1: Okay, have you have you made request? And you know, 561 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:19,439 Speaker 1: just out of curiosity if I if I tell you 562 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:22,840 Speaker 1: two part numbers, will that tell you? Let's see if 563 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:24,960 Speaker 1: it's one of those are you looking for? Are you 564 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,560 Speaker 1: looking for? Are you looking for twenty five eighty eighty 565 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:30,520 Speaker 1: eight sixty or twenty two seventy three ninety six twenty eight? 566 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:35,160 Speaker 1: The first one the first one, So that's the right, 567 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:38,520 Speaker 1: that's the part number without the bracket. So let's explain this. 568 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:42,200 Speaker 1: That pump was and here we go, like this ties 569 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:45,520 Speaker 1: into my opening comments, right, that part number was put 570 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:49,640 Speaker 1: in on vehicles sold in high ambient temperature areas. It 571 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:53,280 Speaker 1: wasn't a across the board option, believe it or not. 572 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:57,240 Speaker 1: That was dealer installed, all right. And twenty five the 573 00:28:57,240 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 1: piece you're looking for, twenty five eighty eighty eight sixty 574 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:05,080 Speaker 1: is the pump without a bracket, all right, So they're 575 00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:07,880 Speaker 1: assuming you're going to reuse your bracket. Just see, just 576 00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:10,800 Speaker 1: for giggles, try twenty two seventy three ninety six twenty eight. 577 00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:13,160 Speaker 1: I've run into this before. Nobody ever got back to 578 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:14,520 Speaker 1: me and told me if they ever found anything. But 579 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:15,920 Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you what I've told people that have 580 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:16,920 Speaker 1: asked me this in the past. 581 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:22,160 Speaker 3: All Right, they did that, They did that, and there 582 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:23,240 Speaker 3: is nothing. 583 00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:23,960 Speaker 2: Okay available. 584 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:26,959 Speaker 1: Have you tried when you you're talking to the GM dealer, 585 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:29,840 Speaker 1: I have, all right? 586 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:32,800 Speaker 3: Have they mentioned that's exactly where I went? 587 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,280 Speaker 1: All right? Have they mentioned spat case. 588 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:37,479 Speaker 3: Yes, they have. 589 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:39,320 Speaker 1: All right, so you've put it, You've put it through 590 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:45,000 Speaker 1: spat for me. Right then? My next comment is why 591 00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:47,680 Speaker 1: can't we count on the aftermarket. I don't know anybody 592 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:51,320 Speaker 1: in the aftermarket that makes this pump, but I know 593 00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:55,040 Speaker 1: there are electric water pumps used in drag racing and 594 00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:58,120 Speaker 1: hot rotting that we'll you know, we can we can 595 00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:00,440 Speaker 1: install in its place. We'd have to wire up a 596 00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:04,040 Speaker 1: toggle switch. I'm sure we could. Listen, I'm sure we 597 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:06,440 Speaker 1: can wire in and toggle put in a toggle switch 598 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:08,840 Speaker 1: with a timer so that you would have to manually 599 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:12,400 Speaker 1: flip it and let it circulate the coolant. 600 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:16,959 Speaker 3: Yeah, all right, And that would be the downside is 601 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:20,440 Speaker 3: if we left the toggle on, you know, will the 602 00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:21,680 Speaker 3: battery be well? 603 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:23,720 Speaker 1: Can we can we put it on some kind of 604 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:24,200 Speaker 1: a timer. 605 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm sure we could, right, you know. 606 00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:32,960 Speaker 1: I listen, Probably we can send a rogue to Mars. Yeah, listen, 607 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:34,520 Speaker 1: we can send something to Mars. I'm sure we can 608 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:36,760 Speaker 1: come up with an electrical timer that will shut off 609 00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:39,560 Speaker 1: a circuit. You know, I don't. I don't see why not. 610 00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:42,240 Speaker 1: I bet you there's a way. You know, if you 611 00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:43,920 Speaker 1: really love this car, and it sounds like you do, 612 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:46,440 Speaker 1: it's an O nine, it's fifteen years old. You know 613 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:48,360 Speaker 1: you must like this car. It must be a real clean, 614 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:50,960 Speaker 1: nice car. So rather than just say it's all get 615 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:52,680 Speaker 1: rid of it, let's yeah, let's come up with a 616 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:55,920 Speaker 1: way to fix it. You know, you know that would 617 00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:59,280 Speaker 1: be my vote because unless you unless you find something 618 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:02,920 Speaker 1: you know, sitting on a shelf somewhere, has GM. Have 619 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:05,480 Speaker 1: you tried a GM tried to locate it, you know 620 00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:07,760 Speaker 1: us locators sitting on a dealer's shelf somewhere. 621 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:09,440 Speaker 2: Yes, nothing. 622 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:12,080 Speaker 3: They had the tentacles all out everywhere. 623 00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:15,680 Speaker 1: Supposedly, Yeah, chances are it's gone. 624 00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:22,280 Speaker 3: Did Canada? We were in California. We searched out in California. 625 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:27,320 Speaker 3: Nothing right. And the downside is in the boneyard for 626 00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:32,240 Speaker 3: the after a used part. They don't even want to 627 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:35,680 Speaker 3: attempt to take it off. A car in order for 628 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:37,880 Speaker 3: me to have it. They're like, now, it's not even 629 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:39,640 Speaker 3: worth us going out there. 630 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:43,080 Speaker 1: Well, so I find that I find I. 631 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:44,640 Speaker 3: Can go out there and take it off. 632 00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:47,440 Speaker 1: Well, listen, I gotta tell you, Bob, I find more 633 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:50,920 Speaker 1: dead presidents. You're throwing off dead presidents at something, you 634 00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:52,840 Speaker 1: know what, it makes it worth the guy's while they 635 00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:54,719 Speaker 1: may think, oh, it's only one hundred dollars, part, how 636 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:56,480 Speaker 1: about we throw three hundred bucks at him for a 637 00:31:56,560 --> 00:31:59,680 Speaker 1: nice one. You don't get me my part. Yeah, it's 638 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:06,040 Speaker 1: it's you know, bribery work sometimes, you know. Sometimes yeah, 639 00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:07,880 Speaker 1: it's you know. And I'm not trying to get somebody 640 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:09,479 Speaker 1: to do something illegal. I'm just trying to get them 641 00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:11,600 Speaker 1: off their button, make them work for a living. So, 642 00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:15,680 Speaker 1: you know, but try those things. If not, I would 643 00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:18,160 Speaker 1: just look towards you know, if you've got a good 644 00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:20,000 Speaker 1: mechanic and somebody wants to take on a little bit 645 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:21,800 Speaker 1: of a challenge, and that's part of the fun of mechanics. 646 00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:24,240 Speaker 1: These days, I'm sure there's a way to wire in, 647 00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:27,920 Speaker 1: you know, I can think of multiple ways. Back in 648 00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:30,120 Speaker 1: the day we used to have. All it is is 649 00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:32,680 Speaker 1: a circulation pump. It's circulating the liquid and we would 650 00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:34,920 Speaker 1: put it on a timer. You know, I used to 651 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:37,360 Speaker 1: help a guy running an altered out of island dragway 652 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:40,200 Speaker 1: out in New Jersey a long time ago, in another lifetime, 653 00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:43,120 Speaker 1: and we had to run a fuel pump circulator and 654 00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:45,800 Speaker 1: you know, we had it on a timer. I mean, 655 00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:47,920 Speaker 1: we could do it forty years ago, thirty five years ago. 656 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:49,880 Speaker 1: I'm sure we could still do it today. So it 657 00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:52,080 Speaker 1: can't be the hardest thing in the world. All right, 658 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:56,400 Speaker 1: you got it, all right, sir, good luck. You're very welcome. 659 00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:58,240 Speaker 1: And if anybody out there has a part for Bob 660 00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:00,200 Speaker 1: by all means, give us a call at eight five 661 00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:02,840 Speaker 1: five six zero nine nine zero zero. I'm ronnin Y 662 00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:04,680 Speaker 1: and the Car Doctor. I'll be back right after this. 663 00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:21,280 Speaker 1: Come hey, welcome back running the car Doctor. The phone 664 00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:24,240 Speaker 1: numbers eight five five five six zero nine nine zero zero. 665 00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:26,440 Speaker 1: Remember that phone number is twenty four to seven. Let 666 00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:29,560 Speaker 1: me do it again eight five five five six zero 667 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:32,560 Speaker 1: nine nine zero zero, just because we're not on the air, 668 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:35,040 Speaker 1: and I'm looking for phone calls this weekend, and I'm 669 00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:37,120 Speaker 1: looking for phone calls during the week this week coming up. 670 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:39,360 Speaker 1: So if you've got a problem, eight five five five 671 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:42,760 Speaker 1: six zero nine nine zero zero, call me leave a message. 672 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:45,200 Speaker 1: Chances are we'll call you back by Wednesday this week 673 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:48,040 Speaker 1: because I'm trying to build some phone calls for an 674 00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:51,040 Speaker 1: upcoming show that we're going to be taking the weekend 675 00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:53,560 Speaker 1: off for going to do some other things. So I 676 00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:55,040 Speaker 1: just want to make sure I give you guys live 677 00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:57,840 Speaker 1: fresh shows all the time, so or fresh shows anyway, 678 00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:01,240 Speaker 1: and live calls. So a five to five five six 679 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:03,360 Speaker 1: zero nine nine zero zero. Help the card doctor out, 680 00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:05,080 Speaker 1: give them a call with a question, and we'll call 681 00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:07,680 Speaker 1: you back real quick. Piece of email. Ron, I've been 682 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:09,920 Speaker 1: a listener to the show since the days of dipstick 683 00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:13,160 Speaker 1: and clutch. Wow, dipstick and clutch. Some day I'll tell 684 00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:15,360 Speaker 1: you guys how dipstick and clutch got their names. I 685 00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:17,640 Speaker 1: have a twenty fourteen Honda Accord. There's a filter in 686 00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:19,719 Speaker 1: the oil cooler line and in the transmission pen. Do 687 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:22,439 Speaker 1: you change that when you do a CBT oil change? 688 00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:24,520 Speaker 1: You also mentioned in the intervals of twenty five to thirty, 689 00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:26,759 Speaker 1: But what about those filters? The Honda dealers don't do it. 690 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:29,080 Speaker 1: They just do a drain. And Phil John from Long Island, 691 00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:30,279 Speaker 1: you know what, John, we just do a drain and 692 00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:33,279 Speaker 1: Phil also, you know, I think at the thirty thousand mark, 693 00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:35,799 Speaker 1: at the sixty thousand mark, we haven't gotten CVTs up 694 00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:38,840 Speaker 1: to one hundred thousand mark yet and we haven't serviced 695 00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:40,800 Speaker 1: them at that high a mileage yet to my knowledge, 696 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:42,520 Speaker 1: and I guess that's something I have to think about. 697 00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:44,920 Speaker 1: I'm aware of the filter. It has been accepted to 698 00:34:45,040 --> 00:34:47,520 Speaker 1: leave it and not change it. I don't know that 699 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:50,279 Speaker 1: it's going to change, and maybe conventional thinking requires that 700 00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:52,120 Speaker 1: we should change it. So it's something to look forward 701 00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:54,120 Speaker 1: to and look at. But if you're changing it on 702 00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:56,319 Speaker 1: a lower mileage unit, I'm not worried about it. If 703 00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:58,920 Speaker 1: you're changing it on a higher mileage unit, yeah, maybe 704 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:01,879 Speaker 1: one hundred thousand miles up. Just as long as we're 705 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:04,640 Speaker 1: changing it and keeping the fluid clean, that's what's most important. 706 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:06,839 Speaker 1: I appreciate the email. I'm running any in the car 707 00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:10,560 Speaker 1: doctor until the next time. Good mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless. 708 00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:11,200 Speaker 1: See you