1 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 1: Ron Ananian the Car Doctor. It's five union to explore 2 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 1: strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, 3 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:25,920 Speaker 1: to bly go when no one has gotten before. Ron 4 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 1: and Nanian the Dealership has scheduled a five o'clock appointment 5 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 1: with us, you know, to sit down and explain the 6 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 1: workings of the car cars on my wife's name. And 7 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: I'm not I'm not getting in the middle of this. 8 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:38,559 Speaker 1: Your teacher wife how to drive? Um, you know, it's 9 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 1: like I don't want to explain from my wife how 10 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 1: the new car works. To die the car Doctor. Can 11 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:45,600 Speaker 1: you imagine come pick up your new car. It's gonna 12 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 1: take at least an hour up to an hour and 13 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 1: a half for explanation of how everything operates. That's the 14 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 1: amount of technology, sir, I protest. I am not a 15 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 1: merry man. Welcome to the radio home of Ron and 16 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 1: Nanian the Car Doctor. Since this is where car owners 17 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:05,959 Speaker 1: the world overturned to for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. 18 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 1: If your mechanics giving you a busy signal, pick up 19 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 1: the phone and call in the garage orders are open, 20 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 1: but I am here to take your calls at eight 21 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 1: five and now I'm a doctor, not a mechanic. He running. Hey, 22 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: it's time to start your engine and fire up your 23 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 1: phasers running any in the car Doctor here at a 24 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:36,399 Speaker 1: zero zero the Car Doctor seven phone number. More information 25 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: at Car Doctors Show dot com. Get on out there 26 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:41,319 Speaker 1: and also get over and check out the podcast available 27 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: at spreaker dot com and click subscribe or favorite or 28 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 1: whatever the such word is, and uh, take us with 29 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: you wherever you want to go. Wow, what a week 30 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: right leading into Labor Day, Labor Day, you know, the 31 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 1: holiday weeks before Labor Day, fourth of July, Meryl Memorial Day. 32 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 1: Just it doesn't cease to a mayor as in terms 33 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 1: of what's involved. But it seems that this week was 34 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 1: I don't know, was mercury and retro grade? Was was 35 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 1: venus going the wrong way around the sun? Was the 36 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 1: moon in double phase orbit? Or something that was just Ye, 37 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: the art of communication and the the art of common 38 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:28,920 Speaker 1: sense or the use of common sense was just horrific 39 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: this week. It was a very tough week. And I'm 40 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:35,640 Speaker 1: glad to be here with you, I really am. And 41 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 1: I appreciate the fact that you've turned this on or 42 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:39,640 Speaker 1: you've booted this up or whoever you're listening to this 43 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 1: because I enjoy spending this time together. You know you guys, 44 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 1: and from your from the email and the conversations over 45 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:49,680 Speaker 1: the years. This is your therapy, This is my therapy. 46 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:52,800 Speaker 1: This is you know, I get to tell you about 47 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 1: my week because nobody would believe me. It just what 48 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 1: is it with communication? I just I don't get it. 49 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 1: It's it's it's very hard to listen. And I think 50 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:11,639 Speaker 1: we've grown into a society of listen to respond, but 51 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:17,959 Speaker 1: not listen to communicate. Two thousand two Chevy Trailblazer customer, 52 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 1: regular customer, long term customer. She's always been a little 53 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:24,800 Speaker 1: on the nervous side, is the best way to describe it. 54 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 1: Fidgety maybe. Um, So it's not a trust thing. She 55 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 1: knows who we are and what we are, what we do, 56 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: and it's just, you know, I gotta have my car. 57 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: It started leaking something in the right front corner on 58 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 1: Tuesday and Margie called me up and said, you know, 59 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 1: it's and I'm not sure. It might be steering fluid, 60 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: it might be transmission. I know the transoil cool lines 61 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 1: come up that side and said, yeah, no problem. Marj said, listen, 62 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 1: I'm just back from vacation. It's a very very busy week. 63 00:03:57,440 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 1: I mean, let me be honest with you. I will 64 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: try to get a look at it, but I'd rather 65 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 1: have the car here than getting stuck on the road. So, 66 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 1: you know, if you if you're okay with this, drop 67 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 1: it off, you know, leave it with me. At least 68 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: it's here and you're not stuck somewhere. And if I 69 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: can look at it this week, because she was working 70 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 1: from home this week, I said, if I if I 71 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 1: can look at it this week, I will. If not, 72 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 1: and it goes into next week for you to get 73 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: to work. Are you okay with renting a car? Yeah, sure, 74 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 1: that would be great. Absolutely. Okay, good communication, we've communicated right. 75 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 1: That was Tuesday, came in, dropped it off Tuesday, one 76 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 1: o'clock Wednesday morning. Hey you look at my car yet? No, Margie, 77 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 1: remember the conversation about you know, I've I've gonna take time. 78 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 1: I've got to I've got to you know, I get it. 79 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:48,720 Speaker 1: You know, maybe one time we're nervous, we're fidgety. Okay, 80 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 1: Well call me when you know something. I will I 81 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 1: promise I will call you when I know something. You've 82 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 1: got to understand, and we're we're a we're a small 83 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:59,279 Speaker 1: repair shop. We see you know, ten twelve cars a day. 84 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 1: So through the math, what are we seeing fifty sixty 85 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:07,840 Speaker 1: cars a week? And I would say better than five 86 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 1: or seven five, maybe seven, eight, maybe eight customers this week, 87 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:13,480 Speaker 1: which is fidgety. I don't know what it is. Everybody 88 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 1: was just and I spent quite a bit of time saying, no, 89 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 1: your car is not ready yet. Why because I said 90 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 1: I wasn't gonna be able to look at it. Remember, 91 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:26,120 Speaker 1: and and you know, Thursday, Margie called at noon, Hey, 92 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 1: do you're gonna look at my car yet? You know, 93 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:30,159 Speaker 1: you stand there and you look at the phone and 94 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 1: you want to go, well, actually your car is done. 95 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 1: I'm charging your sixty dollars a day storage. I just 96 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:38,039 Speaker 1: try to run up the bill because you know, and 97 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 1: I could probably say that with Marge. She's a long 98 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 1: term customer. She gets my my sense of humor. Um, 99 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:46,040 Speaker 1: she would understand we're kidding. But and I know all 100 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 1: of I not not all of you, but I know 101 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 1: some of you do this. And I'm not sure why 102 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:52,719 Speaker 1: why do you call the mechanic to see if the 103 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 1: car is done? If they said we'll call you. I'm 104 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 1: kind of looking for that answer. By the way, Friday morning, 105 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 1: about eleven o'clock I texted Margie a Margine, your car 106 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 1: is on the rack. I'm trying to get it done today. 107 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: It turned out I had looked at it late Thursday 108 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 1: at the the right front shock had rusted through and 109 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 1: it was leaking shock oil. It was kind of neat, 110 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:21,359 Speaker 1: it was, actually, and if you if you pumped it up, 111 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 1: if you bounced up and down on the fender, it 112 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 1: would build up enough pressure in the shock that if 113 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 1: you put the car up in the area, you could 114 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: watch shock fluid p out the bottom hole and hit 115 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 1: the right front fender. Well, it was like instant oilproofing, rustproofing. 116 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 1: It was never, never, never rusted in that corner of 117 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 1: the car and needed to front strutts, which is a 118 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 1: little involved on this car. There's a there's a there's 119 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 1: a it goes into a knuckle and a lowered wishbone 120 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:46,279 Speaker 1: fork and it has to be pulled off of the 121 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: press and you know, a little cock eyed, but we 122 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:51,839 Speaker 1: we we got it done. So about eleven o'clock I 123 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:53,719 Speaker 1: texted her, Hey, Margine, your car is on the lift 124 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:57,600 Speaker 1: and you know it's it's gonna be done today. It's 125 00:06:57,640 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: just a matter of time now, and just once you know, 126 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:00,720 Speaker 1: I'm doing everything I can and trying to, you know, 127 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 1: make it happen. About one thirty, Margie called. She said, 128 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 1: he I just wanted to know what the status was 129 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 1: with the car, And I said, well, Margie, I sent 130 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: you a text. Didn't you see the text? Now? I 131 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 1: was trying not to look at my phone because you 132 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 1: told me not to call, and I know if I 133 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 1: picked up my phone to look at look to look 134 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 1: at other stuff, I would end up calling you. So 135 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 1: I figured i'd wait and see if if you called me. 136 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 1: You never called, right, I texted you? I was that 137 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 1: with that green light blinking means yeah, like look at 138 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 1: the phone. She looks at the phone. Oh, by the way, 139 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 1: you texted me? Yeah, no kidding. And then you have 140 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 1: to explain why you texted. I don't I don't get 141 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:35,680 Speaker 1: but whatever. So moving on. So at the end of 142 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 1: the day, Margie got her car back. It was fixed. 143 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 1: She was happy, and you know, I kind of explained 144 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 1: it to her like I'm explaining it to you. Listen, 145 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 1: if the mechanics says he's gonna call you, give him 146 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 1: a chance, let him, you know, listen to what he says, 147 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 1: because if you can't hear him when he says, hey, 148 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 1: it's gonna take a couple of days maybe to get 149 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 1: a look at it, but likely going to next week. 150 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 1: If you can't understand that communication, how can you understand 151 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: here's what's wrong with the are, here's what it's gonna 152 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 1: cost to fix, and here's the necessary procedure in order 153 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 1: to execute that repair. And then as proof of life 154 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 1: after death, and somebody behind the curtain kind of pulling 155 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 1: the strings the other way, just to show you that 156 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 1: there is somebody on the other side of the veil 157 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 1: manipulating things. The little old lady with the fourteen four 158 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 1: fusion that has I think it's I think it's just 159 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:29,120 Speaker 1: turned about six thousand miles now late Thursday afternoon pulled. 160 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:32,000 Speaker 1: Then she had a flat and and Edith has been 161 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 1: a long, long term customer, and she had just moved 162 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 1: and she's she's older, you know, she's a senior. And 163 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 1: the car had a flat and she had triple A 164 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 1: come out and change it. And she left us the 165 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:46,199 Speaker 1: flat tire and they had the donut on the car 166 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:48,959 Speaker 1: and she needed the despair for the weekend, and um, 167 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:53,320 Speaker 1: I understand that a holiday weekend, Labor day weekend, and 168 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 1: she had moved, so I said, you know, give me 169 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:57,439 Speaker 1: the new information. Margie. She you know, she moved to 170 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:00,199 Speaker 1: the next town over into a senior center. And the 171 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 1: information and I repeated it back to her. Here's the 172 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 1: phone number, here's the address. Make sure I got it right. Yep, 173 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 1: I got it. I will get this done. Um, you know, 174 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 1: likely by noon tomorrow. Call me just in case, because 175 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:14,520 Speaker 1: don't want to make sure you get your tire back 176 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 1: and we'll go from there. Well, let's see. The tire 177 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 1: came nine o'clock. We had for it on the eight 178 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 1: o'clock truck. It got to the shop about ten to nine. 179 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 1: I jumped right on and I got the tire done 180 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:29,320 Speaker 1: by ten o'clock. It's all balanced, ready to go. Sat 181 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 1: down at ten o'clock coffee break, called Margie's phone. Eat 182 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:36,560 Speaker 1: his phone number doesn't work, it's a wrong number. I 183 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 1: ended up getting a small tool and power repair equipment 184 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:44,280 Speaker 1: shop somewhere in South Jersey. That can't be good. Then 185 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 1: obviously never heard of Edith. So I said, let me 186 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:49,560 Speaker 1: back up here, and I tried dilling it again. Nope, 187 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 1: that was a number. Um, it's really amazing, right because 188 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 1: you know what happened here, Okay, proof of life after death, 189 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:59,480 Speaker 1: somebody pulling the strings from the other side. Uh, just 190 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 1: just see how we would handle it. She never called. 191 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 1: So I took the next step of I called the 192 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:09,560 Speaker 1: police dispatcher in town because they know everybody, and she 193 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 1: knows Edith's cousin who lived across the street from Edith, 194 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:16,240 Speaker 1: and she called Edith and his cousin and edith cousin 195 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:19,120 Speaker 1: came back and said, you know, my cousin, Edith moved 196 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:21,280 Speaker 1: about a month ago, and she gave us his phone 197 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 1: number and it doesn't work and we've got no way 198 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:27,080 Speaker 1: to get hold of her either. So I did the 199 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:29,120 Speaker 1: next best thing. I jumped out on the internet. See 200 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 1: how I got time for all this trying to fix 201 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:33,720 Speaker 1: my twelve cars a day. Okay, I jumped out on 202 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 1: the internet and I googled the address and the address 203 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 1: was the Senior Citizen Housing Center that I kind of 204 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 1: thought it was in Whyekoff. And I called them up 205 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 1: and I explained the whole situation, and the lady Mary 206 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 1: was very nice and she said, oh, she said, let 207 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:49,319 Speaker 1: me look her up, what's her name? And I gave 208 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 1: her the whole name, and she looked her up and 209 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:53,360 Speaker 1: she goes, we didn't have anybody here by that name. 210 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: So we left the message with the Whykoff Police Department 211 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:03,080 Speaker 1: because I know the police dispatcher. So they're out looking 212 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 1: for Edith in her in her blue Ford Fusion. So 213 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:08,439 Speaker 1: somewhere around Bergen County, New Jersey this weekend, if you 214 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 1: have to travel and you want to see the sites, 215 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:13,320 Speaker 1: there's some poor little old lady in a blue Ford 216 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:15,680 Speaker 1: Fusion with six thousand miles on it, has got a 217 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:17,960 Speaker 1: space saver donut on the right front. I've got her 218 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:21,840 Speaker 1: wheel and tire at the shop. She never called. And 219 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:24,800 Speaker 1: I don't understand that the ones that you don't want 220 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:26,680 Speaker 1: to call call, the ones that you want to call 221 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 1: don't call. That's wort to repair, folks. And that was 222 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 1: my week. Five zero nine zero zero. I'm running end 223 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:36,400 Speaker 1: of the car doctor, coming back to kick the garage 224 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 1: doors open right after this. Want you when you get 225 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:56,720 Speaker 1: keep Ron's number hand eight five five five zero zero 226 00:11:56,840 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 1: zero for when you really need advice on your car. 227 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:04,320 Speaker 1: Here's hey, let's get on over and talk to Is 228 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:06,679 Speaker 1: that susmit, am I saying that right in Illinois or 229 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:09,080 Speaker 1: leven Toyota Avalon, Welcome to the car doctor. How can 230 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 1: I help? Yes, sir, thank you, thank you for taking 231 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 1: my call. You great? What's I have a Yeah, Avalon, 232 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:20,160 Speaker 1: I'm trying to hook up a trailer wiring harness of 233 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:23,600 Speaker 1: four pin and what I was wanting was the color 234 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:26,480 Speaker 1: code to the avalon. I've tried googling, and I'm not 235 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:30,560 Speaker 1: having any luck. Alright, so well, let me let me 236 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 1: ask the dumb questions. All right, I get to ask 237 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 1: the dumb questions. I've done this a long time, um, 238 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 1: having just gone through this discovering trailer hitch Explorers. Is 239 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:46,200 Speaker 1: the vehicle rated four to do you know in the 240 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 1: manual it is? I mean because it talks about it 241 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:52,280 Speaker 1: and in the in the owners manual, where are you 242 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:56,480 Speaker 1: getting the trailer hitch from? I got the trailer hitch 243 00:12:56,640 --> 00:13:00,720 Speaker 1: from you'd say known company on the and a trailer 244 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:04,760 Speaker 1: something trailer or something like that. So it's it's it's 245 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:11,240 Speaker 1: it's a hitch made specifically for the vehicle by by okay, 246 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 1: by chance? Do they have a wiring diagram plug in 247 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 1: and add on? Uh? Yeah, I mean there's a there 248 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 1: is a little literature that came with it. Yes, maybe 249 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:27,440 Speaker 1: I think I asked that wrong. Do they have a 250 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:32,640 Speaker 1: harness plug in? Oh? Yeah, No, I didn't buy that one. 251 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 1: They had that one, but I didn't buy that one 252 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 1: just I figured it was a fourpin you know, fourpin uh, 253 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:48,360 Speaker 1: simple wiring, and that's why I bove that one. Well, 254 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:52,680 Speaker 1: so the world, I mean, if you're saying, well, wait, 255 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:55,559 Speaker 1: just hang on a second. So something Okay, I was 256 00:13:55,559 --> 00:13:59,560 Speaker 1: gonna say, the one that came, you know, in kit form, 257 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:02,720 Speaker 1: is it Are you still cutting into the wiring harness 258 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 1: and soldering or butt connecting or whatever? Or does the 259 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 1: does the kit that they offer give you the ability 260 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:12,840 Speaker 1: to unplug connectors and plug things in nice and clean 261 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 1: and you're done. Yes, yes, plug things. But the problem 262 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:18,600 Speaker 1: my head was you have to do something in the 263 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:24,600 Speaker 1: front of the car, underneath the steering wheel. So that's 264 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:29,160 Speaker 1: what that's what kept me from getting that thing. What 265 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:33,520 Speaker 1: do you you got you gotta Oh, they want you 266 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 1: to run. They want you to run the harness from 267 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:38,440 Speaker 1: the front of the car to the back. Yeah, and 268 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:42,800 Speaker 1: then you plug it in into the your rear rear lights. 269 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 1: You're accessing the rear lights at the front harness where 270 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:47,960 Speaker 1: the front harness probably comes down around the steering column 271 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:50,720 Speaker 1: would be. My guess is what they're is what they're 272 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 1: telling Yeah, that's that's that's correct, that's the plugging one 273 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 1: that that's exists, which I didn't get. So where are 274 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 1: you planning to happen? And I've got the wire colors. 275 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 1: I'm glad to give you the wire colors, but it's 276 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 1: not a question of that. I'm just trying to One 277 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:08,160 Speaker 1: of the things I've learned in doing wiring and harness 278 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 1: repair is anytime I don't have to disturb or expose 279 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 1: a wiring harness, I would I would rather go through 280 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 1: the pain of doing it the hard way rather than 281 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 1: than cutting that hard unless I'm gonna heat shrink you know, 282 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 1: nice clean solder. This isn't something where it's just tape 283 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 1: and let it go, because you know where where are 284 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 1: you gonna Where are you going to attach this harness? 285 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:33,680 Speaker 1: Now you're gonna go into the trunk. Is it accessible 286 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:36,440 Speaker 1: in the trunk or is it underneath the vehicle where 287 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 1: you're gonna go to get it? Um, I mean I'm 288 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:43,480 Speaker 1: going I've already got it wired wired up to the 289 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 1: to the light area to the rare light. Yeah. Um, 290 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:52,880 Speaker 1: so you know, how did you get them? I've already 291 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:55,880 Speaker 1: got it to that point, Okay. I got it from 292 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 1: the trunk where where the tire is. So I took 293 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 1: that little gramed out of there, and you know, wire 294 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:07,640 Speaker 1: pulled it up from there and yeah, you know, ran 295 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 1: it through the side and you know, it's a queen 296 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:14,080 Speaker 1: queen set up and just goes directly right in the 297 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 1: back of the were rare lights area where the lights 298 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:21,680 Speaker 1: are exposed, where the bogs are. The wires are right there, 299 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:27,080 Speaker 1: and there's four wires or five wires, and so I 300 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:29,040 Speaker 1: thought it'd be easier. There's one wire that ghosts of 301 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:31,720 Speaker 1: writing inside of the light and there's like four to 302 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:34,120 Speaker 1: go to the left. What what color wires you got, 303 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what. I'll tell you what you should have. 304 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 1: You should have a yellow, an orange yellow, which is 305 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 1: left turn, let's left turn orange. I got a red. 306 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:50,120 Speaker 1: Uh No, orange? Orange is tail? Yeah, white, I got 307 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 1: a tail is tail is brown. Tail is brown and 308 00:16:55,240 --> 00:17:00,160 Speaker 1: orange is brown. Also, yeah, they're they're showing me. They're 309 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:02,240 Speaker 1: showing me in wiring, they're showing me orange and brown 310 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 1: are both tail I imagine there's a small there's just 311 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 1: probably a small side locker that they're making as um 312 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:11,240 Speaker 1: orange because that also goes to the side marker bulb 313 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 1: lights the left stop light and and brown his tail 314 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:22,920 Speaker 1: right and then um white black is ground and that's 315 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:26,600 Speaker 1: that's the left side. Then the right side is the 316 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:30,440 Speaker 1: right side is green is turn, blue is stopped. Yep, 317 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:34,600 Speaker 1: pink is tail. You got two pinks both her tail 318 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:41,719 Speaker 1: and that's it. Those are your four colors. Yeah, so 319 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:48,919 Speaker 1: what am I missing? Nothing? Right now? The question is 320 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:50,720 Speaker 1: how you're gonna how are you going to connect to 321 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 1: that right right right? So that and that brings me 322 00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:02,920 Speaker 1: back to the point that you know, doing wiring harnesses. Man, 323 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:05,159 Speaker 1: I'm telling you the trailer harness. Yeah, I know you're 324 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 1: gonna have to take the backseat out, take up the 325 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:10,080 Speaker 1: the the silk plate, and run the wiring harness all 326 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:12,560 Speaker 1: the way up. But you know, five years from now, 327 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:15,440 Speaker 1: when you haven't had a harness issue, you'll be happy 328 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:17,720 Speaker 1: you did it that way. Then, you know, attacking it 329 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 1: in the trunk um, you know, because there's generally no 330 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:22,440 Speaker 1: place to do it. I'm not a any in the 331 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:30,840 Speaker 1: car doctor. I'll be back right after this. When the 332 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:33,360 Speaker 1: family car needs some fixing, there's only two things that 333 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:36,680 Speaker 1: really matter, getting the right part and getting some good advice. 334 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:39,439 Speaker 1: It's a pretty safe bet that, with over a million 335 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:42,520 Speaker 1: parts in stock, pet Boys has the right part right now. 336 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:45,600 Speaker 1: The pet Boys Pros are extensively trained to find the 337 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 1: right part for just about any car truck. Better yet, 338 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:52,399 Speaker 1: these pros can also handle the entire installation or service needed. 339 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 1: It's always good to have options and no the pet 340 00:18:55,080 --> 00:19:08,280 Speaker 1: Boys Pros have it covered either way. There, welcome back. 341 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:11,920 Speaker 1: We're on the dy car Doctor zero nine zero. Let's go. 342 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 1: I wanna talk to Lisa in Connecticut. Oh Aid Honda Accord. Lisa, 343 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:18,440 Speaker 1: you're out with the car doctor. How can I help? Um? Okay, 344 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:21,960 Speaker 1: I was driving and I turned on my air conditioner 345 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:25,400 Speaker 1: and it was hot air, and then all of a sudden, 346 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:28,520 Speaker 1: it made this really churning noise, you know, something I've 347 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:31,399 Speaker 1: never heard before. And obviously, and like I said, it 348 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:35,120 Speaker 1: was hot air, so I turned it off and well, 349 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 1: bottom line, to make it real short, UM, they replaced. UM. 350 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:45,760 Speaker 1: I got a used UM compressor and it was replaced 351 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:49,360 Speaker 1: and okay, it worked, you know for about a day 352 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:54,440 Speaker 1: and a half and then it was hot air. Bottom line, 353 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:58,520 Speaker 1: it was sporadically sometimes hot air sometimes it was and 354 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:02,119 Speaker 1: when it was cool oldier, it was cold. It was nice. 355 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:05,680 Speaker 1: But every once in a while it just didn't work. 356 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:09,600 Speaker 1: Um I I but I Okay, I took a long 357 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:13,240 Speaker 1: trip and after a half hour, Um, it just stopped 358 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 1: the whole the whole way. So a two hour trip 359 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:20,159 Speaker 1: with only a half hour of air conditioning in the seat, Okay, 360 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 1: so um. But then you know, once I got home 361 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:28,000 Speaker 1: it worked. You know, that was this crazy part. Why 362 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:31,239 Speaker 1: is it working sometimes and not working other times? Well, 363 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 1: I went to get my head lights fixed. It had 364 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 1: nothing to do with the air condition I was going 365 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:38,919 Speaker 1: to live with it like that. Um. And I was talking. 366 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:42,360 Speaker 1: So I started talking to the mechanic and I said, 367 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:45,800 Speaker 1: you know, I got this air conditioner and sometimes it works, 368 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:49,680 Speaker 1: and when it does it's great, But sometimes it doesn't. 369 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:51,760 Speaker 1: I said, I don't know if it's because of the 370 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:54,840 Speaker 1: old compressor. Maybe I should have bought a new one. 371 00:20:56,119 --> 00:20:58,480 Speaker 1: And so, of course he right away he wanted to 372 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:05,119 Speaker 1: change it. Well, so I had him replaced it again. Okay, 373 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:10,199 Speaker 1: you had him replace the compressor. Yeah, well yeah, I 374 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:12,639 Speaker 1: mean I didn't know what was wrong. With it right 375 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 1: with another used one, No, a new one, a new one, 376 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:23,160 Speaker 1: and you paid the price difference, big price difference. Uh um, okay, 377 00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:25,919 Speaker 1: but I figured if it's gonna work, hey, you know 378 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:29,919 Speaker 1: it's worth it in this heat. Of course, I'm retired. 379 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:33,879 Speaker 1: And it killed killed me, killed me my wallet. Okay. 380 00:21:34,119 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 1: So the next day I I had to go to 381 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:42,440 Speaker 1: Boston again. I whatever, and I come back. Um, fine, okay. 382 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 1: The next morning it doesn't work. You know, it's this 383 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:50,040 Speaker 1: on off on off thing. Um even bring it back 384 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:53,200 Speaker 1: in and I told him, look, it's doing the same thing. 385 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 1: They said, oh that. Well, then they called me back 386 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:01,760 Speaker 1: and they said, oh, it's your conde insert. It had nothing. 387 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 1: You know, it really either either either compressor would have worked. 388 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:12,640 Speaker 1: You need a condenser. It's clogged or something like that. 389 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:15,280 Speaker 1: They told me, well, what do I know? I said, 390 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:20,399 Speaker 1: oh my god, you know, okay, fix it. No new compressor, 391 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:24,080 Speaker 1: new condenser. And it still doesn't work. And it still 392 00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 1: doesn't work. How did I know that? Because I'm called 393 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 1: I called you, and that's kind of that was the giveaway. Um, 394 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:34,320 Speaker 1: let me tell you. Let me tell you where this 395 00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:36,960 Speaker 1: repair went wrong and why, and I'll tell you what 396 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:38,760 Speaker 1: I think I tell you what the next step is 397 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:41,840 Speaker 1: that they have to do. I haven't used a used 398 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 1: a C compressor since three I think it's been a while. Uh. 399 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:54,080 Speaker 1: You know, generally compressors today unless it's a real late 400 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:57,959 Speaker 1: model vehicle or something in a salvage yard that's you know, 401 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 1: documented twenty thousand miles old, et cetera. But you know, 402 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:04,320 Speaker 1: you're you're talking about a ten year old Honda Accord 403 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:08,159 Speaker 1: that's got higher mileage on it um, you know, and 404 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:11,400 Speaker 1: Honda's Honda's well, you don't know what the compressor came 405 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:17,040 Speaker 1: out of, Hondak Honda A C compressors seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven's. 406 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:20,479 Speaker 1: They tend to burn up the clutches. They have clutch issues, 407 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:24,679 Speaker 1: a C compressor clutch issues. And you know, you can 408 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:27,080 Speaker 1: do a clutch, you can do a compressor. But generally 409 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:29,439 Speaker 1: the compressors are not a strong suit part of that 410 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:32,200 Speaker 1: vehicle family in my opinion based on what I see 411 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 1: and change at the shop. So doing a used compressor 412 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:40,360 Speaker 1: depending upon how it was stored and cared for. Understanding, 413 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:43,720 Speaker 1: a C compressor is a big pump. It's it's it's 414 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:46,600 Speaker 1: it's it's no different than an air pump. A water pump, 415 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:50,600 Speaker 1: a fluid pump. It's if there's particulate, if there's contaminant 416 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:53,800 Speaker 1: of some kind in the A C compressor. It's now 417 00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:57,520 Speaker 1: been pumping junk into the system, and the first stop 418 00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:02,520 Speaker 1: in the system is the condenser. So you know, the 419 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:06,359 Speaker 1: question here becomes could the condenser have been couldn't have 420 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:09,120 Speaker 1: been restricted as a result of the used compressor. It's 421 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:12,480 Speaker 1: possible could it have been restricted as a result of 422 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:16,720 Speaker 1: the first compressor failure, depending upon how it failed. Yes, 423 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:20,200 Speaker 1: so there's a lot of unknown here. There's a lot 424 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:24,680 Speaker 1: of What I haven't heard you say is somebody tried 425 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:27,919 Speaker 1: to diagnose it. Did anybody tried to diagnose this before 426 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:33,640 Speaker 1: parts were replaced? Um? Yes, Um, well this happened over 427 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:37,160 Speaker 1: fourth of July. It was the Sunday before fourth of July, 428 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:41,560 Speaker 1: so yeah, great time, you know to happen. At first, 429 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 1: it was the hottest day of the year, and um 430 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 1: so my car dealership couldn't I had to wait until 431 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:53,400 Speaker 1: the eleventh of July, and I'm not waiting ten days. 432 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:56,359 Speaker 1: So I went to Sears and they did one of 433 00:24:56,400 --> 00:25:00,919 Speaker 1: those diagnostic things and they said, maybe it wasn't supposed 434 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:03,920 Speaker 1: to say that, but anyways, they said it was the compressor, 435 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:07,240 Speaker 1: you know. And then when they told me how much, 436 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:11,240 Speaker 1: I think, I gotta think about this. And and then 437 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:15,880 Speaker 1: of course some friends really repressing me. Oh we as 438 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 1: this good mechanic you can do blah blah blah whatever. 439 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:22,679 Speaker 1: So I went to cheap way, which you learn your lesson, 440 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:28,439 Speaker 1: you know, sometimes the cheaper way is okay. The question 441 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:30,639 Speaker 1: I've got is when they'm I'm and I guess they 442 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:32,600 Speaker 1: wouldn't explain that to you, but I'm wondering how they 443 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:36,440 Speaker 1: diagnosed it. The fact is, you know, an A C 444 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:40,119 Speaker 1: compressor not turning on, right, that was the That was 445 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 1: the premise here. It was you would turn on the 446 00:25:42,119 --> 00:25:47,000 Speaker 1: air conditioning and they told you the compressor did not engage. Yes, okay, 447 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:51,320 Speaker 1: the mechanic did, right. Yeah, there's there's one wire that 448 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:54,200 Speaker 1: goes to the compressor. Most mechanics can diagnose one wire, 449 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:57,080 Speaker 1: all right, it's a it's a red white wire. It's 450 00:25:57,240 --> 00:25:59,359 Speaker 1: you turn the A C on, it's got to have 451 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,760 Speaker 1: battery volte to it. If it has battery voltage on 452 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:06,320 Speaker 1: that wire, and the compressor has proper ground going to 453 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:08,919 Speaker 1: the clutch coil, which again one more wire. Most mechanics 454 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:12,119 Speaker 1: can diagnosed one more wire, good ground, good power. That 455 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:17,480 Speaker 1: compressor has got to operate, all right. If it's it's 456 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 1: pretty simple, and it's it's there's a couple of ways 457 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:22,240 Speaker 1: you can test this if if it has to be 458 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 1: done on the road, there's a couple of things you 459 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:28,120 Speaker 1: can set up to you know, while you're driving, does 460 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:31,240 Speaker 1: the compressor clutch cut out? You know, and there's your 461 00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:33,520 Speaker 1: test point. You can look for a bulb to be lit. 462 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:35,080 Speaker 1: You can set up a meter. There's a couple of 463 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:39,320 Speaker 1: different ways to do this. I'm surprised, and maybe I'm 464 00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:43,160 Speaker 1: maybe I'm jumping the gun. I'm surprised that you haven't said, 465 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:46,399 Speaker 1: did anybody ever mentioned to you about changing the A 466 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:56,120 Speaker 1: C compressor? Relay relay relay? Actually, after the after this 467 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 1: these two things happened, and after all the money I 468 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:01,879 Speaker 1: spent just thinking how long it's going to take me 469 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:04,840 Speaker 1: to make up that, you know, I said, I'm going 470 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:09,720 Speaker 1: online and and I found some you know articles, and 471 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:13,600 Speaker 1: one said, well, it could be uh, the the sporadic 472 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:17,239 Speaker 1: you know, the intermittent cooling could be like freezing up. 473 00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:19,960 Speaker 1: And it said something about a dirty cabin air filter. 474 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:24,160 Speaker 1: Something I'm going to change that Okay, nothing happened. Well, 475 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,320 Speaker 1: I'll back up that did did anybody mention to you? 476 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 1: Did anybody change the A C compressor relay? No? No, 477 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:34,080 Speaker 1: But I found that online and I went back to 478 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:37,240 Speaker 1: them and I said, did you change did you change 479 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:40,920 Speaker 1: the relay? And he says no, because it was working 480 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:42,480 Speaker 1: or something. I don't know what the heck is. Well, 481 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:43,920 Speaker 1: let me tell you. Let me tell you. There's the 482 00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:47,639 Speaker 1: two most common failures on Honda. On Honda air conditioning 483 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:51,679 Speaker 1: is one's the relay, too, is the compressor. The expansion 484 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:55,040 Speaker 1: valve comes in at third. Based on pattern failures, it's 485 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:57,879 Speaker 1: it's not completely uncommon, but it's not nearly as common. 486 00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 1: The proper way to diagnosis system and let me close 487 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,320 Speaker 1: it out here by saying it this way. The proper 488 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:05,719 Speaker 1: way to diagnose this would be to check for power 489 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:09,639 Speaker 1: and ground at the compressor clutch. If you've got power 490 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:13,919 Speaker 1: and ground, that's a bad compressor. Then conversation over. End 491 00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 1: of story. If the A C was sporadic and that 492 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:20,520 Speaker 1: sometimes the compressor came on and sometimes it didn't, but 493 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:24,200 Speaker 1: it was cold, it was cold when it did, then 494 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:29,320 Speaker 1: that system mechanically and physically functioned. It just needed a 495 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:33,040 Speaker 1: correctly operating compressor, whether it because the compressor was bad 496 00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:37,000 Speaker 1: or the relay wasn't providing power. So the next step 497 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:41,400 Speaker 1: is somebody's got a diagnose, why doesn't this system get cold? 498 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:44,760 Speaker 1: If this goes back to square one, where even with 499 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:47,760 Speaker 1: a new compressor, we have no power to the clutch 500 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:50,520 Speaker 1: and an A C compressor clutch. Think of it as 501 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:54,320 Speaker 1: a light bulb. It's an electrical load. You flick the switch. 502 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:56,200 Speaker 1: The bulb's got a light, You flick the switch. The 503 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:59,320 Speaker 1: compressor clutch has to come on. Electrical load has to 504 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:03,320 Speaker 1: be there all right in terms of just operating the compressor. 505 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:08,880 Speaker 1: So they're gonna have to check for power to the 506 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:13,760 Speaker 1: compressor and ground and then go accordingly. And you know, 507 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:15,640 Speaker 1: do we have a bad new part? Do we have 508 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:18,200 Speaker 1: a bad relay which is located in the relay block? 509 00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:20,800 Speaker 1: You had a question real quick which they should have 510 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:24,280 Speaker 1: changed because I saw how much it costs. They could 511 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:27,760 Speaker 1: have changed the relay and it wouldn't have been any 512 00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:31,040 Speaker 1: I got news for it as part of the diagnosis, Lisa. 513 00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:33,040 Speaker 1: They could have swapped the relay. We swapped the A 514 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:35,719 Speaker 1: C compressor clutch relay on some of these cars when 515 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:37,720 Speaker 1: we were in a hurry with the defrost, we defroster, 516 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:40,040 Speaker 1: relay their identical. They sit right next to each other, 517 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:42,520 Speaker 1: mark um swap them. Send the customer out the door, 518 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:44,880 Speaker 1: let him drive for three days. They come back, they say, hey, 519 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:47,640 Speaker 1: it's fixed. Good, twenty bucks, give me a relay. We're done. 520 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:50,520 Speaker 1: I gotta go, sweetheart, but go get it diagnosed. Tell 521 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:52,120 Speaker 1: them you want you want you know you want to 522 00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:53,720 Speaker 1: have it. You want to have have a diagnosis, and you 523 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:56,720 Speaker 1: want a definitive answer whatever they tell you. Your question 524 00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:59,360 Speaker 1: to them is will that fix the car? Yes or no? 525 00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:01,800 Speaker 1: They don't give you an answer. Call me back, all right, 526 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:05,400 Speaker 1: I gotta go eight five zero zero running ending the 527 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:13,240 Speaker 1: car doctor coming back right after this brought them back 528 00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:15,280 Speaker 1: right ending of the car doctor. John and Maine. I've 529 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:20,520 Speaker 1: got a couple of minutes here. What's going on? John? Hello? 530 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:23,480 Speaker 1: Hey John? How are you? Ronny? How are you good? 531 00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:27,480 Speaker 1: What's going on? Thanks? Taking my call? Great? Okay, I 532 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:31,200 Speaker 1: have a no wait honderchord I've recently acquired. That's a 533 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:34,360 Speaker 1: four cylinder automatic. It's got a hundred and six thousand 534 00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:37,400 Speaker 1: on it. It was in very good condition, well maintained. 535 00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:39,960 Speaker 1: The gentleman putting new tires on before I acquired it, 536 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:44,840 Speaker 1: I probably got about three thousand miles wrestling on them. Uh, 537 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:49,120 Speaker 1: it's a west Lake brand s A O seven. It's 538 00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:52,680 Speaker 1: had a poll ever since I've got it. Um west Side, 539 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:58,880 Speaker 1: but west Lake is the brand of the tire. Yes, Um, 540 00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:01,000 Speaker 1: it's an inexpensive time. Yeah, it's a it's a it's 541 00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:06,600 Speaker 1: a it's an off brand something from somewhere. Yeah. So 542 00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:10,680 Speaker 1: I've had a rebalanced um rotated. I put new rotis 543 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:14,520 Speaker 1: and pads all the way around foil alignment twice a 544 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:17,640 Speaker 1: second time just to verify, and they swap the tires again, 545 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:20,040 Speaker 1: side to side, all around, and just went to the 546 00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:22,400 Speaker 1: tire shot today and they're like, we can't figure it out. 547 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:25,000 Speaker 1: Next steps set of four times. But I'd like to 548 00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:30,000 Speaker 1: be more confident and before I do so, well yeah, 549 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:32,760 Speaker 1: let's let's let's back up a second. So when when 550 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:37,440 Speaker 1: they're doing a four wheel alignment, all right, Um, I 551 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:43,280 Speaker 1: mean Hunter machine specs built in everything falls within spec 552 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:47,240 Speaker 1: uh you know or something equivalent that the alignment machines 553 00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:50,520 Speaker 1: today are pretty good. They'll they'll they'll they'll flag whatever's out, 554 00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:55,480 Speaker 1: you know, everything. Everything looks on the money as as 555 00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:57,520 Speaker 1: far as specifications. They're they're not coming back to you 556 00:31:57,600 --> 00:32:00,560 Speaker 1: and saying, well, you know, castors close, but it's it's 557 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:03,200 Speaker 1: it's still out of range there. Everything's square and true 558 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:07,440 Speaker 1: right down the line, right exactly center line of the 559 00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:11,160 Speaker 1: vehicles is correct on the alignment machine. As far as 560 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:16,520 Speaker 1: they're not saying the rear tires aren't crabbing against the front. 561 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:20,120 Speaker 1: They're telling me everything spot on. They double checked it 562 00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:23,120 Speaker 1: and just did a you know, religned it again today 563 00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:27,920 Speaker 1: the second time. And nothing's. Everything spot on. Everything's with 564 00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:32,080 Speaker 1: ins fact, nothing's loose. Nothing's nothing loose in the front end. 565 00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:36,600 Speaker 1: As far as the steering components, everything's tight. When they 566 00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:39,960 Speaker 1: when they rotate the tires, how do they rotate them. 567 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:43,200 Speaker 1: I believe they were going crossing them from the front 568 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:45,520 Speaker 1: to the back and then the back straight up. I 569 00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:49,920 Speaker 1: believe not a dent. But he did say today he 570 00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:53,240 Speaker 1: swapped tires right to left upfront pastro of. It was 571 00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:57,880 Speaker 1: still pulling. Um the swapped tires all many different Let 572 00:32:57,880 --> 00:32:59,560 Speaker 1: me let me, let me pull over and take a pause. John, 573 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:01,000 Speaker 1: I don't want to us to stay right where you are. 574 00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:02,560 Speaker 1: We'll be back right after this. I'm running any of 575 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:12,720 Speaker 1: the car. Doctor don't go away, Hey, John Ronny of 576 00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:16,520 Speaker 1: the Car Doctor. Ei, there, babe, you got a pencil handy? 577 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:18,760 Speaker 1: I want you to go take a look at Honda 578 00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:24,520 Speaker 1: bulletin dated May of two thousand, nine oh six. Dish alright, 579 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:26,400 Speaker 1: I'm doing this. I'm doing this quick because we're gonna 580 00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:28,560 Speaker 1: run out of time. And one of the things, some 581 00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:31,160 Speaker 1: of the stuff is basic, alright, but one of the 582 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:34,040 Speaker 1: things in there is it it talks about a diagnostic 583 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:37,520 Speaker 1: repair procedure for vehicles that pull or shift like yours 584 00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:41,680 Speaker 1: is going through. And it talks about how to modify 585 00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:44,840 Speaker 1: or change camera and what direction. For example, if the 586 00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:48,040 Speaker 1: vehicle pulls left, they want you to put more negative 587 00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:51,240 Speaker 1: camera in the in the left front, more positive camera 588 00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:53,120 Speaker 1: in the right front. They kind of give you the 589 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:56,760 Speaker 1: tips on what to look for. Um Me, personally, from 590 00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:59,200 Speaker 1: my seat here, I like what they're doing with the 591 00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:03,320 Speaker 1: tires at this point, I'd move the tires anywhere I could, 592 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:06,800 Speaker 1: just to see. Does anything have any change on the 593 00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:09,480 Speaker 1: way the vehicle tracks are pulled. Is it always to 594 00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:11,760 Speaker 1: the left or is it to the left sometimes sometimes 595 00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:16,560 Speaker 1: to the right, more considerably to the right, but it 596 00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:21,800 Speaker 1: will go to the left times. But it hasn't changed 597 00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:26,600 Speaker 1: as far as it is it road crown sensitive, it 598 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:29,400 Speaker 1: is not. I will do a flash such a highway 599 00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:32,440 Speaker 1: or crown road. UM doesn't make it seem to make 600 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:34,560 Speaker 1: a difference. I wonder what happened if they put you know, 601 00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:37,200 Speaker 1: if they started playing with air pressure, tire pressure, moving 602 00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:39,880 Speaker 1: that around, you know, just for the same the diagnosis. 603 00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:43,799 Speaker 1: It's it's a possibility. I could probably try that. I have. 604 00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:46,440 Speaker 1: They were at twenty nine when I first got the car. 605 00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:48,759 Speaker 1: I put it up to the thirty two, which is 606 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:52,600 Speaker 1: speck on the door what's the door side exactly? And 607 00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:55,000 Speaker 1: that didn't make a difference. Are at thirty two now 608 00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:59,439 Speaker 1: and nothing seems to be changing. You know it back 609 00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:01,840 Speaker 1: back the old days a million years ago. Once in 610 00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:03,440 Speaker 1: a while we'd get a car where we'd have to 611 00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:05,840 Speaker 1: put more camera one side than the other, and we 612 00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:09,080 Speaker 1: would actually loosen the cradle bolts and shift the cradle over. 613 00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:11,439 Speaker 1: I mean, it wouldn't look like much on the um 614 00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:14,520 Speaker 1: on the rack, but you know, a sixteen sixteenth of 615 00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:17,600 Speaker 1: an inch um or or less than that a thirty 616 00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:20,719 Speaker 1: second could possibly make all the difference in the world. UM, 617 00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:23,560 Speaker 1: I'd like to really see the alignment numbers and then 618 00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:25,960 Speaker 1: start playing with tires. But get your hands on that bullet, 619 00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:28,880 Speaker 1: and it does give you some specific repair steps or 620 00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:32,000 Speaker 1: diagnostic steps to go through that Perhaps they're not covering 621 00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:33,640 Speaker 1: some of its basics, some of it's a little bit 622 00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:35,520 Speaker 1: more advanced. Calling back, let me know where this one 623 00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:37,680 Speaker 1: ends up. I'm kind of curious. I'm moninating in the 624 00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:41,080 Speaker 1: car doctor until the next time. Mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless. 625 00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:50,000 Speaker 1: Let's see it.