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Speaker 1: My name is Drawn and Any and a k a.

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Speaker 1: The Car Doctor. Been here for oh twenty eight plus

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Speaker 1: And it's still a case that I go to training

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Speaker 1: Walter Walter, Walter Walter, how are you today, sir? Good?

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Speaker 1: Thank you very quickly. It's Zozooambre and uh, that's a

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Speaker 1: sits around the actle that triggers the sensor. If you

427
00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:02,639
Speaker 1: could get a visual look at them and maybe spin

428
00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:05,480
Speaker 1: the wheel and look at each tooth. Is the ring

429
00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:11,000
Speaker 1: on anyone particular wheel cracked? Alright? We we used to

430
00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:13,560
Speaker 1: see this on on on some of the early a

431
00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:16,760
Speaker 1: BS on actually some of the tourists and sables comes

432
00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:18,760
Speaker 1: to mind, they did it a lot. Whereas they got old,

433
00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:21,480
Speaker 1: when they got to be fifteen sixteen years old, sometimes

434
00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:26,199
Speaker 1: even sooner, the tone ring would actually split, so it

435
00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:28,119
Speaker 1: would or it would slip on the axle. And I

436
00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:30,040
Speaker 1: see this on a lot of makes. Chrysler has this

437
00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:33,480
Speaker 1: happened too, where the tone ring actually slips on the

438
00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:36,480
Speaker 1: the axle itself, It doesn't stay in that press fit

439
00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:39,840
Speaker 1: and it spins. So now either either the tone ring

440
00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:42,240
Speaker 1: is split and it interrupts the signal, or the tone

441
00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:45,600
Speaker 1: ring is slips and it interrupts the signal, and the computer,

442
00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:49,840
Speaker 1: erroneously seeing a different signal from that wheel, then applies

443
00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:55,359
Speaker 1: and creates the anti lock event. So it sounds like

444
00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:59,600
Speaker 1: a disconnect, right that you have to fix that when

445
00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:02,840
Speaker 1: you're the whole hub or change the axle. In a

446
00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:05,040
Speaker 1: lot of cases you'd have to have an axle available.

447
00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:08,320
Speaker 1: So and again we're back to is that the proverbial

448
00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:12,120
Speaker 1: little old lady twenty six thousand miles in twenty one years?

449
00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,119
Speaker 1: What are we doing? Are we doing two thousand miles

450
00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:20,560
Speaker 1: a year? A year or so? Um uh thousand miles

451
00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:25,280
Speaker 1: a year? We're doing? The only time short, real short

452
00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:27,840
Speaker 1: version to her husband passed away a few years ago,

453
00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:30,920
Speaker 1: and the truck is basically sits since and she's let

454
00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:34,560
Speaker 1: people borrow it. And I think any uh any mile

455
00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:36,080
Speaker 1: which has been one of it is probably when she

456
00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:38,919
Speaker 1: loaned it to somebody in the neighborhood. And and you

457
00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:41,040
Speaker 1: know the other thing you got to play within your head, Walter,

458
00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:42,720
Speaker 1: and you'll do the right thing. I know you will,

459
00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:47,080
Speaker 1: is this is a liability thing. And you know somebody

460
00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:50,720
Speaker 1: will get involved driving this vehicle bad weather, slippery road condition.

461
00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:53,119
Speaker 1: You know you or I could drive it knowing the

462
00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:55,000
Speaker 1: anti lock breaks don't work, because I think you and

463
00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:56,520
Speaker 1: I are probably old enough to know how to drive

464
00:25:56,560 --> 00:25:59,639
Speaker 1: without anti lock breaks. You know other than open the

465
00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:02,800
Speaker 1: door in rag your foot, we understand countersteer and you know,

466
00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:09,280
Speaker 1: um throttle throttle, sometimes says she in a skid. But well, right,

467
00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:11,040
Speaker 1: that's what I'm saying, open the door. And you know,

468
00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:13,119
Speaker 1: that's why we always walk to the limp, because the

469
00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:15,240
Speaker 1: one side of our shoes always had a little bit

470
00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:18,000
Speaker 1: of camera to it. But you know, at the time

471
00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:20,800
Speaker 1: it worked, it may be a suggestion here that she's

472
00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:24,040
Speaker 1: better off just getting rid of the vehicle, and you know,

473
00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:27,880
Speaker 1: for safety's sake, for liability's sake, and and that, um,

474
00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,480
Speaker 1: you know, how how much does she need it? And

475
00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:33,160
Speaker 1: she's got the financial means just to replace it? You know, Walter,

476
00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:35,240
Speaker 1: sometimes you just gotta throw that old T shirt out

477
00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:37,399
Speaker 1: in the heck with it, move on. She has a

478
00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:41,560
Speaker 1: nice car, So she has a two thousand and twelve

479
00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:45,480
Speaker 1: Nissan with like twelve thousand miles on it. So she

480
00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:48,720
Speaker 1: doesn't really need the Yeah, she doesn't really need this.

481
00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:52,560
Speaker 1: It seems to be mostly attached to it. Well, and

482
00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:57,119
Speaker 1: and and and that I understand the thing. I guess

483
00:26:57,119 --> 00:27:00,840
Speaker 1: it conserves me, But um, I probably be more concerned

484
00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:02,960
Speaker 1: about that. And that's why I won't do a break

485
00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:06,240
Speaker 1: job without using all new parts for that same reason. Yeah,

486
00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:09,240
Speaker 1: you know it's it's listen, we just had a court

487
00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:13,280
Speaker 1: in Michigan rule that, uh, doing a tire rotation doesn't

488
00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:16,560
Speaker 1: really doesn't require you to tighten lug nuts, making you

489
00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:22,880
Speaker 1: a liability or fault. So if that insane, now go

490
00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:26,960
Speaker 1: out to ms Walter, go out to MSN dot com

491
00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:28,960
Speaker 1: and a matter of fact, go out to our Facebook page.

492
00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:31,639
Speaker 1: It's posted there. Or get out to MSN dot com

493
00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:35,440
Speaker 1: and look up Michigan Court ruling tire rotation or tire

494
00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:38,800
Speaker 1: rotation Michigan Court and read the story. You'll you'll be

495
00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:44,359
Speaker 1: afraid to go out on the road. Say again, Walter,

496
00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:49,399
Speaker 1: I'm serious. According to of course, you've got the government

497
00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:54,119
Speaker 1: involved in trying to repair cars, you know, Walter, I

498
00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:59,080
Speaker 1: gotta go take take good care about They're always enjoyed,

499
00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:02,520
Speaker 1: always a pleasure. Yeah, it's I know, we all laugh

500
00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:06,040
Speaker 1: about it like it's whatever. Rona nating the car Doctor.

501
00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:14,200
Speaker 1: I'll be back right after this, the car Doctor here

502
00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,280
Speaker 1: real quick from the folks at super Chips. Super Chips

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506
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Speaker 1: even a twenty model year vehicle, and they're supporting the

507
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Speaker 1: four wheel drive the trail guys um more information at

508
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Speaker 1: super chips dot com. I thought that was really neat.

509
00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:38,520
Speaker 1: I was reading that this morning. So some great stuff

510
00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:40,680
Speaker 1: as always from the folks at super Chips. Let's get

511
00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:43,480
Speaker 1: over to Matton, Ohio nine Honda Civic. Matt, what's going

512
00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:48,960
Speaker 1: on here? Hey, Ron, thanks for taking the call. Um. Okay, Well,

513
00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:52,880
Speaker 1: my Honda Civic. One morning I went out, this was

514
00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:57,440
Speaker 1: just happened out of nowhere. Uh. The clutch pedal just

515
00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:00,920
Speaker 1: felt really weak and felt like it just lost a

516
00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:03,360
Speaker 1: whole pressure, like I could push it to the floor.

517
00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:06,560
Speaker 1: It was still return but it didn't take much to

518
00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:09,960
Speaker 1: push it, and it was unable to put the car

519
00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:14,080
Speaker 1: in gear while it started. So you know, the first

520
00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:15,880
Speaker 1: thing I did was I checked it make sure that

521
00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:18,520
Speaker 1: to see if there's a leak in the hydraulic system

522
00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:22,680
Speaker 1: for the clutch, and I didn't see any leaks anywhere,

523
00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:26,640
Speaker 1: so I figured something was wrong with the throwout bearing.

524
00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:29,560
Speaker 1: So anyway, long story short, I took the transmission. Now

525
00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:32,800
Speaker 1: that changed the clutch and the throwout bearing and that,

526
00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:35,680
Speaker 1: you know, the clutch plate and stuff. Put everything back

527
00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:39,360
Speaker 1: together and put a new match of cylinder, new slave

528
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:44,040
Speaker 1: cylinder on it, and I'm having the same problem. There's

529
00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:47,080
Speaker 1: like no pressure and there's there's nothing else there. You've

530
00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:52,080
Speaker 1: changed everything, yeah, I've I've changed everything. So, like my

531
00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:55,520
Speaker 1: next theory was, is it possible that there's a small

532
00:29:55,560 --> 00:30:00,320
Speaker 1: section like fifteen inches of pose of rubber hose. Is

533
00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:04,120
Speaker 1: it possible if that collapses? Is it possible that that

534
00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:07,640
Speaker 1: could cause that kind of symptom. Well, let's let's let's

535
00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:11,840
Speaker 1: diagnose it using your thoughts. So what you're asking me

536
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,960
Speaker 1: is if there was a restriction in the hydraulic line,

537
00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:18,680
Speaker 1: would that prevent the clutch from operating or would that

538
00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:21,320
Speaker 1: change the way the pedal felt. Let's let's think about this.

539
00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:23,560
Speaker 1: Wouldn't you think if there was a restriction in the

540
00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:26,800
Speaker 1: hydraulic line that would create higher pressure in the part

541
00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:28,880
Speaker 1: of the hydraulic line that was working as you push

542
00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:33,080
Speaker 1: down on the pedal and give you give you more feel. Right,

543
00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:35,320
Speaker 1: if we think about a water hose and the water

544
00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:37,800
Speaker 1: hose is running and we cap it with the palm

545
00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:42,240
Speaker 1: of our hand, we're gonna be building pressure in the hose. Right, yeah,

546
00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:45,120
Speaker 1: so sort of the same thing as what you're describing.

547
00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:47,880
Speaker 1: What what what I'm more about here is when you

548
00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:53,440
Speaker 1: go to bleed it? How are you bleeding the system? Uh? Well,

549
00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:56,840
Speaker 1: I had a friend helping me, and I was I

550
00:30:56,960 --> 00:30:59,880
Speaker 1: was by the slave cylinder with the wrench on the

551
00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:05,000
Speaker 1: on the relief valve, and and I had him he

552
00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:08,880
Speaker 1: pumped five times and then hold it to the floor

553
00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:12,120
Speaker 1: and while I would while I would believe it, you know,

554
00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:13,880
Speaker 1: and then I would tighten it back up. And he

555
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:17,080
Speaker 1: lifted with this foot up off the clutch and we

556
00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:21,880
Speaker 1: did that like five times, and the pedal will return

557
00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:23,880
Speaker 1: as I said, like, if you push the pedal to

558
00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:26,719
Speaker 1: the floor, it will return back again. But there's just

559
00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:31,120
Speaker 1: and also the fork that the sleigh cylinder will move

560
00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:37,320
Speaker 1: the fork about an inch and that's it. That's it

561
00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:40,360
Speaker 1: about probably about an inch. So the system's air bound

562
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:43,800
Speaker 1: is really what is really what you're describing to me?

563
00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:45,920
Speaker 1: Because I don't think an inch is enough throw on

564
00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:51,840
Speaker 1: that fork to depress the plate. I started thinking, So,

565
00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:53,720
Speaker 1: so what I what I want you to try is this.

566
00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:55,000
Speaker 1: Do you have a do you have an a Rillyoto

567
00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:58,800
Speaker 1: parts near you? Yeah, right next to marriage. Get out,

568
00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:01,800
Speaker 1: Get get out. Get out to your local Orellyoto Parts.

569
00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:05,720
Speaker 1: Tell them what you're trying to do. Ask them, you

570
00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:07,840
Speaker 1: know it's been out there for a while, and I

571
00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:10,840
Speaker 1: think O'reillyoto Parts still has it. Is you're looking for

572
00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:15,040
Speaker 1: the hypodermic syringe and what is It's gonna look like

573
00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:17,120
Speaker 1: a giant It's gonna look like a giant hypodermic with

574
00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:20,640
Speaker 1: a little rubber boot on the end, and it'll have

575
00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:23,000
Speaker 1: like a right angle adapter to get into a tight spot.

576
00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:26,440
Speaker 1: You can fill it with brake fluid. Okay, turn it

577
00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:28,800
Speaker 1: right side up, burp the air out. You'll feel like

578
00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:31,520
Speaker 1: a doctor. You'll go dink, dinkdink. Push up on the hypodermic,

579
00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:33,960
Speaker 1: a little bit of fluid comes out. Okay, get all

580
00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:36,240
Speaker 1: the air out of it. Open up the bleeder on

581
00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:40,880
Speaker 1: the slave cylinder and take the cap off the master

582
00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:47,360
Speaker 1: and shoot the brake fluid in that way and through

583
00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:49,720
Speaker 1: the slave cylinder. What you're gonna do is you're gonna

584
00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:52,120
Speaker 1: push the air up into the master and let it

585
00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:54,720
Speaker 1: burt out the top of the master. Do that a

586
00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:57,840
Speaker 1: couple of times. See if that changes the disposition of

587
00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:00,840
Speaker 1: the clutch. And if it doesn't, call way back next week,

588
00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:02,880
Speaker 1: but get out to your local Oraialyoto parts or check

589
00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:05,720
Speaker 1: them out at Orioto dot com. And I'm thinking there's

590
00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:08,280
Speaker 1: air in this system, Matt. There's that. That's all that's left.

591
00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:11,880
Speaker 1: You've changed everything else, and let's let's let's just make

592
00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:14,920
Speaker 1: sure it's bled and then that'll be the fool proof

593
00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:18,000
Speaker 1: method and then let's we can talk next week. Alright, kiddo,

594
00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:22,360
Speaker 1: you're very welcome, Sir nine zero. The Car Doctors coming

595
00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:29,160
Speaker 1: back right after this. Welcome back, car Doctor. Hey, we

596
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:31,920
Speaker 1: are just geez, I think it's I think we're three

597
00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:35,040
Speaker 1: weeks away. November the Car Doctor is going down to

598
00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:38,719
Speaker 1: Virginia Beach Convention Center of Virginia to take part in

599
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:41,160
Speaker 1: the Coastal Virginia Auto Show. We're gonna be doing a

600
00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:44,880
Speaker 1: live broadcast down there, UM talking about cars and meeting

601
00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:47,400
Speaker 1: everybody and seeing what's going on there. This This is

602
00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:49,360
Speaker 1: probably the East Coast, one of the East coast biggest

603
00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:50,960
Speaker 1: car shows. We're looking forward to being part of this.

604
00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:55,280
Speaker 1: UM November sixteenth and seventeenth. It's Saturday ten a to

605
00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:57,320
Speaker 1: seven p and Sunday ten a to six p. Will

606
00:33:57,320 --> 00:34:00,160
Speaker 1: be there on Saturday, Uh, the Virginia Beach Conventions or

607
00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:02,640
Speaker 1: so we're looking forward to that. Just a reminder, so

608
00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:05,160
Speaker 1: if you're down there and or you're you're traveling in

609
00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:07,280
Speaker 1: cruise and eight, come on by, stop buying, stop by

610
00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:09,200
Speaker 1: the booth and see the car doctor and uh help

611
00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:10,799
Speaker 1: us put on the live broadcast as we do our

612
00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:13,319
Speaker 1: national radio show right there from the from the floor

613
00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:15,720
Speaker 1: of the Coastal Virginia Auto Show. So we're looking forward

614
00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:17,640
Speaker 1: to that. Real quick before we go, I want to

615
00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:21,840
Speaker 1: tell you the quick story. Had a fifteen Ford F

616
00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:25,000
Speaker 1: three fifty in the shop this week and it was

617
00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:27,239
Speaker 1: a check engine line. It was a welders truck, right,

618
00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:29,600
Speaker 1: so this you know, I had all the tanks on

619
00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:31,919
Speaker 1: and all the tooling and you know, always carrying a load,

620
00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:34,520
Speaker 1: and uh, this is a work truck and it's working hard, right,

621
00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:38,200
Speaker 1: big six point two leader and with about ninety thousand

622
00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:40,480
Speaker 1: miles just shy and ninety thousand miles on it. Check

623
00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:42,640
Speaker 1: engine light came on. It had a fault code P

624
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:46,839
Speaker 1: zero six B six P zero six Baker six, which

625
00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:51,280
Speaker 1: is a nock sensor circuit fault in the internal module

626
00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:54,839
Speaker 1: of the PCM. You start reading the float chart and

627
00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:57,200
Speaker 1: it tells you, in all likelihood you get through the

628
00:34:57,200 --> 00:35:00,280
Speaker 1: float chart. It's one of two steps. It's a bad PCM.

629
00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:03,440
Speaker 1: You do some research and you look at the common

630
00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:06,239
Speaker 1: pattern failures because you're subscribed to a couple of databases,

631
00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:10,120
Speaker 1: Thank you very much. And it turns out that an

632
00:35:10,120 --> 00:35:13,600
Speaker 1: ignition coil can create the problem a little spirts of

633
00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:15,600
Speaker 1: water from an ignition bottle. You here, tick tick tick

634
00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:18,279
Speaker 1: tick tick. You know that the coil itself is misfiring

635
00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:21,239
Speaker 1: all motorcraft parts done down the road ron and ating

636
00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:24,919
Speaker 1: the car doctor reminding you the mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless.

637
00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:25,200
Speaker 1: See you