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Speaker 1: Ron and Anian, you're driving this plaque two door fifty five.

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Speaker 1: Everybody out there saying why would a gas gage nickel

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Speaker 1: that's all they're concerning about. Welcome to the radio home

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Speaker 1: of Ron and Anian, the Car Doctor. It's this is

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Speaker 1: where car owners the world overturned to for their definitive

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Speaker 1: opinion on automotive repair. If you're a mechanics giving you

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Speaker 1: the garage doors are open, but I am here to

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Speaker 1: and now he's running. There's always a reason that something breaks.

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Speaker 1: There's always a story behind it. You know how it

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Speaker 1: And I know that's simplistic, but I'll make the point

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Speaker 1: this way. My generator broke this week, the generator that

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Speaker 1: They know what's going on. They went through their diagnostics,

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Speaker 1: And we're standing there thinking about it, and then I

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Speaker 1: the car doctor here to help you five zero zero zero,

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Speaker 1: I help? It's about twenty years since the senior person

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Speaker 1: I did a reman trans on the Dodge Carogran for

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Speaker 1: my wife. Uh still running good? Cool? Yeah, I kind of,

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Speaker 1: is it synthetic dot three or four, Paul? Or is

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Speaker 1: it synthetic dot five silicone dot three? Okay? First of all, technically,

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Speaker 1: all break fluid is synthetic, all right, It really is

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Speaker 1: It's interesting if you start reading about it. All break

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Speaker 1: conventional At a Dot three or four level, you can

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Speaker 1: mix conventional and synthetic. You can add you can add

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Speaker 1: no issue mixing silicone and Uh dot three and four

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Speaker 1: were you that they didn't have conventional break fluid? Uh? O'Reilly?

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Speaker 1: Really did they? Did they have an answer? Did they

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Speaker 1: that's that's what we use. And they had their order

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Speaker 1: I just didn't feel comfortable with it. Um, well, I

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Speaker 1: So they just put synthetic on Wolder bottles. Well, you know, Paul,

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Speaker 1: but in the reality, like I said, it's it's not

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Speaker 1: synthetic oil versus conventional oil. It's it's really a different

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Speaker 1: thought process. But for what you're doing, synthetic brake fluid

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Speaker 1: it's fifteen years old. You're gonna flush the system anyway.

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Speaker 1: So you'll get all the conventional out and put the

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Speaker 1: synthetic in um or or their version of synthetic, and

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Speaker 1: You have your foot actuator for your emergency brake, right,

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Speaker 1: How can I help Ron? Nice to talk to you.

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Speaker 1: could think of to check on this or to have known,

425
00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:13,920
Speaker 1: you know, comparison of hey, here's what it does, here's

426
00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:16,840
Speaker 1: what it looks like, this is what this is what happened,

427
00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:20,000
Speaker 1: and now I can figure out what the causes a

428
00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:23,080
Speaker 1: lot of times, you know, I'll say it like this.

429
00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:26,800
Speaker 1: I think the number is of cars with check engine

430
00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:30,600
Speaker 1: lights on are a component failure and No two a cat,

431
00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:35,400
Speaker 1: a throttle position sensor, a mass airflow that last thirty year,

432
00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:40,000
Speaker 1: ten percent, whatever the number is is. They're the ones

433
00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:42,000
Speaker 1: that make you think. They're the ones that make you

434
00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:44,159
Speaker 1: have to go and look at different pits and different

435
00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:48,640
Speaker 1: values and other places for information. Which is why on

436
00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:51,639
Speaker 1: all cars, even the cars that are component failures. And

437
00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:53,320
Speaker 1: I put it on two one that fixed, it's good.

438
00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:56,880
Speaker 1: What's fuel trim? What was throttle angle? What was calculated load?

439
00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:59,280
Speaker 1: You know you still record those things. You write them

440
00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:01,920
Speaker 1: down in your book. Every mechanic has a book, either

441
00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:03,560
Speaker 1: it's in his head or it's a paper copy, or

442
00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:05,480
Speaker 1: it's on a computer. But you've always got your data

443
00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:09,399
Speaker 1: to refer back to the things that you won't forget. Um.

444
00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:14,480
Speaker 1: That being said, this truck has a wiring harness down

445
00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:18,000
Speaker 1: by the exhaust manifold by the front pipe, right, yeah,

446
00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:21,679
Speaker 1: is that safely tucked in place? Is that anywhere near

447
00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:24,879
Speaker 1: the exhaust manifold that it could be rubbing against it?

448
00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:28,760
Speaker 1: Is there any damage to the wiring harness whatsoever? Yeah,

449
00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:32,960
Speaker 1: could check that. Sure. Yeah, it's a it's an old

450
00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:38,680
Speaker 1: farm truck, so it's been right. But make sure that harness,

451
00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:41,320
Speaker 1: and and for that matter, even if the harness is

452
00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:43,920
Speaker 1: away from the manifold that it's not rubbing against it,

453
00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:48,639
Speaker 1: Go down, go down there and kind of grab the

454
00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:52,520
Speaker 1: harness like you were needing though, and gently massage the harness,

455
00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:54,720
Speaker 1: wiggle it and jiggle it and move it back and forth.

456
00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:57,199
Speaker 1: Does that make the truck shut off? We've seen cases

457
00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:00,520
Speaker 1: where that portion of the harness gets hardened from the heat,

458
00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:02,960
Speaker 1: gets sort of it's sort of case hardened. It's twenty

459
00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,199
Speaker 1: two years old. Now, it's been exposed to heat. It

460
00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:07,359
Speaker 1: was allowsy place for them to put the harness in

461
00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:11,080
Speaker 1: the first place when Ford designed this, and we've seen

462
00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:15,000
Speaker 1: lots of harness issues created down there. So it doesn't

463
00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:17,000
Speaker 1: have a lot of miles on it, well, you know,

464
00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:18,720
Speaker 1: neither do I. But look at me, look kind of

465
00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:22,960
Speaker 1: shape bombing. Uh you know, mileage doesn't matter to me. Um,

466
00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:27,440
Speaker 1: it's broken, you know. If I well, yeah, Pat, you know, listen,

467
00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:29,119
Speaker 1: if I thought like that, it doesn't have a lot

468
00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:31,879
Speaker 1: of miles on it, it shouldn't be broken. Okay, let's go,

469
00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:35,560
Speaker 1: let's bring in the next vehicle. You know, it's you know,

470
00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:38,679
Speaker 1: sometimes that influences my decision thinking, but not until I

471
00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:42,200
Speaker 1: get you know, not until I get my data. Hey, listen,

472
00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:47,359
Speaker 1: are the battery cables tight? Yeah? You don't know. You

473
00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:49,760
Speaker 1: don't know, brother, You don't know how many cars we

474
00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:52,760
Speaker 1: fix because somebody put a battery in it. And I'm

475
00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:55,000
Speaker 1: not saying you did this, but somebody put a battery

476
00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:58,840
Speaker 1: in it. And the terminals are loose. The g M

477
00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:02,480
Speaker 1: side terminals are tight all the way. And you'll walk up,

478
00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:07,360
Speaker 1: you know, tap the negative terminal. It just moves, you know, uh,

479
00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:10,399
Speaker 1: twenty minutes by a clock face and the truck stoles,

480
00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:12,520
Speaker 1: or it sets a trouble code or a voltage issue,

481
00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:16,840
Speaker 1: or you know, it's you gotta go through basics. You

482
00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:20,600
Speaker 1: gotta go through and and stop changing parts, you know,

483
00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:24,400
Speaker 1: because you know what you show me where it says

484
00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:27,440
Speaker 1: all those parts you put on new doesn't mean good,

485
00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:31,239
Speaker 1: New means never ever worked. So you know it just

486
00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:33,600
Speaker 1: it just doesn't comply. You could have put another problem

487
00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:36,720
Speaker 1: into that just by changing apart. Now you're gonna have

488
00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:41,720
Speaker 1: two issues to deal with. So stop stop changing. Yeah,

489
00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:44,040
Speaker 1: I get a scanner, and you know, do some look

490
00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:46,119
Speaker 1: at look up some YouTube videos on fuel trim and

491
00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:48,879
Speaker 1: how fuel trim works and what fuel trims all about,

492
00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:51,960
Speaker 1: and there's no way, there's no more being half a

493
00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,560
Speaker 1: mechanic anymore. You gotta do it all. You gotta look

494
00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:57,200
Speaker 1: at everything. And that's the only way we're gonna fix

495
00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:59,439
Speaker 1: cars and trucks going forward. It's just it's just gotten

496
00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:03,040
Speaker 1: way too complicated and way too involved. All right. But

497
00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:06,000
Speaker 1: whatever you find, whatever information you get, you call me

498
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,320
Speaker 1: back because I'll be here waiting for you and we

499
00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:10,200
Speaker 1: can talk about it and we'll fix that truck together,

500
00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:13,480
Speaker 1: you and me. Good luck to you, all right, Um,

501
00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:15,240
Speaker 1: I'll call you back, all right. You let me know

502
00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:18,879
Speaker 1: you take good care already. I'll see you. Hey, I

503
00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:22,720
Speaker 1: had to throw that in there zero. The car Doctor's

504
00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:39,520
Speaker 1: cruising back right after this. BA come back then all thing? Hey, Hey, hey,

505
00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:41,399
Speaker 1: do you know the way to San Jose Ronaldini and

506
00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:43,240
Speaker 1: the car Doctor. Dave's gonna show us Dave and his

507
00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:46,240
Speaker 1: cheep wrangler Dave. Welcome aboard, sir. How are you today?

508
00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:51,440
Speaker 1: My call? Run? Um, I got a pretty simple question

509
00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:53,480
Speaker 1: compared to a lot of the other ones you get. Uh.

510
00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:58,639
Speaker 1: I uh bought diesel wrangler and I added a mo

511
00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:02,320
Speaker 1: fire bumper and a winch to the front, and it

512
00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:04,720
Speaker 1: sagged it down a little bit, like about three quarters

513
00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:07,720
Speaker 1: of an inch, and I just wonder what you thought

514
00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:11,919
Speaker 1: about putting those those your thane spacers in or The

515
00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:15,320
Speaker 1: other idea I had was the rubicon is about an

516
00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:17,760
Speaker 1: inch taller. So I was thinking about going to the

517
00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:20,440
Speaker 1: dealer and trying to figure out if maybe I could

518
00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:23,840
Speaker 1: swap the rubicon springs and that would lift it up

519
00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:26,440
Speaker 1: an inch. I like the spring idea. And I'll tell

520
00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:30,280
Speaker 1: you why. You know, any vehicle regardless, you know, you

521
00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:32,600
Speaker 1: put a winch and a heavier bumper on the front,

522
00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:35,600
Speaker 1: You've added a lot of weight to that vehicle. So

523
00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:39,040
Speaker 1: the space or is just gonna give it that cosmetic

524
00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:41,040
Speaker 1: appearance so that it's level, because I guess that's what

525
00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:44,600
Speaker 1: you're going for, which would make sense, right, yes, sir,

526
00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:46,920
Speaker 1: But you know we will well yeah, I mean i'd

527
00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:51,040
Speaker 1: like some more functional we want we want stabuild, yeah, yeah,

528
00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:52,760
Speaker 1: we want stability. We want to be able to take

529
00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:55,080
Speaker 1: it out on the trails and and you know we

530
00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:56,960
Speaker 1: use that winch if we get stuck, pull us up,

531
00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:58,560
Speaker 1: pull us up the side of the mountain, pull us

532
00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:00,840
Speaker 1: up out of the ditch whatever. Uh, you know, so

533
00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:03,280
Speaker 1: it becomes a point of practicality. I like the idea

534
00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:06,360
Speaker 1: of upgrading the spring system and putting, you know, a

535
00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:08,640
Speaker 1: better spring in there, something that you know has a

536
00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:11,520
Speaker 1: higher payload rating and it will give the truck, give

537
00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:13,880
Speaker 1: the vehicle more stability, and be safer in the long run.

538
00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:17,320
Speaker 1: So I I think that makes more sense. It's amazing

539
00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:19,760
Speaker 1: what a winch ways. It's amazing what some of these

540
00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:23,800
Speaker 1: bumpers wig we Um. We just finished this week for

541
00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:27,160
Speaker 1: a very good customer of ours, Eddie with his Silverado.

542
00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:28,840
Speaker 1: I was talking about it last week. Eddie lives out

543
00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:32,280
Speaker 1: in the middle of Pennsylvania and he wanted a bumper

544
00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:34,800
Speaker 1: for the front of his Silverado that you know, he's

545
00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:37,040
Speaker 1: got this issue where you know, animals run across the

546
00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:40,440
Speaker 1: road and sometimes you can't stop, and you know, he

547
00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:43,560
Speaker 1: needed a cow catcher basically, uh, you know, for the

548
00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:46,320
Speaker 1: front of the truck. And when I tell you, it

549
00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:49,040
Speaker 1: took Danny and I every bit of twenty minutes to

550
00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:51,680
Speaker 1: line this bumper up under the winch and then use

551
00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:53,920
Speaker 1: the winch in the shop to pick the bumper up

552
00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:56,640
Speaker 1: to line it up to the frame. And I mean

553
00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:59,240
Speaker 1: we we had three hours just getting the bumper to

554
00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:01,760
Speaker 1: the point where we could bolted to the frame by

555
00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:03,800
Speaker 1: the time. You know, we wiggled things around. But it's

556
00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:07,320
Speaker 1: a lot of weight you're dealing with. And I think

557
00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:09,640
Speaker 1: you're in the same position and now you've added a winch.

558
00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:14,680
Speaker 1: That winch ways what five pounds? Oh no, no, No,

559
00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:18,040
Speaker 1: it's probably the the you know, it was a plastic

560
00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:21,800
Speaker 1: bumper before that the chief came with. And uh, I

561
00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:25,600
Speaker 1: think I probably added. I tried to weigh everything on

562
00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:29,480
Speaker 1: my scale here, but um, I think I think I

563
00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:32,160
Speaker 1: added like about a hundred and twenty pounds to the

564
00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:38,920
Speaker 1: front of the car. But that's it. Yeah, it's gonna

565
00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:44,400
Speaker 1: say a hundred pounds made the front of the truck sad. Uh, yeah,

566
00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:47,640
Speaker 1: it's already the diesel motor is already they say, three

567
00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:50,560
Speaker 1: or four hundred pounds heavier than the gas motor in

568
00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:54,880
Speaker 1: the Wrangler. And uh so I think maybe I don't

569
00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:58,280
Speaker 1: know if maybe that was already kind of maxed out. Uh,

570
00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:02,560
Speaker 1: you know with the springs and uh the you know,

571
00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:05,480
Speaker 1: the the new metal bumper and you know the Mopar

572
00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:08,400
Speaker 1: bumper which fit really great. That's why I went with

573
00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:11,520
Speaker 1: a Mopar one. But um, they and the winch. I

574
00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:15,720
Speaker 1: probably added, like, probably added like a pounds or something.

575
00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:19,600
Speaker 1: The winch is probably like between forty and fifty, and

576
00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:22,640
Speaker 1: then you have the winch, the winch plate, and then

577
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:26,080
Speaker 1: the bumper too. So so do do this, Dave, Dave,

578
00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:29,600
Speaker 1: do this? First of all, all right, talk to Chrysler.

579
00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:33,160
Speaker 1: Find out is there a different Is there a difference

580
00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:37,560
Speaker 1: in a replacement front spring for a guess versus a

581
00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:42,280
Speaker 1: diesel wrangler? All right, okay, let's let's find out. I

582
00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:45,520
Speaker 1: I think there is, all right, but let's just find out,

583
00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:47,479
Speaker 1: and then they'll probably be able to give you a

584
00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:50,680
Speaker 1: part number or a color code tag for what should

585
00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:53,640
Speaker 1: be on the spring. Now, being as how this is

586
00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:56,000
Speaker 1: a twenty this truckle, it'll be real easy to see.

587
00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:58,440
Speaker 1: Go find that spring, find the part number. Let's make

588
00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:00,800
Speaker 1: sure the truck has the right springs in from the factory.

589
00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:04,560
Speaker 1: I imagine it does, but you know, let's let's at

590
00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:07,760
Speaker 1: least get that off the list. And then and then

591
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:10,520
Speaker 1: the next question is you know the fact that it's

592
00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:13,680
Speaker 1: a diesel, is the diesel spring does that have a

593
00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:17,320
Speaker 1: higher payload rating than the rubicon or the wrangler? So

594
00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:24,280
Speaker 1: we're putting rubicon springs in? It really help it? Right? Uh? Yeah,

595
00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:28,080
Speaker 1: it might be a lesson in futility. And then now

596
00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:29,360
Speaker 1: you're gonna have to go look at some of the

597
00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:31,920
Speaker 1: aftermarket stuff and see what they offer. Think of it

598
00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:34,320
Speaker 1: like this, and I always say this, and I've I've

599
00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:36,720
Speaker 1: learned it to be true. You're not the first guy

600
00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:39,680
Speaker 1: to do this. You can't be right. Somebody else had

601
00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:41,560
Speaker 1: a winch and they wanted to put better springs in it.

602
00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:44,000
Speaker 1: So somebody else has already done this, and by doing

603
00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:46,560
Speaker 1: some research you'll find out what it is. So you

604
00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:48,120
Speaker 1: only have to make one more change and then it

605
00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:53,760
Speaker 1: will be right. Alright, sir, you do that, Davy. Thanks

606
00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:55,800
Speaker 1: for the call. I appreciated. Good luck, enjoy the jeep.

607
00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:57,400
Speaker 1: Send us some pictures of it. We'll put them up

608
00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:01,120
Speaker 1: on our Facebook page nine nine zero. The car doctor

609
00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:14,120
Speaker 1: is coming back right after this. Hey, let's get over

610
00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:17,720
Speaker 1: and talk to Elizabeth in Maine. A nineteen grand caravan. Elizabeth,

611
00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:20,600
Speaker 1: I think I can help you here. What's going on? Well,

612
00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:23,080
Speaker 1: thank you for taking my call again. Yes, we, uh,

613
00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:25,280
Speaker 1: my husband and I went out looking for a minivan.

614
00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:27,960
Speaker 1: We ended up with a twenty Dodge brand caravan. And

615
00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:31,800
Speaker 1: the strange thing has happened. Um, it's not a mechanical

616
00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:34,000
Speaker 1: issue per se, but it is it is a definite

617
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:37,720
Speaker 1: problem for us. The new seats in the vehicles are

618
00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:40,160
Speaker 1: all like a what do you call the bucket seat

619
00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:44,240
Speaker 1: type thing with the seat of it is formed with

620
00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:46,840
Speaker 1: the cushions that come up around your thighs and then

621
00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:50,000
Speaker 1: it seems to be pitched back. Now I cannot get

622
00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:53,440
Speaker 1: this seat to go have the base of it, the

623
00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:56,360
Speaker 1: seat part of its flat. I've tried every setting that

624
00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:58,680
Speaker 1: there is there, and it seems like all the vehicles

625
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:00,480
Speaker 1: are that way. Now the problem and these I have

626
00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:03,360
Speaker 1: a disc problem in my back which showed up because

627
00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:06,520
Speaker 1: of the seat. So I'm now I got a vehicle

628
00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:08,680
Speaker 1: I can't drive because of the seat. This is kind

629
00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:11,359
Speaker 1: of strange. You ever hear that one before? Um, you

630
00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:14,719
Speaker 1: know you're gonna laugh. I sort of have. So I

631
00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:19,319
Speaker 1: see a chiropractor. I've been. I've been to a chiropractor, yeah,

632
00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:21,600
Speaker 1: for the last twenty maybe going on twenty five years,

633
00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:23,920
Speaker 1: and there's there's nearly nothing wrong with me, not with

634
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:27,719
Speaker 1: my back anyway, but you know, just just all these

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Speaker 1: years turn and wrenches and bending in twisting, and I've

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Speaker 1: sat in cars where they're uncomfortable and David will Will

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Speaker 1: shim my bottom for lack of a better way to

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Speaker 1: put it. Um, you know, a thin piece of paper.

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Speaker 1: They staggered me left or right. Uh. They want me

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Speaker 1: to sit on the piece of paper while I drive

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Speaker 1: and will eventually shift my back the other way. And

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Speaker 1: I've seen that method of chiropractory do some really amazing things.

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Speaker 1: I would tell you talk to your chiropractor as a

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Speaker 1: way he can shim you to help make it work better,

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Speaker 1: make it fit better, and then after that we can

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Speaker 1: talk about maybe adding foam to the seat. Do that.

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Speaker 1: Call me back. I'm running in in the card and

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Speaker 1: reminding you good mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless. Senior,