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<v Speaker 2>I'm not sure where to start this with you today.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for being here. You know, one of my jobs

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<v Speaker 2>as a mechanic is the next generation. It just is.

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<v Speaker 2>But I've always really had that attitude. I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>of other shops as competitors. I think we all have

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<v Speaker 2>our strengths and weaknesses, and I think the greatest thing

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<v Speaker 2>a mechanic can do in the course of his or

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<v Speaker 2>her day is to help another mechanic, especially the next generation.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's our obligation. I really do. The older

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<v Speaker 2>I get, the more I sit and I say to myself,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I want to in part some wisdom. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>told I have wisdom. I'm told I've been around a

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<v Speaker 2>while and I've got some smart things to say and

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<v Speaker 2>do and show and be. I had to stop buy

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<v Speaker 2>another shop this week, and when I walked in, Paul,

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<v Speaker 2>one of the younger mechanics, not a newbie by any stretch,

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<v Speaker 2>but you know, maybe he's been doing it twenty years,

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<v Speaker 2>but you could see he was frustrated. He was putting

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<v Speaker 2>parking break shoes on a late model Dodge Ram pickup truck.

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<v Speaker 2>And Dodge and Ram is the same thing to me.

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<v Speaker 2>So let's not get hung up on vernacular. Let's please

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<v Speaker 2>no no, no Internet trolling and you can you know,

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<v Speaker 2>there's nothing worse than a frustrated mechanic. And do I

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<v Speaker 2>get frustrated? Sure? Do I get upset? Yeah? I bet

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<v Speaker 2>I do, because I think I'm still human. And you know,

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<v Speaker 2>but one of the things I've learned is that you

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<v Speaker 2>can get upset and ticked off all you want, and

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<v Speaker 2>when you recover, when you calm down, you still got

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<v Speaker 2>to fix the car in front of you. It's still

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<v Speaker 2>going to be there. So I've tried to get upset

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<v Speaker 2>less and think more. And I think that's part of

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<v Speaker 2>the repair process. I think that's something I'm obligated to do,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's something I try to impart to everyone, not

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<v Speaker 2>just the younger mechanics. It seems like maybe the younger

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<v Speaker 2>mechanics or some of the younger mechanics need it more,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's just something we're supposed to do, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>And if I can find and I there are guys

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<v Speaker 2>out there, there's guys out there smarter than me, I

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<v Speaker 2>will sit and listen to them and understand their procedure

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<v Speaker 2>and process and question why. And that's what makes me

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<v Speaker 2>a better mechanic. You know. They always say, right, play

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<v Speaker 2>tennis with someone that's better than you, because you'll rise

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<v Speaker 2>to their level. And I really believe that's that's especially

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<v Speaker 2>true with auto mechanics, because if you're fixing something in

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<v Speaker 2>a shop and you know the guy next to you

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<v Speaker 2>is smarter than you, more experienced than you, more wisdom

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<v Speaker 2>than you, or maybe just his mind mechanically sees the

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<v Speaker 2>problem clearer. You're going to benefit from that, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>It's sort of like, why can one person play the

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<v Speaker 2>guitar better than the other. The guitar is a very

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<v Speaker 2>strange instrument to me, don't I don't get it. Seven strings,

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<v Speaker 2>nine strings, whatever it is. They strum, they do this,

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<v Speaker 2>they move the left hand, they move the right hand.

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<v Speaker 2>I've watched people play guitar. It's fascinating. And yet I

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<v Speaker 2>put a wrench in their hands and they're all thumbs.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just it's proof of God, is what it is, right,

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<v Speaker 2>because everybody has their strengths. So Paul struggling back to

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<v Speaker 2>Paul with these parking braak shoes. He's struggling doing these shoes.

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<v Speaker 2>And I can tell it's been a while by the

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<v Speaker 2>number of curses coming out of his mouth. It's, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it seems like it's you know, when you get four

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<v Speaker 2>or five rattling off right after the other, and he's

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<v Speaker 2>cursing every engineer that ever designed a vehicle, including the

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<v Speaker 2>ones that designed this one, and why would they make

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<v Speaker 2>it like this? And I don't understand. And this company

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<v Speaker 2>just just not not a pretty site. So I looked

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<v Speaker 2>at him. I came around the corner before I went

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<v Speaker 2>over to look at the car I was supposed to

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<v Speaker 2>go look at, and I said, having a problem, and

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<v Speaker 2>he just looked at me. He didn't press his case,

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<v Speaker 2>And I said, what's going on that I can't say

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<v Speaker 2>it here on radio blankety blankety blankety blankety truck and

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<v Speaker 2>these blankety parking brake shoes. Well, let's look at this,

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<v Speaker 2>I said, these are these are tough to do, all right,

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<v Speaker 2>So you're not experiencing anything out of the ordinary. And

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's important to tell somebody that right right away.

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<v Speaker 2>We as human beings, you know, there's something we can't do.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, what's wrong with me? I'm defective. No,

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<v Speaker 2>you're not defective either. You haven't done it before. You're

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<v Speaker 2>having a bad day. Because we're all victims of society,

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<v Speaker 2>right We're all victims of how we're traumatized by the

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<v Speaker 2>morning or the afternoon, or a trigger something somebody says

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<v Speaker 2>that we have to react to. But let's look at this.

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<v Speaker 2>So I took the parking break shoes back off, and

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<v Speaker 2>I left part of it together, and I unhooked the

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<v Speaker 2>bottom and I watched what he had done, and I said,

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<v Speaker 2>why don't we do it this way? And I showed

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<v Speaker 2>him a different way to get the shoe over the

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<v Speaker 2>axle and clip it in at the bottom. He'd been

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<v Speaker 2>there twenty five minutes. I did it in three and

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<v Speaker 2>a half. Start to finish, conversation over he just looked

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<v Speaker 2>at me. Wow, and he didn't know what to say.

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<v Speaker 2>And I said, listen, let me just be honest, all right,

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<v Speaker 2>I said, you work here, I work over there. It

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't matter. We're both trying to fix cars for a living.

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<v Speaker 2>And I've never felt I've never felt harsh towards another shop.

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<v Speaker 2>I will gladly help another shop. I don't care. I

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<v Speaker 2>will explain everything I do and why. And I've had

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of guys say to me, jee, I never

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<v Speaker 2>thought of doing it that way. And I've had all

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<v Speaker 2>the guys tell me I'm a jerk. And you know what,

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<v Speaker 2>God bless you know. My truck runs, I know where

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going, I know what I'm doing at the end

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<v Speaker 2>of the day, and I don't worry about it. And

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<v Speaker 2>he said, he said, how did you figure that out?

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<v Speaker 2>And I said, because I sat here enough times struggling,

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<v Speaker 2>and I've learned, How will I take it apart? Is

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<v Speaker 2>probably the best way to approach something that I'm either

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<v Speaker 2>not familiar with or it's my weakness, the things that

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<v Speaker 2>I struggle with. And you know, it's that way working

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<v Speaker 2>on cars, It's that way on life. It's that way

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<v Speaker 2>being organized on Saturday morning? Do you take out the garbage,

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<v Speaker 2>make breakfast, then make the better? Do you do it

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<v Speaker 2>in reverse order or do you do it in some

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<v Speaker 2>conglomeration of that? What do you do first? You have

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<v Speaker 2>to figure it out. It's just like working on a car,

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<v Speaker 2>it's like life. And he got into it. He got

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<v Speaker 2>it right. It made sense to him, and we talked

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit and one of the other texts came

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<v Speaker 2>over in the shop more or less the shop form

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<v Speaker 2>and if he is that? And he listened and he

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<v Speaker 2>started watching. He was watching what I did, and he said, huh,

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<v Speaker 2>I never thought of doing it that way. Yeah, I said, listen,

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<v Speaker 2>you know that's I said. That's not why I'm here,

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<v Speaker 2>I said, but I'm glad to show you guys something,

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<v Speaker 2>because you know what, you'll show me something. And you know,

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<v Speaker 2>that's how we all learn. And it's the collective think tank,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's how it has to be, because you know,

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<v Speaker 2>what a repair is very different today. In the sixties,

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<v Speaker 2>in the seventies, every job was cookie cutter in a sense, right.

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<v Speaker 2>Cylinder heads came off, cylinder heads went on, engines came in,

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<v Speaker 2>engines went out. Tune ups were all the same points, plugs, condenser.

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<v Speaker 2>You always had to set the points before you adjusted

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<v Speaker 2>the timing. You always had to do the base mixture

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<v Speaker 2>screws before you set the bas idle, and then you'd

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<v Speaker 2>have to go back and do it again. There was

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<v Speaker 2>always a procedure in a process. Today everything is so different,

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<v Speaker 2>and the car the way you did the car before

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<v Speaker 2>is so different than the next one. And it could

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<v Speaker 2>be the same model year but a slightly different problem,

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<v Speaker 2>perhaps a different software version. But the point is you're

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<v Speaker 2>always learning and you have to look at it. When

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<v Speaker 2>you're in a shop, when you're in a production situation,

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<v Speaker 2>you've got to you gotta get You got to fix

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<v Speaker 2>the car in front of you. That's what you're being

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<v Speaker 2>paid to do. Paul looked at me and he said,

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<v Speaker 2>how do you do that? And I said, you know, Paul,

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<v Speaker 2>I keep one thing going in the back of my

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<v Speaker 2>mind all the time. I consider myself a good mechanic.

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<v Speaker 2>Every once in a while I get to be a

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<v Speaker 2>great mechanic, And in my mind, the difference is a

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<v Speaker 2>good mechanic will fix anything. A great mechanic figures out

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<v Speaker 2>a better way to do it. Because I'm tired of

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<v Speaker 2>getting burned, hurt, hung, you know, bogged down, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>only a car, I'm not going to get upset about

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<v Speaker 2>it because i still got to fix it. And I've

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<v Speaker 2>learned that because I've stood up one time too many

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<v Speaker 2>going yeah, okay, it's still here. You know, you come

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<v Speaker 2>back in on Tuesday morning after that rough Monday, and

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<v Speaker 2>you go, yeah, it's still here. I still got to

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<v Speaker 2>fix this. So for my mechanics out there, even for I,

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<v Speaker 2>do it Yourselfers, whoever you are, whatever you're doing, if

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<v Speaker 2>you can teach somebody next generation, next level up, approach

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<v Speaker 2>them with caution, Approach them with kindness, Approach them with

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<v Speaker 2>a teaching mentality. Because the person you elevate today may

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<v Speaker 2>come back and elevate you tomorrow. Because what we put

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<v Speaker 2>out there in the universe comes back, and it feeds

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<v Speaker 2>it to us ever so much all the time, and

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<v Speaker 2>right now, like always, like most times, the world needs

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<v Speaker 2>a little understanding. So remember that good mechanics get it done.

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<v Speaker 2>Great mechanics figure out better ways to do it. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>running Amy in the car doctor. The phone number here

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<v Speaker 2>is eight five five five six oh nine nine zero zero.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll be back right after this. Let's see where should

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<v Speaker 2>we go? Let's uh, let's take it right out to

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<v Speaker 2>Iowa and talk to Bill. Bill, how are you today

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<v Speaker 2>this fine day?

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, I'm great. I'm listening to your program, you sir,

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<v Speaker 3>few comments that I'm going to make that I'm eighty

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<v Speaker 3>two and holding and I was at a car show

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<v Speaker 3>last summer, and guess what. I won the trophy for

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<v Speaker 3>the longest owning car because I bought my thirty eight

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<v Speaker 3>chival A in nineteen sixty two.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow.

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<v Speaker 3>And I still have it.

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<v Speaker 4>Wow.

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<v Speaker 3>And it's in stock condition when you look at it.

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<v Speaker 2>What made you keep that car so long? Bill?

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<v Speaker 3>Because I didn't know quite enough to do all the

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<v Speaker 3>manual work of changing motors and all that. I knew

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<v Speaker 3>just enough mechanics to get my tit and a ringer.

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<v Speaker 3>And I listened to your program here to start today,

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<v Speaker 3>and I don't know where we're going, but I'm so

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<v Speaker 3>proud that I know just enough to keep my nineteen

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<v Speaker 3>thirty eight Chivrolet sixth cylinder in running condition, doesn't I

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<v Speaker 3>put a fifty six motor in it, and it has

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<v Speaker 3>the vacuum advanced distributor. Can you relate to that? Sure?

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<v Speaker 2>That was a big deal. I remember when they that

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<v Speaker 2>was a huge deal. It was like they invented water. Yes, right, yep, yep.

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<v Speaker 3>And so so I put radio. I put super tires

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<v Speaker 3>on it and took the bias tires off a year ago,

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<v Speaker 3>and it drives one hundred percent better with the radio tires.

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<v Speaker 3>It's huntreal, you know what. I'd that's the first set

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<v Speaker 3>of radios I have ever had on this car.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, it gets me billt when I you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll visit family in Pittsburg, and you know, I'll travel.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll be on the road and you know, we'll go

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<v Speaker 2>down to the Carolinas and the Outer Banks, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>once a year. And I think about all these distances

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<v Speaker 2>that we go in cars today that it's a shame

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<v Speaker 2>cars go so fast because we just we just get

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<v Speaker 2>in and we just zoom past all the good stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't enjoy. We don't enjoy the ride, we don't

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<v Speaker 2>enjoy the scenery. And the other side of that is

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<v Speaker 2>imagine driving in a nineteen thirty eighth chepro a from

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<v Speaker 2>from from New Jersey to Pittsburgh or Iowa to New Jersey,

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<v Speaker 2>and how long that would take and all kinds of weather,

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<v Speaker 2>And now we just do it. You could You could

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<v Speaker 2>probably make Iowa to New Jersey and what a solid

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<v Speaker 2>day of driving, probably twenty four hours.

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<v Speaker 3>Behind the wheil Oh, No, I ain't gonna do that.

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<v Speaker 3>I drove my car in nineteen sixty five. I drove

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<v Speaker 3>this car to California. How long did it take? Another

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<v Speaker 3>buddy and we drove her all the way to California

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<v Speaker 3>on Route sixty six, come into San Diego on ponder

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<v Speaker 3>Rosa and camped out at Long each with my sister

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<v Speaker 3>that was teaching school. And it was unimaginable that the

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<v Speaker 3>enjoyment that we had driving this old car. We just

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<v Speaker 3>put this this two thirty five six cylinder in it

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<v Speaker 3>with dual intake elderbrock manifold that's got factory Corvette six

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<v Speaker 3>cylinder headers on it. I'm still running that, but I

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<v Speaker 3>got rid of the dual carburetors because this is before

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<v Speaker 3>they had flexible fuel lines, right, And we had to

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<v Speaker 3>have copper fuel lines. And when you shut when you

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<v Speaker 3>idle this thing and pulled the hord, you wanted to

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<v Speaker 3>get the fire extenditor because it was dripping fuel. But

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<v Speaker 3>the minute you accelerated and took the pressure off, it

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<v Speaker 3>ran clean.

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<v Speaker 2>What other bill, what other bill? What other old cars

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<v Speaker 2>have you owned? Do you miss any owner?

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<v Speaker 3>No, that's the only car. That was my first car.

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<v Speaker 3>I still got it. And I'm a farmer, and I

0:13:58.520 --> 0:14:03.520
<v Speaker 3>have vintage tractors today, and we do vintage tractor rides

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<v Speaker 3>today at twelve mile an hour on all types of terrain.

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<v Speaker 3>And that is a mindset beside. It's un self because

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<v Speaker 3>technology is so advanced today out here. It makes me scared.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm so content with an old LG phone. I never

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<v Speaker 3>put I never changed the ignition in my car to

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<v Speaker 3>electronic ignition. They make it, But no, I haven't changed

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<v Speaker 3>the points in that sucker for five years.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me ask you something, Bill, you think back, what's

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<v Speaker 2>your what's the earliest car you remember?

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<v Speaker 4>My dad had a Model A.

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<v Speaker 3>He had a thirty two Model A sedan and when

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<v Speaker 3>we drove it in the wintertime, there was no heater.

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<v Speaker 3>But you dempened a little door to get hot air

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<v Speaker 3>coming off for the manifold. It was a two door

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<v Speaker 3>sedan and that would have been in the in the

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<v Speaker 3>in the very early middle forties. And then he went

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<v Speaker 3>and got him a Ford, like a forty six or

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<v Speaker 3>forty seven Forward with the fast sedan with the curve back.

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<v Speaker 3>And so that's that's my memory recall on cars.

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<v Speaker 2>What's what's the newest car you've ever purchased?

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<v Speaker 3>Uh? I don't think I've ever purchased a new car.

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<v Speaker 5>Uh.

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<v Speaker 3>We we have a uh what I want to say,

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<v Speaker 3>We have a s UV whatever the wife drives all

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<v Speaker 3>the time. And yeah, I don't even write it. Well

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<v Speaker 3>it see, you know I got a I got a

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<v Speaker 3>two thousand and seven Ford pickup plane as you can be,

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<v Speaker 3>two wheel drive, air conditioning and everything, and I'm so content.

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<v Speaker 3>I had to mentally now think about I've always drove

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<v Speaker 3>a four wheel drive pickup in my career, and now

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<v Speaker 3>I ended up getting a two wheel drive Forward two

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<v Speaker 3>thousand and seven with less than eighty thousand miles on it.

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<v Speaker 2>Bill bigs you Bill, how big is the farm? How

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<v Speaker 2>big is the farm? Bill?

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<v Speaker 3>Right now? We got two hundred and forty acres, but

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<v Speaker 3>at one time I was farming a thousand acres aground

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<v Speaker 3>and one hundred and eighty stockhows.

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<v Speaker 2>And what are you what are you growing out there

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<v Speaker 2>this year?

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<v Speaker 3>Corn and bean corn?

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<v Speaker 2>I was gonna say, yeah, corn and beans.

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<v Speaker 3>And the cow money is unimaginable, is so high, the

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<v Speaker 3>cow calf operation is unimaginable. What's happened to our career

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<v Speaker 3>in agriculture? And we plowed up all our our pastures

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<v Speaker 3>we went to farming them. And I still have my

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<v Speaker 3>home farm at two hundred and forty acres that I

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<v Speaker 3>ran out row crop to one guy and I ran

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<v Speaker 3>out the other to pasture and cows. And I'm content

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<v Speaker 3>it's gonna be. I still are involved in some sort

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<v Speaker 3>of form of agriculture today.

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<v Speaker 2>And you've and you've still got your thirty eight Chevy

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<v Speaker 2>which gives you the opportunity to tinker and play and

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<v Speaker 2>do your thing. And a Bill, I tell you you

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<v Speaker 2>you are you are one in a million, my friend.

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<v Speaker 2>It's always good to hear from you, and I enjoy

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<v Speaker 2>I enjoy your looks back and how it relates to

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<v Speaker 2>things mechanical as well as everything else. You'd be well,

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<v Speaker 2>have a great rest of the day. Bill I'm running

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<v Speaker 2>any and the car doctor. We'll return right after this run.

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<v Speaker 4>Keep you right.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way. Who's taking the band on vacation? Tom

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<v Speaker 2>me you I'm not taking them anywhere. I'm not taking

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<v Speaker 2>them any job. I don't want them. Have you told

0:18:18.040 --> 0:18:22.600
<v Speaker 2>them no? Okay? Well I guess they know now, yeah, yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>yeah yeah. Let's let's go to John in California. John,

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<v Speaker 2>how are you today, my friend? What's going on?

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<v Speaker 5>Hey?

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<v Speaker 4>Ron?

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<v Speaker 5>Well, five weeks ago or so, I think I called

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<v Speaker 5>you about my twenty twenty Silverado at the five to

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<v Speaker 5>three V eight and I had I had placed some

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<v Speaker 5>what I think was what I thought was bad gas

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<v Speaker 5>for my two thousand and three Silverados, that the rats

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<v Speaker 5>had showed some holes into the fuel lines into the

0:18:51.000 --> 0:18:55.720
<v Speaker 5>tank I'd collected. It was dripping pretty good and driving along.

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<v Speaker 5>It conked down me flatbedded into the mechanic. We put

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<v Speaker 5>on the lift. He dropped the tank to clean it out.

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<v Speaker 5>That's what we thought it.

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<v Speaker 2>Was, right, this was the fuel bit. Let's back up

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<v Speaker 2>a second, John, This was the car that was Was

0:19:12.200 --> 0:19:14.639
<v Speaker 2>it the twenty twenty that the animals had chewed the

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<v Speaker 2>fuel line or it was a different vehicle?

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<v Speaker 5>Well, it was the two thousand and three that the

0:19:18.720 --> 0:19:20.960
<v Speaker 5>animals had chewed the fuel lining. But I put that

0:19:21.160 --> 0:19:23.120
<v Speaker 5>gas into the twenty twenty.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, and we thought they had locked up. Right. We

0:19:25.840 --> 0:19:27.959
<v Speaker 2>thought the gas from the We thought the gas from

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<v Speaker 2>the three caused the engine in the twenty to lock up.

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<v Speaker 5>That's right, Okay, that's the think you it was to

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<v Speaker 5>go ahead. Yeah. So now it's been sitting there and

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<v Speaker 5>you know, they get to it when they can type

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<v Speaker 5>of thing. It's kind of a high volume shop. It's

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<v Speaker 5>up on the lift and they started taking it apart

0:19:44.760 --> 0:19:47.520
<v Speaker 5>to essentially bench the engine. I guess to see what

0:19:47.640 --> 0:19:50.600
<v Speaker 5>was going on. All of a sudden it's unlocked. They

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<v Speaker 5>you know, keep they go back and forth every once

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<v Speaker 5>in a while to see what if it right miraculously

0:19:55.960 --> 0:19:59.720
<v Speaker 5>would unlock, and it did. So now the question is

0:19:59.760 --> 0:20:02.200
<v Speaker 5>we're did we go what what they've done is they've

0:20:02.200 --> 0:20:04.600
<v Speaker 5>taken out the radiator and he said he took off

0:20:04.680 --> 0:20:09.200
<v Speaker 5>one exhaust manifold. He took off the intake manifold, which

0:20:09.240 --> 0:20:12.840
<v Speaker 5>would expose the fuel injectors. Right, because this is a

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<v Speaker 5>GD I well.

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<v Speaker 2>Went back up a second. Did they put a wrench,

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<v Speaker 2>a socket and ratchet on the front of the motor

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<v Speaker 2>and try turning it by.

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<v Speaker 5>Hand, yes, suple times and finally it freed.

0:20:25.200 --> 0:20:27.520
<v Speaker 2>And finally it freed because it was it was it

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<v Speaker 2>was locked right.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah. Yeah, we had put a bunch of penetrating around

0:20:32.160 --> 0:20:36.560
<v Speaker 5>the cylinders, Marvel, misterio, things like that, and finally it

0:20:36.600 --> 0:20:38.040
<v Speaker 5>had it's it's free.

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<v Speaker 2>When they when they when they took the spark plugs

0:20:42.359 --> 0:20:44.760
<v Speaker 2>out to put whatever they were going to put in cylinders,

0:20:45.119 --> 0:20:47.080
<v Speaker 2>did they do all the spark plugs? Did they do

0:20:47.200 --> 0:20:50.919
<v Speaker 2>some of the spark plugs all of them? Okay? And

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<v Speaker 2>no liquid came.

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<v Speaker 5>Out, No liquid came out.

0:20:54.200 --> 0:20:54.240
<v Speaker 3>No.

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<v Speaker 2>Then the answer is if if your question is what

0:20:57.280 --> 0:21:00.800
<v Speaker 2>to do next, you're you're doing one of two things.

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<v Speaker 2>If you put this together or when it was when

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<v Speaker 2>it was more together, did you start it?

0:21:05.800 --> 0:21:05.960
<v Speaker 5>Was it?

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<v Speaker 2>Were you able to run this?

0:21:08.320 --> 0:21:10.800
<v Speaker 5>Well? It was a crank, no start. And then they

0:21:10.800 --> 0:21:11.840
<v Speaker 5>did the fuel tank.

0:21:13.200 --> 0:21:15.560
<v Speaker 2>No, it was it was a no crank, no start.

0:21:16.040 --> 0:21:17.719
<v Speaker 5>Oh, was a crank you could crank it. And then

0:21:17.760 --> 0:21:19.960
<v Speaker 5>all of a sudden after they after it sat there

0:21:19.960 --> 0:21:22.119
<v Speaker 5>for about a week, whether they're waiting for parts, it

0:21:22.240 --> 0:21:25.400
<v Speaker 5>locked up for some reason. So it never was hot

0:21:25.480 --> 0:21:27.480
<v Speaker 5>or anything like that. It was just it just locked

0:21:27.560 --> 0:21:30.720
<v Speaker 5>up after they tried cranking it in the shop.

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<v Speaker 2>This engine was mechanically locked. They put a they put

0:21:34.160 --> 0:21:36.240
<v Speaker 2>a ratchet and a breaker bar or a ratchet in

0:21:36.240 --> 0:21:38.320
<v Speaker 2>a socket on the front of the motor, and this

0:21:38.400 --> 0:21:42.879
<v Speaker 2>engine was locked. That's right, okay, and then it mysteriously unlocked.

0:21:43.520 --> 0:21:43.760
<v Speaker 5>Yep.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't buy it. I'm just saying, I just don't

0:21:49.240 --> 0:21:53.080
<v Speaker 2>buy it, brother, you know, so it's in my mind,

0:21:53.240 --> 0:21:56.880
<v Speaker 2>would it do you think it had run? Right now? Well?

0:21:57.760 --> 0:21:58.720
<v Speaker 3>I told him.

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<v Speaker 5>He wants to talk to me on my but I

0:22:00.640 --> 0:22:03.960
<v Speaker 5>told them, I said, why don't we clean the injectors

0:22:04.080 --> 0:22:06.160
<v Speaker 5>or somehow have them going through?

0:22:07.440 --> 0:22:09.800
<v Speaker 2>Whymen, why don't we just put it together?

0:22:10.600 --> 0:22:10.960
<v Speaker 3>We can?

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<v Speaker 2>Why don't we just put it together and see if

0:22:13.119 --> 0:22:13.639
<v Speaker 2>it runs?

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<v Speaker 5>We can? Yep, we can.

0:22:16.760 --> 0:22:19.600
<v Speaker 2>And if it runs and it's quiet, then maybe we

0:22:19.640 --> 0:22:24.800
<v Speaker 2>can talk about, you know, what possibly failed. You know,

0:22:25.240 --> 0:22:28.240
<v Speaker 2>the only thing I can think of in this situation

0:22:28.600 --> 0:22:32.359
<v Speaker 2>is without getting into you know, did something happen in

0:22:32.400 --> 0:22:34.760
<v Speaker 2>the trans cause the engine to lock up? And I've

0:22:34.760 --> 0:22:37.960
<v Speaker 2>seen that in my career. I've seen bad torque converters,

0:22:38.000 --> 0:22:42.119
<v Speaker 2>I've seen trans problems create engine problems. I've been down

0:22:42.160 --> 0:22:46.120
<v Speaker 2>that road, but I'm trying to keep it simple. Did

0:22:46.160 --> 0:22:50.800
<v Speaker 2>we did we have an injector pe fuel for lack

0:22:50.840 --> 0:22:52.439
<v Speaker 2>of a better way to put it, and it just

0:22:52.520 --> 0:22:56.400
<v Speaker 2>locked the cylinder hydrostatic lock possible?

0:22:57.320 --> 0:23:00.080
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, you know, I thought going through them.

0:23:00.240 --> 0:23:03.840
<v Speaker 2>If well, but will you actually see it? And there's

0:23:03.880 --> 0:23:06.199
<v Speaker 2>the question which one do you want to see? Do

0:23:06.240 --> 0:23:08.119
<v Speaker 2>you want to take them all apart? Or you know,

0:23:08.240 --> 0:23:12.840
<v Speaker 2>if you're closer to putting it together and seeing it run,

0:23:14.080 --> 0:23:16.440
<v Speaker 2>because the only other the only other option is are

0:23:16.480 --> 0:23:18.760
<v Speaker 2>you really going to take out all eight injectors and

0:23:18.800 --> 0:23:21.520
<v Speaker 2>go I see nothing, they flow good, they're fine, and

0:23:21.560 --> 0:23:22.479
<v Speaker 2>then put it together.

0:23:23.440 --> 0:23:26.040
<v Speaker 5>Well, I'm nutty enough to say yes.

0:23:26.080 --> 0:23:28.240
<v Speaker 2>But would you be more inclined to take the engine

0:23:28.240 --> 0:23:31.120
<v Speaker 2>apart the rest of the way?

0:23:30.840 --> 0:23:33.160
<v Speaker 5>Now you're getting into some heavy duty.

0:23:33.040 --> 0:23:36.320
<v Speaker 2>Well right, yeah, so don't we don't we want to

0:23:36.359 --> 0:23:38.280
<v Speaker 2>know if this runs? What if you what if you

0:23:38.359 --> 0:23:40.280
<v Speaker 2>stop what you're doing, put it together, and you're it

0:23:40.359 --> 0:23:41.680
<v Speaker 2>runs and it's got a rod knock?

0:23:42.600 --> 0:23:43.760
<v Speaker 5>Well, then yeah, okay, you got a.

0:23:44.160 --> 0:23:46.840
<v Speaker 2>Right, you got a problem. So so are we? You know,

0:23:47.840 --> 0:23:50.679
<v Speaker 2>this reminds me of the story Coach Holtz. Lou Holtz

0:23:50.720 --> 0:23:52.640
<v Speaker 2>tells in his book you know Lou Holtz, the coach

0:23:52.680 --> 0:23:55.840
<v Speaker 2>from Notre Dame, and he tells a story about growing

0:23:55.880 --> 0:23:58.080
<v Speaker 2>up in Ohio and him and his buddies. They would

0:23:58.119 --> 0:24:00.000
<v Speaker 2>swim across the river to the other side. They get

0:24:00.040 --> 0:24:02.600
<v Speaker 2>at the Kentucky and whoever was last would have to

0:24:02.680 --> 0:24:05.520
<v Speaker 2>walk back and get the car, so the others didn't.

0:24:06.600 --> 0:24:08.320
<v Speaker 2>And him and his buddies they start out and he

0:24:08.359 --> 0:24:10.280
<v Speaker 2>always he always happy to go and bring this one

0:24:10.280 --> 0:24:12.200
<v Speaker 2>guy along because he knew he could beat that guy.

0:24:12.440 --> 0:24:14.240
<v Speaker 2>They get three quarters of the way across and the

0:24:14.280 --> 0:24:16.160
<v Speaker 2>guy's like, I can't make it. I got to turn back,

0:24:17.400 --> 0:24:19.920
<v Speaker 2>And Colcholt says, you know, we're closer to this shore

0:24:19.960 --> 0:24:21.439
<v Speaker 2>than we are to that shore. Why don't you just

0:24:21.520 --> 0:24:24.720
<v Speaker 2>keep going? And that's that's what I'm saying to you.

0:24:24.880 --> 0:24:28.080
<v Speaker 2>Are you closer, are you closer to getting it started

0:24:28.160 --> 0:24:30.040
<v Speaker 2>or are you closer to taking the engine out of

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<v Speaker 2>the car in terms of man hours? To which direction

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<v Speaker 2>do you want to go?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, we're closer to getting get started, that's for sure.

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<v Speaker 2>So if you're closer to getting it to the point

0:24:37.760 --> 0:24:40.720
<v Speaker 2>where you could start it, start it. Yeah, Okay, the

0:24:40.840 --> 0:24:46.280
<v Speaker 2>damage is done, right theoretically, whatever happened happened. Yeah, all right,

0:24:46.640 --> 0:24:48.840
<v Speaker 2>but you know, the damage is done. And then what

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<v Speaker 2>I would do is I would look at vitals, fuel trim,

0:24:52.840 --> 0:24:57.240
<v Speaker 2>misfire rate. I would pay very careful attention to mode

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<v Speaker 2>six data. Mode six is going to be the information

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<v Speaker 2>before the problem happens. All right, I'd be in the

0:25:04.200 --> 0:25:08.080
<v Speaker 2>back of my mind. Remember this phrase, cars whisper then

0:25:08.119 --> 0:25:11.639
<v Speaker 2>they scream. You know what sort of information can we

0:25:11.720 --> 0:25:14.520
<v Speaker 2>get from a scan tool? Can we get on the

0:25:14.560 --> 0:25:17.400
<v Speaker 2>OBD two side? Can we get on the manufacturer side

0:25:17.560 --> 0:25:20.280
<v Speaker 2>that will tell us, Hey, this cylinder is a problem.

0:25:20.320 --> 0:25:23.320
<v Speaker 2>Maybe number seven injectors P and fuel and eventually it's

0:25:23.359 --> 0:25:26.400
<v Speaker 2>gonna you know, eventually it's going to create a lock

0:25:26.480 --> 0:25:29.760
<v Speaker 2>on the cylinder. But if you go to crank it

0:25:29.800 --> 0:25:32.640
<v Speaker 2>and halfway through trying to crank it and start it,

0:25:32.640 --> 0:25:37.240
<v Speaker 2>it locks up and it comes to a screech and halt. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>because you've got to think go back to the original cause. Right,

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<v Speaker 2>let's say it was bad fuel. By the way, did

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<v Speaker 2>the three run when you parked it before the animals

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<v Speaker 2>got to it?

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<v Speaker 5>Run's fine? Yeah, run round good? Then it runs fine.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, so theoretically, the fuel that came out of the tank.

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<v Speaker 2>You only took out of the tank because you didn't

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<v Speaker 2>want it to drain on the ground.

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<v Speaker 5>That's correct, right, And.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure you didn't. You know. This isn't like if

0:26:01.920 --> 0:26:04.240
<v Speaker 2>the fuel ran out of the tank and there was

0:26:04.320 --> 0:26:06.800
<v Speaker 2>undercoating and dirt and debris. You didn't put dirty gas

0:26:06.800 --> 0:26:11.360
<v Speaker 2>in your tank. You're not You're smart, you know, right,

0:26:11.440 --> 0:26:15.160
<v Speaker 2>you can dial a phone. You possess common sense, right,

0:26:15.480 --> 0:26:20.359
<v Speaker 2>So I think you're so close. You're so close, John,

0:26:20.800 --> 0:26:24.480
<v Speaker 2>I say, put it together. Be aware, right, you know

0:26:25.119 --> 0:26:27.480
<v Speaker 2>you got a fifty to fifty shot here, So take

0:26:27.520 --> 0:26:30.199
<v Speaker 2>your gamble, toss a coin. I say, put it together.

0:26:30.640 --> 0:26:34.240
<v Speaker 2>And if it runs great and runs fine, and you

0:26:34.320 --> 0:26:37.840
<v Speaker 2>can't prove anything Mode six, you can't prove anything misfired data.

0:26:38.119 --> 0:26:40.520
<v Speaker 2>You can't prove anything wrong with this engine, which I

0:26:40.560 --> 0:26:42.960
<v Speaker 2>don't think is going to be the case. I run

0:26:43.000 --> 0:26:45.679
<v Speaker 2>a couple of bottles of fuel system cleaner through the

0:26:45.720 --> 0:26:48.760
<v Speaker 2>tank over time. Did we pick up something crummy in

0:26:48.840 --> 0:26:51.120
<v Speaker 2>the fuel? Did we pick up a sticking injector? Did

0:26:51.119 --> 0:26:55.439
<v Speaker 2>we cause an injector to stick? And watch it? But

0:26:56.200 --> 0:26:59.640
<v Speaker 2>I think because when it's not injectors, when you flow

0:26:59.640 --> 0:27:02.520
<v Speaker 2>the engectors and find out. Hey, the injectors flow fine

0:27:02.520 --> 0:27:05.720
<v Speaker 2>and there's no issues. Where do you go next? Then

0:27:05.720 --> 0:27:08.840
<v Speaker 2>do you put it together? You're closer to the other shore.

0:27:09.200 --> 0:27:11.800
<v Speaker 2>It's a longer swim back. Let's put it together and

0:27:11.800 --> 0:27:14.560
<v Speaker 2>see it run. Call me let me know, ay five five, five,

0:27:14.600 --> 0:27:16.720
<v Speaker 2>six nine nine zero zero, I'm running any of the

0:27:16.720 --> 0:27:29.879
<v Speaker 2>car doctor, I'll be back right after this. Hey, cruising

0:27:29.920 --> 0:27:31.879
<v Speaker 2>along this hour, Let's go over to Let's go to

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<v Speaker 2>ed eleven hond a pilot. Uh oh ed, what happened here?

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<v Speaker 4>Good afternoon, Ron, and thank you for taking my call.

0:27:38.720 --> 0:27:39.400
<v Speaker 2>You're welcome, sir.

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<v Speaker 4>My daughter was driving home from Worwick the other day

0:27:44.119 --> 0:27:46.639
<v Speaker 4>and the kay just dies in the middle of the road.

0:27:47.400 --> 0:27:49.840
<v Speaker 4>Long story shot. We had a towed to a shop

0:27:50.080 --> 0:27:54.920
<v Speaker 4>in the timing belt shredded. Okay, So now we're looking

0:27:54.960 --> 0:28:01.040
<v Speaker 4>for an engine. Can you recommend a reputable place to

0:28:01.040 --> 0:28:02.080
<v Speaker 4>purchase an engine?

0:28:02.119 --> 0:28:05.120
<v Speaker 2>Well, I'll tell you it's really I can. But let

0:28:05.119 --> 0:28:06.359
<v Speaker 2>me just tell you this. Let me just tell you

0:28:06.400 --> 0:28:09.600
<v Speaker 2>my thoughts. It's amazing how hard it is to get

0:28:09.600 --> 0:28:13.760
<v Speaker 2>a replacement engine for a Japanese vehicle, Honda's in particular,

0:28:14.160 --> 0:28:17.640
<v Speaker 2>unless you're buying it right out of Honda, and if

0:28:17.680 --> 0:28:20.880
<v Speaker 2>you buy it right out of Honda, I've seen five

0:28:20.960 --> 0:28:24.680
<v Speaker 2>to eight thousand dollars for replacement engines. It's crazy. And

0:28:25.840 --> 0:28:29.960
<v Speaker 2>I've been told that the reason a lot of Hondas

0:28:30.160 --> 0:28:32.960
<v Speaker 2>don't get rebuilt out in the field is because of

0:28:33.000 --> 0:28:36.200
<v Speaker 2>the complexity of the cylinder heads alone, the valve train,

0:28:37.240 --> 0:28:41.360
<v Speaker 2>all sorts of special tooling to you know, seal the valves,

0:28:41.360 --> 0:28:44.280
<v Speaker 2>do the valves, repair the heads. You've really got to

0:28:44.280 --> 0:28:46.560
<v Speaker 2>be doing Honda's or nothing else. I'm told by a

0:28:46.600 --> 0:28:49.120
<v Speaker 2>lot of the engine builders. Is that true. I haven't

0:28:49.160 --> 0:28:51.320
<v Speaker 2>looked at it lately, but that was the original story

0:28:51.480 --> 0:28:52.560
<v Speaker 2>I used to hear over time.

0:28:53.600 --> 0:28:56.920
<v Speaker 4>Let me ask you, how long should a timing belt last?

0:28:57.160 --> 0:29:00.760
<v Speaker 4>He had it replaced almost duty thousand miles ago.

0:29:01.840 --> 0:29:02.760
<v Speaker 2>It's not long enough.

0:29:03.720 --> 0:29:06.680
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, and it was replaced with OEM Honda Potts.

0:29:06.960 --> 0:29:10.400
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, there's there's more to this story. Something's not right.

0:29:12.760 --> 0:29:18.280
<v Speaker 4>The shop that is working on it now claims that

0:29:18.600 --> 0:29:22.000
<v Speaker 4>whoever did it prior did not do it because he

0:29:22.080 --> 0:29:25.000
<v Speaker 4>said he can tell that the water pump was not touched.

0:29:25.680 --> 0:29:31.840
<v Speaker 4>The tensioner. The Yeah, the tensioner was not replaced, but

0:29:31.960 --> 0:29:34.560
<v Speaker 4>I mean it's he said he said.

0:29:34.680 --> 0:29:39.040
<v Speaker 2>Right, yeah, right, is anything seized or bound up or.

0:29:40.080 --> 0:29:42.880
<v Speaker 4>Well, he put a new belt in, it started up,

0:29:42.920 --> 0:29:45.320
<v Speaker 4>and of course it's making a hell of a clanging

0:29:45.400 --> 0:29:48.560
<v Speaker 4>noise because the valves are hitting the cylinders.

0:29:48.680 --> 0:29:49.360
<v Speaker 2>Hit right, the valve.

0:29:49.440 --> 0:29:51.400
<v Speaker 4>It bent the valve, yeah, hit pistons.

0:29:51.920 --> 0:29:53.600
<v Speaker 2>So yep.

0:29:53.880 --> 0:29:55.880
<v Speaker 4>He shut it right off and says, you got to

0:29:55.880 --> 0:29:56.560
<v Speaker 4>get an engine.

0:29:56.840 --> 0:29:59.880
<v Speaker 2>Have you Have you talked back to the other shop.

0:30:00.920 --> 0:30:03.680
<v Speaker 4>Well, my daughter sent a picture of the belt and

0:30:06.040 --> 0:30:09.360
<v Speaker 4>told him, you know, FYI shouldn't this last longer than

0:30:09.400 --> 0:30:12.520
<v Speaker 4>thirty thousand miles? And he hasn't responded yet. And that

0:30:12.720 --> 0:30:13.680
<v Speaker 4>was a week ago.

0:30:14.000 --> 0:30:16.320
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And how long ago was thirty thousand miles? Within

0:30:16.360 --> 0:30:17.160
<v Speaker 2>a year, two.

0:30:17.000 --> 0:30:20.280
<v Speaker 4>Years, about a year and a half.

0:30:21.440 --> 0:30:25.640
<v Speaker 2>You know, it's it's just not long enough. Right now,

0:30:25.720 --> 0:30:28.840
<v Speaker 2>I'm going to say this, I can't say it's workmanship

0:30:29.320 --> 0:30:32.160
<v Speaker 2>because if the belt, you know, if the belt was

0:30:32.160 --> 0:30:34.440
<v Speaker 2>put on him properly, it would have failed a lot

0:30:34.480 --> 0:30:36.760
<v Speaker 2>sooner than a year and a half and thirty thousand miles.

0:30:38.280 --> 0:30:41.400
<v Speaker 2>So the burden of proof comes down to, you know,

0:30:41.560 --> 0:30:43.479
<v Speaker 2>if he forgot to tighten the tension or bolt, if

0:30:43.480 --> 0:30:46.760
<v Speaker 2>you forgot to tighten any bolt, if he you'd see

0:30:46.800 --> 0:30:50.320
<v Speaker 2>it in two weeks, right you know. So now the

0:30:50.360 --> 0:30:53.440
<v Speaker 2>burden of proof is is that a replacement? You know,

0:30:53.520 --> 0:30:57.200
<v Speaker 2>did they replace parts? And you know you can tell

0:30:57.280 --> 0:31:00.160
<v Speaker 2>if the thirty thousand miles that that water pump is

0:31:00.200 --> 0:31:02.360
<v Speaker 2>going to be shinier aluminum than the rest of the

0:31:02.360 --> 0:31:05.280
<v Speaker 2>head than the rest of the block. You know, you

0:31:05.360 --> 0:31:07.640
<v Speaker 2>may not see it in the belt, but you'll see

0:31:07.640 --> 0:31:09.480
<v Speaker 2>it in the pump. You'll see it in the tensioners

0:31:09.520 --> 0:31:13.240
<v Speaker 2>and such. So you know, how well did she know

0:31:13.320 --> 0:31:16.800
<v Speaker 2>the other shop? Does she have any recourse? That's a

0:31:16.800 --> 0:31:18.760
<v Speaker 2>conversation you have to have with this guy. The fact

0:31:18.800 --> 0:31:21.480
<v Speaker 2>that he hasn't gotten back to you unfortunately, that might

0:31:21.520 --> 0:31:22.280
<v Speaker 2>be your answer.

0:31:23.080 --> 0:31:28.720
<v Speaker 4>There's a place the shop is her in law's best friend.

0:31:29.760 --> 0:31:30.800
<v Speaker 2>Right, yeah?

0:31:30.920 --> 0:31:31.120
<v Speaker 3>You know?

0:31:31.240 --> 0:31:34.480
<v Speaker 2>Never never never do listen, Never do business with friends

0:31:34.480 --> 0:31:38.040
<v Speaker 2>and family. It just changes money, changes relationships. It does.

0:31:38.680 --> 0:31:40.840
<v Speaker 2>So do this real quick. Let me let me tell

0:31:40.840 --> 0:31:43.040
<v Speaker 2>you this. So there's a place in New Jersey. I've

0:31:43.040 --> 0:31:45.280
<v Speaker 2>never used them, but I hear good things about them.

0:31:45.600 --> 0:31:48.760
<v Speaker 2>I believe it's JDM Engines. Go out in Google search

0:31:49.120 --> 0:31:54.760
<v Speaker 2>used Honda Engines. They deal with Honda Toyota. Some of

0:31:54.800 --> 0:31:58.600
<v Speaker 2>the major Japanese cars, and they seem to have a

0:31:58.600 --> 0:32:01.520
<v Speaker 2>pretty good rep. They seem to have quite an inventory.

0:32:01.840 --> 0:32:03.640
<v Speaker 2>You can call them up and talk to him, and

0:32:03.680 --> 0:32:06.400
<v Speaker 2>I think you'll find what you're looking for there. And

0:32:06.840 --> 0:32:08.640
<v Speaker 2>you know, if they don't, if they don't have what

0:32:08.680 --> 0:32:11.200
<v Speaker 2>you want, then wherever you get it from, just ask

0:32:11.280 --> 0:32:14.760
<v Speaker 2>what's the guarantee and can they verify the mileage and

0:32:14.800 --> 0:32:16.800
<v Speaker 2>so forth, and then work your way backwards from that.

0:32:17.000 --> 0:32:18.479
<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry to hear it, ed. I wish you all

0:32:18.520 --> 0:32:20.560
<v Speaker 2>the best. I'm ronnin Ai and the car Doctor. We'll

0:32:20.560 --> 0:32:38.600
<v Speaker 2>be back right after this. Hey, So I want to

0:32:38.640 --> 0:32:40.720
<v Speaker 2>leave them with these parting thoughts. You know, we were

0:32:40.800 --> 0:32:42.640
<v Speaker 2>talking about this this week in the shop. If you

0:32:43.000 --> 0:32:45.240
<v Speaker 2>if you go out to our Facebook page or Instagram

0:32:45.560 --> 0:32:48.560
<v Speaker 2>at Ron and Inian, you'll see we posted a video

0:32:48.640 --> 0:32:52.120
<v Speaker 2>this week of a Toyota presented for repair and service

0:32:52.960 --> 0:32:56.760
<v Speaker 2>and the inside of the car has mold in it.

0:32:57.880 --> 0:33:01.120
<v Speaker 2>And you got to watch the video and understand what

0:33:01.200 --> 0:33:05.440
<v Speaker 2>it's saying and where is the obligation of the repair shop.

0:33:05.480 --> 0:33:07.400
<v Speaker 2>Where is that line? Where is that moment where the

0:33:07.440 --> 0:33:10.360
<v Speaker 2>shop says, I'm not working on this because it's a hazard.

0:33:10.560 --> 0:33:13.360
<v Speaker 2>It's a hazard to our health. I got in that

0:33:13.440 --> 0:33:14.880
<v Speaker 2>car and I drove it from out in front of

0:33:14.920 --> 0:33:18.360
<v Speaker 2>the shop into the parking lot, and my lungs were burning.

0:33:18.360 --> 0:33:20.000
<v Speaker 2>It was almost like I was standing in the middle

0:33:20.040 --> 0:33:22.880
<v Speaker 2>of a forest fire, the way you know you smoke inhalation,

0:33:23.160 --> 0:33:28.520
<v Speaker 2>that burning sensation. I think we've got to face the

0:33:28.560 --> 0:33:31.000
<v Speaker 2>fact that, you know what, and we need to talk

0:33:31.040 --> 0:33:34.240
<v Speaker 2>about this from the perspective of there's an obligation on

0:33:34.320 --> 0:33:38.480
<v Speaker 2>the consumer to present a vehicle in some kind of

0:33:38.560 --> 0:33:43.120
<v Speaker 2>condition for repair. It's got to have gas in it, right.

0:33:43.160 --> 0:33:45.240
<v Speaker 2>We talked about that last week. You got to stop

0:33:45.240 --> 0:33:47.440
<v Speaker 2>bringing cars in on E. You got to stop bringing

0:33:47.480 --> 0:33:50.440
<v Speaker 2>cars in on E because if you're a chronic drive

0:33:50.480 --> 0:33:53.680
<v Speaker 2>the car down to E kind of person, you've got

0:33:53.720 --> 0:33:57.360
<v Speaker 2>to understand, don't be surprised when at sixty or seventy

0:33:57.440 --> 0:34:01.200
<v Speaker 2>thousand miles way shorter than normal lifespan, your mechanics says, hey,

0:34:01.280 --> 0:34:03.240
<v Speaker 2>you need a fuel pump because the pump burned up

0:34:03.240 --> 0:34:06.040
<v Speaker 2>from excessive heat. Because that's what fuel does. Got to

0:34:06.080 --> 0:34:07.920
<v Speaker 2>bring a car in with fuel. You got to bring

0:34:07.960 --> 0:34:10.160
<v Speaker 2>in a car clean enough that somebody could lay on

0:34:10.200 --> 0:34:12.720
<v Speaker 2>the floor and change a cabin filter or ride around

0:34:12.719 --> 0:34:15.120
<v Speaker 2>in it without getting a hazard to their health. I'm

0:34:15.200 --> 0:34:17.719
<v Speaker 2>ronning any in the car doctor. The mechanics aren't expensive,

0:34:17.840 --> 0:34:18.920
<v Speaker 2>they're priceless.

0:34:18.920 --> 0:34:21.400
<v Speaker 4>See hey, he's a car doctor.

0:34:22.400 --> 0:34:24.120
<v Speaker 2>Car advice to ride