1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:01,680 Speaker 1: Ron Anian. 2 00:00:01,760 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 2: It's hard for me to imagine that this really happens 3 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 2: every week. You know, it's it's it's weird to be. 4 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:08,160 Speaker 1: Ron an Amien. 5 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:11,040 Speaker 2: It just is because so many people seem to know me, 6 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 2: and I just think I'm just this guy fixing cars 7 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 2: and right, the car doctor. 8 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 3: From what I know, they just disconnected to the remote start. 9 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 2: Okay, and here's why that doesn't work. How do we 10 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 2: know whether this was a component failure or an improper 11 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 2: install failure. 12 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 4: Welcome to the radio home of Ronanian, the Car Doctor. 13 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 4: Since nineteen ninety one, this is where car owners the 14 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 4: world overturned to for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. 15 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 4: If your mechanics giving you a busy signal, pick up 16 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:48,599 Speaker 4: the phone and call in. The garage doors. 17 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 2: Are open, but I am here to take your calls 18 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:53,159 Speaker 2: at eight five five five six ninety nine hundred and 19 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 2: now he. 20 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 4: Running. 21 00:00:59,560 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 5: You know. 22 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 2: This one's for Nancy. I got to do this. This 23 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 2: one's for Nancy out at Short Hills Mall in New Jersey, 24 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 2: who works at the Nordstroms out there. And we went 25 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:13,320 Speaker 2: out last week and we bought a coat and got 26 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 2: to talking to Nancy and feisty individual that she is. 27 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:20,959 Speaker 2: Her husband is a diesel truck mechanic in Satton Island, 28 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 2: New York. And she explained the whole thing to me 29 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 2: about how he's hardworking and you know, just been doing 30 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:28,759 Speaker 2: it forever and trying to make a living fixing diesel 31 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:32,760 Speaker 2: trucks and cars, and he's the go to guy, you know, 32 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 2: and he loves all things automotive. And you know, at 33 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 2: the end, I sort of took off the mask and 34 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:39,959 Speaker 2: told her who I was and. 35 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 1: What we do. 36 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 2: And she didn't know who I was, you know, not 37 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 2: that she'd heard of it, but she said, you know, 38 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 2: my husband might know you. So on the pretext, on 39 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 2: the chance that he does, I thought I'd do an 40 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 2: open in a shout out and say how to Nancy 41 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 2: and her husband and let them know that, yeah, you 42 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 2: found the right station, the right channel. 43 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: I'm here to help. That's what the car doctor does. 44 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 1: Or I talk to you about you know. 45 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 2: I wish you guys could listen to to the phone 46 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 2: calls that I get in the shop, you know, because 47 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 2: they just they leave you, They leave you scratching your head. 48 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 2: And I think about are people setting themselves up to fail? 49 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 1: And I just it just comes back to that. 50 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:19,080 Speaker 2: I mean, I know we all sit there and say 51 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 2: in these times, and we've been saying it for years. Right, 52 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:24,080 Speaker 2: people are rude, people are discourteous. You know, you scratch 53 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 2: your head, you bang your head against. 54 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: The wall, like what's wrong with people? 55 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 2: There is a lot wrong with people, and and but 56 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 2: some of it you just you have to recognize it. 57 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 2: And I think that's the key because and I'm back 58 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:35,119 Speaker 2: to I wish you could listen to the phone calls 59 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 2: that I get. The phone rang on Friday this past 60 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 2: week about ten o'clock. 61 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: Do you fix light bulbs? 62 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 6: Yeah? 63 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:43,680 Speaker 1: Fixed light bulbs? 64 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 6: Sure? 65 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:46,519 Speaker 2: You know, Well do you think I could bring my 66 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 2: cart down? It's got a light bulb about And you 67 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 2: know it's it's Friday. You know, the worst two days 68 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 2: to call a repair shop is Monday Friday. And it 69 00:02:57,320 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 2: just is especially a cold call because that's what it is. 70 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:01,959 Speaker 2: They'd never been here before. And I always try to 71 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 2: look at the situation. You know, if Jeff, who's been 72 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 2: a regular customer at the shop for twenty years, twenty 73 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:09,519 Speaker 2: five years hour alone, Jef's been coming, if Jeff called 74 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 2: me on Friday, well, first of all, Jeff wouldn't have 75 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 2: the ball about because it would have been in for 76 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 2: regular service, and we tend to catch those things at 77 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 2: the service, you know. Having said that and setting myself 78 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 2: up to look silly sometime next week, because I'm sure 79 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 2: that'll happen, because God has a sense of humor, you know, Yeah, Jeff, 80 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 2: bring it down. I would, It would be a no brainer. 81 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 2: But when you call a repair shop and you know, 82 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 2: halfway through the morning, gee, can you look at this bull? 83 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 1: I don't know. 84 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 2: The first thought that comes to my mind is who's 85 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 2: been working on the car up till now? And the 86 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 2: comment I got back was because I asked her that. 87 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 2: She said, well, I really haven't done much to it. 88 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 2: You know, it's just been basic stuff like oil changes. 89 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 2: And I then asked the silly question, silly me, what 90 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 2: kind of vehicle is this to twenty sixteen land Rover Discovery. 91 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 2: Let me explain something to you, all right, that's an 92 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 2: eight year old vehicle. That's an eight year old vehicle 93 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 2: that doesn't age well. 94 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 1: All right. 95 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 2: It's like expecting Mike Tyson to fight at fifty eight 96 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 2: like he did at twenty eight. It's just not going 97 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 2: to happen, all right. It just doesn't work that way. 98 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 2: And as much respect as I have for the champ, 99 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:16,160 Speaker 2: I you know, like you just you got to sit 100 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 2: there and take a seat and say, okay, enough an 101 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,039 Speaker 2: eight year old vehicle. I don't care what it is, 102 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 2: but an eight year old land Rover, that thing should 103 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 2: have had it's diaper changed every week on regular scheduled 104 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 2: basis because they don't hold up well, they just don't. 105 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:34,919 Speaker 2: And I explained to her, I said, you know, I 106 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 2: wish I could, and I did. I wish I could, 107 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 2: but I can't today. And she was actually insulted that 108 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 2: we weren't going to drop what we were doing and 109 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 2: just bring it right in and you know, let's tackle this. 110 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 2: My light bulb is out, you know, because the light 111 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 2: bulb just a simple thought. It's not always a light bulb. 112 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 2: We all sit there and say, hey, it's a light bulb. 113 00:04:57,839 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 2: Hey my light bulb went out. How many tickets I've 114 00:04:59,880 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 2: s And go out to the shop. Replace driver's side 115 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:06,599 Speaker 2: headlight that's out. It should really say diagnosed driver's side 116 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:12,040 Speaker 2: headlight not operating. We had a regular customer bring us 117 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 2: his daughter's car to show you that I have a heart. 118 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:17,280 Speaker 2: In case you're thinking I'm heartless that they brought us 119 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 2: their daughter's car on Thursday. They were in town for 120 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:21,599 Speaker 2: a couple of days. On the last day, the day before, 121 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 2: the driver's side headlight went out, so the daughter tried 122 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:26,480 Speaker 2: to fix it herself. 123 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 1: God bless Zeigazun. 124 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 2: You know what, if I could get all my customers 125 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 2: to try fixing their car once, I'd have a better 126 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,840 Speaker 2: crop of customers. You know, all of a sudden, it's like, 127 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 2: you know, everybody has to have the experience. And during 128 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 2: the process of doing the headlight bulb, she started to 129 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 2: smell smoke like something was burning. So she disconnected the headlight, 130 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:49,560 Speaker 2: took everything back apart, closed the hood, walked inside. The 131 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:51,480 Speaker 2: father called me. They dropped the car off. We looked 132 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:54,480 Speaker 2: at it. There was nothing wrong. She was actually smelling. 133 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 2: She's got a little bit of an oil ly going 134 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 2: on on this car. You know, it's been out west 135 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 2: and it's home now for a short period of time, 136 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 2: and we'll probably end up fixing it in the next 137 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 2: week or two. But the point becomes, you know, she 138 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:06,800 Speaker 2: was smelling something else that had nothing to do with 139 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 2: the headlight. But by the same token, had we worked 140 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 2: on it and it was an electrical problem. We would 141 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 2: have fixed that, not just replaced the bulb. Hence back 142 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:20,160 Speaker 2: to the land rover. I need a bulb replaced, now 143 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:25,160 Speaker 2: you don't. You need it diagnosed. That's the catch. The 144 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 2: phone calls I get at the shop ten minutes after 145 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:30,720 Speaker 2: four on Thursday. 146 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:33,840 Speaker 1: Hey do you guys do state inspection? Sure do? 147 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 6: Oh? 148 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: Can I bring it by? Now? 149 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 2: You know, most repair shops close at five o'clock. Most 150 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 2: repair shops between four and five, in my opinion, if 151 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:48,919 Speaker 2: they're being run properly, are starting to wind down the day. 152 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 2: You know, order repair is not supposed to be a 153 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:53,360 Speaker 2: mad cap horse race from seven o'clock in the morning 154 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:56,239 Speaker 2: till seven o'clock at night. There's supposed to be some structure. 155 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:58,040 Speaker 2: There's supposed to be moments of a coffee break. There's 156 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 2: supposed to be moments of lunch. It's supposed to be 157 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:07,159 Speaker 2: a job, not this crushing onslaught of constant madness. I 158 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:09,159 Speaker 2: can't do it at ten after four. Where were you 159 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 2: at ten minutes to eight this morning? You know, you've 160 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 2: really got to be smart when it comes to finding 161 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 2: a mechanic, just like any other skilled service, because there's 162 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 2: less and less skilled people out there, and you've got 163 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 2: to be respectful of what they're trying to do. You've 164 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 2: got to be respectful of the process. I say that 165 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 2: one hundred times a day. I don't know where the 166 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 2: guy went for inspection. He was stunned that I wouldn't 167 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 2: just drop what I was doing. And I listen, even 168 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 2: a regular customer wouldn't get that at ten after four. 169 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 1: They can't. 170 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 2: There's too many other things going on because unless we're 171 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:45,680 Speaker 2: standing around, which is rare. All right, You've got to 172 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 2: ask yourself. And I've said this to people, which card 173 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 2: do you want me not to fix that had an 174 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 2: appointment to fix yours? To solve your immediate problem and 175 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 2: alleged emergency. I wish you could hear what goes on 176 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 2: on the phone. I may start to record them. I'll 177 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 2: have to warn people. You know, it's a big process 178 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:09,680 Speaker 2: auto repair. There's a lot of moving pieces, a lot 179 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 2: of moving parts. And sometimes when you sit there and 180 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 2: point the finger and say they can't fix my car, 181 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 2: I think you got to realize that your thumb is 182 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 2: pointing back at you every time you point that index 183 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 2: finger out, and maybe part of the problem is with you. 184 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 2: Maybe you're not allowing them to be successful because of 185 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:29,360 Speaker 2: the positions that you try to put them in. Now, 186 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 2: if they accept it, if the repair shop accepts it, 187 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 2: I think that's their own chaos that they create. I 188 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:38,600 Speaker 2: think that's their own stupidity. But it's not going to 189 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 2: be mine, and it shouldn't be yours. If you're a 190 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 2: repair shop out there, you should really be thinking about 191 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:46,200 Speaker 2: how you run the business because if you're not in 192 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 2: your head in agreement yet we're on you're right. I 193 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 2: get those phone calls all the time. Do something about it. 194 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 2: I encourage you to change how you're running the shop 195 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:57,080 Speaker 2: because I will tell you this auto repair I absolutely 196 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 2: guarantee you is not going to get any easier in 197 00:08:59,480 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 2: the future. 198 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 1: It's not. 199 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 2: It's only going to get more difficult, more complex. I 200 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:09,319 Speaker 2: talked to a fellow shop owner in the area. He's 201 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 2: working on a later model BMW with an air conditioning leak, 202 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:16,680 Speaker 2: and he's kind of banging his head against the wall. 203 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 2: He's changed the evaporator, he's changed the compressor, he's changed 204 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 2: the condenser, and he still has an ac leak. He 205 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 2: still has a refrigerant leak. I talked to Stevie the 206 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 2: other day, and you know, I kind of walked him 207 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:33,720 Speaker 2: through because I think, I think in a business relationship, 208 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:35,440 Speaker 2: in a good relationship, you know, part of what you 209 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:38,920 Speaker 2: do is, you know, it's not about intimacy, it's about 210 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 2: mechanical intimacy. 211 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 1: It's about, you. 212 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 2: Know, talking about how would I approach that problem. And 213 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 2: I said to Stevie, you know, you got to get 214 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:49,320 Speaker 2: off the complicated. I know it's a BMW, I know 215 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:51,760 Speaker 2: it's a rocket ship. And he was doing all the 216 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 2: right things, absolutely, all the right things. CO two gas 217 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 2: leak detection, die the whole nine yards. Let's go back 218 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 2: to basics. He came down to the shop and I 219 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:02,120 Speaker 2: gave him a cup full of We have this tire 220 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 2: soap that's like super concentrated. It makes bubbles a thousand 221 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 2: times better than soapy bubbles, if you know what I'm saying. 222 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:11,320 Speaker 2: It's specifically designed to find air leaks and tires. And 223 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 2: I said, why don't we just get back to, you know, 224 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:16,880 Speaker 2: brushing some soapy bubbles around all the fittings and the hoses, 225 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 2: and you know, just forget all the high tech stuff. 226 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 2: And he said, you know, he says, I work on 227 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:24,840 Speaker 2: such rocket ships all day long, then I forget Sometimes 228 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:26,440 Speaker 2: about simple and that's okay, you know what. 229 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 1: We're all human. 230 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:33,479 Speaker 2: It's the mental errors that beat you. But here's my point, Stevie. 231 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 2: You know you're working on cutting edge BMW's all day long. 232 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 2: You know you've been doing this a long time. Is 233 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:41,880 Speaker 2: it getting harder? He said, It's never been so difficult. 234 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 2: And he said, and I thought this was profound. The 235 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:49,200 Speaker 2: more structure I add to the shop and the way 236 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:52,880 Speaker 2: the shop operates, the better I can fix cars because 237 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 2: it gives me room to think. And that's why I 238 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 2: won't do an inspection at ten after four, and that's 239 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 2: why I won't do a discovery light bulb at ten 240 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 2: o'clock in the morning on a Friday. Because the public. 241 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 2: You the public, if you're out there as the public, 242 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:09,440 Speaker 2: you need to realize that mechanics need time to think, 243 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:12,840 Speaker 2: they need space to absorb the issue because it's not 244 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:15,320 Speaker 2: always going to be simple. It's not always going to 245 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:18,839 Speaker 2: be one two three, But there are ways to make 246 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:22,280 Speaker 2: sure that it's always complete and done properly. And for that, 247 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:25,600 Speaker 2: we all have to change our thinking together as a collective. 248 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:28,199 Speaker 2: Eight five five five six zero nine nine zero zero. 249 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 2: I'm running ady in the car. Doctor I'll be back 250 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:30,600 Speaker 2: right after. 251 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:49,480 Speaker 5: This when you get keep Ron's number handy eight five 252 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:52,600 Speaker 5: five five six zero nine nine zero zero for when 253 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:55,320 Speaker 5: you really need advice on your car. Here's Roder. 254 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:58,280 Speaker 2: Hey, welcome back. You're listening to run an Amy in 255 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:00,400 Speaker 2: the car doctor. Let's go over to Let's go to 256 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:02,720 Speaker 2: John in Connecticut. We haven't been there yet. Let's garage 257 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 2: doors open obviously and an eight three fifty John. You're 258 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 2: on with the car doctor, sir, How can I help? 259 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:10,319 Speaker 6: Hey Bron? 260 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:13,439 Speaker 3: How you don't so? I have a two thousand and 261 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:16,480 Speaker 3: eight three fifty Super Duty with the five point four 262 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 3: gas engine without the hydro boost. I had replaced the 263 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:23,559 Speaker 3: power staring pump because of a rust and corrosion. It 264 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 3: was leaking at the pump, so I ended up putting 265 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 3: a reman pump in with three new lines flush the 266 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:40,080 Speaker 3: system out, so upon startup you'll have assists immediately after 267 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 3: startup for only like a second and then it's no 268 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:46,480 Speaker 3: power staring at all. And I know, I know on 269 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:49,720 Speaker 3: the high pressure hose there's a silencer built inside of it, 270 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:52,640 Speaker 3: and I had called the manufacturer to see if they 271 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 3: had any issues with that silencer blocking full possibly and 272 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 3: they said they did not, but they're going to send 273 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:02,719 Speaker 3: me another hole out regardless. I'm just wondering if you 274 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 3: ever come across with assist only last thing for like 275 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:07,600 Speaker 3: a second and then it's gone. 276 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:08,080 Speaker 7: Yeah. 277 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:14,839 Speaker 2: Also check usually well usually usually I find it's one 278 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 2: of two things. It's either a restriction because there's debris 279 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:21,839 Speaker 2: in the box all right, depending upon how the pump failed. 280 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:24,560 Speaker 2: Did it put debris anywhere? So are you still dealing 281 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 2: with even though I know you said you flushed it, 282 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 2: is there still debris in the box. I'd love to 283 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:31,120 Speaker 2: take a sample of fluid and let it sit overnight. 284 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:33,360 Speaker 2: Does anything settle at the bottom? Or can I if 285 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 2: I take a paint strainer and pour the fluid in there, 286 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,440 Speaker 2: through it, you know, a sample of it? Do I 287 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:41,720 Speaker 2: see any debris in the paint strainer? You know one 288 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 2: of those white filters with with the fine mesh screen 289 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:46,439 Speaker 2: at the bottom. Pour it into a coffee can or 290 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:48,719 Speaker 2: some kind of container. Do I see any you know? 291 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:50,040 Speaker 2: Or do it just come out clean? 292 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:50,480 Speaker 1: Fluid? 293 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:51,080 Speaker 6: You know? 294 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:53,240 Speaker 2: Number one and then number two just just a bad 295 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 2: replacement pump. In my experience, most of the replacement pumps 296 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:02,080 Speaker 2: that are rebuilt, I just don't use them. I just 297 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:05,719 Speaker 2: I just I don't care who's making them. I just 298 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:09,439 Speaker 2: I just I just never have a great experience with them, 299 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:12,960 Speaker 2: you know, I try to get something from the manufacturer. 300 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:16,480 Speaker 2: You know. It just it just it just is John, 301 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 2: There's just there's just no other. 302 00:14:17,679 --> 00:14:19,440 Speaker 1: Way to say it. It's it's unfortunate. 303 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:20,680 Speaker 2: And I'm not telling you to run out and just 304 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 2: replace the pump blindly because I said so. But you know, 305 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 2: and I like what you're doing about, you know, getting 306 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:29,480 Speaker 2: another line, and you know possibly you know, and obviously 307 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:31,560 Speaker 2: the lines are hooked up correctly, right, I mean, there's 308 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:34,440 Speaker 2: no it's it's it's not like you could have done 309 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:36,240 Speaker 2: it wrong or incorrectly. 310 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 6: Now. 311 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:42,680 Speaker 3: I also checked the supply line that five eighths that 312 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 3: goes from the reservoir to the pump right to make 313 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 3: sure then collapse when I was running. 314 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:50,760 Speaker 1: So why did you change all the lines? Were they leaguing? 315 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 3: They were all crusty at the power starring box and 316 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 3: I actually touched one and it started the leak. So 317 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 3: that's why I I replaced me. 318 00:15:01,280 --> 00:15:03,920 Speaker 2: You know, sometimes sometimes that creates the problem because it 319 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 2: puts that sense of doubt and confusion in your mind. 320 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:10,240 Speaker 2: I was working on a Not to hijack your story, 321 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 2: but I'll tell you mine. I was working on the 322 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:17,400 Speaker 2: nineteen seventy eight Triumph spitfire yesterday. Don't tell anybody because 323 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 2: then there'll be a line at the shop. And you know, 324 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 2: buddy of mine, my radio buddy Jarrett, who's my CONCILIERTI 325 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 2: for the radio show, kind of guides me accordingly, came 326 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 2: in and he's got this seventy nine spitfire that he 327 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 2: acquired and it just doesn't run right. 328 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 1: Well, you work on it, oh boy, I said, let's see. 329 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 2: The last time I worked on a spitfire, I got 330 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:40,240 Speaker 2: clocked one hundred and thirty seven down the Route seventeen 331 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:42,480 Speaker 2: in Mahwa, New Jersey, and forty years ago. 332 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 1: So I said, hey, yeah, what the heck? How bad 333 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 1: could this go? 334 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:48,360 Speaker 2: So you know, you got to look at everything, and 335 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 2: that's the problem, and that's what you have to do. 336 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:50,200 Speaker 6: Now. 337 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 1: You have to look at everything. 338 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 2: Right, So I go to I start with my basics, 339 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 2: I start with my process and my head. First thing 340 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:57,560 Speaker 2: I do, I pull plugs. I want to look at 341 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:00,440 Speaker 2: plugs the car. The car smells wrong. It just you 342 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:03,360 Speaker 2: can just tell it's not running right. First, thing I touch. 343 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:06,920 Speaker 2: I pulled the four spark plugs out, and lack of 344 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 2: a better way to explain it on radio, but if 345 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 2: the reach of the spark plugs is five threads and 346 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 2: the whole is ten threads deep, you think that's a problem. 347 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:17,920 Speaker 2: You know, you think, like, we've got the wrong plugs 348 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:19,280 Speaker 2: in it. And we measured it out and I figured 349 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:20,680 Speaker 2: it out. It's got the wrong plugs in it. We 350 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 2: got four of the correct reach spark plugs, put them in. 351 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 2: The car never ran so good. 352 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:26,200 Speaker 1: You know. 353 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:30,040 Speaker 2: My point is, Jared's like, were you going to change 354 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 2: the caprotor and wires that I got you? No, because 355 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 2: I want to change one thing at a time, especially 356 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 2: on a mystery. Now in your case, you don't have 357 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:41,400 Speaker 2: that option. So now you've got to go backwards. I 358 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:43,640 Speaker 2: like what you're thinking about the restrict. 359 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 1: But I wouldn't. 360 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:48,960 Speaker 2: I wouldn't rule out the pump either, Okay, I would talk. 361 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:51,920 Speaker 2: I would talk to the manufacturer about the pump, you know, 362 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 2: because it sure sounds like you've got no no output 363 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 2: out of the pump. Now is the pump noisy at all? 364 00:16:59,000 --> 00:16:59,080 Speaker 6: No? 365 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:05,080 Speaker 3: I you'll hear a slight wine upon startup. But I 366 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:07,480 Speaker 3: mean and then I look in the reservoir. It doesn't 367 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 3: even look like it's. 368 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:14,400 Speaker 1: Right right, and it should right. 369 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 2: It should be because the pump should still draw regardless. Right. 370 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 2: So you know, maybe the pressure relief or the regulator 371 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 2: valve at the bottom of the pump, one of those 372 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:27,160 Speaker 2: lines has a hex nut, right, and there's a regulator 373 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:32,960 Speaker 2: piston behind it. Maybe it's stuck, right, Maybe it's stuck. 374 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,360 Speaker 2: Maybe we want to pull that apart and just look 375 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:37,600 Speaker 2: as the teflon torn or the seals torn. Is it 376 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:41,239 Speaker 2: jamm doesn't move freely in the bore? And and and 377 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:43,240 Speaker 2: this is why I won't use a reman pump from 378 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 2: certain manufacturers, because now I have to repair what they 379 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:47,600 Speaker 2: should have repaired, which is why I paid them in. 380 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:48,160 Speaker 1: The first place. 381 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:52,560 Speaker 2: Right, So let me know what happens. John, I'm curious, 382 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:54,280 Speaker 2: you know, by all means, I like what you're doing 383 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:56,400 Speaker 2: with the line. I would maybe change the one line. 384 00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 2: And if that doesn't do it, I take that pump 385 00:17:58,320 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 2: back out and go through it because it sounds like 386 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:01,200 Speaker 2: the problem is going to be there. 387 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 1: Good luck to you. 388 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 2: I'm running ending in the car doctor eight five five 389 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:06,639 Speaker 2: five six zero nine nine zero zero. The card doctor's 390 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:08,280 Speaker 2: phone number. I'll be back right after this. 391 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:20,359 Speaker 8: Don't go away. 392 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:28,440 Speaker 1: I'll know you ut better and you've got that. 393 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 2: There's all the way. 394 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 1: Two ten minutes. 395 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 2: Brought an needing the car doctor here eight five five 396 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,240 Speaker 2: five six zero nine nine zero zero. Let's go back. Oh, 397 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:45,960 Speaker 2: let's go over, Let's go somewhere. Let's go to Louisiana 398 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:48,520 Speaker 2: and talk to Mark again. Mark, you and your ninety 399 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:49,960 Speaker 2: five lexus? How are you this week? 400 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:51,280 Speaker 6: Oh? 401 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:55,360 Speaker 7: I'm fine. I was just calling. I called last weekend 402 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:58,440 Speaker 7: about the I had a Pete thirteen hundred code, which 403 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:01,240 Speaker 7: was an admission control module on circuit one where the 404 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:04,639 Speaker 7: car would miss and stumble for about three or four seconds. 405 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 7: And that car has two ignition circuits and two calls. 406 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:13,280 Speaker 7: And what I had an old timing light that I 407 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:15,640 Speaker 7: had laying around the house. And it was an old 408 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:18,280 Speaker 7: one that had like a coal spring that you attached 409 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 7: to the spark plug wire and then you put the 410 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:23,520 Speaker 7: plug wire on the other side of that coal spring. 411 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:26,879 Speaker 7: And when I'd start the motor up when it was cold, 412 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:29,920 Speaker 7: and it would actually run rough for maybe four seconds 413 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:32,800 Speaker 7: or so. There wasn't any flashing at all with the 414 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:37,080 Speaker 7: time and light, and so then after about three or 415 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:41,960 Speaker 7: four seconds, when the car started running fine, I noticed 416 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 7: that there was still like one felt like one cylinder 417 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:52,000 Speaker 7: wasn't fired. And that coil spring that I had connected 418 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:56,399 Speaker 7: there between the spark plug and the plug wire, whenever 419 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:59,160 Speaker 7: you took that off, then the car would run perfect. 420 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:03,480 Speaker 7: So I kind of just made a guess that I 421 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:05,359 Speaker 7: may have had a week and I tried it on 422 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 7: all four plugs that come off of that distributor for 423 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:13,359 Speaker 7: that circuit one. So I just kind of made a guess, 424 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 7: thinking maybe I had a weak call, and so I'll 425 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:20,400 Speaker 7: put a new call in it, and it solved the problem. 426 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:24,479 Speaker 7: And I was just wondering, how would you diagnose like 427 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 7: a weak call output. 428 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 2: I would, well, I would I would lebsco a primary 429 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 2: signal in just to make sure I had proper signal, 430 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:35,120 Speaker 2: and then I would I would end up I would 431 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:37,119 Speaker 2: pull the coil out of the head me myself. 432 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 1: I would use a spark tester. 433 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:41,840 Speaker 2: And I would set it to whatever number I wanted, 434 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:44,919 Speaker 2: depending upon the car, thirty thousand vaults, fifty thousand vaults, 435 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:48,200 Speaker 2: and look to see that it fired even inconsistent. Pretty 436 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:49,960 Speaker 2: much similar to what you did. You just did it 437 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:52,359 Speaker 2: with a timing light, which is really kind of brilliant. 438 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:56,560 Speaker 7: I just had an hole one later around that I had. 439 00:20:56,720 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 2: You know, the only chance, the only chance you took 440 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:04,400 Speaker 2: was if you didn't have primary, proper primary signal in right, 441 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 2: because what what what turns a coil on and off? 442 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 2: Primary right, primary, feed secondary. So if you didn't have 443 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:14,480 Speaker 2: proper primary signal in then you would have you know, 444 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:16,679 Speaker 2: you would have been wrong. But in this case, you weren't. 445 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:18,560 Speaker 2: You know, one of the things they tell you to 446 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:20,840 Speaker 2: do for a thirteen hundred P thirteen hundred or P 447 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:24,040 Speaker 2: thirteen oh five, which is igniter one, igniter two, because 448 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:27,000 Speaker 2: there's two, one for each bank. They have you look 449 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 2: at the signals at you know, at the igniter, at 450 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:33,919 Speaker 2: the igniter or the primary side using a labscope, and 451 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 2: you're looking for identical signals. But in this case, you 452 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:40,600 Speaker 2: you know what, you just hit locked. Yeah, you lucked 453 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 2: out and it worked. 454 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 1: You know, not to say, yeah. 455 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 7: Go ahead, all those spark testers you're talking about, they'll 456 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:51,879 Speaker 7: they'll show the voltage going through that. 457 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:55,240 Speaker 2: Well, they'll So here's the idea. If you you got 458 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 2: a lawnmower, all right, if you take a screwdriver and 459 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:01,399 Speaker 2: stick it in the spar plug wire and just ground 460 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 2: the head and check for spark. It'll show spark. But 461 00:22:05,359 --> 00:22:07,639 Speaker 2: is that is that an accurate test? 462 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:08,360 Speaker 6: No? 463 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:09,879 Speaker 1: Why? 464 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,920 Speaker 2: Because a spark plug and a cylinder under one hundred 465 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:15,080 Speaker 2: pounds of compression will round it off for the sake 466 00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:18,720 Speaker 2: of a conversation, So we're making it easier. A spark 467 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:22,960 Speaker 2: tester has an adjustable gap to ground follow the electrodes right, 468 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:26,399 Speaker 2: so in some way it will put that ignition coil 469 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:31,119 Speaker 2: under duress and emulate or try to emulate the amount 470 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:32,920 Speaker 2: of load that it's under when that plug is in 471 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 2: the cylinder trying to fire across the gap. That's why 472 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 2: if you look at listen, one of the best diagnostic 473 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 2: tools I have in the shop is a little it's 474 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:45,600 Speaker 2: I think Kent Moore makes it or Lyle makes it. 475 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:49,159 Speaker 2: It's probably two inches long. It's a plastic graduated scale. 476 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 2: It's not the most scientific thing in the world. Yes, 477 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:55,240 Speaker 2: it's forty thirty thousands, fifty thousands. How I unwind it 478 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 2: and increase that gap, you know, and the other thing 479 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 2: you'll see if you're looking for spark on a consistent basis, 480 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:06,080 Speaker 2: you know, most cars will make an angry blue snapping spark, 481 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:10,159 Speaker 2: whereas that screwdriver tends to do that lazy orange spark. 482 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:12,560 Speaker 2: I don't want to get you know, gee, can I diagnose, 483 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 2: you know by it wasn't angry enough, you know, you know, 484 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:18,879 Speaker 2: which is why we use a spark tester in the 485 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:19,399 Speaker 2: first place. 486 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:20,640 Speaker 1: But that spark tester. 487 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:23,359 Speaker 2: Any Oda part store, and it's probably under fifty bucks 488 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 2: depending upon what you want, you know. And there's all 489 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:28,920 Speaker 2: fancy ones out there. There's ones with spark plug wires attached. 490 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 2: There's all you know, different ways of grounding. The other 491 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:35,159 Speaker 2: side of it, you know, some of my go to 492 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:38,320 Speaker 2: in my little go to bag if I'm working outside 493 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 2: of the shop and I'm not in the bay, is 494 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:44,920 Speaker 2: the spark tester, fuel pressure gauge, the bottle of propane, 495 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:47,359 Speaker 2: and a couple other odds and ends. That's just my 496 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:50,199 Speaker 2: you know, let's go diagnose remotely, you know, if I 497 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:51,639 Speaker 2: was stuck on the side of the road kind of 498 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:53,439 Speaker 2: stuff and it works, you know, it just works. 499 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 1: It's not everything's got to be complicated. 500 00:23:57,040 --> 00:23:58,479 Speaker 7: I just wanted to give you an update. 501 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:00,640 Speaker 1: I appreciate it. Thank you so much. 502 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 2: Mark, Okay, thank you, You're very welcome. 503 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:06,680 Speaker 1: Be well. Yeah, listen. Sometimes simple works. 504 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:11,080 Speaker 2: Sometimes simple is you know, you just got to get 505 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:15,200 Speaker 2: back to that. You know, we've also we've forgotten because 506 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:17,639 Speaker 2: of how complicated cars were. You know, back in the 507 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:20,080 Speaker 2: day for the car that wouldn't start, there was this 508 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:23,879 Speaker 2: transition time I'm going to say late eighties to early 509 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 2: nineties where cars still had spark plug wires, but they 510 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:29,760 Speaker 2: might have had a coil pack and we were looking 511 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:30,960 Speaker 2: to see if it had spark. 512 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:32,920 Speaker 1: And you know, not everybody. 513 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 2: We didn't have that many spark testers available to us 514 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:38,439 Speaker 2: to duplicate load. And a lot of times we use 515 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 2: the clamp on timing light and we'd crank the engine 516 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 2: over with the light blink, and if the light blink, 517 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:44,960 Speaker 2: we knew we had spark. We didn't know how well, 518 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:47,679 Speaker 2: we didn't know how much, but we knew we had spark. So, 519 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 2: you know, Mark lucked out. He's using technology or repair 520 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:54,480 Speaker 2: process from thirty years ago, which I guess is appropriate. 521 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:57,879 Speaker 2: I don't know, almost thirty year old vehicle, and you know 522 00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:00,320 Speaker 2: it worked for him. But whatever it takes, it doesn't 523 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 2: have to be complicated. It's just got to be simple. 524 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:05,679 Speaker 2: It's like in the beginning of this hour, right I 525 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:08,919 Speaker 2: was talking to you about the shop with the BMW 526 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:12,560 Speaker 2: that's looking for the AC refrigerant leak. And you know, 527 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:15,600 Speaker 2: after they did high tech, what do they. 528 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:16,200 Speaker 1: End up doing. 529 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 2: They're gonna use soapy water, which is what we do, 530 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:22,240 Speaker 2: just you know, soap and bubbles. It just it never 531 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:25,639 Speaker 2: goes wrong. Bubbles never lie. One of my favorite tools 532 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:27,880 Speaker 2: in the shop and I laugh about it every time 533 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:30,639 Speaker 2: I look at it. One of my absolutely favorite tools 534 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:34,120 Speaker 2: in the shop is the tire tank. You know that 535 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:37,240 Speaker 2: tank that half bath you put, you fill it with 536 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:38,840 Speaker 2: water and then you put the tire in. You look 537 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:42,720 Speaker 2: for bubbles. The tire tank never lies. It's like a thermos. 538 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 2: It's brilliant. It shows you the leak. Every time you 539 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:48,520 Speaker 2: dump the water out, you fill the water up. It's simple. 540 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:51,280 Speaker 2: It works, you know, it works like a thermos. Thermois 541 00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:54,840 Speaker 2: are smart. Toe Well, think about it. How does a thermis? 542 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:56,520 Speaker 2: If you pour something, I'll prove it to you and 543 00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:59,000 Speaker 2: then I'm gonna pull over. If you pour something hot 544 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:02,360 Speaker 2: into a thermos, it keeps it hot. If you pour 545 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:06,480 Speaker 2: something cold into a thermos, it keeps it cold. How 546 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 2: come see, thermosts are smart. They just know what to do. 547 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:11,359 Speaker 2: Should be like the rest of us are a lot 548 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:13,719 Speaker 2: of other people. Eight five, five, five, six nine nine 549 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:16,080 Speaker 2: zero zero be like a thermos. I'm running Eney in 550 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 2: the car. 551 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:33,560 Speaker 1: Doctor. I'll be back right after this. Welcome back. Well, 552 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 1: then let's go to main and talk to Micah. Micah, 553 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:37,560 Speaker 1: how are you today? 554 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:41,320 Speaker 6: Doing great? Thanks so much for taking my call. I 555 00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 6: need your help. Ron got a question about maintenance, and 556 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:48,200 Speaker 6: it's tire maintenance and rotation. I got two questions about it. 557 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 6: The first one's probably easy. The second one's more complicated, 558 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:53,520 Speaker 6: and I need more help on that. First one is 559 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:57,320 Speaker 6: how often every six months, once a year balance and rotation? 560 00:26:57,960 --> 00:26:59,720 Speaker 2: How often do you drive? I mean it really comes 561 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:02,159 Speaker 2: down to mileage, Micah. I've had cars come in the 562 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 2: shop for oil. Well, I've had cars come in the 563 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:06,760 Speaker 2: shop for oil changes in five thousand miles and the 564 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:09,159 Speaker 2: tires are screaming rotation. And I've had cars come in, 565 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:12,000 Speaker 2: you know, after four oil changes and they haven't had 566 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:15,120 Speaker 2: the tires rotated once. And there's no need. I mean, 567 00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:17,520 Speaker 2: they're in great shape, there's no reason to move them. 568 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:21,960 Speaker 2: So you know, standard rule of thumb the industry says 569 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:25,920 Speaker 2: every six to eight thousand, But with such my experiences 570 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:29,600 Speaker 2: in such varying in different configurations. All wheel drive, four 571 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 2: wheel drive, front wheel drive, rear wheel drive. It depends 572 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:35,960 Speaker 2: on driver, It depends on environment, it depends on application. 573 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:39,719 Speaker 2: This is where having a good shop and I know 574 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:43,399 Speaker 2: you have one that does regular maintenance really comes in 575 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:45,439 Speaker 2: handy because you can count on them to look at 576 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:48,399 Speaker 2: the tires, which way are they wearing, how are they wearing? 577 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 2: Do they need to be moved? Every six to eight 578 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:53,639 Speaker 2: is a good safe margin of error and you can 579 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:55,520 Speaker 2: kind of work from there. Does that work for you? 580 00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:58,600 Speaker 6: Well, yeah, I don't drive that in the year. It's 581 00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:00,720 Speaker 6: been a year since I've had them rotate. I'm wondering 582 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:02,239 Speaker 6: if I should do it or just let it go. 583 00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:04,520 Speaker 6: Well again, this is the first question. 584 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:07,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, again, it depends on It depends on condition we had. 585 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,320 Speaker 2: And then by the same token, how close are they 586 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:13,560 Speaker 2: to the end? We had two cars just new? Well 587 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:15,520 Speaker 2: we had we had? Okay, if they're brand new and 588 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:17,359 Speaker 2: if they're still wearing, well, I wouldn't bother. 589 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:18,200 Speaker 1: What's the point. 590 00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:19,800 Speaker 6: Okay, I don't don't. 591 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:22,040 Speaker 1: I don't see eight. I really don't. 592 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:26,960 Speaker 6: So next question, Okay, if I do rotate them, I 593 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,720 Speaker 6: got an all wheel drive vehicle. How do I rotate it? 594 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 6: I think it's a modified cross right. Take the front, 595 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 6: move them to the back, take the backs, cross them 596 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 6: to the front. Correct, But I don't know if it's 597 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:40,040 Speaker 6: okay to rotate to change the direction of rotation. 598 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:41,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, it is. Tires. 599 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:44,680 Speaker 2: Tires in the last tires in the last twenty years 600 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:51,920 Speaker 2: easily are multiposition multidirection unless unless the tire specifically states 601 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:56,200 Speaker 2: it by an arrow showing rotation or position on the sidewall. 602 00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:59,040 Speaker 2: And there's not many of those left. Not too many 603 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:02,480 Speaker 2: subrews that I'm aware of, maybe in the WRX family, 604 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:08,120 Speaker 2: but cars overall generally don't have that. But multiposition multidirection, 605 00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:11,440 Speaker 2: it doesn't matter. Go back to the first question. The 606 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:14,280 Speaker 2: thing I think you want to look at is have 607 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:17,600 Speaker 2: your repair shop or do it yourself. Measure tread depth, 608 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:21,160 Speaker 2: take a tire gauge, Where's where's treadware? 609 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:23,560 Speaker 1: If all the tires. 610 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:26,120 Speaker 2: Are even, then there's no point in moving them. If 611 00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:30,440 Speaker 2: they're wearing well, there really isn't. The idea is that 612 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:34,160 Speaker 2: we're trying to well. Usually we find front tires were 613 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:37,640 Speaker 2: faster on most applications today. Again, it depends on the 614 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:40,120 Speaker 2: vehicle so we're trying to give the front tires or 615 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:42,520 Speaker 2: whichever tires are wearing, faster or a break by moving 616 00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:45,680 Speaker 2: them to the opposite end and changing position and direction 617 00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:49,240 Speaker 2: of rotation based on whether or not the edges are worn, 618 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:53,000 Speaker 2: feathered or scalloped. We're trying to extend the life of 619 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:57,000 Speaker 2: the tire, but rotating them just for the sake of rotating. 620 00:29:57,400 --> 00:30:00,480 Speaker 2: If there's no appreciable wear, change of pattern and change 621 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:04,560 Speaker 2: of shape, change of physicality, I think we're wasting money 622 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:11,440 Speaker 2: balancing them. That's a different conversation, all right. But you know, again, 623 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:15,600 Speaker 2: if you've gone five thousand miles in a year, what's 624 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:18,360 Speaker 2: the treadware. If the treadwear is not appreciable, and by 625 00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:20,080 Speaker 2: that I mean more than a thirty second, then I 626 00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:22,080 Speaker 2: don't think it will be I don't think you're going 627 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:23,800 Speaker 2: to find any difference in balance either. 628 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:26,960 Speaker 6: And I have no shake and no rattle on it, 629 00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:29,520 Speaker 6: and no role for that matter. But so sure, I'm okay. 630 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:31,880 Speaker 2: Now a year from right, A year from now, wait, 631 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:35,520 Speaker 2: a year from now, if the wear hasn't changed, But 632 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:37,640 Speaker 2: a year from now, yeah, I'd probably throw them on 633 00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:39,160 Speaker 2: the balance, or at least the two that are going 634 00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:39,640 Speaker 2: up front. 635 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:43,160 Speaker 6: All right, Well, I put the tires on brand new. 636 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:46,200 Speaker 6: I think actually you helped me with them sometime in 637 00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:49,040 Speaker 6: I think February. Here it is November, so I wasn't sure. 638 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:52,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, now you're a little early, but you're a little early, okay, 639 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:52,880 Speaker 2: all right. 640 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:56,000 Speaker 6: And then just a quick tip for listeners that I 641 00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:57,640 Speaker 6: know that you would say if you thought of it, 642 00:30:57,680 --> 00:31:00,800 Speaker 6: But if you're living the Northeast where it's to get cold, 643 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:02,920 Speaker 6: you want to be checking tire pressure on your own 644 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:05,320 Speaker 6: every two weeks or so, because as the temperature goes down, 645 00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:07,080 Speaker 6: so is your tire pressure. 646 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:10,360 Speaker 2: Spoken spoken like the man that lives in Maine. So absolutely, 647 00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:13,640 Speaker 2: you know. We went to We went to Pittsburgh a 648 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:17,320 Speaker 2: couple of weeks back to see the kids, and the 649 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:21,320 Speaker 2: Lexus has tire display on the dashboard, and as an experiment, 650 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:22,920 Speaker 2: I watched it. I left it up in the morning 651 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:24,360 Speaker 2: so I would get in the vehicle in the morning 652 00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:26,440 Speaker 2: and see where it was. That vehicle left New Jersey, 653 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:30,080 Speaker 2: where it was warm, it was sixty eight degrees, tire 654 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:32,560 Speaker 2: pressure was thirty five. We got to Pittsburgh the next 655 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:35,560 Speaker 2: morning tire pressure was at thirty one degrees and it 656 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:38,920 Speaker 2: was thirty five degrees outside the house in Pittsburgh that day. 657 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:43,560 Speaker 2: So tire pressure changes so radically with temperature. It's crazy. 658 00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:45,640 Speaker 2: I watched it the whole trip. It would go up, 659 00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:49,200 Speaker 2: it would go down. And I think that everybody needs 660 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:51,920 Speaker 2: either a way to inflate them a corner garage which 661 00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:55,560 Speaker 2: doesn't exist anymore, or you know, another method to put 662 00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:58,160 Speaker 2: air on a tire, because it's just becoming critical. It's 663 00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:00,920 Speaker 2: always been critical, it's always changed. We're just more aware 664 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:02,760 Speaker 2: of it now with TPMs systems. 665 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:06,360 Speaker 6: Yeah, and it's just the opposite. In the springtime, you 666 00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:08,680 Speaker 6: got to start looking for being over inflated because then 667 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:11,160 Speaker 6: the pressure goes up, right, you start to get warm. 668 00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:14,120 Speaker 1: It's a it's a one point change thy ten degrees. 669 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:16,760 Speaker 2: You're very welcome, Micah anytime, buddy A five five five 670 00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:18,120 Speaker 2: six zero nine nine zero zero. 671 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:19,200 Speaker 1: We're back right after this. 672 00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:35,680 Speaker 2: And here we go. We call this part of the 673 00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:38,840 Speaker 2: show flying by the seat of your pants. Nothing written down, 674 00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:41,360 Speaker 2: just out of my head. Did you see this week 675 00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:45,640 Speaker 2: about Advanced autoparts? Advance Autoparts is planning to shut five 676 00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:48,560 Speaker 2: hundred and three I think the number is five hundred 677 00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:51,280 Speaker 2: and three stores by the middle of twenty twenty five, 678 00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:55,240 Speaker 2: and their claim is that there's less people fixing cars, 679 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:57,920 Speaker 2: and part of it's due and because of the fact 680 00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:00,960 Speaker 2: that the Chinese are coming into the country with high 681 00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:05,600 Speaker 2: tech vehicles, with cheap solutions, cheap add ons, cheaper vehicles 682 00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:08,640 Speaker 2: in general, and there's less people fixing cars. There's just 683 00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:12,040 Speaker 2: more people junking cars. Well, you know, I guess there's 684 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:14,480 Speaker 2: a truth to that. But also part of the problem 685 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:17,720 Speaker 2: is because of the technicality of the automobile and is 686 00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:21,360 Speaker 2: it worth fixing, is it capable of being fixed. I've 687 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:25,120 Speaker 2: said for a while now to my parts houses that 688 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:29,280 Speaker 2: you know, the days of consumer spending on automobiles is 689 00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:32,480 Speaker 2: slowly being phased out. I'm not surprised at this because 690 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:35,920 Speaker 2: it's too complicated and I don't see how a corporate 691 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:40,880 Speaker 2: structure could survive and meet quote unquote Wall Street expectations 692 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:45,800 Speaker 2: selling air filters, cabin filters, and brake pads. It doesn't 693 00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:49,040 Speaker 2: make any sense. The days of major car repair such 694 00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:52,280 Speaker 2: as they're describing or over. It's major car repair in 695 00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:55,320 Speaker 2: a different kind of way, and a lot of it 696 00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:59,520 Speaker 2: is parts that the aftermarket just can't possibly build, just 697 00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:03,120 Speaker 2: can't possibly create, and counter you have to remember where 698 00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:06,960 Speaker 2: the automotive after market came from. The automotive aftermarket was 699 00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:11,720 Speaker 2: created during World War II, during the early forties, when 700 00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:15,600 Speaker 2: companies were switched over to war production. Things had to 701 00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:19,200 Speaker 2: be figured out in order to generate parts to allow 702 00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:22,200 Speaker 2: America to get around. And that's where the majority of 703 00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:24,680 Speaker 2: the automotive after market came from. In those early days 704 00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:27,479 Speaker 2: of World War Two, when Champion Spark plugg was making 705 00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:30,560 Speaker 2: parts for Sherman tanks, not conventional automobiles. 706 00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:32,760 Speaker 1: And we've kind of peaked. 707 00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:35,040 Speaker 2: We've sort of reached that point now where, well, are 708 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:36,400 Speaker 2: we still fixing what we fixed? 709 00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:37,560 Speaker 1: I don't know. 710 00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:39,760 Speaker 2: I will tell you this though, it's going to be interesting, 711 00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:42,560 Speaker 2: but Advanced Autoparts is shutting five hundred stores mid twenty 712 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:43,120 Speaker 2: twenty five. 713 00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:44,560 Speaker 1: Google it, you'll find it. 714 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:47,560 Speaker 2: It's kind of an alarming article to read, and it's 715 00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:50,040 Speaker 2: sort of a sign of things to come, maybe till 716 00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:51,960 Speaker 2: the next time. I'm not an Adey and the car doctor. 717 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:54,520 Speaker 2: Good mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless. 718 00:34:54,840 --> 00:35:03,440 Speaker 8: See y, she costs