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Speaker 1: enough faith in your product to buy it. Now now

424
00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:34,040
Speaker 1: you've got a dealer that can't fix it. Can you

425
00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:38,040
Speaker 1: recommend who's your top quote unquote five star dealer um

426
00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:40,800
Speaker 1: which I don't know if five star ratings really mean anything,

427
00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:43,439
Speaker 1: but I, you know, sometimes I think it's who they

428
00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:44,959
Speaker 1: had a couple of cocktails with and they got them

429
00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:46,719
Speaker 1: to sign the agreement that says, hey, you're better than

430
00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:49,119
Speaker 1: the rest, and they're really not. But uh, you know,

431
00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:52,560
Speaker 1: just just just off the top of my head speaking um,

432
00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:54,960
Speaker 1: I would tell you you've got to find a better

433
00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:57,479
Speaker 1: Subaru dealer. And they're out there, and there are some

434
00:21:57,560 --> 00:21:59,320
Speaker 1: that take this real serious. There are some that are

435
00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:01,760
Speaker 1: real good at this. Uh you know, I've always said

436
00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:03,679
Speaker 1: not to get on the soapbox, and I promise I

437
00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:06,479
Speaker 1: won't for longer than thirty seconds. But there's good dealers,

438
00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:09,680
Speaker 1: there's bad dealers. There's there's good mechanics, there's bad mechanics.

439
00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:13,080
Speaker 1: There's guys that take this serious. Because guys like me,

440
00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:15,400
Speaker 1: I think I'm I think I'm a pretty good mechanic.

441
00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:17,680
Speaker 1: I I take this serious. I know that if I

442
00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:20,159
Speaker 1: don't fix that car right you're pulling out onto the

443
00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:23,520
Speaker 1: highway and that car stalls, you're dead. If the eighteen

444
00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:26,639
Speaker 1: wheeler catches up to you, and you know it's it's

445
00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:28,560
Speaker 1: it's I've got to fix your breaks, like my wife

446
00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:31,000
Speaker 1: and kids were in the car, and you know that's

447
00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:34,840
Speaker 1: that's that's important. So I would try to stay with

448
00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:37,719
Speaker 1: a Subaru dealer on this one because I have a

449
00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:42,119
Speaker 1: suspicion you're going to find this to become something I

450
00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:45,480
Speaker 1: won't say a manufacturing defect, but you're going to find

451
00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:49,880
Speaker 1: this to be something of a common manufacturing flaw. I'll

452
00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:52,560
Speaker 1: say it that way, if that makes sense. Uh, you know,

453
00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:54,800
Speaker 1: I think the first super dealer is trying to sell

454
00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:57,080
Speaker 1: you spark plugs should be spanked. Uh. You know, you

455
00:22:57,119 --> 00:22:59,240
Speaker 1: gotta find somebody that's serious about it, that really wants

456
00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:02,040
Speaker 1: to fix the car. And that's the bottom line. That

457
00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:03,320
Speaker 1: to tell him, Hey, I'm gonna get rid of it

458
00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:05,480
Speaker 1: and go buy a Ford. Uh you know it's I'm

459
00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:07,680
Speaker 1: done with Subaru and tell him just like that, you

460
00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:10,480
Speaker 1: lost the customer. Let's see how they respond. Usually that

461
00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:16,119
Speaker 1: gets somebody's attention. Alright, rific, Thanks for your time. You're welcome, Chris. Chris,

462
00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:17,639
Speaker 1: will you call me back and let me know what happens.

463
00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:21,919
Speaker 1: How you fix this? I will cover I'm always curious. Yes, sir,

464
00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:24,040
Speaker 1: thank you very much. You're very welcome. Let's let's go

465
00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:27,399
Speaker 1: and talk to Bob in Atlanta. Corvette Robert. Welcome to

466
00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:30,160
Speaker 1: the car doctor, sir, How can I help Hey? Thanks

467
00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:32,080
Speaker 1: for having me on. Welcome, Um, yeah, I got a

468
00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:35,600
Speaker 1: ninety eight Corvette. But it's not really a car specific problem.

469
00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:38,320
Speaker 1: Um he got bumped out of the garage because we

470
00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:40,959
Speaker 1: got a new car. And this winter I started with

471
00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,800
Speaker 1: the you know, make sure he's warmed up properly before

472
00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:47,719
Speaker 1: I leave. UM as a daily driver, and I struck

473
00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:51,080
Speaker 1: me that I've usually been looking at my coolant level

474
00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:53,160
Speaker 1: to say, oh, yeah, I'm ready to go. And I'm

475
00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:56,040
Speaker 1: just trying to figure shouldn't I be worried about the

476
00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:58,000
Speaker 1: crank case? Is it could be a slower to slower

477
00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:01,040
Speaker 1: warm up process, and just kind of getting the philosophy

478
00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:04,000
Speaker 1: of what's it mean to be warm? Is it that critical?

479
00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:05,879
Speaker 1: And you know, well, do I need to look at

480
00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:08,479
Speaker 1: the gran case instead of the water? I think warming up?

481
00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:10,920
Speaker 1: I think warming up a car. And it's a great question,

482
00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:13,639
Speaker 1: it really is. I think warming up a car is

483
00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:16,440
Speaker 1: predicated by where you live. If you ask me about

484
00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:18,639
Speaker 1: warming up a car in North Jersey, I tell you

485
00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:22,040
Speaker 1: fifteen minutes. Uh. And I don't care what the environmentalists say.

486
00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:24,840
Speaker 1: It's cold, all right on a on a January day,

487
00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:27,280
Speaker 1: it's um. You know, it takes a while when when

488
00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:29,520
Speaker 1: the snow clears off the windshield and you can safely

489
00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:31,960
Speaker 1: see out all four windows in which direction you're going.

490
00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:34,119
Speaker 1: You don't have that problem in Atlanta on a on

491
00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:37,560
Speaker 1: a common basis. To you, what's you know, what's average?

492
00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:40,240
Speaker 1: It's just really a question from a couple of months ago.

493
00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:41,960
Speaker 1: It's been eating at me. But yeah, I can make it.

494
00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:43,840
Speaker 1: If it's below freezing, then I don't want to just

495
00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:46,200
Speaker 1: tear out of there, right, I mean, you know what

496
00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:48,720
Speaker 1: I think. I think two to four minutes in the driveway.

497
00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:51,040
Speaker 1: Let the cool let the let let the gauge come

498
00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:53,119
Speaker 1: up off the mark, you know, let let it get

499
00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:56,520
Speaker 1: into that first eighth position. And then you know, as

500
00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:59,400
Speaker 1: much as warming up the engine and the trans at

501
00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:02,200
Speaker 1: that stage, the first four or five minutes, I would

502
00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:04,200
Speaker 1: put my foot through the headlight because I'm gonna warm

503
00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:06,479
Speaker 1: up the rear axle. Let the tires get a little sticky.

504
00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:09,879
Speaker 1: Let the vehicle kind of you know. Yeah, it's a Corvette, man,

505
00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:11,760
Speaker 1: it's got to settle on its wings. It's gotta feel

506
00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,720
Speaker 1: where it's going. Um, you know, and I think you're

507
00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:16,320
Speaker 1: good there. I'm like a mile and a half from

508
00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:18,000
Speaker 1: the highway, so I can take three or four minutes

509
00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:19,720
Speaker 1: to kind of loosen the things up once I start,

510
00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:23,400
Speaker 1: that's bad. Yeah, you know, And obviously obviously I'm gonna,

511
00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:26,160
Speaker 1: you know, just remind you good quality oil, good quality

512
00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:28,960
Speaker 1: filters and all that stuff really becomes critical on a car.

513
00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,560
Speaker 1: Sitting outside is just as much as the car inside.

514
00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:33,400
Speaker 1: So you want to make sure you're, you know, you're

515
00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:36,600
Speaker 1: doing the right stuff and maintenance and um things like that.

516
00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:38,320
Speaker 1: But I usually try and get it off the mark,

517
00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:42,960
Speaker 1: usually maybe a hundred degrees something hunter hundred un you know,

518
00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:44,920
Speaker 1: you're you know, you're about where you want to be,

519
00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:50,119
Speaker 1: and then bang zoom off you go. Alright, sir, perfect, Yes, sir,

520
00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:53,240
Speaker 1: you too enjoy cruising, so you take good care, Yes, sir,

521
00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:56,439
Speaker 1: five six zero zero run nading the car doctor. We're

522
00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:57,880
Speaker 1: gonna pull over and take a pause and be back

523
00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:09,840
Speaker 1: right after this. Bluff them back on the car doctor,

524
00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:13,280
Speaker 1: rolling along here at zero nine nine zero zero more.

525
00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:15,480
Speaker 1: I have not forgotten our question about tires. We're gonna

526
00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:17,760
Speaker 1: have that date in a minute. First, let's get over

527
00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:21,520
Speaker 1: and talk to jeff in Idaho with fifty and some question. Jeffrey.

528
00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:24,200
Speaker 1: Welcome to the car Doctor, sir, How can I help? Hey,

529
00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:26,560
Speaker 1: my son bought this truck used a year ago. It's

530
00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:29,600
Speaker 1: gott sixty miles on it. JEFT one fifty four by

531
00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:33,080
Speaker 1: four Eco boost engines in this Jeff, the uh, it's

532
00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:36,359
Speaker 1: the V six twin turbo right three point five okay.

533
00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:39,760
Speaker 1: And he's lost two front drive lines in the last

534
00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:43,320
Speaker 1: nine weeks. The first one was in snow. He stopped

535
00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:46,080
Speaker 1: the truck, put it in four, put it neutral, put

536
00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:50,200
Speaker 1: in four high, moved about three ft bang bang bang

537
00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:52,800
Speaker 1: bang bang underneath the front end. That one went bad.

538
00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:56,760
Speaker 1: We replaced it here a week ago. And Monday he

539
00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:58,879
Speaker 1: was driving in town and two wheel drive up and

540
00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:01,680
Speaker 1: the same thing happened again. When you say, when you

541
00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:04,560
Speaker 1: say drive lines, Jeff, are you are you talking about

542
00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:08,040
Speaker 1: the front drive axle. Yes, the front drive actually hooks

543
00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:11,800
Speaker 1: to the front differential about I don't know, thirty four

544
00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:15,639
Speaker 1: inches long. So so so you're saying it's actually physically

545
00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:19,560
Speaker 1: broken the axle coming out of the center of the

546
00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:23,320
Speaker 1: death just where you mounted onto the differential. So it

547
00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:28,400
Speaker 1: hasn't broken the shaft, okay. So so what's actually breaking

548
00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:33,560
Speaker 1: then it's disengaging or it's stripping the splines. It's stripping

549
00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:36,040
Speaker 1: the splines. And yesterday drive line guy told me that

550
00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:40,960
Speaker 1: the front differential is engaged in four wheel drive. He's

551
00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:43,000
Speaker 1: probably right, and then they then they couple it together.

552
00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:45,240
Speaker 1: I'd have to look and see which one exactly that is.

553
00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:48,280
Speaker 1: I don't keep that in my head. So it's it's

554
00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:50,120
Speaker 1: it's yeah, I got a lot in my head. Brother,

555
00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:52,399
Speaker 1: Let me tell you. So you know this is this

556
00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:54,840
Speaker 1: is this is a nuts and bolts thing. And it

557
00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:56,399
Speaker 1: does have a lift on it too. It has a

558
00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:58,480
Speaker 1: lift kit, a four inch lift kit. Yeah it's not

559
00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:01,280
Speaker 1: you know, yeah, it's the lift it Okay, next call um,

560
00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:04,760
Speaker 1: you know it's you know, it's easy. It's easy enough

561
00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:07,480
Speaker 1: to say. Now prove it. Uh, you know, I was

562
00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:09,680
Speaker 1: always taught that you can say anything you want the

563
00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:11,800
Speaker 1: reason the car is bad, but you've got to prove it.

564
00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:14,560
Speaker 1: And um, if you can't prove it, then you're wrong.

565
00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:18,520
Speaker 1: So you know, let's talk about this. So it's actually

566
00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:21,359
Speaker 1: stripping the spline coming out of the side gear of

567
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:25,800
Speaker 1: the differential. So what is it you do? You slide

568
00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:28,679
Speaker 1: the axle out, slide a new one in, and away

569
00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:32,040
Speaker 1: you go. That's what we did. But now it's out.

570
00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:34,000
Speaker 1: I've taken the thing. We took the whole thing out

571
00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:37,480
Speaker 1: yesterday toll. They just took it out. Is it possible?

572
00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:41,600
Speaker 1: So so let's say it like this. As that axle

573
00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:45,680
Speaker 1: goes into the side gear of the deaf um, there

574
00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:49,040
Speaker 1: has to be something on the hub end that keeps

575
00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:54,800
Speaker 1: that axle centered or positioned in the differential side gear. Agreed. Yeah,

576
00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:58,160
Speaker 1: I think there's two other gears, two other chefs, because

577
00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:00,680
Speaker 1: you know for it too. Let me ask you this,

578
00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:05,360
Speaker 1: Where is it failing on the spline right on the tip, Yeah,

579
00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:08,240
Speaker 1: right where that coupler connects to the shaft that comes

580
00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:10,719
Speaker 1: out of the differential. Okay, So if it's failing right

581
00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:13,440
Speaker 1: on the tip of the spline, right on the you

582
00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:15,520
Speaker 1: know it's it's not it's not twisting it in the middle.

583
00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:18,480
Speaker 1: You're saying it's it's kind of rounding it off within

584
00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:20,000
Speaker 1: the first eighth of an inch of the end of

585
00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:23,120
Speaker 1: the axle, right. So then what you're telling me is

586
00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:27,600
Speaker 1: the axle is not far enough into the side gear. Right.

587
00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:29,880
Speaker 1: So now we've got to figure out why isn't it

588
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:33,600
Speaker 1: far enough into the side gear. Either it's either it's

589
00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:37,920
Speaker 1: it's not installed properly, or it's missing parts. And I'm

590
00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:41,800
Speaker 1: inclined to think it's missing parts. Just from my seat here,

591
00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:45,640
Speaker 1: just thinking about it in my head, right because it's

592
00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:53,040
Speaker 1: is it always the same side? Yes, left side, right side,

593
00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:55,960
Speaker 1: left side. I think it's right in the center where

594
00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,800
Speaker 1: that cheft goes into the transactually has a shaft that

595
00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:02,280
Speaker 1: comes right straight out, okay, because it goes back, so

596
00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:06,160
Speaker 1: it's not the two side. It's the main four inch

597
00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:10,160
Speaker 1: shaft that comes straight out back. So so why is it?

598
00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:12,360
Speaker 1: Why is it there? Why isn't and why is it

599
00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:15,120
Speaker 1: always on the end of the spline? What's it missing?

600
00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:17,960
Speaker 1: You know? The other question I've got is does the

601
00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:22,640
Speaker 1: new one go further in? Okay, at the same length

602
00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:25,720
Speaker 1: of the old one? So you know it's you know,

603
00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:28,240
Speaker 1: thinking it's it's just I don't care what it is.

604
00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:30,320
Speaker 1: It's a it's a it's a rear end. It's a

605
00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:33,480
Speaker 1: differential with it with a solid steel axle in my mind,

606
00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:36,120
Speaker 1: and it's got splines on it. It sounds like you're

607
00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:37,760
Speaker 1: only going in the first eighth of an inch and

608
00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:40,640
Speaker 1: it's just kind of catching there. When an actuality, it's

609
00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:42,520
Speaker 1: got to be centered on the splines in the middle

610
00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:46,479
Speaker 1: of the of that splind area, so that that axle

611
00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:49,520
Speaker 1: has got to go into the spline at least three

612
00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:53,040
Speaker 1: quarters of an inch an inch right, depending upon the

613
00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:56,960
Speaker 1: size of the spline. Does that make sense? So why

614
00:30:57,040 --> 00:31:00,240
Speaker 1: doesn't it go in further? What's holding it? Or it's

615
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:03,600
Speaker 1: not holding it in a sense. Maybe it's too short,

616
00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:07,719
Speaker 1: Maybe it's too short, or or maybe it can float

617
00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:11,120
Speaker 1: because maybe it's missing and you know, it's the washer,

618
00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:13,760
Speaker 1: it's the pocket screw driver. But I mean maybe there's

619
00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:16,000
Speaker 1: a you know, maybe there's a sham or a washer

620
00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:18,400
Speaker 1: missing on the other end or something on the other

621
00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:20,520
Speaker 1: end of that shaft where it connects to that's not

622
00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:24,880
Speaker 1: pushing it far enough into the spline or keeping it there. Okay,

623
00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:29,040
Speaker 1: all right, let's let's let's look at that. So let's

624
00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:31,040
Speaker 1: what I would probably do is get down to the

625
00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:34,320
Speaker 1: Ford Store or go out online, find a parts catalog

626
00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:37,640
Speaker 1: and identify every piece and if it's in the picture

627
00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:41,640
Speaker 1: on the catalog, better be in that vehicle. Yeah. The

628
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:44,000
Speaker 1: Ford Store here is this like it's the most frust

629
00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:46,520
Speaker 1: or anything I've ever seen. They're like, yeah, it's broken,

630
00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:48,760
Speaker 1: but they don't seem to want to figure out diagnose

631
00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:53,920
Speaker 1: what the problem is. So let's um, let's right, well

632
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:55,640
Speaker 1: and listen, I'll tell you what you can learn. You

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Speaker 1: can fix a lot of cars by understanding the parts process.

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Speaker 1: I'll tell a quick story. I had a I had

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Speaker 1: a two thousand two jeep wrangler this week that had

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Speaker 1: a directional switch problem or a directional problem all right,

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Speaker 1: and everybody thrown a pile of parts at it. I

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Speaker 1: put a directional switch connector in it because it came

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Speaker 1: apart in seven pieces. When I unplugged it, I figured,

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Speaker 1: well that's bad, and put that together. And when I

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Speaker 1: did my test thing, it needed a flasher. Put a

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Speaker 1: flasher in it. Yeah, most guys that sit there and say,

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Speaker 1: let's put a switch in it. I looked at the switch.

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Speaker 1: The switch ended Chrysler part number A D. I know

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Speaker 1: Chrysler starts out there parts numbering system. The first part,

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Speaker 1: first generation is A A, A B, A C A D.

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Speaker 1: That's a newer switch. That switch hasn't been replaced. That's

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Speaker 1: which has been replaced. And I said to the girl,

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Speaker 1: I said, drive the thing for a week. If it

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Speaker 1: doesn't fail, you don't need to spend two dollars on

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Speaker 1: a directional switch. You're good to go. All it was

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Speaker 1: was a flasher and a connector. So sometimes looking at

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Speaker 1: parts can save your money and help you fix the car.

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Speaker 1: And and that's my point. Do that, take a look

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Speaker 1: at the parts picture, call me back, let me know

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Speaker 1: what you find. Okay, you're very welcome, sir. Good luck

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Speaker 1: zero zero. I've heard that number before. That's right, car

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Speaker 1: doctor told free. I'll be back right after this. Hey, Ron,

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Speaker 1: any of the car doctor here to drive you home

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Speaker 1: as we close out this hour, by the way, and

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Speaker 1: the next day we're gonna talk flying cars and a

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Speaker 1: little bit about the shortage of mechanics. Hey, for Mari

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Speaker 1: and Murray, I appreciate you hanging on, man, it was

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Speaker 1: a busy hour. You want to buy tires for your

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Speaker 1: wife's Civic LX. Here's the deal. Um General Tire makes

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Speaker 1: a tire called the Ultimax RT forty three. Just put

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Speaker 1: these on the ranger, all right, great tire. And here's

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Speaker 1: why I picked him, all right, because I had a

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Speaker 1: choice of obviously everything, and I saw an awful lot

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Speaker 1: of tires at the shop on a day to day basis.

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Speaker 1: They've got some really neat technology built into the tire.

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Speaker 1: I'm one of those guys. I like things to work

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Speaker 1: for me that I don't necessarily know. They're there. I

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Speaker 1: just know it's working in the back of my head.

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Speaker 1: They've got early warning alignment indicators built into these tires.

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Speaker 1: It's these little patches of contact. It's a little contact

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Speaker 1: patch built to tell the trained eye and even the

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Speaker 1: novice like yourself if when the guy sells you the tires.

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Speaker 1: They asked me to point them out that when the tires,

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Speaker 1: when the car needs an alignment, they'll where funny. It's

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Speaker 1: an early warning sign though, saves of the life of

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Speaker 1: the tire. You know, you get the alignment done sooner

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Speaker 1: rather than later. They've got something called peak anti slip

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Speaker 1: design technology. What they're doing is they're they're actually putting

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Speaker 1: more edges in the tire, in the trend and the

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Speaker 1: tread traction area of the tire gives you better bite

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Speaker 1: on slippery roads. They've got low surface and I read

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Speaker 1: all this l s a low surface abrasion technology that

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Speaker 1: gives you better tread wear and extends the tread life.

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Speaker 1: And they've got to They've got the word replaced cast

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Speaker 1: right into the tire itself to tell you when it's

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Speaker 1: time to replace as it wears. So it's General Ultimax

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Speaker 1: RT forty three. You'll find more general, tire dot Com

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Speaker 1: put a set of these on the Ranger. My little

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Speaker 1: ninety seven Ranger with two hundred thousand miles on it

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Speaker 1: rides a thousand percent better. It's like driving a brand

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Speaker 1: new car. How nice these tires actually? Right, more Bias

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Speaker 1: said of those, you won't be disappointed. Ronanading in the car.

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Speaker 1: Doctor mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless. See you