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Speaker 1: the radio home of Ron and Anian the Car Doctor.

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Speaker 1: Since nine this is where car owners the world overturned

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Speaker 1: to for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. If you're

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Speaker 1: And I went back again, and I just it's such

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Speaker 1: a fascinating website Auto batteries dot com, and I was

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Speaker 1: dead batteries, batteries that need to be charged, all sorts

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Speaker 1: you've got to identify at Auto Batteries dot Com will

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Speaker 1: help you do that, um, and can also talk to

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Speaker 1: the auto Batteries dot Com. That's my opening thought this

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Speaker 1: such a simple thing? Um? You know, not all battery

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Speaker 1: the trans do you ever get an indication like you're

426
00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:48,320
Speaker 1: driving over a rumble strip on the side of the road,

427
00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:54,160
Speaker 1: it looks okay, um, then it hasn't happened yet. One

428
00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:56,800
Speaker 1: of the problems with Toyota, you know, a t F

429
00:22:56,880 --> 00:22:59,800
Speaker 1: with your trans fluid, their w S their World Standard fluid,

430
00:22:59,880 --> 00:23:03,480
Speaker 1: is it starts to break down at different mileage intervals

431
00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:06,880
Speaker 1: and you'll get trans chatter, you'll get you know, trans

432
00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:10,000
Speaker 1: performance issues. So if you haven't gotten to that point,

433
00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:12,560
Speaker 1: if there are no fault codes in the trans, if

434
00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:15,520
Speaker 1: the fluid has any you know, rub it between your

435
00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:18,280
Speaker 1: thumb and four finger, if it has any what I

436
00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:23,240
Speaker 1: call lubricity or body to it, then changing it is

437
00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:26,520
Speaker 1: gonna be less likely to cause a problem then it

438
00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:29,320
Speaker 1: would be if it were not so. But you know,

439
00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:31,399
Speaker 1: I would do it in stages, is my point. I

440
00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:34,359
Speaker 1: would do just the first you know, pan drop and

441
00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:37,359
Speaker 1: then second time around. You know, if you want to

442
00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:40,600
Speaker 1: drop the pan, you know, change the screen, the filter.

443
00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:43,359
Speaker 1: It's probably a screen in twelve it's not going to

444
00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:45,000
Speaker 1: be a filter, But if you want to change that

445
00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:47,639
Speaker 1: so you get everything out of the pan, refill it,

446
00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:50,879
Speaker 1: and then do what I said with regard to you know,

447
00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:54,000
Speaker 1: the trans cooler lines and dumping it into a pan.

448
00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:57,200
Speaker 1: Um you know, you'll you'll, you'll get it all out

449
00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:01,080
Speaker 1: that way you said, put in the in the pan

450
00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:04,440
Speaker 1: and then it No, no, no, no no. What I'm

451
00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:07,640
Speaker 1: what I'm talking about is you're gonna You're gonna find

452
00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:09,880
Speaker 1: that there should be two trans cooler lines of going

453
00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:11,920
Speaker 1: up to the bottom of the radiator. One of them

454
00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:13,560
Speaker 1: is going to be the feed from the trans. The

455
00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:16,840
Speaker 1: other one is gonna be the return, all right. You

456
00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,359
Speaker 1: want to find which one is the feed. The feed

457
00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:22,119
Speaker 1: will when you start the car, the fleet will the

458
00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:25,600
Speaker 1: feed will expel fluid out of it, all right. So

459
00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:27,720
Speaker 1: you want to expel fluid out, catch it in a

460
00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:31,639
Speaker 1: drain pan. While that's expelling fluid out, you want to

461
00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:36,199
Speaker 1: fill the trans through the filled port, all right. And

462
00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:39,600
Speaker 1: then that way, you know, you're basically using the trans

463
00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:42,200
Speaker 1: to cycle the fluid. And this way you're getting the

464
00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:44,240
Speaker 1: fluid out of the converter. You're getting the fluid out

465
00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:48,680
Speaker 1: of all the internal passageways. Do it do it all

466
00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:51,399
Speaker 1: at once, right, First I would first I would change

467
00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:54,000
Speaker 1: the fluid in the pan. Drive it five or eight

468
00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:56,880
Speaker 1: thousand miles, ten thousand miles, get a little mileage, let

469
00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:59,240
Speaker 1: it mix itself up, let it go through a minor cleanse,

470
00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:03,520
Speaker 1: and then I would do the cooler exchange and then

471
00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:06,920
Speaker 1: do it and then do it all, do it all drop.

472
00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:12,240
Speaker 1: What about you go to Toyota get the fluid and

473
00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:15,200
Speaker 1: the screen or do you beat this aftermarket? Um, anything

474
00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:18,480
Speaker 1: that meets WS standard, I would probably use it. I

475
00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:20,960
Speaker 1: would probably go to Toyota for the for the gasket

476
00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:23,560
Speaker 1: I like the Toyota pan gaskets better. I think they've

477
00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:26,720
Speaker 1: got a better material, um, you know. And while you're there,

478
00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:28,720
Speaker 1: you get you can get the you can get the filter.

479
00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:32,560
Speaker 1: But as far as the fluid accompanied by the name

480
00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:36,960
Speaker 1: of Idu Metsu, I believe makes the fluid for Toyota

481
00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,200
Speaker 1: and then rebrands it Toyota. But we use it the

482
00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:42,000
Speaker 1: Mitsu fluid in the shop all all the time, all

483
00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:44,760
Speaker 1: day long, half for years and years. Never a problem.

484
00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,399
Speaker 1: There's there. Stuff is right on the mark. All right.

485
00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,000
Speaker 1: Do you have a do you have a local Rileyota

486
00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:53,119
Speaker 1: parts by you in Tennessee somewhere? Once once you stop

487
00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:54,680
Speaker 1: down there and talk to them, tell them what you're

488
00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:56,960
Speaker 1: trying to do. You're looking for a quality trans fluid.

489
00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:59,720
Speaker 1: You're looking for a quality filter. And look at the pan,

490
00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:01,680
Speaker 1: ask it that they give you. If the pan gas,

491
00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:05,120
Speaker 1: it isn't rubber, if it's a cork like material, depending

492
00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,199
Speaker 1: upon what manufacturer they give you, I'd be okay with that,

493
00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:11,320
Speaker 1: all right, but um, you know I would do that.

494
00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:13,960
Speaker 1: You can also find more information obviously online at O'Reilly

495
00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:18,280
Speaker 1: otto dot com. Alright, kiddo, you're very welcome. Mark, you

496
00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:21,320
Speaker 1: take good Careen. Thanks for calling in eight five zero

497
00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:23,359
Speaker 1: nine zero zero. The car doctor is coming back right

498
00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:44,520
Speaker 1: after this dot can welcome back while naming the car

499
00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:48,520
Speaker 1: Doctor eight five five zero zero the phone number. Let's

500
00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:51,640
Speaker 1: get over and talk to Joe in Pennsylvania. Joe Chevy van.

501
00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:55,040
Speaker 1: What's going on? Joe? How can I help? Ah? Yes,

502
00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:59,800
Speaker 1: I always suspect this van has a security problem. It's

503
00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:02,800
Speaker 1: been sitting for a couple of years of lady hadn't

504
00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:07,960
Speaker 1: and it only runs for two seconds. Yeah, I mean

505
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:09,919
Speaker 1: it could be other things, but it's likely. Is there

506
00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:13,760
Speaker 1: a security light flashing on the dash? No, it doesn't flash,

507
00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:17,919
Speaker 1: but it's it's on. Um, have you scanned you know

508
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:22,800
Speaker 1: you would find typically six piece six series fault codes

509
00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:25,080
Speaker 1: in it if it does have a security system fault,

510
00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:28,280
Speaker 1: because if it doesn't see proper response out of the

511
00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:32,159
Speaker 1: security passlock sensor in the steering column, it'll disable the

512
00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:37,000
Speaker 1: fuel pump and shut the vehicle down. So seconds. Yeah,

513
00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:39,600
Speaker 1: so it sounds like you're you know, you're on the track.

514
00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:45,640
Speaker 1: The vehicle have tilt column. Joe, Oh, that's a glad. Yeah,

515
00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:47,720
Speaker 1: that's why I'm that isn't that isn't why I'm asking.

516
00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:52,000
Speaker 1: Does it have a tilt steering wheel? Absolutely everything? Okay,

517
00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:55,800
Speaker 1: you may try. If you untilted, you know, tilted into

518
00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:59,800
Speaker 1: a different position, you may find that the vehicle starts

519
00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:03,040
Speaker 1: and runs because the wiring leading up to the pastlock

520
00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:06,480
Speaker 1: sensor if the person constantly used it as you know,

521
00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:08,719
Speaker 1: tilt mode, and this person put it up and this

522
00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:11,080
Speaker 1: person put it down. Think about it. You're flexing the

523
00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:13,080
Speaker 1: wire this way, you're flexing the wire that way, You're

524
00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:15,679
Speaker 1: flexing the wire this way, and eventually you cause the

525
00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:19,399
Speaker 1: wire to become frayed and loose and sometimes break. So,

526
00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:24,040
Speaker 1: you know, it may be that untilting changing changing position

527
00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:27,640
Speaker 1: causes the vehicle to start. You may find by disconnecting,

528
00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:29,879
Speaker 1: you know, taking the column apart, you will find broken

529
00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:33,480
Speaker 1: frayed wires at the pastlock sensor as a means of

530
00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:35,600
Speaker 1: you know, as a point of failure. And you can

531
00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:43,760
Speaker 1: do it that way, now, can't you pass it? I said, yeah,

532
00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:46,560
Speaker 1: this is a little more complicated now, and I was

533
00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:49,000
Speaker 1: just gonna say this that you can. There are more

534
00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:51,560
Speaker 1: than a few companies out there and look at you know,

535
00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:53,840
Speaker 1: you know, I'm gonna go back to my electric car

536
00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:55,959
Speaker 1: rant that I was talking about earlier part of this

537
00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:59,000
Speaker 1: hour in the previous show. Um, you know, imagine that

538
00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:02,000
Speaker 1: electric vehicle in in five or ten years or who

539
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:05,640
Speaker 1: knows when that electric vehicle will have its electrical problems? Right, Um,

540
00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:08,480
Speaker 1: you know all the little nuances security, light issues and

541
00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:10,960
Speaker 1: and and whatever. Who knows what electric vehicles are going

542
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:14,480
Speaker 1: to develop into. Do you really worry about somebody stealing

543
00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:17,360
Speaker 1: a ninety nine Chevy conversion van at this point in

544
00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:20,360
Speaker 1: its life. No, we just wanted to use it for

545
00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:25,520
Speaker 1: a delivery van, right simple, And there's there's them bingo

546
00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:28,320
Speaker 1: and there there it is. Right. We're just looking to

547
00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:31,160
Speaker 1: you know, make something work and utilize it and use

548
00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:33,800
Speaker 1: it up and get as much value out of it

549
00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:36,440
Speaker 1: for what it costs to build as we possibly can.

550
00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,200
Speaker 1: There's more than a few companies out there, Joe, that

551
00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:43,120
Speaker 1: are building bypass kits for the dreaded GM security issue.

552
00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:47,479
Speaker 1: And I would tell you to do your research and

553
00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:50,400
Speaker 1: you know, go with the ones that sound like they're

554
00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:52,680
Speaker 1: the best, that they're gonna work. I believe the kids

555
00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:56,240
Speaker 1: range in price anywhere from a hundred two hundred bucks.

556
00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:58,640
Speaker 1: I've seen, so it's still it's under two hundred bucks,

557
00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:01,800
Speaker 1: and you could you could bypass the system. Now keep

558
00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:05,280
Speaker 1: in mind, we still haven't established for sure you have

559
00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:09,800
Speaker 1: a pastlock issue. A good scan tool will tell you

560
00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:13,240
Speaker 1: a by means of it's set a code. It's set

561
00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:16,280
Speaker 1: a fault code showing you that the past lack sensors

562
00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:20,480
Speaker 1: has a problem or the vehicle theft to turn VDD

563
00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:24,120
Speaker 1: PIT will show yes or no, depending upon if it's

564
00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:27,320
Speaker 1: in theft mode and disabling the vehicle from running. So

565
00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:30,320
Speaker 1: you know, a scan tool might help here in terms

566
00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:32,480
Speaker 1: of diagnosing it. I just I would never want to

567
00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:35,320
Speaker 1: assume that it's a past luck fault unless I did

568
00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:39,360
Speaker 1: a little bit of diagnosis. I know that, Yeah, I

569
00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:42,960
Speaker 1: know that, I know that sounds painful, but um, either

570
00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:45,160
Speaker 1: that you're just taking a gamble for under two hundred

571
00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:48,080
Speaker 1: bucks and installing a kitten. You know, hopefully it works,

572
00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:51,720
Speaker 1: but it may behoove you to uh you know, maybe

573
00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:54,680
Speaker 1: enscons or coax a mechanic to come out and make

574
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:57,800
Speaker 1: a mobile visit and just do a you know, simplimentary

575
00:30:57,840 --> 00:30:59,880
Speaker 1: half hour forty minute for forty five minutes worth of

576
00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:02,960
Speaker 1: ignosis before you invest any money. And you know, and

577
00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:06,640
Speaker 1: then you got to buy the vehicle fromhere. Two right, okay, okay,

578
00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:10,440
Speaker 1: it'll run if you keep putting starting fluid and seconds right,

579
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:16,120
Speaker 1: we're just fuel filters. Been I'm afraid it's right well

580
00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:19,280
Speaker 1: and and and you know, and again what is it?

581
00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:21,000
Speaker 1: Is it? You know it's not a fuel filter at

582
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:22,960
Speaker 1: this point you just said that, But you know, is

583
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:25,200
Speaker 1: it losing spark? Is it losing fuel? Do we know

584
00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:30,160
Speaker 1: what it's losing? So, Joe, it sounds like a security issue.

585
00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:33,480
Speaker 1: But if I had a bet on it, if I

586
00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:36,000
Speaker 1: had to start to invest money in this vehicle and

587
00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:40,600
Speaker 1: more time and bet on it to be certain, I

588
00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:43,120
Speaker 1: want to invest some positive money and at least, you know,

589
00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:46,200
Speaker 1: get somebody's somebody to come out that's qualified to look

590
00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:50,240
Speaker 1: at it. And uh, you know, yes, it's the security system. Now,

591
00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:52,479
Speaker 1: at least you know what you're working with, because, as

592
00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:55,120
Speaker 1: I understand it from your comments, you don't even own

593
00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:58,800
Speaker 1: this vehicle yet this belongs to somebody. Does she want

594
00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:02,600
Speaker 1: to sell it? And you know that's another story. So

595
00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:04,560
Speaker 1: you've got some homework to do. But it sounds like

596
00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:08,760
Speaker 1: you're on the right track. I hope I helped zero

597
00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:10,960
Speaker 1: run nading the car doctor coming back right after this

598
00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:23,239
Speaker 1: resisting come back run nading the car doctor. Let's get

599
00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:25,400
Speaker 1: over to Scott and Vermont. Who wants to finish up

600
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:30,239
Speaker 1: today with some comments on electric vehicles? Yes, go I uh,

601
00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:33,480
Speaker 1: just just a comment that nobody ever talks about with

602
00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:36,840
Speaker 1: these electric vehicles is to have the charger at your home.

603
00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:41,120
Speaker 1: It requires at least a fifty at breaker and uh,

604
00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:44,800
Speaker 1: if say you live on a street with houses and

605
00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:48,240
Speaker 1: five or ten of them have got to have, uh,

606
00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:52,120
Speaker 1: you know, an EV charger. Uh. Electric grid boy is

607
00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:54,560
Speaker 1: gonna have trouble keeping up if they put these things

608
00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:56,680
Speaker 1: out in the numbers that they want to put them

609
00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:59,200
Speaker 1: out in. So it's just another point that they never

610
00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:01,760
Speaker 1: talked about. And many of the homes today that are

611
00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:04,560
Speaker 1: built do not have they only they're only using a

612
00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:07,880
Speaker 1: service entrance and to find you know, you've got to

613
00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:11,120
Speaker 1: go to the added expense to upgrade your electrical entrance

614
00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:14,040
Speaker 1: to handle the you know, one breaker to charge your

615
00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:17,800
Speaker 1: EVA electric vehicle. And thank you very much for your show.

616
00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:20,200
Speaker 1: You're very welcome, Scott. I appreciate the thoughts. You know,

617
00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:23,920
Speaker 1: it's it's how about this? How about New York City?

618
00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:27,479
Speaker 1: How about California public parking garages? How are you going

619
00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:31,200
Speaker 1: to charge electric vehicles inside garages? Are you gonna rewire garages?

620
00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,320
Speaker 1: What's sort of a financial undertaking is that? And who's

621
00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:39,200
Speaker 1: gonna bear the brunt cost of that? Okay, uh, you

622
00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:42,680
Speaker 1: know it's it's the expense to do all of this.

623
00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:45,160
Speaker 1: It's great, you know what. We we have all these

624
00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:47,720
Speaker 1: great ideas and I'm not saying it can't be done. Listen,

625
00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:49,400
Speaker 1: Kennedy wanted to go to the moon by the end

626
00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:52,280
Speaker 1: of the decade, and we did. You know, the question

627
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:54,120
Speaker 1: is it might have been easier to go to the

628
00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:57,360
Speaker 1: moon because at least to go to the moon, NASA

629
00:33:57,440 --> 00:34:00,520
Speaker 1: was a self contained entity that you know, came down

630
00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:02,160
Speaker 1: from the top that this is the way we're gonna

631
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,840
Speaker 1: do it. Now you're gonna tell how many hundred millions

632
00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:06,800
Speaker 1: of Americans. Hey, this is the way we're gonna do it.

633
00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:10,400
Speaker 1: Everybody's got seven different opinions, and I don't think it's

634
00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:12,520
Speaker 1: gonna go smoothly. I think we're back to that old

635
00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:14,720
Speaker 1: comment that I made before at the beginning of the show.

636
00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:16,920
Speaker 1: You know, tell your kids to go clean their room

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Speaker 1: stove in your kitchen takes a fifty breaker. Okay, so

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Speaker 1: where are we going with this? Tom? Listen? Tom? You

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Speaker 1: So you know it's it's gonna it remains to be seen.

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Speaker 1: You will it happen? Hey? You know what, we walked

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Speaker 1: think about this too real quick? Is that you know

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Speaker 1: why I say, as I always say to you at

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Speaker 1: this point in the show, good mechanics aren't expensive, They're priceless.

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Speaker 1: See you, Yeah,