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

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Speaker 1: here to take your calls at eight five and now running. Hey,

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Speaker 1: How can I help? What's going on? Well? Are you

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Speaker 1: Kay and West Virginia eleven Kia, How can I help

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Speaker 1: pressure sending unit, you'll find it and they'll tell you. Now,

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Speaker 1: right at forty? Does it continue or to that go away?

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00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:05,000
Speaker 1: If you go faster faster? Does it feel like if

427
00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:07,320
Speaker 1: you're does it feel like it's coming from the rear

428
00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:11,920
Speaker 1: of the car? No? Front? From the front. So I'm

429
00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:14,480
Speaker 1: sure you've been down the road where you've no pun

430
00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:17,800
Speaker 1: intended where it's You've had the tires checked for balance

431
00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:23,359
Speaker 1: and straight yeah, okay, and everything looked fun. Yeah, I

432
00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:27,360
Speaker 1: think it's personally. I think it's a transmission. Well, so

433
00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:30,440
Speaker 1: if you're holding it right at forty and you this

434
00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:33,600
Speaker 1: has this has one D and D with a circle

435
00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:40,119
Speaker 1: on the shift indicator. If you look at the shifter, okay,

436
00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:46,040
Speaker 1: if you drive it in D, does it do right? Well?

437
00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:49,080
Speaker 1: Not not D with the circle if you drive it indeed,

438
00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:53,520
Speaker 1: so it won't go into overdrive. That's the difference. One

439
00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:57,119
Speaker 1: is overdrive. One is without overdrive. If you drive the

440
00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:01,399
Speaker 1: trans and in drive, so overdrive doesn't engage. Does it

441
00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:05,440
Speaker 1: have the vibration? I don't know. Okay, that's step one,

442
00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:08,919
Speaker 1: step two. If it still has the vibration when the

443
00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:12,520
Speaker 1: vibration is happening while you're applying the gas, if you

444
00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:17,160
Speaker 1: tap the brake pedal, does the vibration go away? If

445
00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:19,760
Speaker 1: the vibration goes away, what you're doing is when you

446
00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:22,560
Speaker 1: tap the brake pedal, the computer sees that as an

447
00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:26,520
Speaker 1: interpretation of you wanting to stop and slow down, and

448
00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:29,720
Speaker 1: it will disengage torque converter lock up if it's a

449
00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:34,919
Speaker 1: torque converter shutter. Um, I just noticed it when you're

450
00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:38,960
Speaker 1: on the freeway and stuff mostly or when I'm a

451
00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:44,960
Speaker 1: rosy has a fairly high speed, right you know? Okay,

452
00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:48,879
Speaker 1: So the third thing I want to mention is the

453
00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:51,400
Speaker 1: fact that this is original with such a little mileage

454
00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:53,320
Speaker 1: on it. The reason I asked, you know, where do

455
00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:55,439
Speaker 1: you feel it from? I'm wondering if this is a

456
00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:59,320
Speaker 1: bad universal joint front or back and not necessarily a

457
00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:02,720
Speaker 1: universal joint that somebody would know by looking at like

458
00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:05,680
Speaker 1: is it worn out? But is it a bad universal joint?

459
00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:09,040
Speaker 1: Sets that it's frozen or rusted. It's it's just stuck

460
00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:11,720
Speaker 1: and it doesn't have the ability to flex. And you

461
00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:13,760
Speaker 1: get up the thirty eight forty miles an hour and

462
00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:16,480
Speaker 1: all of a sudden it's gone into this vibration mode

463
00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:19,760
Speaker 1: and it's it's constant for the next fifteen or twenty miles. No,

464
00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:24,639
Speaker 1: it's for five miles miles an hour. Watch it feels

465
00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:28,560
Speaker 1: like it when it's shifting gears myself. Okay, alright, Well,

466
00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:30,200
Speaker 1: like I said, you've got to you've got to either

467
00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:33,520
Speaker 1: drive it in a different gear position or tap tap

468
00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:35,640
Speaker 1: the brake pedal and see if that makes a difference.

469
00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:39,680
Speaker 1: If it doesn't, if it doesn't, end you're absolutely short.

470
00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:42,960
Speaker 1: Tires are balanced, wheels are straight, you know, Just because

471
00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:47,840
Speaker 1: tires can be balanced doesn't mean they're straight, all right

472
00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:50,479
Speaker 1: in terms of doesn't mean wheels are straight. Looking at

473
00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:52,560
Speaker 1: the wheels while they're on the balancer is also a

474
00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:57,040
Speaker 1: good indicator too. So then then the next step would

475
00:25:57,080 --> 00:26:00,200
Speaker 1: be just for giggles, it'll take ten minutes. Pull the

476
00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:03,239
Speaker 1: drive shaft down. Feel both you joints. What do they

477
00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:05,919
Speaker 1: feel like? Do they feel flexible? Do they have movement?

478
00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:13,000
Speaker 1: All right? Yeah, thank you, you're very welcome. Let us

479
00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:16,879
Speaker 1: know what happens. I will okay, thank you, Goodbye to

480
00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:19,040
Speaker 1: both of you. Good luck to you. You're welcome, Bye bye,

481
00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:21,199
Speaker 1: you have I thought I thought, I thought Francie went

482
00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:22,879
Speaker 1: through went through a change there or something. All of

483
00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:24,680
Speaker 1: a sudden, it was, you know, I thought I was

484
00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:27,119
Speaker 1: talking to tom Um. I wasn't quite sure what the

485
00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:29,440
Speaker 1: heck happened. Hey, when the car doctor returns, we're gonna

486
00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:32,359
Speaker 1: continue the conversation. Your kids that they know how to

487
00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,240
Speaker 1: with the car. I'm ronning any of the car doctor.

488
00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:41,960
Speaker 1: Don't go away. We're back right after this. Welcome back.

489
00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:43,960
Speaker 1: We're on any of the car doctor here. Let's get

490
00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:47,520
Speaker 1: over to Dodge in Delaware. This is getting confusing. Dodge,

491
00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:50,440
Speaker 1: it's dodging Delaware driving a Jeep. How come it's not well?

492
00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:53,560
Speaker 1: I guess you can't be Delaware and Dodge driving a jeep.

493
00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:55,679
Speaker 1: But I get it. So how are you today, Dodge? Well,

494
00:26:55,760 --> 00:27:02,560
Speaker 1: my father, my father always told me never and I did. Well,

495
00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:04,320
Speaker 1: you know what? You know what cheap stands for it,

496
00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:10,080
Speaker 1: don't you? I can imagine just expect expensive. Uh just

497
00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:12,760
Speaker 1: oh oh, junk each and every part. And I'm sorry,

498
00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:14,119
Speaker 1: I had a thing for a second, I got I

499
00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:16,560
Speaker 1: got stime it. I was thinking about something else. Um,

500
00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:19,119
Speaker 1: jeep junk each and every part. So you don't you

501
00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:20,640
Speaker 1: don't want to You want to know what Dodge dance

502
00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:24,280
Speaker 1: for it, don't you? You want to know what for

503
00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:26,919
Speaker 1: didn't you? I know what Ford stands for, so dodges,

504
00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:30,639
Speaker 1: Uh drip soil, drips, grease everywhere. I hope that doesn't.

505
00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:33,880
Speaker 1: I hope that's not your excription. Not. I'm not there yet,

506
00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:36,080
Speaker 1: not there yet, but soon. So what's going on with

507
00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:40,240
Speaker 1: this jeap? Brother? With the jeep? All of a sudden

508
00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:45,199
Speaker 1: the braakes got spongy or soft, and now I know

509
00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:50,160
Speaker 1: it's it's sort of change the break that was going

510
00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:53,440
Speaker 1: to the floor, and uh, we put a master cylinder

511
00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:57,280
Speaker 1: on it and now it's just completely changed. Now it's

512
00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:00,679
Speaker 1: if you let's car sit, it's got a hard brake. Pedal,

513
00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:04,480
Speaker 1: but when you push that button and push on the

514
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:06,680
Speaker 1: brake to start it, it just dumps to the floor.

515
00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:11,359
Speaker 1: So what I want you to do is make sure

516
00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:14,960
Speaker 1: even if, even if in your mind's eye you remember

517
00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,760
Speaker 1: it being there, I want you to pull the master

518
00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:21,320
Speaker 1: cylinder back off and make sure the O ring is

519
00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:25,679
Speaker 1: there that seals it to the booster, because they're supposed

520
00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:27,600
Speaker 1: to be They're supposed to be an O ring there.

521
00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:30,720
Speaker 1: From what I remember from the ones i've done that

522
00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:32,800
Speaker 1: there's an O ring that seals the booster and the

523
00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:36,840
Speaker 1: master together. And I've also seen it where it's it's

524
00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:39,200
Speaker 1: kind of rusty and it's it's it's crutty and it

525
00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:41,920
Speaker 1: sticks to the old Master. When you change it, you

526
00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:45,080
Speaker 1: don't realize it's there and it gets tossed. So make

527
00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:47,320
Speaker 1: sure that O ring seal is there, make sure it's

528
00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:52,320
Speaker 1: in good shape. Make sure it's not rusty, crutty, or cut. Okay,

529
00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:56,239
Speaker 1: that's that's number one. It's pretty everything was pretty clean car.

530
00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,400
Speaker 1: It's a really clean car. Well, I can do that,

531
00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:04,120
Speaker 1: you know, do you be that without breaking? He probably

532
00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:05,840
Speaker 1: should be able to pull it forward just enough. You

533
00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:09,080
Speaker 1: have to put a mirror underneath it. Just to just

534
00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:10,760
Speaker 1: to see it. I just want to know that it's there.

535
00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:15,200
Speaker 1: That's all um, quick and simple. So number one, number

536
00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:20,640
Speaker 1: go ahead, you started. I was gonna say number two.

537
00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:24,840
Speaker 1: We've had a lot of issues with boosters on this

538
00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:30,000
Speaker 1: particular truck, a lot of issues. Yeah, and you know

539
00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:32,719
Speaker 1: the old rule still applies. Pump the pedal ten twelve,

540
00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:35,920
Speaker 1: fifteen times. It should be you know, hard like a rock,

541
00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:39,800
Speaker 1: and then started up, and that pedal should drop away

542
00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:43,640
Speaker 1: an inch inch and a half two inches because vacuum

543
00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:46,360
Speaker 1: is gonna override and pull it down if that pedal

544
00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:49,480
Speaker 1: doesn't have an immediate response to it and then feel

545
00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:52,360
Speaker 1: like it's got power assist. I'm gonna tell you, in

546
00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:56,040
Speaker 1: all likelihood have a bad booster. And you know that's

547
00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:58,800
Speaker 1: that's that's part of this problem. Now that now the

548
00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:03,680
Speaker 1: part about the pedal going to the floor, you know

549
00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:06,480
Speaker 1: it'd be when you crank it. What do you mean

550
00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:10,040
Speaker 1: when you crank it? Say, I just did it like

551
00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:13,000
Speaker 1: half an hour ago. I let it sit. I went

552
00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:15,120
Speaker 1: out there and I had like half a pedal, and

553
00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:17,720
Speaker 1: I pumped it up and all the way hard pedal,

554
00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:21,240
Speaker 1: and I started the car and then it just jumped down.

555
00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:22,960
Speaker 1: I didn't let it go away to the floor. But

556
00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:28,400
Speaker 1: that's where it was going as soon as you crank it,

557
00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:31,800
Speaker 1: unless unless the booster is pulling it down. But I've

558
00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:34,800
Speaker 1: never really measured that. I've never sat there and said, hey,

559
00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:36,200
Speaker 1: how good are the brakes when I want to go

560
00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:40,000
Speaker 1: to start it. Let's let's let's judge them for what

561
00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:43,600
Speaker 1: they are when we're just trying to stop. So when

562
00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:45,720
Speaker 1: you when you're pulling up to stop sign from forty

563
00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:47,080
Speaker 1: miles an hour, put your foot on the brake, does

564
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:51,560
Speaker 1: it go to the floor? No? Okay, stop? Normal. We

565
00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:54,560
Speaker 1: did a couple of panic stocks stops last night, just

566
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:57,440
Speaker 1: trying to see what was going on. It seems to

567
00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:00,840
Speaker 1: work it okay, okay, So then what sure complaint here?

568
00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:07,160
Speaker 1: The fact that the pedals hard dodge. There's something wrong.

569
00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:10,080
Speaker 1: It's not like it was. You know, well, when a

570
00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:16,240
Speaker 1: booster goes back, makes it huff noise, right, it's doing that,

571
00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:20,160
Speaker 1: And and the pedal was spongy now and it's way

572
00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:23,280
Speaker 1: closer to the floor than it used to be. Maybe

573
00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:26,600
Speaker 1: we're missing the O ring by the master cylinder. The

574
00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:34,680
Speaker 1: plot thickens. Maybe you know, it could very well be

575
00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:38,120
Speaker 1: that simple. Brother. So but if if if the pedal

576
00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:43,800
Speaker 1: changed since you replace the master, remember the rule? All right,

577
00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:49,800
Speaker 1: do you still have the old Master? I do? Okay, good,

578
00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:53,280
Speaker 1: because there's no rule saying, you know, what is new

579
00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:55,960
Speaker 1: stand for? As long as we started this conversation with acronyms,

580
00:31:55,960 --> 00:32:01,040
Speaker 1: what does new stand for? Dodge good? Never ever worked?

581
00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:03,400
Speaker 1: And then how do we know that it's How do

582
00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:06,200
Speaker 1: we know that it's the right part? Just because the

583
00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:08,960
Speaker 1: catalog said, so, did you match it up? Did you

584
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:10,400
Speaker 1: look at did you look at the throw of the

585
00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:12,920
Speaker 1: push rod going into the old master, the depth of

586
00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:17,160
Speaker 1: the push rod? Yeah, yeah, they look the same, some kinds.

587
00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:19,520
Speaker 1: I can tell you got it from the jeep dealer.

588
00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:22,840
Speaker 1: The chances are it's right, but I would, I would.

589
00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:24,440
Speaker 1: I would just want to make sure that that over

590
00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:28,520
Speaker 1: ring is there and then call me back next week. Alright, okay,

591
00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:30,520
Speaker 1: I'll check that. Alright, alright, you have a good rest

592
00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:35,400
Speaker 1: of the weekend, zero, trust me, look at the small

593
00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:37,840
Speaker 1: stuff first. I'm running any of the car doctor. I'll

594
00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:42,280
Speaker 1: be back right after this for the back running in

595
00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:44,400
Speaker 1: the car doctor, winding it down this hour. You know,

596
00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:46,520
Speaker 1: there's so many things you can do with your kids

597
00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:49,120
Speaker 1: and cars and teaching them and giving them the basics

598
00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:51,720
Speaker 1: to avoid that panicked phone call. We've been talking about

599
00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:53,360
Speaker 1: at this hour here on the car doctor and I

600
00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:55,920
Speaker 1: want to close it out with this simple stuff. Have

601
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:58,520
Speaker 1: you walked around the car looking at all the lights?

602
00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:01,200
Speaker 1: Did they understand what what the brake lights are? Where?

603
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:02,760
Speaker 1: They are obviously in the back of the car, but

604
00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:06,280
Speaker 1: some cars there's two break lights on each side, one

605
00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:08,360
Speaker 1: on the deck lid, one on the trunk, and one

606
00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:10,560
Speaker 1: on the outer portion or in the outer tail light.

607
00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:14,160
Speaker 1: You know, just looking at lights is gonna number one,

608
00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:17,640
Speaker 1: keep them safe. Number two, if they have an issue,

609
00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:21,520
Speaker 1: it will avoid them being pulled over unnecessarily, maybe when

610
00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:23,440
Speaker 1: they're doing the wrong thing. Not the kids do the

611
00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:26,200
Speaker 1: wrong things in cars. I was a little angel, I'm sure,

612
00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:28,960
Speaker 1: but you know, just just look at the lights. It

613
00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:32,000
Speaker 1: doesn't hurt. Okay, Um, you avoid the ticket. You know,

614
00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:34,320
Speaker 1: sometimes that car is driving around without a headlight and listen,

615
00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:36,600
Speaker 1: I've been in cars. It took me, uh, it took

616
00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:38,080
Speaker 1: me a week and a half to realize because I

617
00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:39,760
Speaker 1: don't go out that much in the dark. The suburban

618
00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:42,240
Speaker 1: had a left headlight out recently, and I was like, well,

619
00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:44,520
Speaker 1: I must be getting old. I can't see anything. I

620
00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:47,320
Speaker 1: so I really jeez. The headlights out on the left side.

621
00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:50,920
Speaker 1: Hello beam, look at this. I gotta pay more attention. Um.

622
00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:53,960
Speaker 1: And last, all right, last, and I'm gonna tell you

623
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:55,719
Speaker 1: about flat tires. And you know, should they know how

624
00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:57,440
Speaker 1: to change a flat tire? Do they know where the

625
00:33:57,440 --> 00:33:59,600
Speaker 1: flat tire is? And then over all the components are

626
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:02,240
Speaker 1: all the things necessary to they know what the wheelock is,

627
00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:04,200
Speaker 1: where the wheelock he is? Do you know where the

628
00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:07,400
Speaker 1: wheelock he is? So basics about the car? What do

629
00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:09,719
Speaker 1: you know so you can avoid the problem when there's

630
00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:12,839
Speaker 1: an emergency. I think the most important thing that all

631
00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:15,719
Speaker 1: of us need to understand is what do the dash

632
00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:18,680
Speaker 1: lights mean? Do you ever look at a dashboard? We

633
00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:23,040
Speaker 1: had a twenty nineteen Cadillac Escalade in the shop just

634
00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:27,319
Speaker 1: Friday Thursday this week. Oh my god, it's got a

635
00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:33,080
Speaker 1: dashboard like a pinball machine, thousand dollar vehicle. I almost

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Speaker 1: fell over when he told me, all right, it's got

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Speaker 1: every bell and whistle, every option. But he can program

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Speaker 1: the dashboard and make, you know, move this around and

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Speaker 1: put this over here. But all the icons, all the

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Speaker 1: things that light up. And he started asking me questions

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Speaker 1: about what does this mean? And what does that mean?

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Speaker 1: I said, you know what, let's get out the owners

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Speaker 1: man and we went through it. There was almost seven

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Speaker 1: pages explaining what dashboard lights mean. You know, I'm not

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Speaker 1: saying you gotta memorize everything, but understand what lights mean.

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Speaker 1: Pull over now and what lights mean. Hey, when you

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Speaker 1: get to a repair shop or a gas station, have

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Speaker 1: somebody look at it. You know, sometimes knowing what dash

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Speaker 1: lights means can mean the difference between Oops, we need

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Speaker 1: an engine and hoops were okay, we're able to get home.

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Speaker 1: I'm on an Adian, the car doctor reminding you good

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Speaker 1: mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless. Let's see you