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Speaker 1: was going over a recent article real quick, um you

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Speaker 1: from early in February. Earlier in the month, um Tesla

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Speaker 1: cold weather. Hey, no kidding, Like you know, we we

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Speaker 1: thought about that. So what they're saying is no electric

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Speaker 1: know it's um let's see. So you know where will

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Speaker 1: Poor Florida. They don't know what they're up for. Everybody

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Speaker 1: There's just something about driving an electric vehicle that just

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Speaker 1: story goes, just you know, where this industry is gone,

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Speaker 1: all right, he's restoring the boss. The boss, the owner

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Speaker 1: going on? Oh? Fine? Uh? And I think you're gonna

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Speaker 1: beats maintenance, kiddo, absolutely positively, all right, agree with you there?

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Speaker 1: So um, And you're the guy, and you're the guy

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Speaker 1: it'll be flying cars and you can get the way

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Speaker 1: while go faster. If I can comment on the electrics,

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Speaker 1: of say the manufacturing process with the Liziamon batteries, but

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Speaker 1: But we'll say, you know what, unless you're charging them

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Speaker 1: you're not using that solar energy. I'm just a collecting station.

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Speaker 1: But I'm producing it to give it back to them.

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Speaker 1: Where's the logic there? So you know, shouldn't it be

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Speaker 1: that I produced my own electricity? They can produce less

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Speaker 1: I'm just trying to make common sense. I'll never be

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Speaker 1: a politician, Steven. I always appreciate our conversation, sir. You

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Speaker 1: for being there, and thanks as always. Wrong. You're welcome, sir.

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Speaker 1: You take good care of a good rest of the weekend.

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Speaker 1: I'm running any of the car Doctor. We're back right

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Speaker 1: after this for the best in car advice. Give Ron

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Speaker 1: zero zero. Now back to Ron. Hey, let's get out

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Speaker 1: over to Tony in Florida, nineteen Lincoln Continental, Tony. Welcome

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Speaker 1: to the Car Doctor, sir. How can I help you

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Speaker 1: know right you're wrong about I'm You're you're wrong about

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Speaker 1: the solar energy. I'm sitting on the beach right now

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Speaker 1: We got twenty three thousand miles on it. Right when

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Speaker 1: I've got a car with a hundred forty thousand miles

425
00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:12,600
Speaker 1: on it, it's nine years old. Do I want to

426
00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:14,560
Speaker 1: take it apart into a torque converter? Do I want

427
00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:18,880
Speaker 1: to put a trans in it? Right? Costly? Right? Yeah?

428
00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:23,679
Speaker 1: Very costly. I think the trans is seven grand? Uh,

429
00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:26,080
Speaker 1: the you know, by the time you're done, it's it's

430
00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:29,880
Speaker 1: it's a grand yeah, you know, and that's and that's

431
00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:33,399
Speaker 1: the problem. Now, now here's the issue. So you do

432
00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:35,920
Speaker 1: just the converter, You take the old converter out, you

433
00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,040
Speaker 1: put the new converter in. It's going into an environment

434
00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:41,880
Speaker 1: of an older trans with you know how dirty your

435
00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:44,680
Speaker 1: clean is the fluid, what sort of particulate you know,

436
00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:48,240
Speaker 1: what kind of microscopic grit, if you will, is floating

437
00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:51,000
Speaker 1: around in the fluid in that trans And what are

438
00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:54,480
Speaker 1: you going to do to that new converter? How long

439
00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:58,840
Speaker 1: before the problem reappears? You know, it's funny this week's

440
00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:00,720
Speaker 1: theme at the shop. I seem to be running, you know.

441
00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:02,560
Speaker 1: Susie said, how is your week? And I said, I

442
00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:06,040
Speaker 1: seem to run into all these older cars that were made,

443
00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:09,359
Speaker 1: in my opinion, cheaply, and now we're down to the

444
00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,760
Speaker 1: point of having to repair them, and the price to

445
00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:15,680
Speaker 1: repair everything well exceeds the value of the car. And

446
00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:17,119
Speaker 1: she turned to me and she said, well, maybe the

447
00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:19,920
Speaker 1: manufacturers heard you talking about how it's cheaper to keep him.

448
00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:22,440
Speaker 1: I said, well, which I kind of surprising because I

449
00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:24,080
Speaker 1: think my wife listened to the show because every time

450
00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:25,600
Speaker 1: I say it's cheaper to keep her, she knows I'm

451
00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:27,960
Speaker 1: kidding about. You know, it's cheaper to keep the wife

452
00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:29,919
Speaker 1: in the car together, because it's cheaper to keep her.

453
00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,160
Speaker 1: But maybe it's not anymore. You know, it's a grand

454
00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:34,080
Speaker 1: nine grand to put a trans in a SUPERU. You

455
00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:38,440
Speaker 1: might as well go get another super U. Um. The

456
00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:41,360
Speaker 1: the the one thing your daughter could try, if if,

457
00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:43,159
Speaker 1: or you could try if you can, if you can

458
00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:44,760
Speaker 1: catch this in the act is and you don't have

459
00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:46,840
Speaker 1: to explain it to her, is if it feels like

460
00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:50,800
Speaker 1: the car is gonna stall, pop it into neutral pulling

461
00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:53,920
Speaker 1: up to the stops on you know, that's that's the

462
00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,480
Speaker 1: trick because if you can, if you can learn that,

463
00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:02,399
Speaker 1: you know, neutral switch, so to speak, and it eliminates

464
00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:06,000
Speaker 1: the stalling. Ay. I wouldn't recommend you drive like that forever.

465
00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:08,399
Speaker 1: It seems like a little unsafe. It's you've really got

466
00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:09,960
Speaker 1: to be aware every time you pull up. And I'm

467
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,399
Speaker 1: sure your daughter she's a newer driver. We don't need

468
00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:14,200
Speaker 1: to make her a nervous wreck before she has kids

469
00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:15,760
Speaker 1: in the back of the car yelling and screaming when

470
00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:20,000
Speaker 1: she's married. Um um, you know, but it is. It

471
00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:22,520
Speaker 1: is one way to test it, but it is a

472
00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:24,920
Speaker 1: short term solution. If you're gonna, you know, debate, do

473
00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:28,800
Speaker 1: I fix this or do I replace it? So um,

474
00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:31,720
Speaker 1: but it's it's gonna be likely between one of those two.

475
00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,760
Speaker 1: Either throttle body cleanliness, which I hope for your sake,

476
00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:37,800
Speaker 1: or it's very common for it to be a torqu

477
00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:41,679
Speaker 1: converter issue, all right. And and the other problem becomes,

478
00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:44,960
Speaker 1: it could have the most perfect trans fluid in the world.

479
00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,560
Speaker 1: It could be you know, blessed by the Pope, and

480
00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:50,160
Speaker 1: it came down off the mountaintop putting the transmission absolutely

481
00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:52,920
Speaker 1: spotlessly clean. You put a torqu converter in it, it's

482
00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:54,880
Speaker 1: still a nine year old transmission with a hundred forty

483
00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:58,919
Speaker 1: thousand miles on it. Uh, you know, and it's they

484
00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:02,040
Speaker 1: just don't have a lot durability, but it is it

485
00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:06,400
Speaker 1: is the inexpensive or the more inexpensive Troy, all right, sir, Okay, well,

486
00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:08,600
Speaker 1: thanks for the information. You're welcome. Sorry, I couldn't have

487
00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:10,720
Speaker 1: been better news for you, but um, you know, I

488
00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:13,000
Speaker 1: gotta I gotta tell you what the deal is. So

489
00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:16,920
Speaker 1: you're very welcome. Ray, you take good care. Um. Yeah, Unfortunately,

490
00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:20,680
Speaker 1: you know we're seeing a shift. I think the manufacturers.

491
00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:22,920
Speaker 1: I don't know. I think it's a plot somewhere that

492
00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,520
Speaker 1: the manufacturer is kind to know. You know, well, well,

493
00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:27,760
Speaker 1: boost car sales will just make a car that in

494
00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:30,400
Speaker 1: ten years is so ridiculous to fix. Who would want

495
00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:34,240
Speaker 1: to fix it? Uh? Well, let's see if it was

496
00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:36,600
Speaker 1: nineteen sixty four and they were all fifty five Chevyes,

497
00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:38,480
Speaker 1: they could all put them at my house. Eight five

498
00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:41,680
Speaker 1: five zero nine zero zero. I'm running anading the car doctor.

499
00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:51,320
Speaker 1: I'll be back right after this. That's right. If you

500
00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:53,800
Speaker 1: call and we're not live, you can leave a message

501
00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:55,280
Speaker 1: and we'll call you back to get you on the

502
00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:59,760
Speaker 1: air with Rod. Eight five five zero nine nine zero zero.

503
00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:02,800
Speaker 1: Speaking of Roun there he is. Let's go to Bob

504
00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:05,320
Speaker 1: in Phillisburg. Bob, welcome back, sir. House Things down there

505
00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:08,760
Speaker 1: in New Jersey today? Oh it's great. Uh. You know,

506
00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:11,400
Speaker 1: they would put you and me in a in a room.

507
00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:15,440
Speaker 1: We would have almost a hundred years worth of experience. Thanks.

508
00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:17,560
Speaker 1: You feel young. But the thing is we'd we'd be

509
00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:20,560
Speaker 1: so old we would have forgotten half of it by now. Yeah,

510
00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:22,880
Speaker 1: which is the other part, right? Two thousand and eight

511
00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:25,359
Speaker 1: out of a three. It's got the three point to

512
00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:28,960
Speaker 1: the R S six in ad SC transmission and it's

513
00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:32,520
Speaker 1: all wheel drive. And you take it out on the

514
00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:36,280
Speaker 1: expressway and for about ten fifteen minutes and to go

515
00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:40,280
Speaker 1: above sixty mile an hour and just barely touched the

516
00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:43,240
Speaker 1: gas pedal. You get this wine coming out of it,

517
00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:48,280
Speaker 1: and it doesn't sound rotational because it doesn't get any louder.

518
00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:52,639
Speaker 1: It doesn't change in pits with roads deed and UH.

519
00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:56,320
Speaker 1: I've worn around a different places and asthma about it,

520
00:27:56,359 --> 00:27:59,560
Speaker 1: and of course I get a blank stare and they

521
00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:05,159
Speaker 1: have a pump that operates the rear, and I wanted

522
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:09,400
Speaker 1: to know if there's any kind of UH tool out

523
00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:12,800
Speaker 1: there that the bi directional operate, just pump and see

524
00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:15,400
Speaker 1: if this is where the noise is coming from. Well,

525
00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:17,560
Speaker 1: if if there is, Bob, the only thing I could

526
00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:20,440
Speaker 1: think of is, obviously it's going to be dealer level.

527
00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:23,480
Speaker 1: That's one, uh the only other place I would look.

528
00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:26,160
Speaker 1: And unfortunately this is how it has to be, because

529
00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:28,440
Speaker 1: it's not every SCANTL is gonna tell you it's such.

530
00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:33,800
Speaker 1: It's it's sort of an obscure function or an obscure request.

531
00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:36,320
Speaker 1: It's not something so mainstream you don't have to start

532
00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:37,919
Speaker 1: looking at some of the on some of the other

533
00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:41,200
Speaker 1: tools out there. Launch maybe, snap on maybe, But without

534
00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:43,400
Speaker 1: knowing exactly, I can tell you if, if, if there's

535
00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,280
Speaker 1: a way to do it, the dealer level tool would

536
00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:47,640
Speaker 1: do it. If the dealer level tool doesn't do it,

537
00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:51,480
Speaker 1: then no, there's no way to test it. So why

538
00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:53,560
Speaker 1: can't Why couldn't the car be put up in the air,

539
00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:55,400
Speaker 1: driven on a lift at forty miles an hour and

540
00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:58,160
Speaker 1: listen to see if the noise is there? Well, this

541
00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:02,400
Speaker 1: is what you know because not you know, too familiar

542
00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:05,240
Speaker 1: with it though, but you know, as long as it

543
00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:08,560
Speaker 1: doesn't break anything, that's my biggest fear. Well, you know

544
00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:12,960
Speaker 1: it's you know, well, okay, so let's let's let's back

545
00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:15,200
Speaker 1: up a second. Is this this is this is the

546
00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:18,240
Speaker 1: pump you're talking about for fluid into the rear differential

547
00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:22,840
Speaker 1: to rear axle. Correct, that's and what impression that I

548
00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:26,680
Speaker 1: get is that's the transfer case in a sense. Correct

549
00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:29,680
Speaker 1: as they call it a halidax it's got you know,

550
00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:32,960
Speaker 1: it's got its own pump and fluid. It's not the

551
00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:36,280
Speaker 1: final drive fluid. It's it's a high it's a wet

552
00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:40,360
Speaker 1: clutch assembla right, And I don't think they you know,

553
00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:43,240
Speaker 1: I could be wrong, but I don't believe they call

554
00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:46,720
Speaker 1: for that fluid to be replaced, do they. Well, I've

555
00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:51,360
Speaker 1: had it replaced, you know, the filter and everything else

556
00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:53,920
Speaker 1: and stuff. I've had all the fluids changed, and of

557
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:58,200
Speaker 1: course there was no contamination or or anything, especially in

558
00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:02,680
Speaker 1: a final drive. It then it almost sounds like you

559
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,920
Speaker 1: know how your pump starts getting noisy. You know, it's

560
00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:08,520
Speaker 1: got that. It's like a tiring noise. It's like a

561
00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:12,440
Speaker 1: wine and it's constant. Well, let's let's let's back up

562
00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:14,720
Speaker 1: and look at it like this. Let's let's say it

563
00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:18,280
Speaker 1: is the pump. Let's say it's something in that final drive. Uh,

564
00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:20,440
Speaker 1: you know, why don't we find out what the cost

565
00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:22,440
Speaker 1: is to rebuild it and then we can decide how

566
00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:24,320
Speaker 1: deep do we want to get. And I'm and I'm

567
00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:27,400
Speaker 1: being serious. You know, if it starts to change in pitch,

568
00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:29,440
Speaker 1: if it starts to get louder, if it starts to

569
00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:35,600
Speaker 1: become more noticeable, that maybe you could justify spending whatever

570
00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:38,120
Speaker 1: it takes to fix. But you know, if it's gonna

571
00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:40,200
Speaker 1: sound like that at a consistent level, for the next

572
00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:44,280
Speaker 1: four years and it's five grand to repair. You know,

573
00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:48,360
Speaker 1: it doesn't matter if it's a little noisy, doesn't Well,

574
00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:53,440
Speaker 1: the pump itself is serviceable. They have a replacement. It's like, well,

575
00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:57,240
Speaker 1: hunter bucks my cost, you know, And I'm saying, well,

576
00:30:57,280 --> 00:31:00,320
Speaker 1: it's so, you know, but you know, there was a

577
00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:02,600
Speaker 1: way that I could find out what kind of a

578
00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:07,800
Speaker 1: signal that they put into this pump. Well, they're they're

579
00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:12,040
Speaker 1: probably doing a duty cycle repulse the ground modulation type

580
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:15,600
Speaker 1: of UM signal to it to you know, cause the

581
00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:18,000
Speaker 1: pump to you know, build pressure and so on. But

582
00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:22,240
Speaker 1: listen so that this becomes one of two things. You're

583
00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:24,720
Speaker 1: either gonna find somebody that's got dealer level scan tool,

584
00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:27,560
Speaker 1: which is twenty grand, all right, or you're gonna go

585
00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:29,880
Speaker 1: out and deal a little scantel which is twenty grand,

586
00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:33,640
Speaker 1: or or you're gonna take a gamble and spend four

587
00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:35,960
Speaker 1: on a pump. How many miles are on the car?

588
00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:41,080
Speaker 1: A hundred? Okay, So you're gonna you're gonna spend four

589
00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:43,280
Speaker 1: hundred dollars on the car on a pump, and and

590
00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:45,840
Speaker 1: and try swapping it and see if it makes any difference.

591
00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:47,680
Speaker 1: And if it doesn't, you know what it's not, but

592
00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:51,360
Speaker 1: you found out cheaper than buy buying scantel, and you know,

593
00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:54,480
Speaker 1: you're starting to make sense. And I was thinking of

594
00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:58,640
Speaker 1: that that, you know, because that little word that you've

595
00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:04,160
Speaker 1: put in my brain diagnosed died. Listen, I've got you know,

596
00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:06,000
Speaker 1: I've been talking about it all show this week. I

597
00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:08,200
Speaker 1: got an O seven tiber on that needs an a

598
00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:12,760
Speaker 1: BS control unit from from Hyundai. It's I found a

599
00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:17,320
Speaker 1: I've got my used car, my used parts guy looking

600
00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:18,960
Speaker 1: for one. He thinks we can find one out there

601
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:23,280
Speaker 1: for three d you know, for three bucks, and my

602
00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:27,520
Speaker 1: my diagnosis is there and the missing five percent is

603
00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:30,720
Speaker 1: because I can't get correct information out of the manufacturer.

604
00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:33,960
Speaker 1: For three hundred bucks, I'll plug it in electronically without

605
00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:35,880
Speaker 1: even bleeding anything and see if it fixes it. If

606
00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:38,360
Speaker 1: it doesn't, I know where to look next. If it does,

607
00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:41,640
Speaker 1: my problems are over. And I did it cheaper than

608
00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:45,800
Speaker 1: hooking up dollars worth of test equipment and spending two days.

609
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:50,320
Speaker 1: And you know, sometimes the end doesn't justify the means anymore.

610
00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:52,640
Speaker 1: It's it's getting to be too costly to try and

611
00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:56,320
Speaker 1: go through the entire car. So uh, sometimes it's it's

612
00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:58,840
Speaker 1: a gut call, because you'll exceed the value of the vehicle.

613
00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:03,120
Speaker 1: The the A B S control unit already exceeds almost

614
00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:06,560
Speaker 1: already exceeds the value of the vehicle. Um and and

615
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:09,000
Speaker 1: that's the that's the problem with the electronics today, Bob,

616
00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:11,040
Speaker 1: I gotta go. I'm up against the clock. Try that.

617
00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:12,760
Speaker 1: You got any more questions, you know where to find me,

618
00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:15,720
Speaker 1: right sir. Thank you so much. You're very welcome. You

619
00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:17,640
Speaker 1: take good care. It's good to hear your voice. Ron,

620
00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:19,200
Speaker 1: and any of the Car Doctor here, we'll be back

621
00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:28,280
Speaker 1: right after this. Zero, don't go anywhere. Welcome back on

622
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:29,920
Speaker 1: any of the Car Doctor. You know I wrote my

623
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:31,840
Speaker 1: own anchor in him. Now for Subaru, Tom, I just

624
00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:35,360
Speaker 1: want you to know Subaru sadly usually broken and really underpowered.

625
00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:36,640
Speaker 1: So we'll have to keep that and add that to

626
00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:38,960
Speaker 1: the dictionary. I'm working my way through the line of

627
00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:41,160
Speaker 1: vehicle manufacturers and in New York. You're on with the

628
00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:42,760
Speaker 1: Car Doctor. What can I do for you? In my

629
00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:47,040
Speaker 1: last two minutes, Ron, this past week, I had the

630
00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:51,080
Speaker 1: fun of driving through the northeast snow sleep I stem

631
00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:54,600
Speaker 1: that we had and uh. Over the course of the

632
00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:57,440
Speaker 1: nine hour drive, I had to stop every hour and

633
00:33:57,560 --> 00:34:01,240
Speaker 1: pull off of eight because I was having about a

634
00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:04,160
Speaker 1: quarter range of ice build up on the front headlights,

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Speaker 1: the side of mirrors, in the perimeter of the front windshield,

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Speaker 1: which the interior heater couldn't melt. Um. My question is

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Speaker 1: is there any type of fluid or fluid like film

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Speaker 1: that you can apply to the headlights and to the

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Speaker 1: windshield to prevent ice build up when you're driving in

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Speaker 1: a snow or storm? You know, Eddie, it's a good question.

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Speaker 1: I I've never had that as a question before. I

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Speaker 1: think that's something to be invented. If it isn't already,

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Speaker 1: I would, you know, I would think about. And obviously

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Speaker 1: waxing headlights has to help, because if we make the

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Speaker 1: surface more slippery, it might keep the moisture off of it.

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Speaker 1: I'm surprised that with the headlights on, although I know

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Speaker 1: how bad that ice storm was I'm in the northeast. Also,

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Speaker 1: I'm surprised that it didn't melt what was ever whatever

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Speaker 1: was on the headlights themselves. Um, But as far as

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Speaker 1: the mirrors and stuff, the mirrors, I would try waxing everything,

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Speaker 1: just just just for the heck of it, alright, wax

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Speaker 1: the wax, the glass of the mirrors. Heavy coat of

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Speaker 1: wax on the headlights. You don't have to polish them.

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Speaker 1: Just get a coat of wax on, let it dry,

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Speaker 1: wipe it off, do it again. See if that makes

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Speaker 1: a difference. Maybe it'll become so slippery that the moisture

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Speaker 1: will just wick away without moisture and you can't let

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Speaker 1: it build up it you know, it has to go somewhere. Um.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, it's a good question. You know what I

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Speaker 1: think about inventing something like that. Will will collaborate. Hey,

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Speaker 1: looking up at the clock, it's time to go. I'm

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Speaker 1: running eating the car doctor reminding you it's good. Mechanics

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Speaker 1: are an expensive dip, priceless. See you