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Speaker 1: Ron Anian Walter, what car are you working on this week? Hello? Ron?

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Speaker 1: How about a two thousand one wolfs weg and I

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Speaker 1: Unfortunately turbo and then the waste gate would be the

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Speaker 1: second most common failure on those vehicles. Welcome to the

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Speaker 1: a bang. Let's go and talk to Vicky with an

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Car Doctor. How can I help? Vicky? Hello? Hi?

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Speaker 1: How are you good? How are you? I'm good? Um?

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Speaker 1: How can I help you when you're revenger? Um? I

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Speaker 1: just wanted to make sure that there's nothing else that

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Speaker 1: I can do because I have two hundred seventy one

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Speaker 1: and I keep it well maintained. Wait for it just

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Speaker 1: broken in two or seventy one miles. Isn't it great

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Speaker 1: to have an older car like that? And everybody goes, wow,

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Speaker 1: how did you get it to go that far? And

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Speaker 1: and and then you get to tell them, well, I

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Speaker 1: maintained it, and uh, you know, I wasn't afraid to

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Speaker 1: What sort of maintenance that he been doing to it?

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Speaker 1: VICKI oil change, tire rotations, transmission flush and filter, the basics. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean you've put spark plugs in it. By now

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Speaker 1: I would assume timing belt. No, really, which engine is this?

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Speaker 1: a four? Oh this this is a four? Okay? Um?

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Speaker 1: So is this the two four dual overhead cam motor? Okay?

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Speaker 1: there should be a timing belt there. If there is,

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Speaker 1: and if it's the one I'm thinking of it, it

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Speaker 1: should have been replaced or it should be replaced because

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Speaker 1: that's just that's just a disaster waiting to happen. So

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Speaker 1: you know, you want to let them take a look

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Speaker 1: at that and verify that for you, uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: timing belt. And when they do the timing belt, you

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Speaker 1: don't want to have to go in there twice. Um.

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Speaker 1: But this is a this is a two thousand or

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Speaker 1: a two thousand five nine? This is no. Nine okay, right, yeah, okay,

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Speaker 1: Any sort of for ND work, if you done any

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Speaker 1: suspension or steering work or anything like that to this. No, yes, Um,

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Speaker 1: wheelbaring hub assembly went bad. Yes, so I got that

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Speaker 1: Then this has a timing chain. There's a timing chain,

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Speaker 1: I ask you, you know, when you're faced with you know,

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Speaker 1: So let me ask you this question. I don't want

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Speaker 1: But if you don't. You know, their point the article

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Speaker 1: the point becomes that if tomorrow haven't forbid it needed

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Speaker 1: a transmission, and it was for argument's sake, four thousand dollars.

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Speaker 1: You've got a lot. I have lifetime. I have lifetime powetry.

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Speaker 1: um timing belt. Attention. Well, no, there is no timing

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Speaker 1: Just keep driving it. I can't tell you how many

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Speaker 1: very welcome, very sweet. Eight five five zero zero. The

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Speaker 1: How cold is it outside? I have probably thirties three?

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Speaker 1: We parked it for about a month. UH, put new fluid,

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Speaker 1: why first, all right? If it's if it needs to trans,

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Speaker 1: Like you said, it's probably got a few miles on it.

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Speaker 1: valve coming down. You know, does it stick? Does it? Yeah? No? No?

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Speaker 1: You know, park one, reverse to neutral three drive. You

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Speaker 1: that's reverse because you're breaking the neutral, say the switch

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Speaker 1: I don't like you under the car manually, you know,

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Speaker 1: You know that that's kind of dangerous to me, Bras,

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Speaker 1: And I can't do it in less than thirty seconds,

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Speaker 1: I'm running Nating the Car Doctor, and we're gonna fill

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Speaker 1: Roy in on all the details out there in Snohomish,

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Speaker 1: Let's get back to Royan, Snahamish, Washington. Roy, you're still there, yep,

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Speaker 1: I'm here. So let's talk about the drive ability issue

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Speaker 1: has been running rich. I've tooken it a Riley's a

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Speaker 1: accelerating it goes wet off? All right? Do you have

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Speaker 1: This was me personally, No, I do not, okay, So

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Speaker 1: is a weak pickup poil inside the distributor, all right,

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Speaker 1: And it's a matter of take the distributor cap off,

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Speaker 1: And you want to unplug the pickup coil all right

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Speaker 1: either got a bad distributor shift and or a pickup coil, alright,

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Speaker 1: Very common, more often than not, these cars had. These

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Speaker 1: Drive the roll pin out through the gear at the bottom,

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Speaker 1: While you crack a magnet, what do you do? You

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Speaker 1: be mindful if you're gonna put an aftermarket distributor in it,

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00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:30,600
Speaker 1: do the same test, all right, until you until you

425
00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:32,879
Speaker 1: find one that's you know, more than seven tents of

426
00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:37,160
Speaker 1: a volte c. Don't use it, all right, it almost

427
00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:40,119
Speaker 1: pays if you can still buy a distributor shaft assembly,

428
00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:42,920
Speaker 1: and you can check with the you can check with

429
00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:45,760
Speaker 1: O'Reilly onto parts see if they have anything. Uh you know,

430
00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:47,680
Speaker 1: maybe they can get it through a ce Delco, because

431
00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:49,159
Speaker 1: Delca would be the only one that would come to

432
00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:51,200
Speaker 1: mind that would have it as a new piece. But

433
00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:53,840
Speaker 1: I would be looking for I would be looking for

434
00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:57,240
Speaker 1: a Delco pickup coil, although that's not true either. I

435
00:22:57,280 --> 00:22:59,160
Speaker 1: mean I'd be looking for an old, new old stock

436
00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:01,879
Speaker 1: Delco pickup oil. I don't know about their newer stuff,

437
00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:05,399
Speaker 1: and a and and a new distributor shift because like

438
00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:08,760
Speaker 1: I said, they were very problematic, and just putting in

439
00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:12,119
Speaker 1: a reman doesn't necessarily guarantee you good operation. But that

440
00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:14,280
Speaker 1: is something I would clearly look at as well as

441
00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:17,120
Speaker 1: inside the distributor cap you're looking for arcing, and you're

442
00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:20,040
Speaker 1: looking for problems with regards to the rotor and does

443
00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:23,200
Speaker 1: anything look like it's punched through and um, there should

444
00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:26,119
Speaker 1: be a vent screen if memory serves me correct, at

445
00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:29,760
Speaker 1: the base of the distributor. That would have a tendency

446
00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:31,920
Speaker 1: on a vehicle that sits either the spider built a

447
00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:35,280
Speaker 1: web over it or it oxidized over or corroded over.

448
00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:38,440
Speaker 1: Make sure that vents screen will pass air through it

449
00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:40,720
Speaker 1: so that you know the inside of the distributor doesn't

450
00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:44,000
Speaker 1: build up any kind of contaminant or moisture and corrosion

451
00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:46,080
Speaker 1: and so on. Uh, you know, let the screen do

452
00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:48,639
Speaker 1: its job. So but those are the things that I

453
00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:52,920
Speaker 1: would look at. Those distributors were very problematic. Aside from that,

454
00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:56,600
Speaker 1: I'd be looking at ground. I voltage dropped the chassis

455
00:23:56,680 --> 00:24:00,560
Speaker 1: ground from the battery. I would voltage drop the um

456
00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:04,240
Speaker 1: uh computer grounds they're gonna be located on the studge

457
00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:05,760
Speaker 1: at the back of the cylinder head. Once you have

458
00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:07,919
Speaker 1: the doghouse off, I believe you're gonna see some grounds

459
00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:10,920
Speaker 1: they're located on the stud islet and make sure those

460
00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:12,520
Speaker 1: are still there. But those are the kind of things

461
00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:14,720
Speaker 1: you want to start looking for and to see what

462
00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:17,320
Speaker 1: that does for you, all right, sir, And that you

463
00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:19,840
Speaker 1: can attack obviously before you worry about the trans And

464
00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:23,280
Speaker 1: if you can solve the running issue, then okay, maybe

465
00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:25,560
Speaker 1: it's worth while to put a trans in it. Because

466
00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:28,160
Speaker 1: regardless of how many miles are on that those astros

467
00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:31,920
Speaker 1: were tough. They took a beaten and I was told

468
00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,320
Speaker 1: that the engines, uh, they just put put us a

469
00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:36,680
Speaker 1: new engine in it set to four thousand miles ago.

470
00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:39,240
Speaker 1: They took to dealership and spent my six thousand dollars.

471
00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:41,879
Speaker 1: And I wonder why. I wonder why they got rid

472
00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:46,119
Speaker 1: of it. And and you know on the old one, no,

473
00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:48,119
Speaker 1: but why did they get rid of the car? You know,

474
00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:49,960
Speaker 1: you pay two hund bucks for it, so you know,

475
00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:51,920
Speaker 1: why did somebody just dump the car of that ship?

476
00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:55,679
Speaker 1: That transmission was bad when that first year? All right,

477
00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:57,840
Speaker 1: well then you know what you may find that and

478
00:24:58,000 --> 00:24:59,719
Speaker 1: and that's the other thing I should mention too. If

479
00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:03,720
Speaker 1: this is not shift linkage, you may find you may

480
00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:07,600
Speaker 1: find believe it or not, fixing the running problem fixes

481
00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:12,080
Speaker 1: the transmission problem, you may find that. Yeah, you you

482
00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:14,080
Speaker 1: just may find that. You may also see once you

483
00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:16,320
Speaker 1: look at this, I would not be surprised if the

484
00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:20,480
Speaker 1: distributor that's in this is the original distributor from the

485
00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:24,000
Speaker 1: dealership took it out and dropped it in and on

486
00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:26,320
Speaker 1: their way and they transferred the problem from one to

487
00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:30,600
Speaker 1: the other. So don't don't rule that out either, all right, roy?

488
00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:37,280
Speaker 1: So then quick question, so what transmissions do you like

489
00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:41,800
Speaker 1: and what's on what's the bonuses of benefits of one

490
00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:44,639
Speaker 1: over the other? Well, I think that if if I

491
00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:47,400
Speaker 1: remember right, that should be a was that a four

492
00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:53,720
Speaker 1: L sixty? I think so it's a seven four? That's

493
00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:56,520
Speaker 1: all you can really put in that if that, if

494
00:25:56,600 --> 00:26:03,240
Speaker 1: that's the factory manual versus uh my automatic or well

495
00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:05,840
Speaker 1: not necessarily on based on the car. But what transmissions

496
00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:08,000
Speaker 1: do you like? And what do you mean what do

497
00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:12,600
Speaker 1: I like to drive? Are you're talking about this manualre

498
00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:16,359
Speaker 1: so because you how you shift and things like that, Well,

499
00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:20,080
Speaker 1: what are you gonna do with the vehicle? This vehicle

500
00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:26,840
Speaker 1: off road, two streets to take wherever I want to go. Yeah,

501
00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:29,879
Speaker 1: I mean, if you're talking in a reference to this vehicle,

502
00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:32,840
Speaker 1: all right, And I just want to understand the question

503
00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:34,600
Speaker 1: you're talking about, what would I want to put in

504
00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:38,760
Speaker 1: this vehicle if you had to replace the trans Actually no,

505
00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:41,639
Speaker 1: I was this meaning in general for any vehicle or so,

506
00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:45,440
Speaker 1: and just kind of what do you prefer and like

507
00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,280
Speaker 1: manuals you can do certain things with versus automatic. Okay,

508
00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:50,000
Speaker 1: I see what you're saying. My little shop truck, I've

509
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,080
Speaker 1: got a ninety seven range or two and twelve thousand

510
00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:55,159
Speaker 1: miles on it. It's a five speed stick all right,

511
00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:57,520
Speaker 1: and I just I just like it. It's a simple vehicle.

512
00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:00,040
Speaker 1: It's a clutch, it's a manual trans it's you know,

513
00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:02,240
Speaker 1: it's easy to go. The plow truck. I've got an

514
00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:05,040
Speaker 1: O eight Silverado. It's the plow truck. It you know,

515
00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:07,119
Speaker 1: it pushes snow at the house, it pushes snow at

516
00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:09,520
Speaker 1: the shop, at any point in between. It's an automatic

517
00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:11,119
Speaker 1: because it's the pain in the neck to shift end

518
00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:13,800
Speaker 1: plow when you're you know, when you're plowing. You know,

519
00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:16,280
Speaker 1: that's just uh, you know, that's just that's just an

520
00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:20,399
Speaker 1: inconvenience and as far as everything else depends what I'm driving,

521
00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:22,639
Speaker 1: you know, from a from a performance point of view. Now,

522
00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:25,280
Speaker 1: back in the day, back in the day, Black One

523
00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:27,240
Speaker 1: was a small block with a two speed glide and

524
00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:29,879
Speaker 1: a manual valve body, and I shifted an automatic on

525
00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:31,879
Speaker 1: the street all day long and it was pure performance.

526
00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:35,200
Speaker 1: But it's it's it's a hard question to answer because

527
00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:36,880
Speaker 1: it really depends on what you're driving and how you're

528
00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:40,800
Speaker 1: driving it. So as far as as far as the astro,

529
00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:43,000
Speaker 1: you know, what what I would tell you to do

530
00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:45,040
Speaker 1: is just you know what's out there in terms of

531
00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:48,520
Speaker 1: an over the counter replacement, what's the best warranty, And

532
00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:51,520
Speaker 1: you know you can always modify it afterwards, or perhaps

533
00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:54,040
Speaker 1: modify it from the rebuilder. Hey, can you give me

534
00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:56,520
Speaker 1: a valve body that it doesn't matter whether I, as

535
00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:59,680
Speaker 1: you said, semi automatic, I can shift it or I

536
00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:01,800
Speaker 1: and leave it and drive and just you know, go

537
00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:03,760
Speaker 1: to church with it on Sunday and let it do

538
00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:07,200
Speaker 1: its thing. And and that's fine too, but you know,

539
00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:09,040
Speaker 1: it's and it's probably worth doing. I'll tell you what.

540
00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:11,119
Speaker 1: Listening to you and thinking about it. If this has

541
00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:13,560
Speaker 1: a new engine into fifty four thousand miles old. As

542
00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:15,879
Speaker 1: long as the body is not severely rusted out, this

543
00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:19,399
Speaker 1: vehicle is probably worthwhile to put a trans in because

544
00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:21,399
Speaker 1: it's just a big metal box at that point, and

545
00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:25,440
Speaker 1: it'll run for another hundred thousand miles. All right, kiddo,

546
00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:27,480
Speaker 1: minutes I could bust out my paint and it would

547
00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:31,760
Speaker 1: look pretty much brand new, right right, And at that point,

548
00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:33,120
Speaker 1: what else? What do you need to go and spend

549
00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:35,760
Speaker 1: fifty grand on a new vehicle for keep this one going?

550
00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:37,920
Speaker 1: All right? Hey, Roy, good luck to you out there.

551
00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:40,400
Speaker 1: And turn the heater on the trailer tonight. You're gonna

552
00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:42,440
Speaker 1: lose an hour sleep, so are actually again you gain

553
00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:43,840
Speaker 1: an hour sleep, So turn the heat up in the

554
00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,400
Speaker 1: trailer so you're not real cold tomorrow morning. And uh,

555
00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:48,840
Speaker 1: enjoy the weather out there in Washington, out and there

556
00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:51,640
Speaker 1: in snahamash Um And thanks for the call. Eight five

557
00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:54,200
Speaker 1: five zero nine zero zero running any of the car

558
00:28:54,240 --> 00:29:00,959
Speaker 1: doctor coming back? We're right after this. Welcome back. Why

559
00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:02,400
Speaker 1: don't they need the car doctor. Let's get over and

560
00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:05,160
Speaker 1: talk to Kevin the Cross Wisconsin. Kevin, welcome back, Welcome

561
00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:07,840
Speaker 1: to the car doctor. Sure, how can I help? Hey?

562
00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:11,440
Speaker 1: Can you hear me. Okay, sure, Ken, what's going on? Hey? Yeah,

563
00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:15,760
Speaker 1: I have an OL five GMC envoy because it's also

564
00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:20,280
Speaker 1: known as a Chevy Trailblazer in the Revada. Um. Yes,

565
00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:23,440
Speaker 1: it's an O five. Um they had like two hundred

566
00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:25,840
Speaker 1: and like tenner or twenty thous miles. Is that just

567
00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:30,000
Speaker 1: broke in or not? That's just broken, baby, Keep going, absolutely,

568
00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:34,680
Speaker 1: I talk to you for a truck, and that's that's

569
00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:38,600
Speaker 1: just broken. Acts. That's a lot of mild. Nah, that's yeah.

570
00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:42,360
Speaker 1: Keep it going, man, you know, keep it getting And

571
00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:45,920
Speaker 1: I got a really good deal on it. One. What

572
00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:49,560
Speaker 1: what what engines in this Kevin? It's a V sex

573
00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:52,280
Speaker 1: of some type and it's a it's called the extended version,

574
00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:54,480
Speaker 1: So it's an eight passenger. So back when it was

575
00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:56,320
Speaker 1: brand new, this car was, I believe, with the head

576
00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:59,880
Speaker 1: of its time, back in the day, back in the day.

577
00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:02,760
Speaker 1: I'll tell you the weak link in this car, and

578
00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:05,840
Speaker 1: then I'll tell you about the maintenance. All right. The

579
00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:09,960
Speaker 1: absolute weak link in this car that you never ever, ever,

580
00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:13,400
Speaker 1: did I say ever enough times want to have to

581
00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:18,400
Speaker 1: replace is the driver's side or passenger side front axle seals.

582
00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:22,680
Speaker 1: All right, this is the vehicle that. Well, I'll tell

583
00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:26,000
Speaker 1: you this is the vehicle the engineer designed. He designed

584
00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:30,280
Speaker 1: the front axle system before lunch, and then he went

585
00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:31,959
Speaker 1: out and he had a couple of beers, and then

586
00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:33,880
Speaker 1: he came back and he said, let's change it just

587
00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:38,200
Speaker 1: a little bit. The driver's side, the passenger side axle

588
00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:43,080
Speaker 1: goes through the oil pan. All right, Oh yeah, if

589
00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:45,320
Speaker 1: this is the one I'm thinking of. And I fought.

590
00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:50,440
Speaker 1: I fought with a few of these because what happens is, yeah,

591
00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:54,200
Speaker 1: same thing, Envoy, trail Blazer, all the same thing, brother.

592
00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:57,840
Speaker 1: And what happens is the the support bracket for the

593
00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:01,720
Speaker 1: for the axle uh is aluminum, and they bolt that

594
00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:04,239
Speaker 1: to the side of the aluminum oil pan and then

595
00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:07,400
Speaker 1: they put it together with steel bolts and then they

596
00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:11,720
Speaker 1: go internal. Oh it's just it's ugly, dude. So don't

597
00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:14,400
Speaker 1: you don't want to replace the driver or passenger either

598
00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:18,320
Speaker 1: either one. Either one's ugly. All right. The driver's friends

599
00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:21,560
Speaker 1: that have similar vehicles though, too, especially let them know that. Yeah,

600
00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:24,200
Speaker 1: the the driver's side one is a little tougher to

601
00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:26,720
Speaker 1: deal with. The passenger side you can kind of make work.

602
00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:30,680
Speaker 1: The actuators fail all the time. They're very expensive. So

603
00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:34,160
Speaker 1: before you start spending huge money on this just broken

604
00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:36,920
Speaker 1: in vehicle, make sure that's okay. It can be done

605
00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:39,960
Speaker 1: all right, But in a lot of cases you end

606
00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:42,400
Speaker 1: up replacing not just the two axles and the seals,

607
00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:44,840
Speaker 1: but you also replace the oil pan because you have to.

608
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,120
Speaker 1: You have to chisel away the actuator and it breaks

609
00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:49,680
Speaker 1: off on the inside. It's just a mess. It's a mess.

610
00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:53,320
Speaker 1: It's like GM on this. I put some work in

611
00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:57,000
Speaker 1: this truck. It's almost paid off, and it's for an

612
00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:00,080
Speaker 1: OH five vehicle. It's gone down through everything. Don't the

613
00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:03,480
Speaker 1: downsized is I'm at the sex and even people say

614
00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:06,040
Speaker 1: the engine too small for the truck. But again return

615
00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:10,440
Speaker 1: it gets very good gas knowledge for a truck. Well

616
00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:13,600
Speaker 1: that's not and that's okay. So, like I said, as

617
00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:17,000
Speaker 1: long as the actual to get me from place to

618
00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:19,240
Speaker 1: place right and I and I put a little work.

619
00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:21,920
Speaker 1: I've had this truck knock on wood got me through everything.

620
00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:24,080
Speaker 1: I haven't had someone put something in the fuel tank

621
00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:27,600
Speaker 1: and it still went well. As long as as long

622
00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:30,760
Speaker 1: as those actual seals aren't leaking. From a maintenance point

623
00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:34,480
Speaker 1: of view, I review history and see where or when

624
00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:36,400
Speaker 1: where any of the fluids change. You want to go

625
00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:40,360
Speaker 1: through drive line fluids, trans both differentials, transfer case, all

626
00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:45,760
Speaker 1: important stuff, cooling belts, hoses, the usual things. They're thermostat

627
00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:47,600
Speaker 1: you know, if it's the original thermostat with two and

628
00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:49,720
Speaker 1: a thousand miles on at a great time to replace

629
00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:53,160
Speaker 1: that as well. And then just spark plugs, last um

630
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:57,480
Speaker 1: obviously looking at breaks, rubber, suspension components and just you know,

631
00:32:57,600 --> 00:32:59,960
Speaker 1: has it ever had a fuel system cleaning of any type?

632
00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:02,080
Speaker 1: A good time to do a fuel system cleaning and

633
00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:04,920
Speaker 1: start from here and keep an accurate log going forward.

634
00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:07,560
Speaker 1: You do those things to the basic maintenance. You know what,

635
00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:10,000
Speaker 1: we'll talk about it in four hundred thousand miles when

636
00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:12,000
Speaker 1: you've got four in thousand miles on it, and I'll

637
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,200
Speaker 1: say it's a little bit beyond just broken. And thanks

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00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:16,600
Speaker 1: for the call, Kevin. I appreciate it, and uh, keep

639
00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:20,160
Speaker 1: on being part of the car Doctor family. Eight zero

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00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:26,040
Speaker 1: we're back right after this. Welcome back. Aren't any of

641
00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:27,680
Speaker 1: the car doctor rolling along this hour? By the way,

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00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:29,400
Speaker 1: I want to talk about we made a boo boo

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00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:32,120
Speaker 1: this hour and I think it's Tom race Fall. Tom,

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00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:34,920
Speaker 1: can I talk to you for a minute. You can't

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00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:37,720
Speaker 1: blame this on me. Well when you left, when you

646
00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:41,560
Speaker 1: left to use the little car doctor's room last commercial break. Yeah,

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00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:43,880
Speaker 1: Tony went in and got it and we hit it

648
00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:46,280
Speaker 1: on you because you wouldn't let us play with it beforehand. Well,

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00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:48,240
Speaker 1: I want to know we didn't give away the Predator

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00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:50,800
Speaker 1: to this hour. That's what we're talking about. Okay. You

651
00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:53,120
Speaker 1: know the folks at the Ablow Sport gave us this

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00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:55,440
Speaker 1: Predator to which gives you the ability to tune and

653
00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:58,480
Speaker 1: adjust your vehicles operation right from the driver's seat, so

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00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:01,560
Speaker 1: to speak. And uh, um, it's not underneath my desk

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00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:04,160
Speaker 1: anymore studio here? Would you? Would you? Guys do We're

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00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:05,560
Speaker 1: not going to tell you, but we can tell you

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00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:07,840
Speaker 1: that we're going to tune and adjust you with it. Well,

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00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:09,799
Speaker 1: I don't think you can do that. So that means

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00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:13,160
Speaker 1: now we're going to give away the Predator to next week.

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00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:15,560
Speaker 1: That's right, we have to give it away next week.

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00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:18,040
Speaker 1: We'll definitely give it away next week after we've made

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00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:20,279
Speaker 1: sure it works. Um, well, we've got a pride out

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00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:22,440
Speaker 1: of Tony's hands. If there's fingerprints on this one like

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00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:24,719
Speaker 1: there were on the last one, I'm in a lot

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00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:27,960
Speaker 1: of trouble. So we can't do that, all right? Promise

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Speaker 1: can I get it back? How can I? Can? I can? I?

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00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:32,560
Speaker 1: By the way, who let the dog into the studio?

668
00:34:32,640 --> 00:34:34,440
Speaker 1: I have Lucy the Wonder dog in here with me.

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00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:37,839
Speaker 1: It's okay, we've programmed her, so you better watch out. Yeah,

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00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:40,960
Speaker 1: well she's she's the world's most vicious attack pit bull.

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00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:43,799
Speaker 1: So she doesn't like How come how come she wasn't

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00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:45,839
Speaker 1: in here guarding the predator to to keep somebody from

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00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:49,000
Speaker 1: taking it? Well, I think you would have to answer

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00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:51,480
Speaker 1: that question. That wasn't our job. I think you know what,

675
00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:53,520
Speaker 1: will you throw over some of the barbecue we have before?

676
00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:56,640
Speaker 1: But anyway, so, um, I just want to do it.

677
00:34:56,840 --> 00:34:58,200
Speaker 1: I just want to do a quick piece of email.

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00:34:58,239 --> 00:35:00,359
Speaker 1: Can I still do a quick piece of email? Hey? Ron,

679
00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:03,279
Speaker 1: I got hold of an Oto Dodge M four by four.

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00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:05,239
Speaker 1: It's been sitting about three years. The reason it's sitting

681
00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:07,239
Speaker 1: because most of the brake lines were rotted, all the

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00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:09,719
Speaker 1: lines under the hood. To my question is other than

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00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:11,920
Speaker 1: replacing the brake lines where trucks that's been sitting that long,

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00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:13,759
Speaker 1: would you suggests I do before attempting to make it

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00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:16,560
Speaker 1: roadworthy again? At being a diesel? Is there anything special

686
00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:18,560
Speaker 1: I should consider. Thanks Matt, Yeah, Matt, you know what,

687
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:21,480
Speaker 1: I gotta go through the fuel system, alright. Fuel system's

688
00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:23,719
Speaker 1: got to be clean, uh, you know, drain it all.

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00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:27,040
Speaker 1: And you know there are some chemicals out there for

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00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:28,839
Speaker 1: diesels that have been sitting for a long period of time.

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00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:30,840
Speaker 1: You probably want to run that through the system. Do

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00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:32,840
Speaker 1: a little research on that, obviously, Look at all the

693
00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:36,480
Speaker 1: rubber components. The brake rotors are all going to be rusty, obviously,

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00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:39,040
Speaker 1: all the drive line fluids as well as the cooling system.

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00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:41,080
Speaker 1: And take a hard look at that radiator, see what's

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00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:44,600
Speaker 1: rotted and what's not, and replaced and repair accordingly. From

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Speaker 1: there until the next time I'm moderating in the car. Doctor,

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