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Speaker 1: I'm watching you on Facebook. All right, take you my friend.

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Speaker 1: after this, Hey, Ronny of the car Doctor. We move

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Speaker 1: a V six certain model years. But you know, they

425
00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:26,280
Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about as they get older. They've got

426
00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:28,679
Speaker 1: they've got catalytic converter issues and all the rest of

427
00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:31,800
Speaker 1: the predictable stuff that Toyotas have going wrong with them too. Um.

428
00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:36,560
Speaker 1: The other way is you go real old, you know,

429
00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:41,359
Speaker 1: go buy a seventy eight k k K series Blazer Um,

430
00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:43,399
Speaker 1: something just big and old, and you know, and you

431
00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:45,160
Speaker 1: can get more parts for that. It's easier to get

432
00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:47,240
Speaker 1: parts for something forty years old than it is something

433
00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:50,080
Speaker 1: ten years old, believe it or not. And you know,

434
00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:52,399
Speaker 1: if if you're a Weekend Warrior, sometimes you know, I

435
00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:55,120
Speaker 1: always wanted that. Uh you know, I keep thinking I'm

436
00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:57,000
Speaker 1: gonna take my seventy two Monty Carlo and drive it

437
00:22:57,119 --> 00:22:59,320
Speaker 1: full time. And then you know the the other day

438
00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:00,720
Speaker 1: I had to go into this city of Newark for

439
00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:02,680
Speaker 1: something to a parking garage and I thought about it

440
00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:04,280
Speaker 1: and I said, yeah, I think the money Carlo would

441
00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:07,639
Speaker 1: have been gone three three minutes before, um, you know,

442
00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:10,040
Speaker 1: before I put it in the door, because you know,

443
00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:13,920
Speaker 1: back in the day, you know the story. Um. So

444
00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:16,119
Speaker 1: you know, Ford explores a nice vehicle. You get into

445
00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:21,360
Speaker 1: a Ford Escape, Um, if you get into something pre twelve. Uh,

446
00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,119
Speaker 1: their solid cars, you know, we've we've seen those go

447
00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:26,760
Speaker 1: to to fifty three thousand miles. You just gotta find

448
00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:29,040
Speaker 1: the right one with low mileage on it. They're pretty

449
00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:34,520
Speaker 1: much Does the Escape still have a naturally aspirated D six? Yes,

450
00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:37,720
Speaker 1: you can get a V six like the eights, the nines,

451
00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:40,480
Speaker 1: the tens, And that's a good solid vehicle. And it's

452
00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:44,320
Speaker 1: it's moderately priced. Um you know. And I would that

453
00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:47,920
Speaker 1: would that would that Escape still be able to tow

454
00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:53,720
Speaker 1: pound fishing boat? I would think so, And you know

455
00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:57,639
Speaker 1: I'm not, but it's it's worth inquiring, all right. But

456
00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:00,040
Speaker 1: let's let's let's look there. You know, I think the

457
00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:02,840
Speaker 1: thing you got to think about is it's what's parts availability?

458
00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:05,919
Speaker 1: Gonna be and you know, um, what kind of shape

459
00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:07,240
Speaker 1: is it in and how much rust is on the

460
00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:09,879
Speaker 1: chassis and that kind of stuff. You're not You're not

461
00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:12,280
Speaker 1: exactly in the driest part of the country, so you

462
00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:14,320
Speaker 1: may want to look you may want to look Craigslist

463
00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:16,520
Speaker 1: California and take a take a road trip and buy

464
00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:19,960
Speaker 1: something down south and bring it north. Had that thought.

465
00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:24,000
Speaker 1: You know, I've got some cousins down in Texas that perfect. Yeah,

466
00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:26,640
Speaker 1: you know what, it's a good excuse. Let me run, Chris.

467
00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:28,200
Speaker 1: I'm up against the clock. I got a lot going

468
00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:30,200
Speaker 1: on today, but I appreciate the call. All right, sir,

469
00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:32,640
Speaker 1: all right, you're very welcome. Let's get over to Lake

470
00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:35,360
Speaker 1: in Louisiana with some questions about buying a used car.

471
00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:37,239
Speaker 1: What a concept, Lake. Welcome to the car doctor. How

472
00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:42,600
Speaker 1: can I help? Hey, doc, how are you doing? You're welcome, sir. Uh.

473
00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:47,560
Speaker 1: I'm sort of thinking about a two thousand and three

474
00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:54,960
Speaker 1: through five thunderbird. But I've read, uh all kinds of

475
00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:59,119
Speaker 1: things on the internet about the ignissition coil problem. Yeah,

476
00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:02,720
Speaker 1: and and I'm wondering, is that is that the sort

477
00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:06,920
Speaker 1: of the problem that just continues throughout the life of

478
00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:11,760
Speaker 1: the car, or once you replace the coils, you'll be okay,

479
00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:14,440
Speaker 1: you know we've done, We've We've got a few of those.

480
00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:16,840
Speaker 1: And that's not just that in the Thunderbird, it's in

481
00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:19,199
Speaker 1: the Lincoln LS. It's on all the vehicles on that

482
00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:23,359
Speaker 1: platform where you know the car will get you thousand

483
00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:25,040
Speaker 1: miles on it, you're gonna put a set of coils

484
00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:27,800
Speaker 1: in it, and then it'll go another fifty sixty seventy

485
00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:29,879
Speaker 1: thousand miles and either by then they've gotten rid of it,

486
00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:31,720
Speaker 1: or you know, you put another set of coils in it.

487
00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:35,119
Speaker 1: So it does seem to continue. I think some of

488
00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:38,199
Speaker 1: it was the initial coils weren't made as well. But

489
00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:40,080
Speaker 1: it's also got to do with what sort of spark

490
00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:42,160
Speaker 1: plug maintenance was done along the way, and how hard

491
00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:44,639
Speaker 1: are you making that coil work? Are you changing the

492
00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:48,680
Speaker 1: plugs when you're supposed to? You know, I guarantee you

493
00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:51,760
Speaker 1: that nobody is changing spark plugs as often as the

494
00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:55,399
Speaker 1: manufacturer recommends, because there's no indication that you need to

495
00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,040
Speaker 1: out of sight, out of mind, you know, it's it's

496
00:25:58,200 --> 00:25:59,720
Speaker 1: the plugs. You're supposed to be done on a hundred

497
00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:02,199
Speaker 1: and five thousand on cars today as an average and

498
00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:04,760
Speaker 1: somewhere around one eighties, somebody gets a check engine light

499
00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:06,080
Speaker 1: and the misfire and they go, yeah, I think I

500
00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:08,760
Speaker 1: supposed to put spark plugs in four years ago. You know,

501
00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:13,879
Speaker 1: it happens. So you know, if I read a report

502
00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:17,520
Speaker 1: on everything that went wrong with the car to decide

503
00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:20,080
Speaker 1: what to buy, I'd never own anything. I'd have a bicycle,

504
00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:23,040
Speaker 1: all right. I just I just as I just told

505
00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:25,560
Speaker 1: the previous caller, I bought my wife a Ford Explore

506
00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:28,600
Speaker 1: the six. I know the water pump is gonna go

507
00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:31,119
Speaker 1: bed at a hundred thousand miles. I just know it.

508
00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:34,120
Speaker 1: That's when they fail. But I still bought it because

509
00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:36,760
Speaker 1: I like the car. It's every car has got its

510
00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:40,679
Speaker 1: problems today, Like, well, you know that's that's what you

511
00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:43,720
Speaker 1: gotta think about. Yeah, well in this in this car,

512
00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:47,600
Speaker 1: what I read was that Ford extended to warranty to

513
00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:51,080
Speaker 1: ten years, hundred thousand miles for the coils. And of

514
00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:56,080
Speaker 1: course now we're more than ten years out. So my question,

515
00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:59,200
Speaker 1: you know, it was, Hey, if I know that I'm

516
00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:04,040
Speaker 1: gonna have to place uh the coils, will I be okay?

517
00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:07,800
Speaker 1: After that? Well, there's something that's gonna happen every you know,

518
00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:12,000
Speaker 1: if you're asking me, If you're asking me, did they

519
00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:14,200
Speaker 1: update the part number, I'm gonna tell you that when

520
00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:17,680
Speaker 1: I replaced the coils, I could see a visible difference

521
00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:20,960
Speaker 1: in in the vendor the way it was made, and

522
00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,800
Speaker 1: a slight difference in the case. So I'm gonna say, yeah,

523
00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:28,040
Speaker 1: they likely changed something. Exactly what that I don't know

524
00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:31,399
Speaker 1: the answer to. But as long as somebody's using a

525
00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:34,800
Speaker 1: good quality part and they're doing the rest of the maintenance, listen, man,

526
00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:38,119
Speaker 1: it's a t bird, all right, go buy one, drive it.

527
00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:41,040
Speaker 1: Life's too short. Have a good time, all right, Thank you,

528
00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:44,960
Speaker 1: You're welcome, sir. You take good care of zero. We're

529
00:27:45,000 --> 00:28:00,200
Speaker 1: back right after this, I write, and I'm a wall,

530
00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:03,040
Speaker 1: so you don't forget to call for car advice. Done right?

531
00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:07,359
Speaker 1: Eight five five five zero nine zero zero. Now back

532
00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:11,080
Speaker 1: to Ron. Let's get gonna talk to Lee and Vermont fifty. Lee,

533
00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:14,920
Speaker 1: what's going on? How can I help? H? Well, it's uh,

534
00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:19,800
Speaker 1: and thanks for taking my call. First. Uh. When I

535
00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:21,840
Speaker 1: hooked the trailer to it, or when I unhooked the

536
00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:24,000
Speaker 1: trailer to it and I get out of trailer mode,

537
00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:29,360
Speaker 1: it stays in the computer on the dash stays in

538
00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:32,240
Speaker 1: in trailer mode and you have to manually go in

539
00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:36,280
Speaker 1: and disabled the trailer. It doesn't always work. It does

540
00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:41,880
Speaker 1: not always put up the right message and steps. I mean, Ford,

541
00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:44,640
Speaker 1: Ford put this out. Ford has the instructions and I

542
00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:49,280
Speaker 1: and I can't helpfully there's not a permanent six to

543
00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:52,800
Speaker 1: reprogram the computer or whatever they have. Wait wait, wait,

544
00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:54,800
Speaker 1: wait when you say Ford put out, what what are

545
00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:56,960
Speaker 1: you talking about? There's there's a bulletin out about this.

546
00:28:57,000 --> 00:29:02,560
Speaker 1: You're aware of that. I thought there was. There is

547
00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:06,600
Speaker 1: eighteen Dash one O six came out in March. Have

548
00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:12,760
Speaker 1: you seen that? No? Oh, yes, I have not March

549
00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:16,080
Speaker 1: eighteen if I remember right, it's been out there a while,

550
00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:18,960
Speaker 1: and it talks about it talks about if the if

551
00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:23,160
Speaker 1: the instrument cluster is showing trailer connected and or disconnected

552
00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:25,840
Speaker 1: one or the other without a trailer connected, and or

553
00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:28,440
Speaker 1: you hook a trailer up and still shows trailer disconnected,

554
00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:31,880
Speaker 1: then the bulletin has got some diagnostic steps and and

555
00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,400
Speaker 1: ultimately the problem is gonna be that you're gonna replace

556
00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:38,680
Speaker 1: the trailer connector at the back of the bumper. Okay,

557
00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:41,760
Speaker 1: all right, but read the bulleting because Ford actually has

558
00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:44,000
Speaker 1: extended the warranty and a lot of vehicles. It started

559
00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:46,840
Speaker 1: model year if I remember right, uh as early as

560
00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:49,240
Speaker 1: model year fifteen on some vehicles, like I think it's

561
00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:53,120
Speaker 1: through eighteen f one, fifties, and it affects navigators and

562
00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:55,800
Speaker 1: super duties and some of the transits and some of

563
00:29:55,840 --> 00:30:00,480
Speaker 1: the expeditions and things like that. I don't I don't

564
00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:03,720
Speaker 1: doubt it. I just didn't find it, couldn't find it

565
00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:06,440
Speaker 1: or whatever. It's just that I believed it was out

566
00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:10,800
Speaker 1: there because of what does the manual in the manual

567
00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:14,160
Speaker 1: instructions that Forward put out. If they're putting that out there,

568
00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:16,360
Speaker 1: they know the problem exists and there ought to be

569
00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:18,680
Speaker 1: a fixed for you know, I've come to the conclusion,

570
00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:21,560
Speaker 1: and after doing this for forty something years, not just

571
00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:24,720
Speaker 1: radio radio is only eight um, I've come to the

572
00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:28,040
Speaker 1: conclusion that every diagnosis for every problem, if you can

573
00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:30,200
Speaker 1: solve it in ten minutes because you got lucky because

574
00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:32,960
Speaker 1: you saw seven of them before the day before, that's good.

575
00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:36,200
Speaker 1: But I think the majority of diagnosis today it's it's

576
00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:39,760
Speaker 1: it's like the diagnostic routine is the same, verify the problem,

577
00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:42,640
Speaker 1: look for bulletin's, look for recalls, check n h T

578
00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:46,840
Speaker 1: S a check the manufacturer's website, duplicate the condition, and

579
00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:49,120
Speaker 1: then software updates. And after you go through those six

580
00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:52,440
Speaker 1: or seven steps, then you can begin the hard diagnosis,

581
00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:55,240
Speaker 1: because it seems like all those steps have to be

582
00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:59,120
Speaker 1: taken before you start taking anything apart anymore, because everything

583
00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:01,960
Speaker 1: is either software or an update, a component, a warranty,

584
00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:06,440
Speaker 1: a bulletin a you know. Um, so just just be mindful,

585
00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:07,840
Speaker 1: all right, but your hands on that bullet and that

586
00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:09,800
Speaker 1: will speed it up for you. All right, kiddo, I

587
00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:12,400
Speaker 1: got one more thing for you, real quick, real quick.

588
00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:17,160
Speaker 1: Uh programmer programmable chip for that truck six point to

589
00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:20,360
Speaker 1: leader gas. Nobody seems to want to make one for

590
00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:23,959
Speaker 1: for a gas and and well yeah, and and the

591
00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:27,720
Speaker 1: problem is it's it's it's too new in my opinion,

592
00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:30,280
Speaker 1: and you're right because it's gas. So the only thing

593
00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:33,000
Speaker 1: you could try is an air and take kit from

594
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:35,520
Speaker 1: one of the manufacturers to see if that'll improve it.

595
00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:38,880
Speaker 1: But you know, nothing's gonna really make the big changes

596
00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:42,360
Speaker 1: until somebody does come out with a chip. So, um,

597
00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:44,000
Speaker 1: you know, best answer I got. But I know what

598
00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:47,040
Speaker 1: you're up against. You know, not every vehicle does a chip,

599
00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:51,200
Speaker 1: you know, make Diablo sport doesn't make a chip for everything, unfortunately,

600
00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:52,320
Speaker 1: and if a lot of it has to do with

601
00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:54,840
Speaker 1: the sheer numbers of what was made, there was probably

602
00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:58,440
Speaker 1: more vehicles of that generation built with diesel than gas,

603
00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:01,040
Speaker 1: and that's why that's where all the money goes. All right, kiddo,

604
00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:03,760
Speaker 1: I gotta go. I'm up against the clock. I'm running

605
00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:05,520
Speaker 1: any of the car. Doctor, We're back right after this,

606
00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:13,120
Speaker 1: back on a hand car, Doctor, Jim Wisconsin. We're gonna

607
00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:14,640
Speaker 1: do two and three minutes. Go Jim, what do you

608
00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:18,560
Speaker 1: got those six dorm X Yeah, one story shorter, but

609
00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:20,800
Speaker 1: had it since it was new. It's got a hundred

610
00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:23,760
Speaker 1: and sixty thousand on it. My good friend was gonna

611
00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:25,280
Speaker 1: help me take the box off because I want to

612
00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:27,920
Speaker 1: put steamless steel brake lines on and rebuild all the breaks,

613
00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:30,000
Speaker 1: all the new parts which I have. So I was

614
00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:32,680
Speaker 1: gonna put in some stant thermostats, and I was thinking

615
00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:35,400
Speaker 1: it while I was at it. Uh to go ahead

616
00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:38,240
Speaker 1: and put in a new water pump and a new radiator.

617
00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:43,920
Speaker 1: At this vintage, had a question about a specific part number, well,

618
00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:45,720
Speaker 1: I would I would tell you that let's do. Let's

619
00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:47,760
Speaker 1: let's do what parts you can get access to think

620
00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:49,440
Speaker 1: of it like this, it's a No. Six, it's it's

621
00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:52,040
Speaker 1: it's it's thirteen fourteen years old, it's got high mile

622
00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:53,440
Speaker 1: john it What are you waiting for it to break

623
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:54,680
Speaker 1: down on the side of the road, And then we're

624
00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:56,720
Speaker 1: stuck from home and we're depending upon getting it fixed

625
00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:59,400
Speaker 1: somewhere else. And then the other issue is, let's get

626
00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:01,600
Speaker 1: some new part parts are good quality parts while they're

627
00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:05,320
Speaker 1: still available, before they're discontinued. My old for suburban sixty

628
00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:07,600
Speaker 1: thousand miles on it. I had a chance. I came

629
00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:10,440
Speaker 1: across a brand new from GM, original GM part number

630
00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:13,040
Speaker 1: a C compressor, paid less than twohundred bucks for work.

631
00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:15,000
Speaker 1: I don't need it, but I know they're a high

632
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:16,600
Speaker 1: failure rate, and it's sitting in the shop at the

633
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:18,680
Speaker 1: top of my locker, in a nice warm spot in

634
00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:20,360
Speaker 1: the back room. And someday when I need it, because

635
00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:22,640
Speaker 1: I'm gonna drive that truck forever, I'm gonna have it.

636
00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:25,200
Speaker 1: And you know, a C compressor to me is real important.

637
00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:27,479
Speaker 1: So parts aren't a problem. Get them while you can,

638
00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:29,920
Speaker 1: and put them on while you can. One suggestion when

639
00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:32,760
Speaker 1: you're doing the stainless steel brake lines, put a drop

640
00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:36,400
Speaker 1: of oil on the back of the flare and so

641
00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:39,120
Speaker 1: that the nut when it crushes against the stainless steel

642
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:42,200
Speaker 1: it it goes smoother. And put a drop of oil

643
00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:44,600
Speaker 1: on the threads of the line so when you tighten

644
00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:47,400
Speaker 1: it down you can really crush it, because stainless is

645
00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:49,200
Speaker 1: hard to get the seal. One of the problems I

646
00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:50,960
Speaker 1: run into when I do the hot rods. Every time

647
00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:53,240
Speaker 1: I do standless. I've tried that trick and it works

648
00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:55,480
Speaker 1: really well. It kind of holds things together. All right,

649
00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:58,800
Speaker 1: there are on the directions for it, right, Yeah, put

650
00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:00,720
Speaker 1: a drop oil on the threads on the back side

651
00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:02,520
Speaker 1: of the flare, and I think you'll be better off.

652
00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:04,880
Speaker 1: And change whatever parts you can get access to, as

653
00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:07,760
Speaker 1: long as a good quality part, preferably made in USA

654
00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:11,839
Speaker 1: or Mexico. Not are not our newest state China. All right, kiddo,

655
00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:13,600
Speaker 1: do that? You gotta hear the questions. Give me a

656
00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:15,600
Speaker 1: call back. Let's get over and talk to Charles in Virginia.

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00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:18,640
Speaker 1: What's going on here? Charles? Real quick? Um, I have

658
00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:23,880
Speaker 1: a worrying problem. I think tourists the interior cilly lights

659
00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:27,520
Speaker 1: are staying on. So I take the ball about to

660
00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:29,799
Speaker 1: keep him from running the battery down? All right, do

661
00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:33,719
Speaker 1: you recall which door or when it occurred that just

662
00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:35,480
Speaker 1: one day you just noticed you open and closed the

663
00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:38,360
Speaker 1: door and the light didn't go out. Um, it's my

664
00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:41,440
Speaker 1: granddaughter's car. Is it just she just noticed it wouldn't

665
00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:44,160
Speaker 1: go out and it's actually stayed on with all the

666
00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:46,759
Speaker 1: doors closed. Okay, but do you remember which do you

667
00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:49,200
Speaker 1: happen to remember which door? Is it that she's a

668
00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:51,719
Speaker 1: one passenger vehicle, you know driver that it's always the

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00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:53,520
Speaker 1: driver's door, and then one day she closed the driver's

670
00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:55,359
Speaker 1: door and the light didn't go out, or she yeah,

671
00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:58,839
Speaker 1: driver's store, driver's door. So IF's the driver's door, it's

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00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:02,080
Speaker 1: likely the door g M switch, which is inside the door.

673
00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:04,960
Speaker 1: The door panel's gotta come off. The door jam switch.

674
00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:07,120
Speaker 1: You actually have to face the front of the car

675
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:10,720
Speaker 1: and shove your arm back to the doorlatch. You'll find

676
00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:13,440
Speaker 1: it and twist it. Go google it, look online. You'll

677
00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:16,719
Speaker 1: see it's a little tiny switch that twists into the

678
00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:20,200
Speaker 1: bottom of the doorlatch. It's got a very short stroke plunger,

679
00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:22,759
Speaker 1: not even a thirty second of an inch. Sometimes I'll

680
00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:25,160
Speaker 1: take a little liquid wrench or w D forty, put

681
00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:27,600
Speaker 1: a drop of it on where the latches that the

682
00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:31,040
Speaker 1: opinion the pin catches on. I'll shoot a little in there.

683
00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:34,080
Speaker 1: Sometimes it'll go into the switch, soak its way in

684
00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:36,760
Speaker 1: and release the plunger. Try that, Call me back until

685
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Speaker 1: next time I'm on any of the car doctor reminding

686
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Speaker 1: you good mechanics aren't expensive, they're priced