1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,840 Speaker 1: Ron Ananian, I thought it would be appropriate time to 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 1: talk about, well, that junk in your trunk. If you 3 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 1: don't mind, I'd like to check the motor looks like 4 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 1: a pretty good motor. You're looking in the trunk, and 5 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: Pope the car doctor, it seems that a lot of 6 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 1: car companies does not put a spare tire at all 7 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:39,599 Speaker 1: in a few of their cars, more than a few 8 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:42,880 Speaker 1: of their cars. It seems it's a hundred and sixty 9 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 1: on what basis just that computed. I wouldn't figure on 10 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 1: the basis of five hundred and typic foot poles in 11 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:50,840 Speaker 1: one second, about thirty three thousand foot pods in one minute. 12 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 1: I'm afraid you can haven't answered my question. Welcome to 13 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 1: the radio home of ron Ananian, the Car Doctor, since 14 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 1: this is where a car owners the world overturned to 15 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 1: for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. If your mechanics 16 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 1: giving you a busy signal, pick up the phone and 17 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 1: call in the garage to orders are open. But I 18 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:16,319 Speaker 1: am here to take your calls at eight five and 19 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: now give a little gadget. Then hey, hey, what's that 20 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 1: thing that well that mixes gasoline with add a form 21 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: of paper that explodes with objective of the cylinders. Oh really, 22 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: what I call it? He running? Hey, come on, answer down. 23 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:36,320 Speaker 1: Running in the Car Doctor at the Helm today has 24 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: always these past twenty five plus years, here to take 25 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 1: your calls and answer your questions. We're taking no prisoners today. 26 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:43,039 Speaker 1: It was a heck of a week at the shop 27 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:45,320 Speaker 1: and it's probably gonna come out on radio. The phone 28 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 1: number eight five five five zero nine nine zero zero. 29 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 1: You've got a car problem, You've got something nobody else 30 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: can fix. I challenge you call me. I'll fix it guaranteed. 31 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 1: Not a problem. The week I had, the people I 32 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 1: talked to have come to the conclusion that the number 33 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 1: of people out there that can fix cars is shrinking 34 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 1: each and every day. Eight zero nine nine zero zero. 35 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 1: More information Car Doctor Show dot com. Of course we've 36 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 1: got a website. Of course it's not the best in 37 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 1: the world. You know why. We're too busy fixing cars. 38 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 1: If you want links to podcast, get out to tune 39 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 1: In dot com, I Heart dot com or iTunes dot com. 40 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 1: All links available visa via the Car Doctor website. The 41 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 1: things people say, you know, I'm not sure if when 42 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 1: I'm sitting around the fire and my my old age, 43 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 1: which is rapidly approaching, and my grandchildren, if I ever 44 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 1: have any or up on my knee. And they asked me, 45 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 1: what did you do during the war, daddy, or what 46 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: did you do for a living Grandpa? It'll be well, 47 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:44,960 Speaker 1: I fixed cars. And it was interesting to say the least, 48 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:48,800 Speaker 1: because of the things people say. Woman called the shop 49 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 1: this week. Haven't really worked on a car and about 50 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: six years. I'm not quite sure why. I just know 51 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 1: that you're the only mechanic I trust, but I just 52 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:00,080 Speaker 1: haven't been able to get in. Okay, not a problem, 53 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 1: I understand. And that was how the conversation opened up. 54 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: She wanted to know if I wanted to go up 55 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 1: to Toyota and have her two thousand seven Highlander towed out, 56 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:12,239 Speaker 1: because they told her it needed an alternator, an alternator 57 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 1: in a battery and it was seven dollars for the 58 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 1: alternator and they wanted a hundred and sixty dollars for 59 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 1: the battery and they were still going a charger for 60 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 1: the oil change. And I'm thinking, okay, and the problem 61 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 1: here is what And she said, well, it's just too 62 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:29,519 Speaker 1: much money for an alternator. And I said, well, are 63 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:33,359 Speaker 1: you sure? Have you like priced it? Are you? You know? No? 64 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: I just want you to go up and pay them 65 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 1: for what I've got in it, and tow the car 66 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: down to your shop and have you fixed. And I said, well, 67 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: let's talk about this from a let's be logical. You know, 68 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 1: I know logic doesn't seem to have its place in 69 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 1: this society of ours, and that it seems to escape 70 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: most of us. But let's just try. I looked up 71 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 1: the price of an alternator, an alternator out of Toyota, 72 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 1: because that's what they were putting on, a Toyota brand, 73 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 1: Toyota branded, you know, new out of the dealer. It's 74 00:03:57,560 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 1: four hundred and twenty dollars. I said, you know, this 75 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 1: alternator's fur hundred and twenty bucks. I said, did they 76 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 1: diagnosed it? Oh? Yeah, they diagnosed it. They ran through 77 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 1: a diagnosis. I said, okay, so let's let's put an 78 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 1: hour on the ticket. You know, let's let's throw a 79 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 1: hundred dollars on the ticket. Whether you repair shops a 80 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 1: hundred and twenty or eighty or wherever you are and 81 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:18,479 Speaker 1: whatever point of the universe. Okay, hundred bucks is a 82 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 1: good fair number for our estimate. Now we're at five twenty. 83 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:25,839 Speaker 1: They've got to change that alternator. It's gotta be an hour, 84 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 1: an hour and a half. Let's call it a hundred 85 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:34,719 Speaker 1: fifty bucks. We're at five six seventy, A little sales tax, 86 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:39,040 Speaker 1: you're at seven. What's the problem. Well, it just seems 87 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 1: like too much money. And they want a hundred sixty 88 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 1: dollars for a battery. Okay, let's do the math. Batteries 89 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:47,719 Speaker 1: don't jump off the part shelf. I've checked, you know, 90 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: I've had a battery. I put a battery on the 91 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 1: counter once I waited a whole half hour. It stayed 92 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 1: right there. It didn't magically install itself in the car. 93 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:58,279 Speaker 1: I have proof of that. I'm gonna take a video 94 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: of that. Maybe that's what we need to they'll put 95 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:03,279 Speaker 1: it out on Facebook and um whether we have a 96 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:07,719 Speaker 1: Facebook page too. I just don't get it. You know, 97 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:12,279 Speaker 1: repair shops are in business to make money, contrary to 98 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:15,200 Speaker 1: what people think, and they're entitled to make money. That's 99 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 1: what it's all about. Another customer called the shop, I 100 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:21,919 Speaker 1: haven't seen them in four years and announcing to themselves, 101 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 1: announcing to me that I, you know, all mechanics are crooks, 102 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 1: and I've decided to come back and give you another chance. 103 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: Hopefully you don't rip me off as bad as you 104 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 1: ripped me off the last time. Well, hey, that really 105 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 1: just you know, that's just makes me really want to 106 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: jump right in with both feet. And we started to 107 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 1: talk about them bringing their own parts and how they 108 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: wanted to stand there and watch and make sure when 109 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:43,719 Speaker 1: I charged. For the time I was on the car, 110 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:49,159 Speaker 1: I was actually working on the car. Is it really 111 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:52,600 Speaker 1: that bad out there? Is it? And and this is 112 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 1: this is you know, I understand. Listen, I get it. 113 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 1: Some people are just nuts. Uh you know, there's just 114 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 1: no way around it. You just you just can't deal 115 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:02,279 Speaker 1: with it. And I understand most of you are shaking 116 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 1: your head, going yeah, you know, it's that's the way 117 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 1: it is dealing with the public. I only hope that 118 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 1: you're smart enough, and I think most of you are 119 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: that if you're one of these people, you're gonna catch 120 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 1: yourself and look at it. And that's what this is about. 121 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 1: You know, when I come home and I sit down 122 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 1: and I have I have dinner at the table, and 123 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:21,600 Speaker 1: I talked to the family and they say, how is 124 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:24,360 Speaker 1: your day? And I talked to them, I'm careful how 125 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:26,599 Speaker 1: I talk to them, like I'm careful how I talk 126 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 1: to you, because it's important that you know it's hard 127 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:35,720 Speaker 1: to tell everything that goes on in the shop during 128 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 1: the course of the day, and it's important for you 129 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 1: to know that that repair shops need the benefit of 130 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 1: the doubt until they show you otherwise. They need you 131 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:47,599 Speaker 1: to understand that they're there to make a living. There 132 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 1: there to fix the car, and the price of the 133 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 1: technology to fix that car is going up each and 134 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 1: every day. The littlest Nanian I think we talked about 135 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:00,040 Speaker 1: this about two weeks ago. Her car was real and 136 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 1: that she was in an accident and she's fine. And 137 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:03,719 Speaker 1: I appreciated all the letters because I failed to mention 138 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:06,160 Speaker 1: when I talked about it on air that she's okay, 139 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:08,599 Speaker 1: and she is. She's absolutely fine. Her car went into 140 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 1: the Ford dealership to be repaired, and you know, in 141 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 1: their body shop, and I was talking to the collision 142 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 1: shop manager and I said, by the way, I said, 143 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 1: there's a little crease on the passenger side door where 144 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 1: it looks like somebody dragged the shopping cart and didn't 145 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 1: say anything about him. Put enough of a decrease in 146 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 1: this two year old car that it annoys me. Can 147 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 1: you give me a price on what it is to 148 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:33,560 Speaker 1: fix that? Well, I can't include that in the price 149 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 1: of the body work for the insurance. I understand that 150 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:38,440 Speaker 1: I'm not looking for free I'm looking forward to be 151 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: done right. That's all I want. I just want somebody 152 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 1: to do it right. His whole demeanor changed. You could 153 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 1: feel the energy come through the phone and he was like, Wow, 154 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 1: somebody that gets it. I said, yeah, listen, dude, you're 155 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 1: there to make money. I understand that your obligation is 156 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 1: to repair it. My obligation is to pay for it, 157 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 1: and it's it's a fair ext change. And hopefully you 158 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 1: know you do a good job for me. I'll come 159 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:04,200 Speaker 1: back and we'll build a relationship. I hope I don't 160 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 1: come back to the body shop that often because I 161 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 1: don't want to keep getting hit. But my point is 162 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: I ought to repair like any other business, like the 163 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 1: family doctor, the lawyer, the accountant, the corner store. It's 164 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 1: the relationship. It's not all predicated on how cheap can 165 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:23,000 Speaker 1: you do it, because if you live and die by 166 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 1: the sword of the dollar, sooner or later, it's just 167 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 1: not going to work out. The economics don't add up 168 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 1: the last things people say. Episode from the Shop this 169 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 1: week was the guy who wanted me to install he 170 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 1: had a daytime running lamp out on the left side. 171 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 1: And you know, it was late on Friday. It was 172 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 1: against my better judgment and it was really tough to 173 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:49,080 Speaker 1: get to on this Volkswagon. Jedi've got the cuts on 174 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 1: my hands to prove it that. You have to take 175 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 1: the headlight cover off, reach your hand down and you're 176 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:56,839 Speaker 1: literally stand backwards. You're facing the car, but your head, 177 00:08:56,920 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 1: your arm is down on the right and you're without 178 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:01,199 Speaker 1: seeing it. You're kind of wiggling in and your feeling 179 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:03,880 Speaker 1: and you're just and there it is and twisted out, 180 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 1: pull it out, turn around, change the ball, put the 181 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:08,720 Speaker 1: ball back in, put it back and stand there backwards 182 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:12,080 Speaker 1: and kind of guide it in. When I got the 183 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,920 Speaker 1: bulbs that he had purchased out, I looked at it 184 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 1: and I said, the rappers says for red lens, And 185 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:21,440 Speaker 1: I went, yea is your white lens car? These these 186 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:25,199 Speaker 1: bulbs glow white? Well, he said, the bolls are in 187 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:26,719 Speaker 1: the glove compartment. He knew that they were right, and 188 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 1: they knew they were good quality, and he knew they 189 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 1: would work and I shouldn't have a problem, so I 190 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:33,559 Speaker 1: put them in. Of course I put in one. Now 191 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 1: the car looks stupid at a red at a red 192 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 1: daytime running lamp in a white daytime running lamp. Oh, 193 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:41,600 Speaker 1: he must mean for me to change both daytime running lamps. 194 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 1: And I'm trying to move the day along. It's Friday. 195 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 1: Put both daytime running lamps in. Now I start the car. 196 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:50,600 Speaker 1: I got two red lights up front. Looks like Rudolph's knows, 197 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 1: you know, be perfect because Christmas Eve, and start the 198 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 1: car up. The dashboard warning lights came on. Check both 199 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 1: for daytime running lamps because the body modules looking at 200 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:06,319 Speaker 1: resistance value or some other measurement, and it's coming up 201 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:08,439 Speaker 1: with that the daytime running lamps are bad or they're out, 202 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:12,640 Speaker 1: and it's warning you about bulb out bulb illumination. This 203 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:14,160 Speaker 1: is where I decided to call Tom up. And I 204 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:15,960 Speaker 1: called Tom up and I explained the whole thing to me, 205 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:18,600 Speaker 1: and I just heard dead silence and crickets on the 206 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:20,079 Speaker 1: other end of the phone, and he's like, you know, 207 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 1: I'm wrong, I'm sorry. I should have listened to you. 208 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:25,199 Speaker 1: And stilling my own parts doesn't work. Doesn't not, Tom, 209 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 1: it doesn't, He goes. I thought they were white and 210 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:31,200 Speaker 1: I didn't realize they were going to be read and 211 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:33,560 Speaker 1: the guy at the parts store assured me that they 212 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 1: would absolutely positively work, and I went, well, and I 213 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 1: know which one it was. It was the one up 214 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 1: the road in white coff and uh, we'll leave it 215 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 1: at that because they just tend to make their mistakes, 216 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:47,600 Speaker 1: these guys, I just don't understand that they can't look 217 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 1: up auto parts and they make everybody's life harder because 218 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:54,200 Speaker 1: of it. So I ended up taking the bulbs out. 219 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:56,199 Speaker 1: I put the white ones back in, the one that 220 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:57,679 Speaker 1: worked and the one that didn't work, and I put 221 00:10:57,679 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 1: the car back to where it was. And he said, 222 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 1: what you And I said, you know what, I should 223 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:02,679 Speaker 1: be slapt on the wrist because I should have stopped 224 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 1: when I saw a red lens, not white lens, and 225 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 1: no charge. We'll talk it up to experience because now 226 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 1: I get to talk about it on national radio, because 227 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 1: that's really what I do at the shop. You see, 228 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:16,280 Speaker 1: the bottom line is ought to repair. For me, it's 229 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:18,760 Speaker 1: just a moment of where I get to collect information 230 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:22,440 Speaker 1: to come up there, stand on this stage and talk 231 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 1: to you what I've seen during the course of the 232 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 1: week in the past forty three years of repairing cars. 233 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 1: And granted, I've probably forgotten more than I remember at 234 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:32,040 Speaker 1: this point in the game, but I remember enough to 235 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:35,960 Speaker 1: tell you that if you call me zo nine zero zero, 236 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:37,840 Speaker 1: I'm running anating of the Car Doctor. I'll be here 237 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 1: to answer your questions when I returned. Stay tuned, get 238 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:13,560 Speaker 1: welcome back. Randy in the Car Doctor here at your 239 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 1: service at zero nine nine zero zero, here to talk 240 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 1: to you about your car. You know, if you're new 241 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 1: to the Car Doctor, if you just turn its on 242 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 1: for the first time, we're glad to have you. And 243 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:24,560 Speaker 1: just let me tell you, this radio show is really 244 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:27,319 Speaker 1: all about you. It's what kind of problems are you facing? 245 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:30,240 Speaker 1: And it can be the simple stuff like how often 246 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 1: should I change my oil to I've got this check 247 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 1: engine light on that nobody's been able to fix and 248 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 1: it's been on for the past three years. What should 249 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 1: I do to even the more complicated So, whatever it is, 250 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:42,679 Speaker 1: feel free give us a spin, give us a quality 251 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 1: five five zero nine zero zero. That is the Car 252 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:48,959 Speaker 1: Doctor seven number, and you can leave a message. When 253 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 1: we're not on the air. We will allow a messaging 254 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 1: service to pick up. Leave a message and we will 255 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:56,080 Speaker 1: call you back and include you in the car doctor 256 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:59,720 Speaker 1: family up here on radio. Speaking of family, let's kick 257 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 1: up with the garage doors and welcome the producer to 258 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:05,840 Speaker 1: the microphone, Mr Fast Harry, Hey, Ron, how are you? 259 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:07,679 Speaker 1: I'm good? Yeah. By the way, you get your right 260 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:11,240 Speaker 1: T shirt on today? I'm the only one very special. 261 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:14,439 Speaker 1: You're very special. Yeah, for a lot of reasons. I'm 262 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 1: their favorite producer, So you're the only producer. Tony's holding 263 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 1: up his fingers showing me how intelligent he is. Yeah, 264 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:23,080 Speaker 1: there you go. I know what that meant. So what 265 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 1: do you got for me today? What's on the phone? 266 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:26,679 Speaker 1: By the way, do you have a question? You have 267 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 1: a comment for me about something? You had a comment 268 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:32,480 Speaker 1: about something, yeah, bills all about the phone calls? Yeah, 269 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:34,560 Speaker 1: I was gonna say, uh, you know, we got a 270 00:13:34,559 --> 00:13:37,960 Speaker 1: lot of emails and website contacts with no phone numbers, 271 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:41,080 Speaker 1: and the whole premises I have to be able to 272 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:43,559 Speaker 1: call you and discuss the issue. So please, when you're 273 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:46,240 Speaker 1: sending in a website contact or an email to Ron, 274 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:50,880 Speaker 1: please include your phone number. Right, Yeah, that's true, because 275 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 1: I just say you know if they can email me 276 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 1: Ron at Car Doctor Show dot com. But even if 277 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:59,320 Speaker 1: they email me, please include the phone number because listen, 278 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 1: sometimes we understand not everybody wants to go on radio, 279 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:03,560 Speaker 1: but sometimes we'll call somebody and say did the car 280 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:05,640 Speaker 1: do this? Or did the car do that? And that 281 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:08,720 Speaker 1: helps in in providing an answer. So always including a 282 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:11,840 Speaker 1: phone number in any correspondence with us. So good point. 283 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:13,319 Speaker 1: What who do you got from me on the phone to? 284 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:16,040 Speaker 1: So let's go with. The first call is Bill. He's 285 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:19,440 Speaker 1: in Winterport, Maine. He's got an O nine trailblazer, and 286 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 1: you know the auto light function. Well, it's auto lighting 287 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 1: during the day when he doesn't need the headlights and 288 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:26,560 Speaker 1: turn him off at night when he does need him. 289 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 1: Maybe he's driving backwards. Yeah, so things are opposite. So 290 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 1: let me see if I can help him here. Hey, Bill, 291 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:35,120 Speaker 1: welcome to the Car Doctor sir. What's going on? Well, 292 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 1: the thing is just like just like the guy said, Um, 293 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,320 Speaker 1: I went together in my car the other night and 294 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:45,880 Speaker 1: take it out of an appointment, and I always have 295 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 1: it switched on the on the dash where the lights 296 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:52,720 Speaker 1: come on by themselves, right auto position, And I had 297 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 1: I had no running light. I had high beams but 298 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 1: no running lights. During the day, I have running light, 299 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:04,320 Speaker 1: that night I don't. Then the other day I want 300 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:06,520 Speaker 1: to pull it in the garage, you know, to see 301 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 1: what was going on. I couldn't shut the truck off. 302 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 1: I had to disconnect the battery, the positive negative annual 303 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:17,600 Speaker 1: alternator before the car. When you say you couldn't shut 304 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:20,000 Speaker 1: the truck off, you turn the key off, key out 305 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 1: in your hand, and the truck kept running. Oh yeah, okay, 306 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 1: So anybody anybody look at this yet? Bill? Anybody take 307 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 1: a shot at fixing this? No, No, I didn't yet. 308 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:34,280 Speaker 1: I was gonna talk to you first to see if 309 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:36,720 Speaker 1: you ever heard of this before. Yeah, I have. And 310 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 1: where I would start with this truck. The very first 311 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 1: thing I would do is do a scan in particular 312 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 1: the body module. You know, depending upon what kind of 313 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 1: scan tool they're using, they can go in and do 314 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 1: a complete system scan, but in this case, I would 315 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 1: pay careful attention to the body module or the BCM 316 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 1: as it's called on a General Motors product, just to 317 00:15:58,000 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 1: see what sort of fault codes are there. I would 318 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:02,680 Speaker 1: think one of the ones they're going to see is 319 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:06,360 Speaker 1: a b as in boy, which is an ambient light 320 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 1: sensor circuit fault, which would tie into the lights not 321 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 1: working properly based on light or dark out, the not 322 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:17,240 Speaker 1: shutting off issue. I've got a suspicion they're going to 323 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 1: see a fault with the ignition switch and quite possibly 324 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 1: some other things. But let's let's do a system scan. Now. 325 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:28,480 Speaker 1: They can go in and look at all the modules, 326 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 1: and I always encourage that, but in particular, pay attention 327 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 1: to the body module. Keep in mind. And and here's 328 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 1: the point, because I can already hear the wheels spinning 329 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 1: and everybody's mind out there. They're saying, well, there's no 330 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 1: you've got no do you have dash lights on? Bill, 331 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 1: I didn't ask you that question, but it doesn't matter 332 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 1: if you do or don't you have any on which lights? No? No? No? 333 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 1: Do you have any dash warning lights on? No? Checking 334 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 1: out right? See and and and I just want to 335 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 1: clarify that because a a fault in the ambient light 336 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 1: sensors circuit will not turn on a check engine or 337 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:08,640 Speaker 1: other dash illumination light. So just because the card does 338 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:12,120 Speaker 1: not have warning lamps lit does not mean it's not 339 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:16,320 Speaker 1: time to do a code scan. Very very important point 340 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:18,720 Speaker 1: to note. We had a two thousand four Chevy and Pal. 341 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 1: I'm still dealing with this intermittent air conditioning problem. We've 342 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:24,000 Speaker 1: been talking about it the last couple of weeks, and 343 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:26,120 Speaker 1: it came back this week again. I had a little 344 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 1: more time with it. And one of the things I 345 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 1: found in scanning it no fault codes, but looking at 346 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:34,679 Speaker 1: electronic information, the scan tool is interpreting in terms of 347 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 1: temperature pressure sensor as a possible fault. Wouldn't set a code, 348 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:42,280 Speaker 1: but using the scan tool help me diagnose a mechanical 349 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:45,480 Speaker 1: air conditioning fault. So the scan tool clearly has its place. 350 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 1: Was there a second part to the question, Bill? Uh? No, 351 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:53,920 Speaker 1: it was just that one about not shutting off. And 352 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:57,200 Speaker 1: the only thing with that is I just connected the 353 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 1: battery and I left it all night right, just connected 354 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 1: the next day, I had no problem with turning on 355 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 1: and shutting off to the headlights work. Okay, Now, okay, 356 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:16,240 Speaker 1: before you before you disconnected again, get the code scanned. 357 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:19,560 Speaker 1: Keep in mind the fault regarding the not shutting off, 358 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:22,680 Speaker 1: whatever was there, If there was something there in terms 359 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:25,959 Speaker 1: of code, was cleared when you disconnected the battery. So 360 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:27,719 Speaker 1: the next time it happens to be prepared and get 361 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:29,359 Speaker 1: a code scan done. Let me know, Hey, make out 362 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 1: I'm on any of the car doctor. I'll be back 363 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:51,359 Speaker 1: right after this, baby, welcome backing the car doctor here 364 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 1: at your service at five five zero zero zero eight 365 00:18:55,520 --> 00:19:00,639 Speaker 1: five five five zero nine zero zero, and you're taking 366 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 1: calls and kind of rolling along this hour. Let's get 367 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:05,120 Speaker 1: over and talk to Bob in New City, New York, 368 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:08,120 Speaker 1: two thousand and eleven four escape Bob into the car doctor, sir, 369 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:11,880 Speaker 1: how can I help? Uh? After I had my transmission 370 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:16,719 Speaker 1: fluid changed? Uh in the beginning of the year. Now lately, 371 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 1: when I started the car up in the morning and 372 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:21,560 Speaker 1: I pull outed the garage when I put it in reverse, 373 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:25,240 Speaker 1: I hate like metal changing in there until it warms 374 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:27,840 Speaker 1: up and then it then there's no more noise. Was 375 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:32,800 Speaker 1: it right after the fluid service, Bob? Not? Not really 376 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 1: right after? So about how long after the fluid was changed? 377 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:38,960 Speaker 1: I mean we're here in July. The you know, obviously 378 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:41,800 Speaker 1: you're saying it was done in happening beginning beginning of 379 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:45,640 Speaker 1: the year January. So let's say March, your April, March 380 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:48,159 Speaker 1: or April, so chances are it has nothing to do 381 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:54,119 Speaker 1: with the fluid change. All right. Does the trans operate normally? Shifts? Okay? No, 382 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:56,959 Speaker 1: no warning lights on in the dashboard, everything else seems 383 00:19:56,960 --> 00:20:00,440 Speaker 1: okay once it warms up. Yes, everything okay, go back 384 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 1: and having them look at it to try and duplicate 385 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:05,399 Speaker 1: the problem. Well, I heard you on the radio the 386 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:08,440 Speaker 1: other last week and I said, before I go to them, 387 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:10,679 Speaker 1: I'm going to call you and see what you say. Okay, 388 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:13,040 Speaker 1: it was this your regular repair shop that did it? 389 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 1: Was it a quick lube? Who was regular regular place 390 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:20,320 Speaker 1: that change? Forward? Change? Yeah? The guys that you've been 391 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:23,120 Speaker 1: to before that you've you've had a relationship. Okay, So 392 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 1: you know what I'm thinking is putting it in reverse. 393 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:30,000 Speaker 1: You back out of the garage every morning, Bob, Yes, 394 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:33,159 Speaker 1: just for giggles, can you can I ask you to 395 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:35,719 Speaker 1: back into the garage and when you start out the 396 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 1: next morning when it's called, you put the car and drive. 397 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:42,200 Speaker 1: All right. I'm just curious to see does it do it? 398 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 1: Does it still make the sound? And what that'll tell 399 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:48,679 Speaker 1: us is it's it's a sound that's temperature related, not 400 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:52,359 Speaker 1: position of the trans related. And what I'm thinking about 401 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:54,920 Speaker 1: is metal clanging cold. Do we have a loose heat 402 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:58,199 Speaker 1: shield somewhere that's just starting to loosen up. And then 403 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 1: when the engine warms up, the clamp expands a little bit, 404 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:03,600 Speaker 1: heat expands, it tightens up, and the noise goes away. 405 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:06,159 Speaker 1: I'm curious to see does it change putting it in 406 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:11,160 Speaker 1: dry versus reverse? That's that's number one too. Sometimes when 407 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:14,399 Speaker 1: cars are lifted, and I'm not saying they did this, 408 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:16,800 Speaker 1: but it's just something to be mindful of that maybe 409 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 1: it wasn't lifted properly and one of the lift arms 410 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 1: snagged one of the metal shields underneath one of the 411 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:26,080 Speaker 1: heat shields, and it's it's knocked that loose. I'm thinking 412 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:29,520 Speaker 1: this is a heat shield issue if it if it 413 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:33,320 Speaker 1: doesn't follow the strictly only reverse position. Now keep in 414 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:36,480 Speaker 1: mind if it follows the only in reverse when it 415 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:39,520 Speaker 1: happens issue, it could be related to how the engine 416 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:42,639 Speaker 1: is torking in reverse or how the trans is you know, 417 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:45,480 Speaker 1: moving and reverse it it's this way not that way, 418 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,960 Speaker 1: and um, that's creating part of the problem too. My 419 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:52,399 Speaker 1: question here is since it's so warm, you know, I 420 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:55,080 Speaker 1: thought it might have been related because it's cold, you know, 421 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:58,920 Speaker 1: and you have that sound. But uh, with the warm 422 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:02,600 Speaker 1: weather we've had it still it's still accourage. Right, I'll 423 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:04,480 Speaker 1: make an appointment to bring it into them and have 424 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:08,000 Speaker 1: them check the right haven't taken a look? Well, the 425 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:10,320 Speaker 1: first thing I would do. And again we started the 426 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 1: hour talking about things people say, the best thing, the 427 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:16,399 Speaker 1: best thing someone can do for me. If I'm working 428 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 1: on the cars, Hey, Ron, here's the problem I've got 429 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:20,960 Speaker 1: with my car. Tell me what you think it is. 430 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:24,840 Speaker 1: Now you're you're one step ahead because you're walking in 431 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 1: with you've kind of got an idea of what we're 432 00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:30,720 Speaker 1: thinking about. If you walk in and they come back 433 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:32,040 Speaker 1: to you and they say, hey, Bob, it's in the 434 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:34,120 Speaker 1: heat shields. That makes you feel good, right, you're gonna 435 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:36,640 Speaker 1: get a warm, rosy feeling. Hey, these guys diagnosed it right. 436 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:39,200 Speaker 1: It's it's you kind of knew the answer. If you 437 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:41,159 Speaker 1: walk in and tell and tell them I've got this 438 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:42,720 Speaker 1: noise and they come back to you two hours later 439 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 1: and say you got a break light out or something 440 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 1: of such extreme, you're sitting there going, wait a minute, 441 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 1: you guys are way off base. Let's see how creative 442 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:52,000 Speaker 1: they are. Let's let them do their job. I always 443 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:54,679 Speaker 1: like that, and let them come back to you with 444 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:57,200 Speaker 1: an answer. If you don't like their answer, you call 445 00:22:57,280 --> 00:22:59,119 Speaker 1: me next week and we'll talk about their answer and 446 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 1: see where we go from there. That that's a deal, 447 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:04,679 Speaker 1: all right, sir, Thank you very very much. You're very helpful, 448 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:06,600 Speaker 1: You're very welcome. But I'll tell you what bos Bob 449 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 1: stand on the line, Harry, get Bob's information, send Bob 450 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:11,879 Speaker 1: a T shirt. Let's uh. I like his attitude. I 451 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 1: like the way he thinks. Dennis, Welcome to the car doctor, Sir. 452 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:16,439 Speaker 1: What's going on? Okay? Thank you, you're welcome. How can 453 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 1: I help you? Sir? Oh? Well, I got uh on 454 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 1: ultima at three point five and at uh at low speeds, 455 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:30,640 Speaker 1: not all the time, but sometime to start bucking. Okay. Um? 456 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 1: Is it speed sensitive? Uh? Yes, more more low speed 457 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:39,960 Speaker 1: than high speed. Yeah, it won't do it. It hadn't 458 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,200 Speaker 1: done it at high speed. Is this low speed? Maybe 459 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 1: thirty five might be the highest? Is it? Is it? 460 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,760 Speaker 1: Is it? A? Um? Is it? Well? We used to 461 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:50,760 Speaker 1: call it trailer hitching, where it's sort of like the 462 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:53,800 Speaker 1: cars hitting you in the seat of the pants. It's 463 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 1: it's it's kind of chuggling and bucking going down the road, 464 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:59,119 Speaker 1: but it's not engine related. It's it's it's almost as 465 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 1: if like somebody's hold in the car back and releasing 466 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:04,679 Speaker 1: it very quickly, like um shooting you from a slingshot 467 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 1: seven times in a in a one second period, Like 468 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:10,880 Speaker 1: yeah right, yeah, yeah. It's kind of like day when 469 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:15,280 Speaker 1: you had a bad spark bug wire you you got 470 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:18,640 Speaker 1: through it, right? What is once I accelerator let off 471 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 1: of the accelerator? Well? What is what is going on here? 472 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:28,960 Speaker 1: Very common particularly with the thirteens ultimates did it more 473 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:32,400 Speaker 1: so than the fourteens and beyond is that the transmission 474 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:35,320 Speaker 1: is starting to act up. This is a CVT transmission 475 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 1: and it would not be uncommon for this vehicle to 476 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:42,919 Speaker 1: need a transmission, particularly at this lower mileage based on 477 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:46,879 Speaker 1: its age. The thirteens were a real problem CVT s 478 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:49,679 Speaker 1: and the ultimates were just a mess. They changed the 479 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:53,640 Speaker 1: design valves that control pressure inside, and they went from 480 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:55,920 Speaker 1: one design to another and it just created all sorts 481 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:58,679 Speaker 1: of issues. Now that's the bad news. The good news 482 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:02,399 Speaker 1: is that it should be under extended warranty with the 483 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:08,560 Speaker 1: dealer five year or sixty thousand miles. Yeah, you've you've 484 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:12,040 Speaker 1: got how many miles you got on the car now right, 485 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:15,199 Speaker 1: you've got till sixty right? Um? Yeah, I took it 486 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:17,080 Speaker 1: back out there and they had it for two and 487 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:20,200 Speaker 1: a half days, and uh, they told me I need 488 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 1: a new set of tires. And I think they're well, 489 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 1: did you put the tires on? I've got new tires 490 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:28,040 Speaker 1: and still doing it, still doing it? Did they do 491 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 1: the tires? Okay, so maybe it's time to go back 492 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:33,560 Speaker 1: and say, all right, guys, listen, I put tires on it. 493 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:34,919 Speaker 1: That didn't fix it. Now what do you want to 494 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 1: guess at all? Right? It's it's it's very common, Dennis. 495 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:41,840 Speaker 1: I can't express it enough. You know, if they look 496 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 1: it up in the database. I happen to know there's 497 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:46,199 Speaker 1: twenty seven bulletins to talk about transmission problems at this 498 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:49,560 Speaker 1: particular car. Half of those talk about low speed chuggle 499 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:53,800 Speaker 1: and and you know bucking that you're describing to me, So, 500 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:56,600 Speaker 1: you know, very very common. I don't see why they're 501 00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:58,440 Speaker 1: not gonna want to fix it because Nissan's gonna pay 502 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:01,600 Speaker 1: him to do it anyway, right, Yeah, I don't know 503 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:04,359 Speaker 1: because they had it and they said it couldn't find nothing. 504 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:09,360 Speaker 1: But were they able to duplicate it? No? Okay, Well, 505 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:13,480 Speaker 1: the time, right, I would you know what, I would 506 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 1: go back a second time, but this time when you 507 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:18,480 Speaker 1: talk to the service writer, say you know, and I 508 00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:20,679 Speaker 1: don't care how you explain it to him. But you know, 509 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:23,399 Speaker 1: we're talking about how people talk to guys and repair shops. 510 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:25,840 Speaker 1: But you know, you can say that you have friends 511 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:27,359 Speaker 1: with Ultimate and they've all had it and it was 512 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 1: in the transmission? Could this be in the transmission? And 513 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:32,480 Speaker 1: if they tell you now, then I think it's time 514 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:35,479 Speaker 1: to find another Nissan dealer because my biggest concern is 515 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:39,679 Speaker 1: you want this documented, whether they whether they fix it 516 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:42,399 Speaker 1: or not now, because the closer you get to the 517 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:44,080 Speaker 1: mileage and the and the time, I want you to 518 00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 1: be able to go back and say, you know what, 519 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 1: three months ago, I went in for this particular problem. 520 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:50,960 Speaker 1: Now you're telling me after it's out of warranty that 521 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:56,600 Speaker 1: it's got this particular issue. You know that's not you know. 522 00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:59,680 Speaker 1: And then at the very least before you leave there 523 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:03,600 Speaker 1: has to speak the service manager. Okay, and let's see 524 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:05,760 Speaker 1: if we catch him in a bold faced law just say, listen, 525 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:08,280 Speaker 1: I got a thirteen Ultimate. It's bucking and chugging. I 526 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:11,520 Speaker 1: understand there's problems with the CVT transmission. Say it just 527 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:15,679 Speaker 1: like that. I understand it's problems the CVT transmission. What 528 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 1: can you tell me? And when he says nope, we 529 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:20,520 Speaker 1: haven't had any issues, well, you know what, he's a 530 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:24,160 Speaker 1: bold faced lawyer too. Um. And you know, maybe that'll 531 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:25,879 Speaker 1: jog their memory as far as what they need to 532 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:28,680 Speaker 1: do to fix this car. Yeah, I hope so, because 533 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:30,840 Speaker 1: I've I've talked to him about three or four times 534 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:32,680 Speaker 1: and they even kept it two and a half days 535 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 1: last time. Well, keeping it doesn't help, driving it does. 536 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:42,040 Speaker 1: And you know, here's here's the deal all right of 537 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:44,159 Speaker 1: the time. And let me explain to you where I 538 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:47,119 Speaker 1: get my information from, right, I have you know, what 539 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:48,479 Speaker 1: do you what do you do for a living? Dennis, 540 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:53,080 Speaker 1: I'm retired and retired from newspaper. Right. So, but you 541 00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:55,239 Speaker 1: had relationships with people, right, You had a problem with 542 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:57,080 Speaker 1: something that you could call up and talk to somebody 543 00:27:57,119 --> 00:27:59,640 Speaker 1: and hey, had this work. I've got relationships with every 544 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:02,320 Speaker 1: deal ship up and down the Eastern seaboard, all right. 545 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 1: I talked to everybody everywhere, and they're calling me. I'm 546 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:07,720 Speaker 1: calling them, Um, you know, I talked to the Nissan guys. 547 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:11,240 Speaker 1: The Nissan guys tell me stories about they've got problems 548 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:13,760 Speaker 1: with this, problems with that. And I happen to know 549 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:16,800 Speaker 1: for a fact that of the time the CVTs and 550 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:19,600 Speaker 1: the thirteen ultimates, what I'm getting back from my I 551 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:22,440 Speaker 1: call them my guys, my guys in the field, it's 552 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:25,959 Speaker 1: transmission issues because of the valve design. So if I 553 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,280 Speaker 1: know it and my guys know it, your guy in 554 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:31,080 Speaker 1: Illinois should know it. Let's just fix it and get 555 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:33,399 Speaker 1: it over with because guess what if they make you happy, 556 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:38,480 Speaker 1: you'll come back and buy another car. Yeah. Say, when 557 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:40,520 Speaker 1: I talked to him, act like it's impossible for that 558 00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:43,720 Speaker 1: something like that to happen. You know, guess what we're 559 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:47,040 Speaker 1: gonna do the impossible. That's my job. Let me know 560 00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:50,680 Speaker 1: what happens. Dennis, I'm here for you, baby, all right, 561 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:53,960 Speaker 1: You're very welcome, sir. Right five zero nine zero zero. 562 00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:56,320 Speaker 1: Got a problem, just like Dennis or Bill? Give the 563 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 1: car doctor a call zero nine zero zero. Run any 564 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:03,320 Speaker 1: need the car doctor. I'm back right after this. I'm around, 565 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:43,520 Speaker 1: Get around, get around, lacky little see welcome back. Why 566 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:45,520 Speaker 1: naming the car doctor. Thank your sticking with me to 567 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:47,959 Speaker 1: this hour. Let's do some emails. This comes to us 568 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:49,840 Speaker 1: from Martin. Hey, Ron, I've got an O two grand 569 00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:51,680 Speaker 1: Damn I replacing the heads. When I put the new 570 00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:53,960 Speaker 1: ones on, Do I need to crank the motor for 571 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:55,840 Speaker 1: any reason? You know, Martin? I couldn't remember this one 572 00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:57,640 Speaker 1: off the top of my head. So I went back 573 00:29:57,640 --> 00:29:59,280 Speaker 1: and I did a little digging for you, and the 574 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:02,880 Speaker 1: answer is no, Oh, you do not need to crank 575 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:05,760 Speaker 1: the engine, although it is a good idea. When you're 576 00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:09,320 Speaker 1: installing new heads or doing any engine work, get in 577 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:11,600 Speaker 1: the habit of bringing the pistons around to mid stroke 578 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:14,520 Speaker 1: in the cylinder. It's not gonna hurt anything, uh, you know, 579 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:17,080 Speaker 1: tied together as long as the cam and cranker lined up, 580 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:19,080 Speaker 1: et cetera. But spin it around and bring them down 581 00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:21,040 Speaker 1: the mid height if you have any doubts, and then 582 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:23,520 Speaker 1: when you bolt things on, it's going to avoid less issues. 583 00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:25,400 Speaker 1: And then you can hand crank it to see how 584 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:28,040 Speaker 1: the engine feels before you just crank it with the starter. 585 00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:30,400 Speaker 1: But what I do want to point out, what got 586 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:34,080 Speaker 1: my attention with this particular engine, is you've got to 587 00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:36,720 Speaker 1: be aware that there is a bulletin and there's actually 588 00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:38,360 Speaker 1: two or three. One of them is O two oh 589 00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:40,560 Speaker 1: six oh one double oh three B, which tells me 590 00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:43,200 Speaker 1: there was a oh three or double oh three and 591 00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:46,440 Speaker 1: an A. But they talk about problems with head bolts 592 00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:48,960 Speaker 1: on these. This is a torque to yield the three 593 00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:51,440 Speaker 1: point four leader of vin e g M motor. This 594 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:53,760 Speaker 1: is a torque to yield head bolt, and they want 595 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:57,480 Speaker 1: the head bolts replaced for issues of stretching, elasticity of 596 00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:00,240 Speaker 1: the bolt, for holding proper torque, and clamp it on 597 00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:03,320 Speaker 1: the head gaskets. So replacing head bolts is a must 598 00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:06,120 Speaker 1: with this particular car. And keep in mind that those 599 00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:08,880 Speaker 1: heads are prone to cracking. So when you do take 600 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:10,840 Speaker 1: them off, and maybe that's why you are taking them off. 601 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:13,440 Speaker 1: If you're reusing them, you want to make sure that 602 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:15,200 Speaker 1: you check them, just to be sure that you don't 603 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:17,800 Speaker 1: have any you know, any issues. Another quick piece of email, 604 00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:19,360 Speaker 1: Roun I heard you're talking a couple of weeks ago 605 00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:22,080 Speaker 1: to someone about a product that manufactured the spray medal 606 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:24,080 Speaker 1: to keep rust and corrosion from forming. Could you provide 607 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:25,960 Speaker 1: the name and link to the website. This comes to 608 00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:29,080 Speaker 1: us from Joey. Joe. I think, if I remember right, 609 00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:32,360 Speaker 1: we were talking about Gibbs. Get Gibbs dot com. Get gives, 610 00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:35,040 Speaker 1: Get g I bbs, get gives dot coms and go 611 00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:37,360 Speaker 1: over there and talk to Jerry. Asta lucky. We always 612 00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:39,320 Speaker 1: enjoyed talking to Jerry's probably time to get Jerry on 613 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:41,360 Speaker 1: the phone, by the way, Harry and let him come 614 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:42,920 Speaker 1: on and talk a little bit about must things. And 615 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:46,560 Speaker 1: Jerry is like, he's like the Seinfeld of radio interviews. 616 00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:48,880 Speaker 1: It's it's it's a it's an interview about nothing, but 617 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:50,920 Speaker 1: it's always very informative and always a lot of fun. 618 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:54,040 Speaker 1: So I always think about Jerry in those terms. But 619 00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:58,600 Speaker 1: I believe Joe, who sent the email, is talking about Gibbs, 620 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:00,880 Speaker 1: Get Gibbs dot com and uh, we use gives. A 621 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:04,000 Speaker 1: matter of fact, just using Gibbs the other day, Uh 622 00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:06,160 Speaker 1: noticed that, And this is gonna sound silly, here's a 623 00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:09,280 Speaker 1: Gibbs use. Right the trailer at the shop. I noticed 624 00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:11,280 Speaker 1: that the doors are starting to swing tight. We've had 625 00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:12,920 Speaker 1: a lot of rain and it's been a while since I, 626 00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:14,560 Speaker 1: you know, put any oil on them. And I said, 627 00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:16,760 Speaker 1: you know, I've never thought of this. I shot a 628 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:19,760 Speaker 1: little Gibbs into the into the hinges. Not only did 629 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:22,080 Speaker 1: it free them up, but they've lasted for a couple 630 00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:24,120 Speaker 1: of days now through heavy rain. I've noticed that I've 631 00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:25,719 Speaker 1: gone out there after the heavy rain we've had here 632 00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:29,000 Speaker 1: in the Northeast and the hinges actually moved just as 633 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:30,720 Speaker 1: smooth as when I spread it on the first time, 634 00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:34,479 Speaker 1: and the locks work better. And yeah, that's what Gibbs does. 635 00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:37,680 Speaker 1: It's just good stuff. Get Gibbs dot com. Last email 636 00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:39,440 Speaker 1: from Scott Ron I found your show here in New 637 00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:41,240 Speaker 1: Hampshire really enjoyed. I'm looking for your advice on a 638 00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:44,280 Speaker 1: scanner scanner to buy. I'd call myself a YouTube mechanic. 639 00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:46,280 Speaker 1: What does the YouTube mechanic mean? I guess we want 640 00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:48,320 Speaker 1: YouTube videos. I do what I can on my own, 641 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:50,520 Speaker 1: but I have a fantastic local mechanic and giving my 642 00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:52,680 Speaker 1: business too. As far as the scan tool, I was 643 00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:54,760 Speaker 1: wondering if there is one that will give me more 644 00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:56,480 Speaker 1: than just a code. I do not have an extra 645 00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:59,400 Speaker 1: five land around, so I was thinking more like the 646 00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:01,800 Speaker 1: hundred dollar range. Is there much of a difference between 647 00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:03,800 Speaker 1: a thirty dollar scanner and a hundred dollar scanner? I 648 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:06,400 Speaker 1: was looking at the Blue Driver wireless device. Thanks for 649 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:09,080 Speaker 1: any advice you may have, Scott, New Hampshire. Scott will 650 00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:12,520 Speaker 1: tell you what. Uh yeah, the hundred dollar scanner. I 651 00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:14,960 Speaker 1: think you want something that does data stream before you 652 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:18,080 Speaker 1: spend any money, all right, I have one on its 653 00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:20,560 Speaker 1: way to me. As of yesterday, the folks at Launch 654 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:24,240 Speaker 1: have come out with two brand new scan tools. One 655 00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:26,720 Speaker 1: is an eight inch screen, one is a ten inch screen. 656 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:29,160 Speaker 1: I don't know more about them than that other than 657 00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:33,000 Speaker 1: well I lied. Actually they are wireless, but they are 658 00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:36,080 Speaker 1: so fast as far as update speed. From what I understand, 659 00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:39,400 Speaker 1: it is like a wired experience with a wireless tool. 660 00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:41,880 Speaker 1: But before you run out and buy anything, if for 661 00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:44,040 Speaker 1: anybody else that's on the border or on the hinge 662 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:46,959 Speaker 1: of purchasing something, give it a couple of weeks. Let 663 00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:50,719 Speaker 1: me play with these Launch tools and we will report 664 00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:52,360 Speaker 1: back here on air. As you know, we're always doing 665 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:54,640 Speaker 1: products with you. If you want to see more information yourself, 666 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:56,400 Speaker 1: I'm sure if it's not on the website, it will 667 00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:59,280 Speaker 1: appear there this week. I believe it's launch Tech USA 668 00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:01,440 Speaker 1: dot com. Um, hey, I'm run on any in the car. 669 00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:05,120 Speaker 1: Doctor The phone numbers eight five five zero nine zero zero, 670 00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:07,880 Speaker 1: and I should point out to that that is seven 671 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:10,160 Speaker 1: phone number. If we're not here. We're live on the 672 00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:12,319 Speaker 1: Earth Saturday afternoons to to four pm. If you want 673 00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:15,239 Speaker 1: to give us a live call, call that number, leave 674 00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:17,719 Speaker 1: a message fast Harry. We'll call you back and get 675 00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:19,440 Speaker 1: you up here on radio so we can talk to you. 676 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:44,680 Speaker 1: Stay tuned. I'll be back right after this, my buddy Blaken. 677 00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:51,480 Speaker 1: Welcome back on any of the Car Doctor here. If 678 00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:53,319 Speaker 1: you need me during the week, let me point out 679 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:56,239 Speaker 1: real quick ron at Car Doctor Show dot com and 680 00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:59,520 Speaker 1: please include your phone number in that. Any any really 681 00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:02,440 Speaker 1: in any uh conversations that we have are emails that 682 00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:04,759 Speaker 1: we have. UM that way we can um you know, 683 00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:06,239 Speaker 1: get ahold of you if we need to and maybe 684 00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:08,400 Speaker 1: talk to you up here on radio and will be gentle, 685 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:10,759 Speaker 1: I promise, But the roun at Car Doctor Show dot com. 686 00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:13,319 Speaker 1: If you go to our website car Doctor Show dot com, 687 00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:15,239 Speaker 1: you can also get a hold of us there, and 688 00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:18,080 Speaker 1: again please reference your phone number so we can get 689 00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:20,320 Speaker 1: ahold of you if we need to real quick. Before 690 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:21,920 Speaker 1: I go this hour, we were talking last week a 691 00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:25,239 Speaker 1: little bit about the Oblo sport and I mentioned that 692 00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:27,480 Speaker 1: I was playing with it on the truck. Had some 693 00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:30,360 Speaker 1: time this week to sit down and tune it again, 694 00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:33,000 Speaker 1: and it's really neat. They give you a choice of 695 00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:36,480 Speaker 1: several different tune levels. There's some basic tuning levels, and 696 00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:38,960 Speaker 1: when I say tuning, that will change, you know, fuel 697 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,080 Speaker 1: curve and spark advance and things like that, and then 698 00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:44,000 Speaker 1: you can get into gear ratio entire size and you know, 699 00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:46,279 Speaker 1: maybe next week I'll get into the advanced tuning level. 700 00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:50,280 Speaker 1: I'm only at my second tune and already the bottom 701 00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:52,160 Speaker 1: end bog out of the plow truck is gone, the 702 00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:56,000 Speaker 1: off the line is gone, the shifts of the transmission 703 00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:57,960 Speaker 1: or chrisper. It's really kind of interesting for an old 704 00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:01,239 Speaker 1: mechanical school hot rotter like me, see what electronics can do. 705 00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:04,200 Speaker 1: I'm enjoying each and every minute it. Find more information 706 00:36:04,239 --> 00:36:07,080 Speaker 1: at Diablo sport dot com. I'm running anating the Car Doctor. 707 00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:10,200 Speaker 1: The mechanics aren't expensive, if priceless. See you