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Speaker 1: Car Doctor Show dot com. Two thousand four Saturn come

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Speaker 1: to the intake manifold. And I'm just worried if I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna get enough gain out of the headers, uh to

432
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Speaker 1: make up for what I lose in fuel conspission from

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Speaker 1: the intake key. I would. And first of all, this

434
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Speaker 1: is not an uncommon conversion, you know. I remember back

435
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Speaker 1: in the day, and I'm dating myself at one of

436
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Speaker 1: the fastest cars in the park a lot thirty years

437
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Speaker 1: ago was some guy with a slant six dodged dart.

438
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Speaker 1: Uh you know, and you say to yourself, no, can't

439
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Speaker 1: be Oh yeah, this car screen, Yeah, this this car,

440
00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:52,399
Speaker 1: this car really honked. And he had headers on it,

441
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Speaker 1: and he had done a bunch of work to it,

442
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Speaker 1: and he had fabricated a box that channeled heat from

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Speaker 1: the headers to the base of the intake. And then

444
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Speaker 1: he also changed the into I believe he had an

445
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Speaker 1: edel Brock or maybe it was an Offie and often

446
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Speaker 1: house or intake on it that you know, converted everything over.

447
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Speaker 1: So you know, yeah, this is the one I'm working on.

448
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Speaker 1: Its goot, uh, just a single barrel and I'm switching

449
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Speaker 1: over to a two barrel on an illuminum intake that

450
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Speaker 1: has pulled off of the You know, why can't you

451
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Speaker 1: why can't you weld some Remember the old days with

452
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Speaker 1: the Thermack cardboard air tubes that took hot air off

453
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Speaker 1: the exhaust manifold and put it up to the air

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Speaker 1: cleaner so that the Thermack door would open and close. Marty,

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Speaker 1: Did we lose Marty? Oh? Rats, we lost Marty in Oklahoma? No? Wait,

456
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Speaker 1: maybe yeah, there you go, Okay, Marty. Remember the days

457
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Speaker 1: of the of the cardboard tube for the thermack door

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Speaker 1: on air cleaners. So why can't you pick a spot

459
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Speaker 1: on the header and you could make this pretty. You

460
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Speaker 1: can all it up. You can do whatever you want it. Um,

461
00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:04,800
Speaker 1: hit your local salvage yard, find a find a couple

462
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Speaker 1: of exhaust manifold shields that you know have that tube mounting,

463
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Speaker 1: and you know, create your own tube. You can make

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Speaker 1: a header on top of a head or so to speak,

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Speaker 1: and it would just duck the heat up off the

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Speaker 1: header feeded into the base of the intake you know,

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Speaker 1: welled a couple of nipples on the bottom of the

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Speaker 1: intake for the tube to attach to. It would just

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Speaker 1: look so it would look space age. Think about it, right,

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Speaker 1: and um, you'd still you still have heat this person? Alright,

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Speaker 1: all right, listen, Marty, I'll tell you what Harry gave me.

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Speaker 1: Thumbs up. Stand the phone. We're gonna be sending out

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Speaker 1: the thirty nine Ford from Wicks. It's a thirty nine

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Speaker 1: vintage Ford hot rod one eighteen scale and um, it's

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Speaker 1: the only customized one eighteen scale thirty nine Ford coup

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Speaker 1: hot rod on the marketplace. And it's the replica of

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Speaker 1: what many consider the most recognized ultimate American hot rod

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Speaker 1: so from the folks at wis more information at Wicks

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Speaker 1: Filters dot com. So you stay on the line and

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Speaker 1: let Harry get your information and we'll send that car

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Speaker 1: out to you. I'm run an any in the car doctor,

482
00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:25,320
Speaker 1: I'll be back right after this streets and drink. Welcome

483
00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:27,760
Speaker 1: math in the car doctor, rolling along to Sarah. Let's

484
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Speaker 1: go and talk to Ken, Palm Springs, California, BMW three eighteen.

485
00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:34,520
Speaker 1: I can Welcome to the car doctor, sir. How can

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Speaker 1: I help? Oh? Thanks, Ron, Well, this has got a

487
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Speaker 1: hundred and thirty six miles on it. Now it cranks,

488
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Speaker 1: but we get no spark in cylinders to three or

489
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Speaker 1: four and a real week spark on the first cylinder.

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Speaker 1: I tried using the stump method to get a code reading.

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Speaker 1: That's where you pressed down on the accelerator. Yea, yea,

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Speaker 1: the cheap way. But I'm at a loss. Now, okay,

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Speaker 1: does it does it have injector pulse? Can? I haven't

494
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Speaker 1: tried that. I need some clues on where to get

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00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:09,680
Speaker 1: that step. Um, well, you know, let me let me

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Speaker 1: send you. Let me send it over your local O'Reilly

497
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Speaker 1: oto parts store and tell you to buy a few

498
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Speaker 1: things and uh, one of those things would be biomechanics stethoscope.

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Speaker 1: All right, you know you just you'll spend fifty dollars

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Speaker 1: on all this bio mechanic stethoscope by an by an

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00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:28,359
Speaker 1: extended spark tester. Basically you're looking for. It's a it's

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Speaker 1: a spark plug with a grounding clip attached to it,

503
00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,520
Speaker 1: but it's got a specialized longer gap on it, so

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00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:38,000
Speaker 1: it stresses the ignition system out harder than than it

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Speaker 1: would be if the plug was in the similar it

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Speaker 1: replicates that um which is which is a more accurate

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00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:45,000
Speaker 1: method of doing it. Or they also make the spark

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00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:48,920
Speaker 1: testers that allow you to open the gaps so you

509
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Speaker 1: can adjust it. So if it's ad volt system, you

510
00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:54,240
Speaker 1: can open it up to that, it's a fifty volt system,

511
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Speaker 1: you can revert that, and so on. So that being said,

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Speaker 1: all right, um arc tester or a stethoscope. Do you

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Speaker 1: own a digital voltmeter d v O M okay, and

514
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Speaker 1: and and the reason you want to use that is

515
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Speaker 1: as as old as this car is. This was the

516
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Speaker 1: beginning of Oops, don't do it any other way but

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Speaker 1: with the d v O M because the impedence factor

518
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Speaker 1: will create a problem with a computer and blow a

519
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Speaker 1: driver and you'll be you won't be eating out for

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Speaker 1: a while, um, because you'll have forgotten by this PCM.

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Speaker 1: So that that being said, all right, Um, the first

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Speaker 1: thing we've got to the side is do we have

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Speaker 1: no spark and injector pulse? If you have the stethoscope

524
00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:41,840
Speaker 1: while somebody's cranking it, you can listen, click, click, click,

525
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Speaker 1: you'll hear the injector fire, all right, but nothing will

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Speaker 1: come out. Alright. One of the quickest easiest ways to

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Speaker 1: one of the quickest easiest ways to determine that mechanics stethoscope.

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Speaker 1: That's that's number one. You know, we could go down.

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Speaker 1: We can have the conversation about annoyed light and set

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Speaker 1: up the d v O M with you know, on

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Speaker 1: the on the harness for the injector and look at

532
00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:06,480
Speaker 1: the rise of the peak and we can over analyze this.

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00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:08,440
Speaker 1: Let's let's go quick and basic. I always like to

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Speaker 1: pretend I'm on the side of the road if I'm

535
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Speaker 1: trying to get something done, So you know, where do

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Speaker 1: I have spark? Where don't I have spark? All right?

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Speaker 1: What's what's common with these? When you start to get

538
00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:23,240
Speaker 1: too well, it has it has no injector pulse and

539
00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:26,960
Speaker 1: no spark and week spark on various cylinders. There are

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Speaker 1: known issues for the e c M or the engine

541
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Speaker 1: control module, all right, And what happens is and let

542
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Speaker 1: me ask the question this way. Has this car been

543
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Speaker 1: at any heavy rain or did it go through a

544
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Speaker 1: car wash per chance? Okay? Has it been sitting for

545
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Speaker 1: a long period of time? Yes? Okay? Where was it parked? Outside? Inside? Yeah? Outside? Outside? Um,

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Speaker 1: do me a favorite. Just go look for the e

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Speaker 1: c M. It's located just ahead of the glove box

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00:30:57,320 --> 00:30:59,640
Speaker 1: in the firewall there and and uh and you get

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Speaker 1: to it. For in the rear of the engine compartment

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00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:05,320
Speaker 1: there's an insulation panel and an access door. See if

551
00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:09,680
Speaker 1: it's soaking wet in there, all right, If it's soaking wet,

552
00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:11,720
Speaker 1: there's a good chance that this e c M is

553
00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:14,440
Speaker 1: ruined because it got wet because it was sitting outside

554
00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:18,080
Speaker 1: for a long period of time. Okay, all right, so

555
00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:20,640
Speaker 1: don't rule that out. You see, part of the problem

556
00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:24,040
Speaker 1: is it was sitting outside. How how long was it

557
00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:27,560
Speaker 1: setting for? Well, that's a second car for him, My

558
00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:31,560
Speaker 1: buddy owns it, so it's been deferred maintenance for a while.

559
00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:33,600
Speaker 1: There too. How long is how long has it been

560
00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:37,680
Speaker 1: sitting outside? Three months? Six years, somewhere in between? A

561
00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:43,280
Speaker 1: few years? Okay, did you did you happen to, you know,

562
00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:48,600
Speaker 1: change the fuel in the tank? Uh? He hasn't actually, okay,

563
00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:50,720
Speaker 1: because the fuel in the tank if it's been longer

564
00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:57,880
Speaker 1: than three months, gasoline today loses its pop after forty

565
00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:02,040
Speaker 1: five to sixty days. Yeah. Uh, you know it's not

566
00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:07,600
Speaker 1: it's not the greatest stuff under the sun. So yeah, um,

567
00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:10,240
Speaker 1: it's it's And it's been sitting How long did I

568
00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:14,080
Speaker 1: hear you say? Five years? Yeah? About five didn't run

569
00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:16,520
Speaker 1: a few times, but not much all right? When was

570
00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:20,040
Speaker 1: the last time it ran? Oh that was a couple

571
00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:22,960
Speaker 1: of three weeks ago. And it started just cranking, but

572
00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:27,640
Speaker 1: no start. So this can also be unrelated to the

573
00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:30,600
Speaker 1: spark issue. Is there contaminant in the fuel tank that

574
00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:33,760
Speaker 1: we've now pushed into the injectors? Uh? You know, I'd

575
00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:35,720
Speaker 1: love to pull a fuel sample out of this car.

576
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,479
Speaker 1: I'd love to see you know what sort of spark

577
00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:43,240
Speaker 1: don't we really have? Um? Which is where I started

578
00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:45,560
Speaker 1: with the same conversation, And you know, I get it,

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00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:48,400
Speaker 1: I guarantee without even knowing you can you were a

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00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:50,120
Speaker 1: car guy in another life, and you just like the

581
00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:52,560
Speaker 1: tanker and you're just trying to you know, how how

582
00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:54,520
Speaker 1: bad could this be? Hey, I can get this going.

583
00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:57,080
Speaker 1: It's my buddy's ninety four BMW. It's an old car.

584
00:32:57,480 --> 00:32:59,400
Speaker 1: I should be able to fix an old car. That's

585
00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:02,440
Speaker 1: how you think and write, and it's uh, you know

586
00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:03,880
Speaker 1: what it's good for you. You You get to thump your

587
00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:05,520
Speaker 1: chest and strut around a little bit and be the

588
00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:09,160
Speaker 1: automotive stud on premises. I understand all that, but you

589
00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:11,760
Speaker 1: need a couple of basic tools to do it. If not,

590
00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:14,000
Speaker 1: you look, you look really cool in front of everybody

591
00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:17,520
Speaker 1: going hard. Stuff of scope and spark tester. You know.

592
00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:19,760
Speaker 1: So you can find a list of what I'm talking about.

593
00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:23,040
Speaker 1: Get out to Oiley Auto dot com or get down

594
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Speaker 1: to a local Oreilly Oto Park store and you'll see

595
00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:27,320
Speaker 1: a list of some basic hand tools. I tell everybody,

596
00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:29,040
Speaker 1: if you want to play with cars like this like

597
00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:31,920
Speaker 1: you're doing, that's great. Spend a hundred dollars or less

598
00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:35,320
Speaker 1: by some basic stuff stethoscope, spark tester, noid light. Make

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00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:37,000
Speaker 1: sure you've got a d v O M and you're

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Speaker 1: good to go. Good luck to you. Cannon don't forget.

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00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:41,360
Speaker 1: Get a fuel sample on this car might be very

602
00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:45,480
Speaker 1: very interesting. Zero nine zero, I'm runing any in the

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Speaker 1: car doctor, I'll be back right after this. What this

604
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:21,120
Speaker 1: car is automatic, it's systematic, it's a dramatic what's breeze lightning?

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00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:28,640
Speaker 1: Welcome back in the car doccur? Eight five zero is

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Speaker 1: the phone number. Keep in mind that that number is seven.

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Speaker 1: And now I say this each and every hour, each

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Speaker 1: and every week, but I just want to make sure

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00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:37,040
Speaker 1: everybody understands that we drive the point home that that

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00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:39,239
Speaker 1: phone number is there for you. If you've got a

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00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:42,120
Speaker 1: car problem during the course of the week and he

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00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:44,200
Speaker 1: Ron's not on the air because you know that it's

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00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:47,360
Speaker 1: Saturday afternoons to to four pm Eastern time, But you

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Speaker 1: know what, call eight five zero zero and leave a

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00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:53,480
Speaker 1: message our producer Fast Harry. We'll call you back and

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00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:55,360
Speaker 1: get you in the lineup for the following week and

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00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:57,880
Speaker 1: we can talk live about it and help solve your

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Speaker 1: car problem, because that's what this radio show is really

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Speaker 1: all about. I know I've also kind of beat the

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Speaker 1: point home this hour and just today about t shirts,

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Speaker 1: but just to reminder again if you're looking for one,

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Speaker 1: so that we get less emails about it. Not that

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Speaker 1: we mind, but we don't want it to get lost

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Speaker 1: But there are car Doctor t shirts available now out

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Speaker 1: and you'll find t shirts up there. And one quick email.

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Speaker 1: This email comes to us from Tom up in Newberg,

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Speaker 1: New York about automatic transmission fluid. Hey, Ron, I've got

630
00:35:27,239 --> 00:35:28,920
Speaker 1: three different cars in the family, and I went to

631
00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:32,200
Speaker 1: do a trans service myself about a week ago, and

632
00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:34,319
Speaker 1: I'm finding that I have to purchase three different kinds

633
00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:36,640
Speaker 1: of trans fluids. Can you tell me what's right from

634
00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:38,200
Speaker 1: my car? And why do I need to use three

635
00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:40,600
Speaker 1: different types of transmission fluids? I go back to the

636
00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:43,080
Speaker 1: days of the same fluid for the same car. One

637
00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:47,080
Speaker 1: size fits all, Tom, Tom, one size doesn't fit all.

638
00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:49,560
Speaker 1: One type of fluid isn't correct anymore. And a matter

639
00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:51,680
Speaker 1: of fact, I went out and best explanation I can

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Speaker 1: give you, The best thing for you to read is

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Speaker 1: get out to ATRA a t R A ATRA dot com.

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Speaker 1: That's the Automatic Transmission Rebuilders Association. They've got a great

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Speaker 1: article posted their a t F fluid. What type is

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Speaker 1: right for my car, and it goes on. It starts

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Speaker 1: off by saying automatic transmissions use a special type of

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Speaker 1: oil cold automatic transmission fluid. This fluid has a number

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Speaker 1: of duties and this is why there's so many different

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Speaker 1: types of fluids. The duties are lubrication, cooling, and clutch application.

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Speaker 1: And you see a t F is a very versatile fluid,

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Speaker 1: like the article says, and number one, that's why it's

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Speaker 1: so important to have good clean fluid. But number two,

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Speaker 1: manufacturers are trying to achieve different things with their fluids,

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Speaker 1: which is also very important, and that's why there are

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Speaker 1: so many different types of fluids. Again, get out to

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Speaker 1: ATRA A t r A dot com atra dot com

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Speaker 1: to read more. I'm running any in the car doctor.

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Speaker 1: Thank you form allowing me to be part of your

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Speaker 1: day today and I appreciate it until the next time.

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