1 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 1: Ron and Anian, I think something needs to be done 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 1: to regulate headlights. If your joy is to drive out 3 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:11,400 Speaker 1: in the middle of nowhere and pitch black darkness and 4 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 1: make it look like it's Sunday afternoon and time square, Hey, great, 5 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:16,599 Speaker 1: that's your thing, but not when I'm coming down the 6 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:25,400 Speaker 1: road at you, the car Doctor, Chris, where are you 7 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 1: going on any time? Play? Oh no, no, there's there's 8 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:33,280 Speaker 1: a stretch of high D High nine between State College 9 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:37,599 Speaker 1: and Altuna. It's clear, dry, and there's always some subrou 10 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:40,559 Speaker 1: w r X or something wants dot testo me. So. 11 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:43,839 Speaker 1: Welcome to the radio home of Ron and Anian, the 12 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 1: Car Doctor, since this is where car owners the world 13 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 1: over turned to for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. 14 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 1: If your mechanics giving you a busy signal, pick up 15 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: the phone and call in. The garage doors are open, 16 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 1: but I am here to say your calls at and 17 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: now running. Did I ever tell you my them story? 18 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 1: Did I ever tell you this? It's it's I'm just 19 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: listening to this week's open about the guy doing on 20 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: the Pennsylvania Turnpike and we had a call last hour 21 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 1: if you missed it about the woman who thinks somebody's 22 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 1: playing with and I'm not saying there wasn't, but just 23 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 1: somebody's playing with her car at night to give it 24 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:29,680 Speaker 1: bad gas mileage, and this guy's following her and using 25 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:33,479 Speaker 1: radio frequencies to alter the car. And and I thought 26 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: about this guy. So a couple of years ago, fellow 27 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 1: walks into the shop, sits down and kind of lets 28 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 1: out a side relief. Thank god I made it here. 29 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 1: You're the only guy I trust. Yeah, what's that? Well, 30 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 1: because my car has been modified by them? And he 31 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 1: takes his eyes and flirts to the ceiling. One too. 32 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: Three What do you mean by them? Them? Who? Them? 33 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: You know them? They've done something to my car. They're 34 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 1: tracking me to see where I'm going. Who's tracking you? Them? Two? Yea. 35 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: And we go through this whole thing about how he's 36 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 1: taken his car into repair shops and there's a tracking 37 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 1: device on it and he's being watched and he's being 38 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 1: recorded and all his movements and everything about him is 39 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 1: being taken and stored for further examination by them. Yeah. Really, 40 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 1: And I just I couldn't get them out. I just 41 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 1: so finally I said, have you gone to the police, 42 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: And he said no, because I was afraid them wouldn't 43 00:02:57,240 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: like that. I said, well, you know, the police deal 44 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 1: with this kind of thing all the time. Really, yeah, absolutely, 45 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:07,959 Speaker 1: I said, I would go report down to the Walden 46 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 1: Police Department and tell them you were here and tell 47 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:14,399 Speaker 1: them the story just the way you told me, and 48 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 1: they'll know what to do. You think, so, oh yeah, 49 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 1: they'll definitely know what to do. Right. He leaves, I 50 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 1: swear to god. He leaves. He comes back a half 51 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 1: hour later. Danny and I look at each other. Dany's 52 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:29,639 Speaker 1: got his hands on the bat because we're not quite 53 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 1: sure what's going to happen at this point, and he said, uh, 54 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 1: I just want to say thank you. I appreciate you 55 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 1: telling me to go to the police. And I said 56 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 1: you went. He goes, oh yeah, And I'm starting to think, 57 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: like the the Walden Police department let this guy go. 58 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: And he says, oh yeah, I went in. I explained 59 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 1: the whole thing to the sergeant. Do you know they've 60 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 1: seen this before? They have? He said yeah, he said. 61 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 1: The sergeant came out, he had this stick in his 62 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 1: belt that specially treated tap the top of the dashboard 63 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 1: three times and he says, now, you're no longer being tracked. 64 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 1: We've disabled the object and the guy. The guy said, 65 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 1: I was so grateful I got in the car. I 66 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 1: could tell right away it was fixed. He goes, you're 67 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: the best mechanic. I know you're always honest. He left. 68 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 1: I haven't seen the guys probably it's probably three or 69 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 1: four years. There's no place like home. There's no place 70 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 1: like home, I'm telling you. I and like I listened 71 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:26,160 Speaker 1: to some of the calls, and I'm thinking, like, there's 72 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: got to be a gathering place that I don't ever 73 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:32,159 Speaker 1: want to get to because they're all there. Um, it's 74 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: just but true story, the story of them. Uh, they're 75 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: all there, you mean, the gathering of them, the gathering 76 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 1: of them. Yeah, they are all there in them. Um. 77 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 1: So anyway, Ron and naming the car doctor here, we 78 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 1: are just trying to have a little fun. But that 79 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 1: true story, God's honest, true that. I have to tell 80 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:50,840 Speaker 1: more stories about what happens in the shop because some 81 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 1: things you just that one's right up there with you 82 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 1: just can't believe it. Let's kick the phones open, let's 83 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:57,480 Speaker 1: get back to work here. Let's go to Mike and 84 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:00,719 Speaker 1: Delaware oh nine four to escape some evap problems, Mike, 85 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 1: don't tell me, good brother, what's going on? Hey? What 86 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 1: I called two thousand nine ford Ford Escape. I bought 87 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:12,160 Speaker 1: it last April and then when it was stormed or 88 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 1: warranty um, and then in May I had took it 89 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:18,599 Speaker 1: to back to the dealership because of the check engine 90 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 1: like one and is the evap? So so this about 91 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 1: about a month ago and the light comes back on, 92 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 1: take it over in and out car carrier and goes 93 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 1: Barren and she called yesterday, Yeah, it's the evap. Is 94 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: that a Ford Ford U? Is it the part itself 95 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:41,120 Speaker 1: that's not designed right? Or it seems like Martlans. I 96 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:44,039 Speaker 1: hope every year I don't have change EVAP. Well, there's 97 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 1: there's there's there's multiple reasons why the EVAP light will 98 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 1: set or why the while the chicken is light, we'll 99 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 1: set an EVAP code? You know what code was it 100 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 1: the first time? What code is at this time? Oh? 101 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: Shoot the other papers in the well because because I 102 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 1: took the other paper tone and said it's what happened 103 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:06,479 Speaker 1: the last time to come on and I'm not sure 104 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:08,920 Speaker 1: she didn't tell me what what code it was. She 105 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 1: had order apart and be ready Monday. So so because 106 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:16,720 Speaker 1: here understood, let's understand it like this. Take a gas can, 107 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 1: put it, put it out in the driveway, all right, right, 108 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:25,240 Speaker 1: it would it would, so we have to vent it, right, right, 109 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:27,239 Speaker 1: it would. It would get hot in the sun, expand 110 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 1: and explode. So we've got to have a way to 111 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 1: vent it so it doesn't build up pressure. So we've 112 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 1: got events solenoid. Right, that goes on one side of 113 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 1: the can. All right. If we wanted to if we 114 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:43,600 Speaker 1: wanted to suck on the can and pull fumes out 115 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 1: of it by a manual method, we'd have to put 116 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:50,119 Speaker 1: a purge valve on it. That's two devices, right, And 117 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:52,040 Speaker 1: if we wanted to pour fuel out of it, we'd 118 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 1: have to take the cap off, right. That's that's that's 119 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 1: three separate components attached to the gas can. Right. If 120 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: the event valve goes bad, it sets a code. If 121 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 1: the purge valve goes bad, it sets a code. At 122 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 1: the gas cap goes bad, it sets a code. All 123 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 1: three different unique faults for an evapp sister, So it 124 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 1: depends on which fault code it had now common on 125 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 1: the square body escape that generation was the event and 126 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 1: was the purge all right? Yeah, Well I know it 127 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 1: was a purge last year, but you know she said 128 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 1: it was. You know, it might have been the same 129 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 1: thing purge again. But yeah, if the you gotta ask 130 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 1: her if the purge went bed in a year. I 131 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 1: gotta think that's a warranty thing, right, it's it's a year, um. 132 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 1: And you know, if you've been a regular customer that 133 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 1: dealership or that repair shop, I think they're you know, 134 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 1: they got to do the right thing here. And you 135 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 1: know it's listen, there's a ton of bad parts out 136 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 1: there despite everybody's best efforts. So no, I'm not blaming this. 137 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 1: It was dealership. I got it from that. You know, 138 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 1: they fixed the first time and then like saying, then 139 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:07,559 Speaker 1: I took him to in and out Tire care yesterd 140 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 1: or Yester Friday and then they just put it on 141 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 1: the machine and he said it was a purge vowel 142 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 1: or something. You know, because the light on on the 143 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 1: gate on the instrument panel would say fuel check check 144 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 1: flu in the valve or check cap? Is it a 145 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 1: check cap message? Right? I don't have a cat all right, 146 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 1: this is this is a right. There's a capitalist system. 147 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:34,079 Speaker 1: Oh no, right, oh wait, it was the last year 148 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 1: I think for a cap or seven. But um, yeah, 149 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 1: so there's you know, what was the code? Then? What's 150 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 1: the code now? It's as simple as that. I'll give 151 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:45,959 Speaker 1: you a calling, and you know, I'm sure she'll tell 152 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 1: me what it was because you know, Yeah, Hey, Ron, 153 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 1: good question. You still got your send me to Monty 154 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 1: call him still. Don't you bring back memories? I remember 155 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 1: you saying something on on on your radio show. I 156 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 1: had a sent two monety color go kind of like 157 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:10,439 Speaker 1: the brown goldish colored exactly autumn gold Texas Texas. Yeah, 158 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: and question, I don't want to go ahead three for 159 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:18,960 Speaker 1: nickel to my later ages of working and I want something. 160 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 1: Would you buy a rod that's already built or want 161 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 1: our barn? Fine? Um, yeah, I've I've I've been through 162 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,560 Speaker 1: it both ways. I'd buy something if I could find 163 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:34,320 Speaker 1: the right vehicle, and fighting the right vehicle is hard. 164 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:37,079 Speaker 1: I'd buy something done if I could afford it. But 165 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:39,320 Speaker 1: because part of the part of the part of the 166 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 1: problem now is even if you want to build something, 167 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 1: a lot of the parts that you're gonna purchase are 168 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 1: either gonna be wrong, don't fit, or in good quality 169 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 1: or just garbage to begin with. And it's nothing you 170 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 1: want to put on a car. To tell you the 171 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 1: truth that the parts problem is so bad it almost 172 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 1: it almost prevents you from enjoying the hobby. It really 173 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:01,840 Speaker 1: does what I'm saying. I was like working in the hand. 174 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:04,280 Speaker 1: I said, I'd love to find something that's all together 175 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:07,839 Speaker 1: from there. You know, if if it was a choice 176 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:10,200 Speaker 1: of buying a ten thousand dollar roller or a twenty 177 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:12,560 Speaker 1: five thousand dollar done car, and the twenty five thousand 178 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 1: dollar done car was done, done and just the way 179 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 1: I'd want it, I'd spent I'd spend the twenty five 180 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:21,839 Speaker 1: and be done. Because you're you're not going to duplicate 181 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:24,080 Speaker 1: that car. You're not gonna make that ten thousand dollar 182 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 1: car like that twenty five thousand dollar car for fifteen 183 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 1: thousand dollar price difference. It's just not gonna happen, you know. So, 184 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 1: um what, And I'm gonna watch American Graffiti again. I 185 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 1: love that movie. Well, you know what, we've all got 186 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:43,320 Speaker 1: the time for that. So you let me know what 187 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 1: you let me know what they say, Mike, Let me 188 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:47,079 Speaker 1: keep rolling. I've got I got a bunch of calls 189 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 1: to get to, and let me pull over and take 190 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:51,480 Speaker 1: a pause. And we'll be back to Mike and Delaware. 191 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 1: Another Mike and Delaware right after this. I'm running any 192 00:10:53,880 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 1: of the Car Doctor. Don't go away. That's right. If 193 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 1: you call and we're not live, you can leave a 194 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:09,080 Speaker 1: message and we'll call you back to get you on 195 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:12,920 Speaker 1: the air with Ron. Eight five five zero nine nine 196 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:16,439 Speaker 1: zero zero. Speaking of Ron, here he is, let's get 197 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 1: on over and tuck to Mike and Delaware. Another Mike 198 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 1: and Delaware other than the other Mike and Delaware. Mike 199 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:23,679 Speaker 1: and Delaware. Welcome to the Car Doctor, sir, how can 200 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:26,439 Speaker 1: I help? Hey, Ron, it's kind of funny and Mike 201 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 1: and Delaware, I'm only about fifteen minutes from the guy 202 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:31,240 Speaker 1: to just call Over and County and I all say, 203 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 1: you don't seventy seven mont car that's not funny enough. 204 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:36,240 Speaker 1: It's it's it's Monte Carlo country. By the way, I 205 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 1: should as long as we're on the subject of Monty Carlos, 206 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 1: I should mention um, I'm always looking if anybody out 207 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:42,640 Speaker 1: there has one. I'm always looking for a grill for 208 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:44,880 Speaker 1: my seventy two Monty Carlo, the one thing they haven't 209 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:48,000 Speaker 1: reproduced yet. So if anybody has one, we're willing to 210 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 1: come and get it. So anyway, going with your call, Mikey, 211 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 1: what's your question? Okay, my question is it's car related, Ron, 212 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:56,679 Speaker 1: and thanks for taking a call. By the way, Um, 213 00:11:57,800 --> 00:11:59,959 Speaker 1: years ago, I bought a portable jump at pack. I'll 214 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 1: think it was I should call it a jump in. 215 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:04,080 Speaker 1: I think it was made by press Stone and lasted 216 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:05,960 Speaker 1: for a lot of years, had good luck whether they 217 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:08,480 Speaker 1: used it multiple times, and I finally went and put. 218 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:11,719 Speaker 1: I bought the inverter or converter, i'll go along with 219 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 1: it to change, you know, from twelve old till one twenty. 220 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 1: It was the yellow It was the yellow booster pack, 221 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:19,360 Speaker 1: right correct. It was like carrying a battery around with 222 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 1: great I had one of those. They actually did work well. 223 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:25,160 Speaker 1: They were they were they were intiquated by today's standards, 224 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 1: but yeah, you're right, they worked very well well. I 225 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:30,079 Speaker 1: finally went to put, you know a few years ago, 226 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 1: and I went to a local parks or tool shop, 227 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:36,800 Speaker 1: bought a brand new and had it for about sus 228 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:38,839 Speaker 1: eight months and went to go use it to jump 229 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:40,840 Speaker 1: start my dad's vehicle. He left his light to one 230 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:43,400 Speaker 1: then he worked and it was brand staging there right 231 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 1: out of the box I charged it kept the charge 232 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:48,840 Speaker 1: and all that, and she was like, I'm going online 233 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 1: and I'm kind of looking to replace this thing now, 234 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:54,319 Speaker 1: and you're getting a lot of pros and cons about 235 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:56,480 Speaker 1: whether you get the big ones like what I used 236 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:58,960 Speaker 1: to have or the smaller I guess what they're powered by. 237 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:02,079 Speaker 1: Late Nocot batters are like a little small box pas 238 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:04,679 Speaker 1: and I'm just not really sure what I would what 239 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 1: would be the best type to replace it. I've got 240 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 1: a that's one tip you pick up, you know, so 241 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 1: looking for something with to be able to jump start 242 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 1: larger vehicles, um, you know, small depols but without breaking 243 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 1: the bank. I didn't know if you had any recommendations. Yeah, 244 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:23,240 Speaker 1: I mean listen Booster kids or just you know, bigger 245 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 1: is always better, all right, so you know, you buy 246 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 1: as much as you can afford. When my press Stone 247 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:31,319 Speaker 1: yellow Booster pack died a couple of years back, I 248 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:33,680 Speaker 1: actually went out there. There's a company out there called 249 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:37,199 Speaker 1: micro start um. The micro Start XP ten is the 250 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 1: one I got. Now. I think they've upgraded and they've 251 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 1: made some changes in a couple of years since I 252 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:44,959 Speaker 1: purchased mine, But my micro start works every time. I've used, 253 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:47,400 Speaker 1: and I haven't used it a lot, but I keep 254 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 1: it handy with me. I actually have it in my 255 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:51,439 Speaker 1: man bag as my kids call it, my my my 256 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:54,960 Speaker 1: man satchel, as my my kids kid me about. But um, 257 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 1: I've sort of got an emergency pack with me. I've 258 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,560 Speaker 1: got a little uh tiny little knapsack thing I sling 259 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:02,079 Speaker 1: over my shoulder all the time. It's got my wallet 260 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 1: and pocket knife, and it's got some electrical tape in it, 261 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 1: and I've actually got the booster pack right in there. 262 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:12,200 Speaker 1: You know. Yeah, it's it's it's small, it's it's it's 263 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:16,280 Speaker 1: it's roughly I think it's ten by three, maybe eight 264 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 1: by three, and it's it's it's the thickness of a 265 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 1: cell phone. But you've got to see the look on 266 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,800 Speaker 1: somebody's face when you you you pull this thing out 267 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 1: of your you know, out of your bag, and you 268 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 1: walk up and you jump start there there. I have 269 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:33,960 Speaker 1: jumped started um excursions with it, the Ford Diesel with it. 270 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:35,800 Speaker 1: It's a it's a it's a big kit in a 271 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 1: sense of capacity. Uh. And it's always charged. I've never 272 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 1: had it had a dead battery. As a matter of fact. 273 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:43,320 Speaker 1: I have to look I think it's been ten months 274 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:44,800 Speaker 1: since I charged, and I bet you I'll pull it 275 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:46,280 Speaker 1: out of the bag and it will still show four 276 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 1: blue lights, uh, you know, showing that it's fully charged. 277 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 1: And the nice thing is it's got a built in flashlight. 278 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 1: It'll it'll you know, oscillate for like an emergency. It 279 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 1: will uh you know, charge your cell phone, charge your laptop. 280 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:02,800 Speaker 1: You know. It's it's sort of like a it's a 281 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 1: priority now. And if I recall correctly, I think I've 282 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:10,800 Speaker 1: seen them on Amazon to to twenty something like that. 283 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:14,400 Speaker 1: But the most important thing and the reason I went 284 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 1: to a micro start at the time was at the 285 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 1: time they were the only jump pack approved by Ford 286 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:26,120 Speaker 1: and GM for jump starting the cars, because, believe it 287 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 1: or not, how you jump start the car and the 288 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:32,080 Speaker 1: way the energy comes out to the battery, if it's 289 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:35,160 Speaker 1: if it's not filtered, for lack of a better way 290 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 1: to put it, it can actually produce a problem and 291 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 1: create a module issue. And it's been known to you know, 292 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:45,880 Speaker 1: a bad jump pack, a cheap jump pack, will actually 293 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 1: cause damage to an electronic module. So you know, it's 294 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 1: not just like cooking up a battery, uh, you know, 295 00:15:53,280 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 1: like doing a jump start so it's just something to 296 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 1: think about. Two. You want to read up on that 297 00:15:57,960 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 1: and see who's got the best rating right now. At 298 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:02,120 Speaker 1: the time a couple of years back, it was micro 299 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:04,480 Speaker 1: start does that right? So what kind of what kind 300 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 1: of wat it we would be talking about that would 301 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:11,280 Speaker 1: probably be needed for when I'm asking, I wouldn't Well, 302 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 1: they're gonna They're gonna tell you it will jump start 303 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:17,520 Speaker 1: up to a so many C C A battery. Kid. 304 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:20,200 Speaker 1: I can't remember the exact number, but they rated mind 305 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 1: for I believe the way they rated it at the 306 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:25,080 Speaker 1: time was they said it will do a diesel and 307 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:29,920 Speaker 1: up to a one ton vehicle was their capacitance rating. Um, 308 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 1: But you know, uh, diesels probably it's been a while 309 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 1: since I look, so I don't hold me to this, Mike, 310 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 1: but a diesel Ford pick up or a diesel Ford 311 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:46,560 Speaker 1: Excursion something like that is probably in the seven A 312 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:49,560 Speaker 1: capacity rating because I believe there's two five fifty batteries 313 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:51,440 Speaker 1: in there, and I would take two thirds of that 314 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 1: as my as my rated number. But I tended to 315 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 1: look at you know what did they say it would do? Um, 316 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 1: just strictly by vehicle. But I've ever had it not 317 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 1: start anything. You know, there's there's quite a few of 318 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:06,280 Speaker 1: these things like when Amazon, when you got to Google, 319 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:08,199 Speaker 1: but you know, of course a lot of them. There 320 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:10,680 Speaker 1: are several different brands that have really good ratings and 321 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:13,080 Speaker 1: then when you look at the lower ratings, just like 322 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:15,000 Speaker 1: you know, don't ever buy this, Yeah, I say, just 323 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:17,400 Speaker 1: kind of you know who who who can I talk 324 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:20,400 Speaker 1: to you to actually might recommend something's an automotive business. Well, 325 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:23,199 Speaker 1: and it's funny, you know, we we actually I actually 326 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 1: picked up the phone and we talked to the owner 327 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:30,119 Speaker 1: of micro start, um uh years ago. You know he 328 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 1: was actually just starting out. That was probably probably more 329 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 1: than probably when we when I had this thing. Um, 330 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 1: it's been a while and I've been happy with it 331 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:39,680 Speaker 1: for the three or four I guess it's five years 332 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:41,680 Speaker 1: and now what am I saying? It's five years? But 333 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:44,840 Speaker 1: it is part of my emergency kit. So um, I'll 334 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:46,600 Speaker 1: put it to you this way. I know a nice 335 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:50,400 Speaker 1: young man, Austin. Austin is now going he is often 336 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:53,399 Speaker 1: he's going to become a new Jersey State trooper and 337 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:56,560 Speaker 1: he is at school for it. And when he went off, 338 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:59,440 Speaker 1: part of his going away present, as you were, was 339 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:02,439 Speaker 1: was micro Start XP ten because who wanted to make 340 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:03,880 Speaker 1: sure if he ever came out of class he could 341 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:06,159 Speaker 1: jump start and uh do what he had to do. 342 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:09,920 Speaker 1: So I'm still a good kit. I forget what it costs. 343 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:12,360 Speaker 1: I think that's where I got the two price range from. 344 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 1: So UM, do some research. I think you'll be happy 345 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:17,360 Speaker 1: with it. Mike, thanks for tuning in, and uh, thanks 346 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:20,360 Speaker 1: for being a Monte Carlo owner and enjoyed the conversation. 347 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 1: I'm not needing the car doctor. We are back right 348 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:42,880 Speaker 1: after this don't go away. Welcome back when I needing 349 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:44,520 Speaker 1: the car doctor. By the way, I just checked my 350 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:46,880 Speaker 1: micro Start XP ten. I got it sitting here under 351 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:48,920 Speaker 1: the under the desk here in the studio, and I 352 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 1: was right. Four out of the five blue lights lit up. 353 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:54,000 Speaker 1: And I haven't charged it. It's it's got to be 354 00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:57,240 Speaker 1: eight nights, might be a year since I've charged it. 355 00:18:57,359 --> 00:18:59,800 Speaker 1: So for Mike and Delaware, if you're still listening, I 356 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:02,520 Speaker 1: don't think micro starts the way to go. And you're right. 357 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:04,440 Speaker 1: When you pull that thing out, people look at you 358 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:06,480 Speaker 1: like you've got three heads. Right. It's it's like it's 359 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 1: like you're pulling out a communicator from Star Trek they 360 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:10,840 Speaker 1: don't get it, and they think they think you're a magician, 361 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 1: and then the next thing they say is where did 362 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:14,720 Speaker 1: you get that? I need one? Yeah, it's it's just 363 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:17,480 Speaker 1: it's an amazing tool. Part of the emergency go big. 364 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 1: As a matter of fact that I wanted to mention 365 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:21,399 Speaker 1: this too. We were talking about emergency go kits and 366 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:23,320 Speaker 1: what to put in the car in these times, just 367 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:25,200 Speaker 1: to make sure you're okay if you need something in 368 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:27,440 Speaker 1: a hurry, in case your mechanics closed, or it just 369 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:29,920 Speaker 1: is a you know what I carry it and the 370 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:31,720 Speaker 1: I carry it in the hot rod just in case 371 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 1: is a bottle of caseeal. All right. You know you've 372 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:37,479 Speaker 1: got to think that if you're if you're gonna if 373 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 1: you pop in and develop a cooling system leak, whether 374 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 1: it be UH, you know, from a variety of places, 375 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 1: something mine or something serious, whatever, a bottle of k 376 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:49,800 Speaker 1: seal and you can find it at orillyoto dot com 377 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:52,520 Speaker 1: or your local Orellyoto parts. A bottle of k Seal 378 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:55,200 Speaker 1: is a great cooling system sealer. It's the only cooling 379 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:58,520 Speaker 1: system sealer we've used UH in the last couple of years, 380 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:00,400 Speaker 1: and it works to such a high degree of success. 381 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:02,959 Speaker 1: That if you can't get to your mechanic and you've 382 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:05,560 Speaker 1: got a coolant leak, k CL will probably get you 383 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 1: back on the road and get you safe so that 384 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 1: you can get where you have to get and do 385 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:11,879 Speaker 1: what you have to do. So you can read more 386 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:13,720 Speaker 1: about that at k CEL dot com. I want to 387 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:16,160 Speaker 1: make sure I mentioned that we were talking before about 388 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:19,200 Speaker 1: emergency kits and building it with fluids and filters and 389 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:21,439 Speaker 1: things k c L k CL dot com. You want 390 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:23,119 Speaker 1: to get one of those, to get a bottle of 391 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:26,080 Speaker 1: that and throw it in the carts. Good quick, cheap protection. 392 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:29,240 Speaker 1: Let's get over to Oliver and Virginia Catty and some 393 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:32,199 Speaker 1: questions about shock absorbers. Oliver, you're on with the car doctor, sir, 394 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:39,920 Speaker 1: how can I help Oliver? Oliver? Where Oliver go? Oliver's gone? 395 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:43,760 Speaker 1: Oliver going once and then Oliver will call me back 396 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:46,440 Speaker 1: and say, how come we're not here, and I'll go, well, 397 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:49,200 Speaker 1: I don't know, I don't know what happened to Oliver. Okay, 398 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:51,200 Speaker 1: Oliver's gone. Good. I want to go back to talking 399 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:54,800 Speaker 1: about emergency kits, all right, because that's that's that's first 400 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:58,399 Speaker 1: and foremost on my mind. Um Oh, somebody just emailed me. 401 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:00,920 Speaker 1: They said, Ron, can you elaborate on this story about them? 402 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:03,520 Speaker 1: You want to hear them story? Well, no, there is 403 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:07,040 Speaker 1: no there is no elaboration. Um, listen, there's a lot 404 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:10,680 Speaker 1: of what's the word I'm looking for, there's a lot 405 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:15,960 Speaker 1: of you know, people get a little crazy dealing with cars, 406 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:20,680 Speaker 1: and it's it's an interesting phenomena. And you know, you'll 407 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:23,440 Speaker 1: see all kinds of things in a repair shop, people 408 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:27,160 Speaker 1: that are talking about, uh, you know, their their car 409 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 1: does this or their car does that. You've got to 410 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 1: be open minded though, and look at each and every case. 411 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,239 Speaker 1: The guy with them, I never saw him again, and um, 412 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:37,400 Speaker 1: you know, he never he never appeared. I guess either 413 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:39,760 Speaker 1: they beamed them up or they you know, he's safe 414 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:42,880 Speaker 1: off somewhere, locked up. I'm not really quite sure. Let's 415 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:46,240 Speaker 1: get over to Aaron and Vermont fourteen GMC Sierra and 416 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:48,639 Speaker 1: some clunks in the steering Hey, Aaron, welcome to the 417 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:53,320 Speaker 1: car doctor, sir. How can I help um? So I 418 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:58,240 Speaker 1: have Um, it's just I've brought it into the dealer 419 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 1: multiple times. I've had it since it was brand new, 420 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:05,720 Speaker 1: and uh, I have a clunk in the steering You 421 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,000 Speaker 1: feel in the steering wheel and I bring it into 422 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:11,600 Speaker 1: the dealer. They say there's nothing wrong. Everything's tied up 423 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:14,760 Speaker 1: front and they don't see anything wrong with it. But 424 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,520 Speaker 1: I mean, it's a pret predominant clunk. You feel it 425 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:21,600 Speaker 1: kind of at low speeds, sometimes a little higher speeds. 426 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,520 Speaker 1: Can you can you duplicate it like in a parking 427 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:26,400 Speaker 1: lot maneuver if you're sitting in a park, like trying 428 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 1: to get into a parking space. Yeah, kind of you 429 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:34,119 Speaker 1: you can, yes, yes, you know so like so like 430 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:36,960 Speaker 1: in a dry rock situation. It'll sit there and you know, 431 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 1: like a little you almost feel it more than you 432 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:43,439 Speaker 1: hear it. Yes, definitely, you definitely feel it more than 433 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 1: you feel it for sure. Yeah. I mean have you 434 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 1: have you taken it into them and say hey, here's 435 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:53,639 Speaker 1: the problem and showing them the clunk. I've tried to 436 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:56,680 Speaker 1: do a ride along with them and I sat next 437 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 1: to them and they said they have they can't feel 438 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 1: it for some reason, and I can feel it. And 439 00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:04,960 Speaker 1: I don't know if it's just a dealer denial or something. 440 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:08,360 Speaker 1: I mean, I've done a little research myself and they've 441 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:11,640 Speaker 1: I've heard or I've run on forums that maybe there's 442 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:16,240 Speaker 1: something wrong with the rack. Copinion or something with these vehicles. 443 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:20,520 Speaker 1: But well, there's a noise issue you want to get 444 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:26,000 Speaker 1: your hands on gm um uh it's it's um uh. 445 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:29,080 Speaker 1: It's not necessarily a bolt and it's just a um 446 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:33,639 Speaker 1: it's it's it's a tech notice that talks about a 447 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:35,879 Speaker 1: squeak noise when turning the steering wheel. And it's been 448 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:39,800 Speaker 1: out there since June that and they talk about applying 449 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:42,280 Speaker 1: a drop of grease down around the base of the 450 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 1: intermediate steering shift. But then there's also been some problems 451 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:48,720 Speaker 1: with the intermediate steering shift where that needs to be replaced. 452 00:23:49,359 --> 00:23:51,600 Speaker 1: So I'm just puzzled by the fact that, you know, 453 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:53,600 Speaker 1: if if you bring them the car and it makes 454 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:59,320 Speaker 1: this noise and they they don't feel it or hear it, 455 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:02,960 Speaker 1: or they you know, they really want to fix it. Um. 456 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:05,640 Speaker 1: You kind of got me scratching in my head. Yeah, 457 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:10,680 Speaker 1: I you know, um, let's diagnosed it. It's it's because 458 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:12,520 Speaker 1: to me, from what you're describing, it sounds like a 459 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 1: problem in the in the in the lower intermediate steering shift. Okay, 460 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:20,200 Speaker 1: you know, not not out of the realm. It's kind 461 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:23,720 Speaker 1: of a common thing. Uh, They've had their issues. Um 462 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:26,440 Speaker 1: you know, yeah, i'd make sure the rack is tight. 463 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:28,119 Speaker 1: I don't know that I would. I don't know that 464 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:30,440 Speaker 1: I would jump beyond that if the racks getting a 465 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 1: little noisy and loose as it ages, unless it's showing 466 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:37,359 Speaker 1: me something that's making it unsafe, you know, steering racks. 467 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:39,400 Speaker 1: In my experience from what I've seen over time, Yeah, 468 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:41,719 Speaker 1: they do get a little clunky and noisy and as 469 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:44,320 Speaker 1: time goes by. But I'm envisioning this thing as you're 470 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:46,359 Speaker 1: trying to maneuver into a parking lot and you hear this, 471 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:49,200 Speaker 1: it's it's it's it's like a cross between a knock 472 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 1: and a clunk. It's just a noise that wasn't there before. Yes, exactly, Well, 473 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:56,920 Speaker 1: we'll to be honest, it's actually almost been there since 474 00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:02,919 Speaker 1: about three months into owning the I com playing now. Okay, okay, 475 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,520 Speaker 1: so you know, do they have another fourteen in the 476 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:08,280 Speaker 1: shop that they can show you and say, yeah, they 477 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:11,160 Speaker 1: all do that. That's normal. That's always my next that's 478 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:15,040 Speaker 1: always my next question, you know, and see where they 479 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:19,040 Speaker 1: go from there. All right, right, thank you, You're very welcome, sir. 480 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:21,240 Speaker 1: If you need more them here, take good care. So 481 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:23,840 Speaker 1: all right, we're gonna try this again, Oliver and Virginia. Oliver, 482 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:27,040 Speaker 1: you're there, Yes, sir, here you go. I was wondering 483 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:29,240 Speaker 1: what happened you wandered away. I thought you didn't like 484 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:32,880 Speaker 1: me anymore. No, I love you death, brother, and I can't. 485 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:37,040 Speaker 1: I left a little text message last week and you 486 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 1: fella called me up, and I think that's really great. 487 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:43,440 Speaker 1: That job. We're we're here for you. What can I 488 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:47,480 Speaker 1: do for you? Well, my mama, you know she she 489 00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:50,200 Speaker 1: likes the big cars. You don't want to small one. 490 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:53,840 Speaker 1: So I make this nine if well, Cadillac come back 491 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:57,520 Speaker 1: to life and uh what the relay lay? What I 492 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 1: did was changed order the shocks in the trusts and 493 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:09,919 Speaker 1: went from electronic level rights and regular shocks exactly, went 494 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:14,640 Speaker 1: to passive. They refer to him as passive shocks. Lad, 495 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:18,520 Speaker 1: there's no nowhere. There's four thousand dollars worth shocks on 496 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:24,880 Speaker 1: this car. Now, now we take you all the electronics away. 497 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:29,480 Speaker 1: And I've done that and I've drove it, you know 498 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:34,280 Speaker 1: over a thousand miles. Is driving really good? Now I 499 00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:38,119 Speaker 1: gotta make the Uh there's a relay that the company 500 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 1: send me and uh, we gotta hook that up. That 501 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:48,600 Speaker 1: way we'll stop sending the service ride control error message 502 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:53,280 Speaker 1: to the computer and you know in the in the 503 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 1: car it actually I mean it spells it out. It's 504 00:26:57,160 --> 00:27:01,440 Speaker 1: not just an engine light as service ride control. And 505 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:10,520 Speaker 1: uh so what the problem is is run a ground 506 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:15,639 Speaker 1: wire the pin three on the relay. Okay, I can 507 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:19,640 Speaker 1: figure out where to get some ground at a piece 508 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:24,680 Speaker 1: of steel on the car somewhere. Run a power wire 509 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:34,480 Speaker 1: from switched ignition. Uh huh two pin two of the relay, 510 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:37,280 Speaker 1: Now that would be uh and then it has in 511 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:44,680 Speaker 1: parentheses hot and run. So like in the trunk is 512 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:48,879 Speaker 1: where it's Uh, my jewel is that I'm I'm gonna 513 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:53,920 Speaker 1: do this wiring too. So what's closed to that? My 514 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:56,280 Speaker 1: jewel in the trunk? I mean, I'm looking at the 515 00:27:56,359 --> 00:27:59,720 Speaker 1: antennel that ain't gonna work if it ain't hot and run. 516 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,320 Speaker 1: A wait a minute, why can't Why can't Why can't 517 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:04,960 Speaker 1: you get a wiring diagram and pin out the level 518 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:09,360 Speaker 1: ride module Because that level ride module is likely going 519 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:13,240 Speaker 1: to have a hot in run feed going to it. 520 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:16,440 Speaker 1: It's likely going to have a ground as well. Don't 521 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:18,520 Speaker 1: you just use the existing wiring and tap into that 522 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:20,760 Speaker 1: because you're not gonna be You're not gonna be utilizing 523 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:25,960 Speaker 1: that module anymore. Right. Oh no, you just went above 524 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:29,480 Speaker 1: my head a little bit. Okay, the level is still 525 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:35,120 Speaker 1: hooked up, right, So you want me to do what? Well, 526 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:37,160 Speaker 1: so let me ask, Let me ask, Let me ask 527 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:39,600 Speaker 1: the simple questions. I just went through this on an 528 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:44,120 Speaker 1: oh three sts caddy where it had air ride in 529 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:49,000 Speaker 1: the back, all right, And he didn't he didn't want 530 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:50,440 Speaker 1: to deal with it because of the price. I think 531 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:53,320 Speaker 1: it was worth our rear shocks, and we thought it 532 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:55,080 Speaker 1: was kind of ridiculous for a car with a hundred 533 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:57,680 Speaker 1: and fifty thousand miles on it that you know, had 534 00:28:57,680 --> 00:28:59,240 Speaker 1: oil leaks and a bunch of other things in a 535 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:01,320 Speaker 1: college kid's driving it. And she just didn't have a 536 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:04,480 Speaker 1: lot of doubt. So, you know, we took out the 537 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:08,360 Speaker 1: air ride shocks. Monroe makes a replacement kit with a 538 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:11,959 Speaker 1: coil overspring on it. We put that in and then 539 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:15,840 Speaker 1: then the instructions were unplugged the level right sensor. We 540 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 1: unplugged the level right sensor. No more warning at the dashboard. 541 00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:24,920 Speaker 1: We're done. You just unplugged the level. That's all we did. Now, 542 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:28,200 Speaker 1: whose kit is this? Is this a Monroe kit or 543 00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:33,360 Speaker 1: is this somebody else's it comes from Strutton Masters. Okay, yeah, 544 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:36,120 Speaker 1: I know, I'm familiar with strut Masters. And then it 545 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:38,880 Speaker 1: comes it damn North Carolina. It was only a couple 546 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:41,800 Speaker 1: hour drive and that was off that day, so I 547 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:44,600 Speaker 1: just instead of paying the hunterd dollars the ship and 548 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:46,640 Speaker 1: I just went on down and picked him up. And 549 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:49,520 Speaker 1: then it seems like a nice place. Yeah. No, they're 550 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:50,800 Speaker 1: a good bunch of guys. That tell you what, Oliver, 551 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:52,200 Speaker 1: let me pull over and take a pause. We want 552 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:54,280 Speaker 1: to come back. We'll finish with this. I'm running. Any 553 00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:55,880 Speaker 1: of the Car Doctor will be back with Oliver right 554 00:29:55,920 --> 00:30:08,200 Speaker 1: after this. Don't go away you, hey, Oliver Ronning any 555 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:11,360 Speaker 1: of the Car Doctor. You're You're still there, brother. Okay, 556 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:12,920 Speaker 1: so real quick, here's what I want you to do. 557 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:15,080 Speaker 1: Let me ask you this question. Do you own a 558 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:21,800 Speaker 1: volt meter? Yes? Okay, you're comfortable, so you're comfortable with 559 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:25,479 Speaker 1: voltage and all yes, sir? All right, get a wiring 560 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:27,800 Speaker 1: diagram for that level rod All right. I want you 561 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:29,080 Speaker 1: to do this one of two ways. I want you 562 00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:32,320 Speaker 1: get a wiring diagram for that level ride module, and 563 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:34,680 Speaker 1: I want you to trace back. There's there's going to 564 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:38,920 Speaker 1: be there's probably a constant hot and there's there's generally 565 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:41,360 Speaker 1: a key ton hot in the words, there's gonna be 566 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:44,840 Speaker 1: both sources at the module. Just tap into that, as 567 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:47,120 Speaker 1: a matter of fact, tap into the ground and the 568 00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:50,080 Speaker 1: hot right there, and then you don't have to add 569 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:53,080 Speaker 1: any extra wiring and run anymore wiring and go through 570 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:56,160 Speaker 1: the hassle of that. That's that's my first thought process. 571 00:30:56,280 --> 00:30:59,720 Speaker 1: Is my second is Strutt Masters is a great company 572 00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:02,280 Speaker 1: in this sense of product support. Why don't you give 573 00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:03,800 Speaker 1: him a call. You're not the first guy to do 574 00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:05,800 Speaker 1: this and say, hey, I've got a ninety four Caddie 575 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:09,360 Speaker 1: de Ville. Where is everybody tapping in? What's your experience, Ben, 576 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:11,600 Speaker 1: where's everybody tapping in to get that key to hot? 577 00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:15,080 Speaker 1: And if that does a go ahead? What were you 578 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:19,320 Speaker 1: gonna say? I was just gonna say they do off 579 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:21,880 Speaker 1: of that, you know, But I was listening to you 580 00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:24,960 Speaker 1: last week and I was gonna get your opinion and 581 00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:27,920 Speaker 1: the fellas that I talked to when I called a 582 00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:33,640 Speaker 1: little support sound like he was, you know, maybe not 583 00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:36,240 Speaker 1: the one I wanted to talk take. And then the 584 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:43,840 Speaker 1: third Then the third thing is you got a local mechanic. Well, okay, 585 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:48,800 Speaker 1: it's not really I mean, I mean, uh, well, let 586 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:50,200 Speaker 1: me ask you this. So they want you to they 587 00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:51,800 Speaker 1: want you to have a key to hot in the ground. 588 00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:55,320 Speaker 1: Where's the other two wires of the relay going? Uh? 589 00:31:55,680 --> 00:32:04,160 Speaker 1: They go to uh, let's see attach locate three seventy 590 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:13,120 Speaker 1: read wah attach a PC side of circuit three seventy Right, Well, 591 00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:16,800 Speaker 1: the problem here in a seventy are like cut cut 592 00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:20,920 Speaker 1: and you know there's a little box in the back 593 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:25,600 Speaker 1: of the Cadillac. And what you can do is a 594 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:32,640 Speaker 1: ground where you put the uh hey, Oliver, time time brother, 595 00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:35,560 Speaker 1: only because we're gonna run out of time. Doesn't and 596 00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:38,280 Speaker 1: I know this for a fact. Strut masters has more 597 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:42,480 Speaker 1: than a few YouTube videos. Have you looked at it? Right? 598 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:45,640 Speaker 1: So do this? Do this? Take a look at the 599 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:48,800 Speaker 1: YouTube videos. If the guy you call it strut masters 600 00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:53,040 Speaker 1: doesn't doesn't answer your question, ask for a different guy. 601 00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:57,480 Speaker 1: But it's difficult for me to tell you exactly which 602 00:32:57,560 --> 00:33:00,760 Speaker 1: wires to cut without the instruction right in front of me. 603 00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:03,560 Speaker 1: And I don't want to give you the wrong information. Um. 604 00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:08,120 Speaker 1: I've been through this before with suspension modification kits. I've 605 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:10,480 Speaker 1: done the deal where I'll I call it pinning out. 606 00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:14,120 Speaker 1: I pin out each individual wire at the module. This 607 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:16,160 Speaker 1: one does this, this one does that, this is keion 608 00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:18,640 Speaker 1: engine off, this is hot, this is this is hot 609 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:22,000 Speaker 1: all the time, and so on. And from there I'll 610 00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:26,920 Speaker 1: wire my relay right in proximity. Just for giggles, try 611 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:28,600 Speaker 1: and plug in the module and see if the light 612 00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:32,040 Speaker 1: goes out. I'm just curious, all right, if that module 613 00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:33,560 Speaker 1: will do it for you, And if it doesn't, it 614 00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:35,479 Speaker 1: can't hurt anything. Just plug it back in and then 615 00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:37,719 Speaker 1: continue with your wiring. Call me back next week if 616 00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:39,200 Speaker 1: you need more. Brother, I'm just out of time. I'm 617 00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:41,200 Speaker 1: on Eating the car Doctor. We're back right after this 618 00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:50,760 Speaker 1: bloking back. Weren't Eating of the car doctor. We had 619 00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:52,200 Speaker 1: a call up there, but we lost him. It was 620 00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:54,320 Speaker 1: Mike and Maryland. A lot of Mike's in Maryland and 621 00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:56,640 Speaker 1: Delaware must must have been a popular name at the 622 00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:59,880 Speaker 1: time he had. He wanted information about the car. Uh. 623 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:02,440 Speaker 1: Most important if you're if you've got an older car 624 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:05,360 Speaker 1: like that, an older Classic, an older GM like that, 625 00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:08,759 Speaker 1: take a look under the back seat. Under the back seat, 626 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:12,160 Speaker 1: usually on the driver's side, is the build sheet. If 627 00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:14,440 Speaker 1: the mice haven't gotten to it yet, the build sheet 628 00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:18,000 Speaker 1: will give you a ton of information about actual options 629 00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:20,879 Speaker 1: of the car, what RPO codes were originally in the car. 630 00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:23,600 Speaker 1: If that's not there, if it's chewed up now. They 631 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:26,879 Speaker 1: won't do it for Pontiac to my knowledge. But there 632 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:30,840 Speaker 1: is a website, the GM Heritage Website. Just Google search 633 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:33,960 Speaker 1: GM Heritage Archives and I'll tell you what you've got 634 00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:35,600 Speaker 1: the time. We're all at home now, right, you want 635 00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:38,200 Speaker 1: to you want to see some really neat stuff you can. 636 00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:40,439 Speaker 1: You can take a stroll down memory lane of old 637 00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:43,560 Speaker 1: pictures of General Motors cars from the forties, the fifties, 638 00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:47,279 Speaker 1: the sixties, and they will actually be able to reproduce 639 00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:50,799 Speaker 1: the build sheet for any Cadillac. Don't ask me how 640 00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:53,160 Speaker 1: I want to know this any Cadillac. I believe it's 641 00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:57,680 Speaker 1: from three Can you imagine, right, the the amount of 642 00:34:57,719 --> 00:34:59,880 Speaker 1: information that GM has had to keep, They can't keep it. 643 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:03,600 Speaker 1: They're looking for older stuff because what happened was I 644 00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:05,880 Speaker 1: was looking for the Monte Carlo, my seventy two Monty Carlo. 645 00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:08,040 Speaker 1: I wanted to get that going. Um, they didn't have 646 00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:12,719 Speaker 1: anything for Chevrolet older than seventy five, I think, but 647 00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:15,920 Speaker 1: seventy five Pontiac might be there. So Mike, if you're 648 00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:20,160 Speaker 1: still listening. Google search GM Heritage Archives and that will 649 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:21,759 Speaker 1: bring you a link to that website. You can get 650 00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:23,400 Speaker 1: a build sheet and then go from there to get 651 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:25,839 Speaker 1: more information. Hey, looking up, I'm any in the car 652 00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:28,640 Speaker 1: doct you're reminding you until the next time. Good mechanics 653 00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:31,000 Speaker 1: aren't expensive, they're priceless. See you