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Speaker 1: Ron and Nannian from one of those mechanics everybody loves

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Speaker 1: to hit. I'm an equal opportunity offender. Now the Car Doctor.

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Speaker 1: We just want to be here for you. That's what

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Speaker 1: this radio show is all about. Welcome to the radio

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Speaker 1: home of Ron and Aian the Car Doctor, since this

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Speaker 1: is where car owners the world will return to for

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Speaker 1: their definitive opinion on automotive repair. If your mechanics giving

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Speaker 1: The garage doors are open, but I am here to

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Speaker 1: take your calls at eight five five five six nay

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Speaker 1: with your automobile or truck or whatever does you drive

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Speaker 1: into it. We were out last week, if you will recall,

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Speaker 1: comments and questions about a memory saver able. Welcome to

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Speaker 1: the car doctor. How can I help? Uh? Yeah, thank you?

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Speaker 1: I was looking. I was looking at replacing it, and uh,

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Speaker 1: I have a memory saver that I was going to

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Speaker 1: I wonder why, and sorry, I wonder why. I know

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Speaker 1: of no vehicle we don't use a memory saver on,

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Speaker 1: and there's there's there's no there's no suggestion not to.

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Speaker 1: And that's why I didn't understand why. And I actually

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Speaker 1: try and sell autoparts. I mean, listen, there's a bunch

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Speaker 1: Advanced auto parts right behind them. Okay, so there's a

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Speaker 1: thirteenth grade. Uh you know, it's it's it's just a

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Speaker 1: As far as as as far as why they're saying

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Speaker 1: as as part of a battery replacement. Yeah, And that's

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Speaker 1: the battery now look at the resistance value and it

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Speaker 1: will charge accordingly. So you know that's that's clearly part

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Speaker 1: of the process. And for the record, if you're interested

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Speaker 1: in a good battery, go get something with power frame

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Speaker 1: grid technology. You hear me talk about it. Power frame

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Speaker 1: grid technology is a it's a technology for lack of

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Speaker 1: a better way to put it, it's how the battery

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Speaker 1: a sense. It's the plates are made better, they're formed

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Speaker 1: differently than conventional batteries, and they do last longer. So

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Speaker 1: that is a proven study, improven reports. If you want

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Speaker 1: to google something or research something, research power frame grid

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Speaker 1: technology and see what that brings up. And you can

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Speaker 1: find more online. Uh to read about it on your

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Speaker 1: own power frame dot com. But clearly, power frame grid

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Speaker 1: a battery, and that's not anyone particular brand that's in

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Speaker 1: you know, a a brand of battery, but that is

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Speaker 1: They say that there was no fluid in my reserve.

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Speaker 1: I said, where did it go? They just tell me,

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Speaker 1: What mileage? Do you know? Uh? It was six ago? Okay,

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Speaker 1: So so here's bringing in a little early. Here's another

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Speaker 1: You would have damaged You would have damaged the pump,

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Speaker 1: So my comment here is when you had the oil

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Speaker 1: just say fluids. Let's it. They don't. They don't tell

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Speaker 1: Like I always say, a good cup of coffee conversation

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Speaker 1: We are back right after this. Hey, welcome back, Nat

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Speaker 1: Bob in Montauko for Chrysler and some problems with a

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Speaker 1: normally I have to jump the car to get it going. Okay,

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Speaker 1: own starters shorter, You've got an internal problem in the starter. Alright, alright,

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Speaker 1: now one more point. Yeah, I probably jumped cause of

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Speaker 1: Could that have fright something? What's what kind of damage

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Speaker 1: So anything is possible, Bob, But you've got to kind

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Speaker 1: why is the battery going dead so much? Yeah? I

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Speaker 1: got a milliam setting on it, um, so why can't

428
00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:18,840
Speaker 1: we put it on a milliams setting and put the

429
00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:22,359
Speaker 1: meter in series with the negative cable and you know,

430
00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:24,119
Speaker 1: give it about First of all, it's gonna take about

431
00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:26,720
Speaker 1: forty five minutes for the computers on the vehicle to

432
00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:30,520
Speaker 1: time out a normal good vehicle at thirty forty five

433
00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:33,320
Speaker 1: minutes four at the time out, all right, And then

434
00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:37,200
Speaker 1: once it goes to sleep, you should see less than

435
00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:40,520
Speaker 1: a fifty milliam draw. So if you have it in

436
00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:43,800
Speaker 1: amps and not milliams, you'll see point five. I'm sorry,

437
00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:47,639
Speaker 1: you'll see point oh five, okay, but if you have

438
00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:49,960
Speaker 1: it in milliams, it will be a fifty milliam draws

439
00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:54,440
Speaker 1: what you're looking for, and anything anything that or less

440
00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:58,400
Speaker 1: is acceptable, anything higher than one at a time, pull

441
00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:00,760
Speaker 1: a fuse out, put a fuse back, pull a fuse out,

442
00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:04,480
Speaker 1: pull a fuse back, just to see which circuit finally

443
00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:07,840
Speaker 1: gets the draw down to an acceptable level. You know,

444
00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:11,719
Speaker 1: at least then you've got a fighting chance, because if

445
00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:13,359
Speaker 1: you continue to do this, you're just gonna end up

446
00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:16,200
Speaker 1: putting a battery in the car holds the battery. It's

447
00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:18,560
Speaker 1: probably three years old, you know, it's you're just gonna

448
00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:20,720
Speaker 1: end up replacing a battery and spending money you don't

449
00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:24,200
Speaker 1: have to spend, all right, Does the car sit outside?

450
00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:28,440
Speaker 1: All right? So then let's let's fix the draw and

451
00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:31,720
Speaker 1: then if you're only using it once a month, and

452
00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:33,840
Speaker 1: I should tell you this part too, you know, three

453
00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:37,280
Speaker 1: weeks is probably the outside fringe of when a car

454
00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:40,119
Speaker 1: will start, all right, And then after that, most of

455
00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:43,159
Speaker 1: the batteries today because of the electronics, will will finally

456
00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:45,920
Speaker 1: you'll need to jump it as you're doing, but you know,

457
00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:48,760
Speaker 1: without the draw there, maybe it'll last longer maybe you'll

458
00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:50,760
Speaker 1: go out and kick it once every two weeks to

459
00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:53,840
Speaker 1: get it to run. But if it's sitting outside, I

460
00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:57,720
Speaker 1: really like to take a solar charger, plug it into

461
00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:00,520
Speaker 1: the O B D two port, leave it on the windshield,

462
00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:02,840
Speaker 1: you know, leave it inside the car on the dashboard,

463
00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:05,480
Speaker 1: you know, the suction cup in to the windshield, and

464
00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:08,360
Speaker 1: charge the battery right through that and maintain the battery.

465
00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:11,520
Speaker 1: I didn't even know they had those. That's a great idea.

466
00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:14,040
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, you can just just just Google search solar

467
00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:16,879
Speaker 1: charger O B D two port and watch what comes up.

468
00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:19,560
Speaker 1: My god, you'll be there reading half the afternoon and

469
00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:22,000
Speaker 1: and and then at that point you're not trying. Now,

470
00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:24,920
Speaker 1: you know that the problem becomes in the winter with

471
00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:27,880
Speaker 1: snow and the windshield gets filled with you know, you don't,

472
00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:30,040
Speaker 1: but you know what if you had to jump start

473
00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:32,360
Speaker 1: at three months out of the year versus twelve months

474
00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:36,239
Speaker 1: out of the year, you'd be a happy camper. So well,

475
00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:37,880
Speaker 1: you know, I was waiting for the summer to play

476
00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:39,520
Speaker 1: with the window. I hate doing things in the winter

477
00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:43,000
Speaker 1: right right, and but and listen, I hate to see

478
00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:47,119
Speaker 1: it go through and you know, fix the window, and

479
00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:50,760
Speaker 1: then that doesn't solve it. So you know, let's do

480
00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:55,200
Speaker 1: an am draw test. Fifty milliams is industry accepted practice.

481
00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:58,680
Speaker 1: All right, and you know, one at a time, there's

482
00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:00,920
Speaker 1: there's there should be two few boxes in that car,

483
00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:03,840
Speaker 1: one of the passenger compartment, one under the hood, the

484
00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:06,879
Speaker 1: battery distribution box. Keep in mind that you've got to

485
00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:09,160
Speaker 1: give that onboard computer forty five minutes of time out.

486
00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:13,840
Speaker 1: Now that being said, all right, you give it forty

487
00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:15,320
Speaker 1: five minutes of time out, and you want to get

488
00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:16,920
Speaker 1: to the fuse box in the car. What's the first

489
00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:19,720
Speaker 1: thing you're gonna do. You're gonna open the door. It's

490
00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:23,320
Speaker 1: gonna wake up the computer. Right, So you're going to

491
00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:25,520
Speaker 1: have to either you know what I mean when I

492
00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:28,160
Speaker 1: say you're gonna have to manually trip the door latch.

493
00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:35,600
Speaker 1: You're talking down there, the striker open, open, open the

494
00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:37,640
Speaker 1: car door. You know where the striker hits the latch

495
00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:40,480
Speaker 1: when you close it. You take a screwdriver and you

496
00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:45,040
Speaker 1: trip the latch and lock the door. All right, Um,

497
00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,720
Speaker 1: if it has an internal switch built into the door latch,

498
00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:49,399
Speaker 1: I don't remember what I know. Four looks like. If

499
00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:53,720
Speaker 1: you don't see an external switch around the doorframe, then

500
00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:56,760
Speaker 1: the door A jar switch is built into the latch

501
00:26:56,840 --> 00:27:01,000
Speaker 1: assembly electronics. Okay, so you gonna have to manually trip

502
00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:03,760
Speaker 1: the latch if it's built into the door frame. I'll

503
00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:07,400
Speaker 1: take a small piece of wood and a large pair

504
00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:10,359
Speaker 1: of welding vice gripts with a rag on the inside

505
00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:12,000
Speaker 1: so it's not to hurt the interior if it's a

506
00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:14,720
Speaker 1: nice car, and I'll just tack it against that switch

507
00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:17,520
Speaker 1: and push the plunger down and that keeps. Then the

508
00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:20,960
Speaker 1: computer thinks the door is closed. Then I can open

509
00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:22,720
Speaker 1: the fuse box and do whatever I want and pull

510
00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:24,600
Speaker 1: fuses at one at a time and not affect the

511
00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:27,640
Speaker 1: draw Because you've got to keep the car. The car

512
00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:30,280
Speaker 1: has to be told that it's asleep, otherwise you're never

513
00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:34,679
Speaker 1: gonna get an accurate draw reading. Oh great, alright, excellent advice.

514
00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:37,480
Speaker 1: All right, sir, Okay, let me know what happens, Bob.

515
00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:42,240
Speaker 1: You're very welcome. Eight zero nine zero zero. Well, I hate,

516
00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:43,639
Speaker 1: I hate I have hand a car with a bit

517
00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:46,720
Speaker 1: with a dead battery. I because you know what the

518
00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:51,040
Speaker 1: other thing is cars is an emergency vehicle. I guess

519
00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:52,720
Speaker 1: the boy scout in me comes out. I was always

520
00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:55,000
Speaker 1: thought to be prepared. You never know when you're gonna

521
00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:56,720
Speaker 1: need that third car, and when you know you're gonna

522
00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:58,159
Speaker 1: have to have to jump started or you know you

523
00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:00,440
Speaker 1: gotta count on it to go. So, um, you know,

524
00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:04,480
Speaker 1: let's let's fix the draw problem eight zero nine zero

525
00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:06,239
Speaker 1: run on any of the car doctor coming back right

526
00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:16,400
Speaker 1: after this. Hey, welcome back the car doctor. Eight five

527
00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:18,879
Speaker 1: five zero nine zero zero. Let's go over and talk

528
00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:22,320
Speaker 1: to Josef and which talk Kansas Crown Vic. Let's see

529
00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:24,120
Speaker 1: what's going on here. Joseph, Welcome to the car Doctor.

530
00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:28,040
Speaker 1: How can I help? Thank you? Ron? How are you doing? Good, sir?

531
00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:31,920
Speaker 1: What's going on? Well, I've got a no crank, no

532
00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:37,480
Speaker 1: start on my grandparents Crown Victoria. I've got all the

533
00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:42,040
Speaker 1: dashlights when they come on, but it sounds like it's clicking.

534
00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:46,080
Speaker 1: But I don't know where the relay or the son

535
00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:49,400
Speaker 1: no it is on this vehicle. Well, the the starter

536
00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:52,680
Speaker 1: relay should be. Um, it's gonna be in the battery

537
00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:54,880
Speaker 1: junction box under the hood. But let's talk for a

538
00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:57,880
Speaker 1: real quick second. You turn the key on, do you

539
00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:00,880
Speaker 1: hear a click or any noise at all? Or is

540
00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:04,840
Speaker 1: it just it just sits there and does nothing? A click,

541
00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:10,600
Speaker 1: A singular click. Okay, so why don't we go down

542
00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:13,920
Speaker 1: to the starter and take a look. There's gonna be

543
00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:16,760
Speaker 1: a single feed, a white with a light blue trace.

544
00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:18,760
Speaker 1: It actually starts out as yellow light blue and then

545
00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:22,240
Speaker 1: goes white light blue down at the starter itself. And

546
00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:24,480
Speaker 1: just do we have power down there when you hit

547
00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:27,240
Speaker 1: the key to crank? Why can't we have a bad starter?

548
00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:29,400
Speaker 1: Make it simple? Before we get too deep into this,

549
00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:35,560
Speaker 1: another question. I have noticed that the amp gage on it,

550
00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:39,200
Speaker 1: it does go down a little bit. Is that normal

551
00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:41,840
Speaker 1: or not? What when you're going to crank it, when

552
00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:45,080
Speaker 1: you're going to start it? Shirts? It's that that that

553
00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:47,960
Speaker 1: that tells me that probably what's going on here is

554
00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:53,200
Speaker 1: the starter is trying to do something but it can't,

555
00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:55,000
Speaker 1: and you're just you're sitting there with your hand on

556
00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:58,160
Speaker 1: the key expecting at the crank you're just deadheading the starter,

557
00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:02,640
Speaker 1: creating a current rum. But I wouldn't I wouldn't take

558
00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:05,800
Speaker 1: that at any real diagnostic routine because I never tried

559
00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:07,400
Speaker 1: to count on the thing that's broken to tell me

560
00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:10,000
Speaker 1: what's wrong with it, you know, in that sense, because

561
00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:12,600
Speaker 1: then i'm i'm i'm, i'm i'm learning the wrong way.

562
00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:14,840
Speaker 1: I'd rather see you sit there and you know, do

563
00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:20,200
Speaker 1: a voltage reading. You have a vault meter, Okay, do

564
00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:23,440
Speaker 1: you have a all right? And maybe just take a

565
00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:26,440
Speaker 1: vault reading negative negative side of the voltmeter at the

566
00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:31,040
Speaker 1: battery and then always measure battery, always measure, always measure

567
00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:34,120
Speaker 1: source voltage. Right, you want to go across the battery

568
00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:37,160
Speaker 1: negative the ground, positive the hot and just you know,

569
00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:40,200
Speaker 1: do you have twelve point three twelve point five vaults?

570
00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:42,160
Speaker 1: So at least you've got a good battery with good

571
00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:50,280
Speaker 1: standing voltage and you know battery. So so let's check

572
00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:52,719
Speaker 1: the battery. Because new doesn't mean good. New means never

573
00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:55,600
Speaker 1: ever worked. Um, even though I'm sure it's the same

574
00:30:55,640 --> 00:31:04,080
Speaker 1: time of your saying about that never ever worked. Um. Plus,

575
00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,480
Speaker 1: you know what when we when we do One of

576
00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:08,400
Speaker 1: the things I've learned in order to repair over the

577
00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:11,360
Speaker 1: years is when I do the same thing over and over.

578
00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:15,840
Speaker 1: Bet it keeps me sharp and it helps me to

579
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:19,320
Speaker 1: remember a diagnostic routine in a pattern so that I'm consistent,

580
00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:21,880
Speaker 1: and I do the same thing over and over and over,

581
00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:24,120
Speaker 1: and I tend not to miss a step and I

582
00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:27,760
Speaker 1: fix it faster. It's when I start jumping around and

583
00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:30,920
Speaker 1: and granted, testing source voltage is just a real basic

584
00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:34,880
Speaker 1: first step. But when I start jumping around, that's when

585
00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:38,080
Speaker 1: I start getting beat. Um. You know, you don't get

586
00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:41,800
Speaker 1: you don't get beat too many times in this business physically.

587
00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:45,040
Speaker 1: You get beat mentally, and it's the mental mistakes that

588
00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:48,080
Speaker 1: cost us the game. And it's it's it's just you

589
00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:54,760
Speaker 1: have a recommendation for a good starter. Well, if you're

590
00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:57,400
Speaker 1: gonna put a starter in this, if it comes down

591
00:31:57,440 --> 00:31:59,920
Speaker 1: to being a starter, do you have an o'reillyo to part?

592
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:04,960
Speaker 1: It's around you. Then get down to Riley Ooto Parts

593
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:07,280
Speaker 1: and tell them the situation. You got a Crown Vic,

594
00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:10,080
Speaker 1: it's your grandparents car. You're looking for a good quality starter.

595
00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:14,280
Speaker 1: Ask them about warranty and they'll tell you what brand

596
00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:17,640
Speaker 1: down their Kansas Way is gonna work because they'll know

597
00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:19,960
Speaker 1: what works and what doesn't. And they're very good, honest,

598
00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:25,800
Speaker 1: straightforward folks. All Right, you're very welcome. As a matter

599
00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:28,000
Speaker 1: of fact, you can probably get out to their website.

600
00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:31,360
Speaker 1: If you get out to Rileyoto dot com and you

601
00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:34,160
Speaker 1: can you know, see what brands they carry and maybe

602
00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:36,120
Speaker 1: have a little more knowledge before you walk in the door.

603
00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:39,080
Speaker 1: But let's go with let's measure voltage at the starter

604
00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:41,040
Speaker 1: and we're getting a signal from the ignition switch and

605
00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:43,320
Speaker 1: go from there. And if you need more, yosef, I'm

606
00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:47,240
Speaker 1: here for you. You just give me a calloo zero.

607
00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:52,400
Speaker 1: The car doctors coming back right after this, welcome back,

608
00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:54,160
Speaker 1: running the end of the car doctor rolling along. Let's

609
00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:56,800
Speaker 1: real quick, let's get over to Rick and Pittsburgh. Rick,

610
00:32:56,840 --> 00:32:59,000
Speaker 1: we're gonna take you, but we may have to hold

611
00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:00,800
Speaker 1: you over the top of the our. That's okay, we'll

612
00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:02,400
Speaker 1: just we'll get a selve. We'll start on it now.

613
00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:06,600
Speaker 1: That works well. I appreciate your card is very much.

614
00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:10,880
Speaker 1: There's a situation I had to buy a car very

615
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:14,200
Speaker 1: quickly after someone hit my car in total it um

616
00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:15,880
Speaker 1: so a friend of mine went to an auction. He

617
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:20,360
Speaker 1: purchased the two thousand and four Buhicless Saber. But soon, really,

618
00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:23,600
Speaker 1: soon after I took the car over, I got this

619
00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:28,640
Speaker 1: knock underneath the really somewhat loud, repetitive sound on names

620
00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:33,200
Speaker 1: engines D like that just doesn't sound good. I did

621
00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:36,040
Speaker 1: my research and I guess, no, not good at all.

622
00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:41,760
Speaker 1: And I was thinking either flywheel or timing chain. Okay,

623
00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:46,720
Speaker 1: but somebody else mentioned a harmonic balancer. And I'll be honest,

624
00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:49,120
Speaker 1: I'm not that well versed in cars, but I'm previ

625
00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:52,120
Speaker 1: good researcher. So that's where fall. You know, being able

626
00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:54,360
Speaker 1: to draw on the expertise to someone like yourself is

627
00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:57,640
Speaker 1: much appreciated. As as much as we are tempted, And

628
00:33:57,680 --> 00:34:00,320
Speaker 1: I appreciate that, I really do, you know, as much

629
00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:03,880
Speaker 1: as we are tempted to use the Internet, and I

630
00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:05,920
Speaker 1: use it, we all do, we all listen. I don't

631
00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:08,600
Speaker 1: think I could go through the day without Google. I would.

632
00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:10,840
Speaker 1: I would be lost at times because you just asking

633
00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:13,960
Speaker 1: so many questions. Um, you know, on a side note,

634
00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:16,960
Speaker 1: do you ever wonder the word fuzz comes from? Why

635
00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:19,120
Speaker 1: why do they call? Why did they call the police fuzz?

636
00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:22,640
Speaker 1: Back in the sixties, Well, we googled, We googled that

637
00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:26,280
Speaker 1: today you know what the answer was because the police

638
00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:29,800
Speaker 1: are always deemed as being fussy, and fussy became a

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Speaker 1: derivative of fuzz or that's where fuzz came from. That's

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Speaker 1: why they How could you live without Google? I mean,

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Speaker 1: how great is that? Anyway? Onto your car? Um, my

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Speaker 1: concern would be are you doing damage the more you

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Speaker 1: gonna be step one. And I'll tell you what rick

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Speaker 1: that We're gonna stopped for the news at the top

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Speaker 1: of the hour, most of the affiliates, but hang on

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Speaker 1: the phone and when we come back, I'll give you

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Speaker 1: and what somebody may want to look at. So don't

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Speaker 1: go away. I'm running any of the car doctor. The

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