1 00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:04,880 Speaker 1: Ron Andanian, easy enough fix. I took both sensors, broke them, 2 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 1: put him in a vice, and you know, vented my 3 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:10,480 Speaker 1: frustration with a hammer and showed that sensor who's boss 4 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: and h it worked. That fixed the TPMs leg the 5 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 1: car Doctor. But if I put my hand over the 6 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: throttle body and basically choked the engine, it'll start. I 7 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 1: want to know what this thing is looking. Welcome to 8 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 1: the radio home of Ron and Anian the Car Doctor, 9 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:44,240 Speaker 1: since this is where car owners the world over turned 10 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:48,319 Speaker 1: to for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. If your 11 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 1: mechanics giving you a busy signal, pick up the phone 12 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 1: and call in the garage. Orders are open, but I 13 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 1: am here to take your calls at eight five five s. 14 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: Here's something we hope you're really like he running. I 15 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 1: always think as far as Gump every time I go 16 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 1: into the shop on a Monday, because it's it's an 17 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: order repair shop is like a box of chocolates. You 18 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:16,199 Speaker 1: never know what you're gonna get, and every week just varies, 19 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: and it just varies with such an intensity that it 20 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 1: drives me every week to just want to do more 21 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 1: and more and more, because it's just such a it's 22 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 1: such a rush at times of holy count you just 23 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 1: think you solve this one, and there couldn't be anything 24 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 1: crazier or more complex or more rewarding, and then all 25 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 1: of a sudden, the next thing comes along. We had 26 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:38,120 Speaker 1: um and I was just telling Tom before the show, 27 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:40,319 Speaker 1: the shop is so crazy busy right now. It's it's 28 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 1: and I don't know why I can't figure it out. 29 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: We you know it, Believe me. If if if there's 30 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 1: a definition of laying low, that's us because we don't advertise, 31 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: we don't market, we don't you know we we You 32 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 1: hardly ever hear me talk about the shop here on 33 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:53,639 Speaker 1: the show, except for the fact that I'm talking about 34 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 1: it now. But I still won't tell you where it 35 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 1: is or what it is. You got to find it, 36 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 1: and we're just crazy, easy busy. I don't get it. Wait, 37 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 1: a bunch of suber Us this week, and you know 38 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: they kind of keep you on your toes, suber Use 39 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 1: because they are they are becoming the Chevy Impala of 40 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:13,079 Speaker 1: this generation. There's a lot of them out there. Everybody's 41 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 1: driving one. They're getting very common, and you know they're 42 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:19,119 Speaker 1: they're in my opinion, they're dirt cheap to buy, dirt 43 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:23,079 Speaker 1: cheap to work on, and you know they they're developing similar, 44 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:26,640 Speaker 1: very common problems, just like the Chevy Impalace of the 45 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 1: sixties and the seventies and the eighties. We had a 46 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 1: couple of this week with wheel bearing issues. Um, one 47 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 1: of them was kind of fun, one of them was 48 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:41,359 Speaker 1: sort of perilous, and one of them just was easy 49 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 1: to do. It just it varied. It was like that 50 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: box of chocolate you'd never do which what you were 51 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 1: going to get. We did clear the local warehouse out 52 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: of rear wheel bearings for that you know fourteen the 53 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 1: eighteen model year Subaru cross Trak out back that for 54 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: bold hub style bearing, because we probably would while we bought. 55 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,640 Speaker 1: We bought four this week. Like I said, there was 56 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 1: more than a few week cleaned out the local warehouse 57 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 1: at the stock level, and they had a reorder right 58 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 1: away and it was just kind of you know, look 59 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 1: what we're doing. Every one of these repairs was was rusted. 60 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 1: It was a rear wheel bearing. If you're driving your 61 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:17,080 Speaker 1: car and you know, do you pay attention, do you 62 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 1: notice you're turning the radio up louder? Do you you 63 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: know you're hearing from the back of the car and 64 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 1: you're going, you know, it's probably not a tire, it's 65 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 1: probably a wheel bearing, but it's a super ruin. It's 66 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 1: got more than fifty thousand miles on it. It could 67 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 1: very well be a bad wheel bearing. We see it 68 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 1: at all when we worked on this week varied in mileage. 69 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 1: Were one had fifty eight thousand miles on it to 70 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 1: one had and two thousand miles on it. But they 71 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 1: were all there, they were all making noise. Soaked them 72 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: up real good. We always soaked them up. We always, 73 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 1: you know, try and get as much penetrn on there. 74 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: There's nothing better. I'm not gonna lie, there's nothing better 75 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 1: than p B blaster in my opinion for this. Soaked 76 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: it up with some p B blaster and um, you know, 77 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 1: I love the pro straw because it lets me get 78 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 1: it right where I want. There's a parking break shoe 79 00:03:57,280 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 1: assembly right next to the flames that you have to 80 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 1: soak gonna let you get it right in the crevice 81 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: and the cracks of the flame so you don't get 82 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 1: it all over the parking shoes and make a mess. 83 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 1: And you know the first one, we we hit it 84 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 1: with some PB blaster We put bolts in the back 85 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:14,119 Speaker 1: twelve millimeter by one to five, about two inches long, 86 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 1: the thread bolts, and we put it a caddy corner 87 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 1: and we just kind of give it a little note 88 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 1: with the ear chisel on the first one popped out, 89 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 1: kind of gave us hope. We thought, hey, you know, 90 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: how bad could this be? This is this just might be, 91 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 1: you know. And of course Dan he's just like excited 92 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:30,560 Speaker 1: and he's worn out at the same time because he's 93 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: doing the same repetitive thing four times in a row. 94 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:34,480 Speaker 1: He's like, really, what are we running a special? I? 95 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I got a sign out on the boulevard. 96 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 1: You know that says we're wheel bearing suber u. Um. 97 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: I don't, but you get the joke. Small joke, a 98 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 1: dad joke. Um. I made Tom laugh sort of um 99 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: or look at me. Funny. So the second one, yeah, 100 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:53,719 Speaker 1: thank you. I knew there was something coming. So the 101 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,720 Speaker 1: second one required a little bit more patients, a little 102 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:58,280 Speaker 1: bit of heat, a little bit of a little bit 103 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 1: more PB blaster, and some weight time. And you tend to, 104 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 1: you know, as you're exploring this box of chocolates, you're 105 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:09,040 Speaker 1: you tend to stagger. The day you you look at 106 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 1: the repairs, and you know which one needs gonna need 107 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:13,719 Speaker 1: some soak time, which is gonna need some penetrant and 108 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 1: you you as as you get the first one done, 109 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 1: you know it's what do you want to bring in next? Well, 110 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 1: I've got two easy oil changes. Now bring in the 111 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 1: next wheel bearing. Because it's eleven thirty. We can get 112 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,040 Speaker 1: it stripped down, we can get some p B blaster 113 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 1: on there, let it soak through lunch, come back at 114 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:30,920 Speaker 1: one o'clock and the creep action will have done its job. 115 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 1: At that point. We'll see if it comes apart. Second 116 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 1: one required a little bit of heat, like I said, 117 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:39,160 Speaker 1: the one side, and then the next one, the third one. 118 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:43,160 Speaker 1: We it came right apart of having sat for an 119 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 1: hour because we did two it once and um, you 120 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 1: know p B blaster did its job. It was the 121 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:52,279 Speaker 1: fourth one that you know, I was looking for a 122 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:54,599 Speaker 1: warm caramel center in the middle of this box of 123 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:57,239 Speaker 1: chocolates and it sort of gave me a hard peanut 124 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,040 Speaker 1: because it's just it's the kind of break your tooth on. 125 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 1: We heated it, we PB blasted it, we soaked it, 126 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 1: we let it sit overnight. Um, nothing got this wheel 127 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 1: bearing and hub out. And it was Tuesday morning when 128 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 1: we hit it with the torch again. You know, that 129 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:18,159 Speaker 1: box of chocolate shure has its surprises, because the bearing 130 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 1: finally came out, um, but the hub pulled out, the 131 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 1: center bearing stayed in the center of the guts. The 132 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:26,719 Speaker 1: hub of itself stayed in and um. Then the seal 133 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:29,720 Speaker 1: fell off, the outer seal that seals against the hub 134 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:32,280 Speaker 1: and UM as it was catching fire. I wanted to 135 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:34,160 Speaker 1: get it away from the car because you know, I 136 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 1: don't want to set the car on fire anymore than 137 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 1: where he was. Too bad. The garbage can was right 138 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:41,719 Speaker 1: underneath where the wheel bearing went, and so now the 139 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 1: seal that was on fire fell into the garbage can 140 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,799 Speaker 1: filled with you know, paper and cardboard and parked boxes 141 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 1: and um. And it's sure is amazing. You know, I 142 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: never saw Danny moved so fast as he took that 143 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 1: garbage camp picked it up and wheeled it right out 144 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:57,720 Speaker 1: the door, and then we hit it with the hose 145 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 1: to put it on fire out out before the fire spread, 146 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 1: because I figured burning the shop down on a Tuesday 147 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:04,839 Speaker 1: probably isn't a great idea. At least, let's try and 148 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 1: make it to Wednesday. But that seemed to do the 149 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 1: trick because that kind of relieved this and for whatever reason, 150 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 1: right after that, we hit it with the ear chisel 151 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:14,760 Speaker 1: and that bearing came out. And we learned a bunch 152 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 1: of different ways to do wheel bearings and subrus this week. 153 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 1: And we know for sure that which we kind of 154 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 1: knew beforehand, that we've got to use a good penetrant 155 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 1: pbe blaster works great. Um, it is the solution, it 156 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 1: really is. And we learned a bunch of patients is involved, 157 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 1: and we also learned we need a stock pile at 158 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 1: all by one to five thread millimeter bolts. A matter 159 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 1: of fact, we shot a video about one of the episodes, 160 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 1: and you know you're going to see it. We'll get 161 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 1: it and get it up on the web very shortly, 162 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 1: and um uh, you know, we'll have it up there 163 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 1: probably in the next week or two and you can 164 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 1: see exactly what goes on. But it's just if you're 165 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 1: running into this, and that's the point of this opening conversation. Obviously, 166 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 1: safety is it, and you know you want to be 167 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 1: safe and you want to be sure of what you're doing, 168 00:07:57,480 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 1: and you know, be careful, be thinking, because I was 169 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 1: careful thinking and I still manage to set the garbage 170 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 1: can on fire, but you know, it's what they do. 171 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 1: And every one of those bearings was just smoked. And 172 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 1: the danger is that if that bearing fails and the 173 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 1: wheel comes off, you know, that's a whole another problem. 174 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 1: And we're just seeing bearing failure is a common thing 175 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 1: on these Subarus. It's just something to be aware of. 176 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 1: So that's um. You know, that's just a word of 177 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:24,440 Speaker 1: the wise. Right. If you're driving an old not even 178 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 1: an older Suber, you know it's gonna be six seven 179 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 1: years old now, UM, just be aware of what it 180 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 1: is you got, and you know, and listen less anybody 181 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:35,079 Speaker 1: think this is a uh, this is a rant against Subaru. 182 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 1: It's not. I've got other stories. I can tell you 183 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 1: the story about the Hyundai Santa Fe that the rear 184 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:44,680 Speaker 1: end filled this week at UM customer came in. It 185 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 1: came in on Monday and it you know, needed breaks. 186 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:50,320 Speaker 1: We did breaks and need a couple other odds and ends, 187 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 1: and we were looking for this lunging, this bucking problem 188 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 1: that happened on left hand turns only, which we didn't see. 189 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:57,640 Speaker 1: The customers stead have happened to them once we didn't 190 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:00,120 Speaker 1: experience it, we couldn't duplicate it. We couldn't replicate it, 191 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 1: and sent it back out the door. And on Wednesday 192 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 1: we got a phone call that had happened again. So 193 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 1: I had them bring it in the next day, and 194 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 1: we couldn't duplicate it, and put the car up in 195 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 1: the air again, looked it all over, only this time, 196 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 1: this time I saw a piece of the real differential 197 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 1: assembly sticking out through the rear end cover. It exploded. 198 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 1: Um My theory is my belief is that when he 199 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 1: felt the first lurch prior to bringing it in, that's 200 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 1: when the failure occurred. And then it took a while 201 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 1: for it to work its way through the differential cover 202 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 1: and failed. And that isn't even okay. So that's a 203 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:34,640 Speaker 1: failure that isn't even the interesting part of the story. 204 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 1: This shout out goes out to Jimmy, who's the local 205 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:41,200 Speaker 1: Hunday dealer service manager, my new buddy. Um I had 206 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:43,240 Speaker 1: a really great conversation with Jimmy. He called me up 207 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 1: to get the information because I sent the customer up 208 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 1: to the dealer on the chance that it might be 209 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 1: covered under warranty because they do carry ten years one 210 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 1: hundred thousand mile coverage. But unfortunately my customer was the 211 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:55,599 Speaker 1: second owner and that negates that. But I had a 212 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:58,080 Speaker 1: really great conversation with Jimmy and he said, you know 213 00:09:58,080 --> 00:09:59,880 Speaker 1: that run, there may not be parts available for this, 214 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:02,319 Speaker 1: and you know, here's that surprise in the box of 215 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 1: chocolates thing. And I said, well, what do you mean 216 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 1: it may not be available. Well, it's nine years old. 217 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 1: You know, it may be that he has to go 218 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:09,559 Speaker 1: to a salvage yard and get something out of a 219 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 1: salvage yard. You know, Hyundai is not known for, you know, 220 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:14,960 Speaker 1: necessarily saying yeah, we're gonna make parts for any great 221 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:18,200 Speaker 1: length of time or any length of time. And you know, 222 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 1: he didn't agree with it. I'm not saying he did. 223 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:21,959 Speaker 1: He was kind of disappointed in the fact that he 224 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 1: had to tell me that. Um, but it's just it's 225 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:27,440 Speaker 1: amazing what goes on out there every day. You know, 226 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 1: like I said, when you walk into a repair shop 227 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:32,319 Speaker 1: on a Monday, you never know what you're gonna get. 228 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:35,199 Speaker 1: It's always an interesting scenario. Is the week unfolds eight 229 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:38,680 Speaker 1: five zero zero, I'm running any of the car doctor, 230 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 1: We're back to take your calls, see what your box 231 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:43,320 Speaker 1: of Chocolate's all about this week. Right after this, don't 232 00:10:43,320 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 1: go away time write it on the wall so you 233 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 1: don't forget to call for a car advice. Done right 234 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:07,880 Speaker 1: eight five five five zero zero zero. Now back to row, 235 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:10,880 Speaker 1: welcome back. You know I should just comment to that. 236 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 1: In talking to Jim, it was kind of refreshing from 237 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 1: the Hundy dealer. I was speaking with, you know, same problems, 238 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 1: same business, different sign over the door, same problems. Can't 239 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:24,719 Speaker 1: find technicians. Um, the backlog of vehicles that he has 240 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 1: to fix, the struggle that he has every day, and 241 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 1: getting parts, the struggle that he has every day in 242 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:32,680 Speaker 1: explaining what's really wrong with the vehicle and the trials 243 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:35,720 Speaker 1: and tribulations that they face. It's uh, it's it's it's 244 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:38,680 Speaker 1: eerily similar. The industry has really grown together into the 245 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:42,560 Speaker 1: same mess. I will say that, um, it's not gonna 246 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:44,440 Speaker 1: be easy getting car fixed in the future. It's not 247 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:45,920 Speaker 1: easy now, and it's not gonna get any better in 248 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 1: the foreseeable future because of the technology that we're dealing with. 249 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:52,720 Speaker 1: And UM, I was kind of staggered when he said 250 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:56,720 Speaker 1: to me we were we talked briefly on electric vehicles. 251 00:11:56,720 --> 00:12:00,040 Speaker 1: This uh, this gentleman Jim uh from the hun A 252 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:02,680 Speaker 1: dealer that I recently spoke with, and he was saying 253 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 1: that something to the effect of it, I'm gonna have 254 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:06,079 Speaker 1: to I think we got to get him on the show. 255 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 1: I'd like to hear about this. He was saying that 256 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:11,840 Speaker 1: Hyundai is now requiring their dealers to build a storage 257 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 1: facility to house their the lithium batteries for the electric vehicles, 258 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 1: something akin to a bomb shelter, so it's safe and 259 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:22,280 Speaker 1: secure storage in the event of some sort of fire 260 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 1: or some other, um you know problem. So great, We're 261 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 1: gonna you know, dealerships have to have bomb shelters to 262 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 1: be safe. I just heard that and I went, Nah, 263 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:35,839 Speaker 1: the future. Let's go over to Terry in Wisconsin. Oh 264 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:38,320 Speaker 1: five Chevy Equinox. I'm not gonna talk about electric cars today. 265 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:40,080 Speaker 1: It'll take up the next five hours and I'm only 266 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 1: on for two. Terry, welcome a board, sir. How can 267 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 1: I help? Oh, I'll tell you what I got. That 268 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:50,840 Speaker 1: ship of Equinox as six cylinder. And when you're turning 269 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 1: the key, it's it sounds like it's going to start, 270 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 1: but then it sounds like the Bendex is not coming back. 271 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 1: It keeps winding okay, and then you let off the 272 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 1: key that stops. Then you do that several times and 273 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:05,720 Speaker 1: it does that. Then all of a sudden they won't 274 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 1: do it. Now I'm thinking, I got three Three people 275 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:13,400 Speaker 1: told me three different things. Mine was the starter was 276 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 1: losing some peez or. My mechanic told me, well, that's 277 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:22,079 Speaker 1: your your ah C compressor. And another guy from UH 278 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:28,160 Speaker 1: part store told me advance told me that he says, 279 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:31,080 Speaker 1: there's a fuse box on top of the battery and 280 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 1: one of them fuses controls the in and out of 281 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:38,600 Speaker 1: your starter to tell it to go back in. Well, 282 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 1: I never heard anything so far fetched in my life. 283 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 1: You know, I've been around the block, but I've been 284 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 1: around that far. So I got three things to go on, 285 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 1: and none of them that really sound anything normal than 286 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 1: mind that maybe the starter's bad terry story. Are you 287 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 1: saying that it sounds like the starters not missing properly 288 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 1: with the flywheel? Kind of yeah? Is it? Is it 289 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 1: the similar sound if the engine was running? Is it 290 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 1: the similar sounds as if if the engine were running, 291 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 1: then you went to crank it and the starter engaged 292 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 1: with the flywheel with a running engine. It's that's loud 293 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:21,680 Speaker 1: metallic noise, that ringing sound. No, no, don't have anything 294 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 1: like that. It just sounds like the bendixes and coming back. Okay, 295 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 1: And what makes you think it's not? Well, I don't know. 296 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 1: I can't sell you. Why why would that be whinding 297 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:37,600 Speaker 1: like that? Well, if the Bendix, if the Bendix is 298 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:40,760 Speaker 1: it sounds like the Bendix isn't properly engaging with the flywheel, 299 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:44,440 Speaker 1: all right, or it sounds like there's a problem internal 300 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 1: in the starter. So you know, does it ever give 301 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 1: you a situation where you turn the key and nothing happens. 302 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:56,520 Speaker 1: It always makes the noise. It always tries to do something. Yeah, well, 303 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 1: it doesn't do it all the time. Sometimes it won't 304 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 1: do it for a whole month and all right, and 305 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 1: but the other times, the starter it always will tend 306 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:08,240 Speaker 1: to start the car. If that's not making that sound, 307 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 1: it will start the engine correct. Okay, So you know, 308 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 1: here's what you can do. I mean to explain the 309 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 1: fuse comment. If you go to the underhood fuse block 310 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 1: the left rear corner of the engine compartment, there's gonna 311 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 1: be there's gonna be a thirty am fuse just for 312 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 1: the starter circuit. That thirty am fuse is a direct 313 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:30,120 Speaker 1: feed to the purple wire going to the solenoid hot 314 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:34,240 Speaker 1: at the starter. All right, So the the gentleman at 315 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 1: advance is sort of right. That fuse does power the 316 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:40,560 Speaker 1: solenoid feed circuit, but it's it's it gets energized through 317 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 1: the starter relay in that underhood fuse block, and that 318 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 1: starter relay is controlled by the main engine computer. All right. 319 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:50,720 Speaker 1: I don't think your problem is necessarily with the starter 320 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:53,720 Speaker 1: being activated. It sounds like it's being activated, it's just 321 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 1: not mechanically connecting to her, mechanically meshing with the flywheel properly. 322 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:02,080 Speaker 1: So the problem is either at the starter or at 323 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:06,360 Speaker 1: the flywheel itself. I would get yourself a good quality, 324 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:10,280 Speaker 1: rebuilt starter or replacement starter, whatever your preferences of choice 325 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 1: of brand. Pull the starter out, crank the engine around 326 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:16,120 Speaker 1: at least once, looking for damage teeth on the flywheel. 327 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:19,720 Speaker 1: If you see none, then I'd replaced the starter. It's 328 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 1: a good place to start because everything else is just 329 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:26,680 Speaker 1: a guess. Yeah what I was thinking. Your only place 330 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 1: that I could think of with common sense, it would 331 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 1: be to start with the starter, right, But but I 332 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 1: would not just replace the starter at random, I would 333 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:36,080 Speaker 1: like I said, I would crank it around and check 334 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:39,880 Speaker 1: the flywheel. Believe it or not, an internal combustion engine, 335 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 1: depending upon how many cylinders it has, will always stop 336 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:46,240 Speaker 1: at the same one out of three places or one 337 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 1: out of four places. And if you you know, if 338 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 1: you want to see an example of it, take a 339 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:54,120 Speaker 1: look at airplanes. Take a look at some of the pictures. 340 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:56,720 Speaker 1: You'll go on YouTube and you'll see B seventeen starting 341 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 1: up with their big giant propellers. Look at when they stopped. 342 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 1: They always seem to stop in the same location. Right, 343 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 1: it's either with one of the spokes straight down, or 344 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:07,600 Speaker 1: it's or it's one of the spokes one of the 345 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:10,960 Speaker 1: spokes of the propellers straight up. Um, you know it's 346 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 1: it's not at random. You never see them and they 347 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:15,160 Speaker 1: always seem to stop in unison in the same position. 348 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 1: That's just a characteristice the physics of an internal combustion engine. 349 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:23,320 Speaker 1: So my point is that that same spot on the flywheel, 350 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:25,119 Speaker 1: it's one of three I think on a V six 351 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:29,399 Speaker 1: at that same spot is always being engaged. So you know, 352 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:32,800 Speaker 1: I have seen flywheels wear out that that one spot 353 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:36,159 Speaker 1: that's constantly being used on a repetitive basis. Could you 354 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:38,119 Speaker 1: know could wear out or damage a tooth from a 355 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:41,119 Speaker 1: bad starter, especially, you could have a bad flywheel from 356 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 1: a damage problem on the starter and a bad starter. 357 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:47,520 Speaker 1: But pull the starter out, check it, spin it around. 358 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:50,399 Speaker 1: If it looks good, get yourself a replacement starter and 359 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:52,200 Speaker 1: go from there. But I think that will solve your 360 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:54,879 Speaker 1: problem for you. Um, and you know it's for the 361 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:56,840 Speaker 1: rest of it. It sounds like a bunch of wise tales. 362 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:59,439 Speaker 1: People don't want to diagnose, they want to guess. So 363 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:03,680 Speaker 1: let's let's cut that out. Five zero Running of the 364 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:33,720 Speaker 1: Car Doctor. I'm back right after this. Who's gone high? There? 365 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:36,200 Speaker 1: That's the on button. I showed it Tom Running, Eating 366 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:37,960 Speaker 1: of the Car Doctor, right your service. I'm having button 367 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 1: problems today. Last week it was the light switch right now. 368 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 1: You can't hit the on button properly. I think I'm 369 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:47,840 Speaker 1: having button I think I have I think I have 370 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 1: button a topis you get buttoned something? Button something? I can't. 371 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:54,720 Speaker 1: I'm just having button problems. I don't know what it is. UM, 372 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:56,320 Speaker 1: let's see, let's go over to well, let's go to 373 00:18:56,359 --> 00:18:59,240 Speaker 1: Kevin in Massachusettstil five Dodge Kevin. Welcome to the car doctor, sir. 374 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:02,159 Speaker 1: How can I help? Hey? Ron? Long time listening? How 375 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:04,040 Speaker 1: you doing today? Good sir? Thank you. I appreciate you 376 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:06,879 Speaker 1: being there. What kind I do for you? Hey? With 377 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,240 Speaker 1: the weather again? Hot stuff? I turned my edition around 378 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 1: if here and I noticed that the air on the 379 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:14,440 Speaker 1: driver's side seems to be coming out harder and colder 380 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:17,040 Speaker 1: than the air on the passenger side. Is there like 381 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:20,200 Speaker 1: a mixing valve stuck maybe in there? Or is this 382 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:23,360 Speaker 1: is this split zone A C is this? Can you 383 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:26,160 Speaker 1: can you just so it's it's one, it's one tempt 384 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:30,880 Speaker 1: both sides, okay? Um uh, you know basics would be, 385 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 1: you know, scanning for codes, just see if you see anything, 386 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 1: because you know we always like every time I tell 387 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:37,440 Speaker 1: you guys, I get every time I go to the doctor, 388 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:39,159 Speaker 1: they take my heart right, blood pressure. I'm there to 389 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:41,679 Speaker 1: get my tone, nails clipped. Um. You know, so it 390 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 1: just has nothing to do with it, but you know 391 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:46,680 Speaker 1: you just want to, you know, just do basics. Um 392 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:49,439 Speaker 1: it really it really sounds like you're gonna end up 393 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 1: finding out your low on refrigerant. And and the reason 394 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:56,520 Speaker 1: I say that is as far fetched as that sounds 395 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:58,840 Speaker 1: because you would think that if you were low on refrigerant, 396 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 1: you would have equal willing or equal heat lost gain whatever, 397 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:07,600 Speaker 1: both sides. It seems that on some of the Dodges, 398 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:11,240 Speaker 1: Dodges and Fords seem to be afflicted with if it 399 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:14,879 Speaker 1: runs low and refrigerant, it will affect one side not 400 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,040 Speaker 1: the other. And it's just the way some of the 401 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:20,119 Speaker 1: models that the evaporator cores are made. Yeah, I s 402 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:22,359 Speaker 1: expect it's probably a little low. You know, all the 403 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:28,359 Speaker 1: job miles, like you said, just broken in right, just 404 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:31,600 Speaker 1: ready to go. And and for the record, you know, 405 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:33,480 Speaker 1: you can sit there and you can look up a 406 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 1: set of gauges and there's there's a series of charge 407 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:39,480 Speaker 1: you can look at, and you can say, well this 408 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 1: pressure and ambient temperature, I should see this on the 409 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 1: gauges and so on and so forth. And you know 410 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:48,440 Speaker 1: what my experience has been, it's not worth the effort 411 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 1: if you think it's low on charge, if it's been 412 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 1: more than three years since you've serviced it, I'd like 413 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:55,960 Speaker 1: to pull out what's in there, measure it, put it 414 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 1: back in um. It cuts to the to me, it 415 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:00,720 Speaker 1: cuts to the chase. A lot of eyes will disagree 416 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:02,239 Speaker 1: with me, but you know what, it'll get me right 417 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 1: to the heart of the matter. If I pull out 418 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:05,840 Speaker 1: two pounds and it's a two pound system, I know 419 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:07,959 Speaker 1: I'm looking for something else. And I pull out one 420 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 1: pound and it's a two pound system, I know I'm 421 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 1: looking for a leak. If I pull out three pounds 422 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 1: and it's a two pound system, it tells me somebody 423 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:15,320 Speaker 1: else worked on it, and the guy was lying to 424 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 1: me when he said it in uh, you know. So 425 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:19,919 Speaker 1: it just sort of covers the basis and I'm not 426 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:22,520 Speaker 1: sitting there trying to look up a chart that, in 427 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 1: my opinion, seems to change on a regular basis, because 428 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:27,720 Speaker 1: since there's no cych class, I can't tell if it's 429 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 1: low on charge or not until I measure what's in there. 430 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:32,360 Speaker 1: And to me, using a machine is the most accurate 431 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:35,560 Speaker 1: for to do it yourself. For you know, that's a 432 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:38,120 Speaker 1: different conversation. You can try and do it by gauges 433 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:40,920 Speaker 1: and pressure, but then in the end you're gonna Okay, 434 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 1: so it's low on charge. Now what now I've got 435 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:44,359 Speaker 1: to add? How much do you add? I don't know 436 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:46,879 Speaker 1: how much is in there? Bingo, We're back to evacuate 437 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:48,919 Speaker 1: the system. How much is in then you know how 438 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,639 Speaker 1: much you're gonna put back in. Um Uh. You know 439 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:57,320 Speaker 1: it's it's funny how a C is to me one 440 00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:00,040 Speaker 1: of the harder and yet simpler things to diagnose. I 441 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:04,600 Speaker 1: think you've got to take a slightly different eccentric approach. Monday, 442 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:09,520 Speaker 1: I'm going to charge a newer Dodge product with twelve 443 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:13,679 Speaker 1: thirty four y F the new refrigerant, and you know, 444 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:19,439 Speaker 1: the experiences with that is is just so insane. You know, 445 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 1: you've got to know that the systems fixes coming to 446 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:24,240 Speaker 1: us from another shop. They're doing a repair, and their 447 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:26,440 Speaker 1: scheduled to have us charge that they don't have a machine, 448 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:28,760 Speaker 1: And as I explained to them, we've got to know 449 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:31,199 Speaker 1: if the system has integrity before I hope the machine up. 450 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:32,720 Speaker 1: The once I hope the machine up, the machine is 451 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:36,680 Speaker 1: gonna do this ecstatic or I'm sorry, very consequential. Um uh. 452 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:40,600 Speaker 1: Leak check and air conditioning has gotten to be one 453 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:43,919 Speaker 1: of the more complex vehicles or problems to work with. 454 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:45,920 Speaker 1: On a vehicle, I had a hybrid. I know I'm 455 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 1: off the subject here, so bear with me. Um I 456 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:53,199 Speaker 1: had a hybrid yesterday, a Prius A Toyota Prius that 457 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 1: somebody wanted the air conditioning service and charged. Donni was 458 00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 1: visiting from Virginia, and we couldn't do it because this 459 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 1: particular hybrid requires, like a lot of the hybrid requires 460 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:07,240 Speaker 1: a specific refrigerant oil, and we don't have a machine 461 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 1: that has that oil in it. And you know, I 462 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:11,680 Speaker 1: don't think I'm ever gonna have one. You know, if 463 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:13,719 Speaker 1: I had an if I had an a C machine 464 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:15,960 Speaker 1: to charge every type of system out there right now, 465 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 1: I would need well, I I need four, all right, 466 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:24,120 Speaker 1: I need one thirty four regular cars, one thirty four hybrid, 467 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 1: one two three four YF regular cars one to three 468 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 1: four YF hybrid. It's all different stuff. You know. I'm 469 00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:33,600 Speaker 1: sort of thinking next year for Christmas, instead of tools, 470 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:35,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna have Santa Claus bring me cinder blocks because 471 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:37,679 Speaker 1: don't have to make the shop bigger. Uh, you know, 472 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:41,439 Speaker 1: it's just we're running out of room. Um, you know, 473 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:44,920 Speaker 1: it's it's and it just goes on and on and on. 474 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:47,800 Speaker 1: So but yeah, let's let's do it. Let's do a 475 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:50,240 Speaker 1: system check. Let's make just see what kind of pressures 476 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:53,680 Speaker 1: we've got, um, you know, or we low if we're low. 477 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 1: Uh you know how low is the loss? How long? 478 00:23:57,080 --> 00:23:58,720 Speaker 1: You know, we've got to pull a vacuum on it. 479 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 1: And then you know, one alternative I can give you 480 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 1: is some soapy water works really well on flanges and 481 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 1: joints where you think you might have a leak. You'll 482 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:10,239 Speaker 1: see bubbles or bubbles as I call um. You know, 483 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:12,439 Speaker 1: if you want to see small stuff, you can go 484 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:15,560 Speaker 1: out to your local lotal parts store. There's a product 485 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:17,680 Speaker 1: on the market's been there a couple of years. They 486 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:20,000 Speaker 1: use it for finding leaks and tires. Now this is 487 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:23,160 Speaker 1: gonna sound really strange. They use it for finding leaks 488 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:28,920 Speaker 1: and tires. It is. It is tire bubble soap, all right. 489 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:32,359 Speaker 1: And the first time my tire supply salesman tried selling 490 00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:34,680 Speaker 1: it to me and I said, listen, you know I 491 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:38,560 Speaker 1: was born, but not yesterday. Uh. You know, it's it's 492 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:41,440 Speaker 1: you know, there's can't be anything special about this soap 493 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 1: that makes it find leaks faster. But you know what 494 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:47,439 Speaker 1: it is. It's it's like it's like regular soap on 495 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:50,480 Speaker 1: leak steroids, and it will actually bubble up at a 496 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:54,200 Speaker 1: smaller leak faster to find leaks and tires. And we 497 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:57,480 Speaker 1: started using it on the air conditioning. It's it's crazy, 498 00:24:57,520 --> 00:25:00,080 Speaker 1: but it works. And that's something you the consumer can do. 499 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:02,400 Speaker 1: You've got the power now in your hands because you're 500 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:05,240 Speaker 1: just using soap and water and it doesn't hurt anything. Um. 501 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:09,440 Speaker 1: So that's that's one alternative. So all right, kiddo, all right, Ron, 502 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:11,320 Speaker 1: thank you very much. I always enjoy your show and 503 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:14,720 Speaker 1: I always enjoy it every weekday. You're very welcome, sir. 504 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:17,399 Speaker 1: I'm glad to hear that, and I'm glad to be 505 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 1: here for you guys. I really am. So you'd be well. 506 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 1: You take good care. Thank you, Yes, sir, Um, yeah, 507 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:25,480 Speaker 1: I listen. You know what it's it's who's got it 508 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 1: better than me? I always think of that expression. The 509 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 1: door rang last Sunday. It was Mother's Day. I told 510 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:33,879 Speaker 1: Tom this story, true story. Door ring last Sunday, and 511 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:36,719 Speaker 1: it was, uh, you know, I was home and um, 512 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:38,040 Speaker 1: I went to the door and there's a guy there 513 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:40,440 Speaker 1: with flowers and no, they weren't for me. They were 514 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:42,200 Speaker 1: for they were for my wife because it was Mother's 515 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:43,680 Speaker 1: Day and the kids were sending her flowers. And I 516 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:45,200 Speaker 1: opened the door and I said yes, and he said 517 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:48,040 Speaker 1: flowers for and I said okay, sure, I said, you know, 518 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 1: and I gave the guy a couple of bucks and 519 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 1: I said thank you very much. And he looked at 520 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:52,639 Speaker 1: me and he cocked his head to the left and 521 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:57,080 Speaker 1: he went, you're the car doctor, aren't you. And I 522 00:25:57,119 --> 00:26:01,399 Speaker 1: was okay, and he said, yeah, I've got you on 523 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:04,240 Speaker 1: the radio because we're we're on Sunday mornings in New 524 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:06,480 Speaker 1: Jersey on w g h T, the Great w g 525 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:09,639 Speaker 1: h D out of Pompton, And um uh, you know, 526 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:11,119 Speaker 1: he said, you know, by the way, to tell the 527 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:13,360 Speaker 1: owners of that station thank you because we appreciate them 528 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 1: carrying the show. So uh, you know, Frank, you're making 529 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:19,960 Speaker 1: inroads in North Jersey. There's people out there that absolutely 530 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:21,840 Speaker 1: love what you're doing. So like so many of my 531 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:23,920 Speaker 1: affiliates were so grateful to be here for all of you. 532 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:27,640 Speaker 1: Eight five five zero nine zero. The card doctors coming 533 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:42,720 Speaker 1: back were right after this. I'm getting ready to dance, 534 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:47,200 Speaker 1: tom let me wait, wait, let me shut my video 535 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:54,280 Speaker 1: off first. Um uh, whatever happened to good music like that? Um, 536 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:56,840 Speaker 1: you know it's funny, right, So the girls are getting married, 537 00:26:56,840 --> 00:27:00,119 Speaker 1: it's no secret, and um it's really it really ax 538 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:02,080 Speaker 1: me up because when you go see the DJs and 539 00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 1: the bands and they ask for a music list. I 540 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:05,280 Speaker 1: know there has nothing to do with cars, so bear 541 00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 1: with me here. Um, there's actually a checkbox you can 542 00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:10,720 Speaker 1: check off the type of music you don't want to hear. 543 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:14,240 Speaker 1: At the top of the list is disco. And I 544 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 1: asked them why, and he says, and every one of them, 545 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:18,560 Speaker 1: every one of the guys we talked to to the 546 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 1: person says, yeah, nobody wants to listen to the disco anymore. Tom, 547 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:26,080 Speaker 1: I'm outdated. Must be you and me both, because you 548 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:28,640 Speaker 1: know I like it. It has a beat, right, it's 549 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:31,199 Speaker 1: just just yeah, you can dance to it. At not 550 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 1: allowed to play disco at weddings. I don't know what 551 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:35,720 Speaker 1: it is there. There is an anti disco crusade going on. 552 00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:39,199 Speaker 1: So poort donnas summer. So let's let's go over to 553 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:41,520 Speaker 1: Curtain Arizona. Kurt, what are you working on this week? 554 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:43,720 Speaker 1: You gotta stop? How big is this house? How many 555 00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:50,280 Speaker 1: cars can you have? Brother? I have too many? I think. So. 556 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:55,720 Speaker 1: The kids tell me that if I don't have any 557 00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 1: projects to do, I get on RESO. I gotta get 558 00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:00,640 Speaker 1: new projects all the time. Well, listen, if you want 559 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:02,600 Speaker 1: something to do. You can start building a train set. 560 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:05,480 Speaker 1: You know, you could build do like model trains you 561 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:07,760 Speaker 1: know Arizona. You must have enough property, like what do 562 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:10,000 Speaker 1: you have? Three four thousand acres? I can imagine the 563 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,280 Speaker 1: outdoor train set a guy like you could build a 564 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:20,159 Speaker 1: couple of years. I have all my card working. So 565 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:25,639 Speaker 1: I went and bought a old fashioned classic bug from 566 00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:31,240 Speaker 1: Mexico and brought it up and U because I think 567 00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:34,200 Speaker 1: they're the coolest things ever. And my last kid set 568 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:36,520 Speaker 1: it off to college, and I said, hey, why don't 569 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:41,360 Speaker 1: you take this? Yeah, and you know what, you could 570 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:44,000 Speaker 1: give him a toolkit to work on it. All he 571 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:45,760 Speaker 1: would need is a fork, a knife in a spoon, 572 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:47,640 Speaker 1: because you could fix the majority of those cars with 573 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:52,880 Speaker 1: just basic everyday kitchen utensils. So um, it's the truth. 574 00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:57,560 Speaker 1: So okay, And your question, and your question to me 575 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:04,240 Speaker 1: is what I read that the biggest h problem with 576 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:07,960 Speaker 1: bugs is that they have rust problems. And since she's 577 00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:09,760 Speaker 1: going up to wear snows and put love of salt 578 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:12,880 Speaker 1: down on the road, I thought, well, what would happen 579 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:16,400 Speaker 1: if I painted the underside of the card? Would that 580 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:17,760 Speaker 1: be the best thing to do it? Or is there 581 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:21,040 Speaker 1: some type of underconnection counting eat there because let's take it, 582 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:23,240 Speaker 1: she's not going to wash this car every week or 583 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:25,280 Speaker 1: every time she goes out in the salt, and so 584 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:27,800 Speaker 1: I want to protect it from getting rust all over it. 585 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:30,720 Speaker 1: So but the best things paint it or that, Well, 586 00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:33,080 Speaker 1: there's there's two schools of thought. You could try one 587 00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:34,920 Speaker 1: and then the other and see what holds up best 588 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:37,600 Speaker 1: for her for her application where she's going, because you know, 589 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:40,000 Speaker 1: once the cars out of your sight, it's no secret, 590 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:43,080 Speaker 1: you know. I like Benjamin More low luster Alkalid their 591 00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:46,520 Speaker 1: direct to metal low luster paint that will will stick 592 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:49,440 Speaker 1: over the rust and and you know, whatever there's existing, 593 00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:52,160 Speaker 1: I enjoy it. I paint all my vehicles. We use 594 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:53,640 Speaker 1: it on the hot rods, we use it on all 595 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:56,440 Speaker 1: the class of cars. And we think it's a great preventative, 596 00:29:56,840 --> 00:30:00,640 Speaker 1: all right. And you know that's that's just something that's 597 00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:03,960 Speaker 1: been a standard now, you know. The The other choice, 598 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:07,040 Speaker 1: one thing else you can do for a a rust 599 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:12,320 Speaker 1: concern is go online and look up New Hampshire oil undercoating. 600 00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:15,440 Speaker 1: Here's a real smart bunch of guys, right. They actually 601 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:19,800 Speaker 1: took the idea of oil as an undercoating device and 602 00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:22,760 Speaker 1: expanded upon it, and they've come up with a product. 603 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:26,800 Speaker 1: It's it's it's a specifically engineered type of proprietary oil 604 00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:29,719 Speaker 1: that's sprayed on the chassis of the vehicle um and 605 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:34,120 Speaker 1: maintained will will prevent rust. Uh, you know, it's just 606 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:36,560 Speaker 1: it's just interesting read it's they're the only ones on 607 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:39,200 Speaker 1: the market that I know of. It's it's something special 608 00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:43,160 Speaker 1: that everybody. We get comments, especially up North Maine and 609 00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:45,840 Speaker 1: mass and you know the high salt content areas, and 610 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:48,320 Speaker 1: I'm not saying it doesn't work anywhere else, but uh, 611 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:50,720 Speaker 1: they love it. It's a it's a great product that's 612 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:53,080 Speaker 1: got kling. I was talking recently with a customer who 613 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:55,080 Speaker 1: lives in New Hampshire. He's in the shop a couple 614 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:57,840 Speaker 1: of times a year. He had just visited South Dakota 615 00:30:57,880 --> 00:30:59,560 Speaker 1: and on the way back he had a mechanical issue. 616 00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:02,800 Speaker 1: We had a all for him and I commented on 617 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:05,560 Speaker 1: how much sand there was under the truck and where 618 00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:07,040 Speaker 1: did it come from? He goes, I was driving the 619 00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:09,680 Speaker 1: back roads of South Dakota, you know, taking the truck 620 00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:11,920 Speaker 1: off road, and I just treated it. We had just 621 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:15,000 Speaker 1: done some New Hampshire oil undercoating the previous winter and 622 00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:17,000 Speaker 1: it was still there and it just provided a cling 623 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:19,280 Speaker 1: factor and um, you know it didn't hurt the truck 624 00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:21,960 Speaker 1: it it just went to the car washed, got it washed, 625 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:24,960 Speaker 1: it washed off and he's as good as new. Um. 626 00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:27,080 Speaker 1: So you know one of those two will work well 627 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:31,800 Speaker 1: for you. The Hampshire Oil and every year though, um, 628 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:35,000 Speaker 1: I believe it's in. I believe it's an annual annual event. Yeah, 629 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:38,120 Speaker 1: but you can you know, but listen, who are you kid? 630 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:40,080 Speaker 1: You're not gonna crawl into the car once a year anyway. 631 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:41,520 Speaker 1: You're looking for a reason to look at the car. 632 00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:47,120 Speaker 1: Oh right, that once it leaves out of state though, 633 00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:49,480 Speaker 1: I'm not probably gonna see it that much. Well that's 634 00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:51,720 Speaker 1: what you think, so trust me. You think it's not 635 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:54,160 Speaker 1: gonna break. It's a twenty three year old Volkswagen. What 636 00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:56,200 Speaker 1: do you you know it's it's you don't think it's 637 00:31:56,200 --> 00:32:00,720 Speaker 1: gonna be Hey, dad, the car does this? Uh? Um 638 00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:03,480 Speaker 1: so all right, kiddo, do that and let's if you 639 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:05,320 Speaker 1: have any more questions problems, you know where to find me. 640 00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:08,760 Speaker 1: You'd be well, Kurt. You take good care, Yes, sir, 641 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:13,000 Speaker 1: thank you. I appreciate the call. Zero the car doctors 642 00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:32,440 Speaker 1: coming back right after this welcome back, you know, listening 643 00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:35,840 Speaker 1: listening to Kurt tell the story about his Volkswagen Bug 644 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:39,800 Speaker 1: and um a Mexican special there, and uh, it just 645 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:44,320 Speaker 1: brought back memories of So Russell we grew up together, right, 646 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:47,920 Speaker 1: my brother from another mother and Um he was we 647 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:49,680 Speaker 1: were we were two of the trio. It was me, 648 00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:53,000 Speaker 1: Russell and Dirty Ernie. And you know, we all each 649 00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:55,400 Speaker 1: have our unique stories of childhood that we remember that 650 00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:57,440 Speaker 1: we all remember about each other and the things we did. 651 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:00,960 Speaker 1: And it's probably timely that Kurt old with the Volkswagen 652 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:04,640 Speaker 1: question because Russell is actually visiting the area and we 653 00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:06,520 Speaker 1: were at the dinner last night we were talking about 654 00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:08,240 Speaker 1: the old days. Does he inevitably do you know we 655 00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:10,560 Speaker 1: have that? You know, it's that kind of relationship and 656 00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:12,280 Speaker 1: friendship that we may not talk to each other for 657 00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:15,000 Speaker 1: three weeks, three months, you know, et cetera. But you 658 00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:17,360 Speaker 1: just picked the conversation right back up where you were 659 00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:20,000 Speaker 1: on the next sentence, as if you had been talking 660 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:24,560 Speaker 1: all along. And we talked about when Russell got his 661 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:27,600 Speaker 1: first Volkswagen because Russell was the VW guru back in 662 00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:31,040 Speaker 1: the day and his father, Um Russell was going to 663 00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:34,360 Speaker 1: go to trade school, and his father helped him purchase 664 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:37,200 Speaker 1: a brand new or sorry second hand. It was a 665 00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:42,000 Speaker 1: used seventy two or seventy three super Beetle. It was 666 00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:44,280 Speaker 1: the first year for a super Beetle with a flat windshield. 667 00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:47,840 Speaker 1: I think it was seventy three. I'm not mistaken. And 668 00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:52,840 Speaker 1: the conversation was, you know, Russell, no modifying this. I 669 00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:54,920 Speaker 1: want this car left stock. It has to get you 670 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,760 Speaker 1: from North Jersey to Central Jersey for the next year 671 00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:02,160 Speaker 1: and a half while you go to trade school. Sure, Pop, no, wrong. Well, 672 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,000 Speaker 1: you know that's kind of like giving Dennis the minutes 673 00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:05,920 Speaker 1: the keys to the cookie jar. You don't give a 674 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:11,879 Speaker 1: Volkswagon aficionado a a brand new or an untouched Volkswagen 675 00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:15,400 Speaker 1: and say don't touch it. All right, So I asked him, 676 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:17,320 Speaker 1: I said last night, I said, how did you manage 677 00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:19,839 Speaker 1: to get start modifying the car? And he said, well, 678 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:21,560 Speaker 1: it was easy. After two days of driving and I 679 00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:23,640 Speaker 1: got tired of listening to the muffler because it sounds 680 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:25,680 Speaker 1: so cheesy, he said. I got out of the car 681 00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:28,080 Speaker 1: and I accidentally, on purpose, stepped on the muffler tip 682 00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:30,680 Speaker 1: and broke the muffler. And the first time I came 683 00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:32,400 Speaker 1: home my father heard this loud exhaust and he goes, 684 00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:33,759 Speaker 1: what happened to the car? I don't know, Dad, the 685 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:36,200 Speaker 1: muffler fell off. It's cheap, so I guess we have 686 00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:38,640 Speaker 1: to put a new muffler on it. Okay, Russell, get 687 00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:40,919 Speaker 1: a muffler, but make sure you know it's a good one. 688 00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:44,560 Speaker 1: So Russell smartly said, hey, Dad, look I found this 689 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:46,680 Speaker 1: in the one of the catalogs. I can put an 690 00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:49,600 Speaker 1: exhaust head around the car that's made better, cheaper, for 691 00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:52,080 Speaker 1: half the price of a regular muffler, and it will 692 00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:54,640 Speaker 1: last longer in the carl. Get better gas mile, sure, 693 00:34:54,680 --> 00:34:56,920 Speaker 1: go ahead. Two years later, the car had a two 694 00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:59,840 Speaker 1: inch chop with a big engine with Porsch barrels in it, 695 00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:03,880 Speaker 1: twin Webber carburetors. Just I'll never forget that, Russell. I 696 00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:05,759 Speaker 1: love your brother. You're just too funny the way you 697 00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:08,000 Speaker 1: do things, and it keeps me laughing to this day. 698 00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:10,239 Speaker 1: I'm roning any in the car doctor, reminding each and 699 00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:12,759 Speaker 1: every one of you till the next time. Good mechanics 700 00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:15,279 Speaker 1: aren't expensive, they're priceless. Let's see you