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Speaker 1: Ron Ananian, Want to repair is a game of inches.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the radio home of ron Ananian, the Car Doctor,

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Speaker 1: since this is where car owners the world overturned to

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

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Speaker 1: call in the garage. Do orders are open, but I

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Speaker 1: am here to take your calls at eight five five

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Speaker 1: And now ron Ananian hears running. Does anybody remember a

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Speaker 1: fuzz buster? I'm gonna take you back here a little

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Speaker 1: meat Loaf as we kick off this hour and say

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Speaker 1: remember a fuzz buster? Had a fuzz buster. It was

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Speaker 1: I was just I was thinking about it this week

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Speaker 1: bet that cops still thinks about the time he waved

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Speaker 1: and almost ran them over. Um scared him, scared me.

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Speaker 1: We worked it out, and I think about those memories

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Speaker 1: and I think about the technology, and you know, there

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Speaker 1: I said to myself, God, I'm getting old, but I'm

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Speaker 1: because meat Low, in my mind, sang opera to a point,

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Speaker 1: but ort to repair is like a great opera when

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Speaker 1: And maybe this isn't the greatest daughter motive talk show

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Speaker 1: it's safety, it's liability, it's how safe are you? How

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Speaker 1: he doing? He's out there selling a sign waving two

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Speaker 1: no respect my doctor, Dr Vinnie boom Box. Let me

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Speaker 1: can I help? Hey? Ron always a great show. So

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Speaker 1: we have a twenty tan Honda CRVD and fifty K

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Speaker 1: and two questions. The first thing is about six months ago,

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Speaker 1: it out of stainless. I don't know that I do

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Speaker 1: stainless again. Standless is a pain in the neck to

429
00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:41,320
Speaker 1: work with because it's so hard trying to get the

430
00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:43,720
Speaker 1: seal at the fitting. The trick was, if you put

431
00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:45,480
Speaker 1: a drop of oil on the threads of the nut,

432
00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:48,000
Speaker 1: a drop of oil on the back of the flare

433
00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:51,240
Speaker 1: so that you can get a little bit of extra

434
00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:54,200
Speaker 1: whank on the wrench, you'll you'll get it the seal.

435
00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:56,480
Speaker 1: But stainless is a little bit. Stainless is a little

436
00:23:56,520 --> 00:24:01,879
Speaker 1: tough to to deal with. Um uh, you know, either way,

437
00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:04,600
Speaker 1: you know, I would talk to them Classic Tube dot Com.

438
00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:07,400
Speaker 1: Tom just put up the website for me in Lancaster,

439
00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:11,960
Speaker 1: New York. That sounds right and um, and then a

440
00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:16,639
Speaker 1: lot of the front lines are all in that armor coil,

441
00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:20,199
Speaker 1: as I call it, are the armor shielding RUSS gravel

442
00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:25,480
Speaker 1: guards they call that gravel guard. Yeah, would you recommend

443
00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:27,840
Speaker 1: putting that back on because they kind of talked about

444
00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:30,720
Speaker 1: where the tubes need to have flexibility and your clamping

445
00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:33,840
Speaker 1: just the arm What did you refer to it as

446
00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:37,800
Speaker 1: gravel guard? Is what? I know. What that does is

447
00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:39,800
Speaker 1: that that that does a couple of things. That adds

448
00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:42,439
Speaker 1: some that adds some structure to the line to be

449
00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,840
Speaker 1: held in certain clamps, and it also it also protects

450
00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:49,840
Speaker 1: the the line itself in the event of debris or

451
00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,680
Speaker 1: grit or crud on the road. Listen, it's this is

452
00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:54,520
Speaker 1: a game of how far do we want to take this?

453
00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:57,600
Speaker 1: All right? And you know, I saw the pictures. I

454
00:24:57,600 --> 00:24:59,680
Speaker 1: saw the pictures of the Blazer this morning. I think

455
00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:01,840
Speaker 1: I think it's a really sharp truck and I really

456
00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:04,600
Speaker 1: love the red bow tie. Um, you know, you've you've

457
00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:07,320
Speaker 1: got to face it. You've got the disease, my friend. Alright,

458
00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:11,560
Speaker 1: somebody injected. Somebody injected injected Chevrolet apple Pie in your

459
00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:13,560
Speaker 1: arm a long time ago. And now you've got to

460
00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:18,080
Speaker 1: carry the torch. So you know this isn't your everyday vehicle.

461
00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:20,080
Speaker 1: I assume you've got something else to drive. So now

462
00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:21,679
Speaker 1: you've got something to do between now and the end

463
00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:24,760
Speaker 1: of April. Um, you might as well do it right.

464
00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:27,000
Speaker 1: You might as well make it look pretty. You know

465
00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:30,440
Speaker 1: it's it's it's a neat little truck. Um, Tom, just

466
00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:35,200
Speaker 1: put up the phone number. Oper is what I used

467
00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:38,439
Speaker 1: on the rear, and I'm really afraid of just you know,

468
00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:41,639
Speaker 1: denting it. It would like it right. That's why I

469
00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:44,879
Speaker 1: don't want to use it right right. And it just

470
00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:48,800
Speaker 1: looks it looks cheesy, you know, um, because I know

471
00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:50,560
Speaker 1: what the next thing is. You're gonna come up and say, Ron,

472
00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:52,680
Speaker 1: I'm taking my Blazer to car shows. I know where

473
00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:56,120
Speaker 1: you're going with this, And then guys are gonna look

474
00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:58,240
Speaker 1: under it, and you're gonna have these these these great

475
00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:00,560
Speaker 1: break lines up front and these cheesy break lines in

476
00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:04,000
Speaker 1: the back, and you're gonna be like, you know, um,

477
00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:08,679
Speaker 1: you know, so listen, I've got enough to do. So

478
00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:12,400
Speaker 1: you know you can call Classic Tube to there they

479
00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:14,840
Speaker 1: may make a set of lines for this. Um, Tom,

480
00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:16,479
Speaker 1: just put up the number if you wanted. If you've

481
00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:17,919
Speaker 1: got a piece of paper, I'm glad to give you

482
00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:25,360
Speaker 1: the hundred number. Um. You know one. That's just part

483
00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:27,600
Speaker 1: of what we do here, just trying to help you guys. Um.

484
00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:32,439
Speaker 1: There's another company also upstate New York somewhere, Inline Tube,

485
00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:38,120
Speaker 1: and I've seen yeah, and they've they've got it. They've

486
00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:42,200
Speaker 1: got some good product to both companies. I've worked with Classic. Um,

487
00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:45,200
Speaker 1: I've done research on Inline. I found some information there.

488
00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,800
Speaker 1: I was with Classic first, but I would have no

489
00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:50,480
Speaker 1: problem dealing with either one. See if somebody will bend

490
00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:52,920
Speaker 1: the lines, but they are glad to They are glad

491
00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:55,479
Speaker 1: to take your lines and match them and make them

492
00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:58,800
Speaker 1: out of the material you wish. So, um, you know

493
00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:03,240
Speaker 1: Classic Tube for classics, Classic too, I know it is

494
00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:07,600
Speaker 1: Classic to dot com. Okay. And then the last, would

495
00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:10,240
Speaker 1: you spring for double the price to get Marne great

496
00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:13,080
Speaker 1: double wall steel? Yeah? What's what's the purpose of that?

497
00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:18,240
Speaker 1: You know? Um? You know to pushing rush down the road.

498
00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:21,800
Speaker 1: Well yeah, okay, So so let me ask you this question.

499
00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:24,359
Speaker 1: After you get done restoring this, how often are you

500
00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:28,679
Speaker 1: going to take it out in the snow. I'm not

501
00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:30,960
Speaker 1: taking it out now, okay. Right, So if you're not

502
00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:32,960
Speaker 1: taking it out now, you're not taking it out, then

503
00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:37,240
Speaker 1: why spend the money and give you more to work with? Right,

504
00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:40,320
Speaker 1: you know? All right? So well, next time you hear

505
00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:42,440
Speaker 1: from me, it'll be on the air bag system. Okay,

506
00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:45,280
Speaker 1: and we can talk about that. Very good, alright, Pete,

507
00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:46,640
Speaker 1: you have a good rest of the day. Good look

508
00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:50,600
Speaker 1: at your restoration, kid. H you're very right, You're very welcome.

509
00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:53,200
Speaker 1: Be well. I'm running any of the car doctor five

510
00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:57,359
Speaker 1: five zero the phone number if you want seven. The

511
00:27:57,359 --> 00:27:59,240
Speaker 1: car Doctor's phone line is always open, but you can

512
00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:03,800
Speaker 1: get me live now five zero zero. We're back right

513
00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:14,640
Speaker 1: after this. What this car is automatic? It's systematic, it's hard, dramatic.

514
00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:26,920
Speaker 1: What's greased? Lightning? Welcome hack run mean? You know it's funny.

515
00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:29,480
Speaker 1: We're listening to that as the intro um. I was

516
00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:32,600
Speaker 1: watching the movie Grease this morning. Anybody want to guess

517
00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:37,199
Speaker 1: when Greece was made? I was shocked. Now, don't you

518
00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:41,360
Speaker 1: feel old? Holy cow? That's that's coming up on forty

519
00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:44,360
Speaker 1: five years ago, isn't it? Am I doing the math right?

520
00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:47,680
Speaker 1: It's creeping up but it's gonna be forty two, forty

521
00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:55,720
Speaker 1: three years ago. Um, only smalls forty four years this year. Tom,

522
00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:58,360
Speaker 1: we're getting old. You know what the we can't retire

523
00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:03,280
Speaker 1: Um for a lot of reasons. UM. Chris who used

524
00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:05,680
Speaker 1: to work for me, he's now a national trainer, real

525
00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:08,200
Speaker 1: smart guy for automotive training group and I were talking

526
00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:12,000
Speaker 1: this week. Um. He he just needed some automotive therapy.

527
00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:14,920
Speaker 1: He he purchased a brand new Ford pickup truck about

528
00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:19,280
Speaker 1: a year ago. And you know, and I guess if

529
00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:21,479
Speaker 1: Chris or I bring a vehicle into a dealership, it's

530
00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:23,600
Speaker 1: probably the worst nightmare because we listened to the story

531
00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:27,040
Speaker 1: and go, yeah, really, and he brings his brand new

532
00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:28,760
Speaker 1: Ford pick up in And I think, Tom, I think

533
00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:30,840
Speaker 1: you'll know the answer to this question. Not that you're

534
00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:33,560
Speaker 1: a dumb guy, but you're just not the most automotive

535
00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:37,400
Speaker 1: except by us. Most is hanging around me. And his

536
00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:40,160
Speaker 1: complaint was Chris's complaint was when he steps on the break,

537
00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:44,920
Speaker 1: the steering wheel shakes. So the dealership took it in

538
00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:46,800
Speaker 1: and there was a lot of confusion just getting it

539
00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:49,680
Speaker 1: checked in. They never sent you know, the car star.

540
00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,280
Speaker 1: He had to have a car take him back, you know,

541
00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:55,520
Speaker 1: the shuttle bus back to his house. And long story short,

542
00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:58,960
Speaker 1: they kept the truck, you know, overnight to diagnose this

543
00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:03,040
Speaker 1: break shike, this brake shake shutter, and they called him

544
00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:05,040
Speaker 1: up the next day and he said, they called me up.

545
00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:07,480
Speaker 1: They had the truck twenty four hours and they said,

546
00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:09,920
Speaker 1: we fixed the problem even though we didn't feel the shake,

547
00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:16,080
Speaker 1: and we machine the rear brake rotors. The rear brake rotors.

548
00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:19,280
Speaker 1: What's wrong with that statement? When you step on the

549
00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:21,280
Speaker 1: break and you feel the shake and the steering wheel

550
00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:23,520
Speaker 1: which into the truck, do you think is at fault?

551
00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:27,160
Speaker 1: I'm going to say the front end, right, Wouldn't that

552
00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:30,160
Speaker 1: be logical because the front wheels are connected to the

553
00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:32,240
Speaker 1: steering wheel, which is connected to your hands, and that's

554
00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:35,280
Speaker 1: why you're getting the shank. Matter of fact, I've had

555
00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:38,360
Speaker 1: this problem and brought it into you and you actually

556
00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:40,920
Speaker 1: replaced the rotors. Right. I don't machine rotors. We throw

557
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:44,520
Speaker 1: rotors away because manufacturers don't put enough machine metal on

558
00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:47,720
Speaker 1: there to really machine them there. But you see manufacturers

559
00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:51,440
Speaker 1: when they're doing things under warranty, my opinion, they're doing

560
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:53,200
Speaker 1: it cheap. They're trying to say they're trying to cut

561
00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:56,960
Speaker 1: costs all right, um or and in some cases we

562
00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:59,600
Speaker 1: think in Chris's case, they were probably machining the rotors

563
00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:03,760
Speaker 1: on the truck itself on the front hubs because they've

564
00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:05,640
Speaker 1: got their using it on the car brake leave because

565
00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:09,800
Speaker 1: they've got issues with mount and dismount. So um, but

566
00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:12,480
Speaker 1: the machine the rear rotors. And he said, Chris asked me,

567
00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:16,880
Speaker 1: said why would they do that? And I kind of went, um,

568
00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:19,600
Speaker 1: because they don't know, you know, why do they do that?

569
00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:22,640
Speaker 1: And I just immediately felt that pang of pain that

570
00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:25,920
Speaker 1: my my, my listeners, I told them, and the customers

571
00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:27,840
Speaker 1: feel when they come in from someplace else and they

572
00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:30,080
Speaker 1: tell me these stories because there's no common sense, there's

573
00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:34,800
Speaker 1: you know, nothing between the years. Um. So he's gonna

574
00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:36,560
Speaker 1: he's gonna go back and talk to them on Monday.

575
00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:38,760
Speaker 1: That ought to be a good conversation because they're treating

576
00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:42,440
Speaker 1: him like he's you know, I mean, come on, you

577
00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:45,600
Speaker 1: know Chris is, Chris is, Uh, he's in the business

578
00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:47,520
Speaker 1: as long as me. He's seen it all done at all.

579
00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:51,160
Speaker 1: And um, you know the dealers just the dealers just

580
00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:55,160
Speaker 1: make no sense. Um, but none of them do. That's listen.

581
00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:56,760
Speaker 1: I could go on and on them on. Let's pull over,

582
00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:58,120
Speaker 1: take a pause. I want to get out on time,

583
00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:00,280
Speaker 1: so Tom doesn't yell at me for the list segment.

584
00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:02,360
Speaker 1: I'm round any in the car doctor, I'll be back

585
00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:23,440
Speaker 1: right after this. Don't go away, welcome back. We're on

586
00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:26,000
Speaker 1: any of the car doctor. I'm real quick. And um,

587
00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:27,480
Speaker 1: I said, we have a call. We're holding that until

588
00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:30,440
Speaker 1: the next hour. I assume no, we're we're we're gonna

589
00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:32,800
Speaker 1: hold it. So um uh, we'll have one for you

590
00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:34,160
Speaker 1: right out of the right out of the gate, as

591
00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:36,360
Speaker 1: we like to say. UM. Two things I want to

592
00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:38,400
Speaker 1: talk about. Number one. A while ago, we were talking

593
00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:42,200
Speaker 1: about Launch and the Launch scan tools, and somebody had

594
00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:46,680
Speaker 1: purchased a Launch scan tool on Amazon and they were

595
00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:49,560
Speaker 1: having a problem getting it to connect to the vehicle

596
00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:51,920
Speaker 1: they were working on. They were they were here in

597
00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:54,880
Speaker 1: the US working on I believe it was a twenty

598
00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:58,440
Speaker 1: twelve Jeep Cherokee Grand Cherokee, something of that caliber, and

599
00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:01,200
Speaker 1: there was no there was no allowance in the tool

600
00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:05,200
Speaker 1: to connect to that vehicle. And you know, he called

601
00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:08,120
Speaker 1: Launch customer support at my suggestion, and they got back

602
00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:10,320
Speaker 1: to him and they said the problem was he had

603
00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:14,880
Speaker 1: purchased a tool on Amazon that did not It wasn't

604
00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:17,440
Speaker 1: supposed to be sold here in the US because there's

605
00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:20,200
Speaker 1: different versions of software for different places around the world.

606
00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:23,520
Speaker 1: Launch just sold around the world obviously. UM. And we

607
00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:26,600
Speaker 1: spoke to I spoke to the people that are in

608
00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:29,880
Speaker 1: charge of Launch. UM. I've got a contact over there,

609
00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:31,720
Speaker 1: and he explained to me, he said, you know, be

610
00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:34,000
Speaker 1: careful what you buy because even though they say they

611
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:37,560
Speaker 1: were an official launch site, it's not necessarily an official

612
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:40,800
Speaker 1: launch dealership. Uh. You know, it might be the launch

613
00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:43,880
Speaker 1: site on Amazon, but Amazon's interpretation of what makes them

614
00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:46,840
Speaker 1: a real distributor versus what makes them a real distributor

615
00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:50,080
Speaker 1: in the eyes of Launch, Uh, two different things. So

616
00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:53,640
Speaker 1: be careful what you buy. UM best advices go to

617
00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:57,240
Speaker 1: launch tech USA dot com, find a distributor that way,

618
00:33:57,240 --> 00:33:59,400
Speaker 1: and work your way out through their distribution chain because

619
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:01,840
Speaker 1: it's just something they obviously can't control it. It's it's

620
00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:04,120
Speaker 1: just too big of an issue that anybody can say

621
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,920
Speaker 1: they're an official launch site or an official anything. UM,

622
00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:09,000
Speaker 1: they've got to uh, they've got to you know, shut

623
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:11,520
Speaker 1: it down that way. UM. So just just just be

624
00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:15,040
Speaker 1: aware of that. UM. So anyway, UM, just comes to

625
00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:17,680
Speaker 1: us from biff and West Virginia. Hey, Ron, I've got

626
00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:19,920
Speaker 1: a late model Maths the pickup truck, and I need

627
00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:22,560
Speaker 1: to replace the clutch. And my concern is that my

628
00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:25,920
Speaker 1: two thousand six that's a late model. It's almost well whatever,

629
00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:28,160
Speaker 1: it's fifteen years old. Um, I man, I feel to

630
00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:30,840
Speaker 1: get parts from moths anymore. When I start looking around

631
00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:32,640
Speaker 1: for clutches, what do you suggest. I know you always

632
00:34:32,640 --> 00:34:34,640
Speaker 1: talk about buying O E clutches, but in this case

633
00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:36,719
Speaker 1: it may be obsolete and I may not be able

634
00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:39,800
Speaker 1: to you know what. fIF take a look at Luke

635
00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:42,319
Speaker 1: l u K, the Luke REP set, the Luke rep

636
00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:44,160
Speaker 1: set you can find it on a Rallyota parts of

637
00:34:44,239 --> 00:34:48,560
Speaker 1: rallyoto dot com carries Luke UM. You will see that

638
00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:51,960
Speaker 1: they make a complete kit that in most cases it's

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Speaker 1: got everything in at clutch, pressure, plate bearing, pilot, um,

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Speaker 1: the whole schmir so something to look for, but Luke

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Speaker 1: very good brand. We use them all the time when

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Speaker 1: we get to do clutches, which obviously are few and

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Speaker 1: far between the other fading away. I appreciate the question.

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Speaker 1: I'm mont ating the card octor until the next time.

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