1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:04,920 Speaker 1: Erector, Ronan and GM is going all electric. Tell us 2 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: about that. We are likely it's a team. More change 3 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:12,559 Speaker 1: in the automobile over the ten of fifteen years. And 4 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:16,799 Speaker 1: we have seen since Henry Ford began math producing the 5 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:32,560 Speaker 1: affordable kin Lige. Did see the Car Doctor, manual transmissions, 6 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:35,239 Speaker 1: if they do need to be rebuilt, can actually be 7 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:39,519 Speaker 1: more costly than an automatic transmission. Welcome to the radio 8 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:44,159 Speaker 1: home of ron Andanian the Car Doctor. Since this is 9 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 1: where car owners the world overturned to for their definitive 10 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 1: opinion on automotive repair. If your mechanics giving you a 11 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 1: busy signal, pick up the phone and call in the 12 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 1: garage orders are open, but I am here to take 13 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: your calls at eight five one, nine hundreds and now running. Hey, 14 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 1: it's time to start your engines. Why don't they in? 15 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:10,479 Speaker 1: The Car Doctor here at eight five zero nine zero zero, 16 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: here to take your calls and answer your questions, whatever 17 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:15,040 Speaker 1: they might be. That's what this radio show is all about. 18 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 1: And thanks for stopping by this hour. We appreciate you 19 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 1: being here. We know you've got an awful lot of 20 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 1: choices in time. Everybody's got no time and things to 21 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:24,679 Speaker 1: do with their time. Other than listen to this radio show, 22 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: and the fact that you're here tells me, well, you 23 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 1: know what, I'll do my best to give you some 24 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:31,040 Speaker 1: information and hopefully teach us something. And UM, I know 25 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 1: I'll learn something in our conversations. I always do from you, 26 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 1: and then we get to move forward. UM. A recent 27 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:38,400 Speaker 1: article I was talking about at the previous hour about 28 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 1: they're gonna put autonomous vehicles on the streets of Manhattan 29 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:44,399 Speaker 1: and eighteen I was reading through it, um over the 30 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 1: break there while we were waiting for the next hour 31 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 1: to just magically appear on the airwaves. Here article out 32 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 1: of Detroit, out of It's appeared in the Bergen Record. 33 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: Here in North Jersey, autonomous vehicles are navigating the hills 34 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: of Pittsburgh and the pitched avenues of San Francisco. They 35 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: soon may be tested by the chaos of Manhattan you think, 36 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 1: where pedestrians, taxis, busses, and bikers and bark daily on 37 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 1: an eternal quest to avoid impact. Cruise Automation of San 38 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 1: Francisco based self driving software company owned by GM, aims 39 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 1: to begin testing in New York City early next year. 40 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: GM and Cruise are applying to operate in New York 41 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 1: under a new pilot program announced Tuesday by New York 42 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 1: Governor Andrew Andrew Cuomo. If approved, the test will mark 43 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:25,360 Speaker 1: the first time a fully self driving vehicle will be 44 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 1: allowed to operate in New York State, Cuomo said in 45 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:31,640 Speaker 1: a statement. Volkswagon's Audie Brandon, GM's Cadillac have also demonstrated 46 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:34,520 Speaker 1: sevenel Thomas technology in Albany in New York City, but 47 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 1: those systems weren't as advanced as the one developed by crews. 48 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 1: You know, this has to be a heck of an 49 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 1: engineering challenge. How many times having driven in New York 50 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 1: and if you've never driven in New York, h you know, 51 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: I've never driven in other major cities, but I've driven 52 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 1: around different cities in the country. New York is an 53 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 1: experience unto itself. It's unique. It's unique, it really is. 54 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 1: And that that moment of impact when someone steps off 55 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 1: the curb or the people that run the red lights, 56 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:11,520 Speaker 1: which I know happens elsewhere, but there's an awful lot 57 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 1: of unique scenarios in in New York City, and you 58 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:19,520 Speaker 1: wonder how that's going to be dealt with. The test 59 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:23,359 Speaker 1: vehicles will be electric Chevy Bolts equipped with cameras, radar sensors, 60 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 1: and cruises software. It's New York City. They should also 61 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:28,919 Speaker 1: be equipped with a bat, a knife, and um to 62 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: protection tear gas to keep the rioters away. GM and 63 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 1: Cruise currently have a fleet of one hundred autonomous bolts. 64 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: According to GM s Folks and Patrick Sullivan, they're already 65 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: operating in San Francisco, Phoenix, in the Detroit area. In 66 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 1: New York, a small fleet of cars will operate in 67 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 1: a five square mile area of Lower Manhattan. They will 68 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: always have an engineer behind the wheel an observer in 69 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 1: the front seat. Does that mean we're gonna have company 70 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 1: for dinner when we buy one of these cars. We're 71 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 1: always gonna have you know, you buy a car, you're 72 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 1: gonna get an engineer and an observer, um cruising. GM 73 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 1: didn't say how many vehicles will be operating in New York. 74 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: Cru CEO Kyle Folks has the dense, populated city of 75 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: more than eight million people will give the company more 76 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 1: unusual I love this line. Will give the company more 77 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 1: unusual situations to test software and accelerated development of technology. Yeah, okay, 78 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:16,280 Speaker 1: we're gonna accelerate the software all right, because, um, you know, 79 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 1: it's it's New York man. There's there's nothing like it. Um. 80 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 1: I remember the first time I ever parked in a 81 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 1: parking garage in New York City. I was I was 82 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 1: a young kid. I going to New York City in 83 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 1: a park in a parking garage, and I always kept change. 84 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 1: It was a matter of fact. It was the original 85 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 1: Monte Carlo alright, seventy two Monty Carlos is back in 86 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 1: the seventies, and I kept the change. Remember the door 87 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 1: handle had a well to close the door that was 88 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:40,359 Speaker 1: like you'd pull on the arm rest and there was 89 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 1: that finger well that you would grab. I always kept 90 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 1: my quarters and nickels in there because for those of 91 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: you that were are old like me, you know, we 92 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 1: didn't have easy pass. You actually had to pay a 93 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:51,479 Speaker 1: quarter to go through the toll. That's how long ago. 94 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 1: This was a quarter fifty cents. I know people are 95 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 1: going under a dollar to get across the bridge. Oh yeah, right. 96 00:04:57,360 --> 00:04:59,280 Speaker 1: Everything was a quarter. The Garden State Parkway was a 97 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: quarter for ever. And I went into the parking garage, 98 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: park came out. All the money was gone, right, and 99 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:08,840 Speaker 1: I go to the attendant, I go, what happened my money? 100 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 1: He goes, due to you kidding me? It's New York. 101 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:12,599 Speaker 1: What do you expect? I said, Yeah, you're right, I 102 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 1: just you know, silly me. I mean, why should I 103 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:16,680 Speaker 1: ask you for my money back? I mean, what am 104 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:20,280 Speaker 1: I expecting? Okay? Um, you know it was five bucks, 105 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:21,719 Speaker 1: which at the time was a lot of money as 106 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: a kid. But uh, you know it's it's New York, 107 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 1: all right, So the education is gonna prevail. You know. 108 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 1: You wonder what you're gonna see there and um where 109 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: that's gonna go. I wanted to yeah, we're walking here. 110 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:35,160 Speaker 1: I wanted to bring that up. The other thing I 111 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 1: wanted to talk about and finish up was because you know, 112 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 1: cars are such an influence in our lives, and this 113 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:45,839 Speaker 1: is what makes me think that the autonomous vehicle idea 114 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:49,479 Speaker 1: may not make it short term, it may make it 115 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 1: in ten years once the baby boomers stopped driving, and 116 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 1: then again, maybe it's gonna be what keeps the baby 117 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 1: boomers driving. The article we got about a month ago 118 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:01,160 Speaker 1: from uh Tony Emilio out in Chicago about baby boomers 119 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:04,159 Speaker 1: and their their dedication to cars. For baby boomers, baby boomers, 120 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 1: the ounbill has always been a symbol of style and freedom. 121 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 1: The generation of seventies six plus million born between forty 122 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 1: six and sixty four, who are once in the back 123 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 1: seat of their parents station wagons, have determined what we 124 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 1: drive for over half a century. See. And that's the 125 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 1: part that nobody's talking about, because I don't know too 126 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: many baby boomers, older folks that are gonna be comfortable 127 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 1: with the self driving car. The millennials will be because 128 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:30,840 Speaker 1: they're happy to sit anywhere where they can just get 129 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: where I gotta go and just sit there and look 130 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:34,720 Speaker 1: at the phone and and do what they want to do, 131 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:38,839 Speaker 1: texting and facebooking and all the other nonsense. All right, Um, 132 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:41,559 Speaker 1: you know, I think if if Advice has ever wanted 133 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 1: to really take down the country, if they knocked down 134 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 1: a few cell towers and the millennials couldn't communicate on 135 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 1: their cell phones, my god, the world would be over 136 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 1: al right. It would just be one to three and done. Um. 137 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 1: The article talks about those who didn't buy Mustangs but 138 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 1: muscle cars like Pontiac gt O s, or went through 139 00:06:55,920 --> 00:07:00,279 Speaker 1: hippie counterculture vehicles via Volkswagon beatles and microbusses. They weren't 140 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:03,719 Speaker 1: gonna be caught in station wagons. And that's true. The 141 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: people in the seventies, these kids in the seventies created 142 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:10,239 Speaker 1: the muscle car era by demanding those cars. They bought 143 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 1: those kind of cars. Alright, Ia Coco was fired from 144 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: for the article continues. In eight became CEO of Chrysler. 145 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 1: And what did he do. He championed the minivan, of 146 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 1: which I'm not really thrilled about. But did you ever 147 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 1: stop to think, right, we don't need a station wagon. 148 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 1: I remember the conversation they talked with the CEOs and 149 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 1: the engineers. Well, America has moved past station wagons. So 150 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:35,080 Speaker 1: what have we gotten now? We've got suburbans, We've got 151 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 1: Dodge caravans, We've got minivans. We've basically got bigger, heavier, 152 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 1: more expensive, more technology laden vehicles in the form of 153 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 1: SUVs and minivans and so forth. You know what, an 154 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 1: eight passenger Chevy Wagon, I'll get you there and do 155 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 1: the job all day long. And it's just it'll do 156 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: what you're supposed to do, get you back and forth 157 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 1: to work. But we've got to be stylish now, all right, 158 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 1: We've got to spend more money than my first house 159 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 1: in order to have a car. They're in their seventies. Now, 160 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 1: the article continues, and they're they're very active, they're retiring, 161 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:10,280 Speaker 1: they're shifting to second careers and traveling, but want what 162 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 1: they want a different way. They are very involved in 163 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 1: grandchildren's lives. Boomers are shifting to compact crossovers as their 164 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 1: vehicle of choice. Comfort and convenience features like heated seats, 165 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 1: high end audio systems, five door utility, and frugal fuel 166 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 1: economy come bundled in one appealing package. According to Triple 167 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 1: A eight people in their seventies. I thought this was interesting. 168 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 1: Of people in their seventies suffer from arthritis and inflammation 169 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:38,440 Speaker 1: that makes moving difficult, and that affects what kind of 170 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 1: car they're gonna drive and my and operate. Anybody ever 171 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 1: looking on an autonomous vehicle, it's this low slung it 172 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 1: looks it's it's it's like sitting on top of a 173 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 1: roller skate and on top of a bucket. It's it 174 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:54,840 Speaker 1: doesn't look like it's the easiest thing in the world 175 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:57,559 Speaker 1: to get in and out of. So you know, where 176 00:08:57,440 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 1: are they gearing this towards? Then again, the room. It 177 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:01,839 Speaker 1: doesn't want the old people to live anyway, So I 178 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:05,560 Speaker 1: guess we're gonna you know, you know, it's it's you know, 179 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 1: but that's you know, we're not gonna have healthcare systems, 180 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 1: so that for everybody will be gone and the young 181 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 1: kids will be driving self driving cars. You know. Said, 182 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 1: as long as I could take over the you know, 183 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 1: you know, take take over the self driving car. With 184 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 1: some of the places I go, with all the traveling 185 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:21,679 Speaker 1: I do, this would be a great for me to 186 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 1: get some work done, take a little snooze on the 187 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:25,840 Speaker 1: way to Buffalo or something, and then you know, get up. 188 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:29,720 Speaker 1: I'm almost there. But some of these transmitters, if you 189 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 1: can't take control over this. My GPS I have a site. 190 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:35,200 Speaker 1: It tells me turn left here, and if I turn 191 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 1: left here, I'm gonna go two hundred feet down the 192 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:41,200 Speaker 1: ravine because the driveway is five feet that way are 193 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 1: self driving cars, and I had this scary thought. Our 194 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 1: self driving car is going to become the babysitters of 195 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 1: the future. Could be to put the kid in right 196 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:54,600 Speaker 1: lock the doors, say take the kid for a two 197 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:57,320 Speaker 1: hour rod and the kid disappears for two hours. My 198 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:02,560 Speaker 1: mom's in the hairdresser. Okay, scary thought. You know, you 199 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 1: wonder what's gonna happen and how it's gonna work out. 200 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:09,200 Speaker 1: But all I know, Listen, all I know is last 201 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 1: week I couldn't get a break light switch for for 202 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 1: an oh six Hummer, and I couldn't get a break 203 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 1: light switch for an eighty eight Lincoln. And if we 204 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:17,320 Speaker 1: can't make something as simple as a break light switch, 205 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:18,959 Speaker 1: I don't know how we're gonna make a self driving 206 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 1: car so dependable and and so reliable that it's gonna 207 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 1: work all the time. To be seen, to be discussed 208 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:28,120 Speaker 1: further eight five zero zero zero running end of the 209 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 1: car Doctor coming back that kicked the garage doors wide 210 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 1: open right after this don't go away welcome back? Weren't 211 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 1: name the car doctor? Rolling along this hour at zero 212 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,160 Speaker 1: nine zero zero. Let's get over and talk to Greg 213 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 1: and Lacrosse, Wisconsin. Greig around with the car doctor. How 214 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 1: can I help? Hi? Ron? Thank? You got a question 215 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:53,640 Speaker 1: for you, two questions if I can get two of 216 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:56,600 Speaker 1: the men. I mean question was on a two thousand 217 00:10:56,559 --> 00:11:02,000 Speaker 1: and six Buick ree D And this car typically runs 218 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 1: in rear wheel drive until it needs a lock up 219 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:08,040 Speaker 1: to all wheel drive, and it does not lock up 220 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:11,720 Speaker 1: as fast as it should into all wheel drive, and 221 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 1: I've been told that GM recommends changing fluid three times 222 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:20,120 Speaker 1: in a row, driving fifty miles, drain it and do 223 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:24,080 Speaker 1: that for three times. They hope clean any impurities or 224 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 1: dirt that might be in that transfer case. Right. One 225 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 1: of the one of the things they've had a problem 226 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:31,560 Speaker 1: with is the way the clutches inside the transfer case 227 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 1: apply as they age. And this calls for auto Track two, 228 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 1: which is a very specific GM fluid Auto Track two. 229 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:43,199 Speaker 1: It's it's a matter of fact, I was the only 230 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 1: place I've ever really found it as GM. I've never 231 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:47,559 Speaker 1: used all the track two from anyone else. So whether 232 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:50,200 Speaker 1: it's something proprietary or nobody's ever really developed it, I 233 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:52,319 Speaker 1: don't know. But um, it's gonna be able to track 234 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:54,480 Speaker 1: two out of GM, and I have heard this. There's 235 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:56,839 Speaker 1: also a conversation about putting in an all wheel drive 236 00:11:57,360 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 1: and um, you know, driving in figure eight to help 237 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 1: scrub away some of the debris and then draining it 238 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:05,960 Speaker 1: and you know you're trying to wake up the clutch 239 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:09,079 Speaker 1: friction material if there's anything left short of having to 240 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:12,480 Speaker 1: pull the transfer case out and overhaul it. Um. They 241 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 1: have also had some issues. Um, is it making any noise, 242 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:19,959 Speaker 1: any grinding noises or anything like that. Uh, nor brainding noises. 243 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:21,600 Speaker 1: Just when it locks up. You get a little bit 244 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:23,680 Speaker 1: of a clunk when you hear a lock up. Okay, 245 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:27,280 Speaker 1: there's one bulletin that talks about some problems within the 246 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 1: clutch or within the transfer case from the clutches themselves, 247 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 1: bulletin O eight double O one. B Uh. It's been 248 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 1: out there. It's been out there a while. It's probably 249 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 1: been out there the better part of sevent eight years. 250 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:41,960 Speaker 1: And they talk about some updated pieces and parts depending 251 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:44,720 Speaker 1: upon which transfer case this has. And you know that 252 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:46,559 Speaker 1: could be part of the issue too. How many miles 253 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 1: are on this Yeah, you ever changed the transfer case 254 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:56,080 Speaker 1: fluid before? Uh No? All right, so yeah you bought 255 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 1: it used, I guess, is what you're saying. Yeah, um, 256 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 1: so good place to start, and you know to to 257 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 1: change the fluid in that manner I have I have 258 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 1: never done that. I have heard of it. Um. I 259 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 1: can't argue with it. It makes sense to me, and 260 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:12,720 Speaker 1: you know, it's just it's just another step in the 261 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:15,520 Speaker 1: process of maintenance. And it wouldn't hurt to try, all Right. 262 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:17,080 Speaker 1: The worst that's gonna happen, as you'll be out a 263 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 1: couple of bucks and extra fluid, but um, you know, 264 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:22,080 Speaker 1: cheaper than replacing the transfer case if that's what you 265 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:27,960 Speaker 1: can avoid. All right, So and one last thing, obviously, 266 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 1: you know, before I started doing any of this, I 267 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 1: would do a code scan just to see, you know, 268 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 1: are there any fault codes in this vehicle. Keep in mind, 269 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 1: a transfer case ken set a fault code within itself, 270 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 1: and there's likely a service four wheel drive light in 271 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 1: this vehicle for a fault system. But it may be 272 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:51,520 Speaker 1: something that's not enough of a problem. It may be pending. 273 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:55,080 Speaker 1: So you know, again you've got a vehicle that's acting up, 274 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:57,640 Speaker 1: whether it's the transfer case doesn't engage or the engine 275 00:13:57,679 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 1: doesn't feel right. A scan of all systems, uh is 276 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:03,679 Speaker 1: clearly in order on all these cars today, and it's 277 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 1: not a bad idea to do, idea to do once 278 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:09,679 Speaker 1: every six months. Al Right. You had a second question? Okay, 279 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:13,120 Speaker 1: second question was while back, I used to have people 280 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:15,880 Speaker 1: call in and talk about the first car they drove, 281 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:19,760 Speaker 1: and I would like to mention the type of transmission. 282 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 1: If you'd like to take a guess what car that 283 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:29,120 Speaker 1: is a fluid drive? Oh, I know this one, Um, uh, 284 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:35,400 Speaker 1: this is is this the forties? Uh? Forties and fifties? 285 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 1: Is this a Packard or a Hudson. No, it's not Chrysler. Uh, 286 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:43,640 Speaker 1: you're in the right ball field. Yeah, ahead, which was it? 287 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 1: It was? Yeah, Um, it's been a while since we 288 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 1: played with one of those. A friend of mine had 289 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:54,480 Speaker 1: one of those in high school a million years ago. Well, 290 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 1: they had a unique shifting pattern. Uh, three speed on 291 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:02,240 Speaker 1: the column, but day she were second gear range would 292 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 1: be as actually lower range form and then when you 293 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 1: put them in drive you use the clutch to shift them. 294 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 1: Two things. But once you're in the drive position, it 295 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:14,480 Speaker 1: would drive as an automatic and quite a unique system. 296 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:19,240 Speaker 1: Be not the best. Well, yeah, and it's unfortunately you 297 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 1: look back at all those cars and you realize the 298 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:24,320 Speaker 1: engineering and the technology that they gave us and and 299 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 1: what they created. Uh, you know, probably the one of 300 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 1: the strangest automatic transmissions, if we want to call it 301 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:34,600 Speaker 1: that that ever existed, was on the old Volkswagens and 302 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 1: the very first automatic Volkswagen Bugs. And it was just 303 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 1: a single wire going back to a solnoid that helps 304 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 1: shift the trans and that wire always seems to manage 305 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 1: to have found a way to break and it created 306 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:48,520 Speaker 1: all sorts of issues for the performance of the vehicle. 307 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 1: And um, yeah, you know what, some some really neat 308 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 1: and different engineering ideas have gone by the wayside. It's 309 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaker 1: a shame. And when they look back at cars, what 310 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:00,960 Speaker 1: they became a hundred years from now, when they look 311 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:03,440 Speaker 1: at this radio show, when so many unearthed this radio 312 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 1: show a hundred years from now, and you know, listens 313 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 1: to this and go, what a lunatic this guy was, 314 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 1: you know, or what's he talking about? It'll it'll be 315 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 1: a very different world. And um, it'll appear that the 316 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 1: Soto transmission, in that Volkswagen transmission will appear as strange 317 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 1: to them as the blacksmith. And you know, the ways 318 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:27,600 Speaker 1: of the West are to us a hundred and fifty 319 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:31,680 Speaker 1: years later as America expanded way back when and covered wagons. 320 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:35,160 Speaker 1: So um, anyway, I appreciate the call there, Greg, and 321 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 1: appreciate the questions, and um, always always fun conversation. So 322 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:42,000 Speaker 1: you take good care. Yeah, can you imagine have you 323 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 1: have you tried or has anybody looked at or considered 324 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:49,320 Speaker 1: the fact of where the automobile came from? I always, 325 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 1: you know, you forget that. I'm so busy working on 326 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 1: them and trying to fix them. That I forget where 327 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:57,160 Speaker 1: the inception of the automobile. You know, it was to 328 00:16:57,240 --> 00:17:00,240 Speaker 1: move America. It was to get us out of where 329 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 1: we were. M I've said this before that most Americans 330 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 1: a hundred years ago were born, raised, lived and died 331 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:12,280 Speaker 1: within fifty square miles of the country. And the automobile 332 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 1: allowed us to expand west. And you know the proof 333 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 1: of that is, you know, look at uh, you know, 334 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:23,200 Speaker 1: get in an airplane in New York City and fly 335 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:25,639 Speaker 1: to l A. And when you get over the great planes, 336 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:29,160 Speaker 1: just look down. Imagine going over that in a covered wagon. 337 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 1: All right, clumpany clumpity, flumpity flumpity, and you realize, well, 338 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:36,919 Speaker 1: we're kind of spoiled now, and look at how different 339 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,680 Speaker 1: it is. I took the hot rod out this morning. 340 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:41,919 Speaker 1: How to go to the carpractor the little Stananians home. 341 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:43,760 Speaker 1: I said, come on, put the cover off of black 342 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:45,480 Speaker 1: and we went out for a blast out in the 343 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:46,800 Speaker 1: hot rod. And you know, here we are driving a 344 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:50,080 Speaker 1: fifty five Chevy and Rachel said it best. We're going 345 00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:51,639 Speaker 1: into an S turn onto the on ramp of the 346 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 1: highway and you kind of lean into the turn and 347 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,639 Speaker 1: hang on, she said, boy, people must have had abs 348 00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 1: of steel riding around in these things back in the fifties, 349 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:01,720 Speaker 1: because you're always a tense position trying to adjust for 350 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 1: the speed and the way you're traveling. Yeah, you're probably right. 351 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:06,600 Speaker 1: I'm Ron any in the Car Doctor, and I'll be 352 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:22,680 Speaker 1: back right after this. Don't go with Welcome back the 353 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:25,560 Speaker 1: Car Doctor. Eight five five zero nine zero zero is 354 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 1: the toll free number. 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Let's go and talk to John Hartford, 374 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 1: Connecticut and Night nine Toyota camera and a stalling problem. 375 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:15,000 Speaker 1: Oh good, something simple compared to the week I had. 376 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:16,639 Speaker 1: This will be simple. Good ahead, John, you're out with 377 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:19,159 Speaker 1: the car doctor. How can I help? I have the 378 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,760 Speaker 1: car two years and since I purchased it has been 379 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 1: acting up. Um. What happens is I'm driving along, say 380 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,879 Speaker 1: two thousand r p ms, and I'll feel a little 381 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:32,919 Speaker 1: missing it and if I come down to a stop 382 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:36,240 Speaker 1: at will stall unless I keep it above a thousand RPMs. 383 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:39,679 Speaker 1: So I replaced the idle air control valve, but that 384 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 1: might be it, and it didn't fix the problem. Um, 385 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 1: it's it's acting up more lately. It's almost daily. It's 386 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 1: doing this now. All right, UM, let's take a look 387 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:52,640 Speaker 1: at do you have anyone Do you have any means 388 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:54,359 Speaker 1: of a scan tool? If you you know, I'm sure 389 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:56,159 Speaker 1: you're gonna tell me there's no check engine light on. 390 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:58,760 Speaker 1: But if you have you scanned for codes? Do you 391 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:00,560 Speaker 1: have the ability to read datas dream at all? What 392 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:02,199 Speaker 1: do we have to do to fix this? I have 393 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:04,960 Speaker 1: a code reader, but it's not reading any codes. Okay. 394 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:08,479 Speaker 1: Do you have the ability to read data stream? All right? 395 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:12,159 Speaker 1: Do you have a voltmeter? Okay? I want you to 396 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:14,639 Speaker 1: take a voltmeter. Get over to the engine cool intempt 397 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:17,800 Speaker 1: censor which is located uh down around the I believe 398 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:21,520 Speaker 1: on the driver's end of the cylinder head, and you're 399 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:24,240 Speaker 1: gonna see a green black wire. That green black wire 400 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:26,879 Speaker 1: fully warmed up. That should read a half vault or 401 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:33,120 Speaker 1: less and it shouldn't fluctuate. All right. If it does fluctuate, 402 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:35,600 Speaker 1: the sensor is likely batter. You want to check the 403 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 1: ground leg and make sure it's got good positive connection. Uh. 404 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:41,160 Speaker 1: The other thing you can do is when you're hooked 405 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 1: up with a voltmeter at the cool intempt censor and 406 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:47,720 Speaker 1: you're reading that half vault gently the key operative here 407 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:51,320 Speaker 1: is gently give it a tap. Give that sensor a tap. Yeah, 408 00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:53,400 Speaker 1: a little screw driver handle, you know, tap tap, tap, 409 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:57,119 Speaker 1: don't break it and watch the voltmeter. Does it change? 410 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:00,480 Speaker 1: Cool intempt sensors on these cars are a critical liput 411 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:03,480 Speaker 1: if it loses cooling temp. And it's been known to 412 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:07,399 Speaker 1: happen quite often where it will intermittently stall out or 413 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:09,679 Speaker 1: might even it might even run rough. Sometimes you'll get 414 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:12,760 Speaker 1: an idle surge and you know, sometimes it will straighten out. 415 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:16,159 Speaker 1: But cool intempt sensors are probably the number one cause 416 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:18,640 Speaker 1: of what goes on with these. Now you know that's 417 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:21,880 Speaker 1: I'm making the assumption. You know, in dangerous word, you've 418 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:24,359 Speaker 1: you've looked over intake air hose, You've looked over for 419 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:28,119 Speaker 1: vacuum leeks. Uh. You know, have you tried disconnecting e 420 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 1: g R valve and driving it to see if that 421 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 1: makes any difference? No, I haven't tried that. M E 422 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:36,119 Speaker 1: g R valves sticking on these where surely a problem. 423 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:39,960 Speaker 1: They had some issues with ignition coils, but generally ignition 424 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:44,639 Speaker 1: coil stuff would become more of a how can I 425 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:46,520 Speaker 1: say it, It It would become more of a you know, 426 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 1: it would be running rough. You'd be telling me about 427 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:52,240 Speaker 1: more of issues and wet weather or damp weather. Um. 428 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:55,080 Speaker 1: You know, secondary ignition would be breaking down. You know 429 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:57,879 Speaker 1: the other thing to keep in mind is dirty throttle plate. 430 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:01,000 Speaker 1: How clean is the throttle plate? You. I'm I'm guessing 431 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 1: you've cleaned it because the fact that you changed the 432 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:06,080 Speaker 1: idolator control valve. I'm sure you went through the throttle 433 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:10,000 Speaker 1: valve or the throttle plate itself and it's clean. Yes, no, yeah, yeah, 434 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:14,480 Speaker 1: kind of figured un run. Um. What I discovered maybe 435 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:17,359 Speaker 1: six months ago that when this starts to happen and 436 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 1: it's it's um, you know, starting to cut back a 437 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:23,360 Speaker 1: little bit at at you know, two rpm s. If 438 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:26,399 Speaker 1: I punch it and give it gas and let accelerate 439 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 1: up a little bit, that takes care of the problem. 440 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:31,600 Speaker 1: So you kind of clear it out. So so does 441 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:35,199 Speaker 1: it feel like and no, no insult intended, John, But 442 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 1: does it does it feel like if you were driving 443 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:39,679 Speaker 1: you it sounds like you've been driving a while on 444 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 1: an older car with a choke, as if the choke 445 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 1: was stuck shut and you've you've kind of floored it 446 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:47,240 Speaker 1: and pushed the excess fuel out and cleared the choke 447 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 1: out if the choke was stuck. You remember the old 448 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:53,920 Speaker 1: days of a carburetor, Yeah, way back when. So that's 449 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:55,639 Speaker 1: what makes me think, you know, do we have a 450 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:59,399 Speaker 1: rich running condition. Here's a case where you know what 451 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:02,920 Speaker 1: for all the trying you're going to do. You need 452 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:04,840 Speaker 1: a scan tool. You need something that will read data 453 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 1: stream because you you've only got half the picture here. 454 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:10,879 Speaker 1: You've you've only got you know, you've only got the 455 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:14,160 Speaker 1: ability to read codes. But it doesn't sound like you've 456 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:16,160 Speaker 1: got the ability to look at data stream. And here's 457 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:21,119 Speaker 1: a case where looking at some signal inputs crank sensor, signal, 458 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:24,879 Speaker 1: fuel trim, fuel trim is so critical on something like 459 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:28,080 Speaker 1: this that it'll it'll just really open up your eyes 460 00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:29,640 Speaker 1: to a whole another world to be able to look 461 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:32,639 Speaker 1: at cooling tempt. But then again, I've seen coolant tempt 462 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:35,040 Speaker 1: censors fail where the computer never picks it up because 463 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:38,199 Speaker 1: it happened so fast the scan tool can't record it. 464 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 1: It's just a momentary and then it's gone. So have 465 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:45,720 Speaker 1: to be done while he's doing the problem, not necessarily. 466 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 1: So do you ever get sick in your life? Okay, 467 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:52,560 Speaker 1: you ever been sick on Wednesday and started to feel 468 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:56,200 Speaker 1: terrible on Monday. If they plug the scan tool in 469 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:58,760 Speaker 1: yon Monday, you think the computer would have known and said, hey, 470 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:01,680 Speaker 1: John's white blood count is up or down or sideways 471 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 1: and something's coming. And then he's got the sniffles by 472 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:06,920 Speaker 1: Tuesday and by Wednesday's sick. That's sort of the idea 473 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:08,600 Speaker 1: of what a scan tool do if if if you 474 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 1: know what to look for, And that's why I think 475 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 1: it's it's just that important. So all right, sir, all right, 476 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:15,919 Speaker 1: thank you very much. If you need me, I'm here. 477 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:19,880 Speaker 1: You can be a call. Good. Look, you're very welcome. Um, yeah, 478 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 1: that's you know, that's listen. Uh. One of the things 479 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:26,200 Speaker 1: I know about scan tools. One thing isn't about diagnosing. 480 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:28,080 Speaker 1: I don't wait until the car is broken to look 481 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:31,240 Speaker 1: at it and when I have time in the shop, 482 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:34,240 Speaker 1: which grant that doesn't happen a lot, but I kind 483 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:36,320 Speaker 1: of make time. I steal fifteen minutes out of lunch. 484 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:38,360 Speaker 1: I've had two wunch to eat in my life anyway, 485 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:42,720 Speaker 1: And here comes to comment Tom, and I have noticed. Yes, 486 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:46,920 Speaker 1: well there you go, love but loved by all, loved 487 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:51,639 Speaker 1: more by some. And uh, listen, by the way, before 488 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:54,159 Speaker 1: I go any further, you can say that after that 489 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:57,520 Speaker 1: lunch I got you today. Yes, yeah, that was a 490 00:24:57,520 --> 00:25:02,800 Speaker 1: good lunch. Delicious Bobcats Barbecue and Ransom Main Street and 491 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:05,080 Speaker 1: that was really quiet. We're off subject here, folks. We'll 492 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:07,560 Speaker 1: come back to this conversation a minute. How crazy was 493 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:09,800 Speaker 1: it that the guy who works there and owns the 494 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:13,440 Speaker 1: place is the brother of Eric Eric Dickinson Hall of 495 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 1: Fame running back Eric Dickinson. And how crazy is it 496 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:19,639 Speaker 1: that you knew who that was? Um? You know I was. 497 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,520 Speaker 1: I played football in high school and I followed college 498 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:25,399 Speaker 1: football as well as pro football, so I knew like 499 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 1: I had a lot of favorite players, so I knew 500 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,680 Speaker 1: where they were from sending their background. Yeah, I could tell. 501 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:32,960 Speaker 1: And the season the Giants are having, you're now doing. Well, 502 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:36,760 Speaker 1: let it go, Philogephia. Well how about we, um, what 503 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:40,919 Speaker 1: is he an Eagles fan? How about we? Uh? How 504 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:44,359 Speaker 1: about we pull over and take a pause? Five zero 505 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:46,480 Speaker 1: nine nine zero zero running Any of the Car Doctor 506 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:53,080 Speaker 1: coming back right after this, hopefully welcome back. We're on 507 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 1: any of the Car Doctor here at five zero nine 508 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:59,080 Speaker 1: zero zero. Give us a call, leave a message phone number. 509 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:00,879 Speaker 1: If we're not on there, we're here for you. Just 510 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:05,160 Speaker 1: give us a call and director Tom, producer Tom, engineer Tom, 511 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 1: Tom God we'll give you a call back during the 512 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:09,439 Speaker 1: week and talk to the the input you in Q for 513 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:12,520 Speaker 1: the next live broadcast. Glenn in Philadelphia, how are you sir, 514 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:16,840 Speaker 1: how can I help? Thanks for taking my call. You're welcome. 515 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:22,280 Speaker 1: What's going on Accurate r d X. I just want 516 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:26,160 Speaker 1: to hear your opinion on the reliability, specifically UM looking 517 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:30,560 Speaker 1: online about the cylinder deactivation and maybe the transmission as 518 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:32,320 Speaker 1: being a weak link, and I just want to get 519 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:36,120 Speaker 1: your opinion on the car. I think the cylinder deactivation 520 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:38,600 Speaker 1: on all these vehicles, not just the Accurate, is the 521 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:40,920 Speaker 1: GMS and some of the other car companies that are 522 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:43,200 Speaker 1: doing it. You know, it is the weak link. It's 523 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 1: it's we're asking engine oil to do an awful lot 524 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 1: and to me, that's the key component. You know. It's 525 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:53,200 Speaker 1: funny we've placed more stress and load on engine oil 526 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:55,119 Speaker 1: in the last five years than we did in the 527 00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:58,879 Speaker 1: previous forty five. And yeah, I get it. Oil is 528 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 1: made better. We're asking an awful lot of it. I 529 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:05,439 Speaker 1: went to a class on variable valve timing about a 530 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:08,119 Speaker 1: month ago, and the instructor, who has no ax to 531 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:10,920 Speaker 1: grind and no oil to sell and no car to represent, 532 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:14,600 Speaker 1: looked at us and he said, you know, there's there's 533 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:19,280 Speaker 1: a couple of things oil does lubricating, and lubrication is 534 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:22,359 Speaker 1: about number four or five on the list. Now you know, 535 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:25,000 Speaker 1: in terms of what oil actually does, the way they 536 00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:27,679 Speaker 1: use oil to control hydraulic circuits, the way they use 537 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 1: oil to provide you know, the cylinder displacement to drop 538 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:34,200 Speaker 1: a cylinder down, to pick a cylinder back up. You know, 539 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:37,040 Speaker 1: the way they allow the engine to spin faster so 540 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:39,720 Speaker 1: that they can have start stop technology. You know, lubrication 541 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:42,159 Speaker 1: is part of it, but it's not clearly not the 542 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:45,760 Speaker 1: only part of it. So the long and the short 543 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:47,639 Speaker 1: of it is as much as everybody's gonna grimace and 544 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:50,320 Speaker 1: argue with me, is I wouldn't. I wouldn't change oil 545 00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:52,960 Speaker 1: based on an engine manufacturer's indicator. If they tell me 546 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,120 Speaker 1: you had changed the oil once every ten months every year, 547 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:58,080 Speaker 1: I'd laugh at him. I really would. I don't care 548 00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:00,520 Speaker 1: what a laboratory tells me. I don't care what results 549 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:02,280 Speaker 1: tell me. You can tell me I'm the most unscientific 550 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:04,560 Speaker 1: mechanic in the whole world. I'm gonna tell you based 551 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:06,680 Speaker 1: on what I've seen for forty three years, and I've 552 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:09,240 Speaker 1: changed with the past forty three years. Uh you know 553 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:12,080 Speaker 1: it's I look at oil condition, Uh you know, quality, 554 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:14,520 Speaker 1: how it looks coming out, the color rubbed it between 555 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:16,480 Speaker 1: my thumb and four finger, and you know it's I. 556 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:18,280 Speaker 1: I know what feels good, and I know it feels bad, 557 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:21,159 Speaker 1: and I can trace those engines that feel bad that 558 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:23,199 Speaker 1: Usually those are the ones that developed the oil lea. 559 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:26,040 Speaker 1: Usually those are the ones that somehow have an engine issue. 560 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:29,480 Speaker 1: With the hundred and thirty thousand mile mark, cars are 561 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:33,720 Speaker 1: made better. They take more abuse, all right, you can 562 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:36,000 Speaker 1: if you're leasing a car. I'll tell you what. If 563 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:37,560 Speaker 1: you're leasing a car, I don't care. If you ever 564 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:39,240 Speaker 1: change the oil, You'll probably get away with it for 565 00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:41,880 Speaker 1: three years. I don't think it's gonna matter because the 566 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:44,920 Speaker 1: manufacturers is stupid enough not to make you require to 567 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:46,560 Speaker 1: have to change the oil, which is something I think 568 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:49,440 Speaker 1: they should do, but they don't. But if you own 569 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:52,640 Speaker 1: a car, and you know, cars are like kids. If 570 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:54,600 Speaker 1: you want to keep that kid past eighteen years old, 571 00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:56,720 Speaker 1: if you want to keep that car past a hundred 572 00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,240 Speaker 1: thousand mile mark, you better change the oil. And you 573 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:02,760 Speaker 1: better change on a on a on a reasonable service interval. 574 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:07,880 Speaker 1: You know, if if oil was so good that it 575 00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:11,960 Speaker 1: can go such extreme distances, then why did some of 576 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:14,520 Speaker 1: the oil companies come out with this one year fifteen 577 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:17,080 Speaker 1: thousand mile in one year in twelve thousand mile oil? 578 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:20,160 Speaker 1: You know, is it is it? Is it that we 579 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:22,640 Speaker 1: saw the need? Do we have a problem? You know, 580 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:24,560 Speaker 1: I've got people telling me, well, I've gone twenty thousand 581 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:27,040 Speaker 1: miles on my oil. Yeah, what kind of car was that? Well, 582 00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:28,680 Speaker 1: it was the old car I had. I bought another 583 00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:31,040 Speaker 1: one last year because I didn't like the color. Yeah, right, 584 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:32,720 Speaker 1: you know, they don't want to tell you about the 585 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:36,680 Speaker 1: engine failure that they had. So for what that accurate 586 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:42,240 Speaker 1: is doing in terms of technology, valve displacement, valve timing, 587 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:46,360 Speaker 1: cylinder deactivation, change the oil. Brother, it's the cheapest thing 588 00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:49,200 Speaker 1: you're gonna do, all right. You know, have have have 589 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:52,400 Speaker 1: three less cups of coffee at Starbucks this year? All right, 590 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:54,240 Speaker 1: you'll be able to afford an extra oil change. No 591 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:58,000 Speaker 1: knock on Starbucks, but let's be reality. Is a cup 592 00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:01,640 Speaker 1: of chocolate mocha frapp whatever it is worth twelve bucks 593 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:03,680 Speaker 1: or whatever they get for it. You know, it's it's 594 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:07,240 Speaker 1: a little over the talk. So um you know, se see, 595 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:08,840 Speaker 1: hey like that I answered that question, and I think 596 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:11,480 Speaker 1: get into an oil commercial about penns oil because that's 597 00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:13,920 Speaker 1: the other part of this. Right. If we're gonna talk 598 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:16,120 Speaker 1: about oil. You gotta start with good stuff. I'd be 599 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,959 Speaker 1: using Penn's Oil platinum and pennz Oil ultrasynthetic in it, 600 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:21,160 Speaker 1: because to me, that's the best stuff on the planet 601 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:23,719 Speaker 1: right now, it has been for a while. Second question. 602 00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:29,800 Speaker 1: Second question, talking part of that about the transmission, transmission 603 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:31,480 Speaker 1: on that and real quick, I wanted to see what 604 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:36,680 Speaker 1: you thought about the paler with the six cylinder UM. 605 00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:38,640 Speaker 1: I like the GM stuff. I think GM has come 606 00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:41,280 Speaker 1: a long way back. I wouldn't own a GM, uh 607 00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:43,320 Speaker 1: five six years ago. I thought they were kind of, 608 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:45,320 Speaker 1: you know, the bottom of the list. A lot of 609 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:47,520 Speaker 1: their technology was old. They were still coming off the 610 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:50,400 Speaker 1: two thousand and eight two thousand nine economic collapse. I 611 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:53,000 Speaker 1: think they've come a long way back again. I'm gonna 612 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:56,520 Speaker 1: talk about cleanliness of oil, cleanliness of fluids, and just 613 00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:59,840 Speaker 1: general maintenance that's not based on Ron alone, and really 614 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,360 Speaker 1: the accurate comments are not based on Ron alone. Also, 615 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:04,200 Speaker 1: as you can imagine, as everyone can imagine, I know 616 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:07,200 Speaker 1: a few text working in dealerships and they all tell 617 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:08,920 Speaker 1: me the same thing in terms of how often they 618 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:11,640 Speaker 1: change their royal and what they do and maintenance, and yeah, 619 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:13,520 Speaker 1: there's a good product out there, You've just got to 620 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:17,720 Speaker 1: service it. As far as the transmission, I'm just amazed 621 00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:20,440 Speaker 1: Honda can't get a transmission right after all these years, 622 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:24,760 Speaker 1: they still have their issues. They still require service and maintenance. 623 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:27,360 Speaker 1: You know. To me, the key to longevity out of 624 00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:29,840 Speaker 1: an out of a Honda trans Honda accurate, same thing. 625 00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:32,440 Speaker 1: To me, the longevity is you want to change the 626 00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:34,959 Speaker 1: fluid every thirty thousand miles, if not a little sooner, 627 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 1: and just deal with it right. And you know people 628 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:39,720 Speaker 1: don't like hearing that, but that's the reality of it. 629 00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:42,520 Speaker 1: It's a fairly straightforward service. It's a drain in fill. 630 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:46,240 Speaker 1: It's not difficult to do, it's not expensive. But that 631 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:49,680 Speaker 1: transjest has its issues. Um, I'll tell you what, if 632 00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:51,840 Speaker 1: you really want to get an education on it, find 633 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:55,000 Speaker 1: somebody you know in the wholesale used car business. Tell 634 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:57,560 Speaker 1: them you've got a Honda Odyssey or an Accurate md 635 00:31:57,720 --> 00:31:59,880 Speaker 1: X with a hundred thousand miles on it. What's it worth? 636 00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:03,040 Speaker 1: And they're gonna ask you about the transmission. Every time 637 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:05,720 Speaker 1: as a trans shift trans give me any problems trans 638 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:08,880 Speaker 1: ever been serviced, they always bring it up. And that 639 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:11,960 Speaker 1: that tells me what they're seeing that's become an issue. 640 00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:14,920 Speaker 1: So you know what, drive the car, Enjoy the car. 641 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:17,720 Speaker 1: It's a great car. Change the fluids um and have 642 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:19,760 Speaker 1: a relationship with a mechanic that you can count on 643 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:22,640 Speaker 1: and not somebody standing behind a service counter that's trying 644 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:24,720 Speaker 1: to sell you everything under the sun to get more 645 00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:27,960 Speaker 1: money so you can buy lawn furniture. Case closed. All right, brother, 646 00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:33,040 Speaker 1: you're welcome, and you take good care. I'll run any 647 00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:34,760 Speaker 1: in the car doctor. I'll be back right after this. 648 00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:40,880 Speaker 1: Welcome back. Why don't any of the car doctor. You 649 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:42,600 Speaker 1: just found a great email that just seems to be 650 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:45,600 Speaker 1: timely with our last caller with regards to maintenance. This 651 00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:47,840 Speaker 1: comes to us from Steve Brackett up there in bath Maine, 652 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:50,239 Speaker 1: Good old bath Maine and Steve Brackett. They were they 653 00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:53,080 Speaker 1: were on a grocery store up there, I recall correctly, 654 00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:55,400 Speaker 1: and supposed to be supposed to be the place to 655 00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:58,520 Speaker 1: be in bath Maine. And more power to them. Family 656 00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:01,040 Speaker 1: operation for many, many years. High Rona running a few 657 00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:03,440 Speaker 1: days behind your podcast Code up today excellent as always, 658 00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:05,400 Speaker 1: excellent segment on your g d I training and issues 659 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:07,040 Speaker 1: with oil chain intervals. Well, this is about a month 660 00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:09,760 Speaker 1: behind the industry sure seems to have dumbed down the 661 00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:12,680 Speaker 1: car owning public into going by lights and oil life monitors. Yeah, 662 00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:15,280 Speaker 1: I agree with that. Um anybody ever read the owner's 663 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:17,200 Speaker 1: Manual Live their car where it says if the batteries 664 00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:21,120 Speaker 1: ever disconnected, just revert to a standard oil drain interval 665 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:23,360 Speaker 1: and don't follow the oil life monitors until the cars 666 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:26,160 Speaker 1: had time to learn again what you're driving. Habits are 667 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:29,360 Speaker 1: because they're so so How critical is all this stuff? 668 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:31,280 Speaker 1: It makes you wonder. I've often said the folks, as 669 00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:32,920 Speaker 1: much as I really like and agree with the science 670 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:35,560 Speaker 1: behind oil life monitors, people are the weak link. You know, 671 00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:38,160 Speaker 1: that's true. I never thought of people are the weak link. Listen, 672 00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:41,160 Speaker 1: that's what's wrong with society. People. Uh, the O E. 673 00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:43,120 Speaker 1: L M does not know if you've used the highest 674 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:44,959 Speaker 1: quality oil and filter that money can buy, or if 675 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:47,240 Speaker 1: you fill the crank case with Cristal cooking oil, the 676 00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:49,560 Speaker 1: OLM will still calculate the same way. You know, he's 677 00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:52,240 Speaker 1: got a point here. Add to that, folks not opening 678 00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:54,600 Speaker 1: to even bother to check oil level and these potentially 679 00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:57,400 Speaker 1: long drain intervals just really a recipe for disaster. And 680 00:33:57,520 --> 00:33:59,680 Speaker 1: now add to that the g d I issue. I 681 00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:02,480 Speaker 1: agree with you. More is better on motor oil changes. 682 00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:04,880 Speaker 1: A couple of attachments here, one on g d I 683 00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:07,720 Speaker 1: and one on turbo charging, the others about trans service 684 00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:10,480 Speaker 1: and the field for life line that new card dealerships 685 00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:12,920 Speaker 1: are now giving. You've spoken about trans service issues before, 686 00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:15,080 Speaker 1: but both of these articles made me think of you 687 00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:17,399 Speaker 1: always enjoy your shows. Better get the hot rot out tonight. 688 00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:19,600 Speaker 1: Not many days like this left in the Northeast. My 689 00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:21,560 Speaker 1: g t O was coming out this evening. I think 690 00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:25,200 Speaker 1: be Stave, be safe. Steve brackabeth Man good brother. Brother 691 00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:27,160 Speaker 1: I've never met, but I consider him a brother. Good guy. 692 00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:29,960 Speaker 1: Um some excellent feedback. Always been a long term listener 693 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:31,440 Speaker 1: to the show. Not just because of that, he's just 694 00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:33,719 Speaker 1: a good guy. UM sent me an article here. We're 695 00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:36,640 Speaker 1: gonna talk about this next week. UM. Matt Erickson. He's 696 00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:39,600 Speaker 1: a technical manager and he's got a magazine article here. 697 00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:41,840 Speaker 1: It talks about transmission service and maintenance. It sort of 698 00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:45,480 Speaker 1: echoes what we're talking about here. And you know, things 699 00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:49,200 Speaker 1: like a Ford F one fifty calls for a hundred 700 00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:52,719 Speaker 1: and fifty thousand mile trans fluid service at a hundred 701 00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:55,320 Speaker 1: and fifty thousand miles. You probably need a transmission. Is 702 00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:57,040 Speaker 1: that what you're looking for? We're gonna cover that next 703 00:34:57,080 --> 00:34:59,319 Speaker 1: week's opener. Next week we're also giving away a launch 704 00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:01,480 Speaker 1: scan tool. You got tune in to get it. Until then, 705 00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:04,120 Speaker 1: I'm Modini in the car Doctor. The mechanics aren't expensive, 706 00:35:04,239 --> 00:35:05,360 Speaker 1: they're placeless. See U