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Speaker 1: Ron and Anien. When they want you to stop driving

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Speaker 1: radio home of Ron and Anian the Car Doctor. Since

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

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

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

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Speaker 1: take your calls. At eight five and now he running,

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Speaker 1: you know before we get today's show started, as Johnny

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Speaker 1: are you there? Tom? I have an announcement for you, Lovely,

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Speaker 1: you're ready, guess what I'm doing next week? I haven't

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Speaker 1: told you this yet, Can we say that on the air? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think we can. So I'm giving I'm giving away

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Speaker 1: I tell you this. We're giving away a matter of fact,

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Speaker 1: we're actually we're actually giving away a book about Nissan

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Speaker 1: Fifty Years of Exhilarating Performance by Pete Evan. Now, um,

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Speaker 1: it's a great book, color pictures. It is such a

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Speaker 1: Tom decision of the judge namely you will be final. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: so everybody's got a clamorole over you. And uh, are

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Speaker 1: So we're not giving away a Nissan. What do you

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Speaker 1: But here's my question, Well, if if, if the electric

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Speaker 1: But you know the gasoline station on the corner will

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Speaker 1: get yourself and listen. You can go on the McGuire's website.

425
00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:51,879
Speaker 1: You know, it's funny and and and I like McGuire's product.

426
00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:55,119
Speaker 1: You can go on the McGuire's website. Tell them your vehicle,

427
00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:58,880
Speaker 1: tell them how you're going to use it every day,

428
00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:02,639
Speaker 1: show car, you know, holding manure, whatever you want to

429
00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:04,479
Speaker 1: do for it. All right. You know they've got all

430
00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:06,879
Speaker 1: the gam it's covered and they will tell you. They

431
00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:09,800
Speaker 1: will write you a prescription per se if you need

432
00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:13,359
Speaker 1: this cleaner, this wax, this polish, this car wash, soap,

433
00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:16,199
Speaker 1: and they'll tell her it right to you. I have

434
00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:19,919
Speaker 1: McGuire's or twenty, and I forget the number of wax

435
00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:23,679
Speaker 1: for the hot rod. I've got their cleaner wax and

436
00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:28,040
Speaker 1: their regular wax in the red bottle for the suburban.

437
00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:30,520
Speaker 1: And that's what I use on pretty much everything else.

438
00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:33,760
Speaker 1: And I also use there. I can't think of the

439
00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:35,960
Speaker 1: name of it. I can see the I can see it.

440
00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:38,240
Speaker 1: It's in a m it's in a it's in a

441
00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:41,119
Speaker 1: gray and black bottle from McGuire's to keep the headlights,

442
00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:44,840
Speaker 1: UH protected to because I also waxed the headlights. UM,

443
00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:47,640
Speaker 1: so hold the hold different conversation. Well, let's talk about

444
00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:49,919
Speaker 1: wax and cleaners one day. So does that do it

445
00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:53,040
Speaker 1: for your route? Does that help? Hey? Thank you very much,

446
00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:56,480
Speaker 1: You're very welcome, sir. Good luck to you. Let us

447
00:24:56,520 --> 00:24:58,439
Speaker 1: know what happens. Let's get on over and talk to

448
00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:02,280
Speaker 1: Jesse and Virginia. Virginia's coming in loud and strong today,

449
00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:05,240
Speaker 1: three in a row. Twelve GMCCR and some problems at

450
00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:08,560
Speaker 1: the alternator and the stability track light. Jesse, you're on,

451
00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:11,840
Speaker 1: How can I help? Yeah, hey, Ron, thanks for taking

452
00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:18,359
Speaker 1: my call. I have an alternating problem where uh I

453
00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:22,400
Speaker 1: get the chime go off and yellow light says traction control,

454
00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:26,280
Speaker 1: the other one says service to bilit track and they'll

455
00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:29,919
Speaker 1: come on either simultaneously or the alternay. And it doesn't

456
00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:32,600
Speaker 1: happen all the time. And usually this happens like in

457
00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:36,119
Speaker 1: the summertime when it's not in humid and when cooler weather,

458
00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:38,760
Speaker 1: it never happens. So I had a couple of different

459
00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:40,840
Speaker 1: people look at it, and nobody could seem to nail

460
00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:42,840
Speaker 1: it down. And I was wondering if you could give

461
00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:45,120
Speaker 1: me some kind of direction on this. Does it ever

462
00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:51,119
Speaker 1: display a fault code anytime anybody scans it? I don't know.

463
00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:53,879
Speaker 1: I don't have that answer. Does it? You know? Have

464
00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:58,440
Speaker 1: you taken it in when the light is displayed? Well, uh,

465
00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:00,679
Speaker 1: I've given him the truck. I know it comes on,

466
00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:02,440
Speaker 1: you know when they got it. Maybe if you turn

467
00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:06,360
Speaker 1: it on after a few minutes, it will come on. Okay,

468
00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:10,520
Speaker 1: So so let's talk about this all right. You've got

469
00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:15,320
Speaker 1: a vehicle with thirty computers on it, believe it or not,

470
00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:19,240
Speaker 1: all right, and every computer talks to every other computer.

471
00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:22,680
Speaker 1: That's what a controlled area network is can can bus

472
00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:25,879
Speaker 1: all right, So this could be a This could be

473
00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:30,199
Speaker 1: an issue where one module is dropping off the bus

474
00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:32,520
Speaker 1: and can't talk to the other. This could be a

475
00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:35,200
Speaker 1: fault with that actual module forced to build a track.

476
00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:37,959
Speaker 1: This could be a fault with a sensor that feeds

477
00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:42,640
Speaker 1: information to the stabilit track module, all right. That's why

478
00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:45,240
Speaker 1: it would That's why it would really be important to

479
00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:50,320
Speaker 1: catch this in the act to see, you know, who's lost.

480
00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:53,600
Speaker 1: Does it have a U code communication, does it have

481
00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,479
Speaker 1: a P code sensor fault? Does it have a circuit

482
00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:59,720
Speaker 1: performance code? I can tell you this. They have lots

483
00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:03,679
Speaker 1: of shoes with the steering wheel position sensor and the

484
00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:08,320
Speaker 1: connector itself, all right, and that will cause that will

485
00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:11,399
Speaker 1: cause the description you're describing with service to build a

486
00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:15,840
Speaker 1: track and traction control uh and ABS fault will cause

487
00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:20,480
Speaker 1: a traction control issue. Um, you know, we've got to

488
00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:25,040
Speaker 1: find out who's not talking. That's the first step, all right. Now.

489
00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:29,960
Speaker 1: Any aftermarket wiring or installs to this vehicle, anything done

490
00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:32,760
Speaker 1: in or around the area of the steering column. Is

491
00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:38,560
Speaker 1: there a plow on this truck? Ah. I don't know

492
00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:41,880
Speaker 1: if any aftermarket work has been done on this. I've

493
00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:44,399
Speaker 1: had the truck. I thought it last spring, and then

494
00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:47,159
Speaker 1: I had the problem. I had the problem all in

495
00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:49,440
Speaker 1: the summertime, towards the late summer, when it was hot

496
00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:53,239
Speaker 1: and humid. That's the weather cooled down. It stopped doing it.

497
00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:55,960
Speaker 1: But as the weather's going to start forming up, I'm

498
00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:58,800
Speaker 1: positive it's going to start doing it again. Right, And

499
00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:02,840
Speaker 1: I'm thinking that if it's heat related, I'm either dealing

500
00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:09,000
Speaker 1: with water intrusion somewhere that's caused corrosion and it's affecting resistance,

501
00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:14,680
Speaker 1: or I'm dealing with a module that's obviously getting hot

502
00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:18,359
Speaker 1: for some reason or warm. But you know, your description

503
00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:21,280
Speaker 1: of weather just makes me automatically think that this is

504
00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:24,399
Speaker 1: a weather related, temperature related issue, and I've got to

505
00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:28,320
Speaker 1: think about how electronics react to that. So do this, okay,

506
00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:31,080
Speaker 1: crawl around under the dash. Does it look like anything's

507
00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:34,160
Speaker 1: out of place, a panel missing, any screws missing where

508
00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:36,600
Speaker 1: they're supposed to hold up a shield, any place it

509
00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:39,880
Speaker 1: looks like somebody was there before you, or somebody was

510
00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:43,080
Speaker 1: there since the factory Tech assembled it back in twelve

511
00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:45,560
Speaker 1: and if it does, take a little bit of a

512
00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:47,880
Speaker 1: harder look. Take a look at the connector for the

513
00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:51,080
Speaker 1: steering wheel position sensor, which is located in and around

514
00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:53,560
Speaker 1: the column area it's attached to the column. And then

515
00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:55,960
Speaker 1: the next time it happens, talk to your mechanic and say,

516
00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,600
Speaker 1: listen when you when I bring this in, I want

517
00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:01,400
Speaker 1: you to at least do a compleat data scan of

518
00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:03,840
Speaker 1: all the modules on the vehicle, not O B D

519
00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:07,360
Speaker 1: two year make models specific, because we want to see,

520
00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:10,959
Speaker 1: first of all, is somebody not talking even though it's

521
00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:14,840
Speaker 1: a momentary thing, it should recall we should record a

522
00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:18,640
Speaker 1: U code communication fault for that particular problem. Good luck,

523
00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:23,040
Speaker 1: Let me know what happens. Zero car doctors coming back

524
00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:37,280
Speaker 1: right after this. Welcome back an in the car, docul

525
00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:40,760
Speaker 1: Let's get over to Pete oh six Chrysler PT cruiser. Peter,

526
00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:43,880
Speaker 1: how can I help? Hold on? Yes, sir, how are

527
00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:47,240
Speaker 1: you doing today? Good? What's going on? Okay? Two Cruiser

528
00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:51,040
Speaker 1: hundred seven? About this problem? Just wait for it hurt?

529
00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:54,240
Speaker 1: How many? How many miles on this car? Hundred seven thousand?

530
00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:59,640
Speaker 1: Just broken in brother, Go ahead, the cruiser hardly. But

531
00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:04,400
Speaker 1: the story the transmission, I'm getting, uh, it's going into

532
00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:10,200
Speaker 1: limp mode off and on intermittently, And I own a

533
00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:13,800
Speaker 1: launch one to three scanner, and I'm pulling a p

534
00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:16,800
Speaker 1: O five six two, which is a low voltage of

535
00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:19,800
Speaker 1: p O seven fifty from the t c M, and

536
00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:22,600
Speaker 1: then from the PCM I'm getting a seven and the

537
00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:24,760
Speaker 1: p O four four one, which is an evapp thing

538
00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:28,560
Speaker 1: which does anyway, has nothing to do with this. You

539
00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:31,680
Speaker 1: were getting a P zero five six two. Yes, okay,

540
00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:34,400
Speaker 1: what have you done so far to diagnosis? Well, what

541
00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:36,920
Speaker 1: I have done as I had mounted a ground on

542
00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:39,240
Speaker 1: the side of the transmission, on the left hand side

543
00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:42,480
Speaker 1: because it was easy, a nice big battery ground cable

544
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:47,680
Speaker 1: from a lawn tractor actually, but it worked fine, and

545
00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:49,680
Speaker 1: I thought it was getting corroded with the cold weather.

546
00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:53,160
Speaker 1: The cut I had this has happened before. I had

547
00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:56,280
Speaker 1: a sharp shot off the check engine light cleared all

548
00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:59,480
Speaker 1: the codes and it's been fine up until about three

549
00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:03,480
Speaker 1: weeks ago, and it's been a great card. My wife

550
00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:05,840
Speaker 1: and I have been taking trips with the sea. But

551
00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:09,280
Speaker 1: three weeks ago it started hunting back and forth and

552
00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:12,120
Speaker 1: going into trying to go into limp mode and the

553
00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:16,120
Speaker 1: pr oh, you know, the prenand and the tachometer would

554
00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:19,200
Speaker 1: light up saying, you know, said going that something is

555
00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:22,320
Speaker 1: a mess, right, that it's going into a limp exactly.

556
00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:25,240
Speaker 1: But you can clear the codes, drive a few miles

557
00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:29,600
Speaker 1: and will will come back. So my first question is

558
00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:32,120
Speaker 1: do you have do all of these fault codes come

559
00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:35,320
Speaker 1: at once or do they are they spread out over time?

560
00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:38,000
Speaker 1: They all come at once, they all come at once,

561
00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:41,959
Speaker 1: So we've got to look for what's common. All right,

562
00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:44,800
Speaker 1: we've got a lot alright. One thing I did do,

563
00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:47,520
Speaker 1: I took the battery out and the air cleaner and

564
00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:49,440
Speaker 1: I mounted there's a threaded boss on the top of

565
00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:52,640
Speaker 1: the transaxle and I actually tapped it for a quarter

566
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:55,440
Speaker 1: twenty and mounted that ground strap right there, a good

567
00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:58,600
Speaker 1: solid ground and tied to the negative post side of

568
00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:01,640
Speaker 1: the battery. Clean everything up with the wirepression, just to

569
00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:04,240
Speaker 1: make sure good and grounded. Have you done anything with

570
00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:10,840
Speaker 1: the trans relay? Okay, so you know what if we

571
00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:17,680
Speaker 1: found the trans relay, all right, the transmission um no,

572
00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:20,760
Speaker 1: this is gonna be the actual power power relay that

573
00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:27,280
Speaker 1: actually feeds power to the um UH controller itself, and

574
00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:31,200
Speaker 1: and i'd like to see, you know, is this setting

575
00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:35,200
Speaker 1: the five six two and then the associated related voltage

576
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:39,520
Speaker 1: codes that are going with it, because it's just losing power.

577
00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:43,080
Speaker 1: And if we could find power input either to the

578
00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:45,680
Speaker 1: relay or to the control module that's on the front

579
00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:48,920
Speaker 1: of the trans or the or the tip them depending

580
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:51,320
Speaker 1: upon which version of wiring this is for a Chrysler,

581
00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:55,280
Speaker 1: all right, if we could find the power input and

582
00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:59,760
Speaker 1: wire in a side marker bulb. You listen to the

583
00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:03,360
Speaker 1: show a long enough, I can tell you know what, well, yeah,

584
00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:05,480
Speaker 1: in series and just so basically it'll light up the

585
00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:11,480
Speaker 1: bulb and is the ballblit? And and you know, do

586
00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:14,080
Speaker 1: we have power where we're supposed to have power? Just

587
00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:17,520
Speaker 1: something so that really I was changing and replacing it,

588
00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:23,160
Speaker 1: cleaning something up. Um. Depending upon and depending upon what

589
00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:26,040
Speaker 1: version this is, that relay might be replaceable, but I

590
00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:31,280
Speaker 1: would start looking for that. I would definitely go there

591
00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:34,240
Speaker 1: that relay is if it's going to be where I

592
00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:36,760
Speaker 1: think it is, it's isn't there a battery box under

593
00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:40,600
Speaker 1: the hood, a junction box. I think we're gonna I

594
00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:43,960
Speaker 1: think we're gonna start there. But before you do anything,

595
00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:46,800
Speaker 1: what I would say to do is get a wiring

596
00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:49,960
Speaker 1: diagram and match it to the vehicle, and then look

597
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:53,400
Speaker 1: at the components listed and then follow the wires and

598
00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:56,160
Speaker 1: find your power source that wakes everything up here because

599
00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:59,520
Speaker 1: Chrysler has been known to m heck, I've had chryslers

600
00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:01,360
Speaker 1: that are a x is that have oh five wiring

601
00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:04,040
Speaker 1: in them. So match what you've got to a diagram

602
00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:08,080
Speaker 1: and then we'll talk again. Zero nine zero zero. I'm

603
00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:09,440
Speaker 1: run a nat of the Car Doctor. I'll be back

604
00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:23,200
Speaker 1: right after this. Welcome back on the name of the

605
00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:24,600
Speaker 1: Car Doctor. Let's take a look at the Car doctor

606
00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:26,640
Speaker 1: Facebook page, Rick writes, and hey, Ron, I've got a

607
00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:29,200
Speaker 1: two thousand three win star eighty seven thousand miles on it.

608
00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:32,200
Speaker 1: The trans is beginning to slip when it's first leaving home. No,

609
00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:33,839
Speaker 1: their time, everything else is good. Do you think it's

610
00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:36,600
Speaker 1: worth replacing? You know, Rick, it's a fair question. The

611
00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:39,840
Speaker 1: question is that the answer is what kind of shapes

612
00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:42,480
Speaker 1: the rest of the vehicle in all right, it sounds

613
00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:45,000
Speaker 1: like the trans is headed for replacement. You know. You

614
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,319
Speaker 1: can go through the change the fluid and check the

615
00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:49,640
Speaker 1: fluid level and pull the pan and look at all

616
00:34:49,640 --> 00:34:51,600
Speaker 1: the other things. But it's it's an O three. It's

617
00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:54,400
Speaker 1: eighteen years old, it's got almost ninety thousand miles on it.

618
00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:58,280
Speaker 1: I'm guessing it's not really been serviced. Great, but before

619
00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:00,400
Speaker 1: you go through the expense of replacing the trans and

620
00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:03,440
Speaker 1: that'll set you back, you know, I'm sure for a

621
00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:06,000
Speaker 1: grand depending upon where it's done and to what level

622
00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:08,359
Speaker 1: of quality. And make sure you ask about warranties when

623
00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:11,240
Speaker 1: you invest in something like another transmission for a vehicle.

624
00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:14,839
Speaker 1: What does the rest of the vehicle look like? You know?

625
00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:17,080
Speaker 1: And and even if it looks good, you know, and

626
00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:19,839
Speaker 1: I'm talking about you've got to consider any rusty brake lines,

627
00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:22,160
Speaker 1: what does the rest of the suspension look like? You know,

628
00:35:22,239 --> 00:35:25,319
Speaker 1: any rusted, dangling, hanging parts. What's the body like? You know,

629
00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:27,480
Speaker 1: there's a hundred things that are a hundred parts to

630
00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:30,920
Speaker 1: that question. But more importantly, you're just as importantly what

631
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,200
Speaker 1: kind of maintenances the engine gotten. Has it had its

632
00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:36,280
Speaker 1: oil changes, had it's had you know, other fluid service,

633
00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:37,799
Speaker 1: or has this been a Hey, we'll drive it for

634
00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:40,520
Speaker 1: eighteen years and when something breaks, decide whether or not

635
00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:42,600
Speaker 1: to fix that one part and try and drive it more,

636
00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:45,120
Speaker 1: or should we replace it. You've gotta look at the

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Speaker 1: whole package, and then you can make an educated decision.

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Speaker 1: I appreciate the question. I'm running aiding the card doctor.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for being here. Until the next time. I'm reminding

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Speaker 1: you good mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless. Let's see it,

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Speaker 1: she Leonel. She wasted spad