1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 1: Ron and Ay, and you can see the transition. You 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: can see if this was the nineties into the nineteen times. 3 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 1: You're seeing the blacksmith go away and and shooting, the 4 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: horse going away, and the automobile coming into its own 5 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:23,960 Speaker 1: a little jack. I gotta breaking down, Calm, I can 6 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 1: make it that I'm broken down, the care Doctor. The 7 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:33,879 Speaker 1: majority of the electronic power steerings are under recalled by 8 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:37,319 Speaker 1: General Motors two thousand five Malibu, classic example, the car 9 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 1: the wife drives. Now General Motors extended the warranty on 10 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:42,919 Speaker 1: those ten years, hundred and fifty thousand miles. Well, now 11 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 1: it's out of warranty, so I guess when it breaks, 12 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 1: I'll have to fix it. Welcome to the radio home 13 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 1: of Ron and the Car Doctor. Since this is where 14 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 1: car owners the world overturned to for their definitive opinion 15 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 1: on automotive repair. If your mechanics giving you a busy signal, 16 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 1: they got the phone and call in the garage to 17 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 1: orders are open. But I am here to take your 18 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:12,839 Speaker 1: calls at eight five five five six, and now he running. Hey, 19 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:15,040 Speaker 1: come on in, sit down. 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You can also email 35 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: me during the week ron at Car Doctor Show dot com. 36 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: But if you want to get in and talk to 37 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 1: me today, it's eight five five zero zero seven number 38 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 1: that we've had for so many years now, and we're 39 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 1: looking forward to talking to each and every one of you. 40 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 1: It was a different kind of repair a week at 41 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 1: the shop this week, and it was kind of a 42 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 1: tough week, you know, just a lot of mental anguish, 43 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 1: maybe as the thought process, just a lot of why 44 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 1: am I doing this, you know, you're getting beat up 45 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: a lot. And it was one of those weeks or 46 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,359 Speaker 1: reminded me of that movie The Replacements. Remember the movie 47 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: The Replacements with Keanu Reeves and and Um. They were 48 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:45,960 Speaker 1: in the locker room the coach and Gene Hackman asked them, 49 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 1: you know, so what is it that scares you? And 50 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 1: they were talking about spiders and bugs and things on 51 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 1: the field, and then finally Kiana Reeves goes um, Quicksand 52 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 1: And they said why Quicksand? And he said, because you're 53 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: you're playing, and you know you you make a move, 54 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 1: and you know you think that's the right move, and 55 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 1: then one thing goes wrong, and then another and then another, 56 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: and it's like being in quicksand no matter what you do, 57 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 1: you're just getting swallowed up alive. It was that kind 58 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:17,080 Speaker 1: of a week at the shop. And while it wasn't 59 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:19,919 Speaker 1: that we were making wrong moves, the moves weren't cooperating, 60 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 1: is how I prefer to look at it. Just things 61 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 1: beyond our control, ordering new parts that didn't work, ordering 62 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 1: things that didn't show up, ordering two of and four 63 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 1: showed up, requiring two to be sent back, and the 64 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: ensuing confusion and paperwork that that created, or ordering two 65 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 1: when one showed up and where's the other part? Um 66 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: ordering something and nothing showed up, and it was just 67 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 1: You're like, why what is going on here? Of course 68 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 1: I realized that in case, in case anybody wants to know, 69 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 1: you know, it's a blue moon this weekend, um, which 70 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: a blue moon by definition means that there will be 71 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 1: four full moons in a quarter or a season versus three. 72 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 1: So it's a blue moon this weekend, so once in 73 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: a blue moon. That's where the expression comes from. But 74 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 1: it was just, you know, and I needed to find 75 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 1: my footing. And you know, some people meditate when they 76 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: get lost, and some people want to you know, own 77 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 1: and I needed to do that. I needed to regain 78 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 1: my balance. Did I tell about the Ranger, my little 79 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 1: shop truck? You know? I mean, gee, I think I've 80 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 1: been talking about the Ranger as long as I've been 81 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 1: on radio almost it's it's a Ranger. It's got two 82 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 1: eight thousand plus miles on a two d thousand plus 83 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 1: miles on something like that. And I don't know why, 84 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:40,479 Speaker 1: but lately it's kind of there's there's a there's a 85 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 1: bug on my backside that I just want to just 86 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 1: make it look less like a shop truck, it more 87 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:47,600 Speaker 1: like an everyday truck, you know, fix it up a 88 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 1: little bit, maybe so it doesn't look like the beater 89 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:51,359 Speaker 1: and it doesn't need much. It just needs a couple 90 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 1: of odds and ends. One of the things I don't 91 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 1: like about it is the steering wheel. The steering wheel 92 00:04:57,240 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: is leather wrapped, and that's what they did in ninety seven. 93 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: It was a it was a gluon leather wrap that 94 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:04,839 Speaker 1: as it gets older, it you can rotate it and 95 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 1: you can feel it, and it just it feels cheesy. 96 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 1: I needed to fix something this week. I needed to 97 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 1: start something and finish something without any aggravation, without any interruptions. 98 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 1: It was just that kind of a week, just like 99 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 1: you probably had. I had purchased from a company called 100 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:31,039 Speaker 1: wheel Skins out in California, and it's after looking for 101 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 1: steering wheels and everybody is is delusional. They want two 102 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 1: or fifty dollars for a year old steering wheel that 103 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: I just said, no, let's there's gotta be another way. 104 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 1: And this company called wheel Skins has has a nice 105 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 1: leather outer covering that you can stitch on. You've just 106 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:46,280 Speaker 1: got to be brave enough to want to try and 107 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 1: become a seamstress overnight. And I watched the video and 108 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:51,159 Speaker 1: I said, gee, I can do that. That doesn't look 109 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 1: that hard. And I've just got to find a quiet 110 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: moment to do it because they tell you that, you know, 111 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 1: you need sixty minutes to do this. You need sixty uninterrupted. 112 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 1: This is what the video said. And I kind of 113 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 1: like that, and I like to be uninterrupted. I don't 114 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 1: care how hard the job is. Just leave me alone. 115 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,160 Speaker 1: I want to I want to be in the job. 116 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 1: I want to be in the moment. I want to 117 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:18,280 Speaker 1: be there and present at that stage. Wednesday night, I stayed. 118 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 1: I said, you know, I'm almost through the week. I'm 119 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 1: halfway through. I'm better than halfway through. It's Wednesday night. 120 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 1: I want to try this. So I've been sitting at 121 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:28,359 Speaker 1: my desk for about three weeks since we got it, 122 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 1: and I pulled the ranger in, closed the front gate, 123 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 1: locked the front door, left one door open for air, 124 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 1: and sat down, turned off the radio and started to 125 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:41,040 Speaker 1: stitch the steering wheel. It wasn't bad, and I've got 126 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:44,599 Speaker 1: to say it came out pretty good. I was I 127 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 1: was surprised you know they have. You started where you 128 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:48,280 Speaker 1: you thread the eye of the needle and then you 129 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:50,919 Speaker 1: pull it through the holes and you you go around 130 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 1: and around, and you've got to watch that you maintain 131 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 1: the angle of the thread and the spacing of the 132 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 1: thread so it looks like a stitch, like a machine 133 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 1: did it. And then when you get to the folks, 134 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:03,279 Speaker 1: you have to stop. You know, you can't run it 135 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 1: through the spokes, so you have to run it tight 136 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 1: around the spoke, come in the hole in the back, 137 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 1: and then the front, and then come around and then 138 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 1: come around and then skip a couple and then go 139 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 1: back to being in the back and the back and 140 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 1: then around the main part of the wheel where the 141 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 1: hand grip is. Took me almost an hour in fifteen 142 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 1: minutes by my account. But I've got to tell you 143 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 1: from my first job, for the first time doing it, 144 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 1: it really came out. Well. I'm kind of proud of 145 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:34,200 Speaker 1: what I did it. It gave me that sense of accomplishment. 146 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 1: It gave me that connection back to Yeah, this is 147 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 1: why I fixed cars. This is what I like about 148 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 1: fixing cars that it gives me that sense just like 149 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 1: when I was a kid, when I was seventeen years old, 150 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 1: taking something apart for the first time, not understanding how 151 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 1: it worked, and taking it apart of the second time, 152 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 1: a third time, a tenth time, until I understood it. 153 00:07:56,720 --> 00:08:00,200 Speaker 1: That's what's missing in cars today, you know it. So 154 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 1: I think one of the problems with auto repair today 155 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 1: is it's so unrewarding. You You walk up to the 156 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 1: car and it's like fixing a computer. You download soft 157 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 1: where you hit a couple of buttons, you play with 158 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 1: the mouse, enter this by a subscription flash. You know, 159 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 1: the neurons, protons, and electrons all kind of flow in 160 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 1: the same direction, and zip, the car is fixed. You 161 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 1: don't have to turn your wrenches. There was no hand connection. 162 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 1: There was no oh, look, this is how you can 163 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 1: do it wrong. Let me back up and do it right. 164 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:37,079 Speaker 1: And that's what's missing, I think from more to repair today, 165 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:40,480 Speaker 1: that's my sense of it. And I realized that, and 166 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 1: I lose track of this from time to time, and 167 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:44,960 Speaker 1: that's my fault. I'm human. I make mistakes, you know. 168 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:47,440 Speaker 1: That's why that's why God put eracers on pencils, because 169 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 1: I'll make a mistake now and again. But it was 170 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: really kind of nice that as I sat and did this. 171 00:08:55,920 --> 00:09:00,120 Speaker 1: You know, it was very grounding, It was very in 172 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 1: the moment. See, the bottom line is auto repair is 173 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:06,719 Speaker 1: a great field, and it's changing and it's going to 174 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 1: continue to change, and it's it's really very exciting to 175 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 1: see where it's going, like all of the technology, where 176 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 1: is it taking us? And I'm really talking about this 177 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 1: a lot lately because it's on the forefront of my 178 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:19,320 Speaker 1: mind that I think it's on the forefront of your mind. 179 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 1: You're concerned about it as well, because while I look 180 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:25,960 Speaker 1: at it and say can this technology be repaired? You 181 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 1: look at it and say, what's it gonna cost me? 182 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:35,319 Speaker 1: And that of itself is a real hard question to answer. 183 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 1: I've got an email in front of we're gonna talk 184 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 1: about a little bit later on. He's our our guy 185 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 1: out on the street. It's from Steve Cook in Cincinnati, Ohio. 186 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 1: We talked to Steve oh three or four a half 187 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:47,320 Speaker 1: a dozen times over the past year and a half 188 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 1: and Steve's an instructor out there in Cincinnati and had 189 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:52,400 Speaker 1: some comments about what the car companies are trying to do. 190 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 1: And I'm gonna use it this hour or next hour. 191 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:57,959 Speaker 1: I'm not sure where, but it's it's sort of reminded 192 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 1: me about my experience, you know, so the steering wheel 193 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:04,720 Speaker 1: cover on about how that was grounding. What Steve talks 194 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 1: about is anything but and that's really what order repairs 195 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 1: about grounding and the positive effect they can have on 196 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 1: the mechanic. And that's important, whether you realize it or not, 197 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:19,679 Speaker 1: because that helps them do a better job, and that 198 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 1: helps them keep their job. And the more people we 199 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 1: have employed, well, I don't have to lay out that 200 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:28,440 Speaker 1: road map for you doing eight five zero nine zero zero. 201 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 1: I am run on any of the car drive by 202 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:32,559 Speaker 1: the way. Besides our Facebook t shirt giveaway, this hour 203 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 1: also going to be giving away a Wicks die cast car. 204 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:39,559 Speaker 1: Another example of the folks at wis the thirty nine 205 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:41,720 Speaker 1: Ford hot rod that we've done from time to time 206 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 1: over the past couple of years. We're gonna be giving 207 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:45,440 Speaker 1: away another one of those. Uh maybe we'll do it. 208 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 1: I don't know. We'll just wait and see fast. Harry 209 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:50,560 Speaker 1: is always as the judge and we'll see what Harry, um, 210 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 1: you know, decides. So be nice to Harry when you 211 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:56,240 Speaker 1: call in at eight zero nine nine zero zero. And 212 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:57,560 Speaker 1: if you want to see an example of what this 213 00:10:57,559 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: thirty nine for hot Rod looks like you can find 214 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:02,560 Speaker 1: it wis filters dot com. I'm running any in the 215 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:04,560 Speaker 1: Car Doctor and I'll be back right after this. Don't 216 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:31,760 Speaker 1: go away, Hey, welcome back. Why don't any of the 217 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:35,040 Speaker 1: Car Doctor here eight five five zero nine zero zero 218 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 1: Car Doctor seven number, call leave a message if we're 219 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:42,199 Speaker 1: not on the air, zero nine zero zero and fast. Harry, 220 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:44,280 Speaker 1: our executive producer, will call you back and put you 221 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 1: in the lineup for the following live broadcast, which occurs 222 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:50,440 Speaker 1: Saturdays two to four pm Eastern Time. But if you're 223 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 1: in the sound of my voice, I guess how can 224 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:54,160 Speaker 1: I say that? But right now we're live on the air, 225 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:56,960 Speaker 1: but you might be podcasting this from so many sources. 226 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:58,840 Speaker 1: But take it from me. Pick up the phone and 227 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 1: try dialing A five five zero nine zero zero, and 228 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 1: if we're here, we'll pick up. This comes to us 229 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:06,520 Speaker 1: from the boys over at Goida's Capital, and I thank 230 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 1: them for sending me this this uh information. I like. 231 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 1: I like Eddie and the gang over there. They're keeping 232 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 1: me abreast of what's going on from the perspective of 233 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 1: how financial things are affecting the automotive industry and the country. 234 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 1: US orders up the forty million more, forty million more 235 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:24,559 Speaker 1: Takata air bag recalls. This this was early part of man. 236 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:25,600 Speaker 1: That's why I want to get it on the air 237 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 1: and talk about a little bit. Takata Corporation has been 238 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:31,080 Speaker 1: ordered to replace as many as forty million additional airbags 239 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:34,040 Speaker 1: linked the deadly malfunctions, more than doubling what was already 240 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 1: the biggest auto recall in US history and putting more 241 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 1: pressure on the troubled parts maker whose stock is plunged. 242 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:42,679 Speaker 1: The NHTSA announced the recall Wednesday, after a week of 243 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:44,760 Speaker 1: leeks and the weeks of discussions with the company. The 244 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:47,200 Speaker 1: action will include all air beg inflators that don't have 245 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 1: a desiccan to reduce moisture, a factor, a factor thought 246 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:53,320 Speaker 1: to contribute to misfires that spray bits of metal into 247 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:56,280 Speaker 1: the passenger compartment. This issue is urgent, said Mark rose 248 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:59,000 Speaker 1: Kind and h t s A administrator. The science clearly 249 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:02,080 Speaker 1: shows these inflators can be more dangerous over time. And 250 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:04,679 Speaker 1: here's the part, here's the killer part. The move is 251 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:07,720 Speaker 1: in addition to twenty eight almost twenty nine million inflators. 252 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:11,679 Speaker 1: Takada had a previous recall affecting vehicles twelve different manufacturers, 253 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:15,679 Speaker 1: including Honda, Toyota, Chrysler, and with up new recalls of 254 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:19,240 Speaker 1: the sixty nine million inflators will because seventeen manufacturers are 255 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:24,320 Speaker 1: now covered, including Tesla, Jaguar, Land Rover, and Fisker Automotive Inc. 256 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:27,439 Speaker 1: At least ten deaths have been linked to the devices. 257 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:30,640 Speaker 1: You know, you've got to look at these recalls and think, 258 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:32,440 Speaker 1: what are they doing not only to the stocks of 259 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:35,800 Speaker 1: the company, but to the image of the industry. We 260 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 1: can't all of a sudden we can't make an air bag, 261 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 1: a product that's been out there the better part of 262 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 1: twenty to twenty five years. What change? Where do we 263 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:48,840 Speaker 1: lose our way? You know, I understand when they can't 264 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:51,439 Speaker 1: stamp out fenders of fifty five chevys because there's four 265 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:53,719 Speaker 1: different compound curves in the front of one. In case 266 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 1: you didn't know that there is. That took him the 267 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 1: longest time to learn how to make the tool in 268 00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 1: the dying they lost that ability from fifty years ago. 269 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:02,320 Speaker 1: But to not be able to make an airbag, I 270 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 1: just don't get it. But if you're driving one, be 271 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 1: aware of Takada probably wants you and wants you in 272 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 1: to keep you safe. Hey, let's go over to the 273 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 1: phones and talk to Frank Conger's New York Frank, Welcome back, sir. 274 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:15,120 Speaker 1: How can I help you today? Good? What's going on? 275 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 1: Very good? Very good? What's going on? You know, let's 276 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:20,000 Speaker 1: get back to I'm talking to you last week. I 277 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 1: believe about the same thing with these carts changing and stuff, 278 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 1: but also taking into account what's gonna happen to your 279 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:29,000 Speaker 1: your local mechanic you use. Now. I talked to my 280 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 1: foll law and he put his car up there, and 281 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 1: it's just so happened that that mechanic didn't have that 282 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 1: certain kind of equipment to find out the fault in 283 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 1: the car, so he had Now he has to go 284 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:41,520 Speaker 1: out and buy this piece of equipment. So they keep 285 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 1: on changing the course to kind of hit the mechanic, 286 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:46,720 Speaker 1: and it flows down to the correct correct and and 287 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 1: here's the and here's the bigger problem, all right, And 288 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 1: just you know, from my view of the world, and 289 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 1: by no means am I saying that this is everywhere 290 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:58,600 Speaker 1: all right from mice from my seat where I am 291 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 1: in the shop right now, what I'm hearing the average 292 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 1: Chrysler jeep dealer is backed up three to four weeks 293 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:12,400 Speaker 1: for service and warranty repairs. Now why why is why 294 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:16,720 Speaker 1: is that significant? Here's why. Out of all the car companies, 295 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:21,960 Speaker 1: Chrysler is one of the most expensive for an independent 296 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 1: repair shop to purchase that dealer level capable tool the 297 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:29,600 Speaker 1: things that you need to to repair cars today, to 298 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 1: do programming and cloning and refleshing and so on. So 299 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 1: when you look at it, for example, it's for the tool, 300 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:41,200 Speaker 1: and then each additional year to have the subscription for 301 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 1: the software is another fift dollars on top of that. 302 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 1: There you go. You might have to just in my terms, 303 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 1: I've got the tool, but now it's outdated. Now I 304 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:54,920 Speaker 1: have to update it like a g T. Right. So 305 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 1: it's coming it's coming down to where an independent repair 306 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 1: shop will have no choice but to specialize in particular 307 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 1: makes and models. But but here's the here's the kick 308 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 1: back that that will hurt the manufacturers that they realize 309 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:19,640 Speaker 1: but they're ignoring. Frank, do you have a mechanic? Do 310 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:23,120 Speaker 1: you have a mechanic? Yes? Okay, when you want to 311 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 1: buy a new car, do you go talk to him 312 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 1: and say, Hey, I'm thinking of buying X, Y and 313 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 1: Z what's a good car out of those three? Do 314 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 1: you have that conversation with him once a while looking good? 315 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 1: I also work for the entity in the county here 316 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:40,440 Speaker 1: we have their are mechanics where I work. They work 317 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:42,840 Speaker 1: on the equipment to and I talked to them sometimes 318 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:46,640 Speaker 1: about pause and they're always talking about it. So so 319 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 1: not now a silent college. So I'm gonna wait a 320 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 1: little wile. Well, but my, but my, I understand that. 321 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:56,560 Speaker 1: But my my point is that with with the specialization 322 00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 1: and the technical requirements, I bet you're gonna be working 323 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 1: cerned if the mechanic you're going to can work on 324 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 1: that car, and you're more likely to have that conversation 325 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:08,119 Speaker 1: now than you will, say, five years ago. That's a 326 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:11,560 Speaker 1: good point. It's an excellent point. If if if I can't, 327 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 1: as a business owner make the justification to purchase that 328 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 1: expensive scan tool, I'm not going to. So when Frank 329 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:20,119 Speaker 1: comes to me and says, Hey, Ron, I'm thinking of 330 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 1: buying a Toyota Afford or a Jeep, Frank, you know what, 331 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 1: I've got dealer level tool for Toyota. I've got dealer 332 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:31,320 Speaker 1: level tool for Honda Jeep. It's so expensive. I'm staying 333 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:33,360 Speaker 1: away from it right now. But you pick what you want. 334 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:37,720 Speaker 1: Just understand, I can't be your mechanic anymore. Now, what's Frank, 335 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:43,119 Speaker 1: and decide to buy the expense is like, Um, the 336 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:45,960 Speaker 1: trucks come rolling in, you know, to see the mechanics. 337 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 1: They talk in the middle and mechanics go in the truck. Uh, 338 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:52,000 Speaker 1: AOL truck comes in and they're walking out with this 339 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:55,400 Speaker 1: equipment that they need to work on these vehicles. I mean, 340 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:59,760 Speaker 1: we've had some new vehicles. Um, pick up pickup trucks, Uh, 341 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:03,240 Speaker 1: are just out of control. You gotta put the jet 342 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 1: Jenna fluid in there. You gotta put the you know, 343 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:12,120 Speaker 1: your diesel food and run. We'll clear out in the edgine. Well, 344 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:14,120 Speaker 1: and here's the real kicker, Frank, here's what I want 345 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:16,960 Speaker 1: to say. So in a couple of years, as the 346 00:18:17,119 --> 00:18:22,240 Speaker 1: specialization trend continues and the ability for the snap bott 347 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:25,240 Speaker 1: of the Mactool guide to sell it to you grows diminished, 348 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:27,840 Speaker 1: what's gonna happen to their capacity to make a living 349 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 1: and to provide for their families. It makes the economic 350 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 1: circle grow that much tighter. Frank, I appreciate the call. 351 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:34,879 Speaker 1: I'm running any of the card doctor. We're back right 352 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 1: after this welcome back, we're on any of the Car 353 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:51,639 Speaker 1: Doctor rolling along at a five five zero zero. Just 354 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 1: a quick reminder, if you're looking for your very own 355 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:56,440 Speaker 1: car Doctor T shirt and you don't have time or 356 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:59,000 Speaker 1: the ability to get out to Facebook, you can get 357 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,560 Speaker 1: out to eBay and search Ron and Ny and the 358 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 1: car Doctor, or Ron and nyan or card Doctor T 359 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:06,080 Speaker 1: shirt or some combination of the words thereof, and that 360 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:08,720 Speaker 1: will bring you to the eBay listing where we have 361 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:11,480 Speaker 1: listed car Doctor T shirts available for sale, Just saying 362 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 1: because we received so many emails in the last month 363 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:15,960 Speaker 1: or so that we decided to give you what you want. 364 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:18,439 Speaker 1: You've got the ability to buy them now, so we 365 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:20,960 Speaker 1: thank you for that and the continued support, and um 366 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:22,679 Speaker 1: we'll do some things with that money and give it 367 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:24,400 Speaker 1: back to you in the way of more information about 368 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:26,679 Speaker 1: your car. And that's what this radio show is all 369 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:29,639 Speaker 1: about and has been, and we'll continue to be for 370 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:31,520 Speaker 1: a time going forward as long as we continue to 371 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:33,480 Speaker 1: do it. Let's get over and talk to Joseph which 372 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 1: talk Kansas and some questions about a two thousand and 373 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:40,160 Speaker 1: one forward wind Star. Yes, sir, how can I help? Hello? Ron, 374 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:43,679 Speaker 1: how's it going good. What's going on? Well? I have 375 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:49,280 Speaker 1: a two thousand one forward Windstar. Um. I did a 376 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:54,320 Speaker 1: code search on it and it seems to be running lean. Okay, 377 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 1: so you have you have one fault codes I believe. 378 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:01,480 Speaker 1: So I don't have the toads in front of me. Okay, 379 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:04,160 Speaker 1: what check engine light is on? Joseph? Right? And it's 380 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:08,040 Speaker 1: Joseph correct that they've got the spelled right? Okay, Um, 381 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 1: it's it's it's check engine light is on? Yes? Any 382 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 1: drive ability issues in the way the car runs? Okay, 383 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:19,040 Speaker 1: so you've got to You've got a P zero one 384 00:20:19,119 --> 00:20:22,720 Speaker 1: seven one and P zero one seven four. How long 385 00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 1: has this light been on? How long has it been 386 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 1: doing this? Uh? About since we bought it? How long 387 00:20:29,359 --> 00:20:33,440 Speaker 1: is that about a year ago? Okay? And has anybody 388 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:38,480 Speaker 1: tried to repair it? Uh? We just wanted some guidance 389 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:42,480 Speaker 1: where to go. Yeah, that's fine, Now that's fine. What 390 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:45,719 Speaker 1: do you do for living, Joseph? I am a janitor? 391 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:49,280 Speaker 1: All right? Um? Do you ever play with cars as 392 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:56,480 Speaker 1: a kid? Yes? Okay, Um, work on carburetors. Uh, not carburetors, 393 00:20:56,560 --> 00:21:02,359 Speaker 1: but I know feel inchection okay. Um. Carburetors were just 394 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:05,399 Speaker 1: basically a mixing valve. Al right, it was. It was 395 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:10,119 Speaker 1: a mechanical mixing valve pre injection. So on a carburetor, 396 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:14,280 Speaker 1: a balanced fuel mixture was fourteen point seven to one. 397 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:17,720 Speaker 1: Fourteen point seven parts of air to um are one 398 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:22,000 Speaker 1: air to one part of fuel. All right. If if 399 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:24,280 Speaker 1: you close the choke flap and cut off the air, 400 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:27,280 Speaker 1: it might drop the twelve to one, and ten to one, 401 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:30,280 Speaker 1: and eight to one and so on. If you created 402 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:32,960 Speaker 1: an additional vacuum leak, you would lean it out fifteen 403 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:36,640 Speaker 1: to one, sixteen to one, seventeen to one, and so forth. Okay, 404 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:41,879 Speaker 1: So that being said, you know, fourteen point seven to 405 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:47,520 Speaker 1: one is a balanced their fuel mixture. Okay. Fuel command 406 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 1: on fuel injection is really no different. All right? Did 407 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:56,800 Speaker 1: did you ever stop to think about your fuel injected 408 00:21:56,840 --> 00:22:00,199 Speaker 1: car when it's cold? You know? How does it no 409 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:03,760 Speaker 1: to turn on the electric choke? So to speak. Do 410 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 1: you have a lawnmower or a snowblower when you want 411 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:08,760 Speaker 1: to start a cold what do you do? You pull 412 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:13,280 Speaker 1: out the choke? Right? Choke choke cuts off the air. 413 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 1: Air limits the air supply, so it provides a incense. 414 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:21,159 Speaker 1: It enriches in the fuel mixture. All right. And the 415 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:23,399 Speaker 1: reason an engine needs a richer mixture real quick is 416 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 1: because the molecules of fuel tend to cling together and 417 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:30,760 Speaker 1: their globular instead of being atomized in spraying. So that 418 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 1: being said, we need we need a rich mixture cold. 419 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 1: We want a a balanced mixture when it's warm. So 420 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:41,639 Speaker 1: how does a fuel injected car rich in the mixture? 421 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:47,239 Speaker 1: Do you know? Well, it looks at cooling temp, all right. 422 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:49,479 Speaker 1: So think of the front door to your house. If 423 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:52,120 Speaker 1: you want to let in a little bit of air, 424 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:54,960 Speaker 1: but not too much. It's the middle of winter. You 425 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:57,399 Speaker 1: want some cold there to balance off the hot. In 426 00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:02,160 Speaker 1: the cold, you maybe open the front door for ten seconds, 427 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:06,120 Speaker 1: all right, And then your wife says, no, it's too 428 00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 1: cold in here. Close the door. Only do it for 429 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:12,200 Speaker 1: five seconds every half hour. So then you start doing 430 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 1: it for five seconds every half hour, and then your 431 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:17,439 Speaker 1: kids say not that it's still not right, open it up, 432 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:20,400 Speaker 1: and they start leaving it open for fifteen seconds every 433 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:23,720 Speaker 1: half hour. You're varying the amount of time that front 434 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 1: door is open and the length of time that cold 435 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:29,080 Speaker 1: air can come in to balance out the heat. You're 436 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:32,639 Speaker 1: with me on board computers do the same thing with 437 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 1: fuel injectors. It's called it's called pulse with which is 438 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 1: the amount of time the injector opens and sprays fuel. 439 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:44,720 Speaker 1: It happens in my in bits of a second, micro seconds, 440 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:49,960 Speaker 1: or nanoseconds, just you know, all right, in the length 441 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:52,720 Speaker 1: of this conversation, the injector might have opened a hundred 442 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:58,720 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty times, all right, Um, it's measured in milliseconds, okay, 443 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:01,879 Speaker 1: So that being said, it it chokes the engine or 444 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:04,359 Speaker 1: enriched into the mixture by looking at cool intempt center 445 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:09,200 Speaker 1: and deciding how long and how far I'm sorry, how 446 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:13,240 Speaker 1: long to hold that door open? All right? Not how 447 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:17,640 Speaker 1: how far? All right? It only opens for a certain distance, um, 448 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:20,360 Speaker 1: but it's how long that distance? You know? How long 449 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 1: is that injector open to let fuel spray out? Automized? 450 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:27,600 Speaker 1: That that being said, the computer sort of knows what 451 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:30,080 Speaker 1: it's doing, right. It's got a map, it's it's got 452 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 1: a it's got a roadmap, it's got programming, it's following it. 453 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:35,280 Speaker 1: It's saying, hey, when it's a hundred and forty degrees, 454 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:36,960 Speaker 1: we want to be open this long. When it's a 455 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty degrees, we want to be open this 456 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:41,680 Speaker 1: long and so on until it gets the operating temperature, 457 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:45,560 Speaker 1: and then it it runs a response feedback. It looks 458 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:47,639 Speaker 1: at oxygen sensor, it looks at load, it looks at 459 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:50,720 Speaker 1: a bunch of other factors and decides how to open 460 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 1: the door with me. Okay, So that being said, you're 461 00:24:55,520 --> 00:25:02,160 Speaker 1: setting a lean fuel code because the mapping or the 462 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:05,719 Speaker 1: road map of how to run that engine is being disrupted. 463 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:11,080 Speaker 1: You know, the electronic limits of how far the computer 464 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:13,760 Speaker 1: can add fuel or how much it can compensate for. 465 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:17,680 Speaker 1: It's reached its electronic limit. It's no longer able to adjust, 466 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:22,200 Speaker 1: all right, because everything has everything has an adjustment, alright. 467 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:24,199 Speaker 1: It's it's it's like the volume on the radio. You 468 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:26,200 Speaker 1: can it's an electronic device. You can only turn it 469 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:28,920 Speaker 1: up so high and then that's it, alright. It only 470 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:32,639 Speaker 1: goes to that distance. That's the confines of its electronic adjustment. 471 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:37,400 Speaker 1: So that being said, we've got to know what our 472 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:39,640 Speaker 1: current fuel trim is. Does your scan tool give you 473 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:47,120 Speaker 1: the ability to read fuel trim? No data stream at all? No? Okay, Um, 474 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:50,440 Speaker 1: if you had a scan tool that could read fuel trim, 475 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 1: you would in in a perfect world, there's long term 476 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:58,119 Speaker 1: and short term fuel trim. Long term being history, short 477 00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:01,879 Speaker 1: term being what's happening right now, this second, this moment. 478 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 1: All right, we really only care about short term for 479 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:09,200 Speaker 1: the purposes of this conversation. All right, If we were 480 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:12,480 Speaker 1: looking at short term fuel trim, we're gonna see where 481 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:15,760 Speaker 1: is it? Is it zero? Is it plus five? Is 482 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:18,200 Speaker 1: it plus ten? Is at minus five? Is at minus ten? 483 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:22,679 Speaker 1: Typically short term fuel trim will vary from zero. We 484 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:24,879 Speaker 1: want it to be zero plus or minus ten percent. 485 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:28,240 Speaker 1: Maybe maybe in some cases it will hit fift. That 486 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:30,640 Speaker 1: doesn't bother me. Now, maybe I'll go over and look 487 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:32,920 Speaker 1: at long term fuel trim and I'll see something along 488 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:35,800 Speaker 1: the lines of long term is a little more critical. 489 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:38,719 Speaker 1: I want long term to be zero plus or minus 490 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:41,080 Speaker 1: ten percent, and that's it. When I start seeing long 491 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 1: term creeping up the fifteen percent, that means the electronic 492 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:51,520 Speaker 1: needle has moved to the positive, meaning it's constantly adding fuel. 493 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:55,000 Speaker 1: Positive means it's adding like the sign, it's an addition sign, 494 00:26:55,800 --> 00:27:00,520 Speaker 1: and I'm adding fuel to it. All right. If I'm 495 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:02,920 Speaker 1: adding fuel and I've got a high long term fuel 496 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,520 Speaker 1: trim and a high short term fuel trim, I've got 497 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:10,040 Speaker 1: a lean condition. My educated guesses, and then I'm gonna 498 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:11,640 Speaker 1: go look is it is it? Is it a lean 499 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:14,120 Speaker 1: condition at idle, which is indicative of a vacuum leak. 500 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,439 Speaker 1: Is it a lean condition at cruise which could be 501 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:19,240 Speaker 1: a mass airflow sensor under reporting? There's a couple of 502 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:24,160 Speaker 1: factors to consider. What, well, what I'd like you to do. 503 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:26,439 Speaker 1: And you know, thanks for letting me come out with 504 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,240 Speaker 1: this long winded explanation. But there's a there's a point 505 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:36,240 Speaker 1: here if you if you look at freeze frame, which 506 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:38,879 Speaker 1: is the ability if a scan tool has the ability 507 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:42,359 Speaker 1: for freeze frame, that's the video snapshot of when that 508 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:46,879 Speaker 1: fault code occurred. It will show you what engine temperature was, 509 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 1: what load was, what fuel trim was. It will give 510 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 1: you a video snapshot of, Hey, here's how the engine 511 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:55,679 Speaker 1: was running when the problem occurred. I'd be willing to 512 00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 1: bet that this fuel trim problem happens typically between a 513 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:03,919 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty five and seventy degrees, all right, And 514 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:08,600 Speaker 1: if that's the case, I'm gonna tell you that it's 515 00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:12,920 Speaker 1: probably What's very common with these is the intake planeum seals, 516 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:16,600 Speaker 1: the upper intake, the upper intake the old rings have 517 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:19,959 Speaker 1: a habit of crushing out. There's a bulletin from Ford 518 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:23,720 Speaker 1: Oh three sixteen dash one that talks about updated parts 519 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:27,040 Speaker 1: in a different procedure. And there's actually there was at 520 00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:29,600 Speaker 1: one point in eight year eighty thousand mile warranty, but 521 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:32,960 Speaker 1: you're past that. It's a two thousand one um. There's 522 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:36,880 Speaker 1: actually a pcm reflash also for this vehicle to help 523 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:40,280 Speaker 1: control when and how this particular fault code occurs. Get 524 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:43,200 Speaker 1: your hands on that bulletin. Let the mechanic look at it. 525 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:45,040 Speaker 1: Don't be surprised if he tells you, hey, you need 526 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:49,960 Speaker 1: intake manifold over rings not not an uncommon failure. And 527 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,440 Speaker 1: then maybe for Father's Day someone can grab you a 528 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:55,080 Speaker 1: scan tool with fuelturem on it and that might just 529 00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:56,640 Speaker 1: help you understand a little bit more. You can do 530 00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:58,640 Speaker 1: a little bit your own diagnosing. Good luck to EO. 531 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:00,520 Speaker 1: So if you can need any help, send me an 532 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:02,840 Speaker 1: email Ron at card Doctor show dot com. We'll be 533 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:35,959 Speaker 1: back right after this. Welcome back Ron in the car 534 00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:41,120 Speaker 1: Doctor zero nine zero zero the phone number we are 535 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:45,760 Speaker 1: at that point in the show, Anthony, Are you ready? Yes? Sam? 536 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:48,120 Speaker 1: How you doing good? Babe? How are you ok? Yeah? 537 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:50,000 Speaker 1: By the way, you know this is this is the 538 00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:53,200 Speaker 1: weekend of giveaways. Besides this car doctor t shirt we're 539 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:55,680 Speaker 1: about to give away from a Facebook question, we're also 540 00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:59,520 Speaker 1: giving away a Wicks die cast for hot rod. So 541 00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:02,280 Speaker 1: we're gonna that next hour. I think at this point 542 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:05,200 Speaker 1: now we can't do that. I'd missed Tony. Thank you, 543 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:08,280 Speaker 1: I'd missed Tony. But um, if the listeners want more 544 00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:10,680 Speaker 1: information about that Wiks hot rod, they can get at 545 00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:12,320 Speaker 1: the Wicks filters dot com and look at the die 546 00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:15,400 Speaker 1: cast model. Um one of the only die cast models 547 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:19,280 Speaker 1: of the hot rod in production right now. So anyway, 548 00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:21,680 Speaker 1: what do you got from me about Facebook this week? Um? 549 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:24,240 Speaker 1: It's from a gentleman named Ed Smith. He says, Ron, 550 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:26,560 Speaker 1: I'm thinking of buying a Triumph t R four A 551 00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:30,360 Speaker 1: next year. I have a source of parts from from 552 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:34,040 Speaker 1: Moss Motives. Your thoughts on buying an old car like that? 553 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:36,680 Speaker 1: I always like them. It won't be a daily driver, 554 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:39,360 Speaker 1: maybe three or four days a week. I'm retired, so 555 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:42,800 Speaker 1: I really don't need to go long distances. Any advice 556 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:46,160 Speaker 1: you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Well, let 557 00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:48,120 Speaker 1: me tell you, Ed, and for everybody else out there. 558 00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:51,880 Speaker 1: First of all, you're buying sixty seven Triumph t R four. 559 00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:54,920 Speaker 1: You probably can't go along distances. That's the first problem 560 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:57,680 Speaker 1: because of what it is. Lucas is the heart of 561 00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:00,200 Speaker 1: those cars. You know who Lucas is, right, Not only 562 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:02,400 Speaker 1: is the prince of darkness, but he also makes the 563 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:05,040 Speaker 1: electrical systems for these cars, which is the number one 564 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:07,000 Speaker 1: reason why the British get used to drinking warm beer. 565 00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:10,800 Speaker 1: Because Lucas makes refrigerators too, and they don't work. So 566 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:14,880 Speaker 1: and that's that's a true fact. Great cars fun cars, 567 00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:18,880 Speaker 1: all right, provided a you have, as you point out, 568 00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:22,960 Speaker 1: a good source for parts, which you obviously need, but 569 00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:25,760 Speaker 1: you also need somebody to understand how those parts go together, 570 00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:28,240 Speaker 1: and somebody that has the patients and the time to 571 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:30,840 Speaker 1: put them together and make those cars work. They are 572 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:33,560 Speaker 1: a little bit of a unique type of vehicle to 573 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:38,120 Speaker 1: work on, and I would dare say while they're mechanically simple, 574 00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:42,880 Speaker 1: they can be technically challenging in certain areas, just like 575 00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:47,479 Speaker 1: today's modern cars. And the fact is that you really 576 00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:51,920 Speaker 1: desperately need a good qualified mechanic that can work on 577 00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:54,760 Speaker 1: quote unquote older cars, or perhaps this is something you're 578 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:57,040 Speaker 1: gonna do yourself. Do I think you should not buy 579 00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:00,480 Speaker 1: it absolutely not at you know what, there's there's you 580 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:02,480 Speaker 1: only go around once in life, and I think, uh, 581 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:04,840 Speaker 1: it doesn't it doesn't, It doesn't matter. You know, we're 582 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:07,920 Speaker 1: all gonna go someday. You know, it's it's going is 583 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:11,640 Speaker 1: inevitable living as part of the process, and I think 584 00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:13,440 Speaker 1: it's really important that you get this out of your 585 00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:15,200 Speaker 1: system and enjoy it and have some fun with it. 586 00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:17,440 Speaker 1: So yeah, go out and buy one, by the nicest 587 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:19,760 Speaker 1: one you can afford. Talk to the guys that most 588 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:22,000 Speaker 1: motors do. They know anybody in your area and you're 589 00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:23,680 Speaker 1: part of the country that can work on the car 590 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:26,960 Speaker 1: and be prepared to You know, there's gonna be some challenges, 591 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:29,800 Speaker 1: but it's worth it. And that's what makes only a 592 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:33,000 Speaker 1: car like this a great, big pile of fun. And 593 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:35,480 Speaker 1: while I make kid about it, I also know that 594 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:39,880 Speaker 1: everybody needs a hot rod. Whether it's a sixty Triumph, 595 00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:43,920 Speaker 1: whether it's a fifty five Chevy, whether it's a seventy 596 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:47,680 Speaker 1: two k Z nine Kawasaki, whatever it is, everybody needs 597 00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:49,760 Speaker 1: something to float their boat. And that's what helps him 598 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:51,320 Speaker 1: get up in the morning and get through the day. 599 00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:54,640 Speaker 1: By all means. Get a look at this Triumph and 600 00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:56,640 Speaker 1: buy it. And I want to say thank you for 601 00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:58,560 Speaker 1: the question. I want to remind everybody else like it. 602 00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:01,040 Speaker 1: If you got a question with the Car Doctor, get 603 00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:02,880 Speaker 1: out to the Car Doctor Facebook page. Ron and Any 604 00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:05,120 Speaker 1: and the Car Doctor ask a question out there. If 605 00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:07,760 Speaker 1: we pick your question and answer it up here on 606 00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:09,800 Speaker 1: here in this segment of the show, we will be 607 00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:12,080 Speaker 1: sending you and Ed will be sending you a car 608 00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:13,719 Speaker 1: Doctor T shirt. Ed, by the way, send me an 609 00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:16,479 Speaker 1: email rond at Card Doctor show dot com with you know, name, address, 610 00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:18,800 Speaker 1: shirt size, that kind of thing, and then we'll get 611 00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:20,360 Speaker 1: the getting that out to you the early part of 612 00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:22,560 Speaker 1: the week. And UM, if you want to take advantage 613 00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:25,360 Speaker 1: of this by all means, put that question up on 614 00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:27,520 Speaker 1: Facebook or if you want, get over to eBay and 615 00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:29,160 Speaker 1: you can just buy your own card Doctor T shirt 616 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:30,680 Speaker 1: if you can't wait, like it seems so many of 617 00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:34,280 Speaker 1: you just can't anymore. UM, and we appreciate that supportive 618 00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:37,640 Speaker 1: zero zero. I'm run Any and the Car Doctor, and 619 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:58,640 Speaker 1: I'm back right after this sit back. We llow lad 620 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:12,359 Speaker 1: stand out coming by Hey, welcome back. We're on ending 621 00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:15,759 Speaker 1: the Car Doctor. Eight five zero nine nine zero zero 622 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:17,480 Speaker 1: is the phone number. Keep in mind that is the 623 00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:20,120 Speaker 1: Car Doctor seven number. You can call, leave a message 624 00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:22,799 Speaker 1: and fast Harry our executive producer. If we're not live 625 00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:24,919 Speaker 1: on the air, where Saturday afternoons to the four pm 626 00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:27,920 Speaker 1: Eastern time is when the show originates. Harry, we'll call 627 00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:29,160 Speaker 1: you back and put you in the line up for 628 00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:31,440 Speaker 1: the following week. That's number one. Number two, just want 629 00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:33,279 Speaker 1: to remind you you're when we're getting a lot of 630 00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:35,400 Speaker 1: emails over this, but yeah, we are selling t shirts 631 00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:37,520 Speaker 1: out on eBay. You can get out and get out 632 00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:39,640 Speaker 1: to eBay dot com obviously and go look for ron 633 00:34:39,680 --> 00:34:41,880 Speaker 1: an Indian or the car Doctor or card Doctor t 634 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:43,760 Speaker 1: shirt and you can pick up your own card Doctor 635 00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:46,239 Speaker 1: t out there. We've made that available for you. And 636 00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:48,760 Speaker 1: a lot of you have been writing in lately asking 637 00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:53,160 Speaker 1: about breaks, and I understand why breaks are obviously a 638 00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:55,839 Speaker 1: big concern. Uh. You know the the the old joke 639 00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:59,080 Speaker 1: used to be what's stopping you? And it was on 640 00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:01,680 Speaker 1: a T shirt you would see what's stopping you from 641 00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:03,840 Speaker 1: having good breaks? And uh, the other side of the 642 00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:07,640 Speaker 1: T shirt said Raybestos. Um in the sense that Raybestos was, 643 00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:10,359 Speaker 1: you know, the manufacturer of that T shirt, and they 644 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:13,239 Speaker 1: were talking about stopping power is just so important, and 645 00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:15,279 Speaker 1: I turned to them once again. I saw the T 646 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:17,120 Speaker 1: shirt out there, and I turned to them once again, 647 00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:20,000 Speaker 1: and it made me, uh think of him. This week, um, 648 00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:22,759 Speaker 1: when there was an announcement from them, the folks over 649 00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:25,960 Speaker 1: at Raybestis have now come out with an enhanced break pad. 650 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:28,759 Speaker 1: And since you asked me so many questions about it, 651 00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:30,600 Speaker 1: I would just sort of touch off and make you 652 00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:33,160 Speaker 1: aware that they've actually found a way took him out 653 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:35,880 Speaker 1: with something called an Element three break pad, which combines 654 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:40,160 Speaker 1: both ceramic and semi metallic attributes altogether in one pad. 655 00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:43,000 Speaker 1: You can be more about it at rabestis dot com 656 00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:45,440 Speaker 1: or just Google search Raybestis or bringing to the website 657 00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:49,320 Speaker 1: robestis dot com. It's also got an Element three website 658 00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:51,680 Speaker 1: to where they talked specifically about the brake pad. But 659 00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:54,840 Speaker 1: in any event, where did this hour ago? I'm on 660 00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:58,080 Speaker 1: any of the car doctor reminding you the mechanics aren't expensive, 661 00:35:58,120 --> 00:36:08,960 Speaker 1: They're priceless. See it, Siston and Sar