1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,199 Speaker 1: Your folks. I got this great job in a gas station. 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:05,800 Speaker 1: I don't want to say how much I'm getting, but 3 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:09,960 Speaker 1: let's just say it's a lot. I'm in closing two dollars. 4 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: That's a good book. It's a lot of fun working 5 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:16,959 Speaker 1: in Ron and Anan. It's really nice. You're teaching me 6 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:19,119 Speaker 1: how to be impatient. I said it before, I'm gonna 7 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:20,960 Speaker 1: say it again. You've got to be out of your 8 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:39,239 Speaker 1: mind to fix cars. That Carr doctor, you know an 9 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:42,479 Speaker 1: alternator and and the Navy has control module to just 10 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 1: start throwing parts like that at a twenty one year 11 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:48,559 Speaker 1: old car without some sort of firm diagnosis. It's like 12 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 1: it's like trying to take a warm walk off a 13 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:52,199 Speaker 1: short pier and not expect to get wet. I think 14 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 1: somewhere along the way, somebody's gonna get in trouble. Welcome 15 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 1: to the radio home of Ron and Anian the Car Doctor, 16 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 1: since this is where car owners the world overturned to 17 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 1: for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. If your mechanics 18 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 1: giving you a busy signal, pick up the phone and 19 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 1: call in. The garage doors are open, but I am 20 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 1: here to take your calls. At eight five five five 21 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 1: six and now there not money, now million the people 22 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 1: look at this book every day. He running, Hey, it's 23 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 1: time to start your engines, Low and welcome Ron and 24 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 1: any in the Car Doctor here at eight five five 25 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 1: five six zero nine nine zero zero. How great is 26 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 1: it that we get together each and every weekend like 27 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 1: this and enjoy talking about cars. And I'm glad to 28 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:43,039 Speaker 1: have you here with me as we Sally fourth, and 29 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: that you're listening to the Father's Day edition of The 30 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: Car Doctor. Is that we honor dad's um all across 31 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 1: this great country of ours. I know mine sure did 32 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: a lot for me. He was gone early. But um, 33 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 1: I can honestly say I don't think I'd be fixing 34 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: cars today if it wasn't from my dad teaching me 35 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: about things mechanical and uh um what it was, what 36 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 1: they're all about. Um, you know, as as as as 37 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 1: he did when I was a little kid. Um, it 38 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: was was, it was. It's quite the thing as I 39 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 1: think about it, going backwards and um, you know, bringing 40 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 1: it to mind. So this hour and well maybe this hour, 41 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: maybe next hour, but sometime this weekend, we're gonna give 42 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: away a twenty five dollar gift cards from the folks 43 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: over at Oralliota Parts because we appreciate dads and they 44 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: appreciate dads. And Father's Day is June seventeenth, so we 45 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: want you, know, we want you to know you can 46 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 1: stop by Oraaliota Parts. You'll find gift cards and other 47 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: hundreds of great Father's Day gifts from the folks that 48 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 1: Oliota Parts, from tools to air compressors and flashlights. What 49 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: dad doesn't need more tools? My hands up, um O, 50 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:39,079 Speaker 1: Realiota Parts has exactly what Dad wants. It guaranteed low 51 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:41,640 Speaker 1: prices or Realiota Parts, better parts, better prices every day, 52 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: as we say. But um so we're gonna doing that 53 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: this hour next to twenty five dollar gift card. The 54 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:48,799 Speaker 1: decision of the judges, namely Tom and Tony is final, 55 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: but we'll do that this uh this weekend as well. 56 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 1: I want to talk to you about the moment um. 57 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 1: The moment happens every once in a while in order repair, 58 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:02,240 Speaker 1: and you know, it's it's it's it's the root cause 59 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 1: of every gray hair on your head. If you're a mechanic, 60 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 1: that you just realized, like what happened. Subaru came into 61 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: the shop this week and we've been planning this repair, 62 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:17,119 Speaker 1: no lie since February. It took us the better part 63 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 1: of three and a half, almost four months to get 64 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 1: a transmission for this Subaru Subaru. It was a CVT. 65 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: They were on back order. They had problems, and they 66 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 1: were recalled, and then they were released, and then they 67 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 1: were recalled again, and then so long story short, the 68 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 1: seven thousand dollar transmission finally showed up. We took it 69 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: apart on Monday. You ever work on a car and 70 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: you know, you're like, you're sure the part you're afters 71 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 1: in there somewhere. You just have to keep taking things 72 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 1: apart to get to it. And that's really what you 73 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: basically do with this vehicle. You just keep taking things 74 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 1: off until you can finally get the trans out. It 75 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 1: was one of those jobs. So we finally get the 76 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 1: trans out. Big heavy guy to that trans had away 77 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 1: punds or more. My guess is six, but maybe I'm 78 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: just getting old now. Heavy, you know, big combination of 79 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 1: transmission and differential. We strapped that. We slung some engine 80 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:17,599 Speaker 1: hoists around the lift arms and dollied it off the 81 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 1: trans jack when we got it out of the vehicle, 82 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 1: and we dollied the new one in place using the 83 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 1: lift arms in Bay two and then swugg and trans 84 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:27,600 Speaker 1: into the car. And Danny was very careful. We were 85 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 1: both working on it. We were both you know, just 86 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: everything had to be just so because this is a 87 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:34,359 Speaker 1: there's a big job. This is you know, by the 88 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 1: time with labor, this is you know, upwards of nine grand. 89 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 1: And we're done. We finished it the second day and 90 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 1: we were really happy. We put it in gear at work. 91 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:52,240 Speaker 1: It was flawless. Everything did what it was supposed to do. 92 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 1: We took it out for a road test. We're all excited, 93 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:01,279 Speaker 1: you know, dollar transmission repair, and well the week is 94 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 1: off to a great start. It's now Wednesday. We kept 95 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:07,480 Speaker 1: in an extra day to be sure. Or was it Thursday. 96 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 1: It kind of became a blur at that point. I 97 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:13,600 Speaker 1: think it was Wednesday. And I was in the office. 98 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:16,160 Speaker 1: I was answering the phone and and doing some front 99 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 1: office work, and Danny was in the bay, had the 100 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:20,480 Speaker 1: car up in the air and just checking it over 101 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:22,719 Speaker 1: one last time. And I just hung up the phone 102 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 1: and I heard, oh, that isn't exactly what I heard, 103 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 1: but I can't say that here on radio. And it 104 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 1: was like wow, what um um gee? Dan what's going on, 105 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 1: I said, or something like that. Now, the way Subaru 106 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:46,359 Speaker 1: makes this is the front differential has its own fill 107 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 1: and the phil comes in from the top, and then 108 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 1: there really isn't a drain plug. There's an overflow site plug. 109 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 1: So you fill the front differential until the gear oil 110 00:05:57,320 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 1: gets to the right level, and then it spills over 111 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:02,599 Speaker 1: and eventually it spills down to the proper level and 112 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 1: you put the bolt back in. You're done. Kind of. 113 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: I just I don't know why we can't do this 114 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:11,240 Speaker 1: with a dipstick, but I guess it would take two 115 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:13,720 Speaker 1: cents to make a dipstick. But that's a whole another story. 116 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 1: So Danny saw a sweat of gear oil on the 117 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:25,600 Speaker 1: side of the case by this overfloat drain tube plug area, 118 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 1: and we're looking at it and the case is actually porous. 119 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 1: There's actually it actually looks like there's a hairline crack 120 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:38,359 Speaker 1: right in the side of the case. Of the of 121 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 1: the of the seventh. I think there was a seven 122 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 1: thousand dollar transmission of the seven thousand dollar transmission that 123 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 1: I believe is there. I really believe when they refinished 124 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 1: the trans I think they tumble it, meaning that they 125 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:53,239 Speaker 1: put it in with some shot peen, and they scuffed 126 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:55,159 Speaker 1: the case up and and and and clean all the 127 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:57,799 Speaker 1: aluminum off. And you know, it's a form of sand blasting, 128 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:00,839 Speaker 1: beat blasting, however you want us to describe it. And 129 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:05,719 Speaker 1: I think they weaken the case when they put the 130 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 1: plug in at the factory. I believe they they each 131 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 1: and spread the threads a little bit. And oh boy, 132 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 1: now what do you do? You know, it's not really uh, 133 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 1: it's not so much a priority in the sense that 134 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 1: once the gear Royal finds its level in the trans 135 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 1: that's gonna be it. It's it's it's not gonna lick 136 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 1: anything anymore anyway. And there's there's no fluid on it, 137 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 1: there's no real pressure on it. But now you've got 138 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 1: this seven thousand dollar transmission. They just sort of can't 139 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:39,400 Speaker 1: get another one of um that you waited three and 140 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 1: a half almost four months to get. And what do 141 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 1: you what do you do? Washed off the case really good, 142 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 1: got all the Gear Royal out of it. There's a 143 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 1: product out there called Perma text the right stuff, another 144 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 1: product that works so well that it should be illegal, 145 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 1: and probably is in certain states, because why would something 146 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 1: that makes sense actually be able to be used on 147 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 1: a freedom abundant basis and with just the lightest little 148 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 1: bit of a schmir. A schmir is something you do 149 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:10,000 Speaker 1: when you're having a bagel with cream cheese. Well, you 150 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: also do it with our TV. You just give it 151 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 1: a little right over the case, just right where the 152 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 1: porosity was, right where the seep of gear oil was, 153 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:20,560 Speaker 1: that that hint, that stain. You let it sit overnight, 154 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 1: and you go home and you say your prayers and 155 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 1: you talk to God and you talk to the mechanic God, 156 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 1: and you say, come on, you know, like, what do 157 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 1: you do? Because you know, what do you do? Do 158 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 1: you do? You take the trans back out and wait 159 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: for another one and hope that you get it. Do you? 160 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:36,320 Speaker 1: You know, put the old trans back in. It didn't work, 161 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 1: which is why you change it in the first place. 162 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:39,439 Speaker 1: The customer was at the point with the old trans 163 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 1: where it would stall when you pulled up to a 164 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 1: traffic light and drive and that couldn't last forever. And 165 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 1: you come in the next morning and you look at 166 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 1: it and you breathe a sigh of relief because it's 167 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 1: own dry and it's okay. But it's one of those 168 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:03,440 Speaker 1: moments when you hear, oh, I want to repair shop. 169 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 1: Not a good thing. It's kind of another word, but 170 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 1: I can't say it here. And we delivered the car 171 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 1: and that's that's a true story from the base this week. 172 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:18,720 Speaker 1: That really happened. And Danny and we told the customer 173 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 1: about it. He's well aware of it, he understands, he agrees. 174 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 1: We told him. Look, it's still got warranty on it. 175 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:26,719 Speaker 1: But you know, I don't know if we can get 176 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 1: another one. And the fact is, I don't know that 177 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 1: I want another one. This trans works, you know, I 178 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 1: don't know what the next one is gonna be. Like 179 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:36,880 Speaker 1: the funny thing, the one that really bothered me was 180 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:39,560 Speaker 1: so I told the boys at Subaru about it, and 181 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:42,320 Speaker 1: my Subaru guys are great, and they were telling me, 182 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 1: you know, that's the second one, and I said, what 183 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:45,719 Speaker 1: do you mean that's the second one. Well, we had 184 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 1: one about three months ago that we bolted it in 185 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 1: and the case was warped on one side where the 186 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 1: starter bolts up that it didn't sit flush against the block, 187 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 1: and we couldn't figure that out. We ended up having 188 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:00,319 Speaker 1: to pull it back out and say in the back 189 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:02,839 Speaker 1: to Super and we're still waiting for warranty from them 190 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 1: that they'll actually make good on it and give us 191 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 1: credit for it, which kind of told me that I 192 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 1: did the right thing because I could just see us 193 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:11,720 Speaker 1: standing there waiting for warranty. We're not even a SUPERU dealer. 194 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 1: I can't imagine how much of a hard time they'd 195 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 1: give an independent repair shop. But the decisions that you 196 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:19,599 Speaker 1: have to make on a daily basis in order to 197 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:22,280 Speaker 1: repair to you know, do the right thing, get the 198 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 1: car back, fix it properly, daunting to say the least. So, 199 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 1: but um, we sorted it out, and that's what this 200 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 1: show is about. If you're new to us, by the way, 201 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:33,080 Speaker 1: we're here to help you sort it out. We're here 202 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 1: to help you answers that make sense and help solve 203 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:38,160 Speaker 1: your car problem. And we're glad to be here for you. 204 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:42,080 Speaker 1: At five zero nine zero zero, the phones are backed up. There, 205 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 1: lit up. Let's pull over and take a pause on 206 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:45,760 Speaker 1: Ronan any in the car doctor. We'll come back right 207 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 1: after this and open the garage doors. Don't go away. 208 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 1: Don't you hate when you need some expensive partner service? 209 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:53,560 Speaker 1: It sure makes maintaining your car a frustrating task. Thank Philly, 210 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:56,640 Speaker 1: Pep Boys has over a million parts in stock like batteries, filters, 211 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:58,600 Speaker 1: break pads and more. And if you need a little 212 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 1: extra help, the pet Boys Pros will install the part 213 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:04,320 Speaker 1: for you. Since ne manny Mo and Jack's legacy has 214 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 1: been to provide quality parts, service and tires to people everywhere. 215 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 1: So the next time you need car advice or simply 216 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 1: want a service done, head to the Pros. Is it 217 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 1: your local pet Boys or shop online at pet boys 218 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:23,679 Speaker 1: dot com. Welcome back. We're on the cart doctor E 219 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:26,840 Speaker 1: five five five zero nine nine zero zero. As we 220 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:29,080 Speaker 1: get through this radio show, Um, I've got my work 221 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:30,679 Speaker 1: cut out for me this weekend. Anyway, I've gotta I've 222 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:32,440 Speaker 1: gotta work on the hot rod this weekend. There was 223 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 1: a see this is why you should never close the headers. 224 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 1: I had the headers open. I was out, we're around 225 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 1: this morning with it, and we had the cutouts opening 226 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:40,640 Speaker 1: when I closed them. Pulling into the garage at here, 227 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 1: tick tick tick tick tick. Oh. So I think one 228 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:45,839 Speaker 1: of the rock arms is loosening up or something's going on, 229 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:48,199 Speaker 1: So we'll want to work on that tomorrow. That'll be 230 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 1: my Father's Day experience. Let's Getarvin talk to Robin and Stupen, Maine. 231 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 1: Two Toyota pickup truck camper and what's going on here? Robin, 232 00:11:56,800 --> 00:12:01,240 Speaker 1: Welcome to the car Doctor. Thanks for yes. Um. So, 233 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:05,000 Speaker 1: in a fit of insanity I flew to Florida last 234 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:10,320 Speaker 1: year and bought a pick up with a camper body 235 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 1: on it and drove it back, which which was the 236 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:14,680 Speaker 1: insanity part to drive it, the flying or the buying 237 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:17,439 Speaker 1: the truck. Everything. Yeah, well, listen, you go through that. 238 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 1: It's you know, it's everything I had. I had to 239 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 1: buy eight new tires on the way home because they 240 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:26,000 Speaker 1: were dry rotted from the sun in Florida. Maybe you 241 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 1: went mad from age, maybe it was maybe it was 242 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:30,959 Speaker 1: a thing it happened. Well, it was two thousand and 243 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 1: fourteen tires. They were like I got the receipt, but 244 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:37,079 Speaker 1: in four or five years in Florida, I don't know 245 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:39,839 Speaker 1: how long they were. Anyway, they were no good, and 246 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 1: when I got home, I discovered it had termites. So 247 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:46,880 Speaker 1: I've rebuilt the whole thing. And my problem now is 248 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 1: everything was working, but there's always a butt attached to that. Yeah. Well, uh, 249 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:58,360 Speaker 1: there are five red marker lights and five amber market 250 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:02,760 Speaker 1: lights on the top of the Emperor part and they 251 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 1: were working with my tail I system until I connected 252 00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:16,280 Speaker 1: up the house twelve volt system and and I went 253 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 1: down to have an inspected and in they had no 254 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:22,160 Speaker 1: I had no tail i's had no running lights, so 255 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:26,200 Speaker 1: the fuse was blown. So after I panicked and called 256 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:30,520 Speaker 1: the car doctor Thursday, I disconnected the wires to the 257 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:35,719 Speaker 1: to the upper lights and changed the fuse. Now I 258 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:40,679 Speaker 1: got Now I've got running lights on the truck part right, 259 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 1: but not on the top part. No. But I think, 260 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 1: I think I know what I've done. Um, I didn't 261 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:51,840 Speaker 1: go to O'Reilly parts Auto Parts. I went to another 262 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:58,679 Speaker 1: place that didn't have two wire market lights, had market 263 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:03,439 Speaker 1: lights that were ground a true to body. So it's 264 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:09,599 Speaker 1: got an aluminum roof, fiberglass sides, the the roof is 265 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 1: sheet metal. So I figured, in my wisdom, what the 266 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:18,679 Speaker 1: heck that'll work, and I'll connect to the negative wire 267 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 1: to the aluminum. And when I did that without the 268 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 1: without the house connected to it, it worked a treat. 269 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 1: All the lights work. Now they don't, so I'm gonna 270 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 1: have to, I think, go back to what I should 271 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 1: have had, which was the two wire market lights that 272 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 1: are not grounded to the aluminum roof. Because something else 273 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 1: must be. Well, the other thing to think about here 274 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:50,200 Speaker 1: is do we have an issue with too many lights 275 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:57,000 Speaker 1: on that circuit? Well, there's ten plus six sixteen lights altogether. Okay, 276 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:04,480 Speaker 1: all right, so if you've got you've got how many lights? Sixteen? Yeah, 277 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 1: I got the tail lights, two side lights in the back. Well, 278 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:12,760 Speaker 1: let's do the man. If each bulb draws one amp, 279 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 1: guess what, Yeah, I'm close and they're the little close 280 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:20,240 Speaker 1: your own market lights, the ones that the ban at 281 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:22,920 Speaker 1: they're like all glass and they've got the little metal 282 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 1: ban you know, and you plug it in there. Yeah. Yeah, 283 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 1: But but I'm just saying it's it's if each one 284 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:30,120 Speaker 1: draws an amp, you're over. So you're a sixteen amp. 285 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 1: So that's why the fuse or that could be why 286 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:33,960 Speaker 1: the fuses blown. So why can't we split the circuit? 287 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 1: Why can't we split the power feed and just put 288 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:39,440 Speaker 1: another fifteen and fuse on the circuit? Uh? You know, 289 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:41,200 Speaker 1: or you know, do you have some type of a 290 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 1: small amp meter you can clamp on and see what 291 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 1: each bulb is drawing? Uh, I've only got an a 292 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 1: C meter amp meter. Well, yeah I do, Yeah, I do, 293 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 1: I've got I got any number of might just retired 294 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 1: as an air conditioning refrigeration. They usually have a switch 295 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 1: to figure something out. They usually have a d C 296 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 1: and a C. They usually usually the meters go both ways. 297 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 1: So why can't we just do that and figure out, 298 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 1: you know, bulb draw but I you know some if 299 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 1: we're lucky. If you're lucky and each bulb draws three 300 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:18,600 Speaker 1: quarters of a namp, you're still awful close. Yeah, I'm 301 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 1: still offul close. So I'm going to I'm I'm less 302 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 1: panicked than I was nowhere where the problem is now 303 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:31,400 Speaker 1: and what problem might be? But I had another question 304 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 1: for you, which is a sort of a in my 305 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 1: quest to get older cars instead of newer cars. Uh, 306 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: there's a seven GMC pickup truck that's built on that's 307 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 1: the body built on an S ten frame. When a 308 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 1: three oh seven Chevy automatic it runs, it sounds good. 309 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 1: The body, you know, the body of the old truck 310 00:16:56,560 --> 00:17:01,360 Speaker 1: is actually together. The frame looks good. The problem is 311 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:05,960 Speaker 1: that the bed of the pickup part has got that metal, 312 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:10,560 Speaker 1: you know, the slats and the wood that's all rusted out. 313 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 1: So needs needs a bed. Yeah, it's no big deal. 314 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 1: And the guy wants ten grand for it. Well, you know, 315 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:22,920 Speaker 1: if you can find something comparable for seven, then it's 316 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:24,920 Speaker 1: only worth seven. If you can't find another one and 317 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 1: you really want it, and you've got yourself tested for 318 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 1: insanity and you know that it's not another moment of 319 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:32,639 Speaker 1: insanity like the Toyota and the trip to Florida, then 320 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 1: it's worth Well. I just have to drive miles down 321 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:36,960 Speaker 1: to the next town to look at this one. I 322 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 1: don't have the fly to Florida, the whole whole another 323 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:46,159 Speaker 1: scene as my wife has had two hip replacements and 324 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:48,680 Speaker 1: she sets up the metal detector and every airport we 325 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:51,920 Speaker 1: ever walk into. But I mean, you know, listen, before 326 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:54,280 Speaker 1: you buy the older car that's in that's in Maine, 327 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:56,640 Speaker 1: that you know, if it lived its life in Maine, 328 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:59,119 Speaker 1: how rusty did it get and so on and so forth. 329 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 1: Maybe your if wants to go to southern California, you know, 330 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:04,360 Speaker 1: maybe we want to find a vehicle out in southern California. 331 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 1: You gotta get on an airplane. Maybe take my My 332 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:13,680 Speaker 1: oh three Rangers is just about to succumbed to the 333 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 1: main rust. It's doing well at two thousand miles mechanically, 334 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:24,640 Speaker 1: but rust wise, the body is cost I've always found 335 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 1: that if I want to buy an older vehicle, my 336 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:29,119 Speaker 1: wife is more than willing to go and see it 337 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 1: as long as it's in Hawaii. The problem is how 338 00:18:32,119 --> 00:18:33,680 Speaker 1: do I get it back from Hawaii. I haven't found 339 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:35,760 Speaker 1: one that floats yet, so but I'm good luck in 340 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:38,280 Speaker 1: your search, Robin, and good looking all your endeavors, and uh, 341 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:40,960 Speaker 1: keep staying insane. Sometimes you need that to keep the 342 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:42,879 Speaker 1: balance in life. I'm running any in the guard doctor. 343 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:56,240 Speaker 1: We are back right after this, have done, done done? 344 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:03,959 Speaker 1: What's more fun than listening to Ranady in the car 345 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:07,200 Speaker 1: doctor and getting that car fixed? Right? Five five five 346 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:11,400 Speaker 1: zero zero zero? Give Ron a call? Now back to Ron. 347 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:15,160 Speaker 1: Hey we're here. Let's go over and talk to Troy 348 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:18,080 Speaker 1: from Texas. Oh six buick? What is this? Troy? Is 349 00:19:18,119 --> 00:19:26,639 Speaker 1: this a buck liscern or lacrosse? So what's going on here? Um? 350 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:29,399 Speaker 1: I just know I put it in the shop and uh, 351 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 1: they tell me I had an upper oil pangas leak 352 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:34,639 Speaker 1: and I was the hats on that tape of that 353 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:36,920 Speaker 1: take the motor as flip it around. I wanted to 354 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:39,440 Speaker 1: know that that what you have to really do? Yeah, yeah, 355 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:41,080 Speaker 1: this is the V six right, this must be the 356 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 1: V six, the six cylinder. Now it's a it's V 357 00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:48,879 Speaker 1: eight V eight. The V eight is actually the V 358 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 1: eight is actually easier to do from what I remember. 359 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:53,720 Speaker 1: It's the engine stays in the car, the front exhaust 360 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:58,719 Speaker 1: manifold comes off. The V six the is a lot 361 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:01,480 Speaker 1: more intense the V six. The lower engine cradle has 362 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 1: to come down and you have to put the support 363 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 1: bar on it because the you know, there's there's nothing 364 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:09,639 Speaker 1: left holding the engine of the transit. So what what 365 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 1: what kind of what kind of dollars did they quote you? 366 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 1: He told me like, uh, because I had to get down. 367 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:21,399 Speaker 1: He told me like two thousand hundred something like that 368 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:25,200 Speaker 1: to do it. Yeah, I would, I would just question 369 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:28,680 Speaker 1: him on the procedure because from what I remember, the 370 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:33,040 Speaker 1: V eight, the four six V eight is an easier 371 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:37,199 Speaker 1: swap to do. You know, it's it's it's And then 372 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 1: let me ask the other question. How many miles are 373 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:44,159 Speaker 1: on the car? A hundred nine hundred and nine or 374 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:49,920 Speaker 1: a hundred nine hundred and nine. So in the case 375 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:51,440 Speaker 1: that the engine had to come out of the car, 376 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:54,119 Speaker 1: why aren't we just resealing the engine? Why don't we 377 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:57,040 Speaker 1: just go through the whole thing, right, you know, if 378 00:20:57,280 --> 00:20:59,240 Speaker 1: if that's if that's the procedure, which I don't think 379 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:01,399 Speaker 1: it is, but it's just in case it is, you know, 380 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:04,600 Speaker 1: at least then get some bang for your money. How 381 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:09,040 Speaker 1: big is how big is the oil leak? Um? It's 382 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:12,240 Speaker 1: it's pretty it's pretty big. He said, it's prenn to 383 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:15,200 Speaker 1: be because he said, look, he says in front of 384 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:16,800 Speaker 1: the course. That's what made me take it to the 385 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 1: show because I have just having just so having to 386 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 1: look up on our car name while that's all that 387 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 1: stuff onto my car. So I just took it anything 388 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:27,560 Speaker 1: I had an elite answer, all right. You know. The 389 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:29,960 Speaker 1: other the other question I've got is at a hundred 390 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:32,720 Speaker 1: and nine thousand miles, you know, is it just the 391 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 1: oil paying gasket? What does the remain look like? You know, 392 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:38,120 Speaker 1: you start to listen. I'm a bang for the buck 393 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:40,239 Speaker 1: kind of guy. If I've got to take something, if 394 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:41,680 Speaker 1: I got to take an engine out of the car, 395 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:44,480 Speaker 1: I want to get to all the hard stuff at once. 396 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:46,159 Speaker 1: You know, I don't want to I don't want to 397 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:48,360 Speaker 1: bring it back in six months and go. You know, hey, Troy, 398 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:50,200 Speaker 1: guess what, we gotta pull the engine back out because 399 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:54,879 Speaker 1: today we're gonna do. You know this? Um, you know, 400 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:56,240 Speaker 1: I want to get it all done at once, but 401 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:59,920 Speaker 1: I don't think so. UM. My memory is to do 402 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:03,120 Speaker 1: an oil pan gasket on a vight lincern it's done 403 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:08,159 Speaker 1: in the car, all right, the front exhaust pan. He 404 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:13,919 Speaker 1: said it was the upper Oh he's talking about Okay, 405 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:18,680 Speaker 1: he's talking about the girdle. All right. Yeah, in that case, 406 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:20,720 Speaker 1: the engine may have to come out of the car. 407 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 1: That's different. All right, that's different. Now. Now if, like 408 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 1: I said, if the engine does have to come out 409 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:32,040 Speaker 1: of the car, what's it gonna cost to reseal the 410 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:38,600 Speaker 1: entire thing? Yeah? All right, you know, because once it's out, 411 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:42,359 Speaker 1: let's let's reseal it. And you know. The other thing 412 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 1: that I always have in the back of my mind 413 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:46,120 Speaker 1: is why did it start leaking. It's easy to say 414 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:49,320 Speaker 1: it's just old and you know, the gas get failed 415 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:52,119 Speaker 1: or I believe see. Now I'm thinking about this. I 416 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:55,800 Speaker 1: think the upper oil pan gasket is an RTV seal, 417 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:01,719 Speaker 1: all right. And if it's an art TV seal, then 418 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 1: why did the RTV fail. I've got to say I've 419 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say never, which I'm probably forgetting something. But 420 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:11,680 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say I rarely will say it like that. 421 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:15,840 Speaker 1: I rarely see the RTV fail in the seam, in 422 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:18,240 Speaker 1: the seam seals between the pan and the gaskets and 423 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:20,639 Speaker 1: the pan and the block on the GM products of 424 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:22,679 Speaker 1: that vintage and a lot of them. Our TV generally 425 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 1: doesn't fail. It's either something blew it out or there's 426 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:27,679 Speaker 1: a there's a leak somewhere else that they're not following 427 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:31,680 Speaker 1: it down. So okay, let me let me just put 428 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:33,399 Speaker 1: this thought in your head. Is this is this your 429 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:37,639 Speaker 1: regular mechanic. You know these guys. You trust these guys. Um, 430 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:41,920 Speaker 1: I had got a car done by them, maybe maybe 431 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:44,760 Speaker 1: seven many years ago when this I had. I've been 432 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:47,200 Speaker 1: having this car. I had got this car, I probably 433 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:49,240 Speaker 1: had about three months and then I just started doing this. 434 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:53,159 Speaker 1: I take it to them again, and then uh, I 435 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:55,600 Speaker 1: take it to him and they gave me a quote 436 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:58,960 Speaker 1: by doing my transmission and then doing this and that, 437 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:01,680 Speaker 1: I had said, I'm caught another mechanic. And then he's like, no, 438 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:03,680 Speaker 1: it talds you too much. That's trying to tald you 439 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:05,680 Speaker 1: too much for all day. Yeah, maybe it's time to 440 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 1: get a second. Maybe it's time to get a second 441 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:11,639 Speaker 1: opinion on this just because something, something's just starting to 442 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:16,680 Speaker 1: add up. Cock God, yeah, because he talks for a 443 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:20,119 Speaker 1: whole job, for like a whole job and saying like, man, 444 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:24,320 Speaker 1: that's too much money. Man, yeah, it's and that's what that's. 445 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 1: That's that's to fix the oil pan leak and put 446 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:30,640 Speaker 1: a trans in it. Yeah, and I have the transmission 447 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,920 Speaker 1: like about new one already, right, And he was about 448 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:36,119 Speaker 1: that's how much it's gonna be. I'm like, oh no, 449 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:41,480 Speaker 1: that's too much money, right, Well, you know, it's only 450 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:43,480 Speaker 1: too much money. Let me be Devil's advocate here for 451 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 1: a minute if I can. It's it's it's only too 452 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:51,120 Speaker 1: much money. If that's not what the job is worth, 453 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:55,399 Speaker 1: if the car really needs a transmission, and you know, 454 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 1: but but it's it's it's like you need more information 455 00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:02,440 Speaker 1: here and somebody to and you know, listen, you ever 456 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:04,200 Speaker 1: walk into it. You ever walk into a deli and 457 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 1: say give me rose Peef on a hard roll list, Tomato, Mayo, 458 00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:08,960 Speaker 1: salt pepper, and you don't question it, right, And you 459 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,200 Speaker 1: know you don't question it because it's you know, seven 460 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:14,720 Speaker 1: eight nine bucks, right, it's not a big deal. Walk 461 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:16,840 Speaker 1: into a repair shop and say, hey, I need the 462 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 1: engine resealed, right, need an oil pan, gas, get a 463 00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 1: trans swap, and they come up with this number. Okay, 464 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:25,680 Speaker 1: tell me how you got there. I want to see 465 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:27,520 Speaker 1: the tomatoes. I want to know the lettuce. I want 466 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:29,480 Speaker 1: to know how much rose peefs in that sandwich. I 467 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:32,399 Speaker 1: want to know the details. Is this an arbitrary number? 468 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:35,679 Speaker 1: Show me where this is? You know, if the shops, 469 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:38,240 Speaker 1: if the shop is a hundred dollars an hour, and 470 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:41,960 Speaker 1: it's it's it's thirty hours, that's three grand. Show me 471 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,480 Speaker 1: where it's thirty hours? Thirty hours? Is is it one 472 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:47,240 Speaker 1: guy working ten hours a day for three days or 473 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:49,840 Speaker 1: four days and eight hours a day? You get my point? 474 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 1: You know, start to start to start to count hours. 475 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:56,359 Speaker 1: How are we doing this? You know it's it's, it's 476 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:59,919 Speaker 1: it's It needs an explanation or it begs an explain 477 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 1: nation by the same token. If these are your regular 478 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:05,560 Speaker 1: guys and you trust them. But then again, I've got 479 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 1: to say, if you trusted them, you wouldn't be calling me. 480 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,200 Speaker 1: Most people that you know, they they they you know, 481 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:13,160 Speaker 1: they've got the relationship with their mechanic. They're not They're 482 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:15,040 Speaker 1: not calling me, so I guess some I guess it's 483 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:17,160 Speaker 1: time for a second opinion. Can I ask you a question? 484 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:18,760 Speaker 1: How do you listen to the car doctor? What do 485 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 1: you listen to us down in Texas? Are we on 486 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:22,119 Speaker 1: there on radio? Or are we on podcast? Or what 487 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:28,040 Speaker 1: are we doing? Um U, I am my urola. He 488 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:30,240 Speaker 1: had calls out before and he's like, hey, man, just 489 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:33,400 Speaker 1: call them and I'll tell you what to do. My girl, 490 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:35,280 Speaker 1: you call time I'm talking about with my grists and 491 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:38,119 Speaker 1: say we're just talking. My brothers called him brody, like, 492 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 1: just called the card doctor. I said, all right, card doctor, 493 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:44,560 Speaker 1: there you go. You made you made my man. Tony smile. 494 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:48,040 Speaker 1: Tony wants to know where you live in Texas? Oh 495 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:53,480 Speaker 1: I live right, Um, Texas, Austin, Tony. Yeah, Tony says, 496 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:59,040 Speaker 1: good barbecue in Austin. Oh yeah, yeah you know. Yeah, 497 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 1: Well Tony's Tony is a Texas boy at heart. So 498 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 1: um but yes, sir, so listen, go talk to your 499 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:07,359 Speaker 1: mechanic and get back to us. Let us know what 500 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 1: happens next week. Would you do that? Alright? Alright, Troy, 501 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:14,080 Speaker 1: good luck to you bed Alright, you're welcome, sir, Take 502 00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:17,399 Speaker 1: good care. Five zero nine zero zero run nating the 503 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:20,400 Speaker 1: car Doctor and Tony going to Texas for some barbecue 504 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:39,359 Speaker 1: and Austin will be back right after this. Hey, welcome back, 505 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:43,240 Speaker 1: ran the car doctor. Let's uh, I guess we're on Hawaii? Wayne? 506 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 1: Did you get permission from now? I guess it's okay 507 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:49,359 Speaker 1: Wayne in Hawaii? Wayne and MAUI, Um, how can I 508 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:53,200 Speaker 1: help you? Sir? What's going on? Hello? I've got to 509 00:27:53,440 --> 00:28:01,199 Speaker 1: go for Nissan twos. Uh seemed like the car ran 510 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 1: out of gas at toe of home order field pump 511 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:07,680 Speaker 1: first form was wrong, second one is California mission six 512 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:11,760 Speaker 1: to little screws on top all deal. Uh factory one out. 513 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:15,080 Speaker 1: So we got seventy nine thousand on it and uh, 514 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 1: well the factory one out. Got a new one from eBay, 515 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:23,520 Speaker 1: put in and checked all my relay, switched them around, 516 00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:26,800 Speaker 1: all my users, check that they were all good. Um 517 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:30,760 Speaker 1: shot them starting fluid in the intake to make sure 518 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 1: the motor would run. And uh, I can hear that. 519 00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:37,400 Speaker 1: I can hear it come on because it's the lift 520 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 1: back seat and that's how you can get to the pump. 521 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 1: So if right in the car, so I can hear 522 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:48,360 Speaker 1: it with running, uh cycle, but it won't pump. So 523 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 1: my question has been, uh, to any mechanics, I know 524 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:55,520 Speaker 1: what could make the fuel pump not pump? So so 525 00:28:55,680 --> 00:29:00,160 Speaker 1: the pump runs electrically, Yes, And I took my home 526 00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:04,880 Speaker 1: year to it and the UH keep position on. I 527 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:08,240 Speaker 1: got power all the way through UM and its cycles. 528 00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:10,720 Speaker 1: Like I said, you can hear it. Say you engage 529 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:13,720 Speaker 1: the keys and hear it. Come on, UH put the 530 00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:18,840 Speaker 1: high pressure hose in all the way. UM, make sure 531 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:22,760 Speaker 1: I had a good connection your ground whole nine yards 532 00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:26,000 Speaker 1: and getting a poem. Then I've got to say it's 533 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:30,520 Speaker 1: an internal fault in the pump itself. It's got to 534 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:33,280 Speaker 1: be an internal fault in the pump itself. Yeah. I 535 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:35,280 Speaker 1: have a new income and I was hoping to get 536 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:38,360 Speaker 1: here today. Um, it was just the strokes a lot 537 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:42,680 Speaker 1: that I even got on this show. I've been listening 538 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:45,000 Speaker 1: to you for a year, for years and years and years, 539 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:48,440 Speaker 1: and I'm amazing by trade that I'm kind of handy 540 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:50,720 Speaker 1: with tools. Yeah yeah, yeah, Um, I mean let me 541 00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:52,800 Speaker 1: just say it like this, you know, back at the pump, 542 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:55,160 Speaker 1: I believe it's a black yellow and a black black 543 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:59,240 Speaker 1: yellows power from the relay. Yeah, and black should be ground. 544 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:03,200 Speaker 1: I would I would you know, find that connector. Um. 545 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:06,160 Speaker 1: You know, here's here's the ultimate question. It always comes 546 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:09,600 Speaker 1: back to, right, Well, the circuit handle the load. Okay. 547 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:12,479 Speaker 1: So you know I would go out and I've got 548 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:14,440 Speaker 1: a couple of them kicking around the shop. I've got 549 00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:18,040 Speaker 1: old school round and square headlights. Uh. You know an 550 00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:20,760 Speaker 1: old school headlight is is a great test tool, all right. 551 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:23,920 Speaker 1: It'll put anywhere from a six to a ten amp 552 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:27,240 Speaker 1: load on the circuit and you know you'll see it 553 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:30,160 Speaker 1: light up. So I would I would take that headlight 554 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:32,800 Speaker 1: and I would disconnect the fuel pump connector in this case, 555 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:34,640 Speaker 1: and I'd wire it to the black yellow in the 556 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:37,800 Speaker 1: ground the black and turn the key on. That headlight 557 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:39,720 Speaker 1: should go on for up to five seconds, which is 558 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,360 Speaker 1: fuel pump prime. That's when the computer would cycle the 559 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:44,840 Speaker 1: relay in the I p DM to to to run 560 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:47,440 Speaker 1: the fuel pump. Does the headlight light up? Yes? Or no? 561 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:51,320 Speaker 1: If the headlight lights up, game over, that's it. It's 562 00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:53,720 Speaker 1: the pump. There's just not a lot else it can be. 563 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:57,600 Speaker 1: Or there's contaminant in the tank. That's that's somehow clogging 564 00:30:57,680 --> 00:31:00,880 Speaker 1: the pump. The screen not allowing it to feeling inside 565 00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:04,440 Speaker 1: that because I can look right down in there when 566 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:07,400 Speaker 1: I take I figured that. I'm just saying, but from 567 00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:09,280 Speaker 1: a from a lot. Just don't want anybody else out 568 00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:10,760 Speaker 1: there going, well, wait, ron, what if it's dirty in 569 00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:13,080 Speaker 1: the tank one of us had to mention it. Um, yeah, 570 00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:16,000 Speaker 1: you know so, but I would just want to be 571 00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:19,600 Speaker 1: sure do I have a pent? Do I have proper voltage? 572 00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:24,480 Speaker 1: Because if we did that with with my UH partners here, 573 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:29,920 Speaker 1: I put the only UH in the power plug and 574 00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:33,600 Speaker 1: had a cycle the key on. Yeah you mean you 575 00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:36,320 Speaker 1: were using it as a vault meter, just just just 576 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:38,720 Speaker 1: to keep it, just to keep you honest. Um, So 577 00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:40,920 Speaker 1: you know, and that's good because you know, the number 578 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:44,160 Speaker 1: one failure on that vehicle, the Achilles heel on that 579 00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:47,480 Speaker 1: vehicle is the fuel pump relay in the I p 580 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:52,040 Speaker 1: d M and in the power distribution module under the hood, right, 581 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:56,040 Speaker 1: And I switched those around. I actually tested them and 582 00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:58,160 Speaker 1: then switched them around just for giggles, you know, I 583 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:04,880 Speaker 1: used one the heater de roft UH saying relay. Basically 584 00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:08,520 Speaker 1: there's three out right there, Um with a standard UH 585 00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:11,920 Speaker 1: dicking ant use well wait a minute, wait a minute, 586 00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:15,840 Speaker 1: time time time time time time time, My understanding was 587 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:19,080 Speaker 1: from what I remember, the fuel pump relay. Why do 588 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:22,000 Speaker 1: I think the fuel pump relay is not available separately 589 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:28,000 Speaker 1: on that car? I'm not sure, but I do little 590 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:32,680 Speaker 1: YouTube everything, and it says the fuel pump relay is 591 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:35,200 Speaker 1: right up in the front in a little box there 592 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:39,160 Speaker 1: where all the wires go into. Okay, do this because 593 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:42,440 Speaker 1: I'm up against the clock. Let's just make sure you've 594 00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:45,960 Speaker 1: got the right relay that you're swapping. Take what you will, 595 00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:48,640 Speaker 1: Take what you believe is the fuel pump relay out. 596 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:53,400 Speaker 1: Just take it out. Does that? Does the fuel pump 597 00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:56,440 Speaker 1: still make noise? Does it? Does it stop, you know, 598 00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:59,520 Speaker 1: trying to work? If it stops trying to work, you 599 00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:02,360 Speaker 1: got the right relay. If it doesn't stop trying to work, 600 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:04,880 Speaker 1: then you've got the wrong relay. And now you've got 601 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:08,960 Speaker 1: a very five voltage all over again. A right, Prove 602 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:12,200 Speaker 1: it's bad. Prove it's bad. Make me, make me a believer. Brother, 603 00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:16,080 Speaker 1: that's not bad for a dial guy. All right, you're 604 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:17,920 Speaker 1: doing all right. Listen, you come to New Jersey. I'll 605 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:19,640 Speaker 1: put you on work for a week. You can. You 606 00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:21,040 Speaker 1: can get a T shirt and a rotten cup of 607 00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:22,719 Speaker 1: coffee on Friday. I spent the week with the car 608 00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:25,400 Speaker 1: Doctor and survived. So let me know what happens Wayne. 609 00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:26,840 Speaker 1: Either that or I'll come to you and I'll bring 610 00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:29,800 Speaker 1: the coffee. Hey, five five zero nine zero zero. The 611 00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:37,280 Speaker 1: car doctors back right after this? Welcome back, nay of 612 00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:40,560 Speaker 1: the car doctor. Hold him court this hourday zero nine 613 00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:45,400 Speaker 1: zero zero. Let's go and talk to Dave in Iowa's charger. Dave, 614 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:48,840 Speaker 1: Welcome to the car Doctor, sir. How can I help? Hey? 615 00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:52,320 Speaker 1: Thanks for taking my call. You're welcome, sir. Uh, what 616 00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:55,680 Speaker 1: the situation is kind of odd? I just wondered if 617 00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:58,360 Speaker 1: you'd ever run across it, or if you have, maybe 618 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:00,240 Speaker 1: you can give me send it vice as to what 619 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:04,440 Speaker 1: to do. But I bought uh, I bought a two 620 00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:12,200 Speaker 1: thousand eighteen UH Dodge charger UH with s RT motor 621 00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:16,920 Speaker 1: and whatnot. But anyway, UH I UH from the dealer. 622 00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:20,319 Speaker 1: I had the car coded with a product called Scilla Jet, 623 00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:24,919 Speaker 1: and UH never I did have a car brought brought. 624 00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:27,160 Speaker 1: I bought it off the internet and I had the 625 00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:31,520 Speaker 1: car delivered via transport. Never noticed any problem or whatnot. 626 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:37,320 Speaker 1: But later H a month or two later, UH lifted 627 00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:40,680 Speaker 1: the hood and noticed that there were there was these 628 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:45,720 Speaker 1: cosmetic spots all over the plastic parts of the motor, 629 00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:49,840 Speaker 1: and no matter what we used to try to, you know, 630 00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:54,799 Speaker 1: to remove it, it's like it it's like it's it's 631 00:34:54,800 --> 00:35:00,600 Speaker 1: almost like some type of uh that like a like 632 00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:03,480 Speaker 1: a stain. Dave, what what is what is silagette? What 633 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:07,040 Speaker 1: was it supposed to do? Quickly? The Clock's gonna take us. Well, 634 00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:10,520 Speaker 1: the cylogett is is it's meant to put a coating 635 00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:13,959 Speaker 1: on your car that that basically you you just wash 636 00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:15,960 Speaker 1: it with water. Okay, have you gone back to the 637 00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:20,080 Speaker 1: dealer and talk to them? Well, I I did reach 638 00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:22,759 Speaker 1: out to them. I actually went to the Chrysler, the 639 00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:26,399 Speaker 1: Chrysler people and uh, Dave, I'm sorry, the clock's gonna 640 00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:28,000 Speaker 1: take us. I've got to go. I'm on an eating 641 00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:30,560 Speaker 1: the car doctor. Good mechanics aren't expensive. Their prices. Dave 642 00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:33,160 Speaker 1: called the dealer working out with them. Call me next week. 643 00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:33,960 Speaker 1: I apologize.