1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:02,719 Speaker 1: Ron and any. And there's a hierarchy in order repair 2 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:04,600 Speaker 1: in terms of parts. You know, if there's the holy 3 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:08,200 Speaker 1: grail that the manufacturer, then there's the automotive aftermarket with 4 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:10,799 Speaker 1: a name brand part, and then there's you know, that 5 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: white box part that comes from somewhere other than welcomes 6 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:19,800 Speaker 1: from somewhere. We're just not sure where, the Car Doctor. 7 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: They're basing it on its Walmart's fault because the engine 8 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:26,799 Speaker 1: had one quart of oil in it. Well, but that 9 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: doesn't make any sense. Welcome to the radio home of 10 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 1: Ron and an Ian the Car Doctor. Since this is 11 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,720 Speaker 1: where car owners the world overturned to for their definitive 12 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 1: opinion on automotive repair. If your mechanics giving you a 13 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,559 Speaker 1: busy signal, pick up the phone and call in. The 14 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:47,279 Speaker 1: garage doors are open, but I am here to take 15 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 1: your calls at eight five six and now he running. Hey, 16 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 1: it's time to start your engines alone. Welcome Ron and 17 00:00:57,480 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 1: In the Car Doctor here at eight five five zero 18 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 1: nine nine zero zero, here to take your calls and 19 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:06,039 Speaker 1: answer your questions. Eight five five eight's a five. You know, 20 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 1: I was off to a good start there and then 21 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: I had a misfire on number two A five five 22 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 1: five zero nine zero zero the car doctor seven phone number. UM, 23 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 1: it's there working even when I'm not able to because 24 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 1: I opened my mouth and the wrong thing comes out. 25 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 1: But zero seven call leave a message if we're not here. 26 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:26,679 Speaker 1: We are live on the network Saturday afternoons to the 27 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 1: four pm East Coast time, and Tom Ray, executive cook 28 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 1: and chief bottle washer, will put you in the Q 29 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:35,320 Speaker 1: for the next live broadcast. Busy week at the Shop, Um, 30 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:39,199 Speaker 1: crazy week at the Shop. I, you know, goofy things 31 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:42,759 Speaker 1: that made no sense. We I understand where mercury retrograde, 32 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:44,839 Speaker 1: or there's a full moon or a super moon coming 33 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 1: or and you know I should have known because some 34 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 1: of the things that I well hear this story. So 35 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 1: we had a Chevy Tahoe that came in and it 36 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: needed a front axle. You know, it's a four wheel drive. 37 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 1: The front differential was bad at is, which is getting 38 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 1: to be a common thing on the gms. They wear 39 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 1: out the aluminum case, they wipe out the bearings and 40 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 1: we don't see. You know, it's not as common as 41 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 1: a break failure. But we'll do a few year. It's 42 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:13,520 Speaker 1: been a while since I did the last one. It. Um, 43 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:16,519 Speaker 1: it hasn't come up. It's probably been seven eight months 44 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: and you're no longer able to purchase the entire assembly 45 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: from GM. It's it's now going to be purchased in pieces. 46 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:27,239 Speaker 1: And the problem is it gets to be very very expensive. 47 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 1: It's you know, you have to take it apart. It's 48 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 1: a time thing too, if you you know, take the 49 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 1: housing out, split it apart. What do you need? You 50 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:38,640 Speaker 1: need this, this, this, this, Oh, you don't need that, 51 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: you don't need that. Then you've got to order parts 52 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 1: and it ties up a lift for two to three days. 53 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 1: It becomes it becomes a problem. So best bet for 54 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 1: the shop, best bet for the customer is, you know, 55 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: can we get something remanded over the counter from a 56 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 1: reliable source. Take one output, one in, we're done. I 57 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 1: have two rebuilders that I use for this example. Um, 58 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: when I run into this situation and I turned to 59 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 1: them and sure enough they are now rebuilding, remanning this 60 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: front axle. And it was strange, it didn't make sense 61 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 1: to me. The one rebuilder was doing it cheaper. They were, 62 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 1: they were about four cheaper than the other one. But 63 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 1: when you look at an axle, there's there's a center 64 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: section with with spider gears, side gears, um, you know, 65 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:29,679 Speaker 1: carrier gears, bearings, bringing opinion and so forth. And then 66 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 1: you need two axles or stub axles will call them. 67 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 1: And then there's an aluminum extension housing and then opinion yoke. 68 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 1: And the opinion yoke is probably the most critical component 69 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 1: to have there because it it's you need. You have 70 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 1: to use the opinion with the nut on it to 71 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: set crush and preload on the opinion bearings. Otherwise you 72 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 1: run into an issue of the rear doesn't work. So 73 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: the one re builder offering it for a couple hundred 74 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: all of US four hundred, all of US five alls 75 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 1: us is selling just a carrier aluminum housing, no opinion yoke, 76 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: and no stub axles. I could deal with the no 77 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 1: stub axles, but I can't deal with the no opinion 78 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 1: because when something goes wrong, as it inevitably does, who 79 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 1: handles warranty? Well, let's see, I you know that who 80 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 1: installed opinion? Well? Ron did well. Ron was responsible for 81 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 1: setting the load on the bearings. If the rear had 82 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:33,280 Speaker 1: a problem, then it must have been Ron's full because 83 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 1: he was the last guy to touch the critical dimension 84 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 1: that's not gonna work, went out and purchased from Jasper. 85 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 1: All right. We talked about jas Brendan and Transmission from 86 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:48,479 Speaker 1: time to time on this show, and Jasper for a 87 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:53,840 Speaker 1: few dollars more, gave a complete housing axles axles opinion, 88 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:57,480 Speaker 1: and they did a very nice job, shipped in a container. 89 00:04:58,000 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: They even provided the loop. Hey, this is the loop. 90 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 1: Want you to use three year, hundred thousand mile warranty. 91 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 1: And it was very refreshing. And and this is the 92 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:09,839 Speaker 1: point I want to make. And they're taking pride in 93 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 1: what they're doing. They stamped the axle and you have 94 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 1: to look at it twice because it's a neat decal. 95 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 1: I want to say, if I can get a few 96 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 1: and put them around the shop, but it's um. Instead 97 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: of saying made in USA, it says remade in USA, 98 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 1: you know, um, which is kind of neat, right, um. 99 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 1: And it worked old one out, new one in, bolted 100 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:35,720 Speaker 1: it up, filled it with fluid, hooked up, hooked up 101 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: everything down the road and it was an afternoon swamp. 102 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 1: And you know, that's what you're looking for. And I 103 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 1: guess the point of the story becomes, you know, if 104 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: you're not getting what you want keep looking. Don't look 105 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:52,599 Speaker 1: at price, look at what you're getting. Had we tried 106 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:55,479 Speaker 1: to save the four, I think it would have been 107 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 1: a mistake because in the event that there's an issue, 108 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 1: I can only imagine the argument with you who touched 109 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 1: it last. And it really kind of crawls back to 110 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 1: you're as as a as as doing it as a professional, 111 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 1: but even as a weekend warrior, you want to be 112 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:14,479 Speaker 1: able to sit there and say, look, I purchased X, 113 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 1: I put in X, X went bad. Now I'm gonna 114 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 1: warrant t X. Now I purchased X. Well, but I 115 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:22,159 Speaker 1: had to add y to it and I had to 116 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 1: do a little bit of Z. And you know, maybe 117 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 1: it was this. Maybe it was that you want to 118 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 1: have a clear path to warranty, and you want to 119 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:31,839 Speaker 1: have a clear path to to you know, when it 120 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 1: goes bad, what are you gonna do with it? So 121 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 1: you know, just something to be aware of. And it 122 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 1: was it was that kind of a week in the shop. 123 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:40,599 Speaker 1: We bolted and it's quiet, it's down the road and 124 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:43,200 Speaker 1: you know, we kind of move on to the next thing. So, um, 125 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 1: just just tails from the shop. That was a real one. 126 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 1: Let's get over to the phones because I see their 127 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: lit up already. Let's go over to Frank in New Mexico. 128 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 1: Eighty six old scutlass and some problems running Rich Frank, 129 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 1: we talked about this car a couple of weeks ago, 130 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:56,919 Speaker 1: did we not, Yes, sir, and I went in for 131 00:06:56,960 --> 00:07:00,920 Speaker 1: the emissions test yesterday. After doing all the uh, well, 132 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 1: I replaced a bunch of parts and running real rich 133 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 1: uh specifically how Rich like the allowances? I guess it's 134 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 1: two hundred parts per million and I'm at two I speed. 135 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: They couldn't do the low speed because of the initial failure. Anyway, 136 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 1: The technicians recommended checking the map sensor or the pressure 137 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 1: regulator veil. Does that sound reasonable to you? The mass 138 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 1: answer A map A map sensor could. But let's let's 139 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 1: go back to basics. This is a This is a 140 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: carbureted olds right, this has this is a feedback carburettor 141 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 1: on it. Did you did you find the purge canister 142 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 1: valve that I spoke about coming off the front of 143 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 1: the carburetor of the round blackliot? I changed out a 144 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 1: C Delco, right, did you change that out? I put 145 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 1: a new smog pump on it. Sort of static vacuum switch. Okay, 146 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 1: but but let me ask let me ask you is Frank, 147 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 1: have you you know, have you seen anything here that 148 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 1: you know? Have you done any testing? Or we just 149 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 1: swapping parts so far? Well? I haven't. Uh. The parts 150 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 1: I mentioned are all we are we being put in 151 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 1: and the emissions test yesterday and chapping to look at 152 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 1: the oil is clean? I had just changed it. It's 153 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 1: not over full? Is it? Okay? And the reason I 154 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 1: asked that is on an older car. Seeing these are 155 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 1: the things you have to think about on an older car. 156 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 1: Do we have we could have a porous fuel pump. 157 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 1: And I've seen this where you'll have a porous fuel 158 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:38,400 Speaker 1: pump and it will put it'll it'll you know, put 159 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 1: fuel into the oil at a very small scale, and 160 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:45,400 Speaker 1: it will cause that engine to run rich. And one 161 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:46,959 Speaker 1: of the things I would like to see is we're 162 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 1: gonna diagnose this. Let's put this on a five gas 163 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:52,560 Speaker 1: and start looking at emissions. Let's let's pop the PCV 164 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:54,959 Speaker 1: valve out of the valve cover and stop feeding a 165 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 1: crankcase fumes. Does that cause a change in the way 166 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:01,680 Speaker 1: the vehicle operates? Okay, So I've got to go somewhere 167 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 1: with the five guests. So that's one and then two 168 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 1: this particular car, and I realized it. Let's see eighty six, 169 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 1: nine thousand, thirty three years old. Um, you know Tom's 170 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:16,040 Speaker 1: got socks holder the top of Tom's got socks newer 171 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 1: than this car, not much, but but some. Um, you know, 172 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 1: assuming the carburetor is still set up as a mixture 173 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 1: control solenoid carburetor, it hasn't been modified. You know, there 174 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 1: was a there was an adjustment for dwell where we 175 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:37,000 Speaker 1: would control the positioning of the mixture control solenoid for 176 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 1: how far in or out and also the frequency of 177 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 1: how often it would be on or off for metering 178 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 1: rods from mixture control where's that base fuel adjustment on 179 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:49,520 Speaker 1: these was very critical back in the day. How many 180 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:56,200 Speaker 1: miles around this car? Four thousand right? So you know, 181 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 1: if you look at the bottom of the car, do 182 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 1: you recall or the mixture are the mixed your plugs 183 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 1: uncovered on this particular car, Yes, they're still there. The 184 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 1: mixture plugs are still there, so you know, the hardened 185 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:13,600 Speaker 1: steel plug is still there. So you know the possibility 186 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:17,560 Speaker 1: of carb adjustment may correct this car. Also, there is 187 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 1: a green it's this really obnoxious fluorescent green connector somewhere 188 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 1: in the proximity of the air cleaner. You know, it 189 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 1: might be tucked under the air cleaner. You might be 190 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 1: close to the base of the carb coming out of 191 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:32,000 Speaker 1: the wiring harness. If I remember right, it was this 192 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:35,080 Speaker 1: obnoxious green connector with I can see in my eye. 193 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:38,560 Speaker 1: I believe it was a light blue colored wire. But 194 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 1: the green connector will be the giveaway. And that was 195 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:44,200 Speaker 1: the dwell lead for you would hook up in the 196 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 1: you know, I guess we had just transition from doing 197 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:49,679 Speaker 1: points and GM said, well, everybody's got a dwell meter 198 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:51,719 Speaker 1: for doing points. We do a dwell meter for doing 199 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 1: carburetor adjustment, and there are some specs and procedures for 200 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 1: doing carburetor adjustments. To this, I would go through a 201 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:03,640 Speaker 1: basic car. But justice, um, you know, Frank, if if 202 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 1: the float level is too high, all right, and there 203 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:08,960 Speaker 1: was adjustments, there was a way to go in through that. 204 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 1: I probably still have those tools still. I think I 205 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 1: kind of know where they are. But if the if 206 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:16,240 Speaker 1: the float level was too high in the carburetor and 207 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 1: it it dripped over a little bit, it'll make that 208 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:20,560 Speaker 1: car run rich. So there's a bunch of things to 209 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:23,800 Speaker 1: look at carburetor wise before we start, just you know, 210 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:27,439 Speaker 1: changing sensors. Uh, you know I would, And I mean 211 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 1: there's ways to test the map sensor. It's a three 212 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:32,079 Speaker 1: wire sensor. It's gonna have a five old feed A 213 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 1: ground is the ground? Any good is is you know, 214 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 1: his signal return where it's supposed to be at idle. 215 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 1: But I've got to think, you know, we always dealt 216 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:44,880 Speaker 1: with things in terms of authority or level of authority. 217 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:48,200 Speaker 1: If I can explain it that way, some things had 218 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 1: more of an effect on the way the vehicle ran 219 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:54,560 Speaker 1: than others. If this was a fuel injected engine, yeah, 220 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:57,600 Speaker 1: I'd be thinking map sensor, massa air flow sensor, critical stuff. 221 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 1: You know, a map sensor or massair put a sensor 222 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:02,840 Speaker 1: on a fuel injected vehicle off by one percent? Well, 223 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:07,480 Speaker 1: drive emissions nuts on a carbureted car. Carbureted cars, and 224 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 1: and and feedback. Fuel control was kind of like doing 225 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:11,960 Speaker 1: brain surgery with a hammer and a chisel. It was 226 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 1: crude and it worked, but it really wasn't very pretty. Uh. 227 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:18,359 Speaker 1: You know, I would tell you look at carbon adjustments 228 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 1: pop the PCV out is that change emissions? Could we 229 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:25,640 Speaker 1: have the possibility of a contaminated crank case. Start eliminating 230 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:29,559 Speaker 1: some of the obvious things that you can test without 231 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 1: having to find specific tools and and and so forth, 232 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 1: and then call me back and we can talk about 233 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 1: it further. Alright, sir, do that and let me know 234 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:39,000 Speaker 1: what happens. I'm Ron aating in the card doctor eight 235 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:47,439 Speaker 1: zero zero. We're back right after this. He drives that way. 236 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 1: But when it comes to fixing cars, Ron has card 237 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:55,680 Speaker 1: advice done right, eight five five zero zero zero. Here's Rod. Hey, 238 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:58,200 Speaker 1: let's get over to Peaton, Massachusetts. I think that is 239 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:00,559 Speaker 1: with the O six PT cruiser you have. Welcome back, sir. 240 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:03,640 Speaker 1: What's going on now are you? Yeah? I called you 241 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:05,920 Speaker 1: two or three weeks ago about two thousand six PT 242 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:11,080 Speaker 1: cluiser that is stuck in limb mode. Yeah. Well you 243 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 1: suggested I go get volume indexes right off right. We 244 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 1: thought maybe this is having a trans issue. Yeah. Absolutely, 245 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:20,360 Speaker 1: So I went to a shop that has pro demand 246 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 1: and I've got some numbers for you. The STV I 247 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:26,440 Speaker 1: to a normal low rev normal three, and I've got 248 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 1: a fifty seven, and then the two four is forty six, 249 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 1: and then we have a range between twenty and seventy seven, 250 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:37,520 Speaker 1: and the O D is a hundred and eight. We 251 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:41,160 Speaker 1: have anywhere between forty eight and one fifty. And then 252 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:44,080 Speaker 1: the normal U D values anywhere is between twenty four 253 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:46,520 Speaker 1: and seventy, and I have forty one. So I got 254 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:49,080 Speaker 1: some nice solid numbers. So you've got some nice solid numbers. 255 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:52,480 Speaker 1: But yet the trans won't shift out of second gear, right, 256 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 1: it's still stuck in second gear, that's correct. I also 257 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:58,000 Speaker 1: tried running an external ground to the transmission, thinking that 258 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 1: could have lost its ground and got confused. Now we're 259 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:06,520 Speaker 1: their full codes with this PETE. I don't remember, no 260 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 1: that works. I'm just getting the same old ones they 261 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:15,440 Speaker 1: had before. So that's interesting. So my next step would 262 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:16,760 Speaker 1: be I'd want to I'd want to look at this 263 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:20,240 Speaker 1: with a scan tool, and I'd want to look and see, 264 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:24,680 Speaker 1: you know, where does or what does things like? And 265 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 1: you know, everybody calls them a different thing. To some 266 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 1: it's it's a turbine sensor, to some it's an input sensor. 267 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 1: Some it's an output sensor, and so on. There's an 268 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:35,400 Speaker 1: input sensor, there's an output sensor on that trends all right, 269 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 1: The input sensor better match engine RPM or be close 270 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:41,240 Speaker 1: to it. So if the engine rpm is eight hundred, 271 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:44,640 Speaker 1: we should see eight hundred on the input shift. All right. Um, 272 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 1: you know, if we don't, then we probably have a 273 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: bad converter or something is causing the converter to slip, 274 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:52,480 Speaker 1: or why are we losing input speed? It should be 275 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 1: a direct lock. It should be a pretty close correlation. 276 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 1: Output speed is gonna depend upon the gear ratio and 277 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 1: depending upon what gear we're in. But I would start 278 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:03,800 Speaker 1: to look at by the numbers, all right. You know, 279 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 1: just because it's in LIMP doesn't mean automatically it's a 280 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,400 Speaker 1: bad trans And that's too easy to say. What I 281 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 1: want the front of it right exactly. So with the 282 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 1: idea of getting one out of a out of a 283 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:19,760 Speaker 1: wreck for twenty bucks and changing it out, well we 284 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:21,720 Speaker 1: could do that. But let's have a little fun with it. 285 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 1: If we have if we have a scan tool ability, 286 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:25,920 Speaker 1: let's try and learn something. You know, one of the 287 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:29,600 Speaker 1: things we always say is if you're not sure what's 288 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 1: wrong with it, which in a lot of cases you're not, 289 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 1: show yourself what's right, Prove what's right, and then you'll 290 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:38,000 Speaker 1: figure out what's wrong and you'll learn something along the way. 291 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:41,560 Speaker 1: So I would start to look at input output speed. 292 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 1: I would compare gear ratio. I would divide. You're gonna 293 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 1: divide um. You're gonna divide output by input and you'll 294 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 1: get the gear ratio. Maybe backwards on that. I have 295 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:52,880 Speaker 1: to think about that, but you get the idea. There's 296 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:54,840 Speaker 1: a way to do the math and figure out the 297 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 1: ratio of what you want to be um in your 298 00:15:57,280 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 1: final drive and verify the gears. If if mechanically we're there, 299 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 1: then I've got to start to think some other ex 300 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:08,640 Speaker 1: external control. And yeah, if what I'm trying to do 301 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,400 Speaker 1: is prove the inside of the trans is good, so 302 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 1: maybe I do have a shift pack problem, a control 303 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 1: pack problem, the piece on the front. That's what I'm thinking. 304 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:17,680 Speaker 1: I mean, based on these numbers and everything else. And 305 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:20,200 Speaker 1: I know this transmission has been a partner's life before. 306 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:27,600 Speaker 1: Is that leaking? Is that control pack leaking? No, it's 307 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:30,640 Speaker 1: not nice and dry. Everything's clean and dry. Nothing obvious. Boy, 308 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:36,240 Speaker 1: that is broken. That's really unusual. Usually they're usually yeah, 309 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 1: usually you'll see them leaking. Um. So that's uh, you know, 310 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 1: that's something to be aware of. Two. Let me ask 311 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 1: you this. Have you tried just for giggles disconnecting the 312 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 1: battery for ten minutes. No, that would be simple, easy enough. Yeah, yeah, 313 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 1: why don't we Why don't we disconnect? Why don't we 314 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 1: disconnect both battery terminals for ten minutes and get yourself 315 00:16:57,160 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 1: You know, you should try and make yourself a ten 316 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 1: on one wha resistor, uh jumper wire and jump her 317 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:05,760 Speaker 1: that between the two battery cables and bleed everything down. 318 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:08,120 Speaker 1: Hook it up and see how long, if ever does 319 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:10,960 Speaker 1: it take to go back to that default where it's 320 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:15,399 Speaker 1: stuck in second time resist. I think they used to 321 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:18,680 Speaker 1: be radio shack but that doesn't exist anymore. But if 322 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 1: you're handy for all that kind of stuff. Yeah, but 323 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 1: if it if it's if it's stuck in LIMP mode. Now, 324 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:27,480 Speaker 1: if it's in limpmode, p the you should have a 325 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 1: check engine light on, right, Yeah, well I've got that 326 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 1: with the check hole canister issue as well. So okay, 327 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:36,600 Speaker 1: you did scan for when you're hooking, when you hook 328 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 1: in my regular little, my little hotel scan. It doesn't 329 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 1: throw anything other than the two widd balls concerning the emissions. Okay, 330 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:45,800 Speaker 1: but are you looking at O B D two side? 331 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 1: Are you looking at vehicle specific uh? Just two to 332 00:17:51,119 --> 00:17:53,240 Speaker 1: the best pology and just when you plug it into dash. 333 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:57,639 Speaker 1: So you're gonna plug in the same place. But you 334 00:17:57,680 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 1: want to get you want to get. You want to 335 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:01,200 Speaker 1: get to a shop where they can do vehicle specific 336 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:05,160 Speaker 1: and just do an all module skin scan everything. Let's 337 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 1: see I should have I should have asked for more 338 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 1: when I when I had to skin the CV, I 339 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 1: has done correct, correct, So to go back to them, 340 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:16,239 Speaker 1: going after them to make an appointment that we can 341 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 1: advance with these guys. Go back, let's quite the shop right, 342 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 1: go back to them, get a complete module scan and 343 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:24,120 Speaker 1: let them do what they have to do. From there, 344 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:25,840 Speaker 1: I brought an ad in the car doctor. We are 345 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 1: back right after this welcome back of the car docults 346 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,240 Speaker 1: go over to Robert and Lansing, Michigan. Robert, welcome to 347 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:51,520 Speaker 1: the car doctor, sir. How can I help? Yes, I 348 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 1: have a nineteen Mustang recently restored. Originally it had drum 349 00:18:57,600 --> 00:18:59,920 Speaker 1: brakes all the way around, but when it was restored, 350 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 1: I had him put this brakes on the front. After 351 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:06,480 Speaker 1: the first couple of times of driving it, the brake 352 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 1: pedal stopped and returning on its own, I had to 353 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:12,160 Speaker 1: deal toe lift on it to get it to come back. 354 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:16,639 Speaker 1: I checked the brake fluid. It did uh go down, 355 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:20,240 Speaker 1: but I didn't see any obvious signs of where it 356 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 1: was leaked to. And so I'm wondering if it's possible 357 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 1: I could have leaked break fluid into the looster, and 358 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:29,680 Speaker 1: that could because of the reason the pedals not coming up. Sure, 359 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:32,600 Speaker 1: real possible, but but let's let's talk about it a second. 360 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:37,440 Speaker 1: So the brakes worked fine for a while, and then 361 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:40,920 Speaker 1: what a couple hundred miles I guess Robert, I don't 362 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:43,080 Speaker 1: know how much you drove it. You noticed that you'd 363 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:45,840 Speaker 1: step on the pedal. Was it that the pedal was lower? 364 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:48,000 Speaker 1: The brakes would stop, and when you took your foot 365 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 1: off the pedal just wouldn't come back up again. The 366 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:54,160 Speaker 1: car stops, fine, it's just when I take my foot 367 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:56,560 Speaker 1: off the pedal, it doesn't come back up, okay, And 368 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:59,640 Speaker 1: you pick it up at the tip of your foot. Correct. 369 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 1: How much fluid did you put in it? Did you 370 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:07,080 Speaker 1: have to add? It was probably about halfway down on 371 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:11,879 Speaker 1: the reservoir, okay. And no signs of leaks anywhere that 372 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:15,280 Speaker 1: I can find, not around the brake padge or anything. 373 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:17,920 Speaker 1: And you looked at the rears. You look at the 374 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 1: wheel cylinders to make sure there's no leaks inside. There's nothing, 375 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:25,120 Speaker 1: there's nothing wet on the backing plate. If if there 376 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:30,320 Speaker 1: are no physical leaks and there's nothing wet anywhere, it's 377 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:32,359 Speaker 1: the assumption has got to be it's you know, pop 378 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:34,679 Speaker 1: the Master off at the booster. Is there a booster 379 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:37,000 Speaker 1: on this car? Is this a manual brake car? I'm 380 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:41,919 Speaker 1: sure it's power Yeah, so I would I would tell 381 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:44,240 Speaker 1: you to pop the Master off at the booster. You 382 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:46,640 Speaker 1: could leave the lines connected if you've got the access, 383 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:49,639 Speaker 1: and just slide the Master forward. And even if you 384 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:51,240 Speaker 1: have to take a mirror if you can't get back 385 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:53,120 Speaker 1: there enough. You don't want to, you know, put too 386 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:55,600 Speaker 1: much load on the steel lines. But just pull it 387 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:57,240 Speaker 1: forward and look to see as it went in the 388 00:20:57,280 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 1: back out the back piston where the push rod goes. 389 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:04,120 Speaker 1: If it is, then yeah, it's it's the master's leaking. Um. 390 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 1: The Master needs to be rebuilt or replaced, whatever you 391 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:09,640 Speaker 1: want to do. And then you know, do you need 392 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:12,400 Speaker 1: to change the booster. You might be able to dry 393 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:13,920 Speaker 1: it out, you might be able to wipe it out. 394 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 1: It's a it's a matter of choice. I guess, you know, 395 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 1: how how accessible, how hard, how easy is it to 396 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:25,119 Speaker 1: get parts for it? I'm sure it's an aftermarket conversion kit. Yea, yeah, 397 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:27,919 Speaker 1: So then maybe it's a conversation with them. Once you 398 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 1: see the fluid on the Master, I would talk to 399 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:33,520 Speaker 1: whoever provided the kit and say, listen, if it's their Master, 400 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:38,200 Speaker 1: I guess it's their Master and their booster together. No, 401 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:43,639 Speaker 1: it's actually two different places. Okay, then, and I know 402 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:45,520 Speaker 1: what the answer is gonna be. It's it's you know what, 403 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:47,920 Speaker 1: this is a hobby, Robert, and it's not really there 404 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,400 Speaker 1: is a guarantee, but there isn't a guarantee will replace 405 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:52,119 Speaker 1: the bad part, but we won't replace the part that 406 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:56,320 Speaker 1: the part may go bad, you know, um, which you know, 407 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:58,240 Speaker 1: which is exactly what I was talking about in the 408 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:01,359 Speaker 1: opening conversations. This hour out buying the front differential for 409 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:03,800 Speaker 1: the twelve Tahoe and you want to go someplace where 410 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 1: you buy everything and not in pieces, because you run 411 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:10,120 Speaker 1: into this exact situation. So but let's fix the car. 412 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:12,240 Speaker 1: That's that's the name of the game. Pull the Master 413 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:14,440 Speaker 1: off in front of the booster. See if it's wet 414 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:16,440 Speaker 1: in the back. If it's wet in the back, then 415 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:18,919 Speaker 1: you know, why did the master go bad? Is it 416 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:21,119 Speaker 1: a is it a reman master, is it a new Master? 417 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:24,640 Speaker 1: Is it just a defective master? Get that solved, then 418 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:27,359 Speaker 1: I would tell you to, you know, either with a 419 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:30,440 Speaker 1: small suction gun um I guess at first though, I 420 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:32,480 Speaker 1: would take a mirror with a flashlight and look down 421 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:34,960 Speaker 1: inside the booster. Do you see any signs of fluid? 422 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:37,000 Speaker 1: If you do, what do you have to do to 423 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:40,399 Speaker 1: get it out? If this just recently started happening, you know, 424 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:42,439 Speaker 1: maybe you don't have to change the booster. You can 425 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 1: just keep an eye on it. The worst that I 426 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:46,560 Speaker 1: would have to say would happen depending on how much 427 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:49,679 Speaker 1: fluid got in there. Is if the booster started to 428 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 1: lose um it's vacuum seal in time, then it might 429 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 1: go to more of a manual break your leve list 430 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:59,400 Speaker 1: of a power steering effect. But and again there's lot 431 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:02,040 Speaker 1: of ways to go here. If the manufacturer says, hey, 432 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:05,400 Speaker 1: we'll warranty the booster for going bad, then take advantage 433 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 1: of the warranty while you can still get it. But yeah, 434 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:09,200 Speaker 1: I would I would pull the master off and look 435 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:10,920 Speaker 1: to see if it's went back there, and if it's 436 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:13,480 Speaker 1: not wet back there, then we got to ask the 437 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:17,520 Speaker 1: question why where did the fluid go? Then there's something 438 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:20,320 Speaker 1: you're not seeing, Um, which is the which is the 439 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:22,920 Speaker 1: next thing you've got to be a detective for. Alright, sir. 440 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 1: So you got a little bit of homework the day 441 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:29,360 Speaker 1: and then and then, um, you know where's the flu Why? 442 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:31,200 Speaker 1: Why doesn't the pedal come back? Is the pedal not 443 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:33,639 Speaker 1: coming back because of the master? Is the pedal not 444 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:37,480 Speaker 1: coming back because of the booster? And that that'll that'll 445 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:39,080 Speaker 1: be self evident. I think when you see where the 446 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:43,879 Speaker 1: fluid went. Alright, sounds you let me know what happened 447 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:46,600 Speaker 1: and keep on driving that classic, nice car. Nice car. 448 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 1: Let's go over to Gerald and main battery issues. Gerald. 449 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:50,520 Speaker 1: Welcome to the car doctor, sir. How can I help? 450 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:53,399 Speaker 1: Last week I try to start the car and it 451 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:57,879 Speaker 1: was a clicking sound. Okay, all right? What kind of 452 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 1: what kind of cars? This? Gerald? I can Jetta to 453 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 1: tests of five? All right? Um, So you went out 454 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:05,679 Speaker 1: and turned the key and you heard one click or 455 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:08,480 Speaker 1: a multiple click, lots of clicks, so it sure sounds 456 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:10,440 Speaker 1: like a dead battery. So what did you end up doing? 457 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:13,679 Speaker 1: Did you test anything? Well, we did. I had a 458 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:17,719 Speaker 1: device for charging a battery and I used that, but 459 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:21,399 Speaker 1: I measured it. It hadn't really charged it enough. I 460 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 1: kept losing the charge. Okay, well well well wait okay, 461 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:27,160 Speaker 1: so wait a second. You were you are you able 462 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:30,199 Speaker 1: to test the battery? Yes, I I have a device 463 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 1: that that is either red or green to say if 464 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:36,680 Speaker 1: the battery is good or not. Um and you still 465 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:40,000 Speaker 1: have the exact same condition. Yes, And I took this 466 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:44,800 Speaker 1: other device which we bought a few years ago called 467 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:48,520 Speaker 1: a portable jump starter, right, a jump back right, yeah, 468 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 1: because that a guy wants to use it on the car, 469 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:54,919 Speaker 1: and and that and that doesn't do it. Still, I 470 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:57,960 Speaker 1: was very surprised it didn't say the black lead. I 471 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:00,359 Speaker 1: thought you would go to the battery. I never use 472 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,359 Speaker 1: it before. He said, no, don't put it on the 473 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:06,240 Speaker 1: battery play terminal. Put it on the on the body 474 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:08,119 Speaker 1: of the car. Right. They want, well, they want you 475 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:10,359 Speaker 1: to put it on a known good ground because they're 476 00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:13,199 Speaker 1: worried about you creating a spark or an arc at 477 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:17,360 Speaker 1: the battery and battery acid if it's gasling, depending upon 478 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:19,639 Speaker 1: it can cause an explosion. And that's so it's a 479 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:22,159 Speaker 1: safety thing. I think I found it. It's hard to 480 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:25,679 Speaker 1: find a ground on the car, right, just find a 481 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:30,119 Speaker 1: bolt and it seemed to be connected. Right. Well, so 482 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:32,119 Speaker 1: so how about this. If you turn the headlights on 483 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:35,639 Speaker 1: in the car, they brighter, dim Well, I'd say they 484 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:40,640 Speaker 1: were right, they see it was daytime? Okay, Um, Well, 485 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:42,639 Speaker 1: the question becomes, if you turn the headlights on and 486 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:45,440 Speaker 1: hook up the booster pack, do you notice an increase 487 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:49,560 Speaker 1: in the brightness of the lights, because well, think about 488 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:51,560 Speaker 1: what you're trying to do. You're trying to put more 489 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:55,760 Speaker 1: voltage into the battery. Right, So if if you can, 490 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:58,480 Speaker 1: again working with nothing, what can we make what can 491 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:00,440 Speaker 1: we make out of nothing? If you look up a 492 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:02,680 Speaker 1: jumper pack to a car and it's still the same sound, 493 00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:06,040 Speaker 1: how do you know you've got a good connection? Right? 494 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,159 Speaker 1: That should be your first that should be your first thought. 495 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:12,480 Speaker 1: Turn the headlights on, you know, does does the headlights 496 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 1: to the increase in brightness? All right? If you if 497 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:17,240 Speaker 1: you can't tell because you're doing it in the daytime, 498 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:19,119 Speaker 1: go out there at dusk tonight when it's you know, 499 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:20,920 Speaker 1: between dark and lights, so you can sort of still 500 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:22,960 Speaker 1: see what you're doing. And you grab a flashlight to 501 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:25,720 Speaker 1: the headlights. Do they actually increase in brightness? If they 502 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:28,560 Speaker 1: increase in brightness and you get the exact same sound, 503 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:31,480 Speaker 1: then I'm gonna think maybe we've got a starter issue. 504 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:33,159 Speaker 1: But at that point I want to get it to 505 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:37,360 Speaker 1: a shop and let somebody diagnose it. All right. If 506 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 1: if they don't increase in brightness, then you just have 507 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 1: either a bad connection with the jump pack, or you've 508 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:46,000 Speaker 1: got a dirty connection between the cables and the battery post, 509 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:49,199 Speaker 1: or you've got a dirty connection with the cables at 510 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:51,200 Speaker 1: the other end where the ground leg goes to ground 511 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:54,040 Speaker 1: or where the positive meets the starter of the fuse box. 512 00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:57,879 Speaker 1: All right, so how old? How old the battery? Just 513 00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:01,960 Speaker 1: out of curiosity, Well, you're right on the cusp, you know. 514 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:03,359 Speaker 1: If you want to know more about it, If you 515 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:05,960 Speaker 1: want to know more about batteries, testing and and just 516 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:09,120 Speaker 1: even buying a battery, go out to auto batteries dot com. 517 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:11,520 Speaker 1: Great website. We use it as a point of reference 518 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:14,320 Speaker 1: in the shop all the time. They basically tell you 519 00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:17,040 Speaker 1: the A, B c's of batteries Auto batteries dot Com. 520 00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:19,240 Speaker 1: All right, kiddo, and if you have any have any 521 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:20,879 Speaker 1: more questions, you call me back next week. I'm run 522 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:22,639 Speaker 1: on any of the car Doctor. We're back right after this, 523 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:31,399 Speaker 1: welcome back, run on any of the car doctor. We 524 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:34,400 Speaker 1: UM took a really great class this week. I went 525 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:37,720 Speaker 1: back to school again. God, how could that be? He 526 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:39,520 Speaker 1: a dunch hat in the corner. Yeah, that's right. I 527 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:42,200 Speaker 1: was a good boy. But um, I was a bad boy. 528 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:45,119 Speaker 1: But UM. Automotive Training Group a t G for my 529 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 1: mechanic brothers out there. You want to get out to 530 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 1: a t G training dot com took a class with 531 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,480 Speaker 1: Chris Lewis, who Chris who used to work for me. 532 00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:53,280 Speaker 1: So it's kind of like, you know, I get to 533 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:55,560 Speaker 1: throw the spit balls at him, but you know, it's 534 00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:57,480 Speaker 1: it's it's a good time. It's a really great class 535 00:27:57,520 --> 00:27:59,239 Speaker 1: and put on by the courtesy the folks of by 536 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:02,240 Speaker 1: Wise Auto Ports or New Jersey. UM. But in the 537 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:03,920 Speaker 1: book and the class we took, it's funny what we're 538 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 1: talking about transmissions today because the uh the class was 539 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:09,760 Speaker 1: transmission in card Diagnostics, and I really like that it 540 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:13,680 Speaker 1: broke down the simplicity of you know, how to you know, 541 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:15,600 Speaker 1: is it a trans It's too easy to say everything 542 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:17,520 Speaker 1: is a trans you know, are there components you can 543 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:19,840 Speaker 1: repair without having to put a trans in the vehicle 544 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 1: and so on. But there was a line out of 545 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:24,160 Speaker 1: the book that I wanted to go over and talk 546 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:27,120 Speaker 1: to everybody about. You know, we talked about how transmission fluids, 547 00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:31,040 Speaker 1: you know, they last forever quote unquote transmission maintenance, automatic 548 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:34,520 Speaker 1: trans fluid, and they talk about something called fluid heat tolerance. 549 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:37,280 Speaker 1: And the article in the book UH talks about modern 550 00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:40,560 Speaker 1: fluids or highly engineered but today's high powered engines and small, 551 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:44,840 Speaker 1: complicated transmissions mean that everything needs to be perfect to 552 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:47,760 Speaker 1: achieve the projected life expectancy out of the drive train. 553 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:53,400 Speaker 1: Under normal use, most transmissions have no service interval, or 554 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:56,240 Speaker 1: at least till one hundred thousand miles. And if the 555 00:28:56,280 --> 00:29:01,400 Speaker 1: transmission never and the italicize never never gets very hot, 556 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:06,080 Speaker 1: that's realistic. But get that fluid hot and it's useful 557 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:08,440 Speaker 1: life as a fraction of what it was designed to be. 558 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:12,760 Speaker 1: In fact, any time you're ready for this, sustained trans 559 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:16,120 Speaker 1: fluid temperatures go much over a hundred and seventy five degrees, 560 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:19,840 Speaker 1: the fluid is considered to be cooking. It's getting hot. 561 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:24,640 Speaker 1: According to Fixed Dot magazine in the April edition, so 562 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:26,200 Speaker 1: it's a couple of three for you four or five 563 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:32,080 Speaker 1: years ago. Every approximately twenty degrees fahrenheit increase in temperature 564 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:36,440 Speaker 1: cuts fluid life in half. So if you're driving a 565 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:39,520 Speaker 1: snowplow vehicle, if you're driving a vehicle that's towing, if 566 00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:41,920 Speaker 1: you're driving a vehicle, it's sitting in bumper to bumper 567 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:46,240 Speaker 1: bumper traffic. On on the West Coast Highware the FDR 568 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:50,160 Speaker 1: or Downtown Houston, and trans fluid temperature goes from a 569 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:55,600 Speaker 1: hundred and seventy five to one. That projected hundred thousand 570 00:29:55,600 --> 00:30:00,680 Speaker 1: mile trans fluid is now good for fifty miles if 571 00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:05,520 Speaker 1: it goes up another twenty thousand, another twenty degrees. Now 572 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:08,680 Speaker 1: it's at two twelve, and you know, you gotta think 573 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:11,960 Speaker 1: in July it's not hard for trans flu attempt to 574 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,320 Speaker 1: hit two twelve. I've driven around in the plow truck. 575 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:16,400 Speaker 1: I've got a fluid tempt gage and it just for giggles, 576 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 1: I'll see fluid tempt in the trans in the truck 577 00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:21,800 Speaker 1: and it's not even working. It's it's just driving. In 578 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:25,360 Speaker 1: you know, June, July, August, i'll see trans flu attempt 579 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:27,600 Speaker 1: at two undred degrees. That's that's not an issue. And 580 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:29,720 Speaker 1: if I'm plowing, it easily gets to that even in 581 00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:33,000 Speaker 1: the coldest of days. You know that trans fluid is 582 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:36,280 Speaker 1: now good for twenty five thousand miles. So when we 583 00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:41,920 Speaker 1: start thinking, hey, uh, you know it's it's gonna last forever. Yeah, 584 00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:44,520 Speaker 1: under perfect conditions. It's what I've been telling you guys 585 00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:49,840 Speaker 1: for years now. Okay, an engineer designs this under perfect conditions, 586 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:53,480 Speaker 1: but the world is far from perfect, and that's the 587 00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:56,400 Speaker 1: world we have to live in. So you know, when 588 00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:59,640 Speaker 1: we're starting to talk about changing trans fluid, remember that 589 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,840 Speaker 1: hundred and seventy five is normal. It's perfect. It's a 590 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:06,840 Speaker 1: wonderful world. Above a D seventy five. Every twenty degrees 591 00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:11,400 Speaker 1: of temperature increase, we're cutting the fluid life in half 592 00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:13,480 Speaker 1: for every twenty degrees. So if we want to say 593 00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:16,120 Speaker 1: a hundred thousand is good for fluid life, we're down 594 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:19,200 Speaker 1: to fifty. We're down to and so on. So it 595 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:23,200 Speaker 1: really still does make sense to change trans fluid on 596 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 1: a regular basis. I just wanted to get that out there, 597 00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:28,520 Speaker 1: but other really good class find out more about him 598 00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:30,520 Speaker 1: at a t G training dot com. And if you 599 00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:32,600 Speaker 1: happened to run into a class and you've got Chris Lewis. 600 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:35,440 Speaker 1: UM call me and I'll tell you all the good 601 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:37,120 Speaker 1: stories about him. But he's a really good guy's a 602 00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:40,120 Speaker 1: really sharp cat. Um, you'll really enjoy it. Anyway, I'm 603 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:41,680 Speaker 1: on anadying of the car, docul Let's pull over and 604 00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:52,400 Speaker 1: take the pause. I'll be back right after this. Hey, 605 00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:54,400 Speaker 1: welcome back n the end car doctor. Tom and I 606 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:57,240 Speaker 1: were shooting the breeze there. We almost lost that hunt, Tom, 607 00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:01,360 Speaker 1: how are we doing? Almost lost that? Almost lost? Like 608 00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:04,320 Speaker 1: what clock? Yeah? We were just you know, we were 609 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:05,800 Speaker 1: just It's bad when Tom and I are on the 610 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:08,400 Speaker 1: air together, it's um, we start talking about cars on 611 00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:11,680 Speaker 1: radio and everything else in between. Um, it becomes an issue. 612 00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:14,320 Speaker 1: I did have a let think we have this piece 613 00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:16,920 Speaker 1: of paper here. I got an email. I thought this 614 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:20,040 Speaker 1: was this was timely, especially we're talking. It seems to 615 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:23,040 Speaker 1: be on differentials and transmissions this hour this week. Hey, Ron, 616 00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:25,200 Speaker 1: my truck we're in started singing the other day. I 617 00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:27,560 Speaker 1: checked the gear oil. It was low. Thought my differential 618 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:30,120 Speaker 1: cover was leaking. Removed the cover. What little oil was 619 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:32,680 Speaker 1: in there was like Greece. It seems that former guests 620 00:32:32,760 --> 00:32:35,000 Speaker 1: it failed cleaned it out, replaced old cover with new 621 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:37,960 Speaker 1: new gear oil, and she's still singing. This is from Steve. Steve, 622 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:39,760 Speaker 1: I guess something. I gotta be the bear of bad 623 00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:42,320 Speaker 1: news that uh, it's time to rebuild the rear and 624 00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:46,000 Speaker 1: you're you're likely facing at least the four main bearings, 625 00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:48,240 Speaker 1: the two opinion and the two carrier bearings. Think about 626 00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:51,000 Speaker 1: doing axle bearings. They probably starved for Royal too. It's 627 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:53,760 Speaker 1: a two thousand and one Silverado, so it's eighteen years old. 628 00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:55,600 Speaker 1: It's probably time to go through and do an overhaul. 629 00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:58,000 Speaker 1: You know, you'll have to make a decision about doing 630 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:01,000 Speaker 1: ring opinion. You know, what are the wear pattern look like? 631 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:03,560 Speaker 1: Didn't did anything get affected because it was low on 632 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:06,560 Speaker 1: gear Royal? But you know that's not the news here. 633 00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:12,320 Speaker 1: The news here becomes that differentials. You know, the engine's 634 00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:14,480 Speaker 1: got an oil pressure center on it, and if the 635 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:17,520 Speaker 1: engine ever ran low on oil, unfortunately it's a little 636 00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:20,120 Speaker 1: too late at that point. But and you can check 637 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:23,080 Speaker 1: it with a dipstick, right, Um, you'll know when the 638 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:26,240 Speaker 1: engine has an issue with low on fluid differentials front 639 00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:30,360 Speaker 1: or rear transfer case and a lot of transmissions. Today 640 00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:33,880 Speaker 1: there's no dipstick. There's no way to check or there's 641 00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:36,840 Speaker 1: no easy way to check differentials. I remember the day 642 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:39,160 Speaker 1: when we used to check differential and transfer case fluid 643 00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:43,400 Speaker 1: levels on every oil change. But either time doesn't permit it, 644 00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:46,000 Speaker 1: or it's an unnecessary thing, or it's a little too 645 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:49,600 Speaker 1: hard to get to, or the capability, the accessibility just 646 00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:52,120 Speaker 1: isn't there like it used to be, and it's not 647 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:55,400 Speaker 1: done as often. You've got to think about changing drive 648 00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:58,280 Speaker 1: line fluids on a on a regular basis. To every 649 00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:00,640 Speaker 1: fifty thousand miles is a pretty good as far as 650 00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:03,760 Speaker 1: doing differential and transfer case more if you're operating the 651 00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:06,240 Speaker 1: vehicle in a high climate of you know, heat and 652 00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:10,000 Speaker 1: mud and dust and and things like that. Um, you 653 00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:12,360 Speaker 1: know we did that front if um the by the 654 00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:14,160 Speaker 1: and then talk about that at the beginning of the hour. 655 00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:16,840 Speaker 1: But that front differential I did this week on the 656 00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:20,040 Speaker 1: two thousand twelve Tahoe. It was a fifty three thousand 657 00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:22,880 Speaker 1: mile truck. You know, you you wouldn't think that a 658 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:26,040 Speaker 1: fifty three thousand miles seven year old, you know, not 659 00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:28,719 Speaker 1: driven under harsh conditions vehicle would have an issue, but 660 00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:31,239 Speaker 1: it did, and the fluid came at It was beat 661 00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:33,520 Speaker 1: up and destroyed, and I said to I said to 662 00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:35,640 Speaker 1: uh Bob, the owner, I said, you know, listen, as 663 00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:37,640 Speaker 1: long as we're putting a differential in it, let's go 664 00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:39,440 Speaker 1: through the rest of the drive line fluids. At least 665 00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:42,160 Speaker 1: let's do the differential in the transfer case. Pop the 666 00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:46,160 Speaker 1: cover off the differential fluid looked terrible, drained the transfer 667 00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:47,799 Speaker 1: case fluid out it's supposed to be read. It was 668 00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:52,040 Speaker 1: more brown. And this is a fifty two thousand mile unused, 669 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:55,040 Speaker 1: unabused vehicle. Imagine what it looks like on some others 670 00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:58,319 Speaker 1: that are worked hard. The point becomes, you can't trust us, 671 00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:01,720 Speaker 1: as what um Steve said here about the former Gazsey. 672 00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:04,120 Speaker 1: You can't trust form a gasket for always working. You've 673 00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:06,120 Speaker 1: got to keep an eye on fluid levels. You're headed 674 00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:08,880 Speaker 1: for a trend or a differential rebuild, Steve, and just 675 00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:10,319 Speaker 1: watch where you go. I'm running any of the car. 676 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:19,200 Speaker 1: Doctor mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless.