1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,200 Speaker 1: Ron And if you're thirty forty years or older, I 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 1: think you will man a size about cars. If you're 3 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: fifty or sixty, my god, that was your childhood. Yeah, 4 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:21,920 Speaker 1: the car Doctor. Depending upon what version of Toyota camera, 5 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: this is what flavor of emission controls. It's gonna have 6 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:27,880 Speaker 1: a catalytic converter built into it, possibly, and you're going 7 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 1: to have to replace that pipe with the cat Welcome 8 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 1: to the radio home of ron Andanian the Car Doctor, 9 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 1: since this is where car owners the world overturned to 10 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:43,280 Speaker 1: for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. If your mechanics 11 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:45,839 Speaker 1: giving you a busy signal, pick up the phone and 12 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:49,239 Speaker 1: call in the garage doors are open, but I am 13 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 1: here to take your call at eight five five five 14 00:00:51,640 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 1: six and now he running. Hey. Welcome Ronini and the Doctor. 15 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 1: Eight five five five six zero nine nine zero zero 16 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 1: is the phone number. Got a bit of bad news 17 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 1: for you today, folks. I've been recalled, well, actually not me. 18 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: The two thousand eight Chevy pick up the plow truck. 19 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,400 Speaker 1: Got a notice today in the mail. Dear Roninanian, this 20 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:15,119 Speaker 1: notice is sent to you in accord. You know, it's 21 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 1: kind of like reading your draft letter Greetings from the President. 22 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:19,679 Speaker 1: This notice is sent to you in accordance with the 23 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 1: National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act. Ennermers decided that 24 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: the defective relates to motor vehicle safety exists in all 25 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 1: two thousand seven, two thousand eight Chevallet Silverado pickup trucks, 26 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 1: and when you read through the fine print, some inflators 27 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:34,680 Speaker 1: for the air base system may experience an alteration over time. 28 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:37,760 Speaker 1: What's an alteration over time? I thought an alteration over 29 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:39,679 Speaker 1: time was when you brought an interior decorator and then 30 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:41,559 Speaker 1: they changed the colors in the room when you weren't looking. 31 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,479 Speaker 1: So an alteration over time and an auto repair situation 32 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 1: means that the part went bad in case you didn't 33 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 1: know how to read through the English, if you can 34 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 1: call this English, and they go on to point out 35 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: this condition could create excessive internal pressure when the air 36 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 1: bag is deployed, which could result in the body of 37 00:01:57,120 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 1: the inflator rupturing upon deployment. In the event of an 38 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 1: inflator rupture, metal fragments could pass through the airbag cushion material, 39 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 1: which may result an injury or death. Whoops. I think 40 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 1: this is um part of the big airbag recall that's 41 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: going on. And it's really interesting when you sit down 42 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 1: and you read this, because all you can do is 43 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 1: read a recall notice and think lawyer, lawyer, lawyer, lawyer, 44 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: parts to repair your vehicle. Here's why parts to repair 45 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 1: your vehicle are not currently available. So somebody explained this 46 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 1: to me because I get it. I you know, I 47 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 1: understand what they're saying, and I know why the frame 48 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 1: of the airbag is going to go bad. It because 49 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 1: the inflator is so harsh. Look at the litigious society 50 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:44,079 Speaker 1: we're worried about. We're telling people there's something wrong with 51 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: their vehicles and there's nothing they can do about it, 52 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 1: and they might have to park it over on the 53 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:48,799 Speaker 1: side of the road or just keep driving in anyway, 54 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 1: and worry about if that thing with the blast of 55 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: a shotgun force is going to go off in their 56 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:56,119 Speaker 1: face and cause death or serious injury. Doesn't make any 57 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:58,119 Speaker 1: sense to me. But in any event, I just wanted 58 00:02:58,120 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: to let you know. If I'm not here next week, 59 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:02,519 Speaker 1: it's because I've been recalled, and UM, but I will 60 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: be here next week, trust me, and um, I will 61 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:07,239 Speaker 1: be UHN. Imagine me walking into the dealer Hey, I 62 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 1: got a recall letter, and I can't wait to see 63 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:11,520 Speaker 1: what kind of upsells they try to sell me. By 64 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 1: the way, your truck needs this, this, this, this, and this. Yeah, 65 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 1: I want to bet um so that would be an 66 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: interesting conversation. My engineer Tom Ray's looking at me. He 67 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:21,679 Speaker 1: knows this story all too well when he goes into 68 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 1: his dealership for his recalls and they try selling him 69 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:27,240 Speaker 1: everything under the sun, and um, so I've been recalled. 70 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 1: They just wanted you guys to know that quick piece 71 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 1: of email as uh we get this hour started. And 72 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 1: I thought this was and this is sort of a 73 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 1: lesson in how not to write an email. And this 74 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 1: comes to us from a lionel Ron. I've got a 75 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 1: three year long problem. Two thousand Chevy Silverado fift hundred 76 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 1: four point three Leader standard. Nobody can figure it out. 77 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: It's been fill no help. It hesitates and surges when 78 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: trying to maintain a constant speed on level ground. Step 79 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 1: on it. It's got power, Let it off, no jerking around, 80 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 1: and so on. He describes his problem. Four different mechanics. 81 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 1: You're ready for the next line. Four different mechanics, all 82 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 1: throwing parts at it. None have fixed It also changed 83 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 1: the field pump, bear filter, distributor, cap plugs, wires, rotor injector, spider, 84 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 1: fuel regulator, throw position center, fuel filter, mass airflow center, 85 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 1: or two centsors, ABS control, wa A BS controller, and 86 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 1: front wheel speed sensors. Do you get the line about 87 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:25,719 Speaker 1: throwing parts at it? Whatever happened to diagnosing something? You know, 88 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:29,599 Speaker 1: we all want instantaneous results, and I get it, and 89 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 1: especially for those in New York, and you get it 90 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 1: now fifteen dollars an hour. But that's a whole another story. 91 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:36,720 Speaker 1: You get fast food. But in terms of auto repair, 92 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:39,039 Speaker 1: auto repair was never intended to be fast. It's just 93 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: meant to be accurate. And in order for it to 94 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:44,719 Speaker 1: be accurate, you've got to diagnose it. You've got to 95 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:48,040 Speaker 1: start to break it down and take that component apart. 96 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:51,840 Speaker 1: Look what I do isn't rocket science in that sense 97 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 1: of the word. I'm no genius. I just take something apart, 98 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:56,600 Speaker 1: either in my head or mechanically on the bench, and 99 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 1: I sit down and I figure out how it works 100 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 1: if I've never seen it under and it and then 101 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: put it back together and repair it. But to throw 102 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 1: parts at something to try and fix it, this gentleman Lionel, 103 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 1: he's had this problem for three years. He spent fifteen 104 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 1: hundred dollars, he says in here see fift with no 105 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 1: help and no change. And here is the kicker if 106 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 1: he hasn't used a good quality part, because we all 107 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 1: know we're in a parts race to the bottom when 108 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 1: it comes to order repair. Everybody's out there trying to 109 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: use the next cheapest thing to drive the next guy 110 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 1: down to lower'st price. In that we're just going to 111 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 1: create another problem. So I can't sit here and even 112 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 1: begin to comment if any of the fuel filter, filter 113 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 1: distributor cap plugs rotis wires, if any of that is 114 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:44,840 Speaker 1: created an issue. Look, there's nothing in this email that 115 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 1: doesn't tell me this probably couldn't be diagnosed to within 116 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 1: eighty percentile with an hour, an hour and a half's 117 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 1: worth of honest, honest intent. The one thing that does 118 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:58,280 Speaker 1: scare me here, Lionel, in case you're listening, you make 119 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:01,279 Speaker 1: mention that it has a P zero two oh eight code. 120 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 1: I don't know that a two week code. I think 121 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:05,239 Speaker 1: you're trying to tell me it's got a P zero 122 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 1: three oh eight code, which is a misfire on cylinder 123 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:11,560 Speaker 1: eight However, going back to the beginning part of the email, 124 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 1: you're telling me this is a four point three Leader, 125 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 1: which is a six cylinder engine. So if you've got 126 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 1: a P zero three oh eight on a six cylinder engine, 127 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 1: you've got a bigger problem than you think. Um. Linel 128 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 1: if you're out there, send me another email and clean 129 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 1: up some of this and uh give us a call. 130 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 1: I'd love to talk to you about this. I think 131 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:29,040 Speaker 1: I can fix this car, or at least get you 132 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:30,920 Speaker 1: going in the right direction, and I bet I can 133 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 1: do it within three minutes. Let's get over to the phone. 134 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 1: Let's go talk to Darryl across Wisconsin and see what's 135 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 1: going on here. Two thousand town car. Daryl, you're talking 136 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:42,080 Speaker 1: to the car doctor at zero nine zero zero. How 137 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 1: can I help, sir? Hey? Um, working on my son's 138 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 1: count car. Cand me down from my father so loving 139 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 1: his grandfather's car, taking good care of it. Um. Somebody 140 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 1: had mentioned that possibly what might be going on with 141 00:06:55,160 --> 00:07:00,120 Speaker 1: the battery draining, UM could potentially be the secure an 142 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:03,599 Speaker 1: eat uh panel on the doors. Is there any truth 143 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 1: to that? Yes? They that you were talking about the 144 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 1: little keypads, the numbered pads, right, you know, you you're 145 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 1: punch in the coach. Sure what happens is and sometimes 146 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 1: you can tell by looking at them, Darryl, You'll you'll 147 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 1: see that the rubber is actually lifted and separated, and 148 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:22,760 Speaker 1: moisture gets in there and starts to corrode the printed 149 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 1: circuit board. So you know, they will have a minimal 150 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 1: amp draw to the point that you won't see, you know, 151 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 1: like if you push the buttons, the interior lights come 152 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 1: on and things start to get activated as the car 153 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 1: wakes up, you won't necessarily see that with your eye, 154 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: but if you were to measure it with an am meter, 155 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 1: you would actually see changes in the flow. And how 156 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 1: did one go about doing that too? Well? Of one 157 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 1: of the things you could do. If you know, are 158 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 1: you handy with a digital voltometer or do you want 159 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 1: the backyard approach? And you can be honest, just tell 160 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 1: me either way. I'll give you direction the backyard approach 161 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 1: and I've got I've got money. Who's so what I 162 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 1: would do with the guy with the meter? Um, I'm 163 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 1: either going to do an m meter in series, disconnect 164 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: the negative battery cable, put an ammeter in series and 165 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 1: look for a draw. All right, it has to be 166 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 1: less than fifty milliams. All right, Now, keep in mind 167 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 1: it could take upwards of an hour for a car 168 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 1: of this generation to fall asleep. So if it's got 169 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 1: an eight hundred milliam draw, as soon as you connect 170 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 1: the meter, I wouldn't worry about it, all right, I 171 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 1: just monitored. I'd come back and probably within twenty to 172 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 1: forty minutes. Now, something to be aware of. If you 173 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 1: do this with the hood up, it may never go 174 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 1: to sleep because the hood is alarmed and it thinks 175 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:44,559 Speaker 1: it's an antiff, so it's always going to keep the 176 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: system searching. So what you have to do is put 177 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 1: long enough leads on the meter, disconnect the negative battery cable. 178 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 1: Be mindful obviously you're working around the battery. I in 179 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 1: eye in hand protection and obviously with the engine off. 180 00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: Just so we understand each other, and there's a standard. 181 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 1: Draw a test, and put the meter on the hood 182 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:04,319 Speaker 1: of the car, hood down, keys out of the ignition, 183 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: doors closed, leave the driver's window open because if you 184 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 1: have to reach in to do something, you don't want 185 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:11,960 Speaker 1: to open the door. And start the test all over again, 186 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:14,559 Speaker 1: and see how long before it gets under a fifty 187 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:18,880 Speaker 1: milliam draw. All right, So that's step one. And then 188 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 1: once it does go below fifty milliams, then you know that, okay, 189 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 1: there isn't an excessive draw. If there is an excessive draw, 190 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:28,680 Speaker 1: then while you're waiting for it to go to sleep, 191 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 1: get a wiring diagram out and find the security system 192 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 1: or the GEM module or the theft system fuse and 193 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 1: be ready to pull it. Okay, and see if it 194 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:43,200 Speaker 1: is related to the door pads. Now, if if none 195 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,079 Speaker 1: of this turns out that you cannot find the draw, 196 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:50,200 Speaker 1: take your d v O M, take your digital voltmeter, 197 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:54,599 Speaker 1: put it in voltage all right, and start looking for 198 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:56,320 Speaker 1: Let the car go to sleep, and one of the 199 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:57,560 Speaker 1: you know, one of the things you can do is 200 00:09:57,559 --> 00:10:00,120 Speaker 1: you let it go to sleep. With the milliampmeter, you're 201 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 1: gonna know how long it takes. So if you know 202 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 1: it takes forty minutes to fall asleep where everybody's happy 203 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 1: and all the kids are in bed, then and probably 204 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 1: what you need to do at this point is bypass 205 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 1: the hood switch so that it doesn't see the hood. 206 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:17,720 Speaker 1: Open open the hood, open up the underhood fuse box. 207 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:20,480 Speaker 1: It's easier to start there. And I'm I'm getting older 208 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:22,440 Speaker 1: and lazier. I kind of start under the hood before 209 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:23,880 Speaker 1: I go into the desk because it's harder to get 210 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 1: to and start doing and looking for a a micro 211 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 1: voltage drop across the fuses. You will actually see a 212 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 1: voltage drop across fuses that are active, all right, and 213 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:40,199 Speaker 1: you know, pay and pay in mind being paying particular 214 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:43,840 Speaker 1: attention to security code circuits. And you could you could 215 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 1: google search voltage drop across fuses and YouTube will show 216 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:48,839 Speaker 1: you a dozen videos, and none of them are me 217 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:50,719 Speaker 1: because I haven't gotten around to doing one yet on that. 218 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 1: But um, you know, it's a good way to test 219 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:57,560 Speaker 1: a system without disconnecting the battery. And if you know, 220 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 1: a forty minutes the system falls asleep and you've got 221 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 1: the hood up and the security system is bypassed, the 222 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 1: hood released switches bypassed, then at minute forty five you 223 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 1: can take your d v O him and start poking 224 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 1: fuses and you'll get to the source that much faster. Now, 225 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 1: the backyard way of doing this is if you want 226 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:18,440 Speaker 1: to take the door panel off, unplug the keypad switch 227 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 1: and see if the short and the dead battery problem 228 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 1: goes away. But I'd rather you didn't do that because 229 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 1: you've got access to test equipment, I'd rather see you 230 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 1: diagnose it. And I've just been in the door panel 231 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 1: to replace the motor for the window in the switch 232 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:34,079 Speaker 1: to the window, right, So yeah, you've been been there, 233 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 1: done that, right. Um, but see what that does for you. 234 00:11:37,679 --> 00:11:41,080 Speaker 1: If you need more information, Ron at Car Doctor Show 235 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 1: dot com, shoot me an email and I will do 236 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:46,000 Speaker 1: my best to get something out to you and talk 237 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:47,560 Speaker 1: to you during the week and if you need me again, 238 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:51,559 Speaker 1: it's zero zero And that goes for everybody else out 239 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 1: there that's got a problem and the question I'm running 240 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:55,840 Speaker 1: any of the Car Doctor. We're back right after this, 241 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:26,959 Speaker 1: Welcome back, right Needing of the Card Doctor, rolling along 242 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 1: to Saturday. Five five zero nine nine zero zero. That's 243 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 1: the phone number. Give us a call and talk to 244 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 1: us about your problem and will help solve it for you, 245 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 1: because that's what the Car Doctor is here for, to 246 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:39,080 Speaker 1: solve your car problem. We've been doing for so many, 247 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 1: many many years. And once again we just wanted to 248 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 1: do a quick shout out and say hi to everybody 249 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 1: at w r c R. We're glad to be here 250 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:47,280 Speaker 1: in New York and talking to everybody out there, and um, 251 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 1: it's just a great time to be back in New 252 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 1: York as well as all of our other affiliates in 253 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:52,720 Speaker 1: the card Doctor Nation as we like to call it. 254 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:54,839 Speaker 1: More information about this radio show, by the way, a 255 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 1: car Doctor show dot com. Let's get over and talk 256 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:00,680 Speaker 1: to Gordon down there in Highlands County, Florida. Gordon, what's 257 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:04,840 Speaker 1: the weather like in Florida today? Yeah, we're getting some 258 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:07,439 Speaker 1: rain today. We actually canceled going to the beach. So well, 259 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 1: but that's Florida, right. I mean, if you want to 260 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 1: if you want to see a change in the weather 261 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 1: in Florida, you wait fifteen minutes. Isn't that the expression? 262 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:18,319 Speaker 1: And UH said, yeah, it'll be sunshine. And so you know, 263 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 1: we'll have our call and then you can go to 264 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:22,560 Speaker 1: the beach. You'll be all set. So what's going on? 265 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:25,440 Speaker 1: How can I help you? All Right? I got two 266 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 1: thousand and six cold balt I run it back and 267 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 1: forth from the coast on the weekends. And so what 268 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:34,520 Speaker 1: happens is when I run a long distance, it goes 269 00:13:34,559 --> 00:13:38,120 Speaker 1: out on reduced engine power. It reads it says that 270 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 1: I've got excessive our pms. And we replaced a throttle 271 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:43,959 Speaker 1: body which was supposed to be the answer. But it 272 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:47,320 Speaker 1: still doesn't. It still doesn't do anything. It's still cutting 273 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:49,480 Speaker 1: out on reduced engine power. When I get you about 274 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:51,960 Speaker 1: an hour into a trip, do you know what fault 275 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:56,760 Speaker 1: code it is? Gordon? The actual number? I could not 276 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:59,320 Speaker 1: tell you what that is. I'm not real familiar with that. 277 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:02,800 Speaker 1: What did they say? It reads high rpm and that 278 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 1: they should replace the throttle body? Well, I don't know anything. 279 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 1: That just tells you automatically what to do. The numbered 280 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:11,920 Speaker 1: code is what I'm chasing. I'm thinking you're gonna tell me. 281 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 1: I'm thinking you're gonna tell me it's a pea is 282 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:17,079 Speaker 1: in Peter five? Does that sound familiar by chance that 283 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 1: anybody mentioned? Sound like something they might have told me? Yes? Okay, 284 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 1: what this car has is drive by wire? All right? 285 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 1: Are you familiar with this? All right? So what your to? 286 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 1: Graduated high school? Gordon? Okay, so we're the same generation. 287 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:38,840 Speaker 1: I graduated seventy four. So you and I know cars 288 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:42,080 Speaker 1: from the days of mechanical linkage, right, this connects to this, 289 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 1: this connects to that, and there's a mechanical linkage connection 290 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 1: well somewhere about oh geez, starting back as two thousand 291 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 1: and maybe even a little before that, they decided to 292 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 1: take technology from the airline industry and incorporated into automobiles, 293 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 1: which I don't know what I'm more afraid of the 294 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:00,280 Speaker 1: fact that I've got drive by wire in a are 295 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:03,480 Speaker 1: or a plane. I can't decide which one is worse. Um, 296 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 1: it's kind of you know, at least the car, you 297 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 1: know when it stops you'll be on the ground, but 298 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 1: neither here nor there, so hopefully nobody's listening to the 299 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 1: show in the air. So in this case, what they 300 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 1: do to make sure that everything is safe. When you 301 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:22,720 Speaker 1: press on the gas pedal, you're actually stepping on an 302 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:29,320 Speaker 1: accelerator pedal sensor, an app accelerator pedal position sensor. All right. 303 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 1: There are two switches on that sensor when when, When 304 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:36,880 Speaker 1: you're not touching the pedal, one of those sensors reads 305 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 1: zero volts, the other one reads five volts. As you 306 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 1: step on the pedal, there is a reverse correlation. One 307 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:47,040 Speaker 1: starts to go down, one starts to go up. The 308 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:50,840 Speaker 1: computer sees that. The computer says, hey, Gordon, I like him. 309 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 1: Gordon's trying to tell me step but he's stepping on 310 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 1: the gas pedal. He wants me to open the throttle plate. 311 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 1: On the throttle plate, there's another two switches or sensors 312 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 1: exact same thing, ones high, ones low. It's it's looking 313 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 1: at that correlation as they change. Okay, in this case, 314 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:11,720 Speaker 1: if this is at five, the computer said, wait a minute, 315 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 1: the APP sensor lie to me. It's one of the 316 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 1: sensors is glitching. And that's the beauty of it. That's 317 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 1: why it's there. There's there's redundancy in the system. Something 318 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 1: is overheating. Okay. So you know, as a matter of fact, 319 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:30,320 Speaker 1: a lot of the General Motors products from this vintage 320 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:32,400 Speaker 1: and I don't remember Cobolt off the top of my head, 321 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:35,840 Speaker 1: were recalled and extended, warrantied, and you know, they just 322 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 1: kept bringing them back and replacing them. And I'm not 323 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:42,160 Speaker 1: saying the throttle body is wrong. There's there's three main 324 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:45,320 Speaker 1: components in this system. There's an APP, there's a TBS, 325 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:47,920 Speaker 1: a throttle body, and there's a PCM, which is the 326 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 1: interpreter um. PCMs rarely go bad. Apps are as common 327 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 1: as rain in Florida, and throttle bodies are the second 328 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 1: most common fault. They can be tested using a digital voltometer. 329 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 1: There are ways to look at it. A voltmeter of 330 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:04,719 Speaker 1: scope things like that, and you know, approach it in 331 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 1: that sense. I'd be willing to bet that if you 332 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:10,560 Speaker 1: pulled the code you find a twenty one thirty five, 333 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:14,359 Speaker 1: somebody could then either sweep test the sensor or replace 334 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: it because it's probably under a hundred bucks if it's 335 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:19,199 Speaker 1: not the sensor. And every once in a while ever 336 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:22,800 Speaker 1: run into this where the pin connectors actually get spread 337 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:26,800 Speaker 1: inside the wiring harness, then then we're then we're into 338 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:29,320 Speaker 1: a slightly horse of another color, and that's very tedious 339 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 1: and time consuming. You'd have to have a wiring harness 340 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:34,400 Speaker 1: repair made. They're out there. You can get the connectors 341 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:36,960 Speaker 1: at your local GM store. But um, I think what 342 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:40,639 Speaker 1: you're chasings at five because of the reduced engine power, 343 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 1: And that's how I would approach that. I would start 344 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:45,680 Speaker 1: start taking a hard look at the app sensor. Good 345 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:47,359 Speaker 1: luck to you, Gordon, and I hope you get back 346 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:49,399 Speaker 1: to the beach. I cut up about seven minutes of 347 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 1: your time. You get another eight minutes to go and 348 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:53,639 Speaker 1: it's gonna stop raining. Hey, you know we're always talking 349 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 1: about the parts race to the bottom and some of 350 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:59,840 Speaker 1: the problems that we're having in in terms of order repair, well, 351 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 1: the restores. You guys out there that are restoring and 352 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:05,200 Speaker 1: trying to restore, the folks out there that are doing 353 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:08,560 Speaker 1: it professionally, you're having problems too. And I like to 354 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 1: talk to the different manufacturers and suppliers for parts across 355 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:16,600 Speaker 1: this country of ours. One of those being LMC truck 356 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:19,280 Speaker 1: lmc truck dot com. Yes, they're one of our sponsors, 357 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:21,159 Speaker 1: and they're one of our sponsors because we believe in 358 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 1: their product and it was a two way conversation that 359 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:27,240 Speaker 1: created this relationship. And because of that relationship, I think 360 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:29,360 Speaker 1: it's important that we want to sit back and get 361 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 1: ready for the next segment of The Car Doctor because 362 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 1: we're gonna have Chris Tracy on. He's a social media 363 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:36,200 Speaker 1: manager for LMC truck. I'm gonna talk to him about 364 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:38,359 Speaker 1: the parts race to the bottom and what they go 365 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 1: through to help ensure the quality of the components that 366 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:43,359 Speaker 1: they're putting out the market. I'm not any in the 367 00:18:43,359 --> 00:19:06,200 Speaker 1: Car Doctor sit tight. We're back right after this. Hey, 368 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:08,119 Speaker 1: welcome back right on, any in the Car Doctor. We're 369 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:11,120 Speaker 1: rolling along this hour, and we're rolling along on wheels 370 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:13,080 Speaker 1: and tires and bearings and things that helped keep the 371 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:16,160 Speaker 1: vehicle going. And we're always talking about parts of late 372 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:20,360 Speaker 1: and we're on this rampage for quality parts because that's 373 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:22,640 Speaker 1: what it's all about. You can't fix something, no matter 374 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:24,920 Speaker 1: how talented or smarter or how good you are turning 375 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:27,960 Speaker 1: the wrench without making sure that the part you're putting 376 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:30,919 Speaker 1: on is of quality. And we wanted to turn to 377 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:33,000 Speaker 1: one of the best in the industry, the guys that 378 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:36,119 Speaker 1: are out there helping everybody with parts, particularly in the 379 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 1: area of trucks and suv and that would be the 380 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:41,359 Speaker 1: folks fer millenc Truck And we're gonna bring on Chris Tracy. 381 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:44,160 Speaker 1: Chris is actually the social media manager, but my spies 382 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 1: tell me Chris is a car truck guy. Now he's um, 383 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:50,280 Speaker 1: He's made the transformation. He's swallowed the kool aid, so 384 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 1: to speak. Chris, Welcome to the car doctor, sir, thank 385 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:54,760 Speaker 1: you for having me. What kind of cards you're driving? 386 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 1: High school? Chris? I drove a very economical, economical ad 387 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:02,480 Speaker 1: Accord And what do you drive now? Now? It's a 388 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:05,680 Speaker 1: two thousand three GMC Yukon x L. Because I've got kids. 389 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:09,159 Speaker 1: So but you know, now you're a truck guy. You 390 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 1: know you were telling me before when we were talking 391 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:15,240 Speaker 1: before the break that, um, you were doing the water 392 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:17,639 Speaker 1: pump this past weekend and you work on your own vehicle. 393 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:19,440 Speaker 1: And I mean you went from a high school kid 394 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:21,520 Speaker 1: in a Honda a chord which you know just got 395 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 1: you back and forth to something that's kind of cool 396 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:26,760 Speaker 1: and with style and it's a truck and you're into cars. Now, 397 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:29,040 Speaker 1: what what made the transformation? How did they get into 398 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:33,160 Speaker 1: your veins? Uh? Well, and it was just I've always 399 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 1: had an engineering background. My my parents are engineers and nurses, 400 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:38,560 Speaker 1: and so this was something that I could look at 401 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:40,760 Speaker 1: and especially with the advent of the internet, now I 402 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:44,720 Speaker 1: can I can educate myself to then be able to 403 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 1: do a lot of the work. And so it was 404 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:49,160 Speaker 1: kind of a financial thing that drove me to it 405 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:52,320 Speaker 1: was not being able to afford repairs. I started doing 406 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:54,520 Speaker 1: them myself, right, and it it just sort of made 407 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:56,119 Speaker 1: a car guy out of your truck guy out of 408 00:20:56,119 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 1: you in this case. Uh So then here you are 409 00:20:58,560 --> 00:21:01,520 Speaker 1: at LMC truck. Now, you know, tell us a little 410 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:05,040 Speaker 1: bit about them. Where did ellis LMC truck come from? Well, 411 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:10,000 Speaker 1: the our initial company is actually Victoria British Limited. Uh 412 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 1: for MGS Triumphs, Austin Healey's and Sunbeams um and there's 413 00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 1: only so many of those that are going to be 414 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:18,480 Speaker 1: on the road. They quit making the last mgs and 415 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 1: like eight one, and so as a company, we saw, well, 416 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:24,400 Speaker 1: that's going to be a diminishing market. Where else could 417 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:26,480 Speaker 1: we go that could be a market that would also 418 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 1: allow for growth. And and they're still making trucks. They're 419 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:32,480 Speaker 1: all over the place. But we can go all the 420 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 1: way back to the late forties for Chevy, GMC and 421 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:39,399 Speaker 1: Ford and back to like two for Dodge trucks. And 422 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:43,120 Speaker 1: it's this this giant market that that exists not only 423 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:45,040 Speaker 1: here in the US, but in other countries around the 424 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:49,120 Speaker 1: world as well. So beyond I mean, do you still 425 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:51,639 Speaker 1: do the mgs and the Triumphs and and and the 426 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:53,800 Speaker 1: British cars like that or is that company kind of 427 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:56,240 Speaker 1: going away and now it's more truck and suv stuff. 428 00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:00,320 Speaker 1: I would say our main focus is definitely LMC truck, 429 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:03,200 Speaker 1: but we we do work for Victoria British as well. 430 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 1: We have um I know, my background here is all 431 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:08,440 Speaker 1: of the social media and so all of the social 432 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:10,639 Speaker 1: channels that we have for REALMCY Truck. We also have 433 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:14,320 Speaker 1: for Victoria, British. And there's also another component of Black 434 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:18,040 Speaker 1: Dragon Automotive which is old Dots and Z cars and 435 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 1: first generation Mozaric sevens. So you guys are car people 436 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 1: without a doubt. Um, what kind of truck parts do 437 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:26,639 Speaker 1: you carry? I mean, if somebody's out there looking for 438 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 1: a water pump or a gas tank or you know, 439 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:32,879 Speaker 1: a directional switch, what exactly you know can they expect 440 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:34,639 Speaker 1: to find if they were to go out to LMC 441 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:37,399 Speaker 1: truck dot com and start looking. Well, the nice thing 442 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:40,520 Speaker 1: about our our our company is we're broken down by catalog. 443 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:43,239 Speaker 1: So your your year making model is very important to us. 444 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 1: So if you're driving a sixty seven Chevy, we're only 445 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:48,680 Speaker 1: going to send you a catalog that has sixty seven 446 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:50,919 Speaker 1: Chevy parts in it. We don't. We don't throw in 447 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:54,359 Speaker 1: all of the other realm of things. So um yeah, 448 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:56,399 Speaker 1: And it's a free catalog. You just have to go 449 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:58,359 Speaker 1: online and you can put in your information and we 450 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:00,560 Speaker 1: and we mail you on We don't. We don't make 451 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 1: you put anything upfront, and so they say, but in 452 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:06,879 Speaker 1: the catalog itself and then all of those things that 453 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:09,200 Speaker 1: we can find that we think are valuable parts that 454 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:11,400 Speaker 1: are gonna be a good fit for your truck, are 455 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:13,560 Speaker 1: going to be in that catalog, and they're even broken 456 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:17,920 Speaker 1: down specifically, so there might only be parts that fit 457 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:22,720 Speaker 1: at eight and then seventy two, and in the catalog themselves, 458 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 1: they're broken down even more. Is you know? My first 459 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 1: exposure to LMC truck was probably I'm gonna say fifteen 460 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:31,240 Speaker 1: years ago. We had a customer at the shop with 461 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:33,879 Speaker 1: a nine two S ten Blazer and we needed a 462 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 1: directional switch that General Motors never made or didn't make anymore, 463 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, a wiper switch. They didn't make it anymore. 464 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:41,960 Speaker 1: We ordered from you guys, and lo and behold, it 465 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:45,400 Speaker 1: comes in a GM box. So I'm thinking you're obtaining 466 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 1: some of new old stock and you're able to put 467 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:50,199 Speaker 1: that together too. Is that a fair statement? Yes, some 468 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 1: of it, Some of it happens. We also we have 469 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:56,280 Speaker 1: parts manufactured ourselves. We we test it, we prototype ourselves. 470 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:59,399 Speaker 1: We have our own research and development crew and house. 471 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:02,239 Speaker 1: We have a warehouse full. It's my favorite place here 472 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:04,160 Speaker 1: at the company because it's just full of old trucks, 473 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:08,119 Speaker 1: um and and you can you can if you go 474 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:10,600 Speaker 1: in there, you can really see that there's Fords, there, Chevyes, 475 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:12,680 Speaker 1: there's Dodges all over the place. A lot of them 476 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 1: are broken down and and we'll not broken down, but 477 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 1: they're they're torn apart. They're taking apart and how does 478 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:18,760 Speaker 1: this work? And how does this fit? And how does 479 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:21,199 Speaker 1: this go together? They're getting in and once we get 480 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:23,640 Speaker 1: prototypes back, we we then test fit again to make 481 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:26,840 Speaker 1: sure that that on from what we're manufacturing to what 482 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 1: we're gonna sell. We want something that is going to 483 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:32,680 Speaker 1: work and function for you exactly the same as O 484 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:36,520 Speaker 1: E or better if we can do it. So fair statement, 485 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:41,160 Speaker 1: LMC really is, it's it's it's there reputation. You guys 486 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:44,159 Speaker 1: are known for having hard to find truck parts. That 487 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:46,679 Speaker 1: that's kind of what we live for. Yeah, you know, 488 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 1: whether whether they really are hard to find or whether 489 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 1: you make them and they're not hard to find anymore. Um, 490 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:54,520 Speaker 1: either way, you guys have got it. So how many 491 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:56,840 Speaker 1: parts are on hand and ready for shipment? I mean 492 00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 1: if I were restoring a N S ten Blazer right now, 493 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:02,920 Speaker 1: and I wanted to get into suspension and steering and 494 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 1: you know, and a little electrical and breaks and I mean, 495 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:09,560 Speaker 1: stop when you don't have it. Chris you know, engine parts. 496 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:13,960 Speaker 1: We have thirty individual part numbers that we house in 497 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:17,239 Speaker 1: over six football fields of warehouse space, so there's there 498 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:19,960 Speaker 1: are quite a few parts on hand. Um and I 499 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,119 Speaker 1: would say our our order of fill rate is about 500 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:24,960 Speaker 1: so just about every order that comes in we we 501 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:28,560 Speaker 1: have it in stock. Um. We we want to get 502 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:30,000 Speaker 1: it out to you as soon as we can kind 503 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,160 Speaker 1: of thing. So it's we want to be the one 504 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 1: place you can go for and you were right. Bumpers, grills, 505 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:39,639 Speaker 1: weather stripping, glass, suspension components, door handles, tailgates, body steel, 506 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:44,080 Speaker 1: temperature control units, all of the fun stuff. Right Hey, Chris, listen, 507 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 1: the clock is gonna grab me. Can you stick around then? 508 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:47,480 Speaker 1: Extra segment? There's a lot more I want to cover 509 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 1: and I don't want to rush through this. It's too good, 510 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 1: you can. You can hang around for an extra segment, right, 511 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:54,160 Speaker 1: absolutely perfect. I'm run on any in the Car Doctor. 512 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:56,879 Speaker 1: I'm here with Chris Tracy of LMC Truck LMC truck 513 00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:24,680 Speaker 1: dot Com. We'll both be back right after this. Yeah, 514 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:27,919 Speaker 1: welcome back rond Any and the Car Doctor. We're here 515 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,399 Speaker 1: this hour with Chris Tracy. Chris is the social media 516 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:34,200 Speaker 1: manager for LMC Truck lmc truck dot Com. We're talking 517 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:38,680 Speaker 1: about parts, trucks, SUVs putting together, whether it's that old 518 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:41,159 Speaker 1: forty Chevy out in the garage your restoring, or that 519 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:43,240 Speaker 1: oh three Yukon maybe you had to put a water 520 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:45,000 Speaker 1: pump on this past weekend. These are the guys to 521 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:47,679 Speaker 1: go to. Chris. When we pulled over and took the pause, 522 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:51,400 Speaker 1: it was a conversation about on hand parts. I want 523 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:53,359 Speaker 1: to talk about one of my favorite areas that I know. 524 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:56,439 Speaker 1: You guys are experts at quality of parts. You know, 525 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:58,880 Speaker 1: how do you decide what's good what you want to sell? 526 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:01,280 Speaker 1: How do you have the rut that so many other 527 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 1: parts manufacturers and distributors are falling into, you know, just 528 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:07,240 Speaker 1: just for no other way to say it, putting junk 529 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:10,040 Speaker 1: in the marketplace? Right, Well, a lot of it goes 530 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:14,160 Speaker 1: back to our research department. Those guys work constantly, five 531 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:16,520 Speaker 1: days a week trying to trying to find more parts. 532 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:18,439 Speaker 1: And and then as as stuff comes in that we 533 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:21,159 Speaker 1: have manufactured again, they're test fitting. They want to make 534 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:23,280 Speaker 1: sure that what we're putting out there is the best 535 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:26,560 Speaker 1: possible product that we can find. Do you would you say, 536 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:30,879 Speaker 1: you know, car companies don't make cars, they buy the 537 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:35,280 Speaker 1: parts and assemble them, and fair statement that what you 538 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 1: guys do is something that the car companies are doing. 539 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:41,480 Speaker 1: You're finding vendors or you're making the part yourself, and 540 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:44,119 Speaker 1: you're assembling it and you're testing it and you're researching it, 541 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:46,960 Speaker 1: and you know you're improving on it and then putting 542 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,760 Speaker 1: it out to the public. That that's exactly what we do. 543 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:52,840 Speaker 1: A major example that we have is our Dodge dash 544 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:55,680 Speaker 1: pads for for kind of late model Dodge trucks. The 545 00:27:56,040 --> 00:28:00,119 Speaker 1: oequality product actually cracks and shrinks when and when it's 546 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:02,640 Speaker 1: exposed to heat and things like that. So we actually 547 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:06,920 Speaker 1: formulated our own solution um and and manufacture something that's 548 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:10,399 Speaker 1: more heat resistant so they don't shrink or fade like 549 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:14,040 Speaker 1: the OE ones do. Do you think you know, let's 550 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:17,760 Speaker 1: say somebody out there is restoring something and you get 551 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:20,720 Speaker 1: enough requests. Maybe it's a it's a widget on a 552 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:23,119 Speaker 1: forty eight Chevy and there's enough guys restoring it and 553 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:26,960 Speaker 1: that part doesn't exist anymore. If you get enough requests, 554 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:32,760 Speaker 1: you consider manufacturing it. Absolutely, we're we are always trying 555 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:36,119 Speaker 1: to add new parts to the lineup. We're we're getting 556 00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:39,320 Speaker 1: ready to bring some some new products to early forwards 557 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:43,240 Speaker 1: with with hood hinges and and other hood components for 558 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:46,200 Speaker 1: the engine bay there um that are that's something we're 559 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:50,560 Speaker 1: adding soon. Um. We're also possibly adding all steel body 560 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:53,720 Speaker 1: panels for early forward before in the markets you can 561 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:56,920 Speaker 1: only really find fiberglass, and so we're trying to bring 562 00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:59,680 Speaker 1: the steel back in that market. So we know how 563 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:01,560 Speaker 1: hard you guys work at it. We know how good 564 00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:04,680 Speaker 1: LMC truck is. But your vendors, if you've got a 565 00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:08,000 Speaker 1: vendor that you're using, is there an approval process they've 566 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:11,959 Speaker 1: got to go through before their LMC truck certified. Yeah. Absolutely, 567 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:13,760 Speaker 1: if if it's something that we're having trouble with a 568 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 1: vendor and we were the only stuff we want to 569 00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 1: use from a vendor, or something we think it's going 570 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:20,080 Speaker 1: to fit as well, and it goes through the same 571 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:24,080 Speaker 1: process of going through test fitting too to then make 572 00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:28,200 Speaker 1: sure it's gonna work and and and yeah, and then 573 00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:29,680 Speaker 1: I guess in the long run, if you make it 574 00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:31,480 Speaker 1: work and you make the improvement or you make the 575 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:35,000 Speaker 1: part available, that's building brand and customer loyalty. And that's 576 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:36,920 Speaker 1: why you guys have been around so long doing so well. 577 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:40,280 Speaker 1: What you're doing. Yeah, it really kind of makes sense. Um, 578 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:42,680 Speaker 1: one last thing before we start to wind up in 579 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:45,920 Speaker 1: our last minute or two. LMC truck Life I've been 580 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:48,680 Speaker 1: I've been watching it and reading it, and uh, you know, 581 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:51,120 Speaker 1: you're the first company I've seen in a long, long 582 00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:55,320 Speaker 1: time that you know, tell us about your truck, tell 583 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:57,560 Speaker 1: us about your SUV. You want to know the backstore, 584 00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:00,160 Speaker 1: you want to know how it came to be. And 585 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:03,240 Speaker 1: I'm fascinated with that because it means you guys care, 586 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:06,480 Speaker 1: whose idea was that? Where did that come from? Well, 587 00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:08,400 Speaker 1: it was kind of a it was kind of a 588 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:12,760 Speaker 1: team effort. We anybody who's restored a car or a truck, 589 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:15,280 Speaker 1: when you get done, you want to tell somebody about it. 590 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:19,000 Speaker 1: It's a major accomplishment to kind of finish a restoration, 591 00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:21,920 Speaker 1: even though we all know they're never really finished. But 592 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:24,400 Speaker 1: but to get it done. We were getting letters and 593 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:26,760 Speaker 1: we were getting photos, and we had file cabinets full 594 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:29,920 Speaker 1: of them, and it kind of got tossed around of 595 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:32,800 Speaker 1: what do we do with all of this stuff? And 596 00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:35,280 Speaker 1: and so LMC truck life dot Com came to be 597 00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:38,640 Speaker 1: as a place for maybe not the physical letters and 598 00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:42,400 Speaker 1: pictures anymore, but but customers could send them there, and 599 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:44,640 Speaker 1: so that way, not only could we get to see them, 600 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:46,920 Speaker 1: but then we also get to share them with everyone else. 601 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:51,240 Speaker 1: And and you probably learn as much from those customer 602 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:54,440 Speaker 1: stories as you do from the technical request and the 603 00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:58,000 Speaker 1: technical hotline stuff and things like that, right right, Absolutely, 604 00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:00,160 Speaker 1: you can. You can see where there are gap in 605 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:02,160 Speaker 1: the market kind of thing for products and things like 606 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:04,640 Speaker 1: that from their stories. But at the same time, we 607 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:07,160 Speaker 1: also just get to see what what people can turn out, 608 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:09,480 Speaker 1: what people can do, which is really awesome. Yeah. You know, 609 00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:11,200 Speaker 1: one of the things I've learned doing this radio show 610 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:14,200 Speaker 1: for the past twenty five years is you learn about people. 611 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:16,800 Speaker 1: You learn an awful lot about what's going on. Hey, Chris, 612 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:19,040 Speaker 1: the clock is gonna grab us real quick. Where's the website. 613 00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:22,680 Speaker 1: We're gonna go get more information. Uh to parts and accessories. 614 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:25,000 Speaker 1: Ellency truck dot com if you want to see customer 615 00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:28,400 Speaker 1: stories and and other're awesome trucks, LMC truck life dot com. 616 00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:32,080 Speaker 1: Cool Beans. Chris Tracy, social Media Manager, LMC truck We 617 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:34,880 Speaker 1: enjoyed talking with you and we're gonna look forward to 618 00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:36,560 Speaker 1: talking to you again. We'll get together maybe in the 619 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:38,960 Speaker 1: fall and talk a little bit more about trucks and 620 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:41,680 Speaker 1: parts and things like that. Is that a deal sounds good? Man? 621 00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:43,400 Speaker 1: Hopefully I'll have new parts to talk about. We can 622 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:46,120 Speaker 1: talk about new parts, perfect, Chris, you're my guy. I'm 623 00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:48,240 Speaker 1: running any in the car doctor. We are back right 624 00:31:48,280 --> 00:32:10,880 Speaker 1: after this. Don't go away your go with the wind 625 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:23,080 Speaker 1: and stuff hangs in the hand backer here. Once again, 626 00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:24,800 Speaker 1: I want to thank Chris Tracy and all the nice 627 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:27,680 Speaker 1: folks at LMC truck llmc truck dot com for their 628 00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:31,280 Speaker 1: efforts and them. If you've ever tried to restore or 629 00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:35,480 Speaker 1: repair anything automobile, well anything really for that matter, you 630 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:37,480 Speaker 1: know what it is to feel the frustration of having 631 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:40,160 Speaker 1: a part that doesn't exactly fit or work like it's 632 00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:42,120 Speaker 1: supposed to and you go g is for a few 633 00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:45,680 Speaker 1: pennies more. I'd take something better and make my life easier. Well, 634 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:48,440 Speaker 1: that's what LMC truck is really all about. In a 635 00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:50,360 Speaker 1: previous hour, real quick, I want to wrap a couple 636 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:52,280 Speaker 1: of loose ends up this hour as we close out. 637 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:55,040 Speaker 1: In a previous hour, I had a conversation with you 638 00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:58,160 Speaker 1: about changing a spare tire and how many of you 639 00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:01,800 Speaker 1: can and um, you know, can young people change a 640 00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:04,600 Speaker 1: spare tire. Can the new drivers change a spare tire? 641 00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:07,800 Speaker 1: And I think this is really important. I just wanted 642 00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:10,520 Speaker 1: to touch on it again. You know, the problem with 643 00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:13,640 Speaker 1: automobiles are or one of the problems with automobiles are 644 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:16,880 Speaker 1: they give you a sense of empowerment. You're in this 645 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:19,400 Speaker 1: big four wheeled machine proving along the road at sixty 646 00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:21,920 Speaker 1: miles an hour, and when he gets something as simple 647 00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:25,080 Speaker 1: as a flat, a nail on the tire or screw whatever, 648 00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:27,000 Speaker 1: and you're stuck on the side of the road at 649 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:29,640 Speaker 1: the mercy of the road. Being at the mercy of 650 00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:31,880 Speaker 1: the road is never a good thing. And for the 651 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:34,520 Speaker 1: lack of a little bit of preparation, and you know 652 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:36,920 Speaker 1: how things work. We had a and it's not necessarily 653 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:39,760 Speaker 1: young people either. We had a sixty two year old 654 00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:42,400 Speaker 1: customer this week. He drives a Gary drives a two thousand, 655 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:44,600 Speaker 1: six f one fifty pick him up truck. He's a 656 00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:47,320 Speaker 1: carpenter by trade, and he got a flat. He drove 657 00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:49,200 Speaker 1: over a spike in the road that was sticking out 658 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:51,640 Speaker 1: of a corner ambutment and it tore the side of 659 00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:53,480 Speaker 1: the tire off and he went to change the flat. 660 00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:57,600 Speaker 1: He's never done it before and the Ford pickup trucks. 661 00:33:57,600 --> 00:33:59,600 Speaker 1: Like a lot of vehicles today, they have that Navy 662 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:03,760 Speaker 1: land your method of spare tire, spare tire installation and 663 00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:06,360 Speaker 1: storage where they you know, you and the tool goes 664 00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:08,840 Speaker 1: through the bumper and you like they pulled a pilot 665 00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:10,600 Speaker 1: out of the ocean. I'm not sure who designed this, 666 00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:13,600 Speaker 1: but it definitely does not make for an easy thing. 667 00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:15,080 Speaker 1: And he said, there, I am ten o'clock a night 668 00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:16,359 Speaker 1: on the side of the road. I'm trying to figure 669 00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:18,640 Speaker 1: out how to lower the tire, and you know, thank 670 00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:20,400 Speaker 1: god I had a flashlight and I said yeah, and 671 00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:22,000 Speaker 1: he goes, but I didn't know where anything was. I 672 00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:24,719 Speaker 1: didn't have the procedure and how it worked. And my 673 00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:27,759 Speaker 1: comment was, you know, Gary, we always panic at the 674 00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:30,560 Speaker 1: time when we hit the iceberg. And that's not the moment. 675 00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:35,120 Speaker 1: That the time to start cursing the uh, the tire installers, 676 00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:37,520 Speaker 1: when we purchased the truck, and then ourselves because we 677 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:40,040 Speaker 1: haven't prepared for it. So when you hit the iceberg, 678 00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:43,560 Speaker 1: you gotta start building lifeboats. And I said to him, 679 00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:46,080 Speaker 1: as I say to you, learn how to do it now, 680 00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:47,560 Speaker 1: Learn how to do it today, Learn how to do 681 00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:49,680 Speaker 1: it when it's not raining out when you're not buried 682 00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:51,439 Speaker 1: in the mode, when you're not in a three piece suit, 683 00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:54,480 Speaker 1: And um, at least know what your options are. And yeah, 684 00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:56,600 Speaker 1: I know most of you have triple A and roadside 685 00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:59,040 Speaker 1: and but you know what's somewhere, somehow, some way the 686 00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:01,239 Speaker 1: roads is, the road is gonna rise up to meet you. 687 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:04,120 Speaker 1: And UM, you're not gonna be prepared. So if you're 688 00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:06,080 Speaker 1: a parent and you're sending your young driver out on 689 00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:08,839 Speaker 1: the road, let's let's teach them how to change of flat. 690 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:10,279 Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, I'll tell you what we'll do. 691 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:15,640 Speaker 1: I think we should start a spare tire challenge video contest. 692 00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:18,120 Speaker 1: I have to talk to Tom Ray about this. We'll 693 00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:20,560 Speaker 1: kick this around and um, you know, being as that 694 00:35:20,680 --> 00:35:22,279 Speaker 1: we're in New York and we'll talk to our local 695 00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:24,000 Speaker 1: affiliate in New York. We'll talk to the good folks 696 00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:25,759 Speaker 1: at w r c R. Maybe we can put something 697 00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:30,319 Speaker 1: together a spare tire changing contest and maybe some sort 698 00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:32,840 Speaker 1: of instructional video, because I really think this is important 699 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:34,840 Speaker 1: that if someone's down and out on the side of 700 00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:36,440 Speaker 1: the road, they're not going to be down and out 701 00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:39,800 Speaker 1: very long. And um, we can empower the young people 702 00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:42,359 Speaker 1: to take things into their own hands and get back 703 00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:44,160 Speaker 1: to safety and get back to where they have to be. 704 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:47,480 Speaker 1: So just just my thoughts on that, real quick and um, 705 00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:49,440 Speaker 1: just kind of important. I wanted to touch on that. 706 00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:51,400 Speaker 1: I also want to touch on the fact that this 707 00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:53,480 Speaker 1: radio show is back live in New York and the 708 00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:55,680 Speaker 1: New York market, and um, I want to take a 709 00:35:55,680 --> 00:35:58,120 Speaker 1: real quick minute and thank the obvious and the not 710 00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:01,200 Speaker 1: so obvious folks for keeping it alive and on the 711 00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:03,600 Speaker 1: air these past three years. That being Tom Ray, Big 712 00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:06,799 Speaker 1: Tony Atwood, Um, little Jimmy's in there somewhere from a 713 00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:09,799 Speaker 1: long time ago, and fast Harry and of course Mom. 714 00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:12,520 Speaker 1: Without Mom, where would we be? And uh, the guy 715 00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:13,920 Speaker 1: I looked to for wisdom at the end of the 716 00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:17,560 Speaker 1: week Carpenter Bob Um. He's also the Tommy Chong impersonator. 717 00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:19,279 Speaker 1: If you've ever seen our Cheach and Chan, you know 718 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:20,760 Speaker 1: who it is and you know who I'm talking about. 719 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:23,040 Speaker 1: So but thanks to all you guys for getting me here. 720 00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:25,200 Speaker 1: I plan on sticking around a while yet until the 721 00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:27,800 Speaker 1: next time I'm Ronandandy in the car doctor reminding you 722 00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:31,080 Speaker 1: good mechanics aren't expensive, they're placeless. See you