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Speaker 1: So let's go over to Larry in Iowa eleven GM.

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Speaker 1: See what's going on here, Larry? How can I help? Hey? Ron,

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Speaker 1: thanks for taking my call. UM. Okay, so last week,

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Speaker 1: and I'll dig him out and I comptf and email

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Speaker 1: How many repair shops you got around Altoon do you think, Russ? Uh? Oh,

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Speaker 1: You know, it can be said, and I guess it's

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Speaker 1: their batteries because they don't own battery chargers and their

425
00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:26,480
Speaker 1: batteries dead and and they wanted to start, and they're

426
00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:29,000
Speaker 1: just like, well, just give me a new battery. So,

427
00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:31,920
Speaker 1: you know, best advice for everybody that's cars we're sitting

428
00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:35,800
Speaker 1: during quarantine, charge the battery. Please charge the battery. And

429
00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:38,160
Speaker 1: even if you don't, you know, for vehicles that get

430
00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:41,359
Speaker 1: used on a regular basis once a month, just plug

431
00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:43,800
Speaker 1: it in overnight just to top the battery. Off because

432
00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:48,160
Speaker 1: most batteries sit in a in a state of not

433
00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:52,440
Speaker 1: state of charges, a partially discharged states. So to do

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Speaker 1: that even once a month, just preventatively will maximize the

435
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Speaker 1: performance of the battery and it will extend the life

436
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Speaker 1: of it and you won't have to spend his much

437
00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:04,720
Speaker 1: time and money messing around with it. Typically, Jim, this

438
00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:07,040
Speaker 1: time of year, and we're talking to Jim McLane from

439
00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:09,560
Speaker 1: Optimate Batteries. If you're just tuning in UM, you know,

440
00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:12,480
Speaker 1: typically Jim, this time of year, people are putting away

441
00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:15,959
Speaker 1: the hot rods, the toys, the the the seacraft. Okay,

442
00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:18,600
Speaker 1: um is, do you have any advice for you know,

443
00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:21,800
Speaker 1: we're gonna put our toys away for the winter battery maintenance.

444
00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:25,120
Speaker 1: What's the best thing people can do? Well, just like

445
00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:27,800
Speaker 1: it's great for their cars to use battery charges, it's

446
00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:29,760
Speaker 1: great for their boats and r vs and all their

447
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Speaker 1: other summer toys. And sometimes people have storage that doesn't

448
00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:36,520
Speaker 1: have power to it and they don't have electricity. So

449
00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:39,360
Speaker 1: in those situations, I would say, fully charge the battery

450
00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:42,720
Speaker 1: and understand what a fully charged battery is because a

451
00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:45,040
Speaker 1: lot of people think of twelve volt batteries fully charged

452
00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:48,240
Speaker 1: at twelve point zero volts, when the reality is it's

453
00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:50,560
Speaker 1: got to be at least twelve point six volts. And

454
00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:53,919
Speaker 1: for some batteries like our Yellow Cops, they're fully charged

455
00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:56,479
Speaker 1: like about thirteen to thirteen point t volte. So if

456
00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:59,080
Speaker 1: if they don't have electricity where they store their vehicle,

457
00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:03,920
Speaker 1: fully charge that battery and then completely disconnected from the vehicle,

458
00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:07,080
Speaker 1: so there's no chance that some switch was left on.

459
00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:10,320
Speaker 1: It's gonna discharge the battery over the next couple of

460
00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:13,520
Speaker 1: months when you're not even paying attention to it. Uh.

461
00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:15,480
Speaker 1: And and then when you go to bring the vehicle

462
00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:18,520
Speaker 1: back out of storage, fully charge it again because batteries

463
00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:20,480
Speaker 1: will self discharge on their own even if they're not

464
00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:23,040
Speaker 1: connected to anything. In that way, you make sure that

465
00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:26,239
Speaker 1: your battery is in tip top shape and and as

466
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Speaker 1: best you can, ready to go if you don't have

467
00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:32,040
Speaker 1: a way to keep it maintained all through the winter months. Jim,

468
00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:35,280
Speaker 1: I'm a consumer. I'm standing in a park store aisle

469
00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:37,600
Speaker 1: or a superstore center or something, and I'm trying to

470
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Speaker 1: figure out I want to buy a battery, sell me

471
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Speaker 1: an Optima battery, or tell me tell me why I

472
00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:44,000
Speaker 1: want two things from me I want to know why

473
00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:46,720
Speaker 1: is an Optima battery a better battery? And I want

474
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Speaker 1: to know how do I figure out what battery size

475
00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:53,280
Speaker 1: or capacity I need? What's that all about? Okay, Well,

476
00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:56,120
Speaker 1: if we have a battery that fits your vehicle, and

477
00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:58,360
Speaker 1: unfortunately we don't fit all of them, but we sit

478
00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:01,080
Speaker 1: most of them are bad. Usual last up to three

479
00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:04,400
Speaker 1: times as long. UM. So if if you've got five

480
00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:07,119
Speaker 1: years out of your last battery, that could be fifteen years. Now.

481
00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:10,600
Speaker 1: If you have a least car or a Winner Beater

482
00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:13,000
Speaker 1: that you bought for a thousand bucks, or a car

483
00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:15,520
Speaker 1: you're probably not going to hold onto for much longer

484
00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:18,120
Speaker 1: than the next year or two. I'll be honest. Maybe

485
00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:19,680
Speaker 1: you don't want to buy one of our batteries because

486
00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:22,440
Speaker 1: they are more expensive. Um But if you're gonna hold

487
00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:25,280
Speaker 1: onto your vehicle, if you have a hot rod that

488
00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:28,200
Speaker 1: you don't want to see acid damage the under side

489
00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:31,399
Speaker 1: of the hood if some something catastrophic happens with the

490
00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:34,560
Speaker 1: charging system. Our batteries are sealed, so they're not going

491
00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:37,400
Speaker 1: to make a mess with battery acid leaking all over

492
00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:42,320
Speaker 1: the place. Um And so between the lifespan and the

493
00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:46,080
Speaker 1: safety aspect of it alone, our batteries are are worth

494
00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:47,639
Speaker 1: the price that you pay if if you're going to

495
00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:50,160
Speaker 1: hold onto a vehicle for the long term. Right, yeah,

496
00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:54,280
Speaker 1: you get what you pay for, right absolutely in batteries.

497
00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:57,640
Speaker 1: That's that's absolutely the case. In our last minute, sum,

498
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Speaker 1: I have a question for you that maybe it's a

499
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Speaker 1: little off the wall. Do you ever consider making an

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00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:06,720
Speaker 1: optima battery that looks like an old battery for the

501
00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:09,439
Speaker 1: guys with the hot rods. I'm asking a great question.

502
00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:13,680
Speaker 1: I'm asking this for a friend. We get that question

503
00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:16,560
Speaker 1: quite a bit, and I'll be honest with you. Um,

504
00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:19,800
Speaker 1: we only produced we we still produce a six fold battery,

505
00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:21,920
Speaker 1: or one of the few manufacturers who do. And there's

506
00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:25,160
Speaker 1: a lot of six old vehicles out there. Um, somebody made,

507
00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:28,720
Speaker 1: actually a couple of companies made cases several years ago

508
00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:31,720
Speaker 1: where you could drop that optimust six fold into the

509
00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:34,040
Speaker 1: black case and it looked like an auto light or

510
00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:37,480
Speaker 1: some old brand, and then then close that case. The

511
00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:40,960
Speaker 1: problem was, we became the OE battery for the Volkswagen

512
00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:45,440
Speaker 1: EOS convertible, the hard top convertible, and they use two

513
00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:48,240
Speaker 1: of our six old batteries and they lay the flat

514
00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:51,960
Speaker 1: because they needed the space for the convertible cop so, uh,

515
00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:55,520
Speaker 1: those batteries now have a vent port in them. The top,

516
00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:58,120
Speaker 1: the red top on them is a little bit thicker,

517
00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:01,400
Speaker 1: and they no longer it in most of those cases,

518
00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:04,600
Speaker 1: which is kind of a bummer. But I just I

519
00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:06,400
Speaker 1: was on a message board the other day. I cameramber

520
00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:09,560
Speaker 1: a stove boat stove boat dot com or somewhere else where.

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00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:12,200
Speaker 1: Somebody else had come up with a new case where

522
00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:15,400
Speaker 1: you can drop an old six old Optima battery into

523
00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:18,840
Speaker 1: the old case and kind of disguise it again. And

524
00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,920
Speaker 1: I've seen people paint our batteries and you can do that.

525
00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:24,560
Speaker 1: They just paint them black because they don't want the

526
00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:31,720
Speaker 1: colored batterything. You the right exactly exactly. I'm just thinking

527
00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:33,560
Speaker 1: it would be neat to put you know, the old

528
00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:37,720
Speaker 1: school Delco or Ford Motorcraft or auto light whatever case

529
00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:39,960
Speaker 1: in the car, but have the Optima guts in it,

530
00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:41,760
Speaker 1: and it would just be like a win win would

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Speaker 1: be the best of all both worlds. So, um, we'll

532
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:47,400
Speaker 1: hear that question a lot. So if if somebody's listening

533
00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:50,200
Speaker 1: that has maybe a three D printer and some ambition

534
00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:52,760
Speaker 1: that could be a business opportunity. There you go. So

535
00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:54,480
Speaker 1: you talked to the boss. When you get a chance

536
00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:56,440
Speaker 1: and you let us know what happens. Hey, Jam, where

537
00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:59,720
Speaker 1: can the listeners get more information real quick? Anywhere on

538
00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:03,280
Speaker 1: the internet where they have their favorite social media platforms

539
00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:06,200
Speaker 1: or Optima Batteries dot Com is our website. We've got

540
00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:08,960
Speaker 1: lots of great videos on the Optima Batteries YouTube channel

541
00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:12,160
Speaker 1: as well, and are one of our newest videos. Shows

542
00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:14,880
Speaker 1: are our whole production process. So we'll actually take you

543
00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:18,440
Speaker 1: inside the factory and and Micro will deliver in his

544
00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:22,080
Speaker 1: velvet velvety smooth voice the process for you of how

545
00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:25,360
Speaker 1: optim batteries get put together. Cool Being's Optima Batteries dot

546
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Speaker 1: com and let's not forget Auto Batteries dot Com. Jim,

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00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:30,880
Speaker 1: I want to wish you and yours a save, healthy,

548
00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:33,160
Speaker 1: happy holiday season and thanks for taking the time to

549
00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:35,480
Speaker 1: be with us today. Thank you. I hope you guys

550
00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:37,440
Speaker 1: are safe as well. You'd be well. I'm running any

551
00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:39,280
Speaker 1: in the car. Doctor. We are back right after this.

552
00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:49,960
Speaker 1: Welcome back. Let's again thanks to Jim mcilvan and the

553
00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:52,960
Speaker 1: folks over there at at the Optima Batteries. They are

554
00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:54,960
Speaker 1: neat if you can, if you've got a use, and

555
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:57,239
Speaker 1: like Jim said Iff. If it's an application for your

556
00:30:57,240 --> 00:31:00,080
Speaker 1: car and you're planning to keep it, then Optima bat

557
00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:02,280
Speaker 1: reason are the way to go. They are a they

558
00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:05,400
Speaker 1: are a great product, a great idea. Um. We were

559
00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:08,880
Speaker 1: talking before and I promised you this. You know, how

560
00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:10,360
Speaker 1: do I do certain things in the shop? And I

561
00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:12,680
Speaker 1: think you can hear is that the wondergo? Lucy. She's

562
00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:15,280
Speaker 1: in studio with me right now. She's kind of getting restless.

563
00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:18,280
Speaker 1: She knows we're coming to the end, and she's up

564
00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:21,200
Speaker 1: to hear her jingling around. How do you do certain

565
00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:23,400
Speaker 1: things in the shop. We had an No. Four avalon

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00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:27,720
Speaker 1: this week that had a bead front exhaust pipe, the

567
00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:31,160
Speaker 1: headpipe coming off the two cats and it had to

568
00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:33,840
Speaker 1: come down. Well, it's seventeen years old, it's been up

569
00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:36,760
Speaker 1: there forever and Toyota's got an issue. It wouldn't matter

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00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:40,920
Speaker 1: whether it was, you know, sixteen years old, Lucy behaviorrself

571
00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:44,200
Speaker 1: here on radio. It wouldn't matter if it was if

572
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:47,800
Speaker 1: it was sixteen years older, or six years old or

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Speaker 1: six months old. It seems that there's issues in the

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00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:53,800
Speaker 1: way Toyota mounts pipes in the sense that their exhaust

575
00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:56,600
Speaker 1: nuts are are self locking. They tend to swedge in

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00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:59,440
Speaker 1: against the stud and they don't give you a great

577
00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:02,640
Speaker 1: deal of flex ability for removal. So what ends up

578
00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:05,160
Speaker 1: happening inevitably is if they've got any kind of mileage

579
00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:07,640
Speaker 1: or time on them, is they're rusted and you will

580
00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:11,640
Speaker 1: usually pean over the threads backing the nuts off. Here's

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00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:15,680
Speaker 1: the trick, all right, heat them, Heat them. You've got

582
00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:18,160
Speaker 1: to be careful obviously you're using heat. You want to

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00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:21,320
Speaker 1: heat the nut, not until it's glowing orange, but just

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00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:25,400
Speaker 1: a good dark cherry red. Just get it warm enough

585
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:27,240
Speaker 1: and then a little bit more and it's it's it's

586
00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:28,920
Speaker 1: it's a game of you've got to try this a

587
00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:31,320
Speaker 1: little bit to see and go through the experience. You

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00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:34,240
Speaker 1: get them cherry red. Hit them with a water bottle,

589
00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:37,440
Speaker 1: not a spray, but a nice solid stream. Sprits it

590
00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:40,280
Speaker 1: a couple of times down soak it real good until

591
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:44,000
Speaker 1: it's cold. Heat it again. Do that twice on the

592
00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:47,920
Speaker 1: second pass through. P B blaster works the best. Spray

593
00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:50,280
Speaker 1: a little bit of peb blaster on it, and then

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00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:53,440
Speaker 1: right away get your four team millimeter ready, tighten the

595
00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:55,760
Speaker 1: nut and then loosen the nut and you'll feel it's

596
00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:58,560
Speaker 1: spin right off with no resistance. It's a combination of

597
00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:02,040
Speaker 1: the water, the thermal knock and the PB blasters soaking

598
00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:04,640
Speaker 1: in and to provide the lubrication to get that nut off.

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00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:07,320
Speaker 1: The stud works every time, did it on this one?

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00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:10,040
Speaker 1: Got all four off, no problem. I'm Ron and any

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Speaker 1: in the Car Doctor. We'll be back right after this.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back. You know, I just want to do a

603
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Speaker 1: quick shout out and say thank you to K b

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Speaker 1: j T. A M down there, a M fifte forty,

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Speaker 1: Arkansas carrying the Car Doctor Show now Saturday's ten am

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00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:37,360
Speaker 1: to noon. Just keep in mind we're here live Saturday

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Speaker 1: afternoons to the four pm Eastern time. You can give

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Speaker 1: us a quality A five five five six zero, even

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Speaker 1: if we're not in your market live at that time,

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Speaker 1: and we can answer your car questions. We're here for you.

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00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:49,440
Speaker 1: But again, K b j T, we appreciate you guys

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Speaker 1: doing what you're doing and being part of the Car

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Speaker 1: Doctor family. Let's go over to Facebook. Bob Right said, Hey, Ron,

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Speaker 1: my son in law who's a New York City firefighter

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00:33:57,440 --> 00:34:00,520
Speaker 1: has a two thousand seven Trivi two thousand seven. Let

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00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:03,040
Speaker 1: me talking talking is good on radio has a two

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00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:06,440
Speaker 1: thousand seven Chevy Trailblazer with a blown front differential. He's

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00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:08,200
Speaker 1: had a toad to two shops for repair, but each

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00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:10,800
Speaker 1: shop didn't want to take the repair, saying too complex

620
00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:12,759
Speaker 1: with the axle is going through the oil pan. Any

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Speaker 1: recommendation for where to take the car for repair? Who

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00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:17,920
Speaker 1: would be best equip to handle this? You know what, Bob,

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00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:20,239
Speaker 1: This is a tough repair and I'll tell you what's

624
00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:24,160
Speaker 1: happened the front differential. This This is a genius engineer.

625
00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:27,160
Speaker 1: Move boy, um this This shows that alcohol was involved

626
00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:29,960
Speaker 1: in the design of this vehicle because the front differential

627
00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:33,759
Speaker 1: mounts and goes through the front oil pan. Now that

628
00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:38,799
Speaker 1: aluminum differential has galvanized itself and corroded itself to that

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Speaker 1: aluminum oil pan, and the problem is going to be

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Speaker 1: getting the two apart. Chances are it doesn't come apart easily.

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Speaker 1: Chances are it doesn't come apart in one piece. The

632
00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:52,359
Speaker 1: entire front axle has to be split off the pan

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Speaker 1: if you can soak it. Obviously, pbe Blazer at the

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00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:58,160
Speaker 1: top of my list of choices of what to Troy

635
00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:00,359
Speaker 1: and a good soaking. I don't even to know if

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Speaker 1: that will do it, because I've been down this road

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Speaker 1: and it usually comes down if the differential doesn't come apart,

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Speaker 1: soaking it with p B. Now it gets air chiseled

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Speaker 1: off and the oil pan gets replaced. So it's the

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Speaker 1: oil pan and the front differential. That front differential is

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Speaker 1: not readily available. You've got to find a rebuilder that's

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Speaker 1: got to have it, and some of the national rebuilders

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Speaker 1: that come in mind. I believe Jasper still makes that

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Speaker 1: front iff. You've got to check with them first to

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Speaker 1: see if they still do. Jasper Engines dot Com I

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Speaker 1: think it is, or Jasper dot com. But the front

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Speaker 1: tiff has to be purchased. The oil pan will the

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00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:37,319
Speaker 1: likelihood have to be replaced. A big job. I'm not

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Speaker 1: saying it's not worth doing. Just know what you're getting

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Speaker 1: into prior because chances are that front iff will not

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Speaker 1: come apart. Yeah, thumb design actle goes right through the

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Speaker 1: oil pan and somebody got paid to put that together.

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Speaker 1: You can't believe it. You can't make it up. I'm

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Speaker 1: roninating in the car. Doctor're reminding you. I don't make

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Speaker 1: it up each and every week. But I'm here to

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Speaker 1: remind you once again. Good mechanics aren't expensive. They're priceless,

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Speaker 1: let's see you, and she cost s