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Speaker 1 (00:03):
I'm crazy.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
You've got a Mercury reed.
Speaker 3 (00:07):
Ma Chevy to the litty Osa.
Speaker 4 (00:15):
Good afternoon, and welcome to the car show. Dane Donovan
taking all of your car questions. The number to call
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gorgeous Saturday afternoon. And again I'm taking your phone calls
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(00:37):
nine fifty five hundred. Let's go to Dave. We've got
Dave on phone. Dave, welcome to the car show. I
can help Dane.
Speaker 5 (00:44):
How's it going?
Speaker 1 (00:45):
I'm good?
Speaker 4 (00:45):
How are you, sir?
Speaker 5 (00:47):
Doing pretty good?
Speaker 4 (00:48):
Uh?
Speaker 5 (00:49):
Did you ever figure out how I'd be able to
read the coves off that ninety one Mastah?
Speaker 4 (00:54):
I did you know what I did? Uh? I did
do that, and uh, I can't remember I printed it
off for you. I can't remember what terminals it was
because there's there's two terminals. I I Uh, I'm trying
to think here, I want to say.
Speaker 5 (01:12):
Because it's a black plug and each one has like
point zero two foldage come through it.
Speaker 4 (01:18):
Uh, huh.
Speaker 5 (01:20):
Well, when you took that two together or you ground.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
One of them ground?
Speaker 4 (01:24):
Well, yeah, there's there's two terminals. I want to say,
don't hold me to this. I looked it up, I
printed it off and everything for you. It's at work.
I want there was like terminal like one and seven.
I think it was you jump them. Uh, but don't
hold me to that. I'll, i'll, i'll, I have the
printed it. I have it printed out at work. What
(01:44):
I want you to do is, I think it's one sentence,
So you just you literally take a paper clip and
you jump one and seven and then that that light
will flash and like I said, you know it'll flash
like this is just an example. It might flash to
turn two times right and then stop and then flash
three times, which would you code twenty three?
Speaker 1 (02:01):
Right?
Speaker 4 (02:02):
But man, I'm trying to think. I thought it was
one and seven, but I haven't printed out at work.
Call me to call me on Monday and i'll, i'll,
I'll give it to you. I'm sorry. I have it
printed out. It's all my desk because.
Speaker 5 (02:16):
I tried a couple of different ways and I couldn't
get nothing to work for me.
Speaker 4 (02:21):
Well, do you live close by. I mean you can
if you're welcome to swing by, and I'll do it
for you, okay.
Speaker 5 (02:27):
And then the other question I had for you was
turn signal. It blinks real fast, it doesn't work, of course.
And then but when it blinks real fast, or ain't
no green indicator blinking on the dashboard normally when you
got like a burnout ball, it's blank's real fast. You
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can hear it blinking real fast. But it don't work
the same way with the emergency flashers.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
Really you think that would.
Speaker 5 (02:56):
Be something like a thieves box in there.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
Because so so.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
Are the turn signals working outside of the vehicle?
Speaker 5 (03:03):
The left one does, but the right one don't. The
bulbs are good, okay.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
All right, so you've replaced the balls, and when you so,
the hazards don't work as well? Do they work on
the left side and on the right side? Right?
Speaker 5 (03:18):
Yeah, they don't work on the right side, and they
work on the left side. And then the main thing
I noticed is on the inside the green indicator usually
blanks do and that don't blank at all. It don't
light up.
Speaker 4 (03:32):
Yeah, all right, So all right, so you you you
turn on the left turn signal, everything works turn on
the right nothing.
Speaker 5 (03:39):
Works, right, the sound but nothing's blanking.
Speaker 4 (03:47):
So you can hear the noise. It's it's it's blinking fast.
But there's no no, absolutely nothing on the right side.
Speaker 5 (03:54):
Right, there's no lights lighting up and even on the inside.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
Okay, and you've replaced the balls, and you said, I mean,
what about the turn signal switch.
Speaker 5 (04:02):
Well, I didn't replace the balls, but I say they're
all working because I've never had that work. Have that
happened before with the indicator on the inside, don't doesn't
lie as well?
Speaker 4 (04:13):
Yeah, I mean I think, I mean, you would want
to make sure that you've got you want to make
sure that you've got power and ground going, you know,
make sure you have power and ground going to those balls.
If you don't, then yeah, you got to trace it
back to I don't know that it would be a
computer problem. I would my next step would be to
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replace the turn signal switch.
Speaker 5 (04:37):
Turn signal switch, because of course the parking lights work,
you know when I turn those on.
Speaker 4 (04:43):
Yeah, that's I mean, I would before you go trying
to chase down a wire issue or a computer issue,
the turn signal switch would probably be my first step.
I mean, you know, my guys. Obviously, would you know,
do run a wire diagram and so on and so forth,
but without being able to physically look at it, right,
(05:06):
So I think for you your next step would be
to replace the turn signal switch.
Speaker 5 (05:12):
Okay, can you test those.
Speaker 4 (05:16):
If you take them apart? Yes, but there's no there's
no way that you can, like you still have to
take it out, you know what I mean, especially with
it being a ninety one, because it's pretty obd two.
Speaker 5 (05:27):
So okay, Hey, Dan, I really appreciate your help today.
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go back to the phones We've got Dan. Hey, Dan,
welcome to the car show. How can I help?
Speaker 8 (06:47):
How you doing, Dean?
Speaker 4 (06:48):
I'm glad.
Speaker 8 (06:49):
How are you fine? Two thousand and seven Buick concern
with the three point eight one hundred and seven thousand
miles on it, and I'm looking to respread or replace that.
I think it's called a strut engine torque mount. It's
on the top side, okay, and I have a couple
(07:11):
of questions on that when I pull that off, is
the engine going to shift or move that I have
to watch.
Speaker 4 (07:17):
Out for or no, no, no, I mean it might
move a little bit, but it's not most of that
Most of that engine is being held up by the
lower motor mount. So now when you take that torque
rod we called torqu rod or torque strut or torque
mount whatever, No, it might shift a tab it like
you know, you might take it off and you won't
notice it. But then when you go to try to
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put the new one on and line those those bolts
back up, you might have to move it just to
tad bit. But it's nothing that is drastic. You know,
you might have a hard time starting the bolt. But
a lot of times, you know, you get a pride
bar or whatnot and just you know, get somebody do
But no, you'll you'll be fine. You'll be totally fine.
Speaker 8 (07:58):
Now does that have to be a factory part or
can you go after market on that?
Speaker 3 (08:03):
Well?
Speaker 4 (08:03):
Great question? Uh, I mean, I I always say, I mean,
factory is always the best, right, okay, but not everybody
wants to pay factory price, right, A factory of Strup
map might be you know, you know, it might be
one hundred and seventy six dollars or you might be
able to find one on even or on Amazon for
fourteen dollars. Right, But with with with car parts, it
(08:26):
does it does go saying you know you get what
you paid for it, right, Uh, does it have to
be a factory on No? Not on something like that. No,
I don't know that the quality is going to be there.
And I always say too, if you're doing it yourself,
you're already saving yourself a ton of money by doing
it yourself. So you know, put the put the dealer
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part on it. You're doing it yourself, I think you'll
be much happier with the turnout. But again, you don't
have to on something like that. It's not going to
make a huge difference. But I'm a huge proponent to it.
I mean, in my own vehicles, I put dealer products
on if I can, if they're available. But then I
you know, I have a benefit because you know I
(09:09):
can do it myself. Right, So, but not everybody can
do it, but not from market won't be fine. But
just don't go with the cheapest one, just right, you know,
if you want to save yourself some money, go with
you know, something mill of the line.
Speaker 8 (09:21):
Right, okay? And where would I find that there's a
lot of this is going in I think a luminum
threads or something mound or whatever. Where would you find
that torque specs for the nut and the bolt on this?
Speaker 4 (09:37):
Man, to be honest with you, I don't know that
they're I mean you might, I don't. I don't think that.
I'm don't thinking. I mean, I don't know that you
beer out you're I don't think you'll be able to
find it. I don't. I don't know that there's going
to be one for that, okay, because I mean if
(09:58):
I mean, my guys might be able to find. But man,
that would be pretty difficult to try to find that.
I'm sure it's out there. But I would say that
just you want to make sure that they're hand tight.
Speaker 3 (10:08):
You know.
Speaker 4 (10:08):
I wouldn't use any type of you know, if you
use like a an air tool or some type of
drill or something like that to tighten them up, that's fine,
But I would just make sure that you you hand
tighten them and you'll be fine.
Speaker 8 (10:22):
Okay. And would you put anything on the threads and
I ses or anything going into aluminum.
Speaker 4 (10:28):
You're going into aluminum, I mean we don't typically. I
mean my guys don't a lot of times too. The
anti SS, yes, the anti CES is, you know, it's
designed to keep it from allowing it to come out
the next time and not. But going into aluminum no,
I mean, if it was, if it was you know,
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if it was you know, metal, maybe, but I mean
we we don't use a ton of anti cs. Okay,
I mean that you know that the anti SES is
really kind of to prevent that thing from not season
up right, and then you really don't want to run
the risk of it backing out. You know, even though
you hand tighten it, it could still eventually back out.
Speaker 3 (11:11):
So okay.
Speaker 8 (11:13):
And one last question. Now, this course has got one
hundred and seven thousand on it, seventeen years old.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
One owner.
Speaker 8 (11:21):
My question is I was going to change changing fluids,
and I looked in the owner's manual and the first
transmission service is not supposed to be done till one
hundred and fifty thousand miles and it's a two thousand
and seven. So I'm wondering what your take is on
with one hundred and seven would it hurt to go ahead?
Speaker 2 (11:41):
And do it.
Speaker 8 (11:42):
But it's seventeen years old though.
Speaker 4 (11:44):
Yeah, no, I would go ahead and do it, yes two,
uh no, it wouldn't hurt it. I would. I would
certainly do it. Now. What I would tell you too,
is I would do don't. I would not recommend doing
like a flush. Don't do like transmission flush, right, it's
too abrasive. What I would tell you to do is
(12:04):
do a service where you drop the pan, put a
new filter in it, and you know, you refill the
transmission itself. I would do that, or just you know,
at least a draining fill, drain out the what's in it,
because you know your transmission probably has you know, nine
it all cars, all makes, some models are different, right,
(12:25):
but you know it probably has eight, nine ten quarts
of transmission fluid in there. Right. When you do a flush,
you flush out all of it. But like I said,
with one hundred and seven thousand miles at seventeen years old,
that's a little abrasive, that's a little that's a little
harsh on it. So I would preferably I would recommend
drop the pan, put a new filter on it, and
just refill the pan so that you're only going to
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be replacing about four quarts of transmission fluid. You're not
replacing at all because we want to slowly introduce that
new fluid to the old fluid, because the fascosity of
that fluid, that fluids a lot thicker, because over years
that fluid breaks down becomes real think of like like water. Right,
And then if we replaced it all, it's really hard
on the transmission. So we kind of want to We
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kind of want to walk before we run, right, So
I don't want to. It'd be like if you're going
to get a knee surgery and then running a marathon.
We don't want to do that. We want to walk
and slowly build that back up and slowly introduce that
transmission fluid to the old transmission fluid. But no, it's
not going to hurt it. I think it's a great
thing to do. Transmissions are expensive, and changing your oil
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and changing your fluids are the cheapest things that you
can do to keep that thing running.
Speaker 8 (13:35):
Okay, Well, I appreciate it. You're welcome your show every weekend.
Speaker 4 (13:39):
Well, thank you, I appreciate it. You have a great weekend.
And the thing about fluids is, you know, when I
got you know, I've been doing this for just actually
just celebrated twenty five years. I've been doing this twenty
five years. September eleventh, nineteen ninety nine is when I
started working for Donovans and Man. When I started fluid,
(14:00):
it's where Man, you changed You changed oil every three
thousand miles. You changed all your fluids every thirty thousand miles,
and that was it. And nowadays it's like, oh no,
it's it's lifetime fluid. You don't have to change it.
Oh your oil is good for once a year, and YadA, YadA, YadA,
which you know, don't get me started on that nonsense,
because that's that's just nonsense. Your your car. The oil
(14:24):
should be changed on your car. Still to this day.
I don't care what the car tells you to do.
I don't care what the dealer told you to tell
told you to do. You should be changing oil every
five thousand miles. Transmission fluid, I mean like Volkswagens and Audi's,
they've got lifetime transmission fluid. It's never recommended to be replaced,
(14:44):
which I disagree with. And uh, but I will be
honest with you on the oil. It's a massive problem. Right,
So yes, change your oil every five thousand miles and
make sure you're checking it. I'll be honest with you,
I don't know that I've ever ever had an Audi
or a Vo Now, just because I haven't seen it
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doesn't mean it doesn't happen. But I mean I can't
remember an Audi or Volkswagen ever, not ever coming into
my shop that needs a transmission. Ever. I've seen them
come in every single day need an engines, but never transmissions.
So I don't know they do a great job building transmissions.
They don't do a great job building engines. But most
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of these manufacturers aren't doing it right either. I mean,
you know, it's a massive problem with these cars burning
and using oil. And I had a guy in not
too long ago. He didn't like to hear that and
didn't like our answer, but I mean they do. He's like,
it's only got one hundred thousand miles on it. I'm like,
but he, I mean, these cars start burning oil at
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fifty thousand miles. I mean, it's a it's a huge problem.
But you know, and a lot of people will was
there a recall, like no anymore? If all of our
automakers would go out of business, immediately if they recalled
everything that was wrong with these cars. I mean they could,
they couldn't. They couldn't afford it financially, there's no way, right. So, typically,
unless there's a class action lawsuit or you know, somebody's
(16:12):
lives have been lost because of this issue, they usually
don't offer a recall. So, but you can always call
your local dealer, and it's a great thing to do.
Call your dealer. If you've got a newer call, just
call a dealer say hey, listen, here's my VEN number.
Do I have any open recalls? Right? You're supposed to
be notified by mail, but let's be honest, a lot
of times we kind of just you know, it's like, oh, junk, ma,
(16:32):
I'll throw it away, right, But it's a great thing
to do is call your dealer, your local dealer, and
just say, hey, here's my VEN number. Do I have
any open recalls on my vehicle? And if they do,
go ahead, schedule appoyment and get them repaired. You know,
So it's important to do that. So and change your
fluids like that. That gentleman was asking all the right questions,
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Some All right, let's go back to the phones. We've
got Randy. Hey, Randy, welcome to the car show. How
can I help?
Speaker 2 (19:29):
Yeah, I guess someone already answered what I called about.
I have a two. I have a twenty sixteen Chevrolet
Silverado pickup truck. Huh and uh, it's got one hundred
and twenty thousand miles on it. Okay, I bought it
new and I'm retired now, so I want the truck's
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in really great shape, so I want to get the
best out of it. I'm going to take it in
and have service. You know, I want new service, team bell,
check the brakes, break line, plus out, the radiator, tune up,
all that. But I was also wondering about the transmission
fluid I've had. I've heard mixed reviews on should you
change it or not change it? And I know you
(20:12):
probably recommend to go ahead and have the pay and
pulled off the filter and all that. I didn't understand
the part about reintroducing new fluid gradually.
Speaker 4 (20:23):
So what happens is typically around typically any car that
has over one hundred thousand miles and that transmission fluid
has been changed, that that fluid over time it breaks down,
it becomes real it becomes thin like water. Okay, so
the transmission and the clutches and the gears are all
(20:43):
kind of used to that. Right. What happens is if
you were to change all of the fluid at once,
that fluid is a lot thicker, and the viscosity of
it thickness is a lot harder on the transmission because
it's got one hundred and twenty thousand miles on it,
So it's really hard on the transmission. So it would
be like the best analogy that I that I use
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is like, it's like, you know your transmission right now
with that fluid that's in, it's like swimming in a
pool of water. Okay, it's easy, right, you go and
you change all that transmission fluid. Now you're like swimming
in a pool of jello. It's gonna be a lot
harder because it's so thick and you're not gonna be
used to it, right, and it's a lot of times
what will happen is it'll shock the transmission. The transmission
(21:26):
can't handle it because it's just too abras if it's
just too thick. Right, So by only changing you know,
four out of the nine quarts, it's slowly introduced into
it and it's not as hard on the transmission. Okay,
follow me, Yes, So I mean, go ahead.
Speaker 2 (21:47):
I guess My question is if I if you pull
the pan off, all the fluid comes out? Correct?
Speaker 4 (21:56):
No, because most No, you've got fluid in the torque converter,
you got fluid in the transmission cooler lines, you've got
fluid in the in the radiator. So you get most
of it out, but you don't get all. I mean,
your torque verter probably has I don't know five. I'm
not a transmission guy. Transmission guy is probably gonna be
(22:16):
ringing screaming at me, but I mean, you know, there's
probably I'm thinking a torque vertic can probably hold four
or five courts transmission fluid. You know, no, that's not
gonna come out. The only way you could get it
out is if you did a transmission flush. So what
you do is you hook up to the transmission cooler
lines and one line sucking it out, one line is
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feeding it in. But like I said, if you did
all that, you don't want to do all that because
you know if it and correct me, you haven't had
that done at all, correct correct, all right, So and
it's just it's just if you if you flushed it,
you know, you could flush it and possibly be back okay.
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But you know the problem is is all those that
all that metal, all that all those particles and everything
like that. You just forced all that through that filter, right,
So now you plug up the filter. Now, if you
were gonna drop the pan, what I would recommend is
you drop the pan, you put a new filter in it,
and you replace you know, you're on that silverado. I
mean you know you're probably gonna replace it with about
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five quarts. I mean you're gonna replace about half of it,
not all of it, you know, and then over time,
you know, and then and what I would like you
to do is in thirty thousand miles, if you want,
you could do the flush then. But it's just like
I said, you could do the you could do the flush.
It's just really it's really hard on the transmission, and
you just don't want to create a problem that you
(23:42):
know shouldn't be there, right it Like I said, I
used your analogy earlier too. It's like if you would
and had knee surgery, you wouldn't go get up and
run a marathon the next day. Right, You've got to slowly,
so we're slowly introducing that fluid so it's not too abrasive,
so it's not so hard on it, so you prolong
the life of the transmission.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
So so uh, the mechanic I'm taking it too. I've
known him for years of highlight trusting. And he pulls
that payan off and the filter and I'll mention to
him what you just told me. I imagine he's going
to agree with you and they'll just pull the pan
off the filter and just refill fluid and lead the
fluid in the torque order or.
Speaker 4 (24:22):
Correct.
Speaker 2 (24:22):
So that should do. What about the rear indifferential?
Speaker 4 (24:27):
Huh? So typically you know differentials are usually that would
be a good time. Is it is? This Silverado four
wheel drive yes, okay, so that's a great question. So
we need to think about at one hundred and twenty
thousand miles, we need to think about the rear differential fluid,
We need to think about the front differential fluid. And
when you think about the transfer case fluid, those are
(24:48):
all fluids that need to be changed as well. Now,
those the differential fluids are gear oil, right, so there's
you know, gear the gear oil can just can can
go forever, right, And these things aren't you know, they've
got moving parts. But it's not like an engine oil, right, So,
and it's a synthetic fluid. But yeah, I would be
(25:09):
absolutely And it depends on year making model whatnot. On
the transfer case. You know, some of them take transmission fluid,
some of them take GM special fluid. You know, every
year making model is different. But you know, if you're
gonna if you're gonna have the you know, the serpentine
belts done, you're gonna have the tune up done, you know,
think about and you're gonna have the coolant flush, you're
gonna do the transmission. I would do a transmission service
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because you know that pan's got a big magnet at
the bottom of it. So when they drop that pan,
that magnet could just be full of metal because when
it's circulating through that that transmission or whatnot, you know,
those gears they start breaking down, right, and that metal
it sticks to that. So you want to get that,
you know, you want to get that magnet, clean it
all off, get all that metal off there, put a
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new filter on it, new gasket, fill the transmission, and
then I would absolutely recommend plane replacing all the rear
differential fluid front differential fluid. They're gonna probably be the
same like ad W ninety or seventy five, one forty.
It's pretty standard, right, and then the trans the transfer
case flu as well, because GM is notorious for their
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transfer cases going out because nobody changes the fluid in.
I mean they the change there. It actually has a
chain in it and it wears out, wears a hole
in the case and so it's but those fluids are
you know, they're not as important as the oil, but
every one hundred thousand miles they should be done. So
you're kind of at a critical I mean, I've serviced
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a lot of gems. My wife has a GMC uh Chevy,
you know, but uh man, those all those fluids get
overlooked and a very differential or transfer case is very
very expensive. So it's important. And you know for those
of you I've my wife is a I think she's
on her fourth GMC. Listen, I know at one hundred
(26:54):
thousand miles. Yeah, GMC is gonna you know, Chevy GMC,
They're gonna hit you hard because you've got all those
flo that you got to change. But you know, in theory,
by doing all that, you're good for another one hundred
thousand miles.
Speaker 2 (27:07):
It's cheaper than a new truck.
Speaker 4 (27:09):
Oh. Absolutely, have you seen these things nowadays?
Speaker 2 (27:11):
Good lord, I guess my other my question on that
is when they change the fluids the gear oils, they
just suck that They just suck that fluid out and
put all new fluid in them. Or how's that done?
Speaker 4 (27:25):
Yes, that depends every year, making model a little bit different.
Some of them have some of them have a drain
drain plug. Some of them you have to take the
whole housing off, the real differential, but some of them
just have a just have a plug. You take it
out and you suck it out, and then you fill
it back up, and then you fill it up to
the point where it starts pouring out of that filled
fill hole, and then once it stops comes to a drip,
(27:48):
then you then you cap it and you refill it.
But every every every year is different. But and that
gear oil stinks, it stinks to high heaven. But but
I mean the things they'll last, Okay.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
So, like I said, I'll take it to a very
reliable mechanic I've known for thirty years, so I'm sure
he'll know what to do.
Speaker 4 (28:11):
Well if you if you know, if he says something
that that, if he tells you something that I didn't,
you call me back and say, hey, his theory on
that you know? Because listen, I've been doing this for
twenty five years. But does that mean I know absolutely everything?
Or do I know somebody else's opinion?
Speaker 3 (28:28):
Right?
Speaker 4 (28:29):
I mean everybody's Sometimes my opinion might be different than
your mechanic's opinion. But if he says something that doesn't
jive with what I told you, you call me back
and let me know and tell me not not to
not not not as like an aha moments, just no.
I mean, I want to hear. I want to hear.
I want to get gained every bit of knowledge that
I possibly can about this industry, and sometimes I mean
I had you know, And that's what and that's why
(28:53):
I enjoy what I do. Is because you know, you
sit there and you go, you know, oh Dan, you
work on cars. Yeah, but every single year make model.
These cars are always evolving, they're always changing. The industry
is always changing, so there's always something to learn, you
know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (29:08):
And by that, you know, that's why.
Speaker 2 (29:11):
That's why I called you, because I want to compare
your opinion.
Speaker 4 (29:14):
All right, Well, if he guys, if he says anything differently,
you call me. I want to hear his opinion. All right, Randy,
take care all right, Uh huh by bye, all right?
Uh taking your phone calls and I want to call
five one, three, seven, four nine fifty five hundred again.
This this industry is always changing, it's always evolving, so
there's never a dull moment in this industry. So I
(29:37):
enjoy what I do, really do. That's why I'm here
every Saturday to take all of your car questions. All right,
coming up, We've got Ben. You're listening to the car
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Speaker 6 (29:46):
You have a truck, camper, r V or trailer that
needs body repair. If so, call my buddy Dave Breakman
at Frank's Heavy Truck Collision Repair located just All five
seventy five or Route sixty three.
Speaker 1 (29:56):
It's convenient to both Cincinnati and Daton.
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Speaker 4 (30:24):
Taking your car questions. The number to call five one
three hundred. Although we are one an out of time,
but uh, I promise to get to everybody as as
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I really do appreciate it. How can I help?
Speaker 3 (30:42):
Thanks for taking my call?
Speaker 8 (30:43):
Not wrong.
Speaker 3 (30:43):
I got a two thousand and seven and I call
them t van Stepp van Fort chassis on it. It
could sit for a week, two weeks, Get in it
for us right up. So then sometime you get in
it won't do anything. As if to start, that's bad.
If I took it to a mechanic heaven, put a
new starter on, tell him and check to see what's it?
(31:05):
A external? Uh? What I want to say starter? Sollinoid?
He said, no, it's on that particular one. It's all
built in. Where should I start? Because new starter, new
battery in August goes today, won't crank, won't do nothing,
just turns, you know, like the starter ain't even kicking in.
(31:25):
And it could be a fused because I wouldn't think, because.
Speaker 4 (31:30):
Once a fuse blows, you're done and it doesn't come back.
God right done?
Speaker 3 (31:34):
So what No, it takes what days that wanted to turnover?
And takes what days they don't want to turn over
as always when it's blocking something.
Speaker 4 (31:41):
So you got to You got a brand new starter
and a new battery.
Speaker 3 (31:44):
You said, new battery, new starter, but big old slavee battery.
Speaker 4 (31:49):
Okay, And when you turn the ignition there's nothing. You
don't hear anything, there's no noises, nothing, come on the
radio the day power Yeah, so.
Speaker 3 (32:01):
You've got power lights up on the dash.
Speaker 4 (32:03):
All right, So you turned the key and just nothing.
Speaker 3 (32:05):
No turnover, no turnover. Lights on the dash, come on,
turn and hold a key on in the star position.
Blow the horn, horn blows good lights sign good. It's
I don't know if maybe it's in a column maybe.
Speaker 4 (32:24):
Man not not.
Speaker 3 (32:25):
I tried newt switched. Yeah. I tried moving the shifted
down to the new two stitched. Play around back and
forth right in that area.
Speaker 4 (32:32):
Yeah, so you put it. You put it in neutral. Yeah,
you put it in neutral and it still didn't change anything.
Speaker 3 (32:40):
Yeah, and play with it up and down right in
that air, you know, to make sure it ain't the
neutral switched not right, you know.
Speaker 4 (32:46):
Okay, well it sounds like you've covered a lot of
your bases. The starter. How how long ago was it replaced?
Speaker 3 (32:53):
August?
Speaker 4 (32:54):
Okay?
Speaker 3 (32:55):
And I had them put a new tune up and
brand new star on it because I had looked up
fun in the air and I seen the old starter
had a slight crack on the celinoid. So I said, well,
I ain't got time to you know, yeah, I play
with that. Just put a new one on. Be done.
And it's been cranking fine, but now it's gone back
to that crank today. Wait, two days later, h one crank?
(33:18):
Wait another two day? Oh, fire right up?
Speaker 4 (33:22):
Did you notice after he replaced the starter, did I
mean how quickly did the problem come back? I mean
he replaced the start in August?
Speaker 3 (33:28):
The problem came back. Oh, the problem came back like
a month later. I've been moving it, cranking it up joyfully, like,
oh okay, got rid of all them issues. Go there today,
back to the same mold.
Speaker 4 (33:41):
No start on the starter or do you remember? Do
you know what? Did he put in a new one
or remnufactured an aftermarket.
Speaker 3 (33:49):
Won probably remanufactured most likely?
Speaker 4 (33:53):
Yeah? Do you he didn't mention the brand or anything
like that.
Speaker 3 (33:57):
No, he's close today. I was gonna call him Monday.
But it just was bothering me that I thought I
had this issue gone, and here we're back into that issue.
I just thought, you know, maybe you had a suggestion,
was there a breaker or somethingwhere? But the problem is
(34:18):
it's a Ford chassis, but it's a Gremlin body, so
you know, it's not your basic whole setup, you know,
for it sends them to chassis and then they slaps
the body on it. So that's what I thought. It
was the external pilinoid start a silinoid. But I'm thinking, like,
where is that at he said, wasn't one on there?
What he said, he didn't see it's none on that one,
(34:41):
because I just knew that's what external sylinoid would do sometimes.
And they said some of them have two of them
on him.
Speaker 4 (34:47):
I haven't seen them with two on them. Most of
them just have one.
Speaker 3 (34:51):
I mean, okay, you know, I run you.
Speaker 4 (34:58):
I mean to be honest with you. I mean nine
at a ten times, nine out of ten times, unless
you've got some type of you know, ignition. You know,
could be a bad ignition switch or something like that,
or you know, it could be.
Speaker 3 (35:12):
Well, if you've got a bad anisi switch. If you
turn it on to the lights on the dash and
get out of there with that old school driver symptom,
shouldn't it turn over?
Speaker 8 (35:22):
No?
Speaker 3 (35:23):
I mean yeah, I mean, but it won't start.
Speaker 4 (35:26):
Yeah, I didn't do it this round.
Speaker 3 (35:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (35:30):
The symptoms, yeah, the symptoms that you're having experiencing today,
are they exactly the same that they were before the
starter was replaced?
Speaker 3 (35:39):
Correct? Correct, and for a whole month, no issue. Go
crank and move it out of my way, you know,
and it's such a big truck even when it starts.
Even if it start now, I would be nervous to
take it anywhere. Well, I mean, I forget it just
told you know, to get it told would just be Have.
Speaker 4 (35:59):
You checked all of your connections at the battery. Make
sure the battery connections of the negative pot of positive
are tight, MAB.
Speaker 1 (36:07):
Check those.
Speaker 4 (36:09):
Make sure that that yep, make sure that that ground
wires is tight and clean as well to the body
of the car. And then also make sure that the
the the connection at the starter is a good connection.
Because I'm thinking, either you've got a bad connection at
the battery or or the ground or at the starter,
(36:30):
or the starter that he put in there is defective.
I really do believe me. I had a car one
time we had to put I think it was four
or five I think it was four I think four
four or five Altnators on this one Subaru before we
got a good one. I mean, right out of the box.
We put them in cars not working, car won't it's
(36:51):
not charging, it's not charging. I'm like, listen, something's going on,
because there's no way. I'm like, we got a bigger problem. No,
it just took us five five altnators to get one right.
And I've had starters right out of the box bad,
so I mean.
Speaker 1 (37:04):
Before you off.
Speaker 3 (37:05):
So now I don't know where he went. I was
already told one distribution place to stay away from because
people always complaining about they're just not good. So I know,
I'm not gonna name no names, but I always go
to one that starts with a O and got a
K in it and get them there because I never
really had issues about Yeah you.
Speaker 4 (37:24):
Know, all right, yeah, check check your connections at the
battery and the starter. I think you just got possibly
a defective starter or just a bad, bad connection. So
I'm sorry to cut you off short, but thanks for
the call. Call me next week for the follow up.
So again, thank you everybody for calling. I'll be back
next Saturday to answer all of your car questions.
Speaker 1 (37:43):
Again.
Speaker 4 (37:44):
Free break pads at Donovan Tyre for the entire month
of October, So make your appointment this week and we'll
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You're listening to the Car Show on fifty five krc
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Speaker 7 (38:01):
Then and
Speaker 3 (38:10):
The
I'm crazy.
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Ma Chevy to the litty Osa.
Speaker 4 (00:15):
Good afternoon, and welcome to the car show. Dane Donovan
taking all of your car questions. The number to call
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(00:37):
nine fifty five hundred. Let's go to Dave. We've got
Dave on phone. Dave, welcome to the car show. I
can help Dane.
Speaker 5 (00:44):
How's it going?
Speaker 1 (00:45):
I'm good?
Speaker 4 (00:45):
How are you, sir?
Speaker 5 (00:47):
Doing pretty good?
Speaker 4 (00:48):
Uh?
Speaker 5 (00:49):
Did you ever figure out how I'd be able to
read the coves off that ninety one Mastah?
Speaker 4 (00:54):
I did you know what I did? Uh? I did
do that, and uh, I can't remember I printed it
off for you. I can't remember what terminals it was
because there's there's two terminals. I I Uh, I'm trying
to think here, I want to say.
Speaker 5 (01:12):
Because it's a black plug and each one has like
point zero two foldage come through it.
Speaker 4 (01:18):
Uh, huh.
Speaker 5 (01:20):
Well, when you took that two together or you ground.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
One of them ground?
Speaker 4 (01:24):
Well, yeah, there's there's two terminals. I want to say,
don't hold me to this. I looked it up, I
printed it off and everything for you. It's at work.
I want there was like terminal like one and seven.
I think it was you jump them. Uh, but don't
hold me to that. I'll, i'll, i'll, I have the
printed it. I have it printed out at work. What
(01:44):
I want you to do is, I think it's one sentence,
So you just you literally take a paper clip and
you jump one and seven and then that that light
will flash and like I said, you know it'll flash
like this is just an example. It might flash to
turn two times right and then stop and then flash
three times, which would you code twenty three?
Speaker 1 (02:01):
Right?
Speaker 4 (02:02):
But man, I'm trying to think. I thought it was
one and seven, but I haven't printed out at work.
Call me to call me on Monday and i'll, i'll,
I'll give it to you. I'm sorry. I have it
printed out. It's all my desk because.
Speaker 5 (02:16):
I tried a couple of different ways and I couldn't
get nothing to work for me.
Speaker 4 (02:21):
Well, do you live close by. I mean you can
if you're welcome to swing by, and I'll do it
for you, okay.
Speaker 5 (02:27):
And then the other question I had for you was
turn signal. It blinks real fast, it doesn't work, of course.
And then but when it blinks real fast, or ain't
no green indicator blinking on the dashboard normally when you
got like a burnout ball, it's blank's real fast. You
(02:48):
can hear it blinking real fast. But it don't work
the same way with the emergency flashers.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
Really you think that would.
Speaker 5 (02:56):
Be something like a thieves box in there.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
Because so so.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
Are the turn signals working outside of the vehicle?
Speaker 5 (03:03):
The left one does, but the right one don't. The
bulbs are good, okay.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
All right, so you've replaced the balls, and when you so,
the hazards don't work as well? Do they work on
the left side and on the right side? Right?
Speaker 5 (03:18):
Yeah, they don't work on the right side, and they
work on the left side. And then the main thing
I noticed is on the inside the green indicator usually
blanks do and that don't blank at all. It don't
light up.
Speaker 4 (03:32):
Yeah, all right, So all right, so you you you
turn on the left turn signal, everything works turn on
the right nothing.
Speaker 5 (03:39):
Works, right, the sound but nothing's blanking.
Speaker 4 (03:47):
So you can hear the noise. It's it's it's blinking fast.
But there's no no, absolutely nothing on the right side.
Speaker 5 (03:54):
Right, there's no lights lighting up and even on the inside.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
Okay, and you've replaced the balls, and you said, I mean,
what about the turn signal switch.
Speaker 5 (04:02):
Well, I didn't replace the balls, but I say they're
all working because I've never had that work. Have that
happened before with the indicator on the inside, don't doesn't
lie as well?
Speaker 4 (04:13):
Yeah, I mean I think, I mean, you would want
to make sure that you've got you want to make
sure that you've got power and ground going, you know,
make sure you have power and ground going to those balls.
If you don't, then yeah, you got to trace it
back to I don't know that it would be a
computer problem. I would my next step would be to
(04:34):
replace the turn signal switch.
Speaker 5 (04:37):
Turn signal switch, because of course the parking lights work,
you know when I turn those on.
Speaker 4 (04:43):
Yeah, that's I mean, I would before you go trying
to chase down a wire issue or a computer issue,
the turn signal switch would probably be my first step.
I mean, you know, my guys. Obviously, would you know,
do run a wire diagram and so on and so forth,
but without being able to physically look at it, right,
(05:06):
So I think for you your next step would be
to replace the turn signal switch.
Speaker 5 (05:12):
Okay, can you test those.
Speaker 4 (05:16):
If you take them apart? Yes, but there's no there's
no way that you can, like you still have to
take it out, you know what I mean, especially with
it being a ninety one, because it's pretty obd two.
Speaker 5 (05:27):
So okay, Hey, Dan, I really appreciate your help today.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
All right, you take care, all right, taking your phone
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Love to hear from you, So get the number. Call
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welcome to the car show. How can I help?
Speaker 8 (06:47):
How you doing, Dean?
Speaker 4 (06:48):
I'm glad.
Speaker 8 (06:49):
How are you fine? Two thousand and seven Buick concern
with the three point eight one hundred and seven thousand
miles on it, and I'm looking to respread or replace that.
I think it's called a strut engine torque mount. It's
on the top side, okay, and I have a couple
(07:11):
of questions on that when I pull that off, is
the engine going to shift or move that I have
to watch.
Speaker 4 (07:17):
Out for or no, no, no, I mean it might
move a little bit, but it's not most of that
Most of that engine is being held up by the
lower motor mount. So now when you take that torque
rod we called torqu rod or torque strut or torque
mount whatever, No, it might shift a tab it like
you know, you might take it off and you won't
notice it. But then when you go to try to
(07:38):
put the new one on and line those those bolts
back up, you might have to move it just to
tad bit. But it's nothing that is drastic. You know,
you might have a hard time starting the bolt. But
a lot of times, you know, you get a pride
bar or whatnot and just you know, get somebody do
But no, you'll you'll be fine. You'll be totally fine.
Speaker 8 (07:58):
Now does that have to be a factory part or
can you go after market on that?
Speaker 3 (08:03):
Well?
Speaker 4 (08:03):
Great question? Uh, I mean, I I always say, I mean,
factory is always the best, right, okay, but not everybody
wants to pay factory price, right, A factory of Strup
map might be you know, you know, it might be
one hundred and seventy six dollars or you might be
able to find one on even or on Amazon for
fourteen dollars. Right, But with with with car parts, it
(08:26):
does it does go saying you know you get what
you paid for it, right, Uh, does it have to
be a factory on No? Not on something like that. No,
I don't know that the quality is going to be there.
And I always say too, if you're doing it yourself,
you're already saving yourself a ton of money by doing
it yourself. So you know, put the put the dealer
(08:49):
part on it. You're doing it yourself, I think you'll
be much happier with the turnout. But again, you don't
have to on something like that. It's not going to
make a huge difference. But I'm a huge proponent to it.
I mean, in my own vehicles, I put dealer products
on if I can, if they're available. But then I
you know, I have a benefit because you know I
(09:09):
can do it myself. Right, So, but not everybody can
do it, but not from market won't be fine. But
just don't go with the cheapest one, just right, you know,
if you want to save yourself some money, go with
you know, something mill of the line.
Speaker 8 (09:21):
Right, okay? And where would I find that there's a
lot of this is going in I think a luminum
threads or something mound or whatever. Where would you find
that torque specs for the nut and the bolt on this?
Speaker 4 (09:37):
Man, to be honest with you, I don't know that
they're I mean you might, I don't. I don't think that.
I'm don't thinking. I mean, I don't know that you
beer out you're I don't think you'll be able to
find it. I don't. I don't know that there's going
to be one for that, okay, because I mean if
(09:58):
I mean, my guys might be able to find. But man,
that would be pretty difficult to try to find that.
I'm sure it's out there. But I would say that
just you want to make sure that they're hand tight.
Speaker 3 (10:08):
You know.
Speaker 4 (10:08):
I wouldn't use any type of you know, if you
use like a an air tool or some type of
drill or something like that to tighten them up, that's fine,
But I would just make sure that you you hand
tighten them and you'll be fine.
Speaker 8 (10:22):
Okay. And would you put anything on the threads and
I ses or anything going into aluminum.
Speaker 4 (10:28):
You're going into aluminum, I mean we don't typically. I
mean my guys don't a lot of times too. The
anti SS, yes, the anti CES is, you know, it's
designed to keep it from allowing it to come out
the next time and not. But going into aluminum no,
I mean, if it was, if it was you know,
(10:49):
if it was you know, metal, maybe, but I mean
we we don't use a ton of anti cs. Okay,
I mean that you know that the anti SES is
really kind of to prevent that thing from not season
up right, and then you really don't want to run
the risk of it backing out. You know, even though
you hand tighten it, it could still eventually back out.
Speaker 3 (11:11):
So okay.
Speaker 8 (11:13):
And one last question. Now, this course has got one
hundred and seven thousand on it, seventeen years old.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
One owner.
Speaker 8 (11:21):
My question is I was going to change changing fluids,
and I looked in the owner's manual and the first
transmission service is not supposed to be done till one
hundred and fifty thousand miles and it's a two thousand
and seven. So I'm wondering what your take is on
with one hundred and seven would it hurt to go ahead?
Speaker 2 (11:41):
And do it.
Speaker 8 (11:42):
But it's seventeen years old though.
Speaker 4 (11:44):
Yeah, no, I would go ahead and do it, yes two,
uh no, it wouldn't hurt it. I would. I would
certainly do it. Now. What I would tell you too,
is I would do don't. I would not recommend doing
like a flush. Don't do like transmission flush, right, it's
too abrasive. What I would tell you to do is
(12:04):
do a service where you drop the pan, put a
new filter in it, and you know, you refill the
transmission itself. I would do that, or just you know,
at least a draining fill, drain out the what's in it,
because you know your transmission probably has you know, nine
it all cars, all makes, some models are different, right,
(12:25):
but you know it probably has eight, nine ten quarts
of transmission fluid in there. Right. When you do a flush,
you flush out all of it. But like I said,
with one hundred and seven thousand miles at seventeen years old,
that's a little abrasive, that's a little that's a little
harsh on it. So I would preferably I would recommend
drop the pan, put a new filter on it, and
just refill the pan so that you're only going to
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be replacing about four quarts of transmission fluid. You're not
replacing at all because we want to slowly introduce that
new fluid to the old fluid, because the fascosity of
that fluid, that fluids a lot thicker, because over years
that fluid breaks down becomes real think of like like water. Right,
And then if we replaced it all, it's really hard
on the transmission. So we kind of want to We
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kind of want to walk before we run, right, So
I don't want to. It'd be like if you're going
to get a knee surgery and then running a marathon.
We don't want to do that. We want to walk
and slowly build that back up and slowly introduce that
transmission fluid to the old transmission fluid. But no, it's
not going to hurt it. I think it's a great
thing to do. Transmissions are expensive, and changing your oil
(13:29):
and changing your fluids are the cheapest things that you
can do to keep that thing running.
Speaker 8 (13:35):
Okay, Well, I appreciate it. You're welcome your show every weekend.
Speaker 4 (13:39):
Well, thank you, I appreciate it. You have a great weekend.
And the thing about fluids is, you know, when I
got you know, I've been doing this for just actually
just celebrated twenty five years. I've been doing this twenty
five years. September eleventh, nineteen ninety nine is when I
started working for Donovans and Man. When I started fluid,
(14:00):
it's where Man, you changed You changed oil every three
thousand miles. You changed all your fluids every thirty thousand miles,
and that was it. And nowadays it's like, oh no,
it's it's lifetime fluid. You don't have to change it.
Oh your oil is good for once a year, and YadA, YadA, YadA,
which you know, don't get me started on that nonsense,
because that's that's just nonsense. Your your car. The oil
(14:24):
should be changed on your car. Still to this day.
I don't care what the car tells you to do.
I don't care what the dealer told you to tell
told you to do. You should be changing oil every
five thousand miles. Transmission fluid, I mean like Volkswagens and Audi's,
they've got lifetime transmission fluid. It's never recommended to be replaced,
(14:44):
which I disagree with. And uh, but I will be
honest with you on the oil. It's a massive problem. Right,
So yes, change your oil every five thousand miles and
make sure you're checking it. I'll be honest with you,
I don't know that I've ever ever had an Audi
or a Vo Now, just because I haven't seen it
(15:05):
doesn't mean it doesn't happen. But I mean I can't
remember an Audi or Volkswagen ever, not ever coming into
my shop that needs a transmission. Ever. I've seen them
come in every single day need an engines, but never transmissions.
So I don't know they do a great job building transmissions.
They don't do a great job building engines. But most
(15:27):
of these manufacturers aren't doing it right either. I mean,
you know, it's a massive problem with these cars burning
and using oil. And I had a guy in not
too long ago. He didn't like to hear that and
didn't like our answer, but I mean they do. He's like,
it's only got one hundred thousand miles on it. I'm like,
but he, I mean, these cars start burning oil at
(15:48):
fifty thousand miles. I mean, it's a it's a huge problem.
But you know, and a lot of people will was
there a recall, like no anymore? If all of our
automakers would go out of business, immediately if they recalled
everything that was wrong with these cars. I mean they could,
they couldn't. They couldn't afford it financially, there's no way, right. So, typically,
unless there's a class action lawsuit or you know, somebody's
(16:12):
lives have been lost because of this issue, they usually
don't offer a recall. So, but you can always call
your local dealer, and it's a great thing to do.
Call your dealer. If you've got a newer call, just
call a dealer say hey, listen, here's my VEN number.
Do I have any open recalls? Right? You're supposed to
be notified by mail, but let's be honest, a lot
of times we kind of just you know, it's like, oh, junk, ma,
(16:32):
I'll throw it away, right, But it's a great thing
to do is call your dealer, your local dealer, and
just say, hey, here's my VEN number. Do I have
any open recalls on my vehicle? And if they do,
go ahead, schedule appoyment and get them repaired. You know,
So it's important to do that. So and change your
fluids like that. That gentleman was asking all the right questions,
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allowing them to go on trips to try to you know,
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get away from you know, all of the everything that
they're going through. Right, So it's a great cause. And
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And so if you're interested or you think you need breaks,
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they run any it depends on the car, right, but
anywhere between one hundred and two hundred dollars for a
set of break paths. Right, So if you need all
four breaks, and that's going to save you anywhere to
you know, two hundred to four hundred dollars, and again
and then and then the rotors in the labor itself,
that whole break job. Ten percent of that as well,
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we donate to the Caromelinton Foundation as well. So it's
a win win for everybody. So great cause will be
We'll be doing it all month, the entire month of October.
Some All right, let's go back to the phones. We've
got Randy. Hey, Randy, welcome to the car show. How
can I help?
Speaker 2 (19:29):
Yeah, I guess someone already answered what I called about.
I have a two. I have a twenty sixteen Chevrolet
Silverado pickup truck. Huh and uh, it's got one hundred
and twenty thousand miles on it. Okay, I bought it
new and I'm retired now, so I want the truck's
(19:50):
in really great shape, so I want to get the
best out of it. I'm going to take it in
and have service. You know, I want new service, team bell,
check the brakes, break line, plus out, the radiator, tune up,
all that. But I was also wondering about the transmission
fluid I've had. I've heard mixed reviews on should you
change it or not change it? And I know you
(20:12):
probably recommend to go ahead and have the pay and
pulled off the filter and all that. I didn't understand
the part about reintroducing new fluid gradually.
Speaker 4 (20:23):
So what happens is typically around typically any car that
has over one hundred thousand miles and that transmission fluid
has been changed, that that fluid over time it breaks down,
it becomes real it becomes thin like water. Okay, so
the transmission and the clutches and the gears are all
(20:43):
kind of used to that. Right. What happens is if
you were to change all of the fluid at once,
that fluid is a lot thicker, and the viscosity of
it thickness is a lot harder on the transmission because
it's got one hundred and twenty thousand miles on it,
So it's really hard on the transmission. So it would
be like the best analogy that I that I use
(21:05):
is like, it's like, you know your transmission right now
with that fluid that's in, it's like swimming in a
pool of water. Okay, it's easy, right, you go and
you change all that transmission fluid. Now you're like swimming
in a pool of jello. It's gonna be a lot
harder because it's so thick and you're not gonna be
used to it, right, and it's a lot of times
what will happen is it'll shock the transmission. The transmission
(21:26):
can't handle it because it's just too abras if it's
just too thick. Right, So by only changing you know,
four out of the nine quarts, it's slowly introduced into
it and it's not as hard on the transmission. Okay,
follow me, Yes, So I mean, go ahead.
Speaker 2 (21:47):
I guess My question is if I if you pull
the pan off, all the fluid comes out? Correct?
Speaker 4 (21:56):
No, because most No, you've got fluid in the torque converter,
you got fluid in the transmission cooler lines, you've got
fluid in the in the radiator. So you get most
of it out, but you don't get all. I mean,
your torque verter probably has I don't know five. I'm
not a transmission guy. Transmission guy is probably gonna be
(22:16):
ringing screaming at me, but I mean, you know, there's
probably I'm thinking a torque vertic can probably hold four
or five courts transmission fluid. You know, no, that's not
gonna come out. The only way you could get it
out is if you did a transmission flush. So what
you do is you hook up to the transmission cooler
lines and one line sucking it out, one line is
(22:36):
feeding it in. But like I said, if you did
all that, you don't want to do all that because
you know if it and correct me, you haven't had
that done at all, correct correct, all right, So and
it's just it's just if you if you flushed it,
you know, you could flush it and possibly be back okay.
(22:59):
But you know the problem is is all those that
all that metal, all that all those particles and everything
like that. You just forced all that through that filter, right,
So now you plug up the filter. Now, if you
were gonna drop the pan, what I would recommend is
you drop the pan, you put a new filter in it,
and you replace you know, you're on that silverado. I
mean you know you're probably gonna replace it with about
(23:21):
five quarts. I mean you're gonna replace about half of it,
not all of it, you know, and then over time,
you know, and then and what I would like you
to do is in thirty thousand miles, if you want,
you could do the flush then. But it's just like
I said, you could do the you could do the flush.
It's just really it's really hard on the transmission, and
you just don't want to create a problem that you
(23:42):
know shouldn't be there, right it Like I said, I
used your analogy earlier too. It's like if you would
and had knee surgery, you wouldn't go get up and
run a marathon the next day. Right, You've got to slowly,
so we're slowly introducing that fluid so it's not too abrasive,
so it's not so hard on it, so you prolong
the life of the transmission.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
So so uh, the mechanic I'm taking it too. I've
known him for years of highlight trusting. And he pulls
that payan off and the filter and I'll mention to
him what you just told me. I imagine he's going
to agree with you and they'll just pull the pan
off the filter and just refill fluid and lead the
fluid in the torque order or.
Speaker 4 (24:22):
Correct.
Speaker 2 (24:22):
So that should do. What about the rear indifferential?
Speaker 4 (24:27):
Huh? So typically you know differentials are usually that would
be a good time. Is it is? This Silverado four
wheel drive yes, okay, so that's a great question. So
we need to think about at one hundred and twenty
thousand miles, we need to think about the rear differential fluid,
We need to think about the front differential fluid. And
when you think about the transfer case fluid, those are
(24:48):
all fluids that need to be changed as well. Now,
those the differential fluids are gear oil, right, so there's
you know, gear the gear oil can just can can
go forever, right, And these things aren't you know, they've
got moving parts. But it's not like an engine oil, right, So,
and it's a synthetic fluid. But yeah, I would be
(25:09):
absolutely And it depends on year making model whatnot. On
the transfer case. You know, some of them take transmission fluid,
some of them take GM special fluid. You know, every
year making model is different. But you know, if you're
gonna if you're gonna have the you know, the serpentine
belts done, you're gonna have the tune up done, you know,
think about and you're gonna have the coolant flush, you're
gonna do the transmission. I would do a transmission service
(25:30):
because you know that pan's got a big magnet at
the bottom of it. So when they drop that pan,
that magnet could just be full of metal because when
it's circulating through that that transmission or whatnot, you know,
those gears they start breaking down, right, and that metal
it sticks to that. So you want to get that,
you know, you want to get that magnet, clean it
all off, get all that metal off there, put a
(25:50):
new filter on it, new gasket, fill the transmission, and
then I would absolutely recommend plane replacing all the rear
differential fluid front differential fluid. They're gonna probably be the
same like ad W ninety or seventy five, one forty.
It's pretty standard, right, and then the trans the transfer
case flu as well, because GM is notorious for their
(26:11):
transfer cases going out because nobody changes the fluid in.
I mean they the change there. It actually has a
chain in it and it wears out, wears a hole
in the case and so it's but those fluids are
you know, they're not as important as the oil, but
every one hundred thousand miles they should be done. So
you're kind of at a critical I mean, I've serviced
(26:31):
a lot of gems. My wife has a GMC uh Chevy,
you know, but uh man, those all those fluids get
overlooked and a very differential or transfer case is very
very expensive. So it's important. And you know for those
of you I've my wife is a I think she's
on her fourth GMC. Listen, I know at one hundred
(26:54):
thousand miles. Yeah, GMC is gonna you know, Chevy GMC,
They're gonna hit you hard because you've got all those
flo that you got to change. But you know, in theory,
by doing all that, you're good for another one hundred
thousand miles.
Speaker 2 (27:07):
It's cheaper than a new truck.
Speaker 4 (27:09):
Oh. Absolutely, have you seen these things nowadays?
Speaker 2 (27:11):
Good lord, I guess my other my question on that
is when they change the fluids the gear oils, they
just suck that They just suck that fluid out and
put all new fluid in them. Or how's that done?
Speaker 4 (27:25):
Yes, that depends every year, making model a little bit different.
Some of them have some of them have a drain
drain plug. Some of them you have to take the
whole housing off, the real differential, but some of them
just have a just have a plug. You take it
out and you suck it out, and then you fill
it back up, and then you fill it up to
the point where it starts pouring out of that filled
fill hole, and then once it stops comes to a drip,
(27:48):
then you then you cap it and you refill it.
But every every every year is different. But and that
gear oil stinks, it stinks to high heaven. But but
I mean the things they'll last, Okay.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
So, like I said, I'll take it to a very
reliable mechanic I've known for thirty years, so I'm sure
he'll know what to do.
Speaker 4 (28:11):
Well if you if you know, if he says something
that that, if he tells you something that I didn't,
you call me back and say, hey, his theory on
that you know? Because listen, I've been doing this for
twenty five years. But does that mean I know absolutely everything?
Or do I know somebody else's opinion?
Speaker 3 (28:28):
Right?
Speaker 4 (28:29):
I mean everybody's Sometimes my opinion might be different than
your mechanic's opinion. But if he says something that doesn't
jive with what I told you, you call me back
and let me know and tell me not not to
not not not as like an aha moments, just no.
I mean, I want to hear. I want to hear.
I want to get gained every bit of knowledge that
I possibly can about this industry, and sometimes I mean
I had you know, And that's what and that's why
(28:53):
I enjoy what I do. Is because you know, you
sit there and you go, you know, oh Dan, you
work on cars. Yeah, but every single year make model.
These cars are always evolving, they're always changing. The industry
is always changing, so there's always something to learn, you
know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (29:08):
And by that, you know, that's why.
Speaker 2 (29:11):
That's why I called you, because I want to compare
your opinion.
Speaker 4 (29:14):
All right, Well, if he guys, if he says anything differently,
you call me. I want to hear his opinion. All right, Randy,
take care all right, Uh huh by bye, all right?
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Thanks for taking my call?
Speaker 8 (30:43):
Not wrong.
Speaker 3 (30:43):
I got a two thousand and seven and I call
them t van Stepp van Fort chassis on it. It
could sit for a week, two weeks, Get in it
for us right up. So then sometime you get in
it won't do anything. As if to start, that's bad.
If I took it to a mechanic heaven, put a
new starter on, tell him and check to see what's it?
(31:05):
A external? Uh? What I want to say starter? Sollinoid?
He said, no, it's on that particular one. It's all
built in. Where should I start? Because new starter, new
battery in August goes today, won't crank, won't do nothing,
just turns, you know, like the starter ain't even kicking in.
(31:25):
And it could be a fused because I wouldn't think, because.
Speaker 4 (31:30):
Once a fuse blows, you're done and it doesn't come back.
God right done?
Speaker 3 (31:34):
So what No, it takes what days that wanted to turnover?
And takes what days they don't want to turn over
as always when it's blocking something.
Speaker 4 (31:41):
So you got to You got a brand new starter
and a new battery.
Speaker 3 (31:44):
You said, new battery, new starter, but big old slavee battery.
Speaker 4 (31:49):
Okay, And when you turn the ignition there's nothing. You
don't hear anything, there's no noises, nothing, come on the
radio the day power Yeah, so.
Speaker 3 (32:01):
You've got power lights up on the dash.
Speaker 4 (32:03):
All right, So you turned the key and just nothing.
Speaker 3 (32:05):
No turnover, no turnover. Lights on the dash, come on,
turn and hold a key on in the star position.
Blow the horn, horn blows good lights sign good. It's
I don't know if maybe it's in a column maybe.
Speaker 4 (32:24):
Man not not.
Speaker 3 (32:25):
I tried newt switched. Yeah. I tried moving the shifted
down to the new two stitched. Play around back and
forth right in that area.
Speaker 4 (32:32):
Yeah, so you put it. You put it in neutral. Yeah,
you put it in neutral and it still didn't change anything.
Speaker 3 (32:40):
Yeah, and play with it up and down right in
that air, you know, to make sure it ain't the
neutral switched not right, you know.
Speaker 4 (32:46):
Okay, well it sounds like you've covered a lot of
your bases. The starter. How how long ago was it replaced?
Speaker 3 (32:53):
August?
Speaker 4 (32:54):
Okay?
Speaker 3 (32:55):
And I had them put a new tune up and
brand new star on it because I had looked up
fun in the air and I seen the old starter
had a slight crack on the celinoid. So I said, well,
I ain't got time to you know, yeah, I play
with that. Just put a new one on. Be done.
And it's been cranking fine, but now it's gone back
to that crank today. Wait, two days later, h one crank?
(33:18):
Wait another two day? Oh, fire right up?
Speaker 4 (33:22):
Did you notice after he replaced the starter, did I
mean how quickly did the problem come back? I mean
he replaced the start in August?
Speaker 3 (33:28):
The problem came back. Oh, the problem came back like
a month later. I've been moving it, cranking it up joyfully, like,
oh okay, got rid of all them issues. Go there today,
back to the same mold.
Speaker 4 (33:41):
No start on the starter or do you remember? Do
you know what? Did he put in a new one
or remnufactured an aftermarket.
Speaker 3 (33:49):
Won probably remanufactured most likely?
Speaker 4 (33:53):
Yeah? Do you he didn't mention the brand or anything
like that.
Speaker 3 (33:57):
No, he's close today. I was gonna call him Monday.
But it just was bothering me that I thought I
had this issue gone, and here we're back into that issue.
I just thought, you know, maybe you had a suggestion,
was there a breaker or somethingwhere? But the problem is
(34:18):
it's a Ford chassis, but it's a Gremlin body, so
you know, it's not your basic whole setup, you know,
for it sends them to chassis and then they slaps
the body on it. So that's what I thought. It
was the external pilinoid start a silinoid. But I'm thinking, like,
where is that at he said, wasn't one on there?
What he said, he didn't see it's none on that one,
(34:41):
because I just knew that's what external sylinoid would do sometimes.
And they said some of them have two of them
on him.
Speaker 4 (34:47):
I haven't seen them with two on them. Most of
them just have one.
Speaker 3 (34:51):
I mean, okay, you know, I run you.
Speaker 4 (34:58):
I mean to be honest with you. I mean nine
at a ten times, nine out of ten times, unless
you've got some type of you know, ignition. You know,
could be a bad ignition switch or something like that,
or you know, it could be.
Speaker 3 (35:12):
Well, if you've got a bad anisi switch. If you
turn it on to the lights on the dash and
get out of there with that old school driver symptom,
shouldn't it turn over?
Speaker 8 (35:22):
No?
Speaker 3 (35:23):
I mean yeah, I mean, but it won't start.
Speaker 4 (35:26):
Yeah, I didn't do it this round.
Speaker 3 (35:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (35:30):
The symptoms, yeah, the symptoms that you're having experiencing today,
are they exactly the same that they were before the
starter was replaced?
Speaker 3 (35:39):
Correct? Correct, and for a whole month, no issue. Go
crank and move it out of my way, you know,
and it's such a big truck even when it starts.
Even if it start now, I would be nervous to
take it anywhere. Well, I mean, I forget it just
told you know, to get it told would just be Have.
Speaker 4 (35:59):
You checked all of your connections at the battery. Make
sure the battery connections of the negative pot of positive
are tight, MAB.
Speaker 1 (36:07):
Check those.
Speaker 4 (36:09):
Make sure that that yep, make sure that that ground
wires is tight and clean as well to the body
of the car. And then also make sure that the
the the connection at the starter is a good connection.
Because I'm thinking, either you've got a bad connection at
the battery or or the ground or at the starter,
(36:30):
or the starter that he put in there is defective.
I really do believe me. I had a car one
time we had to put I think it was four
or five I think it was four I think four
four or five Altnators on this one Subaru before we
got a good one. I mean, right out of the box.
We put them in cars not working, car won't it's
(36:51):
not charging, it's not charging. I'm like, listen, something's going on,
because there's no way. I'm like, we got a bigger problem. No,
it just took us five five altnators to get one right.
And I've had starters right out of the box bad,
so I mean.
Speaker 1 (37:04):
Before you off.
Speaker 3 (37:05):
So now I don't know where he went. I was
already told one distribution place to stay away from because
people always complaining about they're just not good. So I know,
I'm not gonna name no names, but I always go
to one that starts with a O and got a
K in it and get them there because I never
really had issues about Yeah you.
Speaker 4 (37:24):
Know, all right, yeah, check check your connections at the
battery and the starter. I think you just got possibly
a defective starter or just a bad, bad connection. So
I'm sorry to cut you off short, but thanks for
the call. Call me next week for the follow up.
So again, thank you everybody for calling. I'll be back
next Saturday to answer all of your car questions.
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of October, So make your appointment this week and we'll
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