January 4, 2026 • 18 mins
Dane talks about car batteries and their typical lifespan. He shares a personal experience with his wife's dead battery, which got him thinking about the importance of getting batteries tested. Dan explains that batteries in this region usually last around three to four years, and it's crucial to get them checked before they die. He also announces exciting news about the expansion of Donovan's Auto Repair, with a new location opening in the Montgomery Road area.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
My pappy said, Sonny gonna drive me to drinking if
you don't stop driving out hot rod.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Lincoln's rocking all the ready, easy down the road. Just
keep chat in.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Good afternoon, and welcome to the car show. I'm dan done.
I'm taking all of your car questions. And the number
to call five one three seven nine fifty five hundred.
That number again, five one three seven nine fifty five hundred. Uh,
it's a glorious, beautiful sixty degree Saturday.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
Now I'm lying. People always have car problems.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
In fact, yesterday I was late for work because I
had left early, and my wife said, uh, my car
won't start, battery's dead as a door nail. And of
course we've we just bought the car, maybe like six
months ago.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
But I mean I did everything I had.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
I had it was used, it wasn't brand new, but
I hadn't inspected and whatnot.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
I shouldn't say I had it inspected.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
I inspected the vehicle and the battery tested fine then
and there was absolutely no indications, right, no indications at all.
I wasn't cranking slow or anything. She just I mean,
it was dead as a doornaw. She drove it Thursday night,
my oldest son had baseball practice. She dropped him off,
I picked him up, she made dinner. In the morning,
(01:24):
nothing was left on. No doors were open, no, you know,
no lights left on. Nothing it was And when I so,
I ended up taking the boys to school, Like I said,
this is it even happens to me.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
I do it every day.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
And that's the thing is, like, you know, going back
to batteries, batteries have a the typical shelf life of
a battery. I shouldn't say shelf life typical. The average
life of a battery in this region is about three
to four years.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
That's about it.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
And you know, so now's the time to get them
tested because again, you know, the other thing that they
can be frustrating is I can test your battery today
and it'd be.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
Dead as a doornail tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
That is a possibility now most of the time, though,
I can test that battery and at Donovan's, at all
of our locations, we'll test them for free and give
you honest opinion on whether or not you need one. Okay,
I mean I can test the battery today and it'd
be bad and it last you for six more months
a year. I mean that's possibility, or I can test
(02:26):
the day it tests good and tomorrow was.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
Dead as a doornail.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
I mean when I went to went home to jump
my wife's vehicle, it only had three point two volts.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
That was it.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
You know, for those of you out there are the
average bat you know, the batteries got to be twelve
vaults and it was at three point two and there
was nothing left on. So so, I mean, it happens,
but you know, think about that. I mean, that's something
that we don't think about, and a lot of people
think that. You know, batteries were supposed to last you know, five, eight,
ten years, now three to four years in this region,
(02:57):
that's about it, so get them tested. In fact, it's funny.
I do have some exciting news as well. But one
of my employees as well. I called him and I said, hey, listen,
I'm gonna be late. I had to take my kids
to school. I said, my wife's car wouldn't start, so
I had to take him to school. And he goes, well,
my cheap wouldn't start either. My battery was dead. So
(03:18):
you know, to have two employees at the same location
that have can't get their car started because they have
battery issues, is a bit ironic.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
So about three weeks ago.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
I kind of put it out there that I had
some kind of big news and maybe if you were
listening right at the beginning of the show, some exciting news.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
So we have extended the Donovan.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Well, I shouldn't say empire, but Donovan franchise, family business
and recently purchased another business another location. Okay, so gives
you more options when you need car repair. So it
is at it was a four It was a repair
shop that had been in business for thirty four years
(04:05):
and the gentleman that was that owned it was ready
to retire and I caught wind of it and kind
of jumped at the opportunity to take it over. And
they have a great customer base, great employees, and like
I said, I jumped at the but there was things
that we had to jump through as far as get
you know, all the legal stuff or whatnot.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
But exciting news to and.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Ready to announce that we have again extended the Donovan
Empire and have a new location. It is it was
formerly Auto Foreign Okay. For those of you familiar with
the kind of downtown Norwood area.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
It's at the corner.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
It's at thirty seven hundred Montgomery Road, at the corner
of Montgomery Road and Dana, Okay, right across the street
from Xavier University.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Okay. Again, it was formerly Auto.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Foreign and we will we will continue you to take
care of their customer base and foreign cars. And extremely
excited and we opened up the doors Monday as as
the you know basically as Donovance UH you know, but excited.
So if you're in that area, if you're in the
(05:19):
Montgomery Road Dana Norwood area, again, we have opened up
another location to help you with all of your car needs,
anything that you need for your vehicle in that area,
we can take care of you or any of the locations.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Again.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
We have the Ridge Road location, pleasant Ridge location in
the Blue Ash location.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
So exciting news.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
If if you need any more information as far as
the number, address or anything like that, you can just
go to donovantire dot com and it will have all
of our hours, operations, location, our story. You can even
schedule all appointment from UH from our website as well.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
So exciting news.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
And if anybody is in that area any any type
of car repair, I will be there Monday through Friday
to take care of all of your car needs, UH
for quite some time until I can get acclimated to
the customer base and the and uh really excited to
uh hit the road running right and uh get things
(06:14):
going and ramped up. Like I said, it was an
existing business for thirty four years and the owner was
looking to retire and took over and excited. So it's been,
it's been. This week was a whirlwind. It was, Uh,
it was great. A little bit of a slow start,
right because we're getting amped back up again because there
was some time that the doors were closed until we
could get everything changed over.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
So really excited.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
So the number there is five one three seven three
one eight nine eight nine. That number again, five on
three seven three one eight nine eight nine.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
And either I or Mike will be happy to take.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
Care of your phone calls and get you scheduled if
you need each type of work.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
So really excited.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
So all right again the number to call five on
three seven, five one hundred. That number again, five one,
three seven four nine fifty five hundred.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
Coming up.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
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You're listening to the car show on fifty five KRS.
Taking your car questions real quick. I want to get
to the phones because it's going to run out of time.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
Here. Let's go to Opie, Opey. Welcome to the car show.
How can I help?
Speaker 6 (08:06):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (08:07):
Doing good?
Speaker 2 (08:08):
Before we get to my s ten here, you was
talking about batteries earlier. I had a battery in my
thirty two Forward, and I didn't keep a tender on
it or nothing, so it would sit from like October
until April and then I'd just charge it up and
go down the road it and I bought it it
Advance and it was their cheaper battery and it only
(08:29):
lasted me fourteen years.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
Giesel, wow, fourteen years, said that again.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
I took it back in and I said, I can't
believe why this. I can't believe this thing's bad. And
they looked at daytot on. They said, you realize this
battery is almost fifteen years old. Advance gave they gave
me a battery.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
Justin justin the fact that just in all, because it
lasted almost fifteen years, that's that is impressive. I mean,
the longest battery I've ever seen was a motorcraft and uh,
I was in a Ford Ranger and it was eleven
years old.
Speaker 3 (09:04):
But I've never heard of fourteen years old. That's impressive.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
And I normally I normally run X side batteries and everything.
And the only reason I bought that was because I
was Indiana. I was in Indiana on a Saturday night
and Advance was the only thing open I needed one
because the other battery had dropped the cell and it
only lasted fourteen and a half years. And I just
had I just had to put batteries chloral in my
wife's theft two fifty that was four years old.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
Mm hmm.
Speaker 1 (09:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (09:31):
They don't. They don't build anything with quality anymore.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
I diesel, you got put two of it in diesels?
Speaker 3 (09:38):
Yep, I can't. Yeah, don't give me on that soap box.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
I get so frustrated with the worksmanship and the quality
and cars today.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
It's just I mean, I'm sure you heard earlier.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
I mean the gentleman and he's got a twenty twenty,
you know, Hunday with thirty five thousand miles and it's
on his third transmission.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
I mean, come on, you know, I mean.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
Put I put three hundred thousand miles on my thirty two.
I'm only on second transmission.
Speaker 1 (10:02):
You know. It's just, uh so, they don't make anything
with quality anymore. That's why I tell people like I
know him in the business to fix use cars. But
I mean, keep what you've got because it's just it's
just it's just garbage out there.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
So what can I help you with?
Speaker 6 (10:17):
All Right?
Speaker 2 (10:18):
I just picked me up a brand new used S
ten four wool drive and uh what what? What got
it going was I had a code for the for
the bank one oxygen sensor and I had it over
where my daughter, my daughter works changing oil. We had
it up on the rack and the pigtail for the
(10:38):
oxygen center was laying up against the drive shafts if
I took it over, and you know, it was a
drive one. That was a drive one four post rack,
so I ordered oxygen sensor. I took it over from
my other buddy's place. He's got a two post lift
where we get the wheels up off the ground. We
got it up, we changed the oxygen sensor and I
want to check make sure the four world drive was
working and started up and the front drive shaft was space.
(11:00):
And then when it hit the poor will drive then
in games is front and engaged the front differential. And
this has got that stupid push button for will drive
instead of a handle in the floor. I don't like
the push button, but I wanted to drive truck and
it was a good deal. So so on these because
my eye had a z R two and it had
to handle in the floor and that drive and it
(11:21):
didn't lock the front drive shaft in until you pulled
the handle, right. So, so, and I know these electronics,
they're vacuum over electric, and it's a really stupid design.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
Stupid, it's a stupid design.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
Yeah yeah, but but the front differential does engage, which
that's a big problem on these. This is number nineteen
for Stens that I've had over the years.
Speaker 3 (11:43):
I love these trucks. Wow, okay, yeah yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
Between stns and S ten blazers be creen. Me and
my wife and my daughter, we've had nineteen.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
Of them, bro, like like nineteen total or like nineteen
throughout the course of your life.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
Yeah yeah, we've had nineteen that pens in five years. Okay, wow, yeah, yeah,
I love them. So I mean, is that on these
on the the electric transfer case, is that front drive
scaft post to spin all the time?
Speaker 3 (12:17):
Uh man?
Speaker 2 (12:20):
He said? The newer Jeeps, the front drive shaft spinds
all the time until you pull the handle in the
and it it uses vacuum and locks into front hubs.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
Right.
Speaker 2 (12:33):
So I didn't know if this S ten was the
same way.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
You know what, I don't I do know that, Yeah, Like,
like I have an FM fifty and that's the way
mine is is when I pushed that button, it activates
the vacuum and that's what kicks in the the vacuum hubs.
But on an two it's an O two S ten right, yep,
let me. I don't know for sure. I want to
(12:59):
say yes. I think that's how they operate because it's
got that stupid vacuum system and the vacuum system is
it's uh, the vacuum system itself is below the battery
on the passenger side.
Speaker 3 (13:13):
And sometimes this has got.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
It's got a big module on the on the bottom
of the front differential. Yeah, well with the cable, this
has got the deal where it's right right on the
different on the bottom of the front dep.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
Then I would I would say yes, and that's probably
how it operates. But are there are there vacuum lines
going to that module at all? It's just all okay, yeah,
I I want to say that based bunk because I
mean I want to say yes that that that that
should be normal, that should how that should be how
(13:52):
it operates. And I know that there's some type of vacuum.
There's some type of vacuum. You know, what do you
want to call it? Vacuum bank or whatever that I
that sometimes will fill fill up with transmission fluid and whatnot.
It's below the battery and let me find out. I
don't know off the top of my head. I I will,
(14:13):
I'll look into that.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
And uh, I just want I just wanted to make
sure because that, you know, if that front drive chaft
ain't supposed to be spinning, the that's put next to
wear and tear on my front you joints.
Speaker 3 (14:23):
And probably using more gas as well.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
And and eat and get gas mileage. But like I said,
my jeep guy, he didn't know about it. He didn't
know about chival as. He works on jeeps, they said,
the jeep, the jeeps. The transfer case. The transfer case
basically stays locked in four wheel drive all the time
until it locks the front differential in and locks the
hubs in.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
Yeah, yeah, I don't. I want to say that the
way it's operating, yes it doesn't. It stays in four
wheel drive, but then once you put it in four
wheel drive, it engages that front differential. I want to say,
that's right, Okay, I think that's normal. But I'll find
out and then you call me back. Uh well, fortunately,
next Saturday. Something's going on, and uh, I'm not able
(15:07):
to do.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
The ship you next Saturday because we have our cars
and coffee at horse Power Farm.
Speaker 3 (15:13):
That's right, Yeah, yeah, you called me. Okay, all right, yep.
Speaker 1 (15:19):
I'm going to a charity event tonight as well for
cancer free kids for my son.
Speaker 3 (15:24):
So yeah, so all right, well, all right, we'll call me.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
I've been down. I've been down that cancer road with
my wife. She's a breast cancer survivor.
Speaker 3 (15:32):
So yeah, my son was diagnosed.
Speaker 1 (15:36):
Yeah, my son was diagnosed at two and a half
and he's in remission and he's he's doing great. And uh,
we're going to a fundraiser to you know, help other uh,
you know, future families and children. So all right, yea
call me, call me in two weeks. I'll have an
answer for you. I appreciate it. You have a great weekend,
all right, thank you? All right, all right, bye bye?
(15:59):
All right, real quick, Larry. Welcome to Larry. I'm so sorry.
I want to get to you. I don't want to
cut you off short, but I have to what's going on?
Speaker 6 (16:08):
So I would just follow up with our conversation about
I had a twenty fifteen Chivrot, Colorado, and you said
to go talk to GM Garage about updates, and we
kind of figured it out. It's actually the nature of
the beasts. It's related to the mass airflow.
Speaker 2 (16:23):
Sensor and what it does.
Speaker 3 (16:25):
Okay, what it does.
Speaker 6 (16:26):
They're coming across the mass airflow. It measure mass airflow
sensors can measure temperature, if I'm remembered correctly. And what
it bounce up to is when it gets cold, it
tells that the engine is eating consuming more air at
the time, and that's in shooting more fuel in to
the motor.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
Okay, okay, all right, okay, that makes sense.
Speaker 3 (16:50):
No, well, hey, listen, I appreciate you. I got it.
Speaker 1 (16:54):
I'm so sorry to cut you off shortly. Call me
back in two weeks. I'd love to take your car question.
So that makes sense. It's gonna run a little bit
richer when it's cold. I mean, that's that's gonna happen.
But anyways, everybody, have a great weekend. I'll be back
to take to answer all of your car questions. Be
safe and uh, thank you so much for all the
(17:15):
cars calls. You're listening to the car show on fifty
five krc D talk station. Way back in nineteen fifty eight,
my grandfather opened Donovan's Auto entire Center right here in Cincinnati.
(17:36):
A lot has changed since then, but our commitment to
honest auto repair hasn't. We believe in making sure your
vehicle gets everything it needs and nothing it doesn't, because
as a family owned business with our name on the wall,
integrity matters. From nineteen fifty eight to today, Donovan's Auto
entire Center is still Cincinnati's honest choice for auto repair,
and we're proud to keep this city moving. Three area locations.
(17:58):
Find yours at donovantire dot com
My pappy said, Sonny gonna drive me to drinking if
you don't stop driving out hot rod.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Lincoln's rocking all the ready, easy down the road. Just
keep chat in.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Good afternoon, and welcome to the car show. I'm dan done.
I'm taking all of your car questions. And the number
to call five one three seven nine fifty five hundred.
That number again, five one three seven nine fifty five hundred. Uh,
it's a glorious, beautiful sixty degree Saturday.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
Now I'm lying. People always have car problems.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
In fact, yesterday I was late for work because I
had left early, and my wife said, uh, my car
won't start, battery's dead as a door nail. And of
course we've we just bought the car, maybe like six
months ago.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
But I mean I did everything I had.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
I had it was used, it wasn't brand new, but
I hadn't inspected and whatnot.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
I shouldn't say I had it inspected.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
I inspected the vehicle and the battery tested fine then
and there was absolutely no indications, right, no indications at all.
I wasn't cranking slow or anything. She just I mean,
it was dead as a doornaw. She drove it Thursday night,
my oldest son had baseball practice. She dropped him off,
I picked him up, she made dinner. In the morning,
(01:24):
nothing was left on. No doors were open, no, you know,
no lights left on. Nothing it was And when I so,
I ended up taking the boys to school, Like I said,
this is it even happens to me.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
I do it every day.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
And that's the thing is, like, you know, going back
to batteries, batteries have a the typical shelf life of
a battery. I shouldn't say shelf life typical. The average
life of a battery in this region is about three
to four years.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
That's about it.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
And you know, so now's the time to get them
tested because again, you know, the other thing that they
can be frustrating is I can test your battery today
and it'd be.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
Dead as a doornail tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
That is a possibility now most of the time, though,
I can test that battery and at Donovan's, at all
of our locations, we'll test them for free and give
you honest opinion on whether or not you need one. Okay,
I mean I can test the battery today and it'd
be bad and it last you for six more months
a year. I mean that's possibility, or I can test
(02:26):
the day it tests good and tomorrow was.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
Dead as a doornail.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
I mean when I went to went home to jump
my wife's vehicle, it only had three point two volts.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
That was it.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
You know, for those of you out there are the
average bat you know, the batteries got to be twelve
vaults and it was at three point two and there
was nothing left on. So so, I mean, it happens,
but you know, think about that. I mean, that's something
that we don't think about, and a lot of people
think that. You know, batteries were supposed to last you know, five, eight,
ten years, now three to four years in this region,
(02:57):
that's about it, so get them tested. In fact, it's funny.
I do have some exciting news as well. But one
of my employees as well. I called him and I said, hey, listen,
I'm gonna be late. I had to take my kids
to school. I said, my wife's car wouldn't start, so
I had to take him to school. And he goes, well,
my cheap wouldn't start either. My battery was dead. So
(03:18):
you know, to have two employees at the same location
that have can't get their car started because they have
battery issues, is a bit ironic.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
So about three weeks ago.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
I kind of put it out there that I had
some kind of big news and maybe if you were
listening right at the beginning of the show, some exciting news.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
So we have extended the Donovan.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Well, I shouldn't say empire, but Donovan franchise, family business
and recently purchased another business another location. Okay, so gives
you more options when you need car repair. So it
is at it was a four It was a repair
shop that had been in business for thirty four years
(04:05):
and the gentleman that was that owned it was ready
to retire and I caught wind of it and kind
of jumped at the opportunity to take it over. And
they have a great customer base, great employees, and like
I said, I jumped at the but there was things
that we had to jump through as far as get
you know, all the legal stuff or whatnot.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
But exciting news to and.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Ready to announce that we have again extended the Donovan
Empire and have a new location. It is it was
formerly Auto Foreign Okay. For those of you familiar with
the kind of downtown Norwood area.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
It's at the corner.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
It's at thirty seven hundred Montgomery Road, at the corner
of Montgomery Road and Dana, Okay, right across the street
from Xavier University.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Okay. Again, it was formerly Auto.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Foreign and we will we will continue you to take
care of their customer base and foreign cars. And extremely
excited and we opened up the doors Monday as as
the you know basically as Donovance UH you know, but excited.
So if you're in that area, if you're in the
(05:19):
Montgomery Road Dana Norwood area, again, we have opened up
another location to help you with all of your car needs,
anything that you need for your vehicle in that area,
we can take care of you or any of the locations.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Again.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
We have the Ridge Road location, pleasant Ridge location in
the Blue Ash location.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
So exciting news.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
If if you need any more information as far as
the number, address or anything like that, you can just
go to donovantire dot com and it will have all
of our hours, operations, location, our story. You can even
schedule all appointment from UH from our website as well.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
So exciting news.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
And if anybody is in that area any any type
of car repair, I will be there Monday through Friday
to take care of all of your car needs, UH
for quite some time until I can get acclimated to
the customer base and the and uh really excited to
uh hit the road running right and uh get things
(06:14):
going and ramped up. Like I said, it was an
existing business for thirty four years and the owner was
looking to retire and took over and excited. So it's been,
it's been. This week was a whirlwind. It was, Uh,
it was great. A little bit of a slow start,
right because we're getting amped back up again because there
was some time that the doors were closed until we
could get everything changed over.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
So really excited.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
So the number there is five one three seven three
one eight nine eight nine. That number again, five on
three seven three one eight nine eight nine.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
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You're listening to the car show on fifty five KRS.
Taking your car questions real quick. I want to get
to the phones because it's going to run out of time.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
Here. Let's go to Opie, Opey. Welcome to the car show.
How can I help?
Speaker 6 (08:06):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (08:07):
Doing good?
Speaker 2 (08:08):
Before we get to my s ten here, you was
talking about batteries earlier. I had a battery in my
thirty two Forward, and I didn't keep a tender on
it or nothing, so it would sit from like October
until April and then I'd just charge it up and
go down the road it and I bought it it
Advance and it was their cheaper battery and it only
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lasted me fourteen years.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
Giesel, wow, fourteen years, said that again.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
I took it back in and I said, I can't
believe why this. I can't believe this thing's bad. And
they looked at daytot on. They said, you realize this
battery is almost fifteen years old. Advance gave they gave
me a battery.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
Justin justin the fact that just in all, because it
lasted almost fifteen years, that's that is impressive. I mean,
the longest battery I've ever seen was a motorcraft and uh,
I was in a Ford Ranger and it was eleven
years old.
Speaker 3 (09:04):
But I've never heard of fourteen years old. That's impressive.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
And I normally I normally run X side batteries and everything.
And the only reason I bought that was because I
was Indiana. I was in Indiana on a Saturday night
and Advance was the only thing open I needed one
because the other battery had dropped the cell and it
only lasted fourteen and a half years. And I just
had I just had to put batteries chloral in my
wife's theft two fifty that was four years old.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
Mm hmm.
Speaker 1 (09:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (09:31):
They don't. They don't build anything with quality anymore.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
I diesel, you got put two of it in diesels?
Speaker 3 (09:38):
Yep, I can't. Yeah, don't give me on that soap box.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
I get so frustrated with the worksmanship and the quality
and cars today.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
It's just I mean, I'm sure you heard earlier.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
I mean the gentleman and he's got a twenty twenty,
you know, Hunday with thirty five thousand miles and it's
on his third transmission.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
I mean, come on, you know, I mean.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
Put I put three hundred thousand miles on my thirty two.
I'm only on second transmission.
Speaker 1 (10:02):
You know. It's just, uh so, they don't make anything
with quality anymore. That's why I tell people like I
know him in the business to fix use cars. But
I mean, keep what you've got because it's just it's
just it's just garbage out there.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
So what can I help you with?
Speaker 6 (10:17):
All Right?
Speaker 2 (10:18):
I just picked me up a brand new used S
ten four wool drive and uh what what? What got
it going was I had a code for the for
the bank one oxygen sensor and I had it over
where my daughter, my daughter works changing oil. We had
it up on the rack and the pigtail for the
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oxygen center was laying up against the drive shafts if
I took it over, and you know, it was a
drive one. That was a drive one four post rack,
so I ordered oxygen sensor. I took it over from
my other buddy's place. He's got a two post lift
where we get the wheels up off the ground. We
got it up, we changed the oxygen sensor and I
want to check make sure the four world drive was
working and started up and the front drive shaft was space.
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And then when it hit the poor will drive then
in games is front and engaged the front differential. And
this has got that stupid push button for will drive
instead of a handle in the floor. I don't like
the push button, but I wanted to drive truck and
it was a good deal. So so on these because
my eye had a z R two and it had
to handle in the floor and that drive and it
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didn't lock the front drive shaft in until you pulled
the handle, right. So, so, and I know these electronics,
they're vacuum over electric, and it's a really stupid design.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
Stupid, it's a stupid design.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
Yeah yeah, but but the front differential does engage, which
that's a big problem on these. This is number nineteen
for Stens that I've had over the years.
Speaker 3 (11:43):
I love these trucks. Wow, okay, yeah yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
Between stns and S ten blazers be creen. Me and
my wife and my daughter, we've had nineteen.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
Of them, bro, like like nineteen total or like nineteen
throughout the course of your life.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
Yeah yeah, we've had nineteen that pens in five years. Okay, wow, yeah, yeah,
I love them. So I mean, is that on these
on the the electric transfer case, is that front drive
scaft post to spin all the time?
Speaker 3 (12:17):
Uh man?
Speaker 2 (12:20):
He said? The newer Jeeps, the front drive shaft spinds
all the time until you pull the handle in the
and it it uses vacuum and locks into front hubs.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
Right.
Speaker 2 (12:33):
So I didn't know if this S ten was the
same way.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
You know what, I don't I do know that, Yeah, Like,
like I have an FM fifty and that's the way
mine is is when I pushed that button, it activates
the vacuum and that's what kicks in the the vacuum hubs.
But on an two it's an O two S ten right, yep,
let me. I don't know for sure. I want to
(12:59):
say yes. I think that's how they operate because it's
got that stupid vacuum system and the vacuum system is
it's uh, the vacuum system itself is below the battery
on the passenger side.
Speaker 3 (13:13):
And sometimes this has got.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
It's got a big module on the on the bottom
of the front differential. Yeah, well with the cable, this
has got the deal where it's right right on the
different on the bottom of the front dep.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
Then I would I would say yes, and that's probably
how it operates. But are there are there vacuum lines
going to that module at all? It's just all okay, yeah,
I I want to say that based bunk because I
mean I want to say yes that that that that
should be normal, that should how that should be how
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it operates. And I know that there's some type of vacuum.
There's some type of vacuum. You know, what do you
want to call it? Vacuum bank or whatever that I
that sometimes will fill fill up with transmission fluid and whatnot.
It's below the battery and let me find out. I
don't know off the top of my head. I I will,
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I'll look into that.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
And uh, I just want I just wanted to make
sure because that, you know, if that front drive chaft
ain't supposed to be spinning, the that's put next to
wear and tear on my front you joints.
Speaker 3 (14:23):
And probably using more gas as well.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
And and eat and get gas mileage. But like I said,
my jeep guy, he didn't know about it. He didn't
know about chival as. He works on jeeps, they said,
the jeep, the jeeps. The transfer case. The transfer case
basically stays locked in four wheel drive all the time
until it locks the front differential in and locks the
hubs in.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
Yeah, yeah, I don't. I want to say that the
way it's operating, yes it doesn't. It stays in four
wheel drive, but then once you put it in four
wheel drive, it engages that front differential. I want to say,
that's right, Okay, I think that's normal. But I'll find
out and then you call me back. Uh well, fortunately,
next Saturday. Something's going on, and uh, I'm not able
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to do.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
The ship you next Saturday because we have our cars
and coffee at horse Power Farm.
Speaker 3 (15:13):
That's right, Yeah, yeah, you called me. Okay, all right, yep.
Speaker 1 (15:19):
I'm going to a charity event tonight as well for
cancer free kids for my son.
Speaker 3 (15:24):
So yeah, so all right, well, all right, we'll call me.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
I've been down. I've been down that cancer road with
my wife. She's a breast cancer survivor.
Speaker 3 (15:32):
So yeah, my son was diagnosed.
Speaker 1 (15:36):
Yeah, my son was diagnosed at two and a half
and he's in remission and he's he's doing great. And uh,
we're going to a fundraiser to you know, help other uh,
you know, future families and children. So all right, yea
call me, call me in two weeks. I'll have an
answer for you. I appreciate it. You have a great weekend,
all right, thank you? All right, all right, bye bye?
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All right, real quick, Larry. Welcome to Larry. I'm so sorry.
I want to get to you. I don't want to
cut you off short, but I have to what's going on?
Speaker 6 (16:08):
So I would just follow up with our conversation about
I had a twenty fifteen Chivrot, Colorado, and you said
to go talk to GM Garage about updates, and we
kind of figured it out. It's actually the nature of
the beasts. It's related to the mass airflow.
Speaker 2 (16:23):
Sensor and what it does.
Speaker 3 (16:25):
Okay, what it does.
Speaker 6 (16:26):
They're coming across the mass airflow. It measure mass airflow
sensors can measure temperature, if I'm remembered correctly. And what
it bounce up to is when it gets cold, it
tells that the engine is eating consuming more air at
the time, and that's in shooting more fuel in to
the motor.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
Okay, okay, all right, okay, that makes sense.
Speaker 3 (16:50):
No, well, hey, listen, I appreciate you. I got it.
Speaker 1 (16:54):
I'm so sorry to cut you off shortly. Call me
back in two weeks. I'd love to take your car question.
So that makes sense. It's gonna run a little bit
richer when it's cold. I mean, that's that's gonna happen.
But anyways, everybody, have a great weekend. I'll be back
to take to answer all of your car questions. Be
safe and uh, thank you so much for all the
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my grandfather opened Donovan's Auto entire Center right here in Cincinnati.
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vehicle gets everything it needs and nothing it doesn't, because
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