April 11, 2026 • 45 mins
This episode of the car show covers a range of topics, from a caller's concern about a 1987 Chevrolet El Camino with a mysterious gas smell to a discussion about the importance of proper tire rotation. Host Dane Donovan also chats with a caller about a 2006 Porsche Boxter, sharing his expertise on maintenance and repair. Additionally, he addresses a listener's question about a 2015 Nissan Rogue's all-wheel drive issue and offers advice on how to navigate a dispute with a tire store. The episode wraps up with a conversation about the benefits of visiting a local, independent repair shop.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
There with a four barrel car when a due looks softly.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Good afternoon, and welcome to the car show on fifty
five KRC.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
I'm Dane Donovan from Donovan's Auto entire Center and taking
your car questions. The number to call five one three
seven fifty five hundred. I'm taking your car questions again,
the number to call five one three seven fifty five hundred.
It was, uh, man, I tell you what it was.
January February was a little touch and go. It was
a little little soft on business. And again that's that's
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always typical. You know, we get through the holidays, nobody's
traveling and uh, you know you're getting those credit card
statements right from Christmas.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
I got you know, I don't know if I want
to fix my car right now.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
So it's it's it's usual, right, But man, it's really
starting to pick up. You know, we've got spring break.
You know a lot of people are in spring break.
My boys are gonna be in spring break next week.
We're not traveling anywhere, but you know, this is the
time that we need to discuss. We need to start
talking about thinking about getting the cars ready for you know,
(01:21):
spring break or your your summer trip. Right, most of
you already have in mind, are already planning to travel
this summer, and get the car ready right now.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
You need to get it ready. Now, it's now is
the time we need to think about this.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
Checking the tires, checking the brakes, make sure that you know,
oils change, fluids are checked out. You know, these are
things that we have to do, and we need to
start thinking about it now because far too often, and
you know you've heard me say this before, we we
wait till the last minute, right we think about the car.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Oh, shoot, you know we're going out of town this Friday.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
I shill probably bring the car in and then you
don't get it in and you have, you know, uh
a problem.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
So now it's the time to start thinking about that.
Most of us.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
Again are planning our summer trip or already have it planned, right,
So if you have one planned, you need to think
ahead and sit there and decide. Okay, now it's time
to think about the car. Get it scheduled, get it
in right meanwhile, think about this right, So let's just
say you get it in next week or two weeks
(02:29):
from now, and you know you're you're automotive repair shops, says, Hey,
you're gonna need breaks real soon. You're probably gonna need
them in about a month or two. Right, then you
can plan for that, right, so you're not cramming in
a break job right before vacation. And now money's kind
of tight because you know you had to fix the
car before you could travel and get out of town. Right,
(02:50):
so now's the time to start thinking about that stuff.
So all right again, then I'm gonna call a five one, three, seven,
nine fifty five hundred.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Let's go to the phone. We have Jenny. Hey, Jenny,
welcome to the car. So how can I help?
Speaker 4 (03:02):
Well, my horn isn't working on my B three thousand,
two thousand and two Mazda, and I checked all the fuses,
all the relays, and I was wondering when I was
looking at the manuel it's the anti theft has something
(03:27):
to do, possibly with the horn, because that has to
sound when your car's getting broken into. So its possible
there's a relay for the anti theft that might be
the cause of the horn not working.
Speaker 3 (03:51):
I highly doubt it, So let me ask you something.
So is your horn do you have a horn pad
right in the center or do you have a button
on each side of the steer.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
Will two thousand and two has the pad right in
the center.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
Okay, and uh so you have no low tone, no
low tone or high tone.
Speaker 5 (04:11):
Just nothing, no nothing.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
Okay, are there any lights on the dashes? Like is
there an air bag light on or anything?
Speaker 6 (04:23):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (04:23):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
I didn't know that had something to.
Speaker 7 (04:27):
Do with it.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
So, so your horn runs through what's called the clock spring. Okay,
it's and that's behind the the air bag. Okay, So
you've got your horn, you've got your clock spring, and
then you have I'm sorry, you've got your horn, your
air bag, and then your clock spring. And that runs
that horn through that clock spring.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
So if the airbag light is on, it's very possible
that the clock spring could be bad. Now, if you're like.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
Day know the airbag light is not on, then either
the horn pad itself is bad inside that that you
know inside the yeah, correct, or the horn itself is
just it's just bad.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
I mean that that can happen.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
No, I don't think there's a relay or I mean
it could be could be a relay, could be a fused,
But you said you've checked the fuses.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
No, I do not think it's any I don't think
it has anything to do with the anti theft. Okay,
but check to see if check.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
To see if that airbag light is on. That's that's important.
If it is, then we probably have a bad clock spring.
If it's not, then either the horn pad itself is
bad or the horn is just bad.
Speaker 4 (05:42):
Okay, great, that's something for me to check.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
I'll check back with.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
You after great.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
Thank you so much, take care, thank you, bye bye.
You know, every car has what's called a clock spring,
so most of our newer cars nowadays have electronics. Right,
You've got your your cruise control, your horn, your turn signals,
I mean, everything kind of runs through that clock spring
and which allows you to turn the wheel all the
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way to left, all the way to the right and
still have contact right with the So probably what's going
on is either the horn pat itself is bad or
the horn so all right, let's go back to the phones.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
We have Donnie, Hey, Donnie, welcome to the car show.
How can I help?
Speaker 5 (06:25):
Hi?
Speaker 8 (06:25):
How are you? Thanks for taking my call?
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Absolutely, thank you for calling. How can I help?
Speaker 8 (06:30):
I have a rare no start situation in MIO seven
Honda Odyssey okay, And the way I resolve it is
I just have to pull the shift lever out of park,
push it back in the park. It starts right up.
I don't know for diagnosing whether it would be the
shift linkage or the neutral safety switch.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
Okay, does the vehicle have you will the vehicle? So
if you pull it out of park and put it
back in park, it'll start correct?
Speaker 8 (07:01):
Correct?
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Will it start in neutral? Oh?
Speaker 8 (07:05):
I never tried that.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Okay, So if it.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
Will start, you know, typically if your car will not start,
but it will start a neutral that's typically a neutral
safety switch, which would cause the car to allow you
to start it right. But I believe what's going on
is if you're if you're pulling it out of gear
and putting it back into gear, that that selector which
shows the car that the shifter is in park, You're
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most likely that shifter itself needs to be replaced.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
Is it a is it a column shift or is
it a it's in the Okay, it's in the dash,
which typically that's most of your odysseies are like that,
so so probably the shifter itself is bad. That the
selector that tells the car that it's in park, so
what you're doing is by taking it out and putting
it back in there, all of a sudden, it's making
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that contact and it's probably so most likely it's going
to need that shifter on the shifter assembly replaced. Okay,
but try to see if it starts a neutral I
just I'm just curious because it could have something new
the neutral safety switch. But again, if you if.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
You're taking it out and once you put it back
into gear it starts, then it's that that selector switch
that's in the assembly.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
Now.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
A lot of times most people go, well, Dane, can
I just replace that switch? Most of the time, Han
is not gonna sell just that switch. You're gonna have
to replace the entire assembly, which probably isn't too expensive,
I have. You know, I don't know off the top
of my head what it would cost.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
But my concern though, too is with it being an seven,
it might not be available.
Speaker 5 (08:45):
That's what I was afraid of.
Speaker 8 (08:48):
But my car has been very, very durable, and I
really would like to keep it going.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Yeah, they're great cars.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
Absolutely, I would fix it, hands down, I'd fix it.
So but that's that's what you have going on, is
that that that assembly is probably bad. The switch that's
in the assemblies bad, so gonna have to replace that.
Speaker 8 (09:07):
All right, Well, thank you so much, sir, very welcome.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
To have a great day.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
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five hundred.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
Again.
Speaker 3 (10:18):
I'm here every Saturday from one to two to answer
all of your car questions. And again, you know I've
said this, you know, time and time again. I enjoy
what I do. I love what I do, and you know,
in fact so much. I'm here every Saturday to try
to help you navigate your car problems or car questions
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and whether you bring it to Donovan Tyre or not.
And uh, if you're local in the Tri State area, great,
love to help you out. If you're not, and if
I could just help you out, I you know, that's
what I enjoy.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
That's what I'm here for every Saturday. So again, uh,
thank you so much for the.
Speaker 3 (10:57):
Callers and the listeners and all of my customers and
employees for all that you guys do.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
I really do appreciate it. So let's go back to
the phones. We have Jack. Hey, Jack, Welcome to the
car show. How can I help name?
Speaker 1 (11:12):
It's always cool to be able to call your program.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
I appreciate it. I thank you for calling.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
I mean I can tell like your dad as well.
You guys, are you honestly want.
Speaker 5 (11:23):
To help the working man keep his car going?
Speaker 2 (11:25):
Absolutely?
Speaker 1 (11:25):
And you know like the newer cars, the dealerships, they
didn't want us to be able to work on our cars.
The main reason, the main reason I called. And I'm
not bragging. I drive tweets.
Speaker 8 (11:38):
I don't have no problems.
Speaker 5 (11:39):
But uh, it was a guy.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
Last week that called in. He had a Saturn and
he had this car for quite a while and I
believe he had a couple of hundred thousand on it.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
It was it a Saturn eye on or Saturn is
an eye on?
Speaker 1 (11:54):
Yeah, And he said, hey, recently I am radio started
making noise. You know, he's trying to figure out what
it is. Well, this is my sheer luck that I
know what it is. And I've been dying to call
you all week.
Speaker 10 (12:09):
But I bought it.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
I bought He used Corolla one time, and uh, I
man not listening to the Reds and listening to Gary
bird Bank. That was my thing when I was younger,
and that Corolla, no matter what, it ran great, it
just AM was terrible. He's real staticky, right, And I
could never really listen to Am.
Speaker 5 (12:27):
It was horrible.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
So I went to the junk yard, went out throwing
those jugyards on Kellig Avenue, and I got in the
new radio and I put the dash apart. I put
it all in. I was all excited and I turned
it on. It was the exact same thing.
Speaker 5 (12:42):
Well, it just so happened. About two months.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
Later, I was an auto zone or something and they
had plug wires on sale, and they were real good ones,
but they were discounted price. So I figured out my
car run good, you know, pop them off five minutes
on a and I put those new plug wires on there,
and just by chance, a day or two later, I
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went to check to see if I could hear the
red score, and my hand was perfect.
Speaker 5 (13:10):
He needs plug wires.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
His part.
Speaker 6 (13:12):
Might we run great, and he might think.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
Everything's fine, but I'm telling you right now that Saturday
needs plug wires.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
Really, I'll buy them for him.
Speaker 7 (13:21):
I'll buy them, like, if that guy's listening, you get
old of me, you got my phone number, I'll pick
plug wires just to hear him say, yes, it fixed
my radio.
Speaker 3 (13:33):
Well, I you know, I have seen and heard a lot,
but I've never heard plug wires fixing AM radio.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
But I'd love to I don't you know.
Speaker 3 (13:42):
I'm not doubting you. I've just never seen it, that's all.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
It blew my mind because I thought to myself, what
did I do recently?
Speaker 5 (13:51):
And it was still plug wires.
Speaker 7 (13:53):
I still had the old ones playing in the back seat,
so I went ahead and just to see I put
them back.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
On, and sure enough, the part ran perfectly. But they
were making.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
My a m aesthetic interesting.
Speaker 5 (14:08):
So there you go, and and that's all I got.
Speaker 1 (14:11):
And I swear I am so happy to be able
to do that. Like I said, he sounded like an
older gentleman. He's on a sixth tencom or whatnot. I'll
buy his plug wires. And I would love to hear
him call back and say that's what it was.
Speaker 5 (14:25):
Because he's keeping that Saturn.
Speaker 8 (14:27):
That saturn ain't going nowhere.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
No, the older Saturns were that's the start. Yeah, the
older Saturns were there. They were almost tanks. I mean
you couldn't kill those things. I mean they smoked, they
towards the end of their life. They would smoke and
burn some oil, but I mean they were still a
good car. You just don't hear Saturn mum.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
You know, I think I think General Motors got scared
of the monster that they created. I think they purposely
got rid of that brand, because, Buddy, I tell you,
I was in the car business. I work for Joseph
Toyota for many, many years, and those cars were just fine.
Those cars were quality, and those cars, like you look
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at them now, there's no rust on those cars. There's
nothing to us. I know you're right, gentleman, Nickolity. I'm
telling you, I hear in his voice that car is
never going nowhere. He's gonna keep that car the list
of his life. And if he's listening, you tell him
call in and you get a hold of me, and
I'll pay for whatever the plug wires are, all right, Jack,
I even go put him on for him. I just
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to hear that AM radio work again would.
Speaker 8 (15:31):
Just make my whole day.
Speaker 2 (15:33):
That's well. I appreciate that, And hopefully he is listening.
Speaker 3 (15:37):
I hope he is, because there's not too many Saturn
eyeons out there, So if he is, we'll get in contact.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
With you, but continue to listen and hopefully do.
Speaker 11 (15:45):
I ain't going nowhere.
Speaker 1 (15:46):
My son listens to you. I've got an eleven year
old son, and he's probably listening. I'm at work.
Speaker 5 (15:52):
I don't know if he's listening or not. I know
he's on the Xbox right now. He's probably listening.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
So you got a lot of fans out here, buddy.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
All right, man, well I appreciate it. You have a
great weekend, all right, buddy, take care.
Speaker 10 (16:05):
Bye bye.
Speaker 3 (16:07):
Yep, my sons don't listen to me, but because they're
playing the video games too, but they're not. Today again,
we have four baseball games today, a birthday party. I'm
here in a dinner, and then two baseball games tomorrow
and if they win. If they don't win, Aiden and
I will be playing golf. If he does win, we're
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gonna have to skip golf.
Speaker 8 (16:30):
So but.
Speaker 3 (16:34):
Yeah, the just a busy, busy. It's it's is the season.
I mean, they're we're in tournaments all the time. It's
it's crazy our lives. Walking out the door and my
wife said, I'll see you when I see I said, yep,
we'll cross pass eventually. So all right again, take your
phone numbers and call I'm taking your phone calls and
then we're to call five one, three, seven, four, nine
fifty five hundred. All right, let's go back to the
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phones we have Rusty, Hey, Russy, welcome to the car show.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
How can I help?
Speaker 10 (17:01):
Uh?
Speaker 6 (17:01):
Thanks, Secan McCall dane. Listen, first time talking to you.
Listen to your father over the years when we've spoken
several times.
Speaker 5 (17:09):
Uh, I was one I know you've.
Speaker 6 (17:12):
I was mentioned that you have an import uh you know,
kind of especially for import shop now and I was
wondering if you work on Porsches and it's an old one,
it's a it's just and.
Speaker 8 (17:22):
That's the toys all it is.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
It's a two.
Speaker 6 (17:25):
Thousand and six Boxer.
Speaker 12 (17:26):
Uh.
Speaker 6 (17:27):
The basis automatic, kryptonic, uh two point seven Leader mid engine.
And you know, I really don't have anything wrong with
it right now. I just have its service. Every I
put it away in the winter, have bill change even
though only have I've only got twenty two thousand when
I was on it. So uh, you know, it's like
I said, I have have the those things by no.
You know, times are enemy, so you know and you
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look on uh you know online all these gurus sitting
well the one of these you know, they're saying, well
you need to change the water pipe, you need to
do this, and you do that, and you know, hoses
and things deteriorate. And my main question is just to
see if you you know, work on these.
Speaker 2 (18:07):
Yeah, absolutely we do. Okay, Yeah, it wouldn't be a
problem at all. You know.
Speaker 3 (18:13):
I ironically my new auto foreign shop.
Speaker 2 (18:19):
We're working on a this week.
Speaker 3 (18:21):
I had a nineteen seventy bug there and twenty twenty
one Lamborghini.
Speaker 2 (18:27):
So we we got so you know, we have a
you know, but yeah, absolutely we could handle that. We
could do that.
Speaker 3 (18:34):
As far as maintenance goes, I mean this Porsches don't
need a ton. Yes, I think what we do is
we get our eye on it just to see if
it needs anything.
Speaker 2 (18:43):
I don't know, I.
Speaker 3 (18:44):
Know, you know, if it gets into electronics where it
needs some type of computer module, I'm not going to
have the software to do that. But as far as maintenance, tires, brakes,
water pumps, timing belts, things like that, we can handle that.
Speaker 10 (18:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (19:00):
And that's and that's what and that's what I'm looking for,
because like I said, I have I don't even you know,
we I farm, and you know we work on all
of our stuff. I've never touched this thing, you know,
I've never i't like to have the hood up because
you know, got raised the convertible halfway up to get
into the engine bay. I don't even look at it.
I don't even. I don't even touch this thing. But
you know, I get I get put a couple thousand miles,
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get all changed. I mean, and I take it to
local horse dealer. I mean, you know they're but it's
you know, it's a little pricey, but you know, just
go play. You got paid. Yeah, So and I get that,
but it's like it's just a toy. Uh, you know,
I still enjoy it. So but you know, thinking mate,
you know you guys over the years, I mean, like
your dad's helped me out. So I thought, well, I
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just check you out, and you know, run, I know
you guys are conscientious about everything.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
So I was just yeah, and you know, find you.
Speaker 3 (19:50):
I appreciate the phone call, and no, I'd be happy
to do it.
Speaker 2 (19:53):
And I will always shoot you straight if I get there.
Speaker 3 (19:56):
And if it's something that I can't do, Russie, I'll
tell you I'm like, hey, look, you know, it's it's
it's something that I'm not you know, I'm not afraid.
Speaker 2 (20:03):
You know, I'm not a you know, sometimes people will
you know, they don't want to like, you know, I
think I can do it or I think I should
be able to.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
You know.
Speaker 3 (20:14):
No, if I'm like, hey, look, doesn't make sense, I
don't want to get in over my head.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
I'll tell you. I'll be honest with you.
Speaker 3 (20:20):
To say, hey, look, I mean there's there's been times
where I'm like, hey, look we we don't.
Speaker 2 (20:24):
I've got a.
Speaker 3 (20:24):
Mercedes right there, I got I have a Mercedes right now,
and I just told the gentlemen like, look, I don't
have the software and the equipment to go any farther right,
so it needs to either go to a dealer or.
Speaker 2 (20:35):
A Mercedes specialist. I'll always shoot you straight and be
honest with you. But I mean, I would say ninety
percent of that that that that vehicle, I can handle it.
It's just it's just you know, the quirky stuff like
maybe a software issue or a module or something like that.
I just because I had a little Poorsch boxter for
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a couple of years and I couldn't communicate with the
ABS mob just to the ABS light trash control light
ron And I mean, heck, I have a shop, and
I just I didn't have the means of being able
to do it. So I just looked, you.
Speaker 6 (21:08):
Know, what did you get rid of it?
Speaker 2 (21:11):
So I sold it? Yeah, and told the gentleman.
Speaker 6 (21:13):
That why did you get rid of it?
Speaker 8 (21:17):
I mean, well, I.
Speaker 3 (21:18):
Thought it was gonna be fun little thing that you know,
my boys kind of liked it. But you know, obviously
with three boys, you know, I can only take one
at a time.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
And I thought I thought my wife would enjoy it.
And she's like, I'm not getting in that thing. And
I'm like, ah, okay, right, So.
Speaker 3 (21:31):
I'm like, okay, well I guess we'll get rid of
it then, okay, sure, okay, but.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
No other reason. I mean, Porsche's a great Porsche is
a great fear.
Speaker 6 (21:39):
Fear of it or anything well, you know, tick a
time bomb or anything.
Speaker 2 (21:42):
You know, no, no, no, no, I mean, and.
Speaker 6 (21:44):
It's and it's the model in the year with am
the IMS is not supposed to not be a problem,
of course, you know, I know yourself, you.
Speaker 3 (21:53):
Know, and I had so the way I acquired mine
was that needed a clutch, So when they were putting
the clutch in it, I had them that I am
I am RC or whatever.
Speaker 6 (22:04):
Yep, yep, yep, yeah, okay, yeah, good for you.
Speaker 2 (22:06):
But no, I'd be more than happy to service it.
And if there's something I can't do, I'll just I'll
always shoot a straet and be honest with you.
Speaker 8 (22:12):
So good dear.
Speaker 6 (22:13):
Well, I give you guys a call and I just
drop it off and leave it and then went down
you call.
Speaker 3 (22:17):
You got it?
Speaker 2 (22:18):
Well, I appreciate the phone call. All right, Well, thank
you so much. Every great day. Bye bye. Yeah. You know,
I'm not afraid to work on anything.
Speaker 3 (22:27):
And uh, you know when we had the Lamborghini come in,
uh uh my business partner Kyle my cousin.
Speaker 2 (22:33):
So you're not gonna look at that, are you? Like, well,
it's got an exhaust rad. I said, oh, at least
look at it, you.
Speaker 3 (22:37):
Know, And it ended up being just an actuaiter on
the back of the muffler and we're able to get
the part.
Speaker 2 (22:45):
And you know, so sometimes people will look at the
the price tag of the vehicle or maybe not be
familiar enough with it. But I'll always look at it.
I'm not afraid to look at it and shoot your street.
And if I can't fix it, I can't fix it,
but at least give you an honest opinion on what
I think it is or maybe where you should take it.
Speaker 3 (23:05):
But that's what I'm here for. You know, I can't
fix every car out there, but at least you know.
Speaker 2 (23:11):
I had a buddy of mine.
Speaker 3 (23:13):
He called me up, really really good friend of mine.
He has a nineteen seventy six Porsche. And he goes, Dan,
I know you don't work on these things, but where
can I take it? And I said, well, what's going
on with it? And he goes, it's leaking gas. I said,
all right, well, I said, just bring it.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
In, tow it in.
Speaker 3 (23:28):
I will at least look at it and give you
an honest opinion on maybe what we need to do.
And turns out that a fuel injector was leaking and
was able to find the part on Believe it or not,
Amazon found the part on Amazon, had it there within
twenty four hours, had it fixed, and back out on
the road, and cost him couple hundred bucks.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
You know, at least let me look at it. You
know it's sometimes it's difficult to determine whether or not
I can fix it or not without looking at it, right.
And that's the most difficult part about our jobs is
everybody wants us to, Hey, what's it going to cost me?
We don't know.
Speaker 3 (24:00):
I got to look at it, you know. It's just
kind of like if you called your doctor and said, hey, listen,
I've got this this this symptom, what's wrong with me?
Can you fix me? Well, a lot of times, most
of the time, the doctors can say, well, hey, I
need you to come in. Let me, you know, maybe
do some blood work, maybe do some test right.
Speaker 2 (24:17):
And and if your doctor's like, hey, you know, I
can't fix you. You need to go to a specialist.
Maybe if you're you know, hey, my knees bother me,
he tells you to come in.
Speaker 3 (24:25):
He goes, hey, you need to go to a knee specialist, right,
but at least bring it to me. Let me look
at it, and I'll shoot you straight, tell you the
honest truth. And if I can't fix it, I will
point you in the right direction with somebody who can,
you know, because I don't you know, we don't always
have access to all of the software, all the tools
but at Donovan's will always take a look at it,
(24:46):
always give you an honest opinion, and and uh not
just say hey, sorry, we can't help you out, you know,
wipe our hands and send you down the road. No,
we'll give you advice as to who you could take
it to. And so that's, you know, that's what I
like doing, you know, one of the things I like doing.
It's like, hey, look, let me take a look at it.
(25:08):
Let me give you my honest opinion. If I can
fix it, great. If I can't, I'll guide you in
the direction as to who can.
Speaker 2 (25:13):
Right.
Speaker 3 (25:14):
So there's some companies, like I said earlier when I
started the show, if you've got a water leak in
your vehicle, because we've had.
Speaker 2 (25:19):
All this rain, I got a guy. I got a
guy that can fix that water leak. He's local and
a great guy, and this is what he does.
Speaker 3 (25:28):
He specializes in water leaks. So odds are that, you know,
I've got a guy that can do it even if
I can. So, all right again, the number to call
five one three seven, That number gain five one three seven,
nine fifty five hundred coming up. We have Phil, Susan
and Kyle. You're listening to the car show on fifty
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The number to call five one, three, seven, four nine
fifty five hundred Phil.
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We decide we have a young guest that wants to
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It says Kyle, Hello, are you there? Hello? Maybe not Hello?
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Oh, Hey, how are you I'm doing good. It says
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Yep, I wanted to say hi to Jack Morgan.
Speaker 2 (27:02):
My father. Okay, does he listen on saturdays? Okay?
Speaker 3 (27:08):
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said it was Jack Morgan. All right, Well Jack, I
appreciate you listening. And hey, thank you for calling in.
All right, bye bye, all right, Jack Morgan? All right,
so all right, let's go back to the funds we have, Phil, Phil,
(27:31):
I appreciate you holding on.
Speaker 2 (27:33):
How can I help?
Speaker 10 (27:34):
Hey?
Speaker 11 (27:35):
I have a nineteen eighty seven Chevrolet El Camino with
about one hundred and nineteen thousand miles.
Speaker 10 (27:41):
Wow, real, five four.
Speaker 2 (27:43):
Barrel don't see many of those anymore.
Speaker 5 (27:47):
It sticks in the garage.
Speaker 11 (27:48):
Yeah, and when I park it, it reeks of gas.
No leaks nowhere, But I'm smelling gas not from the
gas tank area, but from the engine area. And like
I said, it's no leaks anywhere. I didn't see anything
coming from the carburetor, but it's still reeks of gas.
Speaker 2 (28:12):
Well wow, so so you don't see any guys, I mean, well,
and you said it's obviously you said it's carbureted.
Speaker 11 (28:22):
Right, correct, And so the evact I mean the little
canister on the in front for the emissions. I've replaced that,
m h.
Speaker 5 (28:35):
But I'm not sure if the if I'm getting some
drips of gas in the four borough carburetor later on
after it sits, But I don't see any signs of
it being wet or anything like that, or really just
coming from directly from the carburetor. But it's in that area.
(28:57):
And if you know that you're a car man, there's
a whole bunch of of uh the mission stuff on
that thing.
Speaker 2 (29:03):
Well, I'll be honest with you, I have never I
have never seen or worked I've seen them on the street,
but I've never worked on an El Camino ever. Uh So.
Speaker 5 (29:20):
Not the three oh five engine with the four barol No,
they put.
Speaker 11 (29:24):
Into Monte Carlos.
Speaker 2 (29:25):
And yeah, no, I have year Okay, Yeah, I mean,
I you know, be more than happy to look at it.
Speaker 3 (29:37):
But you've got to have some type of rubber line
or some type of You've got to so you don't
smell it in the cabin.
Speaker 2 (29:42):
You only smell it under the hood, correct, Okay. And
here's the other thing.
Speaker 5 (29:48):
For a couple of days, the whole garage is stinking.
Speaker 2 (29:53):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (29:54):
Here's the other thing is carburetors were not you know,
carburetors were a thing of the past when I got
into this industry. So when it comes to carburetors too, man,
I am they were something of like I said, something
of the past. So I don't have a a ton
of information or a ton of information I can help
(30:15):
you with. I apologize, but it's got to be leaking somewhere.
But I mean, you know, again, I'd stated this earlier
in the show.
Speaker 2 (30:22):
But if I could look at it for you, be
more happy to look at it see if we can
try to determine where it's coming from. It's one of
those things where I'm just gonna have to look at it.
Speaker 3 (30:32):
How many miles you said, having one hundred and twenty
two thousand, nineteen.
Speaker 2 (30:36):
Hundred nineteen okay? Did you buy it brand new?
Speaker 5 (30:40):
Second owner?
Speaker 2 (30:40):
Second owner? Okay? What colors is gray?
Speaker 11 (30:44):
About forty thousand miles on it?
Speaker 2 (30:48):
Is it gray or black? Or what color?
Speaker 5 (30:49):
Is it white?
Speaker 2 (30:50):
It's white white. I don't think I've ever.
Speaker 5 (30:55):
Seen it's.
Speaker 11 (30:58):
It has a twenty six options, so it's just like
a supersport.
Speaker 5 (31:03):
But the guy ordered it with all the options, and
I guess he wanted to save some money and not
put the super Sport label on it. But it came with,
like I said, twenty six options.
Speaker 3 (31:14):
So so he didn't want the So it is a
super Sport, it's just not tag or not.
Speaker 2 (31:20):
Oh it's not.
Speaker 11 (31:21):
I guess he didn't want to pay the up charge,
but he got all the options when he ordered it. Yeah,
par everything, it's in sway barred, limited, flip differential.
Speaker 2 (31:33):
And he rusted on it or anything. No, huh, what's
what's that thing worth? Nowadays?
Speaker 1 (31:44):
I have no idea.
Speaker 5 (31:45):
Somewhere probably in the ballpark of twelve to fifteen.
Speaker 2 (31:47):
Maybe you just don't see many of them anymore, you know.
Speaker 5 (31:52):
Yep, no, not at all. If you do the rust
it out.
Speaker 2 (31:55):
Yeah I know, I know.
Speaker 3 (31:57):
Well keep it, keep it in the garage, keep it clean,
eye And I apologize.
Speaker 2 (32:01):
I wish I would have been able to help you
a little bit more.
Speaker 3 (32:03):
But you've got some times you've got some type like
you said, could be the carburetor itself, or you've got
some type of I mean I would I would inspect.
Speaker 2 (32:12):
You know, typically you're gonna have a feed line or
return line.
Speaker 3 (32:16):
They're gonna be metal, but it sounds like it's pretty
much spent most of its life in a garage, so
I doubt it's it's gonna it's gonna be a metal
or a rusted outline. It's gonna be some type of
rubber hose that's failed and is leaking somewhere.
Speaker 2 (32:30):
And typically.
Speaker 3 (32:34):
When fuels leaking, it almost kind of looks like it
has like a brown tint to it almost kind of
looks like like rusty water.
Speaker 2 (32:42):
But you're more than welcome to bring it to me.
I won't charge it. Let's just pop the hood and
see if we can try to determine where it's coming from.
Speaker 3 (32:49):
You know, you're welcome to bring it by. I'll just
let's pop the hood. I'll take a look at it
for you. Like I said, I won't charge it, and
let's just try to figure out where it's coming from.
Speaker 2 (32:57):
I'd be more happy to help you out. I appreciate it,
all right, Well, thank you.
Speaker 3 (33:03):
So I'm at the Auto four in shop, So Donovan's
Auto four and it's the corner of Montgomery Road and Dana.
You don't need to call ahead, just pop in, just
say hey. Talk to Dan on the radio show. And
he's gonna take it.
Speaker 2 (33:14):
Just pop, take a look at it and love to
try to help you out.
Speaker 5 (33:19):
Appreciate it, right, good weekend, all right.
Speaker 2 (33:21):
You too, take care, bye bye.
Speaker 3 (33:24):
That was the thing when I got into this twenty
five years ago. Carporators were a thing of the past,
and to be honest with you, I can't stand corporators.
Speaker 2 (33:34):
They're such a headache, such a headache.
Speaker 3 (33:38):
I remember when I was twenty one, I bought my
first motorcycle and it was fuel injected, and that was
like because I had had motorcycles in the past that
were carbureted, and what a nightmare it just I mean, heck,
I don't even I don't even like my leaf blower
(34:01):
that I have as car Breid thing drives me nuts.
Fuel injections the way to go in my opinion. But
that might just be me talking because I'm forty and
and uh didn't have to deal with it. So all
right again, taking your phone calls, and I wanna call
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Taking your car questions the number to call five one
three seven nine fifty five hundred. I hope you all
are enjoying this wonderful weather we're having again. It's a
little chili, uh but uh yeah, it's it. Uh just
to see the sun and no clouds, oh man, It's
it's just feels so great.
Speaker 2 (35:18):
So I hope everybody's out there, maybe getting some yard.
Speaker 3 (35:21):
Work done or enjoying us some uh you know, some
time out and the just in the great outdoors. Maybe
bike in or doing a little bit of run or whatnot.
So like I said, uh, we will spend our entire
weekend at the ball.
Speaker 2 (35:34):
Field, which I don't mind. I do enjoy it.
Speaker 3 (35:37):
My son eight and my oldest was playing this morning
and uh they won their first game, and uh, you know.
Speaker 2 (35:46):
It's nice to watch, you know, you.
Speaker 3 (35:49):
Know, you win some, you lose some, but he really
really enjoys playing baseball. Golf's his favorite, but he loves
playing baseball. And he does really good job. And I'm
not just saying that because I'm his father, but he
does a great job.
Speaker 2 (36:00):
He's a catcher.
Speaker 3 (36:01):
And you know, you can sit there and watch the
Reds and the Bangles and all your professional teams are
which is and I've failed to mention this, but you
know it.
Speaker 2 (36:12):
For me, this is the best week of the year.
It's the Masters.
Speaker 3 (36:16):
I luckily had the opportunity back in twenty fifteen, had
the opportunity.
Speaker 2 (36:21):
To go, and.
Speaker 3 (36:24):
You know, and you know I know that sometimes people say, oh,
you know, golf's boring to watch, but man, if you're
if you're a golfer, this is this is the super
Bowl of golf, and it's the kickoff to the year.
And again, I was wearing my Masters shirt all week
and I'm not wearing it right now, but yeah, great
(36:44):
week to be out there and maybe, uh, if the
course is try enough, maybe getting out there and swinging
some clubs. But it's nothing's more enjoyable than being able
to watch your own kids play and win and have
a good time.
Speaker 2 (36:56):
So play with some friends.
Speaker 3 (36:58):
Uh those are I know everybody goes, oh, you know,
take it in now because it's going to go by fast,
and I know that.
Speaker 2 (37:04):
But it is fun and enjoyable.
Speaker 3 (37:06):
It might be stressful from time to time where you're
running all over the city because I was all the
way up in Hamilton and I see it all the
way up there, because you know, anything passed like five
miles and I think it's a mission. You know, Tony
Bender lives just past the airport and I have to
pass the rest area just to get to his house,
(37:27):
and that's too far from me. So Hamilton, Hamilton, Danny
in fact, you know, my producer.
Speaker 2 (37:33):
He was like, oh, you know, I live west of Hamilton.
Speaker 3 (37:36):
I'm like, oh my god, felt like I was out
of town being all the way up in Hamilton. But man,
they've done some tremendous job, tremendous work.
Speaker 2 (37:42):
Up there, so very nice.
Speaker 3 (37:44):
So all right, let's go back to the phones. We
have Susan. Hey, Susan, welcome to the car show.
Speaker 2 (37:48):
How can I help?
Speaker 12 (37:50):
Well, thank you for taking my call.
Speaker 2 (37:51):
Absolutely, thank you for holden Well, that's right.
Speaker 12 (37:54):
I have got a twenty fifteen Nissan Rogue. In October,
I had a rear tire that needs to replace, and
I took it to Bob somerml tiprole A which I've
had lots of work done there before. The tire had
to be replaced. They said I had to replace the
tire opposite of it too. Now I questioned it and
I said, do I not have to have all four
(38:14):
tires replaced because I have all will drive? They told
me no, And I've had tire replace there in the
past where we had to replace fall four. They told
me no, that only had to get the tire opposite
of it replaced because in the rotation the two in
the back would go to the front, the two in
the front would go the back, and that the size
difference wasn't that big a deal. So January I start
(38:38):
having this grinding sound. I thought it was my CVT transmission,
so I took it to the Nissan dealership and what
had happened. My all wheel drive was out. I had
to replace my rear final drive assembly, had to get
four new tires, and they said it was the damage
done to different sized tires. There were two tires they said,
at ten and two tires at five, and then they
(39:00):
were three different brands on it, so you know, and
that was quite an expensive repair. So I went back
to the Triple A and they were very nice and said,
you know, I think y'all made a mistake. I think
I would see if I can get some reimbursement for
having to get this work done. They sent it to
Triple A Claims. About a month later the claims came back.
(39:23):
I did give Claims the number of my contact person
at this on. This on was more than willing to
give every bit of information they could to the claims department,
but they never did call this on. They denied the
claim saying that if it was their fault with the tires,
that this damage would have happened immediately, not three months later.
(39:43):
They had no idea what I had done to my
car and during that time, and that I shouldn't have
taken it to the dealership and should have taken it
back to the Triple A store. So my question is
would it have actually have taken happened immediately or it's
that three month time an appropriate time to have this
damage done to where I can try to challenge that client.
Speaker 3 (40:07):
Great question, So absolutely I think and listen, we will
always at Donovan's we always accept, you know, listen, it
was their fault. Okay, if the back tires were at
ten thirty seconds in the front were at five thirty seconds,
that's way too much of a difference. Two thirty seconds
is typically so if the back tires are at ten
(40:30):
thirty seconds, that's the thickness of the tread. Those front
tires need to be at eight thirty seconds, So at.
Speaker 2 (40:36):
Five at half that's too much.
Speaker 3 (40:39):
So absolutely that's what caused the four wheel drive to
go out.
Speaker 2 (40:48):
Now, no, it's not. It does not necessarily mean it's
gonna happen right away. Every year making model is gonna
be a bit different.
Speaker 3 (40:58):
But if it went out within three months of replacing
those two tires, and I'm not listen, you know, I'm
not picking on them or anything like that, but yes,
I do believe that you have a very good gripe
and have a good you know case against them in
the sense that, yeah, those tires and listen, I've had
(41:20):
this argument multiple times. People are like, well, why do
I need to do all four because you could ruin
the four wheel drive, And no, it doesn't happen. It
doesn't necessarily mean it's gonna happen right away. It can
happen down the road, it can happen three months later.
Speaker 2 (41:33):
So okay, And again, I I don't know anybody there,
and I'm not picking on them, but I do believe
that they were at fault, and you do have a
good case, and I would I would try to pursue
them to try to take care of you on that,
because they really should do the right thing in my opinion,
(41:53):
and so I would I would try to fight them
on that.
Speaker 12 (41:57):
Okay, I will do that, especially when I specifically asked,
don't I need four tires?
Speaker 2 (42:04):
Right?
Speaker 3 (42:04):
Yeah, you were even helping them do their job and
they still didn't. Uh right, Yeah, you did the right thing,
and you're doing the right thing.
Speaker 2 (42:12):
And unfortunately, I do think that they're they're at fault,
and it doesn't necess it does not mean that it's
going to happen right away. Sometimes it does, sometimes it
does but in your case it didn't. It took some
time and three months later it went out. And if
the tires were the fronts.
Speaker 3 (42:29):
Were at five thirty seconds and the rears were at
ten mm hm, whoever was selling you those tires wasn't
doing his job so or just didn't have the proper.
Speaker 2 (42:39):
Knowledge, right, Yeah.
Speaker 12 (42:41):
The dealership said that, you know, the deficit can't be
any more than three.
Speaker 3 (42:46):
Yeah, and and well that's why I even I'm even
kind of conservative, and that's why I'm saying like two
two thirty seconds is so you know, a brand new
tire is typically ten thirty seconds, and that's again the
thickness of the tread. You don't want to go Most
manufacturers don't want you to go any less than two.
So at eight thirty seconds, So the fact that those
were at five thirty seconds, that's a massive difference. And
(43:09):
those front tires should have been replaced as well with
the backs. Okay, So I do think that you have
a case, and I do think that they're at fault.
Speaker 12 (43:17):
Okay, Well, thank you. And when I talked to the
claims department, the last thing they said is there and
I asked this, there any way that I can appeal
this and they said no, it's shut. So I guess
my next step, but I.
Speaker 8 (43:28):
Have to get a lawyer.
Speaker 2 (43:29):
Yeah, and just do small claims court, right, right, do
small claims. All right, Well, good luck to you. I'm
sorry you have to go through that. That's that's such
a headache. I'm sorry you have to go through that.
But you're doing the right thing and I do think
that you do have a good case and they are
at fault.
Speaker 12 (43:46):
So okay, well, thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (43:49):
All right, I appreciate call me back with it, call
me back with an update.
Speaker 3 (43:53):
So yeah, it's it's important that you have the right
people in place to to to sell tires. I mean
nowadays you could think that, oh hell, anybody can just
sell tires. I don't know if the car's got all
wheel drive. Again, two thirty seconds is typically the difference
that you can see that you have to be. So
if you come in to Donovan's or any other repayer
(44:15):
shop and you've got a low tire and they say
you need one, you come in there, you're like, well,
I just have a slow leak in one tire and
they're like, hey, you can't be fixed.
Speaker 2 (44:22):
You need four. You're like what are you talking about?
What do I need for?
Speaker 3 (44:25):
If your car is all time, all wheel drive, all
the tires have to be the same tread thickness because
otherwise you'll burn up.
Speaker 2 (44:34):
You're all wheel drive. So so hey, listen, Rick Steve.
Speaker 3 (44:39):
I do apologize that I could not get to you.
I will be back next Saturday to answer all of
your car questions. Everybody, have a great weekend, enjoy this
nice weather that we're having, and uh, go out, maybe
hit some golf balls or watch the Masters. That's what
I'm going to try to do this weekend. So again, everybody,
thank you so much. I'll be back next Saturday answer
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all your car questions. You're listening to the Car Showing
fifty five k r C, the talk station
There with a four barrel car when a due looks softly.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Good afternoon, and welcome to the car show on fifty
five KRC.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
I'm Dane Donovan from Donovan's Auto entire Center and taking
your car questions. The number to call five one three
seven fifty five hundred. I'm taking your car questions again,
the number to call five one three seven fifty five hundred.
It was, uh, man, I tell you what it was.
January February was a little touch and go. It was
a little little soft on business. And again that's that's
(00:44):
always typical. You know, we get through the holidays, nobody's
traveling and uh, you know you're getting those credit card
statements right from Christmas.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
I got you know, I don't know if I want
to fix my car right now.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
So it's it's it's usual, right, But man, it's really
starting to pick up. You know, we've got spring break.
You know a lot of people are in spring break.
My boys are gonna be in spring break next week.
We're not traveling anywhere, but you know, this is the
time that we need to discuss. We need to start
talking about thinking about getting the cars ready for you know,
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spring break or your your summer trip. Right, most of
you already have in mind, are already planning to travel
this summer, and get the car ready right now.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
You need to get it ready. Now, it's now is
the time we need to think about this.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
Checking the tires, checking the brakes, make sure that you know,
oils change, fluids are checked out. You know, these are
things that we have to do, and we need to
start thinking about it now because far too often, and
you know you've heard me say this before, we we
wait till the last minute, right we think about the car.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Oh, shoot, you know we're going out of town this Friday.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
I shill probably bring the car in and then you
don't get it in and you have, you know, uh
a problem.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
So now it's the time to start thinking about that.
Most of us.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
Again are planning our summer trip or already have it planned, right,
So if you have one planned, you need to think
ahead and sit there and decide. Okay, now it's time
to think about the car. Get it scheduled, get it
in right meanwhile, think about this right, So let's just
say you get it in next week or two weeks
(02:29):
from now, and you know you're you're automotive repair shops, says, Hey,
you're gonna need breaks real soon. You're probably gonna need
them in about a month or two. Right, then you
can plan for that, right, so you're not cramming in
a break job right before vacation. And now money's kind
of tight because you know you had to fix the
car before you could travel and get out of town. Right,
(02:50):
so now's the time to start thinking about that stuff.
So all right again, then I'm gonna call a five one, three, seven,
nine fifty five hundred.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Let's go to the phone. We have Jenny. Hey, Jenny,
welcome to the car. So how can I help?
Speaker 4 (03:02):
Well, my horn isn't working on my B three thousand,
two thousand and two Mazda, and I checked all the fuses,
all the relays, and I was wondering when I was
looking at the manuel it's the anti theft has something
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to do, possibly with the horn, because that has to
sound when your car's getting broken into. So its possible
there's a relay for the anti theft that might be
the cause of the horn not working.
Speaker 3 (03:51):
I highly doubt it, So let me ask you something.
So is your horn do you have a horn pad
right in the center or do you have a button
on each side of the steer.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
Will two thousand and two has the pad right in
the center.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
Okay, and uh so you have no low tone, no
low tone or high tone.
Speaker 5 (04:11):
Just nothing, no nothing.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
Okay, are there any lights on the dashes? Like is
there an air bag light on or anything?
Speaker 6 (04:23):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (04:23):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
I didn't know that had something to.
Speaker 7 (04:27):
Do with it.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
So, so your horn runs through what's called the clock spring. Okay,
it's and that's behind the the air bag. Okay, So
you've got your horn, you've got your clock spring, and
then you have I'm sorry, you've got your horn, your
air bag, and then your clock spring. And that runs
that horn through that clock spring.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
So if the airbag light is on, it's very possible
that the clock spring could be bad. Now, if you're like.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
Day know the airbag light is not on, then either
the horn pad itself is bad inside that that you
know inside the yeah, correct, or the horn itself is
just it's just bad.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
I mean that that can happen.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
No, I don't think there's a relay or I mean
it could be could be a relay, could be a fused,
But you said you've checked the fuses.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
No, I do not think it's any I don't think
it has anything to do with the anti theft. Okay,
but check to see if check.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
To see if that airbag light is on. That's that's important.
If it is, then we probably have a bad clock spring.
If it's not, then either the horn pad itself is
bad or the horn is just bad.
Speaker 4 (05:42):
Okay, great, that's something for me to check.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
I'll check back with.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
You after great.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
Thank you so much, take care, thank you, bye bye.
You know, every car has what's called a clock spring,
so most of our newer cars nowadays have electronics. Right,
You've got your your cruise control, your horn, your turn signals,
I mean, everything kind of runs through that clock spring
and which allows you to turn the wheel all the
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way to left, all the way to the right and
still have contact right with the So probably what's going
on is either the horn pat itself is bad or
the horn so all right, let's go back to the phones.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
We have Donnie, Hey, Donnie, welcome to the car show.
How can I help?
Speaker 5 (06:25):
Hi?
Speaker 8 (06:25):
How are you? Thanks for taking my call?
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Absolutely, thank you for calling. How can I help?
Speaker 8 (06:30):
I have a rare no start situation in MIO seven
Honda Odyssey okay, And the way I resolve it is
I just have to pull the shift lever out of park,
push it back in the park. It starts right up.
I don't know for diagnosing whether it would be the
shift linkage or the neutral safety switch.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
Okay, does the vehicle have you will the vehicle? So
if you pull it out of park and put it
back in park, it'll start correct?
Speaker 8 (07:01):
Correct?
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Will it start in neutral? Oh?
Speaker 8 (07:05):
I never tried that.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Okay, So if it.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
Will start, you know, typically if your car will not start,
but it will start a neutral that's typically a neutral
safety switch, which would cause the car to allow you
to start it right. But I believe what's going on
is if you're if you're pulling it out of gear
and putting it back into gear, that that selector which
shows the car that the shifter is in park, You're
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most likely that shifter itself needs to be replaced.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
Is it a is it a column shift or is
it a it's in the Okay, it's in the dash,
which typically that's most of your odysseies are like that,
so so probably the shifter itself is bad. That the
selector that tells the car that it's in park, so
what you're doing is by taking it out and putting
it back in there, all of a sudden, it's making
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that contact and it's probably so most likely it's going
to need that shifter on the shifter assembly replaced. Okay,
but try to see if it starts a neutral I
just I'm just curious because it could have something new
the neutral safety switch. But again, if you if.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
You're taking it out and once you put it back
into gear it starts, then it's that that selector switch
that's in the assembly.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
Now.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
A lot of times most people go, well, Dane, can
I just replace that switch? Most of the time, Han
is not gonna sell just that switch. You're gonna have
to replace the entire assembly, which probably isn't too expensive,
I have. You know, I don't know off the top
of my head what it would cost.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
But my concern though, too is with it being an seven,
it might not be available.
Speaker 5 (08:45):
That's what I was afraid of.
Speaker 8 (08:48):
But my car has been very, very durable, and I
really would like to keep it going.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Yeah, they're great cars.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
Absolutely, I would fix it, hands down, I'd fix it.
So but that's that's what you have going on, is
that that that assembly is probably bad. The switch that's
in the assemblies bad, so gonna have to replace that.
Speaker 8 (09:07):
All right, Well, thank you so much, sir, very welcome.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
To have a great day.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
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Speaker 2 (10:18):
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Speaker 3 (10:18):
I'm here every Saturday from one to two to answer
all of your car questions. And again, you know I've
said this, you know, time and time again. I enjoy
what I do. I love what I do, and you know,
in fact so much. I'm here every Saturday to try
to help you navigate your car problems or car questions
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And uh, if you're local in the Tri State area, great,
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Speaker 2 (10:53):
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Speaker 3 (10:57):
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Speaker 2 (11:02):
I really do appreciate it. So let's go back to
the phones. We have Jack. Hey, Jack, Welcome to the
car show. How can I help name?
Speaker 1 (11:12):
It's always cool to be able to call your program.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
I appreciate it. I thank you for calling.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
I mean I can tell like your dad as well.
You guys, are you honestly want.
Speaker 5 (11:23):
To help the working man keep his car going?
Speaker 2 (11:25):
Absolutely?
Speaker 1 (11:25):
And you know like the newer cars, the dealerships, they
didn't want us to be able to work on our cars.
The main reason, the main reason I called. And I'm
not bragging. I drive tweets.
Speaker 8 (11:38):
I don't have no problems.
Speaker 5 (11:39):
But uh, it was a guy.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
Last week that called in. He had a Saturn and
he had this car for quite a while and I
believe he had a couple of hundred thousand on it.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
It was it a Saturn eye on or Saturn is
an eye on?
Speaker 1 (11:54):
Yeah, And he said, hey, recently I am radio started
making noise. You know, he's trying to figure out what
it is. Well, this is my sheer luck that I
know what it is. And I've been dying to call
you all week.
Speaker 10 (12:09):
But I bought it.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
I bought He used Corolla one time, and uh, I
man not listening to the Reds and listening to Gary
bird Bank. That was my thing when I was younger,
and that Corolla, no matter what, it ran great, it
just AM was terrible. He's real staticky, right, And I
could never really listen to Am.
Speaker 5 (12:27):
It was horrible.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
So I went to the junk yard, went out throwing
those jugyards on Kellig Avenue, and I got in the
new radio and I put the dash apart. I put
it all in. I was all excited and I turned
it on. It was the exact same thing.
Speaker 5 (12:42):
Well, it just so happened. About two months.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
Later, I was an auto zone or something and they
had plug wires on sale, and they were real good ones,
but they were discounted price. So I figured out my
car run good, you know, pop them off five minutes
on a and I put those new plug wires on there,
and just by chance, a day or two later, I
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went to check to see if I could hear the
red score, and my hand was perfect.
Speaker 5 (13:10):
He needs plug wires.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
His part.
Speaker 6 (13:12):
Might we run great, and he might think.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
Everything's fine, but I'm telling you right now that Saturday
needs plug wires.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
Really, I'll buy them for him.
Speaker 7 (13:21):
I'll buy them, like, if that guy's listening, you get
old of me, you got my phone number, I'll pick
plug wires just to hear him say, yes, it fixed
my radio.
Speaker 3 (13:33):
Well, I you know, I have seen and heard a lot,
but I've never heard plug wires fixing AM radio.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
But I'd love to I don't you know.
Speaker 3 (13:42):
I'm not doubting you. I've just never seen it, that's all.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
It blew my mind because I thought to myself, what
did I do recently?
Speaker 5 (13:51):
And it was still plug wires.
Speaker 7 (13:53):
I still had the old ones playing in the back seat,
so I went ahead and just to see I put
them back.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
On, and sure enough, the part ran perfectly. But they
were making.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
My a m aesthetic interesting.
Speaker 5 (14:08):
So there you go, and and that's all I got.
Speaker 1 (14:11):
And I swear I am so happy to be able
to do that. Like I said, he sounded like an
older gentleman. He's on a sixth tencom or whatnot. I'll
buy his plug wires. And I would love to hear
him call back and say that's what it was.
Speaker 5 (14:25):
Because he's keeping that Saturn.
Speaker 8 (14:27):
That saturn ain't going nowhere.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
No, the older Saturns were that's the start. Yeah, the
older Saturns were there. They were almost tanks. I mean
you couldn't kill those things. I mean they smoked, they
towards the end of their life. They would smoke and
burn some oil, but I mean they were still a
good car. You just don't hear Saturn mum.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
You know, I think I think General Motors got scared
of the monster that they created. I think they purposely
got rid of that brand, because, Buddy, I tell you,
I was in the car business. I work for Joseph
Toyota for many, many years, and those cars were just fine.
Those cars were quality, and those cars, like you look
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at them now, there's no rust on those cars. There's
nothing to us. I know you're right, gentleman, Nickolity. I'm
telling you, I hear in his voice that car is
never going nowhere. He's gonna keep that car the list
of his life. And if he's listening, you tell him
call in and you get a hold of me, and
I'll pay for whatever the plug wires are, all right, Jack,
I even go put him on for him. I just
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to hear that AM radio work again would.
Speaker 8 (15:31):
Just make my whole day.
Speaker 2 (15:33):
That's well. I appreciate that, And hopefully he is listening.
Speaker 3 (15:37):
I hope he is, because there's not too many Saturn
eyeons out there, So if he is, we'll get in contact.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
With you, but continue to listen and hopefully do.
Speaker 11 (15:45):
I ain't going nowhere.
Speaker 1 (15:46):
My son listens to you. I've got an eleven year
old son, and he's probably listening. I'm at work.
Speaker 5 (15:52):
I don't know if he's listening or not. I know
he's on the Xbox right now. He's probably listening.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
So you got a lot of fans out here, buddy.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
All right, man, well I appreciate it. You have a
great weekend, all right, buddy, take care.
Speaker 10 (16:05):
Bye bye.
Speaker 3 (16:07):
Yep, my sons don't listen to me, but because they're
playing the video games too, but they're not. Today again,
we have four baseball games today, a birthday party. I'm
here in a dinner, and then two baseball games tomorrow
and if they win. If they don't win, Aiden and
I will be playing golf. If he does win, we're
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gonna have to skip golf.
Speaker 8 (16:30):
So but.
Speaker 3 (16:34):
Yeah, the just a busy, busy. It's it's is the season.
I mean, they're we're in tournaments all the time. It's
it's crazy our lives. Walking out the door and my
wife said, I'll see you when I see I said, yep,
we'll cross pass eventually. So all right again, take your
phone numbers and call I'm taking your phone calls and
then we're to call five one, three, seven, four, nine
fifty five hundred. All right, let's go back to the
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phones we have Rusty, Hey, Russy, welcome to the car show.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
How can I help?
Speaker 10 (17:01):
Uh?
Speaker 6 (17:01):
Thanks, Secan McCall dane. Listen, first time talking to you.
Listen to your father over the years when we've spoken
several times.
Speaker 5 (17:09):
Uh, I was one I know you've.
Speaker 6 (17:12):
I was mentioned that you have an import uh you know,
kind of especially for import shop now and I was
wondering if you work on Porsches and it's an old one,
it's a it's just and.
Speaker 8 (17:22):
That's the toys all it is.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
It's a two.
Speaker 6 (17:25):
Thousand and six Boxer.
Speaker 12 (17:26):
Uh.
Speaker 6 (17:27):
The basis automatic, kryptonic, uh two point seven Leader mid engine.
And you know, I really don't have anything wrong with
it right now. I just have its service. Every I
put it away in the winter, have bill change even
though only have I've only got twenty two thousand when
I was on it. So uh, you know, it's like
I said, I have have the those things by no.
You know, times are enemy, so you know and you
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look on uh you know online all these gurus sitting
well the one of these you know, they're saying, well
you need to change the water pipe, you need to
do this, and you do that, and you know, hoses
and things deteriorate. And my main question is just to
see if you you know, work on these.
Speaker 2 (18:07):
Yeah, absolutely we do. Okay, Yeah, it wouldn't be a
problem at all. You know.
Speaker 3 (18:13):
I ironically my new auto foreign shop.
Speaker 2 (18:19):
We're working on a this week.
Speaker 3 (18:21):
I had a nineteen seventy bug there and twenty twenty
one Lamborghini.
Speaker 2 (18:27):
So we we got so you know, we have a
you know, but yeah, absolutely we could handle that. We
could do that.
Speaker 3 (18:34):
As far as maintenance goes, I mean this Porsches don't
need a ton. Yes, I think what we do is
we get our eye on it just to see if
it needs anything.
Speaker 2 (18:43):
I don't know, I.
Speaker 3 (18:44):
Know, you know, if it gets into electronics where it
needs some type of computer module, I'm not going to
have the software to do that. But as far as maintenance, tires, brakes,
water pumps, timing belts, things like that, we can handle that.
Speaker 10 (18:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (19:00):
And that's and that's what and that's what I'm looking for,
because like I said, I have I don't even you know,
we I farm, and you know we work on all
of our stuff. I've never touched this thing, you know,
I've never i't like to have the hood up because
you know, got raised the convertible halfway up to get
into the engine bay. I don't even look at it.
I don't even. I don't even touch this thing. But
you know, I get I get put a couple thousand miles,
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get all changed. I mean, and I take it to
local horse dealer. I mean, you know they're but it's
you know, it's a little pricey, but you know, just
go play. You got paid. Yeah, So and I get that,
but it's like it's just a toy. Uh, you know,
I still enjoy it. So but you know, thinking mate,
you know you guys over the years, I mean, like
your dad's helped me out. So I thought, well, I
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just check you out, and you know, run, I know
you guys are conscientious about everything.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
So I was just yeah, and you know, find you.
Speaker 3 (19:50):
I appreciate the phone call, and no, I'd be happy
to do it.
Speaker 2 (19:53):
And I will always shoot you straight if I get there.
Speaker 3 (19:56):
And if it's something that I can't do, Russie, I'll
tell you I'm like, hey, look, you know, it's it's
it's something that I'm not you know, I'm not afraid.
Speaker 2 (20:03):
You know, I'm not a you know, sometimes people will
you know, they don't want to like, you know, I
think I can do it or I think I should
be able to.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
You know.
Speaker 3 (20:14):
No, if I'm like, hey, look, doesn't make sense, I
don't want to get in over my head.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
I'll tell you. I'll be honest with you.
Speaker 3 (20:20):
To say, hey, look, I mean there's there's been times
where I'm like, hey, look we we don't.
Speaker 2 (20:24):
I've got a.
Speaker 3 (20:24):
Mercedes right there, I got I have a Mercedes right now,
and I just told the gentlemen like, look, I don't
have the software and the equipment to go any farther right,
so it needs to either go to a dealer or.
Speaker 2 (20:35):
A Mercedes specialist. I'll always shoot you straight and be
honest with you. But I mean, I would say ninety
percent of that that that that vehicle, I can handle it.
It's just it's just you know, the quirky stuff like
maybe a software issue or a module or something like that.
I just because I had a little Poorsch boxter for
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a couple of years and I couldn't communicate with the
ABS mob just to the ABS light trash control light
ron And I mean, heck, I have a shop, and
I just I didn't have the means of being able
to do it. So I just looked, you.
Speaker 6 (21:08):
Know, what did you get rid of it?
Speaker 2 (21:11):
So I sold it? Yeah, and told the gentleman.
Speaker 6 (21:13):
That why did you get rid of it?
Speaker 8 (21:17):
I mean, well, I.
Speaker 3 (21:18):
Thought it was gonna be fun little thing that you know,
my boys kind of liked it. But you know, obviously
with three boys, you know, I can only take one
at a time.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
And I thought I thought my wife would enjoy it.
And she's like, I'm not getting in that thing. And
I'm like, ah, okay, right, So.
Speaker 3 (21:31):
I'm like, okay, well I guess we'll get rid of
it then, okay, sure, okay, but.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
No other reason. I mean, Porsche's a great Porsche is
a great fear.
Speaker 6 (21:39):
Fear of it or anything well, you know, tick a
time bomb or anything.
Speaker 2 (21:42):
You know, no, no, no, no, I mean, and.
Speaker 6 (21:44):
It's and it's the model in the year with am
the IMS is not supposed to not be a problem,
of course, you know, I know yourself, you.
Speaker 3 (21:53):
Know, and I had so the way I acquired mine
was that needed a clutch, So when they were putting
the clutch in it, I had them that I am
I am RC or whatever.
Speaker 6 (22:04):
Yep, yep, yep, yeah, okay, yeah, good for you.
Speaker 2 (22:06):
But no, I'd be more than happy to service it.
And if there's something I can't do, I'll just I'll
always shoot a straet and be honest with you.
Speaker 8 (22:12):
So good dear.
Speaker 6 (22:13):
Well, I give you guys a call and I just
drop it off and leave it and then went down
you call.
Speaker 3 (22:17):
You got it?
Speaker 2 (22:18):
Well, I appreciate the phone call. All right, Well, thank
you so much. Every great day. Bye bye. Yeah. You know,
I'm not afraid to work on anything.
Speaker 3 (22:27):
And uh, you know when we had the Lamborghini come in,
uh uh my business partner Kyle my cousin.
Speaker 2 (22:33):
So you're not gonna look at that, are you? Like, well,
it's got an exhaust rad. I said, oh, at least
look at it, you.
Speaker 3 (22:37):
Know, And it ended up being just an actuaiter on
the back of the muffler and we're able to get
the part.
Speaker 2 (22:45):
And you know, so sometimes people will look at the
the price tag of the vehicle or maybe not be
familiar enough with it. But I'll always look at it.
I'm not afraid to look at it and shoot your street.
And if I can't fix it, I can't fix it,
but at least give you an honest opinion on what
I think it is or maybe where you should take it.
Speaker 3 (23:05):
But that's what I'm here for. You know, I can't
fix every car out there, but at least you know.
Speaker 2 (23:11):
I had a buddy of mine.
Speaker 3 (23:13):
He called me up, really really good friend of mine.
He has a nineteen seventy six Porsche. And he goes, Dan,
I know you don't work on these things, but where
can I take it? And I said, well, what's going
on with it? And he goes, it's leaking gas. I said,
all right, well, I said, just bring it.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
In, tow it in.
Speaker 3 (23:28):
I will at least look at it and give you
an honest opinion on maybe what we need to do.
And turns out that a fuel injector was leaking and
was able to find the part on Believe it or not,
Amazon found the part on Amazon, had it there within
twenty four hours, had it fixed, and back out on
the road, and cost him couple hundred bucks.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
You know, at least let me look at it. You
know it's sometimes it's difficult to determine whether or not
I can fix it or not without looking at it, right.
And that's the most difficult part about our jobs is
everybody wants us to, Hey, what's it going to cost me?
We don't know.
Speaker 3 (24:00):
I got to look at it, you know. It's just
kind of like if you called your doctor and said, hey, listen,
I've got this this this symptom, what's wrong with me?
Can you fix me? Well, a lot of times, most
of the time, the doctors can say, well, hey, I
need you to come in. Let me, you know, maybe
do some blood work, maybe do some test right.
Speaker 2 (24:17):
And and if your doctor's like, hey, you know, I
can't fix you. You need to go to a specialist.
Maybe if you're you know, hey, my knees bother me,
he tells you to come in.
Speaker 3 (24:25):
He goes, hey, you need to go to a knee specialist, right,
but at least bring it to me. Let me look
at it, and I'll shoot you straight, tell you the
honest truth. And if I can't fix it, I will
point you in the right direction with somebody who can,
you know, because I don't you know, we don't always
have access to all of the software, all the tools
but at Donovan's will always take a look at it,
(24:46):
always give you an honest opinion, and and uh not
just say hey, sorry, we can't help you out, you know,
wipe our hands and send you down the road. No,
we'll give you advice as to who you could take
it to. And so that's, you know, that's what I
like doing, you know, one of the things I like doing.
It's like, hey, look, let me take a look at it.
(25:08):
Let me give you my honest opinion. If I can
fix it, great. If I can't, I'll guide you in
the direction as to who can.
Speaker 2 (25:13):
Right.
Speaker 3 (25:14):
So there's some companies, like I said earlier when I
started the show, if you've got a water leak in
your vehicle, because we've had.
Speaker 2 (25:19):
All this rain, I got a guy. I got a
guy that can fix that water leak. He's local and
a great guy, and this is what he does.
Speaker 3 (25:28):
He specializes in water leaks. So odds are that, you know,
I've got a guy that can do it even if
I can. So, all right again, the number to call
five one three seven, That number gain five one three seven,
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We decide we have a young guest that wants to
say Hi.
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It says Kyle, Hello, are you there? Hello? Maybe not Hello?
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Yes, I am there?
Speaker 3 (26:52):
Oh, Hey, how are you I'm doing good. It says
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Yep, I wanted to say hi to Jack Morgan.
Speaker 2 (27:02):
My father. Okay, does he listen on saturdays? Okay?
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said it was Jack Morgan. All right, Well Jack, I
appreciate you listening. And hey, thank you for calling in.
All right, bye bye, all right, Jack Morgan? All right,
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(27:31):
I appreciate you holding on.
Speaker 2 (27:33):
How can I help?
Speaker 10 (27:34):
Hey?
Speaker 11 (27:35):
I have a nineteen eighty seven Chevrolet El Camino with
about one hundred and nineteen thousand miles.
Speaker 10 (27:41):
Wow, real, five four.
Speaker 2 (27:43):
Barrel don't see many of those anymore.
Speaker 5 (27:47):
It sticks in the garage.
Speaker 11 (27:48):
Yeah, and when I park it, it reeks of gas.
No leaks nowhere, But I'm smelling gas not from the
gas tank area, but from the engine area. And like
I said, it's no leaks anywhere. I didn't see anything
coming from the carburetor, but it's still reeks of gas.
Speaker 2 (28:12):
Well wow, so so you don't see any guys, I mean, well,
and you said it's obviously you said it's carbureted.
Speaker 11 (28:22):
Right, correct, And so the evact I mean the little
canister on the in front for the emissions. I've replaced that,
m h.
Speaker 5 (28:35):
But I'm not sure if the if I'm getting some
drips of gas in the four borough carburetor later on
after it sits, But I don't see any signs of
it being wet or anything like that, or really just
coming from directly from the carburetor. But it's in that area.
(28:57):
And if you know that you're a car man, there's
a whole bunch of of uh the mission stuff on
that thing.
Speaker 2 (29:03):
Well, I'll be honest with you, I have never I
have never seen or worked I've seen them on the street,
but I've never worked on an El Camino ever. Uh So.
Speaker 5 (29:20):
Not the three oh five engine with the four barol No,
they put.
Speaker 11 (29:24):
Into Monte Carlos.
Speaker 2 (29:25):
And yeah, no, I have year Okay, Yeah, I mean,
I you know, be more than happy to look at it.
Speaker 3 (29:37):
But you've got to have some type of rubber line
or some type of You've got to so you don't
smell it in the cabin.
Speaker 2 (29:42):
You only smell it under the hood, correct, Okay. And
here's the other thing.
Speaker 5 (29:48):
For a couple of days, the whole garage is stinking.
Speaker 2 (29:53):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (29:54):
Here's the other thing is carburetors were not you know,
carburetors were a thing of the past when I got
into this industry. So when it comes to carburetors too, man,
I am they were something of like I said, something
of the past. So I don't have a a ton
of information or a ton of information I can help
(30:15):
you with. I apologize, but it's got to be leaking somewhere.
But I mean, you know, again, I'd stated this earlier
in the show.
Speaker 2 (30:22):
But if I could look at it for you, be
more happy to look at it see if we can
try to determine where it's coming from. It's one of
those things where I'm just gonna have to look at it.
Speaker 3 (30:32):
How many miles you said, having one hundred and twenty
two thousand, nineteen.
Speaker 2 (30:36):
Hundred nineteen okay? Did you buy it brand new?
Speaker 5 (30:40):
Second owner?
Speaker 2 (30:40):
Second owner? Okay? What colors is gray?
Speaker 11 (30:44):
About forty thousand miles on it?
Speaker 2 (30:48):
Is it gray or black? Or what color?
Speaker 5 (30:49):
Is it white?
Speaker 2 (30:50):
It's white white. I don't think I've ever.
Speaker 5 (30:55):
Seen it's.
Speaker 11 (30:58):
It has a twenty six options, so it's just like
a supersport.
Speaker 5 (31:03):
But the guy ordered it with all the options, and
I guess he wanted to save some money and not
put the super Sport label on it. But it came with,
like I said, twenty six options.
Speaker 3 (31:14):
So so he didn't want the So it is a
super Sport, it's just not tag or not.
Speaker 2 (31:20):
Oh it's not.
Speaker 11 (31:21):
I guess he didn't want to pay the up charge,
but he got all the options when he ordered it. Yeah,
par everything, it's in sway barred, limited, flip differential.
Speaker 2 (31:33):
And he rusted on it or anything. No, huh, what's
what's that thing worth? Nowadays?
Speaker 1 (31:44):
I have no idea.
Speaker 5 (31:45):
Somewhere probably in the ballpark of twelve to fifteen.
Speaker 2 (31:47):
Maybe you just don't see many of them anymore, you know.
Speaker 5 (31:52):
Yep, no, not at all. If you do the rust
it out.
Speaker 2 (31:55):
Yeah I know, I know.
Speaker 3 (31:57):
Well keep it, keep it in the garage, keep it clean,
eye And I apologize.
Speaker 2 (32:01):
I wish I would have been able to help you
a little bit more.
Speaker 3 (32:03):
But you've got some times you've got some type like
you said, could be the carburetor itself, or you've got
some type of I mean I would I would inspect.
Speaker 2 (32:12):
You know, typically you're gonna have a feed line or
return line.
Speaker 3 (32:16):
They're gonna be metal, but it sounds like it's pretty
much spent most of its life in a garage, so
I doubt it's it's gonna it's gonna be a metal
or a rusted outline. It's gonna be some type of
rubber hose that's failed and is leaking somewhere.
Speaker 2 (32:30):
And typically.
Speaker 3 (32:34):
When fuels leaking, it almost kind of looks like it
has like a brown tint to it almost kind of
looks like like rusty water.
Speaker 2 (32:42):
But you're more than welcome to bring it to me.
I won't charge it. Let's just pop the hood and
see if we can try to determine where it's coming from.
Speaker 3 (32:49):
You know, you're welcome to bring it by. I'll just
let's pop the hood. I'll take a look at it
for you. Like I said, I won't charge it, and
let's just try to figure out where it's coming from.
Speaker 2 (32:57):
I'd be more happy to help you out. I appreciate it,
all right, Well, thank you.
Speaker 3 (33:03):
So I'm at the Auto four in shop, So Donovan's
Auto four and it's the corner of Montgomery Road and Dana.
You don't need to call ahead, just pop in, just
say hey. Talk to Dan on the radio show. And
he's gonna take it.
Speaker 2 (33:14):
Just pop, take a look at it and love to
try to help you out.
Speaker 5 (33:19):
Appreciate it, right, good weekend, all right.
Speaker 2 (33:21):
You too, take care, bye bye.
Speaker 3 (33:24):
That was the thing when I got into this twenty
five years ago. Carporators were a thing of the past,
and to be honest with you, I can't stand corporators.
Speaker 2 (33:34):
They're such a headache, such a headache.
Speaker 3 (33:38):
I remember when I was twenty one, I bought my
first motorcycle and it was fuel injected, and that was
like because I had had motorcycles in the past that
were carbureted, and what a nightmare it just I mean, heck,
I don't even I don't even like my leaf blower
(34:01):
that I have as car Breid thing drives me nuts.
Fuel injections the way to go in my opinion. But
that might just be me talking because I'm forty and
and uh didn't have to deal with it. So all
right again, taking your phone calls, and I wanna call
five one, three, seven, four nine, fifty five one hundred
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Taking your car questions the number to call five one
three seven nine fifty five hundred. I hope you all
are enjoying this wonderful weather we're having again. It's a
little chili, uh but uh yeah, it's it. Uh just
to see the sun and no clouds, oh man, It's
it's just feels so great.
Speaker 2 (35:18):
So I hope everybody's out there, maybe getting some yard.
Speaker 3 (35:21):
Work done or enjoying us some uh you know, some
time out and the just in the great outdoors. Maybe
bike in or doing a little bit of run or whatnot.
So like I said, uh, we will spend our entire
weekend at the ball.
Speaker 2 (35:34):
Field, which I don't mind. I do enjoy it.
Speaker 3 (35:37):
My son eight and my oldest was playing this morning
and uh they won their first game, and uh, you know.
Speaker 2 (35:46):
It's nice to watch, you know, you.
Speaker 3 (35:49):
Know, you win some, you lose some, but he really
really enjoys playing baseball. Golf's his favorite, but he loves
playing baseball. And he does really good job. And I'm
not just saying that because I'm his father, but he
does a great job.
Speaker 2 (36:00):
He's a catcher.
Speaker 3 (36:01):
And you know, you can sit there and watch the
Reds and the Bangles and all your professional teams are
which is and I've failed to mention this, but you
know it.
Speaker 2 (36:12):
For me, this is the best week of the year.
It's the Masters.
Speaker 3 (36:16):
I luckily had the opportunity back in twenty fifteen, had
the opportunity.
Speaker 2 (36:21):
To go, and.
Speaker 3 (36:24):
You know, and you know I know that sometimes people say, oh,
you know, golf's boring to watch, but man, if you're
if you're a golfer, this is this is the super
Bowl of golf, and it's the kickoff to the year.
And again, I was wearing my Masters shirt all week
and I'm not wearing it right now, but yeah, great
(36:44):
week to be out there and maybe, uh, if the
course is try enough, maybe getting out there and swinging
some clubs. But it's nothing's more enjoyable than being able
to watch your own kids play and win and have
a good time.
Speaker 2 (36:56):
So play with some friends.
Speaker 3 (36:58):
Uh those are I know everybody goes, oh, you know,
take it in now because it's going to go by fast,
and I know that.
Speaker 2 (37:04):
But it is fun and enjoyable.
Speaker 3 (37:06):
It might be stressful from time to time where you're
running all over the city because I was all the
way up in Hamilton and I see it all the
way up there, because you know, anything passed like five
miles and I think it's a mission. You know, Tony
Bender lives just past the airport and I have to
pass the rest area just to get to his house,
(37:27):
and that's too far from me. So Hamilton, Hamilton, Danny
in fact, you know, my producer.
Speaker 2 (37:33):
He was like, oh, you know, I live west of Hamilton.
Speaker 3 (37:36):
I'm like, oh my god, felt like I was out
of town being all the way up in Hamilton. But man,
they've done some tremendous job, tremendous work.
Speaker 2 (37:42):
Up there, so very nice.
Speaker 3 (37:44):
So all right, let's go back to the phones. We
have Susan. Hey, Susan, welcome to the car show.
Speaker 2 (37:48):
How can I help?
Speaker 12 (37:50):
Well, thank you for taking my call.
Speaker 2 (37:51):
Absolutely, thank you for holden Well, that's right.
Speaker 12 (37:54):
I have got a twenty fifteen Nissan Rogue. In October,
I had a rear tire that needs to replace, and
I took it to Bob somerml tiprole A which I've
had lots of work done there before. The tire had
to be replaced. They said I had to replace the
tire opposite of it too. Now I questioned it and
I said, do I not have to have all four
(38:14):
tires replaced because I have all will drive? They told
me no, And I've had tire replace there in the
past where we had to replace fall four. They told
me no, that only had to get the tire opposite
of it replaced because in the rotation the two in
the back would go to the front, the two in
the front would go the back, and that the size
difference wasn't that big a deal. So January I start
(38:38):
having this grinding sound. I thought it was my CVT transmission,
so I took it to the Nissan dealership and what
had happened. My all wheel drive was out. I had
to replace my rear final drive assembly, had to get
four new tires, and they said it was the damage
done to different sized tires. There were two tires they said,
at ten and two tires at five, and then they
(39:00):
were three different brands on it, so you know, and
that was quite an expensive repair. So I went back
to the Triple A and they were very nice and said,
you know, I think y'all made a mistake. I think
I would see if I can get some reimbursement for
having to get this work done. They sent it to
Triple A Claims. About a month later the claims came back.
(39:23):
I did give Claims the number of my contact person
at this on. This on was more than willing to
give every bit of information they could to the claims department,
but they never did call this on. They denied the
claim saying that if it was their fault with the tires,
that this damage would have happened immediately, not three months later.
(39:43):
They had no idea what I had done to my
car and during that time, and that I shouldn't have
taken it to the dealership and should have taken it
back to the Triple A store. So my question is
would it have actually have taken happened immediately or it's
that three month time an appropriate time to have this
damage done to where I can try to challenge that client.
Speaker 3 (40:07):
Great question, So absolutely I think and listen, we will
always at Donovan's we always accept, you know, listen, it
was their fault. Okay, if the back tires were at
ten thirty seconds in the front were at five thirty seconds,
that's way too much of a difference. Two thirty seconds
is typically so if the back tires are at ten
(40:30):
thirty seconds, that's the thickness of the tread. Those front
tires need to be at eight thirty seconds, So at.
Speaker 2 (40:36):
Five at half that's too much.
Speaker 3 (40:39):
So absolutely that's what caused the four wheel drive to
go out.
Speaker 2 (40:48):
Now, no, it's not. It does not necessarily mean it's
gonna happen right away. Every year making model is gonna
be a bit different.
Speaker 3 (40:58):
But if it went out within three months of replacing
those two tires, and I'm not listen, you know, I'm
not picking on them or anything like that, but yes,
I do believe that you have a very good gripe
and have a good you know case against them in
the sense that, yeah, those tires and listen, I've had
(41:20):
this argument multiple times. People are like, well, why do
I need to do all four because you could ruin
the four wheel drive, And no, it doesn't happen. It
doesn't necessarily mean it's gonna happen right away. It can
happen down the road, it can happen three months later.
Speaker 2 (41:33):
So okay, And again, I I don't know anybody there,
and I'm not picking on them, but I do believe
that they were at fault, and you do have a
good case, and I would I would try to pursue
them to try to take care of you on that,
because they really should do the right thing in my opinion,
(41:53):
and so I would I would try to fight them
on that.
Speaker 12 (41:57):
Okay, I will do that, especially when I specifically asked,
don't I need four tires?
Speaker 2 (42:04):
Right?
Speaker 3 (42:04):
Yeah, you were even helping them do their job and
they still didn't. Uh right, Yeah, you did the right thing,
and you're doing the right thing.
Speaker 2 (42:12):
And unfortunately, I do think that they're they're at fault,
and it doesn't necess it does not mean that it's
going to happen right away. Sometimes it does, sometimes it
does but in your case it didn't. It took some
time and three months later it went out. And if
the tires were the fronts.
Speaker 3 (42:29):
Were at five thirty seconds and the rears were at
ten mm hm, whoever was selling you those tires wasn't
doing his job so or just didn't have the proper.
Speaker 2 (42:39):
Knowledge, right, Yeah.
Speaker 12 (42:41):
The dealership said that, you know, the deficit can't be
any more than three.
Speaker 3 (42:46):
Yeah, and and well that's why I even I'm even
kind of conservative, and that's why I'm saying like two
two thirty seconds is so you know, a brand new
tire is typically ten thirty seconds, and that's again the
thickness of the tread. You don't want to go Most
manufacturers don't want you to go any less than two.
So at eight thirty seconds, So the fact that those
were at five thirty seconds, that's a massive difference. And
(43:09):
those front tires should have been replaced as well with
the backs. Okay, So I do think that you have
a case, and I do think that they're at fault.
Speaker 12 (43:17):
Okay, Well, thank you. And when I talked to the
claims department, the last thing they said is there and
I asked this, there any way that I can appeal
this and they said no, it's shut. So I guess
my next step, but I.
Speaker 8 (43:28):
Have to get a lawyer.
Speaker 2 (43:29):
Yeah, and just do small claims court, right, right, do
small claims. All right, Well, good luck to you. I'm
sorry you have to go through that. That's that's such
a headache. I'm sorry you have to go through that.
But you're doing the right thing and I do think
that you do have a good case and they are
at fault.
Speaker 12 (43:46):
So okay, well, thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (43:49):
All right, I appreciate call me back with it, call
me back with an update.
Speaker 3 (43:53):
So yeah, it's it's important that you have the right
people in place to to to sell tires. I mean
nowadays you could think that, oh hell, anybody can just
sell tires. I don't know if the car's got all
wheel drive. Again, two thirty seconds is typically the difference
that you can see that you have to be. So
if you come in to Donovan's or any other repayer
(44:15):
shop and you've got a low tire and they say
you need one, you come in there, you're like, well,
I just have a slow leak in one tire and
they're like, hey, you can't be fixed.
Speaker 2 (44:22):
You need four. You're like what are you talking about?
What do I need for?
Speaker 3 (44:25):
If your car is all time, all wheel drive, all
the tires have to be the same tread thickness because
otherwise you'll burn up.
Speaker 2 (44:34):
You're all wheel drive. So so hey, listen, Rick Steve.
Speaker 3 (44:39):
I do apologize that I could not get to you.
I will be back next Saturday to answer all of
your car questions. Everybody, have a great weekend, enjoy this
nice weather that we're having, and uh, go out, maybe
hit some golf balls or watch the Masters. That's what
I'm going to try to do this weekend. So again, everybody,
thank you so much. I'll be back next Saturday answer
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