MotorMouth Radio
Join the “Motormouths” Ray Guarino and Chris Switzer for features, information, guest interviews, tech tips, and your call-in questions on all topics relating to automobiles.
Episodes
May 11, 2025 • 59 mins
The tradition lives on; for 20 years we've been using Mother's Day as a platform to showcase the cross-section of new and established show callers and guests in a "best-of" motif. So sit back ad listen to what makes this show what it is, a showcase for people's ideas and thoughts about all aspects of the car community. Whether they choose to call or come in, or just stop us on the street, it's all good, and it's MotorMouth Radio. C...
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May 4, 2025 • 59 mins
Our special studio guest, Tony Pedro talks about classic Corvettes & the people who own, build and drive them. Chris shares his freshly minted car show trophy win with us, which leads us into all of the cool local shows taking place this time of year. Stan from the Corvette Society calls in to educate us all about his fantastic car club & the great people in it. Check our social media feed to see the pictures; on Instagra...
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April 20, 2025 • 60 mins
Chris revives a Toyota that's been sitting idle for months, and Ray recounts the 40th anniversary of the road trip when he and his brother drove a 55 Nomad home from Colorado. Good and bad battery cables are demonstrated, along with a great electrical book review, while snarky Chinese fortune cookie messages lead to a caller questioning Ray about his 73 Monte Carlo. Paint brush combs, file cards, and grinding wheel re-surfacers r...
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April 13, 2025 • 55 mins
In our second fundraising hour, we talk about the need to fund college radio, Ray laid on some pretty cool trivia about the iconic movie The French Connection, and we learned about an old, but significant test for AI usage called the Turing Test. Parking brake activation, maintenance and service problems were also covered. Donations accepted at www.nccradio.org. Check our social media feed to see the pictures; on Instagram: @real...
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April 13, 2025 • 60 mins
In our 1st fundraising hour, we talk about the need to fund college radio, then get to the automotive content with talk about brake proportioning valve operation, the recent Hagerty top 5 "hot cars" list, and a story about a motorcycle speed freak who screwed himself by posting his Connecticut exploits on social media. Donations accepted at www.nccradio.org. Check our social media feed to see the pictures; on Instagram: @real_mot...
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April 6, 2025 • 58 mins
Chris comes out like a house on fire ranting about poor car photography in online ads. Ray cools it all off by talking about the 1997 made for TV version of the iconic car flick, Vanishing Point. A story about brake bleeding raises some questions and sparks a caller to add to the topic. Ray is lusting after the new Matco Tools ratcheting line wrenches he saw on You Tube; will he get them? Check our social media feed to see the p...
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March 30, 2025 • 60 mins
Ray finds the storage limit of his FJ Cruiser while Chris finds missing lug nut caps. Torque wrenches, torque sticks & lug wrenches get questioned, as does the proper use of friction straps. Headlight upgrades lead into a classic editorial written by Joe Oldham of Cars magazine. A caller ruminates with Ray over changing an Ecotec valve cover. Check our social media feed to see the pictures; on Instagram: @real_motormouthradio...
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March 23, 2025 • 60 mins
This week Carl Anthony from Automoblog joins the boys to talk about bad wiper
blades and windshield scratches. The Potato pizza Ray ate in Connecticut, and the pie an upstate caller makes joins the always controversial oil change interval controversy. A story from a 1970 Cars magazine where a mystery street racer is featured finally sees his name aired in public. The show takes a real left turn when the talk turns to mini-van histor...
blades and windshield scratches. The Potato pizza Ray ate in Connecticut, and the pie an upstate caller makes joins the always controversial oil change interval controversy. A story from a 1970 Cars magazine where a mystery street racer is featured finally sees his name aired in public. The show takes a real left turn when the talk turns to mini-van histor...
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March 16, 2025 • 59 mins
Tire pressure stats and best practices kicks off the show with a caller from a very cold climate adding his thoughts. Ray brings up a custom Mustang seen on a current TV commercial, questioning if the car even exists. Add-on power management boxes for use in older cars is in our show and tell segment, then the recent installation of a TTI exhaust system in a friend's GTX is covered & compared to Chris' Chrysler system. Check ou...
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March 9, 2025 • 58 mins
Tis the season; car shows & cruise nights are starting, a listener is tapping his backyard trees to make syrup while watching the Daytona 200 motorcycle race featuring a Long Island racer, and the talk turns to car tire aging & dating. MatcoMan Brian pulls duty with Ray this week and comments on a Porsche battery life issue as well as adding to a story about Tesla on-board diagnostics. Ray sneaks in a Hot Porsche seen at th...
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March 2, 2025 • 58 mins
A show friend turns Ray on to some old Hot Rod albums at a local record store & he can't resist taunting Chris with the idea of using them on the show. The boys collaborate & dust off some old studio videos that will be uploaded to You Tube weekly. Car talk turns to the use of 3rd party insurance companies, and we wrap up with Ray suggesting the use of bed music for the Honor Group segment, then recounts his meeting the Gre...
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February 23, 2025 • 58 mins
The boys reach out to their streaming listeners asking for a call-in and get a prompt response! Dokk from Montana calls about modified tools and mangled lug nuts and of course, our duo has answers for him. Ray does an in-studio demo of his Matco pressurized spray can & describes their wheel stud cleaning kit and handy wrench extender to Chris. Check our social media feed to see the pictures; on Instagram: @real_motormouthradio...
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February 16, 2025 • 57 mins
This week the boys try to help a caller find an oil leak that's been nagging her. Routine maintenance on the family car turns to talk about the different methods of brake bleeding available, and Ray is ready to go to the next level and buy a pressure bleeder. A caller's dim interior lights in a RAV-4 are overshadowed by the enlightened messages Ray receives after talking with Rabbi Perl from the radio station. Check our social ...
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February 9, 2025 • 59 mins
Once the boys got past whining about the recent snow the talk turned to an Internet trick for dismounting tires, of course there were "explosive" results by the end of that conversation. Ray complained about the tiny bleeders on Wilwood calipers, and Chris laid out his Chrysler headlight door repair method. Power trunk release mechanisms and concave right side mirrors rounded out the hour. Check our social media feed to see the p...
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February 2, 2025 • 58 mins
In typical MotorMouth fashion, our first topic is how to diagnose a modern washing machine by reading its trouble codes. Next up is Chris' frustration with small brake bleeder fittings, and we learn that he just needs better tools. Ray talks about a custom ratchet MatcoMan Brian made for him but Chris ain't buyin' it! A new tilt steering column & custom bucket seats are up next for the GTO to complement its new paintjob. Chec...
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January 26, 2025 • 59 mins
The frigid winter weather finds the boys talking about snow blower maintenance and repair. Guest Louis Lee from the "Playing-N-Traffic" show talks about his school bus conversion into a standalone, fully self-sustainable travel and camping vehicle for his retirement travels. The guys were particularly interested in learning more about the Signature Solar panels, batteries & inverter he's using to powerup the project. Camping br...
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January 12, 2025 • 59 mins
Talk of winter vehicle maintenance & East Coast temperatures caused a long time listener to call from Montana and tell the boys what REAL cold weather is like. Both Ray & Chris are having trouble with the windshield washers in their Mazda's, and Ray's powder coated tow-tabs are all the rage as a "Day 2" addition. He'll also be adding electric AC cooling fans to his GTO this year. Solar power talk brings up the thought for ...
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January 5, 2025 • 58 mins
The boys celebrate their 23rd anniversary of doing MotorMouth Radio by promising to bring the listeners another year of quality automotive content. Shop heaters come up and the Diesel type is by far the winner as far as the audience is concerned. Ray shows some brake fluid testers and implores us to have a service performed while Chris explains the weird new tumor he experienced on a recent road trip. Check our social media feed t...
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December 29, 2024 • 60 mins
We close the year with a visit from our favorite toolman, MatcoMan Brian. Ray asks what it's like running a tool truck and the answer is sure to surprise many people. We learn of Manny Rosa's "danger drive" road trip on an un-verified Honda Goldwing, then discuss cleaning carburetor's ultrasonically in Pine-Sol. Damage repair on Ray's GTO, welding surge suppressors, and custom paint color matching all come up. Brian wraps it up b...
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December 22, 2024 • 60 mins
We're ending the year with talk of crazy Christmas parties, and one where Ray found a good sideline of backing a quarter pitching player to earn a good profit. Riviera power trunk releases on eBay get some show time, as does trying to find a correct interior for Chris' Chrysler. An Altima A/C compressor swap that was like giving birth leaves the guys groaning. Check our social media feed to see the pictures; on Instagram: @real_mo...
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