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Episode #1202
title: “Mud Chiggers in the Fuel Line”
airdate: 2012-01-14
The New Math Department
Arithmetic conversions for the metric system
Stan Liebenberg
time: 2:15
Drew/Drusiano from Denver, Colorado / Los Angeles, California
#car[1991,Toyota] 4x4 truck
Close to freezing, first and second gear, makes horrible sound
Grease gets too viscous
Hubs
Could be bearing
time: 5:58
Suzanna from Syracuse, New York
1993 Mazda Protegé standard
Had radiator replaced - leaking
Overheating
Replace thermostat too
Change distributor cap and spark plug
Tom and Ray’s DIY garage
Electric fan behind radiator
time: 11:33
Jim Davis, “your chemistry consultant”
Follow up on woodchips from #1201
“Woodgas”
Geo Metro
time: 15:58
Reminder of last week’s #puzzler
Playback Tommy on tape saying “I am going to commit this to memory”
Break
Music: “UFO”
time: 17:44
Last week’s #puzzler answer (#1201)
time: 20:30
Daniel from San Diego, California
Etiquette of who gets the center console
time: 22:49
Betsy from New Orleans
#car[1988,Toyota] 4WD pickup truck
Gasoline puring all over driveway
“Mud chiggers in the fuel line”
“So much pressure in the gas tank”
Driving with the gas cap off
Long diagnosis
time: 33:50
Fan mail
Podcasts
Listened to 24 shows in a row while painting
Break
Music - Old Cheyenne, Coupe de Ville
time: 35:28
New #puzzler
From Mathworks
Traveling salesman problem
Start in Delaware, guaranteed he’d end up in boss’s home state
time: 38:17
Becky from Bloomingdale, Georgia
Can’t park in garage because husband’s “redneck gear” is in there
Saab 95 station agon
#car[Mazda,Miata]
#car[Ford,F-150]
time: 42:10
Rob from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Need to get rear door off. Wife backed into sister-in-law’s car
time: 46:05
Nancy from Wilson, Wyoming
When it got cold, it wouldn’t start. Turnd on heater fan and it started
(tag TODO: Car won’t start)
Folklore theory: start with small amount of energy
Similar to the bashfhul electrons thing from other episode
Quit while driving
Fixed from swapping horn relay
time: 50:39
Close credits
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2012-01-21: #1203: “Snakes in the Fusion”
