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Episode #1204
title: “It’s Snowing in My Car”
airdate: 2012-01-28
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Department of Neurological Research
Patients with dementia enjoyed pop music
Reference: foreign accent syndrome - TODO: link to previous episode?
time: 2:53
Patricia from Eugene, Oregon
Every time she starts it, there’s a puff of black smoke, and a pile of soot
Only drives short distances
Engine full of carbon
Rich mixture
“Lean out the choke”
time: 8:00
Jamie from Millbrook, New York
“The perfect truck”
Spark plug blew out of the engine
Then another one
DIY - put plugs in himself
Didn’t put it in tight enough
time: 12:40
Bernadette from Union, New Jersey
In the winter, start car, has to warm up for 15 mins or will only go in reverse.
Need transmission rebuilt?
Living with problem?
time: 15:56
Break
Music
Ad
time: 17:40
Answer to last week’s #puzzler (#1203)
time: 21:12
Lisa from Greenfield, Massachusetts
Windshield wipers pause in the middle of windshield
Intrmittent wipers
Tommy unwilling to fix his
What’s worth fixing?
time: 25:10
Joddy from Bottineau, North Dakota
“From the beautiful Turtle Mountains”
“I always swore I’d never buy a #car[Chrysler] product”
Cooling fan laying in the bottom of the radiator, missing nut
Looking for parts - nothing available anywhere, even junkyards
$300
“Those Grand Caravans, they never die anyway. That’s why there are none of them in the junkyard. They run forever” - #car[Dodge,Grand Caravan]
Go to a machine shop
J.B. Weld?
“One of the miracle products. Right up there with the vice grip. Better than duct tape.”
time: 30:33
Cheryl from Dallas, Texas
Differences between Massachussetts and Texas
Can’t get it out of the locked position
Towed to dealer, then started perfectly
time: 34:20
Break
Discuss TV offer
Music
time: 35:40
New #puzzler
Coney Island Crab Cake Company
Want to know average salary without disclosing individual salaries
time: 39:00
Helen from Victoria, British Columbia
#car[1979,Volvo] station wagon
Bad alternator, replaced by boyfriend DIY
Oil light comes on at stoplight
Short circuit in oil pressure switch?
time: 43:55
Steve from Cape Cod, Massachusetts / California
Big winds driving across the country
Doors have no gutters
Driver’s side door opened by the wind
Snow comes in the door
DIY fixes
time: 50:45
Close credits
Bob Watts?
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