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Episode #1208
title: “The Elvis Idle”
airdate: 2012-02-25
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The Signage Department
time: 2:00
Arleigh from Evanston, Wyoming
Accelerator does opposite of what you want it to do - car dies
“The Elvis idle”
Only in the winter, on cold mornings
throttle position sensor or vacuum / vacuum leak
time: 7:40
Melissa from Richmond, Virginia
Drying clothes by turning defroster and heat on high and putting clothes on the dashboard
Heater fan burned out
time: 12:05
Jack from New Jersey
After deep freeze, horn lost its mojo. From James Earl Jones to Pee-Wee Herman
time: 15:15
Remember old #puzzler
Music
Ads
time: 17:35
Answer to last week’s puzzler (from #1207)
Winner: time: 21:45 Kelly Deal from Hattiesburg,
Mississippi
time: 22:30
Sally from North Salem, New York
Sudden loud sound, “enormous bright light” in Waccabuc, New York
TODO: this is NOT a new episode or segment: there’s a return to this in #0701
also #2020 and #2022 - but these seem assembled from multiple sources
time: 29:25
Brandon from Arcata, California
Blowtorch flames flying out of the tailtipe
Backfiring
time: 33:45
Break
time: 35:10
New #puzzler
Farmer neighbor wants help laying in firewood
Circular saw
Driven by wide belt on pulley, linked to power takeoff on Jeep
Crowbar was essential, why?
time: 39:45
Brad from Baltimore, Maryland
1996 Honda Civic hatchback
Car doesn’t leak, but 1-3 inches of water in tire well
Frost on the inside of the car
time: 44:40
Melanie from Sacramento, California
Husband keeps all cars pristine except his filthy #car[Saturn]
#car[1965,Porsche]
1971 VW Beetle convertible
#car[Ford,F-150]
time: 50:20
Close credits
time: 52:10 says episode #1208
Episodes which mention this one:
2012-03-03: #1209: “Who Moved My Alamo”
2012-03-10: #1210: “The Mothership Has Landed”
