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Episode #1219
title: “The LTD of Destruction”
airdate: 2012-05-12
The Educational Testing Division
Answers to a test that 16-year-olds took
time: 2:05
Peter from Sitka?, Alaska
1984 Ford F250 pickup
Grey goop on dipstick
A gallon of clean water came out
Hasn’t changed the oil in a very long time, but didn’t drive it much
time: 7:07
Patty from Belmont, MA
Former flower child in conservative town
Tapping sound turning the wheel
Bad axle
time: 10:20
Kate from Charlottesville, Virginia
“Ethical question about a clutch”
#car[VW,Jetta]
Friends drove her car and ruined the clutch, fix cost $600
time: 16:11
Break
Music
Ad
time: 17:38
Answer to last week’s puzzler (#1218)
time: 20:34
“Hi, am I on?”
Matt from Richmond, VA
TODO: 1989 Grand marquis wagon (time: 21:55)
“I lost track of 4th gear”
At 40-45 mph, shifts into neutral
Could have a vacuum modulator?
Can drive with just 3 gears
time: 24:45
Amanda from Santa Fe, NM
Wheel makes a crazy clickety-clack sound when going over cracks in the pavement
“Anytime you get noises from a wheel, you gotta assume it isn’t safe.”
time: 28:45
Sven from Lake Ward?, Florida
Dreamed of owning an early 1960s Austin Healey? - TODO
Stored in garage for about 25 years, not driven
Something bad might have happened but we don’t know what
Tommy’s going to go down to Florida to fix it
time: 33:49
Break
Music
New puzzler
time: 38:00
Dari from Red Lodge, MT
“The truck is falling”
Fell off hydraulic lift
time: 46:05
Todd from Orlanda, FL
Convinced girlfriend to get 1973 Ford LTD?
Belching black smoke and backfiring
Gave neighbor’s cat a heart attack
TODO: leaving off at 49:0