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Saturday morning 7:00 EST I'll be on the Pat Goss radio show for the full hour.. you can live stream it on the web http://1067thefandc.cbslocal.com/
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Saturday morning story is posted... another day at the repair shop... and yes it was a funny one...
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Saw this on a coffee cup, "I'm a mekanic, a mecanik, a makanik,... Ok, I fix cars"
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So much for no snow....I didn't get any, but it looks like the east coast got all of it... hope ya got a shovel.
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So, what's wrong with a car with 255k on the dial, greasy hand prints all over it, and the engine is covered in gunky greasy slime. But, the owner says their regular mechanic thinks it's "electrical"...
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Something different this weekend. A little story for the holidays. Under the General Automotive discussion page, "Ode to Santa and the Economy" Enjoy!!
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Special News, I'm now an official monthly columnist for Babcox magazines. Be watching for your Feb. issue of Brake and Frontend, Import Car, or Underhood Service. You'll find more stories and more news...
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Spent Monday working with one of the engineers from Zenith Motors at my shop. Zenith Motors builds air port shuttle vans that are 100% electric based on a Dodge platform. Impressive stuff. Had to learn to read computer binary because all there info on their laptop program doesn't use voltage or values most mechanics use. Crazy...but cool
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The engineer they sent is the same guy who worked out the software program to fake the factory PCM to think it still was talking to an engine. Because they still use the factory A/C control head, ABS, etc... The gas gauge is now the voltage level, and the tach. is the amperage load. All done with tricking the computer by manipulating the signal to what the PCM could understand. Hundreds of pages covering every single code has been covered. Oh... and the engineer that did all of this... he...
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Spent the last two weeks revamping the website www.gonzostoolbox.com. Should make it easier to find stories and tech articles. Let me know what ya think of the changes. Also, check out the Trivia page videos.
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Spent the night at the vet with one of our family dogs. He broke his front leg getting into a fight with one of the other dogs. As it is.. I was waiting on another professional to do their job... hmmm...sounds like the making of another story soon.
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Spring must be close at hand, because all the wackos are coming out of hiding. Where's the normal people at? Why do you bring a car in that doesn't act up unless it's snowing outside????
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suppose to get a couple inches of snow today.... around here that's enough to make the sidewalks fold up... If it does come down... no work on Monday.
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Taking a vacation end of May, first time in a long time. Going from Oklahoma to DC to PA to Ohio all in one trip... If on the way let me know. Gonzo
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Taking an extra long weekend break. Heading to Colorado to pick my son up from college, visit with my daughter in Boulder, play a little golf... and just relax for a while.
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Thank you to everyone that showed up for Sunday night Chat, We'll do it again next week... see ya then
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Thanks for all the kind words and prayers. And, yes as things to do... all shall pass...even a large kidney stone. For those who are wondering and want the TMI side of the story. The stone is too big to slide through a standard drinking straw without being forced through. Yea...tell me about it. It friggin hurt like you wouldn't believe. Well, it's back to recovery, video work, writing, general shop duties, and everything else. In two weeks I visit "the" doctor
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Thanks to all that stopped by for Sunday night Coast to Coast Car Chat. If you missed it, make plans for next Sunday night 8:00pm EST