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The Reckon Yard Podcast

Tulsa Time

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Wrecking yard–themed banter kicks off with a shout-out to the Lost Sprint Car Series arriving at Bats Motor Speedway, plus ticket and sponsor discount codes. The host then gets into road-trip chaos: an Avalanche’s evolving problems, A/C trouble diagnosed with OBD2, and a separate truck limp-mode mystery involving the purge valve and a TSB. Between breakdowns, there are comedy-tour stops, Route 66 classic Beetle sightings, and a few tense drives and roadside cooling routines.

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06:34

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OBD2 system

OBD2 is the car’s built-in self-check system. When something is wrong, it can save a code that a scanner can read, which helps you figure out what part or system to inspect.

06:51

Term

air conditioner

They’re talking about the car’s A/C. If it starts freezing over, it often means the system isn’t circulating refrigerant correctly, so it can’t cool the cabin anymore.

06:58

Term

low cycle switch

The low cycle switch is a sensor/switch that helps the car’s A/C decide when it’s safe to run. If it’s cracked or not reading correctly, the A/C can stop working or behave strangely.

07:20

Place

Corsican

Corsican is a place they passed through on the trip. They’re using it to explain where the A/C problem got bad enough that they had to find help.

07:23

Term

freon

Freon is the refrigerant fluid inside the A/C system. If it leaks out, the A/C can’t cool properly and may start freezing over.

07:27

Place

DFW

DFW is the Dallas–Fort Worth area in Texas. They’re just saying how far they were from that region when the A/C stopped working.

07:40

Dodge Charger

Car

Dodge Charger

The Dodge Charger is a car made for performance, with a big, powerful style. People often talk about fixing or upgrading parts on it because it’s a popular car to work on. In this episode, it sounds like they’re dealing with a problem and trying to get the car working properly again.

08:07

Term

TSB

A TSB is like a manufacturer’s “known issue” memo for mechanics. It tells shops what to check and how to fix a problem that keeps coming up.

08:53

Term

limp mode

Limp mode is what a car does when it senses something wrong. It “turns down” how it runs so you can keep driving carefully to get it fixed.

09:18

Term

purge valve

The purge valve is part of the car’s emissions system that moves fuel vapors from a charcoal canister into the engine. If it’s not working right, the engine can run rough or throw codes.

09:42

Term

random misfire code

A misfire code means the engine isn’t burning fuel in one of the cylinders the way it should. If it’s “random,” it may be an on-and-off problem that’s harder to catch.

09:59

Term

coil packs

Coil packs are part of the ignition system. They create the spark that lights the fuel in the engine. If one is loose or going bad, the engine may run poorly or act up when it gets hot.

10:16

Term

cool down

“Cool down” means waiting for the engine to get less hot. Some car problems only happen after the engine heats up, so letting it sit can make it run normally again for a while.

10:24

Term

103, 104 degrees

That’s how hot it is outside. When it’s extremely hot, some car problems show up more easily because heat affects how parts work.

10:37

Term

fuel

Fuel is the gas the engine uses to run. When someone refuels during a problem, it can be a quick way to make sure they’re not dealing with an empty/low-fuel situation while they figure out what’s wrong.

Rusted old memories buried in dust

Through the wreckage of dreams

I'm trying to trust each faded sign

Whisked stories of old, of laughter

And heartache of love that grew cold

Are you really digging for peace

Or is that just a lie

Tell to help you sleep

Sure that you really want

Truth behind all the stories they go

Oh, welcome to the wrecking yard

I'm Jerry Wayne Longman

Y'all, presumably still y'all

All are welcome here in the church of internal combustion

We just asked to show up with an open heart

Sorry, a little housekeeping to do there

Woo, Lord have mercy

Dirty hands and complicated hearts

Is what we seek

Lord knows I'm good at finding them

Ha ha ha

Before we get too deep off in my nonsense

Let's get a big shout out to the world

About Lost Sprint Car Series

Who are descending down upon the Bats Motor Speedway

July 29th, wreaking a little dirt-tracked havoc

And doing a little gladiating for the fans

Yours truly will be attending the cleanest show on dirt

For a night of mayhem and open-wield missiles

I'd love to see you there

If you're in there, get your discount on tickets

To the event by using the code WooJerry

And that's W-O-O-J-E-R-R-Y

Oh, also, also, you know

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And that's just spelled JWBEARD

Yeah

This is getting to y'all late

And I ain't got no big excuse for you

I was just exhausted

I got off the road yesterday and did two shows here at home

Didn't get to bed about three or four o'clock in the morning

And still had a bunch of writing to do

There is a new Diwali Bottoms episode

I just got to read it off my phone because my printer's out of ink

But I still had to finish up that Diwali Bottoms episode

I had a lot of stuff to do today

And I'm leaving, what's the day? Sunday

I'm leaving Tuesday to go to Pennsylvania

And then I'll be on the road with shows all the way till Sunday

So next week's episode will probably air on Monday, most likely

Because I'm not going to get back from Louisville until Monday morning sometime

But if you're in the areas

My tickets aren't selling real well in Cleveland, Ohio

So if you're near the Cleveland, Ohio area

Oh, I should appreciate you coming out to that show

We could use some more asses in the seats over there at the tree lawn

Cincinnati's doing okay, but we still got seats left at the Woodward Theater in Cincinnati

And where the hell else am I?

Pittsburgh Improv, it's selling real well

But I'd love to see even more of you at the Pittsburgh Improv

And so it goes Pittsburgh, Cleveland, that's the tree lawn

Cincinnati at the Woodward Theater

And then on Sunday we're going to close out the week at the Louisville Comedy Club

Louisville, Kentucky, one of my favorite cities to venture out into and spend a day in

Now I'm flying to Pennsylvania, I'm renting a car in Harrisburg

And driving out to the Speedway to do the races with the World Outlaws

And I'll be driving to Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Louisville

And then flying out of a Muhammad Ali SDF airport right there in Louisville

And that's one of the airports I really like

I've always had a good experience at that airport

And it's small, but it's not so small

You don't have some options for some entertainment or some food or whatever before you fly

And it's got comfortable chairs

And I always meet the nicest people in that airport

I just always have a great, that's like one of my favorite places to fly out of

So I'll be, I'm glad that's how I'm flying home

Alrighty, woo, it's a little warm in here

A little close to 90, but it is dropping

And the sun's going, starting to go down

How do you know what time it is?

I literally just got finished writing and ran out here with my camera

So I can get this done for you guys and I'm going to get it all uploaded tonight

So I know a lot of you guys like to listen to this on Monday morning

So I'm trying to make sure I have the audio up for you guys so you can listen to it on Monday morning

So, I apologize for my tardiness

It doesn't mean I don't love y'all, they just run in the big dog kind of hard right now

And it's okay, it's good, I'm going to tell y'all about it

It's been a damn good week

It started out come last Tuesday

I loaded up with what I thought was a repaired avalanche

And I'm going to tell y'all about the evolution of the avalanche's problem along this trip

And while you're listening to it in the live chat, I want you to try to guess right now what you think the problem is

I want you to listen to all the symptoms

I think I've got it nailed down now, but I've said that before

But, you know, that's just kind of the fun of a vehicle like this

You know, it ain't all fun, but there is something a little something to the mystery

I enjoy working on things with OBD2 system

Because I can at least understand how to diagnose it and how to chase down problems

But I headed out for Tulsa about six o'clock in the AM

Right away, I noticed that my air conditioner is still freezing over every once in a while

Well, not only that, so I changed the low cycle switch in that damn air conditioner

And it worked fine for two days, I didn't know it was leaking, I didn't seal it good

I got what it was, I got a bad low cycle switch that was cracked, or I cracked

Probably I cracked it, putting it on, over tightening it

I had kind of a booger getting it on

Regardless, it had leaked out all the freon by the time I got to Corsican

And I didn't have no cold air no more, and that was a pretty hot day

It was like 104 degrees that day when I was getting close to DFW

It got real daggum hot

And so I run off, and Corsican found me a little Napa store and I bought me another low cycle switch

And a big old heavy duty charger freon

So I can get this thing cycled back up

And met a lovely shop cat

He was a good dude, liked him, he checked me out, we had a good time

And changed that 750 right there in the park, a lot charged it up

Air conditioner was fine the rest of the trip

It still wants to freeze over every once in a while

So I know there's another thing called the TSB or the TSXB, I looked it all up

But what I'm going to do with that, I'm going to take it over my buddy, Mr. Brady

Over here, Brady Kimbrough

I'm going to take it over my buddy, Brady Kimbrough, he's always done me right on AC stuff

And he took care of the Cadillac for me one time

He's one of the few mechanics I just really like, I really trust a guy

And I think I'm going to drop it off with him while I'm gone for the week so he can futz about with it

See if he can figure out, I think maybe that other little bout

I can't remember what it's called, TSVX, some kind of bullshit like that

Anyways, fine, get back in the truck, heading on to Tulsa, making good time too

Good time, get about Oklahoma line and truck throws itself in the limp mode

Missing, won't got no power

Pull it off the side of the road

It just sit there and out of like, but not throwing no codes

Not throwing no codes that time, it's a damn, damn, damn

I shut it off, popped hood, went up there, I cleaned out all that purge valve and everything

Missing with that and checked that purge valve, make sure everything's okay with that

Come over here, got back in the truck, tanked it up after about five minutes

It started right up, run fine, boy, what the hell

Got back on the road, about another hour and a half down, maybe 45 minutes an hour down the road

Back in the limp mode, damn, damn, that time it throws a random misfire code

It's all right, I'd jack around with it, it

Get out there and hook everything, try to check the battery, just check everything

You know what I mean, try to figure out what's going on

Check all the coil packs, make sure everything's tight, all the connections in

Takes you about five to ten minutes

Get done, walk around there, truck fires right up, run good

Another hour down the road, does it again, I'm real close to the gas station

I'm about half tanked down and I said, you know, I'll just go ahead and let this thing cool down

Maybe it's just the heat outside, something's happening to it

There's about 103, 104 degrees

So maybe this is what's causing my problem

And I will go down here and see

I'll go ahead and fill it up with fuel, take me to a bathroom break, give me cold water

I had packed some sandwiches for them, maybe eat one of my sandwiches, have a little lunch

Do all that, I left the hood up the whole time, trying to let everything cool down

It drives the rest of the way, I get almost to the hotel in Tulsa, pull in the parking lot in the hotel in Tulsa

And it does it again, and I just shut it down and let it sit when I got checked in my room

I have about an hour or so to kind of cool off in the room and take a shower, get ready for the show

Of course got all the anxiety about, you know, ticket sales and all that kind of shit

And do some marketing stuff and get the show

We got like 66, 67 sold on Tuesday night, which I'm real damn happy with

And everybody else can be very in degrees of happy with, but to me that was a feat

Okay, easy get 66 people come out and spend money on Tuesday night

It was a great show

I worked with some really great comics

The lady that was doing the middle spot for it

I'm just from like following her and reading about her, she's a headliner in her own right

And I'd heard her name before, turns out she's friends with my buddy Chris Shaw

Her name's Julie Drake, fantastic comic, did a killer job

The guy they had host doing his comic out of Arkansas named Chris Misca

And he did a fantastic job too, and I enjoyed talking, his dad's like an old sprint car racer and everything

So we had a lot in common

On top of this, so this is my first time working for the Bark chain of clubs

And it's a whole chain of clubs, it's Oklahoma, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Fort Wayne, Summit Comedy of Fort Wayne

Skyline and Appleton, Louisville Comedy Club, Tacoma Comedy Club, Spokane Comedy Club

And there's some others I'm forgetting, Springfield Comedy Club

And maybe one in Wichita too, I'm not 100% sure

The way these guys are doing it, they really treat a comic like they're somebody special

And I don't mean just a headliner, they treat the features good, they treat the openers well

Their green rooms are really nice, they got candy bars and crap in there for whatever, you know, snacks, all that stuff

The security is very attentive to you, like looking out for you

It's just a good vibe

And a damn good crowd of people we had in there, that was a fun show, fun show

We knocked that out, we did a big meet and greet, I got to meet a lot of long time Wrecking Yard fans, which was really cool

And take pictures folks and sell some stickers

And moseyed my way on back to hotel, Alvin Lance runs fine at night when it ain't getting hot, you know

Fine at night, running like a spotted ape, go back to hotel

And now I had a plan this tour because, one, I didn't get much time at home with Rachel before I had to bail out again

And two, I know I can get in a dark place if I'm not taking care of myself

So I made sure the very next morning, you know, I had one drink at the club, went back to hotel

I had some dinner, very next morning, up at the gym

Just first thing in the morning, boom, go off to the gym, get a good workout in

Go back to hotel, shower, get a little breakfast, well I did breakfast before I went to the gym, if that don't matter

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