Goss’ Garage
Pat Goss, MotorWeek's resident master technician, helps consumers understand car problems and how to speak the same language as their technician. As cars becoming increasingly complex, fewer repairs can be accomplished at home. Effective communication with a repair shop is vital to keeping consumer and operating costs under control. From rattles and squeaks to leaks and drips, Pat covers a myriad of issues designed to keep cars on the road and out of the repair shop.
Tire Killers
Back in the day people used to use something called a curb feeler. They were these wire things that would attach to the fender about here and they stuck out and when you got close to the curb they made a loud scratching noise and you knew you were close enough. Well this driver, well he’s figured out a way to use a tire as a modern curb feeler. Pretty much… Read More
Resto Radio
So you have a classic or collectible car and you would like to listen to the radio but it doesn’t work or it doesn’t have the features you would like. What can you do? We have Mike Frenchek from Retro Radio Restoration. Mike, Welcome to Goss’ Garage. MIKE FRENCHEK: Thanks for having me here. PAT GOSS: Alright, now. What in the world do we have here? MIKE FRENCHEK:… Read More
Water Pumps
Some parts of a car are easily more critical than others. Pat Goss has advice on how to keep a key component from letting you down! PAT GOSS: We’re joined once more by our online parts expert Mr. Tom Taylor. Tom welcome back to Goss’ garage. TOM TAYLOR: Thanks for having me back. PAT GOSS: Alright, when you come to visit you tell us about the inner workings of… Read More
Coolant
Even the basic things on automobiles have become complex. Take coolant for instance. Various cars have different types of coolant, and you have to use the appropriate type of coolant for your individual car. Now here we have an assortment of universal coolants. They fit several different models, and they’ll probably work fine for most cars, but if you’re a… Read More
Resto Mod
Lots of folks would love to have a classic car like this one. But, they don’t like the way the older cars drive. So, to tell us how to get around that, we have Tony Fleming… from Flemings Ultimate Garage. Tony, welcome back to Goss’ Garage. TONY FLEMING: Thanks Pat. Thanks for having me. PAT GOSS: Alright, now what are we looking at here. What’s special about this… Read More
Odds and Ends
This time we have some near odds and ends. First we have Bolt Lock. Now Bolt Lock makes a number of different things and what’s unique about Bolt Lock in general is that they can be keyed to match your car. In other words, the first time you use this lock mechanism here for the receiver on your trailer hitch what you do is you take your car’s key, and of course… Read More
Cleaning Your HVAC System
Every time we drive our cars we sit behind something link we see here, an instrument panel. Well behind that instrument panel is a lot of stuff. The most notable the heating and air conditioning system… the HVAC. Now, inside this HVAC system there are a lot of parts. There are doors that determine where the air goes. There’s a blower motor and all sorts of… Read More
Basic Electric
Today’s tires have all kinds of electric gadgets on them. And to make all of that work we need several of these… wire harnesses they’re all over underneath the car hidden where you can’t see them. There are hundreds of wires, and one of the big problems is something like we see in this wire connector it is corrosion, and corrosion like that could upset just about… Read More
Get Loaded
Taking a road trip on a motorcycle can be a lot of fun, but a lot of people avoid it because they think well I can’t get enough stuff on my motorcycle. Well, here to dispel that myth we have Lindon Able from Rommell Harley Davidson in Annapolis. Welcome back to Goss’ garage. LINDON ABLE: Thanks for having me Pat. PAT GOSS: O.K., this myth about I can’t get enough… Read More
Accident Do’s and Don’ts
That fender bender that doesn’t look like there’s any damage, well that may not actually be the case. See, modern cars, they may have all kinds of sensors and different things built into the car. And, even in the back for that matter. Things like radar for cruise control, and parking sensors, headlight washers, even the lights themselves may be LED. They may be… Read More