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#2678: They're Coming to Steal Your Fish

Sep 29, 2026 · 34m

Summary

Click and Clack discuss kitchen humor and a vacuum-tube food delivery concept before diagnosing a 1984 Pontiac Sunbird with a seized shift cable. They advise a Jeep Cherokee owner on recurring brake rotor failures and a Cavalier driver on a locked-up torque converter. The episode concludes with a statistical puzzler on disease testing and advice on maintaining a high-mileage Audi 80.

Topics discussed

Sponsor: Con Edison Kitchen signs and kitchenless home concept Show intro and call-in number 1984 Pontiac Sunbird transmission issue Caller from Hardwick, VT and regional geography banter 1995 Jeep Cherokee recurring brake rotor failures Sponsors: Rinse, BetterHelp, Bombas Season-ending puzzler: ACI disease probability Puzzler winner announcement and prize 1994 Cavalier stalling and no-crank diagnosis Sponsors: Rinse, Bombas, NPR, LifeKit Letter from Ben Vollmer: benefits of driving Fiats Mailbag address and classic puzzler info 1990 Audi 80 longevity and safety after tornado Credits and sign-off Sponsors: Bombas, Planet Money, NPR Politics
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