44hunter45
Well-known member
Update.
GNBN - Both the electrical shop and the import auto mechanic came back negatory on any work on this rig.
The electrical specialist says it is a $142/hr shop rate. I could hear him saying without saying on the phone he really did not want this work.
"I have the skill's but not the will" to do the wiring work is now, "Well, crap. I guess I'm back under this thing on the concrete floor." I'm getting too old for this.
I will focus on getting the clutch slave cylinder replaced and the tail light wiring next.
I have an evil plan to pull some buckets out of another Toyota in the back of the garage. That is another story and another project. I found two Toyota AWD wagons for sale nearby for less than the price of OEM or aftermarket bucket seats. And I get two core engines and transmissions for the other project car. Win/Win. MRS45 shakes her head.
The import mechanic laughed and said I have come out of remission on "Toyota Collecting Disease." He says he wants me to bring it by the shop when I get it "Washington legal". He was little nervous that I might bring him out of remission as well. He has had a number of these rigs. He has so much experience with these that he says he can diagnose any pending engine failures by ear. The shop doesn't work on them because they are a product service shop not a project shop. It is not financially viable for him to work on anything older than 20 years old.
His kid tipped over his Taco last weekend. No one hurt. The wheel of life in a Toyota off-road family.
All this is pointing toward a four post lift in the new shop. I keep telling MRS that I am preparing for my car flipping gig post retirement.
GNBN - Both the electrical shop and the import auto mechanic came back negatory on any work on this rig.
The electrical specialist says it is a $142/hr shop rate. I could hear him saying without saying on the phone he really did not want this work.
"I have the skill's but not the will" to do the wiring work is now, "Well, crap. I guess I'm back under this thing on the concrete floor." I'm getting too old for this.
I will focus on getting the clutch slave cylinder replaced and the tail light wiring next.
I have an evil plan to pull some buckets out of another Toyota in the back of the garage. That is another story and another project. I found two Toyota AWD wagons for sale nearby for less than the price of OEM or aftermarket bucket seats. And I get two core engines and transmissions for the other project car. Win/Win. MRS45 shakes her head.
The import mechanic laughed and said I have come out of remission on "Toyota Collecting Disease." He says he wants me to bring it by the shop when I get it "Washington legal". He was little nervous that I might bring him out of remission as well. He has had a number of these rigs. He has so much experience with these that he says he can diagnose any pending engine failures by ear. The shop doesn't work on them because they are a product service shop not a project shop. It is not financially viable for him to work on anything older than 20 years old.
His kid tipped over his Taco last weekend. No one hurt. The wheel of life in a Toyota off-road family.
All this is pointing toward a four post lift in the new shop. I keep telling MRS that I am preparing for my car flipping gig post retirement.
