Celica broke down on the way to work...

The shoemaker's children go barefoot...

Same thing happened a couple years ago on my '89 Prelude. Also clutch slave cylinder. PITA.

Just to make sure, you DO understand I just started working at a Toyota dealer, right? ;)

Not before, though. The damn thing would break down the furthest point from home, usually in just about the worst place it possibly could (in the middle of the Boondocks...)

and mechanics drive s-boxes? See my response to L-R. I have been keeping an eye on it.

I believe it was the original cylinder.

And YOU know who I mean by an overpriced dealer in the Berkshires, eh?

Me and a friend had to work on replacing a clutch slave cylinder once. Couldn't afford to take it to the dealer. The local dealer down there had a real bad reputation, anyway.

Long ago in a galaxy far away . . . .

Charles of Kankakee

Oh, wait - this is the Toyota newsgroup! No really - I thought it was ironic that what happened to your Toyota is exactly what happened with my Honda - clutch pedal stuck to the floor. And yes, I saw you recently started working at a Toyota dealership!

Used to have an '86 Celica 5spd, but no more....

-Dave

Oh, OK!

I have replaced 4 master cylinders: 1972 Corona MKII in 1977, 1980 Corolla SR-5 about 3 months after I bought the car NEW (then never touched it for

210,000 miles...), 1985 Coroll GTS at 247,000 miles, and this Celica. Never done a slave cylinder before.

But I HAVE done a fair amount of "Synchro-Shifting!"

'85 was a bigger car with a bigger engine. But the '86s are cool ,too.

Actually, it was 2 screws and a fitting...bleeding took longer than replacing!

We also worked on replacing the rear brakes at the same time. He knew how to work on them, they were basically the same as the Bendix Aviation brakes he worked on at work. He even had some specialized tools to work on brakes with.

Charles of Kankakee

Sells Pontiacs too?

Bing-o!

guy takes my AC system apart, and then leaves it like that and splits cause it's a Friday afternoon (after I BOOKED an appointment!) and still charges me $450!!!

I spent a lot of time there getting them to do good work in a customer friendly manner. Sounds like they must have forgotten some of that in the

15 years since I last visited them!

Six years...that was back in '96, with my 11 year old 'hachiroku'...

I'm *afraid* to ever go there again! My bank account isn't big enough!

There was a dealer up here that wanted $2200 just for parts. What he really wanted for us to junk the Previa and buy a new vehicle so he could foist the Previa off on the Mexicans. They basically didn't want to service vehicles more than 8 years old.

Charles of Kankakee

No one wanted to work on my Celica! I asked the boss, just get it in the air! I'll take care of it, but one of the techs had it off before I got back to the lift with the part! So, i'll be detailing his wife's car next week!

Hmm, revenge is a dish best served cold. It is very cold in space.

Charles of Kankakee

Oh, no, I meant it was a good trade. I got to leave work to go play some bass on time, so it is well worth it! Otherwise using hand tools it would have taken me that much again!

Oh I see. I thought he was messing with you. Sometimes they do that to the new guy.

Charles Who's been the new guy entirely too often in his life.