Got this email from my mom today:
I think I might have to sell the Toyota, I have had three brake lines put on it, and it is still not right. I do not want to put a lot more money into it. Brake fluid started pouring out of it. I had to have it towed to the garage by AAA. I never could locate that caliper bracket. I am taking it to a different garage and see what they say. I have already put over $500.00 in it, but I love that car!
Natalie
Hmmmm.... ;)
Thought that might interest you - she's gotten offers from just about every place she's called for repair. LOL They want that engine.
Natalie
Natalie, brake lines seldom leak on Toyotas unless they are badly rusted or have been damaged. Leaking wheel cylinders if the car has drum brakes or leaking caliper seals are a more likely culprit.
SSSSSSHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry, it's the Boy Scout leader tendencies coming out again ;-)
LOL it's okay - we know that. That's why she's having such a hard time getting it fixed. The parts are impossible to find.
Thanks anyway!
Natalie
Whoever is working on the car needs to order the parts off line. I'd bet they can be found somewhere.
She's tried every place she can find, but they all just ask to buy the damned thing. We've run out of ideas.
Natalie
Hey! I'll buy the dammed thing!
Hmmm, sounds like a conspiracy on the part of the shops - claim no parts are available, take it off your mother's hands, and voila! they've found a treasure trove of FX parts in a garage in northwest Massachusetts!
Oh, I don't know about a treasure trove.
I basically want the engine, or depending on the sahpe of the body, I may scavange the GTS for parts (Did *I* Say that?!?!? It is getting really rusty... :( )
I don't remember if Natalie's mother's FX is a regular one or a GTS. If it is a GTS, the engine and 4 wheel disc brake setup are more rare than the regular FX.
Nope, it's an FX-16 automatic. About 160k. It has a brand spankin' (purchased new in 2005) bumper.
Natalie
I KNOW!
:-)
Natalie
Actually it lives in Orlando now. We know they want the parts - that engine is primo. My husband took very loving care of that car.
Natalie
That's what I mean. It is difficult to believe that you can get a bumper but not brake parts for the car. Are you sure it's not Hachi looking for the parts for your mom?
Sounds like a great excuse for a road trip to Orlando!
No, the bumper was pure luck. Remember Rick? MDT? His parts manager did a database search of all the dealerships in the US. My late friend Steve sent me the bumper from Fairfax, VA about a week before he died of a heart attack. :-(
Natalie
That's Hachi's plan...
Natalie
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