LizardKing, I live in San Jose, CA. It's a pretty big spread out town, but I think you're right. The dealership that I went to don't have any LCs in stock, not even a showroom model. The mechanic said one came in a couple of weeks ago, but it was only to get something installed or modified with the stereo. Other than that, I don't think he's ever worked on one.
I thought it would be another Toyota and they wouldn't have any problems with it, but maybe NMuzj100 is right. They just demand more for LC stuff. Thier parts guy said that the new LCs go out the door for nearly $60K after tax and fees, so maybe they figure that if you drive one, money isn't an issue to you. Most people have been telling me to only use OEM stuff, so now I almost feel guilty if I put anything else on it.
I remembered reading a couple of other threads in this forum about some other owners looking into doing the timing belt themselves and said that they needed special tools. Renting them would be about $300 if he could get them, so he just let the dealers do it. The serpentine belt looks like it's easier to access cause it's just right there. I'll have to look at the manual.
I remebered my first car I ever owned was a 1980 something AMC eagle that a girl from Montana sold to me for a $100. It was a POS rust bucket, but was fun 4X4 type car top drive. I had my head under the hood of that thing every week trying to figure out what wasn't working right. Anyway, since then, I learned that spending more on money on better condition cars is a better value and haven't done much mechanical stuff in years.
The Cruiser owners seem like they would like to work on thier cars more for endearment than neccessity though, so thanks for the recommendation to get the manual
I think I'll pick that up as well.
I sent an email to C-Dan through the members section of the forum for parts but he hasn't replied. Not sure if I sent it to the right address.
Does anyone know the best way to contact him?
Thanks.
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