The short version, my truck was having some issues shifting after an hour+ of driving, and my kickdown cable was sticking and it would stay out not retracting.
There’s a very reputable shop near my store that I took it to to have him take a look. He’s very knowledgeable fella and we talked about the issues it was having and I agreed to bring it to him the following week for a transmission service. new fluid, filter kit and to install my new kickdown cable that I got from Toyota
They told me it would be done in a day. I brought it first thing in the morning explain to them I needed it in time to get my kids. They assured me everything will be OK, it wasn’t. I ended up having to borrow a vehicle to go get my boys and then bring it back another day which was today. Before i picked it up i spoke with them friday, they explained to me that it was all finished up and my keys were in the truck in their lot with my ticket and that they did not see the need to replace the kickdown cable (Which was the whole reason I went anyway) as their tech said it looked fine and was functioning. secondly i wasnt about to leave it in a lot with the keys and all my tools and gear in it overnight.
Today I drove home, didn’t get all the way to the house before it started behaving erratically again and not wanting to shift. i got out and see that the kick down cable was again fully pulled out and loose to the tune of 4inches or so. But I knew they didn’t install it, so I’m telling myself great "You have to do this anyway, whatever"
I get home today and crawl underneath spend an hour under this thing in the rain and much to my surprise. It doesn’t look like they’ve done anything except flush the fluid. I wanted to get everyone’s opinion to see if it looked as a new gasket had been installed and the pan dropped. to me it does not, I don’t see any fingerprints I don’t see any cleaning marks I don’t see any marking from tools on any of the fasteners and I don’t see where they took the pan guard down. etc. etc. etc.
thoughts?
( i know the answer but someone tell me im not crazy)
this is why i do my own work. im so overloaded with everything right now i took a chance and had someone else attempt to lighten my load, silly me.
There’s a very reputable shop near my store that I took it to to have him take a look. He’s very knowledgeable fella and we talked about the issues it was having and I agreed to bring it to him the following week for a transmission service. new fluid, filter kit and to install my new kickdown cable that I got from Toyota
They told me it would be done in a day. I brought it first thing in the morning explain to them I needed it in time to get my kids. They assured me everything will be OK, it wasn’t. I ended up having to borrow a vehicle to go get my boys and then bring it back another day which was today. Before i picked it up i spoke with them friday, they explained to me that it was all finished up and my keys were in the truck in their lot with my ticket and that they did not see the need to replace the kickdown cable (Which was the whole reason I went anyway) as their tech said it looked fine and was functioning. secondly i wasnt about to leave it in a lot with the keys and all my tools and gear in it overnight.
Today I drove home, didn’t get all the way to the house before it started behaving erratically again and not wanting to shift. i got out and see that the kick down cable was again fully pulled out and loose to the tune of 4inches or so. But I knew they didn’t install it, so I’m telling myself great "You have to do this anyway, whatever"
I get home today and crawl underneath spend an hour under this thing in the rain and much to my surprise. It doesn’t look like they’ve done anything except flush the fluid. I wanted to get everyone’s opinion to see if it looked as a new gasket had been installed and the pan dropped. to me it does not, I don’t see any fingerprints I don’t see any cleaning marks I don’t see any marking from tools on any of the fasteners and I don’t see where they took the pan guard down. etc. etc. etc.
thoughts?
( i know the answer but someone tell me im not crazy)
this is why i do my own work. im so overloaded with everything right now i took a chance and had someone else attempt to lighten my load, silly me.
