Hi all. been reading a lot here. 2 days ago I bought an 87 camry automatic. I drove it home on the freeway the first problem: - upon acceleration at about 50 mph- shaking and vibrating all over the place (the camry). Got it home put it in reverse- NO REVERSE. trans fluid is dirty,I bought fluid and filter gonna drain it and refill first (as I've learned here ). NOTE: the trunk latch/lock is taken out and the guy who sold it to me told me it got broken into. Wondering if there's a relay, electrical issue or interruption that could also be part of shifting the transmission? idk. its a longshot but wow IDK S*** about this Toyota. So Humbled I am.
About me...Im a girl. blue eyed blonde in So Cal.
What I've been through lately (automotively speaking)...
I own a '63 chevy c-10 p/u which had the original inline 230 v6- it took me ten years to build it. all by myself--original column shift, stock everything. last year it got stolen in Pauma Valley where it was tarped and parked. Some asshole -stole it, chopped it up and sold it...trailer attatched. After 6 months of combing the reservation I FOUND IT Deep in Valley Center CA. I found the trailer on another reservation entirely. The truck transmission was torn out , windows broken out nothing works--gutted and spray painted. I had to buy it back from the guy who bought it stolen?? go figure. That took me 6 more months. anyway... its gonna take ten more years to get it back to driveable again let alone original. my baby. my life -tears :crying:
More recently...On July 5th 2015, I drove my running 1998 528i BMW to a mechanic that started working on my scooter that broke down the week prior. I drove up and I told him I was going into a smog check station for a test and I asked him was there any advice he could give me for my car before I drove it thru..-- He said just a few things my car needed to ensure a fine tuned easy pass. it was only supposed to take two days and I was starting a new job in L.A. the next week. He gave me a parts list totalling 100.$ I paid him that day and another 100$ for labor- in cash. Four days later he said he needed another $180. then $50 . Then another $50, then $30. Then a week later he told me someone came to his shop and stole my key. He assured me he retrieved the key safely and the key had not been tampered with. I reminded him that was the only key and about the chip inside - not to open it. He shushed me on the subject and that was that! For the next 4 weeks I was riding my bike or skateboarding or thumbing it over to his place every 3 days trying to see my car. He said there was a problem...he had not been able to start my BMW at all. he said he replaced all the parts and bought plugs and it still wont start. I said "THE KEY!!" He said, "No! its NOT the key. Nothing happened with the key! I assure you! its something else! Now let me work on it, I can fix it. Leave me alone now and dont bother me" He told me it needed a 250$ part and he bought a similar part at the junk yard...which wasnt the problem after all--another $150. I asked him about the scooter , was it fixed... could I drive it? He said no. He asked me to leave my BMW shop manual with him and I did. I asked him to let me help to try to fix it , to start it. but HE WOULD NOT LET ME EVEN LOOK AT IT. He refused to let me even see the key or open the hood up. Then he said the problem is that its the car's computer that has to be replaced--but again the problem was not in the computer either. Then after that he said the key had to be re-flashed at the dealership for $60. I snuck around to get a look at my car after hours and there was cobwebs on the tire- not a good sign... and the back seat was pulled out, windows were down etc. I couldnt stall my employer any longer about starting my new job. I called the mechanic stating I would be picking up my car before Monday. I asked him please over the weekend just button it up and put all of the old parts in the car and have the receipts please. Over the weekend I got a tow rope and showed up on Monday and asked for my key. He thru a hissy fit temper tantrum. I looked at my car it was torn up and a mess. I hooked up my car to a friends jeep and began to pull it up the hill. Then my key fell apart in the column...guess what---it had been opened and inside NO CHIP:facepalm: i jumped out and skated down to his place to have words with the mechanic but he had already driven off. I towed my car as far as I could on the rope and then my car sat in the VON'S parking lot for a whole week. The fuel pump was torn out and gasoline was all over the back seat and in my hair for me trying to put it back together. parts were torn out everywhere. I got a hold of BMW Motorsports who told me that they had the equipment to re set the key for $130.00 if I towed the car into their shop. I AAA my car with Leucadia towing (thank goodness for them!). Two days later Oceanside Motorsports said it will be $1000.00 to put my car back together BEFORE they could even attempt to re-set the key. A THOUSAND DOLLARS to fix it ?? and to the way it was before that mechanic touched it? That mechanic KEPT ME FROM SEEING MY CAR FOR NEARLY 2 WHOLE MONTHS. The BMW technicians at Motorsports explained exactly what they had to do, had to fix and why...yes it would be a thousand dollar job BEFORE the key could be re-set. And as for the scooter and my BMW shop manual being returned to me, he said if I came near his place that he would call the cops. I called the junk yard to come get the BMW. I junked it and Im not looking back. Auf Wiedersehen BMW RIP
SO!!! now that brings me to HERE Toyotanation! ...with the $400 I got from junking my BMW I bought a 1987 camry OMG---ive never worked on a Toyota so please help me PLEEEEESE and Thank you! I am broke as a joke:help: No playtoy...seriously please
About me...Im a girl. blue eyed blonde in So Cal.
What I've been through lately (automotively speaking)...
I own a '63 chevy c-10 p/u which had the original inline 230 v6- it took me ten years to build it. all by myself--original column shift, stock everything. last year it got stolen in Pauma Valley where it was tarped and parked. Some asshole -stole it, chopped it up and sold it...trailer attatched. After 6 months of combing the reservation I FOUND IT Deep in Valley Center CA. I found the trailer on another reservation entirely. The truck transmission was torn out , windows broken out nothing works--gutted and spray painted. I had to buy it back from the guy who bought it stolen?? go figure. That took me 6 more months. anyway... its gonna take ten more years to get it back to driveable again let alone original. my baby. my life -tears :crying:
More recently...On July 5th 2015, I drove my running 1998 528i BMW to a mechanic that started working on my scooter that broke down the week prior. I drove up and I told him I was going into a smog check station for a test and I asked him was there any advice he could give me for my car before I drove it thru..-- He said just a few things my car needed to ensure a fine tuned easy pass. it was only supposed to take two days and I was starting a new job in L.A. the next week. He gave me a parts list totalling 100.$ I paid him that day and another 100$ for labor- in cash. Four days later he said he needed another $180. then $50 . Then another $50, then $30. Then a week later he told me someone came to his shop and stole my key. He assured me he retrieved the key safely and the key had not been tampered with. I reminded him that was the only key and about the chip inside - not to open it. He shushed me on the subject and that was that! For the next 4 weeks I was riding my bike or skateboarding or thumbing it over to his place every 3 days trying to see my car. He said there was a problem...he had not been able to start my BMW at all. he said he replaced all the parts and bought plugs and it still wont start. I said "THE KEY!!" He said, "No! its NOT the key. Nothing happened with the key! I assure you! its something else! Now let me work on it, I can fix it. Leave me alone now and dont bother me" He told me it needed a 250$ part and he bought a similar part at the junk yard...which wasnt the problem after all--another $150. I asked him about the scooter , was it fixed... could I drive it? He said no. He asked me to leave my BMW shop manual with him and I did. I asked him to let me help to try to fix it , to start it. but HE WOULD NOT LET ME EVEN LOOK AT IT. He refused to let me even see the key or open the hood up. Then he said the problem is that its the car's computer that has to be replaced--but again the problem was not in the computer either. Then after that he said the key had to be re-flashed at the dealership for $60. I snuck around to get a look at my car after hours and there was cobwebs on the tire- not a good sign... and the back seat was pulled out, windows were down etc. I couldnt stall my employer any longer about starting my new job. I called the mechanic stating I would be picking up my car before Monday. I asked him please over the weekend just button it up and put all of the old parts in the car and have the receipts please. Over the weekend I got a tow rope and showed up on Monday and asked for my key. He thru a hissy fit temper tantrum. I looked at my car it was torn up and a mess. I hooked up my car to a friends jeep and began to pull it up the hill. Then my key fell apart in the column...guess what---it had been opened and inside NO CHIP:facepalm: i jumped out and skated down to his place to have words with the mechanic but he had already driven off. I towed my car as far as I could on the rope and then my car sat in the VON'S parking lot for a whole week. The fuel pump was torn out and gasoline was all over the back seat and in my hair for me trying to put it back together. parts were torn out everywhere. I got a hold of BMW Motorsports who told me that they had the equipment to re set the key for $130.00 if I towed the car into their shop. I AAA my car with Leucadia towing (thank goodness for them!). Two days later Oceanside Motorsports said it will be $1000.00 to put my car back together BEFORE they could even attempt to re-set the key. A THOUSAND DOLLARS to fix it ?? and to the way it was before that mechanic touched it? That mechanic KEPT ME FROM SEEING MY CAR FOR NEARLY 2 WHOLE MONTHS. The BMW technicians at Motorsports explained exactly what they had to do, had to fix and why...yes it would be a thousand dollar job BEFORE the key could be re-set. And as for the scooter and my BMW shop manual being returned to me, he said if I came near his place that he would call the cops. I called the junk yard to come get the BMW. I junked it and Im not looking back. Auf Wiedersehen BMW RIP
SO!!! now that brings me to HERE Toyotanation! ...with the $400 I got from junking my BMW I bought a 1987 camry OMG---ive never worked on a Toyota so please help me PLEEEEESE and Thank you! I am broke as a joke:help: No playtoy...seriously please
