Good Morning,
Jim did it AGAIN!!! He was doing service maintenance on our 2003 Toyota 4x4 truck. As usual, he changed the oil and all the filters, greased all the zerks, just bought 4 new tires, balance and alignment. Now for the changing of the front and rear differential oil…… The rear was a little problematic. But, with patience, he got it done. Mind you, it is in the basement garage, the weather is hot and HUMID…. Now, for the front differential….. He took off the bottom pans. I have no idea why Toyota had two different types of bolts to hold it up. He had to get up and down from under the truck numerous times. Sweat is pouring, coffee and cigarette break. Back under. Now, the pans are off… To the drain plug. This has never been changed since we had it. So the factory must have a bad day on the assembly line. It is held in by an allen ….. To the various wrenches…. He tries to undo it….. Back to get another size… He tries to undo it. Checking to see if it is American or metric… Sweating, cursing, he tries again. Checking with a flash light for a closer look into the hole,,,,, it is stripped…… It is Friday afternoon. He calls the Toyota service department and they can get him in first thing Saturday morning. He is up early ready to get the truck fixed… Off to Cookeville (30 miles away) to have the plug pulled, changed and change the gear fluid. All for $150.00……. He is back in a couple of hours.. FRUSTRATED. They have to order the plug and it won’t be in until next Tuesday…. All day he was grumbling. He woke me up early Sunday morning so we could look at a new truck. Off to the dealers. Here, everything closes early at night and all day Sunday. We come back home after looking at the outside of a couple trucks….. Like a kid waiting for Santa, he wakes me up very early Monday morning. Off to the dealer to see what he can work out. I told him my MUST haves ::::: colors are either silver, white or fawn, with 4 doors. After scoping out the lot, it was up to two. Both silver pick up trucks. Haggling back and forth for four hours, we are the proud owners of a 2014 Nissan Frontier silver pick up truck. It even has heated seats…… So, again, Jim fixed the Toyota
Congratulations on the new acquisition Jim is the best fixer. This story made my day start with a smile..
Hubby's car has heated and cooled seats along with heated steering wheel and memory controlled seats. Would love to have ANY of these options in my next vehicle. But everyone knows you can't stop a Ford F150 so hubby likely will have another new car before me. (P.S. It's 14-years-old and has never skipped a beat.)
