Toyota Highlander expensive problem.
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ls1mike
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I don't understand why 8000 dollars. Is it hard to get at? I have done complete LS powered vehicles in my garage.
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They don't seem to be able to get into either of my lazy cat's bellies.
I had to get some Victor electronic mouse traps to deal with that particular problem.
I've never seen any feral cats around my yard, otherwise, I'd feed 'em to keep them hanging around to deal with the mouse problem.
Dealership is playing the make the repair expensive so you buy a new car.
Probably engine removal required.
Dime sized hole. Rats, quarter sized.
ls1mike
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Like my BILs Mercedes. Yuck. Why? Why do they do this?
Most transverse V6’s are like this.
Most cities have independent shops that do stereo system upgrades and alarm systems for vehicles. These kinds of shops have electronic technicians that can fix wiring. I would stop in at one of those and see if they can fix it for you.
Understanding and then properly diagnosing the circuit is the challenging part. A stereo shop is the last place I would look for a competent diagnostician.
Depending upon the level of damage, that may not require Diagnostics at all. That might be simply a matter of repairing wires that can easily be figured out or things were broken and where they reconnect to. If all the wires are the same color and many of them are severed in a way that you can't tell which end goes to which end then yes there will be Diagnostics involved. But if only a few wires are severed completely then it would probably be easy to fix without really getting into having to diagnose what those wires are doing.
And in that case that it's a simple repair a stereo shop would be one of the best places to take it to because those guys work on wiring systems all the time that are more complex than simply fixing a few wires.
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Or maybe the service tech providing the quote was short on his monthly upselling quota.The first thing I would have asked after they quoted $8,000 would have been if they were on crack! That seems extremely high.
Wherever you take it to be sure they're going to actually solder the new wiring sections in and then apply heat shrink over those connections. You don't want some shop that just splices wires together without soldering.
Should use adhesive-lined heat shrink.
The crimp butt splice connectors with the adhesive-lined heat shrink work very well, too. I've had some of those in service for over 10 years now, no problem.
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