Oregon and Washington BS thread

I can't even go to the local Toyota dealership because they got us on lockdown.

 

Whoop! I thought having a double car garage was going to be enough. I need a shop

 

Anyone in the Portland metro area have a favorite welder/fab shop they go to? Trying to get my rock rails welded on and my buddy won't be able to do it for a few weeks.

 

I haven't used them yet, but someone else here pointed me to these guys:

 

Saying hello from Eugene!

 

That sounds like the Clock Spring aka Spiral Cable is damaged.

Did they have to remove the steering wheel at all?

The only way that unit can become damaged is if you have the steering wheel removed (or steering linkage separated) and the steering column is rotated while separated causing it to no longer be at Top Dead Center in relation to the wheels and steering wheel.

This causes the fragile ribbon circuit inside the Clock Spring to be pulled too tight while turning and damages the connection (hence the Airbag light and loss of button controls).

 

The house has a double car garage that stuffs in an accord, some Hyundai thing, and hopefully two motorcycles. If I need to wrench, I can get them to kick out their cars. They are kinda dumbfounded why I have all these tools, lol. I mean, can't you get everything done at Oil Can Henry's?

 

Fine fine...just thought I'd offer. See if I let you drive me up a rock garden again.

 

Welcome! Your one of like... 2 haha. I'm close by, got a picture of your rig? Maybe I've seen ya

 

Got an email back from LRA asking if the shipping cost could be cut down with a few guys splitting it. Anyone interested?

1200 AUD or currently $841 usd

Cross posting this from the WA meet thread

 

you could try an exhaust shop, might not charge you as much, and same quality of work. I'd do it, but my tank is empty, and I don't think you want your rock sliders welded with .030" innershield.

 

I sent them a message and they quoted me $250 for the job. Seems a little steep to me, so the search continues. If nothing else pans out, I might give them a shot.

 

they quoted me same. 250 and say it takes 4 hours. That is almost as much as I paid for the sliders..

 

What is LRA? Is this for the front E-Locker?

 

Long Range Automotive. It's a 34 gallon gas tank that goes in place of the stock unit.

 

I agree that seems a bit steep, I will say though anytime I have work done by Crawl2Run they take their time and measure everything multiple times, it is always done very well. Welds are top notch and I trust them with my truck.

 

Their quality looks great. Like mentioned above, I have a hard time spending almost as much on the install as the actual rails.

 

Oh geez. I hadn't contacted them yet since sliders aren't in progress yet.

Ok, give this guy a call and see what he quotes you.

Curtis Custom Welding - (503) 760-6971

I fucked up the hitch on my boat trailer backing it in...as in to the point it couldn't be towed anywhere. I called this guy at random from a Google search. He came out with his truck. He and his assistant cut the welds, let me prime the bare steel, then welded on a new hitch and was off like a rocket. One thing I dislike is service guys that don't treat your time as important. It was a bit spendy, but I didn't have much recourse. It was worth it because I was going camping the next day and he was here right when he said he was going to be. Apparently this happens all the time and he does 4-5 of them a week. Expensive lesson learned.

 

@littlebro5 ?

 

I'll give him a call in the morning and see what he quotes for the job.