NW WA Meet / BS Thread

Welcome! What brings you to the PNW?

 

welcome

 

retirement!
Got a place in Whatcom and looking forward to quiet but fun days!

 

Congrats!

 

Howdy! we live in Arlington but have place in Maple Falls.

 

Welcome! I grew up in Whatcom county.

 

Second, GX 460 in six months acquired, hopefully this will be the last one for many thousands of miles and years

 

Did the one from Eastside shit the bed?

 

Pretty sure it got crumpled. Something about defective brake rotors

 

guess who has a set of front brake pads and rotors already….and a oil filter and oil

 

uh oh..story time or no comment on this one?

 

i was told by the wife that i should not comment because i wasn’t behind the wheel when it happened

apparently im not as funny as i think I am

 

the slow and eventual decline into "dad jokes"... It's real...

 

what do you guys do for auto trans fluid change? take it to a shop or do it yourself? I'm not trying to find out what the dealership charges for it.

 

Roughly this much: (this was Toyota of Seattle)


I usually do it myself which isn't too hard. But I had to pay for it recently as part of other repair work being done.

Literally, just drain and pump new fluid in. There's a bit of messing around inside the cab to get the dash into a special mode to check the correct amount. Or you can just use a laser temperature gauge. Tons of guides on this forum.

 

I checked some threads and youtube channels. figuring out if I want to do it myself.

I was surprised that Jiffy Lube won't do anything without a dipstick. But maybe that's a good thing.

 

If it hasn’t been done at least once by 100k don’t do it. Lifetime fill at that point.

 

Hi, looking for a mechanic in the Seattle area who can diagnose an issue with a supercharged 2nd gen. Most shops don't want to work on modified vehicles. Any recommendations?

 

its almost as easy as an oil change. just need a case of oem toyota atf and a way to pump it in to the side of the trans.

 

Ill second that.

And one of these makes it nice too. I have the larger 1.5L one as well Use that thing for all sort of fluid changes (the 1.5L one isnt on Amazon anymore but im sure you can find similar. I use the smaller one from time to time too)

Automotive Fluid Extractor, Oil Change Syringe Pump, Manual Fuel Suction & Filler, Fluid Change Evacuator (7 Oz.)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09NPKSFBD?ie=UTF8