NMcruser

Hey guys,

I just moved up to Bellingham. I need to get some work done....wondering if anyone knew of good shops in the area. thanks

ryan

Yamaha+Toyota=Fun

What kinda work are you looking to have done?

NMcruser

I need to have the timming chain and accompanying goodies replaced.

Yamaha+Toyota=Fun

Try evergreen automotive, does a really good job, Nice people. Fair prices too.

midiwall

I'm taking bets on how long before he finds that NWOR is in his backyard... and then how long it'll be before we have another story about them. sigh.


Welcome to the area Ryan!

Funrunner

Chuck's Midtown Motors on State St. 733-1527

I've always been happy with his work and have known him for over 20 years. Nice guy.

OneTrickToy

Call up Jeff at AutoTech. He's up on the corner of Meridian and Axton on your way out to Lynden. He does a ton of work on Toy's. He almost always has a heavily modded Toy or two in his parking lot. His # is (360) 398-9197.

Or if you want someone in town that has a really good reputation, go to Milne's Downtown Auto Repair (360) 733-7190 They are down on Ellis St. http://www.milnesauto.com/index.php3

Hey... any chance you want to help me get my crankshaft pulley off tonight? It just won't seem to budge!

Yamaha+Toyota=Fun

I live on Axton road ! There is fun gravel pit just down the road from AutoTech that you could check out if your in the area. Chuck's is also a pretty good place to have work done. Super nice guy to deal with, good quality work also.

OneTrickToy

No one wants to work?? lol. Hey, the crankshaft pulley nut wouldn't happen to be reverse threaded would it? Wow... As I think about it. The crankshaft turns clockwise if you are looking at it. So it would make sense for it to be reverse threaded. Am I a complete moron??

Yamaha+Toyota=Fun

Can you see the threads that it is screwed into? If you can just compare them to a bolt or somthing like that. Id help you but I'm doing homework

DarylD

PM sent

OneTrickToy

So it's not reverse threaded. Hmph. And CSK doesn't carry any tools for the job either. So I'm having a tool made for me. It will bolt up to the pulley and lock into place against the frame so I can yank on the ratchet till I'm blue in the face.

Yamaha+Toyota=Fun

I could find you an impace wrench if you need it. Ill break anything loose!

Arnold

If an impact wrench doesn't work, use your starter to break it loose. This method has always worked for me.

OneTrickToy

I've got a 3/8" impact wrench and a 1/2" impact gun. I didn't waste my time with the wrench, and the gun didn't do it. The engineer I work with didn't have time today to make the tool so he's going to do it tomorrow. If that doesn't work, one of the other engineers has done lots of auto work and he has access to a really high powered impact gun that he's used on quite a few vehicles. He said he'd help me out if I couldn't get it on my own. So tomorrow I'll try the tool, and if that doesn't work I'll see about having the other engineer come over this weekend. Hopefully I'll get it done!!

Yamaha+Toyota=Fun

Let us know how you end up gettin the sucker off. btw why are you taking it off?

dan682

I'll second Jeff at AutoTech. I work at the Schucks on Meridian near Costco and we do a lot of business with him.
Yamaha - you live on Axton? I live on Smith rd. Small world...


-Dan

Yamaha+Toyota=Fun

Nice its always good to hear from fellow bellinghamsters, what kinda truck do you drive. I've probally seen it around. Maybe ill stop into shucks one of these day and meet ya.

OneTrickToy

So weird. I had tried to find other yotatechies in B'ham a while back and no one. Now it seems there's quite a few! I'm taking the pulley off to change my timing belt. My truck hasn't been running the same lately and I realized it was time to change the timing belt. It passes the visual inspection. There aren't any cracks or missing teeth, but it seems like it's been stretched out. It wasn't tight anymore. I'm hoping it's the source of my powerloss/intermittent miss. I'm trying to get everything back to 100% because... dare I say it. It looks like I'm selling it soon. I've gotten a job up in Ferndale and with all the added driving I'm doing, I can't justify the gas mileage. So I'm getting another 300ZX. But I'm not going to sell the truck until it's running perfect again. I don't like to pass on unfinished business.

Yamaha+Toyota=Fun

Where at in ferndale do you work? I know quite few guys out there. When my friend changed his timing belt on his 3.slow it was in 2 pieces, split right down the middle. His truck has like 380k on it though . We should start a thread for nw washington peeps on here.