NEVER LET A SCHOOL SHOP FIX ANYTHING

[Soundguy]

my dad had one... that slant 6 sounded different. but it ran.

my least favorite car had a column shifter..

soundguy

 

[zzvyb6]

So (back to the O.P.), buy a new engine and have them put it in....

 

[deereman75]

So (back to the O.P.), buy a new engine and have them put it in....

This didnt happen to me, I saw the truck on the canadian equivelant of craigslist, the guy didnt have the money for a new engine, so he is selling the truck.
(if it was me, I would have done the work my self)

 

[Car Doc]

Some independent Toyota specialist shop like me will snatch it up and fix it if its in any shape at all then sell it at a profit.

I could sell a yard full of the 2nd and 3rd gen 4wd Toyota pickups if I had them I buy every one I run across. :thumbsup:

 

[mitch becton]

in the late 60's and early 70's our local tech school had one of the best body shop programs in the state. they were lead by some freinds of mine and always finished the jobs as intended and got a nominal fee for what they did you paid cost for all material they used and had another friend who ran the diesel engine mechanics training and was very successful here also and they had the absolute best equipment and tools to work with and as of now many body shop and diesel mechanics still work in the area and some are small independent business people this was and still is the Valdosta Technical School Valdosta ga.

mitch becton

 

[deereman75]

in the late 60's and early 70's our local tech school had one of the best body shop programs in the state. they were lead by some freinds of mine and always finished the jobs as intended and got a nominal fee for what they did you paid cost for all material they used and had another friend who ran the diesel engine mechanics training and was very successful here also and they had the absolute best equipment and tools to work with and as of now many body shop and diesel mechanics still work in the area and some are small independent business people this was and still is the Valdosta Technical School Valdosta ga.

mitch becton

This is about a high school shop, a trade school shop would be quite good to take something to.

 

[jbooth]

Why would anyone expect 16 to 18 year old kid to turn out professional work. A bit like going to a barber college and whining about your do. The instructor probably didn't have time to supervise every move a student makes. If the man on Craigslist cannot afford to repair or replace his engine, there is a possibility that he could not afford the parts for the school class to make the proper repair I had good luck with my son's class around 20 yrs ago. Granted, my expectations were not high and did not send anything that I could not do without. My main concern was to get some items to the class so they could acquire "hands-on" experience. The students and the instrutor thanked me many times for furnishing items to work with. Some of their training would probably fall in the "not repairable or not worth repair" experiences. My son considered auto mechanics as a trade, but went elsewhere when his expectation of chrome plated engines turned out to be worn out neglected greaseballs.

20 years ago the shop classes could not afford to purchase parts and in today's school economy it would be far worse. Not an issue anymore as the class has been dropped for budgetary reasons.