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What If You Don't Really Own Your Car And Never Can?
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<blockquote data-quote="BrownArmy" data-source="post: 1604958" data-attributes="member: 18225"><p>My daily driver is an '87 Toyota.</p><p></p><p>If the 'check engine' light comes on, the diagnostic for this vehicle involves shorting the +/- contacts in a barrel-connector located by the air filter. I made a 'tool' for this, but a paperclip works just as well.</p><p></p><p>Once in 'diagnostic' mode, the CEL will blink in morse-code fashion, relaying any and all potential codes. If the ECU is throwing more than one code, it might take a few minutes to decipher the message.</p><p></p><p>Necessity is the mother of invention, so, I've learned how to do anything and everything on this vehicle, with the exception of bodywork and/or welding.</p><p></p><p>With all that in mind, if/when my wife gets a new Camry, Toyota won't allow me to change the brakes? Replace a caliper? Replace a timing-belt after 100 grand (and all that involves)? </p><p></p><p>Chicanery.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrownArmy, post: 1604958, member: 18225"] My daily driver is an '87 Toyota. If the 'check engine' light comes on, the diagnostic for this vehicle involves shorting the +/- contacts in a barrel-connector located by the air filter. I made a 'tool' for this, but a paperclip works just as well. Once in 'diagnostic' mode, the CEL will blink in morse-code fashion, relaying any and all potential codes. If the ECU is throwing more than one code, it might take a few minutes to decipher the message. Necessity is the mother of invention, so, I've learned how to do anything and everything on this vehicle, with the exception of bodywork and/or welding. With all that in mind, if/when my wife gets a new Camry, Toyota won't allow me to change the brakes? Replace a caliper? Replace a timing-belt after 100 grand (and all that involves)? Chicanery. [/QUOTE]
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