I need a good reliable mechanic to change the rotators on my 96 Toyota toyota trecel please if no know of anyone that is reasonable priced.:signhelpb

Bent valves 2000.00. Rusted brakes, 500.00

Actually i would re-use all the parts because i would never drop triple the value of what a vehicles worth into a job that barely offers a return. I would assume you would be the guy that buys a 700$ car, drops 2,000$ into it and then sells it for 1,000$ shortly after. Secondly the odds of having to recondition valves that are pulled from a good running motor are slim; its not like i said go buy rusted valves that are sitting outside in the rain. You are aware the junkyard has engines with low mileage that have nothing wrong with them other then a twisted frame or other unrelated issues that has nothing to do with the motor right?

I'm not a certified mechanic by any means and i have successfully completed two head gasket jobs on a couple of my cars in the last few months. If a head bolt doesn't snap or twist the second use then its not going to be a problem and if you wiggle a rocker arm after you torque it down and it doesn't have slop its most likely fine. Its not rocket science and anyone that has the internet can probably figure it out with little difficulty. A good mechanic is not a automotive surgeon they are just a gear head/wrench turner that has done the job at hand a billion times. The hardest part of working on a car is the time involved with taking shit apart and really has nothing to do with having an abundance of knowledge; hence why most mechanics are high school graduates at best.

Now about the brakes, sure a car that's on the coast are prone to rust but then again most cars on the coast get undercoated. Its not hard to stick your head under the vehicle and chase a steel line and give it a quick inspection. Same goes for the rotors, calibers and pads; it doesn't take a genius to look through the rims and identify rust, warn down pads or rotors that are as smooth as a textured wall. I blew out a rear brake line on my Pontiac Sunfire right after a bought it and with no experience with brakes i went to Oreilly's and bought a 60 inch piece of steel line, a double flaring kit, a cheap a** pipe bender and a handful of banjo nuts and bolts and had the rusted line fixed in an hour for about 45$.

Moral of the story is unless you are working on a foreign car with a hanes manual written in german you can probably pull it off. If you think otherwise that's probably just your ego or lack of education prohibiting you from thinking clearly.

2000$ is what it would cost if you are completely retarded and took your car into a shop in the Hamptons maybe. Here in America people can pull a head them self and knock that out for the price of a head set gasket kit and a set of used valves from a junkyard. Lets keep in mind he did say it was a 700$ car so lets be realistic here.

And why would you say the car could have rusted brakes? That's a complete shot in the dark considering he never mentioned any information that would draw such a conclusion. Hell in that case the car could be missing the rims and steering wheel!

Listen PUNK. Average shop time is 100/hr. A PUNK working for two weeks in his back yard may be a little cheaper. It' books at 11 hours. Timing belt/water pump kit is about 200.00. Head gasket and intake/exhaust gaskets (if needed) 170.00. The head bolts are "torque to yield", 90 bucks for a set. Recharging the A/C 80.00. That engine may have 8 exhaust valves, 40 each. Fluids another 50. That's 1851.00 with tax,without a tow.

The POS has been sitting in someone's driveway, probably for a couple of months. Look up "Caliper slides". The previous owner did not perform the most important maintenance item on that car, what else didn't he do?

When you grow up, and have stopped breaking bolts, have at least 4 ASE certificates, I may read your resume before I through it in the garbage. Moron punk.