who won this ebay car?! username 9***z

[auxmike]

Originally Posted by CTScott

WooHooo!!!! This round I won it for $631.

Hey Ct,
First CONGRATS! Nice score. Second, can you flip the hood open and post a shot or two of the engine BEFORE you pull it? Also, would like to see if the tranny case cracked from the impact...

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by auxmike

Hey Ct,
First CONGRATS! Nice score. Second, can you flip the hood open and post a shot or two of the engine BEFORE you pull it? Also, would like to see if the tranny case cracked from the impact...

I'm wondering about that myself. I'd really like the tranny to be a good spare for my auto. Hopefully I'll be going up next Sunday to pick it up and find out just how good or bad it is.

[enviri]

Originally Posted by CTScott

I'd really like the tranny to be a good spare for my auto.

with a helical LSD put in, right? :P

[CTScott]

I picked it up today. After a 3 1/2 hour drive each way, and about 1 1/2 hours to get it ready to load onto the uhaul car trailer, it is home.

A friend came with me to give me a hand. When we arrived and he saw the car he though I was absolutely nuts. I asked to guy to start it for me and he turned it key and it purred like a brand new Yaris. My buddy's jaw was on the ground. We only ran it for a couple of seconds, as the belt was shredded, so the water pump wasn't being driven.

The guy who had it buys cars at auctions, cleans them up and then resells them. He had a few totals there that he had bought for parts. He hauled it from the field of cars to the driveway with a flatbed to make it easier for us to get it ready and on the trailer. I brought my extra set of wheels, and my Xterra full of tools in anticipation of getting it loaded. The two front wheels were pointed in opposite directions and both axles were popped out. On the right side, the steering arm was bent at a 45 degree angle and on the left, the strut had ripped out of the top of the tower and was flopping around the fender well. Also on the right the fender and structure under the fender were so bent that we couldn't get a tire on, so we took off the remainder of the fender. A full size tire still wouldn't fit, so we put the spare on that side.

After we completed our suspension work (and replaced the three blown tires) we loaded it onto the uhaul trailer with two cable pulls.

With all of the missing windows, the spare tire area was completely full of water and the carpets were saturated. Amazingly the front seats were dry and not at all stinky. I pulled all of the drain plugs to let the trapped water out on the ride home. The first thing I did tonight was to pull out the soaked carpet.


Upon arrival:


Realigning strut that ripped through strut tower:


Loading on trailer with cable pulls:

[sdyaris]

What would you want for the aux jack plug in piece that goes in center? I some how lost mine when i tore my interior apart.

[yarisugi]

CTScott, you've been so helpful to fellow Yaris owners. I'm sure you'll be sharing more
of your knowledge after this great find!

[1NZYaris1]

Originally Posted by yarisugi

CTScott, you've been so helpful to fellow Yaris owners. I'm sure you'll be sharing more
of your knowledge after this great find!

for get the Knowledge , give us the parts
just joking

[yarisitis]

So CT, will you be selling parts from this or are you going to fix it up and stuff?

I'd be interested in buying the cooling fan motor from you if you are looking to sell.

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by yarisitis

So CT, will you be selling parts from this or are you going to fix it up and stuff?

I'd be interested in buying the cooling fan motor from you if you are looking to sell.

I will be posting a thread with the parts for sale, once I figure out what I actually want to keep. I am definitely keeping the engine and everything required to run it on the bench, the transmission (if it checks out OK), and the driver's side glove box cover.

[goku87]

Originally Posted by CTScott

I will be posting a thread with the parts for sale, once I figure out what I actually want to keep. I am definitely keeping the engine and everything required to run it on the bench, the transmission (if it checks out OK), and the driver's side glove box cover.

dibs on a pillar. also, my local dealer botched the trim for my gauge cluster, and broke the little cubby on the driver side. i can haz? for dollarz? $$$

[enviri]

im afraid i wont be free from work till the 22nd, so i'll stop by the house then and see whats up :)

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by enviri

im afraid i wont be free from work till the 22nd, so i'll stop by the house then and see whats up :)

Sounds good. I should be getting my lift within the next couple of weeks, so that will make swapping your rear axle a whole lot easier.

[47_MasoN_47]

Wow that looks like a fun project, good luck with that ECM!

[CTScott]

I had a couple of people hit me up for parts, before I even picked up the car. Let me get back with them to verify what they wanted, and then I'll get back with what's available. I'll keep the "dibs list" in the order that people hit me up. keep the want list flowing, so I know what people might want, as I pull it apart.

[CTScott]

Here's where I've gotten with pulling it apart. So far I've:

Gutted the interior (except for the front seats)
Completely disassembled the dash
Removed all glass
Removed the remaining pieces of the front fenders
Removed the rear bumper and tail lights
Removed the hood, wiper cowl, and the sheet metal under the cowl
Removed the damaged AC compressor and the AC lines
Removed the fuses and for all of the disconnected systems (AC, lights, etc.)
Replaced the shredded serpentine belt with one for just the water pump and Alternator

I changed the oil and ran the engine for a while today. The auto tranny started leaking fluid, so I have to figure out what's going on with it.

Disassembling this thing has given me an incredible opportunity to learn a lot about how things come apart and learn the routing of all of the cables.

[1NZYaris1]

wow
this looks like so much fun , Very jealous

[auxmike]

I've done this before with old VW Beetles as a kid. It's a blast ripping it all apart to see what's making it all "tick".
Please take lots of pics for the rest of us. I think this was a great buy and that you've almost gotten $600 worth of fun out of it already!

[enviri]

wow i just noticed it looks like the car rolled over lol