Been a weird week. Fell out with a friend, had a great two day offsite at work, boss lost his father, a rental house had issues, I got called 200 miles away to investigate a gas leak that was not a gas leak, or so far as I could tell, any problem at all, daughter's goggles fell off during a swim meet race. Twice!
And we pulled the engine out of the Lexus. Dismantalus and his son came down from his idyllic abode, whence Sevens are produced with 8 cylinder propulsion, to help. Actually, to do the main part, such as bring all the key tools, from saws all to cherry picker, saw the exhaust in two, and generally get dirty.
Now, for JD it must be noted that this is New Jersey. There were no goats injured, nor seen in plain fact. But we did see an unusual automotive beast. The donor is a donor for good reason, of course. In this case, the half shaft apparently had separated from the trans, and then proceeded to put a hole in said trans.
Nice lookin gears, so maybe no structural damage, but wow, we now know why the underside of the engine was such a mess.
Oh, and the VIN doesn't match the car. It does, however, match a Lexus LS300, so maybe I am good to go.
Like I said, weird week. Pictures at 11. Or tomorrow when there is light enough to do so.
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