Am I Being Robbed?

[crashbang]

the very nice man down at mr T's officiall garage wants to charge me £110+vat for a front abs sensor for my 1990 celica gti. is the dude ripping me off??? when questioned about the high price his responce was "we go by the chasis numbers and thats wot the price is for your car"

[GT4 BOOSTER]

i paid 89 quid each for my 1995 celica.

[crashbang]

lucky sod.

maybe i shud buy a newer car?

[GT4 BOOSTER]

who's to say they arn't the same??

chassis number jt164stl200035274 look and compare at the dealers if you can.

[Cubic Incubi]

in my experience, parts like that, for older cars, cost more than newer cars. the bootstruts for my 87 Gt are £120 each and unfortunatley, you can only get the ABS stuff from Mr T.. PM Shutty at celica club UK, he's service manager at toyota dealers..

[daktari]

Could try sourceing them from another country. ie. USA. Just make sure the part no is the same.

[toyota rally]

got a used one for £15 deliverd

www.firstchoisespares.co.uk

had no probs with it. easy to change just dont clean it up or anything just fit it as it comes

[crashbang]

cheers, bought a new one :ffs:

now the rear drivers side is buggerd :censor: :ffs: :censor:

[GT4 BOOSTER]

oops now you are talking real money , i'd estimate around £ 150 for that one

[crashbang]

£101.57 with the vat.

[GT4 BOOSTER]

dont think i'd like to attempt a rear one .unless they are on a bracket. thats cheap for a rear , mine worked out at 126 + vat and 112 + vat for the rears on my 95 gt. funny how the fronts were cheaper and yours were dearer , yet your rears are cheaper than mine were.

[crashbang]

the rears come out the same as the fronts. a lot of pissin about.the bracke bolts to the shocker and a wire goes thru a bracket into the body behint the inside rear trim panel.

hope it works. picking the part up in the morning

[GT4 BOOSTER]

the rears on mine were fixed into the axle , not on a bracket , same as the fronts were inside the hub. and have to be drilled out. i hope all this comes good for you fella.

[crashbang]

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have now changed the front left and rear right abs sensors and dtill the warning lamp is on. have reset the codes. now thinking maybe a wiring fault somewhere. does any one know where the abs ecu lives in a 2wd 5th gen???

[mikeb]

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have now changed the front left and rear right abs sensors and dtill the warning lamp is on. have reset the codes. now thinking maybe a wiring fault somewhere. does any one know where the abs ecu lives in a 2wd 5th gen???

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What make you believe it's a sensor/wiring fault, rather than a failed ABS pump?

[crashbang]

the fault code came up as code 35, which says either front pass or rear drivers sensor

[GT4 BOOSTER]

abs codes are fronts 31 32 rears 35 36 did you pump the brake pedal fast 10 times after you replaced the sensor. ? are the sensors aligned correctly, they have to sit plumb opposite the knotches on the drive shaft.have you put the silver pin back in the diagnostics box ( dumb question , had to ask it ) my abs sensor was under the dash around the middle somewhere, pretty low down. ram on the brakes hard if any wheel locks up then thats the side at fault , have faith you'll get there.

[crashbang]

well after a couple of hours of removeing the sensoers and cleaning the cogs with solvent my blessed car finally passed its mot, at a cost of £220 in sensors. but hey its xmas and the good guys at the garage didnt charge me for the retest.

so as aclosing statement.............. thanx for your help and advice and merry christmas to you all!!!!!!!!!!!