Well Dave I have been working on cars, just not rods! Glad the girls are doing well!
Our 2003 Highlander is getting up there in mileage so it's developed a few annoying issues. I spent most of yesterday surfing the net to figure out how to fix to problems. 1) the driver's side parking light is out, not a big deal, until you try to figure out how to access it. It involves removing the grill and part of the bumper assembly in order to get the headlight assembly out far enough to get to the light socket. They make replacing the headlamp a 2 second job, but replacing the 1157 bulb a nightmare. I still haven't figured out how to get the white plastic clamps to release, I love these sophisticated quick releases that don't make sense until you break one! Problem #2 is going after the mysterious heat flashes thru the a/c in hot weather. You'll be driving and suddenly you have full heat blowing out the a/c vents. After some research this is quite common and apparently a factory design flaw. The dealer wanted 700-1000k for the heater/cooling assembly and 500 to install it. A guy online, shows step by step how to get the electronic assembly out of the car, take it apart and solder the circuit board where the wires pull out, that causes this problem. I guess Toyota only replaces the assembly, not fixes them. This guys link has 7 pages of replies thanking him for this , so Monday/Tuesday(days off) I'll work on fixing it if this is the case once I get it apart.
I got a downloaded copy of the factory service manual, and can't believe the detail they go into on fixing electronics, but lack of detail on assembly and disassembly!