He orders direclty from Toyota- he mentioned he has to purchase a minimum quota of parts (in dollars) fom Toyota every months so they will sell to him. All parts are from Toyota and come with whatever warranty stealler gives. Labor prices are cheaper here- 60's or so, a little more at the dealer. I am going to buy brand new (non remanuf.) oem parts online. I have found many of the original parts already- fuel filter, water pump, master cylinder- most parts are Aisin/ Denso components, or subdivions of those companies. Actually, event ehbelts come from Japan. He showed me the timing set, and it did say manuf. in jpn on the packaging, and belt themselves. Anyway, I'm going to buy all the parts online, and let him install. I know I am already getting better prices for exactly the same.
Lee does guarantee his labor, and said it's on the house if has misdiagnosed the problem (so long as I only bring in oem parts).
Thanks for the replies. I will post my success/ failures once I bring in all the parts and get them installed. At the moment, I'm basically buying what I need as I find the best deals all over the net. So far, so good.
Will have new info soon- should be in the garage by the weekend.
