[Opie]

Day 7:
OK, so last week was crazy busy for me at work so I didn't have a lot of time to spend on the car until this past Sunday.

The car arrived with no keys, which as many know there isn't (usually) a real easy way to get the car re-keyed without a visit to the dealership. This weekend, with the help of a fellow FT86Club member; xxjprimxx hooked me up with a step by step on clearing all the old keys from the immobilizer system and programming new keys and it worked awesome!

I purchased 3 genuine keys from Toyota/Scion, 2 Master & 1 Valet, cost: around $400, then I used the programming instructions from xxjprimxx and registered all three new keys and the car started right up!

That allowed me to get started on reassembling and repairing some of the car. I cleaned out the entire interior, vacuumed and used Turtle Wax's new Odor-X to deodorize the car. Then I removed all the damaged parts; fender hood and then organized and labeled all the parts that came with the car. Now, I'm ready to start.

Started reassembling the engine area, A/C lines, body supports. Measured the body clearances to confirm the front end was plumb & square. All checked out after a few adjustments. I plan on pulling the engine front timing cover and resealing it before I reinstall the radiator & condenser, it's leaking at the bottom corner where they all start leaking. All the parts are here, will likely finish next weekend.

Reinstalled the front exhaust pipe and removed the damaged left front lower control arm, luckily the control arm took the brunt of the damage, strut looks fine. Touched up some bare metal exposed during the accident.

Mocked up the front left support brackets before the welding starts next weekend!