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Well, today, 28 days after I initially dropped my 86 off, I picked it back up.
They apparently had it done a few days ago, but were dealing with Toyota regarding warranting the job. The service advisor gave me the whole spiel about how Toyota questioned two large warranty jobs in a row, so it took some time, and how the clutch disc isn't normally a warranty item(which I knew). I let him continue his explanation of how a clutch works for awhile, until he said "I know how fun stick shift is, I had one when I was a teenager, and I'm sure you know how clutches get worn out...," at which point I did interrupt, remind him that they put 66 miles on the car while doing the valve adjustment, and let him know I don't abuse the car. At that point, he said they had gotten it all covered and I could come pick it up.
I went down and got it, and they really did replace everything; disc, pressure plate, clutch fork, throwout and pilot bearings, and a motor mount they broke. I take my keys outside...and the key fob won't unlock the doors...cause the battery was dead(talk about adding insult to injury). I went back in and asked them to send someone out to jump it, which they did.
Good news is, the car is back to normal. New clutch doesn't slip, no check engine light on. I'm torn on how to respond to the Toyota survey they emailed out. On the positive side, they did ID the cause of the MIL, fix it, and the eventual end result is they made everything right, gave me a loaner for the duration of the repair. On the negative side...they had the car for four weeks, seemingly caused the clutch problem, put a total of 81 miles on my car in the process, and somehow killed the battery.
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