Recent content by Dent42

Just to share the info I got from a transmission rebuild shop, the transfer case will grind and make grinding noises when the front drive shaft is disconnected and the CDL is not engaged. I can not explain the details of why (something about it not being able to index into the right gear or...

No I don’t have anything by them at the moment (except a decal) but I was living in the UAE for the past 10 years and my work was just down the road from their Middle East work shop, I didn’t have anything exciting but I drove a hilux and I got most of my work done there and did off-road trips...

That seems really good with labor! I can get the rebuilt diff from just differentials with a tjm pre installed for around 1800 but I will need to do the installation myself and that doesn’t include the compressor.

There’s the issue, no one else is dumb like me to try all the options 😖 but admittedly I didn’t know what had happened at first so I turned off the CDL when I first got unstuck (diff had blown while stuck in the snow) and the truck would barely move, and it made terrible noises. Didn’t start...

My plan exactly, but I just am trying to find out if my t-case is forfeit as well. I will probably go with a diff lock even if I don’t hook it up, from what I have read they are just so much more rigid than the original.

Yeah the front diff is completely out of the equation. I would think that with the CDL “off” the truck would just run normally but not move, spinning the the front drive flange as the path of least resistance. My concern is that it’s making a grinding noise (kinda like when you shift wrong in a...

I am curious about how this turned out but I guess I will never know. I just blew up my front diff after getting stuck in the snow, trying to rock the truck like a manual. The casing flexed enough to start leaking. I have disconnected the front DS and the hubs and the truck seems to run fine...