Recent content by desertSl3d

thanks for this encouragement and context. For anyone who is curious or if your dealer is saying it's "pretty involved" here is a dude doing it on his driveway with a jackstand in a couple of hours lol Here is a guy doing a (admittedly simpler) 4runner T case swap. He says "Most definitely a...

GoshInteresting, my 2004 LX 470 just had the transfer (before I bought it) case redone and front diff (by the PO) PO said it cost him 10k haha hell ya. I will holler at you in the next week or two when my case comes in

I will reach out to them, thank you. Bell Lexus quoted me 8 friggin grand. Almost $6k for new case ($3200 online) and $2k in labor. TBH if it is the transfer case I have watched a few videos on it and it looks pretty simple. Remove front and rear drive shafts, remove cabin transfer case shift...

Great I appreciate it. where are you located/working out of? Sorry new to this forum and not good at keeping track of the names yet! I am also curious about the diagnosis. Tech is sending me a video this AM of where he says the issue is I will post right when I get it.

Hello, Nice to meet you all. I am a new forum member and new owner of a 2004 GX470. Long story short, thought I bought it needing a new drive shaft (dry and needs grease at least and had classic "clunk" sound at acceleration off the line) but my mechanic at ToyoMotors says it needs a whole new...