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I noticed the fluid changes color rapidly too. When I flushed my brake fluid, it appeared surprisingly yellowish and clear, but when I left it sitting in a poland spring bottle for a day, it became very dark, almost black. Oxidation?

Finally got around to greasing everything. The two zerks that are on the side of the driveshaft took a LOT of grease. Am I supposed to be filling that whole tube up with grease?? I kept pumping it until I started seeing the male end starting to come out slightly from its position in the female...

Thanks for the great info @IndroCruise. On another note, when I turkey basted the "new" gelled up AHC fluid from the reservoir, I saved it, and ran it all through a paper coffee filter. It looked perfectly pink and crystal clear as a result. That's the fluid that went back in. Should I be...

Thanks. Yes the pump is impressively a simple device. Not a whole lot of parts. Good engineering. As soon as I opened it up, I found old hydraulic oil with black cloudy debris floating around in it, which is probably 21 years worth of steel particulates from the components and/or rubber seals...

To update everybody, I took the pump off and took it apart, including splitting the sandwich. I was careful not to rotate the two gears and especially not to change their orientation in relation to each other. It's tricky because when you first split the sandwich, the gears can come out...

Have to say I didn't know such a thing exists. Someone else suggested heating the bleeder on a different thread but people had concerns of heating up highly pressurized hydraulic fluid. You don't think it's a concern? By the way, last night I was able to crack all four bleeders on the globes...

Thanks for the input. I'm wondering if taking the pump out to clean and re-install inevitably introduces air into the system and necessitates me having to bleed the accumulator. My bigger issue I think is that I have a seized accumulator bleeder. I might even be able to bleed the globes, if I...

Figured I'd update everybody on my saga. I contacted Lexus corporate regarding the contaminated AHC fluid I bought from one of their dealers. They told me to take my car to the dealer so the dealer could confirm the diagnosis of contaminated fluid. The service manager did this, and apparently...

Thank you both for the advice. To clarify, you're suggesting that the thunk that I feel when the transmission is down-shifting is still likely due to the drive flanges and/or diff bushings? My old land cruiser had the typical thunk but the tranny shifted up and down smoothly, that's why I'm...

2003 LX. 265K miles. I notice that besides the common thunk that I feel when I let off the gas to coast and then re-apply throttle, there appear to be thunks when she downshifts when I'm slowing down for a stop sign or a red light. Not intolerable but noticeable. The fluid looks clear red at the...

100%. Unless you are lucky enough to find a shop that understands and appreciates AHC, they'll all want to talk you into bolting on some shocks and springs - even the service manager at Lexus did that to his LX! AHC lines appear OK, except for the one under the AC condensate drain. The biggest...

Well I called Lexus corporate regarding their contaminated fluid breaking my pump and they told me to take the car to the dealer so they can inspect the problem to confirm that it was indeed the fluid that did it. Upon arrival, the service manager laughed at me saying that Lexus corporate...

How big of a job is the diff mount and bushings? I can't imagine the parts themselves would be expensive, but how many banana job is it, especially on a 21 year old vehicle when it hasn't been replaced yet?

Roger that. I'm going to use Techstream to disable that feature, along with the beeping upon lock/unlock. On a different note, I noticed that the little LED lights on the window buttons all remain lit even when the car doors are all closed and locked. The driver's side window switch continues...

2001LC, can you tell me who your contact is at your local Lexus shop that admitted to straining the fluid? There's some hearsay regarding dealerships receiving instruction from corporate to strain the fluid. If I can get some proof of that, or some confirmation, that would make my case against...