Recent content by jpeterferrell

Finished the factory transmission cooler install yesterday, completed my third drain & fill, and set the level. Still acting perfectly fine, no issues. I don't have a scan gauge to constantly monitor temps, but all of this can't hurt. I do have a Launch Creader I use to get the ATF temps, and it...

Update from me - 4000 miles and no codes, no odd behavior. Doing a drain and fill and completing the transmission cooler installation (factory) this week, then keeping on keeping on. I also pinned the thermostat a few weeks ago.

I agree that this is a band aid. What I’m going to find out is how far the band aid goes after doing a bunch of fluid swaps and adding the factory cooler. Can I get…10k miles? 15k? I think for a lot of people, just getting some runway back is enough. You can do a lot to get ready for a trans...

I think at this point if you were getting the codes consistently…all of the gaskets, o-rings, rubber bits are smoked.

Update on my case...consisting of no update. I'm at almost 3000 miles after the AT205 and it shifts great, zero issues. Factory cooler install and pinning the thermostat within the next month, although it's getting a bit cooler here in HI (ambient tops out around 85 now, and will stay that way...

Just hit 2k miles...still running great, zero issues. I am...truly shocked this has worked as well as it has!

Thank you all for the help - I got them installed the right way around, with the correct washers. It drives much, much better now! I also got all of the tires road force balanced at a local tire shop, which really helped as well. Glad I didn't permanently mess anything up!

Added it on top of what was in there. It’s a very small amount, in a system with a very large overall volume!

Aannnddd, now that I'm looking at my photos I think I may have also screwed up which side went where, because in the factory manual the termination point of the spring on the lower strut seat/perch should be pointing towards the rear of the vehicle...and on mine it is pointing towards the front...

I went to change out my 140k mile front struts (and rear, although no problem with the rears I don't think) and upper mounts and I think I got task fatigued and screwed it up. I think I messed up where the metal retaining plates go as it relates to the rubber isolator under the top nut mount. I...

I went and checked that link...I might just buy that thing from them prophylactically. My local Lexus shop here on Oahu prices that thing at $7500, PLUS the core charge, and they say there is no estimated time of delivery for it (backorder). Hell, the only local salvage yard is charging $3500...

I'm going to do a drain & fill this week, I'll be around 1250 miles with the AT-205. Then I'll do another one around 3000 miles later (assuming it gets that far) when I'm doing an oil change and installing the factory transmission cooler. I think one of the reasons Toyota/Lexus only does those...

It really is remarkable. I'm at 1200 miles now...zero issues. Damn thing shifts like new. Honestly, I'm taken aback by how quickly it seems to have worked...

UPDATE: I'm at about 1000 miles after adding the one bottle of AT-205 during the transmission service. No codes, no odd transmission behavior, seems to have fully restored function. At 1500 miles I'll do a drain and fill. I'm still checking periodically to see if the transmission will clear the...

I have an update on mine. I did a normal drain and fill first, reset the codes. They popped back up in about a week of regular driving (200ish miles). No abnormal driving behavior, UNLESS the vehicle sits for a long time (72+ hours). If it does, then reverse is very hesitant to engage. If I...