Agreed, not a Denso issue. The motor was fine. It’s from untrained Techs jumping in and forcing the door open. In my case the actuator being disconnected the way it was forced the motor to turn beyond binding up and eventually chewed the teeth out of the drive gear.
Excellent write up, thank you! My linkage wasn’t broken, but it was popped out. After putting it back together it still wouldn’t cycle properly like it was binding somewhere. I decided to pull the actuator motor and sure enough there was a stripped gear inside. Inhad to remove the NAVI...
Thanks everyone, great group of people that I’ve met so far. Nice to be part of a club that has it together. I’ve had several Toyota 4x4s over the years, but after owning our 100 for the last ~13 years there’s no going back. It’s gotten us everywhere we’ve pointed it to and keeps on going...
There is what appears to be an abnormal amount of sealant/gasket material around the seams of the lens, might not have even been opened but the sealant is not factory. The inside of the light appears to be just fine though. I'm not sure what that tab is for (it looks like a hook), but it...
I still have these left over from a project I was working on, but I am truly unsure what year these pieces would apply to. I have (x2) of the larger size and (x1) of the smaller one. There seems to be some sort of overspray or frosting of some sort on them but there are no chips or cracks...