Recent content by Lockmitre

IDK that I would even consider this for a beater. The inside of that frame is probably toast. Unfortunate for a truck of this quality. Exact reason I moved to south central Texas from the Northeast, I'd take the heat over this every time.

FWIW, The Lexus dealership quoted me 1300 to replace the transmission and transfer case seals. Not as much as I was expecting considering they told me they need to drop the transfer case to get to both just as stated previously in the earlier posts. I would do it myself but I currently lack the...

Im assuming if i replace the seal, which im going to, If i dont also check/clear the breather hose it will just leak again? Both will need to be remedied?

Copy....Unfortunate I guess. Not unexpected though with a 28 year old vehicle. I appreciate the response!

Is the idea that the breather gets blocked and causes pressure to build in the trans forcing fluid out of the seals? I checked the trans dipstick and it is reading really low, at temp its reading in the cold section of the dipstick....

Reviving this thread...Did you ever solve this issue? I have the same ATF leak where the Trans meets the Transfer Case. I also have a 1998 JDM import but with the 4.7 V8. I have only had it a week but i noticed that it looks like this leak has been there for a while. I cleaned the area to see...