Recent content by Polar_Pile

Hilux, that was a great link - it has now been thoroughly perused. I'll be checking my splines and see where it leads me. Appreciate the input.

That is a good explanation, ebag333. I will check the splines this weekend.

Scottm and Hilux, either way I appreciate the explanations and the pics. This is something I can check easily this weeked. If anybody else has some ideas, I would welcome them. I think there are some pieces of the puzzle that make me think tranny, still.

Thanks for your patience, scottm and Hilux. You're finally getting it through my thick skull! Why would it eventually engage after a brief spin in what feels like neutral (axle spinning in a stripped spline)? And it only happens when the cruiser is slowing down (downshifting), then trying...

Thanks for the detail, scottm. For this theory to hold, wouldn't both the front and rear axles have to be spinning in all 4 stripped plates since the cruiser acts like it is in neutral (no wheel is engaging)?

I appreciate the responses. I haven't had time to 'test' per your recommendations, but will this week. Just a couple of questions: 1. If the drive plate splines are stipped, why would it not happen every time? I can get it to do it most of the time, but not always 2. If the drive plate...

79K was 5 years ago. It just turned 100K this month - and it broke my heart. I absolutely love it - has served extremely well on some rough elk hunts - and still takes my wife and kids all over the place. If you show up with a flatbed, you will have to go through my wife first :)

As far as I know, the only way to engage the center diff lock is to go to Low Range. I have never experienced the problem in low range, yet can cause the problem at will (almost) in high range (normal driving) by not coming to a complete stop, but rolling and hitting the gas again. Do you...

I've done some researching on the IH8Mud threads, but don't have a clear answer on this problem: My 95 TLC will occasionally not downshift at a stop sign or stop light, so when you hit the gas to go again, the engine revs as if in neutral. The rev'ing is only temporary as the tranny will then...

I'm a 3-4K changer with mineral oil--better safe than sorry. I've got 330K on a Honda that still doesn't use oil. I will plan on draining through the ATF cooler--per a ATF Flush thread. So what is the risk of mixing ATF oil brands? I have always heard that is a bad thing to do--but nobody...

Comprendo. Fala Portugues? Thanks for the help Lugboot and Cory! I will check it out.

What and where is the "cover of the port on the PS of the engine bay?" I think I understood some of those words...

As always, you all are a great help to a rookie. Since my LC's tranny fluid doesn't appear to have been changed in 80K miles, should I simply drain/fill/run for a week, and then repeat the process a couple of times to flush all the old fluid? Seems like that ought to clean it out pretty good...

So that begs the question...is it difficult to remove, clean, and replace? If the mechanic says a tranny oil/filter change will be almost 3 hours of labor...I'm concerned...as well as baffled because dropping the pan and cleaning the screen sounds like less than an hour.

I just purchased a 1995 LC with 80000 miles. I went through the (well-kept) service logs, but I don't see where they changed the Tranny oil or filter. I did some searching on this site, and found good info on replacing tranny oil - plus change intervals, but nothing on changing the tranny...