Recent content by SSAZ

This is his thread: Gen 4 4runner won't shift into 2 or D

I want to give a big thanks to @Aussiecruiser82 for helping me step by step through fixing it. His thread was the one that I posted earlier in which his car did the same thing

Thank you, I will check it out

They have the same drivetrain

so I am trying to do it right now but can't find the spring in the shifter assembly. Does anyone know how deep I need to keep removing stuff to find what this thread says, "So I decided to take a look myself. 15 minutes later I had the center console off and was ripping into the shifter...

The question says it all.

I think I may have found the answer: Gen 4 4runner won't shift into 2 or D "take the center console off and was ripping into the shifter assembly. Anyway it turns out there is a sensor that detects when you put the tranny into 4th and 1st. The spring had flicked off this sensor. Repositioned...

I have a scan gauge that I'll read it with. For now, the LC is going to get parked until it's fixed

The check engine light isn't on. Is that a valid answer to your DTC question? I thought the transmission codes and engine codes all go through the check engine light. No lights are on the dash other than the normal ones on the dash when it's running. This is definitely something that needs to...

I did a highway drive and at 70 mph I moved the shift lever from D to 4 and there was no change in rpm, speed or any effect. Is this a shifter issue or transmission issue?

I'm about to take it on a highway drive to find out

I'll try that. The shifter is illuminated at 4 even though it was physically in the drive slot. I thought that was nothing to worry about but apparently it's actually in 4 and not in drive. The light stays in 4 even if I switch from 4 to D and D to 4

No codes. Runs and shifts really smooth. 215k miles and runs very strong.

It's a 2003. I have the 5 speed auto. I think that may be the deal. It's probably stuck in 4th gear! Has anyone heard of that and how to fix that? I put it in D but it's stuck on 4th is what I think it is

So it's pretty obvious now that my engine is working at a lot higher RPMs than its supposed to. Does anyone think that the only way to explain it is that it's been regeared? And does running at 3100 bad for this V8 engine?