Recent content by vought

I want to give you huge thanks for documenting all of this troubleshooting and resolution. It may be a big help to me as I’ve struggled to clock the damned thing properly when reinstalling it and have been relegated to trails where I know I won’t need 4lo.

This is fascinating. I'd searched for ideas about replacing the automatically actuated transfer case in my LX570/AB60E, but didn' think it was possible. This sort of gives me hope there's some combo out there that might work. Willing to sawzall the interior and fabricate stuff to make it...

Thanks for the speedy and helpful reply; I've nailed it down to exactly that. The eBay seller from Japan had the part listed as a 2008, so I snapped it up. I think I can effect a half-assed fix, since the mounts are still there; I can get the signal to the pin. I think my diff lock is exactly...

Good catch...I suspect the part number I have is for some newer model though it was listed for 2008. This case is identical except for having a microswitch and associated pinouts. Looking back through the posts here, I don't see a definite match for the microswitch. Anyone manage to scrounge that?

Here's the old part from my 2008 LX at the bottom, with the new Toyota/Lexus part at the top. Same in all other aspects, but no microswitch.

Did you happen to notice a difference in the Hi/Lo engagement half of the system? I'm just installing a new Toyota/Lexus part, and notice that _there's no microswitch_ on the new part. The reason I bought it was to replace my old one on which I'd broken the microswitch. This makes me curious...