Recent content by ZigZagZero

Is the key required to open every time?

Installed some WRX seats today. My seats were no longer adjustable, or rarely so, and the drivers seat had to be pretty far back or else it would slide back and forth. These WRX seats provide a lot more support thanks to the big bolsters and I love manually adjusted seats. The bottom also seems...

I lied about when I’d get the fluid done…. Went well, fluid smelled very very burnt. Put in the recommended ATF here, used 20 quarts of new fluid to get most of the old stuff out and…. Still slips. Actually doesn’t even feel like I have first at all. Did a little worse leaving the house where...

Reviving this to see if it worked out? I’d love to have a fully mechanical setup, I’m about to replace a seized HF2AV

I’m back to work so haven’t had a chance to get back into it yet. It’s parked at the moment, until I can get back to it this weekend.

Well I talked to someone at Valley Hybrids and added another thing to the checklist: the filter gasket. If that’s cracked it can apparently suck air and cause some issues but he wasn’t too confident that’s it and said at 288k miles this transmission is probably on its last leg. He also didn’t...

Ok I should’ve rephrased. I’ve tried that, I don’t have a TT pin.

I’m missing a lot of the metal pins in that diag box for some reason

I’m talking about the gear-driven shaft within the transfer case that locks it up.

I said FWD because without my working CDL, locking FR/RR results in just the front getting power (whole separate headache that hopefully a replacement t case will solve). It was moderate, a lot of limited traction with loose rock at steep angles requiring higher speeds. That was a week ago 50...

Hmm I see. Looking at a thread on that now and I’ll add it to the list to check. Sounds like there’d be some grinding/more catastrophic symptoms with that though? I could see it as a possibility though, I’ve been wheeling in FWD a couple times with this CDL issue.

Well… my CDL doesn’t work. The rod that gets pushed by the gear under the actuator is seized

I’m waiting to confirm with the shop that did the work. He owns a 91 FJ and does a lot of work on Toyotas in general so kind of just let him take the lead on it. It was just a drain and fill with a new filter and pan gasket. Will I need to go somewhere and get a flush if WS fluid was put in?

Original transmission at 288k miles. Fluid level is maybe a touch high checked while idling at temp… Drain and fill done 500 miles ago with new filter and Idemitsu ATF (TLS LV I believe). No additives. No grinding or screeching, reverse is fine. I did recently install a used double carden TW...

Hello all, My 97 LX has developed a problem when taking off from a stop. If I’m not gentle on the throttle at takeoff it feels like the truck goes back into neutral (revs go up, feels like the gear disengages) and then bumps hard into second. When I’m gentle it shifts smooth. I’ve replicated...