For anyone that's interested this is what a knuckle should look like. this is after a rebuild 5 years ago and thousands of miles most of them hard off road miles.
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Gear oil is the worst smelling oil in my opinion haha. it is worth learning the different smells of things for sure though.How can you tell it's grease not oil ? can you smell it ? the gear oil well run right over the grease and drip onto the ground
The PO sent me pictures of the truck and stated that it was parked in the same spot for 6 week, there was a small puddle under each knuckle.
Grease does not drip, gear oil does.
90 weight gear has a distinct smell, as does diesel fuel. One need to learn these smells to help diagnose issues![]()
Tell me what I'm missing for a full fluid flush on this rig:
Transmission
Brake
Coolant
Oil
Diff
Transfer case
Power Steering
Anything else?
And which of these are easy enough for a novice mechanic?
Pretty much untrue. Only the 1HD T suffered bearing problems. Many of the engines are capable of well over 500000klm on the same internal components. A lot of Toyota diesels are shared by their truck and bus range. The 1HZ often reaches a million klms in the Coaster bus in Australia.Someone told me that all bottom end bearings should be replaced on older 70 series. How high of a priority is this?
I'm thinking you meant pull the fill plug first. It's the only way to know if the TC is over full and to make sure you can get oil back in.Drain tcase first, always pull drain plugs first. If tcase is over full chances are high the seal between trans and tcase is shot. Common on old split tcases. If it is an automatic look for red tint in tcase gear oil, that also tells you the seal is bad.
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It's a manual. Same 75w90 gear oil for transfer case?Drain tcase first, always pull drain plugs first. If tcase is over full chances are high the seal between trans and tcase is shot. Common on old split tcases. If it is an automatic look for red tint in tcase gear oil, that also tells you the seal is bad.
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Anywhere I can find the bolt torque specifications? It's not in the english owner's manual I found online...Yes
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This happens with me as well, every time I change the oil in my tcase and transmission they are both over full at the fill plug. I've never understood how fluid magically appears out of nowhere but nothing bad has happened from it yet. Maybe the Toyota gods are just blessing us with extra lubricationBased on my limited understanding, if there were a gasket leak between the transmission and transfer case, you would expect high oil levels in the transfer case and low oil levels in the transmission right? It seems like maybe whoever last did the oil changes on the tranny and transfer was just a little overzealous with filling them back up?
The one in the second picture is adjustable just adjust as neededRecharged the A/C with R134a to 30 PSI. Blows nice and cold now. Waiting on an oil filter wrench. If anyone is wondering what oil filter wrench will fit the 1HZ or 1PZ oil filter, I ordered a 15 flute 100mm oil filter. According to onlineautoparts in Australia, that should fit the filter, and my measurements agree with that.
As a side note, my hood sets low relative to my fenders:
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There are a couple rubber hood supports. Does anyone know which ones need to be replaced to have it sit normally?
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