Nominating Acrad for contributor of the Year

[WTITW]

I've been hanging out here for about 18 months now and in that time it's become very clear that Acrad is probably the most knowledgable person on the 150 platform outside of a Toytota engineering building.

A month ago I started having tranny problems. Toyota, Lexus and a tranny specialty shop missed diagnosing the problem. Toyota told me they could only replace the tranny to fix it. Acrad diagnosed my issue based on a half assed description of the problem and a shrug from me. He remembered that my exact 2-1 gear step down slip was a symptom of a problem fixed in a software update from 2010. It turns out that had never been done on my truck. The fix was $160 for Lexus to install the patch. He also helped me get Techstream going to make the video I made and posted on how to do it.

I know I'm not the only one he lends his expertise to on a regular basis so I thought I would start a thread. Thumbs up if Acrad has helped you out over the years...

 

[skey44]

Wow, great story showing the forum being extremely valuable because of quality members!

 

[GrizzlyClint]

Seconded. Managed to help me find such obscure part#’s.

 

[Acrad]

I'm just another enthusiast like you all are.

I like to deep dive into documentation and help out when I can..... and hopefully guide someone to the correct solution(s) or info

One of my goals is help ensure this one of the best supported platforms for lets hope decades to come.

I greatly appreciate the opportunity to serve this community and always find myself learning new things from members here and elsewhere.

Thank you!

 

[Bralow]

hear hear!

@Acrad are you active on GXOR-FB?

It's ok if you don't want to dox yourself, I'd just like to keep an eye out for your contributions over there too.

 

[giovanni]

100% agree. Contributor of the decade.