Lifelong admirer of Land Cruisers here, got a new LC100 back in 2000, planning to keep it forever! It's stock, except for a Kenwood DNX7100 head unit with GPS/backup cam and aftermarket Focal ICU 165 speakers (big improvement, even with the loss of the subwoofer). ih8mud is my go-to place for anything about the LC100 and trucks in general. Great people, great discussions, and many pleasant hours/days spent here!
The truck has only ~90K miles, but given its age, I'm slowly working my way through a mild refresh of some rubber parts as well as bearings from which grease has liquified and leaked out. So, I recently replaced the five transmission oil cooler hoses, using Toyota parts. Four of the hoses are available, but one, P/N 32941-60190 that connects to the left side A/T cooler port at the bottom of the radiator, isn't available so I used 32941-60290 instead, which I cut to size since it is 1" longer.
The new Toyota hoses have some strange scruff marks; I haven't seen these before and the old hoses don't have such marks. What could these be? I got some of the hoses from an online Toyota parts seller that's highly respected on this forum, and some from a local dealer. Both sets show similar scruff marks, as shown in the pics.
Are the marks reason for concern? I'm not sure what to do next--if I buy a new set of hoses from a Toyota dealer, chances are they would have similar scruff marks. Is there any way to pressure-test these hoses and the entire AT oil cooling system, something similar to the radiator pressure test for the main cooling system, for peace of mind?
Thanks in advance!
The truck has only ~90K miles, but given its age, I'm slowly working my way through a mild refresh of some rubber parts as well as bearings from which grease has liquified and leaked out. So, I recently replaced the five transmission oil cooler hoses, using Toyota parts. Four of the hoses are available, but one, P/N 32941-60190 that connects to the left side A/T cooler port at the bottom of the radiator, isn't available so I used 32941-60290 instead, which I cut to size since it is 1" longer.
The new Toyota hoses have some strange scruff marks; I haven't seen these before and the old hoses don't have such marks. What could these be? I got some of the hoses from an online Toyota parts seller that's highly respected on this forum, and some from a local dealer. Both sets show similar scruff marks, as shown in the pics.
Are the marks reason for concern? I'm not sure what to do next--if I buy a new set of hoses from a Toyota dealer, chances are they would have similar scruff marks. Is there any way to pressure-test these hoses and the entire AT oil cooling system, something similar to the radiator pressure test for the main cooling system, for peace of mind?
Thanks in advance!
