Please be sure to kick off a separate thread if a Group Buy ever happens for the VB and TC lock-out......I'm not on Mud much as of late but wouldn't want to miss out if you get the bugs ironed out with
@DanKunz 's rig and this looks to be a sound upgrade. thx!
Thanks, great suggestion, will do.
The valve body fit like a glove, no issues. The only bug for the transfer case lock up kit was remapping the wiring connections for the install.
Wholesale Automatic Transmissions have been doing these kits for a long time and the products are mature and proven. That said, the TC kit requires separate wiring instructions for each vehicle application, as chassis wiring varies by model and year. Next up is to fit the TC kit to a 4th Generation 4Runner - will be interesting to see how closely the wiring maps of the GX and 4Runner line up.
@orangefj45 and the crew at Valley Hybrids work closely with Rodney, Jono and the Wholesale Automatics crew to suss out the correct pin map for each new US application.
The VB+TC kit combination is probably one of the top three mods for the Prado based platform - 120 or 150. For on-road, towing and trail, we see brakes, tires and transmission as key drivability/safety upgrades.
Group buys and large scale specials are possible and we can offer some savings on the VB+TC package but we need to gear up. That is, in order to offer (for example) 50 kits for sale, we first need to purchase that number of rebuildable valve body cores, ship them and get them rebuilt. We have good sources and good prices, but we need to collect the cores, get them shipped and then wait for the crew in Bayswater to turn them around and then get them shipped back.
In the meantime, we are open for business, have the kits in stock and would love to help upgrade your GX.
Thanks!
Ward and Georg
