San Antonio

How bad was the fog light? Did it actually break it? Or just knock it out

 

Ouch! Dang.
Only reason I ask is because I had the similar situation once with a PVC pipe fitting that fell off a truck a couple months back, and I thought it broke my fog light, turns out I just needed to pop it back into place, hopefully thats the same story for you, it may have just been knocked out of the clips holding it behind the bumper

 

Morning Mark

Morning Kevin - sorry to hear that the Bird is the Word!

Morning Mike

Good Morning SATX folks!

 

I’ve taken it to Corpus twice. Headwind both times and same 3k for the last hour of the drive about 65mph. I’m no Motörhead but from everything I read I’m not worried about it and will gladly do it again and again

 

Bird hit

 

Morning Brandon @05prerun82

 

Gotcha. Makes sense then. What does toyota recommend on how often we change out our ATF?

 

Morning Luke @DanishTaco

 

Kurt

 

I believe every 30k for a drain and fill using WS fluid. I went with valvoline.

 

Sup Kurt

Ya it was nerve racking as I was towing. Filled up in Pleasanton and as soon as I crossed the last bridge I had to fuel up again.

3rd gens don’t have the same schedule.

 

Here is some more information

 

I had no clue fwiw this was the first one since I’ve own the truck it was done at 148k. While it was old fluid but wasn’t burnt, dirty, and I had no shifting issues but it’s shifting a little smoother however.

 

Ya I have not done mine yet either, I’m at 95k now so like mentioned before just something I am looking into.

 

Seems like a have quite awhile before i need to do this then. I'm only at 9k miles and just pulled up on 1 year of ownership.

 

Nice

 

But its funny yall are mentioning it tranmy fluid. Last week i ordered all the stuff to flush my wife's volvo xc90 tranny. Its recommended every 40k and i plan on doing it a little sooner. The volvo is a little easier since there is a drain plug where u can drop it. Just a repetitive process since u drain and fill twice. But its better than paying 600 dollars at the dealer to do it...

 

Same thing here. Just under 9k with little over a year. But I just added it up and 1800 of them are pulling my camper

 

Good deal if someone is looking

 

Blood work, man. Nice quick trip.

ATF sounds like blood work, doesn't it. Second gen 1.0 manual:

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION (5−speed)
Fluid capacity (drain and refill),
L (qt., Imp. qt.):
Up to 3.0 (3.2, 2.6)
Fluid type:
Toyota Genuine ATF WS
Change automatic transmission fluid only
as necessary.
Generally, it is necessary to change
automatic transmission fluid only if your
vehicle is driven under one of the Special
Operating Conditions listed in your
“Scheduled Maintenance Guide” or
“Owner’s Manual Supplement”. When
changing the automatic transmission fluid,
use only “Toyota Genuine ATF WS” (ATF
JWS3324 or NWS9638) to aid in assuring
optimum transmission performance.
Notice: Using automatic transmission
fluid other than “Toyota Genuine ATF
WS” may cause deterioration in shift
quality, locking up of your transmission
accompanied by vibration, and ultimately
damage the automatic transmission
of your vehicle.

Maintenance guide suggests inspection of fluid at 30K intervals. Doesn't mention replacement up to 120K, which is as far as it goes. That said, I have no service record indicating mine has been anything but inspected. Coolant first, that was done at 162K. Then, I will get to the trans.