MARYLAND TACOMAS

Alright so who is our resident Mechanic?

 

Skygear? Ant? Dave? I'm not sure....

 

I got a project I need it in capable hands

 

Finally did some camping with the trailer! Was a great time and love the roof top tent! Don't know how I camped before it.
Also got a 2001 Honda Civic as the new daily so now i do more unnecessary stuff to the truck! So now she will be just for weekends and adventures, gave her a nice detail inside and out since i won't be driving her everyday anymore!

 

65k of my driving, PA Coal Mine swamp water, NJ crap water, NC sand pits, and FL Sand marsh have caught up to my seals.

It's just the back half of the trans and the transfer case. Need to get a handle on this soon. It's not a class III but it is definitely a class II

 

Not sure what else I should do to it while it's torn apart. Any transmisson upgrades worth it?

 

hmm... might be worth a rebuild if your gonna open it up, might help tighten the trans back up.... not much to do in the transfer case, maybe look over the chain to make sure its in good shape.

 

All new synthetic fluids

 

Of course that Lol I was thinking gear wise and what not Lol I think it's the 4 that had the good gears right?

 

Speaking of gears, i did look it up, the 5 speed manual 5 gear ratio is 0.81:1, AKA an Overdrive, which is why you have no power, the 5 speed auto is 0.716:1, which has even less power, although its coupled to a V6 instead of a 4 cylinder

 

So the 5 speed is actually a 4 speed+OD

 

Lame... Can you change the ratios of it or would I need like a racing trans to be able to adjust the ratio... I've never done anything like that

 

I have no idea, i guess it would depend on the amount of space in the trans, if it actually has room for as larger gear in that spot..... and if the shiftier mechanism can shift into a larger gear there. Ima go do some more research

 

Yea I've never done any rebuild work on one I've swapped out two in the past but never rebuilt just threw one in from the junkyard

 

Might be worht looking fror one in a junkyard to experiment with, im sure theres room for upgrades, just not sure on gear swaps. alos, the R155F rebuild kits seem hard to find, even though its everywhere.

 

I would not be surprised if the shock from the truck falling caused the sensor to fail. First things first, disconnect negative battery terminal for a few minutes, press brake pedal a few times, reconnect battery and start the truck. This will reset computer and should shut the lights off if it is not truly damaged. Another thing to check is to clean the brake rotors and sensor with some brake clean. Sounds stupid but there might be brake dust on the sensor which can cause fault. If the lights come back on, I am willing to bet the sensor is bad. I would replace it and then do the same with the battery.

 

Pull the transfer case away from the transmission, clean both well with brake clean and replace the output shaft seal on the trans and the seals on the transfer case. Then reassemble using black RTV.

 

Why do you make it sound so easy Lol.

 

so i had the code read and it said right rear ABS sensor. Im going to reset the battery and see if that works otherwise ill just order another one. Any reason i have to go with an OEM vs aftermarket? does anyone have the OEM part number?

thanks!

 

Id be up for giving you a hand depending on when you wanted to replace it, i need to learn to pull the Tcase eventually