A pleasure to watch you work. You are a true technician/mechanic. You saved your customer a lot of money. You are also honest, which is more rare these days.
4wd shop had this a week & half and didn’t find this smh stay away from them guys. I always put my 2021 4Runner TRD ORP in 4H & 4L every month or so to use the actuators so they don’t seize up and I don’t get stuck in between 4wd/2wd when I need 4wd. Thanks to TCCN channel explaining the actuators on 5th gen’s and Toyotas in general. Excellent job Petr!! God bless~
Those actuator motors love to seize up. Even on the newest models too. Same with the motor on the ADD front differential. The other mechanic wasnt looking for the ECM, but the 4WD control module. Which lives behind the glove box and is a good place to do electrical tests. All the wires for the system converge there and are easily accessible. The real solution to all this is to swap on the J-Shift tcase and get rid of the push button. Great work!
You don't need luck. So-called ' luck' comes to those who are prepared. Another great fix - you can call it luck if you want - I call it experience, talent, and professionalism. Very good video :)
Petr, Whatever you do, you have to keep this made-in-USA Tacoma on the road for another 20 years. After all, it only has 280,000 miles on the odometer.🥳🥳
My '07 Tacoma won't go into 4 Lo. It flashes and beeps. I can go into 4Hi and back to 2Wd. Gotta tear into that actuator when it warms up here a bit. Nice insights Peter. Thanks.
Sehr Gut! 24 year old vehicle - no codes from an ODBII scan tool I assume. Love Toyota’s. ‘06Corolla w/350k miles, Intermittent PO741 code on the Corolla - might be what sends it to the junk yard.
Ah, Petr, you know what we like to see :) Never seen inside the actuator. Doesn't seem like the trickiest fix... but you have to have the lift and know how the Toyota xfer case works. Amazing what a little bit of TLC will do to these trucks. I don't think you got lucky. You have seen tons of these trucks. You went to the spot where something was most likely to fail (dirt, grime, crud). You know the wiring harnesses on these trucks are usually pretty good. "Lucky"... psht, don't sell yourself short.
I am stoked my gen1 taco has none of this! But the 4wd did stop working at around 200k because of a sticky faulty switch in the transfer case IIRC ... 300$ fix 😢
Water & electrical stuff = a bad combination. That last fellow did nothing. He is a thief. It took some deep water to get up inside that unit. Never drive in water more than 4 inches deep.
The Car Nut channel said all that is needed to keep the 4WD lubed is to go through the 4HI to 4LO, then back to 2WD many times,while not moving and don't need to drive it in 4WD to lube it like the owners manual recommend ... Does anyone else do this?
Still, here we go again with a so-called specialty repair shop that is either incompetent or dishonest or a combination thereof that couldn't or wouldn't perform what looked to be a relatively simple repair. It would be more understandable if the problem really was something seldom, if ever seen. But, here, the issue was corrected fairly easily and inexpensively, though the vehicle owner should definitely have that sensor replaced. Are so many shops really this incompetent and/or outright dishonest?
You don't need luck, you are a super mechanic who knows what you are doing.
A pleasure to watch you work. You are a true technician/mechanic. You saved your customer a lot of money. You are also honest, which is more rare these days.
4wd shop had this a week & half and didn’t find this smh stay away from them guys. I always put my 2021 4Runner TRD ORP in 4H & 4L every month or so to use the actuators so they don’t seize up and I don’t get stuck in between 4wd/2wd when I need 4wd. Thanks to TCCN channel explaining the actuators on 5th gen’s and Toyotas in general. Excellent job Petr!!
God bless~
I love this channel, I love my Gen 1 4x4 Tacoma with 298,000 miles.
My rig just triggered 350k miles today at almost 27 years
Those actuator motors love to seize up. Even on the newest models too. Same with the motor on the ADD front differential. The other mechanic wasnt looking for the ECM, but the 4WD control module. Which lives behind the glove box and is a good place to do electrical tests. All the wires for the system converge there and are easily accessible. The real solution to all this is to swap on the J-Shift tcase and get rid of the push button. Great work!
You don't need luck. So-called ' luck' comes to those who are prepared. Another great fix - you can call it luck if you want - I call it experience, talent, and professionalism. Very good video :)
Thanks so much for sharing your experience and your diagnosis with us, especially those of us who drive those little trucks.
I think I need Petr to diagnose why my rig all of a sudden dropped 3 MPG from the long-term averages
Petr when it comes to Toyotas you're the ”luckiest" guy I know.
Petr, Whatever you do, you have to keep this made-in-USA Tacoma on the road for another 20 years. After all, it only has 280,000 miles on the odometer.🥳🥳
If you only knew, RLH...
You’re the best. You experience and knowledge is you best card. Keep doing great job. Greetings from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷.
My 2001 Tundra V8 has 240k on it, it Still has Plenty of Miles left in it ❤
Peter = Toyota Whisperer!
Peter you are a top mechanic. Very rare these days.
Good work Peter saved him alot of money $$$$! Don't forget to grease door hinges!Customer going to deep in the mud!
Your a good mechanic, im seeing this bs work every where today keep it for longer… that was such a simple fix..
I have an 04 with the J shifter and no push button. It works great
Great diagnosis Peter.
- Another job well done Petr.
GREAT job, Petr.
Absolutely GREAT JOB, Peter!!!
Excellent and helpful video - thank you Petr!
Other shop anti Toyota. Not truly concerned with repairing it. Just collecting customers money. Sad. But of course Peter to the rescue!!
Petr, your a tacoma whisperer!
Genius. 👏🏼
Great job Peter. Thanks
My '07 Tacoma won't go into 4 Lo. It flashes and beeps. I can go into 4Hi and back to 2Wd. Gotta tear into that actuator when it warms up here a bit. Nice insights Peter. Thanks.
Peter piper picked a pack of pickled parts and fixed them with his Yota smarts.
Sehr Gut! 24 year old vehicle - no codes from an ODBII scan tool I assume. Love Toyota’s. ‘06Corolla w/350k miles, Intermittent PO741 code on the Corolla - might be what sends it to the junk yard.
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Way to go, check the easy items first, it may be that simple as you diagnosed. Wish you were located in the Chicago area!
Please do this troubleshooting on a gen1 Tundra 4 HI flashing.
Ah, Petr, you know what we like to see :)
Never seen inside the actuator. Doesn't seem like the trickiest fix... but you have to have the lift and know how the Toyota xfer case works. Amazing what a little bit of TLC will do to these trucks.
I don't think you got lucky. You have seen tons of these trucks. You went to the spot where something was most likely to fail (dirt, grime, crud). You know the wiring harnesses on these trucks are usually pretty good. "Lucky"... psht, don't sell yourself short.
But did the 4WD light come on the dash when you pushed the button on the stick? 11:01
Where does this new blinker fluid go in at?
You’re a good man!
nice work!! 👍👍
I don’t see how your under the gun because of the past shop ?
the best
No Parts Required Eh Peter?
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I am stoked my gen1 taco has none of this! But the 4wd did stop working at around 200k because of a sticky faulty switch in the transfer case IIRC ... 300$ fix 😢
Nice 👍🏮
2:25. It has a minor power steering leak.
The "specialists" down the road ruined a transmission of mine a few years ago. Criminals
How did they do that!?
I told you what the problem was in your last video.
Water & electrical stuff = a bad combination. That last fellow did nothing. He is a thief.
It took some deep water to get up inside that unit. Never drive in water more than 4 inches deep.
How about snow that is much deeper than 4 inches
But the TV commercials show it blasting through creeks !!!
The Car Nut channel said all that is needed to keep the 4WD lubed is to go through the 4HI to 4LO, then back to 2WD many times,while not moving and don't need to drive it in 4WD to lube it like the owners manual recommend ... Does anyone else do this?
No
My Toyota manuals for my ‘01 Tacoma, ‘07 Tundra, and ‘15 4Runner all say to engage the 4wd for at least 10 miles every month.
@@TedEischeid1960 good practice!
Yup sad can't trust 4x4 tech ppl and you Solve the problem.
I wonder if the owner can go to small claims court to get his money back. The other shop is a den of thieves.
Still, here we go again with a so-called specialty repair shop that is either incompetent or dishonest or a combination thereof that couldn't or wouldn't perform what looked to be a relatively simple repair. It would be more understandable if the problem really was something seldom, if ever seen. But, here, the issue was corrected fairly easily and inexpensively, though the vehicle owner should definitely have that sensor replaced. Are so many shops really this incompetent and/or outright dishonest?