im sure the owner is thinking dang it I should have checked the wiring,,, with issues like this, a broken wire seems to be the culprit about 75 percent of the time.. and near connector plugs, or rub points.. I usually start at the main component that is not being energized, and work back from there. going directly to the actuator, and checking for power, then working back.
Ivan your videos are so well executed we all know behind the scenes you’re crawling under the vehicle hooking up wires, crawling out of the vehicle, tearing things apart and then like magic, showing us everything in detail another A1 repair love watching your videos. Thanks.
Agreed...likely that damage was from the frame replacers. That's also how the mounting brackets got broken too. They forgot to disconnect it as they separated the body from the frame. Nice fix even so...no parts needed. If it were my truck, I would check with Toyota for a replacement connector end as Toyota usually has every part for every vehicle. I remember back in the late 80's I wanted OEM screws and bolts as well as OEM tie downs and Toyota had them. Only took 2 days to get them to the local dealer. Seems to me that a little dab of FLUX helps. I had the '87 4 Runner 22R 4 cyl 4x4 with the solid front axle housings and the Hi-Low shift lever. I believe that was the last year they used them. Boy, was that truck reliable !
The power of testing and visual inspection. Nice job Ivan. Had a client call me last week. He did an engine swap 1985 truck replace engine with 2001. He had custom harness built and ECM. Complaint engine would stay running wanted me to bring my scan tool to diagnose. Confirmed complaint. First thing fuel pressure test. Found low pressure. Visual inspection. Bingo he pinched fuel line doing the engine install. One time easy diagnostic and repair.
Great job, as always! I like the systems with a big old lever to do the 4wd shifting. Only a light to indicate in 4wd, and if the light doesn't work, the truck still does. It's going to be really hard to give up my old truck. Maybe I never will.....
i really like how you test the wiring and prove what is wrong , the people i work with parts bomb everything and its not rewarding , as for me i test even tho it may take a bit longer its quicker than getting it wrong , great video , always watching from here in New zealand
I had a 2007 Taco base 4wd. Everything worked beautifully and the frame wasn't rusty. It was a standard cab and it was built so cheaply that I sold it and bought a 2017 crew cab long bed with all the goodies. 4L was sticky and you had to rock and jiggle the truck to get it to engage in cold weather.
Finally used flux, yay! Tip: I use a small screwdriver to carefully place flux only where I want the solder to flow, especially when soldering near a pin. If not, flux can flow into the pin when you apply heat and wick solder into the pin ruining it.
In a lot of cases you can create a barrier to the solder "flow" with graphite powder (or a #2 pencil in a pinch). Solder doesn't like graphite, even with flux. Just remember to get all the little holes and cracks because the flux will make it find a path if one exists. With a little practice this could be an invaluable skill to protect precious little pins.
Thanks for the video, I'll definitely be putting a link to it in my 4wd help thread on TacomaWorld. You did a very good job pinpointing the problem on an unfamiliar system. Alot of people come on the forums with the flashing 4wd light (many times after they or a shop already replaced both actuators and the ECU), alot of the time it ends up being a broken wire or mistimed actuator (built in ptoblem).
The newer ones often have problems supposedly due to not being used enough, but I don’t buy that theory. And they also say the TC has to be removed to replace the actuator. Hogwash. You just have to be sure to get them clocked correctly when reinstalling. Easy. I had problems with My 2019 not engaging and or not disengaging intermittently from the time I bought it new. Took it back to dealer a couple times and of course it would not act up. I removed , inspected, lubricated and reinstalled the actuator. Nothing wrong with it, but it still kept sticking. Took it back again and they caught it acting up as I stated, but the tech gave Me the solution, which I have absolutely no explanation for, but He told Me when switching from 2H to 4H or 4L - fully depress and release clutch pedal 2 times . I thought “ Yeah Right”. I’ll be doggoned, it works every time! Be a good one for Ivan to investigate with the Pico. The only guess I have is that for some reason the TCM needs a reminder signal or something? Mine is of course the 3 pedal version, so I don’t know if there is any similar remedy for the automatics. Thought I would pass this along and wondered if You heard of it? 👍👍🇺🇸
@@brianw8963 The electronic 4wd systems do tend to get finicky when they don't get used much, it's best to engage them once a month or so to keep things from getting sticky. The vent hoses on the actuators are another common failure point on Tacoma's, when they break or come off water and dirt get into the actuators and destroy them. The nice thing about the 3rd gen system is it will talk to a scan tool so it makes diagnosing it much easier. I'm not sure about the clutch thing, I've never even seen a manual 3rd gen yet but I can't see why it would have anything to do with 4H as you only need to depress it to get in and out of 4L.
My truck has never been off roading or mudden or any such thing. The scan tools can help if there is an actual fault, which in this case there is none. You have never even seen a manual 3rd gen. ??
Nice diagnosis and repair. Almost no parts required. My son in law has a 1992 regular cab manual 4wd and people hit him up at the gas station to buy it from him all the time. He told the last guy $8000 and he was ready to go to get cash from the bank.
Wow, 10 years with no 4wd? Then it's the bad wire connection? Unreal. I'm sure that connector was not affixed to the frame one the new frame was put in. Mind boggling to overlook that! But great job Ivan. I really like how the owner did a great job really taking care of that truck!!! I like how clean that is!
That truck is almost mint! Great maintenance by customer! Robust diagnostic strategy, using only the test light and multimeter, to find a single broken wire. Great job, Ivan!
Back in 1975 I bought a 73 Datsun pickup. A guy before me had a reputable 4x4 shop put Jeep running gear under it. V6, 3 speed manual, transfer case and axles. Manual shift linkage. Get out turn in the hubs. So reliable simple and easy. It had death wobble sometimes. I changed the tires to less aggressive tread and changed the steering stabilizer. Fixed. I got into a motorcycle accident. My left leg was broken. My friend put a 2 speed automatic in it. Way better. Now my girlfriend who is now my wife of 35 years could drive it. It had 5:13 gears. The plan was to put an overdrive in it. I painted it with cool graphics. A guy offered me a nice Ford 4x4 with a 390 cop motor in it and a crazy amount of money for it. I foolishly accepted. Bad decision. I wish I had it today. It got a lot of thumbs up. Not many small 4x4 trucks back then. One time a guy in a Jeep followed me home and into my driveway and asked if I would sell it. No.
Had a similar problem that kicked my ass on a GMT800, you'd try to enter 4x4 and the buttons would just flash. Switch was fine, encoder was fine, axle actuator would not work. Replaced the actuator, no change. Wiring integrity all the way to the actuator was fine. Finally on closer inspection of the connector I noticed a couple of the pins didn't look like the others, and sure enough they were pushed back into the connector just far enough that they wouldn't contact the actuator. Replacing the connector finally fixed the problem.
Nice job with the diag, as usual! This just makes me like manual shift transfer cases even more. Just too bad those are going the way that the dodo bird and manual transmissions have gone.
Last year, my 2004 Sequoia would not disengage from 4WD. Wiring and connectors looked OK. Did not do any electrical testing because I do not understand all of that stuff😂Removed the face plate from the actuator next to the front diff rod control. Noted that the metal spiral control surfaces inside were rust free but saw one or two cruddy balls of old lubricant, which I removed. Reassembled and heard the reassuring clunk of it disengaging out of 4WD. Have left it well alone since, even though 4WD would be useful here in Minnesota. Will try it again when we return home to Pennsylvania in June, where at least I can take it to Ivan should it get stuck again!
@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics What I did probably had nothing to do with it coming out of 4WD, just glad it did 😆 but trust me before that I tried everything to get it to move, putting in reverse, neutral, rolling forwards, backwards, low, high, pressing the 4WD engage/disengage button, moving the manual shifter, you name it. As I say, I will try it again when I'm back in PA, unless I get stuck in the ❄️!
It takes a lot of self discipline to perform all those test before going straight to the various connectors. But, of course I don't have to guarantee my diagnoses, Lol Brilliant work Ivan!
Great job Ive! 😃👍! Logical fault tracing & a lesson in voltage drops 'across earth' included! Just one stoopid busted wire causing all the trouble! Nailed it as usual!
Well done Ivan,your customer did well and was almost there and if the customer tried to replace the actuator,may have found the broken wire. Looks a stunning truck,best kept for Summer use.
Very good diag and fix Ivan. Corrosion. The enemy of wires. Weather packs are good sometimes for rain but definitely NOT for salt water. I can only imagine how many other wires and connectors are damaged on this vehicle. The best 4WD system in my opinion is the one with 2 levers. The taller one is the front drive, the shorter one is 4 High to 4 Low. ALL MECHANICAL!
Have fixed a few of these. The one that wsa crazy was the 2009 that would not engage 4x4. I found front axle was engaging and so was transfer case but the TC had stripped gear inside. It had brand new front actuator and new TC actuator that was put on before my customer bought it. The other one just had a corroded front axle actuator.
2 years looking at the green light flashing 😭😭😭😭2 minutes it would have drove me nuts 👹👃 Great job pulling the thorn out of your customers mind professional diag men are worth it Great video 👍
Great repair and video, Ivan! Your right eye looked reddish. I hope you didn't have to work on this Tacoma with only one good eye 😃 In any case, this Tacoma landed in good hands with you, and you with your wife who I read knows a thing or two about eyes!
I was driving my Datsun Jeep described in another comment. I came up on a full sized Ford conversion van that slid off the road in snow. I asked him if he wanted me to pull him out? He laughed and said that little thing can’t do it. I hooked up and pulled it out on the first try. 😂
When I first saw this I had to check my collection. I have an 04, same color, and the 4wd has not worked since I got it about 10 years ago. No lights flashing though. 😊👍👍🇺🇸
I got a thing about those kind of connecter repairs and after I tape it up I take a little silicone and smear it over the top of the tape and up to the connector to give it a little extra seal...
Free frame from the massive recall/warranty. Wiring was probably damaged in frame transfer. Many other problems will reveal themselves in years to come. That is probably not the only snafu that happened during the switch.
My work has 3 of these, decent little trucks, but it's amazing how *grossly underpowered* they are. Some of the drivers prefer the late 90's Ford Rangers (4 cyl.)
Hi Ivan, I’m in England however, I watch Goodzquad you tube channel in Chattanooga TN (10.5hrs) and they are struggling with a new C6 Corvette and have taken it to the dealers and they can’t programme it and are stuck, it would be awesome to see this fixed, it’s not very often they can’t get things sorted, I know this is a long shot, a fan of yours to a fan of there’s.. maybe there’s hope?
Great job. Reading the wiring diagram and understanding functions were key to avoiding parts cannon ‼️ This would be an excellent instructional video in tech schools. You need to send it to Paul Danner. Del
Interesting. Toyota did replace frames because they rotted out so quickly. Did the system work after that? It's easy to overlook a failure if you don't exercise the feature once in a while.
It's kind of rare for a factory workflow chart have you firing the parts cannon without checking the wiring first. Nice find Ivan. I just got in a 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Customer complaint, 4wd doesn't work. There is a strong smell of mold in the truck. So, I pulled the drain plugs under the floor boxes thinking there might be some water trapped in one of them. Sure enough, the driver side floor box was full to the top with water. Any guesses where the 4wd control module is on this vehicle? lol. Inside the floor box under the driver seat. I later find out that the vehicle was involved in a flood. I still have to check it out Monday to be sure. But I am confident that there is damage to that module.
Bet those guys that replaced the frame did that……and if that guy was smart he would Coat that under carriage with Fluid Film to keep that truck together…..This is what we use here in Ohio….My 2003 4Runner with 364,000 miles would have never survived without it. 🤘🏼🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Well exceuted diagnosis and repair with no parts required. Methodical fault finding procedure eliminates a lot of numerous assumptions and produces the correct results. Not another happy customer?? Give us a break !!
Trying to follow this to diagnose my 2014. It appears that you have the black wire coming out of the cigarette lighter going into your yellow wire thru a junction. How does this work? I don't have that junction and have hooked my black to the black on test light and the yellow to the tip of the test light and the light comes on. If I hook the black to my multi meter and the yellow back probe into the ignition or the ground on the plug (8:45) I get nothing. How do I make my set up work? New to electronics and trying to save a few dollars. Thank you
I really dont understand how some of em can even keep a straight face. Me personally I think that government sucks in general no matter what side of the fence ya are on. Not all democrats are bad and not all republicans are good. I voted for him last time and Im gonna vote for him again. I guess for me is he only has 1 term left so what do we as Americans do going forward? We have a serious lack of responsibility in this country. I dont think we face gun problems any more than we face drug problems. You can set a big pile of drugs on the table and a gun right next to them. Nothing will happen. Not anything until someone touches them. I say this from experience. Jan 14 Marked 10 years since I came home from state prison. I used to love doign drugs and if I didnt think it would ruin my life I probably would still do them. I got married adopted my daughter over the summer. I started my own auto repair shop much like you. I started in spare time fixing GM insturment clusters and have expanded into what I am today. My favorite vidoes of yours was the MPV Christmas special. I give you credit you posted that after the fact. You showed we are all human and dude you know so much stuff but one basic little detail and bam. IMHO There are drug dealers because people do drugs. People dont do drugs because of drug dealers. I think its not the drug use that is the problem. Its everything that goes along with it. Lying cheating stealing. It shouldnt matter what another person does when they go home. There is a serious lack of integrity. @@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics
Long time ago you work on a Lincoln the bad part was in the headliner can that part be move to another location so it not big pain in the butt it maybe of cause the drain on the battery if you remember
Funny thing is that if the customer decided to throw the parts cannon at it he probably would have ended up getting lucky and noticing that broken wire :) Bet they whacked it with something when doing the frame replacement as you eluded to.
Hi Ivan, Nice no parts needed repair. I miss my 1986 F-150 4X4. Had Mud and Snow tires on it and never was stuck in the snow. It had manual locking hubs and a separate shifter for the transfer case. What kind of snow did you get out there? We had only 2" just west of Philly, but it had started to rain a little and made the snow very heavy to shovel. I'm feeling it today.
Been following you since Jan of 2016, so glad to see you finally use Flux 😆 🤣 😂 Just remember to clean the area afterwards when using it on boards. I use 99% rubbing alcohol from Amazon, and an old tooth brush.
Nice find and fix. But why did we have to electrify what was a simple shifter on the floor to engage 4wdr. Toyota frame replacement? At least they do that, still do, and stand behind their product. Try a claim against GM, Ford or Dodge for a bad frame. You'll be sucking wind.
There's more than one way to skin a cat here with the wire repair. 1) If you know where to look, you can find new terminals for the connector 2) Solder like Ivan did, but you can mess up solder, too. You may not get a good bond with the terminal with that corrosion, or you might get a cold solder joint at the splice if you don't know what you're doing 3) After you run a new wire from the terminal, use a PROPER butt splice and crimp tool and cover with adhesive lined shrink tube. If you're buying those things from a local auto or big box store, don't bother. That's how butt splices fail 4) Bypass the connector for those two wires if the terminal can't be saved and you can't find a new one. Forget the bullet connectors and find something called knife or handshake connectors / terminals, crimped with a proper tool, and cover with adhesive line shrink tube.
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The smartest thing here is that costumer took it to Ivan before throwing the parts cannon.😎👍
The smartest thing here is that we tuned into Pine Hallow and am a subscriber.
@@Michael-yi4mc exactly no cost required 😎😁👍
im sure the owner is thinking dang it I should have checked the wiring,,, with issues like this, a broken wire seems to be the culprit about 75 percent of the time.. and near connector plugs, or rub points.. I usually start at the main component that is not being energized, and work back from there. going directly to the actuator, and checking for power, then working back.
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It's an hour diag and repair bro nothing free
Nothing like a educated customer that maintains their vehicle.
Truly a bright spot in this world of Just Rolled In.
75%+ of the commenters would love to have that truck. :o) OWNER has done a great job caring for it.
Kudos to the owner for doing some diagnostics AND recording the results. Well done once again for some intelligent fault finding.
Ivan your videos are so well executed we all know behind the scenes you’re crawling under the vehicle hooking up wires, crawling out of the vehicle, tearing things apart and then like magic, showing us everything in detail another A1 repair love watching your videos. Thanks.
He took it to the right guy. I would imagine that most shops would have just followed the TSB and thrown the new ADD actuator part at it to no avail.
Agreed...likely that damage was from the frame replacers. That's also how the mounting brackets got broken too. They forgot to disconnect it as they separated the body from the frame.
Nice fix even so...no parts needed. If it were my truck, I would check with Toyota for a replacement connector end as Toyota usually has every part for every vehicle. I remember back in the late 80's I wanted OEM screws and bolts as well as OEM tie downs and Toyota had them. Only took 2 days to get them to the local dealer.
Seems to me that a little dab of FLUX helps. I had the '87 4 Runner 22R 4 cyl 4x4 with the solid front axle housings and the Hi-Low shift lever. I believe that was the last year they used them. Boy, was that truck reliable !
The power of testing and visual inspection. Nice job Ivan. Had a client call me last week. He did an engine swap 1985 truck replace engine with 2001. He had custom harness built and ECM. Complaint engine would stay running wanted me to bring my scan tool to diagnose. Confirmed complaint. First thing fuel pressure test. Found low pressure. Visual inspection. Bingo he pinched fuel line doing the engine install. One time easy diagnostic and repair.
Great job, as always! I like the systems with a big old lever to do the 4wd shifting. Only a light to indicate in 4wd, and if the light doesn't work, the truck still does. It's going to be really hard to give up my old truck. Maybe I never will.....
Nobody enjoys a test drive more than Ivan.... Especially after successfully repairing the unit ......satisfaction baby✌🇨🇦
Nice to see the advanced power and ground testing with and without a load. That's dotting the I in diagnosing an already worked on issue!
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i really like how you test the wiring and prove what is wrong , the people i work with parts bomb everything and its not rewarding , as for me i test even tho it may take a bit longer its quicker than getting it wrong , great video , always watching from here in New zealand
I had a 2007 Taco base 4wd. Everything worked beautifully and the frame wasn't rusty. It was a standard cab and it was built so cheaply that I sold it and bought a 2017 crew cab long bed with all the goodies. 4L was sticky and you had to rock and jiggle the truck to get it to engage in cold weather.
2.7L manual 4WD Tacoma - really really nice truck. Should last until all vehicles are nuclear powered. g Thanks Ivan!
The mysterious case of the broken wire. Another brilliant diagnostic.
Finally used flux, yay! Tip: I use a small screwdriver to carefully place flux only where I want the solder to flow, especially when soldering near a pin. If not, flux can flow into the pin when you apply heat and wick solder into the pin ruining it.
In a lot of cases you can create a barrier to the solder "flow" with graphite powder (or a #2 pencil in a pinch). Solder doesn't like graphite, even with flux. Just remember to get all the little holes and cracks because the flux will make it find a path if one exists. With a little practice this could be an invaluable skill to protect precious little pins.
Holy cow… Pine Hollow Auto Diagnostics is no joke.
Thanks for the video, I'll definitely be putting a link to it in my 4wd help thread on TacomaWorld.
You did a very good job pinpointing the problem on an unfamiliar system.
Alot of people come on the forums with the flashing 4wd light (many times after they or a shop already replaced both actuators and the ECU), alot of the time it ends up being a broken wire or mistimed actuator (built in ptoblem).
The newer ones often have problems supposedly due to not being used enough, but I don’t buy that theory. And they also say the TC has to be removed to replace the actuator. Hogwash. You just have to be sure to get them clocked correctly when reinstalling. Easy. I had problems with My 2019 not engaging and or not disengaging intermittently from the time I bought it new. Took it back to dealer a couple times and of course it would not act up. I removed , inspected, lubricated and reinstalled the actuator. Nothing wrong with it, but it still kept sticking. Took it back again and they caught it acting up as I stated, but the tech gave Me the solution, which I have absolutely no explanation for, but He told Me when switching from 2H to 4H or 4L - fully depress and release clutch pedal 2 times . I thought “ Yeah Right”. I’ll be doggoned, it works every time! Be a good one for Ivan to investigate with the Pico. The only guess I have is that for some reason the TCM needs a reminder signal or something? Mine is of course the 3 pedal version, so I don’t know if there is any similar remedy for the automatics. Thought I would pass this along and wondered if You heard of it? 👍👍🇺🇸
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The electronic 4wd systems do tend to get finicky when they don't get used much, it's best to engage them once a month or so to keep things from getting sticky. The vent hoses on the actuators are another common failure point on Tacoma's, when they break or come off water and dirt get into the actuators and destroy them.
The nice thing about the 3rd gen system is it will talk to a scan tool so it makes diagnosing it much easier.
I'm not sure about the clutch thing, I've never even seen a manual 3rd gen yet but I can't see why it would have anything to do with 4H as you only need to depress it to get in and out of 4L.
My truck has never been off roading or mudden or any such thing. The scan tools can help if there is an actual fault, which in this case there is none. You have never even seen a manual 3rd gen. ??
@@brianw8963 Not in person, I've only been around a couple automatic ones.
Nice diagnosis and repair. Almost no parts required.
My son in law has a 1992 regular cab manual 4wd and people hit him up at the gas station to buy it from him all the time. He told the last guy $8000 and he was ready to go to get cash from the bank.
Wow, 10 years with no 4wd? Then it's the bad wire connection? Unreal. I'm sure that connector was not affixed to the frame one the new frame was put in. Mind boggling to overlook that! But great job Ivan. I really like how the owner did a great job really taking care of that truck!!! I like how clean that is!
Man, I'd have that truck Krown serviced as soon as possible!
What a sweet truck.
I've had my 2002 jeep liberty oiled sprayed ever year and it's in perfect shape
Great fix . I watch Northridge all the time .
That truck is almost mint! Great maintenance by customer! Robust diagnostic strategy, using only the test light and multimeter, to find a single broken wire. Great job, Ivan!
Another "no parts required" fix... wire, solder and terminal don't count of course. Nice repair Ivan.
Awesome Ivan. Kudos to customer as well for providing good detail about his diagnosis.
Superb video on your diagnostics ability to solve this customer’s problem.
Back in 1975 I bought a 73 Datsun pickup. A guy before me had a reputable 4x4 shop put Jeep running gear under it. V6, 3 speed manual, transfer case and axles. Manual shift linkage. Get out turn in the hubs. So reliable simple and easy. It had death wobble sometimes. I changed the tires to less aggressive tread and changed the steering stabilizer. Fixed. I got into a motorcycle accident. My left leg was broken. My friend put a 2 speed automatic in it. Way better. Now my girlfriend who is now my wife of 35 years could drive it. It had 5:13 gears. The plan was to put an overdrive in it. I painted it with cool graphics. A guy offered me a nice Ford 4x4 with a 390 cop motor in it and a crazy amount of money for it. I foolishly accepted. Bad decision. I wish I had it today. It got a lot of thumbs up. Not many small 4x4 trucks back then. One time a guy in a Jeep followed me home and into my driveway and asked if I would sell it. No.
That test light has seen more than better days. I'm sure it has seen hundreds of different electrical diagnostics.
After years of faithful service illuminating the speedometer in a vintage Japanese motorcycle 😊
Let the good times roll!@@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics
Had a similar problem that kicked my ass on a GMT800, you'd try to enter 4x4 and the buttons would just flash. Switch was fine, encoder was fine, axle actuator would not work. Replaced the actuator, no change. Wiring integrity all the way to the actuator was fine. Finally on closer inspection of the connector I noticed a couple of the pins didn't look like the others, and sure enough they were pushed back into the connector just far enough that they wouldn't contact the actuator. Replacing the connector finally fixed the problem.
Nice job with the diag, as usual! This just makes me like manual shift transfer cases even more. Just too bad those are going the way that the dodo bird and manual transmissions have gone.
Last year, my 2004 Sequoia would not disengage from 4WD. Wiring and connectors looked OK. Did not do any electrical testing because I do not understand all of that stuff😂Removed the face plate from the actuator next to the front diff rod control. Noted that the metal spiral control surfaces inside were rust free but saw one or two cruddy balls of old lubricant, which I removed. Reassembled and heard the reassuring clunk of it disengaging out of 4WD. Have left it well alone since, even though 4WD would be useful here in Minnesota. Will try it again when we return home to Pennsylvania in June, where at least I can take it to Ivan should it get stuck again!
I would just exercise it 2Hi to 4 Hi while slowly rolling forward... Should work fine after that 😊
@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics What I did probably had nothing to do with it coming out of 4WD, just glad it did 😆 but trust me before that I tried everything to get it to move, putting in reverse, neutral, rolling forwards, backwards, low, high, pressing the 4WD engage/disengage button, moving the manual shifter, you name it. As I say, I will try it again when I'm back in PA, unless I get stuck in the ❄️!
It takes a lot of self discipline to perform all those test before going straight to the various connectors. But, of course I don't have to guarantee my diagnoses, Lol Brilliant work Ivan!
Yep, that's the first thing I suspected also...wire nicked when frame was replaced.
Great job Ive! 😃👍! Logical fault tracing & a lesson in voltage drops 'across earth' included! Just one stoopid busted wire causing all the trouble! Nailed it as usual!
Very impressed with the customers own diag, like most of us though, at some point, call in the pro, enter Ivan! Nice work
Well done Ivan,your customer did well and was almost there and if the customer tried to replace the actuator,may have found the broken wire.
Looks a stunning truck,best kept for Summer use.
Very good diag and fix Ivan.
Corrosion. The enemy of wires. Weather packs are good sometimes for rain but definitely NOT for salt water. I can only imagine how many other wires and connectors are damaged on this vehicle.
The best 4WD system in my opinion is the one with 2 levers. The taller one is the front drive, the shorter one is 4 High to 4 Low. ALL MECHANICAL!
Ivan, your diagnostic skills are 2nd to none. Thanks for sharing.
Have fixed a few of these. The one that wsa crazy was the 2009 that would not engage 4x4. I found front axle was engaging and so was transfer case but the TC had stripped gear inside. It had brand new front actuator and new TC actuator that was put on before my customer bought it. The other one just had a corroded front axle actuator.
2 years looking at the green light flashing 😭😭😭😭2 minutes it would have drove me nuts 👹👃
Great job pulling the thorn out of your customers mind professional diag men are worth it
Great video 👍
Great repair and video, Ivan! Your right eye looked reddish. I hope you didn't have to work on this Tacoma with only one good eye 😃 In any case, this Tacoma landed in good hands with you, and you with your wife who I read knows a thing or two about eyes!
Yeh another happy customer Ivan!!!
When soldering I use a small low power fan to push the fumes away from me, you don't want to breathe that in!
I was driving my Datsun Jeep described in another comment. I came up on a full sized Ford conversion van that slid off the road in snow. I asked him if he wanted me to pull him out? He laughed and said that little thing can’t do it. I hooked up and pulled it out on the first try. 😂
When I first saw this I had to check my collection. I have an 04, same color, and the 4wd has not worked since I got it about 10 years ago. No lights flashing though. 😊👍👍🇺🇸
well sorted out ivan you are the man
I got a thing about those kind of connecter repairs and after I tape it up I take a little silicone and smear it over the top of the tape and up to the connector to give it a little extra seal...
Free frame from the massive recall/warranty. Wiring was probably damaged in frame transfer. Many other problems will reveal themselves in years to come. That is probably not the only snafu that happened during the switch.
My work has 3 of these, decent little trucks, but it's amazing how *grossly underpowered* they are. Some of the drivers prefer the late 90's Ford Rangers (4 cyl.)
Hi Ivan, I’m in England however, I watch Goodzquad you tube channel in Chattanooga TN (10.5hrs) and they are struggling with a new C6 Corvette and have taken it to the dealers and they can’t programme it and are stuck, it would be awesome to see this fixed, it’s not very often they can’t get things sorted, I know this is a long shot, a fan of yours to a fan of there’s.. maybe there’s hope?
You are officially a wizard.
Hi Ivan, good work!
Another awesome diagnosis and repair!! Thanks Ivan!
In the UK I always use wax oil to protect the underside of my cars, can repeat doing it once every year ,never get any rust. Wax oil can be sprayed on
I make my own wax oil. The underside of My 04 Tacoma looks new compared to this one.
Like you said Ivan, the wiring must have been repaired during the frame replacement some years ago. At least no major parts were needed.
loving all the toyota content, keep it coming!
Great job. Reading the wiring diagram and understanding functions were key to avoiding parts cannon ‼️ This would be an excellent instructional video in tech schools. You need to send it to Paul Danner.
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Legit....thanks my friend. I will check all that tomorrow 🤙😎🤙
Nice diag and repair u the man bro way to go
Interesting. Toyota did replace frames because they rotted out so quickly. Did the system work after that? It's easy to overlook a failure if you don't exercise the feature once in a while.
Worked fine for 6 years after frame replacement. Then green crusties finally won haha
Great repair ivan.cheers
Nice diag and fix as always sir
It's kind of rare for a factory workflow chart have you firing the parts cannon without checking the wiring first. Nice find Ivan.
I just got in a 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Customer complaint, 4wd doesn't work. There is a strong smell of mold in the truck. So, I pulled the drain plugs under the floor boxes thinking there might be some water trapped in one of them. Sure enough, the driver side floor box was full to the top with water. Any guesses where the 4wd control module is on this vehicle? lol. Inside the floor box under the driver seat. I later find out that the vehicle was involved in a flood. I still have to check it out Monday to be sure. But I am confident that there is damage to that module.
*NPR!*
Nice save!!
Bet those guys that replaced the frame did that……and if that guy was smart he would Coat that under carriage with Fluid Film to keep that truck together…..This is what we use here in Ohio….My 2003 4Runner with 364,000 miles would have never survived without it. 🤘🏼🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Well exceuted diagnosis and repair with no parts required. Methodical fault finding procedure eliminates a lot of numerous assumptions and produces the correct results. Not another happy customer?? Give us a break !!
Awesome. Thanks Ivan!
Trying to follow this to diagnose my 2014. It appears that you have the black wire coming out of the cigarette lighter going into your yellow wire thru a junction. How does this work? I don't have that junction and have hooked my black to the black on test light and the yellow to the tip of the test light and the light comes on. If I hook the black to my multi meter and the yellow back probe into the ignition or the ground on the plug (8:45) I get nothing. How do I make my set up work? New to electronics and trying to save a few dollars. Thank you
Ohh i remember some of them toyota tcase actuators if you pulled em out you had to split the case to get em back on the forks 😳
Most people that purchase a 4WD vehicle don’t engage the system every so often to make sure the mechanism operates.
NPR Ivan. If you ran for president I would vote for you.
Ha definitely not for me... I couldn't stand the Swamp of bullshit for one day 😂
I really dont understand how some of em can even keep a straight face. Me personally I think that government sucks in general no matter what side of the fence ya are on. Not all democrats are bad and not all republicans are good. I voted for him last time and Im gonna vote for him again. I guess for me is he only has 1 term left so what do we as Americans do going forward? We have a serious lack of responsibility in this country. I dont think we face gun problems any more than we face drug problems. You can set a big pile of drugs on the table and a gun right next to them. Nothing will happen. Not anything until someone touches them. I say this from experience. Jan 14 Marked 10 years since I came home from state prison. I used to love doign drugs and if I didnt think it would ruin my life I probably would still do them. I got married adopted my daughter over the summer. I started my own auto repair shop much like you. I started in spare time fixing GM insturment clusters and have expanded into what I am today. My favorite vidoes of yours was the MPV Christmas special. I give you credit you posted that after the fact. You showed we are all human and dude you know so much stuff but one basic little detail and bam. IMHO There are drug dealers because people do drugs. People dont do drugs because of drug dealers. I think its not the drug use that is the problem. Its everything that goes along with it. Lying cheating stealing. It shouldnt matter what another person does when they go home. There is a serious lack of integrity. @@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics
Great work!
Funny, my ‘97 Tacoma 4wd floor shifter & manual hubs work EVERY TIME. 🤣
I think I had one of these recently. The front diff actuator was faulty.
Long time ago you work on a Lincoln the bad part was in the headliner can that part be move to another location so it not big pain in the butt it maybe of cause the drain on the battery if you remember
Very thorough diag
Funny thing is that if the customer decided to throw the parts cannon at it he probably would have ended up getting lucky and noticing that broken wire :)
Bet they whacked it with something when doing the frame replacement as you eluded to.
Hi Ivan,
Nice no parts needed repair. I miss my 1986 F-150 4X4. Had Mud and Snow tires on it and never was stuck in the snow. It had manual locking hubs and a separate shifter for the transfer case. What kind of snow did you get out there? We had only 2" just west of Philly, but it had started to rain a little and made the snow very heavy to shovel. I'm feeling it today.
Like 3 inches of fluffy powder 😊
That's what they are predicting for the next storm this weekend. Fluffy I don't mind.@@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics
So when is PHAD and SMA doing another video together?
Another good one I heard is, "Let's play parts darts until the problem goes away."
No amount of parts darts would have fixed this one haha
Great. Find.
Is your soldering iron rechargeable as well as 110 volt? I notice the 5 volt USB micro connection.
USB connection is for firmware updates lol!
I run it on a 21V LiPo 5 cell, needs a recharge maybe once a month 😉
@@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics Seriously, updates?? Or is it CHICOMS downloading your audio recordings?🤡🤡
If the 4X4 stopped working when the frame was changed, it’s probably a loose connection or an unplugged connection. Knock on wood.
Problem solving fantastic job 👍
Ivan you want to make some extra play money 🤑
There's a buddy of yours that likes theses brand of trucks. 😂😂
Been following you since Jan of 2016, so glad to see you finally use Flux 😆 🤣 😂
Just remember to clean the area afterwards when using it on boards. I use 99% rubbing alcohol from Amazon, and an old tooth brush.
Obviously, Scotty could’ve fixed it just by waving his arms and grinning his teeth about taco trucks😂
Scotty only accepts cars that have no problems to begin with.
I was starting to get PHAD withdrawals. I was Jonesn.
24.45 well good for you :-D. Sorry couldn´t help it
4 wheel peel is back!
nice job
I guess the owner didn't want to get under the truck to check for continuity.
Couldn't you just use rosin core solder? Can someone tell me why he used a separate flux? Am I missing something?
Pin was a bit reluctant to stick to the solder without extra flux 😅
It's funny that the TSB said nothing about testing circuit integrity.
Nice find and fix. But why did we have to electrify what was a simple shifter on the floor to engage 4wdr. Toyota frame replacement? At least they do that, still do, and stand behind their product. Try a claim against GM, Ford or Dodge for a bad frame. You'll be sucking wind.
Wouldn’t it make sense to check the rusted exposed area component & its connections FIRST? Lots of unnecessary testing/time to find a bad connection.
Knowledge is power. Sure you might get lucky, but that's not diagnostics 😉
Where did you acquire your soldering iron ?
It was a gift! But you can buy one on Amazon using the link that I put in the description of every video 😊
@@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics
Thank you !
Cool video
There is no weather-pak seal that can't be defeated by sodium chloride. Team Green always wins in the end.
Hey feller, looks like you had an eye accident or had something in your right eye. Are you okay ?
Cat or horse hair 🙀
@@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics Hope it gets better quickly
There's more than one way to skin a cat here with the wire repair. 1) If you know where to look, you can find new terminals for the connector 2) Solder like Ivan did, but you can mess up solder, too. You may not get a good bond with the terminal with that corrosion, or you might get a cold solder joint at the splice if you don't know what you're doing 3) After you run a new wire from the terminal, use a PROPER butt splice and crimp tool and cover with adhesive lined shrink tube. If you're buying those things from a local auto or big box store, don't bother. That's how butt splices fail 4) Bypass the connector for those two wires if the terminal can't be saved and you can't find a new one. Forget the bullet connectors and find something called knife or handshake connectors / terminals, crimped with a proper tool, and cover with adhesive line shrink tube.
Ehm yes?