Repair-It

Got the Aisin diff actuator from Amazon. Drained the brand new fluid out and removed the other actuator. The Aisin came with it in the axle lock position for some reason so I plugged it in, turned the ignition on, and it instantly retracted. This tells me two things: 1) it works, and 2) it seemed to ...

Did two full passes of two cycles per corner. So four ABS bleeds per corner overall.

The brake pedal feels the same as it did this morning which is improved with the new caliper pins but perhaps I didn't have any air. Next step would be stainless braided hoses to dial out some of the mush. But I ...

I just took it around the neighborhood and it feels better. The pedal is higher. I don't know why.

Initially I had to ditch all kinds of air fresheners. Several "new car scent" Christmas trees and some vent clips.
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But yesterday when Jenn was checking out the truck, she found this STACK of what look like urinal cakes. They were basically all strewn under the front seats ...

[X] Driver's side B pillar grab handle, lower bolt cover missing (74617-0C120-B0 for light gray, may be wrong color), eBay


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Of course, Jenn found the original in the driver's seat back pocket but it seems to have a clip and the ...

It appears that from the original install the drain hoses were not properly routed through a hole/grommet to the ground. As it is now, the left drain hose deposits water directly under the cargo cover. And the right drain hose is missing entirely, which deposits some water under the cargo cover and ...

For step 2, I ended up replacing all rear caliper boots and pins. The right rear were ok (I replaced them but they could be reused) but the left rear were totally dry and fairly stuck.
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Also greased the pads. But this did not seem to fix the issue. It ...

Got the old front actuator installed. But, it doesn't work. 4hi just blinks and no shifting. Unplugged it and plugged the aftermarket one back in and it does work. I took the aftermarket one apart and the O-ring is fine but I think gear oil is leaking INTO the motor/gear housing and it should not ...

Rear caliper info:
Bracket bolts: 70 lb-ft
Caliper slide pins: 65 lb-ft

I may also try an ABS bleed.

ABS internal leakage diagnostic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbVDHu0d0UQ

EDIT: Step 1. Seemed to pass the hold tests. Fronts both dropped a small amount and rear dropped even less (and were ...

Drained the front diff. Fluid looked good, magnet pretty free of debris.

Pulled the actuator. It looks like there is a splined sliding collar that probably mates the diff to the pass side axle.

Cleaned the surfaces. The PO had RTV'd the bolts but Toyota manual says thread locker instead. They are ...