First off heres my Prado today.
1999 KJZ95 diesel manual
I had being noticing a wet patch on my transfer case bash plate on and off for a while, the bashplate had a part of it that would intermittently be wet when the rest of the under housing was dry. I did check my oil level, it was down a touch but that might of being from a bad refill job.
I thought it might be the front transfer case seal. Taking off the bash plate (12mm bolts) it was clearly gear oil . Looking at the fresh oil all over the dropped bash plate it was also leaking more than i expected.
The path of where it was coming from was clear, the front shaft seal
I had earlier decided to do it even though it was looking only minor, the thought of it abruptly failing totally and losing all the gear box oil or water grit getting in there and ruining the mating surfaces was enough to get me motivated to get into it
1999 KJZ95 diesel manual
I had being noticing a wet patch on my transfer case bash plate on and off for a while, the bashplate had a part of it that would intermittently be wet when the rest of the under housing was dry. I did check my oil level, it was down a touch but that might of being from a bad refill job.
I thought it might be the front transfer case seal. Taking off the bash plate (12mm bolts) it was clearly gear oil . Looking at the fresh oil all over the dropped bash plate it was also leaking more than i expected.
The path of where it was coming from was clear, the front shaft seal
I had earlier decided to do it even though it was looking only minor, the thought of it abruptly failing totally and losing all the gear box oil or water grit getting in there and ruining the mating surfaces was enough to get me motivated to get into it
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