READ MORE: www.project200... Step-by-step change of front & rear differential oils and transfer case oil in a Toyota LandCruiser 200, including a list of suitable oil grades and gasket part numbers.
Hi just wanted to leave a feedback. One of the club members suggested your site when I posted a doubt on my 200 series. After watching your and Jaffa adventures videos, I now started taking care of my Cruiser myself. Your videos and website helped me to order parts easily. Our Cruisers here don’t get as dirty as yours but following Australian standards of maintenance in the UK will add a decade or two more it’s life. Thanks for all the knowledge sharing and inspiration to maintain our Cruisers
The transfer pump's a good idea, some folks that haven't done this before underestimate just how slowly thick gear oil will flow, especially through those tubes they come with. The material a crush washer is made from really doesn't matter at all, as long as it will crush and conform to size without cracking or flexing it'll work and you can usually sand them back down or drill out a coin if you haven't got the time to go to the parts store. I wouldn't be surprised if an o-ring might work. Nice vid.
Great video Jamie. Just did the same service on my 120 series Prado, but with the old hand pump in a 1L bottle. I think one of those 12V oil transfer pumps is on the shopping list now!
Thanks for doing all these videos. Im looking at buying a 200 series and would like to do all my servicing and this give me a lot of confidence that I can! Cheers
In the USA, the specification for the transfer case gear oil is Toyota Genuine Transfer Gear Oil LF 75W. Note that it's a straight weight oil and not 75W-90. I don't know if that really makes a difference. I wouldn't imagine that Toyota is making different transfer cases for Australia and the USA. The 75W gear oil is very hard to find, but I found some made by a company called Ravenol. It specifically lists Toyota's part number as equivalent. I purchased it and the 75W-85 gear oil required for the differentials from blauparts.com.
Great video as always. Unfortunately, some of us are crawling around on the ground without the use of jacks, ramps, or a proper lift. Then there’s the front diff drain plug isn’t coming out no matter what. I’m know I’m not the first to question Toyota’s requirement of the 10mm allen instead of a 24mm socket like everywhere else nor am I the first to have this problem. I worked around it by pumping out through the fill hole, but will be consumed by this stuck plug until it is resolved…
I've changed mine at 30K Km and in the rear dif it was very, very dirty and some metal debris . The front was very dirty also but without debris. The transfer gear oil was clean .
@@austimages You are right, but what I meant was that the plug itself has this hex/allen plug that can be rounded because of the previous person over torquing it or it being seized. It was a P ITA to remove mine and had to weld a bolt to it. It hasn't been changed since factory 12 years ago and it was rust welded.
@@and7976 Ahh, OK. Haven't come across that. Maybe the previous person used an imperial hex wrench that was 'close enough', rather than the correct metric version. They can be very fussy for the correct size.
Greeting Do you have a dedicated video for driveshaft greasing for LC200? If yes, could you please share with me the link. If no ! How frequent should be greased? and How to apply grease for the middle one? It is too tidy!? Thanks Emad
Nice video once again Jamie, thanks a lot Can you please show us also how can you get your engine bay so clean? It looks like you've just picked her up from the dealer, nice job!
What harm can be done when using 75w90 oil for the diff instead of 75w85? Coz other than the viscosity,it’s basically the same oil for the transfer case too right? I have a 120 prado btw.
Hi. I recently did mine and while I was under the rear I noticed due to my lift how much the rear diff pinion angle had changed in relation to the pinion on the transfer case. I ended up changing the upper trailing arms to superior engineering adjustable and was easily able to restore the pinion angle back to Toyota spec +/- 1°. Mine was 4° delta with a 2” lift. The rear diff ended up taking a further 600mls after the adjustment. Something to consider.
I remove the hoses and flush them with a bit of petrol. For the pump itself, I just let it drain and before each use, just run a small amount of the new oil (just a few ml) to waste before filling the diff/transfer etc.
Dear I need your advice. I got my LC200 brand new in 2008 and now it has 450k miles. No issue at all, but all this years I only change transmission and engine oil. But never done front/rear diff and transfer case. Should I change it after all these years or just keep it till it fails??
@@austimages I want to, but some say it will shock the gears and cause troubles?? I'm really not sure about it and I'm not expert but I love my car and happy with it for 12 years now.
If what you're saying is true, I'm absolutely amazed how well engineered these trucks are that you lasted 450,000 miles without changing the diff and transfer case oils
Toyota dealer have 2 GL5 oils for trasfer case on sale : one is “ differential gear oil “ and the other is “ slip differential gear oil “ both oem both gl5 , wich one should I use for my 200 series ?
No, just a no-name one. I think they are all the same give or take. Get one that includes the hoses and fittings.www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_odkw=12v+oil+transfer+pump&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR1.TRC0.A0.H0.X12v+100w+oil+transfer+pump.TRS0&_nkw=12v+100w+oil+transfer+pump&_sacat=0&mkcid=1&mkrid=705-53470-19255-0&siteid=15&customid=link&campid=5337996533&toolid=20001&mkevt=1
@@austimages Jamie thanks - I did manage to purchase the same oil transfer pump on eBay. I did find the pump tended to inject a huge amount of air causing very slow fill of the rear diff. I found using the smaller diameter supplied hose in the outlet completely solved the problem - - no air and rapid oil transfer. I have just finished both diffs and transfer case - the hardest part was re-fitting the cage that protects the transfer case. @ 70k All oils came out still clean - replaced with a Penrite GL5 as recommended. Next the auto transmission! Thanks for your inspirational videos!
Just on a diff related subject , l was wondering if you have looked into lockers? , lam pretty sure you would have and would be interested in your opinion on which way you would go , l like the tjm locker but they only do rear , arb do both but the o ring design concerns me that it may fail , l do like arb gear and normally would go that way .. cheers Mark.
I have always run ARB lockers in the past. Had them on three previous vehicles. Only ever had one failure, which was a copper air line that split inside the diff. I’m seriously considering them shortly as I’d like to have them for an upcoming trip. But both or nothing, so TJM is out. I’ll have a closer look at the e-locker, but at this stage probably going with ARB.
Not between different grades of the same oil. If switching between different types of oil (eg engine to gearbox), then just pump the first second of oil into a waste container.
That oil that is draining is still like brand new. There is nothing wrong with that oil and not worth changing it. Is this setup? Or have you flushed it so It's still like new....
No, that's how it looks after 40,000km. Diff and transfer oil shouldn't really get very dirty, but there are still some contaminants in there. The recommended change interval for these oils is every 40,000km, so that's when I change them.
@@boymeetsbush8232 You can buy online access from Toyota. But it's expensive. Occasionally, you can find them online until Toyota have them taken down!
Its very helpful video BUT there is a wrong torque spec on the front differential drain plug and it must be torque to 65 N.m not 39 N.m and you must be torque the filler plug on front diff to 39 N.m . Good Luck
And from the workshop manual too: ibb.co/Dpt0KZz . Perhaps you have the specs from a previous model, or looking at some of the other bolts for the front diff? There are a few of the case assembly bolts that are torqued to 65Nm.
