This took me a couple of days to respond because i needed to swallow my anger a bit. But ur powers of observation r AMAZING. the part u dont mention is that i was right to begin with, the transfer case actuator IS faulty. As well as i am now worse off, thx to u, i am stuck in 4x4 because of testing it. U keep mentioning that i am in over my head, yet i was able to come to the same conclusion before u even answered. Ur one line answers and lack of full disclosure seems to tell me U might be in over ur head and dont have the true answer other than "it shouldnt do that". Thx fer nuthin. Next time dont be so smug and self righteous. No need to reply, i will never return to this forum again....
What's sad about this is bestgen is an excellent and honest mechanic that, I believe, told you up front that you were likely in over your head. He then went on to help you trouble shoot the complicated 4wd system.
My dad recently had the 4wd on his 4Runner stop working and bestgen (a personal friend of mine) recommended that the dealer would likely be a better option than the mechanic that my dad has used for 30 years simply because the system is complicated to diagnose. My dad got lucky and discovered a vacuum line that had inadvertently been disconnected.
I am sorry that this didn't work out how you wanted, but I can assure you that bestgen was only trying to be helpful in your attempt to diagnose the issue yourself. I know some of his posts were done while working at the Toyota dealership and I'm sure he would have gone through the same procedure himself. Sometimes communicating detailed steps on a forum/text/email is next to impossible.
