ok well for now its on the lift....just pulled it in there for the night and i'm gonna get the mechanic(dad) to look at it tomrow. i'm sure he can figure it out but i just wanted to see what you guys though. i was thinking it was the tranny because its been shifting hard since we bought it. the kid i bought it from had locked the motor(ran it outta oil) and then the transmission pan had been leaking for who knows how long, same with the transfer case. we rebuilt the engine and put a gasket on the transmission pan and that leak has been fixed but havent had time to fix the leak on the transfer case. could that be to low? my dad said something about maybe it being the guide on the timing chain. it was just a wild guess b/c he hasent had a chance to test drive it. well sorry this is so long. just trying to figure things out. it seems like its on thing after another breaking on this yota....