Awesome fix Ivan! Indeed, the vehicles that fight you through out the repair, once fixed, are the most satisfying to release back to the customers.. I think that your call to change the whole trans assembly is the best decision as compared to fiddling around with the valve body and only to find out other mechanical components that are shot. If given the chance, it would be interesting to see an autopsy of the old trans and figure out which parts failed. Again, thanks for taking us along.. Cheers!
Thanks Aldrin! I still have the old trans sitting in the garage. Will do a teardown and analysis video soon...I want to know what caused it to jam up like that :)
Awesome job as usual Ivan. I agree that Bend Pak or some other lift manufacturer should hook you up with a lift. It never ceases to amaze me what you are capable of in your little home shop. Testament to your skills.
Great series, Ivan. Now please tear down the old trans. I'm thinking its going to be super interesting to find the mechanical failure. (Or ship it to Precision Transmission and let Richard or Trent tear it down for both channels. .
I just finished Motorhome electrical problems. Ivan you are amazing! I hope some of your diag process will stick with me! I love watching your videos!!!
Well at least it was a rear wheel drive, barring snags much easier to swap the transmission compared to a front wheel drive. But this one put up a fight, surprising really when you look at how clean the underside was compared to a car from the rust belt. But interesting failure, something locking up like that is different to the normal problem of no drive. If you get the time it will be interesting to see if you can find the problem.
I was dreading changing the transmission fluid in my Marquis with the 4R70W transmission that includes draining the torque converter. I just saw you change a transmission ON THE FLOOR in your home garage. I am going to get my butt out there and do that today. Great video!
Way to stay with it to the end, Ivan. You were pretty brave to change an automatic transmission with a floor jack and a piece of wood in an old car. Your videos are the best! Great learning experiences.
Great job. If that was my car, I might be inclined to fix it for myself (in fact: BTDT) but that can't be an inexpensive fix to get done by a pro. Thanks for taking us along this epic fight, Ivan.
I also have a 03 LS430 that had a similar problem, when I engage reverse nothing happened until I rev the car to around 3-4k rpm for around 30-40 seconds and the car would shift to reverse and also hold on the breaks as the car will abruptly move back, but in my case I had low fluid due to a seal crack. I put in some seafoam trans cleaner, and fixed the transmission (of course fix the seal and added new fluid) and so far has been two years and no problems.
Ur one of da best & honest mechanic I've seen & only wish if u were near me I'll have u working on my car Everytime cuz u can get anything fixed from home heaters to cherry pick uppers. LoL keep up da great vids & gr8 work ur da Best..!!!!!
This reminds me of the last fix to my 05 Cadillac STS before I sold it. It needed a new manual shift select switch (range switch). It sits on the shift shaft inside the trans and getting to the point where it could be removed was a LOT of steps. Was about 2.5 days worth of work even 2 feet in the air on my Quick Jacks. Fixed it, confirmed fixed, washed it, listed it for sale on CL. 21 hours later car was sold for asking price.
Hi Ivan, great video as always Don’t think I would want to replace a transmission on the floor, bet your back is aching after that. You definitely earned your money on this job 😊
For me, the most admirable characteristic about Ivan is his perseverance - he's not a quitter. He's the kind of guy you want on your Lewis and Clark expedition, full of discovery.
Great vid. Problems are not always easy in the real world. I like your gutso in just getting the job done, on the floor. I can relate to doing my own repair without a lift, also. You do what you gotta do to get it done. Thanks for sharing!!!!
Toyota uses stainless studs and nuts on a lot of their exhaust manifolds which like to gall up when removed. Trick to remove them with ease is to heat the nut until cherry red and then immediately spray it with water to shock it back to cold. After that hit it with penetrating oil and it should come off with out any issues.
Great video Ivan! Thanks for taking us along. On a side note, for your own safety, you should invest a few bucks in a transmission jack (your earlier Nissan transmission video was a bit scary!). Speaking as someone from Buffalo, you might also find that a decent acetylene torch paid for itself quickly!
Ivan, your tenacity and skill continues to amaze me. Perhaps you could encourage your wife to buy you a hoist? You really should have one! Thank you for your superb diagnostic videos.
Changed out a number of transmissions on the ground like that including heavy trucks. No fun. The only one that was a little bit of fun was one I helped a friend do in a Mc Donald's parking lot because of all the looks we got, plus some offers of work.🤣
Another great PHAD diagnostic & repair series! The HO2S is comparing the exhaust with the outside atmosphere. One thought - some HO2S wires and connector pins are special, the air is drawn along the wire and the insulation. This allows outside reference air into the sensor. So don't solder the wires or put dielectric grease on the connector. Keep the original wires and connector.
I feel that. I replaced the flex plate on my 1997 Subaru Outback. 220k miles when i did it. Had so so so many problems with it. Some of them were caused by me because I'm an amateur. Only snapped bolts were one for washer fluid reservoir and one for the cooling fan. But.. first go was a start stall (pcv hose failure.) then a misfire from both a bad intake gasket and a broken injector power wire. then the intake came off to do the gasket... dropped it and broke the egr vacuum booster thing... put the intake back on and it was a crank no start. (crank position sensor signal wire) and theeeen it finally ran perfectly fine but had 2 coolant leaks. one of them was the seal on the cross pipe under the intake so it had to come out AGAIN! then finally got the coolant leaks fixed and it was problem free for 20k miles! then the transmission blew. replaced the trans with an ebay unit which lasted 200 miles. then said my goodbyes because i was over it lmfao
I am surprised you don't have a lift, though from glimpses of the headspace, perhaps that is out of the question. I am impressed with your diagnostic ability and scientific approach to work. I was a "mechanic type" back in the 70' and 80's to get through school then went into the tech field. Today, I have no issue with the modern car as being able to control fuel and ignition dynamically based on real world conditions certainly beats a mechanical advance and jets! I just wish there was a scan tool that had the features of the one you use that was financially sane for us part time wrenches.
Good morning Ivan. Changing a trans on the slab eh?. I can say I've done so many in my time. Even transfer cases. Front diffs engine swaps. Engine rebuilds. Rear diff rebuilds. All this at home. Just like you. Basic jack stands. Car ramps and jacks. Took all my fluids to the local parts stores. I'm turning 68 this year. Me ole bones are feeling it. Especially the cold weather is not kind on Arthur-ri-tis. And the customer keeps asking how much longer? As soon as I'm done. As we discussed. I will call you. The longer you keep me from my task. The longer it takes. I think I have a few more trans jobs left in me and a few more trans case rebuilds.😄. I don't think I will ever hangup my tools. I just keep plugging along. I'm no PRO by any means. People are so stuck on making a mistake or scared to work on their vehicles. A mistake made by a PRO. Time to sue and tell them they do shyt work. Not me Ivan. I learned along the way. I've watched you doing Diag work and am still learning. Vehicles are indeed getting complicated. Imagine cars n trucks going electric. All I see is a massive repair Bill at the end. A battery dies. 5k to 8k to fix it. Good luck to those who are willing to buy. God bless Ivan.
Top work. Great spot on the power steering reservoir. Hopefully one day you can invest in a lift, make a job like this a zillion times easier. Be helpful to maybe do a tear down of the old transmission to see what actually was wrong with it? Been there with the rusty exhaust bolts, sometimes had to resort to cutting off with my Dremel or grinder. What amazed me was how expensive replacement nuts and bolts are!
Having replaced my transmission on my 1996 ls400 three years ago in my driveway, I laughed throughout several sections of your video. Keeping these older vehicles running is a challenge, but I bet that Lexus still drives like a dream. I bought mine from my neighbor for $300, and promptly put $6000 into it in a couple years- and that's just my cost for parts. I can't even image how much it would have been if I'd taken it to a shop.
@@vw5056 There are 1996 Lexus's that have gone a 1,000,000 miles and mine is only at 269k, so we will see if I get my moneys worth. So far it's gone 52k miles for me.
Well done young fella........You do exceptionally well working on your own with a job like that, that was all uphill but you got there.....Well done to you.
Great job Ivan. You're a better man than I as I wouldn't crawl under the car to do a transmission. I have a lift so and I'm "old' so working on my back isn't ideal anymore. Thanks for sharing and glad it worked out for you even though there were many trials. LOL !
Ivan, have you ever considered getting a QuickJack lift? It would be perfect for your setup, I think. I can't imagine doing all that work with just floor jacks!! Great series, as always!! Thanks!
Man, i don't even have a garage, i do this on my part gravel/part asphalt road on a steep hill in front of my house. I am my own boss, and i sell used tires and do car repair. Always fun having to strap the vehicle you are working on to your truck so when you jack it up it doesn't take off down the hill. I've rebuilt engines on this hill, replaced many transmissions both FWD, RWD, and 4WD, ive done bed swaps with an engine lift, a frame swap on my 1981 Pontiac Lemans with 2 rented gantry cranes, a cab swap on my friend's 85 Chevy square body, COUNTLESS ford 5.0/302, 3.8/232, and 4.0 exploder/ranger head jobs, all without a garage, out in the southwestern Pennsylvania weather, on a steep hill, it really sucks!!!! Just to have a garage would be a dream!!!!
If you wouldn't mind, what brand of waste oil heater is that, and is there a lot of maintenance for it. Next with studs in manifolds when i worked for Toyota we would heat that manifold up to cherry to extract that stud, or it was snap and drill. And that awful creaking sound when you got it to move, that BG in-force is the ticket it was better than the Toyota branded penetrating oil. I must give you many credits doing that on your back, in my opinion that is a level of insanity only few attempt, and you pulled it off. You have some awesome videos like SMA and Scanner Danner. Thank you for posting them.
Good job Ivan i love your videos.... if you do take apart the trans (hope you do) you will find the forward clutches welded together. looking for your next videos. keep up the good work....
Morning Ivan. I’ve owned several Lexus and several Toyotas. I can tell you I’ve had much more problems with the Lexus than any of the Toyotas. Seems nothing ever easy. How many hours in this swap?
Too many! I wonder how he changed for this one? I started working on a very high mileage car. Started unplugging injector connections and they started breaking!
We have two 2008 gs 460 100k miles & a 2010 gs 300 80k miles the biggest problems we've had was a fuel contamination proble on the 460 & the rear blind motor failure never had any other problems gs 300 apart from regular maintenance items nothing gone wrong at all I keep to the service schedule like clockwork though & service the trans every 60k
I’ve never had a problem with any of them if you actually do the work on time. This dude blaming the car when he’s the one driving on 20 year old fluids that have never been changed. It’s a machine.. not a damn miracle machine lol I’ve seen these cars with over 500K+ on the dash. Idk what the owners mad about. Has no one to blame but himself. You can even drive this over the change interval and save the transmission at 150k by just changing the fluid. It is THAT forgiving. He let it get wayyyyy too far gone. He has a dipstick, a fill port, and a drain. There’s no excuses. 40$ every 2 years or so will save you thousands.
Ivan, if this is what you choose to do for a living long term which it appears you are, you need to build a shop with a lift. I made this choice in 1988 and it was the best choice I ever made. I think I would have quit working on cars without a shop complete with a lift and constant heat. You are young and obviously can crawl around on the floor but it is taking a toll even if you don't think it is. It won't be long where you say to yourself " I can't do this anymore."
Scotty Killer never had a lift. But I agree with you and I unsubscribed from Scotty's channel a long time ago. If I ever need a mechanic, I plan on visiting Ivan.
Blew my mind it was mechanically locked even though you would move the car when it was off. Just crazy how these things go sometimes. Sometimes testing a certain way doesn’t give you definitive results. Great call.👍🏽
The torque converter is the why. Without the engine running, the transmission input shaft if free to turn and allow the vehicle to backup. Its like a standard transmission in 1st gear but you push in the clutch to decouple the engine from the transmission...
@@ecaparts I drive stick. I know the function of the torque converter well because in a way I am my torque converter. 😆 I was referring to the original transmission in this video. The videos before he would push the car or let it roll downhill. However when he took it out it was mechanically locked. Actually binding would be a better term.
@@jesusyuca1483 I understand what your saying. The bad transmission must be internally damaged causing the input shaft to be ‘binding’ to the output shaft. He was unable to turn it because the trans was in park and therefore the parking pawl is engaged. Otherwise the input shaft is directly connected to the output (which should not be because the clutches and bands would be released without hydraulic pressure). Therefore the transmission is somewhat acting as a manual trans in 1st gear all the time. The binding is NOT to the CASE of the transmission, so the torque converter would only allow the input shaft to rotate freely when the engine is off.
@@ecaparts ok I get what you are saying when the engine is off nothing is building pressure in the converter. So even thought its locked when its off it would just spin the input shaft and some more stuff inside the converter. I bet it had to be a little hard to move that car around.
@@jesusyuca1483 Oh yes. I had that happen to me. You never appreciate reverse until you don’t have it. When I was a teenager, I accidentally shifted into reverse while going about 60 MPH (I overshot neutral, thinking I was saving gas as a broke teenager). My trans failed in the exact same way. Drove fine forward, but you had no way to back up and could only roll backwards with the engine off. It would be interesting to find the failure and if abuse caused it’s demise…
PHAD is my favorite channel. Some jobs just go sideways. I just did a customer's outboard motor. Took way longer to get right that I could possibly charge for but I had to persist because I needed to get it right for my own curiosity
A one way sprag or forward clutch discs stuck melted. I used to do this on side of street in NYC Queens out in snow back in the day 80s. You doing excellent work. Tzastrovia Comrade 👍🤓
awsum videos...allways looking for your new videos....where can i find a radio circut board diagram or layout to check parts on it...'' fm signal trouble'''
Awesome job Ivan. Putting in the new transmission. I hope never have a transmission problem on my lexus ls430 2001. I am at 335,000 miles and I want to see if I can get to 500,000 miles with regular maintenance.
I have a 2003 LS 430. I had the same issue. The car would not go in reverse and it was only sometimes. I cant seem to find the problem. Very hard to diagnoise gear issues
It's tough to really appreciate the effort it took as we sit in our warm comfortable homes watching clips of the fight. Good Job! It would be interesting to know, especially on these multi part fixes on how many hours it really took to complete and how much for major parts like the junkyard transmission. Did the treads eventually strip out of the flange? how did you deal with that?
The stud turned out to be softer than the flange...so I punched it through with an air hammer, carefully chased the existing threads, and installed a new stud :)
Ivan, I'm sitting here just sore as heck because I was underneath my Dodge truck last night fighting a nut for some time. I need to go back out and continue the fight, so I don't know if you've motivated me or not! Sometimes these jobs get "nasty". At least yours is finished. Thanks for Sharing!
I've never been a fan of V8s including Toyota. Great tenacity and commitment. A lot of mechanics refuse to work on cars this old and it means a lot for the owner
One of the things that keeps me from enjoying car repairs are those darn exhaust pipes. Exhaust pipes are like those thick patches of sticker bushes that prevent you from getting through the woods
last time i removed stainless nuts from exhaust studs i heated them red hot and then let them cool down completely on their own. do NOT spray anything until cooled down and ready to remove. worked great.
Sell this "Japanese Money Pit" Lexus to Scotty Kilmer, he will take care of it. I think his wife has old Lexus. So much easier to replace transmission on RWD vehicles compare to FWD ones. Great job Ivan!
Something to watch out for some wrecking yards remove the filter and reinstall the pan as part of their checking in the unit before they send it to you.
Always start with the most expensive repair first. No crank? Replace engine. Still no crank? Replace front and rear wheel bearings on rust belt ford escape. Still no crank? Check battery cables.
I know this is an old vid, but maybe this will help. As for the o2 connector, many Toyotas are this way. I generally take the sill plate trim off, and maybe frt foot well cover as well, then u can peel the carpet back towards the console and get ur hand under it to release the connector. The post mortem on that trans would've been interesting.
hi ivan love the content Bend pack should hook you up with a lift if anyone deserves one it's you.HEY BEND PACK GIVE IVAN A LIFT cheers from down under
I have two bendpak hoists. One's a drive on and the other a high and wide two post. Don't be surprised if it shows up with the paint gouged off one of the posts. Forklift rodeo cowboys down there f every single one up. Tuned that into a bunch of free stuff since they refused to take it back. Imagine buying a new car and the paint is all f'd up and they just toss you a couple cans of paint and laugh.
Those self locking Toyota exhaust nuts are one of the most frustrating things to remove. It's like they are designed to not come off without ruining the stud. They are made of some weird alloy that even heating them with a torch doesn't work. The threads just won't release. If there is a Toyota tech reading this with a trick to remove them, that would be great.
I wonder if they're stainless, I know nothing about these cars and besides that I live in Arizona, but I have had problems when you put a stainless nut on a stainless bolt and then can't get them apart again. I think the threads gall together.
When removing exhaust screws - stainless steel on stainless steel is very easy to seize together. My suggestion - plenty of lubrication and turn slowly by hand only.
I had an issue on my Jeep with p/s leaks. It's only 25 years old, after all. HP hose had pinholes, and the plastic reservoir was too brittle to try and remove hoses ... and on a 90s Jeep you can replace the whole thing for a hundred bucks in parts. No brainer, and now no leaks for another 300k miles.
Nice one .. if you need a bom proof JB WELD job try mixing some chopped up fine Carbon fibers . It works great .. no chance of the JB Weld cracking with the Carbon fibers mixed in .. you are a tough cookie .
It appears you managed to avoid my nemesis when doing a trans swap on the ground...not having the car high enough to drag the trans out. You were also much more gentle taking the old one out that I would have. Gravity is sometimes your friend lol
Great job Ivan! It fought you all the way but it's fixed. At least for now! Good call on replacing the whole trans. No need to charge the customer for hours of diag. time chasing your tail.
Another excellent video, but I am curious why you didn’t use OEM transmission fluid. Toyota WS is only about a dollar more a quart and if there was a performance problem with the replacement transmission you could be sure it was not the fluid.
Awesome fix Ivan! Indeed, the vehicles that fight you through out the repair, once fixed, are the most satisfying to release back to the customers.. I think that your call to change the whole trans assembly is the best decision as compared to fiddling around with the valve body and only to find out other mechanical components that are shot. If given the chance, it would be interesting to see an autopsy of the old trans and figure out which parts failed.
Again, thanks for taking us along.. Cheers!
Thanks Aldrin! I still have the old trans sitting in the garage. Will do a teardown and analysis video soon...I want to know what caused it to jam up like that :)
@@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics Me too! Tear it down! Tear it down!
Very much looking forward to it!
precision transmission (texas) would like that one!
@@baldobob7665 Richard would love tearing into that one
Please make part 4 - tearing down the old gear for inspection
Yes please.
You need to dig a pit under the floor like the garage in Russia. That was a sweet setup!
Have any pictures id like to see this setup!
That what I was thinking:)
Awesome job as usual Ivan. I agree that Bend Pak or some other lift manufacturer should hook you up with a lift. It never ceases to amaze me what you are capable of in your little home shop. Testament to your skills.
Great series, Ivan. Now please tear down the old trans. I'm thinking its going to be super interesting to find the mechanical failure. (Or ship it to Precision Transmission and let Richard or Trent tear it down for both channels. .
Ship it to Precision Transmission!
Now *that* would be a great collab video!
I agree would like to see the teardown I’m guessing there’s a clutch pack swelled up and warped
When I just the JB Weld I like to loosely wrap a bit of dental floss around the epoxy to serve as a type of rebar. It helps with vibration breaks.
Great tip!
No matter what the repair charges were, you earned every penny of it. Great job.
He broke the powersteering reservoir by tilting engine and wont guarantee work
I just finished Motorhome electrical problems. Ivan you are amazing! I hope some of your diag process will stick with me! I love watching your videos!!!
Well at least it was a rear wheel drive, barring snags much easier to swap the transmission compared to a front wheel drive. But this one put up a fight, surprising really when you look at how clean the underside was compared to a car from the rust belt. But interesting failure, something locking up like that is different to the normal problem of no drive. If you get the time it will be interesting to see if you can find the problem.
I can change a front wheel drive trans in the same amount of time as a rear wheel drive one. It comes to experience.
I was dreading changing the transmission fluid in my Marquis with the 4R70W transmission that includes draining the torque converter. I just saw you change a transmission ON THE FLOOR in your home garage. I am going to get my butt out there and do that today. Great video!
Way to stay with it to the end, Ivan. You were pretty brave to change an automatic transmission with a floor jack and a piece of wood in an old car. Your videos are the best! Great learning experiences.
Yes. He's a stud. What a major pain in the a%$!!!
Great job. If that was my car, I might be inclined to fix it for myself (in fact: BTDT) but that can't be an inexpensive fix to get done by a pro. Thanks for taking us along this epic fight, Ivan.
Hi Ivan,I've been transmission Tech for bout 30yrs,and your great attitude will always fix the job.👍
I also have a 03 LS430 that had a similar problem, when I engage reverse nothing happened until I rev the car to around 3-4k rpm for around 30-40 seconds and the car would shift to reverse and also hold on the breaks as the car will abruptly move back, but in my case I had low fluid due to a seal crack. I put in some seafoam trans cleaner, and fixed the transmission (of course fix the seal and added new fluid) and so far has been two years and no problems.
Awesome job Ivan. As a diy'er, it's the little things like broken and stuck bolts that really kill the time. Thanks!
Ur one of da best & honest mechanic I've seen & only wish if u were near me I'll have u working on my car Everytime cuz u can get anything fixed from home heaters to cherry pick uppers. LoL keep up da great vids & gr8 work ur da Best..!!!!!
You can tell it was a pain in the ass..... no "Bonus footage". You were done with this one!
This reminds me of the last fix to my 05 Cadillac STS before I sold it. It needed a new manual shift select switch (range switch). It sits on the shift shaft inside the trans and getting to the point where it could be removed was a LOT of steps. Was about 2.5 days worth of work even 2 feet in the air on my Quick Jacks. Fixed it, confirmed fixed, washed it, listed it for sale on CL. 21 hours later car was sold for asking price.
Hi Ivan, great video as always
Don’t think I would want to replace a transmission on the floor, bet your back is aching after that. You definitely earned your money on this job 😊
My arms definitely felt ripped like Schwarzenegger after the exhaust stud battle xD
I've done a transmission line on the floor (advantage of a Jeep and its high ground clearance). Even that is no fun.
For me, the most admirable characteristic about Ivan is his perseverance - he's not a quitter.
He's the kind of guy you want on your Lewis and Clark expedition, full of discovery.
Just amazing how u can do this whole job by ur self on the ground with floor jacks, u sure are one determined mastermind!
I cant imagine there was much profit to be had after that bill!
Excellent work as always though. Never cease to amaze me with your diagnostic skills.
Great vid. Problems are not always easy in the real world. I like your gutso in just getting the job done, on the floor. I can relate to doing my own repair without a lift, also. You do what you gotta do to get it done. Thanks for sharing!!!!
"Mr Fixit" was my nickname in 4th grade hahaha
Once again great video. Would really love to see you tear into that transmission and see what the issue was with it.
Toyota uses stainless studs and nuts on a lot of their exhaust manifolds which like to gall up when removed. Trick to remove them with ease is to heat the nut until cherry red and then immediately spray it with water to shock it back to cold. After that hit it with penetrating oil and it should come off with out any issues.
Will do next time lol!
Great video Ivan! Thanks for taking us along. On a side note, for your own safety, you should invest a few bucks in a transmission jack (your earlier Nissan transmission video was a bit scary!). Speaking as someone from Buffalo, you might also find that a decent acetylene torch paid for itself quickly!
Ivan, your tenacity and skill continues to amaze me. Perhaps you could encourage your wife to buy you a hoist? You really should have one! Thank you for your superb diagnostic videos.
Would need to build a bigger shop for that, which would be nice, but more than 70% of my work is diag/mobile stuff :)
Props to you for tackling this job man. I absolutely hate working on the ground lol
A muffler replacement is ok,transmission on the ground is crazy.
Changed out a number of transmissions on the ground like that including heavy trucks. No fun. The only one that was a little bit of fun was one I helped a friend do in a Mc Donald's parking lot because of all the looks we got, plus some offers of work.🤣
Another great PHAD diagnostic & repair series!
The HO2S is comparing the exhaust with the outside atmosphere. One thought - some HO2S wires and connector pins are special, the air is drawn along the wire and the insulation.
This allows outside reference air into the sensor. So don't solder the wires or put dielectric grease on the connector. Keep the original wires and connector.
I feel that. I replaced the flex plate on my 1997 Subaru Outback. 220k miles when i did it. Had so so so many problems with it. Some of them were caused by me because I'm an amateur. Only snapped bolts were one for washer fluid reservoir and one for the cooling fan. But.. first go was a start stall (pcv hose failure.) then a misfire from both a bad intake gasket and a broken injector power wire. then the intake came off to do the gasket... dropped it and broke the egr vacuum booster thing... put the intake back on and it was a crank no start. (crank position sensor signal wire) and theeeen it finally ran perfectly fine but had 2 coolant leaks. one of them was the seal on the cross pipe under the intake so it had to come out AGAIN! then finally got the coolant leaks fixed and it was problem free for 20k miles! then the transmission blew. replaced the trans with an ebay unit which lasted 200 miles. then said my goodbyes because i was over it lmfao
You do an amazing amount of work on the floor. My knees and back hurt watching you. LOL. Good job Brother.
I am surprised you don't have a lift, though from glimpses of the headspace, perhaps that is out of the question. I am impressed with your diagnostic ability and scientific approach to work. I was a "mechanic type" back in the 70' and 80's to get through school then went into the tech field. Today, I have no issue with the modern car as being able to control fuel and ignition dynamically based on real world conditions certainly beats a mechanical advance and jets! I just wish there was a scan tool that had the features of the one you use that was financially sane for us part time wrenches.
He should get that quick jack, but I agree..he is a genius at work.
Yes, a scan tool for the shade tree guys!
I'm guessing he doesn't have a lift because he has only a couple jobs like this per month..
Good morning Ivan. Changing a trans on the slab eh?. I can say I've done so many in my time. Even transfer cases. Front diffs engine swaps. Engine rebuilds. Rear diff rebuilds. All this at home. Just like you. Basic jack stands. Car ramps and jacks. Took all my fluids to the local parts stores. I'm turning 68 this year. Me ole bones are feeling it. Especially the cold weather is not kind on Arthur-ri-tis. And the customer keeps asking how much longer? As soon as I'm done. As we discussed. I will call you. The longer you keep me from my task. The longer it takes.
I think I have a few more trans jobs left in me and a few more trans case rebuilds.😄. I don't think I will ever hangup my tools. I just keep plugging along. I'm no PRO by any means. People are so stuck on making a mistake or scared to work on their vehicles. A mistake made by a PRO. Time to sue and tell them they do shyt work.
Not me Ivan. I learned along the way.
I've watched you doing Diag work and am still learning.
Vehicles are indeed getting complicated. Imagine cars n trucks going electric. All I see is a massive repair Bill at the end. A battery dies. 5k to 8k to fix it. Good luck to those who are willing to buy. God bless Ivan.
Top work. Great spot on the power steering reservoir. Hopefully one day you can invest in a lift, make a job like this a zillion times easier. Be helpful to maybe do a tear down of the old transmission to see what actually was wrong with it? Been there with the rusty exhaust bolts, sometimes had to resort to cutting off with my Dremel or grinder. What amazed me was how expensive replacement nuts and bolts are!
Having replaced my transmission on my 1996 ls400 three years ago in my driveway, I laughed throughout several sections of your video. Keeping these older vehicles running is a challenge, but I bet that Lexus still drives like a dream. I bought mine from my neighbor for $300, and promptly put $6000 into it in a couple years- and that's just my cost for parts. I can't even image how much it would have been if I'd taken it to a shop.
You put in more than the car is worth! Hurr durr...
@@vw5056 There are 1996 Lexus's that have gone a 1,000,000 miles and mine is only at 269k, so we will see if I get my moneys worth. So far it's gone 52k miles for me.
@@johnauld9884 I was poking fun at those that think you're not supposed to spend on repairs more than the "book value" of the car.
Well done young fella........You do exceptionally well working on your own with a job like that, that was all uphill but you got there.....Well done to you.
Great job Ivan. You're a better man than I as I wouldn't crawl under the car to do a transmission. I have a lift so and I'm "old' so working on my back isn't ideal anymore. Thanks for sharing and glad it worked out for you even though there were many trials. LOL !
Ivan that was a great troubleshooting and repair. Customer happy, moving to the next one. Take care thanks 😊
Ivan, have you ever considered getting a QuickJack lift? It would be perfect for your setup, I think. I can't imagine doing all that work with just floor jacks!! Great series, as always!! Thanks!
He is young. At 59 myself, i cringe at the thought of rolling under a car 30 times..
@@pootthatbak2578 I'm 57 and still do all my own wrenching. Gonna keep doing it until I just can't anymore. Just got a QuickJack, too...
Man, i don't even have a garage, i do this on my part gravel/part asphalt road on a steep hill in front of my house. I am my own boss, and i sell used tires and do car repair. Always fun having to strap the vehicle you are working on to your truck so when you jack it up it doesn't take off down the hill. I've rebuilt engines on this hill, replaced many transmissions both FWD, RWD, and 4WD, ive done bed swaps with an engine lift, a frame swap on my 1981 Pontiac Lemans with 2 rented gantry cranes, a cab swap on my friend's 85 Chevy square body, COUNTLESS ford 5.0/302, 3.8/232, and 4.0 exploder/ranger head jobs, all without a garage, out in the southwestern Pennsylvania weather, on a steep hill, it really sucks!!!! Just to have a garage would be a dream!!!!
If you wouldn't mind, what brand of waste oil heater is that, and is there a lot of maintenance for it. Next with studs in manifolds when i worked for Toyota we would heat that manifold up to cherry to extract that stud, or it was snap and drill. And that awful creaking sound when you got it to move, that BG in-force is the ticket it was better than the Toyota branded penetrating oil. I must give you many credits doing that on your back, in my opinion that is a level of insanity only few attempt, and you pulled it off. You have some awesome videos like SMA and Scanner Danner. Thank you for posting them.
Ivan, a teardown (like the one u did of that Nissan CVT), or rebuild of that transmission would be EPIC!!!!
Regardless of set backs job well done outweighs everything
Excellent job and great commentary along the job process
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There's a lot of heavy duty work in that car. JB weld is a life saver. Lucky with the replacement and owner should be happy.
All of Ivan's customers out there could certainly help out Ivan if you put a little gas in your cars before you ask him to work on them.
if you tear down the trans bet you find the forward clutches are welder together, used to rebuild transmissions
My Lexus LX570 is not going into reverse gear once in a while, rarely, sometimes. What should I do? 😮😢😢
Good job Ivan i love your videos.... if you do take apart the trans
(hope you do) you will find the forward clutches welded together. looking for your next videos. keep up the good work....
Great fix Ivan, persistence overcame in the end!
That car fought!,, Ivan fought back like Rocky Balboa!
Morning Ivan. I’ve owned several Lexus and several Toyotas. I can tell you I’ve had much more problems with the Lexus than any of the Toyotas. Seems nothing ever easy. How many hours in this swap?
Too many!
I wonder how he changed for this one?
I started working on a very high mileage car. Started unplugging injector connections and they started breaking!
We have two 2008 gs 460 100k miles & a 2010 gs 300 80k miles the biggest problems we've had was a fuel contamination proble on the 460 & the rear blind motor failure never had any other problems gs 300 apart from regular maintenance items nothing gone wrong at all
I keep to the service schedule like clockwork though & service the trans every 60k
I’ve never had a problem with any of them if you actually do the work on time. This dude blaming the car when he’s the one driving on 20 year old fluids that have never been changed. It’s a machine.. not a damn miracle machine lol
I’ve seen these cars with over 500K+ on the dash. Idk what the owners mad about. Has no one to blame but himself. You can even drive this over the change interval and save the transmission at 150k by just changing the fluid. It is THAT forgiving. He let it get wayyyyy too far gone. He has a dipstick, a fill port, and a drain. There’s no excuses. 40$ every 2 years or so will save you thousands.
@@topherd1011 Agreed I saw the colour of that trans fluid too
Badly neglected very much so
@@topherd1011 Probably brought it to the dealer when the maintenance was FREE but afterward when it was no longer FREE just let it go until it break.
Ivan, if this is what you choose to do for a living long term which it appears you are, you need to build a shop with a lift. I made this choice in 1988 and it was the best choice I ever made. I think I would have quit working on cars without a shop complete with a lift and constant heat. You are young and obviously can crawl around on the floor but it is taking a toll even if you don't think it is. It won't be long where you say to yourself " I can't do this anymore."
I'm not sure Ivan plans on doing this full time (I believe he's an engineer by trade), it's more of a hobby.
Darned good at it, too.
Scotty Killer never had a lift. But I agree with you and I unsubscribed from Scotty's channel a long time ago. If I ever need a mechanic, I plan on visiting Ivan.
Wow Ivan... just yea... you're right, sometimes a bitter fight to the end....
But you won bro. You kicked ass....
Massive repair!Well done job Ivan 👌
Hope you open the old one like you did cvt to see the chaos but great job keep up the great work
Awesome job as always Ivan....
You worked your butt off on this one Ivan. Well done.
God bless your soul! 😁 I wouldn't have done that job. I just knew you would hit snags. Great repair as always 💪💯
Blew my mind it was mechanically locked even though you would move the car when it was off. Just crazy how these things go sometimes. Sometimes testing a certain way doesn’t give you definitive results. Great call.👍🏽
The torque converter is the why. Without the engine running, the transmission input shaft if free to turn and allow the vehicle to backup. Its like a standard transmission in 1st gear but you push in the clutch to decouple the engine from the transmission...
@@ecaparts I drive stick. I know the function of the torque converter well because in a way I am my torque converter. 😆 I was referring to the original transmission in this video. The videos before he would push the car or let it roll downhill. However when he took it out it was mechanically locked. Actually binding would be a better term.
@@jesusyuca1483 I understand what your saying. The bad transmission must be internally damaged causing the input shaft to be ‘binding’ to the output shaft. He was unable to turn it because the trans was in park and therefore the parking pawl is engaged. Otherwise the input shaft is directly connected to the output (which should not be because the clutches and bands would be released without hydraulic pressure). Therefore the transmission is somewhat acting as a manual trans in 1st gear all the time. The binding is NOT to the CASE of the transmission, so the torque converter would only allow the input shaft to rotate freely when the engine is off.
@@ecaparts ok I get what you are saying when the engine is off nothing is building pressure in the converter. So even thought its locked when its off it would just spin the input shaft and some more stuff inside the converter. I bet it had to be a little hard to move that car around.
@@jesusyuca1483 Oh yes. I had that happen to me. You never appreciate reverse until you don’t have it. When I was a teenager, I accidentally shifted into reverse while going about 60 MPH (I overshot neutral, thinking I was saving gas as a broke teenager). My trans failed in the exact same way. Drove fine forward, but you had no way to back up and could only roll backwards with the engine off. It would be interesting to find the failure and if abuse caused it’s demise…
Wow Ivan what can I say?? Great job? That's an understatement!
PHAD is my favorite channel. Some jobs just go sideways. I just did a customer's outboard motor. Took way longer to get right that I could possibly charge for but I had to persist because I needed to get it right for my own curiosity
A one way sprag or forward clutch discs stuck melted.
I used to do this on side of street in NYC Queens out in snow back in the day 80s.
You doing excellent work.
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awsum videos...allways looking for your new videos....where can i find a radio circut board diagram or layout to check parts on it...'' fm signal trouble'''
Think that was a Staten Island lexus that migrated to FL. Good job taking care of all the extra issues that pop up along the way.
I salute you Ivan! I may have said this before, but I can see a modest pole barn with a single garage door on each end and a lift in your future. :)
Awesome job Ivan. Putting in the new transmission. I hope never have a transmission problem on my lexus ls430 2001. I am at 335,000 miles and I want to see if I can get to 500,000 miles with regular maintenance.
I have a 2003 LS 430. I had the same issue. The car would not go in reverse and it was only sometimes. I cant seem to find the problem. Very hard to diagnoise gear issues
I'm starting to think there is a sprag problem (or one-way clutch) with the transmission. Great observation. I think its time for a teardown!!
No core charge. Let’s open that bad boy up And see what happen to the transmission forward clutch or a one way clutch ????
It's tough to really appreciate the effort it took as we sit in our warm comfortable homes watching clips of the fight. Good Job! It would be interesting to know, especially on these multi part fixes on how many hours it really took to complete and how much for major parts like the junkyard transmission. Did the treads eventually strip out of the flange? how did you deal with that?
The stud turned out to be softer than the flange...so I punched it through with an air hammer, carefully chased the existing threads, and installed a new stud :)
God bless you Ivan
Ivan, I'm sitting here just sore as heck because I was underneath my Dodge truck last night fighting a nut for some time. I need to go back out and continue the fight, so I don't know if you've motivated me or not! Sometimes these jobs get "nasty". At least yours is finished. Thanks for Sharing!
Awesome series. I was holding my breath when you compared each trans in park :). Good call on this one!!!
I've never been a fan of V8s including Toyota. Great tenacity and commitment. A lot of mechanics refuse to work on cars this old and it means a lot for the owner
A mechanic that rejects cars based on age is not one id let touch any car.
One of the things that keeps me from enjoying car repairs are those darn exhaust pipes. Exhaust pipes are like those thick patches of sticker bushes that prevent you from getting through the woods
100% YES!!!! All tubing (Brake lines, fuel lines, evap lines, and exhaust) are the bane of my existence...
Impressive perseverance Ivan. I would have blown a gasket long before the job was completed.
would love to see a tear down of the old box. find out why it failed and might be able to rebuilt
IVAN,you are amazing chasing the used car snowball, you should be teaching auto tech, Thanks again for amazing video
last time i removed stainless nuts from exhaust studs i heated them red hot and then let them cool down completely on their own. do NOT spray anything until cooled down and ready to remove. worked great.
Sell this "Japanese Money Pit" Lexus to Scotty Kilmer, he will take care of it. I think his wife has old Lexus. So much easier to replace transmission on RWD vehicles compare to FWD ones. Great job Ivan!
Something to watch out for some wrecking yards remove the filter and reinstall the pan as part of their checking in the unit before they send it to you.
Always start with the most expensive repair first. No crank? Replace engine. Still no crank? Replace front and rear wheel bearings on rust belt ford escape. Still no crank? Check battery cables.
What? No bonus video?...
Great job!
I was hoping for a part 4, opening up the failed transmission. :(
Maximum respect for tackling a trans swap on your back. I hope you get a lift soon. Your life needs to be made easier.
I know this is an old vid, but maybe this will help. As for the o2 connector, many Toyotas are this way. I generally take the sill plate trim off, and maybe frt foot well cover as well, then u can peel the carpet back towards the console and get ur hand under it to release the connector. The post mortem on that trans would've been interesting.
hi ivan love the content Bend pack should hook you up with a lift if anyone deserves one it's you.HEY BEND PACK GIVE IVAN A LIFT cheers from down under
He needs a building to put it in. Unless it's a portable lift like quick jacks.
I have two bendpak hoists. One's a drive on and the other a high and wide two post. Don't be surprised if it shows up with the paint gouged off one of the posts. Forklift rodeo cowboys down there f every single one up. Tuned that into a bunch of free stuff since they refused to take it back. Imagine buying a new car and the paint is all f'd up and they just toss you a couple cans of paint and laugh.
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Ivan one hell of a job. Nice work. I’m sure there had to be quite a few edits Lol Ivan stay safe and well 👍
Oooh yesss, that's so satisfying! Sweet success!
Scotty would be proud..Well done..
i feel you on that Exhaust Stud
Nice job, I can't imagine it's gonna be very profitable to sell it, but made for a great series
Those self locking Toyota exhaust nuts are one of the most frustrating things to remove. It's like they are designed to not come off without ruining the stud. They are made of some weird alloy that even heating them with a torch doesn't work. The threads just won't release. If there is a Toyota tech reading this with a trick to remove them, that would be great.
I wonder if they're stainless, I know nothing about these cars and besides that I live in Arizona, but I have had problems when you put a stainless nut on a stainless bolt and then can't get them apart again. I think the threads gall together.
When removing exhaust screws - stainless steel on stainless steel is very easy to seize together. My suggestion - plenty of lubrication and turn slowly by hand only.
I had an issue on my Jeep with p/s leaks. It's only 25 years old, after all. HP hose had pinholes, and the plastic reservoir was too brittle to try and remove hoses ... and on a 90s Jeep you can replace the whole thing for a hundred bucks in parts.
No brainer, and now no leaks for another 300k miles.
Nice one .. if you need a bom proof JB WELD job try mixing some chopped up fine Carbon fibers . It works great .. no chance of the JB Weld cracking with the Carbon fibers mixed in .. you are a tough cookie .
Transmission tear down video!
It appears you managed to avoid my nemesis when doing a trans swap on the ground...not having the car high enough to drag the trans out. You were also much more gentle taking the old one out that I would have. Gravity is sometimes your friend lol
Great job Ivan! It fought you all the way but it's fixed. At least for now! Good call on replacing the whole trans. No need to charge the customer for hours of diag. time chasing your tail.
Whew! you hung in there! What a job.... That's what it takes sometimes!
Another excellent video, but I am curious why you didn’t use OEM transmission fluid. Toyota WS is only about a dollar more a quart and if there was a performance problem with the replacement transmission you could be sure it was not the fluid.
Like to see you open that transmission and find the problem.