Gearbox H55F Rebuild - Adelaide - Recommendations

Drive in drive out or do you need to just take the box in

Re Drive in/out, cannot recall as it was years ago.

Mentioned to a friend who also uses them, says the owners name is Peter ( Good Name)

Another one for this place dropped gearbox off & picked up when read. No longer have this vehicle but was very happy with the Job.

I got in contact with them and Peter the manager replied with a detailed response

The transfer case cannot be unbolted from the gearbox as I mistakenly thought but needs to be disassembled to access the gearbox

This changes the scenario, will now drive it onto the ground and then when it starts giving me problems do an exchange

Had I been informed of this by the workshop that i use , my approach would have different, perhaps they saw additional dollars coming their way, well guess what guys....

Re (I used some Nulon G70 in all sections of my HJ61 diffs, tc and gearbox and some Nulon auto trans additive in the steering, as a way of prolonging life.)

Suggest you definitely use Nulon as RMD comments above, I also use it in my engine oil but a different Nulon product.

I would imagine that would be inclusive of the transfer case but will check, some places won't seperate

I had mine rebuilt t/f , g/b about about 310,000km ago when I first bought it, still shifts ok but I'm starting to detect some very slight bearing noise, still good but just starting to look at options and budget for that

I can get a reconditioned t/f and g/b with terain tamer bits swap over from Orientals at Lonsdale but as I mentioned only interested in the G/Box at this stage

How much did Orientals quote you for a rebuilt H55F?

Swap over transfer and gearbox $3650 plus $550 fitting

Thanks @rojac

hi
T/fer and g/box are available separate from Toyota . As I mentioned earlier Tojam boxes have been upgraded gradually over the years . If yours needs multiple hard parts ,cost wise a new unit will look good .
If u choose to rebuild the business needs to be competent .

I rang the local toyota dealer here and enquiried, new gearbox $4600 and $ 2990 for the transfer case

No stock in Australia and the guy said even if they put an order in it may get rejected and could not tell me a delivery timeframe

The business that I took it to I have used for several years, it was run by an older gent and his apprentice,

Several years ago the older gent retired and the business was taken over by his apprentice.

I have noticed little things started to change, it has become apparent that the standard and quality that the original business owner strived for has not been continued by the new owner. Needless to say I won't bother going back.

Live and learn, its getting very difficult to find a workshop that does decent work, don't mind paying for quality workmanship but its getting harder

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