He who is Albert Hodge said on Sat, 28 Oct 2017 03:53:09 -0500:
If you're going to get into working on Toyotas big time, check out this site that specializes in Toyota parts.
https://www.marlincrawler.com/
Thanks for the pointer to that toyota transmission specialist's site.
Marlin Crawler seems like it has almost everything needed for transmissions
(except the rebuild repair kits for the master & slave cylinders).
The prices are far better than my local Toyota dealership, but about the
same as the prices at Camelback Toyota, which usually has the best prices.
But they do seem to know transmissions well, and that means they're
probably better (by far) than any Toyota dealership (whose parts guys, in
my opinion, are almost useless, if not useless, for useful knowledge).
They do seem to carry almost everything needed for a transmission job,
starting with the entire W59 transmission at $1,250 shipped:
https://www.marlincrawler.com/transmission/rebuilt-complete/w59
which was one of the high prices for the repair as quoted by the local
AAMCO over the phone (low price being in the $700 range).
I don't see a transmission jack but they do sell a plastic "21-spline
clutch disc alignment tool" for $5:
https://www.marlincrawler.com/hardware-tools/tools/clutch-disc-alignment-tool
They say the stock clutch is 900 ft-pounds but what they sell for $300 is a
1200 ft-pound clutch kit, where they say it includes
* 1,200 ft-lb Pressure Plate (which is $95 at Toyota for the 900ft-lb)
* Heavy Duty Metallic Clutch Disc (which is $75 at Toytoa for OEM)
* Japanese Release Bearing (which is $55 at Toyota for OEM)
* Pilot Bearing (which is $7 at Toyota for OEM)
* Alignment Tool
https://www.marlincrawler.com/clutch/heavy-duty/clutch-tacoma/1995-04-4cyl-1200-lb-clutch-kit
The prices are comparable to and slightly lower than Camelback Toyota parts
of $117 and $50 for the clutch master and slave cylinders respectively (and
half the price of the local Toyota stealership at $225 & $95 respectively).
For example, the OEM ASCO (Aisin Seiki CO) clutch master cylinder is $100:
https://www.marlincrawler.com/hydraulics/clutch-master-cylinder-1996-2000-4runner
And the OEM ASCO (Aisin Seiki COmpany) slave cylinder is $50:
https://www.marlincrawler.com/hydraulics/clutch-slave-cylinder-1996-2004-4cyl
The release (aka throwout) bearing is the same price at $50:
https://www.marlincrawler.com/clutch/release-pilot/release-bearing-1996-04-4cyl
The rubber shield pilot bearing is the same at $6 (rubber versus metal):
https://www.marlincrawler.com/clutch/release-pilot/pilot-bearing
And they sell a very strange to me Redline gear oil that doesn't have
GL4/GL5 designations, so I'd suspect it - but the site says it's fine:
https://www.marlincrawler.com/hardware-tools/chemicals/red-line-heavy-shockproof-synthetic-gear-oil