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Update: Several thousand miles later, the trans is still pulling great and driving as expected. Fluid is still clean. Everything is awesome. Do the swap mixing Fed/CA if you must, things appear to work just fine.

My 1999 LTD had these M6 x 1.0 in the back, not the M8 1.25 Threw some #14 x 3/4 or 1" sheet metal screws into the plastic up front, also fit great.

Finally, i have an update. Major delays were had by me herniating two disks in my lower back and dealing with the associated PT for recovery before i could get back under the 4R. The day i was going to pull the trigger on a 1999 CA Spec trans from a good shop on Car-part, i checked CL one last...

Thank you so much for that confirmation! This whole pile will be ending up in the scrap heap (or would a re-builder give me a few bills for it?) and replaced with a functioning unit. I briefly thought about replacing just the TC, but i'm sure other damage has been done due to it's history and...

Great find! Thanks for sharing, I had not come across that thread.

I hope those swaps work for you in the long run, i really do. And to clarify, i do not have hard evidence that the valve bodies are actually different as the Toyota rep could not give me any further detail on the subject. So, take my ramblings with a grain of salt. My personal risk tolerance...

Oh man, i've read so many threads on this and 99% of the answer was, "We don't have a solid answer!" and no one has done a side-by-side detailed comparison with pictures. This guy just recently did it ('98 fed into '99 Cali)...

I'm searching Car-part.com for a local-ish sub150k mileage unit from a wrecked 4R. Ideally closer to 100k. I too have read about remans/rebuilts not being a wise choice. And the $2k premium over a pulled unit is just laughable. There's a handful of Federal spec'd ones that i'd snap up if they...

Thanks everyone. Wow, that 380k mile pan is in great shape! Yeah I definitely wanted a learning experience and that's what i got! My only left over thought is, what part(s) are actually bad? What causes this specific symptom? All in i spent: $39 OEM Strainer $49 eBay Solenoids $7 Ultra Black...

Incoming wall of text! (with pictures at the bottom) So i bought a 1999 California emissions built-02/99 4WD Automatic 4Runner Limited with known transmission problems the other day. I knew that swapping the trans was going to be the end result, but i’m a curious guy and like to at least try...

I'd like to add something from recent experience that was a bear to track down. I found forum after forum where no concrete answer was given. Just loads of speculation. If you are in the market for a used transmission and the shop asks you whether you have a California or Federal Spec'd...

Thanks for the offer MN4 - i appreciate it and may take you up on it once i source my parts! I've got a some experience with the typical Toyota rust via my 2003 Tacoma. Lets just say i would love to be able to swap this under carriage to the Taco if it were remotely possible. FrenchToasty -...

Oh, hey there neighbor! Yeah I was able to knock a good amount off the list price. It's in need of quite a bit of general maintenance after the trans woes are sorted. I would have passed but the body and frame are in great condition. Little to no rust besides the rear window frame and rear...

I'm looking forward to hearing how your used swap in goes. I'm in a similar boat and trying to nail down my game plan.

Took delivery! And the reason for the flatbed: Bought off CL for a song with known transmission issues. Strange clattering-ish noise during start/warm up. When it first starts, it will shift into R or D and move 'normally' Let it sit in P or N for 60+ seconds or until it warms up and every...