I was very reluctant to ever post this, And I will not be responsible for anyone acting on it. I fact, I was actually never going to post about it because no one else had ever mentioned it.
I had a very slight knock at start up I attributed to the toyota tic, probably isn't the ticky sound that they are actually talking about but I just wanted it out of my skull and so I quit thinking it about using some obscure excuse. My tiny little brain could picture the copper color showing through on my scored rod inserts.
I started doing a mid life refresh of the vehicle, changed my tranny fluid and have not heard it since. My fluid was 154,000 miles old and it was time. Simple drain and fill, 1st one of 2 planned.
Well that is my story, Could be I'm crazy, was a 60's kid, or I hit the sauce to much in Pattaya Beach, but I swear that it happened.
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