Well can't tease us without telling us the tip[emoji13]smacked it with a BFH?
Sent from West Virginia
Here is what my problem is for past 3 years: Engage to 4H no problem, center lock engage no problem (I found it is always easier for center lock to engage while in Neutral). Then since 4L always requires to be engaged only in Neutral, so I was trying it whenever I have a chance, 4Lo will just always blink in orange and never stop blinking, which means not engaged. Sometimes I will try to rock the car back and forth just a bit but always hearing the beep since 4Lo will only be engageable while in Neutral.
Here is exactly what i did yesterday to resolve this problem:
Went to Rausch Creek (past weekend), bumped the crap out of my car. Tried engaging at end of the day of Rausch Creek, still only go the 4Lo to blink. Did not stay on.
Yesterday, went to WAWA and it was a hot day, 85F to be exact according to 4runner. Turn on the car, shift knob at P, turn to 4H, engaged, then shift to N, feet on the brake, shift to 4L, only got blinking 4Lo, while 4Lo is still blinking (4WD knob at 4L) shift from N to D then to 3D then to 2 and then to L while the car is still stationary (feet on the brake the whole process), then shift from L to 2 to 3D to D and back to N, this entire process car was beeping at me because I am not supposed to have my shifter out of N while trying to engage to 4L. Now the shifter is in N and it still beeps becuase I did not reset 4wd knob back to 4H. So I turned it back to 4H and turned to 4L again, wa-lah, 4Lo blinked once and stayed on, I was literally in tears cuz this saved me about $2500 according to a quote proved by my local toyota dealer. So then I had to stay in 4Low to drive as much as I can to avoid the 4L being stuck/sticky again. Then I made sure I am able to switch back to 4L after it disengages, then drove away in 2H. Last night tried it again, worked fine, so now I officially have 4Low.