Hi,
My wife has a 2004 xB that is in need of some routine TLC and I'm planning on DIY'ing it. The thing I'm confused on is that the manual mentions needing to change the manual transmission fluid (no problem there) AND the differential fluid (?). I can't find any info on the diff fluid, drain plug, etc. How the heck do I do this? Or are the two jobs really the same thing (ie, shared fluid)? Thanks for any help with this and sorry if it's a noob question - I've not really worked on this car yet.
On a side note, any recomended online sources for OEM parts? We're overseas and can't go to a dealer, and I don't want to just order parts of off AutoZone or something...
Thanks in advance!

 

BUMP!

Anyone?

 

The manual transmission and differential on the xB share the same fluid.

There's only one drain location and one fill location for both the tranny and differential (unless you count filling through the speedo drive hole under the airbox).

cheers,

MD

 

Okay, that's sort of what I had suspected (and hoped). Thanks for the info.

 

Even overseas any Toyota dealer should be able to access parts for these as long as you have part #s found in the manual.