Tod?

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Hi everyone!

I'm fairly new at this, I have posted a couple of times before...

I wanted to point a couple things out here.

I've been going to the beach lately... and noticed when i'm not in 4WD, going through sand, the 4wd then kicks in automatically, and I hear the TOD I assume Jumping... and my TOD lights are on, but RIGHT when it jumps, the TOD lights blink off, then are back on...

Next, I come to a stop, and turn on the 4WD manually... I accelerate.. all is fine.. I don't feel and jumping at all... BUT THEN I hear this NOISE.. oh my lord... It sounds like... a chain... that hasn't been lubricated... kinda rusted making crackling/rubbing noise...

Next time at the beach, I will try to take a couple of videos, see if it can be heard, I think it can...

More things. when you set to reverse... or Drive.. or park.. This may be normal.. but when changing between them, I hear a clank.. like a bar hit another bar...

recently, I started to hear this noise, but without changing... RIGHT before I come to a stop, I hear that clank.. only, much less noticable... barley hear it... and when I speed up, it does it again....

This is 2001 VX, with about 105k miles on it... Oil change done about a month ago...


This is alot to think about and no kind of video or visual aspect... but i will try to take a video next time I go to the beach...



thanks guys! Any help/tips will be greatly appreciated....
Randy M.