GOT A NEW RUNNER!!!!

[DTB]

picked this up today....traded a 2003 Mazda Tribute for it straight up...I think I got a good deal.....

the Mazda had 50,000 miles and the Toy has 110,000. Its a 99 Limited with rear e-locker...too bad i cant take it off road for like another 200,000 miles 

[crawlerdan]

nice


now you must resist the first scratch...cause after that there is no saving it fron a SAS

[DTB]

nice


now you must resist the first scratch...cause after that there is no saving it fron a SAS

I know.....and it scares me bad....REALLY BAD (not the scratch but the fact that I would have to SAS it)




so, can i pull the e-locker out of the  front of this thing and put it in my trail rig?

[crawlerdan]

I know.....and it scares me bad....REALLY BAD (not the scratch but the fact that I would have to SAS it)




so, can i pull the e-locker out of the  front of this thing and put it in my trail rig?

no...and therE is an e locker in the FRONT?? If you meant rear then yes you can

[DTB]

no...and therE is an e locker in the FRONT?? If you meant rear then yes you can

yea thats what i meant...take the e-locker out of the rear of the runner and put it in the front of my trail rig....is it just a straight diff swap? (well, of course changing the gearing)

[crawlerdan]

you have to modify the housing

4x4wire.com has a write up, bigmike does too, somewhere

[DTB]

you have to modify the housing

4x4wire.com has a write up, bigmike does too, somewhere

found it...thanks dan

http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/tech/electric_locker/

[crawlerdan]

have fun with that

word of advise DRILL STRAIGHT!!!

and tap slowly!!

and have a spare housing

i did this 2 times before i could get mine together correctly

[DTB]

have fun with that

word of advise DRILL STRAIGHT!!!

and tap slowly!!

and have a spare housing

i did this 2 times before i could get mine together correctly

thanks for the advice...im gonna have to think about this for a while before i start tearing parts off the new truck 

[crawlerdan]

dont let the wife see...i got caught ;D

[DTB]

dont let the wife see...i got caught ;D

lol....she wasnt gonna use it anyways, right?   

[jarboarder1]

Thats a nice 4runner you got. Is it stick or auto?

[DTB]

Thats a nice 4runner you got. Is it stick or auto?

auto...its hard as hell to find sticks...im not sure if 99s even had manuals

[jarboarder1]

Yeah they made them. I have one actually. It took me forever to find it though. I wish I would have found one with the e-locker like yours.  cant win them all

[Rocksurfer]

Nice 4Runner there, I think you made a Good Deal! Anything is better that a Mazda/Ford Tribute.

[Misfit4Runner]

too bad i cant take it off road for like another 200,000 miles  [

whats the limit about? theirs off road then theirs OFF ROAD just work it slowly in.. thats what I did in my runner

[Wermz84]

Nice looking runner!  congrats. 

[lilbuddy]

Its cute

[DTB]

Its cute

thanks! yea it is kinda cute....FOR NOW muhahahahha....

so i have a newbie question about the auto tranny....Im changing all the fluids (most to synthetics possibly..any thoughts on this move?) since I'm not 100% on the service history. How do I get all the transmission fluid out of the thing? I know most shops use some kind of vacuum device (right?) to remove ALL the fluid from the pan and everything....or do I just not worry about it and drain out what I can?

[oddball]

Very nice 4Runner. I don't know about the toy autos but I think on American automatics there is a way to drain the torque converter, if I'm not totally wrong then its possible that you can do the same.

[DTB]

Very nice 4Runner. I don't know about the toy autos but I think on American automatics there is a way to drain the torque converter, if I'm not totally wrong then its possible that you can do the same.

Im wondering if i should drop the pan too and take a look at the screen and magnets....dunno..i've never owned an automatic before

[Duffil]

Im wondering if i should drop the pan too and take a look at the screen and magnets....dunno..i've never owned an automatic before

yes.. there is no point changing the fluid and not the filter.

[oddball]

yes.. there is no point changing the fluid and not the filter.

x2...toyota automatics are pretty stout as long as the fluid isnt burnt and dirty you should be good with a fluid and filter change

[DTB]

I took some pictures for MrsPATaco...I took the running boards off and cut the rubber piece off the bottom of the rear mud flaps...I saw this on Yotatech of all places... It gives the truck an easy, free "lifted" appearance..I think I am going to put some coil spacers in and bigger tires..not sure what though. Anyone know the biggest size tires I can run on this thing without re-gearing/dogging the engine out?

BEFORE with running boards and mud flaps



AFTER with running boards removed and mud flaps cut off (I think it gives the vehicle a more "trucky" appearance)





the underneath was rusty so I started painting it

[79coyotefrg]

looks clean enough to eat off of

[Duffil]

wow! great improvement on it...not so much like a mall crawler.

[kneedownnate]

Its cute

  I kid, I kid.... I like it

[ontherocks]

dont solid axels have a clearance issue with the e-locker up front? like with the springs or so?

[Wermz84]

Looks way better without the running boards. 


Ive been looking at a 2000 4Runner here in town.  all black.

[DTB]

dont solid axels have a clearance issue with the e-locker up front? like with the springs or so?

i dont think so...but Im a newb with this too ..the only clearance issue I can think of would be on the oil pan since the locker motor is mounted on the top of the 3rd housing....but then again i have no idea...anyone know?