HAPPY NEW YEAR! So, I was hoping the kind folks on here could maybe help shed some light on what hardware my 1988 4runner currently has.
I was poking around under my 4runner, cause why not, and noticed I have the chain driven t-case (I believe) vs the desired gear driven. I can see I have the 5 bolt rear output vs the 7 bolt. It is nice that I have my 89 pickup to compare against. Supposedly, both my runner and PU should have the W56 transmission (and both 22re, manual), according to the vin plates. Yet they look different with both the t-case and tranny. SOOOOO, now I am wondering what transmission I have in the runner.
It was my understanding that the chain driven t-cases only came with the V6 or Automatics from this era. So, sometime in the last 30+ years, maybe both the trans and t-case were swapped out for some reason?
Here are pictures of my 4runner compared to my pickup, looking at the rear output of the t-case (from the rear looking forward, 4runner first and pickup second):
Reference from Marlin Crawler's site:
Looking at the trannys, they are similar, but still appear a little different. It seems as if the bell housing casting is slightly smaller? Sorry my pictures suck, but I took these quickly. Next pictures are looking from the passenger side (can see the clutch slave cylinders in each, the 4runner is first and pickup second). There is an electrical plug on the 4runner, left side of pic, that I am naive about and is different.
Please let me know if you have any thoughts on either the t-case or tranny I have (in the 4runner). This will help me with some near term projects...(dual t-case ).
Much appreciated!
I was poking around under my 4runner, cause why not, and noticed I have the chain driven t-case (I believe) vs the desired gear driven. I can see I have the 5 bolt rear output vs the 7 bolt. It is nice that I have my 89 pickup to compare against. Supposedly, both my runner and PU should have the W56 transmission (and both 22re, manual), according to the vin plates. Yet they look different with both the t-case and tranny. SOOOOO, now I am wondering what transmission I have in the runner.
It was my understanding that the chain driven t-cases only came with the V6 or Automatics from this era. So, sometime in the last 30+ years, maybe both the trans and t-case were swapped out for some reason?
Here are pictures of my 4runner compared to my pickup, looking at the rear output of the t-case (from the rear looking forward, 4runner first and pickup second):
Reference from Marlin Crawler's site:
Looking at the trannys, they are similar, but still appear a little different. It seems as if the bell housing casting is slightly smaller? Sorry my pictures suck, but I took these quickly. Next pictures are looking from the passenger side (can see the clutch slave cylinders in each, the 4runner is first and pickup second). There is an electrical plug on the 4runner, left side of pic, that I am naive about and is different.
Please let me know if you have any thoughts on either the t-case or tranny I have (in the 4runner). This will help me with some near term projects...(dual t-case ).
Much appreciated!