OK to start off I am a 1st gen 4Runner and mini-truck kinda guy, I steered clear of the later model 4Runners because they just aren't as tough. That being said it is getting pretty hard to find decent 1st gens as time and the elements have had their way with most of them. I killed my last decent 1st gen and skipped right past the 2nd gen 4Runners (hate that 3.0 drivetrain) Ended up with a really clean 96 4Runner that has a lift, 33s, ARB and factory rear locker. 4X4 would not engage so the guy dropped the price $500 and I figured I would find a $500 vacuum line when I got home. Blew the lines out, did some jiggling and tapping and it went into 4X4 
Next day I was cruising some muddy roads in 4X4 and came to a very abrupt unexpected stop, all 4 wheels locked up. 
Good thing I was in mud or it woulda torn all sorts of stuff up. I figured it was a broken chain bound up in the t-case so I shifted back in 2X4 and drove away with no problems. I have another trans/t-case to put in this weekend depending on what I find when I take the back case off. If it is not a broken chain in the t-case it would have to be a broken differential? After looking at the goat rodeo of vacuum lines, solenoids, VSVs and other such nonsense on that front diff I want it out of there. I see that there are manual hub swap kits but they seem to only replace the CVs and hubs leaving that mess of a diff in the same precarious situation it is in now. Is there a complete swap (without going SAS) that I can pull out of a Taco? Diff, CVs, spindles and hubs? I don't care about the ABS, easy to pull that fuse if it doesn't affect anything else in the computer system. So the short version is, can you swap the complete spindles and diff from a manual Taco or is there a difference between the 4Runner and Taco IFS? Thanx for any experience or info you may have on the subject.
Next day I was cruising some muddy roads in 4X4 and came to a very abrupt unexpected stop, all 4 wheels locked up. Good thing I was in mud or it woulda torn all sorts of stuff up. I figured it was a broken chain bound up in the t-case so I shifted back in 2X4 and drove away with no problems. I have another trans/t-case to put in this weekend depending on what I find when I take the back case off. If it is not a broken chain in the t-case it would have to be a broken differential? After looking at the goat rodeo of vacuum lines, solenoids, VSVs and other such nonsense on that front diff I want it out of there. I see that there are manual hub swap kits but they seem to only replace the CVs and hubs leaving that mess of a diff in the same precarious situation it is in now. Is there a complete swap (without going SAS) that I can pull out of a Taco? Diff, CVs, spindles and hubs? I don't care about the ABS, easy to pull that fuse if it doesn't affect anything else in the computer system. So the short version is, can you swap the complete spindles and diff from a manual Taco or is there a difference between the 4Runner and Taco IFS? Thanx for any experience or info you may have on the subject.
