I’ve seen this in many fzj80 s, I know it’s the location of the diff locker but is this little red knob the diff locker just missing the physical switch?
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That is probably part of the alarm system that was added. Just making use of the empty space, would be my guess.
That would be no.
Mark W
Yep, I really don't really care that much I guess.
Big big no.
Mark...
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Not all 80s had front and rear lockers. I'd suggest yours is one of the ones that don't.
No idea what that is but an OEM Diff Lock switch looks like this (same location as your pic).
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You can also verify if the truck came with lockers by reading the code in the door. A/TM code: K292=no lockers. K294=lockers
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I remember reading some stats that of all the 93, to 97 Land Cruisers that were imported into the USA, only about 7% came with factory installed front and rear lockers,
Mark W
Yep, I really don't really care that much I guess.
I've seen the 7% number. But AFAIK, just repeated back and forth in forums. I have also seen 12%, but the conversations where that came up were discussing our local (Alaska) numbers. I have no way to validate either. From my personal experience, I think the number up here may have been closer to 20%.
Mark...
I remember about 11 years ago i spent 6 to 12 months looking to buy a 93, to 97 Land Cruiser, I looked at Land Cruisers for sale in CA, NV, UT, CO, NM, TX, and AZ, For every 1 that i found that was 3X locked, i found 8 to 10 that weren't, The funny thing is, you would think that in the desert southwest with all the good 4 wheeling to be had, there would be alot more 3X locked trucks running around, I would have to say in my search, that just wasn't the case when i was looking to buy one,
Mark W
Yep, I really don't really care that much I guess.
I'd expect that the market demographic buying brand new '80 series between the years of 1993 and 1997 were not really all that interested in the desert back roads. They were however interested in claiming that they could "go anywhere" in the snow on the way home in their luxury vehicle (between '93 and '97, the people buying brand new '80 series were not that same as the people who want them now.
The market for them up here was a bit different. Still not looking to take them off the roads on our trails that is for sure! But much more concerned about getting home in adverse conditions.
Mark...
Ya, we had a name for owners like that, we called them country club clowns,They were however interested in claiming that they could "go anywhere" in the snow on the way home in their luxury vehicle (between '93 and '97, the people buying brand new '80 series were not that same as the people who want them now.
