RR Diff Lock does not engage

Strange thing is that I've been googling '1996 Tacoma TRD e-locker' and I keep seeing links and sites saying that the e-locker didn't come as an option until 97 or 98...then there are a few guys saying that there's have it. Have you owned your truck since it was new? I'm wondering if maybe the previous owner had to put a new dashboard on it and used one from a later model TRD Tacoma and that's why nothing is happening when you press the button...

Not saying that's the case but it's just weird that I can't find any official confirmation one way or the other that the 96's came with one...do you have a pic of your differential? It looks like this:

 

Well shit. Definitely don't have that...

I got the truck earlier this year and have since found tons of problems with it that the previous owner failed to mention. I guess it's a learning experience though; on the bright side it still runs great.

 

I guess that solves my problem then haha thanks for the help man.

 

haha no worries dude, it happens. I don't know why it finally dawned on me to ask, I should've mentioned it earlier lol.

On the bright side if you ever want to install one, you already have the switch for it You'd have to swap in the whole axle though as the e-locker is exclusive to the TRD axles.

 

Yeah I guess ill just have to make do without it, for a while anyway... This explains so much haha

 

well there's always ARB air lockers or the cheaper, full time ones like Lockrite or Detroit. Anyway glad we could get to the bottom of it

 

Yeah me too. A while back I got stuck and tried using it in 4lo and I noticed that still only one wheel would spin... That got me wondering
Anyway thanks for the help, I don't plan on having this truck for all that long(gonna upgrade when I get a real job) so Im not trying to do any mods that are too expensive, just trying to learn as much as I can.