What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

I have all the parts for my 4x4 conversion. Only issue i have is i have the pushbutton transfer case. I know its much harder and possibly a headache. I cant find a thread were someone has tried to or completed the swap with the push button. Anyone ran into such thread? Id like to read into it and decide whether id like the challenge or just wait and buy the jshift

 

3 positive and negative wires for a total of 6 wires control our transmission shift soleonoids including tc lockup

 

Meh... if i were going to mess with electronics like that to do a 4x4 swap id do it on a 4 runner 2wd/awd/4wd tcase

 

That does make a big difference. I'm pushing 285s with plus around 600 to 800 pounds after armor, rtt, tools, racks etc.

But I still question the trans running at 30° lower than coolant temps. Did you bypass the radiator? Because that actually does more to bring your trans fluid temp UP than it does to bring it down.

 

Yeah i bypassed it... i just didnt want to fuck with taking the trans lines off to do a radiator when the original went out

Which it did, and it was nice to just take out the 4 bolts 2 clamps and 2 hoses to the rad, didnt mess with atf everywhere like i did with my tacoma

plus i affixed the cooler to the condensor so the radiator and trans cooler are completely seperate

 

WTF??? I have never seen this. You have s link? Can anyone confirm this shit isn't black magic?

I'm cool with grey magic, just don't want to have to do any blood sacrifices for it... and want to make sure it'll work.

 

Bruh i linked it for you already

 

Didn't realize the link earlier was for that... just saw what you said lol

 

Its only 150 for the controller and auto/manual selector switches than add another 100 for a shift kit which these transmissions really need

Itll be about 300 bucks to get a nicer auto... still no 5 speed but hey

 

I already installed a Trans-go shift kit when I did my swap.

 

How is it? how was the install i was looking at one for my tacoma just before i rekt it now im seriously looking at it for my 4 runner

 

I also ended up replacing the lock up relay valve assembly bushing (it suggests doing that in the instructions for the shift kit)

The shift kit really wasn't all that bad. Now I was able to turn my trans over and basically do it on "the bench" because I did it to the trans I swapped in before I installed the trans.

But... when I did the lock up bushing later, the trans was in the truck. To do the bushing is pretty much all of the steps of pulling and opening the valve body... so essentially I did the kit once with the trans out of the truck and once with the trans in the truck.


The Trans-go kit is really easy to follow. And they have pretty good customer service. The kit does not come with valve body gaskets, you'll need to order those. They send all of the variants of the A340 gaskets, it's pretty easy to determine which one you need to use, when you compare them.

I ordered the lock up assembly bushing from Toyota... McGeorge Toyota was 50% cheaper than my local dealer was going to charge me.

 

No drilling or anything?

 

I had to drill 2 holes. The kit comes with the proper sized drill bit. And the instructions are pretty clear where to do it.

Actually... more accurately... I opened up 2 already existing holes. I did not have to drill new holes. And, if I remeber correctly, I had to remove so little material I could have ALMOST done it with my fingers turning the bit instead of with a drill. You're not actually drilling the valve body, you're drilling the plate between the upper and lower valve body.

 

Hmmm... i may end up doing it

 

One thing I will say about the kit. I like it overall. I think it shifts better, cleaner, etc.

But my truck is my daily... I spend time in bumper to bumper traffic. The hard shift in to 2nd was a little bit annoying in the beginning.

 

it a transfer case from an 01 4runner limited

 

Oh... thought you were talking about a pushbutton 4x4 out of a tacoma

 

well its still a pushbutton. They should be the same ?

 

Worlds different the tacoma is a simple yes or no

The 4 runner one is a yes no or maybe but you cant say yes after no or no after yes you can only go from yes/no to no/yes if you say maybe between