FJ e-locker

We recently bought a 2001 Tacoma extra cab with the TRD and sr5 packages. Last week we found out that the e-locker doesn't work and I was pretty upset to find this out. In fact, I'm still frustrated at both myself and the PO. The PO told me everything worked right and come to find out he took it in to his local Toyota dealership in 2008 with a complaint that the TRD e-locker wasn't working. I know that I should have tested it before buying the truck but it's time to move on and deal with it.


I found a couple FJ cruiser e-locker rear ends for sale in my state and I was wondering that if I bought one of those rear ends if I could rob off the actuator portion and swap with mine.

- So are they compatible?

-is it possible that it's just a fuse to blame for the non-working e-locker?

Thanks in advance.

 

How do I find out what is not working correctly? Im new to toyotas and Tacomas.

From what I have heard, it's usually the actuator that has gone bad.

 

my locker stopped working and it was because i stupidly took out the fuse thinking it did nothing because it said 4WD and i only have 2WD. but apparently when they say 4WD it means locker

 

When we got my truck the actuator was gummed up so bad that it prevented it from spinning. We used a couple of links to help rebuild mine.

http://personalpages.tds.net/~thompson_wp/tacoma/locker.htm
and
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=698966

I hope that these help and good luck!