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misterzee · 08-13-2008, 03:22 PM

It will prolly take you a while and a good bit of luck to find the whole rear housing wth the e-locker.
I think the TRD taco's show up in salvage with elockers, I wonder if that diff housing is compatible with a 3rd gen?
Having done ONE elocker conversion on my 87 4Runner, I can tell you the modification to the diff housing is not a big deal. Its a deal, just not a big one. keep in mind, you can find a used chunk, but you're still staring at a bearing kit, gear set, and labor to get it ready to install. I got my TRD locker for $250 from a friend, had 4000 miles on it, but spent an additional $500+ to get it geared up to my desired ratio. I used an old pinion as a punch to bang out the bulge into the housing needed for clearance for a bolt on the carrier... a little 4" angle grinder from home depot to grind out the openin on the housing for the motor and fork, studs from Toyota, and simple location, drill, tap the studs. Then wash everything REALLY well! Some relays and trailer wire and switches for a simple controller... ther'es plenty of rescources and write ups on line to guide you thru each process.
The only puzzling thing about my project was; its written up that a V6 first gen rear is beefier and does not need the housing clearancing... but I got my donor housing from an 89 V6 4Runner, and it had the same dimensions as my 4banger 4Runner.

08-13-2008, 03:22 PM	#8 (permalink)
misterzee Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: North Georgia-Cumming Posts: 636	It will prolly take you a while and a good bit of luck to find the whole rear housing wth the e-locker. I think the TRD taco's show up in salvage with elockers, I wonder if that diff housing is compatible with a 3rd gen? Having done ONE elocker conversion on my 87 4Runner, I can tell you the modification to the diff housing is not a big deal. Its a deal, just not a big one. keep in mind, you can find a used chunk, but you're still staring at a bearing kit, gear set, and labor to get it ready to install. I got my TRD locker for $250 from a friend, had 4000 miles on it, but spent an additional $500+ to get it geared up to my desired ratio. I used an old pinion as a punch to bang out the bulge into the housing needed for clearance for a bolt on the carrier... a little 4" angle grinder from home depot to grind out the openin on the housing for the motor and fork, studs from Toyota, and simple location, drill, tap the studs. Then wash everything REALLY well! Some relays and trailer wire and switches for a simple controller... ther'es plenty of rescources and write ups on line to guide you thru each process. The only puzzling thing about my project was; its written up that a V6 first gen rear is beefier and does not need the housing clearancing... but I got my donor housing from an 89 V6 4Runner, and it had the same dimensions as my 4banger 4Runner. __________________ 85, 87 (SAS), 88 (on loan), 96 4Runners, all males... 03 Town and Country... female CLIK4PIX