Center Differential
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Center Differential
While playing around tonight in the 2 day old snow from Sunday's snow storm here in Northern NJ, I discovered something interesting with the CDL. In 4HI w/ CDL ON (VSC OFF) I found that the power to the wheels was never cut by the engine even in full throttle; the wheels spun freely!! Nevertheless, as soon as I switched over to 4LO and repeated this maneuver, the engine cut power to the wheels. Has anyone experienced a similar event? By the way, I do not have the Andy Mod, nor is my CEL (VSC/ABS) light on.
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Yeah, I still think it's stupid though, but that's just me. More often than not, it seems to hurt more than it helps. I'll stick with plain old 4x4 (and lockers).
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Sorry to get back so late.
brian3sun and MB4runner: absolutely right on all counts! We should be able to disable VSC/traction control (thank you Andy Mod) b/c there have been times when the ecu cut out the engine to the wheels while merging onto a gravel road, and I was nearly struck by a semi (please do not lecture me on pulling out when it is safe-no pull out jokes either). Moreover, when I had my '00 Limited w/ e-locker, I thought all 4runners drove so well offroad. This was until I picked up an '01 and discovered how powerless I felt as the mighty '01 4runner was struggling on the same trail the '00 would effortlessly tread.
But getting back to the original question, has anyone noticed in 4lo+CDL ON that the ECU completely cuts the engine off as opposed to 4hi+CDL ON and wheels continue to respond to the throttle, even if they are spinning/slipping?
brian3sun and MB4runner: absolutely right on all counts! We should be able to disable VSC/traction control (thank you Andy Mod) b/c there have been times when the ecu cut out the engine to the wheels while merging onto a gravel road, and I was nearly struck by a semi (please do not lecture me on pulling out when it is safe-no pull out jokes either). Moreover, when I had my '00 Limited w/ e-locker, I thought all 4runners drove so well offroad. This was until I picked up an '01 and discovered how powerless I felt as the mighty '01 4runner was struggling on the same trail the '00 would effortlessly tread.
But getting back to the original question, has anyone noticed in 4lo+CDL ON that the ECU completely cuts the engine off as opposed to 4hi+CDL ON and wheels continue to respond to the throttle, even if they are spinning/slipping?
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To avoid all this spinning I decided to get the e-locker that I used to have on my '00 ltd. if anyone has the 3rd member, e-locker, wiring, motor, etc avail please let me know!
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