JamesD

I just bought an 89 extended cab with a V6. Something is kind of odd with this vehicle. It has 4cyl gears in it(G292), base cluster, manual hubs, no A/C, no sliding glass window, no cruise or power anything. Usually all the V6 trucks come with something and everyone I have seen had the deluxe gauges. Any info on this? Do I have a freak from the factory? Don't get me wrong, I'am glad it has manual locking hubs and no A/C but it stuck me kind of odd.

James

Adam F

I'm sure it was just optioned out that way.

My 4Runner says it has 4cy gears when in fact, it does have 6cy gears. I've heard this is quite common for some reason.

Flamedx4

You could buy a deluxe with V6 - there are lots of em. This has base gauges (only SR5s of that vintage got the good gauges.) AC and power and cruise and intermittent wipers and all that stuff were options. Sounds like you got a plain jane deluxe V6. Except the "4cyl gears" claim - I don't understand that one. 4 cyl gears would mean a 4cyl axle, not the ratio. Ratios were bases on tire size and transmission - had nothing to do with engine choice.

Adam F

I think he means V6 gears as in 4 pinion carrier as opposed to the 2 pinion 4cy carrier. There are codes that tell you which one you have.

jimbo74

http://www.off-road.com/toyota/tech/other/4_axles.html

according to this site..... the g292 has nothing to do with being a 4 cylinder or a 6 cylinder... in its breakdown you have a G = 8.0" All 4x4 4Runners and Pickups, 29 = 4.100 Gear Ratio Very common, 2 = 2 Pinions Common in 4 cylinder models, but has been used in some V6 models

that doenst mean you have a 4cyl third member in your truck... the third member has nothing to do with the way your gears are... it has something to do with a crsh sleeve or something liek that.....

JamesD

That is what I mean.

So are you saying regaurdless of the code I may have a 4 pinion carrier? See I'am trying to find out cause in the near future I'am going to order gears and I don't feel like tearing it out, putting it back in and then tear it back out when I do install the gears.

Like I said earlier, almost all the V6's I have seen had at least half the options I mentioned. In another thread when gears were discussed, some of you said your junkyards had plenty of trucks with the 4.56 gear option. I went to a couple of different junkyards around me and looked at roughly 13 4Runners/Pickups through 84-95 and every damn one of them were, you guessed it, G292!! Only one 4Runner had 4.30 gear which I made a thread about.

So what I need to determine is if I have a 4 or 6cyl third member so in the future I know what gears to buy

James

Silver_Truck

pull her out and look...should only take about an hour or less plus you'll get experience for your gears

Flamedx4

I believe you can tell the difference between the 4cyl and V6 third members just by looking actually.
The one in the background is V6, foreground is 4cyl. (Count the gussets.)
(photo courtesy of http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/faq/parts/)

JamesD

Looked under it today and it is the V6 unit. So I guess you can't go by the tags which really confuses me. So basically my tag should read G294 right? So when do they put it has the 4 pinion on the tag? Did they start this in certain years?

James

Adam F

That gear code says that he has a 2 pinion third member. THe 2 pinion 3rd member was used on 4cy trucks. The carrier is a different design on the 2 and 4 pinion 3rd members, along with the pinion and bearings.

As does SRV's truck, my truck has a gear code that says I have a 2 pinion rear end. I do infact have a 4 pinion rear end. So the code is dead wrong.