hexdigs

Hi everyone,

I'm a limited experience newb trying to swap transmissions in my 1999 4Runner (V6 4X4) after a strawberry milkshake incident. I went to my local salvage yard and bought a used tranny with low miles that looked good to me (and the price seemed fair). They used my VIN to look up a compatible unit, and it came out of a '96 with <100,000 miles on it.

Now that I have it home, I notice something on the used unit that I don't see on my tranny. Can anybody help me ID what this thing is? Since my '99 does not have this on it, I obviously can't hook up the 2 electricals on it. So, does anybody know if I have the wrong transmission? Any information is greatly appreciated.

this is the used tranny with the mystery piece circled in red


in case the pic embed doesn't work here's a link: http://flic.kr/p/9X48RB

here's my tranny showing that it clearly doesn't have this.


in case the pic embed doesn't work: http://flic.kr/p/9X491X

sorry for the newb-style question- i've been enjoying learning stuff on this site, and am trying to get more knowledgable as i go. many thanks to anybody who can offer info!

jay

Nelsonmd

I'm not certain, and hopefully someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but did the donor tranny come out of a 96 limited? If it did, then it has multi-mode 4WD and that might be the actuator for 4WD. Your SR5 should have a J-shifter right? If so and the donor did come from a limited, then it might not be plug and play.

waskillywabbit

iTrader: (-1)

Correct. Gotta match Limited to Limited, SR5 to SR5. You can't just swap year models.

DC could tell you exact years that will fit.

:wabbit2:

Nelsonmd

It's pretty easy to know what fits when you understand the differences in the transfer cases. Check out this thread.

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-ge...tml#post669885

Hopefully you can return the tranny and TC to the yard.

hexdigs

that's exactly what i thought it might be; thanks much you guys! heading back to the salvage yard.