Got the rear out, and ready to cut for the 3rd member.
Installed diff lock light in dash and using factory switch.
Should get the rear cut out tomorrow and the 3rd installed hopefully by tomorrow night.

 

Deffinetally looking forward to seeing the rest of this as I might be buying the same truck in a few days.

 

Nice dude. How have you found it so far? Im thinking I might want to get an E locker in the future. Also where did you get the diff lock switch and dash light??

 

Nice!!

 

you can get the switch from the dealer, a donor vehicle, or Sonoran Steel,

 

I took the rear end, the switch, and the black plastic diff lock light from a 98 4runner.
I cut out an un-used spot on my dash and put the diff lock plastic behind it. I will be wiring the light behind it to the diff lock when I am done.

 

sweeeet...

I've been wanting to do this for a while, but I'm having a hard time finding a diff locally...

 

Yeah, I know its a half-ass way of converting the axle for an e-locker, but it's the best I could do with these crappy tools.
I should have it back together later tonight......

 

There were numerous comments about the axle length being shorter and breaking my e-locker once installed into the 94 rear end.

The e-locker came from a 1998 4runner and the overall axle length is 2" wider than my 94 truck axle

I pulled both thirds and re-installed the axles to measure where Toyota thought they should be in the diff's. I think this confirms on my truck at least that the axle length is identical on both axles internally.

1994 Pickup with factory axles 1.509 inches between axles



1998 4runner with factory axles 1.509 inches between axles



1998 4 runner pinon side shaft 3.499 inches from locker side opening



1994 pickup pinion side shaft 3.499 inches from locker side opening

 

CRappy tools !! LOoks great so far .

 

Oh yeah, my replacement 3rd had a runnout of .007 to .009 inches on the ring gear. I'm pretty sure that's well within spec.

 

How much did you pay for the locker? Also what ratio did you get? I would love to do this but I have 4:56's (I love) and I think you can only get 4:10 and 3:XX.

 

Mine is a 4.30 ratio. You can get 4.56 and 4.88
There is a salvage in joplin that has a 4:56 locker for $500 for the complete axle.

 

i am working on installing an e locker into my 94 and i am having trouble figuring out the simplest way to wire it. i have the harness and a factory switch. it would be very helpful once you get yours done to post pics of the wiring prosess and how you did it. thanks.

 

Dude this is a year old thread....there's tons of wiring info for elockers.....