I have the chance to get full running gear from a buddy's diesel truck, minus the motor. Both front and rear axles, trans and transfer case. My question is, will the gearing be really weird running it with my 3.0? I'm thinking the diesel would have really high axle ratios to account for the low RPM and high torque the diesel produces, am I wrong? What about the transmission? would it still have simillar gear ratios to a gas engine?

 

i have no clue...what kind of diesel are these parts coming from? year/make/model/ etc etc. tim.

 

It is a 87 non turbo, extended cab with 5spd

 

The pick ups were (usually) fitted with lower gearing than the 4Runners.

Check out this marvellous page for all the diff info you'll need.

Note the comment about the colour coding on the end of the pinion.

http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/4R_TechI...#Differentials