Thord

Hello guy's , i don't post a lot on here.

For those who know i have a 1991 4runner , with a vw TDi engine on the W56 transmission.

I'm sadly not using the 4wd very often , and i'm looking to swap my mechanic in a better condition body.

I'm currently looking for a 2wd pickup , not having a front diffential means i will be able to squeeze in the engine without lifting the body.

My big question here is , are every 22r(e) from this generation running on w56 transmissions ?

If soo , the w56 from a 2wd and my 4wd4runner are exactly the same ?

Thanks a lot for your help guy's !

Edit : By this generation i mean 1989-1995 4runner-pickups , i'm currently looking at a 1994 2wd pickup for sale near my place.

Thord

W55[edit]

This was the first of the aluminium-cased W-series transmissions. The W55 replaced the steel-cased W50, reducing the vehicle weight by 10 kg. It features mostly in 4 cylinder powered vehicles.

Ratios:

• First Gear: 3.566:1
• Second Gear: 2.056:1
• Third Gear: 1.384:1
• Fourth Gear: 1.00:1
• Fifth Gear: 0.85:1
• Reverse: -4.091:1

Applications:

• 1982–1983 Toyota Carina
• 1981 Toyota Celica (USA)
• 1981–1985 Toyota Celica (Australia)
• 1983 Toyota Corona
• 1981-1984 Toyota Cressida RX60 (Eur)
• 1986 Toyota Crown
• 1983 Toyota Chaser
• 1984–1995 Toyota Pickup 2WD with 22RE (EFI) engine
• 2001–2005 Lexus IS 300 (XE10) (US market only)

Thord

W56[[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Toyota_W_transmission&action=edit& section=8]edit]

A common truck transmission that came in 2-wheel and 4-wheel drive varieties.

Its ratios differ in comparison to the base W55 in the 1st and 2nd gears only; this is to allow a slightly heavier vehicle (truck) to get up to speed slightly quicker than if geared like a car.

This was most likely accomplished by taking the W55 base gears and changing the 1st and 2nd gear sets, as the rest of the transmission remains unchanged.

Marlin Czajkowski, owner and CEO of Toyota-specific California-based rock crawling company Marlin Crawler, Inc., invented and popularized an A-through-E nomenclature system for 1985–1995 USA-market W56 transmissions.[3] These include the W56-A (1985), W56-B (1986–88), W56-C (1989–91), W56-D (1992), and W56-E (1993–95) variants of 4WD Toyota Hilux Pickup and 4Runner W56 transmissions. This system is used to distinguish between the five major design changes Marlin has identified throughout this year span. Diesel powered sedans and station wagons featured the W56 as well as some commercial class vehicles such as the Cressida 4 cylinder models.

Ratios:

• First Gear: 3.954:1
• Second Gear: 2.141:1
• Third Gear: 1.384:1
• Fourth Gear: 1.00:1
• Fifth Gear: 0.85:1
• Reverse: -4.091:1

Applications:

• Toyota Hilux
• Toyota 4Runner
• Toyota T100
• Toyota Cressida
• Toyota Crown

Thord

If anyone cam confirm me that the w55 and w56 are IDENTICAl except the first 2 gears ratio , i will be extremly happy

Thord

bump ?

Thord

Dead forum ?

ewong

to make sure I understand here

you want to buy a 2WD pickup
and you want to take the MOTOR from your current truck (which I see is a VW TDi swap) and swap it into to the 2WD truck

This would allow you to buy a 2WD with a blown engine

as far as I know, the 22RE all were bolted to variants of the W56 transmission.
the trans rear case is different - to allow the 4WD to bolt to a transfer case
The shifter towers are likely to be different, and incompatible (i.e. you can't take a 2WD shifter and "bolt it" to a 4WD trans - at least not easily)

the trans to bell housing pattern is the same on all the W56 as far as I know
I have no idea if the cross member bolt locations are the same

So - yeah - if the 2WD had a 22RE 4cyl engine, you TDi stuff that was swapped to a 22RE equipped 4Runner (aka w56 trans) should work

Thord

Excellent , this confirm what i needed to know !