i have an 85 toyota truck i was wondering how i go about figuring out what kind of tranny i have any help would be greatly welcomed

 

You have a w56

 

If he was carbed though it would be a G52 or G54 tranny through 1987.

 

This is a normal info plate thats normally on the drivers side door panel...
You can see in this picture the very bottom right code says "A340F"

If you have a w56 it will say w56 right there..

 

what motor?

 

Or you can open your hood and see if there is a carb on there.



http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/faq/parts/

 

well i thank for the help but i dont think it works for me its titled as a 85 cab says it is a 84 with efi in it and under the hood is a 22r motor it got a five speed tranny 4 wheel drive so i dont know

 

can you get a pic of the top of the tranny?

Probably a G52

 

well i have two different trannys im trying to find out what they are i know off hand the one in the truck has a a six bolt cover around the shifter and the other one has a four bolt cover so i dont know if that helps or not

 

Doesn't Marlin have a bunch of tranny pics on their site as well? g52 has 4 bolts around shifter if I recall correctly.

Here you go bruddah, you tell us what you have!
http://www.marlincrawler.com/transmi...built-complete

 

Typical tranny, can tell what they are? guy or girl

 

thanks stagger that was a big help know i know what kind of shifters im looking for

 

Not in 84-88 he doesn't. The info plate is under the hood, attached to the firewall.

Same basical concept though, it will have a section labeled

C/TR
A/TM

C=Exterior Color
TR=Trim Code
A=Axle code
TM=Transmission

 

I'm curious what you have now. Do tell.

 

W56 has a 6 bolt shifter
G52 is 4 bolt

 

Btw this is only true assuming he has EFI, and a STOCK trans.

If his truck is carbbed, he will have the G52 transmission.

 

Kind of off topic but what's the difference and why did they get different trannys? Is the W stronger? Is fuel injection that much more powerful that it needed it? Or efi w56 is just an overall upgrade nicer model truck so you get better stuff?

 

Not really sure why Toyota decided to put two (3 actually, counting the turbo) transmissions in the trucks. Woluld have made sense to stick with all being the R-series, or all being the W-series I would think. But perhaps the W series is considered stronger, due to the EFI system producing more power?

I'll just hop in my Delorean, get her up to 88 mph, and go back in time to ask the execs why

 

Perfect! Let me know what you find out!

 

its a w56a in the truck and a l45 on the floor