I finally did it, after alot of searching and a bit of procrastination. It's a 2001 4Runner SR5 4x4 with 34,000 miles. I got lucky, it even had an electric rear locker installed. Thanks to all who helped out with answering my posts. Here's a pic of it from the dealer's website:

 

Welcome to the joys of 4Runner ownership. Now have someone hide your wallet from you.

 

Wow! Great find dood!

2001 w/a rear locker is wicked. I think factory E-Lockers ended in '99, so they must have added it themselves right (I could be wrong, correct me if so pls)? Did they install a Toy electric one, an ARB or something else? Just curious.

Either way, nice ride man.

Al

EDIT: ARB's are air & I now see you said electric so for all intensive purposes I will assume Toyota E-Locker.

 

Nice ride

btw- my '00 has a factory locker..and it came that way OEM

..now the lift, sc, tires, audio/vide, tranny cooler, ect, ect did not come OEM. ~ yes hide your wallet now...I've only been here 4 months and I arrived bone stock!

 

Lookin Good.. Congrats on the new purchase..

Eric

 

A beauty! Treat her well and she'll do the same to you. Oh, what a feelin'...!!!

 

Congradulations on the purchase and welcome to the board!!!

Mike

 

hmmm...I've always heard 2000 was the last year of the locker.

Steve

 

Congrats on your purchase. You are going to love it. Now it is time to start the mods.

 

Ya, I thought 2000 was the last year of the factory e-locker.
Give us some more info!!

 

The manual ids the differential switch as a "Center Differential Lock Switch." Is this the same as a rear diff lock? If not, can someone explain the difference?

It also came with Dunlop TG35 GrandTrek P265/70R16 tires.

 

Ah ok, that makes sense to me. Center diff locker is not the same as a rear diff lock. Full-time 4WD vehicles (such as your's) come with 3 differentials, one being the center. Part-time 4WD vehicles only come with 2 differentials (front & rear).

Basically the center diff lock is the equivalent of part-time 4WD, which is what the older 3rd gens came with. It forces the front and rear driveshafts to turn at the same speed. A rear locker locks the rear differential so both rear tires are forced to turn at the same speed.

With 3 open differentials and 4WD (also known as Full-time 4WD or All-Wheel-Drive) it only takes loss of traction on one tire to get stuck. With 2 open differentials and 4WD (also known as Part-time 4WD) it takes loss of traction on one front tire and one rear tire to get stuck. With part-time 4WD and a rear-locker it takes loss of traction on both rear tires & one front tire to get stuck.

Hope that helps.

Al

 

Nope, not the same thing.

A rear electric locking diff locks both sides of your rear axle together so that they both spin at the same rate.

The center locking diff that you have makes your front and rear drive shafts turn at the same rate (just like part-time 4 wheel drive system). I believe if you leave the center diff unlocked, you are essentially running in all-wheel drive mode.

I hope I didn't screw any of that explanation up