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Just putting my locker wiring info all together in this post. This truck has no pre-wiring, just a rr diff lock light in the gauge cluster that I put a bulb in and added the wire for. I do not have a locker ECU.
From locker pigtail to inside truck under the left rear seat:
Used Toyota# 82998-24180 to add a connection to the rr diff lock light that was in the gauge cluster. Red wire, pin 8.
And wiring continuing from connector under left rear seat to DPDT relay behind kick panel and separate sensor wire that connects directly to the end of the red wire pictured above:
14g wire, heat shrink, solder, 'lectrical tape, junk like that.
Also, I found if I wrote what the wire pin number was on the heat shrink at the connectors and then shrunk it I could still read what I wrote. It's like shrinky dinks. Makes it easier to keep track of what wire goes to what.
Links to other people's hard work about 3 posts back. Would have had a heck of a lot more work ahead of me if they hadn't been so obliging with their information. Recommend checking them out for more details.
Thanks hrt4me! No problem on the ignition surround. The locker stuff is done and it's all buttoned up, now I just need to test it out. Oh darn.
Waiting on word from Mightymouse. I need a non-abs speed sensor to finish up my manual hub conversion.
NEED to figure out what tires. Had set on Goodyear Duratracs because of the more aggressive look but not mud-aggressive tread but they are proving difficult to find locally and people keep saying things about damaged sidewalls.
Urg.
Still gotta check out the Coopers HighLux mentioned. If the Michelin AT2 had a prettier sidewall I've been very happy with them. BFG A/T is supposedly coming out with a new design but not in time. The old BFGs are alright too, though on-road traction could be better. This is always a hard choice for me!
could you not simply mount them with that particular sidewall portion facing inward?
It's the part at the tread. It kinda just looks like a passenger tire with slightly rough tread edges. Prolly a good part of why I'm still getting semi-decent gas mileage vs. a more aggressive a/t.
I really should get off my high horse, but I want my cake and eat it too.
Thanks hrt4me! No problem on the ignition surround. The locker stuff is done and it's all buttoned up, now I just need to test it out. Oh darn.
Waiting on word from Mightymouse. I need a non-abs speed sensor to finish up my manual hub conversion.
NEED to figure out what tires. Had set on Goodyear Duratracs because of the more aggressive look but not mud-aggressive tread but they are proving difficult to find locally and people keep saying things about damaged sidewalls.
Urg.
Still gotta check out the Coopers HighLux mentioned. If the Michelin AT2 had a prettier sidewall I've been very happy with them. BFG A/T is supposedly coming out with a new design but not in time. The old BFGs are alright too, though on-road traction could be better. This is always a hard choice for me!
I ran two sets of Duratracs, one on my F250 and another on my wife's Jeep.
Jeep got traded in this spring with about 20k on the tires, showed almost no wear (275/70R18). My F250 is still wearing them, almost 60k later and they do look pretty worn (295/65/R18). Still penny-legal though.
No sidewall issues in either case.
THE BEST packed snow and ice tire by popular vote in Fairbanks, AK. I drove almost all winter straight in 2WD. Only had to go to 4WD to get up the driveway during breakup when stuff would thaw all day then freeze back over at night.
Wow CamTom, thanks for the cents. I'd be happy with 60k, that's about where the Michelins are at now. A good set of tires are definitely worth the bucks.
So. The Taurus is ded. It's going for a ride to that great car-heaven in the yard, poor whale. That's sad and all but I still stole the visors without regret.
The idea was to see if I could devise a way to use them to replace the worn-out too small visors in the 4Runner. I've done the driver side, gonna see how well it works out and if it does I'll do the passenger side next with pics. So far I am happy with the result.
There was part sharing, trimming and gluing involved.
And yes, ded. It's the only kind of dead a Taurus can be.
The younger daughter's Taurus suffered a complete trans failure. It didn't seem like the investment in time and effort to replace it was worth it. So it has been replaced with a '94 V6 Camry. Found it cheap on CL, $950 with very light front end damage.
I didn't take a before pic, but it had yellowed headlights with broken mounts that let them flop around, a missing grille, and the hood was sitting about 3 inches up from where it should have been. Here's the hood, taken off:
A few choice pick and pull parts and it's looking a lot better:
It has 150K miles and I figure it will last her a pretty good long while.
May 19, 2014 | 07:06 AM
