Been playing with the son's truck


those are 35" tires, the top of the bed is about 5'


2004 Taco e-locker axle



A little wider than stock

 

oooo i think i see an E-locker in that rear axle...looks to be a nice pickup...needs some more meat though..like...in the terms of...37" boggers...lol..then it would be SICK!!!!!!!!!

 

Front axle is being modded for another e-locker.

Has 5.29 gears.

 

the rear will drop a ton after you put the fornt end up on the ground

 

What front axle will you be running?

ive been thinking about puttin an fj80 up front with leafs, and taco elocker axle in the rear. the front will only be 3" wider than the rear.

 

We are using the orig solid axle (with 2" spacers).

 

let us know what you do for wiring up the elockers.... i haven't quite settled on how i want to do it... running it locked for now... you may have to clearance the front third to clear the passangerside spring, i switched several of the bolts on the motor to flathead allen, and broke out the grinder some. i need to find a elocker equipped rig to steal some wiring from. cut the bottom out of that front housing while your at it!

 

Tlake just did his with the 2 relays and a SPDT momenary contact switch. We will prob do the same (X2 for front and rear)

What harness parts do you need?

 

More pix

Rivercat was right...had to grind side of diff


Housing modified for E-locker


axle installed


This should be final ride height

 

very nice. i have 5" TG rear springs on the way. my front is some sort of wrangler lift springs. hopefully mine will turn out as good as yours.

 

i was hoping to use a factory ecu and wiring. i have most of the parts [diff harness, ecu, switch] but need to find the plug that fits the ecu. really i'd like the whole wiring harness form ecu to firewall plug. haven't found a parts truck to score one out of yet.


make or scource a skid for the elocker motor. mine has taken quite a few blows, yours is low pinion right? that might give it a little more protection. on the high pinion it really sticks out and is asking to get wacked.

trim the bottom out of your housing while its stripped. i think i gained a bit over an inch under the third, deleted the drain plug and converted the two lower studs to 'drain' bolts.

 

I had not seen this thread before. Very Cool. I did the 4" TG springs on the front of my '81 Trekker and have got the 5" springs to go in the back, just need to find time. I hope the springs settle a bit. The rear install seems to be pretty straight forward. Any tips?

E-Lockers are great. I have one in my '05 Taco. I got the e-locker skid plate from Sky's. Their design appears to be pretty much a clone of what everyone else has. Definitely get one, mine as saved me already, cheap insurance.

 

You got on ear protection when using a grinder but NO safety glasses?!

 

Wow! I hadn't seen that. He's always the one grumping at me to put mine on when he's grinding.

Gotta go out and slap him around some

 

Very nice work Yoda. I wish I had seen this thread the other day when a guy was on here thinking he could buy a bolt on 7" of lift for his 79.

 

Dave, time for your son to sign up here on the forum

His rig is looking good.
It has come a long ways since this old picture from our summer jam back in 2001.
Gosh, pre YotaTech days.

 

looks great!