Does Toyota keep records of serial #'s so that I could call them up and find out what it's out of. I know that It's a W series but I need to tear it apart and rebuild it and need to know the parts. It's going to be my first time in a transmission. virgin territory here.

 

You might be able to match it up with the tranny pics on this page
http://www.marlincrawler.com/htm/tra...ansmission.htm

Didn't you swap an R151 in your 4Runner? I'm lined up to buy an R151 from a friend this winter. I'll have 2 W56's for sale soon

 

yeah I got it for free and wanted to tear it apart just for schnitz and giggles You might like that r151 I don't like it cause I don't have the squrels for it. The 5th gear is too tall and the rpm change from 1st to 2nd is too drastic for me. can't start in 2nd in 4 low on a hill it stalls out. need to put 5.29s in though that will help. still have the 31's so I'll be going the other way ha ha.

 

The reason I want the 151 is it will be the perfect tranny when I swap in a 3.4

Can't go wrong with free, tear it open and learn all you can

 

If you get itchy to swap out the R151 for something else, let me know

BTW, I got a spare w56 sitting in my garage along with a G5x.

But sorry to hijack your thread, good luck on id'ing that tranny and your playing around with a rebuild.

 

Post a pic, i'll tell you what it is!