20W60 in 1998 4Runner

[OilStainedNapkin]

Awesome pics. That’s one beautiful lamb. What kind of puppy is that on the roof? Did your family own the runner in California?

 

[Motor oil rookie]

Awesome pics. That’s one beautiful lamb. What kind of puppy is that on the roof? Did your family own the runner in California?

The stray dog in our neighborhood gave birth to a bunch of lil ones so we picked up one. She still comes for food so she is not mad at us. The 4Runner belonged to my dad's friend who has been in California since the 80's. It is a California car with zero rust. It still has a lot of life in it. Emgine, transmission and 4 wheel drive system work flawlessly. I installed an android system and backup camera for him.

Some more pics.

 

[Motor oil rookie]

Awesome pics. That’s one beautiful lamb. What kind of puppy is that on the roof? Did your family own the runner in California?

We were driving down from the mountains and saw a shephard with gazillions of lamb. So we bought that one for like $75.

 

[Motor oil rookie]

Yes. An electric selectable rear diff locker option. They came in 4.10:1, 4.30:1, and 4.56:1 ratios.

It was an option from 1996-2000.

If you had a 4 cylinder engine, and manual transmission it was the 4.56:1 ratio
If you had the V6 engine and manual transmission, it was the 4.10:1 ratio
The V6 with the automatic transmission was a 4.30:1 ratio

I had the V6, 5-speed manual, and 4.10 ratio with the rear diff locker.

To install one of those E-lockers in a housing that didn't have one from the factory, requires some fabrication. Ideally you would get the entire rear axle with the E-locker and the correct gear ratio to match the front.

An aftermarket locker installed in your existing 3rd member would be easier.

This 4Runner is the V6 with automatic. Sounds like finding a mechanic who can do a proper job will be hard there.

 

[goblin]

... brought a lot of safety and stability...

When you give something back that you had taken away in the first place, "bringing" might be the wrong word for it.

@Motor oil rookie - given that you published your picture here and that your family is there - my take is - the T are the best guys ever, and you should take your picture off, and your dad's picture away too, and especially the one with the plates. Anything that makes things identifiable. This is a publicly accessible forum, and not only good people scrape those pages. We are a nice community in a glass tank - a lot of eyes outside.

As for the locker - mounting one won't be too much of a problem mechanically, every mechanic that has a left hand and a right one can do it. It's the amount of parts needed that makes it impractical, especially given their size and weight, and the "ease" of shipping stuff there ?

Someone separating the handbrake into an independent rear left wheel one and rear right wheel one would do something not as good, but better than nothing.

 

[Plumb Bob]

Next time when I visit him I'll take some Mobil 1 Advanced Fuel Economy 0W-20 for him, hopefully I don't get disowned.

You'll be fine. Just make sure don't bring any 0W-8!

 

[OilStainedNapkin]

I think the installation of the locker would be a breeze for a lot of mechanics there. They keep a lot of these older 4Runners, land cruisers, and tacomas running out there with tons of mileage

 

[CEHepp]

API-SG is a little outdated for that vehicle, isn’t it?

 

[Motor oil rookie]

API-SG is a little outdated for that vehicle, isn’t it?

Oil is oil he says. Gasoline quality is also very bad there, but that truck keeps going