2001 2002 Manual Swap

Tyler James Inc said:
Okay, that makes sense.



The flares are the same as 00-02 SR5, right? They look the same.
Yeah, I do love my Anthracite. The clear was white, so the place I got it from had the hood and roof sprayed before I got to it. I'll be posting it for sale after I get the AC recharged and ignition replaced-

I doubt anyone else could figure out the trick to turn the current ignition on [emoji23] "Just wiggle the tip around as you slide it in" might not be a strong selling point.
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LOL! My GF asks me to do that all the time!

The flares are larger like the Limited but dont have the cladding on the doors.
 
anniesball72 said:
From what I could determine VSC was only offered on 2004 M/T 2WD PreRunner Tacomas, So when you plug in the 4WD ECM the VSC system is not getting any signals from the ECM. I looked into it and just ran into a wall and left it non OP.
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Tacoma prerunners (4x2) were not available with a manual trans, only the auto. My old 04 prerunner had a section in the owners manual about VSC but my truck did not come equipped with it. To the best of my knowledge there was no specific model or combination of options that all had VSC. I think it may have just been a stand alone option at best.

Good luck with the swap. Would be sweet to get the manual in and keep all the VSC stuff.
 
Scramble said:
...after 17 years of Oak I'd like the Grey with Silver Sport interior trim. It goes perfect with Thunder Cloud Metallic.
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I actually completely agree with you on this. The Oak doesn't look right with the TCM.
I think we got some good info in here for future searching, and I'll stop posting.
With that, I got a 2003 4x4 M/T 3.4L Tacoma ECU headin my way this morning from TN! I went ahead and got the whole engine/trans harness too. I like fewer splices, more OEM, and I think my manifold gasket needs replacing anyway. So swapping the harness in shouldn't be too big of a deal. Lord knows the valve cover gaskets could be replaced [emoji23]
 
i have access to a 98 manual trans 4runner and local junkyard has 2004 manual 6 cal tacoma, I think I can put the parts together for this swap as well. really curious about it. my runner is 2002
 
I know I'm resurrecting a long dead thread and I apologize, but I have a question about the 03/04 ECUs that I can't find the answer to anywhere. I'm planning a manual and 4WD swap on my 02 4Runner. I know I need the 03 or 04 manual Tacoma ECU to work with the manual trans and the drive by wire throttle. I'm wondering if there's any difference between the 2WD and 4WD ECU, because the 2WDs are half the price or less. As far as I can tell, as long as the ECU is set up for a 5VZFE and R150 transmission it should be fine, right? I'm using a 95 Tacoma with a manual hub, non ADD differential for the swap. Thanks!
 
Vermin5 said:
I know I'm resurrecting a long dead thread and I apologize, but I have a question about the 03/04 ECUs that I can't find the answer to anywhere. I'm planning a manual and 4WD swap on my 02 4Runner. I know I need the 03 or 04 manual Tacoma ECU to work with the manual trans and the drive by wire throttle. I'm wondering if there's any difference between the 2WD and 4WD ECU, because the 2WDs are half the price or less. As far as I can tell, as long as the ECU is set up for a 5VZFE and R150 transmission it should be fine, right? I'm using a 95 Tacoma with a manual hub, non ADD differential for the swap. Thanks!
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cant help, but good to see another from alaska, few and far between, people dont even reply in the club. https://www.toyota-4runner.org/alaska-and-hawaii/
 
Tyler James Inc said:
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Yeah, that's how the 00-02 SR5 flares are too- see pic above [emoji1360]
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Hey, sorry to revive an old thread. Did you ever get the manual swap done? and did you get the multi mode transfer case working or did you use the j shift?

I'm going to be doing the same swap soon on my 2001, I purchased a 2000 manual 4runner to get all the parts from.

I'm hoping I can just jump the auto harness for now until I can find a 03-04 MT tacoma ECM.
 
Got my swap done a while ago, just jumped the harness. Still don't have my reverse lights wired in or cruise working but everything else works great! I kept the electric transfer case that came with my 01 4runner and didn't swap in the j shift that came with the 00 parts truck.

My question is, does the 03-04 ecu just get rid of the check engine light? Or does it change fuel trims etc? They're pretty expensive online and if that's all it does then I don't think I'll do it.
 
anniesball72 said:
The approach I took was to not replace the harnesses at all. I jumpered my harness at the A/T plug to make it run. The truck ran fine with the 2002 4Runner ECM with a check engine light on.

I subsequently installed a 2004 Tacoma manual transmission 4x4 ECM and that cleared the check engine light. You will have to unplug two bulbs in the dash for the traction control which will no longer work but it's much better with out it.

The only ECMs that will work for our trucks are 2003 and 2004 year tacomas due to the drive by wire throttle body. These are getting difficult to find. I looked for over two months to find one reasonably priced.

Much much easier to just jumper the harness that swap it out.
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Hey sorry to be reviving an old thread, but I cant find any info on what transfer case to use on my 02 swap. Did you re use your VF3AM (multishift AWD 01-02) transfer case or did you go with the mechanical J shift case found in the 96-00 4 runner? thanks, your reply means a lot!
 
Drifter2080 said:
Got my swap done a while ago, just jumped the harness. Still don't have my reverse lights wired in or cruise working but everything else works great! I kept the electric transfer case that came with my 01 4runner and didn't swap in the j shift that came with the 00 parts truck.

My question is, does the 03-04 ecu just get rid of the check engine light? Or does it change fuel trims etc? They're pretty expensive online and if that's all it does then I don't think I'll do it.
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Im going to be doing this swap on my 02 and would also like to re use the VF3AM multishift AWD transfer case. Does it bolt right up to the R150F manual trans or will there need to be some modifying/adapting? Another user mentioned the shafts have to be swapped. If you see this, your reply means a lot! thanks.
 
prince_polo said:
Im going to be doing this swap on my 02 and would also like to re use the VF3AM multishift AWD transfer case. Does it bolt right up to the R150F manual trans or will there need to be some modifying/adapting? Another user mentioned the shafts have to be swapped. If you see this, your reply means a lot! thanks.
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I did not swap my drive shafts. I only had to shorten my front driveshaft.
 
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