Another Manual Transmission Swap Question

xcmtb83 · 2019-03-24T15:21:47+00:00

Well the local pick and pull just got in a '96 MT V6 with only 167,000 miles. These things are a unicorn especially where I live! I secretly wish the automatic in my '96 was going out so it would make the decision to do do a manual swap an easy one. Well in the meantime as I think about it I would like to snag the hard-to-find/discontinued parts before the vultures get into it and destroy much of it. I figure this way I won't be hung up on some stupid little interior part or something else, I already grabbed the discontinued shifter boot and plastic surround and clutch start cancel switch with pigtail. Oh, and of course the elocker axle assy. I think I will go back and get the ECM. Is there anything else I should grab? Thanks!

Thread starter xcmtb83
Start date Mar 24, 2019

iamcairn

Junior Member

Aug 28, 2025

This was a great read. I have a 98 4Runner Limited that I’m looking into manual swapping and came across a Tacoma 4x4 manual in the scrap yard.

Wondering if anyone here knows if the ECU for it (89661-04412) would work with the 4Runner wiring harness and connectors. I already took the clutch pedal assembly and master and am planning on getting the transmission tomorrow.