</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by surlynkid:
<strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by Brian894X4:
<strong>[QUOTE]]You have an American built truck, which is why the gear code does not match those of the Japanese trucks.

the gears aren't easily swappable into a compact truck.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">nope, the T100 was made in japan. mine has a build date of 4/95. the first year of the 3.4L. also, the IFS gears are the same between mine and compact trucks. only the rear is bigger R&P.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Whoops. I assumed all T-100s were made in the U.S. Now I understand they were all actually made by Hino Motors, Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan. That doesn't explain the U.S. model gear code on that particular vin. But what might explain it, is the fact that the rear diff is the Tacoma style, which is currently exclusively made for the U.S. assembled Tacoma.

As for the rear diff on the T-100, my understanding is that it's the same diff (but longer axles obviously) as the Tacoma. The front IFS diff should be indentical to the '86-'95 IFS trucks, except for the axles which are longer.

<small>[ September 10, 2002, 07:11 PM: Message edited by: Brian894X4 ]</small>