<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by PJohnson:<BR><B> Hmmmm.....You will definitely need a tailhousing. You could probably buy a new one for 98+ 4Runner(same as my A340F) and then use Marlin's adapter. Marlin and I looked up the cost once(I think) and it was surprisingly low. The speed sensor would have to be swapped from your A340H. Marlin and I did that. It was the trickiest part of the swap.</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Hey Phil,<P>If you could elaborate on this, I'd be very grateful. Unfortunately I have the A340H and would love to get the 4-cyl case in, but.....<P>If you have any info at all (P/N, cost, mods), I'd certainly appreciate it!<P>------------------<BR>Joe Micciche<BR> Joe@4x4Wire.com <BR>94 Toyota SR5 V6 Xcab, 33" MT's, locked and dented.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by SuperRunner:<BR><B> .....A friend of mine has a NP205 that I was thinking about buying from him. How difficult would that be to bolt up the the A340E?<P></B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>The 7MGTE is a great choice.<P>The NP205 would probably require a custom adapter. I don't know of anyone making one to mate any Toy AT to a NPxxx t-case. Maybe AA, if at all.<P>If you went with a different trans you would probably need a custom bellhousing.<P>Either way, cu$tom work.<P>Phil<P>------------------<BR> <A HREF="http://pjohnson.netgate.net" TARGET=_blank>http://pjohnson.netgate.net</A>

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by little_joe:<BR><B> Hey Phil,<P>If you could elaborate on this, I'd be very grateful. Unfortunately I have the A340H and would love to get the 4-cyl case in, but.....<P>If you have any info at all (P/N, cost, mods), I'd certainly appreciate it!<P></B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Here is the article I wrote on it. <A HREF="Http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/tech/autocrawler/" TARGET=_blank>Http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/tech/autocrawler/</A> <BR>Since I went for a Marlin Crawler Ultimate Dual case, the cost was up there. If you can get the A340F trans for low price, you could put in a single Crawler and keep the cost manageable. To just put in a A340F and a 4cyl gear driven case, it would be about $500 for the adapter(call Marlin for exact pricing), the cost of the A340F and labor.<P>See Marln's website for pricing on Crawlers and adapters.<P>E-mail me direct for more.<P>HTH,<BR>Phil<BR><P>------------------<BR> <A HREF="http://pjohnson.netgate.net" TARGET=_blank>http://pjohnson.netgate.net</A>

SuperRunner,<P>I may have some bad news. I checked out my service manual on the A340E. It looks like the output shaft is longer than the A340F and H. The shaft goes further into the two-wheel drive tailhousing and has the speedometer gear on it. The speedo gear on the F and H is in the x-fer.<P>Have you opened the rear of the E trans yet? If it's more than about 3" long, it's probably too long.<P>Phil<P>------------------<BR> <A HREF="http://pjohnson.netgate.net" TARGET=_blank>http://pjohnson.netgate.net</A>

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by PJohnson:<BR><B>SuperRunner,<P>I may have some bad news. I checked out my service manual on the A340E. It looks like the output shaft is longer than the A340F and H. The shaft goes further into the two-wheel drive tailhousing and has the speedometer gear on it. The speedo gear on the F and H is in the x-fer.<P>Have you opened the rear of the E trans yet? If it's more than about 3" long, it's probably too long.<P>Phil<BR></B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I was wondering about that. But I was thinking that changing the output shaft should not be too hard, and if I can't change it, there is a place in town who will shorten it for me for a resonable price. If it becomes to big of a pain, I may go with a TH350 or TH400, then all I have to worry about is the bellhousing, and the NP will bolt right up.<P>Thanks for the info, guess I need to do some research on the tranny.<P><P>------------------<BR> <A HREF="http://4x4.4t.com" TARGET=_blank>http://4x4.4t.com</A>