What have you done to your 1st gen Tundra today?

You had to rub it in!

 

2002 models specs for diffs and various other items.

 

Yup, those are the options.

Foolproof way to see if you have an open diff or mechanical LSD is to take off the fill cap on the rear diff and look inside. If you see gears it is an open diff. If you have the mechanical LSD you'll see a metal cylinder instead.

 

Need to use this to remove decals, adhesive ext. Works great and doesn't damage paint

 

Added a hoist to my bed. It lays flat under the bed rail when not in use and swings out far enough I can lift an outboard motor off the boat without removing the tailgate.

 

Those your test dummy concrete pots in the bed?

 

No I ratchet strap those against my tailgate for extra weight in the snow and ice.

 

That's interesting. I haven't had any issue with 75W 90 in my rear diff. It didn't require the additive either. I wonder why R.P is different than Mobile 1.

 

Hey if 3.4L tacos can turn 285s over rocks, so too can you!

 

Fred, my T5's arrived in the mail last night. What was the drill used for?

I'm not too concerned about the cigarette lighter bulb but I'd like to do the ashtray. Haven't decided on the key ring yet but definitively doing the cluster lights this weekend.

 

04-06 have a true LSD inside the diff...that is why it requires additive when you change the fluid. They didn't start using
that system till 2nd gens.

 

Not true, some of the late models do have electronic LSD. It isn't the cool e-locker that the Tacoma got but a brake controlling unit.

 

Drilled out the green lens cover on the topside of the ash tray bracket. Behind that is the green condom bulb. They really really really liked green on our light design.

 

I do miss my e-locker. I wonder why our trucks didn't have that option .

 

I have heard somthing about the 8v tundra has to much torque for the e-locker that Toyota was making at the time.

 

If you do the instrument cluster, go ahead and do the ignition ring since its right there.

 

I didn't realize it was accessible the same way. I'm watching some videos now. Do you recall if the light for Drive is a T5 as well?

 

I ordered those (D and P) from stealership online as an OEM HALOGEN and they came with a base. Expensive, but it was my first time inside the cluster and needed the exact part.

I think the T-5 (might) work there. The head might be too big to fit in the hole. She said.

 

my 04 has a true LSD, but it came with a towing package which may have included this option?

 

Just went out and looked, I did not see the LSD sticker on the rear pumpkin. 75w-140 it is!

 

I would run your VIN at the Toyota Owners website as well...those stickers can fall off...

 

I would remove the fill plug and check visually like @Darkness mentioned.

 

So here's what that website states. I still can't verify if that just means I have the brake-operated "LSD" or it's a true LSD. I guess I'll have to visually inspect and verify.

2019-02-01 15_06_50-Vehicle Specification _ Toyota Owners by Blake Nichols, on Flickr

 

That's brake controlled.

 

It's confusing because Toyota calls it "Auto LSD"...but LSD stands for "limited slip differential" and if you have Auto LSD, you do not have an actual limited slip differential, it's simulated with brakes. The "Auto LSD" was part of the Vehicle Stability Control / Traction Control Package...see the post below.

I believe for all 1st Gen Tundra there was also the option of an actual physical LSD. I don't believe you could have both an actual LSD and VSC/TC/Auto LSD on the later models...at least I can't find that combo taking a quick look through the attached 06 Tundra brochure/order guide...but I would not bet my kids lives on it.

Tundra's have never come with an e-locker of any sort...which is annoying.

See my explanation above...you do not have a true LSD...it's simulated with the VSC system.

 

^ that is true lol

There are a few variations of what was available. I'm gonna write it up in detail later and maybe make it a sticky, this comes up so often.

 

If it's the same as my 04 the gear lights use these guys for LED. 4mm

https://www.superbrightleds.com/mor...led-bulb-high-power-instrument-panel-led/221/

 

If you do that, borrow the data in this post...I believe he took it from the 2004 Tundra New Features Guide...or something like that....

 

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