[WATRD]

Allows the use of low range on the transfer case without engaging the "Automatic Disconnecting Differential" or "ADD" for four-wheel drive.

http://www.wattora.com/mods/twolow/

Applicable to "push button" 4x4 models.

Edit: Fixing the broken link

 

[WATRD]

That's the beauty of this mod, the front driveshaft *doesn't* spin. I ran this mod for a year before the axle swap and have been running is ever since. It's especially nice after the swap because I have an automatic locker in the front, so when it's grumpy and doesn't want to let my steer, I can just press the button and with the loss of power to the front axle, I get my steering back

 

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Will the lockers still engage in 2 lo? Its kinda like the free alarm mod. I love cheap mods.

Yes. This is transparent to lockers, TRD locker included, if you have already done the "gray wire" locker mod.

 

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OK, were the kittens the installation crew for this mod on your truck...?

Yes! And they were a big help. Well, except for the one that got into the starting fluid early in the day. It was down hill from there for him...

 

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He was talking about the non-push button xfer cases, not the tranny.

As far as I am aware, this mod will work for any Tacoma with the push-button 4x4 system, regardless of the tranny type.

There is another mod for two-low on non-push button 4x4 Tacoma's, but I am having a heck of a time finding the write up for it anywhere.

 

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Anything like this for us Manual T-Case people, or I do I need a twin-stick
Thanks,

Sorry about the late reply, I am still getting used to the new board and skipped right by your post. There is a mod that works for the manual tcase rigs, but I am having a heck of a time finding a write up for it. If I recall correctly, the connector was on the other side of the tranny.

 

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I can't get the damned plug to come apart. I can see one little clip holding the two together but lifting it up doesn't seem to be helping.

You may have to monkey around with it a bit if it's well weathered, but with some finesse, it will come apart.

 

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Yes, I eventually got it to come apart. I just had to get a little rough with it.

So all is well?

 

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That's good to hear.

Maybe you can put a cheat sheet on the dash to remind you of what settings you want to use for what terrain hehehhehe

 

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Why is there a switch in that 1st picture for the "locker mod"?

Because when I did the write up, there was a lot confusion between the "locker mod" and the "2lo mod". For some reason, some people thought they were one in the same. So, when I took the pic, I labled it so it was obvious that the 2lo mod had nothing to do with the locker mod.

 

[WATRD]

Okay, the first picture of the write up at http://www.wattora.com/mods/twolow/ is to show what "Push Button" 4WD looks like. It is there to distinguish that system of engaging 4wd from the type where you have to shift the stick to put it in 4wd.

Since there was confusion about what the 2lo mod did and that confusion seemed to stem from the "locker mod", I captioned the switch I use to disable the locker mod with "Switch for the "locker mod" This is a different mod from the "2lo" mod." That switch is otherwise unrelated to the 2lo mod.

That switch IS my locker mod. In the down position, the locker performs as stock, engaging only in 4lo. With the switch in the up position, it grounds out the gray wire for the locker mod, allowing the locker to function in all xfer case positions. I did that so that if someone else drives my truck, the locker cannot be accidentally engaged while they are on road. I could have foregone that switch and simply grounded the wire so that the locker mod was always active and the locker engaged with a press of the stock switch, but I wanted to be able to lock out the locker in 2wd.

Make sense?

Neither the locker mod nor the 2lo mod changes your shift points, I also have a 2001 auto, so you lost me there.

 

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You are very welcome Steve.

 

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Are you 100% certain that the locker is not engaging? Or are you simply seeing the blinking light and assuming it's not? I have seen this before on a couple of rigs and although the light continued to blink, the locker was locking up fine. The problem was in the feeback circuit, not the locking circuit.

 

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That's first for me then. I have seen several that still locked but the light kept blinking, but I have never seen one where the 2low mod actually had any effect on the locker.

Must be a Monday truck? ahhahahhahahha

 

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Wait a minute, did I read that correctly? If you do just the two-low mod, of course the locker won't engage. One of the checks that the locker ECU does is that the transfer case is in FOUR low, with the diff engaged. You would HAVE to do the gray wire mod for the locker to work in anything but four low.

I will update the write up.

 

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To be perfectly clear, the switch goes to ground, not to 12 volts...

Yes, you still have to be below 5mph to engage or disengage the locker. Beyond that, I am not sure I understand your question.

 

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I am confused about where you are confused. Locking and unlocking the locker over 5mph is really hard on it. Yes, you could bypass the stock ECU all together and install that switch, but it still not a going to be a good idea to lock it over 5mph, so all you have done is removed the safety factor the stock ECU provides.

The switch I was referring to doesn't replace the stock switch, just enables it. Off the locker only works in 4-lo, on and the locker works in all positions. But, the engaged disengage safety remains in effect. Of course, once it's engaged, it will remain thus at any speed...