Tacoma autos...

zig80toy · Sep 7, 2007

Anybody have anything good or bad to says about the automatic transmissions found behind the 2.7L taco motors?...
Would this be a decent transmission for a wheel'n rig?

zig80toy · Sep 10, 2007

Damn it, say something you fawkers

lol...
might be getting a 2000 Taco today with 129K miles.
Should i just hold out until i find one with a manual trans?

I'm worried a taco auto trans will not hold up well to lower gears and bigger tires. This will be a trail only rig...

skrause · Sep 10, 2007

zig80toy said:
I'm worried a taco auto trans will not hold up well to lower gears and bigger tires. This will be a trail only rig...

lower gears means LESS stress on the trans. Add a cooler.

zig80toy · Sep 10, 2007

true, true, but are these things computer controlled enough that different gears and tires will confues it?

Man, i haven't owned an auto in so long its scary:eeek:

crash2 · Sep 10, 2007

There isn't alot of info on them--you might try lookign thru yotatech since there are lot of taco's over there..

skrause · Sep 10, 2007

zig80toy said:
true, true, but are these things computer controlled enough that different gears and tires will confues it?

Man, i haven't owned an auto in so long its scary:eeek:

Hey now, don't get all technical. You were just asking if it would "hold up". :; :haha:

Grommit327 · Sep 10, 2007

I think you should just have to worry about the power side of it...and with a 2.7 under the hood...there's not alot of that to worry about. Should hold up just fine...if you really like an auto :haha:

Not Jobless · Sep 10, 2007

zig80toy said:
Damn it, say something you fawkers lol...

Yota's are ****ing :rb:

There...I said it, are you happy now?

zig80toy · Sep 11, 2007

Ahhh, i passed on it... they didn't budge on the price.

Yes, i am happy now.
BTW, Jobless, i'm pretty sure it was you (can't remember what thread, but this was a while back) that finally made me realize, driving my wheeling rig to the trail is bogus. Trailering it to and from is the only way to go. Just picked up a tow rig a couple weeks ago.:awesomework:

And Crash, while i don't think he meant to, talked me out of doing work on my current rig. I