Just dropping in to wake up this thread.
I've been digging through the EPC and I think it is easier than it seems. It is so easy that Toyota doesn't even identify what shifter a truck has based on the VIN. I suspenct the idea was to let the dealers configure the front seating arrangement.
I'm pretty sure the column is the same whether it has a shifter or not. I've found a complete column in a wrecker but it is good to know that I'd be able to re-use keys, the airbag etc. from the original vehicle.
The shift cable snakes down the column, runs under the carpet and exits the body in exactly the same place as the floor shifter. From outside the truck both systems are identical.
The driver and passenger seats are identical in both versions of the truck.
The center console mounting is the same as the center seat module which has its own shuolder belt. There are no seatbelts to mount seperately.
There is an ashtray which replaces the void in the dash where the center console previously connected.
A new carpet (or some other way to cover the big hole on the transmission tunnel) is required.
I'd welcome any more feed back, especially from anyone who has actually had one of these interiors apart. I know that more than a few of these column shifters have broken over the years. Perhaps someone has swapped one and has some insight.
I've been digging through the EPC and I think it is easier than it seems. It is so easy that Toyota doesn't even identify what shifter a truck has based on the VIN. I suspenct the idea was to let the dealers configure the front seating arrangement.
I'm pretty sure the column is the same whether it has a shifter or not. I've found a complete column in a wrecker but it is good to know that I'd be able to re-use keys, the airbag etc. from the original vehicle.
The shift cable snakes down the column, runs under the carpet and exits the body in exactly the same place as the floor shifter. From outside the truck both systems are identical.
The driver and passenger seats are identical in both versions of the truck.
The center console mounting is the same as the center seat module which has its own shuolder belt. There are no seatbelts to mount seperately.
There is an ashtray which replaces the void in the dash where the center console previously connected.
A new carpet (or some other way to cover the big hole on the transmission tunnel) is required.
I'd welcome any more feed back, especially from anyone who has actually had one of these interiors apart. I know that more than a few of these column shifters have broken over the years. Perhaps someone has swapped one and has some insight.
