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Prado V6 Auto without 4x4 gearlever

Montie

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Hi guys, I posted this in the intro and possibly the wrong place to get answers to my query. I own two Prado J90's, the first one is the KZ-TE version in manual and the later one, by necessity because of circumstances, a quad cam V6 with an auto-box. I was always under the impression that the diesel version is the preferred one but it is out shined by the petrol model from all my research.

The auto version, funnily enough, does not have the 4x4 gear-lever to the transfer-box and has, what seems like factory cover plates, where the gear-lever should go?! It does have the transfer box and front differential with side shafts though, so, this is puzzling. Why sell a Prado but without the traits that makes it a sought-after 4x4?

I will pull of the caps and have a look, not ex[ectig to anything else than where the gear-lever needs to go.
 

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The V6 petrol is the most common 90 series here. You can easily get 500,000km out of this engine.

Perhaps your non 4WD versions are for markets which have unfavorable rules for 4WD? A lot of people use these as utility vehicles and never go off road so it would still be an attractive vehicle to them.
 
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