1972 Toyota Crown Service and Repair Manual

What separates one 1972 Toyota Crown from another, as far as a repair procedure is concerned, is the drivetrain it was built with. Toyota's fitment data for the year splits Crowns into automatic and standard transmission cars, keeps a third group whose transmission was never recorded, and further separates cars carrying the engine designator M in the VIN from those with no engine character listed at all. Matching your Crown to the right line before you start is what keeps you on a 1972 specification rather than a figure carried over from an adjacent year of the platform.

Engines

• 2.6L inline-six (4M, 156 cu in) — SOHC, naturally aspirated, gasoline

Trims

• Automatic Trans
• Not Available Trans
• Standard Trans
• Eng, Automatic Trans, Eng VIN M
• Eng, Automatic Trans, _NA_
• Eng, Not Available Trans, Eng VIN M
• Eng, Not Available Trans, _NA_
• Eng, Standard Trans, Eng VIN M
• Eng, Standard Trans, _NA_

Automatic Trans or Standard Trans, with or without the M engine designator in the VIN, the combination your Crown left the plant with is what decides which 1972 figures apply to the job.