Awesome looking truck mate, I'm loving the new Mitsu section. Were these Pajero/Monty versions (I don't know what gen body that is, 2nd? 3rd?) EVER offered with manuals, and were there air lockers still offered stock??? Again, nice truck, glad to see these great trucks coming out in the spotlight.
Cheers
Dave
Thanks for the compliments Dave. The square bodied mitsu montero/dodge raiders are consider gen I's. They were available from 1985/6 to 1991. Here's a pic my 89 v6 2 door (Gen I).
The Gen II Montero's (never sold as a Dodge model) were available from 1992-1996.
The 1992-1993 models were only available with the 3.0L engine & I don't believe they were ever offered with a std trim package that included a stock locker but I could be wrong. Justice and Phil could probably set the record straight on that.
From 1994-1996 the SR models all came with a 3.5L DOHC engine, & larger rear diff with the factory air locker. The 94-96 RS or LS models came with the 3.0L engine a smaller rear diff (not sure about the front). These were not offered with a locker in the US.
The Gen 2.5 Montero's look almost identical to the gen II but has a more flared/pronounced front and rear fenders. If you find with with a cold weather option, it should include a rear locker.
The Gen I v6, Gen II 3.5L models both support the ARB RD110 front locker. The Gen I v6 also has available an ARB rear locker (forget the p/n).
So with either rig, you can easily (for a price) get front and rear lockers.
The Gen II's are offered with manual tranny's but I don't recall if they're available in the US. Mostly because I'm not interested in a manual tranny off road. 1st and foremost the auto tranny's in these are extremely reliable and most get 200K+ w/out even starting to think about a rebuild.
Plus they're simply ton's easier to use off road (especially rock crawling) since we don't have extremely low gears available w/out major mods (4.9 difs & 3:1 xcase is about it) for the Gen II. If we did have those gears then a manual tranny would make more sense and be much easier to drive.