lordtrunks
camp loser
Hit the trail today
The "Az Crew" Thread
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Hit the trail today
JohnnyBfromPeoria
I'm Getting Around To It
Cool, LT. One of these days I'll get one or both of mine back on the road and head up your way.
Looks like the flex plate I ordered for my 87 got pulled today. The seller says he's shipping it tomorrow, so I'll have to play the shuffle game with non-running trucks in my driveway again. Right now I have my 95 up front awaiting a new front main seal, Jose's 90 auto with an almost complete transmission fluid change job and Jorge's 86 that's probably sold and will be picked up tomorrow or Tuesday. Funny how you can get somebody so fired up over a plain, base 86 Montero that they'll give up $2K and a $750 firearm (yeah, it's clean and has a receipt). The buyer is even taking the straight-south-of-the-border wheels with the super old tires on them and we swapped auto hubs on and kept the Aisins. He does get a bouncy seat though, simply because we are pretty full-up on them in all the other Gen 1's.
I'll probably put my 87 in the front of the driveway since the engine is coming out of it again to change the flex plate. It needs still more work to get it running, too, plus all the cosmetic stuff that drives me nuts when it's not done. The headliner fell out of it while it was in storage; anybody know how to put one in cleanly? I'll be installing my stereo, too. I'm thinking of trying to see if the mid-panel 6 1/2" speaker box from 88+ models will work to let me install bigger door speakers than the 5 1/4" ones the metal is cut for from the factory. The door panels on this truck haven't been cut into yet for speakers and if I can stand the couple of inches of intrusion that the mounting boxes require, it would probably be worth it sound-wise. Speaking of car stereos, it astounds me how feature-rich a sub-$100 in dash unit without a CD player in it can be. Bluetooth, both for hands free phone and music streaming, aux and USB inputs, sound tailoring options, display color options and high power are all there from multiple brands and Crutchfield still supplies the adapters so you don't end up cutting your stock stereo plugs off. I already have a unit I could put in there but it doesn't have the Bluetooth and the USB doesn't utilize the full 32 GB of my big thumb drives so it doesn't see all the music on them.
Still don't know whether or not to pull the 3.5 out of my 95 to replace that devil seal that popped. Some of you say to do it and some of you dudes say it can be done properly without doing it. Obviously I'm a bit untrusting of the seal staying in place at this point. It didn't leak a drop for 3,000 miles then let go spectacularly. I have a Speedy Sleeve for the crank snout, too. Wonder if it's a good idea to put it on for insurance in case the crank is grooved a bit...
John B.
Looks like the flex plate I ordered for my 87 got pulled today. The seller says he's shipping it tomorrow, so I'll have to play the shuffle game with non-running trucks in my driveway again. Right now I have my 95 up front awaiting a new front main seal, Jose's 90 auto with an almost complete transmission fluid change job and Jorge's 86 that's probably sold and will be picked up tomorrow or Tuesday. Funny how you can get somebody so fired up over a plain, base 86 Montero that they'll give up $2K and a $750 firearm (yeah, it's clean and has a receipt). The buyer is even taking the straight-south-of-the-border wheels with the super old tires on them and we swapped auto hubs on and kept the Aisins. He does get a bouncy seat though, simply because we are pretty full-up on them in all the other Gen 1's.
I'll probably put my 87 in the front of the driveway since the engine is coming out of it again to change the flex plate. It needs still more work to get it running, too, plus all the cosmetic stuff that drives me nuts when it's not done. The headliner fell out of it while it was in storage; anybody know how to put one in cleanly? I'll be installing my stereo, too. I'm thinking of trying to see if the mid-panel 6 1/2" speaker box from 88+ models will work to let me install bigger door speakers than the 5 1/4" ones the metal is cut for from the factory. The door panels on this truck haven't been cut into yet for speakers and if I can stand the couple of inches of intrusion that the mounting boxes require, it would probably be worth it sound-wise. Speaking of car stereos, it astounds me how feature-rich a sub-$100 in dash unit without a CD player in it can be. Bluetooth, both for hands free phone and music streaming, aux and USB inputs, sound tailoring options, display color options and high power are all there from multiple brands and Crutchfield still supplies the adapters so you don't end up cutting your stock stereo plugs off. I already have a unit I could put in there but it doesn't have the Bluetooth and the USB doesn't utilize the full 32 GB of my big thumb drives so it doesn't see all the music on them.
Still don't know whether or not to pull the 3.5 out of my 95 to replace that devil seal that popped. Some of you say to do it and some of you dudes say it can be done properly without doing it. Obviously I'm a bit untrusting of the seal staying in place at this point. It didn't leak a drop for 3,000 miles then let go spectacularly. I have a Speedy Sleeve for the crank snout, too. Wonder if it's a good idea to put it on for insurance in case the crank is grooved a bit...
John B.
lordtrunks
camp loser
I'd pull it sleeve it seal it be Done with it
Dude this red soil gets wet and it's slick as all get out ground is saturated from the snow and rain and there are some deep pools along the trail that you just slide into and have to drop the hammer to get out of.
Dude this red soil gets wet and it's slick as all get out ground is saturated from the snow and rain and there are some deep pools along the trail that you just slide into and have to drop the hammer to get out of.
JohnnyBfromPeoria
I'm Getting Around To It
You know I like to drop the hammer off road, brother. That sounds fun!
John B.
John B.
JohnnyBfromPeoria
I'm Getting Around To It
Aww, c'mon Paj, it happened in May last year. Of course I haven't even dug into where I can see it yet. You know me!
John B.
John B.
'round n' back again
Explorer
whats that brown stuff all over ur rig?
up here we call it mud or a hillbilly paint job.
but that there is AZ
land of sun
and the envy
of all we
here stuck in the swamp
in the 'ol big muddy!
up here we call it mud or a hillbilly paint job.
but that there is AZ
land of sun
and the envy
of all we
here stuck in the swamp
in the 'ol big muddy!
jms_brns
Observer
Hey LT, I'm pretty sure I saw you last Friday February 10th. At about 5:30ish I was on the 87 just past Sycamore Creek area heading to Showlow and I saw you going the opposite direction, towards the valley. I think I heard my wife's eyes roll when I yelled, "Hey I recognize that Montero!"
Hit the trail today
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PA_JERO
Adventurer
Hey jms_brns, do you ever travel through the queen creek area and apache junction area? I'm still trying to figure out who the guy is that I keep seeing in a white Gen 2.5 with a roof rack and maybe 33's. It's got a few stickers on the back windows to if I recall. It's never been a convenient time to go chase him down like I do to other montero guys.
PA_JERO
Adventurer
You need to get motivated dude.
jms_brns
Observer
Nope, it must not be me, I don't have any stickers on mine. I pass through every once in a while but not often. That does sound pretty similar to mine though.
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lordtrunks
camp loser
round and back i refound the hubs in my moving mess and I promise i'll get a shipping quote on them this week for you sorry i know its been like a month.
yep jim that would have been me rolling down the 87
yep jim that would have been me rolling down the 87
JohnnyBfromPeoria
I'm Getting Around To It
No, I need my neighbors to sell theirs so I have no choice but to work on mine...instead of theirs!
John B.
