Recent content by glennm01

At that price, it's probably worth finding a mobile diesel mechanic who will give you an assessment you CAN trust. Tell the seller your concerns about frame rust -- maybe they'd be willing to let you remove a small area of undercoating to expose whatever is going on underneath. I'd recommend...

$14k for an '07 FG is a freaking steal, assuming it's in decent shape. Even after another $15k of upgrades, you'd still be ahead of the game.

Yeah, if the truck you test drove was unloaded in the rear, then forget about judging the ride quality. I found that the front parabolic springs/Sachs HD shock kit that fusooffroad.com sells, along with TImbren bump stops made the ride on my '04 FG much better. And with 37s on 17" super singles...

Dude is free to set the price however he wants, and you are free to not be the buyer.

I used 1/4" rod for the pins on my DIY lock nut tool, which worked fine. No idea on the puller slots -- I was able to remove both drums without a puller.

I couldn't find a compatible Timken for the front inner. I emailed them with the Mitsubishi part numbers, and was told that they only had an interchange for the front outers and rear inners. I'm not sure if that's correct, but once I found the Koyos at a decent price, I just went with them.

FYI, the front outer bearing part number has been replaced/updated with MK711041. For the front inners, I went with Koyo 57326. For the front outers, I went with Timken 32011X. Also, I just re-used the hub cover gaskets. Same truck, btw -- '04 FG649.

Yeah, I'd suspect that the sandwich of parts that make up the manual locking hub mechanism are not in there correctly. Speaking from experience, it's not hard to do...

https://gotreads.com/product/gotreads-xl/ Easier to store than typical traction boards, and double as leveling blocks. No good for bridging, of course, but mine have worked great for a number of sand/mud recoveries, and I level with them all the time.

What is CRS?

The pic below is from the 2002-2004 shop guide, and if I'm reading it right, the interval between flashes is different for the tens column (1.2 seconds) vs. the units (0.4 seconds). Given your description of your flashes, it sounds like your error code could actually be a 22. Unfortunately, the...

Aha. Good to know -- thanks.

I wrapped up my front wheel bearing replacement this weekend, and found that all four of the old bearings were Koyo brand. I'm assuming this means they were not the original bearings, or is it possible that that's what Mitsubishi used for the OEM bearings?

I've been wanting to tackle this job for a while (front and rear bearing re-pack). My truck (2004 FG649) has around 125k miles on it, and I suspect it still has the original bearings, so I'm planning to replace them while I'm at it. I saw the Timken inner and outer part numbers mentioned above...

Wow, it's been 5 years already? Alas, September of 2019...when we were still all so young and innocent, but I digress. To folllow-up: Skaug Truck Body Works in San Fernando was able to build a subframe with four spring mounts on each side. It took several months for them to fit me in, as it's an...