Recent content by Michael Brown

Depends one why you want the bumper. It is one of the few available units for these. As extra protection it is good, but these are strong vehicles. For light mounting, I just drilled into the space in front of the grill. There's a couple spots with metal underneath. For a winch mounting...

These engines are known to have some valvetrain noise, but it wouldn't hurt to replace the valve adjusters if priming doesn't work. There is a tool to do this on the Mitsubishi engines without removing the valve springs...

As much as I love my Monteros, the engines were always their weak spot. Needed to be a little more reliable and a few less gremlins to deal with. The frame and running gear are usually great. A common option is engine swap. Maybe not something more desirable, but maybe a manual swap could be...

I will note that using any hub rings reportedly causes some vibration in Gen 3s. Would also be good to double check the CV boots on your axles for any tears or issues.

Great story. The best sources I've found for parts are Luso Overland, Adventure Driven Design, RockAuto (Denso is usually OEM), and PartSouq. Offroad parts can be found at Rocky-Road.com. Their rock sliders are bolt on units. The dealerships have long forgotten how to work on these so the...

You'll find several guys in the Pajero forums from Australia. They still got the Gen 4 while the US doesn't have any experience past the Gen 3. As I understand it, they are extremely similar mechanically.

There may be ones in mitsubishilinks, but those are usually just the passenger vehicles. Someone in the heavy truck group may have more info. https://forum.expeditionportal.com/forums/japanese-heavy-truck-mitsubishi-and-isuzu.72/

Wheels and caps look great. Grab an FSM if you haven't already.

That's great news. I've had issues with AC going off during an overheat, did not think to check that since you didn't mention issues with engine temp on the display. Mine was caused by leaking oring behind the water pump draining coolant into the valley. Luckily Mitsubishi added those 2 bleed...

The switch could have an internal failure to ground through the housing. Hopefully a new switch solves your problem.

Does your vehicle have the automatic AC controls? My 05 Limited has an auto AC setting which will control the temperature of the air to reach a set temperature like a thermostat in the house. It doesn't just control fan speed. That could be the controller the FSM mentions. That also would be...

If you are unlucky with smooth head stud removal, PartSouq looks like they have new OEM ones in stock for $1.93 each.

I'm sure anything can go bad at some point, but there's several vehicles with 200k miles and working AC. It is odd that it starts cold then gets warm. I would check the engine coolant level in the radiator to make sure it isn't getting low and possibly overheating the system through the...

I'm not sure if there are aftermarket solutions. There may have been a few DIY attempts. Most focus on adding storage to the tailgate door. I know Luso has the rear window and shelf storage on their website. Maybe something similar could be fabricated for the rear passenger doors.

Short answer: Jeep Wranglers They moved stock wheels to 17" on the JK and it remained on the JL. So 17" on a very common offroad platform led to more options in sizes for their wheels. I have the same issue on Monteros where mine has 17" wheels in an uncommon size (265/65R17). I upsized to...