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really interesting, I’ve never known anything about cv axle joint until reading this thread. I did a quick google search and one of the first articles states that the Rzeppa is actually less strong of a design than the tripod of the same size. It does say that the Rzeppa offers more articulation...

These are the Montero gen 2/2.5 specific shocks provided by Adventure Driven Design with only 1,071 miles on them. Attached is a pic of the receipts with mileage from changing these out. I bought them, waited 5 or 6 months for delivery (covid delays), had my shop install them, took one trip...

New (old) dash in! Check out that oh $&@! bar, much safer than an airbag Swapped the speedo backings for yellow. The temp and gas gauges weren’t coming off and didn’t want to force them. Didn’t want to swap the entire cluster because I didn’t know if 95/96 electronics are interchangeable and in...

Some pics cleaning and swapping body panels. Not crazy clean, but as clean as I’ll get it and the rat smell is gone. The 95 has a brown interior so every panel needs replacement to match the color.

Been busy replacing the entire interior - including the dash, carpet, etc. front a 95. This thing was NASTY when I took it apart. Also swapped the front left quarter panel and the front body bar thing behind the bumper. Lots of work. The green sr is the donor truck with a seized engine.

Thanks for the input. The gentleman that sold me the truck is a member here and knows Monteros real well and did the timing belt before he sold it to me. Is getting at that front crankshaft seal possible without removing all the timing belt components?

I agree. It looks like if it was original with a clean title... but for these, the nicest examples are listed at 10k with clean titles. Usually around 6-9k for nice ones. 18k is ridiculous. But hey, its worth what someone is willing to pay... it probably drives great and would provide years of...

Totally cool. At that price it'll go quick.

Any chance you could get the 5 speed shift knob?

Cool truck! I’ve got a 1995 and I’m at 245,000 miles. this have the 12 valve or the 24 valve 3.0 motor?

Thanks for the update!

New tires! 265/75r16 Firestone Destination at2, sl rated. Chose these because they’re the lightest weight AT tire by far compared to any other brand. Sl rating, glad I didn’t go with an E rating after driving on these, they’re smooth and quiet. 95% of my driving is on the highway on my way to a...

the e rated wildpeak is listed as 66.1lbs on the Falken website. It’s listed at 34.1 inches tall, just one column over. I was really hoping you were correct because a 40% decrease in unsprung weight would be huge! The lightest brand tire in every size seems to be Firestone. I’ll be trying...

I did remove the armrests of that second row seating to allow for a wider platform

Pics of my platform. Planned on carpeting but here I am, a year later, using it all the time and still haven’t made it look nice. So many projects, such limited time (off work). Scuse the crappy pics and dirty truck, these were taken after a camping trip. You get the idea. 3 sections. The...

Okok let’s get on with the update. Filled w coolant and the truck starts right up and idles about 1500-1700 rpm. Gave it a rev, and BAM! Clack clack clack, *smoke from the hood* Killed it. Popped the hood and saw this: Apparently if you leave the fan off, you need to tighten the fan bolts...

How are the brakes with the big brake upgrade? Worth it?

Maybe try looking for a donor vehicle with a good engine? I’ve seen a few “bad transmission” or “head gasket” gen 3s in the $1500 range over the last few years

Think I'll helicoil it eventually. But I'll wait until I know the truck is running well and passes smog