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It doesn’t matter what you choose to call it, the definition of misfire is when a cyl fails to fire. The vibrations are from by the imbalance that’s caused by the cylinder in question not firing (yes that’s called a misfire) weather it’s from lack of spark, fuel or compression It doesn’t...

I doubt that disconnecting the injector will reduce vibration. It will probably make it worse, as you’ll probably be making an intermittent misfire into a permanent one. I can’t remember which side the #1 is, but if you can access it pull the plug and clean it. Common cause for misfire is oil...

That will work, the 99 running gear should all fit, but you’ll still want the gears out out of a sport. The 99’s have 4.29 gears which you don’t want.

You’ll need to swap in the big 3.5 SR axle in the rear then swap in sport ring and pinion to go 4.90 in back. For the front you’ll need SR with sport r/p or just use Sport ( if you want to eliminate the CAD use sport) it should all be well documented here if you dig a little. The smaller LS...

Yea, the old days. VMag was where we organized the first montero rally in 96. Only 3 of us actually showed up, but it built a little hype and we had a lot more show up for the second or 3rd rally that I wrote about and got the article published in 4wd and Sport Utility magazine I believe it came...

How about we bring back the vmag forum ? 4x4now.com ?

3.5 sport oil pump and 95-96 Monter LS oil filter adapter is probably what you need (as well as me)

From what I’ve found, there are two different oil pumps used on the V6’s. Crossover and non crossover. Crossover puts the oil filter on the passenger side, non crossover on the drivers side. The 3.8 block is drilled and tapped for the non crossover. The crossover housing goes up higher as the...

Charlie, thanks for the pics. I was going to ask about the oil cooler. Seems like the oil filter adapter from the sr will not fit to the 3.8 oil pump. I need to double check that. Is there another adapter I need to look for off another model? My SR oil pan already has the indent for the...

We made some good progress here lately. One of the valve covers looked like it had been eaten away by something caustic, I tried to buff it out with a wire wheel but it still looked booty. Couldn't handle looking at it so we pulled one off the 96 SR in the pick n pull. It was filthy but was...

Both. The SOHC pump is the one that will mount to the 3.8 block. None of the DOHC thermostat housing parts will fit to the SOHC pump back half. The SOHC thermostat housing needs to be adapted to the DOHC water pipe as the SOHC pipe interferes with the cam sprocket. Shouldnt be too hard to adapt...

The SOHC 3.5 does not have butterfly valves so no need to worry about those on your model year. You can check for vacuum leaks with an unlit propane torch if you still suspect a vac leak. Open the valve and disperse the propane around the intake while the engine is idling if idle speeds up from...

Yes, the one on the left is the SOHC pump, which is the one that fit’s to the 3.8 block. Maybe there’s a magic back half that fits both the SOHC pump and DOHC thermostat housing assembly, but I can’t seem to find one. Even tried a KIA 3.5 DOHC.

Spent some time in the yard today, 96 SR pump was the same as the 94 SR. Not sure what the Missing link is. Tore the thermostat housing off a 3.5 SOHC gen 3 As well as I could see that it also has a two piece water pump back like the DOHC. l just took the gasket to check bolt pattern since I...

Here’s the new style pump vs the old off the 94 SR. you can see the old style is a little wider and bolt pattern difference. Also the port is different and slants to the left a little. Going to go see if we can get the correct parts off the 96 in the yard here in a bit.

Yea, I took a second look last night, they definitely won’t interchange on this one. The bolt pattern is different and the back half is different in that it is in two pieces on the 94 SR while the newer pump back half is in one piece. The flange where the pump turns the port towards the front is...

I was hoping that the DOHC water pump would fit, but it wont. The holes in the block are a bit different and the bolt pattern on the ends near the ears of the pump slant differently. I’ll have to post a pic of them side by side.

Ordered a bunch of parts and working on the heads in the meantime. All the valves in the SR heads were bent, so I ordered new valves and been lapping them in. One head done so far with another to go. looks like I’ll need to grind out the thermostat housing port to match the SR water pipe...

Thanks for lookin, it’s the last piece to the puzzle needed (I think)

Yea, I’ll be ordering a 3000GT timing belt for it soon.