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I have not looked at my '02 in a long time to confirm, but I would look for a fresh air vent that is not fully closed.

Personally I hate ABS in the snow, I would rather have good grippy tires and limited slips. Last thing anyone needs is to have their braked turned off by confused electronics.

I like SWB cars for their maneuverability. Especially that one. It is superb on gravel or tarmac in it's tossability. It did take time for the limited slips to bed in but from that point it is quite manageable for those that can manage a vehicle like that. 3 clutch type diffs that do not want...

It is starting to look that way. I also think I will need to machine my own tube ends as well. If I can get by with just changing the tube ends allowiing me to "clock" the fittings, I will insert a copper rod inside the tube as a mandrel to weld over and reduce the need to Argon purge the tube...

Well, it looks like both AC hoses to the compressor need to be custom made, dang.

Actually I do have one little tidbit from yesterday. One Gen 2.5 grille bracket came in from Dubai, the right side one. The rest of my two orders are NLA, Would love to get a working Gen 1 fuel pickup/sender unit. On the lower right of the image below I am reluctantly using a Gen 2 bracket but...

Late yesterday I essentially finished the primary exhaust tubes and came to realize it am not happy with the bulk of the tubing I bought for the lower, larger tubes into the collectors. So I ordered up more tube that will take a week to get here. I did take quite a few photos this morning but...

More tube work done, hard to see. I got further along on the right side primary tubes than the technicaly easier left side, this side being a harder place to work with the starter and steering column. These primary tubes are 1.625 OD .0625 wall tube and they all end at 15" from the valve seat...

Back to the left side, the 3rd tube is roughed inplace. This side will be pretty easy compared to the right that has both the steering column and starter.

And the front two on the drivers side are started.

Headers, first tubes are started.

I have been know to insert extensions for sockets or just metal rod if you have any around. If a joint is double sheer such as trailing arm to axle, most anything is fine for moving around the yard. The front of the trailing arm, nut and washer without the rubber or not all the rubber will be...

Can you loosely fit the arms into the rings and retain them either with straps or their own hardware?

Oh it is nice to have that problem with my welder behind. Looks as though I was not running anything to to prevent bacterial growth in the coolant resulting in the pump sucking in a glob and blocking the inlet screen in the pump. Best part is I felt the torch warming up and got out of the power...

Yes, 99% of my welding is TiG. I have two MIG units, a small Miller and a larger 250A one as well. The large one gets used If I am building trailers, which I no longer do very often. The little Miller 130 is right next to the Pajero, seem to be a moody thing, I have a hard time making sweet...

Ho Humm, just another shippy day in paradise. I was having a delightful time welding the inserts into my exhaust flanges. Just starting on the 4th of six, the torch starts to feel a little warm, humm. Then the arc goes unstable, too late to realize I had not paid attention to the coolant level...

If you are talking about the panel that covers from the frame under the radiator back to the suspension crossmember. The panel is in the parts books is pn MB485656 for the '87, different number for the pre '86. These made a continuous underguard from the bumper to mid engine bay.

Look them up on Car-part.com, there are a few rear ones out there. Front is either a custom machined Starion Diff or aftermarket, I bought a Russian torque sensing diff for the front on mine, there are a few options out there.

It took allot of work to make these "Perfectly good flanges" They were some rather hack job flame cut from hot rolled steel with hole sizes that made no sense at all. I had to bore the ports so they would line up up with the ports in the head, then bore the flame cut stud holes and insert...

Correct, considerably different. And that does not mean all tubular exhaust at the heads are "headers" there are plenty of fabricated tubular manifolds, Ford Mustangs come to mind. Many others are out there. Yesterday I got my front driveshaft pressed together and welded, but not painted. Too...