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Looks nice. I would recommend you do not surface those heads. If you do the cam bores will no longer be straight. Use MLS head gaskets.

This afternoon during a break in the rain I used my blue Gen 1 to push the Pajero into my basement shop, no pictures since my wife and I were plenty busy. Pulled the bonnet off and set it up on the roof rack so I have freedom to see and work.

When I got back to work I got the engine closer to position, then pulled the radiator out of hibernation and mounted it. I now need to make the hoses which will pretty much require rework of the lower radiator outlet, this I have been expecting all along. I am not 100% happy with the angle of...

Fiddling with my winch a bit, Hammer, nope. Cleaning cable ends, nope. Four Ramsey manuals later, Wiring has not been right, it is now, But nope. Fiddling with it for a half hour, jumper cable ends are warm, very warm, STOP. Oh well, Back to work.

Guess it is not all, I had intended to take a bunch of close ups and detail shots before I installed this, I find she shot a few and I cropped another. The two larger hoses running back over the transmission are the rear heater, these now utilize brass hose connectors aft of the Tcase rather...

So I hung the assembly at the rear of the heads, turned out the pitch was just right, And started to feed it in, She did not get any shots of bringing it over the header since she was checking clearances as well, I am really glad to have cut the header out even though I am sure I could have...

I got something done today, it's in there. Might not need to come out either, unless I can not build the headers in chassis. I gave up on getting the winch to run, Might be corrosion on a few terminals but I have a short weather window to get this task done. Going to be a few pics here, I use...

+ Sure would save me a few hours, I have been told in the past to use a bigger hammer.

I am not 100# sure but I think I have now finished my work on the engine & transmission. Accessory mounting, belt guides, wires. Hoses, brackets. Made the bosses for the last sensors and welded them on. This was truly not a little 10 day task, well 11 months so far and many months to go. We have...

That "Blue Colt" of mine was an impressive car for many years. When a friend rode home with me when I got out of collage in Fla late '82 back to Conn, I had a loaded trailer with 3 motorcycles, my furniture, tool boxes and stuff. On that near 2K drive he felt I needed more low end torque. He...

These are fully welded, spot welded that is. I cut mine wide such that I can add tabs under it and use 6mm bolts on each side to hold it in place. This is the front of one of my '72 Colts as I am fitting a later engine, this shows how the factory used to have the removable header.

If the engine comes out alone it is not real necessary but when the transmission and T case is coming out too, that is where it sines. Keep in mind the AC core needs to be pulled to have value in this.

One thing that has been bugging me for a week is this new winch relay, I have not been able to make the series would motor on my winch run. Not one wire hookup online and no schematic to be found. Then finding the small print that this is only a 75A load capable, out it goes. No desire to have...

As the engine & trans is getting close to being ready to go in, I finally made a decision. being I own some rather old Mitsubishi's, at least as far back as commonly found in country. One thing I really liked about the 1st Gen Galant is the radiator header is easily removed allowing the...

A few of us, I have a Gen 3 but it is not my cup of tea, it is gen 2 for me. I do not know of anything that stands out about the 3.8 and 5 speed. But that just might be I have not studied them enough.

This one is a front Torsen style, made in Russia. Helical diff as they call it. I studied both Russian and German way back in 2nd & 3rd grade. I retain no Russian but having worked on Porshe and BMW cars way back before service documents were available in English it made life easier, not that I...

A very nice package arrived from Russia this morning.

Chain saw bar oil spray, it is still on there a year later when it is time to respray.

The part I do not care about in this system, your foot only controls the front brakes. The rear brakes are applied electronically. This is not noticeable to most people. ABS systems and electronic braking defaults to "no brakes" in variable low or no grip conditions. Living in salt country where...

These are the major reason the '02 I bought is not something I want to drive. There are some real nice traits to the vehicle but I have no interest in being a few states away from home and have the brake system become inop and not band-aid able. I have considered converting to basic vacuum...