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One thing I chose to do, to the lack of great 7" round lamps today I swapped to Gen 2.5 lights. Went with a 2.5 grille as well. I then chose to metalize the grille to brighten it up a bit.

Now with it sitting outside the basement I needed to get one of my planes out of the workspace and clean up a bit.

Can't say I know how to place images where they should be in this forum. With this being mid November it was time to start getting this up into the basement shop for the winter. So out into the light it went. With my SR ready to pull this up to the house I took a quick walk around before...

Time to catch up a bit, back in early Nov I spent time trimming the engine brackets to get the engine to sit right where I want it. It will be quite low in the chassis as in just 8mm above the front axle and diff. This keeps the full driveline above the frame rails but far less so than a factory...

I do wish the upper gears were closer together than they are. I am curious to see how this combination works out. This chassis has 4.88 gears but I intend to change to 4.22 which should work well with the 5 speed. My reasoning is my Mighty Max was great to drive with that ratio. The one thing I...

I would sure like to see you generate any proof of that. Mitsubishi has used Asian automatics from back when they were Borg Warner in the late 60s. The name was changed when the new factory and corporate offices were built. Jatco transmissions have crept into the newer FWD based cars since the...

The 5 speed I am using is a Gen 3 which is an Asian transmission.

Yes as part of it, other documents were part of it as well. My final decision was made by checking part numbers of the shift solenoids within each transmission. It looks like Asian uses the same solenoid in most every new style transmission made be it for BMW, Volvo, Toyota or whoever. Being...

Humm, forgot to post a few images from the top.

Good to see you here Shaun, Thank you for getting this Pajero to me. I got a major step done yesterday, the first trial fitting with the engine and transmission into the chassis. First time out in the sun when mated together. It really will go in there. Using the jack to guide the back...

Hours of bookwork. Primarily the internal speed sensors and shift valves are all the same parts between the FWD and Montero transmission, as well as many Volvo, BMW and Toyotas as well.

Thank you Adam, This is a fun project and should offer to be a pretty good multi use vehicle. I really want to get my 6spd into something but once I realized the Eclipse ECU will shift the Gen 3 trans I got to try it first.

Thank you, right now the harness at the back of the engine is a rats nest. I also discovered that on a previous RWD conversion of a DOHC Mitsu V6 I used up many sizes of the sleeving I use when building a harness, as such I am delayed in continuing deeper with this one until I restock. I can...

These shots are when converting the engine from a sidewinder to RWD. A bit of work needed to reshape the Mivec oil tube to fit around the Montero water manifold. This shot is with a Gen3 backplate and flexplate in place. My wife likes it when I really get into my work, And the engine set in...

I did a test post on Farcebook. I was quite surprised that so many did not ever read my initial post and went on dictating how to do what I already had described. More than likely they have yet to learn to read. The only reason I was even on FB is that is my best communication route with the...

Yes, Thank you Paul and Adam, It is good to find a forum that is still alive and has interest in projects. I will be digging into my current project next.

I should touch on a few of the features that were built into my old red Monti, a few that no one else has such as an aluminum 35 gal gas tank, this was built with an 8mm thick lower surface allowing it to hit or drag over rocks. It has 4w disc with opposing piston calipers and 12" discs all...

I figure it might be right to do a little introduction, For those that were active on the Wire during it's days I am Old Colt. That name kind of refers to the fact That I still drive a 1972 Dodge Colt, AKA a Mitsubishi Galant. Back in the late '80s I was the first person to swap a turbo engine...

I have a project where I am swapping a 6G75 Mivec backed by a paddle shifted 5 speed into what was originally a 4D56 3 Dr Pajero. This post is to judge interest in this project.