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    Air intake plenum - how hard should it be?

    ... then they come back to haunt you by showing up after you button up , wash hands and wifey is waitng to b picked up from work to go out....
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    Time to give up my Monty

    thats a serious problem. slow down your thinking. consider options. junk it: peel off your good parts and have done with her. treat her like an ex wife fix it: your problem(s) sound similar to flood rigs. lights going on like its armegeddon in a nuke bunker. corrosion, or malfunctioning...
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    Which Montero has the Biggest Interior?

    get them both! trooper has enough usable space for a mother in law apt. as well as a basement. i love troopers . i love mitsus more. i truly love my gen1 mitsu. you will discover the trooper to be very capable rig in every way. mitsu is just more refined luxurious, and somewhat more dependable...
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    Correct crankshaft pulley bolt for an 89 3.0?

    yes chamfered edge of the washer goes to the head of the bolt. this according to mitsu tech . for the life of me i cant say why.
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    PDX Gen 2 Body lift questions

    c'mon 465 s 15th saint helens oregon get what u need
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    PDX Gen 2 Body lift questions

    Starter probably good. just the solenoid is cranky, cleaning that /contact points likely will revive your starter. also Soon there will be a body lift happening in ST Helens. we are lifting the body of a gen 2 with the forklift. if you want to help /watch as we do your welcome to. take...
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    Air intake plenum - how hard should it be?

    its the nut in the garage that worries me.
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    Air intake plenum - how hard should it be?

    remember your bracing
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    Air intake plenum - how hard should it be?

    the plenum should have roughly that many bolts attaching it to the intake manifold. if it is not loose now it is because you have missed one bolt. its a very very common situation. or the way i do these may help u or may not. when all of the bolts are loose but not removed, i will swat the...
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    Dont Call it a Build Thread

    yes she is coming along, looking good-fer-it, as we used to say in the maritimes. im headed out to central oregon. i cant stand to see those photos, and not be out there somewhere, feeling the wind, breathing the air ;cold, low humidity, very strong spirits there, undisturbed by the clamor of...
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    Bilstein 4600 vs kyb gas adjust gen 3

    it is peculiar that they are so unloved. but if anecdotal exam of craigslist posts counts for anything, of all models in our area the gen 1 and 2.5 disappear quickly relative to the gen 2, gen3. in my case i had a 91 toy pickup , arb locked front rear and sideways a real charmer. i had knocked...
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    Bilstein 4600 vs kyb gas adjust gen 3

    what became of your gen 1? ive got gas adj's sitting on the shelf ready to go in . but now i dither. i want koni, but A.D.D. is making big noise about bilstein. ive used all three on cars. but cannot compare to suv type rigs. what i really want??? coil overs on front and eliminate torsion bar...
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    Montero Buyers Guide

    a gal with big hips, always gives the best ride.
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    superwinch hubs? opinions?

    thank you for this! so i guess i will buy these superwinch's and hold on to them till someone needs them here on the forum, then everyone wins! Also is there much 4x4 activity in and around the mountains of Baker Nevada? looks like fire season might take me there this year. and i am after...
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    superwinch hubs? opinions?

    it boils down to age of the driver not the equipment. im 57 or 6 i forget, and i cant remember the last time i enjoyed getting out into the weather to turn hubs, especially in the middle of a big puddle, pond or mud hole. at my age now i think more of the mess i will have to clean up from...
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    Dont Call it a Build Thread

    u were just out of town then. amazing how much snow Central O. did get . gonna be a happy summer in Bend this year. i hope we get 4 feet more b4 winters end.
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    quick check- who supplies bushings...

    thx there sits an email from me on the ADD website D
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    goin' to california,with an aching in my heart, need advice

    thank you for this. im learning how to put up photos and then the fun begins. thx for all u fellas and your advice/insights.
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