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thats a great idea, ill prolly end up doing that. On a side note, what spark plug gap do people use. The NGK platinum i bought are 0.032, the the fsm says 0.028 − 0.031 inch

I'll try to take some pics, but I will definitely post back about my experience when it's complete.

Thanks for all the great info. I'm gonna go oem on valve gasket, tube seals, and upper plenum gasket. I ordered denso plug wires and Ngk Platinum plugs EDIT: The OEM spark plug tube seals were $12 per seal!!!! Thankfully the parts guy felt bad for me and gave me an employee discount on them...

why is it worth every penny? did you have a bad experience with another manufacturer

@nnamssorxela Thanks for the pics and all the information Anyone got any recommendations on valve cover gaskets? Im thinking these... http://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=2653004&cc=1417250&jsn=386&jsn=386 (Mahle/victor reinz) or these...

Thanks for that information, are both pieces held on by just those center bolts?

So my passenger side valve cover has developed a leak and is gonna need to be changed, I was some of you guys who have done this on the gen 3 would chime on about a few questions I have... How hard is it too remove the upper part of the intake plenum? Any advice on special tools, hidden bolts...

I assume I did this when I changed my timing belt and h20 pump, but dang I can't remember. Isn't there 2 bleeder screws up on top of the engine area? What do you do, run the engine, and then just loosen the screws till coolant flows out, then tighten?

Yeah I think I was confused, I thought you were also talking about the cluster indicator lights (4wheel indicator and etc). Those would be awesome in led. I see what ur talking about now, thanks for clearing it up.

Thanks for posting this, I just ordered these of ebay. Just out of curiosity, how difficult was it to remove the front cluster? On my old gen 2 it was pretty easy

I love the black on black. I didn't see you mention timing belt and related components, was that done at the 60k service? I think offthepath is pretty accurate with the appraisal. I got mine at a dealer in Florida for 6800,it had 119k and brand new tires.

That's the area that hangs up alot of us diy'ers. If I can remember correctly, you do need to unbolt both the ac compressor and the power steering pump, then you'll be able to remove the drive belt bracket

2006 montys had the most horsepower? I didn't know that, I figured 03-06 all had the same horsepower What mileage was the timing belt changed, I believe mitsubishi recommends every 60k, so it's been changed 2x?

Wow, this is awesome, $175 shipped is a dang fine price! I might have to pick one up just because it's so cool

So just some final thoughts/tips on this timing belt change 1)For a DIYr non mechanic im really glad i had a buddy helping me with this, i dont see how i couldve managed my 1st timing belt change without a 2nd mechanically inclined person. 2)I wish i wouldve splurged and bought an Aisin...

That was it, thanks Had some trouble finding one end of the connector, it was buried beneath the power steering pump. The one one end has a bracket on it, I'm not sure where it attaches to. If someone could post a pic, that would be helpful

Got everything installed back smoothly, everything started up perfectly. The only issue i appear to have...the AC isnt working, on the rv meter display there is a blinking snowflake symbol when i turn the blower on could we have forgotten to plug something in on the ac compressor?

Well we finally got the tension correct on the tensioner pully and our protrusion on the hydraulic piston was 4.9mm after turning the crank around 2x and letting it sit for 5 minutes ish. I think the part of the problem was, initially, i was using a 14mm wrench on the tensioner pulley center...

I think the issue is we got fixated on getting the 2 holes parellel with the hydraulic tensioner and trying to add way too much force to get it parrellel, which wasnt happening because when we installed the the tensioner pulley holes slightly at an angle. I think we will take out the tensioner...

I finally got around to changing the timing belt and componets, and we are really struggling trying to get the the right tension on the belt with the tension pully. We started using a generic version of the mitsubishi tool that fits in the 2 holes but that broke, then we tried using the ends of...