Excited owner of 2002 Montero Sport XLS

[BOPOH]

From reading and looking at cool trucks here i got this crazy urge to get another montero as a spare, recently i saw montero sport posted for $800 so i called the guy and went to see it. Long story short he sold it to me for $500 and it has everything i was looking for: 3.5L SOHC and 4.9 diffs, bonus it runs too. :wings: There are 3 bad things that bother but happy to fix: leaking fuel(i think fuel pump), 202K miles(timing belt) and cracked windshield. Later today i'll post pictures and will be updating this thread on the fixing progress

 

[Marutuk]

Nice, if it all works fine for $500, that is a good deal.

 

[MummifiedCircuitry]

Don't the 4.9 rears alone usually go for about $500?

 

[BOPOH]

sorry got busy yesterday taking down fuel tank. Here is my new addition



both of my monteros


complete family

 

[BOPOH]

The main issue with Sport was that it leaks fuels, but it runs good and transfer case is working fine. My plans is to get it in a good shape before the winter and keep it as a spare, only if something major starts breaking then i'll part it out.

 

[eurosonic]

wow cheap congrats

 

[BOPOH]

Finally removed fuel tank, rust belt strikes again

Fuel filler metal tube rusted out so bad that it broke inside of rubber hose


After removing rubber hose from the tank i found that


Here is the tank, everything on the fuel pump rusted to pieces but tank itself is in good condition i think there is a second lining in there


Some rust fell inside the tank and i used magnit to get it out


Can anybody help me with adivse how to remove fuel line connector, no matter what i did it didn't come off, lucky for me fuel pump lines rusted to braking point

 

[BOPOH]

forgot to mention i followed these two videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdNdlOUppdk - this one is very good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOCbiZVlyms - this one i have no idea what this guy was doing but ONE good point from this video is that you can drain tank, actually VERY useful

 

[expidboy]

Heard and read some where to what watch out the tranny of the Montero specially the automatic series.

 

[BOPOH]

can you elaborate on your comment?

 

[expidboy]

This forums may be helpful to elaborate what I'm trying to say.
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/75081-Montero-Sport-transmission-problems-common
http://forums.automobilemag.com/70/...itsubishi-montero-sport-xls-transmission-pro/

 

[BOPOH]

thanks, but i dont have any issues with transmission i test drove it before i bought the truck