raysobi
Adventurer
Hello All,
I had been reading and lurking for months on Exped Forum, and finally pulled the trigger on purchasing the Gen 2.5 Monty. Initially I was planning to purchase the 80 or 100 series LC, but the more I looked into it, I can not justify spending $ 5000 USD + for 160K truck at the minimum!
Short story -
While I was in Thailand for the project meeting, we traveled from Bangkok to the outer skirt and then I saw this:
![IMAG0530.jpg IMAG0530.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/179/179670-ea995eb6919adc51f9303c6f9f04594e.jpg)
![IMAG0531.jpg IMAG0531.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/179/179671-94ff0e9afa15e0672516f7a4e4677e40.jpg)
I was amazed how awesome the truck look and vowed myself to do more research once I get back to the US, and yes! found this section! (Funny thing is, I was never once tried to click the Mitsubishi section lol, and I wish I could have done it sooner).
This is what I bought, I got it shipped from California.
![IMAG0691.jpg IMAG0691.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/179/179672-93f5aef1a37dbd7151331eb5fe983796.jpg)
One thing about the shipper, I had never done this before...they could have told me that the darn truck is too big for the street and I was willing to meet them somewhere...
Exterior pictures:
![IMAG0692.jpg IMAG0692.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/179/179673-0a59fc6b5397fa357802047dbb139b30.jpg)
The Beast! There she is!
![IMAG0696.jpg IMAG0696.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/179/179674-d829a2921f587af00e31a4423cf8c20b.jpg)
Driver side's profile
![IMAG0697.jpg IMAG0697.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/179/179675-968ec6f70c8468e51376530dfa9bc46d.jpg)
Front
![IMAG0698.jpg IMAG0698.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/179/179676-60b2276c7cbbae2790d2bff7d1921950.jpg)
Passenger side's profile
![IMAG0699.jpg IMAG0699.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/179/179677-209960bc67f2d608448ca097725fd656.jpg)
Baby got back
Interior Pictures
![IMAG0700.jpg IMAG0700.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/179/179679-14dafb4db785ffba90dc7b41c23a2403.jpg)
Front passenger
![IMAG0701.jpg IMAG0701.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/179/179680-e7df9fa0157dd3feecde76dd556aa0bd.jpg)
Rear passenger
Summary
Overall, I am delightful with the 14 years old car. This Mitsu had about 73K mile and it drives like a champ.
However, there are several things that I need to look into:
Major repairs
*UPDATED* 8/17/14
I lube the actuator with grease but still no luck.
However, all the gears are working fine except 2WD which I can live without.
Minor repairs
Maintenance**
**if I am missing some basic things, feel free to suggest!
Future Mod/enhancement:
Just bought a mig welder, this should be fun project for me. Last time I welded something was about 10 years ago...helped my dad tig the fences...this is going to be epic fun..or fail :snorkel::Wow1:
This is what on my priority list. I am totally new to this home/garage project thing and I am looking forward to share my long-term project and seek guidance from all of you.
I had been reading and lurking for months on Exped Forum, and finally pulled the trigger on purchasing the Gen 2.5 Monty. Initially I was planning to purchase the 80 or 100 series LC, but the more I looked into it, I can not justify spending $ 5000 USD + for 160K truck at the minimum!
Short story -
While I was in Thailand for the project meeting, we traveled from Bangkok to the outer skirt and then I saw this:
![IMAG0530.jpg IMAG0530.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/179/179670-ea995eb6919adc51f9303c6f9f04594e.jpg)
![IMAG0531.jpg IMAG0531.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/179/179671-94ff0e9afa15e0672516f7a4e4677e40.jpg)
I was amazed how awesome the truck look and vowed myself to do more research once I get back to the US, and yes! found this section! (Funny thing is, I was never once tried to click the Mitsubishi section lol, and I wish I could have done it sooner).
This is what I bought, I got it shipped from California.
![IMAG0691.jpg IMAG0691.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/179/179672-93f5aef1a37dbd7151331eb5fe983796.jpg)
One thing about the shipper, I had never done this before...they could have told me that the darn truck is too big for the street and I was willing to meet them somewhere...
Exterior pictures:
![IMAG0692.jpg IMAG0692.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/179/179673-0a59fc6b5397fa357802047dbb139b30.jpg)
The Beast! There she is!
![IMAG0696.jpg IMAG0696.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/179/179674-d829a2921f587af00e31a4423cf8c20b.jpg)
Driver side's profile
![IMAG0697.jpg IMAG0697.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/179/179675-968ec6f70c8468e51376530dfa9bc46d.jpg)
Front
![IMAG0698.jpg IMAG0698.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/179/179676-60b2276c7cbbae2790d2bff7d1921950.jpg)
Passenger side's profile
![IMAG0699.jpg IMAG0699.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/179/179677-209960bc67f2d608448ca097725fd656.jpg)
Baby got back
Interior Pictures
![IMAG0700.jpg IMAG0700.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/179/179679-14dafb4db785ffba90dc7b41c23a2403.jpg)
Front passenger
![IMAG0701.jpg IMAG0701.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/179/179680-e7df9fa0157dd3feecde76dd556aa0bd.jpg)
Rear passenger
Summary
Overall, I am delightful with the 14 years old car. This Mitsu had about 73K mile and it drives like a champ.
However, there are several things that I need to look into:
Major repairs
- AC is blowing hot air..I opened the hood and I could see the hissing noise coming from the compressor, I am suspecting the leakage somewhere...
*updated* 8/17/14
Refilled a Freon and the car is blowing cold as ice....I'm hoping this is all I needed, let's see in a couple weeks. - 4x4 light is blinking when I engaged and disengaged to 2WD mode, I read it somewhere and it seemed like to be a common problem via http://4wd.blogeasy.com/
*UPDATED* 8/17/14
I lube the actuator with grease but still no luck.
However, all the gears are working fine except 2WD which I can live without.
Minor repairs
- When I opened the door, the interior lights will lit up and went off after couple seconds
- Alignment probably need to be done as well, it steered left when I test drove
Maintenance**
- Timing belt replacement -done
- Timing belt pulley - done
- Timing belt tensioner - done
- Water pump - done
- Serpentine/drive belt - done
- Oil change - done
- new wipers - done
**if I am missing some basic things, feel free to suggest!
Future Mod/enhancement:
Just bought a mig welder, this should be fun project for me. Last time I welded something was about 10 years ago...helped my dad tig the fences...this is going to be epic fun..or fail :snorkel::Wow1:
- Custom front bumper
- Custom Slider
- RTT
This is what on my priority list. I am totally new to this home/garage project thing and I am looking forward to share my long-term project and seek guidance from all of you.
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