Gen 2.5 Mitsubishi Montero 2000 - Over-landing Family Truck - long term enhancement

[raysobi]

Secondly,

I thought I fixed the wet carpet issue after sealing the floor, but nooooo it came back again!

After reading it up and smelling the anti freeze/coolant from the AC and my heater took awhile to work, I think I might concluded that my heater core is leaking. That is why it is causing it to wet my carpet.

Which bring me to another issue... the heater core OEM is running around 350 dollars!!!! I am frustrated and no way I can spend that kind of money right now especially when I just purchased RTT recently.

So I took another route; by passing the heater core.

Here are all the parts

DIY installation

Working on by passing the hoses aren’t fun at all!!!

The space is very narrow and after many frustrations, I finally decided to cut the hoses..

Hopefully this will work


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[raysobi]

Also I managed to replace my transfer case, after I opened it up, there is no sign of any thing left lol!!

I think I only saw one piece of small plastic and that’s about it.

Old transfer case, nothing left!

A small piece of plastic.




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[raysobi]

I’m done for today, tomorrow I will install my driver seat back and drive my car for a week without the carpet to see if I still see any leakages.

I’m so bum right now, I was planning to do surf fishing with my cousin, the weather in Houston right now is gorgeous.




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[PacS14]

The knob by the head rest is the key. When the seat is all the way to the back (slided, not leaned), you pull that knob up and in one single motion you fold first and then help the seat up. If it moves forward in the slightest when you fold it, it will not work.

 

[raysobi]

The knob by the head rest is the key. When the seat is all the way to the back (slided, not leaned), you pull that knob up and in one single motion you fold first and then help the seat up. If it moves forward in the slightest when you fold it, it will not work.

That is what I did with the one on other side and it came up no problem. I’m suspecting I need to tighten up the cable that pull the latch.


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[icant4x4heretoo]

for me moving it forward then slamming it back, does the trick....

 

[raysobi]

It has been awhile since updated.

Upper Ball Joint replacement.

Pop it out

Use the ball joint spreader that I rented from AutoZone

Ewwwww

New ball joint, and greased up!!

Done!!!!


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[raysobi]

I always wanted an awning, after did some researches and comparison to ARB and others; I decided to go with Rhino Batwing.



Mounting to the Roof Basket

Love it!!


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[PacS14]

Sweet awning! Man I miss doing stuff to my Montero, gotta wait for my kids to grow a bit more then I can get back to it. Until then just waiting. Thanks for sharing!

 

[G jeep]

I saw your Montero while driving home today. It is the nicest Monty I have ever seen. Great Job!

 

[DonnaJaneMontero]

I always wanted an awning, after did some researches and comparison to ARB and others; I decided to go with Rhino Batwing.



Mounting to the Roof Basket

Love it!!


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That looks so good! How easy is it to deploy/pack up?

 

[raysobi]

I saw your Montero while driving home today. It is the nicest Monty I have ever seen. Great Job!

Thank you!!


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[raysobi]

That looks so good! How easy is it to deploy/pack up?

Set up less than 2 minutes, but for the windy day you NEED to stake it; otherwise the wind could blow your awning and snap it.


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[raysobi]

Finally got the ladder!

Unboxing

Installed

Done!!


I really like it, very sturdy and it is a lot easier for me to get up there.

I’m a big guy and trying to pull myself up on the tire isn’t the best option. This is one of my favorite mods so far.


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[raysobi]

All my parts for DIY shower system came yesterday; let’s get started!!

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