Lawerence of AZ is back!!!

[Sononeshot]

Found a 2003 Montero on CL for $2,000! Had 235K miles with a blown head gasket and warped valve covers. Thanks to Kevin Jensen of Route 66 Fabwerks in Flagstaff http://flagstaffcustomfabrication.com/
Lawerence has been resurrected with a donor motor with 88k miles. I had no idea of the history of this Montero, until after purchase. Lawerence will remain in AZ and looking forward to new adventures!

 

[MontySquareo]

Nice to see a truck brought back to life

 

[SaltStainedEyes]

That’s Eric’s aka @Imnosaint old montero he built!!! Eric’s a great guy my father in law bought his built gen 2.5 which was another great rig. Here’s his blog on the build!

The Montero 3.0 Build

Modifying a 2003 Mitsubishi Montero for Vehicle-Based Adventuring

themonterobuild.blogspot.com

You can check out his other builds @

Our Cornering Consciousness

Cornering Consciousness is a record of our travels, but it’s also the point of our adventures – elevate our consciousness, take in the moments on the land, the water, the trails and the…

corneringconsciousness.com

 

[Imnosaint]

Found a 2003 Montero on CL for $2,000! Had 235K miles with a blown head gasket and warped valve covers. Thanks to Kevin Jensen of Route 66 Fabwerks in Flagstaff http://flagstaffcustomfabrication.com/
Lawerence has been resurrected with a donor motor with 88k miles. I had no idea of the history of this Montero, until after purchase. Lawerence will remain in AZ and looking forward to new adventures!

It lives to see another trail! Happy to answer any questions, though she's been through a couple of builders since my original acquisition.

 

[Imnosaint]

That’s Eric’s aka @Imnosaint old montero he built!!! Eric’s a great guy my father in law bought his built gen 2.5 which was another great rig. Here’s his blog on the build!

The Montero 3.0 Build

Modifying a 2003 Mitsubishi Montero for Vehicle-Based Adventuring

themonterobuild.blogspot.com

You can check out his other builds @

Our Cornering Consciousness

Cornering Consciousness is a record of our travels, but it’s also the point of our adventures – elevate our consciousness, take in the moments on the land, the water, the trails and the…

corneringconsciousness.com

How's it going? I see the Nomad sold to another couple. PM me let me know how you're doing.

 

[SONICMASD]

Found a 2003 Montero on CL for $2,000! Had 235K miles with a blown head gasket and warped valve covers. Thanks to Kevin Jensen of Route 66 Fabwerks in Flagstaff http://flagstaffcustomfabrication.com/
Lawerence has been resurrected with a donor motor with 88k miles. I had no idea of the history of this Montero, until after purchase. Lawerence will remain in AZ and looking forward to new adventures!

Hey, that's great! Glad you got it up and running. I used to own it too and am living in Flagstaff now as well. Are you in Flagstaff too, or another part of AZ?

 

[Sononeshot]

Hey, that's great! Glad you got it up and running. I used to own it too and am living in Flagstaff now as well. Are you in Flagstaff too, or another part of AZ?

Right on! I’m living in Havasu but back and forth to Flagstaff. Lawerence is running great, but popped a couple codes a few weeks ago driving up to Flagstaff : PO303 and PO431
Floorboard behind the driver seat was hot, so I wrapped the exhaust pipe. With the engine swap, I replaced the head gasket, wires &plugs, O2 sensors, and been running 92 octane with a couple treatments of sea foam. Cleared the codes and CEL hasn't come back on since. Still driving smooth!
Any ideas? This summer, I’m planning on giving it a fresh coat of black rhino liner, then color matching the rest of the body. Hoping to take it out on some trail rides and road trips soon!

 

[MontySquareo]

It would be fun to organize a trail ride with some other az monteros... Maybe next spring after I finish making a front bumper

 

[Sononeshot]

It would be fun to organize a trail ride with some other az monteros... Maybe next spring after I finish making a front bumper

Please count me in!

 

[SONICMASD]

Right on! I’m living in Havasu but back and forth to Flagstaff. Lawerence is running great, but popped a couple codes a few weeks ago driving up to Flagstaff : PO303 and PO431
Floorboard behind the driver seat was hot, so I wrapped the exhaust pipe. With the engine swap, I replaced the head gasket, wires &plugs, O2 sensors, and been running 92 octane with a couple treatments of sea foam. Cleared the codes and CEL hasn't come back on since. Still driving smooth!
Any ideas? This summer, I’m planning on giving it a fresh coat of black rhino liner, then color matching the rest of the body. Hoping to take it out on some trail rides and road trips soon!

Hot floorboard - that's from the replacement muffler being tucked up higher than the original one and without a heat shield. I only figured this out when I did the same mod to my next Gen3 and the floormat started melting. I made a custom heat shield as detailed in the Yoshi build thread but there are universal ones on Amazon that wrap around the body of the muffler that would be way easier.

As for the codes - if they come back, smoke test the intake and exhaust systems, likely a vacuum leak.

 

[Sononeshot]

Hot floorboard - that's from the replacement muffler being tucked up higher than the original one and without a heat shield. I only figured this out when I did the same mod to my next Gen3 and the floormat started melting. I made a custom heat shield as detailed in the Yoshi build thread but there are universal ones on Amazon that wrap around the body of the muffler that would be way easier.

As for the codes - if they come back, smoke test the intake and exhaust systems, likely a vacuum leak.

Thanks for advise and video!