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    Montero gen 3 coolant leak

    I'm not judging OP about his decision, but as I mentioned in my radiator thread, you're going to see more of this happen as the parts for these rigs get harder and harder to get, in addition to the labor that goes into it. A headgasket job is just time consuming more than anything else, but this...
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    2.5 Gen Radiator

    I think EV has to make it to the this class for it to be successful, yes. They can't remain as Type X/Y forever if it has any chance of phasing out ICE. At ~$60k (dual motor) It would have to be my DD but its made entirely of Stainless Steel, so its meant to take damage and get scuffed up...
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    2.5 Gen Radiator

    I'll keep my Denso unit this rig dies; the shop did a good job and replaced the top part, but some how messed up my petcock/bleed valve and it was sealed up. Total was $120 with a 2 day turn around, so I was satisfied after all the BS I had been through with 3 returns and 3 canceled orders. It's...
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    2.5 Gen Radiator

    Seems like I'm going to have to do that, FRSports just emailed me saying they're out of radiators and have no ETA on when they'll get any more.
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    2.5 Gen Radiator

    There is snow already and I was more inclined to get the Denso unit welded then to try and mess around with a Chinese radiator. I'm really hoping this CSF unit works out of the box because I have to haul some stuff before the snow gets really heavy.
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    2.5 Gen Radiator

    From what year? I can get the drivers side to line up but the passangers side that requires the bolts to go in is off by 1/2'' at least. I'm not sure if Spectra changed the dimensions in their recent batches but there was no way that was going to fit without extensive modification...
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    2.5 Gen Radiator

    So, long story short I used Therma-cure and we had a surprise snow storm in September that caused the top core to crack/leak, I've tried to replace it with the ones recommended from Rock Auto (who will no longer deliver to my state due to taxation using thier part numbers). They're all made in...
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    Gen 3 crankshaft pulley bolt!

    Wow, that's actually worse than mine, did it still run ok? The metal from the TIming gear litterly got smooted flat and had run off onto the crank! This is why I've been a Lifer, there are faster and arguably more 'capable' rigs in the off-road World, but you litterly have to try and kill a...
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    98 Montero 2.5 Harmonic Balancer broke

    That's far too early, the Model S is nearly a decade old (2012) and with P100D formats and 400 mile range and AP3 introduction last year its more like a mid 30s Packard like this one: The Roadster 2, which will be trimotor like the highest trim Cybertruck will be a massive game changer that...
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    98 Montero 2.5 Harmonic Balancer broke

    Agreed, I drove the Model 3 Performance model (dual motor AWD) for 750 miles running up and down PCH from Santa Barabara/Big Sur to Southern OC and had to recharge 2 times as I was pushing it hard, luckily there are plenty of superchargers along the area. But it must be noted that the highest...
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    Gen 3 crankshaft pulley bolt!

    Its a brand new timing belt, sprocket, spacer, woodruff key and it ran fine prior to disassembly, which looking at how damaged the sprocket/spacer and woodruff key (look at my post) still is a shock to me. Its that I cannot get the right position on the Hydrolic tensioner without knocking it...
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    98 Montero 2.5 Harmonic Balancer broke

    Internal Combustion Engine, or fossil fuel based engines. This is proving to be a total **********, I'm off by a fraction on the crankshaft timing sprocket that's causing the sputter/shutdown and I'm losing patience and have come to hate interference engines with a passion as I still have to put...
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    98 Montero 2.5 Harmonic Balancer broke

    So, a continuation in what has seemed like an endless saga (working on cars during COVID is horrible, I don't recommend it as availability takes weeks in leadtime for Mitsubishi from GA). So, after evaluating the situation on the Timing sprocket it looked like more damage had occurred than...
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    Gen 3 crankshaft pulley bolt!

    Second that. I'm now 1/2 into what I thought was just a harmonic balancer issue on my 2.5 and I'm having to replace all of the parts attached to the crank, turns out the wobble did way more damage than I thought despite it running and driving. I'll be updating the HB thread later today with...
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    98 Montero 2.5 Harmonic Balancer broke

    So, Day 1 Update (Sorry for threadjacking, but hopefully this helps put everything in 1 place). - I noticed that the unbalanced HB had melted the timing cover plate so I had to trim it as it was nearly touching the Timing melt as a result. - The belts, and HB came off easily enough; I can't...
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