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    Which Ball Joint?

    I'm in the middle of sourcing all of my parts for a suspension refresh (Thanks Jamie Poulos & Leo Volk Matus and the Third Gen Suspension sheet) and have everything else sorted out but the ball joints. The recommended brand is ADV Driven Design, but it's out of stock. I've heard stories...
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    Denver area shop recommendations

    It's been a while without any new posts because the monty has been boring reliable. A few niggles here and there but generally just does what it's told. However it's time to actually upgrade the springs, do the bushings and generally tidy up some suspension work. The problem is I picked up a...
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    The future of electronic stuff

    This may be the wrong place for this but all the various "what's next?" Posts have got me thinking about what/when/how do we start treating electronic/complex off-road aids as preferable to the "old ways." For example, the 2003+ traction control (and generally similar Toyota/Kia/Land Rover)...
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    Mitsubishi truck coming back to the US?

    https://www.motor1.com/news/346853/mitsubishi-pickup-truck-us/amp/
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    Here's why a mitsubishi montero is the best SUV to buy right now

    https://jalopnik.com/heres-why-a-mitsubishi-montero-is-the-best-buy-in-class-1831046049 People may be on to us....
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    PSA: Fix your brakes before they break!

    We've had half a dozen threads in the last couple months about hydraulic brake accumulators/motors going bad, mine just joined this list this morning. I think given the age of our rigs this should fall into the same bucket as replacing the harmonic balancer bolt because a failure could go...
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    PSA - Check your coolant bleeder screws!

    Just like the title - check your coolant bleeder valves, specifically on the 6G74 engine but I assume the issue is similar on the 6G75 as well. I bled the system after my water pump replacement, but several months later was still seeing depressed gas mileage and a little down on power. I...
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    Gen III Fuel Filter

    Anyone sourced a fuel filter for their Gen III stateside? I was going through a few more maintenance items (temperature sensors for P0125) and realized I had replaced just about every other filter on the truck but the fuel filter. As near as I can tell, it's buried in the fuel tank, which...
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    New Free CAD Sheet metal tool

    I've mentioned it a couple times elsewhere, but OnShape is a full featured solid modeling suite that's cloud based (runs in your browser) and more or less replaces the outrageously expensive solid modeling tools like SolidWorks, Autodesk Inventor, Catia, etc. It's not a feature perfect match...
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    Junkyard Horsepower

    I haven't been on the boards as much recently due to my recently arrived new daughter (born December 1st), however, sitting in a hospital for hours on end with very little sleep usually means I spool my mind up on a generally useless engineering problem which can be investigated via the...
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    What's on your Christmas List?

    Well, we haven't quite turned the corner past Halloween yet, but Christmas is on it's way and in our household that means time to get your wish list all up to date. The purpose of the wish list is to provide a wide assortment of stuff of interest so that the giver has plenty of ideas from which...
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    Cracked Exhaust Manifold Replacement - Gen 3

    So there appears to be about 10 different threads looking at replacement options for cracked manifolds on these trucks in various version (and the sports too!). But thus far I've only seen recommendations to try welding, or try importing Australian headers, no one successfully showing pictures...
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    Cleaning Gen III Intake Manifold

    I'm in the midst of my tear down for my engine refresh (timing belt, valve seals, head gasket, etc) and because I've only got a couple of hours at a time last night I finally got the air intake manifold off. It looks horrendous... Certainly it needs a bit of a cleanup, but my question is...
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    Best Modification for <$100

    As I'm planning out my improvements and upgrades I'm noticing things tend to fall into cheap (<$100), medium (<$500), expensive (~$1000). Obviously everyone has a budget for their improvements and while it might be nice to have a sweet custom bumper, sliders, skid plates, winch, fridge...
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    A Cheap and Cheerful Build - Geoff

    It's been a long time coming but I've finally checked off all the boxes to start my build. The last piece of the puzzle was the sale of my cherished 1985 Nissan Pickup, it's been in the family for ~ 30 years but with another munchkin on the way it was time to get something that could carry...
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    Yet another Lubricant Thread

    I've been slowly building up my list of maintenance and build items for my new 2001 Limited but until my old truck sells I don't have any money for the fun stuff, hence I'm doing cheap and easy stuff like fluid swaps. A bit of background, my old rig was a 1985 Nissan pickup and it has been in...
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    Cheap Craigslist deals

    Long time lurker here based in the Denver area, I've been planning on picking up a Montero for a while and so I've been watching Craigslist and other sources. I had been hoping to pick up a lower miles, 2003+, limited and was budgeting 5-6k for a clean truck. I just found this truck on...
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