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Vehicle: 1999 Montero with locker. Goldi-locker was purchased in LA quite a while back to fill the montero void in our life... After 2 years of moderate to heavy use for a stock truck, it has held up great. Recently I installed a new denso alternator, new trans lines, added new fluid and put...

Located in Mesa AZ. This rig is a great starter project for a u-joint 4x4 conversion, the frame is solid and has very little rust, the body has rust around the lower edges, nothing you'd care about for an off-road adventure vehicle, no holes in the floor or rot, body mounts are all solid. Has a...

From general wheeling and use of low range with 4.63's the trans mount seems to keep taking a beating. Everyone tells me the aftermarket ones do not fit well, has anyone else chewed this mount up more than once? Is there anyone out there making a direct replacement with decent durability? I'm...

Fall of 2016 After a summer of being baked in the Phoenix sun, I took off fo a 3 week stay in Berkeley, living on a sail boat. Then spent another two weeks in phoenix living on the surface of the sun, but I quickly followed that up by two weeks on the road from Arizona to Michigan, up around...

Hey folks, while the AZ Crawlers are taking on the Sierra Challenge again this year, I'm watching over home base and getting some stuff in order for my next adventure. August 10th I'll be on the road from Phoenix up to Berkeley, coming up to spend a couple weeks wrenching and visiting the...

West Coast MOD2016 had a huge attendance this year (and other years likely, but i've never been before). It was a very exciting event in my opinion and I enjoyed the environment. There was a major lack of diversity. The space was available and even my mid-restoration 1979 Galant Sigma Wagon...

This report is a few weeks old now. we've been on the road for the better part of the month and we're just getting settled back into our tiny-house in the southwest. If we back up two months, I got a call from a friend asking if I was interested in a transportation job. When I moved to the...

I'm posting this thread as a sort of PSA, after talking to a lot of the AZ crew I learned that this is a pretty rare thing to happen and none of them had experienced it. Over the last ten years I've had a handful of montero sports and full size monteros. I've only ever experienced an axle shaft...

The Hyena. Part 1. 1984 Dodge D50 2.3 liter turbo diesel, 2wd, 5 speed Moving to the desert takes some adjusting, wildlife is some of it. Though I didn't expect to find some snaggle-toothed beast feeding off the scraps of the desert. I parted ways with my 96 SR on 37's when I left the...

Mods, can this be a sticky? I figured since we have a sticky for full size monteros and montero sports, we should throw a sticky up for the first generation of these trucks but include some of the outliers. Pay some homage to the early days. Post your: 1st generation Mighty Max and Ram 50's...

I'm sure someone is going to chime in with the 'so and so brand still blah blah' but I challenge you, if you think you know of a manufacture that still makes a 17x10 6 lug wheel, please verify before taking the effort to post in this thread. They seem to have all stopped for some reason. I'm in...

I'm 3 days into my vacation and mid way through the rebuild and lift on my 96 SR and thought I'd share. Ring end gaps were high but not beyond service limits, bearings had some smearing but no impregnation into the crank, no texture or grooves on any of the bearing surfaces, I plastigauged...

Have you guys seen these? https://www.tamiyausa.com/product/item.php?product-id=49490 pretty neat.

Hey guys, I recently sold "Snooki" my SWB 87 that I drove from LA earlier this year to my brother. Since my plan was to buy an SR originally I went back on the hunt and found a 'mechanics special' I named it Johnny 5 after the old short circuit movie and because this is my 5th montero. the guy...

I've recently found out that I'll be moving to Phoenix or nearby area in Arizona near the end of this year for work. This is a bit premature and might change or I might get this thing up and running since it's not far off, but for now I thought I'd offer it up. located in South Bend Indiana...

Well, I've almost stripped all the chrome nonsense off, just a little bit left to go. thinking about painting the wheels black or dark bronze, threw a roof rack and basket on it. Been tuning the carb a little bit here and there, it's never been subjected to cold air, getting it dialed in pretty...

So, who else has snapped a front CV shaft? My front driverside CV has been clicking for a while now. I've taken it to a few off road parts expecting failure but nothing for the last year. I took some pals out wheeling around saturday, while telling them that I was picking up another montero in...

I'd like to see the sleeping areas you've made in/on your monteros. next month I fly out to LA to pick up another montero and I plan to camp in it, in my current 95 SR i took the middle seat out and left it in the house, I move the front seats forward and put moving blankets down for padding...

Hey guys, some of you have seen my trucks on here, I've currently got two montero's; a 95 SR on 35's and a 97 sport, solid axle swap project on 37's. I've decided to buy another one. Last year I flew out to San Fransisco and bought a 73 Mitsubishi Galant wagon, then drove it back to michigan...

Thinking about picking up a set, I've got some 37 inch tires and I think these wheels would look good with them. currently running 35's and have room to spare if I throw some some lift at it. http://www.enkei.com/rt6.shtml# Just wondered if anyone had them on their Montero or had seen any. I...