From one Japanese to another one

[Flying Torquewrench]

Yeah we have a few American pick-ups near my parents (Limburg). Downside is the amount of diesel they use and of course they are left hand drive.

It will be interesting to find a good replacement for the Patrol. Whilst I absolutely love the Patrol it is now 22 years old and towing a 3.5 tonne trailer cab be interesting at times. Especially when going uphill.

Would be perfect in Holland but where we live we got a few hills and the speed drops off considerably going up those with a fill load.

 

[FerdiNL]

Between the jobs at home I started to make a plan for the driving lights:

The bracket I have needs some "tuning" before I can mount the lights like this, but think this is the way to go.
Got the wiring, etc from the Terrano and a new pusher button like the original ones are from Mitsubishi.

Also ordered a set of BF Goodrich K02 tyres yesterday.
After 2 days of frustration in muddy sand with the ones I have now (road tyres) the time was right to get some descend shoes under the truck.
Went for the standard size so the overdrive still activates at around 60 mp/h.

 

[Banshee]

Nice one buddy!!!!

Got to admit, the truck is growing on me a lot.

The lights are ace, can't wait to see the new boots

 

[FerdiNL]

Well here they are :augie

They came in yesterday, but have to wait till next saturday before they will be on the truck.
Do like the looks, so can't wait!

We've also find a spot near our home were you can go out and go greenlaning. So that will be the ideal test for them

 

[FerdiNL]

Got the tyres fitted 2 weeks ago, but almost no time to post anything about them :doh
They look nice and rough under the truck. Also make some more roadnoise as well, but I do like the sound and the Mitsubishi has a lot of sound isolation so almost no difference.

And more inportant....no more digging in the sand :clap

Gave them a small test last week:

Think they need some mud for a proper test, so maybe later this year they will be tested like it should

 

[Banshee]

:bow

 

[FerdiNL]

Time for a small update after doing a bit of mantainance.

For some time the Shogun did surge a bit and it was getting a bit worse with the engine searching for power.
After a bit of online searching I discovered that I had a good chance by doing some work on the fuel surge control valve it would be over.

There you find the bastard, After removing one of the batteries I had just enough room to don't have enough room.
My arms are to long and my hands are to big, but after 20 minutes of fiddling it came out.

The options I had were cleaning the valve or getting a new one for a lot of money.
So I went for the first option and took it apart:

It's just a housing with a solonoid in it, a valve and a spring.
Out came some dirt from the fuel and after giving it a polish and making sure everything was clean I did put it back together.

And.... problems are gone :clap

The next update did involve some swearing and took nearly 3 hours to complete....and what was it then? Just replacing the rear brakepads :doh

Wanted to do front and rear on the same afternoon, but only completed the rear.

First I did the right side, got the caliper off the truck and replaced all the seals inside since it had a tear in it.

After rebuilding the caliper it started to rain so had to wait for a bit.

When it got dry again I went for the other side and came to the conclusion that the slider pin that is holding the caliper was stuck big time on the bottom one :doh

In the end I had to remove the bracket with the caliper and after some swearing and heavy tools it came free again.
With a good clean and a lot of grease it went great again. Then I made the conclusion that the garage that replaced the pads the last time did damage the thread in the caliper.
So back to the tools again and repaired it by making a new thread again.

This are the old pads from the lef side and you can clearly see something was wrong :augie
I already knew the caliber got stuck a bit, but didn't new that stuck...

After bleeding both sides I did a test drive and it brakes a lot better in the rear now and the caliper doesn't stick any more.

I went for Brembo pads by the way

So no I do have 2 weeks break from work.
On monday I will pick an excavator and do some work in the garden in the first week.
On the second week the misses is gone for a training so I have some time to replace the front discs and pads as well and try to place the driving lights that are still waiting

 

[Flying Torquewrench]

Looks a lot better with some decent rubber on it! :thumb2

 

[weedave]

That's a beautiful looking motor, hope it serves you as well.
My mate has one of those and they go pretty much everywhere my Safari goes.

Cheers

 

[FerdiNL]

Thanks!
So far it is a incredible truck. Got me where I need to go on and off road.
This monday with a 2.5 ton trailer behind it in the mud and zero problems

 

[weedave]

Thanks!
So far it is a incredible truck. Got me where I need to go on and off road.
This monday with a 2.5 ton trailer behind it in the mud and zero problems

good stuff :thumbs

 

[Flying Torquewrench]

I hear that Mitsubishi are pulling out of Europe soon. Hopefully you have a good source of aftermarket spares as dealers will start disappearing.

 

[FerdiNL]

I've heard the same news, Mitsubishi says that they will keep the spare parts market still going so we will see.
Bit of the same story with Saab in the days that they kept the parts factory going.

 

[FerdiNL]

Done a small bit of work on the driving lights, wasn't planning on doing so but still...
There are some small damages in the quick paintjob I did, but thay will fall behind the licence plate.

Planning on changing the front brakes first tomorrow.
If there is some time left I will figure out how to remove the front grille so I can mount the lights.

 

[FerdiNL]

Already posted something yesterday, but is dissapeared :nenau


What we posted about were the front brakes, got them done yesterday morning.
Straight forward job without issues

Both disks and pads are from Brembo.

Also placed the spot lights, wasn't completely happy yesterday so did some finetuning today and I like it!

And last but not least I got a message that my old Terrano is still allive and kicking!
Some dutchmen bought it and fixed the old girl up.
With a new snorkel, raised suspension, a winch and a CB it is his off-road toy now:

 

[Banshee]

Already posted something yesterday, but is dissapeared :nenau


What we posted about were the front brakes, got them done yesterday morning.
Straight forward job without issues

Both disks and pads are from Brembo.

Also placed the spot lights, wasn't completely happy yesterday so did some finetuning today and I like it!

And last but not least I got a message that my old Terrano is still allive and kicking!
Some dutchmen bought it and fixed the old girl up.
With a new snorkel, raised suspension, a winch and a CB it is his off-road toy now:

Those spots look ace, are the brackets designed to dampen any shaking around? I suffered awfully when I mounted a pair of spots on the Maverick bumper as they were only on the plastic.

Someone on here (possibly you) linked me to a pair of OMP strut braces that might have resolved the issue but didn't ever get round to fitting any.

P.S - Good to see the old Terrano still doing the business, why is there such a colour difference on the wings? :nenau

 

[FerdiNL]

My old truck has been in an accident before I bought it.
Got some damage on the front and they didn't match the colours to well.

About the lights, they don't vibrate.
The Pajero/Shogun has a strong bumper and with the bracket fixed on 3 points there is no movement in them

Got the lights working this morning.
Removed some bits of the interior:

Most people said take your wires in with the main loom on the passenger side, so I removed the glovebox and some other parts but still couldn't find the grommet .
After that I removed some pieces of the dash on the drivers side and found a small grommet I could use instead.
So wired everything up and put all the pieces of dash back into place:

Got myself a factory looking switch.
Although the wiring diagram they sent with it isn't correct I've got it working like it should.

And of course some light :

 

[Flying Torquewrench]

Looks nice Ferdi!

How did you get on with the mini digger?

 

[FerdiNL]

The little machine was what we needed
Wasn't the first time operating one so could jump in the seat and go right away.

In 6 days we laid just short of 300 meter of drainage voor the horses and dug a little canal to let the water have a place to go.

 

[FerdiNL]

Since yesterday the EGR valve is inactive

Found a simple mod with a resistor to one of the sensors that will make it lie from now on so the valve stays closed.

A plate was my 2nd option, but they often give one or more faults and this was way way cheaper.
No errors in 150 km's and some better milage as well.