Pajero Discussion
As the site gets busier people are emailing me and adding comments to certain posts. This is great - please continue! But some of the comments under certain posts haven’t been relevant to the post topic, so I thought I’d start a section where anything goes. I’ll move comments here from other posts if they aren’t really relevant to the post.
Please post a comment below if you just want to say hello, have a question about Pajeros, or simply want to let everyone know about your truck.
69 Responses to “Pajero Discussion”
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September 28th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Hi Tim,
Matt from the Solomon Islands here. Regarding Mike’s radio problem; I had the same issue in the Solomon’s and I purchased a relately cheap “Band Expander” which plugs into the aerial lead. Worked well for a few months and then it decided decided not to play the game anymore. I ended up buying a cheap CD/radio from Australia and it fitted in fine. Been bopping along ever since.
September 27th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Hi Tim,
I have been reading your blog for several weeks now and I must say that I am enjoying it. There’s many blogs out there, but they are no good if they’re not updated regularly. Love to read your short stories.
I found it when I was looking for technical advise on my very own 1994 Pajero 2.8 turbo diesel intercooler SWB (love that name
A short intro: my name is Freerk (Dutchy) and I’m working/living in Mozambique. I arrived in July and the Pajero was the second car we looked at, we truly liked it from the start. However, after a couple of months she started giving us some trouble, especially off-road. Smoking heavily and losing power. I’m not a technically brilliant person but I do know a little bit about cars. Because my engine needs air and diesel to operate I figured there might be something wrong with the air filter, intercooler (Africa is dusty you know) and it must be over fueling. But, few weeks later it started consuming lots of oil (3L on 200km!), now I really started to worry.
Through a friend I got in contact with a very trustworthy mechanic in Maputo, over 70 years old who works from the driveway outside is home. He investigated the car and came up with a “plan de campagne”. Basically our car is undergoing major brain surgery. We’ll change, refurbish the following:
- Rings
- Gasket
- Pistons
- Injectors
- Turbo (will be refurbished)
- Timing chain tensioner
- Diesel filter
- Oil filter
Probably forgot some minor details, but hopefully it will be ticking like a Swiss masterpiece once again. I’ll try to inform you on the outcomes. Here you will find some random pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/freerksmit/sets/72157607541171705/
Keep up the good work!
Freerk
September 25th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Hi Mike.
Not a problem I’ve heard of before I must say, but I’m thinking that maybe a radio specialist might be able to help you? I would guess that if possible, the internals might be able to be set up differently.
Alternatively I don’t think you’ll have much problem fitting new radios. Lots of people in the UK do it and there are different fitting brackets and harnesses you can buy to help. Hope this helps.
September 25th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
I bought a 1999 Pajero io a couple of years ago as city car to drive around windhoek (namibia), what a fantastic vehicle.
This purchase enabled me to take my bmw 330d to johannesburg
and leave it there in my wife’s tender loving care away from the
blistering heat and to sleep in the garage every night.
I was so impressed with the io that i bought another one for my wife and she adores it too.
The only problem is the radio(s). They are set to the low band FM
frequencies. Local dealers will not touch the vehicles because they are “imported” and the other options i have been given are
“Oh stick another one in”. I am reluctant to do that because it will interfere with the originality of the vehicles and maybe even the
job of finding radios that fit as precisely as the oem eqipment will
impossible.
Can anyone please offer a suggestion.
Mike Vallis
July 22nd, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Hi Karen
You’re probably better off getting a professional to have a look at the emissions thing as it could be various things.
I’d advise buying a handbook for the warning signs and allsorts of other things. Available from various places including Amazon. Or just ask away here and I should be able to tell you what any of them mean. There are free ones available from the web but they don’t tend to be very reliable from what I’ve heard.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:37 pm
is there any website that you can get a free downloadable handbook showing for the buttons/warning sign…….. as the haynes manuall only covers maintenance/repairs??
thanks
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:34 pm
hi:)
can anyone help please??
have just bought a 2800 mit paj and one of the mot advisory’s was that it blows high omissions
can anyone tell me what has happened there and can i get it fixed??
thanks
July 13th, 2008 at 3:08 am
i wondered if anybody knows how to identify crankshaft timing parts on mitsubishi pajero 1994 2.8 turbo diesel and would appreciate a reply as soon as possible on here as i need it kind of urgently thank you very much
June 24th, 2008 at 10:43 am
Hi, wonder if anyone can help me! we have an L reg 2.8 lwb pej, have probs with batteries not keeping charge, supposed to have new alternator and when batt is charged no electrics unless you give it a good rev, its driving us mad, please any ideas.
March 12th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
well
after another week the magic stuff from the tin has,nt worked.
another gimick by the sound of things,she,s still cutting out when cold,i give her a tin of injector cleaner with no success.it looks like i,m going to have to do the injector pump seal sooner than i thought.ive bought a haynes manual to help me find the timing marks,and ive been in touch with the local diesel injection co to order a seal,has anyone else done this job is there any things i should look out for to help make things go a little easier,ive got my magnet on a stick incase i drop any bolts and spanners behind the back of anything and my 6 year old son on standby to get at those awkward little bolts i can,t get to…lol