Thanks for the welcome, guys! Jay, I haven't seen your rig around, at least I haven't noticed it. I just got into the Mitsu game after spending the last month looking for a Diesel powered early SUV. I checked out Isuzu, Toyota, Land Rover, and finally Mitsu. I have an '85 Isuzu Pup wit 87,000 original miles on it, and was looking in earnest for a Trooper. After thinking about it a while, I realized the Trooper would be a poor choice since they haven't made the 2.2 in forever, and there really isn't anything else they have that's available in the US. I didn't want to have to scrounge well worn parts to make repairs on what I have. After checking out the other SUVs available, I saw conversions to Diesel to be a very spendy option with the other guys. I started researching Mitsubishi and the availability of current Diesel engines that would slip into an early chassis made my decision. I found a 1991 Montero 4 dr in Salem OR for $600 and drove it home. It had a lot of valve clatter and the owner said cyls 2 and 6 had really low compression. I was able to maintain 60-65 mph on the freeway home with no overheating or other issues other than it wanted to die at the stoplights on the way to the freeway. I did dump a pint of Berryman's Chemtool in the oil and another in the gas tank so part of the rough running was from the highly volatile crankcase vapors being spewed into the intake right before the throttle body. I played with it some this weekend and it took an oil change to finally get rid of the valve clatter. The stuff that poured out was as black as coal. It's running a little better, but I still have some rough idle issues. I did a compression test before I did the oil change and the right bank was all 150 psi and the left bank was 80, 130, and 35 psi. I' will probably end up rebuilding or replacing this engine, but for now I'll putt it around and check out the rest of the vehicle.
