I've never read anything on anyone doing an ABS delete on a Montero or Montero Sport and nothing showed up on search, so ....

My '99 Limited has ABS. Oh, whoopee. I've already had one run-in with ABS off road on my '03. That was one time too many.

Anyway, I'm still planning on the Dynatrac axles for the build. So, even if I was planning on keeping ABS I'd still need the axles built with tone rings and sensors that'll work with the Mitsu ABS. I have no idea if that's even possible - I'm pretty sure I don't want to know.

I went through the 3G/GT/EVO forums - looks like replacement of the ABS proportioning valve with the regular non-ABS valve, and non-ABS hard lines under the hood. That coincides with what I saw under the hood and in the FSMs. Pull the ABS pump system/controller, replace the lines and valve and that's it on the mechanical side.

On the electrical side, I'm not so sure. Has anyone been through this?

Another question that I couldn't even find a mention of is if ABS fault(s) shows up in OBD-II. I know it does in CAN in latter years, but .... The PCM does have a 'bus' line for ABS so I'm concerned that removing the ABS might trigger CEL and a code. That will not work for me as CO emissions testing changed their rules this year to FAIL if CEL is on or any code is present.

Anyone have any insight on this?

Edward