No, that wasn't it, but fortunately this morning I called the Mitsu dealer and got a different parts guy who knew what he was doing and he found it. The pin is called a "spring pin for timing" in their system, it was part number MF472571 and it cost $1.54.



I am not sure which point you were referring to. The dealer who put it back together after the bolt broke last month was not a Mitsu dealer, they were just a little place. As for looking for the pin last night, yes it was a Mitsu dealer. Chapman Hyundai/Mistsubishi on Bell to be exact. Perhaps it was because it was right on closing time when I called, perhaps it was because I did not describe it well that he could not find it last night. Either way, it was found.

Which in turn leads to another problem. As I asked last night, is the hole in the pulley supposed to be oval. At this point I know for sure the hole in mine is oval and I am betting it should not be. Putting the pin in, it has enough space to lay over at somewhere near a 30 or 40 degree angle! That can't possibly be good, and while the pin does fit tight and straight if I take the time to tamp it into the hole in the crank, I can't help but feel it might be a bad idea to put it back together like that. It looks like the pulley is about $200 too on Mitsubishiparts.net, so I shudder to think what it might be at the dealer. Do any of you other AZ guys know if there is a Montero at a junk yard locally? Anyone near by have a spare they can part with? What would you do in this position? Thank you all so far for being such a help, I will get this sorted one way or another though!