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    D4BF Getting Hot -- Bad Water Pump?

    The D4BF in my Pajero is getting warm on inclines and under load on the highway. I replaced the thermostat and it still does it. It's fine around town and on trails, but as soon as I hit highway speeds on an incline, the temp starts to go up. The lower radiator hose is not warming up - cold to...
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    4D56 to D4BF swap, connectors, and Air Conditioning (and a Pajero)

    A couple of years ago I had a D4BF swapped into my 1992 Pajero after my block cracked. After the swap was done, I had a spade connector that was lacking a place to be plugged in. Now, I'm still curious what to do with it, and if it's causing my A/C not to work. Currently, the smaller of the...
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    Red Interior Door Lights - Keeping Them Off

    I'm fairly certain all L400s have the red lights on the door's interior. When any door is open, those red lights on the door bottoms illuminate. Problem is, when camping and having the tailgate open regularly, they pull power. Does anyone know which fuse these are on? While camping, I can just...
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    Thule 387 Foot Pack

    Selling a set of four Thule 387 feet (these have been discontinued). We bought these used for our L400, but never installed them. The 387 are pretty much the lowest feet you can use for a high-roof Delica and have 8" of clearance above the vehicle. Designed to work with square bars (not...
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    4M40 Harmonic Balancer

    We're about to take a 2,500 mile trip to Colorado and back—we're leaving in two days for a work-related trip. I was giving everything a once over and decided to take a look at the crank pulley (for no real reason other than I had the skid plate off after getting an alignment and doing an oil...
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    L400 Torsion Bar Arms

    Specifically, I'm looking for both MR112058 and MR112057. These are the left and right torsion bar arms for the torsion bars. IT's the things that look like this (not my photo). Got a set you'll part with? Let me know!
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    Torsion Bar Anchor goes BANG!

    I just finished installing my lift yesterday. This included new heavy duty torsion bars from Dobinsons. Anyway, I went to take it for a test drive today. Drove it around my usual neighborhood loop. This includes one particularly bad road that I always test my 4WDs on. The front end went into a...
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    Front Sway Bar End Link Removal

    I got new front sway bar bushings and sway bar end links to replace the old ones on our '94 Space Gear. (I also go rears and already did them.) I am having a bugger of a time trying to remove the from the fronts. The entire bolt keeps rotating. There does appear to be some sort of detent on the...
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    Maine Canceling Delica Registration

    Not sure if anyone has been affected by this here, but Maine is canceling Delica registrations. This was originally brought up in the MDOC: Mitsubishi Delica Owners Club USA group on Facebook, of which I am an admin...
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    Front Runner Outfitters Roof Rack

    My wife and I traveled down to Agoura Hills, CA last week to have a Front Runner Outfitters Slimline II roof rack system fit up on our 1994 Mitsubishi Delica Space Gear—the first application in the U.S. We had seen this setup on a van in the UK, and reached out to the owner (thanks, Carlos!) who...
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    L400 Master Cylinder Cap

    Does anyone have a spare L400 master cylinder cap available? The closer to Portland, OR the better.
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    New Pads, Brakes to the Floor

    '94 L400 4M40 Just replaced the pads on all four corners. Had to push the pistons back in (of course) to get the calipers around the new pads. Turned on van, pedal went to floor. Turned van off, pumped pedal, and the pedal gets hard. But as soon as I turn the van on, it goes to the floor. I...
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    Where to Place Bottle Jack Under Car

    I am familiar with placing a floor jack at the front cross-member to lift the front end off the ground. If I simply need to change the tire with a bottle jack, where's the best place to put it? Is it the same place you'd put a floor jack? I have a very beefy skid plate that goes across that...
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    New Febest L300 Front Upper Ball Joint

    New, never-been-used Febest Front Upper Ball Joint (part number 1220-PORTUP). $15. Located in Portland, OR. Will ship at buyer's expense.
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    Coolant Tank Questions

    I already have a new expansion tank to replace the old, brittle bottle I have now, and will be swapping it out soon. I've never owned a system that uses an expansion tank, always overflow tanks. A few questions: Can I simply drain out the coolant in the tank and replace it with the new one, or...
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    Smokey D4BF

    My D4BF with about 2,500 miles on it seems awful smokey at first start. Once it warms up, it is better, but it's smokey and stumbles like an old, cold diesel would. It's worse than the 4D56 we yanked out of it. We started with fresh 6V plugs in it, although I did do about 20 starts using a...
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    Basic D4BF Tuning Questions (Help a n00b)

    I have a D4BF swapped into my '92 Pajero (we also put the 4D56 intercooler bits onto it as evidenced above). The new setup definitely feels slower than the 4D56 we yanked out of it, and I understand the D4BF is somewhat detuned from the factory. Admittedly, it runs great, but I'd love to have my...
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    Custom L300 Curtains & Sliders

    I have a set of custom-made curtains for an L300. These were professionally made to our specs locally in Portland. The material in commercial-grade Sunbrella fabric, which is UV-stable (the same used in commercial patio umbrellas) and can be cleaned with just about anything. Includes 90...
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    Hard-Shifts When Cold?

    '94 Delica L400 4M40 5MT. I've found the van can be hard to shift into 2nd gear until the engine/transmission warm up. The colder it gets, the harder it is to shift from 1st to 2nd. Once it warms up, it's fine. My wife drove the van this morning and was saying she's found it hard to get into...
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    Rear Window Wiper Spring

    The rear wiper on our '94 L400 doesn't have a lot of downforce on the blade, therefore, the wiping isn't super great. The spring is rather corroded looking. In theory, I could just replace the spring if I could find a suitable one. The entire arm is part number MR155484. But has anyone just...
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