suzitoo took me into the sierras last month, on a shakedown run.
went to the shaver/huntington area, and was amazed by what that fire last year did.
suzi worked fine climbing out of the valley, and she got me home.
i only put it in 4wd once, and that was for a poser for toasty.


mostly just imagining some "fitting out" things, and i need a spare tire to cram into the back.
some rocker protection and a rear bumper should be in the plan somewhere,
and mabe a small rack, so she can carry morestuff.
gonna mount the spare gas on the tail, and probably h2o also.
the lotus is receiving needed attention.
looking forward

I think I may have the wrong or bad water temp sensor.
Runs awesome when first started and warms up, but after everything heat soaks (30 min or driving) it lacks power and seems to heat the exhaust up as the temp gauge stays normal.

Reading how the ecu changes the a/f ratio as the temp goes up, could it be like the choke it stuck on a carburetor engine ?
Or more likely the air valve under the TB the water lines go to ?
I've unplugged the other air valve and nothing changes.

Seems I've got it just about right but when actually driving it longer I still have this problem.

I assume the JB-Weld and or block off plate for the TB is what I'm going to try.
Been talked about before but I "think" the block off plate for the car will fit the montero ?

Also.. could I splice in a rheostat into the water temperature sensor and tell the ecu what I want and what runs the best at the time ? I don't think I got the right sensor, same plug but could be a different ohm ..
Factory supposed to be 2.5k cold and 290 hot.. from what my manual says.

Awesome, thanks oldcolt! not many of these around looks like. I ordered the last one on rockauto. $6.90.USD. By the time it's shipped to my side of the border it costs $26.61 Canadian. Can't wait for the border to open up!