Hello everyone!
Earlier this year I picked up this truck (Tenacity), and I fell victim to its charm. I wanted one of these back in high school, but never could find one in my price range at that time (early 2000's). I bought it with the intent of driving it to the end of its life while just putting in the minimum maintenance required to keep it running, but it has been an amazing work horse, and has given me minimal issues, especially considering the condition it's in, so I wanted to give it a second chance instead of driving it into the junkyard.
I bought it used and abused with about 180,000 miles on the clock, rust, worn tires, poorly spray painted wheels, cracked dash, wobbly hood, leaking oil, peeled and damaged paint on the body, and an unknown amount of other potential issues under the hood. The history was unknown, but it has been to at least a couple states based on the tags/registration stickers in various places, and the kinds/areas of rust I found.
- 1993 Mitsubishi Mighty Max
- V6 6G72
- 4x4
- 5 Speed manual transmission
- Currently has around 193k miles on it
- Bought it for $1,600 with around 180k miles on it
- Planned project to restore and upgrade. No turbos (most likely) or engine swaps unless necessary.
I haven't done much to it other than oil changes, flushed the coolant, greased it up anywhere I could find a zerk fitting, and scrapped off the cracked and peeling stickers.
The plan going forward is to rebuild, or replace everything I can on it to try and bring it back to life, and maybe squeeze another 200,000 miles out of it. It's currently my daily driver, but once spring/summer hits I'll be really starting on the project. I'm not going with any swaps unless I have to, and will keep modifications to a minimum. Some performance modifications to strengthen some components and increase power/fuel efficiency is about the extent of the changes I'd like to make. Some sound system upgrades perhaps. I don't plan on any turbo or supercharging.
I will of course update this thread with pics, and updates as I go along. For now I'll slink back into the shadows of noobville, and start gathering info on replacement parts, upgrades, tools, and all that jazz. I'll probably start ordering some of the things I know for sure that I'll need/want to replace in the coming weeks and months so that way I'll be able to get right to the project when the time comes.
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