Delica Canada | Mitsubishi Van Club

My dream boat is shipping tomorrow! Fully loaded P35W with crystal lite roof, 2nd row captains chairs, hot/cool/ice box and not with a single spot o rust. The perfect adventure mobile.
I picked her up in Osaka with 100,000km for a fair price.
Here's some photo's:




I was curious if anyone can decipher the chassis codes on these vehicles, I mostly just want to find out if it has an LSD or not. There is a visible sticker on the rear diff (HZ8) not sure if that says anything...

Looks like she's going to need some new shoes, general maintenance, and a tune for mountain altitude, but not too much by the looks of things!
Anyways, super excited.

What year is she ?
Mine if still in Japan and will only show it to the community in less than a year from now, once plated. Here is a suggestion if you want as mine will be clean as yours but unfortunatly without icebox: have it rust proof underside and inside doors-hatch, etc. I do plan to take down the inside ceiling panels to rustproof it from inside too. I am even to the point of asking myself if I would buy a second Delica that will only use in winter-heavily salted raod and keep a cleaned no-rust Deli for summer time. Just a tought
Lapprentis

she is a 1994.
I saw the thread by flexboi about DIY undercoating and considered that for sure. I don't baby my vehicles and expect them to take all terrain and weather conditions, but some protection for the underside and rear hatch is definitely a good plan.

Clean on the outside, how's the undercarriage and interior....oh wait you said something about camperizing your Deli.

That was you right?

I would rebuild that rad do not swap in the plastic tank/aluminum

Driven and kept in south Japan so the undercarriage is also spotless.
Why rebuild the rad? Are they problematic on this engine?

Did you purchase-import it on your own or with a broker-importer ? I am curious on how much it costed you in total, up to when it landed in Canada ?
Lapprentis

+weather wrote:Driven and kept in south Japan so the undercarriage is also spotless.
Why rebuild the rad? Are they problematic on this engine?

Yes - the cooling systems are often plugged with calcium. Not rebuilding the cooling system has lead to many a cracked head...
Nice bus btw - hope you get heaps of fun out of it!

Wouldn't a coolant flush take care of a dirty cooling system? I guess I'm not seeing what you all mean by 'rebuilding' the cooling system
Can you refer me to a thread?

A flush is not enough. New hoses, water pump and a recored rad are in order.
Have a look here ( http://www.delica.ca/forum/are-delicas-crap-4368.html ) for some general chater about this for starers and go from there - The search box at the top of the page can help you chase down topics.

Alright, I returned from a long road test from Vangroovy last Wednesday. The drive went well until I burned the AC belt off around Calaway Park (compressor seized I think).

Maintenance done so far, any advice or opinions are welcome:
Removed radiator, had professionally flushed and tested (leaks and flow)
Replaced thermostat
Replaced upper and lower rad hoses (new clamps)
Coolant change
Oil + Filter
Replaced Fuel filter with seafoam
Transmission fluid change
Replaced drive belts (alternator/power steering)
New tires (General Grabber AT2 235 75 15

Next on list
OOP inspection
Install DRL
Replace transmission mounts (torn)
Diagnosis rough cold starts (glow plugs? IP?)
Diff fluid replace + Friction modifier
Transfer case fluid replace
Diagnosis (clock, radio, thermometer no power)
Replace bulbs and Aim headlights
Install stereo + speakers
Seek and destroy rattles and squeaks
Pro detail
Camperize

Next on the list:

#1 Add an EGT gauge/Pyrometer like an Auberins or something else, here is a very long post with lots of good info
http://www.delica.ca/forum/pyro-and-boo ... -3866.html

For sure, I'm going to take a trip to the junkyard and grab one off a truck or something.

I did not see change timing belt and balance shaft belt and both tensioners and replace crank bolt and front engine seals (5)...(water pump as you are in there anyhow)

A must on the 4D56T

Timing belt repair done @ 96,500km in Japan, the water pump is shiny new so I presume they went the full mile