Delica Canada | Mitsubishi Van Club

My name is Steve and I live in Vancouver (east).

After two years of hoping and wishing, I found a good match and bought a 94 L400 Super Exceed in great condition

No pictures yet because it's parked in my dark parking garage and I don't have insurance yet.

I will post pictures ASAP


1. It had a CVI delica tune in 2011 - how often does this need to be done?

There are a few minor things CVI found during the pre-purchase inspection:

Rear stabilizer joints
Inner tie rod ends
Trailing arm bushings

2. How/where can I source these parts? Would Lordco/Napa carry them? Are they the same as a Montero?

3. Alignment (I guess wear on the tires?)

4. Also, CVI said the brakes were 35% and wearing unevenly. Can I order the pads from Lordco/Napa and wait until I hear the wear indicator to replace them? Or how urgent is it? I forgot what I did last time I did the brakes on my old 4runner. The previous owner was surprised the brakes were that low

I have big plans this summer for camping and exploring the BC coast. I also do a lot of outdoorsy stuff, so the Delica will come in handy.

I'm sure I will have lots of questions once I start learning more. I already downloaded both of the L400 manuals and I have been reading through the forums a lot.

Did you get your answers?

Thanks for your reply

Well I found the local JDM guys have these parts:

Rear stabilizer joints (bushings)
Inner tie rod ends (haven't done yet)

Rear Trailing arm bushings

But apparently (from two different sources)
Source 1: I can't easily do the trailing arm bushings myself, unless I have a big press/etc, and it costs $500+ at a shop because of parts and labour
Source 2: The trailing arm bushings don't need to be replaced if they are cracked (I can't hear any banging)

I got my answers for the brake job and I found some cheap parts locally, just waiting for my arm to heal to change the brake parts.

Since my post I have put just over 1000km's on it and I am slowly fixing the bugs. I have a sleeping platform almost finished, and I modified the 2nd row seats so they slide all the way forward on their tracks.

Thanks!

Nice! Make sure you post some pics and I'll post them up on Instagram!

Still not sure what to do about my Rear Trailing arm bushings

Change them ($$) or not?

(from two different sources)
Source 1: I can't easily do the trailing arm bushings myself, unless I have a big press/etc, and it costs $500+ at a shop because of parts and labour
Source 2: The trailing arm bushings don't need to be replaced if they are cracked (I can't hear any banging)

S1
Do a search on google re:trailing arm bushing change or press. A guy made a press from heavy threaded rod, and piano washers. It looked strong enough to do the job.
TLWF

thelazygreenfox wrote:S1
Do a search on google re:trailing arm bushing change or press. A guy made a press from heavy threaded rod, and piano washers. It looked strong enough to do the job.
TLWF

TLWF, that should save me a lot of money! I was actually pricing out hydraulic presses last week (just a dream though as I live in an apartment)
Thanks!