Pajero Owners Club of South Africa

HI Everyone,

My name is Bennie, and I’m a SIXaddict.

It all started with our family car, a V6 Cortina that I later took over, followed by a V6 VW Camper as a student, a VR6 Golf a couple of V6 D/C Colts, and recently a 4.0 V6 Ranger, but that’s when I realised, when it comes to 4X4’s, I guess I’m a Mitsubishi fan!

Ever since I can remember, I had this incurable obsession to buy broken stuff to fix them, so I sold the Ranger, and bought this sadly neglected 2003 Pajero DID LWB(with a lot of potential) that I hope to take under my care, give her some TLC and put the sparkle back in her eyes. But that’s not a V6 you might ask! I know, I bought a Golf TDI a few months ago, and kinda fell in love with the good balance between economy and power delivery...so here we go, BUT, just to maintain the balance, I still have a 74 F100 5.8L V8 in the garage, as well as a 56 F100 restoration project hanging from the roof!!

1. Name:Bennie

2. Birthday and Age:1 aug , 37 yrs

3. Town & Country Of Residence:Cape Town

4. Home Language:Afr

5. Occupation/Business: Sales and Tech support of Med Imaging equipment(X-Rays)

6. Family Status: Married, and 2 small boys

7. Membership Of Other 4X4 Clubs & Forums: South African muscle car forum

8. Current 4x4:2003 Pajero DID LWB

9. Current Modifications: a dented S/S bulbar?!

10. Modifications On The Wish List: off to the beauty clinic today for a complete respray and then a ground up restoration when it comes back

11. Vehicle(s) On The Wish List: 2011 5.0 V8 supercharged Ranger Rover Sport , and a Golf 6 R(WHAAAT? It said “wish list”, not “shopping list”! LOL)

12. Previous 4x4s: 95 V6 Rodeo D/C, 2002 V6 Rodeo D/C, 2005 V6 Ford Ranger D/C

13. Last 3 Offroad Trips: Riemvasmaak in NC.Not too fond of offroad, too slow! Prever the “less travelled” gravel routes.

14. Favourite Destination: Namibia, Caravanning at Ebb ‘n Flow in Wilderness

15. Other Hobbies: Caravanning, Camping, Hiking, Boating, just hanging out with my wife and boys. And of course fixing broken stuff, mainly cars!

16. GPSr & Map Data Used: HUH?!

17. Rate Your 4X4 & Overlanding Experience: Travel the WC, Nam, EC and NC quite a bit for Bussiness, up to 80 000kms per year, but would love to get on the backroads a bit more.

welcome.

you are a decade older than me to the day.

keep us up to date of all your projects. we like pictures.

cheers

Welcome Bennie. Always nice to have another Cape Town member on board.

Please keep us updated with your fixer-uppers, preferably with photos.

Nico.

Bennie

Welcome! Watch out for that diesel. It really is addictive! Maybe Mitsu will make it easier for you sometime in the future and bring out a V6 Diesel

Anyway. Please keep us updated as you fix the Pajero up.

My 2001 model is standing on 250 000km and still in good nick, what took the sparkle out of the one that you bought? List? Keep an eye out for the common small problems with the 3.2Did: Timing chain guide, Oil Pressure sender switch being the most common it seems.

CATS

Hi Guys, thanx for the welcome.

I promise to keep you guys up to date with pictures( I noticed that pics are VERY important on this forum! LOL)

The sparkle in her eyes disappeared mainly due to terrible paint job. I bought it under the impression that there would probably be some evidence of accident damage hiding somewhere below, but after stripping it completely this past week(rooflining,seats, doorpanels, carpet etc-ALL out) for the re-spray, neither me, nor my panel beater could find any accident repairs. Seemes like someone just over estimated their spray painting abilities, and thought a fresh cote of paint would look nice! Unevenly applied basecoat(flames), and sanding marks(by orbital sander) visible everywhere.

Then there is a diesel leak from the engine bay, still to be investigated.

The bash plates are also missing, and therefore exposing a damaged front diff housing, prepared with Pratleys steel glue!!(JIP, I know! That’s going to be expensive!)

OH, and Brake disk are below limits....I did tell you about my obsession didnt I?