1986 Mitsubishi L300 camper (SOLD)

[nigxl]

Picking up on Monday.
Can't seem to add pics at the moment.

[nigxl]

Time for a new Mig welder me thinks.

[nigxl]

Not my picture by the way, one I found on the internet.

[nigxl]

The front arches aren't great so if anyone knows of a supplier of mitsu body parts that would be great.

[nigxl]

Now it's home I can get a better look.
The good

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The not so good







You get the picture.

[nigxl]

The good news is that it fits in the garage

[düdo]

Another campervan, like the Hiace, that is still common in Aus. I've seen a couple here sausage side too. I was considering a 4WD version last year but the wife would never have seen me again as it would have been a long campaign to sort it.

Good that it fits in your garage - you can use those long nights to polish it back into shape!


You can get the T-shirt to match your sticker !

[nigxl]

Driving back the 100 mile I felt the power dropping off somewhat.
She felt like she was running lean as she was popping out of the exhaust and struggling to accelerate, but when up to speed she seemed OK.
I started pulling things apart when I got back and found a dirty air filter and more concerning was a missing / broken distributer cap clip. That will do it.





So if anyone knows of an L300 distributer going cheap let me know.

Nothing I can do about either item tonight so I amused myself by spraying the air filter box lid.

[nigxl]

Nov 7, 2016 19:26:54 GMT düdo said:

Another campervan, like the Hiace, that is still common in Aus. I've seen a couple here sausage side too. I was considering a 4WD version last year but the wife would never have seen me again as it would have been a long campaign to sort it.

Good that it fits in your garage - you can use those long nights to polish it back into shape!quote]

Thanks Dudu, the only bit of polishing ths is going to get this side of Xmas is with a knotted wire brush on the end f the grinder

[nigxl]

The pic I meant to post with the broken clip.

[düdo]

Yes, I thought 'polishing' was a more hopeful word! Good luck with it and there's next Spring to look forward to for some camping action. Do you have any interior pics?

[nigxl]

Not yet but it does need work. There seems to be quite a lot of de lamination of the units and the hob and drainer are very 70s although the van is 80s.
Depending on how the exterior turns out I may go down the modern route and replace the units with something like Voringer board.

[nigxl]

Another job to do is an engine coolant flush and thermostat change, if it has one.
The temp sat below a quarter all the way home and the coolant seems to be mainly silt.

[Soopahfly]

It's an interesting beast Any interior shots?

[raymondmarble]

I love this! And a rare vintage now.

[nigxl]

Cheers guys.
I'll get some interior pics up later, but for now sticking with the engine:
One of these plugs is not like the other !!
No wonder I had a misfire........

[nigxl]

Well just wasted a morning driving round scrap yards looking for a distributor with clips. Failed.
I think I'm going to struggle with this project what with the lack of available body panels and engine parts.

[blippi]

Try on mdocuk, mitsi Delica forum for more information on parts etc there's a couple on there with campers.

[nigxl]

Thanks blippi I'll give it a shot.
On a good note the engine is now running like a dream.
The ignition timing was a tooth out as well as the other problems identified.
Anyway took a few interior shots, brace yourselves...................