Tell me about Mitsubishi Shoguns/Pajero's

Economy wise you'll be lucky to get 20mpg

They rust. Lol, my mk2 has had a patch on the chassis and a fair few holes in the body! The mk2s have switchable 4wd which makes them more economical than an equivalent land rover, I don't think the mk1's have this.

The mk1s are very few and far between.

Most of the Pajeros were diesel auto's (i think with overdrive and switchable front hubs - its been a while now) which aren't great on fuel to be honest 20mpg seems a little low, I think i used to get about 24ish with a LWB auto and about 28 on a run same as my 4l diesel Rangie, but its an 80's 4wd what economy were you expecting?
Imports never had any underbody protection as standard, the first thing we used to be before registering them was completely plaster them in underseal as they were usually still good when they came in - unfortunately a lot of people never used to bother...

Now I'm a little biased


Mine is a 2.5td intercooled 4d56 averages around 28-33mpg pretty much same on urban or motorway only weighing 1700kg helps and it will run on pretty much anything flammable like most proper diesels thank you Robert Bosch
just expect smoke when cold if your running the blacker variety, cheers indirect injection

reliability wise the engine its self has been great just ticked over 200k I'm just weeding out the inferior parts people have fitted over the years, starters/alternators etc but then these engines don't have the best background but milners 4x4 list everything for these, can buy a complete head for very cheap
i do about 180 miles a week just going to work as a background

Rust wise mine is stupidly clean, i guess late import and not doing many miles has helped but they do rust like any 80s vehicle so be careful

parts wise most good motor-factors stock all parts, as later shoguns/l200s all run the same parts

I'm running front/rear mk2 shogun axle/diffs in 5.28 flavor 65mph is about the limit for mine but offroad is where is shows good

anyway why do you need any other reason than they are stupidly cool

I had a mark 1 shogun that I bought from my father in law....2.5td long wheelbase manual box...rust free, reliable, brilliantly put together, as others have said between 22 and 35 mpg averaging 28 id say, a long run saw good mileage and towing was the other end of the spectrum.
Really enjoyed owning and driving it and was one of the cars ive genuinely missed when I got rid of it.

I have had one of these for the past 11 years best car I have ever had its a 2.5 intercooler one its been used to death in the time I've had it for towing never less than 2 ton on the trailer mpg at best with a light foot 30 mpg if you floor it everywhere they will go to single figures trust me they will drink diesel if driven hard but with care they can be quite good on fuel things to be careful of are chassis rust on the rear end just after the trailing arm mountings rust from inside to out can end up paper thin without you seeing a hole, front body mounts rust out, inside inner wings and are a pain to repair inner front wings were they meet the floor pans rust out and cause water leaks inside the cabin, cambelt needs to be done on time they do break but normaly only snap rocker shafts to protect the valves quite a clever idea, they do suffer from worn crankshafts on the front pulleys coming lose normal caused by cambelt changes not tightening bolt up to correct torque, the balance shaft belts quite often break early and pull the cambelt off I've seen 3 of these now do this it doesn't seem to make any difference if you use the belt or not the engine runs just as smooth with no belt fitted other than routine servicing they are fantastic cars tow fantastic and wind the fuel and boost up a bit they are quite nippy the mk2 2.8 TD is as standard far more powerful but they do overheat and crack heads all the time to I bought a mk2 to replace mine as was newer but I sold it because it was so rusty underneath bottom line if you can find a good one take it for a good test drive and as long as its not full of rust should give years of service any questions just ask if I can help I will.

I scrapped an early one years ago. Rotten m

I can tell you the later ones, fitted with the 2.8 turbo suffer cracked heads. Just fixed one this week.

Budget 350 quid for a new head.

had our lwb 2.5td non intercooler 5 years now,it did 298k of ectremly hard work with us in cluding tow starting articulated trucks, moving mobile homes(8ton)various breakdown work,climbing mountain tracks 3000ft up and a host of other things it should never have done or indeed been asked to, just before xmas it finally broke down with a huge clattering coming from the engine,on stripping it you will see what happened via the links and believe it or not it actualy started the following day albeit on 3 cylinders and with much banging and clattering,vie just made a mongrel engine out of 4d55 and 4d56 bits,so its back on the road now,zero rust body or chassis, brown interior 7 seats the mrs loves it to bits so i have to keep it going! lol
links

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After missing out on three Shogun swb's, I saw this in my saved history, and put a bid on in the last couple of minutes and won it. Groan.



I'm converting the loft, so should be good for wood transportation, and pretty much nothing else, lol.
Still have eyes for a mk1 Shogun/Pajero though.