Monk gear for the non-wealthy

[tarkhis]

Hello all. I've been searching through the monk gear threads and their seems to be a lot of debate on gear and upgrades. I'm currently a level 40 monk wielding cane of harmony and knuckle dusters. I have SCHW for haste and some black panther pieces for armor with cured silk or wu's in other spots.

As I am primarily soloing a lot and this is my main , I don't have a lot of money for fungi or tstaff's etc, I'm getting close to about 3k saved up now, what would you recommend for weapon or gear upgrades that will help me solo better?

Also what spot is bets to hit next with sub-optimal gear, I'm in SolA now and plan to stay til about 42?