There was a repair kit for this, it was an issue on the Spyders when they started to age, that elastic strap thats hanging loose is not supposed to be loose, its job is to pull on the bar in front of it to allow the top to fold properly, someone...
If you could make some for the 6 bolt 4g63, you might sell a bunch on here as a vendor and even the 420a version could be sold on this site if you set yourself up as a vendor.
Hope you have better luck than I did. Mine was crap out the box. Voltage was good on my gauge but dummy lights stayed lit. Ended up putting a used OEM unit in.
You might just do what I am going to do and make one out of some mild steel or aluminum tubing that you can pie cut and weld up and then use a piece of connector hose on the ends to connect to your barbed fittings, or in my case weld it to the AN...
Yours sound more like an alternator issue, if its a cheapo parts store reman unit, no matter who its from consider it suspect and probably junk, they will act up intermittently and the parts store tests wont show it as bad even though it is.
Possible bent fork or wrong length push rod? I have had good luck myself with Southbend, they are based on oem pressure plates that are modified with heavier springs, so the pressure plate should never be an issue with other stock parts, I would...
I'm not sure how he can determine that you need a new head gasket for a certain turbo if the gasket is still good, I would not replace it just for the heck of it, run it and if it ever gives out then thats when you replace it, you might look into...
That looks like a very clean car. The price of 4g63 powered second generation Dsm's have gone through the roof the last couple of years, you might have a hard time finding one worth owning in your price range right now, you might be better off...
The Chrysler coils are going to require some type of mounting plate to use them, which is why I recommended the Toyota coils, also the megasquirt will not be able to natively drive the 12v Chrysler coils, it will need a module to run them...
Guys have had good luck with the Toyota stick coils from the Tacoma, say 2005 and up years, this is a go to coil for the 4g63, as for the 420a I cant say for certain if they would fit but I assume that the lengths would be similar, maybe find one...
Six bolt timing components, Six bolt flywheel, your six bolt water pump will need to be modified or your drivers side motor mount where it goes on the block, either of them need ground down to clear each other, you will need to run a 1g cas since...