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I think that explains where they are at now as a maker of new cars. I was just looking at the sales brochure for my car and looking at the model lineup on the back. They were riding high with a great lineup of successful cars in all the major market niches of the time. Now they barely have a...

Not when it comes to knowledge and good advice. I see you all over the forum. 👍 I guess I'm just a pack rat by nature! :D It did pay for for me this past fall when my thermostat went and having one on hand got me right back on the road instead of waiting for days for one to arrive by mail since...

I haven't counted, but it's getting up there in hundred for me too. May have to start using a spreadsheet like you are doing. Right now the boxes are marked with all the parts in them, but that's about it.

I've been doing the same thing with parts. Stocking up while I can. Don't know what the future holds. Turning into my own parts warehouse. lol

Funny thing is Mitsubishi is a current company but it just doesn't seem to realize there is money to be made on reissuing parts to enthusiasts like Toyota and Mazda with Supras and Miatas. MG/Austin, they are all defunct. They died when the whole British car industry went into a slow death...

I think it depends on the car. To your MG reference, I have 1969 Austin Healey Sprite (same as MG Midget) for example and the story with old British cars is totally different. Moss Motors supplies just about every part imaginable. And that is for a car that is over 50 years old It is easier to...

Appreciate your support of these cars and the community. I'm new to the car and community, but both are great and I'm really enjoying it and appreciate your hard work with the supply chain helps keep us all on the road which is always a challenge with these cars being this age by now. Our cars...

What you are running into I found is pretty typical for a car of this age. If you love the car it is worth it. The average car owner would see it as overwhelming and toss it in the junk yard or trade it in but it is mostly minor stuff that if you are mechanically minded can easily address. If...

Yeah, they all are expensive. Looking at Rock Auto's prices, they've gone up a lot since I bought one last (like everything else lately!). But waltah has some good advice and info and I think if you get everything all adjusted as suggested, it should last a long time. And sometimes I've gotten...

What year is your Eclipse? For a 96-97 Rock Auto has the following units: STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS AC250 WVE 2H1201Rock Auto gives a Mitsubishi cross reference part number of MD614698 for these units. I'd check to see what part number you have to make sure it matches. My experience is most of...

Right, I learn something new everyday. I looked this up and it seems 98 was the year they changed this. As I've been looking for parts for my car it seems 98 was a threshold year for a lot of small changes partly due to environmental regulatory issues. The entire fuel filler/evap thing was also...

Sorry, missed your question about the coolant temp sensors. You are right. The larger one is for the ECU and the smaller one just feeds the gauge cluster. Issues with the wiring for the ECU one should throw a code. Again, since you have a code for the IAC valve, I'd focus on testing that and...

It doesn't look like the one on my 2.4. I replaced it once and there is no way those big gears are inside that. Here's pics of what you should be seeing bolted under the throttle body. This is the IAC valve that the code you are getting is referencing.

If you can provide pics with more detail of the general area I can say for sure. Sounds like the IAC unit since you are saying it is bolted to the bottom of the throttle body. Since it is sealed, I'd say unless the gears are broken, there's nothing in there to grease or clean. Given the P0505...