TheGreatGSX
10+ Year Contributor
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- Dec 27, 2008
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Morgantown,
West_Virginia
During the installation of my turbo/FIC/etc my brake booster hose was dry rotted and upon taking it off, the SOB broke. No big deal as I said since I was ordering some parts from the Mitsu dealership anyways.
As I went to pick up my parts yesterday, I find out that the part is "Obsolete" and they cannot order it. I checked at Advanced, Napa, Auto Zone, and even a custom parts store that make parts for you (Hoses, pipes, etc.) and they've all said the same thing "This hose is specially made and although we can make something for you, we'd be afraid it wouldn't be as durable as the OEM."
I don't have much options for a junkyard, I did call my local junkyard and they have said they "think" they have a couple of GSX's laying around, and as professional as they are I asked for there hours of operation and they said "I don't know, you'll have to call, sometimes we're here, sometimes we're not." And I hate doing business with unprofessional people and really don't want to wait for when "they'll be there".
I read on another thread that Pep Boys carry this part and wanted to confirm because Pep Boys is an hour and a half drive for me and I'm not sure they were talking about the same part, they had said the part from Mitsu was only like $8.00, the part I'm talking about is $80.00 from Mitsu. Any advice or direction would be greatly appreciated (Sorry for the book )
Edit:
The hose connects from the brake booster, it's a very thick hose with a plastic peice(s) inside that I am told controls the air pressure going through the hose.
As I went to pick up my parts yesterday, I find out that the part is "Obsolete" and they cannot order it. I checked at Advanced, Napa, Auto Zone, and even a custom parts store that make parts for you (Hoses, pipes, etc.) and they've all said the same thing "This hose is specially made and although we can make something for you, we'd be afraid it wouldn't be as durable as the OEM."
I don't have much options for a junkyard, I did call my local junkyard and they have said they "think" they have a couple of GSX's laying around, and as professional as they are I asked for there hours of operation and they said "I don't know, you'll have to call, sometimes we're here, sometimes we're not." And I hate doing business with unprofessional people and really don't want to wait for when "they'll be there".
I read on another thread that Pep Boys carry this part and wanted to confirm because Pep Boys is an hour and a half drive for me and I'm not sure they were talking about the same part, they had said the part from Mitsu was only like $8.00, the part I'm talking about is $80.00 from Mitsu. Any advice or direction would be greatly appreciated (Sorry for the book )
Edit:
The hose connects from the brake booster, it's a very thick hose with a plastic peice(s) inside that I am told controls the air pressure going through the hose.