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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...

I'm with pauleyman. More pics to orient us with where on the engine this is. I have the same engine but I'm not able to match this pic up with what I have and that doesn't look like the IAC. P505 is an IAC valve system fault. The IAC is bolted onto the throttle body on the bottom. It's expensive...

I'm with you on the vacuum hose, though I definitely agree if you have a code, follow that up first. My idle issue wasn't as bad as yours, but mine was with the vacuum hose that goes between the air intake and the air intake. From being over the valve cover it takes a lot of heat and I was...

I've been able to get OEM part numbers and parts from Mega Zip (megazip.com). They have an easy to use catalogue with diagrams for every specific model. Their catalogue is for Mitsubishi Eclipse but the part numbers should be the same for both cars. Also try Mopar Giant. I've had success there...

A PCV valve can cause those issues as well so I checked that first. Easy thing to do. Just jiggle it to see if the valve is stuck and if it is a replacement is cheap. That was okay, but then I noticed the hose that ran from the PCV valve to the intake manifold was kind of loose at the...

I have a 2G so I'm sure I have less vacuum hoses than you do, but I still do have a few. What I've noticed is that some hoses are higher quality than others particularly the evaporation system ones. Others (like the one from the intake manifold to the pvc valve) are the standard ones like what...

Thanks for the welcome. I did start a build thread -https://www.dsmtuners.com/threads/my-eclipse.540194/Will be working on the back suspension this spring and I'll be posting much more pics than I did before. I had a technical issue and lost a lot of the pics for my front end build so my...

Thanks for the welcome and good advice. I will check out the build threads. BTW, nice job you did restoring your Spyder. Especially like the two -tone beige and black interior. Nice car!

I have the same engine and this issue started recently for me as well when starting the engine up cold. After running for awhile it would finally quiet down which made me think they are sticking rather than completely failed. Rather than replace the hydraulic lifters, I decided to see first if I...

First nice spring day around here. Put the top down and went for a drive with my wife!

If you need harnesses, performancepartout on eBay often has them along with the part numbers. (I know they are not Eagle part numbers but maybe he can help you out with the cross reference) He's out of some right now, but maybe what he has will help and maybe some other stuff that will help you...

I knew if I was going to keep this car for the long-term I needed to address surface rust starting on the underbody and suspension members before it got out of control like some cars I've seen in the junk yard. By the way visiting the junk yard was very helpful in pinpointing some of the weak...

I got this car 3 years ago as a one owner garage kept car that was in good shape mechanically and cosmetically. Initially I just fixed a lot of aging things and dealing with small issues that came up. As a safety precaution I changed the timing and accessory belts, put in new spark plugs and...

Hi, I just joined and want to introduce myself. My name is Josh and I sort of got into this by accident 3 years ago. My old car bit the dust and I was looking for another car particularly a two door one with a manual transmission, that would be fun to drive and work on and cheap to buy. After...

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