1991 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX

[Bigmike4g63t]

Was trying to clean this stuff up this morning. The throw out bearing i took off does look oem so I guess it was changed out at some point. The one I am putting in is OEM.

 

[pauleyman]

Was trying to clean this stuff up this morning. Tye throw out bearing i took off does look oem so I guess it was changed out at some point. The one I am putting in is OEM.

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The bearing you took out is not oem. At least not for awd. Early on the awd had its own part num and it has a plastic sleeve. The new one you have is correct. I think later all of them spec the plastic lined sleeve not just awd. Check the shaft the bearing rides on. The metal sleeve units tend to gouge the shaft/housing. Unfortunately if it ever gets real bad there is nothing you can do on a 1g. 2g has a replaceable sleeve. Your sleeve is damaged but no worse than most I've seen. The severely damaged ones cause problems.

 

[Bigmike4g63t]

Thanks for the insight Paul!

 

[Bigmike4g63t]

Brake caliper i had to redo. Powder coating has been new to me and the maroon color turned out that way bc i did not put the reflective chrome coat on first. I submerged the caliper in paint stripper for a couple of days and then used a wire brush. It came off very easily. However within minutes of rinsing off it rusted over completely. I glass beaded it off in minutes then re painted.

 

[CrackedDSM]

Brake caliper i had to redo. Powder coating has been new to me and the maroon color turned out that way bc i did not put the reflective chrome coat on first. I submerged the caliper in paint stripper for a couple of days and then used a wire brush. It came off very easily. However within minutes of rinsing off it rusted over completely. I glass beaded it off in minutes then re painted.

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That looks great. I wonder if you did the same thing with a nice blue top coat how it would look.


But yeah, great progress. Still bummed on your behalf that you paid someone absolute top dollar for essentially a lemon. Dude should have paid for your rebuild at least.

 

[Bigmike4g63t]

I dont think it was really a lemon. I drove the car for a year and am only doing this rebuild because I have had a wish list of things that I have wanted to do for years but did not have the disposable income then that I do now. I drove it to work every day until the day I decided to start tearing it down. I started buying the parts for all this the day I got the car home. By the time I started nearly exactly a year later I had a huge stash of the parts accumulated. I had been planning this build in my head since the last dsm I had about 16 years ago now. I just didn't want to put a bigger turbo and all the related stuff on a original 30 year old car. That's why I just decided to do all this.

 

[Bigmike4g63t]

This is the caliper bracket and the fuel filter bracket. By the time I am done I should be decent at this.....

I do still have to strip the air intake bc i jacked it up by applying another coat a couple days later. I was very raw at this when I did it.

 

[Bigmike4g63t]

That looks great. I wonder if you did the same thing with a nice blue top coat how it would look.


But yeah, great progress. Still bummed on your behalf that you paid someone absolute top dollar for essentially a lemon. Dude should have paid for your rebuild at least.

As far as the blue, I think it depends on what style paint you get. This red is Translucent Red and the reflective chrome is recommended as the base coat. I bought it all at the beginning however I forgot to do the base coat on the first few pieces I painted. I probably will not redo a couple of small pieces that will be hard to see once the engine is in anyways.

 

[Bigmike4g63t]

Also, on buying this car, I have not seen a nicer one in person. Ever. And everything works, no rust. Really the only thing it needed was sunroof rubber around the top.

 

[Bigmike4g63t]

Replaced some axle seals this morning and removed the shifter cable bushing/bearings. I can not find the bolts for bellhousing to block so I ordered those from JNZ. I still need to install the Rollerblade bearings into the shifter cable ends.

 

[Bigmike4g63t]

Have not had much time lately but have made a little progress. I got the transmission bolted up to the engine. I had to order new bolts for that as I could not find mine. Sure enough the day they came in from JNZ, I found them. I also replaced all the bushings in the shifter and the base bushings with bushings from 3D Creations.

 

[Bigmike4g63t]

Motor is mounted back in engine bay. Yay!

 

[DSSA]

Replaced some axle seals this morning and removed the shifter cable bushing/bearings. I can not find the bolts for bellhousing to block so I ordered those from JNZ. I still need to install the Rollerblade bearings into the shifter cable ends.
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Should have had me toss a set of our Delrin bushings into the box before I shipped it. All the tight, none of the seize! https://jnztuning.com/product/jnz-tuning-shifter-cable-bushing-kit-dsm/

 

[Bigmike4g63t]

Should have had me toss a set of our Delrin bushings into the box before I shipped it. All the tight, none of the seize! https://jnztuning.com/product/jnz-tuning-shifter-cable-bushing-kit-dsm/

And I would have bought them had i known.

 

[Bigmike4g63t]

I started putting everything back on. IM, A/C compressor and pulley, water pump and crank pulleys, starter.

 

[Bigmike4g63t]

Making progress. But keep finding that I am missing a gasket or bolt here and there. Josh at JNZ is always helpful with that!

 

[Bigmike4g63t]

I think ive got this plumbed right. I still have 1 more line that goes to the air intake but it's not installed yet.

 

[Bigmike4g63t]

Starting to get the front suspension back together and on the car.

 

[Bigmike4g63t]

Cut off the ABS ring and sat the rim on to see what it will look like. I think I'm going to like it.