Street Build 1g build - The Real Life Trials and Tribulations of building a DSM

[Anfurnyy]

I ordered that same speedometer seal 5 years ago from an online mitsu dealer and it came direct from Japan a month later. Glad to hear you had a good experience

I actually ordered it from the Mitsu Part warehouse site on the 7th and just got a USPS tracking number today surprisingly.

I also ordered one from Amayama because I figured this one was going to get cancelled but I guess I'll have two!

 

[Anfurnyy]

Replaced the fuel filter. Still looked decent but you can see the darker discoloration in the old one (top) from the ethanol I'm assuming. I never saw any fuel pressure issues but preventative maintenance I guess.


New seal for the speed sensor gear came in. ( Part number in pictures) It looks almost identical to a larger diameter valve stem seal which I thought was interesting. Also when these are installed, they are installed upside down. So the spring side is pushed in towards the gear / transmission side. I pushed it in the wrong way the first time and then checked the old one and it was opposite. Managed to carefully push the new one back out and flip it.



Definitely feels like it seals against the gear shaft now. It's firm but not hard to spin. Can wait to drive this thing again. It's been pretty much 90+° everyday for the last like 2 weeks here and I HATE driving this thing when it's that hot because it turns into an oven.

Counting down the days until the track. In the coming weeks I'm helping my brother pull his 8hp70 trans out of his Jeep again since he bought an Applied Torque Solutions rebuilt kit with billet baskets and extra clutches and steels and what not. His jeep freaking rips with the current trans. He recently switched to e85 and pulled down to a 3.0 pulley making 17psi and ran a 7.38 @ 97mph in the 8th on dragy. Love that thing!

I'll be back with more updates if anything cool happens before then.