XC92
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- Jul 22, 2020
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I'm ready to place an order for several dozen OEM parts I'll need to rebuild my trans and other assemblies on my Talon, and while they're all listed as available on several Mitsubishi dealers' web sites, from experience I know that some of these items are no longer available. I sent them all emails with a list of all the parts using Mitsubishi part #'s, and followed them up with calls to their parts departments. But I've yet to hear back from most of them.
So I'm wondering if there are other ways of finding out, such as that program you used to be able to download and install on your PC that's basically an online parts catalog. Is it still available and working and does it have current pricing and availability, or is it literally just a parts catalog that has nothing to do with current availability?
Or am I just going to have to place an order and wait till they get back to me to find out? After several weeks of tearing things apart, cleaning parts, consulting with site experts and figuring out what parts I need to replace, while my Talon's on jack stands and unusable, I'm hoping to start putting everything back together and am starting to get antsy.
Btw are some Mitsubishi shadier than others? I've read Google reviews of some of the ones I'm thinking of ordering from and there are comments that claim that they got charged for wrong parts and they had to pay return shipping and a restocking fee. I can name these dealers here but am not sure if it's appropriate.
And yes, I know, I should order to the extent possible from site supporting vendors, and intend to do so, but some of these parts are kind of obscure and I'm not sure that vendors carry them, like say a trans select lever bushing or exhaust bolt.
So I'm wondering if there are other ways of finding out, such as that program you used to be able to download and install on your PC that's basically an online parts catalog. Is it still available and working and does it have current pricing and availability, or is it literally just a parts catalog that has nothing to do with current availability?
Or am I just going to have to place an order and wait till they get back to me to find out? After several weeks of tearing things apart, cleaning parts, consulting with site experts and figuring out what parts I need to replace, while my Talon's on jack stands and unusable, I'm hoping to start putting everything back together and am starting to get antsy.
Btw are some Mitsubishi shadier than others? I've read Google reviews of some of the ones I'm thinking of ordering from and there are comments that claim that they got charged for wrong parts and they had to pay return shipping and a restocking fee. I can name these dealers here but am not sure if it's appropriate.
And yes, I know, I should order to the extent possible from site supporting vendors, and intend to do so, but some of these parts are kind of obscure and I'm not sure that vendors carry them, like say a trans select lever bushing or exhaust bolt.