It's been a little while since I've updated this it seems.
On November 29th, I drove out to CBRD in York, PA and had my 60k service done at 71,186 miles!
-Water Pump
-Balance Belt Tensioner
-Balance Belt*
-Timing Belt*
-Timing Belt Tensioner
-Timing Belt Tensioner Pulley
-Timing Belt Idler Pulley
-Serpentine Belt (w/AC)
-Crankshaft Angle Sensing Blade
-Crankshaft Camshaft Drive Sprocket
-Crankshaft Pulley Washer
-Crankshaft Pulley Center Bolt
*Gates Racing Kevlar Belts
All are OEM :mitsu: Mitsubishi Parts except the Timing Belt and Balance Belt.
For those interested:
Car still has signs that it will start to make that annoying rubbing noise at start up. You can faintly hear it now, and I suspect that it will get more pronounced with time. Apparently there's a revised cylinder block bracket that Mitsu has issues since there were flaws with the original design.
Part#1091A133 Bracket Cylinder Block
I haven't been able to narrow it down in the service manual to see where it goes, so if you know, I'd love to see it.
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Fast forward to this past weekend. We had that blizzard that dumped over 20" of snow on us. I woke up to this, and the excavation commenced.
Canon EOS 30D
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
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Driving to work yesterday on I-80, I downshifted to 4th gear to pass a slower moving vehicle in the fast lane, and when I did so, the car felt like it lost traction for about 1,500-2,000 rpm's and then regained it. Ding ding ding ding ding.... slipping clutch. To double check my suspicions, I went to 5th and from 3k and gave it a good amount of throttle and the same thing happened. I am now in the market for a new clutch.
I currently have the ACT HDSS with ACT Streetlite flywheel and have no issues at all. I put well over 50k miles on this new clutch and it's handled all the abuse I've put it through very very well.
I've been toying with the idea of swapping out the ACT unit entirely and going with an Exedy Stage 2 HD, but I think I'll be sticking with ACT. I could keep it simple and swap in their sprung 6-puck disc. I'd get that installed along with a 1-piece STM clutch line and possibly their clutch fork stopper.
This would be a much more economical route.
-Jalal