Just bought a 1994 Mitsubishi RVR Super Sports Gear

[brisvr4]

You know biglady is a guy right Jack???

 

[evo-gsr]

Youve ruined Jacks dreams of big lady's now.

 

[4piknup]

I know.
I hovered....I put 'he said' but it didnt seem right, so I changed it.

 

[4piknup]

Gotta practice on the big ones Jamo.

 

[brenn gunn]

Hahaha having nightmares about doing your timing belt, that cracked me up :lol:

Huh? I didn't have nightmares.. I just had a dream about doing the job and remebered that in the dream I was paranoid about everything I did,, but then I started it up and drove it home,, no problems.. ended up being a happy dreamm,,, ummm no ,, not that kind of happy dream ,, lol So at this Amayama mob,, you gotta submit an enquirey and then wait for them to send a reply before you can actually buy from them?? Is that right?

 

[Hyper_Mike]

Yep man, thats right in have ordered stuff before from them.

 

[penngwyne]

I've recently used Partsouq who aren't bad either
Prices and delivery are quite competitive

 

[brenn gunn]

I'm finally doing the timing belt. Have it on and all seems to be right,, all the marks line up and I have turned the crank 12 complete rotations with no problems. I have replaced both A and B belts , all pulleys, hydraulic tensioner, and the crank shaft sensor. main reason I finally got around to doing the timing is that I lost all spark on the way home from work, so I figured, I would just replace the CAS at the same time. Still not 100% sure that is the problem though.
Trying to figure out if this car is OBD2 ? it has an OBD2 type connection, will a OBD2 scanner work on this?
One of the biggest problems that I've found with doing this job is putting the bottom timing cover back on. I broke the original one taking it of, so have a new one to put back on. Do you need to remove the air con pulley? if so, is it much of a problem to re-assemble ?
Anyways, thanks for all your help

 

[4piknup]

Tensioner for air con? Pretty sure you need to rem9ve it.

Its only a few bolts. Nothing hard. Air con compressor should be able to stay in place.

not obd2 afaik

 

[brenn gunn]

I got it on with some very minor damage. very hard to get it around the waterpump housing, aircon compressor and the alt. can I use a voltmeter on this OBD outlet to read an error code? if so, does anyone know which pins?

 

[brenn gunn]

well, I was right about the crank angle sensor. I had the engine on a little trolley jack and had it sitting there for 2 weeks while I got some parts sent from partsouq. I didn't realize that the jack had lost some pressure and lowered the engine. that was the main reason for the problems with getting the lower case on. I only realized, just how far it had dropped when I put the engine mount back on. I am hearing some noises but think it is just the aircon tensioner pulley and I think the 'fan belts' could use replacing, but other than that, she's purring along. got a new nooby question though,, what does the open/closed button on the centre console do?

 

[penngwyne]

Could it be folding mirrors??
Son's black HSGR manual had those.

 

[brenn gunn]

Sorry for not replying earlier penngwyne, The bills get higher, rates, water, elect ect and only a $1 pay rise in the last 8 years. I keep looking but there simply isn't anything better out there (work wise). So, unfortunately, I am only just trying to keep this car, (which is my daily ride) going. I think that the button that folds in the mirrors is right next to the 'open/close' one, the mirrors fold in, works fine. So far , I have replaced the battery, new radiator, new cheap lash adjusters from ebay , (USA) which are farqed ,(will be buying the topline ones from meek next time). repaired the exhaust, (had a hole), new timing belt, balance belt, tensioners, pullies, Crank Angle Sensor, rear rotors and pads , (needs new fronts) think the oil pump is on the way out, the AC tensioner needs replacing, getting a nasty little nock noise when I start it, had to super glue that 'recirclelating dump valve " back together, (is a auto) Front shocks are leaking. I want to throttle that stupid Viatnamese bitch that pulled out in front of me and totalled my commodore. **** loads of other misc **** to do to the rvr and now it has these interesting little bubbles on the roof appearing , lol. BUT, a 2006 Ford XR6 tried it on , in a short merge lane the other day, I didn't 'blow it away' but he give it all and couldn't get past and had to yield, when the double lanes came back , he had to overtake and sit infront of me, I sat behind him for a couple of K's laughing my head off. lol

Thanks for your help, mate

Brenn Gunn

 

[penngwyne]

Just reading some older posts and wondered how you were getting on?
Those roof bubbles not sounding good.
When I originally tried to insure the hsgr with Shannon's they told me I wasn't an enthusiast HA!!!
I think if you own one of these you have to be.
Still like the RVR, but about to do some suspension work on it I think I have leaking shocks.
And my interior is looking a bit sad too.
I recently found that having an air filter you can't see through makes a huge difference to the already poor fuel economy
BUT you have to pay for your pleasures (when the turbo cuts in)
regards

 

[edymadman7]

Hell yeah Bursons for the win!! Worked there for nearly 6 months now after working at Autopro for a year, simply the best auto parts store in Australia. If you ever need help chasing a part up shoot me a pm and I'll do everything I can to help you out. I run a Z142AST which is the 25 micron rated Z142A filter. The standard filter being 30 and the Z142AHE being a 20 micron rating filter.

 

[edymadman7]

Oops just realised how long ago this post was started.