I wasn't suggesting it's more likely with the new setup, I'm just picturing it happening.
For some reason it is too easy to hit reverse instead of fourth in my brother's capri (some modern falcon gearbox), hell of a grinding noise
As above, probably just get whatever you can find.
I'm still running original hoses on the starlet, no idea how much of a timebomb they are but it seems to have had good coolant all its life and there are no signs of crunchiness.
I had the wrong battery in my hilux for a while, but that was because I harvested it from the LPG Corolla when it got written off. Was always expecting the battery cables to snap at any moment
I recall seeing something a few years ago where a guy pulled apart the fuel/injection system on an old mercedes diesel after it had been run on biodiesel for a few years. Everything was completely buggered from corrosion internally