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This is probably similar to what I'd end up doing, except I'll find one with analogue volume knob, so I can wire in the existing knob/switch instead

Thanks for all the info! I actually ended up buying one of these and wired it directly into the existing AM radio amp and power. I was able to do this buy looking up the schematics for the integrated circuits to find out which was one was the amp and which pins took the signal input and soldered directly on there, so I can reverse it if I need to. It doesn't work entirely as I intended as I think the output from the bluetooth receiver is too high level and as soon as I turn the volume knob on the radio, it is blaringly loud with extreme distortion, so if I have the volume all the way down the speaker is sensitive enough to hear it For the next iteration, I'll probably gut the internals and wire in a small amp from aliexpress keeping the original power switch and volume knob.

Yup, I did a trackday there a LONG time ago with the OS peeps in my old Yellow EX. My dad and I are keen for me to have a go in his one of these. Could be fun, but Monday is most likely out for me as I've used all my leave up at work, haha

Was keen to go to this with my dad. Shame it's been cancelled :'(

So, in the weekend I replaced the coil and the engine is running much smoother and the jerky behaviour when coming on and off the accelerator seems to be a million times better and almost disappeared, but it still jerks alot when decelerating in gear. It mostly happens in 1-3rd gear, I don't notice it in 4th and 5th. Should I maybe be looking at getting the gearbox rebuilt? Second gear is a bit crunchy. Can anyone give an indication of the cost of this these days?

Put the car in gear tonight and pushed it back and forward and I don't think it moved more than an inch. The weather is pretty crappy so couldn't do much but I attempted to move the driveshaft side to side and up and down and it felt pretty solid, which brings me to another problem I had forgotten about. When depressing the clutch pedal there is a clunking sound sometimes when the clutch engages while in gear. I'll have to jack the car up when the weather is better to play around a bit more with the driveshaft and look at diff movement.

Awesome. This sounds like a great place to start. Will try these things tomorrow and report back.

I'll check this tomorrow after work. Can it be in any gear?

It's got the standard Aisan 32/36 carb

I've noticed recently that my car would be jerky when changing from no throttle to accelerating in low gears (1-4) and also when coming off the throttle and decelerating. Also when in gears 1-3 when trying to drive at a constant speed on a flat surface it will jerk. Another person on the internet had a good description: It never used to do this when I first got the car, but is getting increasingly worse the more I drive it and I want to nip it in the butt before it gets too bad! Car is a 1981 Mitsubishi Lancer EX, 1600, 5-speed Manual and has done roughly 93,000 genuine Km's. I have replaced the clutch making sure to machine the flywheel and replace release bearing. I also replaced the gearbox mount while I was at it. I rotated the driveshaft while it was in gear and it rotated a bit, but I've not got a clue how much is too much and that's about as far as I can diagnose haha Can anyone give some clues on where I can look to find the problem?

This is the sort of thing I'm looking for. Does anyone have any experience in wiring something like this into an existing stereo?

Hey guys, I'm wanting to have some sort of music in my car other than AM radio, but I don't want to cut things up. I wonder if there is some sort of device like a blutooth pre amp (If that's the correct word?) where I can have a blutooth receiver which I can wire directly in to the existing radio's amp which would enable me to use the power and volume buttons on existing radio. I suppose I could also wire the blutooth pairing button to another button on the radio and can keep the original radio installed. Does such a device exist and is it possible? Thanks in advance!

Can confirm, my car 100% does not have anything holding the drums on except the wheels. You'll be sweet

Hi guys, I'm trying to get all the parts listed in this thread: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/32920-ex-lancer-bush-help-needed/ I got a quote for the parts from Repco which was $900+ dollars so said "Hell No" to that and ended up getting them from someone I knew who got me the parts for half the price, but the suppliers for the companies he uses couldn't get some of them so I got replacement parts. Anyway, my problem is, they have supplied me with the incorrect Pitman Arm after giving them all the part numbers from the above thread. The one they supplied is straight and the one on my car has a bend in it and is shorter. So I'm after a bit of help getting the correct part if anyone can help me out. I just looked in my parts manual and the Mitsubishi part # is: MB122396 and someone has hand written MB241448 next to it which I assume is a number which supercedes the old one. Thanks heaps!

TylerR, have you got around to doing this swap yet? I have just swapped out my 4-speed (KM-110) on my 4G11 (1200cc) and am now running my 5-speed (KM-119) from my 4G32 and it's fine. I just had to also swap the clutch cable from the 4G32 as it is slightly shorter and without doing so the clutch wouldn't work very well. Hope this helps.

Hope this helps:

Hi guys. I'm looking to get a Mitsubishi colour paint mixed up to paint a plastic model car with my airbrush, but I am completely in the dark about paint codes. so theres a couple things I think I need help to understand: Is there a global standard for paint codes or does each manufacturer have their own coding? How does a paint shop know what to mix if the Manufacturers codes are all different? Specifically, I'm wanting to get hold of some of the "Titanium Grey Metallic U17" colour which can be seen here: I found what seems to be this colour, although under a different name via the link in the paint codes thread: U17 Mercury Gray Metallic http://www.automotivetouchup.com/choosecolor/choosecolor.aspx?year=2012&make=mitsubishi&model=all+models So would the U17 be the code and I would need to tell the paint guys I want Mitsubishi U17 or do I need to do a bit more searching on Google to find the code for this U17 colour? These questions might be completely noob questions to you guys, but I'm lost with paint. Thanks for all the help and advice

Sweet. Thanks!

Tie rod #'s will be handy for me if you can get them. This should make buying these a lot easier for everyone. I see this question being asked a few times now. Cheers!

Is this the only bush you replaced or did you replace a bunch of them? If so do you have the part numbers for the others and where you got them from?

Ah, very interesting, I was under the impression that HID's used less energy. Can't get something from nothing I suppose.. It looks like theres not much point looking into a HID system for my lancer from what you guys have told me. Looks like the verdict is some decent halogen bulbs with a new housing? I don't know if it's all older cars or the Lancer EX's specifically but their lights are pretty rubbish. Are there any off the shelf regular bulbs which will make a decent difference or would I get a far better result switching to Halogen?

I came across a quick word about HID systems and how they run on something like 6v instead of 12v so can get brighter lights using less energy? I read somewhere that they may be illegal in NZ? But then I've seen alot of new cars come out with them from factory. Is there any truth to this?

Glad to hear it shouldn't be as much of a headache as I thought! I bought the car and I have chassis and engine manuals. Can't wait to come back to NZ to start work on it. Will let you all know how I get on

be4ever - Does that mean to change my instrument cluster and clock I would only need to swap that one piece of wiring and leave the rest alone?

I'm talking about my current Lancer EX with a 4G32 and I'm looking at buying a Lancer EX with a 4G11 which I want to swap all my better gear into from my current car.