Recent updates from the Mitsubishi Central Phoenix Corral:

My 86: The headliner keeps falling down on top of me and needs to be removed and replaced. It's annoying. Aside from that, the cooling system repair worked great and it runs fine. Pa_Jero stopped by Sunday and gave Jorge and I a live demo on how to re-boot CV's, since neither of us had ever done it and we have more of them to do in the near future. The ones that got new boots are going into this 86 when it gets torn down for a front end rebuild, for which I have all the parts ready.

My 95 is currently visiting Mesa over at IncorporatedX's facility. Top-secret repairs and maintenance will be undertaken to put it back on the road for the next trouble-free 60,000 miles!

My 87...no updates. It sleeps. It watches. It waits.

Jorge's 83 Power Ram. This needs one a/c hose to be fabricated, for which I have located an appropriate shop, then a flush, vacuum and refill should get the a/c back to running. Aside from some interior work, this truck is downright excellent. I took the choke plate back off, since it runs fine without it and it smokes like a chimney with it on until fully warmed up.

Jorge's 86 went wheeling, that is, until it started making the exhaust cherry red and we had to stop every few miles to let it cool off before we could drive it any further. At first, I thought it had every sign of a plugged exhaust, but today IncorporatedX suggested broken springs in the distributor advance mechanism had given him the same results on another Mitsu vehicle. Removing the funky 86 exhaust manifold revealed no blockages, and that was the only part left connected to the engine after we removed the pre-cat that WAS plugged, without improvement. Jury-rigged compressor and fan made the a/c on this truck work great. Needs a new catalytic converter to pass emissions. The window tint also sucks badly and needs to be redone. We have a guy for that.

Jorge's 89. Flunked emissions. NOX was W-A-Y high. No vacuum leaks that we can find. May need a new catalytic converter and O-2 sensor for starters. All other systems are fine and he drives it daily.

Updated? Good.

John B.