I've collected over 40 Mitsubishi specialty tools made mostly by Miller and OTC specifically for the 4G63 platform over the past 20 years and counting. I'll probably never quit doing it, but this is more than half of the specialty service tools shown in the service manual (if you exclude all the transmission sections). I've done pretty well so far. Most of my tools are for engine assembly, but a large collection of axle tools were listed immediately after I finished rebuilding the Galant's rear axles. I just thought I'd share them to prove they're not just line art drawings in a service manual. They really do exist. They're also REALLY hard to find today. Most of my saved searches have never been triggered in the 12 years since I created them all. I've had to purchase alternative tools that I don't show in this video.
This video is a pivot to the GSX project. The Galant project ISN'T paused. If you didn't understand what happened in the first scene, I was trying to start the opening scene of the GSX front subframe series (I'll likely make shorter, more focused videos for the front and rear of my GSX) and opened the wrong part because I hadn't done, nor fulfilled a GSX parts inventory or filled in any of its blanks yet. That's how I figured out I wasn't ready for it. So I forced myself to complete it. That gave me a chance to show you how I do my parts research and to summarize how I get all of the info I share with you. I show how I created a thing that helps me easily manage my projects. A thing that guides you to guarantee accuracy and save you time is its own kind of tool of sorts.
This is not the first time nor the last-where I'll insist an excel spreadsheet is a tool instead of a document. It's still okay and correct if you agree that it's both. It doesn't matter if you're just rewiring a car, or completely restoring it. If it helped you do the physical things that don't involve computing better simply because you have it, then it's definitely a tool. And there are several other specialty tools, physical examples, that are on that workbench that I had to make, too. If you do any kind of specialty work, just say OK to making your own tools. It's part of your craft. The time you spend on stuff like that will change the quality of your finished product.
It's not glamorous work, but it's still important work. That's why I felt it important to summarize and explain my sources and methods. It's the process, not the hardware I demonstrate it on that matters most in this example. I triple-dog-dare anyone to try to replicate that ridiculous iMac setup today. The only thing harder to get than 30 year old specialty tools or certain DSM parts is 30 year old software licenses for Connectix Virtual PC. I'm probably the only one who has ever done this.
Someday when all of these project cars are done, I'll share their spreadsheets somewhere, somehow. These are just my notes. Those of you with clever pausing and typing skills who know how to take screenshots can steal my entire past month's work for free, right here in this video. I have no problem showing it to anyone before it's finished.
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30 апр 2024
