Watch out for dried up "new" rubber parts and filters I get decayed old parts all the time when I order online for my geriatrically challenged All four celica and mirage wagon... (Yes a mirage wagon, I know)
@@nosuby1991 except the Magna was 65mm wider and used the 2.6 Astron 4, not used in Galant. Been years since I saw a TM-TP on the road, although Hubnut did a road test when he was here last year.
I swore i would never EVER buy another Mitsubishi again after my horrible experience with an 89 Conquest TSi but i would totally have one of these. So 80s and so cool.
"This should be easy "...gods I can't remember how many times I've said that and then it gets FUBAR and I spend hours cursing my brains out at whatever car I'm working on. I feel your pain Ethan!
When my dad was stationed in Germany, we bought a brand new '86 Galant. Great memories with that car! One of the first cars I ever drove regularly! It's fantastic to see one still around and in good condition! Thanks for sharing!
That's why I love working on these old cars. Can almost always do a full tune up for under $100. I almost wonder if you car is a transition model like an 84.5 or 85.5 where some parts come from the year before or after. Check the manufacture date and if it was a really early month try looking up 84 parts and checking pictures, really late month look up 86 parts and pictures. Fun night drive segment!
@@doctorzaius4084 Ahhh one of those. Hahaha. Maybe we got the tail end of an older revision from Japan. Interesting. Could also just be bad parts listings!
Back in the days when Mitsubishi first started importing interesting cars under their name. Either 1984 or 1985 was the first year for the Galant in the US. These were pretty cool cars. I remember they had reclining rear seatbacks and a lot of tech inside. My dad was looking at them with alloy wheels and all the goodies before he bought a Maxima. This gen was made till 1988 and there was even the Galant Sigma with a V6 engine offered in 1987-1988.
In Australia we had that model but it was called a "Magna", I still.l have my mother's 89 TP magna in perfect condition, but we had 2.6Litre 4 cylinder engines here. The sigma was the model before the magna appeared and the gallant was the smaller model which appeared in about 1990 as well as the magna when the shape changed which was almost similar to the Diamante in USA. Then after that there was the top of the line model called a "Verada". There are parts available everywhere here in Australia if you did a search. We also had the wagons here.
I also replaced the valve cover on my 87 Stanza Wagon. Was pretty easy. Watching this video I remember having part fit issues in the mid 90s on that. Can't imagine how bad it would be today!
Love your videos on this car. I love the fact that you admire the car because it is a survivor that was meant to die decades ago. That is exactly how I feel about my old Japanese econobox. There is something about keeping it alive that just feels right!
Also, use a website like MitsubishiDirectParts to cross reference part numbers. For example, go to front drive axle and you will find the PNs for both front axles. I do the same thing now before buying on RockAuto after receiving late 90s Civic parts for my 92.
I love your night drive segment, it had the feel of Michael Mann's movie Collateral with a synth/retro wave sound track but with less Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx
I get most of my parts for my 01 Montero from www.mitsubishipartswarehouse.com and they tend to have exploded diagrams with parts numbers on it. I also have a bunch of repair and service manuals for a whole bunch of older Mitsubishis.
You've got me looking for older 80s cars now for a daily driver. I love your cars!!! Way to keep old cars on the road especially with your smog restrictions.
Dude, that night drive totally had me thinking of Tubs and Crockett with Phil Collins playing "In the Air Tonight"! That was some slick editing too and I really liked how you ended the vid. Great job on getting the Galant back to being road trip ready!
also the air filter you need is the same as early Starion/Conquest/Cordia turbo with throttlebody injection (which is what yours has). The filter you have is for the later Galant with multi point injection (which has a different MAF sensor)
This is like the anti- Motor Week... "Today's episode NOT brought to you by....ROCK AUTO...." Super satisfying video, this thing is really coming together!
A very Miami Vice night drive. Top-notch camera work & edits. I was expecting more of the drive & then it ended suddenly. Leave them hungry for more... Clever! 👍🙂
I loved this video. Good to see your Galant getting some TLC. The Nova is looking sharp in the video too. The orange gauges (at night) kind of have an late 80s/early 90s Pontiac vibe to them. The 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th generation Galant’s were sharp too, then they kind of got crappy.
I think the problem about the parts fitting or not is the origin of the car. My friend works in a car parts store and he told me that Mitsubishi always been a pain in the farter to find the right part. For 2 base model Lancer 2008, for example, there might be 3 types of air filter, sometimes barely different, but enough not to fit. I suspect it could be similar for older models. I owned many 80's cars and Rock Auto always shipped the right part to me. The night drive was really nice to see. Brings back memory of me riding my old car in the summer while listening to similar music. A joy i'll never be able to live ever again...
Sir, excellent job on this video. Just discovered you yesterday, right up my alley. Subscribed and I don't subscribe to too many channels. I absolutely love 80s and some 90s vehicles. Own a 98 Honda Odyssey for 8 years. Not the prettiest van, but my family loves the thing! I hope your channel continues to grow!
I would suggest forums and FB groups on some of these cars on sourcing parts. Specialty websites just for that brand or car of origin. Like my Volvo 850 Turbo, I get parts from IPD USA or FCP Euro. Some of the groups like Volvospeed sell used parts by members. Used to have a 1989 Civic LX the fam own long ago. Real hard to find oem parts around mid 2000s.
Just a tip, do valve cover first, then change the oil. Just in case you knock any old gasket into the engine, it drains out and doesn’t plug your oil pickup
The most useful thing for checking the parts number would be the Dealer Parts Price List, but they don’t pop up that often. I got lucky finding one on eBay for my Acura.
This gave me alot of nostalgia. My first 2 cars where 1987 Galant EXE, 5th gen. I loved those cars, and they where really nice to drive! Think i have to look after one again, maybe the turbo version :D
Ethan, if it is a car you are going to keep for a long time, I would suggest buying the factory service manual on Ebay, or a like site, for that car. That manual should have the OEM part numbers in it.
Buying parts for more unusual vehicles, or more unusual variants of vehicles, on the big aftermarket sites is a bit of a crap shoot. There will be a lot of listing errors on these sites so when you get your parts, check, double check and then check again that the parts are correct before you fit them or, as here, you can end up creating more problems than you've fixed. This could easily have turned out to be the end for the transmission...
In one word, Amayama. It's a japanese shop of oem parts and they got stock for a lot of JDM classics. They also have part catalogs to help you identify exactly which part you want.
Nice video buddy I especially enjoyed the end night drive with the music and the way you shot it it was like I was watching an episode of Knight Rider in the year 2021 LOL 🤣👍👍👍
RockAuto has bitten me a few times lately, had the same issues with their "Surtrak" brand axels. Get a workshop manual for this, and I don't mean a Haynes manual lol
Hey I just pickup up a pretty cool car recently. Well should I say van. I get a bunch of thumbs up and the usual never seen one of those. Look up a 93 mitsubishi expo lrv. they're really cool mini mini vans. Found out they're quite rare. Also the 4g63 bolts right in. It also came in jdm models of the RVR space runner.
It’s getting hard to find parts for any 80s car that doesn’t rhyme with “rustang”. Its even happening to 90s cars, I’ve been having a hard time trying to find replacement headlight relays (friggin’ RELAYS! A standardized part that thousands of different makes and models used) for my 99 Legacy, even with the correct part numbers, I can’t find any brand new ones for less than $40.
You are lucky being in the US to be able to send parts back to Rock Auto. If I order parts from them I have to have them sent to the border then a friend will cross them into Mexico. If they are wrong, I am stuck.
It's not really the OEM part numbers this as much as it is the OEM specifications. One of the reasons I don't drive old cars is just gets so hard to get the parts. You almost need to have a okay parts car for each one
I sometime heard a english youtuber, talking about someone who loaned him a car (the weird Renault Avantime), than he was a person who didn't liked to have a car which everyone could have, and I think you and me are, in a way, same as that guy.
I would highly recommend standard NGK copper plugs instead of the Bosch Platinum plugs. Looks like that's what the car had in it before. Always use NGK on Japanese cars, or basically any other car for that matter.
How about the timing belt on this car? Has it been changed or is that a non-interference engine? Man I love that car I can’t believe you’re having so much trouble with the parts but it makes total sense
I'm just adding comments as I make my way through the video - but again that plug wire kit is for the later Galant with MPI that has the coil much closer to the distributor than the older SPI/TBI models.
You know what would be an interesting idea to do? Get a headmount for your camera and go for a night ride. RU-vid has plenty of german cars driving on the Autobahn like that, so who says a people wouldnt watch someone drive a Galant at night?
Oh god, that wasn't a good hit-rate with correct parts! Think you might be right that it's been so long since anyone else bought parts for one that either mistakes have gone unnoticed, or even entire cataloguing systems have changed in the meantime and mixed things up. Still, that night drive was totally worth it 😎
Planium spark plugs have platinum plated electrodes. They aren't an upgrade, they're just a different kind. You should use what your manufacturer recommends.
