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Sold! To Brandon (bha280)

Yeah, The AC was working fine last time I drove it (almost a year ago). The car is basically all stock and original, except for a 1G MAS and a GM 110? amp alternator, I also converted it to a 5 speed a few years ago, but I still have all of the stock stuff. I know the last 2 owners of the car who had it since new, and it has always been in Georgia so the body and frame are rust free.

danmanTSI, Yes, the wheels are the optional Enkei's. bha280, Buy it!, I'm going down to Destin to go fishing the first week of October, I'll bring it with me.

1988 Mitsubishi Starion. Turbo charged/intercooled 2.6L 4 cylinder (G54B), rear wheel drive, 5 speed. Power windows/locks, sunroof, black leather interior. Has the rare "wing" over the rear window and the rare factory mudflaps (not in the picture). Overall good condition, has the usual wear on the side of the drivers seat, and it needs a new seat belt "tape" to make the automatic seatbelt work. Has a bent valve on the #3 cylinder so I have the head pulled right now. Ran perfect and strong until the valve bent, even then it ran, just really rough. It needs is a new head and a gasket set to be back on the road, everything else works. Also have a ton of extra parts that will go with it including a working automatic trans, driveshaft, set of front struts, and many other parts. $1500 or best offer. Car is located in Villa Rica, GA. Can deliver or buyer can arrange pickup or shipping.

Geico are a bunch of a** holes. I had them and still haven't got paid for the hail damage I got back in March. I have since cancelled their insurance and went with someone else but am still fighting with them. A friend's mom works in insurance and says she gets complaints about geico nearly every day. Just wait it out, like UW said they will eventually need to settle with you. A good friend of mine owns a body shop out here in Villa Rica if you want to get an estimate from him. If insurance will total it, you can probably buy it back for about 300 bucks.

If you have a buddy with a ford truck ask to borrow his keys ... there is a good chance they will work. My key from my F-250 worked in my brothers F-250, but his didn't work in mine.

It's not a bad job, It only takes like an hour or so. The biggest pain is all the interior crap. Also, there are a ton of screws in the track (I removed the whole upper part of the track and the motor to pull the tape out), but it looks like Mike C. has a better way by just pulling the tape out of the track. You want to try to get all the shavings from the old belt out of the track though so it doesn't cause binding with the new tape. After I cleaned out the track I sprayed white lithium grease in there and ran the tape through it to spread it around. Just go easy with removing the interior parts, if you do it in the right order it is pretty easy.

yes, they are interchangable. There is a taper on the end, just pay attention when you pull the old one out which way the taper goes and put your new one in the same way. If you come across another good one I need one.

The motor shouldn't have anything wrong with it. once you pull the drivers side tape you will see all the damage to the tape. Did you pull the passenger side tape from your car to use in the drivers side? If so how do you plan on using the passenger side seatbelt?

WOW ... I have had a few of those in the past but they were never that Blunt. I hope no one falls for that.

Once you fix it and it is clipped in ther how it should be, if it does not release enough you can adjust the threaded rod that is under the dash hooked to your clutch pedal. unscrew it to get more release or screw it in to get less release. once you have it adjusted right make sure you tighted down the lock nut on the rod, if you don't it will gradually screw itself in and your clutch will not release.

I don't know yet. I haven't touched it since I took those pictures. One of these days I'll get around to pulling it apart and I'll update the post.

It didn't fall all the way into the engine. I can see the top of the valve (you can actually see it a little bit in that second picture). Hopefully it fell part way and stopped where it is now. More than likely it fell, and the piston jammed it back up in the hole. who knows, I'll find out when I feel like pulling it apart. Hopefully I got lucky. I didn't hear anything ticking or knocking. I actually started it again today and drove it off the trailer, and besides the miss from no compression in that cylinder it wasn't making any noises or anything.

This is what I found.... Can you tell something is missing? http://2.6liter.com//files/95/missing%20valve.JPG And the spring comes right off, no tools required! http://2.6liter.com//files/95/missing%20valve%202.JPG

Thanks for all the responses, I am going to try to look at it tonight.