So, apparently my crankshaft sprocket bolt backed out enough for things to wiggle around, my position sensor fell out of my lower timing cover in pieces when I took the cover off, and my timing belt and balance shaft belts are pretty much shredded. The wheel behind the crankshaft sprocket that the position sensor sits above is all jacked up too. The manual refers to it as the "crankshaft sensing blade", but I've tried searching with a few other names and came up empty. Where can I get this part?

On a side notes, if I'm trying to tighten that bolt down, what's the "correct" technique to keep the engine from turning over? Maybe I'm having a brain fart, but I don't know. TIA.

 

dealer, also sometimes called a crank sensor pick up.

find a crank holding tool.

 

Third gear with the e-brake on usually does the trick for me. I also use this trick for aligning timing marks sometimes.

 

Send RussellM a PM inquiring about the part. He's the MitsubishiParts.net vendor on EvoM, and he can find anything.

 

I will do that, thanks. I wasn't aware that we had a mitsu parts rep on the forums.