i do all my work. from oil change to inspections... don't trust no one except myself. unless i need help to diagnose sumthn then yea. i bring it to the dealer. but since im working for toyota. i'm trained to do some things.
mobil 1 full synthetic all the way......

but if u don't know jack, best to leave it alone...or you'de f*gh it up....

last time i brought my old car to a lube place, they jus F* it up, so i don't trust no soul...

 

Trust no one but yourself. I'm trying to do as much as I can. It is hard and challenging for the first time, but the second time around, it's easy. Good luck to you all and happy Valentine Day!!!Go get laid and enjoy your evo!!!

 

I have a mod friendly dealer down here in Maryland who takes care of everything thank god

 

Another advantage; starting out with the simple maintenance stuff is really a good way to become intimate with the workings of your car. When it comes time to add a mod you should be more comfortable with it after a few maintenance cycles as you'll know your way around the hood better.

 

What is the name of the dealer?
I live around Washington, DC and have been looking for a dealer long time that is mod friendly...

thanks

Memo

 

all on my own, but these winters here in the Northeast make it really tempting to take the car to the shop.

 

ummmm.....im a newb how do you rotate the tires and do your own allignments??

 

I do everything on my Evo. Cant beat a less than $30.00 oil change

 

rotating ur tires is about the easiest thing you can do, jack on side of ur car up and move the front wheel to the back and the back to the front, make sure you torque the wheels. jack up the other side and do the same. if you didnt know how to do a rotation i wouldnt even try an alignment those can be a lil tricky

 

Done everything on the Evo so far except the recall work. That includes doing the clutch twice (we messed up a bit the first time, heh).

 

I started off letting the techs do everything, but I am doing more and more as I learn more about cars. Recently I just debugged a fuel pressure regulator and electrical problem with my fuel pump controller myself. Now I just need to buy that wiring diagram and troubleshooting book I was using in the dealership's garage

 

A lift helps. A low-rise floor lift can be had for as little as $1500., delivered.

For alignment, you're just measuring distances and angles. You need a plumb bob, a t-square, a tape measure, and a protractor (or direct reading gravity angle gauge) -- all available at Ace Hardware.

I mounted a pair of pinch clamps on an aluminum T-square with identical bolts. That lets me adjust the clamps to put the bolt heads against the top and bottom edge of different sized rims (I have 14, 16, and 17 in my garage). Then the angle gauge on the T-square reads camber directly. For toe-in, you hang the plumb bob across the tire and let it down until it contacts the floor. Mark with a wax crayon (crayola). Mark front and back of each tire, then measure from left to right.

It's not as precise as a Hunter laser system, but laser systems are only as accurate as the operator, and I've gotten some pretty horrific "alignments" done on Hunter machines.

When lifting an EVO, keep in mind that the side skirts are not structural elements. Lift by the frame, not the skirt. (That's one reason I do my own wheel changes (summer/winter) -- I'm sure some shop would get it wrong, sooner or later.)

I'm a bit surprised at the "No Linking Or Posting Of Tech Manuals" policy. If I could get one from the dealer, I'd understand the copyright issue. But when the dealers can't find them, ...

 

I change my own oil providing no one is around to watch me pour the used oil into the sewer

 

If your dealer can't find them, then go to http://www.mitsubishiparts.net and order the manuals there. That's what I did. Had them in a few days.

Even if it's copyrighted information and it's out of print, you still can't reprint it without permission from the copyright holder. That's the point of a copyright after all.

 

A lot of animation, but that search engine is useless.

Which is more in 's interest, the manual copyright, or having a reputation for maintainability?

If isn't handing out this information on street corners, then they're another company that the button sorters are going to put into the waste can.

When my Ferrari dealer couldn't order me a wiring diagram, they lent me their shop copy. (I returned it plus an 8MB PDF scan on CD-ROM -- they were converting their manuals to electronic copies.)

But Mitsu: "Use only Mitsubishi gear oil" - Oh, Puhleeze. No wonder they're going broke.