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Hi Rameez, I've sent you an email with regard to this. Hope it goes well. Davy

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Sumiya, Glad to see your patience and great enthusiasm on restoring your Sunny. Good luck! Keep us posted on your progress. Davy

Hi Rameez, I have sent you a PM on the hand brake issue. Hope you saw it. I'm sure you have already found the spare shops in Panchikawatte. If not, let me know, I will PM you some places. As for the mileage, since I restored my engine last year (4G33 1400cc), it does over 12 - 14 within city limits and about 18 - 19 outstation. If your engine has not been rebuilt recently, I would still expect about 12 in traffic and about 14 - 15 outstation. Davy

Hi Trinity, Sorry for the massive delay in replying, I was not around for quite some time. Nice to see you on the forum too. My Lancer is a 2001 CS3A. 1.6L (4G18) engine, Manual transmission. Did you change your car's shocks? Hope you can the updated prices if and when you buy them. Thanks! Davy

Trinity, I'd recommend KYB. I got the rear shockabsorbers for my Lancer CS3 from the KYB agents (Not sure I'm allowed to say the name here, Google it and you'll find 'em ). I didn't forget to check out the price of the front shocks as well. Front: About Rs. 11,000 (per shock) Rear: Rs. 8250 (per shock) If your shock boots are worn out, you'd better purchase them as well, that wont cost you much. I'm not sure why you think that it's time to replace the shocks, but I suggest you take your Lancer for an inspection to make sure other suspension components (tie rod ends, rack ends etc.) are intact as well. Hope this helps.

Rameez, Thank you for the compliments! About the interior: all stock and in working order. I'm still working on the restoration during my spare time. I have sent you a PM. Let me know if you require more details. Regards, Davy

Rameez, My car does have a center console and the A/C cool regulator + the stereo is in it with some cubby hole space. The center console box goes all the way to the back until it meets the hand brake lever. I'm surprised to hear that yours doesnt have one because I remember seeing them in pretty much all the A72s I've seen. So does this mean your car doesn't have A/C? If it does, where does it have the A/C cool regulator slider? Importantly, I think you might be able to find a center console at Panchikawatte as there are so many scrapped out cars over there. About spares, For the engine overhaul, I bought all the spares from Panchikawatte. I'm sure you'll be able to find almost any part for this car at Panchikawatte if you walk around a bit. If you're interested in buying a particular part, let me know. I might be able to direct you to a place. I was also able to find spares around Ja-Ela (as I was living around that area for some time). One good thing is that parts for the GALANT, COLT, L300, LANCER BOX also fit in. About the timing belt, it should be replaced every 100000km, and since this is a 30 year old car now, I'm sure your odometer reads more than that. If it reads less, it could be because it has gone upto 99999 and started again from 00000 because the odometer for this car has only 5 digits! From a maintenance perspective, having a timing chain is better I guess, but having a chain doesn't necessarily mean zero maintenance as if a chain snaps, the repair cost is relatively as the chain itself is pretty expensive. (Disregarding other damages caused to the engine). Car makers usually use timing belts for cost efficiency. And Timing belts are much quieter compared to chains. But chains do last a lifetime, and rarely fail. Prices (as at November 2010): Timing Belt: Rs. 2200 Timing Belt Tensioner: Rs. 1850 Oil Seals: Somewhere arund Rs. 500 - Note that these are prices for JAPANESE parts and not GENUINE MITSUBISHI parts (They're equally OK, and I doubt that the agents will have the parts) Hope this helps. Keep us updated on how your car is coming along.

Rameez, Sorry for not being able to reply to your post earlier. I have not been active in the forum for the past couple of months. However, I replied to your other thread about the 4G33 Saturn Engine. Provided a link to the engine workshop manual there as well Please let me know if you require further details.

Rameez, You can download the Engine Workshop Manual for the 4G3 engine series from here: You might find this useful. Helped me a lot.

Hi Rameez, Sorry for the late reply, I was not on the forum for quite some time now, Just popped in randomly and saw your post. Nice to see someone else interested in this kind of car. - The 4G33 engine runs with a TIMING BELT - The spare tyre is located underneath the vehicle, towards the rear (underneath the fuel tank) - I have seen both Orion and Saturn (obviously, because I own one, hehe!) engines and there are definite differences, I think the orion engine is 1390cc while the saturn is 1410cc (I remember seeing that somewhere). But I can gurantee that both the engines are equally great. They just run forever! I own a 1979 A72 Lancer with a 4G33 engine and I did a full engine overhaul in November 2010. I was able to find ALL the parts I needed for the engine restoration. - Complete gasket overhaul kit - Timing belt, tensioner and razors - Water pump - Oil pump (genuine) - Fuel pump - Welch Plugs (Complete set) - Piston rings - Main and big-end bearings - Engine valves (Inlet and exhaust) I managed to find all of these parts from either Panchikawatte or through contacts of the mechanic who carried out the engine restoration. Let me know if you need contact details. All I can say is that this car is just amazing, Some things that I had trouble with over the years are: - Clutch cable snapped once (have to expect that from a 30 year old car) - Leaking radiator (again, old car, old radiator) - Hand brake adjusting mechanism goes wrong, It just wears out soon. No parts available there, so I'm thinking of converting the entire dial and using the dial plate from a Lancer Box - My steering box has a worn out pinion for some reason, I guess it was badly greased for some time. So there's a massive play in the steering, so I'm thinking of replacing the steering box. (Parts available in Panchikawatte - recon) Hmm, thats about it I guess. I have been having this car for over 14 years now. And it stalled on the road only once... on the exact day I decided to buy a new car and while I was on my way back home after inspecting it. Guess these cars have feelings also. That incident alone was enough for me to make up my mind to keep the car and not sell it. Good luck with buying your car. Let us know how it goes. I have also sent you a personal message. Check it out. :-) Regards, Davy

My Lancer was neglected for over a year and it was just sitting in a garage and rats have feasted themselves on the main wire harness! It was badly damaged so I had to find a harness that was an exact match to what was in the car. I didn't want to do a cheap "insulation tape" job on it. No, Parts are NOT readily available. This is what took most of the time. (Close to 2 months perhaps) I had to find a harness and the only place I found one was at the Panchikawatta scrap yard. Those fellows removed it from a car right in front of my eyes and gave it to me. The reason why it took so long was because I wanted it to be perfect and just like the original specs. I doubt you’ve seen a Lancer A72 that has a PVC insulated wire harness and according to the factory spec. colour codes. It’s really hard to find a car this old with all electrical components in working order. And yes, I guess the electrician was a slow coach as well!

Croozer, Thank you for your appreciation. Can you please tell me what kind of parts you’re looking for? Right now, I’ll give you the places I have in hand. I’ll be going to the workshop on Saturday, and the guy working on my car will be able to give me more info on where he purchased parts for the engine and so on. For all windscreen and rubber beadings, door moldings: (I found all the beadings for my Lancer here) Gunaratne Motor Stores 249, Darley Road, Colombo 10. Found some really valuable emblems, moldings, wiring accessories here: Nandana Auto Motives 259, Darley Road, Colombo 10 This is a guy from the scrap yards in Panchikawatta. USEFUL! (He will find you any reconditioned/used part where you can’t find anywhere else. I got the front disk brake set, a steering box, complete wire harness from him) HUSSAIN (077 6267414, 0777721262, 0770707696) No. 441/4, Sri Sangaraja Mawatha, Colombo 10 I guess you didn’t have any problem in finding parts for your engine. They’re everywhere! That’s about it for now. I will find you the rest ASAP. Stand by.

I own a 1979 Lancer A72V and a 2001 Lancer CS3A.

@BLu3HaZe: We're talking about a 32 year old car here man, it took me nearly 3 months to a complete electrical system restoration, another 4 months to just find the parts for the engine overhaul, been working on the steering box for the last month, took about another month to find the parts for the disk brake conversion. Unlike new cars, restoring a classic takes time. You'll understand if and when you decide to start restoring a car like this. It takes a lifetime, and in the end, it's worth it! By the way, I'm a newbie to the forum, thanks for the "welcome". I just replied because it was nice to see someone else who's working on the same car as I am, and as a heads up for anyone who might want to know about where to find parts for the car.

Nice to see someone with the passion for modifying an A72 Lancer. I myself have a 1979 Lancer A72 V (Station Wagon) and I've been having it for the last 15 years. I have just finished restoring the engine completely with the addition of some performance mods. I was able to find ALL the (new) parts for the 4G33 engine at Panchikawatte. I also did a disk brake conversion and now it's undergoing a steering restoration because of a worn out steering box. I can gurantee that you can still find any part (engine, body, interior etc.) in Panchikawatte. In fact, I was amazed after seeing the number of Lancers bought to be scrapped. Some still having usable parts. So keep searching. Good luck with your modification. Start slow, and turn her into a beast!

Adding to that (maybe for future reference): There are 3 models in Sri Lanka according to my knowledge. 1. 1.3L Carburettor (4G13 Engine) - GL 2. 1.6L EFI (4G18 Engine) - GLX 3. 1.8L GDI (4G93 Engine) - MXE (Most Lancer CEDIAs have this configuration) I did a considerable amount of homework and finally ended up buying a 1.6L Lancer CS3 and it has been over 2 years and I have only replaced the set of tyres and front brake pads. I have run 18,000km without any major repair. Fuel Consumption: 12km/l within city limits and topped about 16km/l outstation with the average being about 14km/l. (Manual transmission) I have a couple of friends who have the similar model with the 1.3L Carburettor engine and the only drawback is that fuel consumption if as low as 9km/l within city limits and about 13km/l outstation. (Manual transmission) It's true that the acceleration is also low, but I guess you cant expect too much from a 1.3L engine on a heavy car. One thing I know about the GDI model is that it's a bit difficult to maintain the car in a country like Sri Lanka with its' fuel need being 95 octane. Further, GDI maintenance cost is significantly higher than of the other two models. This is the model with the highest fuel consumption with it being as low as 7 - 9km/l. (Automatic transmission) All in all the Lancer CS series is both reliable and economical. Hope this will help somebody someday.