New Mitsubishi Strada [ARCHIVED]

[JACKSON]

nasa USD$26, nakita ko sa Amazon, meron din yata sa Ebay.
.....sir, sa likod pala ikinakabit ito.

ay... akala ko pa naman sa USB sa harap lang ikakabit, pang asar naman yung HU natin pati remote di sinama kelangan hiwalay pa bilihin hehe thanks!

[MUTTLEY]

question po sa mga nagpapa service,

may surcharge po ba ang casa pag nagdala ka ng sarili mong engine oil?

[ThePatriarch]

question po sa mga nagpapa service,

may surcharge po ba ang casa pag nagdala ka ng sarili mong engine oil?

of course sasabihin nila sa iyo na may surcharge... kung pumayag ka, easy money for them di ba?

but TSCP members can bring their own oil sa Diamond Motors without being charged of any fee... di ko lang sure sa ibang dealers kung ganun sila kabait hehehe... im speaking from my own personal experience

[MUTTLEY]

of course sasabihin nila sa iyo na may surcharge... kung pumayag ka, easy money for them di ba?

okey sir, you gave me an idea. mahirap kasi na after the service eh bigla ako singilin tapos pag di ako pumayag eh di ko mailabas oto ko. btw its citimotors alabang. thanks

P.S. In fact, if we are going to use a better oil than theirs eh di ba dapat matuwa pa sila.

[ThePatriarch]

okey sir, you gave me an idea. mahirap kasi na after the service eh bigla ako singilin tapos pag di ako pumayag eh di ko mailabas oto ko. btw its citimotors alabang. thanks

tama ka sir... better ask mo muna kung may surcharge... madalas talaga ang ganyang modus ng dealers... kung hindi mag-complain ang owner, charge lang ng charge

[Pol-pol]

sorry, double post

[Pol-pol]

Sir, i'll take note of these infos. I will definitely travel only during daylight for safety of my family and para na din hinde masyado hassle sa passenger ko.

Mas madami palang tawid ang gagawin kung via mindoro ang route. Pero mukhang mas maikli ang land travel dito? tama po ba assumption ko.

Pwede po ba magtanong din kung ano mga preparation nyo ginawa such as tools, extra tire, stop engine/condition check ng car. baka may mga bagay na i'm sure hinde ko alam. Things that I "must" have during travel. I have some on my list already.

Ngayon lang ako kasi gagamit ng diesel based engine, previously my FX is a 7k gas, tested na sa byahe.

Salamat sa walang sawang pag-reply po

BNKK,

Not a prob, tungkol naman sa pag-gamit ng Strada. Also, living vicariously siguro ako. Sarap ng road trip adventure na yan.

Kung after ng 1k PMS naman, I dont see any cause for concern. By that time na shake down mo na ang Strada mo, problema na lang kung nalimutan ng casa lagyan ng langis or other fluids...or loose electrical connections (battery, aircon or lamps).

The usual baon naman: flashlight, tow cable or rope, a set of wrenches in addition to the tool kit, EWD, perhaps a can of fix-a-flat, air pump; Madali naman bumili ng bottled water; your favorite snacks - limited ang selection sa ferry at para din sa mga batamg probinsya na makikita ninyo (kung ako will also bring beef jerky) ; diatabs, tylenol, ponstan and tissue; Cellular phone and charger; extra copies of LTO OR & CR, health card and cash.

Kapag nasa major town ka, always top-up your Strada fuel tank sa mga busy fuel stations (sa mga Big 3 stations).

Exciting yan. Remember to bring your camera and post pics of your trip with your Strada.

[tibod]

sir, sa Valle Verde pasig po. Mahirap po talaga matulog ng isip ng isip at exicted ;)

thanks sir. talked to one of their SA and sabi nya he will give me a feed back within the week. white and silver daw readily available sa kanila. may padating daw this week pero he doesn't know if may red daw ma assign sa kanila.

[roubaix]

Thanks Sir Buneknek, any idea how much and kung saan available ang ganyang accesory (KCE-433IV)? thanks

You can try po sa autoline dito sa makati - I got my KCE-433 there for P1,700.

I use an ipod classic and with the cable, SQ is of course miles ahead of the iTrip and similar devices.

There will be some minor baklas involved in the install as the cable uses ports at the back of your HU - still, it's generally painless and will take at most a few minutes. Basic operation using the HU controls or the steering remote is fairly easy, but searching does get somewhat tedious simply because there are so many genres, artists, songs, albums, composers, etc etc in ipods. Oh, and unless I missed a step you can't really use the steering remote for searching.

Sana po nakatulong

[beni23]

bro, yung sqeaking sa leafspring merun ako nyan at di yan problema mahirap pang kumain ng mani nun inalis ko yun tunog sa ride ko hehehehhe di yan prob attend ka ng party bro paliwanag ko sayo at ito ay turo din saken ni sir arvin, and yung sinasabi mo na naghihingalo hahahahahah wala pa ako narinig na me naghihingalo na makina sa group as my exrerienced sa club or baka merun na nga na di ko nabalitaan or wala pa ako sa club, bro is this your first diesel car?

yes sir, its my first diesel car. I used to drive a mitsu lancer and a ford lynx. madali lang po talaga gawin yun sir? nakakairita po kasi sa tenga yung nagssqueak, parang tweeter. hehe.

OT: ano po ibig sabihin ng lomi? haha

[Boz]

yes sir, its my first diesel car. I used to drive a mitsu lancer and a ford lynx. madali lang po talaga gawin yun sir? nakakairita po kasi sa tenga yung nagssqueak, parang tweeter. hehe.

OT: ano po ibig sabihin ng lomi? haha

Si lomi king talaga. Sikat! Hehe.
Regarding this never-ending noisy leaf spring issue, I have observed mine for the past 2 years, and the squeaking usually comes from the 2nd U bolt (tama ba term?) of the left leaf spring, which after spraying WD40 in this part, the squeaking is gone. I assume this part is there to align the leaf springs. Here's a picture (taken inside the left rear wheel well) of the U bolt after several attempts by the casa to apply grease, but the squeaking still comes back.


Sa WD40, usually 2-4 weeks lang sya tahimik. Mas tumatagal pa kung lilinisin na lang ng water during car wash. Sa grease mas matagal ng konti. Pero lalo naiipon ang dirt. What I usually do is to have the lowermost leaf spring aligned with the rest (c/o suking mekaniko). Better to lift the body a bit para mas madali. Mas matagal na tahimik, until ma-misalign ulit sya (usually when offroading). Eto naman picture ng misaligned na lowermost leaf spring. Sa dulo nito (in front) naka-attach yung 2nd U bolt na sobrang dikit yung outer portion sa leaf spring, thus the squeak.

Hope this helps. Baka lang gusto ninyo subukan. Thanks.
Teka, may tagas na pala shocks ko. Tsk tsk.

[av8or5]

You can try po sa autoline dito sa makati - I got my KCE-433 there for P1,700.

I use an ipod classic and with the cable, SQ is of course miles ahead of the iTrip and similar devices.

There will be some minor baklas involved in the install as the cable uses ports at the back of your HU - still, it's generally painless and will take at most a few minutes. Basic operation using the HU controls or the steering remote is fairly easy, but searching does get somewhat tedious simply because there are so many genres, artists, songs, albums, composers, etc etc in ipods. Oh, and unless I missed a step you can't really use the steering remote for searching.

Sana po nakatulong

thanks sir for a very helpful post.

[roubaix]

thanks sir for a very helpful post.

Walang anuman po sir, just wanted to share my experience with the ipod cable kasi matagal-tagal din bago ako nakahanap niyan

[Arvin Cristi]

Regarding this never-ending noisy leaf spring issue, I have observed mine for the past 2 years, and the squeaking usually comes from the 2nd U bolt (tama ba term?) of the left leaf spring, which after spraying WD40 in this part, the squeaking is gone. I assume this part is there to align the leaf springs. Here's a picture (taken inside the left rear wheel well) of the U bolt after several attempts by the casa to apply grease, but the squeaking still comes back.


take note of the clearance between the sides of teh leafs and the inside of the wraps, notice how little the tolerance is? to lessen the noise simply pry apart the sides of teh wrap just a little to give it more clearance when the leafs are playing(rebounding), this method is a whole lot less messier than applying grease or wd40. and it will give you a lot longer time of noise less riding.


Sa WD40, usually 2-4 weeks lang sya tahimik. Mas tumatagal pa kung lilinisin na lang ng water during car wash. Sa grease mas matagal ng konti. Pero lalo naiipon ang dirt. What I usually do is to have the lowermost leaf spring aligned with the rest (c/o suking mekaniko). Better to lift the body a bit para mas madali. Mas matagal na tahimik, until ma-misalign ulit sya (usually when offroading). Eto naman picture ng misaligned na lowermost leaf spring. Sa dulo nito (in front) naka-attach yung 2nd U bolt na sobrang dikit yung outer portion sa leaf spring, thus the squeak.


okay lang itong misaligned leaf, this is a not an issue.

Hope this helps. Baka lang gusto ninyo subukan. Thanks.
Teka, may tagas na pala shocks ko. Tsk tsk.

boz, bili ka na ng bagong shocks!!!

[arsen]

Si lomi king talaga. Sikat! Hehe.
Regarding this never-ending noisy leaf spring issue, I have observed mine for the past 2 years, and the squeaking usually comes from the 2nd U bolt (tama ba term?) of the left leaf spring, which after spraying WD40 in this part, the squeaking is gone. I assume this part is there to align the leaf springs. Here's a picture (taken inside the left rear wheel well) of the U bolt after several attempts by the casa to apply grease, but the squeaking still comes back.


Sa WD40, usually 2-4 weeks lang sya tahimik. Mas tumatagal pa kung lilinisin na lang ng water during car wash. Sa grease mas matagal ng konti. Pero lalo naiipon ang dirt. What I usually do is to have the lowermost leaf spring aligned with the rest (c/o suking mekaniko). Better to lift the body a bit para mas madali. Mas matagal na tahimik, until ma-misalign ulit sya (usually when offroading). Eto naman picture ng misaligned na lowermost leaf spring. Sa dulo nito (in front) naka-attach yung 2nd U bolt na sobrang dikit yung outer portion sa leaf spring, thus the squeak.

Hope this helps. Baka lang gusto ninyo subukan. Thanks.
Teka, may tagas na pala shocks ko. Tsk tsk.

Pwede po bang pa post ng side view ng leaf spring assembly pati yung shackle?
Gusto ko lang makita ang side view ng dulo ng 2nd, 3rd and 4th leaf (hanggang sa may rebound clip).
Pati na rin ang shackle (rear bracket assembly na kinakabitan ng leaf spring) kung meron ba syang grease nipple.
By looking at the last photo, I think equipped with separator/wear pads (teflon or hard plastic) ang dulo ng leaf spring ninyo. Function po nyan is to protect the bottom surface of upper leaf against metal to metal wear at para ma improve ang riding comfort.
Pero kapag nag set na po ang wear pad with the upper spring, lumaki ang contact surface, nagkakalawang between the wear pad at upper leaf, tapos natuyo, masamang combination po yun... mag-iiyakan ang mga sisiw...they tend to squeak
Yun na lang po muna... pa post na lang ng additional photos...

[Arvin Cristi]

arsen, thanks for the input, regarding the greasable shackles or hanger bushings, negative sa mga strada eto. panay wear bushings lang ang nakakabit. aftermarket na pag gusto mo ang greasable points

[nanofossil]

Si lomi king talaga. Sikat! Hehe.
Regarding this never-ending noisy leaf spring issue, I have observed mine for the past 2 years, and the squeaking usually comes from the 2nd U bolt (tama ba term?) of the left leaf spring, which after spraying WD40 in this part, the squeaking is gone. I assume this part is there to align the leaf springs. Here's a picture (taken inside the left rear wheel well) of the U bolt after several attempts by the casa to apply grease, but the squeaking still comes back.


Sa WD40, usually 2-4 weeks lang sya tahimik. Mas tumatagal pa kung lilinisin na lang ng water during car wash. Sa grease mas matagal ng konti. Pero lalo naiipon ang dirt. What I usually do is to have the lowermost leaf spring aligned with the rest (c/o suking mekaniko). Better to lift the body a bit para mas madali. Mas matagal na tahimik, until ma-misalign ulit sya (usually when offroading). Eto naman picture ng misaligned na lowermost leaf spring. Sa dulo nito (in front) naka-attach yung 2nd U bolt na sobrang dikit yung outer portion sa leaf spring, thus the squeak.

Hope this helps. Baka lang gusto ninyo subukan. Thanks.
Teka, may tagas na pala shocks ko. Tsk tsk.

doc boz, ganda ng mga shots mo, hehehe iniisip ko lang kung ano ang posisyon mo habang kumukuha ka ng shots.

[arsen]

arsen, thanks for the input, regarding the greasable shackles or hanger bushings, negative sa mga strada eto. panay wear bushings lang ang nakakabit. aftermarket na pag gusto mo ang greasable points

Ganun po ba... medyo malaking trabaho po pala pag doon talaga sa shackles ang source ng squeaking. Not sure kung meron din po kayo problem sa squeaking pero just want you guys to try an easy solution?

Depende na lang kung consider nyo ito as easy pero it involves jacking up your Strada as high as you could. Sa chassi po dapat para yung rear axle ay maiwan at para magseparate ang spring leaves with each other. Kailangan din po pala tanggalin muna yung bolt ng rebound clip bago e juck-up ang sasakyan. Kung sobrang taas na at ayaw pa rin mag separate ng leaves pwede nyo rin pwersahin gamitan ng chisel but make sure na huwag magkaroon ng dent, dinge, scratch or any damage ang surface ng leaf pwede po kasi maging seed ng malaking lamat or pagkabali ng leaf spring yung konting damage.

Kapag well separated na po yung leaves, maaaccess na po yung separator/wear pads. Insert lang naman po yun kaya pwedeng tanggalin pansamantala. Linisin nyo lang mabuti po yun, tanggalin ang lahat ng kalawang. Kung may sapat kayo na oras, repaint nyo po ang exposed surfaces. Pwede rin po magsprinkle ng graphite powder na lubricant habang mamasa pa ang paint.

Kung okay pa yung wear pads, lagyan ng grease at ibalik after nag fully dry ng paint. Instead of grease ay silicone based lubricant po gamitin nyo para medyo malinis tingnan.

Ang mahirap kapag excessive na po ang wear ng pad at kailangan palitan... ewan ko lang kung may replacement parts para dyan. pero kung wala, ang option is to try using engineering plastic na material at ipamachine shop kaparehas ng hugis ng wear pad. makikita nyo naman ang hugis ng wear pad kapag nasubukan nyo na tanggalin.

Sana makatulong....

[arsen]

arsen, thanks for the input, regarding the greasable shackles or hanger bushings, negative sa mga strada eto. panay wear bushings lang ang nakakabit. aftermarket na pag gusto mo ang greasable points

sorry na doble

[patapotatoe]

Good day to all BOSBs. I went to Subic 2 weeks ago and when I came back there was a sudden decrease in power in my Strada. Whenever I released the gas pedal the car would jerk wildly and kahit na 4000 rpm na bitin pa rin sa hatak. The following day I brought the unit to Mitsubishi-Valle Verde and they told me that there was a problem with the suction control valve. Until now, they haven't finished fixing my unit. I called again this afternoon and they said that there was another problem with the air flow sensor. I don't know what's taking them so long to fix the problem and on top of that the service/updates are really terrible. Kung di pa ako tatawag di pa nila sasabihin kung ano yung problema. Have any of you experience the same problem with the SCV + air flow sensor? and if you did how long did it take for you to have your unit fixed? Thanks in advance.