Conquest History - July 25, 2003

Mark at Meineke in Kingston ordered the brake fluid reservoir cap for me after the guy at the Mitsubishi dealer in Poughkeepsie told me it included the ring and diaphragm. When the part arrived, however, it turned out to be only the plastic cap. I shelled out another six bucks to Part Perfect for a GM master cylinder gasket, which I subsequently cut to fit inside the cap. This solution ultimately worked, although I paid more than I should have had to.

The results of the wheel alignment, done at Tires Plus, were mixed. Bad rear toe was corrected, but the camber could not be budged on three of the four wheels, and they remain out of spec by 0.4 to 0.6 degrees. The tires I received with the car are all different models, and at least one of them is probably damaged and causing a left pull, as nothing was found in the wheel alignment to account for this. The tires, furthermore, have at most a year of tread left, and so I'm intending to replace them all with a new all-weather set in the near future.