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    Quote Originally Posted by MirageRally View Post
    Can't you just pull the fuse? Or unplug the harness behind the hvac controls? Or would you just run the smaller pulley to bypass the AC? Or just remove the pulley?
    This is good info to know in case your A/C compressor locks up and breaks your belt. Short belting it will buy you time until you get a new compressor.



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    Now just have to find out if you guys in the States can get a part number for the short belt.

    Update... hmm I struck out looking online for a non-AC belt on CANADIAN parts sites. Most of them seem to use US databases.

    NAPA Canada only shows one belt available. I assume for the AC cars. 3 other Canadian online sites show only one belt available. ONE of those sites indicated it was the belt for AC cars.

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    Maybe dspace9 can have a look if the size printing is still visible on his shorter belt?

    If somebody PM's me with a VIN, I could look up the Mitsu part number.

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    1340A128 is the part number for this (non-AC) car I found on the kijiji's VIN: ML32A3HJ8FH057970 https://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/...age-es/m733992 https://www.riversidemelfort.ca/used...f9a2ba8875.htm

    Might be a bit of a nightmare to find one other than from Mitsubishi? If you had the dimensions a decent parts person could probably get you a part number to try.

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    I should have saved it from last night's searching, but it looks like the AC belt is used on multiple vehicles from multpile manufacturers. I'm sure I even saw a Mercury listed.
    The non-AC belt is probably similar.

    One of the sites also listed all the specs/dimensions for the AC belt.

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    Funny - when I only search on "1340A128 belt", I get a few Russian parts sites. I didn't think Russia even got the Mirage.

    I did find this handy illustration as confirmation though:

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    https://cat.ilcats.ru/mitsubishi/?vi...27&language=en

    The part number shown in that image for the AC belt (1340A146) matches what members here have used to replace the AC belt:

    Thread: How to remove and replace belt
    Thread: Engine Belt Issues

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    Quote Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
    Now just have to find out if you guys in the States can get a part number for the short belt.

    Update... hmm I struck out looking online for a non-AC belt on CANADIAN parts sites. Most of them seem to use US databases.

    NAPA Canada only shows one belt available. I assume for the AC cars. 3 other Canadian online sites show only one belt available. ONE of those sites indicated it was the belt for AC cars.
    I wonder how many markets/countries have a base level Mirage without A/C, because the States is not one of them?

    Can't offer auto climate controls standard for all models (2014, 2015, 2020, 2021) without having A/C.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark View Post
    I wonder how many markets/countries have a base level Mirage without A/C, because the States is not one of them?

    Can't offer auto climate controls standard for all models (2014, 2015, 2020, 2021) without having A/C.
    Here's a 2014 no ac car in thailand:
    https://www.one2car.com/en/for-sale/...phisek/7184501

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    Wow. That's pretty extreme.

    During the hottest months of the year, temperatures regularly top 40° C (105° F). Even during the cooler “winter” season you can expect daily highs to be around 30° C (86° F).



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