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Fortunately for at least owners of some of these cars the parts that actually fail aren't the unobtainable custom parts. I have repaired several Mitsubishi ECUs (used in the Patrol, Magna and others). Like so many other things it is bad capacitors that cause problems.
Dry joints, bad realys and the burnt tracks that they cause are also common and relatively easy to repair. As more cars equipped with this stuff reach the age that these parts start to fail it may be worth coming to an arrangement with the local mechanic. With the companies the sell "reconditioned" ECUs charging around $400 + changeover there's more money in fixing them than there is in fixing TVs.
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