New S2 Owner reporting in

john22000 · May 3, 2009

Just thought I would say hello and introduce myself.

Brought a nice black '89 S2 home yesterday.

Many years ago I used to work for a Volkswagen / Audi / Porsche independent and remember when the Turbo and S2 came out. Since then I've always said "one day". Well 20 years later that day is here.......[

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Its got a good history, no apparent rot in the sills or wings, the belts and an ABS fault have just been done. Recent clutch as well so hopefully it should be good for a while yet.

Just a couple of (hopefully) minor things for me to cut my teeth on.

Drivers side window packed up when I got home (motor spinning and making a horrible noise but the glass stays still). I stripped it down and found a plastic gear in the motor with no teeth. I'm guessing I will struggle to get hold of this so I will have to look out for a used motor.

Gear Lever is quite sloppy, will have to investigate this.

Clock not working but it seems they never do

It going to take some getting used to, we currently have a year old Mondeo and a 3 year old Zafira, so driving a 20 year old car is a shock to the system.
The brakes for example scared the hell out of me the first time because the pedal seemed to have sooooooooooo much more travel, seemed to OK though.

Hopefully I will enjoy my new toy and look forward to making some 'forum' friends

Oh Yeah Clear indicators, front and back planned, and I'll try to get some pictures sorted soon.

John.

pauljmcnulty · May 3, 2009

Welcome! Sounds like a good car, make sure you treat the sills and wings with a corrosion inhibitor to keep it that way. When were the belts last done, and was the timing chain inspected? It's not uncommon for these to be left for many years as mileage tends to be low, with obvious potential consequences.

James_G · May 3, 2009

Good news John, and I'd be interested to see a picture of your black car with gunmetal wheels.

Meanwhile re the sloppy gearchange I wrote a post about this recently after I changed the gearstick in the car, shown here

http://www.porscheclubgbforum.com/fb.asp?m=417530

I swapped the original one for one sold by John Mitchell Garages, that has a more substantial pin. It removed some of the sloppiness, but there is also scope for more improvement by changing the selector mechanism on the gearbox itself, which is as I am sure you know, is at the back.

That is unfortunately difficult to get to, so my first port of call would be to replace the one in the car, and also the plastic cup that it sits in, which is available from your OPC for pennies. Mine had rounded off into an oval resulting in the sideways slack that you might be experiencing.

Hope that helps.

Diver944 · May 3, 2009

Hi John, congratulations on realising your dream [

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These cars may be old but you will be surprised just how many spare parts are still available from Porsche. They really do make the effort to help us keep cars on the road so it's always worth calling the dealer first. Sometimes parts can be horrendously expensive but most of the time you should receive a welcome surprise. After that there are lots of specialist breakers around the country so you should have no problem locating what you want.

Yes the brakes do feel hugely under assisted compared to modern cars with their on/off pedals, especially when you jump from one to the other, but the actual pads and disks are normally much larger and have a lot more spare capacity - you just have to press the pedal harder [

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However it may be worth changing the brake fluid if they feel especially spongey, it should be changed every few years anyway.