Newbie, just purchased two 924!

[Guest]

Did a bit more today, fitted the refurbed wheels (bit more in keeping with car's age).
Old wheels:

New wheels:

Also found my first bit of rust, very minimal on the arch, seems solid still for such an old car:

I'm selling the rear hatch with spoiler, a good dashboard and a rear bumper apron/skirt if anyone is interested:

 

[Guest]

Not much done today:

 

[Guest]

As it's cold outside thought I'd sort the seats. Slider mechanism needed some encouragement to get off, left to soak in wd40. Base pad of the seats was split badly, so using some left over leather look from previous project I convinced the wife to assist with this:

Not perfect, a little baggy but looking better than before and cost £0 which is my sort of budget! I know what I'm doing now so if I find some matching material I can also redo.

 

[Guest]

Little bit more done, trying to go for a simple shape so ditched the window with spoiler to go from this:

To this:

Still undecided, looks cleaner lines but less tough. Ditched rear wiper as well, just need to find a

to fit the hole.

 

[PaulHere]

I like the spoiler, it looks good on the later models but the non spoiler look is completely right on the early cars.
I suppose I'm a purist at heart []
I do enjoy seeing a car restored to working comdition, so it is a pleasure to see yours come along nicely.

Couldn't be long till the respray now?

 

[Guest]

The MOT is beckoning first - need to sort:

Blown headlight
Handbrake Mechanism - locking tooth knackered, need to re-grind a tooth on
Sort window washers
Find some bolts to hold the back seat in (the top two are missing and are a funny size?)
Put an exhaust on (ends just behing centre box and sounds awesome but think Mr MOT may disagree!)
And then just a general check over, seems OK other than above.

Do need to sort paint though, think the bonnet was resprayed on bare metal as it's such a thin coat you can see the metal through!

And for anyone interested in blanking their wiper, I went all the place and eventually bought a pack of three from Motorists Centre for 99p, labelled as "Blanking Grommets 5/8 & 3/4 Hole 176", two of which fit pretty well. Could do with being a bit deeper to grip the glass but seems secure and water tight.

 

[cococola]

Wow should be ready for the weekend then?[]

 

[Guest]

ORIGINAL: cococola

Wow should be ready for the weekend then?[]

Not gonna take as long as that, tomorrow AM tops!

 

[Guest]

Well decided the carpet was never going to dry so took the centre console and the carpet out - wow it was wet!

Found a lot of weird wiring from the immobilser the last owner removed, some just cut off with no tape or anything around, car now looks like a mass of electrical tape.

This is what my passenger foot well looks like - all the yellow tape is cut off wires I've taped up or places on cables where those scotchlock things have been used to tap into and insulation needed protecting:

Also found this behind the heater - anyone recognise this mulipin connector (bottom centre) presume alarm again and I can trace back and remove:

Pulled out the great bit foam wedge from passenger foot well. Can this be left out? Seem to be taking up a fair bit of footwell?

Hopefully should dry out and I can start to re-assemble, and wire in some speakers as the ones in the back have gone, and the ones in the front are sh7gged. Anyone recommend some almost direct fit replacements?

One of my headlight is refusing to light though, tried three bulbs in it - wiring seems sound. Any idea where to check next? Does it have a seperate fuse to the drivers side one which does work or something?

A nice man came around and gave me some hard currency for the dashboard and a-pillar trims which is nice.

 

[Guest]

Had a busy afternoon sorting wiring and running speaker cables. Tidied up the centre console to look like this -

Took frigging ages upside down on my back tracing back the old immobilser and ripping it out. On the plus side I found it's had remote actuator for door locks fitted so can wire them up to an alarm at some point.

Found why the electric mirrors weren't working - all the wires had been bodged, some connected, some not. So I taped them all up and left them for another day.

My passenger electric window is bust though and neither of the two spares seem to work - anyone know anything about these - two contact on motor and presume the casing is earthing when bolted in so presume a +12V is applied to one or the other to make it go up and down? Measured on the passenger side and get no voltage, on the driver side (works but slow) I get a constant 8V on one of the terminal to earth - I presume this is a poor battery 12V?

Also found some delicate fitting of a speaker into the door - nice square hole!

As the leak is almost definitely gone and it's drying out nicely I started to put some interior back in - I have a seat at last:

Found that I'm missing the two bolts that latch the top up though - anyone know what should fit in here to hold the seat back:

 

[Fred Hindle]

Looks like an excellent project. Have you sussed out the original colour code? I think that the only red was Guards Red, but with it stripped down so much you have a chance to change it. Have a look at Arena Red as a posibility.

The number of times I get asked by passers-by 'Do you do car repairs?' - They seem taken aback when I reply 'Only on my own cars'

Cheers,

 

[Guest]

Ta for encouragement! I'm starting to get it back in shape, a lot more fun than stripping stuff. Think it was Guards red. For the time being whilst I get it on road and MOTd it'll be red oxide primer and then think about colour, I do think red suits it best and sticking to original colour would mean I could leave the door shuts etc as is.

I can't wait to actually get the thing on the road, just hoping it won't be a complete poo to drive.

 

[cococola]

Just think how satisfying this car will be to drive when it is complete[]

 

[Guest]

0nly later 924 s nd 44s have screwed front panel ,2l 24s are welded on . dont start removing it until u get a new 1. over £600 from porsche!!!!! good luck, it will be great when you get it going

 

[924nutter]

ORIGINAL: montythemole


My passenger electric window is bust though and neither of the two spares seem to work - anyone know anything about these - two contact on motor and presume the casing is earthing when bolted in so presume a +12V is applied to one or the other to make it go up and down? Measured on the passenger side and get no voltage, on the driver side (works but slow) I get a constant 8V on one of the terminal to earth - I presume this is a poor battery 12V?

I think you are mistaken in your belief of the earthed motor casing
Clark's Garage has a great section on power windows for the 944. The 924 wont be that different, and it will help you understand the principle if nothing else

 

[Guest]

You mean this http://www.clarks-garage.com/pdf-manual/elect-20.pdf

Very useful - I have the older switches though and found they work like this (when viewed from bottom):

The rocker orientation is important, one of mine was in the wrong way around so was closing the wrong terminals in 'rest' position. Have cleaned the contacts and refitted and the passenger one just about works (battery is flat at the mo) so reckon with some more juice and a good grease it should all be good. Ta for help!

Now to sort the headlight - the Clarke Garage said the wiring breaks a lot on pop up light so think it might be that as even working bulbs don't light.

 

[Guest]

Had a splurge this weekend -
Refitted handbrake (ratchet had gone and needed to reprofile tooth to make it lock).
Refitted seat runners (were rusted soild and took lots of grease, wd40 and soaking in parts washer to work - if yours are stiff grease them now as near impossible to get off when they sieze)
Refitted carpers, seatbelts, gearknob, centre bits etc.
Took of what was left of exhaust and fitted a backbox I had spare - no jokes about it looking Max Power, it was free:

Then traced the non working horn back to a blown fuse (not the one on the main fuse board the haynes book listed but one of the secondary small fuse board), horn was rusted through so fitted this one someone at work donated. It's LOUD. Shame you can't see it with the bumper on:

Then I fitted the alternator belt and tightened it up.
Had a fiddle with the lights, passenger one is very random any temperamental at best, still need to look at.
Then went to start it, no luck, several hours of fiddling found the fuse wasn't making a good connection with the holder, and it roared into life. It's noiser with the new backbox than when it just had the middle box!

 

[Guest]

Hi, also a newbie - in fact so new I haven't even got the Porsche yet [] Thought I'd join the forum first to try and pick up any tips b4 I make huge mistakes. I understand mistakes on these cost £££££'s !

Got 2 questions. I'm looking to pick up an old 924. So, as you've obviously seen them inside out, any tips for things I should look for on inspection?
Second, any idea how you're going to get the oil stains out of the brick paviors? We've got an old VW Golf thats been dumping oil and I've tried a few stain removers with little joy!
Keep up the good work on the restoration. Can be hard work but looks like you've broken the back of it!
Cheers

 

[Guest]

Quick update.

After many months of doing other house stuff I've got cracking. Several fun evenings spent tracing wiring sorted the lights out. Had to remake a lot of connections. Also remade the earth lead to battery and new clamp on the positive terminal made a huge difference to duff electrics.

Swapped the HT leads and dizzy cap over from the scrapped one as they were newer, also swapped over the fan as the original was squealing. Fitted new front pads, cleaned up the discs, and adjusted handbrake as was on nearly full travel to work.

So last week with trepidation I booked it in for an MOT. I knew the exhuast was a little iffy and dancing speedo wasn't great but was suprised when Mr MOT rang and told me only the tyres were preventing a clean sheet! Tread fine but cracked and old. So £150 later I have a running Porsche!

First weekend on the road, picked up Thursday, wedding on Friday. Was very tempted to take the groom to the venue in it but the look from the bride to be when I mentioned it was quite 'cold'!
Speedo still dances, and checked with Sat Nav and it overreads by about 20%, so 90mph on the speedo is a gnats c0ck over 70mph!

Done about 80 miles in it this weekend. Runs fine but with slight misfire. Parked in the full heat of sun on Sunday and was a jolly pain in the backside to start but heard that's not unusual.
Alternator belt still slips at low speed, the actual alternator mounts seem shot so will have a look at replacing. Father In Law coming over on Sunday to assist with a tune up, will also be doing plugs, filters etc.
Oh and on drive home last night the boot opened as we went over a bump. So may have to look at that or consider it an air brake.
Parents dog liked the car as well:

 

[PaulHere]

Car looks wonderful!

Makes me remember why I love my one so much []

I like the black effect at the front and back.
You can steadily fettle to your hearts content now.

BTW - I don't think the painted n/s headlight cover is quite clipped on correctly, easily done.