Robbo149
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Well, this weekend was my first chance to spend any time working on the S2, so I got a few little jobs done & gave her a good check over.
The screenwash leakage scare has now been sorted - removed the under tray & found the top of the plastic drain cap had sheared off. Cleaned that up & glued it back together, so fingers crossed, that will be fixed.
Took apart the passenger door card to investigate the non-functioning central-locking. After a good half an hour finding every screw to remove the door card (these Porsches certainly are well put together!), I found the actuator arm had simply popped off the locking rod! A simple fix, but another half hour to put it all back together again!
Friday I paid a visit to the bodyshop who are going to sort the rust repairs to the arch bottoms for me, & had a good look around at the dreaded brown stuff! Thankfully, the sills are v solid, but all 4 arch bottoms need some rust removal/repair. Nothing too major, apart from the drivers front arch, which the bodyshop guys & I reckon will be simpler just to replace, (so I'm on the lookout for a rot-free S2 OSF wing... anyone?). I was really impressed with the bodyshop I'm using, I've had work done by them before, but hadn't realised they do quite a lot of classic restoration work. They were really enthusiastic about doing my S2, one of the guys used to own an S2 Cab, but unfortunately due to a total restoration of an MG underway at the moment it's going to be May before they can do mine [
]. Oh, well, I guess it's worth waiting for someone I trust to do a good job.
It's booked in next week at Strasse in Leeds for servicing & belts doing & a thorough check over, so I'll keep you posted on what mechanical ailments may or may not come to light!
Let the project commence!
Cheers,
Robbo
The screenwash leakage scare has now been sorted - removed the under tray & found the top of the plastic drain cap had sheared off. Cleaned that up & glued it back together, so fingers crossed, that will be fixed.
Took apart the passenger door card to investigate the non-functioning central-locking. After a good half an hour finding every screw to remove the door card (these Porsches certainly are well put together!), I found the actuator arm had simply popped off the locking rod! A simple fix, but another half hour to put it all back together again!
Friday I paid a visit to the bodyshop who are going to sort the rust repairs to the arch bottoms for me, & had a good look around at the dreaded brown stuff! Thankfully, the sills are v solid, but all 4 arch bottoms need some rust removal/repair. Nothing too major, apart from the drivers front arch, which the bodyshop guys & I reckon will be simpler just to replace, (so I'm on the lookout for a rot-free S2 OSF wing... anyone?). I was really impressed with the bodyshop I'm using, I've had work done by them before, but hadn't realised they do quite a lot of classic restoration work. They were really enthusiastic about doing my S2, one of the guys used to own an S2 Cab, but unfortunately due to a total restoration of an MG underway at the moment it's going to be May before they can do mine [
]. Oh, well, I guess it's worth waiting for someone I trust to do a good job.It's booked in next week at Strasse in Leeds for servicing & belts doing & a thorough check over, so I'll keep you posted on what mechanical ailments may or may not come to light!
Let the project commence!
Cheers,
Robbo
