what did you do to your 944 today
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MJL944
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Got rid of a squeak coming from two panels of leather rubbing against each other in the back rest of my driver's seat. Sticking my hand under the leather panel and rearranging the foam in the back rest and the way the edges of the leather panels sat in relation to each other did the trick. Also did a temporary (aka 'bodge') fix on my droopy sun visors which both flop down at least an inch or so. I pulled the sun visors off to reveal the small rod that the visors pivot on and this rod is what is failing in its duty to keep the visors wedged up flush against the roof:
First up, I tried this bodge using small elastic bands but it didn't work!
Then I tried wrapping just 2 layers of very thin surgical tape around the pivot bar like so:
Et voila! The visors now stay nicely up against the roof. However, this is only a temporary fix as once you move the sun visors down all the way a small metal piece in the locating hole within the visor scores the tape thus removing, from where it is needed, the extra diameter of the rod and the friction this creates. I've owned my S2 for over a year but I've never actually needed to use the sun visors for their intended purpose so this 'fix' should last me a while and it doesn't even take 5 minutes to remove the thin tape and replace it when it becomes scored. Maybe someone could experiment to see if a stronger tape will withstand the scoring better thus providing a more permanent fix? From what I can see though, operating the visor will score any tape used and tougher tape, if it bunches up after being scored, may make it very difficult to remove the visor from the pivot bar without damaging the visor. I'm not sure if new visors are still available but American suppliers seem to quote them new at a ridiculous $80 or so - each - so wrecking your current pair would be an expensive mistake. I suspect all used visors available from the usual places will be quite floppy already as the design of the pivot bar seems to be pretty poor.
I purchased a new one from OPC at £39.00 which I thought was not to bad given they are £20 upwards second hand and you don't know what you're getting. I had removed mine because of the droop but the low winter sun meant it had to be replaced.
ORIGINAL: MJL944 Got rid of a squeak coming from two panels of leather rubbing against each other in the back rest of my driver's seat. Sticking my hand under the leather panel and rearranging the foam in the back rest and the way the edges of the leather panels sat in relation to each other did the trick. Also did a temporary (aka 'bodge') fix on my droopy sun visors which both flop down at least an inch or so. I pulled the sun visors off to reveal the small rod that the visors pivot on and this rod is what is failing in its duty to keep the visors wedged up flush against the roof:First up, I tried this bodge using small elastic bands but it didn't work!Then I tried wrapping just 2 layers of very thin surgical tape around the pivot bar like so:Et voila! The visors now stay nicely up against the roof. However, this is only a temporary fix as once you move the sun visors down all the way a small metal piece in the locating hole within the visor scores the tape thus removing, from where it is needed, the extra diameter of the rod and the friction this creates. I've owned my S2 for over a year but I've never actually needed to use the sun visors for their intended purpose so this 'fix' should last me a while and it doesn't even take 5 minutes to remove the thin tape and replace it when it becomes scored. Maybe someone could experiment to see if a stronger tape will withstand the scoring better thus providing a more permanent fix? From what I can see though, operating the visor will score any tape used and tougher tape, if it bunches up after being scored, may make it very difficult to remove the visor from the pivot bar without damaging the visor. I'm not sure if new visors are still available but American suppliers seem to quote them new at a ridiculous $80 or so - each - so wrecking your current pair would be an expensive mistake. I suspect all used visors available from the usual places will be quite floppy already as the design of the pivot bar seems to be pretty poor.
MJL944
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Thanks Gents - good to know the visors are still available and actually, yes, £39 seems pretty reasonable compared to the other crazy OPC parts prices I've been subjected to in recent months. I'd need to replace the pair so £80 is still a lot for something I'll personally use probably only once a year though! The design of the pivot seems to be so poor that if the innards of the locating hole on new visors is the same it wont take long for the new ones to start drooping. The colour of the visors may be another issue as Porsche don't seem to stock anything in Marine Blue (my interior colour) any more.
MJL944
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My experience is the same as Andy's I'm afraid. I replaced both sun visor clips (nice and cheap from local OPC) last year and this made no improvement to the droop on either visor. At the time, I even tried putting some tape around the small bar on the visor that clips into the clip to increase the friction but, alas, still no improvement. It seems that once whatever it is in the innards of the hole in the visor that the pivot bar disappears into breaks down you will get that irritating droop, until you improve the snugness of the fit of the pivot bar in the sun visor hole.
I collected my 944 from GTone in Chertsey this afternoon. The 944 went in for a 12000 mile service and for GTone to look at the squeaking and grinding from the rear (See previous post). I'd had a look and done as much as I could with my limited knowledge and had to give the car to a professional to sort out the problem. After a close inspection it turned out to be both a sticking handbrake pads and worn springs due to 20 years of rust and a rear bearing which had collapsed and damaged the hub. They replaced the springs and handbrake pads and loosened the hand brake cables. Luckily they were also able to source a 2nd hand rear hub and replace the bearing so the car doesn't squeek and grind like it did. I collected my 944 and and wow it feels like a different car and has improved so much. I'm back in love again... Hopefully I will get some time to take it for drive over the weekend.
Had the snapped eye-bolt on the power steering tensioner welded back together and replaced that. Sorted out a rear indicator bulb that wasn't grounding properly and then removed the dash cluster to put a couple of warning bulbs back in now that I've fixed my ABS problem. I'm going out in 10 mins and taking the scenic route to this morning's motorbike lesson.
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Took advantage of a rare dry road day to enjoy an hour long dual carriageway blast to stretch the old girl's legs. It's unbelievable how a 198K mile engine can feel so responsive and indestructible! The benefits of the head gasket replacement and all new fluids courtesy of Promax last autumn are really evident at the moment. A major bonus was not having to then spend half an hour in the garage after the drive drying all her crevices out, as is usual after every winter journey. Then I smeared loads of silicone grease under and around the rubber seals in the rear hatch pin housings to (hopefully!) stop the leak from those housings as soon she'll inevitably be spending some time stood outside in the yard at PH Sports Cars while waiting for Paul & Rob to fit the new JMG gear linkage upgrades I recently purchased and to discover why the CO emissions are a bit high.
Spent the last couple of months refurbishing my teledial wheels, the front wheels really were badly pitted compared to the rears. After spraying and laquering and leaving for a week to hardening I got the tyres put back on and now back on the 944. Really looks great cant wait to show them off.
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