what did you do to your 944 today

[Ewan]

An original lozenge wheel I purchased off this site arrived today. Now I have the job of removing the Momo club-sport job my car came with to add a dash of originality in its place. Not sure which I'll prefer, so let's see.

 

[James Beaumont]

Hi work done over the last few days, oil and filter, transaxle oil, fuel filter, uprated fuel pump, new dis cap and rotor arm, water pump, front engine oil seals, belts, coolant change, air con rad. next job is sorting the rest of the air con system.

 

[DarrylH]

ORIGINAL: Hallsy Lovely pics Darryl - couple of lovely motors there! What steering wheel is that? Have you gone for a dished one because you are long legged/short armed? Like the look of that, my losenge one is a bit tired looking in my Turbo, and I thought about refurbing it - but the more I see nice wheels like yours, I get tempted! As for my 944's, this weekend I replaced the transaxle fluid on my S - the old oil looked fairly clean, but I had it in my mind that I wanted to replace it anyway! Simple job, a little messy as my syringe leaks, but not too much drama!!

Thanks Hallsy [] The steering wheel is a Momo MOD 07 I bought it from a guy on ebay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/301240050006?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 We got one for the 911 too but I believe that was the last one he had. Yeah I've got quite long legs and prefer the steering wheel that bit closer, I always thought the original was slightly too big - especially on track.

ORIGINAL: ChasR Darryl that car looks lovely! I enjoy looking at the subtle touches performed on that car including the rear lines missing from the sides of the script bade on the rear panel .

Thanks Chas [] The rear lines wasn't an intentional thing... The previous owner removed one and not the other so I had to remove the other side to match It has grown on me a lot like that though. I'll probably change it in the future once the rear has had some paint.

 

[Mike_Pollock]

Sold my White 2.7 - now I can use the S2 as I can get at it!

 

[Hallsy]

It's not easy keeping two 944's happy is it Mike! Out of interest, where did you advertise yours?

 

[Ewan]

[/quote] Thanks Chas [] The rear lines wasn't an intentional thing... The previous owner removed one and not the other so I had to remove the other side to match It has grown on me a lot like that though. I'll probably change it in the future once the rear has had some paint. [/quote] When I bought mine, the previous owner had gone even further. Not only were the lines either side missing, but so were the letters P O R and C H E, leaving just the S, bang in the middle. One step too far I'd say!

 

[Sandspider]

When I bought mine, the previous owner had gone even further. Not only were the lines either side missing, but so were the letters P O R and C H E, leaving just the S, bang in the middle. One step too far I'd say!

Think of the weight saving! []

 

[charlesm17x]

Well today i decided to Lock the keys in side

 

[sailor]

Today I gave the 944 a severe thrashing, because it again lost a lttle coolant. The coolant line has been pressure-tested and seems ok, the thermostat seems OK .Any ideas ? JC 993turbo 944S

 

[OLD_ian]

Had a very nice run out to Classics at the Castle. Parked in the PCGB section for 944s. There was a lime green A reg 944 that i'd never seen before parked a couple of cars down from me. Made good progress on the way there in company with a 2.7 Carrera RS who wasn't hanging around. Similarly good pace on the way back to London following a Carrera 3.0.

 

[ALZ 1933]

ORIGINAL: sailor Today I gave the 944 a severe thrashing, because it again lost a lttle coolant. The coolant line has been pressure-tested and seems ok, the thermostat seems OK .Any ideas ? JC 993turbo 944S

Try a new cap, they're only a few £ and it solved the same problem on my one.

 

[Frenchy]

Or check the underside of the hard coolant pipe that runs across the exhaust manifold, they can corrode on the bottom where you will not see it and drop coolant on the exhaust manifold which then evaporates.

 

[simdel1]

Hello! It's been a while... I've been instructed to reduce our car count from four to two, so the Passat is probably getting scrapped and the MGF will be prepped for an early spring sale. That leaves the Rover and the 944. This is based on the fact that the Rover is more comfortable than the Passat and that the 944 is actually a remarkably practical baby carrier. Stage one was convincing the missus that the Porsche deserves to stay. The Maxi Cosi Rubi fits the front seats perfectly so I can do nursery runs when required...

Stage 2 is finishing the cambelt job from last year. New balance belt to try to cure the strange wailing noise and a water pump to cure the new rattle that appeared after the cambelt job.

It'll obviously be getting a full service - then It's off to the MoT station to find out what else I need to fix!

 

[Frenchy]

Nice one Fella, they are very practical surprisingly. Took mine for MOT today......................straight pass []

 

[Mike_Pollock]

Hallsy - sorry for the delay! I just put it on EBay - it had done 284K and it was not a great example, it just worked!

 

[Mike_Pollock]

Took mine for the MOT today and like Jim's, straight pass and some nice comments!

 

[James Beaumont]

New dis cap and stage 1 intercooler installed today.

 

[DarrylH]

Got the N/A engine out yesterday and the gearbox our thursday. Time for the engine and gearbox overhaul.

 

[simdel1]

Mixed bag today. I think I've finally been able to tune out the balance belt wail, but as most of the kids in the neighbourhood are in bed, I've not checked the full rev range yet! The ticking has quietened down significantly so I suspect that one of the lifters was just being a little bit lazy after several months of not running. The bad news is that the smoke was let out of the headlight motor relay. It got so hot it even melted the plug on the motor housing. I'm not necessarily surprised that it blew up, but I am surprised that a fuse didn't protect it. I'll check what fuse should be in there and make sure someone hasn't used a bolt instead! I'm getting hopeful about getting on the road by the end of the month. I'll be doing the front wishbones, bushes and ball joints while the car's up in the air so hopefully there won't be much else it can fail on.

 

[ChasR]

I went to Shelsley Walsh a few weeks ago up the hillclimb. In hindsight I chickened out a little bit too much, although I didn't fancy destoying a pricey clutch for the sake of looking good at the start : http://youtu.be/P_EGtgLljXY This weekend involved the 944 being given a minor spruce up . Some of you may recall how Phil21Turbo and others (myself included) had a random power loss issue. In my case, the car would randomly lose power or if you were driving away it would only seem to idle, or barely idle with the boost gauge indicating a lack of vacuum. Any attempt to touch the throttle would try and make the car die. After seeing this issue years ago on a VW Beetle I had (with a duff rotor arm) and Dolly Sprint of a friend's you would have thought it was the first place which I would have checked! After all, some clever peeps have always said that 90% of car issues tend to be ignition related. I seemed to have forgotten that advice and decided to look at all manner of things for the case like others (the AFM etc.). When Phil said that his car started misfiring more frequently to find the case as being the rotor arm, I decided to give my ignition system a once over. The cap had some pitting etc. on the contact points as did the rotor arm. Upon removing the king (coil) lead, this is what greeted me in this poor pic. If the image was more detailed you would see that the pin had become white along with rust deposits forming! This could very well be the cause. Since it was only yesterday I saw this (and I needed to use the car) I decided to clean the rotor arm, contacts, and HT connections up with the usual bits (sand paper, and some WD40). Suffice to say that the car does possibly start slightly easier (it has never been an awkward starter) in addition to it coming onto boost more smoothly! Hopefully the random power loss issue shall be gone. Not a cheap expense coming up, but I can see a new dizzy cap, rotor arm, and igntion leads being in the pipeline. At the same time I decided to attend to a detail which others were all too keen to point out! The bonnet badge appearing to be broken when it was the surround moving about alot behind it. Naturally it looked OK for this photo but at times the surround looked as if it was going to simply fall off!: And so some bits arrived from OPC! I do wonder whether either the surround had shrunk or at some point if it had been replaced with a pattern surround (the new surround had a more pronounced edge to stay hold of the badge in addition to having part nos. and 'Made in Germany' written on it. OTOH it could have been very old, although the badge panel seems to be an original Porsche replacement judging by the newish sticker on the inside. And the finished result. With it done the results do look better for it for a smallish detail that many were all too keen to point out! I guess it will stop me from pushing the old surround back under the badge!