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what did you do to your 944 today

All our cars have names

XC 60 is “AJ” as its big black and ugly

968 is “Madge” as the mrs calls her your majesty as it gets more attention than her

the SLK is “Blu”

the A4 is chaz it’s number plate was CHZ

much better than just it that or car

 
Pete, genuinely can't wait, and I have a 997C2S in the garage at home, not used for 2 weeks at least, might take it to a show tomorrow dependent on weather (997), been splitting bricks up here for 6 weeks now, we have rain now which is good as i fish on our local river Derwent and the fish will not come until the river levels rise.(Salmon)

ATB Jim.

 
PSH said:
Where's your heart/passion sir...:)

Pete
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I save that for the family, and the dogs ;). Over the last 10 years I've called the car something I can't repeat here 2 or 3 times though.

 
Where to start? My 1990 944 S2 was hiding a fair bit of rot, so it had to be dealt with.

In the last 3 months, it's been into the bodyshop for:

[ul][*]Sills (both sides)[*]New front wings[*]Repairs to rear quarter panel (rust)[*]Rust repair to A pillar [*]New windscreen[*]Replaced all rubber seals all round[*]Full respray[/ul]Then, major service including:

[ul][*]Replace all fluids[*]New water pump[*]New power steering pump[*]Replace all belts[*]New dizzy cap and rotor arm[/ul]I also restitched the steering wheel as all the old thread had come out. Then re-dyed the wheel. Looks brand new now but was a total pain.

I'd already repaired the clock and thankfully it continues to work.

The car runs beautifully and looks amazing now.

I have to say that i got loads of parts from my local Porsche centre. The prices for the majority of it were very reasonable and it was amazing what they still stock / can make quickly.

I found that i could buy new items cheaper from them than i could find decent used parts for.

Still cost a bloody fortune though and i doubt i'll ever get the money back....

 
Hi

Very true about OEM parts, I'm ordering loads.

Fitted new anti roll bar bushes tonight after renovating bar and brackets at the weekend.

Fitted windscreen washer non return valves this evening too.

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Si

 
I have finally got around to fitting a new sunroof seal and refitting the rear seats, hopefully this will put an end to the water ingress. I was pleased to find when removing the old seal that a section was still wet with water trapped in the seal, also of note was the fact that the water was past where the outer seal rests on the inner seal, so capillary action had been at play here and explains how the water got past the new inner seal and didn't escape through the drain holes first. I was also pleasing to find that the sunroof still worked, what I mean is, I had feared that with the new outer seal the strain on the plastic gears (still original) would be too much...happily this wasn't the case....:)

Pete

 
more to add for today, got a call from my son to pop over to the garage(he;s there 7 days a week these days) as the gearbox oil he ordered had arrived. Took him just a few minutes to empty the trans-axle and refill with new oil. I have to say that with a mixture of the new oil and the rear seats and carpets refitted the car is running very quietly and smoothly....I'm driving up to Skegness next week, just for one night to see my daughter and the grandchildren on their holiday by the beach. I'm looking forward to it, it should tell me if the car is ok...:)

 
I believe so....I think I'd prefer the west coast...lots of places to choose from when I finally move..:)

Pete

 
West Cumbria has some cheap properties, depending where you buy, some very expensive ones also if you want the national park, that said sell a semi in London and you could buy a barn conversion or similar with outbuildings and views to die for up here London prices are nuts, I would bet my house would fetch 3 million down there, about £350 k here.

 
Hi guys

Just an update on the suspected transaxle issues...drove over 300 miles last couple of days with a trip up Skegness and back. no issue with the noise that I had heard before so I'm happy. I know that there's some play in the Diff but I'll live with that for now, the car is driving well which is all that matters these days....

cheers

Pete

 
I gave the car a good clean today, I love the paintwork on my car...it's been 17 yrs now since it's full glass out respray and still looks great. Paint is super bright and as flat as they come...yep I love my car...:)

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flat in the paint trade means it’s lost it’s lustre and needs a good polish

a rephrase is is in order, looks fantastic

 
haha...yes I thought that but I think it works in both cases...that's why I lead with 'bright' first...:)

 
I know what you mean Pete, todays mass produced cars seems to have what we used to call an orange peel finish.

 
I was told by a man from Audi that the peel finish was by design

to to cut down reflections of other vehicles

would i pay 70k for an RS5 with a paint job that looks like it was done by a first year apprentice, nope

 
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