what did you do to your 944 today

[vitesse]

Peter,Dave-I'll need a little time to sort this out as I couldn't find any paperwork in my Porsche file today & I can't remember where else it could be except it coincided with the time that Bolton OPC had that disastrous fire in the temporary premises they were using for spares dept & services whilst their main premises were extended.

I remember there was a long delay as they had to re-order my items & I also did return the metal trims & swap for the rubber seals personally but possibly no paperwork changed hands[&o].

The labels on the plastic bags are:-

RHS rubber seal--PCG 837 469 A

LHS ditto---------477 837 470 A

Hoping to upload jpegs later.

 

[vitesse]

Peter, some jpegs follow-used a clothes peg to open the old seal as they have flattened over 33 yrs. I consider the old & new are identical & have fitted very well into the metal trim & against the glass,but I appreciate it is difficult to portray this in a post .Damn,the clothes peg one has gone awol plus others,I'll have to try again.

 

[dlknight]

Started replacing the engine mounts - no history of them ever being changed in 205k miles. I measured them best I could do using a wooden ice lolly stick wedged into the top of the cross member and they appear to still be within spec (65mm) however I've bought the new (Porsche) ones now as I was noticing a little vibration when the engine dropped to warm idle with the current mounts.

So far I've only got the nut off the bottom off the drivers side mount and the front 13mm bolt (lucky as I'd begun to round the head trying with a ratchet spanner and so made up a 3 foot long socket extension snake that fed through the exhaust headers and gave me enough purchase to break it free). The back 13mm bolt is proving difficult due to access issues (exhaust headers and steering universal joint) but I noticed there is a full length slit in the alloy engine mount arm so thinking that once I've lowered the cross member I should be able to knock the mount free using a hammer to slide the bolt through the slot?

Hoping the passenger side is easy - I recall doing this same job many years ago on my 944S (must be more room than the turbo) lay on my back and in the road outside my mothers house - all done within a day!

Thankfully I now have the luxury of a single garage so I can give up and come back to the job when I've renewed my enthusiasm!

 

[scam75]

Dropped mine off for full geo setup. Much needed after having the front struts rebuilt and doing a ball joint one side and ball joint gaitor other side. Had marked everything and lined it all back up. Steering wheel 10 degrees out and pulling to left! For anybody in the Glasgow area Kenny Brown in Hillington is very good. Same sort of lead times as Centre Gravity so that tells its own story.

Stuart

 

[PSH]

Ok, it's not a Porsche but I know that there are some Fast Ford die-hards here...I'm an 'ex' man myself...

This is my son's Escort Cosworth, today it was invited to the launch of a new car detailing outlet and gained an awful lot of attention, it's now alos been booked for a few photoshoots. This ex-rally shell has been rebuilt from the ground up, it was literally a shell when son number two drove over to Ireland to pick up the shell and paperwork and bring it back on a trailer. This was a number of years ago now. My two sons have made a masterpiece out of what is a fairly rare car these days, all bodywork being done by son number 1 and his top bodywork guy at both his old premises and finished more recently at his new outlet in Perivale. This car is a beast with massive turbo and straight cut gears, there's still a few bits to do before it's finished but not much. Anyway, here's a photo from today's launch, sorry about the picture quality, in the flesh the car is pure gold.

Pete

 

[PSH]

Good afternoon chaps

Well, today I feel a bit of a fool, I mean, just 'how long have I owned my car?' The trouble with these cars is that they just keep running even when they have a glaring fault, or at least that's the case with mine and all of it's mods, it just keeps running. You may recall some months ago that I was having a fuelling issue, in particular the car was leaning out under hard acceleration but seemed close to normal AFR when driving normally. I suspected either the fuel pump or the AFPR, the DME I had already changed as a matter of course. Anyway, I have lived with this for a good few months and my usual avenue for help, my son, has just been too busy to check the car over.

So, today I popped over to see him, to get him to weld a small part of the loco that I'm building with his new fancy 3 handled welder. While there he took a quick look at the thermister as I still have got around to fixing the no heat issue. While he was checking under the bonnet he spotted a problem and asked why the hell I hadn't noticed it? all I'd noticed was the fuelling issue and a slightly erratic idle, although this was not always the case. He asked when did I last hear my dump valve?.... well now that he mentioned it, I hadn't for some time. What about the wastegate?, yes that chatters nicely thankyou... Dad! he said with that strained manner when dealing with a silly old man, "you are lucky that you haven't destroyed the turbo". He then showed me the issue, the VAC line to the dump valve has a 'T' piece which had snapped so I had very little vacuum if any. The car is transformed, again, idles nicely, the dump valve is back with a vengeance, in fact, it's so loud I have no idea how I didn't notice it's absence before. Under hard acceleration the fuelling is back to where it belongs, easily dropping to 11 under load, even the brakes are good. In fact the pressure has dropped too, I had been over fuelling before, that is the pressure on idle was higher than it should be , ..

Perhaps I should get a Ford, the slightest thing to go wrong on them and they breakdown....

Pete... a very happy chap...

 

[blade7]

Does this mean you're not selling it now you old duffer . I'm quite happy too, last MOT my man said the tyres are getting low. Priced a new set of Michelin PS2's up at just under £500. 6.5 years ago they were £700 [].

 

[PSH]

Does this mean you're not selling it now you old duffer .

me thinking of selling has nothing to do with how the car is running, she'll see most cars off even on a bad day. It's much more to do with my ability to still drive it, I have enough trouble going up the stairs some days let along climbing in and out of a very low sports car...

 

[blade7]

Does this mean you're not selling it now you old duffer .

me thinking of selling has nothing to do with how the car is running, she'll see most cars off even on a bad day. It's much more to do with my ability to still drive it, I have enough trouble going up the stairs some days let along climbing in and out of a very low sports car...

Sorry to hear that .

 

[Frenchy]

Keep it you silly auld bugger, nice easy fix

 

[PSH]

gave the old girl a good clean today....still looking great after 34 years on the road and 214,000 miles...

Pete

 

[g944s2]

Replaced the broken clock led and broke the plastic surround at the hazard light switch, on the plus side the clock is working again!

 

[Kongsodoken]

one Good think about lockdown had the time to start the garage build so I can finally finish the car []

 

[vitesse]

That is some garage-well impressed

 

[g944s2]

Replaced the rear hatch struts yesterday, I've been putting up with it dropping on my head for years.

I like how it now pops up when I open it but its taking a bit of getting used to the force needed to close it, used to it doing that itself when I let go!

 

[peanut]

now you just need to press the hatch button as you pull up .....so that the hatch lifts by itself just at the moment you get out the car .... []

 

[graham.webb]

Finally got round to taking the luggage cover in to Paul the Trimmer...it's all perished and torn. He will use it as a pattern for a new one, with the old fittings. Such a complicated design, typical Porsche thinking. Next up, he'll re fix headlining around the sunroof, and fit a new seal...got that from Type 911. The headlining looks so fragile, I daren't attempt it myself.

Waiting for a second cataract op...no elective surgery at the moment, but the cost private (no wait) is the same as a full set of KW V3, so I'm waiting for NHS, who did the first one.

 

[Frenchy]

Good man math's Graham, like your train of thought

 

[jacobhencke]

I've recently changed the wheel bearings, got great ones at [link=https://rolek.cz/cs/]Rolek[/link] site. Have you guys had any problems with that? I hope getting the new ones will solve the problem...

 

[PhilKent]

Tidied up my engine bay , finished replacing fuel lines and installing new fuel rail & pressure regulator and had the manifold/cam tower powder coated...