what did you do to your 944 today
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Cranked the engine over and then reconnected the CTEK conditioner. Peeled the scrutineering sticker off the rear view mirror. Put Bumper care on the mirror and the internal A post covers as well as on the windscreen washer jet housings so they looked nice and new. Swam in the deep red paint. Inhaled the '944' musk of petrol vapour/slight damp/old plastic/baked sump oil. Not unpleasant but a proper petrol-head 'old car' fragrance! Plotted how to hide the cost of an EMC suspension rebuild from the 'Exchequer'!
Copperman05
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Promax MOT'd mine last week, its passed eventually but had issue with emisions + front sus strut, hence the post re new suspension. ~Also changed the oil to Fuchs ester based 5w-40 fully synth, oil filter change, handbrake re-adjust, and brake pad warning sensor replaced as old one was faulty. In the future I would like new porsche carpets (£100 last time I looked), some kind of suspension upgrade and and a supercharger! (Well I can dream cant I?) I love my 944
Suffolk944
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All I am doing with my 944 is missing it at the moment while its being tweaked by Promax....[&o] Looking forward to its return along with the extra boooooost [8D]
alwigley
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Compression tested the cylinders at the weekend in the vain hope that the valves had not bent when the timing belt tensioner gave way....... nothing on all 4 cylinders [
] So started to strip down the camshaft/head and the end sheared the end off the fuel rail when trying to release the fuel pressure, then discovered that no 4. injector was cracked...... also discovering that when the engine was 'professionally rebuilt' 5 years ago, whoever did it obviously broke or replaced a variety of the bolts with whatever they could find at the time, so am having to deal with an assortment of knackered bolts as I disassemble. Plus side is that I will shortly be able to get to the ICV which has been suspect for a while.
] So started to strip down the camshaft/head and the end sheared the end off the fuel rail when trying to release the fuel pressure, then discovered that no 4. injector was cracked...... also discovering that when the engine was 'professionally rebuilt' 5 years ago, whoever did it obviously broke or replaced a variety of the bolts with whatever they could find at the time, so am having to deal with an assortment of knackered bolts as I disassemble. Plus side is that I will shortly be able to get to the ICV which has been suspect for a while.
robwright
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Fitted new (well second hand) N/S headlight secured for a princely £4.99. Why you ask because it has a working levelling motor. Easier just to change the whole unit. Well at that price anyway. While I was in there I discovered my coolant leak hadn't been cured by my new header tank cap. Then discovered hairline cracks in the top of the tank, which are obviously expanding with heat. Bad news new header tank required. Good news at least it's not disappearing up it's kyber!!!
lubed the sticking drivers side door handle (the lazy way) by lots of wiggling and generous application of wd40. checked the sills for corrosion, then updated my PH blog to more accurately reflect what the car costs - approx. £107 a month over the last 26 months, (thats with tax and insurance paid until 2012). total, estimated due to inaccurate fuel costs; £4800. £4800 isn't to be sniffed at... but putting it another way; £25 a week - I wish I'd done it sooner
i take the philips screw out of the door frame, pull the handle out about 2mm then spray down, flex the handle, spray again, flex, spray, flex. catch the crap that falls out the bottom with a rag. you can just about see the mechanism working from the top. after 5-10 minutes the handle moved freely. used wd40 over spray grease because its thin enough to pour out of the bottom and dislodge some of the crud. when i do it properly i'll strip it down clean it and grease it but this was just a temp fix to get the handle working properly.
geoffbateman
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Removed rear wheels and dismantled brakes. Need to fit new discs etc which wife should pick up tomorrow. Back on the road for 1st March then down to Cambridge for new belts.
Frenchy
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Slightly OT, Copperman mats were 70 odd quid at OPC about 6/7 months ago, still available then ? Put the battery conditioner on my 220, will get it fired up at the weekend, sticking some tax on for March then tax for the Turbo S in April, should be back from front end paint and ready to go..................roll on spring
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