what did you do to your 944 today
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Joolsfools
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I removed the front suspension today and nearly finnished off cleaning all the bits and bobs off the insde of the engine bay.New struts in the post . One more weekend and the engine bay will be ready to paint.Really need to decide on a colour......... Good news is the ball joints are spot on so saved a few quid there.
Looks like the car wash made a good job of it - not sure I'd have let a place looking like see even mine [
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Joolsfools
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Cheers ) The place is derelict and deserted. Thought it made a good backdrop though. Car's been under a cover since I last washed it months ago
) The place is derelict and deserted. Thought it made a good backdrop though. Car's been under a cover since I last washed it months ago
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Clutch pedal went straight to the floor last Wed evening when I wanted to take the e-bay 924S to the R18 meeting,so yesterday,with my Wife's help,pushed it into the garage ,jacked up one side,( the offside),inserted 2 axle stands & started with the reservoir-cut the feed hose (damn those crimp hose clips) -had a new replacement to fit anyway & emptied the remaining fluid into a bottle-then removed the combined metal/rubber feed from the master cylinder-have a new one to fit as the rubber was all crazed & cracked(yes ,another job I had been putting off) & then removed the cylinder.The reservoir had a thick black sludge at the bottom-the cylinder seemed ok,so then removed the starter motor followed by the slave cylinder. This seems to be the culprit so looking for replacements today. What a b****r it is when you can't get a car on ramps-specially when you select the wrong spanner size -you can't turn over under the car & I had to keep sliding back out -anyway have assembled all the correct sizes for the replacement & put them in an old ice cream tub to avoid too much swearing when I replace everything this week.
I always end up lying om top of the spanner I want or it is so close beside me that I can't pick it up due to lack of space to bend arms properly.However the worst is when you roll onto a ratchet handle with the drive pointing upwards........ oft loads of swearing,Also whaen welding the car i was lting underneath it and a big lump of weld fell onto my chest.Burnt through overalls and 3 layers before it hit the skin. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH couldn't get out to stop it burning and ended up with a burn the size of a 50p right in the middle of my chest.I look like I had been shot.......
Fitted a "keyless entry system" today, locks are getting worn and a bit fiddly! Another job where you are lying on your back (and hence each of the tools you want!) but even worse as you're back is bent double over the seat. At one point I took the roof out and had my feet out in the cooling breeze! Would have been a lot quicker and a lot easier, if I had realised which box under there was the central locking, a little earlier[] Took it down to the shops to test it - HAD to use 4 carparks []
] Took it down to the shops to test it - HAD to use 4 carparks []Got the passenger side window moving at a pace above glacial, replaced the door card, replaced the knackered blower knob (£15 !), tried to fix the central locking and I found it was disconnected, put it back together and was pretty happy, then the original alarm started going off so had to disconnect it again ! Had a look into the sills using an endoscope and all looks well in there, got a good way in and its just grey paint, not rust.
J4CKO - just remove the wire from the horn on the scuttle, that should silence the alarm and give you central locking!
Washed it. Then jacked it up and removed each wheel in turn and jetwashed inside the wheel arches, along the sills and cleaned all the grot out of the rust-trap platform at the bottom of the front wings. (And, in the process, managed to get dirty water all over the newly-cleaned car! I'll wash it again at the end of the week and maybe even apply some wax!) Oli.
Is it really that simple ? I was reading about disabling the Porsche alarm and it was all about jumping connectors and stuff, but if simply silencing the thing works I am up for that but, doesnt it flash lights and stuff as well ? Mine has the original fit one,a Porsche immobiliser and a Clifford alatm as well
My standard (1989 2.7) alarm goes off in the rain (dont know why!) and having removed the wire from the horn it "talks" to me in bleeps from the alarm box but I've seen no flashing lights etc in the year (and a day!) I've had it. All I can say is try it, its not like its difficult to put back[] I have no idea about the Clifford one.
] I have no idea about the Clifford one.
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