With my eyes wide open it looks pretty smart - nice work!! Mick
White944 - Resurrection thread.
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white944
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Not much to report this week, especially as I forgot the camera. Traced non working speedo to some rather green connector pins on the speed sensor, so treated with contact cleaner and silicone grease. For once an easy fix. Changed the gearbox oil while I was in there. Odometer appears to be inoperative though so cluster will still have to come out at some point. Stonechipped the floorpans and treated/painted a bit of surface corrosion I found inside the offside rear quarter when I was vacuuming all the debris out under the boot carpet. Will shoot some Dinitrol in there when it's dried properly. Chipping away at the 'to do' list slowly. One day I'll get to drive it, planning to be on the road in July let's just hope there aren't too many extra mechanical nasties lurking when I start under the bonnet
jonn
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Hi I have been reading though your thread with great interest, great work going on here [] I have a few 944's and noticed one really need the rear quarter lower panels replaced (wheelarch to sill) plus what ever else I find once off !! the ones you have used did you purchase them or make them up yourself? if purchased could you please point me in the direction of the supplier . many thanks and again very impressed . Cheers Jon
] I have a few 944's and noticed one really need the rear quarter lower panels replaced (wheelarch to sill) plus what ever else I find once off !! the ones you have used did you purchase them or make them up yourself? if purchased could you please point me in the direction of the supplier . many thanks and again very impressed . Cheers Jon
white944
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I got them on Ebay, they're on fairly regularly, but there don't seem to be any on at the moment. Club Autosport do them, though, £45 each. Beware though, they are flat, so take quite a bit of careful shaping to get the correct contour as you fit them. Mine was so rotten, I had to buy them to have a starting point, and I had new genuine sills to line them up with. If you're good with sheet metal anyway, you could make some up and save some cash.
white944
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Replaced the steering shaft today to get rid of some annoying free play at the steering wheel....
One end was partially seized, the other had free play. Replacement was cheaper from Colchester Porsche than the usual 'specialists'. Simple job, 13mm bolt at each end, plus the four that secure the steering rack have to come out to make a bit of room to get the shaft off the splines.
white944
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Been off of Porsche duties for a while sorting my Jeep out, but got back down to business today. Took all the belts and rollers off. Belts had been changed 10K miles ago, but that was about 10 years ago, and it's been standing unused for most of that time. Belts look mint, but will obviously be replaced. All 4 rollers have noisy bearings, so will also go in the bin. Water pump is nice and smooth with no play so I'm going to leave it alone this time. Alternator and PAS belts will be renewed as a matter of course. I also replaced the 90 amp alternator, which had all the studs for the rear cowling broken off, for a used 115 amp one off an S2, complete with cowl and fresh ducting. Once the belts are done, I have a Turbo rear diffuser to paint and fit. Not original, I know, but I prefer it to the 'kicked up the arse' look of the 944 without it.
Thanks for sharing. It is really interesting seeing the internal sills. Also great you are saving a 944.
white944
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Well, finally she's on the road. I bought white944 on Ebay last September (barn find easy fix just needs sills lol) and have been picking away at it ever since. Wouldn't win any beauty contests, but wanted a solid daily driver rather than a mint show car. Looks good from ten paces though. Having never driven it any distance before, and considering the 161000 miles on the clock, I must say my little 944 drives very nicely. The engine pulls very well, no ball of fire, but perfectly OK for modern driving. Clutch is fine, gearbox is quiet and shifts nicely and the brakes are excellent. Ride on the standard suspension and (frowned upon in some quarters) staggered 17" Cups currently shod in ancient P6000s is fine and it corners very well with negligible roll thanks to the 968 anti roll bars.
I've kept it pretty standard apart from the aforementioned anti roll bars and the wheels which came with the car. I added a Turbo rear splitter as my token vanity project as it gives the car a better stance IMO, and as a concession to modernity a Pioneer radio/CD with integrated Bluetooth handsfree which is a brilliant bit of kit for under a hundred quid. The stainless exhaust that came on the car sounds a bit (ahem) sporty for my taste when you give it some welly, but burbles along fairly quietly when cruising, I might change it for a standard one, we'll see.
So the shakedown begins... Still jobs to be done, sunroof, headlining, clock to fix, and the power steering cooler has just sprung a leak, but hey, ho, I'm still pleased as Punch to have saved my Porsche from the scrapheap.
Monkeythree
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Good job! Another one saved.
white944
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Replaced a tired gas strut on the tailgate with a nearly new spare today. Tailgate now opens itself automatically from the footwell button and the remote entry system I installed previously. Very cool.
On the downside, the Mrs. has taking a liking to it, so I need to get my finger out and get the S2 sorted. Luckily she prefers an auto, so I might be able to reclaim White944 if I can find her a clean automatic Lux, or even an automatic 924S. Tricky, but not impossible methinks.
On the downside, the Mrs. has taking a liking to it, so I need to get my finger out and get the S2 sorted. Luckily she prefers an auto, so I might be able to reclaim White944 if I can find her a clean automatic Lux, or even an automatic 924S. Tricky, but not impossible methinks.
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