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Slam · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:16 am Post subject: Thanks to Chrenan...

...our 924 is closer to being back on the road.

I'll post when I get the starter he gave me into the car.

Till then,

Thanks, C!

And great to meet you!
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'84 944 - kid blew motor
'83 944 - resting comfortably. For 12 years
'87 944 - sideswiped by trucker
'80 924 - gone
'78 924 - gone
'77 924 - rusting comfortably

Chrenan · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 3903 Location: Canada

Good to meet you and the family! As soon as my phone is charged I'll post a pic to prove that Porsches can live this far north. Fingers crossed for the starter solving the problem.
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Chrenan · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 3903 Location: Canada

Slam's very nice 1983 944 and my 924:

It was nice to be able to look at a 944 in detail, it really is a different beast.
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JB 924 · Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 606 Location: Hessen, Germany

Nice 944, Slam! Very nice, lol. Still thinking about one.

augidog · Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Posts: 1360 Location: New Jersey

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I knew that positive thinking thing wouldn't work.

morghen · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 9095 Location: Romania

augidog

but nice 944 !!
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Slam · Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:22 am Post subject:

Chrenan, the starter works fine. Happiness all round!

Well, guys, my car's a good ten-footer. It's a little scruffy close up but mechanically it's good.

As the post-script to this tale, so far on my wife's 924 I've done the following over the past week: R&R starter a million times; built a steering rack out of good spare parts and put that in (including coupler); oil change; dual cooling fan install and wiring; passenger's side door latch adjust (fun - the whole mechanism had to come out of the door so I could bend one little tang); and now!

The wretched fuel accumulator is leaking!

But that starter's good...
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'84 944 - kid blew motor
'83 944 - resting comfortably. For 12 years
'87 944 - sideswiped by trucker
'80 924 - gone
'78 924 - gone
'77 924 - rusting comfortably

Chrenan · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 3903 Location: Canada

Awesome, glad it worked out! You're kidding on the accumulator right? I have a small accumulator I used for a year when mine was leaking, but I eventually bought the bigger size which is correct for 1980. You're welcome to the small one, it came in a bunch of New Old Stock pars I bought off Ebay a few years back. Shame you didn't see that leak before you came to town.
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1987 951 - M193 Version for Japan

Slam · Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:02 am Post subject:

Gonna rip one out of the parts car for now.

As a funny addition to this, yesterday the 944 blew out its right axle seal!

But I have a spare one of those, too.

I'm starting to sense a pattern.

Dude, I really like your approach to what you've done to your car. After all, as the owner you're the guy who has to drive it, and from the driver's seat you can't see stone chips on the front end but you can feel a problem with the engine, say. Makes sense to me.
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'84 944 - kid blew motor
'83 944 - resting comfortably. For 12 years
'87 944 - sideswiped by trucker
'80 924 - gone
'78 924 - gone
'77 924 - rusting comfortably

Smoothie · Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:37 am Post subject:

Your cars must be parked too near one another. Obviously they're able to communicate and conspire against you. Try parking them at least 30' apart (50' if it's a quiet area).
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Chrenan · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 3903 Location: Canada

Chrenan · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 3903 Location: Canada

Slam · Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 5:43 am Post subject:

Swapped accumulator. Put in a 40CC one from the 931 in place of the 20CC one I took out. The car has two, so I wondered for a moment if I could/should modify the fuel lines to use only the 40CC unit. Anyway, I left those alone. Car runs fine. Now I get my 944 back from Mandy...
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'84 944 - kid blew motor
'83 944 - resting comfortably. For 12 years
'87 944 - sideswiped by trucker
'80 924 - gone
'78 924 - gone
'77 924 - rusting comfortably

Chrenan · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 3903 Location: Canada

Glad you got your 944 back!
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1987 951 - M193 Version for Japan