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wombat

hi all,

got my car on the road and its all good, had it going for less than a week and now I have decided to put it up on stands and do some more work on it much to the annoyance of my wife.

First off the blocks I had to do the brake cylinders I talked about in another thread and while I was there getting them off I found a whole list of things to do so here I go:

Rear shocks need doing I have a problem here because as disscussed on this board at other times there are two possible types I could have (this is also what the porsche center told me). How do I know which one I have and if I dont have the right one (the cheap one) how do I fit them. They need doing because one is leaking and they are so shit that you break your spine everytime you hit a bump.

I also need to get a accelerator cable as the one I have is sticking a little and is bent and twisted and not in all that good shape, I ordered one today from the Porsche center it was the cheapest I could find. any advice here??

My front bearings have a little too much play I did them when I replaced the disks a while back and I have done about 50KM on them. How do I get this adjustment correct as I thought I had it last time but when I went back to them today I am still not happy with the amount of play in them.

Also my auto trans is a little clunky, when I change form N to D it makes a clunk noise and then the shocks move round lots and the same in reverse, I assume with new shocks the movement will be fixed but how do I get rid of the clunk, I was planing on doing an auto trans service but do I need a filter and if so where do I get it?

Thats all folks

Look forward to your replies.
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1977 924 2.0 Auto

Ozzie · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:02 pm Post subject:

Rear shocks are a pain to get in Oz.
I was quoted $360 a pair from Fulcrum for Monroes.
I went for a complete set of KYB's (all 4 ) which ended up at $350 imported from the USA. (probably more now the dollar has lost its asshole)

Only trouble was I could only get the late 944 rears but the only difference is I needed a larger bottom bolt and a couple of extra washers because the spacer tube was shorter. ($10 at the local bolt shop). Drilled the trailing arm and they fell in.
Thumbs up for improvement.
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Porsche 924 1984 (UK import) NA
Its AUTO and its BLACK
Montego Black on black/red
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Ozzie · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:07 pm Post subject:

Forgot- check your CV's for movement.

As for auto service just drop the pan and wash the filter. Big rubber seal which can be re-used if you are careful with it, wash the pan, refit and refill.
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Porsche 924 1984 (UK import) NA
Its AUTO and its BLACK
Montego Black on black/red
Engineer of Electro/Mechanical Systems Maintenance

Scorpio · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 12:02 am Post subject:

how much was your accelerator cable? im in need of one of those babies..
p.s i made the stupid mistake of ordering a clutch cable from autohausaz..in the states..way too short..they drive on the side closer to the clutch relese fork thing
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Ozzie · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:10 am Post subject:

I went to a local shop here in Oz and got one made up.
In auto's they are one long cable from the pedal to the box but I have modded it into two.
IIRC they are about $100 for a complete unit.
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Its AUTO and its BLACK
Montego Black on black/red
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wombat · Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 4:56 pm Post subject:

cable from porsche center Melbourne was only $70 AUD.
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wombat · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 7:43 pm Post subject:

with the shocks I was told that the early 924 rear setup ( 76-78 ) was from a VW beatle which would make my setup slightly different from Ozzies. When I asked the Porsche center about shocks they said that they needed the chasis number to tell what type I needed. Can anyone tell me more about the rear setup of my car. All the parts places that I have been to have said that they cant find a listing for the 924 and the few that have have been over $200 a piece. I have had a look at later 944 shocks and they look similar but given that my setup appears to be different form the post 78 setups I am unsure if these will fit my car?
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1977 924 2.0 Auto

gohim · Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 4459 Location: Rialto, CA

All 924 (76-85) cars use the same rear shocks. Trailing arms were original from the VW TYPE 181 (sold as The Thing in the US). The same trailing arms may also have been used on the VW Super Beatle.

Just because the trailing arms were used on another vehicle does not mean that the shocks were valved the same way. I strongly recommend against buying shocks designed to be used on another vehicle, using the reasoning that the shocks mush be the same, just because they may have shared some parts.

The 86-88 924S, 86 951, 85/2-89 944 used alloy trailing arms, and the rear shocks used larger diameter mounting bolts. The shocks for tose cars are also valved differently. Some people are using these shocks on their 924, but you have to either sleeve the metal bushing in the shock down to the smaller diameter of the 924 bolt, or enlarge the mounting bolt holes on the 924 trailing arms. I don't recommend enlarging the holes, because the stamped steel shock mount cups on the 924 steel trailing arms have a tendency to crack or tear off of the trailing arms. Sleeving the mounting bushings is probably the safer way to utilize late model shocks on a 924.

Ozzie · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:02 am Post subject:

I cant see a problem with enlarging the holes in the trailing arm.
It only is going from 10mm to 12mm, not a drastic change.
I used a step drill and it was a piece of cake.
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Its AUTO and its BLACK
Montego Black on black/red
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wombat · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:37 pm Post subject:

Thanks gohim and Ozzie, the issue I had was that Porsche told me that they needed to know my chassis number to know what shocks I had even after I had told them I had a 77, so I was worried that if I ordered 924 or 944 shocks form the net (as I cant get them here at a reasonable price) they would not fit. If all the 944 shocks need to fit is either a sleeve or the hole enlarged I dont see either of these things as too difficult or doing too much damage, I would probably go for a sleeve too but only because I think it would be easier for me to achieve the best result this way and I personaly dont like the idea of drilling but thats just coz I am shit at it.
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1977 924 2.0 Auto

Ozzie · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:07 pm Post subject:

This is what I used to enlarge mine. A step drill.

Finished product.

I used extra washers each side of the shock to take up the space as it is a little shorter.
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Porsche 924 1984 (UK import) NA
Its AUTO and its BLACK
Montego Black on black/red
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wombat · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:01 pm Post subject:

thanks again ozzie.

where did you get your shocks from??? and about how much were they?
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1977 924 2.0 Auto

Ozzie · Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 7:59 am Post subject:

Fleabay - about $290 US IIRC

try item no
400001850658
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Porsche 924 1984 (UK import) NA
Its AUTO and its BLACK
Montego Black on black/red
Engineer of Electro/Mechanical Systems Maintenance