Porsche 944 2.7 lux

[4sprungporkteknik]

I have been away from the forum for a while mostly because I am renovating a house and partly because I went and bought a Porsche 944.

It's the sort of car that puts a smile on your face when you drive it. Very long box, so it's happy doing bends between 40mph and... loosing your license.
It is a car that I bought for probably 2k too much but it's solid.

It needed a heap of small, annoying jobs done:

Sunroof opening but not closing - waiting in sunroof switch replacement and limyer switch No.2.
Rear hatch sticky - replaced gas struts and both latches and also the latch rubbers and pins.
Oval dash - broken and missing mileometer zero.
Steering wheel - past it's sell by date.
Heating facia panel replaced.
Glove box light fixed and replaced.
Gear stick boot replaced.
Radiator overflow insert broken and leaking fluid onto the fan draining the battery - replaced whole radiator with a full Aluminium one.
Instrument cluster - heat dial fixed, changed lights to LED's.
Micro switch on OS door handle dicky so replaced.
Clock not working and found a second hand one for decent money.
Cracked front fog light replaced.
Cracked front OS indicator lamp changed.
NS wheel arch replaced.
Fuel pump replacement.


Bought a complete interior screw kit from the US. Sooo handy.

Still need to:
Replace headliner.
Sort out intermittent stutter under acceleration (speed sensor).
Sort out electrics on passenger seat.
Replace door lock barrel on drivers door.
Replace fuel filter to pump pipe (it's in a box in the corner, and the old one os holding up).

These are pics I took not long after buying it and after detailing the bodywork and giving it a Fusso soft coat.

[rblote]

I was ( long time ago) looking at a 928s. I ended up talking to a gentleman and he told me that all 928s' were
$50.000 He said if you buy it for $10.000 you have to spend $40.000. Buy a good one for $45.000 and you only have to spend
$5000 to make it your own. I think that $50.000 might be a bit rich but I do believe the essence of the story.
Better pay a bit more and have a good base than buying a pile of cr@p for little....

Anyway I really like your car

[raymondmarble]

Beautiful! And nice to see another black 944 in Scotland :-)

[4sprungporkteknik]

Have you got one Raymond?

[4sprungporkteknik]

I had a fire in mine: Failed FPR O ring...

Wind the clock forward 4 months after replacing some of the harness in the engine bay, New fpr, new vacuum lines, new HVAC, a heap of soldering, (change of batteries in the multi meter!), new inlet manifold gaskets, new temperature sensor, refurbished injectors...

In fact, here is the complete jobs list! (So far)

[Porsche - Clean it, wax it, drive it, love it, fix it. Repeat infinitum]

Porsche 944 jobs list
1. Changed radiator
2. Changed lower half of air intake filter housing (broken stud bolt on old one)
3. Replaced both door carpet/rubber seal lower trim and loom protection (kick) strips
4. Fixed micro switch operation on drivers door
5. Fixed key barrel on drivers door, replace parts
6. Replaced rear hatch pins
7. Adjust ‘clams’ for rear hatch
8. Replaced linkage to hatch release lever (N/S)
9. Replaced bonnet release assembly interior ‘plate’
10. Replaced rear hatch interior remote button
11. Fixed sunroof... temporarily
12. Replaced O/S indicator
13. Fixed fog lamp O/S
14. Re position rear wiper arm, lubricated mechanism
15. Fixed passenger side electric seat operation (tilt)
16. Fixed drivers seat tilt function.
17. Soldered new connector block to seat belt connector (gong activation I presume but no gong relay in fuse box!).
18. Paint both seat runners and lubricate (steam cleaned carpets whilst seats were removed).
19. Replace carpet trim ‘buttons’ in rear hatch well
20. Replace rear hatch struts
21. Repair instrument cluster, insert reflective foil and LED instrument lighting
22. Replace cracked heater facia panel
23. Replace cracked left lighter/hazard/rosette panel
24. Replace oval dash (missing vent slat parts and broken odometer reset button).
25. Replace missing screw cover (left dash)
26. Replace/insert missing/incorrect interior screws and spire nuts
27. Total strip of floor pan and underseal
28. Replace fuel pump
29. Replace filter
30. Replace filter to pump fuel line
31. Replace filter to fuel line section of fuel pipe
32. Source correct air intake pipe and boot to inner wing and fit
33. Replaced steering wheel
34. Replaced gearstick boot cover
35. Paint front (scuffed) speaker covers
36. Fix under bonnet fuse box courtesy light (need to solder after removing butt connectors at later date)
37. Replace glove box light
38. Solder wiring to rear hatch light (removal of more butt connectors)
36. Solder new connection block to drivers seat belt warning
37. [Replace old bolts for SS at every opportunity whilst doing work]
38. Replace rear hatch pin boots
39. Replace rear hatch key barrel rubber
40, Fix non returning rear hatch key barrel – broken return spring
41. Change HT leads, rotor arm, plugs and dizzy cap
42. Replaced front 2 hydraulic engine mounts
43. Sourced and fitted front plastic mount for drivers door well
44. Replaced secondary intake heater flap rod clip
45. Replaced hazard light button on dash
45. Re-align O/S door and replace door catch (needs welding, cannot improve door shutting).
46. Replaced heater under bonnet cowling. (Ended up repairing replacement – needs another).
47. Replaced rubber bushes on air intake box mount (x4)
48. Replaced Orange O ring on AFM.
48. Fixed rear hatch light
49. Replace O/S front wheel arch
50. Sent injectors off for refurb.
51. Acquired correct fuel pressure regulator
52, Replaced rear hatch motor (defective ‘C’ copper track in motor)
53. Remove passenger door card and search for rattle/re-position plastic cover
54. Replaced sunroof limit switch
55. Investigate seat belt and warning light gong’ relay/operation. Discover it hasn’t got one. Thank f*ck for that.
56. Replaced broken/bodged throttle pedal
57. Replaced clutch and brake pedal rubber
58. Repaired centre console. Fix centre console to mounting points with new spire nuts.
59. Re-aligned sunroof o/s guide rail to allow locking function of sunroof. Still not good.
60. Replaced water temperature sensor on engine block.
61, Fit new gaskets to inlet manifold to engine block.
62.... [Repetition]
63. Re-seal inlet heating tube
64. Replaced all heating/water system pipes with SS Jubilee clips.
65. Fit injectors, injector rail, Fuel Pressure Regulator pipe and new FPR
66. Fit correct Bosch spark plugs
67. Replaced wiper arm assembly
68. Repaired heater blower cover, paint, replace parts, replace screws/bolts etc
69. Fit new connecting rods to wiper arm assembly
69. Replaced fuel lines
70. Replaced sunroof arm receptacles. Sun roof now operating properly.
71. Replaced rear hatch clams and actuator levers
72. Replaced non return valve on fuel pump
73. Replaced wind screen washer jets and soldered heating wires.
74. Soldered sections of washer electric and bonnet courtesy light (removing butt connectors in process)
75. Replaced starter motor with new Bosch one.



To do:

Cam/balance shaft belt replacement
Sump gasket replacement
Water pump replacement?
Inner and outer front anti roll bar bushes

Fire damage repair (after drying everything out. Thanks Fire services; I had got the fire out you know. If I had waited for you, it would have been toast.)

1. Strip parts of loom for investigation. Done
2. Clean. Big clean. Big, big clean and painting of multiple brackets/replacement of old bolts/screws with SS equivalent. Done
3. Re solder and splice in replacement injector leads from donor. Done
4. Replace lost vacuum pipes. Done
5. Replace crank shaft reference sensor. Done
6. Replace heater vacuum valve {HVAC). Done
7. Repair and solder O2 sensor plug in point. Done
8. Source re-useable cable tie mounting for loom. Done
9. Replace and splice in starter motor lead connector block. Done
10. Replace throttle cable. Done
11. Source incorrect Fuel pressure regulator. Done
12. Find FPR pipe with screw fitting as opposed to push fit. Adapter being fitted by indie Porker coy.
13. Replace bonnet insulation. Done
14. Check continuity/resistance of all new wiring through ECU bus/relays/fuse box etc. Done.
15. Re-insulate exposed loom with impregnated Chloroplast tape. Done
16. Ferrous treat/paint ECU housing and protection board. Done
17. Source 2 x ECU mounting board screws. Done
18. Position ECU correctly in mounting as opposed to previous bodge . Done

Asleep yet?

[broady]

I got to 19 before my eyes wandered!

Nice to see another 944, they are getting few and far between these days