1988 911 Carrera stored for 16 years
04-03-2015, 07:42 PM
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Do you have the parts diagram? Helps a lot...
Download here:
http://www.porsche.com/all/media/pdf...89_KATALOG.pdf
Workshop manual is also a great tool to have
http://www.porschepartshub.com/?p=ca...kshop%20Manual
or get the one Bentley puts out
http://www.pelicanparts.com/cgi-bin/...umber=PEL-P983
As well as the book from Wayne
http://www.pelicanparts.com/Porsche/...BESTSL_pg6.htm
and congratulations on the purchase.
As others have mentioned... most likely the windshield seal and rear seal will need replacing simply because of age. But you will find out as soon as you are out and it starts raining
Not something I read somewhere...that is all I am saying...
Download here:
http://www.porsche.com/all/media/pdf...89_KATALOG.pdf
Workshop manual is also a great tool to have
http://www.porschepartshub.com/?p=ca...kshop%20Manual
or get the one Bentley puts out
http://www.pelicanparts.com/cgi-bin/...umber=PEL-P983
As well as the book from Wayne
http://www.pelicanparts.com/Porsche/...BESTSL_pg6.htm
and congratulations on the purchase.
As others have mentioned... most likely the windshield seal and rear seal will need replacing simply because of age. But you will find out as soon as you are out and it starts raining
Not something I read somewhere...that is all I am saying...
04-04-2015, 07:23 PM
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Spent a few hours today and am looking for thoughts from you all that have experience.
Cranked car and it didn't fire. Wish I could hear the fuel pump! Cracked fuel filter had gasoline spray out. Pulled coil wire from distributor, cranked car and no spark to ground. Will a Porsche coil check like an American made car. Should there be a spark to ground like an American car? If it should have a spark to ground and doesn't--where do you suggest I start to check things?
Cranked car and it didn't fire. Wish I could hear the fuel pump! Cracked fuel filter had gasoline spray out. Pulled coil wire from distributor, cranked car and no spark to ground. Will a Porsche coil check like an American made car. Should there be a spark to ground like an American car? If it should have a spark to ground and doesn't--where do you suggest I start to check things?
08-01-2015, 12:53 AM
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Very interesting thread. I had a much older friend that shared a mutual interest in Porsche 911s. He had a 1988 911 Cabriolet that he had owned for 20 years. He would always tell me " I want you to buy this car" but could never quite bring himself to sell it to me. Finally after ten years he decided to sell it to me in July 2014. It had been sitting in his garage for nine years without being driven. I went a picked it up on a trailer and took it to my mechanic.....then after 9 months and a top end engine rebuild, complete fuel system replacement , complete brake system replacement, transmission bushings replacement, cabriolet top replacement, two gauges refurbished (gear replacement in the speedometer) , PDR dent removal and paint buffing/refurbishment....I have a beautiful car. I was trying to get this done as soon as possible because my friend was diagnosed with terminal cancer just after I bought the car....unfortunately he died a couple of months before the car was finished.....
08-22-2015, 10:48 PM
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Either we were all in or not at all
Had to laugh MDamen...you are absolutely correct. We just decided to take a leap of faith and go for it! We tried the conservative approach and it just didn't work.
We are looking forward to see how things turn out. Stay tuned!
We are looking forward to see how things turn out. Stay tuned!
08-30-2015, 02:30 AM
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Very interesting thread. I had a much older friend that shared a mutual interest in Porsche 911s. He had a 1988 911 Cabriolet that he had owned for 20 years. He would always tell me " I want you to buy this car" but could never quite bring himself to sell it to me. Finally after ten years he decided to sell it to me in July 2014. It had been sitting in his garage for nine years without being driven. I went a picked it up on a trailer and took it to my mechanic.....then after 9 months and a top end engine rebuild, complete fuel system replacement , complete brake system replacement, transmission bushings replacement, cabriolet top replacement, two gauges refurbished (gear replacement in the speedometer) , PDR dent removal and paint buffing/refurbishment....I have a beautiful car. I was trying to get this done as soon as possible because my friend was diagnosed with terminal cancer just after I bought the car....unfortunately he died a couple of months before the car was finished.....
09-04-2015, 12:41 PM
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yeah I was thinking the same ting .. no spark to rebuild .. do I see an original rubber centered clutch there ? I thought those things were gone with the dinosaurs.
11-13-2015, 06:02 PM
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Great Thread. Congrats on your 88. Enjoy!
11-15-2015, 02:49 AM
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Awesome!
