911SC and 911 Carrera owners, check your distributors
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911SC and 911 Carrera owners, check your distributors
Just a reminder to pull your distributor cap and rotor, grab the center post, and check for radial play.
If you have worn bushings, the center post will move. You should consider sending it in now for a rebuild, and do not drive out of town with a distributor that is about to fail. You don't want to have good weather and a 911 that you can't drive.
A lot of SC and Carrera owners have posted about failing distributors in the last few years. Again, I think this is something to do with mileage on cars with >150K miles.
If you have worn bushings, the center post will move. You should consider sending it in now for a rebuild, and do not drive out of town with a distributor that is about to fail. You don't want to have good weather and a 911 that you can't drive.
A lot of SC and Carrera owners have posted about failing distributors in the last few years. Again, I think this is something to do with mileage on cars with >150K miles.
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Seriously? MMO in the dizzy? I'll go out and buy some (never tried the stuff).
Also, before you hit the road this Spring/ Summer, be sure you have an extra DME relay and a fuse pack in the glovebox. If anyone is interested, we can start a travel tool/parts checklist thread, but those are the bare essentials.
Also, before you hit the road this Spring/ Summer, be sure you have an extra DME relay and a fuse pack in the glovebox. If anyone is interested, we can start a travel tool/parts checklist thread, but those are the bare essentials.
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A few years ago, I went yhrough a rash of 911 SC distributor rebuilds. The main problem was the advance function was frozen, keeping the felt oiled prevents this. Putting a vacuum line on the advance and sucking on it with a vacuum pump, or mouth, should produce forward rotation of the inner workings of the distributor. Needless to say, the customer was happy to get the car back with all that newfound performance.
I think this is a good thread for the owners of older cars.
I think this is a good thread for the owners of older cars.
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Had a recent start issue,..very intermittent,..for only 2 days. Reseated the DME rely and all was well.
Following week, I made sure that I got the damned relay changed out (although the existing contacts looked OK),..and cleaned the female side of the DME relay receptacle with "fluids"(good cleaner then dielectric stuff)....gotta' watch that corrosion. It's amazing what that DME relay can (or should I say "WON'T") do should she see resistance across her contacts...every year, she's changed out...period.
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Doyle
Following week, I made sure that I got the damned relay changed out (although the existing contacts looked OK),..and cleaned the female side of the DME relay receptacle with "fluids"(good cleaner then dielectric stuff)....gotta' watch that corrosion. It's amazing what that DME relay can (or should I say "WON'T") do should she see resistance across her contacts...every year, she's changed out...period.
Best,
Doyle
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