Sergolio

i got a 1988 924S and i bought it a week ago. something is bouncing around and i was told it was the plastic part of the flex plate in the bell housing that is slowly breaking off. i probably need a new one, how much would that go for? i was quoted at $1200-1400, is that too much? and they said all day (11 hours) to fix it. any other solutions?

thanks for the help, i'm a newbie here and seems like a great site

Legoland951

That is a very good price considering the rubber damper costs about $400 to $800 depending on where you get it. Its more labor than changing a clutch so the price is pretty darn good. Make sure you take it to a shop that knows how to fix a 924S though.

Chris_924s

Yep. Had it done a few years back. I bought the part (vertex) for under 700$, and had a wrench install it. 11 hours seems right-

Lego is dead on- make sure your mechanic has worked on a 924/944 bellhousing/ torque tube before.


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35thSLP

I have a flex plate from an 86 NA that I'll make a deal you can't refuse on. PM me if interested. might save you some money.

Sergolio

thanks for the help guys, i'm taking it in tomorrow. this guy only does porsches, but i'll jus make sure he's done 924s before. he said it might be even up to $1600, but i'm gonna take the hit.

thanks for the offer 35thSLP, but i jus wanna get the thing fixed right away. damn fluke, i jus bought the car 3 weeks ago lol

Chris_924s

IIRC the manual calls this between 11 and 15 hours of labor. The 944 Automatic and the 924S auto are identical- so dont be TOO specific with your mechanic.

1600 including parts is about right, I dropped $2100 a few years back on the same repair. (and I bought the parts for the bag of dirt mechanic who took 4 weeks to fix it. )

Sergolio

lol Chris, i hope your right. i made $2098 this summer working and just about all of it is going to fix this car

im gonna be living paycheck to paycheck @ 16 years old lol

Sergolio

haha, well this sux. i just got back, they checked it out, and they said the transmission lines also need to be fixed (aka $300 more) and the grand total is now $2150! but they threw in a porsche key chain for free

Chris_924s

I was going to recommend the AT cooler lines, they are 78$ and 110$ respectively.
You can source these parts out independently of your mechanic and save yourself the markup. (Maybe - depends on the wrench.. )

Sergolio

i think thats what he's doing. yeah, they told me i can find they parts myself, save up to $500, but i just want this **** done now before school starts. they also said $2150 is the highest it will be, it can possibly go down

i dunno, i get the car back on wednesday

924RACR

Sounds like a good place to get it done; if they overestimate, they're honest in my book, then they're not trying to get you in cheap and then sock you with the real cost.

I just did this earlier this summer on my 924S. It is a long process, no question about it. I got lucky on a new in box damper off of eBay.

Sergolio

ok, its all done. it ended up being $2132, so i saved like 18 bux. seems to work fine, i'm enjoying it

i just hope nothing else breaks for like another 6 months

Campeck

being 16 is a good time to learn how to do your own work on the car. save some money and buy yourself some tools. and post on rennlist often. prolly cut the cost of owning the car in half.

i hate seeing ppl spending so much money on a mechanic that usually just ends up screwing something up anyway. not saying the job you need doen is easy. its actual;ly quite hard. but the tranny lines you can do yourself no problem.