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06-05-2007, 04:19 AM
#46
Burning Brakes
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Lets see 110k miles
Balance shaft was 180 degrees and 1 cog off.
Had the original shocks.
Never touched the bearings.
Front brake disks had lips.
Tires were the wrong size.
Must have parked it under a tree because half the tree was in the engine.
Disconnected rear brake pad sensors and twist-tied them to the rear caliper.
Missing screw covers in the interior.
Gave me the factory airpump which doesn't work.
Never changed the fuel filter. (almost had a hernia replacing it yesterday)
Side skirts are very loose, don't want to know what he did for that to happen.
I expected more from a guy who owned 928's for 20 years. Apparently he thought it was a Toyota 968.
Balance shaft was 180 degrees and 1 cog off.
Had the original shocks.
Never touched the bearings.
Front brake disks had lips.
Tires were the wrong size.
Must have parked it under a tree because half the tree was in the engine.
Disconnected rear brake pad sensors and twist-tied them to the rear caliper.
Missing screw covers in the interior.
Gave me the factory airpump which doesn't work.
Never changed the fuel filter. (almost had a hernia replacing it yesterday)
Side skirts are very loose, don't want to know what he did for that to happen.
I expected more from a guy who owned 928's for 20 years. Apparently he thought it was a Toyota 968.
06-05-2007, 11:12 AM
#47
My PO didn't tell me that the Odo didn't work on the highway, and he told me all sorts of stuff was new, lilk the waterpump, timing belt, yada, yada, After about 1000 miles and a month of driving, the timing belt went, it was supposed to only have 10K miles on it. after pulling the head, it looked like nothing had ever been done to the car. now I got a new head, belt, vacume lines, plugs wires, cap, MAFS, and still cant get it to run.
:-(
Norm
:-(
Norm
06-05-2007, 12:49 PM
#48
Drifting
Attached a brake rotor with..... a plastic zip tie.
No joke... the hat had rusted away from the disk, and to avoid what must've been a very annoying grinding noise (as the brake rotor ground away at the wheel hub), he just zip tied it into place. While obviously completely non-functional as a brake rotor, it did keep it from further damaging the wheel hub.
Good news this was not on the 944. Luckily the 944's PO was quite good.
No joke... the hat had rusted away from the disk, and to avoid what must've been a very annoying grinding noise (as the brake rotor ground away at the wheel hub), he just zip tied it into place. While obviously completely non-functional as a brake rotor, it did keep it from further damaging the wheel hub.
Good news this was not on the 944. Luckily the 944's PO was quite good.
06-05-2007, 06:40 PM
#49
Three Wheelin'
Originally Posted by Porschephile 924
Mine hit a post of some sort... took it to "some guy's garage" to have it painted... well, some guy couldn't match silver rose, so he did his best... realized it didn't match, and painted the whole car. the top of the door and the RR fender have different amounts of metallic flake, and are slightly different than the rest...
Geoff, isn't your DAD the PO?
06-05-2007, 08:30 PM
#50
Burning Brakes
On my old 944NA we rebuilt the engine with 124K on the clock to our surprise the pistons had been put in backwards. The funny thing was that the valves hand punched indentations into the top of the cylinder heads and the valves werent even bent. I dont know what they were thinking when they rebuilt it, "clang clang clang! Oh geee thats loud but I guess it stopped oh well!" Another finding was that one of my rear CV joints was not a 944 5 speed one but a 944 automatic one. It didnt fit too well in there but the PO got it in there somehow, even though it was at a weird angle.
