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This is a 5 minute job. Pop the socket end off first, then undo the pin at the hood. Installation is the reverse of removal. If you put the ball on the socket first - it is a royal pain in the a$$.
Scott, This phrase never the truth and is usually guaranteed to mean the opposite: "This is a 5 minute job". heh...
Scott, This phrase never the truth and is usually guaranteed to mean the opposite: "This is a 5 minute job". heh...
I think I know what you are saying - the words are not fitting together quite right for me though.
What I can say for certain: I did this very job last week on Nico. It was a 5 minute job, because I have learned from many obnoxiously annoying cases where the opposite sequence was used.
Tried to do some carbon-kevlar covers/replacements for the 951 fog lights. They look like crap, an empty hole looks better than carbon-kevlar in that spot
Maybe if i paint them smoky they will look nice as now looking at the first picture where its darker its not looking that horrible.
I'm in upper north east Indiana. Luckily there is a Father/Son duo who run a place called Evolution Customs and the father was the top 944 mechanic for the local Porsche dealership before opening his own shop when the dealership was phasing out those repairs.
Update - Oil pump went bad, causing the oil pressure issue. Also, the balance shaft belt was gone. All belts getting replaced and a few other odds and ends.
Tried to do some carbon-kevlar covers/replacements for the 951 fog lights. They look like crap, an empty hole looks better than carbon-kevlar in that spot
Maybe if i paint them smoky they will look nice as now looking at the first picture where its darker its not looking that horrible.
I'm working on something similar...how did you secure the CF to the bumper "bucket"?
You could cut out the front face of the CF and put acrylic or something clear in its place.
Update - Oil pump went bad, causing the oil pressure issue. Also, the balance shaft belt was gone. All belts getting replaced and a few other odds and ends.
Well worth the $1500...
Double check that oil pump diagnosis - 944 oil pumps generally never go wrong.
Oil pressure issues are always something else...
Double check that oil pump diagnosis - 944 oil pumps generally never go wrong.
Oil pressure issues are always something else...
Well, initially we were diagnosing it as multiple issues. Oil presser sensor, oil pressure relief valves, bad rings, but after reading more it feels like that is the last issue.
When it would turn on, the lifters were rather noisy, the oil pressure gauge would blip above 1 then die again.
The 944 oil gauge is a turd.
And the oil sensors are expensive turds.
They are not to be trusted...get a mechanical gauge, if oil pressure is really important to you.
The lifters shouldn't be noisy, unless the car has been sitting for a long time...then they will make an unforgettable racket for up to 20 minutes (!). The fuel injectors are very loud on a 944, you sure it wasn't just those you were hearing?
The 944 oil gauge is a turd.
And the oil sensors are expensive turds.
They are not to be trusted...get a mechanical gauge, if oil pressure is really important to you.
The lifters shouldn't be noisy, unless the car has been sitting for a long time...then they will make an unforgettable racket for up to 20 minutes (!). The fuel injectors are very loud on a 944, you sure it wasn't just those you were hearing?
The previous owner was driving it at highway speed and suddenly had the oil pressure gauge died, claimed he could hear the lifters and then towed it home and didn't mess with it for 8 months until I purchased it. Then another 6 months and finally had it towed 300 miles to my home, and another 4 months until it was warm enough to work on it.
Here's the link on the video if you wanna take a listen.
I'm working on something similar...how did you secure the CF to the bumper "bucket"?
You could cut out the front face of the CF and put acrylic or something clear in its place.
They're not secured, that was just a look test which didnt go as expected.
If i'm keeping them i'll make some brackets that i'll attach to the bottom of the bucket...but i dont like how they look.
And they are just a front face, just a 2mm thick bent sheet of carbon-kevlar.
Finished putting the rear coilovers in today after a tough few weeks. Wow, really is a tough job getting the trailing arm bushings out. Rest of the back end is just a grind but not too bad. Had several off days so took much longer than I wish it did but onto the front! Some pictures from earlier..
Dear Mista X: Nice looking pedals! At least you have a carpet there to clean!..I hafta patch up the entire pedal pad on my front carpet, because the lazy-as-crap PO wore it out clear down to the metal.Time for more inspection there and paint as well. At least there's no hole in the floor pan!
New cam chain pads. Old ones didn't look too bad. New o-rings on the OPRV, while I'm in there. New fuel pressure regulator was surpossed to address my
hard to start issue. Didn't! Maybe leaky fuel injector??? Blows dark smoke on start up. Fixed shift **** with a kit. And finally treating leather seats with a rejuvenator.
04-13-2016, 01:15 PM
