Off-roaded 924S
06-05-2009, 11:38 AM
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Off-roaded 924S
A friend of mine off-roaded his '87 924S. I'm helping with the bodywork but am perplexed by some of the parts I'm seeing.
He hit something low on the right side of the spoiler. The right fender is bent a bit, the spoiler is toast and the plastic grill was shattered.
The confusing part is what in the supporting structure needs to be replaced. The mount for the radiator on the right side is bent as that's where the spoiler bolts up. Is that replaceable? Which part on the diagrams is that? 944 503 043 01?
Then there's a brace that connects between the fender and spoiler. That's bent back a bit. Is that 477 805 058 A?
One more thing...
Can someone tell me the basics of getting the radiator out? My first guess is that the whole front end comes apart and that doesn't seem, well, smart.
It'd be nice to figure this out beforehand. Wisdom and wit welcome.
He hit something low on the right side of the spoiler. The right fender is bent a bit, the spoiler is toast and the plastic grill was shattered.
The confusing part is what in the supporting structure needs to be replaced. The mount for the radiator on the right side is bent as that's where the spoiler bolts up. Is that replaceable? Which part on the diagrams is that? 944 503 043 01?
Then there's a brace that connects between the fender and spoiler. That's bent back a bit. Is that 477 805 058 A?
One more thing...
Can someone tell me the basics of getting the radiator out? My first guess is that the whole front end comes apart and that doesn't seem, well, smart.
It'd be nice to figure this out beforehand. Wisdom and wit welcome.
06-05-2009, 12:10 PM
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radiator is easy
there are 6 bolts holding the fans to the radiator, take those off, then on the top of the radiator on each side there is a rubber bumper thing holding it in with nuts on the top; loosen the nuts and the radiator will come out (after all hoses etc disconeccted)
there are 6 bolts holding the fans to the radiator, take those off, then on the top of the radiator on each side there is a rubber bumper thing holding it in with nuts on the top; loosen the nuts and the radiator will come out (after all hoses etc disconeccted)
06-05-2009, 12:20 PM
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I used a port-o-power to push the lower edge of my radiator support forward enough to get the radiator in there. It had been pushed back enough that the new radiator would not go into the hole and I had to rip the old one out. The bottom of the support is pretty flexible.