Tayloray

So i went to elliot's house tonight because i had planned to go by and look at his cars anyway. SO i took my dad's 928 down there, and he had a spare 87 lying around. so he let me borrow it. I plugged it in, and it started right up. So i'm eaither using mine if it works, or buying his. His red 944, and his 951 are great BTW

So i'm taking the 928 to school tomorrow, and cleaning out the tray when i get home.

luftpirate

Good luck, can we start a thread with just these pictures already ?

Bri Bro

Rain water by itself is a poor conductor. Add salt or acids and that changes. As stated, you need to dry out the water inside the DME. If you don't want to open it up, put it in the oven at 100 -150F for several hours. Then let it sit in a warm location for a day to make sure all the moisture is out of the case.

If you do pop the top off of it, wash it (just pour it all over the boards) with 99% Isopropyl Alcohol and let it dry in a warm location. Alcohol absorbs water like a sponge and also dries quickly. No need to wipe off the alcohol, just shake out the excess and let it dry.

Dougs951

Here is mine. Ha.

luftpirate

X 2, This is how I spend some of my days cleaning Smirnoff and Natural Light out of college students laptops. If you are lucky none of the components have fried and after it has completely dried out will work again.


I've rocked the roll back too recently

drift a 944

Glad it worked out!

And I think I'll contribute to the theme of this thread...

m73m95

90% of the problems with these cars exist between the steering wheel and seat.

Its a 20+ year old German car.... period. Either you are prepared to do the maintenance or you're not.

I'm not trying to be an *** but cmon. The NAs especially are EXTREMELY mechanically sound. Keep up on the little ****, and it will go half a million miles.

IF you want to weld the hood shut on something, sell the 944 and get a honda. I know "surprises" happen now and then, but even those can be greatly minimized by just keeping up with the work load.


(I'm sensitive about my baby! lol)

nh7cy

Drill a drain hole in that battery tray, and your fusebox tray. Some dipwad sealed up the drain holes on my S2 before I bought it, and I'm not kidding, they resealed the whole tray and didn't have half a mind to open up the holes they had covered. It rained one night and I had to drive my car home. First thing that started happening was my headlights started flipping up and down, open close, open close, and flashing like crazy. My clock started flicking on and off, and my dash lights started flashing on and off like the damn car needed an exorcism. Popped open the hood and found a six inch pool of water over my fusebox.

Moral of the story. Check your drains. If there's no hole, a simple .22lr through the tray should do the trick.

Tayloray

Green phone dials elliot? where were those at? hahaha.

and yeah, i think somone sealed mine, it has some bondo and **** in it. Where should i drill it?

luftpirate

If the PO just slapped some bondo in there I suggest stripping the entire compartment down to the bare metal, remove any rust, either weld any holes back up with sheet metal or fiberglass and seal it well. Otherwise you could end up with more annoying problems in the future.

Tayloray

don't I need a drain hole too?

drift a 944

I'll help you out with it buddy, I've repaired a handful of them. I do the fiberglass trick and it holds up great. Next weekend we'll knock it out

Tayloray

Hell yeah, that works. what should i do in the mean time?

VOoDOoGTX

here is mine. oh wait.

yellowline

Maybe 200-250,000.

After that, transaxles just fall apart, rod bearings are worn, the clutch will need another change, and the "little" things aren't so little anymore.