camelman

Well, I did it. I bought the 1982 928s I found behind a chain link fence at a repair garage. I drove it home after essentially 16 years of sitting. It drove fine, although it doesn’t like to idle, it drinks gas, the tires are out of round, and a lot of the electrical is screwed up. Sounds like fun!!! It was a bad idea though...

I have a clear title, and it passed smog, but I’m pretty sure the smog cert is heavily massaged. So, step one is to get it idling dmoothly by finding all vacuum leaks. Can someone tell me where the decel vac line is supposed to connect? I believe it is supposed to tee into another line.

Thanks,
Camelman

Imo000

Does it still has the 300hp Euro engine in it?

ammonman

Welcome. Appears to be a nice Euro spec score, depending on what you paid. Someone more familiar with L-jet cars will be along shortly but I believe the supply (signal) vacuum for the decel valve is tee'ed into the same vacuum supply feeding the fuel pressure regulator and dampers.

Mike

skpyle

Of course it was a bad idea! That is why you are here.

Good Luck, and post plenty of pictures!

The Forgotten On

If it's an 82 Euro it has K-jet, which hates to sit. You will most likely need to rebuild the fuel distributor. It's like $80 worth of seals and an afternoon.

Or you can send it to a Mercedes specialist as they used pretty much the same one on a 450 SL etc from that period.

You can actually swap one from a 450 SL onto your 928 if your original is too corroded FYI.

NickTucker

Wow, yea good luck with that. Looks like a good start though!

camelman

The car cleaned up really well, and I'm feeling much better about it. I started softening the leather with Lexol, and will switch to leatherique as soon as my order arrives. I plan to refinish the leather seats since they don't have any tears or holes, but are looking pretty faded. This is supposedly the 300HP engine, although it's pretty low on power right now.


I bought the following so far:

Fuel distributor rebuild kit and WUR rebuild kit from Salvox for $136 shipped

Vac hose connectors, hood insulation, door panel clips, intake straps, speedo gear, rear fog lamp (additional euro light) from Pelican Parts for $337 shipped

Top end vac hose rebuild kit from eBay for $140 shipped

I am going to install the above listed items in the next few weeks I hope. I have to do most of this work at a friend's house 45 minutes away since I don't have space to work in San Francisco and can't do this on the street. I have a garage, but it's too narrow to pull into!



I'm planning to buy:
~Leatherique seat leather repair kit
~Tires (Continental Extreme Contact Sport)
~Replacement rim for one that has curb rash
~Spare tire air pump
~Maybe buy a used front air dam
~Speakers
~HVAC vac line repair
~AC recharge parts/kit



I'm planning to clean/rejuvenate:
~Repair the burnt portion of the PCB board on my headlight relay (looks like a diode burnt up and a trace on the PCB fried)
~Wash, clay bar, wax the entire car
~Back-to-Black all plastic inside the car and clean/moisturize all leather and vinyl
~Clean sunroof guides, tracks, and cables
~Clean window actuators and get passenger window back on track
~Maybe repair the front air dam
~Get stereo working since it seems wires are unhooked
~Pull seat leather and sew/glue it back together correctly so the cushions look correct
~Clean and recolor the steering wheel (might just use shoe black unless anyone has other suggestions)
~Soften the dash leather and glue it back in place in the few locations it has pulled
~Rear right seat latch is stuck and stopping it from lifting back up and latching. The hook is stuck, so I'll have to figure that out.
~Brake fluid

Inspect:
~Thrust bearing
~Suspension bushings
~Engine mounts


Any other suggestions?

Camelman

SeanR

Let me introduce you to Roger @ 928sRus and you will save money, get good advice and never question if your ebay purchase will be the correct part.

Chucks928

Welcome to the "Cheap Porsche " owners club! Things will definitely get worse before they get better,but hopefully it will be worth it. Surely there will be a special place reserved for us in the afterlife!

Harvey928

Welcome to the club. In a year or two you will purchase another one just because you can.......

Socal_Tom

More like 3 months

:-)

Welcome BTW.

Looks like you are in SoCal?

AirtekHVAC

Lol. Yes, welcome. I have 3 now..:still can’t drive any of them!

camelman

I'm actually in San Francisco. Are there any members in the Bay Area? I'd love to find some people who know more about these than I do.

Also, I'm already looking at a black 928S4 for a manual conversion and interior remove/update project. Basically modernize it. I know I shouldn't even be entertaining that... but I am.

Imo000

Get this one running well before buying another one. Also, start properly diagnosing the issues instead of just throwing a bunch of new parts at it in hope to fix a problem.

Socal_Tom

Quite a few members up in NorCal, they will be along shortly but you can check out http://www.norcal928.org/