gazfish

Just a thought, but nearly all the new posts are answered by links to existing threads.
Given the age of the cars and the amount of information shared here, have we reached a point where anything that could fail on a 928 has now done so and been addressed here. Not suggesting the forum should be closed but is the only new discussion going to become mods and conversions?

merchauser

I try as diligently as possible, to research any subject I have a query about, and while there can be good information to start the process, I find
there is ALWAYS more to learn. learning, understanding, and comprehending is very different and unique for everyone, and real time communication,
with different personalities chiming in, helps me tremendously, when I need to solve an issue, and grasp a concept.

soontobered84

No. As these cars age, more and different things WILL go wrong. There is still a lot of potential trouble out there.

GT6ixer

Heck no. Some of the technical fixes were so long ago that new techniques and products now exist that make them obsolete. And I agree with John. Still tons of stuff to go wrong that nobody has posted fixes for yet. Especially as more parts become NLA, a simple remove and replace will not be possible. Thus new clever ways to restore existing parts will be needed.

hacker-pschorr

This forum will be complete once we all agree on what oil to use.

GT6ixer

I thought we all already agreed to use Valvoline VR1 20W-50?

DR

....us old guys have forgotten half of it,...and we need you young guys to endlessly repost all the old info over and over.....so we can remember what we used to know...LOL

Happy Monday,

Dave

docmirror

I just heard a new failure mode at breakfast on Sat. It boiled down to the lock-pin that holds the ign module into the hole on the column. Yes, it could be defined as an 'ign switch' issue, but it wasn't the usually problem of corrosion on the inside contactors.

However, I will say that the majority of issues have been covered at some point in the past. As with all data compilations, the real golden ring is matching symptom(and how it's described) to resolution. We currently have a thread with an 88 intermittent dying on the road after running fine. There are 183 things that could cause this, and yes - all of them variously described somewhere in the forum. But - which of the 183 failure modes will it be?

murray928

Every new post to this forum has the possibility to provide answers to hitherto insoluble problems for those who profess not to know it all.

captainOCD

I thought everyone was using maple syrup?

dr bob

Alan

There are bunches of new stuff every year.. new twists on old issues and totally new things, bizarre stuff sometimes! Always interesting... Good because it keeps it fresh

There are indeed more cool new projects and interesting developments happening too...

Alan

waynestrutt

Here is an example of new things going wrong. I have just approached the completion of replacing the entire interior with new leather, dash, pod, and seats from Robb Budd plus additional panels, A pillars, door panels, tunnel etc. Before putting the seats in I bench tested the power actions of the seat. Guess what, the gear in the housing of the passenger seat frame is faulty and the motor will drive it tilted back and not forward. So fortunately I have another seat in one of my parts cars. Extracting it is another story. With no wiring left and seized tracks I can only reach the bolts at the front of the rails but not the rear. Even using the rod to disengage the drive from the track was no help. Well fortunately I have a sawzall and lots of blades, so I just cut around the seat and removed the seat and floor/ tunnel section. Two hours of struggling with vise grips and various spanners I finally have the lower frame free of everything. Some careful sand blasting removes all traces of rust, a liberal coat of rust convertor primer, and a double coat of hi-gloss black and it's ready for the transfer of cushions and leather from the" ALREADY COMPLETED" seat. So there you go another problem resolved. The gear by the way is inside a casing riveted and welded to the lower frame.

DR

Are you talking about the emergency seat adjustment gears? The white plastic ones in the front of the seat base?

Dave

hacker-pschorr

I suspect coming soon to the 928 forum:
https://rennlist.com/forums/924-931-...ion-motul.html