Great idea, would be interested in attending. Being new to the complexities of 928's want to learn as much as possible so i can keep mine on the road. Seems that it would make sense to video all events so the knowledge & experience could be shared.

 

Video alwayssounds like a great idea. I have three cameras with different views of my S4 timing belt, including re-do's when I messed something up. More than 30 hours all in, just waiting now for a bunch of years for editing. Who wants to watch eight hours of video to lern how to do a job that "only" takes that long. My first job, the one I recorded, was uneventful. Nothing broke, so no lessons to share with others who may not have a perfect subject car to work on.

I look for a clinic on how to read the electrical diagrams. How to use a DMM for troubleshooting. I teach the troubleshooting side all the time to power plant techs. Much easier than chasing gremlins and leaks in 928 wires. Alan knows his stuff, as does Doc, Sean and Stan. And many others. Standard course materials and tools woud be a great start. Where do we start? Ohms Law? What's the lowest common denominator we teach to?

 

Sharktuning could be a good one.

 

I think we are all in agreement that this is a good idea and it can be done.

Question
# 1: How many days?
# 2 Where?
# 3 Who can we recruit to teach?

 

Some random thoughts...

I think the a session need to be discrete and fit into a specific timeframe to complete. Rambling tech sessions are problematic.

Do you want a session on the inner workings of a transmission or do you want to learn a 928 related skill you can use on your car like adjusting the modulator pressure of your 928 automatic?

And then there's the whole model year applicability issue. Do I need to know about CIS if I own an S4?

I believe this is a lot work, but that does not mean it is not a very worthy undertaking.

I know that Kevin Wilson and I would be more than willing to host tech sessions if not even teach at our houses that are lift equipped. And tech session don't have to be located in one location - I kind of like the idea of spreading them them out over multiple locations over a weekend and squeezing in a fun run in the Georgia mountains.

Maybe we need to start with a poll on what we want to be taught? Demand should drive supply.

A proposed tech session should have a minimum and maximum number of prospective attendees to qualify for consideration.

Then we look for volunteers to teach.

Based on the geographical location of the volunteers we match the attendees with the teachers.

 

Good thoughts Kevin. My additional thoughts in red.

 

Van, I'm in for the event planning/management committee. Im an Events Manager by day, so this is in my wheel house.

As far as dates go, Note Porsche Parade is in Palm Springs in 2020 (June I think). So maybe we could piggy back on that event.....


Mark Woudsma

 

Charging a Fee also ensures commitment by the entrant. If its free, well people flake out.The organizers will require commitment to make this a viable thing.

 

I know I for one would have loved to have a video reference of the timing belt job, or any long complicated job. Dwayne's write-ups are excellent, but having a video guide from experienced been-there-done-that guys like yourself would be awesome. And it doesn't matter how long, because it is easy to fast forward on sites like YouTube. In fact you can easily create chapters in your videos and place a table of contents at the beginning with links that take you directly to that portion of the video you are needing specific guidance with.

 

I think this would be a great opportunity to fix Sharktoberfest.

 

I think the June 2020 date would work. Also it might take a year to really put some energy and thought into to insure it's success.
Maybe we should think of creating a committee to start exploring what we can and cannot do.

 

Ok so this thread is a year old now from last post. Did the thread get moved or what is the status on this topic?