What is your most hated job on a 928
Couldn't agree more. Cost me $75+ yesterday 
05-24-2007, 11:25 PM
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I think Earl Gilstrom could weigh in on this thread
05-24-2007, 11:54 PM
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To date it has to be the motor mounts; not so much the removal but getting the X-brace back in while on your back and flying solo.
Rear suspension is right up there also.
Rear suspension is right up there also.
08-05-2010, 06:14 PM
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I had to resurrect this thread long enough to say: "R&R front A/C expansion valve." Now it's not really that big a deal, it's just frustrating that something you're looking right at can be so damn trapped.
I just did it last night (replaced both expansion valves with drilled out ones so I could flush the system, including plumbing) and now I get to do it again tonight to put the normal ones back in. I remembered from last time that I found it difficult, but didn't remember all the gory details.
Furthermore, when you do finally free the valve, hang on, because if it becomes freed under the plumbing and you drop it, ... well ... it falls into a void from which it is quite difficult to retrieve. (Guess how I know this?)
It's just amazing how hard it is (for me on my car at least) to get the low side pipe to move far enough toward the front of the car (and down a little) to provide enough of a gap to get the valve out. In fact, I've never been able to free mine without uncoupling the low-side union a couple of feet away from the valve as well as (I'm pretty sure everyone has to do this) unclamping the fuel cooler so it can float free.
If anyone knows any tricks to make it easier, do please tell...
Edit: upon further thought, I might expand this to say, "A/C work in general". Seems like it always takes me way longer than I expect, and various things that seem fairly simple in principle (e.g., flushing) wind up being more involved and time consuming if you're thorough. It probably also qualifies as something best left to professional shops, as by the time you've acquired all the specialized tools (vacuum pump, reclaiming machine, gauge set, hoses, flush equipment, etc.) and consider how time consuming it is, maybe you're just better off having someone with more time, more experience, and better equipment take care of it.
I just did it last night (replaced both expansion valves with drilled out ones so I could flush the system, including plumbing) and now I get to do it again tonight to put the normal ones back in. I remembered from last time that I found it difficult, but didn't remember all the gory details.
Furthermore, when you do finally free the valve, hang on, because if it becomes freed under the plumbing and you drop it, ... well ... it falls into a void from which it is quite difficult to retrieve. (Guess how I know this?)
It's just amazing how hard it is (for me on my car at least) to get the low side pipe to move far enough toward the front of the car (and down a little) to provide enough of a gap to get the valve out. In fact, I've never been able to free mine without uncoupling the low-side union a couple of feet away from the valve as well as (I'm pretty sure everyone has to do this) unclamping the fuel cooler so it can float free.
If anyone knows any tricks to make it easier, do please tell...
Edit: upon further thought, I might expand this to say, "A/C work in general". Seems like it always takes me way longer than I expect, and various things that seem fairly simple in principle (e.g., flushing) wind up being more involved and time consuming if you're thorough. It probably also qualifies as something best left to professional shops, as by the time you've acquired all the specialized tools (vacuum pump, reclaiming machine, gauge set, hoses, flush equipment, etc.) and consider how time consuming it is, maybe you're just better off having someone with more time, more experience, and better equipment take care of it.
08-05-2010, 06:21 PM
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08-05-2010, 06:27 PM
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08-05-2010, 06:56 PM
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Trying to explain why I wont use parts from AutoZone when the customer KNOWS they are the same.
The hardest thing I have ever done to a 928 was the gaskets for the GTS mirrors.
Some folks say they went right on, but the ones I did sure did not.
And there is not much I have not done to a 928 BTW.
The hardest thing I have ever done to a 928 was the gaskets for the GTS mirrors.
Some folks say they went right on, but the ones I did sure did not.
And there is not much I have not done to a 928 BTW.
08-05-2010, 07:36 PM
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Burning Brakes
