Repair Manuals & Your Favorite Repair Links
07-26-2007, 10:47 AM
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Repair Manuals & Your Favorite Repair Links
For starters, I have the full print Workshop Manual Set for the 928 and (much better) the CD set that's available from Jim Morehouse (a must in every box of tools), access to online PET, etc.. I also buy and print out about eveything I find on making repairs to the 928. However, the original WSM is cumbersome for me and written for mechanics and not for many DIY-selfers. An unknown number of us could benefit from a "928 Machanics for Idiots" Hence the following obvservation...
I see nothing wrong with someone busting their butt to put a nice booklet together and charging a few bucks (it's not easy to do a really good job). Ask yourself how much your time is worth as you pull the covers off the Tbelt area to figure out where that extra bolt should have gone. Or stripping out a bolt because you were guessing at the torque? Any profits would just go back into a 928 somewhere anyway.
As just one example, I think that John Kelly has the best illustrated and most detailed booklet on changing out the timing bent/water pump, etc that I think is available. I don't know him personally. BTW, his book is about $10-15 or so and worth every cent. I have two now since I got grease and adhesive all over the first one (I should laminate!!). If you want a guide that helps keep you on track and from forgetting something, you can do a Rennlist forum search. He sells these on eBay occasionally too. He even lists torque values, pics of firing order, etc. so you don't have to drop what you're doing and go look up something in another manual. In the future it'd be nice if he'd add a chapter on using Porken's 82V'er cam adjustment tool.
Although the depth or "understandability" of how-to articles on the web varies from Absolutely Great to Helpful, there are a dozen or so wonderful Internet sites that should be bookmarked (some are hosted by people from here) that you can make prints and read/collate/bookmark/underline, etc. before tackling a a job.
The reason I post this is that a similar booklet on How-To Pull and Reinstall the 928 engine would be great to have. Maybe a How-To on overhauling your AC (w/pics, part nos. etc,). Or mybe a compilations of arlready written articles? (with permissions of course). As our cars age, more and more of us will be pulling engines and making increasingly more complex repairs I'm thinking.
Maybe you will want to list your favorite links here?
Harvey
I see nothing wrong with someone busting their butt to put a nice booklet together and charging a few bucks (it's not easy to do a really good job). Ask yourself how much your time is worth as you pull the covers off the Tbelt area to figure out where that extra bolt should have gone. Or stripping out a bolt because you were guessing at the torque? Any profits would just go back into a 928 somewhere anyway.
As just one example, I think that John Kelly has the best illustrated and most detailed booklet on changing out the timing bent/water pump, etc that I think is available. I don't know him personally. BTW, his book is about $10-15 or so and worth every cent. I have two now since I got grease and adhesive all over the first one (I should laminate!!). If you want a guide that helps keep you on track and from forgetting something, you can do a Rennlist forum search. He sells these on eBay occasionally too. He even lists torque values, pics of firing order, etc. so you don't have to drop what you're doing and go look up something in another manual. In the future it'd be nice if he'd add a chapter on using Porken's 82V'er cam adjustment tool.
Although the depth or "understandability" of how-to articles on the web varies from Absolutely Great to Helpful, there are a dozen or so wonderful Internet sites that should be bookmarked (some are hosted by people from here) that you can make prints and read/collate/bookmark/underline, etc. before tackling a a job.
The reason I post this is that a similar booklet on How-To Pull and Reinstall the 928 engine would be great to have. Maybe a How-To on overhauling your AC (w/pics, part nos. etc,). Or mybe a compilations of arlready written articles? (with permissions of course). As our cars age, more and more of us will be pulling engines and making increasingly more complex repairs I'm thinking.
Maybe you will want to list your favorite links here?
Harvey
