Hayk928

Do you know, whether the owner likes to sell it for cheap - I mean, it should be a CAT C write-off, its badly damaged

Seriously, its a shame...

Vilhuer

PET gives just those 7 VIN's with option M637. PET can be wrong but so far no one has come up with '89 CS which is outside that list.

'SP' after normal manual gearbox S4 engine number.

Pagnobito

ebay item 160460361311 has the half leather similar to the SE on this thread and that is a normal S4 confirming your statement.

h2pmr

thanks to all who have replied,very interesting reading.
took below pics last night and just found a rear shock absorber has decided to leak fluid quite badly-pool of fluid on the floor..
another job to do.
will post more pics when i get everything sorted.

happy 928 motoring
Phil

Benton

Jon,

Have you had a chance to check out yousendit.com yet? I think that photo you took will work in high-resolution.

Andy E.

More proof that these cars were truly handmade. You would never see this blatant example of disfiguring a serial or model number in today's automated production lines; including that of PAG.

Look at how the G28 '12' was configured into a '55' by hand!

jon928se

Hi Mark apologies for the delay - ran out of time thurs / friday - rebuilding Torque tubes.

Started looking at the hi res versions and it occured to me that my Nikon produces .NEF raw files. I am not certain if this is the same as .RAW. I can convert .NEF to .RAW but haven't found a viewer to check the results.

Alternativley can send the hi res jpg of the original.

Hilton

Go download Irfanview - its a free graphics viewer, and supports pretty much every image format ever (including RAW - I just checked)

Rob Edwards

Phil-

That pic of your tranny case stamping is interesting- looks like it had been stamped as a G28/12 and then overstamped as a G28/55. Not a big deal since it matches the G28/55 on the options sticker. I find all sorts of date codes on the GTS that are 3-4 years older than the build date of my '93 GTS, the factory clearly just used what they had lying around at the time...

Vilhuer

Good question is is it actually G28/55 or just restamped 12, meaning whats inside. One way to solve this is to look casting month of the casing. It has to make sense for factory stamping change to be possible. Fact that option sticker has 55 makes it plausable.

h2pmr

also looks like the serial number in the other pic has been stamped over with another one.

i like to think 928's were the last of the "hand built by men in white coats" Porsche's

i am changing the g/box oil tonight,is there an actual date stamped on the box somewhere i.e 06/88?

Phil
88SE:
90GT

Vilhuer

There should be 06/88 or something similar at right side little forward from gearbox mount in one of the cast "boxes".

h2pmr

date on end casing is 87-in a circle.
2 last questions and i will leave you all in peace.
1) below pic is gearbox drain plug,what is the part that should not be there.

2)could the kind Vilhuer supply a breakdown of the number of SE's by colour.

cheers
Phil
now going for a warm beer...

Ispeed

That is the shifter centering spring. I believe there are 2, the trans has to come down to get at it through the top. It doesn't affect anything except keeping the shifter centered between 2 and 3.

A good thing to do is not leave the car in 1st gear when you park it, just use the E brake.

Vilhuer

That is reverse lockout spring. It forces selector from 1st to 2nd instead of reverse. System works ok without it when car is stationary but might not work on the move. Selector centering spring is more complex and larger setup.

AFAIK no one has SE color split. It can't be found from online PET. It contains only engine and gearbox type and option code, not color and interior info.