SteveG

If you can do that w/ a phone, I want to see what you do w/ an SLR! We love pics. You will be popular here; Porsche **** .

ryalex

Really? Because jiggling the button and lever for the brake is what makes it go off. I taped the button with electrical tape and that worked for a while (tape not strong enough). It sounds like what in other cars would be a seat belt ping, but it's German so who knows.

No, all instruments work fine. No cabin/overhead or dash lights at all though, and the light **** on the floor to the left of the driver's seat doesn't do anything. I hadn't driven it at night until yesterday so that wasn't known. The headlights and foglights all work fine too.

Feels like mild shaking between about 65-75. Smooths out after that, which leads me to think wheel balance or tire wear for one of the fronts. I'm hoping to get some 17" BBS Sport Classics (the 996 style) later in the summer so I'd rather not replace tires yet if possible.

I've read the various 928 threads on Fchat and started reading here again just a few weeks ago. It was kind of serendipitous that I found this manual 928 with such low mileage locally while I was looking for a fun summer car - I *almost* bought a Mondial coupe from SoCal last month but chickened out. Since this was less than 1/2 the price of the Mondial, I could get a major done and fix up some stuff and have cushion to spare. The shop that did the work is actually a friend and client of mine, so they cut me a huge deal on the cost.

Oh, and I am crazy enough that I want to daily drive it! But I knew that an 86 stored for so long would need some TLC and be something of a project at first

Nicole asked for an interior pic. Interior is in great shape, seats look very low mileage, back seats look never used. Only very mild leather warp on the dash around the glove box, but with no pulling anywhere except for the trunk which needs stretch/staple. I have the A/C **** but I didn't put it back on before this pic.

Aside from the no dash lights, other interior to-do's:
- shift boot is in nice condition but pulled loose, need to re-attach
- steering wheel is tight left/right but has about 2mm of play up/down, need to figure out how to tighten that
- restaple trunk leather
- new, darker tint for windows
- figure out how to make the door speakers work (only rear seat speakers work), or otherwise I'll put in new speaker system
- driver door seat release switch missing the plastic peg

fraggle

The dial next to the ebrake may be the fader, give it a twist. If it is a light switch, this may be a euro with the manual headlight adjusters. Take a pic and show us what's there!

tv

The only thing crazy is how inexpensive these great cars are. You will probably learn how much better than those others that have a horse on the hood also.

As for daily driving, don't know your commute in Vegas but if it has stop and go or slow city streets you may become disenchanted with the car, at least that is how it often works. These cars were made for the autobahn and they excel at that sort of thing and handling curvy sections. They also don't like sitting in hot stagnant air.

After everything is sorted mechanically you can begin to get to know it's abilities. A member here, Porken sells chips and other items that will perk up the engine even more. Some new wheels are being developed that may appeal to you.

So far I would say you lucked out on this purchase.

The vibration if it is felt thru the steering wheel is most likely a rebalancing item or if felt thru your butt may be one of a number of things including TT but at such low mileage I believe it will be simple, even flat spots.

ryalex

Has anyone mentioned that when releasing the clutch in reverse, it seems like the car wants to go about 20mph backwards?

ryalex

Fixed that - turns out the solution was "turn the dial under the left of the cluster back and forth quickly a bunch of times." :P

Nicole

This is interesting... there is no beep to my knowledge, except for not wearing your seat belt. How this may be connected is a mystery at this time.

I would remove the light fixtures one-by-one and check them out, starting with the one above the rear view mirror. It's possible it may fall apart in your hands, or it may be so slightly buckled that it doesn't make contact. But if there is no power, you'll have to trace it to the fuse box and go from there.

That's fairly typical for 928s - all three of mine have done this more or less, and even new tires will not make this go away permanently. Nobody seems to know why this happens, though.

That looks very nice! I see the leather pulling away from its core - typical for Porsches of that age, because of the glue they used at the time. I wonder, if this could be re-glued before it's too late. You may ask Rob Budd from classic9leathershop, if that's possible.

This could be an issue with the adjustment mechanism, or the steering column bearing. The latter is unlikely at that low mileage.

Once it shrunk and pulled-away, it's kind of hopeless... You may be better off having it redone in vinyl, so it won't dry and shrink again.

Most importantly: keep the sun out of your interior! You may consider getting a set of fitted window shades for all of your windows. You can search for "Heatshield" here on this board - you should find some pictures of what they look like. I carry them in my online store, but that's not why I recommend them to you - I really think it will help your black leather last longer.

ryalex

First off, thanks so much for your responses! This is a great community.

After reading for a few hours last night on different issues, I'm 90% sure it's the "dome light grounding" issue and fuse #24 that's affected. There are at least three others who had this recently.

It was actually just a lose bolt for the wheel itself. I read here, went and bought a 27mm socket and was able to tighten it up in about 5 minutes.

Yeah, I'm also going to get a dark tint ASAP. They're pretty mellow about tint in Vegas.

ryalex

Replaced both cats yesterday, that got rid of the strong smell during and after driving. Also made it more the exhaust more resonant and 5-10db louder.

ryalex

We'll have to go 'drive cars' together sometime. I work downtown if you ever want to grab lunch.

MainePorsche

Re the shake at 65mph, make sure your lug nuts are all torqued down appropriately. 96 ft-lbs. It's a little thing often overlooked.
Car looks great !
Best wishes.

Nicole

That's at least 5 extra horse power right there!

ryalex

Actually I'm now freaked out because the smell is gone but the car is hesitant and feels down 100hp. No joke. Pushing the gas at 2000rpm and instead of surging forward it feels tepid and weak.

ryalex

Ugh. It's worse than I described - I must be down 200hp... I just went around about 6 miles and it took me about SIXTEEN seconds to get to 60mph. It could barely go faster even in third.

Nicole

I suggest you start a separate thread: "Lost power after cat replacement".