82Porsche928

I have come up with some sort of a to do list on my car. Any thoughts on what order I should tackle this in, what jobs should be done simultaneously, etc? I am a beginner with mechanics, so I may be taking this to my local 928 guy for a lot of this, but would like to do as much as possible on my own. The car drives greatest, but has a lot it needs.. All rubber hoses, necessary belts, and fluids were changed as well as entire cooling system.

Replace transaxle syncros
Replace ball cup
Replace motor mounts
Replace brakes
Replace rotors
Replace oil pressure sensor
Fix oil p sens wires (frayed)
Fix loud whine on psp (goes away when car is hot)
Fix ac (wire is hanging, can not find a plug for it!!!)
Hardware gauges (printed circuit nla)
Figure out why power seat fuse keeps popping after a couple days use :/

Any imput greatly appreciated.

syoo8

Great looking car! (from the pictures in your thread)

You are not so far from Greg Brown in Anaheim- maybe you could bring the car in to deal with the syncros? I think that is quite tricky.


I'm sure you've seen these, but it bears repeating that Dwayne's guides are an amazing resource for us.

Motor mounts
Instrument Cluster Removal
Instrument Cluster Repair
Brake pad/rotor change
Power Steering hoses

I am inexperienced, and have personally not dealt with the first three items on your list. For the others:

- for the oil pressure sender, Roger sent me self-fusing tape, which works very well for this kind of application. Make sure that the insulation that the tape will attach itself to is clean.

- for the "whine" during cold weather for the power steering pump (PSP), I found that changing the PSP reservoir and the two rubber lines that attach to it helped. The PSP also contains a filter and is a consumable.

- For the instrument cluster, if you use a pencil eraser and clean the contacts gently it helps. My printed circuit board had a break in it (which was visible) and I used solder to repair it.

Hope that helps- others here know much more.

82Porsche928

Thank you! I have already tried to repair printed circuit, and it is beyond repair. It needs hardwire, which I have read about and keep putting off for whatever reason. Thank you for the advise on the sender, I will try this. When you replaced your resivoir what kind of shape was your fluid in? Mine is still cherry red, like new. This whine just started this winter, and I have also noticed small drops of the ATF coming from somewhere..

syoo8

The ATF fluid in the power steering reservoir (I used Dexron III) in my whining car looked totally fine. The problem is that a leak will draw in small amounts of air, which create the whining noise. When the supply line is cold, it shrinks, allowing air to come into the system.

The ATF reservoir is less than $30 so it is worth changing, and the hoses should be changed as well. If it is dirty it could be restricting the flow of fluid.

If you inspect the steering rack boots and you find fluid, then that is a different (more involved) problem, and you may need a new steering rack.

syoo8

Off topic: the search function on Rennlist is not the greatest. I use this:

Go to google
Paste this into the search box: site:forums.rennlist.com inurl:928
Add the search terms you desire

Much easier.

By the way this thread is a good one that discusses the symptom you are describing.

82Porsche928

Looks like I need to put the car up on ramps and check that boot. I just ordered new oem reservoir and hoses. I will start with that.

82Porsche928

Do you know a part number on the feed hose? This is the only one I was able to find.





1982 Porsche 928 US Chiffon white 5 speed

syoo8

Call Roger at 928sRUs. I think that is simplest.

I am not familiar with the 16V models, but with my 86.5 I had to jerry rig one of the hoses that was crimped at the factory... I don't think it is applicable for you, but you can see what I did here.