Introducing myself and my 928!
05-09-2014 | 01:55 PM
#16
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Your cruise vacuum is tied into your HVAC vacuum system. You may not want cruise, but I know you want optimal HVAC.
05-09-2014 | 02:42 PM
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From: Las Vegas, NV
Thanks for the welcome!
Timing belt was done at around 40k miles, but is due simply by age. I removed the covers and it appears to be in good shape. I will probably tackle changing it while the car is at my father in laws shop as we go through the suspension.
I plan on doing most of the front end parts so it will get new lower ball joints, I'll get the upper arm rebuild kit from 928 Motorsport, new wheel bearings, tie rod ends, pads wear sensors, rotors, no point in messing around in my opinion.
That's no radar detector! Thats part of the 80s awesomeness stereo system the PO had installed sometime around 1985 I imagine! I'm torn on removing it all, for now I am leaving it.
Price, well I paid $5500 for it. As for what I have in to so far that's a long story......
I bought the car in Utah and had it shipped here to Denver. Long story short the inept morons that loaded the car burned the clutch out of it and broke the front spoiler. To shorten it even further my insurance company paid the repairs to the tune of nearly $5000. So it has a new clutch kit and spoiler on the insurance companies dime. I paid to have the slave cylinder, shift fork bushing, and a few other things while they had it like a new O2 sensor.
Tune up parts were around $200 IIRC and I did it myself.
I changed the trans/diff oil with Mobil 1 75-90LS
I can do all the work on this car myself, I don't need to lean on a shop. As complicated as people say these things are its childs play compared to the modern cars. I've figured the suspension refresh will run $1500 or so in parts. I haven't priced out the timing belt, but it will get done. Then $400 or so for a set of tires.
The AC is weak, but I have 5 cans of R-12 in the garage so again, a days work to get the AC system checked out and working.
The cruise isn't working but this really doesn't bother me.
Everything else on the car is in excellent working order. It still amazes me how quickly and easily the engine grumbles to life. It runs smoothly and passed IM240 emission testing easy, in fact it "Fast Passed" on the dyno.
The car has 62,000 miles and the vast majority of those were put on it in the first 15 years or so. As the gentleman I bought it from got older he drove it less and less. Just as an example, the tires on it currently were purchased in 1996 and still have like new tread. His heart was always in the right spot, he did keep up on what he could but being in his mid 70s he realized it was time to let the car go. I keep him up to date on what I have been doing with it and hes been pleased that its been being kept so well.
With the car I got a fitted Porsche car cover, the 7 volume repair manuals in the original box they came in, the original owners and warranty manuals in the original folder/binder, fuel filters, oil filters, copies of the older titles, this car was always garaged and covered and I think it shows.
I am committed to this car, its been so well preserved and cared for not continuing that care just doesn't seen right. I know there is a lot of speculation on where the value of these cars will go in the future but to me that's missing the point to a certain extent!
OK enough with the rambling, who wants to see a cracked clutch disc?
Timing belt was done at around 40k miles, but is due simply by age. I removed the covers and it appears to be in good shape. I will probably tackle changing it while the car is at my father in laws shop as we go through the suspension.
I plan on doing most of the front end parts so it will get new lower ball joints, I'll get the upper arm rebuild kit from 928 Motorsport, new wheel bearings, tie rod ends, pads wear sensors, rotors, no point in messing around in my opinion.
That's no radar detector! Thats part of the 80s awesomeness stereo system the PO had installed sometime around 1985 I imagine! I'm torn on removing it all, for now I am leaving it.
Price, well I paid $5500 for it. As for what I have in to so far that's a long story......
I bought the car in Utah and had it shipped here to Denver. Long story short the inept morons that loaded the car burned the clutch out of it and broke the front spoiler. To shorten it even further my insurance company paid the repairs to the tune of nearly $5000. So it has a new clutch kit and spoiler on the insurance companies dime. I paid to have the slave cylinder, shift fork bushing, and a few other things while they had it like a new O2 sensor.
Tune up parts were around $200 IIRC and I did it myself.
I changed the trans/diff oil with Mobil 1 75-90LS
I can do all the work on this car myself, I don't need to lean on a shop. As complicated as people say these things are its childs play compared to the modern cars. I've figured the suspension refresh will run $1500 or so in parts. I haven't priced out the timing belt, but it will get done. Then $400 or so for a set of tires.
The AC is weak, but I have 5 cans of R-12 in the garage so again, a days work to get the AC system checked out and working.
The cruise isn't working but this really doesn't bother me.
Everything else on the car is in excellent working order. It still amazes me how quickly and easily the engine grumbles to life. It runs smoothly and passed IM240 emission testing easy, in fact it "Fast Passed" on the dyno.
The car has 62,000 miles and the vast majority of those were put on it in the first 15 years or so. As the gentleman I bought it from got older he drove it less and less. Just as an example, the tires on it currently were purchased in 1996 and still have like new tread. His heart was always in the right spot, he did keep up on what he could but being in his mid 70s he realized it was time to let the car go. I keep him up to date on what I have been doing with it and hes been pleased that its been being kept so well.
With the car I got a fitted Porsche car cover, the 7 volume repair manuals in the original box they came in, the original owners and warranty manuals in the original folder/binder, fuel filters, oil filters, copies of the older titles, this car was always garaged and covered and I think it shows.
I am committed to this car, its been so well preserved and cared for not continuing that care just doesn't seen right. I know there is a lot of speculation on where the value of these cars will go in the future but to me that's missing the point to a certain extent!
OK enough with the rambling, who wants to see a cracked clutch disc?
05-09-2014 | 02:51 PM
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Oh yes ...." I bought the car in Utah and had it shipped here to Denver. Long story short the inept morons that loaded the car burned the clutch out of it and .... " They probably had it in second gear !!!!! I have seen that being done.
05-09-2014 | 03:27 PM
#20
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From: MAPLE SHADE, N.J.
Welcome to another '83-S
Great looking SHARK! I'm amazed that the dash and pod isn't cracked, after all the car IS 30 years old. I wish my '83 Euro-s 5 speed looked that good. Mine sat on a used car dealer's lot for about 5 years out in the weather and the original paint has suffered from the abuse. I'm across the river in Maple Shade, N.J. so when you get moved out here and settled in, PM me and we'll get together. If you think the roads in Colorado are bad, just wait till you get a load of them in the Phila. area. They have 'pot holes' that can stop an Abrams Tank and don't forget the high manhole covers. Anyway, welcome to the 'Tank' and good luck with your move. 
05-09-2014 | 04:13 PM
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Woah that's some funky blue interior..... love it!
Yea we have all that and more here in Denver, on top of city engineers who feel 8" or more dips from approach to street are perfectly acceptable.
It'll be better once I get the car back up to riding at the proper height.
Looking forward to meeting all the locals!
Yea we have all that and more here in Denver, on top of city engineers who feel 8" or more dips from approach to street are perfectly acceptable.
It'll be better once I get the car back up to riding at the proper height.
Looking forward to meeting all the locals!
05-09-2014 | 06:50 PM
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From: Kaukauna Wisconsin
Welcome. You have a lovely car.
The knowledge and experience on here is absolutely amazing. I've gotten everything I need to know from here. Searching has proved to be beneficial for me because I often find ancillary stuff that I wouldn't have thought to ask about.
Cruise Control is one of those "It often doesn't work" items on these cars, especially the older ones.
There is a very comprehensive step by step diagnostic procedure in the WSM.
I will guess that the control module has failed. There are places that claim to fix them, but the track record is a bit spotty. You can also do a "Toaster Oven Reflow" (really), but that's a bit iffy. The best way is to spend a couple hours going through it and reflowing the solder on the board, circuit by circuit.
The knowledge and experience on here is absolutely amazing. I've gotten everything I need to know from here. Searching has proved to be beneficial for me because I often find ancillary stuff that I wouldn't have thought to ask about.
Cruise Control is one of those "It often doesn't work" items on these cars, especially the older ones.
There is a very comprehensive step by step diagnostic procedure in the WSM.
I will guess that the control module has failed. There are places that claim to fix them, but the track record is a bit spotty. You can also do a "Toaster Oven Reflow" (really), but that's a bit iffy. The best way is to spend a couple hours going through it and reflowing the solder on the board, circuit by circuit.
05-09-2014 | 07:32 PM
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Nice car. You may or may not really need suspension. The 928 is unusual in that most of the weight, while balanced, is out at the ends. This makes it move around corners and over bumps a little differently. It also makes it supers stable at speed.
05-09-2014 | 08:35 PM
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From: New Canaan, CT
With that low mileage, you probably only need shocks. Check everything else and only replace if necessary. You will find by replacing shocks, setting the correct ride height and getting an alignment will make it ride like a new car.
05-09-2014 | 09:33 PM
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Like Scott said, Work Shop Manuals.
As he also said, indispensable if you plan on doing any of your own work. I saw the post where you said you had them.
Common abbreviations are listed in the "New Visitor" sticky. It's 4 pages chock full of stuff you need to know, should know, might want to know and may or may not care about. 928s and the site in general.
Someone already suggested it, I will second that suggestion.
As he also said, indispensable if you plan on doing any of your own work. I saw the post where you said you had them.
Common abbreviations are listed in the "New Visitor" sticky. It's 4 pages chock full of stuff you need to know, should know, might want to know and may or may not care about. 928s and the site in general.
Someone already suggested it, I will second that suggestion.
