jej3

Hey. I'd still like to see the picture of the window in the fender.

I'm no stellar 928 mechanic and I come here often with stupid/dumb questions. I help in the ways I am knowledgeable and I soak up everything else here like a sponge but I've been here 10 years.

Regardless, I've never been inclined to cut a hole in the car to fix/remove/tighten something so I'd really like to see the basis for why an expert would make that decision.

SeanR

I'm curious about this also. Did you really say you cut the fender to replace the BRAKE master?

Mrmerlin

P , Welcome, Be nice to Santa Claus or you might get coal in your stocking.

Since your paying someone else to fix your machine,
I would strongly suggest to read the FAQ at the top of the page,
yes its quite long.

However there is a whole lot of hard won information that will reward the reader with countless ways to repair,
and solutions to issues, that could take many hours of searching to find.

Once your equipped with this info you will in most cases know more than your mechanic,
at that point it then becomes a question of,
do I pick up my pen and check book,
or do I open my tool box and WSM.

Goodluck on fixing your machine ,
most people here want to see you have the best results from fixing the finest machine Porsche has made.
Keep Em Flyin!

James Bailey

Yup BRAKE MASTER..... hence my rude and utterly incredulous reply of WTF was the mechanic "thinking" and would really like to know the name of the shop so we can warn people NOT to go there. Those kinds of real world "experts" need to be publicly humiliated for taking advantage of gullible people. I mean it is a uni-body car there is no frame just origami folded sheet metal. So this piece is not structural lets just cut holes in it..... And for NO REASON AT ALL it is easier to do the brake master cylinder the RIGHT way than to cut holes which I have a hard time figuring out any possible benefit or time savings. Talk about being taken advantage off !! Makes a perceived $100 mark up on a relay seem like a bargain

SeanR

Whollychit, what in the world was he thinking?

There is no reason at all to even suggest that, you can touch both bolts that hold it to the booster.

Carry on, I'll just sit back and watch this train wreck.

85euro928

I gleaned through this thread twice and although I may have still missed it (it's early) I think the OP is mistaken; I bet the mechanic cut the hole in the fender to replace the blue hose, not the brake master.

(which we all know IS an approved method)

mark kibort

yes, I approved that!

Alan

I think you will find that dumb questions are accepted and good advice given regardless. On Rennlist that advice is likely to come quickly and from multiple knowledgeable sources that build advice on each others points.

There may be some gentle humor of course but usually not viscious...

We save that kind of ire for folks who suggest other folks follow their example of doing things that they should never have done. To me folks come here to: fix specific problems on their car, understand & learn stuff for the future, get ideas for enhancements and other general social stuff.

Technical missdirection may seem relatively benign - but it isn't - the knowledge base gets corrupted unless its corrected swiftly. That's what just happened - it may not seem good to you but its good for the forum archive and the general user base.

Just wait till you have to correct yourself & slap yourself on the side of the head!

You haven't been active here much - slow down and take a look around the archives - there is more 928 knowledge here than anywhere else in the world (and these days that includes Porsche).

Alan

...P

First of all there have been some good spirited comments made recently and I appreciate them, thanks guys.

I'm not a mechanic either, but I did stay at a holiday Inn Express and I did perform open heart surgery with a ballpoint pen (communicating in Italian all the while). The guy who did the work discussed it with me standing there in a shop that has been in business serving PCA enthusiasts for many years, standing on the shop floor with dirt on his hands, looking me in the eye after driving my car, seeing how old it was, looking at the adjacent components, and making a recommendation that saved me some money, got the work done when he said it would be done, and enabled his shop to pay the bills at the end of the month.

If I'm going to bore hone a certain type of block I'll use a torque plate for sure because that is THE BEST way to do the job. If I am going to bend some tin I really don't need someone telling me I need to use tweezers and wear a white jumpsuit. Of course this is levity, and yes I'll send you a photo and you can judge for yourself. The work has been in service now for quite some time, all is well, no need to alert the bull elder or the uhh ohhh squad just yet.

best,

P