Randy V

You can sleep when yer dead!

Bill Ball

Other than finding a place to pee, what's the worry? Get in and go.

docmirror

Made it to Florissant. All good. Headed for Keystone.

Mrmerlin

sounds like she is behaving as she should.
Have a good ride, Doc

docmirror

Whelp. All is going great. I leave in the am for NM to check out my new off grid place. I will have about 12 miles of gravel road ahead which I take very slow. After that a blitz ride home. Has been fun so far, I love the 928 seat!

dr bob

A lot of miles for one day on the slopes! Not sayin' I've never done that before, but I think I was at about 350 miles each way, and a more ummm compressed driving schedule.

docmirror

Had two days skiing. I also needed to do some insp at the new place. Normally I would take the plane but my medical is lapsed I have no ground transport in NM and Im having new harnesses put in the plane. So 928 worked better.

docmirror

GAH! WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP! "Belt ten". Central warning. Temp good no noise check tracking in cooling ducts ok. Back of belt looks fine. Moved tension adj 2 wrench flats and relock. Start up and wait 5 min. Whew, no warning. Keep driving to gas station and monitor temp gage. 40 miles now all nominal. I will verify when I get home but so far looks like a little stretch.

LT Texan

No kidding. Most comfortable I've ever sat in.

outbackgeorgia

Just curious, what was the situation when the warning occurred? Cruising, accelerating, downshifting, idling ?
Dave

oldfrat

Doesn't the suspense make the trip much more of an adventure?! While the comfort and joy in between the suspense makes it a fun adventure. Happy to now own that tee shirt!

Brad

docmirror

Made it fine. Got good mileage the last tank with a tailwind. ~ 23MPG going 75+. Good to be back but it was a great drive through the mtns of CO and NM. Love the twisties.

dr bob

Congrats on the safe trip!

We are all interested to hear what you find in the belt covers. Particularly what the tension ended up at with "two wrench flats" added. And where did you start on tension?

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My first TB on my car, using the Kempf tool, I adjusted to the middle of the window on the tool. Verified the tension again at ~~1000 miles, still middle of the window. Several years of lazy driving later, got a TB warning after a non-typical blast to 5K, but on the spindown. Almost had a slight bladder release, but coasted to the side with engine off. After all the horror stories, I did as you did and inspected through the vent holes. Everything nice and clean looking, so pucker up a little and drive the few miles to the house. Everything was fine, but the belt tension showed... right at the middle of the window. Just one wrench flat, actually a little less, was needed to move the tension about 3/4 to the tighter end of the window. Button it up, everything fine. Renewed everything within the next year on normal schedule, but taught me that my tension 'switch' needs a bit more than mid-range indication on the Kempf tool. Since then, others have stated that they go to the tight end of the window for S4+ cars. Hence the curiosity about where you started, and where it ended up with two flats added.

docmirror

I started with the belt at the loose end of the Kempf adjustment window when we set it. Also, it was pretty cold the day we set it. I was almost expecting it to throw a warning as I did a fair amount of high speed runs in S CO and around NM. I was pushing it pretty hard passing on those mtn roads with revs up into the 4500 and above a few times.

This wasn't a trip to joyfully experience the touring qualities of the car. I wanted to get there fast, and get home fast(while still obeying all traffic laws - right...). My usual time from door to door is very close to 12 hours one way. On the trip up I made it in 11 hours 19 minutes. Only stops were gas/pee, but I still moved rather adroitly. I made some detours on the way back but still got home before midnight which is pretty good.

It's the perfect trip for a car like the 928. Miles of good road that could have safely been driven at well over 80MPH in most places. The stretch between Dalhart and Raton is the best example. Most of that highway in the high desert can be driven at 100 in a well prepared car in good weather, but the limit is 70. The same type of road in west TX is 80. I was not trying to break it, but if something were to go wrong it would be on this trip. The tension warning was a red herring, and it'll be a non-issue just related to the way the sensor is setup. I kind of put myself in this position by deciding against the PorKenisoner, but so far, the extra cost involved will not be an issue, because there's nothing wrong that a quick check will put right. I'll be on the road again in a few days once I get the work backlog down a bit.

JWise

No doubt! I've driven that section of road several times. Alas, each time it was in a van of mini proportions. Would love to take a '28 through there - the Raton pass, too, although it's usually occupied by a bogey or two.

Glad you had a good trip!