Gretch

"specalised stuck bolt getter outer tools"

Now That is an extensive set of precision instruments...............

Ron_H

Normy:

Your story scared me just thinking about it. Lucky it happened near an off ramp and not at speed.

I remember once forgetting to tighten the clamp on my bicycle brake when I was a kid and hit a concrete block wall full speed and head on when the brake wouldn't work. Ouch!

Lizard928

that explains it,

Rez

Yeah, this one time my girlfriend called and told me she was late....err.... wait...

we're talking about cars.

Gretch

Boy, anyone who has first hand experience with that type of "timing belt" problem knows what a rush of fear really feels like...............

ErnestSw

Sounds like a problem with an improperly sleeved piston to me.

Ron_H

ernest:

Cracks me up !!!

Big Dave

Rez: Could be a leaky pump?

jpitman2

Much sympathy, been some of these places.
What did I say recently about taking the whole pump/filter assy off, and working on it on the bench?
Now, the pump. I would bet even money that if you put some tension on the electric post that now spins - pull it outwards - it will allow you to tighten the first nut. If this still has the internal wire under its head, you may be lucky enough to recover the pump!
good luck.
jp 83 Euro S AT white/white

Gretch

On the otherhand the "guage" could just be wrong..........put some more miles on it and see if the problem goes away..............

Big Dave

jp:

I plan on trying to do just that...fix the old one. However, I doubt I'll recover much by selling it, so it'll go into the spare parts bin.

Big Dave

Update:

New pump is installed, and everything works perfectly.

parrothead

Not a 928 story but I did have an 85 pickup while in college. The mechanical fuel pump went out so I picked up another one and installed it in my apartment parking lot. Went around town for a week with no problems then went on a 300 mile round trip drive the next weekend. I was coming through the Ozark mountains on the backroads about midnight when all of a sudden the truck died. I got the flashlight out and found one of the bolts on the fuel pump was missing and the other one was hanging on "by a thread"
And this one time working on my VW brake springs.. the vise grips slipped off and *plop* into my forehead.
- Eric

Drewster67

In Indiana, I had a Chevy Malibu Classic, I put power steering fluid in the brake master cylinder. Ended up rear ending another car - fortunately know one was injured.

Working on a friends ATV - pulled the carb - to clean it out. Checking the fuel line, I thought I should just blow thru the line. Ended up w/Vapor poisoning from inhaling, went to the emregency room. I Spent the night throwing up - Had to get an I.V. - Boy was my girlfriend no too Happy w/me. Too this day, I have an extremely low tolerance for the gas "smell"

dr bob

Hmm...

Not wanting to point any (crushed) fingers at anybody, but...

There are more than a few basic rules to follow when you are working on cars, or anything mechanical for that matter. Start off with a "What will happen if??...) and then figure out a better way.

Feel free to add to or criticise my selection. These are not in any particular order of importance, by the way.

-- NEVER push on a wrench unless you are feeling really lucky and there's just no way to pull on it instead. Pulling means that you your hand will end up where your arm was if something gets loose unexpectedly. There's always something to eat your hand when you push into a wrench.

-- NEVER choose a tool that's too small for the job. Karen was out trying to do some garden task with these wimpy little clipper things, when the 24" loppers are really the right tool. Ever tried to get a lug nut off with a 3/8 drive socket and the spark-plug ratchet? How many times have we twisted the end off a 1/2" breaker bar with a four foot pipe extension handle on it?

-- Folks bad-mouth power tools for the car. Not me. Big-time savers of time, effort, and FINGERS. I'm not saying that you should use the 1/2" impact for everything... There are some jobs that deserve the 3/4" one! Seriously, I have a favorite Snap-On 3/8 drive air ratchet that has a 35 lb/ft limit. Does everything 8mm and up safely. Got a cute little 3/8 drive butterfly ratchet that gets almost as much use. The secret? Use a little good sense when you choose what to use it on. Verify the direction of rotation BEFORE you put the socket on that bolt. Maybe that deserves a line of its own...

-- Verify the direction of rotation on that power wrench BEFORE you put the socket on that bolt.

-- Use impact sockets and accessories when you use impact wrenches. A good friend had part of his left hand torn to shreds when a 1/2" drive universal joint let go on the impact gun.

-- Wear gloves when you work on heavy stuff. Gloves will save you a lot of blood and flesh that would otherwise be contributed to a project. Those washable mechanix gloves from Wal-Mart look like they might be OK. I have a few pairs of leather truckers gloves to use up before I get those fancy washable ones.

-- Wear gloves that protect your hands from the chemicals you use. Latex goes to goo when you get gas on it, so choose vinyl painters gloves. If you must use latex for lesser duty, get real medical gloves, not those wimpy condom-factory rejects sold at discount places.

-- Buy an impact screwdriver and use it. Watching a recent timing belt demo, there's a flat-head Phillips screw that is always destroyed on the way out. "Would an impact screwdriver get that out OK?" Sure, if we remember to use it. More than a few fasteners are broken off in aluminum motors and such when we booger them up. How about those screws that hold the rotors to the hats on your brakes? The impact screwdriver saves the screw head, and the impact will often break a corroded joint loose before the shaft snaps on the way out. Water pump nightmares, anyone? Add a shallow nut inside the socket to get good impact on the bolt when using the impact screwdriver for this duty. I learned about this tool when racing motorcycles, the ones before the days of socket-head cap screws to hold the side covers on.

-- Disconnect the Battery bofore starting the work. By the time you see the flash and smell the smoke, the wiring is already damaged.

-- NEVER use the battery as a tool tray. NEVER use the battery as a tool tray. Worth saying twice. A casual wrench-between-the-terminal will cause a pretty violent explosion. Sometimes the case is able to contain the battery acid, sometimes not. This may not be as big an issue on the 928 with the battery buried in the spare tire well, but good advice nonetheless. My sister was working on her Datsun 510 a couple decades ago, set a wrench across the terminals. It got hot! Battery got big! Car no start anymore either! Fortunately it all stayed inside the plastic case.

-- Followup to that is to ALWAYS remove the negative cable first. Should you decide to do the positive first, the wrench will short to any car body point as well as to the negative battery terminal. Start with the negative, and you have just one spot to avoid while swinging the wrench. You can tell the real mechanics... they don't have weld blobs and arc scars on their 13mm wrenches.

-- ALWAYS use safety stands. I was visiting a business in Illinois a while back, when a neighbor's wife came running over to get help. Car had fallen off the jack, pinning her hubby and crushing him against the garage door frame. He was there by himself for an hour or more, apparently. That was a grizzly mess to clean up, and no fun for the widow. Stands add seconds to your job time and years to your life. Probably not a bad idea to make sure somebody checks on you every once in a while too, just to make sure you are still breathing. Not a problem with those big, loud, cuss-word projects where all the neighbors know you are working on the car again, but...

-- FIRE EXTINGUISHER. Needs no further explanation.



That's my 'seed' list. OK, line up your best ALWAYS and NEVER tips for car mechanics!