Roygarth

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by J-McDonald:
<strong>What's with all of the front wishbone replacements on British 964's?

(are the roads in the UK really that crappy?)</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Yes! And we drive faster <img border="0" alt="[icon107]" title="" src="graemlins/icon107.gif" />

Carrera51

I'll speak for my dad since he doesn't post here. He has a 93 C2, 84k miles. Extensive track use since 1998. No oil leaks, original clutch. The gearbox has has a leak (it's a little moist) which he is going to address when it's time to replace the clutch. Calipers were rebuilt in 2001. Other than that, just the normal services and oil changes, pads and a two sets of rotors.

Still waiting for him to sell it to me. <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" />

Jack667

1990 C4 Cab with 94k miles, including approx 60 DE days in last 3 years (equivalent, ~30 days w/2 drivers).
Major repairs include: Engine rebuild, clutch and flywheel (flywheel broke at Watkins Glen), replaced top, starter, battery.
Too many mods to list, but they were for performance or cosmetic reasons, not for repair.

Emmett

1990 C2 CAB, 26,5000 Miles, No work done, No proplems, Like new, In winter storage and
its 10 deg outside!

WINTER SUCKS!!!

ballistic964

1990 C4 coupe 146K Miles - mostly Highway
Regular documented dealer service

Including:
RS lightweight clutch/flywheel @110K by P/O when DM fragged
Major Tune at 140K when purchased
Brake Pads and front rotors recently

it has a small oil drip at base of cylinder 3
Compression good - no smoke

Mods:
EVO stage 4 tuner kit
Runs strong

No known autoX, DE, wrecks,or other major unplanned dis-assemblies

Jay H

I've got 31,500 miles on my C2 coupe. No major repairs so far.

Robert Coats

64k on my '91 C4.

No major repairs except for dual-mass flywheel replacement.

Rick964

34k and no major repairs. This includes lots of AutoX the last two years.

SonnyV

'92 964 C2 Turbo, few more miles will be 42k miles. No major repair, everything is original. I've owned it over 2 years now with 7k miles in last 2 years. Not much driving lately...

Sonny

Bill Wagner

After reading all the posts you higher mileage guys are putting up and reporting so few problems really shoots the "964 is a lemmon" idea right between the eyes!

<img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" />

Irishdriver

139,431 Km (lots of miles) on a 964 C4

Apart from servicing:
New Oil Tank Cap,
New discs and pads,
New front wishbones,
New shock absorbers (Needed!)
New Spings (H&R Desired!)
New left front air bag sensor,
New bit of plastic under the rear spoiler
took me ages to work out what was scratching the paint)
New Clip for the Sun roof

On my shopping list:
Strut brace,
New plastic underneath the front Bumper (she's had the smile knocked off her face too many times)
Paint job...Stone chips!!!

The engine doesn't particularly use oil and has always had a nice covering of oil since the Oil Tank cap failed.

Strabo

Wishbone replacement is a new one for me. What is happening here? How are they wearing and why do they require replacement? Do you replace them with stock or aftermarket parts?

Irishdriver

Wishbones are fine...The rubber bushes wear out or perish giving you an undesired movement in the wishbones. Don't know if this is due to age or abuse.

Porsche, in their infinite wisdom, did not make the bushes a replaceable item - you have to buy expensive wishbones to replace a couple of 5 Euro rubber parts!!!!!

Maybe we should start an investigation into reconditioning 964 Wishbones - there must be someone out there doing it.

Strabo

That certainly sounds like Porsche to me. Every model seems to have a required quota of little glitches and odd quirks. Apparently, the relatively low volume of 964s produced has not been sufficient to stimulate the aftermarket to build an improved replacement.

eion

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by Strabo:
<strong>Apparently, the relatively low volume of 964s produced has not been sufficient to stimulate the aftermarket to build an improved replacement.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Chuck Moreland of Elephant Racing (no affiliation, just a fellow Pelicanite) makes (among other things) brass suspension bushings for the earlier cars - you could always ask him if he'd be interested in making a similar replacement bushing for the wishbones in our cars? Hey, it can't hurt to ask, and it's *got* to be cheaper than buying a whole new wishbone.