John McM

Despite setting the spring perches exactly as before, we have SUV height. Hopefully it will settle and an alignment will get it back to where it used to be.

John McM

The upholsterer is slooooow. However I daren't give him too much pressure and end up with the rubbish job so I bought a pair of 993 seats for temporary use. I like the Manual fore aft and rear incline. The seats are noticeably lighter than my 8 way OE seats.

John McM

Next up was the driver's window. I pulled the motor and regulator out, lubed the channels etc and it still worked intermittently. I've ordered a new after market one. I'm getting good at this job. I might do a DIY for this as I couldn't find anything on the 964 for a full removal and refit.

John McM

After the window effort I decided to do the passenger door card.

The first task was to replicate the foam additions by taking some across to the new card and adding some new strips

Next up was a new pull handle. If you take it carefully with the circlips it's easy. Then it's a matter of assembling it all.

I'm very happy with the result.

A word to those of you that sell-off original parts. Thanks! It's made my work easier as I didn't have to use my painted door pull and lid. That said I would never sell parts off my car. When you are looking it's the worst feeling. Nothing is easy to find and neither is it cheap.

John McM

A quick foam bath and running the car at idle to make sure the engine is dry. I can't drive it far as the right rear outer CV is clicking.

I might fit a normal primary to this car, in keeping with the original theme. It's too loud as is and surprisingly louder than my other car with exactly the same setup.

rotorheadcase

A DIY for the power window assy would be great John! A job I have to do also as pax window is not playing the game any more.

Deserion

Also interested in the window regulator how-to. I need to pull mine to regrease as they're kind of slow.

John McM

Last night I sorted my driver window. I fitted a new motor and lubricated the slightly corroded spring. Soon I will put the pics I took into a DIY.

John McM

With the window motor sorted I moved to close up the door, which meant fitting the speakers. I had hoped to maintain the integrity of the membrane by using a heat gun to stretch it enough to insert the speakers but that wasn't practical. I also had to create spacers for the area between the door card and the door inner skin, otherwise the speakers would indent the card when fastened. I thought about screwing these to the door inner but opted for duct tape to minimize holes in the door inner. It all holds well. All that's left to do on the doors is repair and fit the door pockets.

John McM

Door membrane. The expensive Porsche one. It has an adhesive that mounts and demounts like post it notes.

John McM

I drove the car for approximately 10 miles to settle things. I had two alerts come up. E brake / Handbrake and spoiler. I adjusted the handbrake switch to sort out that alert. It's pretty simple. You adjust the switch position so there is no metal/metal contact when the lever is released. The spoiler alert will take some more research.

John McM

Another problem I found is that my indicators wouldn't self cancel with the new wheel. A look at the back of the wheel showed me why. The tab is in the wrong place on part 113415660A and further research has indicated that the correct part number is 92834709900. Predictably the 964 part is five times the cost of the other part even though it's close to the same design and construction.

Older pic is an OE setup. The second new part pic is the incorrect set up with 113415660A. The Tab is in the wrong place so can't cancel the indicator.

John McM

Spoiler alert is definitely more complicated:

- swapped clocks with my other C4, no difference.
- checked micro switches in the spoiler unit, they look fine.
- manually raised and lowered the spoiler, worked properly.

That means its the automatic circuit that's the problem. First I will check the wiring and boxes under the drivers seat (RHD 1990 model). My other C4 has a ducktail and no boxes to swap over. If that shows no issues I will need to take it on the open road. I'm expecting it will suddenly work at 72mpg/115km/hr when the emergency box lifts the spoiler. That would mean the auto box is unserviceable. Unfortunately the only spare I have is the later model one.

John McM

I removed the seat and noted that one of the spoiler boxes wasn't properly seated. The alarm stopped but I don't seem to have the functionality where the alarm starts on and then goes off after the car reaches 7km/hr. I need to get the car on the open road and check full auto functionality.

John McM

The correct steering wheel slip ring arrived so goodbye fugly wheel. Putting the slip rings next to each other there are clear differences. Firstly the orientation of the indicator cancelling tab is different. Secondly the width and length of the two tabs are different. If you want the wheel to work properly there is only one correct part. You can't modify the cheaper one to make it work.