Just to document the door work. The inner skin was cracked most likely due to a high wind incident before I bought it and because I fitted a heavy duty door stay that put too much strain on the door skin. The cracks were welded up and I ground down the door stay detents to reduce their stiffness. This compromised the door holding ability but I prefer that to another cracked door inner. Last pic is the new Porsche door membrane. They are expensive but well worth it.

With working air con a major goal it was time to think about the rear fan. I put in a bypass two years ago, then the Silver C4 received the motor when it kept on blowing its fuse. What I evidently forgot was that I had purchased a new motor from Design 911 to replace the faulty one.

Long story short I have pulled the bypass out, disconnected the jumper, reinstalled the relay, changed the fan motor and reinstalled it all. I also changed out the CF air intake. I’m back to stock, which hopefully will give me more air flow. Sure it’s not as sexy as before but it’s more practical for all weather driving. All I have to do now is source a new resistor as I can’t find the old one.

While I’m posting about practicality, it’s worth pointing out the downside of painting the lower sill area body colour. I have days of work ahead of me to sand out the damage, prepare for painting then lay down primer, black paint and a final coat of clear. I’m using the same product 964tit (Tiaan) did.

Btw this damage was done on unsealed back roads.

Small tidy up jobs before I travel for work. New battery installed and working on the emergency frunk cable routing. The actual cable is easy to route as there’s a couple of choices to have it exit the frunk and end up in the fender cavity where it can be accessed from the indicator opening. How to attach it to the frunk catch is more difficult to decide. Spokes enlarged the hole in the screw holder. I think I’ll do it differently and crimp a connector (when I find the right size and strength) on the cable and put it under the screw. Whatever you do it has to anticipate cable breakage so be independent of the existing cable.

Bar entrance


Baxter’s Bar Sydney.


Porsche parts


Post hole digger
Back from Dingo land. No snakes or spiders. A random visit to an underground bar in Sydney and a lot of cajoling to get my family to open my parts parcels and send me photos because it seems that every second order is stuffed up. Sure enough I’m 8 leds short on my 12 led gauge order. I’m also sorting out a stuff up in my carpet order.

First up was the replacement gear stick bellow. Unexpectedly, there are two bellows and a lower rubber cover. Considering the area is also protected by the metal tunnel cover underneath you have to wonder what the engineers were trying to protect the gear shift against? I wasn’t expecting another torn bellow but given the ridiculous price for the other one I left it torn. I then used dynatape to ensure the soundproofing is tight around the area as it impacts on the carpet install later on.

I’m fixing a retaining wall in my spare time. It’s easier to buy the equipment, use it and sell it, than hire it. It’s just too hot right now to work outside.

I couldn’t bring myself to pay the asking for the lower bellow. The rest looked fine. I’m close to recharging the air con. That’s next week. A long hood sounds like fun. I’m a one model owner. I can’t be bothered learning new systems.