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Not when the Battery dies because of Lockdown, and you have to crawl through the Cabin to attach the Jump Battery..!
Do you have this in your scuttle area? With the blue cap? It is a charging point to get some juice into your battery in an emergency if it was flat. Porsche say it is not to be used to jumpstart your car though.
My '94 was LHD and my 944 is an '86, which is the first year of RHD rear mounted batteries so it doesn't have a charge point. Apparently it was introduced on all RHD 944 from 1987 after lessons learned! I've seen them on 1991 944S2 so I'd be surprised if they didn't carry it over to RHD 968.
What started as a leak from return hose to the fuel sender morphed into a larger project to redo several fuel related items. After taking the fuel pump cover off, decided that I would sand and repaint the covers and strap as needed. Of course, also noticed that fuel pump was not encased in its rubber sleeve as designed. Luckily, PO had the sleeve in a box of stuff that came with the car, so off with the fuel pump to get that done, and source a new mounting clamp (to be done later this week). Then looked at fuel strainer and noticed the gasket looked bad, so while I'm there, let's order a new gasket. Gasket came in, drained tank, and removed strainer - of course the strainer is bad, so order a new strainer. Just got that installed today, and waiting for clamps to come back from plating company to finish reinstallation of hoses. Here's a pic of strainer as removed next to the new one now in the car.
Shedding dust and blinking in the light out we drove today after 16 months confinement.... UK MOT tester liked my work so we now have a street legal rolling restoration. Time for some bonnet (hood) struts I think.
Shedding dust and blinking in the light out we drove today after 16 months confinement.... UK MOT tester liked my work so we now have a street legal rolling restoration. Time for some bonnet (hood) struts I think.
Not seen a 968 in black before Steve. Unusual. Nice.
Not seen a 968 in black before Steve. Unusual. Nice.
Thanks. 968S tho with no MO30, essentially a 968 with deletions 😀. I’d have though black was common! Don’t see enough 968s around these days to form an opinion on colours sadly.
Thanks. 968S tho with no MO30, essentially a 968 with deletions 😀. I’d have though black was common! Don’t see enough 968s around these days to form an opinion on colours sadly.
Steve
Not sure about international, but in the US, nearly a quarter (1026 of 4242 total - data from http://968register.org/) of the 968s were made in black - very common (at least among 968s) over here, guessing less so in Europe.
Not sure about international, but in the US, nearly a quarter (1026 of 4242 total - data from http://968register.org/) of the 968s were made in black - very common (at least among 968s) over here, guessing less so in Europe.
Interesting. I really don’t have a handle on the uk situation. Mine is the only one you see these parts, most people don’t have a clue what it is.
Same in the US about people having no clue as to what these cars are...!
Added some Eastwood Xmat to the trunk and spare wheel well. Xmat is basically the same as Dynamat, but less expensive. Installed my new rearview mirror. I was able to score a new trunk carpet off the 'bay so that is in the trunk now. Bad part is the NOS trunk piece is marine blue, not midnight blue. You can definitely see the difference. Not a big deal for me and the midnight blue version is NLA from Porsche.
Same in the US about people having no clue as to what these cars are...!
Added some Eastwood Xmat to the trunk and spare wheel well. Xmat is basically the same as Dynamat, but less expensive. Installed my new rearview mirror. I was able to score a new trunk carpet off the 'bay so that is in the trunk now. Bad part is the NOS trunk piece is marine blue, not midnight blue. You can definitely see the difference. Not a big deal for me and the midnight blue version is NLA from Porsche.
Id love to either refurb or replace my trunk carpet lining. Wonder if anyone does that kind of work
Yea, if I got paid for every time I said “it’s a 968” and got a glazed stare back, even by the motor trade, I’d be rich 😀
The carpet pieces in the trunk really suck. The main floor piece is molded (for the spare wheel bump) and has a substantial amount of thick padding glued to the underside. Short of finding a NOS piece or ordering one from Porsche ($$$) if still available, I think there are a couple of solutions, each with its own pluses and minuses. First would be a re-dye. If your interior is black, this is the way I'd go first. Then you can possibly have a carpet specialist make a "mat" that simply covers the worn/faded piece. Another option, although much more involved would be to use the old piece as a template, make a new piece and then saw off the foam from the old piece and glue it to the new piece. Probably other ways too...
The side carpet pieces are complexly molded and have cotton twill edge binding which goes under the trunk seal to hold the top of the pieces in place. Re-dye and have a seamstress add new edge binding.
Another Rennlister "shaved" some of his carpets with sheep shears and recovered them with fresh carpet via contact adhesive. Method worked well.
The carpet pieces in the trunk really suck. The main floor piece is molded (for the spare wheel bump) and has a substantial amount of thick padding glued to the underside. Short of finding a NOS piece or ordering one from Porsche ($$$) if still available, I think there are a couple of solutions, each with its own pluses and minuses. First would be a re-dye. If your interior is black, this is the way I'd go first. Then you can possibly have a carpet specialist make a "mat" that simply covers the worn/faded piece. Another option, although much more involved would be to use the old piece as a template, make a new piece and then saw off the foam from the old piece and glue it to the new piece. Probably other ways too...
The side carpet pieces are complexly molded and have cotton twill edge binding which goes under the trunk seal to hold the top of the pieces in place. Re-dye and have a seamstress add new edge binding.
Another Rennlister "shaved" some of his carpets with sheep shears and recovered them with fresh carpet via contact adhesive. Method worked well.
All very interesting. It’s the sides including the rear aspect that are bad on mine, the colour etc is ok but they have gone stiff and misshapen so they won’t stay where they should be. The vertical parts tend hang away from the body whatever you do. I wonder if a coach trimming place could do some thing clever using the old one as a pattern
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