Originally Posted by John McM

I think Dave's a purist.

Originally Posted by O2GO

Lola is back where she belongs all fresh and shiny. Very happy with Steve's work. So much care and attention to detail went into it. They even steam cleaned the engine and painted the wiper hardware. Dave took me down to Pirongia and we ogled the Orange T. She's getting the attention now that Lola is all done. We took the long way back, towards Raglan, SH22, Ridge Road and m'way from Bombay Hills. We swapped cars for a little bit towards the end of the run. The two red cars looked great together. A few pics...

Originally Posted by 996tnz

Good advice Phil. Pel - all 996T wings seem to die eventually. Mine started throwing errors and raising unevenly at around the 90,000 km mark so I pulled the rams apart and serviced them. Fiddly, but not too hard, though I would recommend getting or making the wing removal tool, unless someone likes hearing you swear. I also had to grind a spanner down so it was narrow enough to fit the nuts on the rams, but you can borrow mine if you want. Her wing is working properly again since but I'd gotten to like the ducktail look so I've left the controller unplugged for now and just manually raise it for track or race. IMO, the wing failure stems from the wing controller waiting until you've done a certain time or distance (distance I think) under 70 odd kph before it lowers the wing. If you park overnight directly after a fast drive without tootling through say a 50 kph zone first, the wing stays up, with those massive return springs stressing the hydraulics. The result is an eventual leak from one or both rams as the seals give up the struggle. More rarely, the wing drive motor or the ABS plastic yoke on the screw may break too, and the position sensing microswitches are pretty fragile when handled. If you always remember to manually lower the wing when parked for more than a few hours, it should last you longer. When I can be bothered, I'll plug the controller back in and wire in a manual over-ride to turn the wing off when I don't want it doing its thing. Most like the wing up look and there are cheap kits on eBay that replace the hydraulics with lighter fixed posts - a popular option. Not sure where I put them but I also took a bunch of photos documenting the wing mechanism service. Previously discussed the problem here: https://rennlist.com/forums/996-turb...spoiler-3.html and my DIY write up of the service I carried out is at the below link (sans photos though sorry): https://rennlist.com/forums/rennlist...land-1080.html My pet peeve with the wing is that the rams are cylindrical rather than a more aerodynamic design. Even the eBay fixed ones are round...

Originally Posted by John McM

I think Dave's a purist.

Originally Posted by Pel

Thanks for the info, will have a read up. The wing has started working again, Im going to get the coolant pipes pinned in a couple of weeks so will get the guys to have a look then. Doug if you get an air cooled drive going let me know, no 930 at present but hoping to have back by next weekend.

Originally Posted by mrphil

the red 991 GT3 at armstongs is gone and a 993 turbo has popped up in its place
http://sales.armstrongmotorgroup.com...o-nz-new-6889/

so which one of you was it?

Originally Posted by gt38088

You will be a happy boy Doug. Looking good. now you are back to full garage you will have decisions about which car to drive on the weekends

Originally Posted by Pel

Doug if you get an air cooled drive going let me know, no 930 at present but hoping to have back by next weekend.

Originally Posted by John McM

There's a Porsche Club run on the 15th. May be we should be sociable.

Originally Posted by Pel

Sounds good, I'm not a member of the Porsche Club. Just filled out the online registration so hopefully set by the 15th.

Originally Posted by kiwi 911

With regards to the 15 March run - I shall adopt my current position