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Jan 14, 2017 15:48:13 GMT
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Jan 14, 2017 22:07:32 GMT
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I have to remove the tint off of these. Chemicals don't touch it. Thinners and spirits just don't do anything. I've started sanding but the paints a lot thicker than I first thought. What grade paper should i be starting with? I have been sanding with 2000grit but it's taking ages. 1000/1500/2000 and polish? I would trade u my originals?
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Jan 14, 2017 22:09:54 GMT
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Ah, just read on there and see you got it off! Did you lacquer them after or buff them?
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ChasR
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Jan 15, 2017 11:28:16 GMT
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Unfortunately my 944 suffered the dreaded DME relay failure. In the glove box were two totally shagged relays. This is what I was using to start the car to rule the DME out as a fault. I knew I had to replace the relay but I didn't really know what to replace it with. There are options out there starting at somewhere around the £60 to £70 mark and coming all the way down to just under £20. Logic would suggest spend more and get something better but I'm a tight wad and I bought a £18 Foreign special from eBay fully prepared to be disappointed. Threw it in and it works! So I am very happy! I don't know how long it will last so I will leave my DME jumper in the glovebox once this is on the road as a "just incase". You can get a credible DME Relay from FrazerPart. It's where I got mine from when mine started going funny: www.frazerpart.com/acatalog/944__924S__964__968___993_DME_relay.htmlGreat to see the fixes you are doing and fair play for persevering at them . I wouldn't discount Porsche for parts prices however. In some cases they can be the cheapest! On my 944 Turbo they were including: -A thermostat that actually worked right and didn't have the gauge wondering like a lost child -Door linkage for the central locking ;£2.50 vs £7 from a "specialist" -Door Check Strap ;£14 vs £27, again from a specialist -Brake discs. £180 vs £220+ each. I should point out my Turbo had brakes from a 928 GTS/964 Turbo (965) which were huge. ECP could not come close to that price.
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BT
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Jan 17, 2017 15:16:43 GMT
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lythe85That's frustrating, I would have halpily swapped! It's a right PITA trying to get this stuff off. Annoyingly new indicator lenses are like £70 alone. I'm going to polish them back. Megs and other detailing companies sell refurbishment kits and all they consist of is sand paper and a polish compound. I expect it to be a bit messy, so I'll save all of them to do at the same time.
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Jan 17, 2017 15:22:42 GMT
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ChasRThat is very interesting to know. I must come clean and admit that I have never actually bought a part from a main dealer, I wouldn't have the first idea of how to go around it. I do need some blanks though for some of the switches in the centre console. Thanks very much for that Faser parts link. I always presumed they were US based. No idea why. So always gone elsewhere. There are a few parts on there I've been struggling to find, so thanks for sharing. Quick question about your thermostat. In the height of summer when it was incredibly hot I had the car out idling in the street. The temperature gauge would go up to 90, then crawl up another segment... Then the fans would kick in I assume and the dial would drop to 90, then after five minutes or so it would climb again, then drop, and so on. However it never climbed enough to cause enough concern and the engine seemed to moderate it's temperature quite well considering the ambient temperature and the fact the car wasn't actually going anywhere. I will be swapping the coolant, replacing any hoses that need it along with the thermostat, however is what I experienced in the summer the same as the wandering gauge that you had?
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ChasR
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Jan 17, 2017 23:44:23 GMT
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Mine was happening in winter! After the engine swap I changed the thermostat as a matter of course as I figured "it's new, it will be an improvement. I did not bank on the wondering gauge! It was fine before with the old engine during the height of the summer. FWIW the old engine had piston slap but besides that it ran fine. I dailied it with the shot piston for around 3,000 miles. With the Wahler Porsche 'stat the wondering issues went away and that was during a warmer spring as well! My gauge did used to wonder in town but not too badly at all. It would always cool down again in around 30 seconds. I know of one specialists that uses that benchmark to see if a rad is efficient. On both my S2 and my Turbo the rad swap made a big difference to cooling. Thankfully I bought the Turbo with a new rad .
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Jan 19, 2017 16:18:14 GMT
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Thanks for the reply ChasR I am hoping that with a flush of my coolant, and a clean out will help solve the problem. Interesting. I've not seen much details about your turbo on here, do you have any build thread or anything for it? I am sure I read that there was a few similarities between the turbo and the 2.5 engine, sure I read it in sumpcrackers thread.
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Jan 19, 2017 18:04:34 GMT
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Jan 19, 2017 19:57:46 GMT
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First time I'd read through this thread and really like the way you're going about things BT so I'm bookmarking to see you get this 944 back on the road I've always liked the look of the 944 but haven't come close to owning one yet (despite having a car with a fair few identical styling cues.. ) ChasR I think your Stag and my Saab must have been related somehow haha
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ChasR I've got to say, having read through your turbo build I am very envious! Seems to be a very nice example and it seems to have come together very well. The comparison photos of standard vs modified seems to show how little touches can improve these cars greatly. Your interior makes me envious!
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adam73bgtWell thanks very much. My earliest memory of the 944 was my friends neighbour, he had one when I was very young which sat and rotted into a state of decay and was then scrapped despite me offering countless times to buy it off of him, although to be fair at the time I was probably about 16, maybe even younger so I suppose my capability could have been questioned at the time, so I bought a mini instead. With the 911 variant becoming so incredibly expensive, and the boxster not really floating my boat I though the 944 might just got the bill. I am considering the possibilities of using this car as a daily every day driver, work commuter, weekend excursion and just average day to day duties. I suppose we will have to see what happens!
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Feb 10, 2017 22:05:47 GMT
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ChasR I think your Stag and my Saab must have been related somehow haha Some cars out there have bad owners. The Stag IMO was one of them! It's partly one reason I am careful over a bargain and probably too picky these days. ChasR I've got to say, having read through your turbo build I am very envious! Seems to be a very nice example and it seems to have come together very well. The comparison photos of standard vs modified seems to show how little touches can improve these cars greatly. Your interior makes me envious! Glad you liked the thread. It makes those evenings that I wrote such threads worthwhile, especially if one can take something away from it. When I think back I guess I changed quite a bit mind you! It's a crying shame that car is now without an MOT :/.
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Feb 13, 2017 16:44:30 GMT
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Looking at your interior makes me kind of sad in a way... Because mine is totally Shagged. I need to investigate what I can do with the dash, it's some what Grand Canyon like. I might have to start a thread asking for repair options.
What's the score with lowering these? Is coilovers the only real option? Annoyingly I had agreed to buy some Spax for £250, then the buyer pulled out.the £650 for a new set saddens me somewhat!
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Apr 20, 2017 17:38:23 GMT
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I need to dig this out and finish it off however I could use some help. Something that's high on the list of things to sort is quite a small thing, I've just been struggling with it and I am hoping someone can give me some advice. My car has a fully manual sunroof, the rear clips are fully intact but the front ones are broken so there is nothing there of any sort to pull the front of the sunroof down which in turn has allowed a heck of a lot of water to get in over the years and it has destroyed the interior. I have a new interior to fit but I can not start fitting it until the sunroof is sorted. The problem is I can not find suitable front sunroof latches anywhere. This is what I've got on the front of my sunroof. Does anyone know if the rear latches are the same as the front? Can 924 sunroof latches be used instead of 924? Can 944 electric front brackets be used? As per usual there are replacements out there but I'm not paying £75 per latch. I've spoken with Frazer parts and they said they don't stock them and suggested a main dealer however I haven't the first clue how to ask a main dealer for a part or price. Alternatively does anyone know if they were taken from other VW models like most of the other parts? In the meantime have something cool.
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Apr 20, 2017 18:00:34 GMT
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The front latches are manual operation even on the electric sunroof (only the rear part is electric). 924 will be exactly the same latches.
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Apr 20, 2017 18:03:23 GMT
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Apr 21, 2017 10:41:42 GMT
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Apr 21, 2017 19:42:28 GMT
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Those front latches don't do anything apart from stop the sunroof flying off. They don't clamp anything down. They just lock into a hole on the wind break. If the sunroof leaks it'll 9 times out of 10 be the seal I might have some spare ones off a spare sunroof I bought. I'll have a look at the weekend!
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Hi BT, 2x on garthalgar's post! Even a brand new seal is leaking if it isn't attached with a minimal bead of sealer inside the seals C-channel. At least the repro seals do not come with such an adhesive / sealing. Check this for details: only944.com/instructions/sunroofseal/Kyle, the owner of only944, sells great seals, I use both Targa roof seals and the hatch seal. Follow the instructions and you are good. My proposal would be, remove some of the old headliner after installation of the new seals, check for leaks. If everything is dry for a while, install the new headliner. And talking about the headliner, don't waste your money on a Porsche headliner - you can buy a square meter of black leatherette for a fracture of the money! It is exactly the same thing, maybe a minimal different structure... The Porsche is also just a square bit of leatherette which you need to install properly. I think you've seen it before but, here is my attempt to install a new one: porsche-944-transaxle.blogspot.de/2016/10/new-headliner.html
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