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Eturbo924
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Location: Londonderry NH
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 Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 6:57 am Post subject: Just a couple of rants. |
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You know everyone makes mistakes but I hate it when there are just stupid ones.
The 1977 924 that I recently saved from the crusher.
Three things I recently fixed that kind of get me.
The worst would be the front wheel bearings.
The last owner... well the one before the last... cranked those suckers in as tight as the nut would go! Just about destroyed the spindle. Lucky I heard the beginings of disaster and knew what it was. Got them off and inspected it all. Seems ok... but man stupid stupid stupid. I almost could not get the things off it was on so tight!
Next is the fuel pump relay. He had put a jumper in the plugs for the relay. Of course not a large enough wire so it was overheating to boot! So I figure check out the back of the relay board to make sure this guy did not cut anything. Turns out that the ground circuit for the relay had come out of the back. I replaced it and put in a new relay... and bingo! Car starts perfectly now with no running fuel pump any time I want to just hear the radio.
Next... and I guess this will be it for now. The PO rewired the cooling fans. Cut all the wires under the dash and up at the fans and ran them to a switch in the car. Man! All this over a $12 thermal fan switch! I purchased a new switch... had to rewire all the appropriate lines the guy cut and put the new TFS in place. Now the car can keep itself cool again on its own. Just stupid things.
Heck... plus with all the other wires I pulled out of the car it is less weight!
Oh he wired the front headlights also... seems the ground crimp was lost at the headlight motors. Fixed that and pulled out all the wires he put in and extra switch.
AH ok I will shut up now. Car is quite nice now that I do not have to turn on 10 switches to get it all to work... just the ignition now 
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924RACR
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Location: Royal Oak, MI, USA
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| Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, I hate morons like that... 
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5150
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| Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 11:21 pm Post subject: |
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Previous Owner Of Doom....
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Porsche924boy
Joined: 25 Mar 2005
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Location: Ohio
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| Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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I agree. My car the guy who owned it before us just used cheap white wire, to try and rewire it, he also used some lamp cord wire in some places. Man that guy was a Mouron I HATE MOURONS, WHO CAN'T WIRE"
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5150
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Hmmm, are you US guys changing the spelling of "moron" just to have a dig at us Brits about colour / parlour / humour etc 
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Porsche924boy
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| Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 9:35 am Post subject: |
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Oppsy daisy. Sorry for mispell.
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924RACR
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| Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 10:46 am Post subject: |
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Whadda bunch a Maroons!!!
(as Bugs Bunny would say) 
Hey, it could be worse; over on rennlist there's the story being told of a 944 PO who replaced a section of power steering hose with - get this - garden hose!!!
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Paul
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Ozzie
Joined: 12 Mar 2005
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I dont think the PO of my car did much to it. He let it sit for a year after he bought it and then sold it.
The guy before him must have been an idiot from all the work I had to do.
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924RACR
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OBBR: Obligatory Bugs Bunny Reference
...shoulda taken that left at Albaquerque!
...and I'll call him George. 
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