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Rasta Monsta · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 11733 Location: PacNW

Gosh, we have a sickness, don't we??
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cgalyon · Joined: 05 May 2008 Posts: 249 Location: Knoxville, TN

Nice, looks great for a $700 car! I'm a bit jealous!

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alexvex · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:37 am Post subject:

so are you going to piece it together or part it? If you part it I'd like the fenders

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1992 Porsche 968 (VW 2.5L I5 Turbo swap in the works)
1995 Audi 90 Quattro Sport (4.2L V8 Swap)
2010 Touareg TDI
Past Pcars: 80 931, 87 924S, 87 951

77Porsche924 · Joined: 28 Feb 2008 Posts: 168 Location: Aldergrove B.C.

jealous here! bout 1500 in and mine still don't start yet and needs body work LOL
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Joes924Racer · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:12 pm Post subject:

Double on the jealous here ! You scored.
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00Smurf · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:13 pm Post subject:

00Smurf · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:33 pm Post subject:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=10&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjaguar.professional.org%2Felectrics%2Fsplicing.php&ei=Fjl0SJPiIYOEiAHM7JyAAQ&usg=AFQjCNG0buZsyjUG5HejjYPHtBS39VKjMw&sig2=mR6YEis54Y57zzfI30hrPA

good solder tutorial.

gohim · Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 4459 Location: Rialto, CA

Personally I would not even attempt to try to solder all the wires back together, if you are not already competent at following wiring diagrams and soldering. It's much easier to just get a complete wiring harness from a parts car and do it right by methodically removing the old harness, while inserting the new harness. Even if you know how to follow wiring diagrams and solder.

The wiring harness of a relatively modern fuel injected car is not the place to learn how to follow wiring diagrams and make good tight reliable solder connections.

The backfiring on throttle lift is probably a timing (timing belt out of adjustment) or fuel or emissions control problem. Before you run the engine anymore, if I were you, I would probably do the front of engine service to make sure that there isn't a serious problem developing.

Archie9xx · Joined: 06 Feb 2005 Posts: 78 Location: Finland

Sounds just like the job I'm doing for my 944. Bought a nice (for it's price) 944, installed roll cage, racing seats and 6-point belts, replaced the timing belt (+tensioners) and nearly burned the whole car - or at least the wiring harness inside the dash board.
4 or 5 wires were burned, from ignition switch to steering column to head light switch to...somewhere. I simply bought a second hand wiring harness, and installed (or more likely, I'm still installing) it. It's time consuming and frustrating job, but also an easy way to get rid of most of the electrical ballast you're carrying with you: electric windows, air conditioning and everything.

So, be prepared to remove the dash, and to replace the harness, but also check the steering column switches (sorry for my horrible English, indicator switches, wiper switches...you know) for burn marks: mine was destroyed at time of the harness damage, and installing the same component would have probably caused a fire again. And also replace the ignition switch under the steering lock. It's a cheap part, but it can save a lot.

EDIT: wow, I just invented a time machine. This message is suppose be the last one on the page, not the first one.

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00Smurf

Was searching craigslist last night looking for 924 parts. Came across an add for a 85 944 w/ most of the electrical taken out. They were asking $750 for the whole thing or to come and take parts of it. The add was posted at 3:45am. I messaged the guy at 3:55am. Went to look at the car at noon, and offered him $700 for the whole thing.

Car runs very nice. Runs a tad rich, so it backfires on throttle lift. It has no rust, brand new tires, new exhaust, new clutch and brakes.

Turns out after looking at it, there was a small electrical fire behind the cluster. Well not so much a fire but enough, to melt wires. This is why the gauges were out. It came with all the parts that were removed minus the melted wiring pretty much they just cut the harness from behind where the gauges hook up.

Went to the junkyard today, and got a new cluster, center console and all the wiring i could cut out, including all the relays and the fuse panels. Whats going to be the best way to splice all the wires back together? Should i solder etc?

Here are some pics:

00Smurf · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:44 pm Post subject:

Slam · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:10 am Post subject:

You Yanks have all the fun. The 79 924 I just picked up wasn't half that 944 and I paid close to what you did! Well done.

Yup, it's an illness...
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'78 924 - gone
'77 924 - rusting comfortably

Chrenan · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 3903 Location: Canada

Nice!

Body looks solid, strip it down to nothing and make a nice racer out of it. If there isn't enough wiring left to get the 2.5 running, slap a V8 in there.
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1987924s · Joined: 05 Jul 2008 Posts: 48 Location: Texas

Have to say thats a very nice buy.
Agree wih the others it looks like the engine bay is callng for a V8...........

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00Smurf · Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 5:12 am Post subject:

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