Spark Plugs, Tuning Engine

Two of the Spark Plugs have snapped, and the others just aren't doing too well. I ordered a whole new set of Ignition Wires and Bosch Spark Plugs. Apart from this, the engine needs some fine tuning. The 924 is not starting up at the moment, but obviously because of the Plug problem. Once I get them in the mail, I will set them in, and the car should hopefully fire up good. Afterwards I can mess with the Distributor and get a well sounding tune- which should in turn, help the slugging the 924 was suffering from earlier on.

The New Engine bay

New Handbrake

I recently installed a new handbrake. The last one was corroding, and I couldn't even park on the littlest of hills without rolling. I have yet to test the new handbrake out, but it should certainly be installed correctly.

Used Cylinder= Bad New Cylinder Ordered

Today I got the horrible Brake Master Cylinder replaced with the used one I collected from eBay. Appearantly it is in worse condition than the one that was in there before. With the brand new Brake Master Cylinder I ordered, having not been correctly described, I therefore recieved the wrong one. I ordered a brand new cylinder online- the CORRECT one this time. I made complete sure with the seller first. I will need to re-sell the unusable new cylinder on eBay or the 924board. More updates soon!

Vaccum Lines Ordered

Today after replacing the battery I accidentally snapped a few vacuum lines. Yeah- that's how old they were. They snapped with hardly any touch. I ordered a complete RED silicone kit today, so I excitedly await the arrival of this. I have been meaning to get the kit for some time now, but with more snapped lines, this was something I needed to do right away!

New Battery Installed

The drain I have been experiencing lately has been the battery itself. I had no idea it was going so bad. I took the piece of shit out today, and replaced it with a brand new battery. Started up just fine!

Hopefull I will not need to conduct anymore jumping! :D

Brake Master Cylinder

Appearantly the Brake Master Cylinder is gettign worn down, and anytime soon the brakes could randomly snap. I am keeping the 924 in the garage for now. I ordered a used good condition Brake Master Cylinder and am awaiting it's arrival. I will inspect it when it arrives, and if good enough will use it for my new cylinder.
If not, I will need to purchase a brand new one. I will find out sometiem this week what my mechanic will charge for labor cost on installiing the part. If he's askign too much, I'm going to have to see what I can do about doing this myself.

In the meantime I am waiting my newly order parts form http://www.performanceproducts.com/ including a Voltmeter, Infared Thermometer, and Drain Plug tools. I now know the proper way to drain and fill the transmission fluid, so I will do that upon recieving my products.

In the meantime I am going to have to get ahold of another vehicle. The 924 is officially going to need to stay in the garage this witner to be worked on. I may either get ahold of another Porsche, or see what else I can find around here.

Stupid Battery

A few days ago I take the car out around noon and let it sit for about an hour. I come back to find the battery pretty much completely dead! With nothing on, where was the charge depleting? Anywho, I went to Menards and picked up a rechargable portable booster. I let it charge a bit then took it to the car and hooked the cables up on the battery. I let it charge up not even 2 minutes and she fired up just fine. Haven't had any problems since. I'll be keeping this portable booster with my all the time from now on.

I recently ordered a Volmeter, Infared Thermometer, and 2 Drain Plug pieces. With a good money saving deal going on, I saved about $17.00

Hopefully once I get the drain plug removal sockets, I can finally get down to draining and filling the damn tranny.

Transmission Drain

So not too long back I got some Redline 750W to replace the old transmission fluid with. Yesterday I jacked the car up on one side to get underneath and locate the two drain plugs. I belive I spotted them but it will be too difficult to do anything if I don't get an extra set of jack stands for the other side. I will need to order a 17mm allen wrench to remove the plugs, as well, and a suction gun to get the fluid into the transmission. Once I get all this accomplished, I will update with how the process went in replacing the fluid and how the car thense performs on it's new drug.

Interior Complete

 I finished the interior today. Resprayed the Center Console with a shinier black spray. Refitted it and that finished the final piece of the completed interior! I have a few mods yet to complete such as adding embroidered colored Porsche Crest emblem badges to the seats, and a metal colored Porsche Crest emblem in the center of the horn pad. The Dash Cap also needs some cement glue, but it's good enough for now. I may just get a new, less flimsy dash cap for a winter project. Until then.

Tomorrow I plan on doing some more engine inspection and jacking the car up to take a look underneath, and see exactly what I need to do to drain the transmission fluid.

Interior Gallery

Re-Fitting Center Console

Today I will finally re-fit the center console. I will spray over the old console with a darker black spray and see how it looks in the car compared to the carpeted console. If I would use the carpeted console, I would need to completely sand down and cover the carpet for a re-spray, as well as purchasing some carpet dye to fix that wethered carpet look. I am more than likely going to use the old console, as it will look a lot better once finished. I will still leave the carpeted console as a project and completely refurbish it to a brand new state look, then either keep it for if I wish to replace at a later time, or sell it. Pictures in next post.

Console and Bulbs

A few weeks back I removed the Center Console as the black paitn was chipping up pretty bad. I sanded it down good and resprayed it. It looks brand new now. However I ordered a different Center Cosnole from someone from the 924board.org website. It arrived and is in fantastic condition with carpet siding! However I cannot re-install the console until I order in some new light bulbs for the guages. I am also going to order a new light bulb for the glove box. For $1.99 why not?

CIS Arrived

The CIS Fuel Injector Tester finally arrived. I'll be putting it to good use within the next week.

Full Inspection Soon

I am finally getting down to business within the next week or so, and will be inspecting the car thoroughly. Everything from the clutch, to brakes, fuel pump, ignition etc. I will also inspect the synchros and transmission. Second gear shifting has been grinding frequently, and the synchro may be pretty worn. It could also be something as a little as a loose bolt. The transmission fluid should also be drained, and replaced with a Redline 750, which will certianly provide smootehr shifting. Spark plugs should also get replaced. They are currently stock issue, and I would just feel a whole lot more comfortable with fresh ones. New plugs and wires will more than likely help the car performace quite a lot better.

Future Video

This December I will be filming a walkthrough of the 924. Everything from the entire body to the details of the engine, interior, and all of the things I have done to the car.

Bad Hoses

Appearantly the vacuum hoses are going bad. Some are cracked, some are torn in half, and others are just loose, danky and deteriorated. Bad idea to keep these, so It's time to get a full hose kit and replace every vacuum hose. Need to find more information and collect length measurements on all hoses.

Fixed

Got the garage cleared enough for the 924. Had to whip her to get running just enough to get to the garage. Died as soon as I parked her inside.

This morning before work I had enough time to pop the hood and have a go at inspection. I didn't notice it at first, but after trial and error found that the true problem was the rubber air hoses. Somehow the hose that connects to the sensor plate and mixture control unit was loose, and air was getting through. I refitted the hoses and tightened them as much as possible. Gave it a nice pat, started her up and she came alive!

So glad to realize it was a small problem. I'm still not avoiding the true inspection though. I will begin a routine maintenance test once I get home from work tomorrow. I am hoping the CIS Tester arrives soon!

Supplying

I stopped by my best local hardware store and picked up a pair of 6 ton jack stands, which lengthen out to about 14 inches. I also picked up a creeper just in-case. Came to a good $80. The car is currently sitting outside on the street. I'll have to get some help to get it pushed up into the garage once it's cleared of all the boxes from the recent move. Once in the garage, I can begin inspection.

On another note I removed the center console and glove box for repaint. Sanded the parts down with good 150 sandpaper and applied a black vinyl spray. I also painted black and red acrylic onto the glove box Porsche emblem. It looks like the true colored emblem now. Let the glove box and lower piece dry and placed them back into the car. Waiting for a new center console to arrive for the second part of my plan.

Down

About 3 days ago I was doing massive iterior and electrical work, sanding and repainting parts etc. The following morning the car would turn over but would not go, as if it was not getting enough gas. Tried adding more gas to see if this was the problem, and charging the battery. After neither of these seemed to help my situation, I rolled the car down the street from my hillish driveway for the night.

I got a CIS Tester ordered, and tonight I will inspect the vaccum lines for leakage. Fuel pump/filter should also be looked at. However the filter was replaced nearly 2 months ago. Intake boot may also be loose. (tips given by 924.orgboard member- thanks!)

Welcome

Just created this blog page. Here I will be postign all my new work and projects as a blog for all of you to view. I will begin most of my projects this winter as the car will be in the heated garage throughout this time.

I will be including tons of pictures and videos on my builds and what I am working on. I may also post General videos and pictures of me just cruising aroudn at night! Whatever it may be, find it here on my blog.

I will begin posting today.