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.