cptspaulding Posted October 17, 2020 Report Share Posted October 17, 2020 Fitted new bonnet struts & a new head unit. That CDR24 is an absolute bugger to get out 😕 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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andy340r Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 I wondered why my coolant alarm suddenly went off the other day Front lower left coolant pipe. Always seems to be first to go. All the others looked fine so just replaced that one £30 plus some coolant rather than the OPC method of lowering the front subframe and replacing all the front pipes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey P Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 Took mine into my local garage for it's MOT this morning. Asked them to do an oil and filter change while it's in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVO Chris Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, Davey P said: Took mine into my local garage for it's MOT this morning. Asked them to do an oil and filter change while it's in there Good luck Davey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninesomething Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 (edited) On 10/17/2020 at 8:55 PM, bally4563 said: Get a Spyder Performance from Eporsche, quite loud and very loud....Inffectious!! Thinking about it 😎 Major service inc brake fluid, plugs and suspension bits first. Oh and millers in the box. My car used to be serviced at eporsche. Previous owner wasn't such a skinflint he would've done it already 😏 Edited October 19, 2020 by JonSta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin450 Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 MOT passed no advisory 👏👏 oil and filter change carried out filter nice and clean 👏👏👏 front wheels hunter road force balanced what a difference 👏👏👏👏 Two week lockdown from Friday annoying but has to be done 😤😤 so lockdown 2 car jobs to do ?🤪 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey P Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 4 hours ago, EVO Chris said: Good luck Davey. Cheers mate - Always slightly nerve racking, but it has passed with no advisories anyway Garage owner said it's in great condition for a 13 year old car, so that was reassuring. 1 hour ago, kevin450 said: MOT passed no advisory 👏👏 oil and filter change carried out filter nice and clean Nice one. I did exactly the same today, except I got the garage to change the oil and filter for me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVO Chris Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 Just now, Davey P said: Cheers mate - Always slightly nerve racking, but it has passed with no advisories anyway Garage owner said it's in great condition for a 13 year old car, so that was reassuring. Nice, one less thing to worry about. It should be good underneath most of it was rebuilt last year lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey P Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 Just now, EVO Chris said: Nice, one less thing to worry about. It should be good underneath most of it was rebuilt last year lol. Yes, thanks for reminding me about that, mate........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVO Chris Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 1 minute ago, Davey P said: Yes, thanks for reminding me about that, mate........ 🤣 Sorry could not help myself.....glad it passed though always hate the anticipation at MOT time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey P Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, EVO Chris said: 🤣 Sorry could not help myself.....glad it passed though always hate the anticipation at MOT time. To be fair, I wasn't expecting it to fail, but of course you never know.... And as we all know so well, the Porsche tax can soon mount up if any work is needed (The cost of the oil change was bad enough! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iborguk Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 5 minutes ago, Davey P said: To be fair, I wasn't expecting it to fail, but of course you never know.... And as we all know so well, the Porsche tax can soon mount up if any work is needed (The cost of the oil change was bad enough! ) Good news on the pass 👍 No one likes open wallet surgery. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Def1 Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 6 hours ago, andy340r said: I wondered why my coolant alarm suddenly went off the other day Front lower left coolant pipe. Always seems to be first to go. All the others looked fine so just replaced that one £30 plus some coolant rather than the OPC method of lowering the front subframe and replacing all the front pipes. Mine aren’t leaking yet but it’s only a matter of time . Was it hard to do with our dripping subframe ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy340r Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 11 minutes ago, Def1 said: Mine aren’t leaking yet but it’s only a matter of time . Was it hard to do with our dripping subframe ?? Surprising easy to do just those front pipes. I jacked up the front of the car so that I didn't drain too much of the coolant. Take out the wheel arch liner and the bumper support and then you can get to both ends of the pipe. There are clips which hold the pipe in place. I released the radiator end first and let the coolant drain into a bucket. The cross-over pipe end put up a bit of a fight as it was rusted in but it came away. I used fresh Porsche coolant to replenish the system and ran through the bled procedure set out in the 101 Projects book. Took a couple of hours including bleeding the system. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Daniel Posted October 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 Just found the most annoying creak in the car was caused by the engine cover not fully tightened down. Peace and quiet at last...well until I floor it 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Daniel Posted October 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 1 minute ago, andy340r said: Surprising easy to do just those front pipes. You were so very lucky, they don't often come apart then its drop the front sub-frame time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy340r Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 1 minute ago, Tony Daniel said: You were so very lucky, they don't often come apart then its drop the front sub-frame time. At least that's one thing that was easy then. I've still not managed to get the drop links out! I replaced the front and rear tuning forks and tried to get the links out so that I could coppaslip them. Not budging. The nuts came off but the buggers are corroded in to the hubs. Impact gun, breaker bar, hammer. Nothing. Not looking forward to needing to get them out in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Daniel Posted October 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 17 minutes ago, andy340r said: At least that's one thing that was easy then. I've still not managed to get the drop links out! I replaced the front and rear tuning forks and tried to get the links out so that I could coppaslip them. Not budging. The nuts came off but the buggers are corroded in to the hubs. Impact gun, breaker bar, hammer. Nothing. Not looking forward to needing to get them out in the future. I had ago at mine and gave up, my local garage managed them in less than an hour with a bit of heat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickH Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 Cars in getting a catback fitted. Took a chance on a second hand "seca" exhaust on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
½cwt Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 3 hours ago, andy340r said: At least that's one thing that was easy then. I've still not managed to get the drop links out! I replaced the front and rear tuning forks and tried to get the links out so that I could coppaslip them. Not budging. The nuts came off but the buggers are corroded in to the hubs. Impact gun, breaker bar, hammer. Nothing. Not looking forward to needing to get them out in the future. These are notorious. Just done the front suspension on my 986 and one too a magnetic induction coil (£170) to get heat into the rod (after cutting off the ball joint so you have the hex to work with with a breaker bar and impact wrench) so that it broke down the corrosion enough to turn it. Once out and the hole was cleaned out of residue, the new ones have gone in with lots of assembly paste! To give you an idea when I got the strut off the car I wedged it against a concrete step and even an 14lb sledge swung pretty vigorously had no effect. I left the nut on to protect the tread and give a bigger target. I've got the rears to do next weekend... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cptspaulding Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 Replaced the coolant reserve tank cap. Hoping that's been the culprit to me losing coolant. Seen some drops of water in that compartment which leads me to think it might. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy340r Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 12 hours ago, ½cwt said: These are notorious. Just done the front suspension on my 986 and one too a magnetic induction coil (£170) to get heat into the rod (after cutting off the ball joint so you have the hex to work with with a breaker bar and impact wrench) so that it broke down the corrosion enough to turn it. Once out and the hole was cleaned out of residue, the new ones have gone in with lots of assembly paste! To give you an idea when I got the strut off the car I wedged it against a concrete step and even an 14lb sledge swung pretty vigorously had no effect. I left the nut on to protect the tread and give a bigger target. I've got the rears to do next weekend... I was thinking of trying an induction coil as it is much more localised heat. Which one did you get? While I do enjoy taking things apart, I think I'm going to leave them until they really need to come out. Once you start cutting there's no going back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
½cwt Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 5 hours ago, andy340r said: I was thinking of trying an induction coil as it is much more localised heat. Which one did you get? While I do enjoy taking things apart, I think I'm going to leave them until they really need to come out. Once you start cutting there's no going back. This is what I got: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Solary-Magnetic-Induction-ToolFor-Flameless/dp/B08DKPRJ8X/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=3SI5HG8YJB7H6&dchild=1&keywords=magnetic+induction+heater&qid=1603202620&sprefix=magnetic+indu%2Caps%2C150&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUFLUk5YSEgyVEFFTjImZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTAwNjY1NzAyQjNRS0NOTExVUVFHJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA5NjUwNjQzODFXTVIyVlE3QVU5JndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ== A drop link is only about £20 for a decent after market one.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penrhos Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 Seemingly common problem of soft top overlapping trim and thereby not sitting correctly. Seen previous posts on here and looked at YouTube stuff. First look inside hood indicates old elastic is in tatters so will need to remove torx screws and start from scratch. Into lockdown here in Wales from Friday so no excuse not to get it done, weather permitting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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