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It is a 9/78 registered early 79MY non sunroof manual, with single wingmirror. Originally in special order lagoon green metallic and with an intact beige/black pascha interior. But like most early 928's it was abused via a two step process: 1. Updated by a Tom Cruise wannabe with a repaint in death blue, later spoilers and saddled with various 80's alarm and cellphone junk, and then 2. Neglected when its relative complexity overwhelmed the owner, and put up for sale.
So, a runner, but much to do. There is some old 928 interest on here and I thought I would share some of the car's journey back to health in the resto section.
OK, so we are home and first things first, NOVA (telling the taxman), request the letter of origin from Porsche so it can be registered once MOT’d, and the thrill of seeing it sitting on my drive, and not in a yard, in aix en provence, on a computer screen. And it was on my drive that it failed my home made MOT, with:
1. Car not starting on key
2. Significant exhaust gas leak from hugely broken exhaust
3. Hole in rear silencer, now academic
4. Front steering arm boot split
5. Rear CV joint split
6. Windscreen washer inoperative
7. Parking brake operation insufficient
8. Tailgate does not close securely
9. Headlight aim inaccurate because headlamp bar at wrong angle
So much for the Controle Technique, in other words
And the advisories:
1. Ludicrous amount of play in gear shifter
2. Sagging rear shock absorbers
3. Tyres sufficient tread but brittle and very old
4. Significant oil leak from front of engine
5. Clutch slipping
6. Cool car but pretty much totally f’ing f’ed mate
The CT was admittedly probably undertaken by a Foreign Legion comrade of The Boris who did the inspection, no doubt squiffy on pastis and skunkweed.
But no matter, the next step to MOTville was to make it actually startable, he said, with a slight twitch of the eye
Owning and sorting old Porsches is a learning experience, both in terms of technical learning, and also in The Ways Of The Universe. So, I soon learned that one problem should not be assumed to be caused by one issue, but many.
Take this 928’s starting issue: Caused by three things.
First was the cam between the ignition key barrel and the ignition switch being worn – so the car would start with a screwdriver turning the ignition switch but not the key, unless you wobbled it in exactly the right way. A new cam gear was cheap, and stripping the dash down wasn’t too bad, which was a good thing because I did it twice, as I forgot to put the grubscrew that locked the ignition barrel in place the first time. (Sake.)
While the dash was out I cleaned up the earths, and dealt with unacceptable items such as these rusty screw heads, and brasso-ing the scratches out of the binnacle ‘glass’ (perspex).
The second cause of pas de startage I discovered was the battery earth, which was just holding on by its little French vintage copper fingertips. That was easy to sort.
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3rd was the hot start thing: internet said first of all change fuel check valve at the fuel pump. I found that I had one in my box of bits from a previous new pump. I fitted it, and it has fixed it. Good.
OK, so now it starts.
Next!
