[Paul Glasson]

In 1970 when I started learning to dismantle and reassemble 50CC motor cycles, 2 stroke engines especially were a lot more simple. Motor cars too as they did not have fuel injectin and electronic ignition just the good old carb, and there was space to work on rear wheel drive car engines. The good old ignition point system made learning easier. Overhauling a 44 Harley, resleeving it with new pistons, replacing timing gear bushes etc was a good learning curve. This 944 is the first fuel injection car I have done any work on. How ever it can also be expensive when one makes mistakes-I wrecked a torque converter on an Audi by misalligning the motor drive shaft, resleeved the resleeving on the Harley when I thought it was too little piston clearance that turned out to be a big end clearance problem tightening the engine.
Where I can afford it I pay now to have a lot of work done as I have to weigh up the time it will take to do a job myself (lot more than an experienced mechanic) and what my overtime would be for that same time at work- It will usually pay for the job.