[porsche911girl]

Hey all,

Long time away, I know but I'm back. I am having the following issues with my 78 911SC I was hoping you might help me out with.

First issue: cold start, or rather, lack thereof. When cold the car will turn over but die immediately unless the gas is pressed to keep the revs up. Runs fine when warm, but there is a loud knocking noise coming from the engine bay and the engine runs really rough when it finally starts.

Second issue: hot air at passenger side feet. No matter if the air con is on or off, there is hot air that is constantly blowing out at the passenger side footwell.

Third issue: Rapid turn signals. The turn signals blink rapidly when on. I've read that a new relay will fix this. Is that true?

Fourth issue: It can be hard to get into both first and second gears.

Thanks all very much in advance!

The problem is that my dad bought this car as a fun car but he is very poor at keeping it maintained and I think he thought it would be a car that would start up every time with no issues but he's found out that you can't just store it in a garage at your second house and not use it for months on end, and expect it to be fine like any modern car would be.

As you can imagine, it is very frustrating to me to see it sitting there but I haven't mastered the art of driving a manual so I can't do anything about it.

He has disconnected the battery so maybe a new battery is in order as well as a good tune up.