working on a 928 vs. 911 (ranting to vent)

[vash]

i needed to help do suspension work for a friend's 928. he is babysitting my two dogs while i am on vacation for a month. it is the least i could do. i called him twice to make sure he had all the tools. "yes" was the answer. after getting to his house and determining that he didnt have the tools, i was pissed, but still thinking, "be nice/dogsitting". he had the tiniest jackstands, and an ittybitty floorjack. the kind you have to remove the handle to put into the notch screw to release it. funny how that tiny motion can add time and frustration. i swear, a leatherman tool came into play during the work. we elected to do the rear shocks for some confidence building. have you seen the suspension on the rear of a 928? very perplexing. while knocking out this huge pin and removing the top nut. i gave very specific instructions to hold everything up with the floor jack. i was in the car doing the top nut. i hear my friend tell his bro, "move the floor jack". i yell no! but sure enough i hear the fissssh! of the tiny floor jack release. the car actually teased us for about 20 seconds. everything looked peachy. then EFFEN BANG! the shock releases. i see the two bro's out of my peripheral literally levitate to safety. no injuries, but damn it if everysingle washer, nut, thingamigiggy, goes shooting into oblivion. we break into search parties of twos and do a grid search in the messiest garage i have ever seen. luckily we find everything! but we didnt have a schematic to put everything back together. and effen KONI sells the shocks without hardware so we have to re-use everything. well after taking everything apart and putting it back together six times, we never got it right. the rear wheel was always loose and jiggley. i have never been defeated by a car like that. it was discouraging. on the other hand, i can do a 911 shocks in about 3 hours with one helper. it was the worst car working weekend of my entire life. it wasnt safe, it was dirty, the tools were scarce, i think everyone but me was taking bong hits, one guy kept farting, we ran out of beer, this tiny dog that live there hates me, and barked for 7 hours straight..... thanks for letting me vent.

[PorscheGuy79]

Sounds like the problem might not have only been the car but maybe moreso the steller help you had.

[niner11]

Been there. I can't tell you how frustrating it is to own the correct tools for a job and not having them available to use.

At least the car didn't fall on anybody. If you can get a copy of PET it should have all of the 928 stuff on it. At least a basic schematic. Anyway, this shows yet again that no good deed goes unpunished.

[wholberg]

Yeah, but at least you built up lots of good karma for the next life.

[competentone]

Maybe you should check-out the local kennels...

[porschenut]

Fools like that don't deserve a 928!

[sammyg2]

Try replacing a clutch on a 928.
I can do five 911 clutches in the time it takes to do one 928 (with a lot less skinned knuckles and curse words).

[armandodiaz]

I spent all weekend working on my new 944 daily driver. The entire time looking at my 911 track car next to me and wishing I was working on that instead. But at least I only had to depend on myself.

[Rot 911]

That is why when I offer to help I always suggest we use my garage!

[john walker's workshop]

wait til you do the fronts. i don't know how they expect you to get at the nuts for the inner upper a arm. i quit working on them years ago. hassle, hassle, hassle, on everything you touch.