84 944 71 K mileage parts for sale / make me an offer I can't refuse
 

Front and rear bumbers w/ shocks and lower front valance. Guards red. bumpers are excellent, valance is presentable and repairable to excellent w/ little work.

Stock Fuel rail w/ regulator (no injectors)

Front and rear stock sway bars. You will need bushings and also the rear drop links if your car does not have a rear sway bar. All are available from Pelican cheap.

Stock coil / w/ set of Klewett wires

Oil pressure guage

Clock

Stock air filter box w/ filter

Intake manifold

Front left and right side marker lights w/ complete housings

Sylvania sealed beam headlights

coming soon: AFM, AFM boot, fuel pump



Steve.

Is this an all or nothing deal?

No, they are just parts left over from my project that need to go to a good home. They are off my 71K 944. I will sell any or all. I have no idea what things are worth so make an offer for what you need.

Steve

Hey CJ, here's the Jag
 

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1155266185.jpg

and the BMW

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1155266216.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1155266255.jpg

Steve

The A/C is fixed and I could freeze meatg in the front seat
 

I finally got around to fixing one of the two things that started this whole insane project. My A/C compressor locked up last year. I got a used one off ebay for $90 and it has sat in the garage until this week. I priced a new dryer from Porche ($285) so I went with the $18 one from Pelican. I converted over to 134 and for disbelievers out there it works great. The only problem is that after changing the fitting it is almost impossible to get the low side hose on w/o taking the belt off and loosening the compressor and swinging it down. I have a buddy with one of the snap-on chargers and he did everything from the high side in about 45 minutes. Bottom line is that for $250 I replaced the compressor, converted to 134, and had it charged. It's nice to have A/C again.

Steve

Steve, you have very good taste in cars. :)

Is it safe to assume that you have yet to receive this supercharger?

It's been a couple weeks with no update so I fear the worst.

I hope I'm wrong.

If not, sorry for salting your wound.

Yeeeouch, salt burns an open wound. I have been assured again that by the end of next week I will either have the kit or a full refund in hand. I think it may have something to do with the vendor researching the federal complaint and also the local one. The federal one could be a big problem as I have multiple people who are less than thrilled. All were interstate and in a lot of instances the USPS was used. Salt in an open wound stings, a cellmate in an open body cavity is much worse. Who knows, maybe he really has had all this misfortune for which I am sorry. Unfortunately that's not my problem. My problem is $3795 that has been out of my sight since Feb 6. That is either going to be resolved next week or it will be out of my hands.

Enough negativity. The A/C seems to work really well and the car looks good and drives great. It just turned 73,000 and with the suspension and the few completed engine mods is a lot of fun to drive. I don't know if what I did to the engine would translate into big dyno numbers but even if it's psycological it seems to have a lot more power, especially at lower RPMs and with the Lindsey regulator and fuel rail is much smoother in the midrange. I can't wait to leave here the last week of September and drive through Wisconsin looking for cheese. I will get to drive from St Louis to Chicago solo as my lovely wife will be flying from here to Midway. I will pick her up, spend a few days with our daughter, and then do a road trip for a few more days.

Steve

LOL
oh dear god.... that made my day..

Well the little car got to go play golf today. Man is that a humbling experience. It's a good thing we did not have to follow the old thing about clearing the ladies tee box or have to hang free until the next hole, I would have had a sunburn in a very uncomfortable place. I picked up a buddy and he could not believe Porsche has a car that will accomodate 2 sets of clubs and two big guys. He is 6-5 and probably 320lbs, I am less. The 911 just was not big enough, especially with the front differential. I have decided I need a short shift kit. Somebody out there has to have done one. How tough is it? Does the tranny have to be dropped or anything crazy? I do have a rack so getting underneath is no problem. I had one done in my BMW and loved it. I just would like to do this one myself if possible. Hugh, you out there buddy, you seem to be the most informed guy I have had corespondence with, I am serious about that.

Thanks:

Steve

Lindsey sells a short shift lever that replaced the stock lever and appears to be a simple fix.

Lindsey SS Handle

Schnell makes a unit that replaces the mechanism to connect the shift linkage back at the trans.

Schnell SS Kit

The Schnell is available from several different vendors so shop around. I've seen them for less than $100 but can't remember where and those may very well have been knock-offs.

I got the Schnell short sfift installed / sort of
 

The Schnell short shift arrived yesterday so today I began the "simple" installation. Up goes the lift and it definately only took about a half hour tops. The only problem is that the one I got has the hole in the shaft about 30 degrees off of perpindicular to the bracket like the stock one. Basicly you get 3rd, 4th, 5th, and a tough reverse. I have gotten kind of fond of the other two so the old piece went back on. I called Eagle Day where I bought it and no problem. I got an RMA and am sending it back w/ a diagram of the problem. They were concerned about this not being an anomoly and were great to deal with.

Anyone else experienced this w/ a short shift ?

Steve

I recently put a Schnell Short Shift kit in my S2, and it works great. My shifter lever/knob sits at a bit of an angle, leaning about 15 degrees toward the passenger side of the car. I have it adjusted as far as it will go, but perhaps dislexia and the fact I did it with the tranny out of the car means its adjusted the wrong way.

Did you also replace the delrin bushing and shift lever?

I have not replaced the shifter yet. Which one did you go with? Did yours require goinhg to a different knob also? My stock one is starting to have the leather peal back a little so it will need to be replaced soon anyway. It was really frustrating trying to get the thing on yesterday and then finally realizing it was the part this time!!

Thanks:

Steve

I replaced with OEM parts, ordered right here, with the stock knob. I think the lever was about $40 and the bushing $5.

If you pull off the shift boot, then remove the circlip, you can inspect the shaft on the lever. Mine was so worn the cir-clip fell off.

Theres a neat write up on frwilks website about modifying the lever so you use a plastic bearing instead of metal-metal contact.

Any updates? I hope you got your parts!

I've been so busy with a couple projects @ work that have taken me out of the st Louis area that I have not had time to do anything yet. I sent the piece back and hopefully a new one will be here soon.


Steve

Ah, I was refering to the blower, but maybe thats just a sore subject at this point that you've suppressed in your memory.

Very very very nice car! I just bought an 87 924S last month and am very happy with it. I also need to do some body work, but i'm not going for perfect, just so that it looks good. i have a question maybe someone here can help me with. I plan on doing my own work, filling a few shallow dents and maybe repainting a little bit. where can i find the paint?? Same color as yours, guards red, color code LM3A. I need to repaint the fender, and i need to fill some dents on the nose, headlight cover, and underneath of the driver's door, then repaint it. also, do you know where i can get a new "air dam" for the front? the previous owner must have ran over a curb or something, damaging the piece. i'm just asking here because you seem to know how to get everything! and you have a cool car that's the same color as mine! Aren't the 924S pretty much identical to the 944?? other than not having flared fenders?http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1157677436.jpg

your 924
 

Very nice car! You know I kind of went into the thing with mine blind. I had an idea of what I wanted the finished result to be but really had no idea where to start. I probably have wasted a couple grand and the supercharger issue is another $3800 that hopefully will be resolved w/o the legal process. On the paint I took off one of the headlight covers and took it to a buddy of mine who owns a body shop. There are a lot of different variations of the Guard's Red due to age, fading, etc. He matched it to the cover really well. It's not 100% perfect and I know the concours boys would rip it a new one, but I don't care. These are really cool cars and there are not that many around anymore that aren't trashed. Just go slowly as you can afford it. I actually added up what I have put into this one, not counting my time, and I could have purchased a really low mileage 968 or S2 Cab, but I still like this one. PM me if you want and I can turn you on to a few leads. You can get a lot of information through this forum and also 924.org. Enjoy and definately post some pictures as you go. I had done zero to this car when my wife had it. Literally it went to the dealer for oil changes. When I bought her the M3 I kind of inherited this one and decided to get into it. It all started because the A/C quit. I just fixed that a couple weeks ago and will probably wind up taking it back off as the SC that I may end up with sits right where the compressor is.

Good luck and have fun:

Steve

was it expensive to get the paint matched? were you able to buy any spray cans of the stuff?? here are more pictures, see the dent in the nose? and there's some denting on the right headlight cover and the air dam is all messed up. the left fender is from another car, and the body underneath the door and right behind is a little messed up. lots of work, huh????http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1157679018.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1157679067.jpg

Ken congrats on that purchase, I own the same year and color 924S. They are a different animal as far as looks go compared to the 944 but it is still a very very good looking style. My car is not quite in the disarray that your is but it is worth the time and money when you get to take it out and show it off. I just reccently had a professional detailer take off the dated looking rubber trim around the circumfrence of the car and then wet sand and compound buff the area to blend the paint since the paide under the rubber hadn't seen light since the factory in Germany 19 years ago. It looks beautiful, and a bit more modern. My front lower valence has a few dings in it that I am about to have taken care of. Once you start fixing things you can't stop, at least I can't, until it's near perfect.

Good luck with her!

the older 944 looks almost identical to the 924, except for the flare fenders to accomodate the wider wheelbase. the first 944 to come out, i mean. not the one this post is about. and it uses most of the same technology inside too, at least that's what i've been able to learn on the internet. that's why the 924S is covered in my 944 repair manual. i guess i could be wrong

Mine is the first body style and definately shares most of the components except for the body. I have an early 84. When you go to painting you may want to seriously consider having a shop do it. The sections need to be done in entirety rather than try to spot in little areas. I am afraid you will wind up with a 924 that looks like it has some type of skin dissorder if you don't. You might even be able to find somebody to go over the car and paint the whole thing for a reasonable amount. You are not changing colors or trying to do a show car and it does not appear to be rusted out.

Good luck:

Steve

oh no, other than a little spot on the front corner/point of the junkyard fender and on a couple spots on the front valence/air dam thing on the bottom where it's all bent up, there's no rust on this car. oh i'm pretty good with a spray can... i'll try to do the headlight cover first, if i mess up, i'll think of alternatives. i'm not all growed up and successful like you guys are! haha. i just graduated from school and still haven't found a job yet! i would love to have the car professionally done, i just can't. i only got the car because i found it in the classifieds and thought it was a good deal and it ran good, so i got it. my first expense is already here - the car sat for 3 years(the guy started it every week), so i guess the rods in the struts got rusted, and a couple weeks after i bought it, the scratchy rods tore the seals and now, i have crazy knocking sounds and feels like the font end is all loose. i already ordered a set of shocks/struts all around from autozone - i know, i know, autozone sucks, but it's what i could afford. got something called Gabriel Ultras - $93 for all four, so i figured they'd work until i decide whether i want to keep the car or not(if there are any hidden problems). also need to tune-up the car, bought distributor cap, gave it an oil change, still need to get the rotor button, fuel and air filter, maybe the wires and plugs. these things are soooo high maintenance!

Hey Ken....very important that you check when the timing belt and balance belt were last changed. This is WAY MORE IMPORTANT than the paint at this point. If one of those slip or break, you are out over two thousand to fix the motor. They must be changed regularly...most people here say 30,000 however I think the Porsche recommendation was a bit higher than that. As for the nose panel, you may be able to pick up another one at a salvage place that is already the same color and you won't need paint. Porsche used a single stage paint on these, so they polish out real well with some polishing compound (along with water) and finish it off with Mothers wax. It is also helpful if you put your year and model of car in your signature line so if we need to help you, we already have that information without having to ask for it. Good Luck.

oh i made sure about the timing belt and the balance thinger - it was done about 10k ago. when the guy before me bought it, it had a broken belt and he had the belt put in along with a new... balance thinger. so i have a ways to go yet. should anyways. oh i know, and i understand - i'd rather have a car that runs good than looks good. but right now, other than basic tune-up, the car runs great! that's why i've been looking into getting the body fixed.

hey! this forum isn't about me! it's about that really really really nice 944 soon to be 944sc! get back on topic!

Hey Ken:

These posts go all over the place that's part of the fun of them. Believe me I don't take this stuff too seriously. You will get some great input from lots of folks, Raorback happens to be one of the really good ones.

Steve

oh my, i thought these forums were really nice! i just came from a forum where some kid was asking about turbocharging a 944. he was just asking if it could be done and if he could get any help. a million people jumped on him and told him nonononono, and were making fun of him and stuff. basically, they told him he's an idiot for trying to do it. and that it would never work and stuff. only a very few people gave him any real help. i kinda feel sorry for that guy. i was never jumped on in the saab forums when i asked about upgrading my 900 spg. i hope you guys are nicer in here! i had a passing thought of turbocharging or supercharging my car too, but i'd better not mention it here!

i mean i just came from a "post", not a forum, sorry

The problem is that some of these things are possible but completely cost prohibitive. In addition the mechanical work involved is essentially out of the realm of an average mechanic. I have found this out for sure. The only reason I am doing what I am doing is that we have had the car since new and that I am a weird stubborn old man. Most people (not just kids) could not deal with the hidden expenses and the time involved. In addition being ripped off for $3800 has not helped much. I am now using legal recourse to put the person responsible out of circulation. This will be an additional expense as a civil judgement means nothing unless you can collect. This will result in my paying out another $5000 to another SC vendor just to get the car done. Basicly I will have $18K-$20K in a car that is worth maybe $7500. For $20K I could go out and buy another 911 or an absolutely killer 951, both of which would be more reliable, faster, more modern, etc.

Steve

But if you did that we would not worship you as the god of the 944 board!:D

Paleeese!! I'm probably jus dummer then most of ya.

Steve

yeah, i understand, but even on the first page, these people have expressed their concerns and their disapproval, why the extra 5 pages?? if that's what the kid wants to do, i say if not help him, at least leave him alone. perhaps he'll come up with an easy, cheap "kit" idea(probably not though), but if anything, it'll satisfy his curiosity, and maybe there will be one more really cool porsche. that's just what i think. now don't you guys start yelling at me and making fun of me and all that, just voicing my opinion.

You know these little cars really are pretty cool. I had developed a terrible vacuum leak as evidenced by essentially no idle and you could smell it in the exhaust. I checked all the usual hoses etc. After grabbing a can of brake cleaner and the long red straw I narrowed it down to the intake manifold gasket. $9.50 (at the dealer) later I had 4 new ones. I prepared myself for a big ordeal and after about 30 minutes had the manifold off and folded back out of the way. Sure enough, #4 had slipped when I put it on and the bolt was not even through the gasket bolt hole. I can't believe it took 2,000 miles to start leaking. I made sure that they were right this time and got everything back together, all in maybe an hour and a half. A year ago I would have had to make an appointment and take it in only to pay flat rate labor out @ $105 / hr for 2.5 hrs. I may just keep this thing around another 22 years as it really is not bad once you do a little research and logicly go at it.

steve

so i got the struts and shocks yesterday - they were packaged poorly and were unlabeled. i had to call the manufacturer to confirm that they were the ones for the 924S. well today, i had a hell of a time taking the strut cartridge out(no spring compressor, so i did a BS job - i put load on the spring, then put 4 heavy duty zip ties on it(rated to 150 pounds each), and then popped it out. oh yeah, also had a horrible time with the top lower mount bolt. anyways, once i got it off, and removed the spring, there's this cartridge retainer type thing that needs to be screwed ou, i belive special tool number 16something something something. anyways, i looked it up and they said something like using a huge monkey wrench or putting a chisel to the tooth and hammering it to break it loose.... anyways, after hammering the crap out of it, i take it out and guess what??? yellow! They were bilsteins - i thought to myself, these cost way more than the crap i bought. it felt good, with no play and very very good pressure. even better than the new ones. so i looked around and hey! the strut mount bushings are bad. so all that work for nothing. well i know now that i got yellow struts... i guess i can go to autozone and return these ones. i hope i have yellows on the rear too, that would be awesome. where are good and cheap strut mount bushings?? i am so mad at myself that i didn't check it out more thoroughly before taking everything apart. anyways, the metal tube that the tip of the strut goes through is loose, it spins and moves around freely, that must be where i'm getting all the knocking sounds and where the play is from. anyhows, i'm just venting. if anybody else has ever done something that dumb, please feel free to post! that way i won't feel so lonely in the "dumb corner".

Ken...please buy a spring compressor...they're cheap and they will save you from sustaining a serious injury. You've probably realized that the springs are under considerable tension.

you can rent 'em at a hardware store for like $10.... i know canadian tire up here has 'em... you guys down there should have a tool shop that rents them out too...

Definatly can save you a serious knock to the mellon.

Steve