Continued ...
The other items I'd planned to address may be fairly typical; none of them make for very interesting thread updates.
Speedometer: mine has always understated true road-speed and the needle seemed to max out at around a stated 60mph. This was a pain in the tuchus since knowing whether you're doing ten over the limit, or fifteen can make a difference if a state trooper is feeling frisky. I'd be driving along in fifth and doing the math of RPM's X 23.2MPH to calculate my speed ... and my brain isn't the fastest CPU for anything mathematical.
Anyhow, I finally splurged to send the speedo, along with a couple of gauges from my 924S to Palo Alto Speedometer. (I realized the last time I'd had to have a gauge fixed was when I sent P.A.S. the tach from an '85 Alfa Spider, circa 1994.) Their service was excellent, with a call to review the confirmation and diagnosis of the issues, with estimates to fix. The speedo had a couple of problems, the one above plus the trip meter wasn't working.
P.A.S.'s invoice reads:
Repair and recalibrate VDO electronic speedometer and odometer. Replace odometer gear, update capacitors, install new trip odometer reset fingers, recalibrate speedometer, was 14% slow, clean lens retaining ring, polish clear lens, clean inner and outer bezel, supply good used face plate." This cost $395.
I like to minimize the opportunities for mistakes.
The repaired gauge back in its natural environment.
With the car up on the lift, I saw something which was about to cause a "failure to proceed" moment (Rolls-Royce speak for a breakdown): the arm on the end of the clutch throw out bearing shaft was close to falling off. Why? The circlip that holds the lever on to the splined shaft had gone AWOL.
This was actually closer to falling off than this photo suggests; at this point, I'd nudged it further up the shaft. The lateral tension provided by the omega spring likely held everything together.
Earlier this week I ordered a selection/kit of metric external snap rings, but when I saw earlier today that delivery was still a few days hence, I headed to my local hardware store and found the right circlip for $0.89. The independently-owned hardware store remains a gem in contemporary American life ... long may they thrive/survive, so that we're not solely reliant on big-box stores and Bezos ... convenient and excellent though his service admittedly is.
I've had my car since 2014, and the hood struts - Weltmeister - installed I don't-know-when, lasted until 2020. Thanks to the good folks at URO, today I installed a pair of their 911 511 331 01 replacement struts.
New parts ready to install.
My custom-made oak hood prop-rod stick can now stay in the garage.
Thanks for dropping by,
John