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So here is the status so far:
I decided to clean up the engine compartment before I took the pictures and well one thing lead to another and now I am in the middle of lifting 10 years of grime off of a white paint job on a titanium car. I was surprised to see the paint does not look awful - whoever painted it did lay things on even. I do not know if I have completely made up my mind about this car one way or another. One thing is for certain - if it is getting put together I am aiming for a refit and not a retro-fit. I am 6'3 and my brother is 6'5 and one of the reasons our projects stalled is because we cannot comfortably fit in these cars. We both fit much better in a TDI beetle or an old CRX than these 928's. That has to be addressed.
So before I post some pictures I am going to take tomorrow to clean the car up. I read through everyone's replies and decided that this is not too much of a project for me to handle. I think I will be able to give everyone here enough information for a diagnosis. I bought the car from the owner of one of the salvage yards in my area. He called me to look at it and made me an offer I could not refuse. His brother was the previous owner. At that time after looking it over I had found enough information (wpozz vin and the twin distributors) about the car to know it was a bit special.
I can see now that there was an attempt to repair the car that went awry. Possibly from the deceased owner removing parts. The shock brace is missing along with the air tubes. I do not know enough yet to know what else might be missing.
From the initial diagnosis in 2000 there was an ignition problem, when I did the basic "fuel air spark" there was no spark and a flood of gas. When I had a more experienced friend look it over he assumed the engine pick up or the computer was the problem. I do not know if this is any help.
I will look through the links posted tonight. Thanks again everyone. I am going to probably print this out and show this thread to my father as an example of how communities of experts on the internet will provide help to strangers. I will consider the project a loss for all the years he has kept it in a corner of his workshop for him not to get a chance to drive it.
This engine has not been turned over in at least 5 years. What is the best course of action with pre-lubrication? I am not going to attempt any repairs without asking here first. My brother was talking to some very helpful individual who had just bought a near perfect 928 from Florida. He told of another car that he resurrected, and decided to drive around the block. It was a 32 valve with a 20 year old timing belt.
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