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Update on this thread. After talking with ischmitz I decided to take a few photos of the DME so he could have an idea of the damage I was talking about. With just the pictures ischmitz said he had a pretty good guess where the problem was and he should be able to repair it.
Since the DME was pretty much useless here, I decided to send it. After it arrived, ischmitz managed to repair and test it in just 2 days! Overall it took just over a month, blame customs both in US and Portugal and long transit times.
Due to my professional life it took me a few more days to travel to the repair shop where the car is since it's located 70 miles away (for guys like me who live in a small country 70 miles is a lot!), and the mechanic took a few more weeks before he installed it. Guess after almost 1 year in the repair shop, it was not his highest priority.
But today, he finally fired it up and I'm extremely happy to say my car is alive again! There are still some damage to repair, (rev counter, some light relays, nothing big), but I believe it will be fully operational in the following week or so.
I simply cannot thank ischmitz enough, he was extremely honest and helpful during the entire process. When you love a car so much as many of us do, we like to make sure every repair is made with as much attention to detail as possible, and even without ever talking to ischmitz over the phone, his level of knowledge of this devices and friendliness in every email exchanged is a role model that should be followed by every business. Not only did he promptly answered every question I had e even explained me a lot of details of these DME's that make them so particular, and why the repair failed here in Portugal.
I also have to thank everyone at this forum that until now had been "only" a source of information to me, and now I feel I must do everything possible to feed this community.
Overall I feel like the DME's on the 80's 911 are a real problem in the years to follow, electronics have a limited life and it's just a matter of time until no parts are available. Hopefully something changed this cloudy vision to the future of these great cars. Until then I'm really happy to know there are still honest and competent people out there to help us.
Oh, and just before you think ischmitz asked me to post this, I know if may sound like one of those paid testimonies, but I can assure you it was not. After almost a year without the car this was the best news I had in a very, very long time.
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