[The Glademister]

So after the autocross I decided to see if the power steering rack was functional. Started the car up, added about 1/2 quart to the reservoir and it promptly leaked out. Okay... So then I investigated the electrical some. The turn indicators are completely non-functional as are the emergency flashers. I had noticed that there were some toasty wires in the rear harness so I sorted those out and spliced in some good wire. Still no blinkers. Then I switched the known good turn indicator relay from my '82 into the '87. No dice either. Fuses are good. I was messing around with the turn switch and I believe that's the problem. In fact the wipers wouldn't work either. So I pulled the wiper motor, opened up the gear box and motor, and both are full of crud. I cleaned all that up, re-assembled and bench tested - it's noisy as hell but it works. After I re-installed the wiper motor it's apparent that the switch is no good as it changes speeds but doesn't cut off. I'm looking for a good turn indicator and wiper switch assembly.

I found a junked '87 924S at a salvage yard and went to look at it. It's got terrible front end damage but the steering rack looked good and the brake calipers appear to have been recently rebuilt. So I cut a deal for the rack $50 and $25 each on the calipers (one caliper missing). I got those parts home and started in on the steering rack. I figured out that you don't have to pop out the tie rod ball joints - just screw the tie rod out. The salvage rack had one bent rod so I swoped those from the original. That salvage rack was definitely a re-build by looking at the tag. I had to get one new boot from O'Reilly's to go with the one good one out of four. I took a chance on the hoses and put everything back together, dumped in some fluid but the return hose is leaking bad. Both the original hose and the one off the salvage rack are cracked at the 180 bend. So I've got a new return hose on order along with replacement front sway bar bushing as the originals were soaked in ATF, swollen and cracked. I did notice that the tie rod ball joints from the salvage rack are fairly new so I'll replace those on the '87 as well.