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farmer
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Location: North Dakota
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 Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 2:01 am Post subject: Introduction |
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Hello everyone.
I am recently a first time Porsche owner. I purchased the lowly 1987 924s. I live off the beaten path and need to drive gravel to get anywhere.
I absolutely love this car. During the day I drive heavy trucks, combines, very expensive large hp tractors. It is such a treat to get in a manual and let her go.
I bought one that seems quite sound but has lots of little things to work on.
Like the tach. Id like that to work.
Great forum, thanks for adding me.
Paul |
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agfisher
Joined: 09 May 2007
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Location: West Hartford, CT
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Welcome, Paul.
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michaelodonnell123
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Location: New Jersey
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Hi Paul,
Welcome aboard. I highly recommend that you put in some Hella eCode headlights. They will really brighten up the road when you drive at night and it's an easy painless swap. Scroll down on this page to see them:
http://garage.ideola.com/prod-ElectricsUpgrades.html#H4
Michael
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Rasta Monsta
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| Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 5:18 am Post subject: |
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Nothing lowly about that.
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Han Solo
Joined: 11 Jul 2015
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Location: Lebanon TN
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| Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 6:21 am Post subject: Re: Introduction |
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| farmer wrote: | Hello everyone.
I am recently a first time Porsche owner. I purchased the lowly 1987 924s. I live off the beaten path and need to drive gravel to get anywhere.
I absolutely love this car. During the day I drive heavy trucks, combines, very expensive large hp tractors. It is such a treat to get in a manual and let her go.
I bought one that seems quite sound but has lots of little things to work on.
Like the tach. Id like that to work.
Great forum, thanks for adding me.
Paul |
Welcome Paul. This is a great forum for a 924S owner. I'm surprised no one else mentioned it but if the condition of the timing belt is unknown, change it ASAP. The 924S/944 engine is a collision design and if that belt breaks or skips some teeth the valves will be trashed. There's plenty of info for DYI. One of the most comprehensive is Clark's garage...
http://www.clarks-garage.com/shop-manual/repair-procedure-index3.htm
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farmer
Joined: 09 Aug 2016
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Location: North Dakota
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I had the timing belt changed right away. I have an S 10 sitting in the trees now because that wasn't done.
How does the tach work on these?
I hope to wrench on it this winter. |
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edredas
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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Location: Charlotte, NC
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| Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2016 2:19 pm Post subject: |
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The tach uses the coil signal from the DME (green wire). It is powered by a black wire running from the DME relay and grounded by a brown wire on the side of the body.
I hope the helps!
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