Greasy Fingers 928 project

[icb]

I'm not a 928 owner; I'd certainly love to be, but the increased expense of those extra 4 cylinders and additional luxury don't seem to be in my near future. But I absolutely love this man's approach to his work and his sense of mechanical "ethics", it resonates with the way I feel about my car. He works almost lovingly on his cars, and now he's got himself a 928. If you like this kind of reverent DIY Porsche-ing, and you haven't seen any of his work before, check it out, it's inspiring:

[NCGermerican]

Love his video's. His series on his 911 restoration is great. I also enjoyed his USA/Canada trip with his son in a red 951!

[dr bob]

I can relate to several of the issues he attended to in this video. Different recovery techniques are available. The printed circuits backing for the instrument clusters are almost all available, and damaged ones can usually be repaired. R&R of the blower resistor is a snap if you use one of those four-fingers pickup tools, and attach a recovery cord to it before extracting it. The rubbing noise he noted is a function of where the switch assembly is adjusted on the column relative to the wheel. It gets set using an ohm meter or test light from the horn relay socket. Label the cluster connectors as you remove them, and getting them back correctly is a snap. His water-damaged headliner un-warp effort is interesting with the glue.

All good stuff, and it's great to watch how others attack problems with the cars. The cars were designed and assembled by humans, and can certainly be maintained by them too. Patience is a virtue for sure!