[928uk] 928

[Terry Rockall]

Jason,

Welcome to 928 ownership!

Keith Addison or my mechanic best mate can sort out any present or 
future problems you may have.

Terry R ('89 GP White S4 - Copthorne)

In message <BAY16-F52YjBUqnIOwh0003237e at hotmail.com>, Jason Wise 
<briar_eves at hotmail.com> writes
>Hi everyone,  a little tale as I've just purchased my first 928 about 3 
>weeks ago, an 86 S4 manual in white with burgundy trim. This should 
>have proved to be an unforgettable three weeks but unfortunately has 
>turned out to be just a little frustrating. Towards the end of the trip 
>home to Crawley Sussex from Hatfield, just north of London, I noticed 
>that something was not quite right.....the clutch started to slip under 
>power! Great, just what I needed. Feeling just a little stictched-up I 
>got straight on the phone as soon as I reached home and managed to come 
>to an agreement with its previous owner. He denied all knowledge saying 
>that he'd hardly used the car lately, but said he'd pick up the bill 
>for parts leaving me to pay for the labour......fair enogh I guess, his 
>bill was going to be bigger than mine! I felt that I got the car for a 
>good price so I could live with that. I booked it in at Addspeed in 
>Horsham and carried on using it for a couple of days.......then out of 
>the blue the clutch pedal hit the floor, never to return. Burst flexi 
>pipe, brilliant! Eventually it was loaded onto a truck and carted off 
>for surgery. When the call came to pick her up I just couldn't wait, 
>finally a chance to find out exactly what this thing can do. The drive 
>home was bliss, a couple of long hard squirts down the dual 
>carriageway. I was simply blown away. A couple of hours later I picked 
>up a friend for a spin, a short spin as it turned out. After a quick 
>blast down the road she started to run like a dog, no power at all and 
>as rough as you like. Anyway, back to the garage once again. The next 
>day I was told that the timing belt was slack and had managed to jump 3 
>teeth on one side. But the belt had been replaced in 2002, 10k miles 
>ago!!! Turns out the tensioner was in a very bad way and was obviously 
>not replaced with the belt. Well looks like I've got away with it and 
>hope to get her back this week. Be great to actually use my great white >landshark....wish me luck!
>
>Jay.
>86 S4 manual
>
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Terry Rockall