[928uk] 928

[Jason Wise]

Hi Terry

Good to know theres help close by, already recieved messages from Bill 
Robertson and Jon Jeffryes among others. I may have got off to a troubled 
start but I'm sure it'll be worth it.

I've had it over three weeks now but only driven it about 15 miles in 
anger.........the frustration!!!

Jay
86 S4 man


>From: Terry Rockall <terry at calluna34.demon.co.uk>
>To: Jason Wise <briar_eves at hotmail.com>
>CC: 928uk at 928.org.uk
>Subject: Re: [928uk] 928
>Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 21:27:19 +0100
>
>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
>

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