By Shifted - Thu Aug 27, 2020 9:00 am
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Shifted wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2020 9:27 am:shock: whyWhy would you leave a water bridge bolt three turns from tight?
Landseer wrote: ↑Fri Aug 28, 2020 3:36 am Anyways, at least we solved the mystery of the gasoline leaks when tank is full.Gasoline leaking from stereo is all too common.
Landseer wrote: ↑Fri Aug 28, 2020 3:36 am Pics at some point later, but why would a guy screw a set of speakers into the deck beneath the hatch?See my signature.
Landseer wrote: ↑Fri Aug 28, 2020 2:25 pm The all-encompassing signature. Covers a wide range of eventualities, doesnt it!. LoLAs I wrote in the previous:
worf wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2020 11:29 am I quit trying to get into the heads of previous wrenches 10 years ago.I've no doubt that Sean and I could post once per day each on the "head scratching" stuff we've found over the years and not run out of material for a long time.
Shifted wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2020 9:00 am Worf thinks that there should be a thread just for his anecdotes (edit: our) anecdotes.I think you took what I wrote and ran off on a direction I hadn't intended. I even edit the post to attempt to clarify that I wasn't recommending a thread for just your 928's PO's 'tricks' nor just the stupid crap I've found.
shaaark89 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 29, 2020 8:30 amSeanR wrote: ↑Fri Aug 28, 2020 4:04 pm My only advice for today, don't get between Roger and Greg at the next gathering.yeah so what in the hell happened there???
SeanR wrote: ↑Sat Aug 29, 2020 9:02 am Rog now has to refund several thousand in orders for parts that have been on back order and now I've been tasked with coming up with a fuel line product line.FFS!
Rdon wrote: ↑Sun Aug 30, 2020 2:42 pm The sheared off screw was an added bonus, none of the holes had been tapped deep enough.Makes perfect sense if you look at my signature. It's way too much work to measure, drill, and use both a starting tap and bottom tap. <roll eyes>
Rdon wrote: ↑Sun Aug 30, 2020 2:42 pm Nobody will ever see it, right?I've decided that that is the 'justification' for a lot of work I see on 928s. As in: fuck it. *I'll* never see this 928 again and if anything happens because I'm too lazy to do it right, I'll just lie, dissemble, or shift blame."
Shifted wrote: ↑Sun Aug 30, 2020 6:03 pm Thanks. Now I don't feel nearly as bad about the crazy stuff that I find on mine! Fuels into the gas tank? Stickers and sheared screws in the crankcase? Sheesh.One of the GTs I have here is really irksome. 1/4 the stuff I’ve taken apart can’t go back together without a TimeSert or a thread cleaning tap. I had to throw away all 26 cam cover bolts. 1/4 of the stuff was hand tight when I got to it. It’s like someone turned loose a stoned monkey with an air ratchet set to 15 nm; enough to screw up 6mm bolt holes but not enough to tighten an 8mm bolt.
worf wrote: ↑Thu Aug 26, 2021 9:23 pmWorf, Do you have something against naked GI-Joes?
... in a "skin-tone"-ish brown color to match the color of the deteriorating cam covers.
The owner called it the color of "a naked GI-Joe."
Geza-aka-Zombo wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 2:56 pm Perhaps this is not the right thread, but, who charges $600 for labor to replace a hood pad? Guess.I spend a non-trivial amount of time looking at 928's past service records. And it's always a lot of 'fun' for often-vexing, frustrating values of 'fun.' And I'm not above (in the past at least, but not so much any longer) posting my observations on BaT or forums.
Geza-aka-Zombo wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 2:56 pm I was just talking to someone the other day at Frenzy about this - one of my first posts at the 928 forum at the other place was describing to someone how I replaced my hood pad with the hood on the car.How long did it take you? And do you routinely track your time so that you know +/- 5 minutes what it takes you? (As in, humans are extremely bad at 'extemporaneous' time tracking in hindsight.)
Geza-aka-Zombo wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 2:56 pm I was beat down by Brown and his minions for not taking the time to remove the hood and all the old adhesive. I figured at the time he just didn't have the skill to do it and was charging the customer anyways. Confirmed on both accounts.I just checked one of my old service records. I billed 2.5 hours for removing the hood, removing the old adhesive, gluing on the hood pad perfectly straight, and reinstalling the hood and aligning it. It probably took me 3.5 hours because I really, really suck at aligning hoods and/or I'm just too much of a perfectionist. The former is most certainly true.
milrad wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 8:11 pm But $270 labor to swap out the engine bay fuel lines? Ouch.Well what to you make of this then?
Geza-aka-Zombo wrote: ↑Wed Sep 29, 2021 7:19 am I guess I got lucky with my hood pad removal/install as it only took me about a half hour. I remember because it was delivered late in the day, and I installed it after work and before dinner. It was my first 928 fix.I'm gonna bet that it was closer to 45 to 55 minutes. This based upon years of observing engineers estimating, managing, and reporting their time on task.
Geza-aka-Zombo wrote: ↑Wed Sep 29, 2021 7:19 am I started to clean off the goopy stuff with a dry rag for a few minutes when I realized it wasn't necessary then wiped the entire surface with alcohol.It's interesting to know that you don't have to remove the old adhesive. It's not a best practice. But, next time I have to do a hood pad I'll offer that as a labor saving "gamble."
worf wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 8:25 pmWell, I stand corrected.milrad wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 8:11 pm But $270 labor to swap out the engine bay fuel lines? Ouch.Well what to you make of this then?
And before you answer: On days two and three, the owner was with me handing me tools. So, no chance at padding the bill in any way.
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linderpat wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 12:23 pm Dave, Geza, Roger recommends leaving the old adhesive on when installing the hood pad, but that applies to the ones with the adhesive already on the pad.Good to know.
linderpat wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 12:23 pm I've installed 4 of them now, ... YMMV, but doing it this way cuts down on time.In my experience the third time is the charm.
milrad wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 12:45 amFor purposes of full disclosure, most of the time my labor charge for replacing fuel lines is minimal or effectively zero.worf wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 8:25 pmWell, I stand corrected.milrad wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 8:11 pm But $270 labor to swap out the engine bay fuel lines? Ouch.Well what to you make of this then?
worf wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 2:53 pmYep. Same. I include the fuel lines on a top end refresh job and that labor rate varies by a wide margin.milrad wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 12:45 amFor purposes of full disclosure, most of the time my labor charge for replacing fuel lines is minimal or effectively zero.worf wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 8:25 pmWell, I stand corrected.
Well what to you make of this then?
As part of a full intake refresh the old lines go in the box that will become trash when the job's done and when it's time to reassemble the new lines go on.
That invoice is the only example of where *nothing* else was done except fuel lines.
The Fat Man wrote: ↑Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:00 amDo you think that that explains the intermittent screeching noise?
Mrmerlin wrote: ↑Wed Dec 01, 2021 9:27 am obviously one rolled under the tool box and its sitting in the crack.Yeah. But not on my watch. I had a big drip tray under it to catch them as they fell. And fall they did.
worf wrote: ↑Tue Nov 30, 2021 1:22 pmWas the 'too-long-bolts' CV joint at the transmission or wheel hub side?The Fat Man wrote: ↑Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:00 amDo you think that that explains the intermittent screeching noise?
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